29 August 2006 (Tuesday)
- Basketball
- 2006 FIBA World Championship Quarterfinals, Saitama City, Japan
- Argentina 83, Turkey 58
- Spain 89, Lithuania 67
- 2006 FIBA World Championship Quarterfinals, Saitama City, Japan
- Major League Baseball
- Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Rafael Soriano receives a concussion after being struck by a line drive hit by Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. No fracture occurs, and the injury is not serious. The play is ruled a base hit. The Mariners won the game, 6–4.
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