August 2006 in Sports - 8 August 2006 (Tuesday)

8 August 2006 (Tuesday)

• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in England:
    • Third Test at Headingley, Leeds: England defeats Pakistan by 167 runs to lead the four-Test series 2–0. Pakistan's loss came despite a 363-run partnership between Mohammad Yousuf (192) and Younis Khan (173), a new Test partnership record for Pakistan v. England (Scorecard)
  • South Africa in Sri Lanka:
    • Second Test at Colombo (PSS): Sri Lanka completes a clean-sweep of the two-Test series against South Africa after a one-wicket victory over the visitors in Colombo. (Scorecard)
• NFL: Roger Goodell is elected to succeed Paul Tagliabue as the league's fifth commissioner.
• Football (soccer):
  • 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Third Qualifying round, first leg
    • Dinamo Zagreb 0 – 3 Arsenal
    • Austria Vienna 1 – 1 Benfica (UEFA.com)
  • 2006–07 UEFA Cup, Second qualifying round, first leg.
    • OFK Beograd 1 – 0 Auxerre
    • Omonia 0 – 0 Litex Lovech (UEFA.com)
• Rugby union: 2007 Super 14 season, 2006 Currie Cup
  • The High Court of South Africa have ruled in favour of including the Southern Spears in next year's Super 14 and this year's Currie Cup, meaning they will replace the now relegated Cats in the former competition, pending an appeal from either the South African Rugby Union or its commercial arm, SA Rugby. The Spears were originally guaranteed a place in the 2007 and 2008 Super 14 seasons, but SA Rugby overruled that decision, leading to the Spears taking the SARU and SA Rugby to court.(Sydney Morning Herald)(Pretoria News)(IOL)