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July 2006 In Sports
__NOTOC__ Days of the month 31 July 2006 (Monday) *Baseball: The Chicago Cubs trade four-time Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux to the Los Angeles Dodgers for middle-infielder César Izturis.AP via Yahoo *Cricket: South Africa in Sri Lanka **First Test at Colombo ( SSCG): Sri Lanka defeats South Africa by an innings and 153 runs. South Africa, led by Ashwell Prince, batted first after winning the toss, compiling 169 before being dismissed on the first-day tea break. Sri Lanka lost two early wickets before a record-breaking 624 run partnership between Kumar Sangakkara (287) and captain Mahela Jayawardene (374; 26 runs short of Brian Lara's world-record individual score of 400). This partnership was particularly savage on spinner Nicky Boje, who ended with bowling figures of 0/221 from 65 overs. Sri Lanka were able to declare their innings closed at 756/5, leaving South Africa needing 587 runs just to make the home side bat again. Despite an opening partnership of 165, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is mortally wounded. *1097 – Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I. * 1431 – The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista. *1520 – Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall. *1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels. *1569 – Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish–Lithuanian Commonweal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |