August 2006 in Sports - 20 August 2006 (Sunday)

20 August 2006 (Sunday)

• Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
  • Matt Kenseth wins the GFS Marketplace 400.
• Football: 2006–07 FA Premier League Opening Games.
  • Manchester United 5 – 1 Fulham: A Premiership record attendance of 75,115 saw the Red Devils handily win their opener.
  • Chelsea 3 – 0 Manchester City
  • The total attendance in the Premiership's opening weekend of 400,135 sets an all-time record for a starting weekend in the Premier League.
• Golf: Tiger Woods wins the 2006 PGA Championship by five strokes over 2003 PGA winner Shaun Micheel. Woods becomes the first golfer in history to win the PGA Championship twice on the same course (Medinah Country Club). His 18-under-par 270 equals the record, set by himself and Bob May in 2000, for lowest 72-hole score to par in the PGA Championship. Woods also becomes the first male golfer to win two major championships in each of two successive years.
• Tennis: Andy Roddick wins his fourth ATP Masters Series title and his second Cincinnati Masters title by beating former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero.
• Cricket: Pakistan in England, Fourth Test: The Test between England and Pakistan descends into chaos after the Pakistan bowlers are accused of ball tampering. The Pakistan team initially refuse to return to the field after tea in protest of the decision to award England an additional five runs and allow their batsmen to select a new ball. When Pakistan finally agree to resume the game, the match umpires refuse to return to the field believing that Pakistan have forfeited and the match is over. This is the first match in Test cricket history to be forfeited. (BBC)