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Germany''' 1 – 1 
Argentina (a.e.t.) A 49th minute header by Roberto Ayala shocks the huge German crowd, but competition top scorer Miroslav Klose scores his 5th in the 80th minute. No further goals, and so to penalties: both teams have previously been in three World Cup penalty shoot-outs and never lost. Germany win 4-2 on penalties.
  • *'''
    • Italy''' 3 – 0 Ukraine A 6th-minute goal by Gianluca Zambrotta gives Italy the lead. Luca Toni scores a header after 59 minutes following poor Ukrainian defending, and he scores a second ten minutes later.
  • 2006 Tour de France: On the day before the prologue in Strasbourg, Jan Ullrich and Oscar Sevilla are suspended by their T-Mobile Team following an anti-doping investigation in Spain and Team CSC rider Ivan Basso has been excluded from the tour. Ullrich and Basso were considered the favorites to claim the overall yellow jersey following the retirement of Lance Armstrong following his seven straight championships. Also excluded from the tour is Francisco Mancebo (Ag2r). Astana-Würth has decided to withdraw its team, on the basis of five of their riders, including Joseba Beloki, appearing on the investigation list, which also removes Alexander Vinokourov from the tour. [(BBC Sport)]

    • Brazil''' 3 – 0 
Ghana Ronaldo scores within 5 minutes to become the all-time highest-scoring player in World Cup finals (15). Adriano scores from an offside position just before half time, despite Ghana having the bulk of possession. Ze Roberto ends the Brazillian scoring in the 84th minute as he breaks through the defence and beats Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingston. Asamoah Gyan gets red carded late in the game for an attempted dive.
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    • Spain 1 – 3 ''' France''' Two evenly matched enterprising teams produce a fine advert for the beautiful game. A 28th minute penalty by David Villa gives Spain the lead, while a 42nd minute goal by Franck Ribéry following a beautiful run makes things all-square at half time. With seven minutes to full time Patrick Vieira gives France the lead for the first time. Zinedine Zidane scores France's third goal in the 92nd minute to set up a rematch of the 1998 final against Brazil next Saturday in Frankfurt. 

    Italy''' 1 – 0 
Australia A fairly even match with Australia having most possession, conducted in a sporting manner despite Marco Materazzi's 50th minute dismissal for a scything tackle. Francesco Totti scores a penalty with the last kick of the match.
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    •   Switzerland 0 – 0 ''' Ukraine''' A profoundly tedious match between two teams both afraid of losing - there was not a single offside decision in the whole first 90 minutes, the match goes into extra time, and ends up in a penalty shootout, which Ukraine wins 3-0.
    • Baseball: NCAA College World Series Championship Series, Game 3 (best-of-three):
    • *Oregon State 3, North Carolina 2. The Beavers, who won the series 2-1 over the Tar Heels, became the first northern-based CWS champions since Ohio State won in 1966, and the first to lose two CWS games since the introduction of the current format in 2002 thanks to Bill Rowe scoring on Tar Heels second baseman Bryan Steed's throwing error.

    England''' 1 – 0 
Ecuador David Beckham's first goal from a free kick for England since 2003, on the hour, separates the teams. [(FIFA)]
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    • Portugal''' 1 – 0 Netherlands A Maniche goal midway through the first half gives Portugal the lead before the match gets out of hand and sees 16 yellow cards and 4 reds (a World Cup record for dismissals). [(FIFA)] 

    Germany''' 2 – 0 
Sweden Two goals by Lukas Podolski (4 and 12 minutes) give Germany a fantastic start. Henrik Larsson blows a 52nd minute Swedish penalty chance. Germany go into the last 8 in the World Cup for the 15th time. [(FIFA)]
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    • Argentina''' 2 – 1 Mexico (a.e.t.) The game gets off to a scintillating start with two goals in the first nine minutes - Rafael Márquez puts Mexico ahead, then a goal by Hernán Crespo puts Argentina back on level terms. Still 1-1 at full time, a wondergoal by Maxi Rodríguez in the eighth minute of extra time gives Argentina victory. [(FIFA)]
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    Argentina 19–25 New Zealand (Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires)
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    • Australia 37–15 Ireland (Subiaco Oval, Perth)
  • **Ireland take a 15–11 lead early in the second half, but the Wallabies pull away for a comfortable win. [(BBC)]
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    • South Africa 26–36 France (Newlands, Cape Town)
  • **Les Bleus send the Springboks to their first home defeat since Jake White took over as Boks coach in February 2004. [(BBC)]

    • Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 
Spain Saudi goalkeeper Mabrouk Zaid plays an inspired match as Spain, who had already advanced to the knockout stages, rest their entire first team and the young guns have trouble finding the net except for Juanito, scoring in the 36th minute. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group H:
    • Ukraine 1 - 0 Tunisia An uninspiring Ukrainian performance takes 70 minutes before Andriy Shevchenko sinks a penalty, advancing them to the elimination phase, even though Tunisia were reduced to 10 men before half time, with Ziad Jaziri's second yellow card. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group G:
    • Togo 0 - 2 France In this must-win match for France, they failed to break down the Togolese defence until Patrick Vieira scored in the 55th minute, followed six minutes later by Thierry Henry. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group G:
    •   Switzerland 2 - 0 Korea Republic A first-half Philippe Senderos header gives the Swiss the lead, and Alexander Frei seals the win - and qualification - in the 77th minute on a controversial non-offside call. [(FIFA)] 

    Czech Republic 0 - 2 
Italy Jan Polak gets red carded near halftime, and the Czechs flame out to the Italians. Goal scorers for Italy were Marco Materazzi and Filippo Inzaghi. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group E:
    • USA 1 - 2 Ghana The USA is upset by the youngest team in the World Cup, and finish last in their group, extending their winless streak in World Cup compitition at European sites to no wins, one draw and nine losses while Ghana progresses to the round of 16 in their first appearance to face Brazil. Clint Dempsey scored for USA in the 43rd with Haminu Draman and Stephen Appiah scoring for the Black Stars on a pentalty kick following a contraversial call. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group F:
    • Japan 1 - 4 Brazil Japan stun Brazil by taking the lead before Ronaldo equalizes just before half time, and also scores Brazil's fourth goal, equalling Gerd Mūller's all-time record of 14 goals scored in the World Cup finals. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group F:
    • Croatia 2 - 2 Australia A pulsating match between two closely related teams (seven of the Australian squad have Croatian antecedents, and three of the Croatian team are Australian-born), which Croatia needed to win and Australia only to draw. Croatia score in the second minute, Australia score a penalty, a goalkeeping howler gifts Croatia a second goal, Harry Kewell puts Australia back on level terms; both sides are reduced to 10 men in the last 10 minutes, and referee Graham Poll forgets to red-card Josip Simunic for a second bookable offence, but does for a third. A third Australian goal is disallowed as the full-time whistle is blown as it is going in. Brazil and Australia progress from the group. [(FIFA)] 

    Portugal 2-1 
Mexico [(FIFA)]
  • *Group D:
    • Iran 1-1 Angola This result means that Mexico advances to the Round of 16. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group C:
    • Netherlands 0 - 0 Argentina Argentina wins the group on goal differntial. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group C:
    • Côte d'Ivoire 3 - 2  Serbia and Montenegro Côte D'Ivoire record their first ever WC Finals win, coming back from 0-2 down in the first half. [(FIFA)] 

    Ecuador 0 – 3 
Germany Miroslav Klose puts the hosts ahead in the 4th and 44th minutes, fellow ex-Pole Lukas Podolski scores in the 57th. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group A:
    • Costa Rica 1 – 2 Poland A 25th minute goal by Ronald Gómez gives Costa Rica a good start, but a pair by Bartosz Bosacki in the 33rd and 66th minutes give Poland some consolation as both teams go home. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group B:
    • Sweden 2 – 2 England In a hard-fought match, Michael Owen suffers a serious knee injury in the first minute, Joe Cole scores a spectacular opening goal, Marcus Allbäck's second half equaliser is the 2,000th goal in World Cup Finals history since 1930. Steven Gerrard gives England the lead again in the 85th minute. Henrik Larsson equalises again in the 90th minute (the first Swede to score in 5 major tournaments). England still haven't beaten Sweden since 1968. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group B:
    • Paraguay 2 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho's unfortunate headed own-goal gives Paraguay the lead, but Trini still fight doggedly to try to remain in the tournament, conceding another late goal. Both teams, however, still go home. [(FIFA)] 

    Togo 0 – 2 
  Switzerland Togo are eliminated, Switzerland goes top of the group, but any two of Switzerland, South Korea, and France can get to the second round. [(FIFA)]
    • *Group H:
    Saudi Arabia 0 – 4 Ukraine Recovering from last weeks' thrashing by Spain, Ukraine equals their largest-ever winning score. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group H:
    • Spain 3 – 1 Tunisia Mnari gives Tunisia a shock lead in the 12th minute, Raúl starts a comeback in the 71st minute and Fernando Torres, the tournaments' leading scorer, scores from open play in the 76th minute and a 90th minute penalty. Spain qualify for the second round, almost certainly as group leaders; Tunisia must beat Ukraine on Friday in order to qualify. [(FIFA)]

    • Major League Baseball: In order to draw attention to the fact that one in every six men get prostate cancer, the traditional "Seventh inning stretch" will be moved to the sixth inning today at all fifteen games. Monies raised from the auctioning off of light-blue colored bases and lineup cards that will be earmarked for research of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, as well as home runs that have been hit starting on June 7th.
    Japan 0 – 0 
Croatia A close-fought battle ends all-square, which probably gives Croatia a slightly better chance of making the second round than Japan. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group F:
    • Brazil 2 – 0 Australia Adriano (46th min.) and Fred (89th min.) sink a battling Australia side who never gave up and remain second in the group. Brazil qualify for the last 16, Australia only need to draw against Croatia to qualify. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group G:
    • France 1 – 1 Korea Republic Thierry Henry scores France's first World Cup Finals goal since the 1998 Final against Brazil. After dominating the match for 80 minutes, France concede an equaliser by Park Ji-Sung. [(FIFA)] 

    Portugal 2 – 0 
Iran Portugal is ensured a berth in the Round of 16, while Iran is eliminated from the World Cup. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group E:
    • Czech Republic 0 – 2 Ghana Asamoah Gyan shocks the Czechs with a goal within 75 seconds of the start, and misses a penalty when Tomáš Ujfaluši is red-carded, although he himself is needlessly yellow-carded and misses the final group game. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group E:
    • Italy 1 – 1 USA An eventful match sees the USA reduced to 9 men, and Italy to 10, from early in the second half, and leaves Group E wide open. [(FIFA)] Australia 43–18 England (Telstra Dome, Melbourne)
  • **Mark Gerrard scores two tries to lead the Wallabies to an easy win. This is England's fifth consecutive Test defeat, their worst streak since 1984. George Gregan comes on as a substitute in the second half, earning his 120th cap and breaking the all-time record for international appearances of Jason Leonard (114 for England, five for the Lions). [(BBC)]
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    • Argentina 45–27 Wales (Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires)
  • **Los Pumas, led by 30 points from the boot of Federico Todeschini, score their largest win over Wales and also win a Test series against Wales for the first time. [(BBC)]
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    • Fiji 29–18 Italy (Lawaqa Park, Lautoka)
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    • New Zealand 27–17 Ireland (Eden Park, Auckland)
  • **Unlike last week, the All Blacks did not have to come from behind, but still had to fight off a spirited Ireland side. [(BBC)]
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    • Romania 14–62 France (Cotroceni Stadium, Bucharest)
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    • South Africa 29–15 Scotland (EPRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth)
  • **Scotland score two tries to the Springboks' one, but seven penalties from Percy Montgomery see the Boks through to a comfortable win. Montgomery becomes the first Bok to score 600 Test points. [(BBC)] The Boks suffer a blow when 2004 World Player of the Year, flanker Schalk Burger, suffers a career-threatening neck injury. [(BBC)]

    • Argentina 6 – 0 
 Serbia and Montenegro In one of the best World Cup finals matches in many tournaments, Argentina give a masterclass in possession football - Cambiasso's goal follows 23 consecutive passes - and a dire warning to all other competitors as the Argentines advance to the knockout phase. [(FIFA)]
    • *Group C:
    Netherlands 2 – 1 Côte d'Ivoire The Dutch take a two-goal lead before Côte d'Ivoire start to fight back, to no ultimate avail as they and Serbia and Montenegro are both eliminated from the second round. Didier Drogba is yellow-carded and will miss next Tuesday's final match. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group D:
    • Mexico 0 – 0 Angola A hugely embarrassing result for world 4th-ranked Mexico, who failed to break down neophytes Angola, who were reduced to 10 men eleven minutes from the end. [(FIFA)]
    • Golf: 2006 U.S. Open. Tiger Woods misses his first cut in a major golf tournament as a professional when he shoots 12 over par after the first two rounds at Winged Foot's West Course. The 39 straight majors without missing the cut tied him with Jack Nicklaus.

    Ecuador 3 – 0 
Costa Rica This result confirms the elimination of Costa Rica and Poland even before they play each other. Ecuador meet Germany next Tuesday to determine who wins first and second place in the group (Ecuador currently leads on goal difference). [(FIFA)]
  • *Group B:
    • England 2 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago The arrival of Wayne Rooney in the 58th minute as a substitue for Michael Owen injects urgency into the English attack, which still could not break down a redoubtable T&T defence until Peter Crouch scored in the 83rd minute. Steven Gerrard scored in the 91st minute. England qualify for the second round. [(FIFA)]
  • *Group B:
    • Sweden 1 – 0 Paraguay Freddie Ljungberg scores an 89th minute goal to relieve the vast throng of Swedish fans in Berlin's Olympiastadion. This eliminates Paraguay from the second round; Trinidad and Tobago retain a theoretical possibility of making the second round if England beat Sweden, and T&T beat Paraguay by a sufficient margin next Tuesday. [(FIFA)] 

  • Rugby league: State of Origin, Australia:
  • *Game 2 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane: Queensland defeats New South Wales 30–6, levelling the three-match series after the New South Wales victory on May 24. The deciding match will be played in Melbourne on July 5. [(ABC Australia)]
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Spain 4 – 0 
Ukraine David Villa scored two goals in a rout of the World Cup newcomers. [(FIFA)]

  • *Group H: 
    • Tunisia 2 – 2 
Saudi Arabia [(FIFA)]

  • *Group A: 
    • Germany 1 – 0 
Poland A resolute Polish defense - reduced to 10 men in the 75th minute - keeps the Germans out until supersub Oliver Neuville scores in the 91st minute. [(FIFA)]


    


    


    Brazil 1 – 0 
Croatia A slightly disappointing performance from Brazil, winning on Kaká's 44th minute goal, even with an out-of-sorts Ronaldo. [(FIFA)]

  • *Group G: 
    • Korea Republic 2 – 1 
Togo Togo score their first-ever goal in the Finals, but 2002's 4th placed side score two cracking goals to take victory. [(FIFA)]

  • *Group G: 
    • France 0 – 0 
  Switzerland Eight yellow cards (5 Swiss, 3 French) in a generally uninspiring match. [(FIFA)]


    

    



    USA 0 – 3 
Czech Republic A comprehensive defeat of a one-dimensional US team by the reputedly "oldest team in the tournament", including two goals scored by Tomáš Rosický. However, the all-time leading Czech international goal scorer, Jan Koller, is stretchered off after suffering a hamstring injury late in the first half. [(FIFA)]

  • *Group E: 
    • Italy 2 – 0 
Ghana [(FIFA)]

  • *Group F: 
    • Australia 3 – 1 
Japan After trailing from the 27th minute, the "Socceroos" stage a last-gasp comeback with Tim Cahill scoring the country's first-ever WC Finals goals in the 84th and 89th minutes, with John Aloisi wrapping things up in the 92nd minute.  [(FIFA)]

  • *Non-World Cup news:
  • **Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland great Roy Keane, currently with Celtic, retires due to a persistent hip condition at the age of 34.
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 Serbia and Montenegro 0 – 1 

    Netherlands [(FIFA)]

    • *Group D: 
    Mexico 3 – 1 
Iran [(FIFA)]

  • *Group D: 
    • Angola 0 – 1 
Portugal [(FIFA)]





Australia 34–3 
England (Telstra Stadium, Sydney)

  • **The Wallabies hammer a young and mistake-prone England side. [(BBC)]
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    • Argentina 27–25 
Wales (Estadio Raúl Conti, Puerto Madryn)

  • **Los Pumas claim a Six Nations scalp in a closely-fought affair. The visitors were received warmly before the match, as it was held in a region settled by Welsh in the 1860s where Welsh is still widely spoken. [(BBC)]
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    England 1 – 0 
Paraguay [(FIFA)]

  • *Group B: 
    • Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 0 
Sweden Tiny T&T, the smallest nation ever to qualify for the Finals, refuse to be beaten even after being reduced to 10 men thirty seconds into the second half. [(FIFA)]

  • *Group C: 
    • Argentina 2 – 1 
Côte d'Ivoire [(FIFA)]



New Zealand 34–23 
Ireland (Waikato Stadium, Hamilton)

  • **The top-ranked All Blacks retain their all-time unbeaten record against Ireland, but had to come back from a 23–15 deficit with nine minutes to go. [(BBC)]
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    • South Africa 36–16 
Scotland (ABSA Stadium, Durban)

  • **Early tries from Schalk Burger and Breyton Paulse stake the Springboks to a lead that they never relinquished. The final result was Scotland's worst-ever loss in South Africa, and keeps Scotland's winless record on South African soil intact. [(BBC)] [(Planet-Rugby.com)]
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    Germany 4 – 2 
Costa Rica [(FIFA)]

  • *Group A: 
    • Ecuador 2 – 0 
Poland [(FIFA)]


    


    

    Luxembourg 0 – 3 
Ukraine


    

    

    

    Australia 3 – 1 
Liechtenstein

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    • France 3 – 1 
China PR: In a major blow for France, Djibril Cissé suffers a broken leg in an innocuous tackle. [(FIFA)]

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    • Spain 2 – 1 
Croatia



    

    



    

    


    Ukraine 3 – 0 
Libya


    

    


    


    Japan 1 – 0 
Malta

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    • Netherlands 1 – 1 
Australia

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    • Brazil 4 – 0 
New Zealand

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    • Côte d'Ivoire 3 – 0 
Slovenia

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    • Korea Republic 1 – 3 
Ghana


    • Rugby union sevens:
    • *In the final event of the 2005-06 World Sevens Series, held at Twickenham in London, Fiji clinch the overall series crown by defeating Kenya in the quarterfinals, and go on to win the London Sevens after defeating New Zealand in the semifinals and Samoa in the final. Fiji becomes the first team other than New Zealand to win the overall title in the seven-year history of the competition. [(BBC)]
    



    

    



    England 6 – 0 
Jamaica

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    • Czech Republic 3 – 0 
Trinidad and Tobago

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    • Poland 1 – 0 
Croatia

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    • Switzerland 4 – 1 
China PR

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    • Luxembourg 0 – 3 
Portugal

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    • Spain 2 – 0 
Egypt




    

    

    Germany 3 – 0 
Colombia

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    • Sweden 1 – 1 
Chile

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    • Liechtenstein 0 – 1 
Togo

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    • Angola 2 – 3 
Turkey

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    • Tunisia 0 – 0 
Uruguay

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    • Italy 0 – 0 
Ukraine



    


    

    Norway 0 – 0 
Korea Republic

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    • Netherlands 2 – 1 
Mexico






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