2006 in South African sport Athletics January 6 January - The Proteas lose the 3rd Test against Australia by 8 wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney to lose the 3-Test Series 2-0 15 January - The Proteas beat the Australia cricket team by 5 wickets at the Brisbane Cricket Ground , Woolloongabba , Brisbane in the VB Series 17 January - The Proteas lose to Sri Lanka by 94 runs at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane in the VB Series 20 January - The Proteas lose to Australia by 59 runs at the Docklands Stadium , Melbourne in the VB Series 24 January - The Proteas beat the Sri Lanka by 9 runs at the Adelaide Oval , Adelaide in the VB Series 31 January - The Proteas beat the Sri Lanka by 5 runs at the WACA Ground , Perth in the VB SeriesFebruary 3 February - The Proteas lose to Australia by 80 runs at the Docklands Stadium, Melbourne in the VB Series 5 February - The Proteas lose to Australia by 57 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney in the VB Series 7 February - The Proteas lose to Sri Lanka by 76 runs at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart in the VB Series 24 February - The Proteas beat Australia by 2 runs at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg in a Twenty20 cricket match 26 February - The Proteas beat Australia by 6 wickets at SuperSport Park , Centurion outside Pretoria in the 1st One Day International March 3 March - The Proteas beat Australia by 196 runs at Newlands, Cape Town , in the 2nd One-day International. 5 March - The Proteas lose to Australia by 24 runs at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth in the 3rd One-day International. 10 March - The Proteas lose to Australia by one wicket in Durban in the 4th ODI. 12 March - The Proteas beat Australia by one wicket at the Wanderers in the final ODI. Both teams reached record-breaking scores of 434 and 438 in their 50 overs, and South Africa took the series 3-2.May 7 May - The Proteas beat New Zealand by four wickets in the Third Test of the series, winning their final series of the year 2–0.Cycling 26 March - David George wins silver in the Men's 160-180 km Road Race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in MelbourneFootball (Rugby Sevens) 16 March - South Africa wins two matches and loses one in their Group D fixture of the Rugby Sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 17 March - South Africa loses 20-14 to Australia in the medal quarterfinal, wins 14-17 toCanada in the Plate semi-finals, but then loses 29-28 to Wales, earning them 6th position overall at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.Football (Rugby Union) June 10 June - [The South African national rugby team beat Scotland 36 - 16 in Durban 17 June - The Springboks beat Scotland 29 - 15 in Port Elizabeth * The South African national women's rugby team beat the Netherlands 43 - 12 in Port Elizabeth 24 June - The South African national rugby team lose to France 26-36 at Newlands Cape Town * The Springbok Women’s team beat the Netherlands 35 - 0 in DurbanJuly 15 July - The South African national rugby team lose to Australia 0 - 49 in the Tri Nations series at Brisbane, Australia 22 July - The Springboks lose to New Zealand 17 - 35 in the Tri Nations series at Wellington, New Zealand August 5 August - The South African national rugby team lose to Australia 18 - 20 in the Tri Nations series at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia 26 August - The Springboks lose to New Zealand 26 - 45 in the Tri Nations series at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 31 August - The South African national women's rugby team lose to Australia 12 - 68 in the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada September 2 September - The South African national rugby team beat New Zealand 21 - 20 in the Tri Nations series at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg 4 September - The South African national women's rugby team lose to England 8 - 74 in the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup at Edmonton, Alberta , Canada 8 September - The Springbok Women's team lose to Ireland 0 - 37 in the Women's Rugby World Cup at St. Albert, Alberta, Canada 9 September - The Springboks beat Australia 24 - 16 in the Tri Nations series at Ellis Park in Johannesburg 12 September - The Springbok Women's team lose to Samoa 10 - 43 at St. Albert, Alberta in the Women's Rugby World Cup 16 September - The Springbok Women's team lose to Kazakhstan 0 - 36 at Edmonton, Alberta, placing them at the bottom of the log in the Women's Rugby World CupFootball (Soccer) 22 January - The South African national football team loses 0-2 to Guinea at the 25th African Cup of Nations , held in Egypt 26 January - Bafana Bafana loses 0-2 to Tunisia and is knocked out of the running at the 25th African Cup of Nations 30 January - Bafana Bafana loses 0-1 to Zambia in their final match, exiting the 25th African Cup of Nations without earning a single point or a single goal.Gymnastics 21 March - Francki van Rooyen wins bronze in the Women's Floor at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in MelbourneHockey (Field) 7 September - The South African men's hockey team loses 0-2 to the Netherlands at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach , Germany 9 September - The South African men's hockey team draws with India 1-1 at the Hockey World Cup 10 September - The South African men's hockey team draws with Korea 2-2 at the Hockey World Cup 12 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to Germany 0-5 at the Hockey World Cup 13 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to England 1-3 at the Hockey World Cup 16 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to Japan 2-5 at the Hockey World Cup 17 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to India 0-1 placing them at the bottom of the log in the Hockey World CupLawn Bowls 20 March - South Africa wins bronze in the Men's Lawn bowls Triples at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 24 March - Lorna Trigwell wins bronze in the Women's Lawn Bowls Singles at the Commonwealth GamesMotorsport 29 January - South Africa finishes 20th in the sprint race and 5th in the feature race of the South African leg of the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season held at the Durban street circuit , climbing to share 14th place with Mexico 12 February - South Africa finishes 21st in the sprint race and 11th in the feature race of the Indonesian leg held at the Sentul Circuit , dropping to 15th place 26 February - South Africa finishes 17th in the sprint race and 18th in the feature race of the Mexican leg held at Fundidora Park , dropping to 16th place 12 March - South Africa finishes 11th in the sprint race and last in the feature race of the American leg held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California , dropping to 17th place 2 April - South Africa finishes 11th in the sprint race and last in the feature race of the Chinese leg held at the Shanghai International Circuit in China, staying at 17th place at the end of the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season 1 October - South Africa finishes 1st in the sprint race with the fastest lap time but crashes on the second corner at the start of the feature race of the Netherland leg of the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season held at the Circuit Park Zandvoort , placing South Africa 5th along with the Netherlands 8 October - South Africa only completes 4 laps of the sprint race and is placed 21st while in the feature race, South Africa comes 11th in the Czechoslovakian leg held at the Masaryk Circuit , near Brno dropping South Africa to 12thShooting 18 March - Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder win bronze in the Men's 25 m Standard Pistol Pairs at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 20 March - Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder win bronze in the Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs at the Commonwealth Games 21 March - Diane Swanton wins gold in the Women's Trap at the Commonwealth Games 23 March - Esmari van Reenen wins silver at the Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions at the Commonwealth Games * Byron Swanton wins silver at the Men's Double Trap at the Commonwealth GamesWeightlifting 21 March - Babalwa Ndleleni wins bronze in the Women's 75 kg Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
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