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June 25, 2006
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06-25-2006
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Russian referee Valentin Ivanov shows the red card to Portugal's Costinha, number 6, during The Netherlands vs Portugal Round of 16 World Cup soccer match at the Franken Stadium in Nuremberg, Germany, Sunday, June 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

More red cards have been shown at this World Cup than at any other, with 12 games remaining.

Sunday's match between Portugal and the Netherlands, in which 16 yellow cards and four reds were shown, brought the total of red cards in Germany 2006 to 23 in 52 matches.

The previous record was 22 red cards in all 64 matches in the 1998 World Cup in France.

A total of 291 yellow cards have been shown in ...

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