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30 April 2006 (Sunday)

  • Golf
    • PGA Tour: Chris Couch nabs his first-ever PGA Tour win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans despite bogeying the 17th hole, and experiencing a weird 18th. On the last hole, Couch hit his drive into a cut of rough, then flew his second shot over the green into the back of the sand bunker behind it. With a funny stance, his third shot only left the bunker onto the rough in front of it. Couch then proceeded to hole his fourth shot to make par and win with an overall score of 19-under, defeating co-runners-up Charles Howell III and Fred Funk by one shot. It was a great ending to an odd week for Couch in the Big Easy. A week earlier, Couch had gotten lost in a bad part of New Orleans, then hitched a ride with strangers who took him into an even worse part of town, where he had to go to a tattoo parlor just to call police so they could help him find his car. (SI.com)
  • NHL 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs
  • Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: The Aaron's 499 was postponed due to rain and will be run tomorrow (May 1).
  • Basketball: Euroleague Final Four

29 April 2006 (Saturday)

28 April 2006 (Friday)

27 April 2006 (Thursday)

26 April 2006 (Wednesday)

25 April 2006 (Tuesday)

22 April 2006 (Saturday)

20 April 2006 (Thursday)

19 April 2006 (Wednesday)

18 April 2006 (Tuesday)

17 April 2006 (Monday)

  • Football (soccer)
    • With a 1–0 win at Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon become the first team in French history to win five consecutive top division titles.

15 April 2006 (Saturday)

  • Football (soccer)
    • Liverpool mark the 17th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 that killed 96 fans. Originally scheduled to play Blackburn today, the match was put back by a day to allow for the Liverpool players to attend the memorial ceremony at Anfield.

14 April 2006 (Friday)

13 April 2006 (Thursday)

  • Cricket: Australia in Bangladesh
    • First Test, Dhaka: Australia narrowly avoids defeat against Bangladesh, winning by three wickets in Dhaka. (Scorecard)
      • A Test century by Shahriar Nafees led Bangladesh to an impressive score of 427 in their first innings. Australia struggled, precariously placed at 145/6 at stumps on Day 2. On the third day of play, Adam Gilchrist led Australia's revival with an innings of 144. Bangladesh squandered their impressive lead, dismissed for 148 in the second innings, leaving Australia 307 runs to claim victory. Australian captain Ricky Ponting's undefeated innings of 118 guided Australia to victory midway through the fifth and final day's play. Australia leads the series 1–0, with one Test to play.

11 April 2006 (Tuesday)

9 April 2006 (Sunday)

7 April 2006 (Friday)

6 April 2006 (Thursday)

  • Major League Baseball: Jimmy Rollins' hitting streak ends at 38 games as he went 0-for-4 in a Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • Football (soccer): 2005–06 UEFA Cup – Quarter finals, second leg, progressing teams shown in bold.
  • American Football: The NFL releases its schedule for the 2006 season. This is the first year that the NFL will use a "flexible-scheduling" system in order to show the biggest games during prime time. In the system, new Sunday Night Football rights holder NBC will have a choice of all the games played on Sunday afternoons starting with Week 11. However, CBS and FOX will have the right to protect some of their biggest games.

5 April 2006 (Wednesday)

  • Major League Baseball: Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins extended his two-season hitting streak to 38 games with a lead-off double. However, the St. Louis Cardinals won the game, 4–3.
  • Because of the ongoing investigation about player behavior, Duke University men's lacrosse coach Mike Pressler resigned, and in turn, the school announced the cancellation of the remainder of their 2006 season.
  • Football: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League – Quarter finals, second leg, progressing teams in bold.
  • Pakistan in Sri Lanka:
    • Second Test, Kandy: Mohammad Asif takes 11 wickets in the second Test match, including five for 27 in the second innings when Sri Lanka were bowled out for 73, as Pakistan turn a 109-run deficit on first innings into an eight-wicket win. Asif is named Man of the Match and Man of the Series. (Scorecard)
  • Ice hockey: The University Cup, the symbol of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's ice hockey championship, is reported stolen by the Alberta Golden Bears. The Golden Bears had claimed their record 12th University Cup by beating the Lakehead Thunderwolves on March 27. TSN

4 April 2006 (Tuesday)

3 April 2006 (Monday)

2 April 2006 (Sunday)

1 April 2006 (Saturday)

  • 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Final Four
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