Английская Википедия:December 2008 in sports

December 31, 2008 (Wednesday)

American football

NCAA Bowl Games:
- Armed Forces Bowl: Houston 34, Air Force 28
- Sun Bowl: Oregon State 3, (20) Pittsburgh 0
- Music City Bowl: Vanderbilt 16, (24) Boston College 14
  - Vandy wins in front of their hometown fans 53 years to the day after the Commodores' last bowl win.
- Insight Bowl: Kansas 42, Minnesota 21
- Chick-fil-A Bowl: LSU 38, (14) Georgia Tech 3
NFL News:
- New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo is named 2008 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Cricket

Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Dhaka, day 5:
  - Шаблон:Cr 293 and 405/6d; Шаблон:Cr 178 and 413 (Mohammad Ashraful 101, Shakib Al Hasan 96). Sri Lanka win by 107 runs and lead 2-match series 1–0.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 1st ODI in Queenstown:
  - Шаблон:Cr 129/5 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 38, Tim Southee 2/33). No result as rain stopped play. Five-match series tied at 0–0.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group A (at Scotiabank Place):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 10–2 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 7–4 Шаблон:Ih
  - Idle: Шаблон:Ih
- Group B (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 5–0 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 3–2 Шаблон:Ih (SO)
  - Idle: Шаблон:Ih

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski, stage 4 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
- 15 km classic men: (1) Axel Teichmann Шаблон:Flagicon 39 min 03.7 sec (2) Martin Johnsrud Sundby Шаблон:Flagicon 39:08.7 (3) Nikolay Chebotko Шаблон:Flagicon 39:14.2
  - Overall standings (after four of seven stages): (1) Dario Cologna Шаблон:Flagicon 1 hr 24:36.9 (2) Vasily Rochev Шаблон:Flagicon 1 hr 24:53.2 (3) Teichmann 1 hr 24:53.4
- 10 km classic women: (1) Virpi Kuitunen Шаблон:Flagicon 24 min 45.4 sec (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Шаблон:Flagicon at 37.6 sec (3) Marit Bjørgen Шаблон:Flagicon 49.9
  - Overall standings (after four of seven stages): (1) Kuitunen 57:49.3 (2) Saarinen at 5.6 sec (3) Bjørgen 23.0

December 30, 2008 (Tuesday)

American football

NCAA Bowl Games:
- Humanitarian Bowl: Maryland 42, Nevada 35
- Texas Bowl: Rice 38, Western Michigan 14
  - The Owls pick up their first bowl win since 1954, and complete their first 10-win season since 1949.
- Holiday Bowl: (17) Oregon 42, (12) Oklahoma State 31
NFL News:
- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is named 2008 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
- The Denver Broncos fire head coach Mike Shanahan.

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Melbourne, day 5:
  - Шаблон:Cr 394 and 247; Шаблон:Cr 459 and 183/1 (Graeme Smith 75, Nathan Hauritz 1/41). South Africa win by 9 wickets and lead three-match series 2–0 and becomes the first South African team to win a Test series in Australia.
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Dhaka, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 293 and 405/6d (Mahela Jayawardene 166); Шаблон:Cr 178 and 254/5 (Mohammad Ashraful 70*). Bangladesh require another 267 runs with 5 wickets remaining.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Group A (at Scotiabank Place):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 6–0 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 12–0 Шаблон:Ih
- Group B (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 8–1 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 5–1 Шаблон:Ih

December 29, 2008 (Monday)

American football

NCAA Bowl Games:
- PapaJohns.com Bowl: Rutgers 29, North Carolina State 23
- Alamo Bowl: (20) Missouri 30, (23) Northwestern 23 (OT)
NFL News:
- Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli is fired following the team's 0–16 season.
- Eric Mangini is fired as New York Jets' head coach after his team missed the playoffs.
- Romeo Crennel is fired as Cleveland Browns head coach.

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Melbourne, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 394 and 247 (Ricky Ponting 99, Dale Steyn 5/67); Шаблон:Cr 459 and 30/0. South Africa require another 153 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Group A (at Scotiabank Place):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 1–5 Шаблон:Ih
- Group B (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 1–10 Шаблон:Ih

Football (soccer)

News:
- Liverpool midfielder and team captain Steven Gerrard is arrested on charges of assault after being involved in a fight at a pub following a match against Newcastle United.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Semmering, Austria:
- Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch Шаблон:Flagicon 1 minute 55.97 seconds (2) Tanja Poutiainen Шаблон:Flagicon 1:56.18 (3) Lindsey Vonn Шаблон:Flagicon 1:56.69
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 12 races): (1) Vonn 530 pts (2) Riesch 507 (3) Poutiainen 498

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski, stage 3 in Prague, Czech Republic:
- 1 km sprint freestyle men: (1) Tor Arne Hetland Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Vasily Rochev Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Jean-Marc Gaillard Шаблон:Flagicon
  - Overall standings: (1) Dario Cologna Шаблон:Flagicon 45:01.4 (2) Rochev +15.4 (3) Gaillard +18.1
- 1 km sprint freestyle women: (1) Arianna Follis Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Petra Majdič Шаблон:Flagicon
  - Overall standings: (1) Follis 32:23.9 (2) Saarinen +8.0 (3) Marit Bjørgen Шаблон:Flagicon +13.1

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament:
- World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
- Individual 137 m hill: (1) Simon Ammann Шаблон:Flagicon 286.4 pts (136.5/134.0 metres) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl Шаблон:Flagicon 285.2 (135.0/134.0) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev Шаблон:Flagicon 284.4 (134.5/136.0)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 8 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 685 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Шаблон:Flagicon 560 (3) Loitzl 439

December 28, 2008 (Sunday)

American football

National Football League Week 17:
(Teams that have made playoffs are in boldface)
- Carolina Panthers 33, New Orleans Saints 31
  - The Panthers win the NFC South title and earn a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs.
- Houston Texans 31, Chicago Bears 24
  - The Bears loss knocks them out of the playoffs.
- Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Cleveland Browns 0
  - A pyrrhic victory for the Steelers as Ben Roethlisberger is knocked out of the game with a concussion.
- Green Bay Packers 31, Detroit Lions 21
  - The Lions earn the first 0–16 season in NFL history.
- Cincinnati Bengals 16, Kansas City Chiefs 6
- New England Patriots 13, Buffalo Bills 0
  - The Pats win, but are eliminated from the playoffs when the Dolphins and Ravens both win.
- Minnesota Vikings 20, New York Giants 19
  - The Vikings win the NFC North on a Ryan Longwell walk-off 50-yard field goal, and will host Philadelphia next Sunday.
- Oakland Raiders 31, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24
  - The Bucs are eliminated.
- Atlanta Falcons 31, St. Louis Rams 27
  - The Falcons will play in Glendale next Saturday against the Cardinals.
- Indianapolis Colts 23, Tennessee Titans 0
- Philadelphia Eagles 44, Dallas Cowboys 6
  - The Eagles earn the last NFC wild card berth thanks to sloppy play by Dallas, with five turnovers leading to 24 Eagles points.
- Baltimore Ravens 27, Jacksonville Jaguars 7
  - The Ravens clinch the last AFC wild card spot.
- Miami Dolphins 24, New York Jets 17
  - The Dolphins win the AFC East, and will host Baltimore next Sunday.
- Arizona Cardinals 34, Seattle Seahawks 21
- San Francisco 49ers 27, Washington Redskins 24
- San Diego Chargers 52, Denver Broncos 21
  - The Chargers win the AFC West title and will host the Colts next Saturday in a wild card game.
NCAA Bowl Games:
- Independence Bowl: Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Melbourne, day 3:
  - Шаблон:Cr 394 and 4/0; Шаблон:Cr 459 (Jean-Paul Duminy 166, Dale Steyn 76, Peter Siddle 4/81). Australia trail by 61 runs with 10 second innings wickets remaining.
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Dhaka, day 3:
  - Шаблон:Cr 293 (Thilan Samaraweera 90) and 291/4 (Mahela Jayawardene 129*); Шаблон:Cr 178. Sri Lanka lead by 406 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 2nd T20I in Hamilton:
  - Шаблон:Cr 191/9 (Jesse Ryder 62, Brendon McCullum 59, Chris Gayle 2/27); Шаблон:Cr 155/7 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 53, Jeetan Patel 2/12). New Zealand win by 36 runs; two-match series tied 1–1.

Football (soccer)

ASEAN Championship:
- Finals, second leg:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 1–1 Шаблон:Fb, Vietnam win the championship 3–2 on aggregate

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Group A (at Scotiabank Place):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 0–15 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 4–3 Шаблон:Ih
- Group B (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 5–2 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 3–1 Шаблон:Ih

Winter sports

December 27, 2008 (Saturday)

American football

NCAA Bowl Games
- Meineke Car Care Bowl: West Virginia 31, North Carolina 30
  - Mountaineers quarterback Pat White wins his fourth straight bowl game for WVU.
- Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State 42, Wisconsin 14
- Emerald Bowl: California 24, Miami (FL) 17

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Melbourne, day 2:
  - Шаблон:Cr 394 (Ricky Ponting 101, Michael Clarke 88*, Dale Steyn 5/87); Шаблон:Cr 198/7 (Graeme Smith 62, Peter Siddle 3/24). South Africa trail by 196 runs with three first innings wickets remaining.
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Dhaka, day 2:
  - Шаблон:Cr 293 (Thilan Samaraweera 90, Shakib Al Hasan 5/70); Шаблон:Cr 177/9 (Imrul Kayes 33, Muttiah Muralitharan 5/48). Bangladesh trail by 116 runs with one first innings wicket remaining.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Group A (at Scotiabank Place):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 0–9 Шаблон:Ih
- Group B (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 7–2 Шаблон:Ih

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski, stage 1 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 2.8 km freestyle women: (1) Claudia Nystad Шаблон:Flagicon 6 minutes 17.2 seconds, (2) Arianna Follis Шаблон:Flagicon at 1.1 seconds, (3) Justyna Kowalczyk Шаблон:Flagicon 2.3, Petra Majdič Шаблон:Flagicon same time
- 3.7 km freestyle men: (1) Axel Teichmann Шаблон:Flagicon 7:11.8, (2) Dario Cologna Шаблон:Flagicon at 8.2 sec, (3) Petter Northug Шаблон:Flagicon 13.0

Nordic combined

World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan Шаблон:Flagicon 25:22.8 (7th in ski jump) (2) Todd Lowick Шаблон:Flagicon at 0.3 (4) (3) Anssi Koivuranta Шаблон:Flagicon 0.4 (1)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 7 out of 24 races): (1) Koivuranta 443 points (2) Moan 351 (3) Björn Kircheisen Шаблон:Flagicon 339

December 26, 2008 (Friday)

American football

NCAA Bowl Games:
- Motor City Bowl: Florida Atlantic 24, Central Michigan 21

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Melbourne, day 1:
  - Шаблон:Cr 206/6 (Ricky Ponting 101, Dale Steyn 2/61).
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Dhaka, day 1:
  - Шаблон:Cr 172/6 (Michael Vandort 44, Shakib Al Hasan 3/43).
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 1st T20I in Auckland:
  - Шаблон:Cr 155/7 (Ross Taylor 63, Chris Gayle 2/16); Шаблон:Cr 155/8 (Chris Gayle 67, Daniel Vettori 3/16). West Indies win in a 'Super Over' playoff and lead the two-match series 1–0.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Group A (at Scotiabank Place):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 2–8 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 8–1 Шаблон:Ih
- Group B (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 1–4 Шаблон:Ih
  - Шаблон:Ih-rt 1–3 Шаблон:Ih

December 25, 2008 (Thursday)

Basketball

NBA Christmas Day Games:
- Orlando Magic 88, New Orleans Hornets 68
  - Chris Paul's streak of 108 consecutive games with a steal was broken.
- San Antonio Spurs 91, Phoenix Suns 90
  - Roger Mason hits a walk-off three-pointer to win the game for the Spurs.
- Los Angeles Lakers 92, Boston Celtics 83
  - The Celtics' 19-game winning streak ends and Lakers coach Phil Jackson becomes the fastest coach to the 1,000-win mark.
- Cleveland Cavaliers 93, Washington Wizards 89
- Dallas Mavericks 102, Portland Trail Blazers 94

December 24, 2008 (Wednesday)

American football

NCAA Bowl Games:
- [[2008 Hawaii Bowl|2008 HawaiШаблон:Okinai Bowl]]: Notre Dame 49, [[2008 Hawaii Warriors football team|HawaiШаблон:Okinai]] 21
  - The Irish break a nine-game bowl losing streak thanks to Jimmy Clausen's 401 yards of passing and five touchdowns.

Football (soccer)

ASEAN Championship:
- Finals, first leg:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 1–2 Шаблон:Fb

December 23, 2008 (Tuesday)

American football

NCAA Bowl Games:
- Poinsettia Bowl: (11) TCU 17, (9) Boise State 16
  - The Horned Frogs spoil the Broncos' bid for a perfect season.

Baseball

News: ESPN reports that free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira has signed an eight-year deal with the New York Yankees for US $180 million, subject to passing a physical.

Cricket

England in India:
- 2nd Test in Mohali, day 5:
  - Шаблон:Cr 453 and 251/7 declared (Gautam Gambhir 97, Monty Panesar 1/44); Шаблон:Cr 302 and 64/1 (Ian Bell 24*, Ishant Sharma 1/7). Match drawn, India win the two match series 1–0.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 5:
  - Шаблон:Cr 307 and 375 (Chris Gayle 197, Jeetan Patel 5/110); Шаблон:Cr 371 and 220/5 (Jesse Ryder 59*, Jerome Taylor 2/67). Match drawn, two match series drawn 0–0.

Football (soccer)

Argentine league:
- Apertura play-off:
  - Boca Juniors 0–1 Tigre
    - Boca wins the championship despite their loss by better goals-difference.

December 22, 2008 (Monday)

American football

National Football League Week 16 Monday Night Football:
- Chicago Bears 20, Green Bay Packers 17 (OT)
  - The Bears block a potential game-winning field goal attempt by Mason Crosby with 18 seconds left in regulation, and Robbie Gould's 38-yarder in overtime keeps the Bears alive for a playoff berth.

Cricket

England in India:
- 2nd Test in Mohali, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 453 (Gautam Gambhir 179) and 134/4 (Gambhir 44*); Шаблон:Cr 302 (Kevin Pietersen 144). India lead by 285 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 307 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 126) and 278/7 (Chris Gayle 146*); Шаблон:Cr 371 (Tim McIntosh 136). West Indies lead by 214 runs with 3 wickets remaining.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy:
- Slalom: (1) Ivica Kostelić Шаблон:Flagicon 1:39.83 (49.26 + 50.57), (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange Шаблон:Flagicon 1:40.03 (49.79 + 50.24), (3) Benjamin Raich Шаблон:Flagicon 1:40.63 (49.83 + 50.80)
  - World Cup overall standings (after 13 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 430pts, (2) Raich 393, (3) Grange 366

December 21, 2008 (Sunday)

American football

National Football League Week 16:
(teams in boldface are in the playoffs; teams in italics are eliminated)
- New England Patriots 47, Arizona Cardinals 7
- Cincinnati Bengals 14, Cleveland Browns 0
- Miami Dolphins 38, Kansas City Chiefs 31
  - The Dolphins keep their playoff hopes alive with a win in Arrowhead Stadium.
- New Orleans Saints 42, Detroit Lions 7
  - The Lions' 15th straight loss sets a new record for futility at the start of a season and clinches the first pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.
- Tennessee Titans 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 14
  - The Titans clinch home field advantage in the AFC playoffs.
- San Diego Chargers 41, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24
  - The Chargers stay in contention for the AFC West title.
- San Francisco 49ers 17, St. Louis Rams 16
- Buffalo Bills 30, Denver Broncos 23
  - The Broncos' loss and the Chargers win set up a winner-take-all game for the AFC West title next Sunday in San Diego.
- Oakland Raiders 27, Houston Texans 16
- Seattle Seahawks 13, New York Jets 3
  - Mike Holmgren wins his last home game as the Seahawks' coach.
- Atlanta Falcons 24, Minnesota Vikings 17
  - The win gives the Falcons a playoff spot.
- Washington Redskins 10, Philadelphia Eagles 3
- New York Giants 34, Carolina Panthers 28 (OT)
  - The Giants clinch home-field advantage in the playoffs after a Brandon Jacobs touchdown in overtime.
NCAA Bowl Games:
- New Orleans Bowl: Southern Mississippi 31, Troy 28 (OT)

Badminton

Super Series Masters Finals in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia:
- Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei Шаблон:Flagicon (1) bt Peter Gade Шаблон:Flagicon (4) 21–8 21–16
- Men's doubles: Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong Шаблон:Flagicon (6) bt Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae Шаблон:Flagicon (3) 21–18 21–14
- Women's singles: Zhou Mi Шаблон:Flagicon (1) bt Wang Chen Шаблон:Flagicon (3) 21–14 21–18
- Women's doubles: Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty Шаблон:Flagicon (1) bt Vita Marissa/Liliyana Natsir Шаблон:Flagicon (2) 21–15 22–20
- Mixed doubles: Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl Шаблон:Flagicon (2) bt Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir Шаблон:Flagicon (1) 21–19 18–21 22–20

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 1st Test in Perth, day 5:
  - Шаблон:Cr 375 and 319; Шаблон:Cr 281 and 414/4 (Graeme Smith 108, AB de Villiers 106*, Mitchell Johnson 3/98). South Africa win by six wickets and lead the 3-match series 1–0.
England in India:
- 2nd Test in Mohali, day 3:
  - Шаблон:Cr 453; Шаблон:Cr 282/6. England trail by 171 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 3:
  - Шаблон:Cr 307 and 62/2 (Chris Gayle 36*); Шаблон:Cr 371 (Tim McIntosh 136, Fidel Edwards 7/87). West Indies trail by two runs with eight second innings wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Match for third place:
  - Pachuca Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Gamba Osaka
- Final:
  - LDU Quito Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Manchester United
    - Wayne Rooney scores for United in the 73rd minute.
ASEAN Championship:
(first leg result in parentheses)
- Semifinals, second leg:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 0(0)–1(0) Шаблон:Fb

Golf

European Tour:
- South African Open Championship in Paarl, South Africa:
  - Winner: Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Sterne 274 (−14)^PO
Men's unofficial events:
- Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California:
  - Шаблон:Flagicon Vijay Singh wins.

Snooker

UK Championship in Telford, United Kingdom:
- Final: Шаблон:Flagicon Shaun Murphy def. Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Fu 10–9

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Downhill: cancelled
Men's World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy:
- Giant slalom: (1) Daniel Albrecht Шаблон:Flagicon 2:32.71 (1:15.33 + 1:17.38) (2) Ivica Kostelić Шаблон:Flagicon 2:32.83 (1:16.62 + 1:16.21) (3) Hannes Reichelt Шаблон:Flagicon 2:33.04 (1:16.79 + 1:16.25)
  - Overall standings (after 12 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 430 (2) Didier Cuche Шаблон:Flagicon 334 (3) Benjamin Raich Шаблон:Flagicon 333

Biathlon

World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay: (1) Шаблон:AUT 1:21:23.18 0+1 0+4 (2) Шаблон:Flagu 1:22:34.33 +1:11.2 0+3 1+9 (3) Шаблон:Flagu 1:22:39.44 +1:16.3 0+2 0+3
- Women's 4 x 6 km relay: (1) Шаблон:Flagu 1 hr 14 min 00.3 sec, (2) Шаблон:Flagu at 1:43.4, (3) Шаблон:Flagu 2:13.8

Bobsleigh

World Cup 4 in Cesana Pariol, Italy: cancelled

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany:
- Team sprint freestyle men: (1) Шаблон:NOR 17:37.0 (2) Шаблон:Flagu 17:37.0 (3) Шаблон:Flagu 17:37.7
- Team sprint freestyle women: (1) Шаблон:Flagu 9:35.5 (2) Шаблон:NOR 9:35.7 (3) Шаблон:Flagu 9:37.3

Nordic combined

World Cup in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Björn Kircheisen Шаблон:Flagicon 23:43.3 (10th after ski jump leg) (2) Bill Demong Шаблон:Flagicon at 0.3 (7) (3) Jason Lamy-Chappuis Шаблон:Flagicon 0.5 (9)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after six of 24 events): (1) Anssi Koivuranta Шаблон:Flagicon 383 points (2) Kircheisen 299 (3) Demong 290

Skeleton

World Cup 4 in Cesana Pariol, Italy: cancelled

Ski jumping

World Cup in Engelberg, Switzerland:
- Individual 137 m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Шаблон:Flagicon 264.1 pts (133.5 m + 133.5 m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl Шаблон:Flagicon 262.4 (132.5+133.0) (3) Simon Amman Шаблон:Flagicon 260.0 (131.5+136.0)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after seven of 28 events): (1) Amman 585 (2) Schlierenzauer 510 (3) Loitzl 359

Snowboarding

World Cup in Arosa, Switzerland:
- Parallel slalom men: (1) Siegfried Grabner Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Roland Fischnaller Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Zan Kosir Шаблон:Flagicon
- Parallel slalom women: (1) Heidi Neururer Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Michelle Gorgone Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Isabella Laboeck Шаблон:Flagicon

December 20, 2008 (Saturday)

American football

National Football League Week 16 Saturday Night Football:
- Baltimore Ravens 33, Dallas Cowboys 24
  - A celebration of the last game played at Texas Stadium is ruined by two late touchdown runs by Willis McGahee (77 yards) and Le'Ron McClain (82 yards) for the Ravens.
College football:
- NCAA Bowl Games:
  - EagleBank Bowl: Wake Forest 29, Navy 19
  - New Mexico Bowl: Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35
  - St. Petersburg Bowl: South Florida 41, Memphis 14
  - Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona 31, (16) Brigham Young 21
- NCAA Division III Final at Salem, Virginia:
  - Mount Union 31, Wisconsin-Whitewater 26
    - The Purple Raiders win for the third time in four consecutive D-III finals against the Warhawks, taking a 21–7 lead in the first quarter and never looking back. Mount Union's Nate Kmic becomes the first player in NCAA history to rush for over 8,000 yards in his career.

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 1st Test in Perth, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 375 and 319; Шаблон:Cr 281 and 227/3. South Africa require another 187 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
England in India:
- 2nd Test in Mohali, day 2:
  - Шаблон:Cr 453 (Gautam Gambhir 179, Rahul Dravid 136)
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 2:
  - Шаблон:Cr 307 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 126*, Iain O'Brien 6/75); Шаблон:Cr 145/2 (Tim McIntosh 62*, Fidel Edwards 2/26). New Zealand trail by 162 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the first innings.
    - Fidel Edwards took his 100th Test wicket when he dismissed Daniel Flynn in New Zealand's first innings.

Football (soccer)

ASEAN Championship:
(first leg result in parentheses)
- Semifinals, second leg:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 2(1)–1(0) Шаблон:Fb
Argentine league:
- Apertura play-off:
  - Boca Juniors 3–1 San Lorenzo
    - A goal by Cristian Manuel Chávez in injury time for Boca means they can lose to Tigre by one goal margin on Tuesday and still win the championship.

Volleyball

Penn State wins their second consecutive NCAA women's championship, defeating Stanford 3–0. The Nittany Lions finish the season 38–0, only losing two sets total.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy:
- Downhill: (1) Michael Walchhofer Шаблон:Flagicon 1:50.57 (2) Bode Miller Шаблон:Flagicon 1:50.95 (3) Manuel Osborne-Paradis Шаблон:Flagicon 1:51.11
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 11 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 398 pts (2) Carlo Janka Шаблон:Flagicon 315 (3) Benjamin Raich Шаблон:Flagicon 297
Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Lara Gut Шаблон:Flagicon 57.38 (2) Fabienne Suter Шаблон:Flagicon 58.01 (3) Nadia Fanchini Шаблон:Flagicon 58.25
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 10 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn Шаблон:Flagicon 438 pts (2) Tanja Poutiainen Шаблон:Flagicon 400 (3) Maria Riesch Шаблон:Flagicon 378

Biathlon

World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- Men's 10 km sprint: (1) Lars Berger Шаблон:Flagicon 25:23.1 0 penalty (2) Alexander Os Шаблон:Flagicon at 37.9 1 (3) Dmitri Yaroshenko Шаблон:Flagicon 39.8 0
  - Overall World Cup standings (after seven races): (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Шаблон:Flagicon 299 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Шаблон:Flagicon 289 (3) Michael Greis Шаблон:Flagicon 281
- Women's 7.5 km sprint: (1) Svetlana Sleptsova Шаблон:Flagicon 23 min 21.8 sec 1 penalty (2) Ekaterina Iourieva Шаблон:Flagicon at 2.7 s 0 (3) Vita Semerenko Шаблон:Flagicon 16.6 0
  - Overall World Cup standings (after seven events): (1) Sleptsova 327 points (2) Martina Beck Шаблон:Flagicon 278 (3) Iourieva 277

Bobsleigh

World Cup 4 in Cesana Pariol, Italy: cancelled

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany:
- 1.6 km sprint freestyle men: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Tor Arne Hetland Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Fabio Pasini Шаблон:Flagicon
  - Overall standings (after seven out of 33 races): (1) Hattestad 300 points (2) Dario Cologna Шаблон:Flagicon 208 (3) Hetland 191
- 0.8 km sprint freestyle women: (1) Petra Majdič Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Natalia Matveeva Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Maiken Caspersen Falla Шаблон:Flagicon
  - Overall standings (after seven out of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Шаблон:Flagicon 397 points (2) Majdic 389 (3) Marit Bjørgen Шаблон:Flagicon 280

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Adventure Mountain, China:
- Aerials men: (1) Alexei Grishin Шаблон:Flagicon 249.25 (2) Li Ke Шаблон:Flagicon 244.52 (3) Warren Shouldice Шаблон:Flagicon 238.90
- Aerials women: (1) Zhao Shanshan Шаблон:Flagicon 201.63 (2) Li Nina Шаблон:Flagicon 192.81 (3) Lydia Lassila Шаблон:Flagicon 179.06

Nordic combined

World Cup in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Bill Demong Шаблон:Flagicon 25:59.4 (2nd after ski-jump leg) (2) Björn Kircheisen Шаблон:Flagicon at 28.3 (6) (3) Jan Schmid Шаблон:Flagicon 37.3 (8)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after five out of 24 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta Шаблон:Flagicon 333 points (2) Magnus Moan Шаблон:Flagicon 211 (3) Demong 210

Ski jumping

World Cup in Engelberg, Switzerland:
- Individual 137 m hill: (1) Simon Ammann Шаблон:Flagicon 275.4 points (138.5 m/137.0 m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl Шаблон:Flagicon 273.2 (134.0/137.5) (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer Шаблон:Flagicon 265.7 (135.0/134.0)
  - World Cup overall standings (after six of 28 events): (1) Ammann 525 points (2) Schlierenzauer 410 (3) Loitzl 279

Snowboarding

World Cup in Arosa, Switzerland:
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Seth Wescott Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Markus Schairer Шаблон:Flagicon (3) David Speiser Шаблон:Flagicon
- Snowboardcross women: (1) Sandra Frei Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Helene Olafsen Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Nelly Moenne Loccoz Шаблон:Flagicon

December 19, 2008 (Friday)

American college football

NCAA Division I FCS Final in Chattanooga, Tennessee:
- Richmond 24, Montana 7
  - The Spiders win their school's first national championship in any sport.

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 1st Test in Perth, day 3:
  - Шаблон:Cr 375 and 228/7 (Brad Haddin 39*, Jacques Kallis 2/19); Шаблон:Cr 281 (Jacques Kallis 63, Mitchell Johnson 8/61). Australia lead by 322 runs with 3 second innings wickets remaining.
England in India:
- 2nd Test in Mohali, day 1:
  - Шаблон:Cr 179/1 (Gautam Gambhir 106*, Stuart Broad 1/45).
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 1:
  - Шаблон:Cr 258/6 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 100*, Daniel Vettori 2/58).

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Werner Heel Шаблон:Flagicon 1:35.04 (2) Didier Défago Шаблон:Flagicon 1:35.47 (3) Patrik Järbyn Шаблон:Flagicon 1:35.49
  - Overall World Cup standings (10 events): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 398 pts (2) Carlo Janka Шаблон:Flagicon 315 (3) Benjamin Raich Шаблон:Flagicon 297
Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Combined: (1) Anja Pärson Шаблон:Flagicon 1:41.87 (57.84 + 44.03) (2) Nicole Hosp Шаблон:Flagicon 1:42.99 (59.07 + 43.92) (3) Fabienne Suter Шаблон:Flagicon 1:43.47 (58.35 + 45.12)
  - Overall World Cup standings (9 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn Шаблон:Flagicon 438 (2) Tanja Poutiainen Шаблон:Flagicon 400 (3) Maria Riesch Шаблон:Flagicon 378

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Adventure Mountain, China:
- Aerials women: (1) Lydia Lassila Шаблон:Flagicon 92.88 (2) Jacqui Cooper Шаблон:Flagicon 89.14 (3) Veronika Bauer Шаблон:Flagicon 88.83
- Aerials men: cancelled

Skeleton

World Cup 4 in Cesana Pariol, Italy: cancelled

December 18, 2008 (Thursday)

American football

National Football League Week 16 Thursday Night Football:
- Indianapolis Colts 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 24.
  - The Colts will be the fifth seed in the AFC playoffs with this win.

Basketball

Euroleague, week 8:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group A:
  - ~~Le Mans~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 73–87 Шаблон:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv
    - Maccabi punch their ticket to the Top 16.
  - Unicaja Málaga Шаблон:Flagicon 72–68 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Air Avellino~~
    - Málaga's win secures them, as well as Шаблон:Flagicon Cibona, a Top 16 berth and eliminates Avellino.
- Group B:
  - Žalgiris Kaunas Шаблон:Flagicon 79–68 Шаблон:Flagicon Asseco Prokom Sopot
    - Žalgiris stay alive in the Top 16 race, taking the tiebreaker from Prokom.
- Group C:
  - ALBA Berlin Шаблон:Flagicon 68–73 Шаблон:Flagicon TAU Cerámica
    - TAU also punch their Top 16 ticket.
  - Lottomatica Roma Шаблон:Flagicon 74–69 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Union Olimpija Ljubljana~~ (OT)
    - Roma advance to the Top 16, while Ljubljana are eliminated.
- Group D:
  - Panionios Шаблон:Flagicon 64–78 Шаблон:Flagicon Efes Pilsen

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 1st Test in Perth, day 2:
  - Шаблон:Cr 375 (Simon Katich 83, Makhaya Ntini 4/72); Шаблон:Cr 243/8 (Jacques Kallis 63, AB de Villiers 63, Mitchell Johnson 7/42). South Africa trail by 132 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the first innings.

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Semifinal 2:
  - Gamba Osaka Шаблон:Flagicon 3–5 Шаблон:Flagicon Manchester United
- Match for fifth place:
  - Al Ahly Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Adelaide United
UEFA Cup group stage, matchday 5:
(teams in bold advance to the last-32 round; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group A:
  - Paris Saint-Germain Шаблон:Flagicon 4–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Twente
  - ~~Racing Santander~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 3–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Manchester City
  - Idle: ~~Schalke 04~~
    - Final standings: Man City 7 points, Twente 6, PSG 5, Racing 5, Schalke 4
- Group B:
  - Olympiacos Шаблон:Flagicon 4–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Hertha BSC~~
  - ~~Benfica~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Metalist Kharkiv
  - Idle: Galatasaray
    - Final standings: Metalist 10 points, Galatasaray 9, Olympiacos 6, Hertha 2, Benfica 1
- Group C:
  - Sampdoria Шаблон:Flagicon 1–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Sevilla~~
  - Stuttgart Шаблон:Flagicon 3–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Standard Liège
  - Idle: ~~Partizan Belgrade~~
    - Final standings: Standard 9 points, Stuttgart 7, Sampdoria 7, Sevilla 6, Partizan 0
- Group D:
  - NEC Шаблон:Flagicon 2–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Udinese
  - Tottenham Hotspur Шаблон:Flagicon 2–2 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Spartak Moscow~~
  - Idle: ~~Dinamo Zagreb~~
    - Final standings: Udinese 9 points, Spurs 7, NEC 6, Spartak 4, Dinamo 3

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- Men's 20 km individual: (1) Maxim Tchoudov Шаблон:Flagicon 56 mins 00.3 secs (1 penalty) (2) Ivan Tcherezov Шаблон:Flagicon at 47.6 (2) (3) Björn Ferry Шаблон:Flagicon 48.5 (1)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after six races): (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Шаблон:Flagicon 299 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Шаблон:Flagicon 255 (3) Michael Greis Шаблон:Flagicon 243
- Women's 15 km individual: (1) Albina Akhatova Шаблон:Flagicon 50 mins 03.0 secs (0 penalties) (2) Éva Tófalvi Шаблон:Flagicon at 17.5 (0) (3) Svetlana Sleptsova Шаблон:Flagicon 49.9 (2)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after six races): (1) Sleptsova 267 points (2) Martina Beck Шаблон:Flagicon 251 (3) Ekaterina Iourieva Шаблон:Flagicon 223

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Meribel, France:
- Moguls men: (1) Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Alexandre Bilodeau Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Anthony Benna Шаблон:Flagicon
- Moguls women: (1) Hannah Kearney Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Jennifer Heil Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Nikola Sudova Шаблон:Flagicon

December 17, 2008 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague, week 8:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group A:
  - Olympiacos Шаблон:Flagicon 93–64 Шаблон:Flagicon Cibona Zagreb
- Group B:
  - Regal FC Barcelona Шаблон:Flagicon 87–61 Шаблон:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena
    - Barcelona improve to a league-best 7–1 record.
  - Panathinaikos Athens Шаблон:Flagicon 83–69 Шаблон:Flagicon SLUC Nancy
    - Panathinaikos secure their place in the Top 16.
- Group C:
  - Fenerbahçe Ülker Шаблон:Flagicon 89–63 Шаблон:Flagicon DKV Joventut
- Group D:
  - CSKA Moscow Шаблон:Flagicon 78–82 Шаблон:Flagicon Real Madrid
  - AJ Milano Шаблон:Flagicon 73–59 Шаблон:Flagicon Partizan Belgrade

Cricket

South Africa in Australia:
- 1st Test in Perth, day 1:
  - Шаблон:Cr 341/9 (Simon Katich 83)

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Semifinal 1:
  - Pachuca Шаблон:Flagicon 0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon LDU Quito
UEFA Cup group stage, matchday 5:
(teams in bold advance to the last-32 round; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group E:
  - ~~Portsmouth~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 3–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Heerenveen~~
  - Milan Шаблон:Flagicon 2–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Wolfsburg
  - Idle: Braga
    - Final standings: Wolfsburg 10 pts, Milan 8, Braga 6, Portsmouth 4, Heerenveen 0.
- Group F:
  - Hamburg Шаблон:Flagicon 3–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Aston Villa
  - Ajax Шаблон:Flagicon 2–2 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Slavia Prague~~
  - Idle: ~~Žilina~~
    - Final standings: Hamburg 9 pts, Ajax 7, Aston Villa 6, Žilina 4, Slavia Prague 2.
- Group G:
  - ~~Club Brugge~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Copenhagen
  - Saint-Étienne Шаблон:Flagicon 2–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Valencia
  - Idle: ~~Rosenborg~~
    - Final standings: St. Étienne 8 pts, Valencia 6, Copenhagen 5, Brugge 3, Rosenborg 2.
- Group H:
  - Deportivo Шаблон:Flagicon 1–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Nancy~~
  - ~~Feyenoord~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Lech Poznań
  - Idle: CSKA Moscow
    - Final standings: CSKA 12 pts, Deportivo 7, Poznań 5, Nancy 4, Feyenoord 0.
ASEAN Championship:
- Semifinals, first leg:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 0–0 Шаблон:Fb
Argentine league:
- Apertura play off:
  - San Lorenzo 2–1 Tigre

December 16, 2008 (Tuesday)

Football (soccer)

ASEAN Championship:
- Semifinals, first leg:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 0–1 Шаблон:Fb

December 15, 2008 (Monday)

American football

National Football League Week 15 Monday Night Football:
- Philadelphia Eagles 30, Cleveland Browns 10
The Arena Football League votes to suspend operations, cancelling its 2009 season.

Basketball

NBA:
- With their 100–91 win over the Utah Jazz, the Boston Celtics become the third team in NBA history to win 23 of its first 25 games.
- The Sacramento Kings fire Reggie Theus, making him the sixth head coach to be fired this season. Assistant Kenny Natt is named his interim replacement.

Cricket

England in India:
- 1st Test in Chennai, day 5:
  - Шаблон:Cr 316 and 311/9 dec; Шаблон:Cr 241 and 387/4 (Sachin Tendulkar 103*). India win by 6 wickets.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Dunedin, day 5:
  - Play abandoned due to rain. Шаблон:Cr 365 and 44/2; Шаблон:Cr 340. Match drawn.

December 14, 2008 (Sunday)

American football

National Football League Week 15:
(teams in bold clinched a playoff berth; teams in italics are eliminated)
- New York Jets 31, Buffalo Bills 27
  - The Bills are eliminated from playoff contention.
- Indianapolis Colts 31, Detroit Lions 21
  - The Lions drop to 0–14, the third team ever to lose the first 14 games of a season (1976 Buccaneers, 1980 Saints).
- Jacksonville Jaguars 20, Green Bay Packers 16
  - The Packers are eliminated with the loss.
- San Diego Chargers 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21
- Miami Dolphins 14, San Francisco 49ers 9
- Seattle Seahawks 23, St. Louis Rams 20
- Atlanta Falcons 13, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 (OT)
  - Atlanta's win eliminated the New Orleans Saints from playoff contention.
- Houston Texans 13, Tennessee Titans 12
  - The Texans' win prevents Tennessee from getting home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs for this week.
- Cincinnati Bengals 20, Washington Redskins 13
- Minnesota Vikings 35, Arizona Cardinals 14
- Carolina Panthers 30, Denver Broncos 10
- New England Patriots 49, Oakland Raiders 26
- Pittsburgh Steelers 13, Baltimore Ravens 9
  - The win gives the Steelers the AFC North title and a first-round playoff bye, and sets up a showdown with the Titans for AFC playoff home field advantage next Sunday.
- Dallas Cowboys 20, New York Giants 8
  - The Giants loss now sets up a showdown with Carolina for home field advantage in the NFC playoffs next week.

Cricket

England in India:
- 1st Test in Chennai, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 316 and 311/9 dec (Andrew Strauss 108, Paul Collingwood 108, Zaheer Khan 3/40); Шаблон:Cr 241 and 131/1 (Virender Sehwag 83). India need 256 runs to win with nine wickets in hand.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Dunedin, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 365 and 44/2 (Tim McIntosh 24*, Daren Powell 2/17); Шаблон:Cr 340 (Jerome Taylor 106, Daniel Vettori 6/56). New Zealand lead by 69 runs with 8 second innings wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Quarterfinal 2:
  - Adelaide United Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Gamba Osaka
    - Gamba Osaka will play Manchester United Шаблон:Flagicon in the semifinals.
Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
- Third Place Playoff:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 0–0 Шаблон:Fb
    - Guadeloupe wins 5–4 in penalty shootout.
- Final:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 0–2 Шаблон:Fb
    - Luton Shelton scores twice from the penalty spot for The Reggae Boyz.
Argentine league:
- The Apertura ends with 3-way tie between San Lorenzo, Tigre and Boca Juniors, that requires a triangular play-off series, beginning on Wednesday.

Golf

European Tour:
- Alfred Dunhill Championship in Mpumalanga, South Africa
  - Winner: Richard Sterne Шаблон:Flagicon 271 (−17)
Men's unofficial events:
- Merrill Lynch Shootout in Naples, Florida:
  - Winners: Kenny Perry Шаблон:Flagicon & Scott Hoch Шаблон:Flagicon

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final in Madrid, Spain:
- Men:
  - Vault: (1) Thomas Bouhail Шаблон:Flagicon 16.225 (2) Jeffrey Wammes Шаблон:Flagicon 16.150 (3) Anton Golotsutskov Шаблон:Flagicon 16.075 (3) Isaak Botella Perez Шаблон:Flagicon 16.075
  - Parallel bars: (1) Yann Cucherat Шаблон:Flagicon 15.775 (1) Feng Zhe Шаблон:Flagicon 15.775 (3) Valeriy Goncharov Шаблон:Flagicon 15.675
  - Horizontal bars: (1) Epke Zonderland Шаблон:Flagicon 16.175 (2) Philippe Rizzo Шаблон:Flagicon 15.825 (3) Hiroyuki Tomita Шаблон:Flagicon 15.325
- Women:
  - Beam: (1) Lauren Mitchell Шаблон:Flagicon 15.250 (2) Yulia Lozhechko Шаблон:Flagicon 15.200 (3) Li Shanshan Шаблон:Flagicon 15.150
  - Floor: (1) Cheng Fei 15.375 (2) Jiang Yuyan Шаблон:Flagicon 15.225 (3) Sandra Izbaşa Шаблон:Flagicon 15.000

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia:
- Bronze match:
  - Шаблон:Hbw 21–24 Шаблон:Hbw
- Final:
  - Шаблон:Hbw 21–34 Шаблон:Hbw
    - Norway wins the European title for the third successive time.

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 4:
- Pool 2:
  - London Wasps Шаблон:Flagicon 19–11 Шаблон:Flagicon Edinburgh Rugby
- Pool 3:
  - Perpignan Шаблон:Flagicon 26–20 Шаблон:Flagicon Leicester Tigers
    - Dan Carter, on his half-season "sabbatical" from the All Blacks, makes a successful Northern Hemisphere club debut, scoring 16 points to lead Perpignan to the win.
- Pool 5:
  - Glasgow Warriors Шаблон:Flagicon 19–25 Шаблон:Flagicon Bath

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia:
- Women:
  - 400 m individual medley: (1) Mireia Belmonte García Шаблон:Flagicon 4:25.06 (WR) (2) Alessia Filippi Шаблон:Flagicon 4:26.06 (3) Francesca Segat Шаблон:Flagicon 4:27.12
  - 200 m freestyle: (1) Federica Pellegrini Шаблон:Flagicon 1:51.85 (WR) (2) Femke Heemskerk Шаблон:Flagicon 1:53.79 (3) Daria Belyakina Шаблон:Flagicon 1:53.85
  - 100 m breaststroke: (1) Valentina Artemyeva Шаблон:Flagicon 1:05.02 (2) Sophie de Ronchi Шаблон:Flagicon 1:05.43 (3) Mirna Jukić Шаблон:Flagicon 1:05.64
  - 100 m butterfly: (1) Jeanette Ottesen Шаблон:Flagicon 56.70 CR (2) Diane Bui Duyet Шаблон:Flagicon 56.83 (3) Eszter Dara Шаблон:Flagicon 56.88
  - 200 m backstroke: (1) Alexandra Putra Шаблон:Flagicon 2:02.48 (2) Alexianne Castel Шаблон:Flagicon 2:03.10 (3) Elizabeth Simmonds Шаблон:Flagicon 2:03.12
  - 50 m freestyle: (1) Marleen Veldhuis Шаблон:Flagicon 23.55 CR (2) Hinkelien Schreuder Шаблон:Flagicon 23.72 (3) Jeanette Ottesen Шаблон:Flagicon 24.05
- Men:
  - 200 m breaststroke: (1) Hugues Duboscq Шаблон:Flagicon 2:04.59 (European Record) (2) Edoardo Giorgetti Шаблон:Flagicon 2:04.98 (3) Igor Borysik Шаблон:Flagicon 2:05.47
  - 100 m individual medley: (1) Peter Mankoč Шаблон:Flagicon 51.97 (European Record) (2) Christian Galenda Шаблон:Flagicon 52.29 (3) James Goddard Шаблон:Flagicon 52.36
  - 200 m freestyle: (1) Danila Izotov Шаблон:Flagicon 1:43.09 (2) Dominik Meichtry Шаблон:Flagicon 1:43.11 (3) Massimiliano Rosolino Шаблон:Flagicon 1:43.52
  - 100 m backstroke: (1) Stanislav Donets Шаблон:Flagicon 49.32 (WR) (2) Aschwin Wildeboer Шаблон:Flagicon 49.61 (3) Helge Meeuw Шаблон:Flagicon 50.89
  - 50 m butterfly: (1) Amaury Leveaux Шаблон:Flagicon 22.23 (2) Milorad Čavić Шаблон:Flagicon 22.36 (3) Rafael Muñoz Шаблон:Flagicon 22.46
  - 4 × 50 m freestyle: (1) Шаблон:Flagu (Alain Bernard, Fabien Gilot, Amaury Leveaux, Frédérick Bousquet) 1:20.77 (WR) (2) Шаблон:Flagu (Alessandro Calvi, Marco Orsi, Mattia Nalesso, Filippo Magnini) 1:23.37 (3) Шаблон:CRO (Duje Draganja, Alexei Puninski, Bruno Barbic, Mario Todorović) 1:23.68

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Val-d'Isère, France:
- Slalom: cancelled
Women's World Cup in La Molina, Spain:
- Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch Шаблон:Flagicon 1:52.98 (2) Lindsey Vonn Шаблон:Flagicon 1:54.46 (3) Kathrin Zettel Шаблон:Flagicon 1:55.34
  - Overall World Cup standings: (1) Vonn 438 (2) Tanja Poutiainen Шаблон:Flagicon 400 (3) Riesch 328

Biathlon

World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
(shooting penalties in brackets)
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay: (1) Шаблон:Flagu (Nikolay Kruglov, Ivan Tcherezov, Maxim Maksimov, Maxim Tchoudov) 1 hr 24 min 22.9 sec (1), (2) Шаблон:AUT at 1 min 48.1 sec (2), (3) Шаблон:UKR 2:38.6 (3)
- Women's 4 x 6 km relay: (1) Шаблон:Flagu (Svetlana Sleptsova, Olga Medvedtseva, Ekaterina Iourieva, Albina Akhatova) 1:10:49.58 (6) (2) Шаблон:NOR 1:12:44.35 +1:54.8 (9) (3) Шаблон:Flagu 1:12:46.41 +1:56.9 (9)

Bobsleigh

World Cup 3 in Igls, Austria:
- Four-man: (1) Шаблон:Flagu (Alexandr Zubkov, Roman Oreshnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Dmitriy Stepushkin) 1:42.34 (2) Шаблон:Flagu (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz) 1:42.48 (3) Шаблон:Flagu (Dmitry Abramovitch, Philippe Egorov, Andrey Jurkov, Petr Moiseev) 1:42.54
  - World Cup standings: (1) Zubkov 645 (2) André Lange Шаблон:Flagicon 603 (3) Holcomb 578

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Davos, Switzerland:
- Sprint freestyle women: (1) Petra Majdič Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Celine Brun-Lie Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Marit Bjørgen Шаблон:Flagicon
  - Overall World Cup standings: (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Шаблон:Flagicon 397 (2) Majdic 289 (3) Bjoergen 280
- Sprint freestyle men: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Johan Kjoelstad Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Renato Pasini Шаблон:Flagicon
  - Overall World Cup standings: (1) Dario Alonzo Cologna Шаблон:Flagicon 208 (2) Hattestad 200 (3) Johan Olsson Шаблон:Flagicon 186

Luge

World Cup 3 in Winterberg, Germany:
- Women: (1) Natalie Geisenberger Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Tatjana Hüfner Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Anke Wischnewski Шаблон:Flagicon
  - World Cup standings: (1) Hüfner 285 (2) Geisenberger 245 (3) Wischnewski 210

Ski jumping

World Cup in Pragelato, Italy:
- Individual 140 m hill: (1) Fumihisa Yumoto Шаблон:Flagicon 114.8 pts (126.0 m) (2) Simon Ammann Шаблон:Flagicon 113.6 (124.5) (3) Johan Remen Evensen Шаблон:Flagicon 110.3 (123.5)
  - World Cup standings (after five events): (1) Ammann 425 (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Шаблон:Flagicon 350 (3) Ville Larinto Шаблон:Flagicon 205

Snowboarding

World Cup in Limone Piemonte, Italy:
- Men's parallel GS: (1) Matthew Morison Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Sylvain Dufour Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Jasey Jay Anderson Шаблон:Flagicon
- Women's parallel GS: (1) Doris Guenther Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Kimiko Zakreski Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Anke Karstens Шаблон:Flagicon

Speed skating

World Cup 5 in Nagano, Japan:
- 500 m women:
- 500 m men:
- 1000 m women:
- 1000 m men:
- 100 m women:
- 100 m men:

December 13, 2008 (Saturday)

American college football

2008 Heisman Trophy:
- With three underclassman quarterbacks as the finalists, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford becomes the second sophomore to win the prestigious award. Last year's winner, Tim Tebow of Florida, had the most first place votes, but lost four of the six regions to Bradford and finished third in total votes behind runnerup Colt McCoy of Texas.
NCAA Division I FCS semifinal at Cedar Falls, Iowa:
- Richmond 21, Northern Iowa 20
  - Trailing 20–7 in the fourth quarter, the Spiders come back to score the winning touchdown and extra point with 14 seconds remaining.
NCAA Division II Championship at Florence, Alabama:
- Minnesota-Duluth 21, Northwest Missouri State 14
  - The Bulldogs win their first national title in football, while the Bearcats lose in the title game for the fourth straight year, with each loss being by a touchdown or less.

Basketball

National Basketball Association news: The Philadelphia 76ers become the league's fifth team to fire their head coach this season, axing Maurice Cheeks after a 9–14 start, even though the Sixers had extended his contract twice in the past year. Assistant general manager Tony DiLeo will be Cheeks' interim replacement.

Cricket

England in India:
- 1st Test in Chennai, day 3:
  - Шаблон:Cr 316 and 172/3 (Andrew Strauss 73*); Шаблон:Cr 241 (MS Dhoni 53). England lead by 247 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Dunedin, day 3:
  - Шаблон:Cr 365 (Daniel Flynn 95, Chris Gayle 3/42); Шаблон:Cr 39/0 (Chris Gayle 29*). West Indies trail by 326 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Quarterfinal 1:
  - Al Ahly Шаблон:Flagicon 2–4(AET) Шаблон:Flagicon Pachuca
    - Pachuca comes back from 0–2 down to win in extra-time, and will meet LDU Quito in the semifinals.

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final in Madrid, Spain:
- Men:
  - Floor: (1) Diego Hypólito Шаблон:Flagicon 16.125 (2) Kōhei Uchimura Шаблон:Flagicon 15.900 (3) Alexander Shatilov Шаблон:Flagicon 15.500
  - Pommel horse: (1) Zhang Hongtao Шаблон:Flagicon 16.375 (2) Krisztián Berki Шаблон:Flagicon 16.100 (3) Prashanth Sellathurai Шаблон:Flagicon 16.025
  - Rings: (1) Olexander Vorobyov Шаблон:Flagicon 16.275 (2) Yordan Yovchev Шаблон:Flagicon 16.150 (3) Yuri van Gelder Шаблон:Flagicon 16.075
- Women:
  - Vault: (1) Cheng Fei Шаблон:Flagicon 15.050 (2) Ariella Kaeslin Шаблон:Flagicon 14.912 (3) Aagje Vanwalleghem Шаблон:Flagicon 14.425
  - Uneven bars: (1) He Kexin Шаблон:Flagicon 16.250 (2) Jiang Yuyan Шаблон:Flagicon 15.700 (3) Koko Tsurumi Шаблон:Flagicon 15.250

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
- 5th/6th placement match:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 36–33(OT) Шаблон:Hbw
- Semifinals:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 32–29 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 24–18 Шаблон:Hbw

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 4:
- Pool 1:
  - Munster (Ireland) 23–13 Шаблон:Flagicon Clermont
  - Montauban Шаблон:Flagicon 16–12 Шаблон:Flagicon Sale Sharks
- Pool 3:
  - Benetton Treviso Шаблон:Flagicon 16–36 Шаблон:Flagicon Ospreys
- Pool 4:
  - Harlequins Шаблон:Flagicon 19–17 Шаблон:Flagicon Stade Français
- Pool 5:
  - Newport Gwent Dragons Шаблон:Flagicon 13–26 Шаблон:Flagicon Toulouse
- Pool 6:
  - Biarritz Шаблон:Flagicon 6–10 Шаблон:Flagicon Cardiff Blues 13:35
  - Gloucester Шаблон:Flagicon 48–5 Шаблон:Flagicon Calvisano

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia:
- Men:
  - 1500 m freestyle: (1) Federico Colbertaldo Шаблон:Flagicon 14:24.21 (2) Vitaly Romanovich Шаблон:Flagicon 14:29.64 (3) Samuel Pizzetti Шаблон:Flagicon 14:31.60
  - 200 m butterfly: (1) Nikolay Skvortsov Шаблон:Flagicon 1:50.60 (WR) (2) Dinko Jukić Шаблон:Flagicon 1:52.31 (3) Maxim Ganikhin Шаблон:Flagicon 1:52.32
  - 100 m freestyle: (1) Amaury Leveaux Шаблон:Flagicon 44.94 (WR) (2) Fabien Gilot Шаблон:Flagicon 45.84 (3) Filippo Magnini Шаблон:Flagicon 46.62
  - 50 m breaststroke: (1) Matjaž Markič Шаблон:Flagicon 26.47 CR (2) Aleksander Hetland Шаблон:Flagicon 26.64 (3) Emil Tahirovič Шаблон:Flagicon 26.66
- Women:
  - 400 m freestyle: (1) Coralie Balmy Шаблон:Flagicon 3:56.39 (2) Camille Muffat Шаблон:Flagicon 3:57.48 (3) Alessia Filippi Шаблон:Flagicon 3:59.35
  - 100 m individual medley: (1) Hanna-Maria Seppälä Шаблон:Flagicon 59.24 CR (2) Evelyn Verrasztó Шаблон:Flagicon 59.49 (3) Francesca Segat Шаблон:Flagicon 59.61
  - 50 m backstroke: (1) Sanja Jovanović Шаблон:Flagicon 26.23 (WR) (2) Kateryna Zubkova Шаблон:Flagicon 26.65 (3) Elena Gemo Шаблон:Flagicon 26.77
  - 4 × 50 m medley relay: (1) Шаблон:Flagu (Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Moniek Nijhuis, Hinkelien Schreuder, Marleen Veldhuis) 1:45.73 (WR) (2) Шаблон:Flagu (Daniela Samulski, Janne Schaefer, Lena Kalla, Petra Dallmann) 1:46.84 (3) Шаблон:Flagu (Elena Gemo, Roberta Panara, Silvia di Pietro, Federica Pellegrini) 1:47.05

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Val-d'Isère, France:
- Giant slalom: (1) Шаблон:Flagicon Carlo Janka (2) Шаблон:Flagicon Massimiliano Blardone (3) Шаблон:Flagicon Gauthier de Tessières
  - Overall World Cup standings: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 395 (2) Benjamin Raich Шаблон:Flagicon 293 (3) Janka 291
Women's World Cup in La Molina, Spain:
- Giant slalom: (1) Шаблон:Flagicon Tanja Poutiainen (2) Шаблон:Flagicon Manuela Mölgg (3) Шаблон:Flagicon Nicole Hosp

Biathlon

World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
(shooting penalties in brackets)
- Men's 12.5 km pursuit: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Шаблон:Flagicon 35 min 46.3 sec (3), (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Шаблон:Flagicon at 9.4 sec (2), (3) Tomasz Sikora Шаблон:Flagicon 12 (3)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after five events): (1) Svendsen 276 pts, (2) Sikora 234, (3) Michael Greis Шаблон:Flagicon 200
- Women's 10 km pursuit: (1) Martina Beck Шаблон:Flagicon 33 min 41.2 sec (1), (2) Svetlana Sleptsova Шаблон:Flagicon at 18.3 (4), (3) Simone Hauswald Шаблон:Flagicon 19.2 (5)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after five events): (1) Beck 224 pts, (2) Sleptsova 219, (3) Tora Berger Шаблон:Flagicon 206

Bobsleigh

World Cup 3 in Igls, Austria:
- Two-man: (1) Thomas Florschütz / Marc Kühne Шаблон:Flagicon 1:44.62 (2) Beat Hefti / Thomas Lamparter Шаблон:Flagicon 1:44.70 +0.08 (3) Steven Holcomb / Justin Olsen Шаблон:Flagicon 1:44.75 +0.13
  - World Cup standings (three races): (1) Hefti 635 (2) André Lange Шаблон:Flagicon 627 (3) Matthias Höpfner Шаблон:Flagicon 568

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Davos, Switzerland:
- Women's 10 km classic: (1) Virpi Kuitunen Шаблон:Flagicon 29 min 51.0 sec, (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Шаблон:Flagicon at 18 seconds, (3) Marit Bjørgen Шаблон:Flagicon 46.7
  - Overall World Cup standings (after five of 33 events): (1) Saarinen 365 pts, (2) Kuitunen 269, (3) Justyna Kowalczyk Шаблон:Flagicon 227
- Men's 15 km classic: (1) Johan Olsson Шаблон:Flagicon 40:10.0 (2) Axel Teichmann Шаблон:Flagicon 40:20.5 +10.50 (3) Sami Jauhojärvi Шаблон:Flagicon 40:38.5 +28.50

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
(All times CET)
- Men:
  - Final: Шаблон:NOR 6–7 Шаблон:SCO
    - David Murdoch's team repeats its win over Thomas Ulsrud last year.
  - World challenge 2: Шаблон:Flagu 6–1 Шаблон:FIN
  - World challenge 3: Шаблон:Flagu 5–7 Шаблон:FIN
    - Finland qualify to 2009 World Championship.
- Women:
  - Final: Шаблон:Flagu 5–4 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Mirjam Ott wins her second European title and denies Anette Norberg her 8th championship.
  - World challenge 2: Шаблон:Flagu 7–4 Шаблон:NOR
  - World challenge 3: Шаблон:Flagu 9–10 Шаблон:NOR
    - Norway qualify to 2009 World Championship.

Figure skating

Grand Prix:
- Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Goyang, South Korea:
  - Junior ice dance:
    - (1) Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein Шаблон:Flagicon 131.15 (2) Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell Шаблон:Flagicon 124.68 (3) Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro Шаблон:Flagicon 124.30
  - Junior ladies:
    - (1) Becky Bereswill Шаблон:Flagicon 146.69 (2) Yukiko Fujisawa Шаблон:Flagicon 145.92 (3) Alexe Gilles Шаблон:Flagicon 144.49
  - Senior ice dance:
    - Final standings (free dance in brackets): (1) Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder Шаблон:Flagicon 156.10 (95.75) (2) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin Шаблон:Flagicon 152.95 (93.62) (3) Meryl Davis/Charlie White Шаблон:Flagicon 148.04 (92.15)
  - Senior men:
    - Final standings (free skating in brackets): (1) Jeremy Abbott Шаблон:Flagicon 237.72 (159.46) (2) Takahiko Kozuka Шаблон:Flagicon 224.63 (140.73) (3) Johnny Weir Шаблон:Flagicon 215.50 (143.00)
  - Senior ladies:
    - Final standings (free skating in brackets): (1) Mao Asada Шаблон:Flagicon 188.55 (123.17) (2) Kim Yuna Шаблон:Flagicon 186.35 (120.41) (3) Carolina Kostner Шаблон:Flagicon 168.01 (112.13)
  - Senior pairs:
    - Final standings (free skating in brackets): (1) Pang Qing/Tong Jian Шаблон:Flagicon 191.49 (125.25) (2) Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao Шаблон:Flagicon 188.22 (119.88) (3) Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Шаблон:Flagicon 185.09 (114.95)

Luge

World Cup 3 in Winterberg, Germany:
- Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler Шаблон:Flagicon (2) David Möller Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Johannes Ludwig Шаблон:Flagicon
  - World Cup standings: (1) Zöggeler 255 (2) Möller 240 (3) Andi Langenhan Шаблон:Flagicon 180
- Doubles: (1) Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Markus Schiegl / Tobias Schiegl Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch Шаблон:Flagicon
  - World Cup standings: (1) Oberstolz/Gruber 260 (2) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Шаблон:Flagicon 220 (3) Schiegl/Schiegl 201

Skeleton

World Cup 3 in Igls, Austria:
- Men: (1) Frank Rommel Шаблон:Flagicon 1:46.01 (2) Aleksandr Tretyakov Шаблон:Flagicon 1:46.26 +0.25 (3) Martins Dukurs Шаблон:Flagicon 1:46.38 +0.37
  - World Cup standings: (1) Dukurs 610 (2) Florian Grassl Шаблон:Flagicon 593 (3) Tretyakov 572

Ski jumping

World Cup in Pragelato, Italy:
- Individual 140 m hill: (1) Simon Ammann Шаблон:Flagicon 284.3 points (139.5/144.0 m) (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Шаблон:Flagicon 282.6 (137.5/139.5 m) (3) Ville Larinto Шаблон:Flagicon 259.2 (131.5/135.0 m)
  - World Cup standings (after four of 28 events): (1) Ammann 345 points (2) Schlierenzauer 300 (3) Larinto 205

Speed skating

World Cup 5 in Nagano, Japan:
- 500 m women:
- 500 m men:
- 1000 m women:
- 1000 m men:

December 12, 2008 (Friday)

American college football

NCAA Division I FCS semifinal at Harrisonburg, Virginia:
- Montana 35, James Madison 27
  - The top-ranked FCS team is upset at home.

Cricket

England in India:
- 1st Test in Chennai, day 2:
  - Шаблон:Cr 316; Шаблон:Cr 155/6. India trail by 161 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Dunedin, day 2:
  - No play due to rain.

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 4:
- Pool 2:
  - Castres Шаблон:Flagicon 18–15 (Ireland) Leinster
- Pool 4:
  - Scarlets Шаблон:Flagicon 16–16 (Ireland) Ulster

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia:
- Women:
  - 800 m freestyle: (1) Alessia Filippi Шаблон:Flagicon 8:04.53 (WR) (2) Coralie Balmy Шаблон:Flagicon 8:05.32 (3) Lotte Friis Шаблон:Flagicon 8:09.91
  - 200 m breaststroke: (1) Alena Alekseeva Шаблон:Flagicon 2:19.93 (2) Mirna Jukić Шаблон:Flagicon 2:20.48 (3) Patrizia Humplik Шаблон:Flagicon 2:21.68
  - 100 m freestyle: (1) Marleen Veldhuis Шаблон:Flagicon 51.95 (2) Jeanette Ottesen Шаблон:Flagicon 52.08 (3) Ranomi Kromowidjojo Шаблон:Flagicon 52.22
  - 100 m backstroke: (1) Sanja Jovanovic Шаблон:Flagicon 58.87 (2) Kateryna Zubkova Шаблон:Flagicon 57.01 (3) Laure Manaudou Шаблон:Flagicon 57.16
  - 50 m butterfly: (1) Hinkelien Schreuder Шаблон:Flagicon 25.21 (2) Jeanette Ottesen Шаблон:Flagicon 25.54 (3) Diane Bui Duyet Шаблон:Flagicon 25.55
  - 4X50 m freestyle relay: (1) Шаблон:Flagu 1:33.80 (Hinkelien Schreuder, Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Marleen Veldhuis) (2) Шаблон:Flagu 1:38.00 (Petra Granlund, Claire Hedenskog, Sarah Sjöström, Lovisa Ericsson) (3) Шаблон:Flagu 1:38.06 (Dorothea Brandt, Petra Dallmann, Lisa Vitting, Daniela Schreiber)
- Men:
  - 400 m medley: (1) Dinko Jukić Шаблон:Flagicon 4:03.01 (2) Gergő Kis Шаблон:Flagicon 4:03.81 (3) Lukasz Wojt Шаблон:Flagicon 4:05.13
  - 100 m breaststroke: (1) Igor Borysik Шаблон:Flagicon 57.33 (2) Hugues Duboscq Шаблон:Flagicon 57.64 (3) James Gibson Шаблон:Flagicon 57.91
  - 100 m butterfly: (1) Milorad Čavić Шаблон:Flagicon 49.19 (European record) (2) Rafael Muñoz Pérez Шаблон:Flagicon 49.74 (3) Nikolay Skvortsov Шаблон:Flagicon 49.98
  - 50 m backstroke: (1) Stanislas Donets Шаблон:Flagicon 23.22 (2) Aschwin Wildeboer Шаблон:Flagicon 23.28 (3) Ľuboš Križko Шаблон:Flagicon 23.47

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Val-d'Isère, France:
- Super combined: (1) Benjamin Raich Шаблон:Flagicon 2:02.48 (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange Шаблон:Flagicon 2:02.82 (3) Marcel Hirscher Шаблон:Flagicon 2:03.17
  - Overall World Cup standings (8 events): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 345 pts (2) Raich 293 (3) Grange 231

Biathlon

World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- Men's 10 km sprint: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Шаблон:Flagicon 26 min08.1 sec (0 penalty) (2) Ivan Scherezov Шаблон:Flagicon at 26.3 (1) (3) Alexander Os Шаблон:Flagicon 32.9 (2)
  - Overall World Cup standings (4 races): (1) Svendsen 216 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Шаблон:Flagicon 186 (3) Michael Greis Шаблон:Flagicon 164
- Women's 7.5 km sprint: (1) Simone Hauswald Шаблон:Flagicon 23 min 04.3 sec (0 penalty) (2) Svetlana Sleptsova Шаблон:Flagicon at 14.1 (2) (3) Andrea Henkel Шаблон:Flagicon 18.3 (1)
  - Overall World Cup standings (4 races): (1) Ekaterina Urieva Шаблон:Flagicon 169 points (2) Tora Berger Шаблон:Flagicon 166 (3) Sleptsova 165

Bobsleigh

World Cup 3 in Igls, Austria:
- Two-Woman: (1) Helen Upperton / Heather Moyse Шаблон:Flagicon 1:49.07 (2) Shauna Rohbock / Valerie Fleming Шаблон:Flagicon 1:49.21 (3) Sandra Kiriasis / Romy Logsch Шаблон:Flagicon 1:49.23
  - World Cup standings (3 races): (1) Upperton Шаблон:Flagicon 642 (2) Kiriasis Шаблон:Flagicon 635 (3) Cathleen Martini Шаблон:Flagicon 594

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
- Men:
  - Semifinal: Шаблон:Flagu 2–7 Шаблон:SCO
    - David Murdoch's Scotland will meet Thomas Ulsrud's Norway in a rematch of last year's final.
  - Division B semifinal: Шаблон:Flagu 6–4 Шаблон:HUN
  - Division B final: Шаблон:FIN 9–2 Шаблон:Flagu
  - World challenge 1: Шаблон:Flagu 5–6 Шаблон:FIN
    - Finland takes the lead in the best-of-3 series.
- Women:
  - Semifinal: Шаблон:Flagu 8–7 Шаблон:DEN
    - Swedish skip Anette Norberg scores 4 points in the 9th end to advance for her 10th European final, where she'll meet old rival Mirjam Ott's Swiss team, that beat the Swedes twice in this championship.
  - Division B semifinal: Шаблон:FIN 7–5 Шаблон:HUN
  - Division B final: Шаблон:NOR 9–3 Шаблон:FIN
  - World challenge 1: Шаблон:Flagu 1–10 Шаблон:NOR
    - Norway takes the lead in the best-of-3 series.

Figure skating

Grand Prix:
- Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Goyang, South Korea:
  - Junior pairs: (1) Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Шаблон:Flagicon 149.38 (2) Zhang Yue / Wang Lei Шаблон:Flagicon 137.92 (3) Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh Шаблон:Flagicon 137.22
  - Junior men: (1) Florent Amodio Шаблон:Flagicon 199.58 (2) Armin Mahbanoozadeh Шаблон:Flagicon 193.48 (3) Richard Dornbush Шаблон:Flagicon 183.93
  - Senior ice dance – original dance: (1) Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder Шаблон:Flagicon 60.35, (2) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin Шаблон:Flagicon 59.33, (3) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali Шаблон:Flagicon 57.89
  - Senior men – short program: (1) Takahiko Kozuka Шаблон:Flagicon 83.90, (2) Jeremy Abbott Шаблон:Flagicon 78.26, (3) Brian Joubert Шаблон:Flagicon 74.55
  - Senior ladies – short program: (1) Kim Yuna Шаблон:Flagicon 65.94 (2) Mao Asada Шаблон:Flagicon 65.38 (3) Yukari Nakano Шаблон:Flagicon 62.08
  - Senior pairs – short program: (1) Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Шаблон:Flagicon 70.14 (2) Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao Шаблон:Flagicon 68.34 (3) Pang Qing/Tong Jian Шаблон:Flagicon 66.24

Skeleton

World Cup 3 in Igls, Austria:
- Women: (1) Shelley Rudman Шаблон:Flagicon 1:49.75 (2) Kerstin Szymkowiak Шаблон:Flagicon 1:49.83 (3) Svetlana Trunova Шаблон:Flagicon 1:50.00
  - World Cup standings: (1) Szymkowiak Шаблон:Flagicon 630 (2) Anja Huber Шаблон:Flagicon 586 3 Katie Uhlaender Шаблон:Flagicon 568

December 11, 2008 (Thursday)

American football

National Football League Week 15 Thursday Night Football:
- Chicago Bears 27, New Orleans Saints 24 (OT)
  - The Bears (8–6) stay in contention for a play-off berth; the Saints were eliminated from contention with the loss.

Basketball

Euroleague, week 7:
(teams in bold advance to the Top-16 round)
- Group A:
  - Air Avellino Шаблон:Flagicon 72–86 Шаблон:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv
    - Maccabi (4–3) need one more win or Avellino (2–5) loss to qualify to the Top-16. As a result of Maccabi's win, Olympiacos (5–2) qualifies to the Top-16 and Le Mans (0–7) is eliminated.
- Group B:
  - SLUC Nancy Шаблон:Flagicon 78–70 Шаблон:Flagicon Asseco Prokom Sopot
    - Nancy gets level with Sopot in 4th place on 2–5, but the Polish team hold the advantage in a tie-break due to their 29-points victory in week 2.
  - Panathinaikos Athens Шаблон:Flagicon 76–87 Шаблон:Flagicon Regal FC Barcelona
    - Panathinaikos (5–2) need one more win or either Sopot or Nancy loss to qualify to the Top-16.
- Group C:
  - DKV Joventut Шаблон:Flagicon 97–93 Шаблон:Flagicon Lottomatica Roma
    - Joventut (4–3) denies Roma (5–2) a chance to clinch a berth in Top-16.
- Group D:
  - Real Madrid Шаблон:Flagicon 68–67 Шаблон:Flagicon Partizan Belgrade

Cricket

England in India:
- 1st Test in Chennai, day 1:
  - Шаблон:Cr 229/5 (Andrew Strauss 123)
West Indies in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Dunedin, day 1:
  - Шаблон:Cr 226/4 (Daniel Flynn 95, Chris Gayle 3/42)

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Play-off:
  - Adelaide United Шаблон:Flagicon 2–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Waitakere United
    - Adelaide United will play Шаблон:Flagicon Gamba Osaka in the quarterfinal
Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
(local time, UTC−5)
- Semi-finals:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 2–2 (AET) Шаблон:Fb
    - Grenada win 6–5 in penalty shootout.
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 2–0 Шаблон:Fb

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group I in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 21–23 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 25–30 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 31–37 Шаблон:Hbw
    - Final standings: Norway 9 pts, Spain, Romania 6, Hungary, Ukraine, Denmark 3.
- Group II in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 24–29 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 22–27 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 24–29 Шаблон:Hbw
    - Final standings: Germany 9 pts, Russia 7, Croatia, Macedonia, Sweden 4, Belarus 2.

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia:
- Men:
  - 400 m freestyle: (1) Paul Biedermann Шаблон:Flagicon 3:37.73 (2) Massimiliano Rosolino Шаблон:Flagicon 3:39.33 (3) Mads Glæsner Шаблон:Flagicon 3:39.77
  - 200 m backstroke: (1) Stanislav Donets Шаблон:Flagicon & Aschwin Wildeboer Шаблон:Flagicon 1:49.22 (3) Pierre Roger Шаблон:Flagicon 1:52.26
  - 200 m individual medley: (1) James Goddard Шаблон:Flagicon 1:53.46, (2) Vytautas Janušaitis Шаблон:Flagicon 1:54.51, (3) Alan Cabello Forns Шаблон:Flagicon 1:55.70
  - 50 m freestyle: (1) Amaury Leveaux Шаблон:Flagicon 20.63 sec, (2) Frédérick Bousquet Шаблон:Flagicon 20.69, (3) Duje Draganja Шаблон:Flagicon & Evgeny Lagunov Шаблон:Flagicon 21.15
    - Leveaux sets a world record of 20.48 sec in semi-final.
  - 4 × 50 m medley relay: (1) Шаблон:Flagu (Mirco Di Tora, Alessandro Terrin, Marco Belotti, Filippo Magnini) 1:32.91 (world record), (2) Шаблон:Flagu (Thomas Rupprath, Marco Koch, Johannes Dietrich, Steffen Deibler) & Шаблон:Flagu (Stanislav Donets, Sergei Geybel, Evgeny Korotyshkin, Evgeny Lagunov) 1:33.31
    - Russia set a world record of 1:33.77 in a heat earlier on Thursday.
- Women:
  - 200 m individual medley: (1) Francesca Segat Шаблон:Flagicon 2 min 7.03 sec (European record), (2) Evelyn Verrasztó Шаблон:Flagicon 2:07.93, (3) Sophie de Ronchi Шаблон:Flagicon 2:08.10
  - 200 m butterfly: (1) Petra Granlund Шаблон:Flagicon 2 min 4.27 sec, (2) Aurore Mongel Шаблон:Flagicon 2:04.73, (3) Jemma Lowe Шаблон:Flagicon 2:04.78
  - 50 m breaststroke: (1) Valentina Artemyeva Шаблон:Flagicon 29.96 sec, (2) Janne Schaefer Шаблон:Flagicon 30.37, (3) Moniek Nijhuis Шаблон:Flagicon 30.45

Winter sports

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
(All times CET)
- Men:
  - Play-off:
    - (1) Шаблон:Flagu 7–9 (2) Шаблон:NOR
      - Norway advance to the final; Germany go to the semifinal.
    - (3) Шаблон:SCO 6–2 (4) Шаблон:Flagu
      - Scotland go to the semifinal.
  - Division B play-off:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 3–8 Шаблон:FIN
      - Finland advance to the final; Italy go to the semifinal.
    - Шаблон:HUN 9–8 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Hungary go to the semifinal.
- Women:
  - Round 9:
    (teams in bold qualify to the play-off)
    - Шаблон:Flagu 3–8 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:SCO 9–4 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 6–4 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:DEN 5–4 Шаблон:CZE
    - Шаблон:Flagu 2–9 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Final standings: Switzerland, Sweden 7–2, Denmark, Germany 6–3, Italy, Scotland 5–4, Russia 4–5, Netherlands, England 2–7, Czech Republic 1–8.
        Top seven teams qualify to 2009 World Championship.
  - Tie break for 8th place:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 6–7 Шаблон:Flagu
      - England will play against the winner of division B for a berth in 2009 World Championship.
  - Play-off:
    - (1) Шаблон:Flagu 8–4 (2) Шаблон:Flagu
      - Switzerland advance to the final; Sweden go to the semifinal.
    - (3) Шаблон:DEN 8–7 (4) Шаблон:Flagu
      - Denmark go to the semifinal.
  - Division B play-off:
    - Шаблон:FIN 6–10 Шаблон:NOR
      - Norway advance to the final; Finland go to the semifinal.
    - Шаблон:HUN 6–4 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Hungary go to the semifinal.

Figure skating

Grand Prix:
- Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Goyang, South Korea:
  - Junior ice dance – original dance: (1) Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein Шаблон:Flagicon 51.84 (2) Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro Шаблон:Flagicon 50.85 (3) Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun Шаблон:Flagicon 49.45
  - Junior men – short program: (1) Florent Amodio Шаблон:Flagicon 68.20 (2) Armin Mahbanoozadeh Шаблон:Flagicon 67.05 (3) Richard Dornbush Шаблон:Flagicon 66.50
  - Junior pairs – short program: (1) Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Шаблон:Flagicon 56.88 (2) Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh Шаблон:Flagicon 51.54 (3) Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Шаблон:Flagicon 50.60
  - Junior ladies – short program: (1) Alexe Gilles Шаблон:Flagicon 54.24 (2) Kanako Murakami Шаблон:Flagicon 51.04 (3) Angela Maxwell Шаблон:Flagicon 48.84

December 10, 2008 (Wednesday)

Baseball

According to reports from ESPN.com, CC Sabathia has signed a seven-year, US $160 million deal with the New York Yankees. The deal, averaging out to nearly $23 million/year, will make Sabathia the highest paid pitcher in baseball history.

Basketball

Euroleague, week 7:
(teams in bold advance to the Top-16 round)
- Group A:
  - Cibona Zagreb Шаблон:Flagicon 89–70 Шаблон:Flagicon Le Mans
    - Le Mans' losing streak stretches to 7 games. They will be eliminated from Top-16 if Maccabi wins on Thursday.
  - Unicaja Málaga Шаблон:Flagicon 60–56 Шаблон:Flagicon Olympiacos
    - Cibona and Unicaja get level with Olympiacos on 5–2.
- Group B:
  - Montepaschi Siena Шаблон:Flagicon 100–93 Шаблон:Flagicon Žalgiris Kaunas
    - Siena improve to 6–1; Žalgiris remain winless, and will be eliminated if they lose to Sopot next week.
- Group C:
  - TAU Cerámica Шаблон:Flagicon 101–69 Шаблон:Flagicon Union Olimpija Ljubljana
- Group D:
  - CSKA Moscow Шаблон:Flagicon 93–61 Шаблон:Flagicon Panionios
    - CSKA (6–1) secures a berth in the Top-16.
  - Efes Pilsen Шаблон:Flagicon 74–67 Шаблон:Flagicon AJ Milano

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 6:
(teams in bold advance to the last-16 round; teams in italics go to UEFA Cup last-32 round; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated from all European Cups)
- Group E:
  - Manchester United Шаблон:Flagicon 2–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Aalborg BK
  - ~~Celtic~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 2–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Villarreal
- Group F:
  - ~~Steaua~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Fiorentina
  - Lyon Шаблон:Flagicon 2–3 Шаблон:Flagicon Bayern
- Group G:
  - Porto Шаблон:Flagicon 2–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Arsenal
  - Dynamo Kyiv Шаблон:Flagicon 1–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Fenerbahçe~~
- Group H:
  - Juventus Шаблон:Flagicon 0–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~BATE Borisov~~
  - Real Madrid Шаблон:Flagicon 3–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Zenit St. Petersburg

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group I in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 40–32 ~~Шаблон:Hbw~~
  - ~~Шаблон:Hbw-rt~~ 20–34 Шаблон:Hbw
  - ~~Шаблон:Hbw-rt~~ 26–23 Шаблон:Hbw
    - Norway secures a semifinal berth as a result of Spain's loss.
- Group II in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 24–21 ~~Шаблон:Hbw~~
    - Russia secures a semifinal berth.
  - ~~Шаблон:Hbw-rt~~ 24–23 ~~Шаблон:Hbw~~
  - ~~Шаблон:Hbw-rt~~ 28–28 Шаблон:Hbw

Ice hockey

Champions Hockey League Semifinals, first leg:
- Metallurg Magnitogorsk Шаблон:Flagicon 1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Salavat Yulaev Ufa
- ZSC Lions Шаблон:Flagicon 6–3 Шаблон:Flagicon Espoo Blues

Winter sports

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
(teams in bold qualify to the play-off)
- Men:
  - Round 8:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 7–4 Шаблон:NOR
      - Switzerland secures at least a tie for fourth place.
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–6 Шаблон:SCO
      - Scotland secures a play-off berth and eliminates France.
    - Шаблон:Flagu 2–9 Шаблон:CZE
      - The Czechs win their 4th game in a row and remain in contention for a play-off berth.
    - Шаблон:Flagu 10–2 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Germany secures at least a tie for first place, while Sweden is eliminated.
    - Шаблон:IRL 5–11 Шаблон:DEN
      - Denmark stay in contention for a play-off berth.
      - Standings with one round remaining: Germany 7–1, Norway, Scotland 6–2, Switzerland 5–3, Czech Republic, Denmark 4–4.
  - Round 9:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–3 Шаблон:CZE
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–7 Шаблон:DEN
    - Шаблон:NOR 7–6 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:SCO 13–2 Шаблон:IRL
    - Шаблон:Flagu 14–4 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Switzerland secures a play-off berth.
      - Final standings: Germany, Norway, Scotland 7–2, Switzerland 6–3, Denmark 5–4, Czech Republic, France 4–5, Sweden 3–6, Ireland, Spain 1–8.
        Top seven teams qualify to 2009 World Championship. Sweden will play against the winner of division B for another berth.
- Women:
  - Round 8:
    - Шаблон:SCO 6–9 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 7–4 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Both teams secure at least a tie for a play-off berth.
    - Шаблон:DEN 7–5 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–7 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 10–9 Шаблон:CZE
      - Russia wins in 11 ends and stays in contention for a play-off berth.
      - Standings with one round remaining: Sweden, Switzerland 6–2, Denmark, Germany, Italy 5–3, Russia, Scotland 4–4.

December 9, 2008 (Tuesday)

Baseball

Francisco Rodríguez, who earned a record 62 saves for the Los Angeles Angels in 2008, signs a three-year, US$37 million deal to join the New York Mets.

Basketball

Euroleague, week 7:
- Group C:
  - ALBA Berlin Шаблон:Flagicon 72–63 Fenerbahçe Ülker Шаблон:Flagicon
    - Both teams are level in 4th place on 3–4, with identical head-to-heat record since Fenerbahçe won their first encounter 82–73.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 6:
(teams in bold advance to the last-16 round; teams in italics go to UEFA Cup last-32 round; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated from all European Cups)
- Group A:
  - Chelsea Шаблон:Flagicon 2–1 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~CFR Cluj~~
  - Roma Шаблон:Flagicon 2–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Bordeaux
- Group B:
  - Panathinaikos Шаблон:Flagicon 1–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Anorthosis~~
  - Werder Bremen Шаблон:Flagicon 2–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Internazionale
- Group C:
  - ~~Basel~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Sporting CP
  - Barcelona Шаблон:Flagicon 2–3 Шаблон:Flagicon Shakhtar Donetsk
- Group D:
  - ~~PSV Eindhoven~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 1–3 Шаблон:Flagicon Liverpool
  - Marseille Шаблон:Flagicon 0–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Atlético Madrid
News: Bernd Schuster resigns as coach of Real Madrid. Juande Ramos is appointed as new coach, four days before the El Clásico against arch rival Barcelona.

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
- Group I in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 26–24 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 18–26 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 19–31 Шаблон:Hbw
    - Standings after 3 matches: Norway 5 points, Spain & Romania 4.

Winter sports

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
(teams in bold qualify to the play-off)
- Men:
  - Round 7:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 1–8 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:IRL 4–9 Шаблон:NOR
    - Шаблон:SCO 7–4 Шаблон:DEN
    - Шаблон:CZE 8–7 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–4 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Leaders after 7 rounds (2 remaining): Germany, Norway 6–1, Scotland 5–2, Switzerland 4–3
- Women:
  - Round 6:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 9–4 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 9–7 Шаблон:SCO
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–3 Шаблон:CZE
    - Шаблон:Flagu 13–4 Шаблон:Flagu
      - First defeat for Sweden.
    - Шаблон:Flagu 3–7 Шаблон:DEN
  - Round 7:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 7–8 Шаблон:CZE
    - Шаблон:Flagu 6–7 Шаблон:DEN
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–8 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:SCO 10–3 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 12–1 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Leaders after 7 rounds (2 remaining): Sweden 6–1, Switzerland 5–2, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Scotland 4–3

December 8, 2008 (Monday)

American football

National Football League Week 14 Monday Night Football:
- Carolina Panthers 38, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23
  - The Panthers take over first place in the NFC South on the ground as DeAngelo Williams runs for 186 yards and Jonathan Stewart for 115, with each scoring two rushing touchdowns.

Baseball

Baseball Hall of Fame balloting:
- For the fourth consecutive election in which post-World War II players were considered, the Veterans Committee fails to elect a single player, with no player gaining more than 39 of the 48 votes required for election.
- However, in the first election specifically for players whose careers began before World War II, second baseman Joe Gordon, best known for his years with the New York Yankees in the late 1930s and early 1940s, is elected by a special panel of the Veterans Committee.
Other news:
- Greg Maddux, whose 355 wins are eighth among all Major League Baseball pitchers and second to Warren Spahn among those who pitched entirely in the post-1920 live-ball era, announces his retirement.

Basketball

NBA news: The Minnesota Timberwolves fire head coach Randy Wittman. Kevin McHale is named Wittman's replacement in an effective demotion, as McHale had been the T-Wolves' vice president of basketball operations and had the final say on all player personnel decisions. Wittman is the fourth head coach axed this season, the most in league history before Christmas.

Football (soccer)

Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
- Group I:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 0–1 Шаблон:Fb
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 2–2 Шаблон:Fb
    - Cuba and Guadeloupe advance to the semifinals and qualify to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Cricket

England in India:
- News: The English team arrive to Chennai for the first Test due to start there on Thursday, after it was decided on Sunday night at the team's training camp in Abu Dhabi to continue the tour.

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
- Group II in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 35–43 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 22–33 Шаблон:Hbw
    - Germany advance to the semifinal
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 43–24 Шаблон:Hbw

Winter sports

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
- Men:
  - Round 5:
    - Шаблон:CZE 6–3 Шаблон:IRL
    - Шаблон:Flagu 4–11 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 10–7 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 4–8 Шаблон:SCO
    - Шаблон:DEN 4–9 Шаблон:NOR
  - Round 6:
    - Шаблон:DEN 6–3 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 4–9 Шаблон:CZE
    - Шаблон:IRL 3–10 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–6 Шаблон:NOR
    - Шаблон:SCO 6–5 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Leaders after 6 rounds: Germany, Norway 5–1, Scotland, Switzerland 4–2, Denmark, France 3–3
- Women:
  - Round 4:
    - Шаблон:DEN 6–5 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 6–3 Шаблон:CZE
    - Шаблон:Flagu 3–6 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 2–9 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:SCO 4–7 Шаблон:Flagu
  - Round 5:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 1–10 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 6–9 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:SCO 9–5 Шаблон:DEN
    - Шаблон:CZE 3–5 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 5–6 Шаблон:Flagu
      - Leaders after 5 rounds: Sweden 5–0, Germany, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland 3–2

December 7, 2008 (Sunday)

American football

National Football League Week 14:
- New Orleans Saints 29, Atlanta Falcons 25
- Indianapolis Colts 35, Cincinnati Bengals 3
- Tennessee Titans 28, Cleveland Browns 9
  - The Titans clinch the AFC South division and a first round bye.
- Houston Texans 24, Green Bay Packers 21
- Chicago Bears 23, Jacksonville Jaguars 10
- Minnesota Vikings 20, Detroit Lions 16
  - The Lions losing streak stretches to 13 games.
- Philadelphia Eagles 20, New York Giants 14
  - Despite their defeat, the Giants clinch the NFC East as a result of Dallas' loss.
- Denver Broncos 24, Kansas City Chiefs 17
- Miami Dolphins 16, Buffalo Bills 3, at Toronto, Ontario
  - This was the first NFL regular season game to be played in Canada.
- New England Patriots 24, Seattle Seahawks 21
- San Francisco 49ers 24, New York Jets 14
- Pittsburgh Steelers 20, Dallas Cowboys 13
  - The Steelers make a 17–0 run in the fourth quarter to score their 10th win.
- Arizona Cardinals 34, St. Louis Rams 10
  - The Cardinals clinch the NFC West title and guarantee a home game in the playoffs for the first time in the franchise history since 1947, when they played the championship at Comiskey Park.
- Baltimore Ravens 24, Washington Redskins 10
NCAA Bowl Championship Series:
- Oklahoma and Florida are ranked 1–2 in the final BCS standings and will meet January 8 in the National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida.
  Other BCS games: (BCS ranking in parentheses)
  - Rose Bowl: (8) Penn State vs. (5) Southern California
  - Orange Bowl: (19) Virginia Tech vs. (12) Cincinnati
  - Sugar Bowl: (6) Utah vs. (4) Alabama
  - Fiesta Bowl: (10) Ohio State vs. (3) Texas

Auto racing

V8 Supercars:
- NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale at Sydney, Australia:
  - (1) Garth Tander Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Craig Lowndes Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Rick Kelly Шаблон:Flagicon
- Final standings: (1) Jamie Whincup Шаблон:Flagicon 3332 (2) Mark Winterbottom Шаблон:Flagicon 3079 (3) Tander 3048
WRC:
- Rally GB:
  - (1) Sébastien Loeb Шаблон:Flagicon 2:43:19.6 (2) Jari-Matti Latvala Шаблон:Flagicon 2:43:22.3 (3) Dani Sordo Шаблон:Flagicon 2:44:30.2
- Final standings: (1) Loeb 122 (2) Mikko Hirvonen Шаблон:Flagicon 103 (3) Sordo 65

Football (soccer)

U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile:
- Third Place Playoff: Шаблон:Fbw-rt 3–5 Шаблон:Fbw
- Final: Шаблон:Fbw-rt 1–2 Шаблон:Fbw
  - Goals by Sydney Leroux, the tournament's top scorer, and Alex Morgan, give the title to USA, who reverse the score in the U-17 Final last month.
Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
- Group J:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 4–2 Шаблон:Fb
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 1–1 Шаблон:Fb
    - Jamaica and Grenada advance to the semifinals and qualify to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Golf

LPGA Qualifying School in Daytona Beach, Florida:
- Former NCAA champion Stacy Lewis finishes as top scorer for the five-round event. Among the 19 other golfers to earn full playing privileges on the 2009 LPGA Tour is Michelle Wie, who finishes in a tie for seventh.
Father/Son Challenge in Champions Gate, Florida:
- Winners: Larry Nelson and Drew Nelson

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
(teams in bold advance to the main round)
- Group A in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 26–29 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 25–27 Шаблон:Hbw
- Group B in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 24–24 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 34–19 Шаблон:Hbw

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 3:
- Pool 1:
  - Clermont Шаблон:Flagicon 25–19 (Ireland) Munster
- Pool 5:
  - Bath Шаблон:Flagicon 35–31 Шаблон:Flagicon Glasgow Warriors

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Avon, Colorado, United States:
- Giant slalom: (1) Benjamin Raich Шаблон:Flagicon 2 mins, 24.61 secs (2) Ted Ligety Шаблон:Flagicon 2:24.62 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 2:24.71
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 7 races): (1) Svindal 345 pts, (2) Hermann Maier Шаблон:Flagicon 216, (3) Didier Défago Шаблон:Flagicon 198
Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Nadia Fanchini Шаблон:Flagicon 1 min, 20.97 secs, (2) Fabienne Suter Шаблон:Flagicon and Andrea Fischbacher Шаблон:Flagicon 1:21.25
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 6 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn Шаблон:Flagicon 358 points, (2) Tanja Poutiainen Шаблон:Flagicon 260, (3) Maria Riesch Шаблон:Flagicon 202

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Men's 12.5 km pursuit: (1) Tomasz Sikora Шаблон:Flagicon 34:55.5 (3 penalties) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Шаблон:Flagicon at 2.5 (3) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Шаблон:Flagicon 4.9 (3)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after three races): (1) Svendsen 156 points (2) Sikora 143 (3) Michael Greis Шаблон:Flagicon 130
- Women's 10 km pursuit: (1) Martina Beck Шаблон:Flagicon 32:42.4 (0 penalties) (2) Ekaterina Iourieva Шаблон:Flagicon at 2.6 (0) (3) Svetlana Sleptsova Шаблон:Flagicon 29.2 (3)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after three races): (1) Kati Wilhelm Шаблон:Flagicon 135 points (2) Beck 128 (3) Tora Berger Шаблон:Flagicon 128

Bobsleigh

World Cup 2 in Altenberg, Germany
- Four-man: (1) Karl Angerer Шаблон:Flagicon 56.58 (2) André Lange Шаблон:Flagicon and Alexandr Zubkov Шаблон:Flagicon 56.77

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in La Clusaz, France
- Men's 4x10 km relay: (1) Шаблон:NOR 1:39:01.0 (2) Шаблон:Flagu 1:39:03.2 +02.20 (3) Шаблон:Flagu 1:39:07.6 +06.60
- Women's 4x5 km relay: (1) Шаблон:FIN 1:00:46.3 (2) Шаблон:Flagu 1:01:19.7 +33.39 (3) Шаблон:NOR 1:01:20.8 +34.50

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
- Men:
  - Round 3:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–6 Шаблон:DEN
    - Шаблон:NOR 10–3 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:CZE 0–9 Шаблон:SCO
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–3 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 7–4 Шаблон:IRL
  - Round 4:
    - Шаблон:NOR 6–5 Шаблон:SCO
    - Шаблон:DEN 7–8 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 10–4 Шаблон:IRL
    - Шаблон:Flagu 10–5 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:CZE 4–9 Шаблон:Flagu
- Women:
  - Round 3:
    - Шаблон:CZE 6–7 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–3 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 7–4 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 9–8 Шаблон:SCO
    - Шаблон:DEN 8–1 Шаблон:Flagu

Luge

World Cup 2 in Sigulda, Latvia
- Men: (1) Albert Demtschenko Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Armin Zöggeler Шаблон:Flagicon (3) David Möller Шаблон:Flagicon

Nordic combined

World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
(position after jump competition in brackets)
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) (1) Anssi Koivuranta Шаблон:Flagicon 24 mins 41.9 secs (2) (3) Björn Kircheisen Шаблон:Flagicon at 25.9 (3) (9) Jason Lamy-Chappuis Шаблон:Flagicon 34.6
  - World Cup standings (after 4 of 24 events): (1) Koivuranta 320 points (2) Magnus Moan Шаблон:Flagicon 196 (3) Ronny Ackermann Шаблон:Flagicon 193

Short track speed skating

World Cup 4 in Nagano, Japan

Ski jumping

World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
- Individual 131 m hill: (1) Simon Ammann Шаблон:Flagicon 280.2 points (140/135 m), (2) Matti Hautamäki Шаблон:Flagicon 278.3 (137/135 m), (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer Шаблон:Flagicon 274.8 (134.5/135 m)
  - World Cup standings (after three of 34 rounds): (1) Ammann 245 pts, (2) Schlierenzauer 220, (3) Ville Larinto Шаблон:Flagicon 145

Speed skating

World Cup 4 in Changchun, China:
Men's 100 m: (1) Yuya Oikawa Шаблон:Flagicon 9.45 (2) Lee Kang-Seok Шаблон:Flagicon 9.61 (3) Yu Fengtong Шаблон:Flagicon 9.89
Men's 500 m (2): (1) Dmitry Lobkov Шаблон:Flagicon 35.07 (2) Yu Fengtong Шаблон:Flagicon 35.09 +0.02 (3) Keiichiro Nagashima Шаблон:Flagicon 35.20 +0.13
Men's 1000 m (2): (1) Simon Kuipers Шаблон:Flagicon 1:09.83 (2) Shani Davis Шаблон:Flagicon 1:09.99 +0.16 (3) Stefan Groothuis Шаблон:Flagicon 1:10.01 +0.18
Women's 100 m: (1) Jenny Wolf Шаблон:Flagicon 10.23 (2) Xing Aihua Шаблон:Flagicon 10.27 (3) Lee Sang-hwa KOR 10.67
Women's 500 m (2): (1) Jenny Wolf Шаблон:Flagicon 37.98 (2) Annette Gerritsen Шаблон:Flagicon 38.52 +0.54 (3) Lee Sang-hwa Шаблон:Flagicon 38.56 +0.58
Women's 1000 m (2): (1) Laurine van Riessen Шаблон:Flagicon 1:17.25 (2) Kristina Groves Шаблон:Flagicon 1:17.80 +0.55 (3) Shannon Rempel Шаблон:Flagicon 1:18.27 +1.02

December 6, 2008 (Saturday)

American college football

NCAA Top 25:
(BCS Ranking in parentheses)
- SEC Championship Game in Atlanta:
  - (4) Florida 31, (1) Alabama 20
    - The Gators stop the Crimson Tide's winning streak, and will probably get a berth in the National Championship Game, while Alabama could go to the Sugar Bowl.
- Big 12 Championship Game in Kansas City:
  - (2) Oklahoma 62, (20) Missouri 21
    - The Sooners, who hit the 60-point mark for the fifth straight week, are likely to get the top spot in the rankings and play in the Championship Game.
- (5) Southern California 28, UCLA 7
  - The Trojans clinch the Pac-10 Championship and a return trip to the Rose Bowl on January 1 to meet Penn State.
- (13) Cincinnati 29, [[2008 Hawaii Warriors football team|HawaiШаблон:Okinai]] 24
  - Down 24–10, the Bearcats use their defense to come back and win.
- ACC Championship Game in Tampa:
  - (25) Virginia Tech 30, (17) Boston College 12
    - The Hokies will play in the 2009 Orange Bowl, most likely against the Bearcats.
- (23) Pittsburgh 34, UConn 10
In other notable D-I FBS games:
- Conference USA Championship Game:
  - East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
    - The Pirates win their first league title since 1976 and the trip to the Liberty Bowl against an SEC team, later determined to be Kentucky, on January 2.
- Troy 35, Arkansas State 9
  - The Trojans win the Sun Belt Championship outright, and with it a trip to the New Orleans Bowl to meet Southern Miss.
- Army–Navy Game in Philadelphia:
  - Navy 34, Army 0
    - The Midshipmen win the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the sixth consecutive year and beat the Black Knights for the seventh time in a row in the biggest shutout in the series since 1973.
- As a result of Alabama and Ball State losses in their conference championship games, Utah and Boise State remain the only two teams with undefeated records going into the bowl post-season.
In the NCAA Division I Football Championship:
- Richmond 33, Appalachian State 13
  - The Mountaineers' run of three consecutive FCS championships ends in the quarterfinals, with the Spiders taking advantage of five second-half interceptions of ASU quarterback Armanti Edwards.
Minnesota-Duluth and Northwest Missouri State University advance to the 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game after defeating California University of Pennsylvania and University of North Alabama in the semifinals.

Auto racing

V8 Supercars:
- NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale at Sydney, Australia:
  - Jamie Whincup Шаблон:Flagicon secures his first V8 Supercars championship after winning the first of three races held over two days.

Boxing

The Dream Match at the MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas:
- Шаблон:Flagicon Manny Pacquiao wins with a ninth-round TKO of Шаблон:Flagicon Oscar De La Hoya as "The Golden Boy" refuses to answer the bell after the eighth round.
- Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Manuel López KOs Шаблон:Flagicon Sergio Medina in the first round to retain the junior featherweight title.
- Шаблон:Flagicon Victor Ortíz KOs Шаблон:Flagicon Jeff Resto in the second round.

Football (soccer)

Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
- Group I:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 3–0 Шаблон:Fb
    - Cuba advance to the semifinal and qualify to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 2–3 Шаблон:Fb

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
(teams in bold advance to the main round)
- Group C in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 19–19 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 21–31 Шаблон:Hbw
- Group D in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 32–27 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 31–30 Шаблон:Hbw

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 3:
- Pool 2:
  - Leinster (Ireland) 33–3 Шаблон:Flagicon Castres
- Pool 3:
  - Ospreys Шаблон:Flagicon 68–8 Шаблон:Flagicon Treviso
  - Leicester Tigers Шаблон:Flagicon 38–27 Шаблон:Flagicon Perpignan
- Pool 4:
  - Stade Français Шаблон:Flagicon 10–15 Шаблон:Flagicon Harlequins
    - Quins win in front of a hostile crowd of 76,569 at Stade de France, the largest ever to attend a Heineken Cup pool match.
- Pool 5:
  - Toulouse Шаблон:Flagicon 26–7 Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons
- Pool 6:
  - Calvisano Шаблон:Flagicon 17–40 Шаблон:Flagicon Gloucester
Sevens World Series:
- South Africa Sevens in George:
  - Cup Final: Шаблон:Ru-rt 7–12 Шаблон:Ru

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Avon, Colorado, United States:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 1 min 13.05 secs, (2) Hermann Maier Шаблон:Flagicon 1:13.50, (3) Michael Walchhofer Шаблон:Flagicon 1:13.63
Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada:
- Downhill: cancelled

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Men's 10 km sprint: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Шаблон:Flagicon 25 min 42.3 sec (1 penalty) (2) Tomasz Sikora Шаблон:Flagicon at 12.7 (1) (3) Simon Fourcade Шаблон:Flagicon 28.1 (0)
- Women's 7.5 km sprint: (1) Wang Chunli Шаблон:Flagicon 22 min 48.1 sec (0) (2) Tora Berger Шаблон:Flagicon 22:49.5 +1.4 (0) (3) Magdalena Neuner Шаблон:Flagicon 22:52.9 +4.8 (0)

Bobsleigh

World Cup 2 in Altenberg, Germany:
- Two-man: (1) André Lange / Kevin Kuske Шаблон:Flagicon 1:52.60 (2) Steven Holcomb / Justin Olsen Шаблон:Flagicon 1:52.85 (+0.25) (3) Beat Hefti / Thomas Lamparter Шаблон:Flagicon 1:53.11 (+0.51)
- Two-woman: (1) Sandra Kiriasis / Berit Wiacker Шаблон:Flagicon 1:55.71 (2) Cathleen Martini / Janine Tischer Шаблон:Flagicon 1:55.73 (+0.02) (3) Shauna Rohbock / Elana Meyers Шаблон:Flagicon 1:56.12 (+0.41)

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in La Clusaz, France:
- Men's 30 km freestyle mass start: (1) Petter Northug Шаблон:Flagicon 1 hr 19 min 26.5 sec (2) Dario Cologna Шаблон:Flagicon 1:19:26.8 (3) Alexander Legkov Шаблон:Flagicon 1:19:28.5
- Women's 15 km freestyle mass start: (1) Kristin Størmer Steira Шаблон:Flagicon 42:56.0 (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Шаблон:Flagicon 43:09.0 (3) Therese Johaug Шаблон:Flagicon 43:10.0

Curling

European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden:
- Men:
  - Round 1:
    - Шаблон:SCO 3–6 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–4 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:DEN 13–1 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:IRL 6–5 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:NOR 9–1 Шаблон:CZE
  - Round 2:
    - Шаблон:IRL 5–10 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:SCO 13–1 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 12–8 Шаблон:NOR
    - Шаблон:DEN 10–3 Шаблон:CZE
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–3 Шаблон:Flagu
- Women:
  - Round 1:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–2 Шаблон:DEN
    - Шаблон:Flagu 8–7 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:CZE 3–10 Шаблон:SCO
    - Шаблон:Flagu 6–7 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 6–7 Шаблон:Flagu
  - Round 2:
    - Шаблон:Flagu 4–9 Шаблон:SCO
    - Шаблон:DEN 5–10 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 12–2 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:Flagu 9–6 Шаблон:Flagu
    - Шаблон:CZE 3–7 Шаблон:Flagu

Luge

World Cup 2 in Sigulda, Latvia:
- Women: (1) Шаблон:Flagicon Tatjana Hüfner (2) Шаблон:Flagicon Natalia Yakushenko (3) Шаблон:Flagicon Anke Wischnewski
- Doubles: (1) Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber (2) Шаблон:Flagicon Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger (3) Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Penz / Georg Fischler

Nordic combined

World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Jason Lamy-Chappuis Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Anssi Koivuranta Шаблон:Flagicon

Short track speed skating

World Cup 4 in Nagano, Japan:
- Women's 1500 m: (1) Kim Min-jung Шаблон:Flagicon 2:21.238 (2) Shin Sae-bom Шаблон:Flagicon 2:21.369 (3) Allison Baver Шаблон:Flagicon 2:22.046
- Women's 1000 m: (1) Wang Meng Шаблон:Flagicon 1:30.790 (2) Liu Qiuhong Шаблон:Flagicon 1:30.976 (3) Yang Shin-young Шаблон:Flagicon 1:31.098
- Men's 1500 m: (1) Lee Jung-su Шаблон:Flagicon 2:16.242 (2) Sung Si-bak Шаблон:Flagicon 2:16.478 (3) François-Louis Tremblay Шаблон:Flagicon 2:17.073
- Men's 1000 m: (1) Lee Ho-suk Шаблон:Flagicon 1:29.171 (2) Kwak Yoon-gy Шаблон:Flagicon 1:29.516 (3) Charles Hamelin Шаблон:Flagicon 1:29.519

Ski jumping

World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
- Individual 131 m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Шаблон:Flagicon 285.7 points (140.0/135.0 m), (2) Ville Larinto Шаблон:Flagicon 278.9 (138.5/138.0 m), (3) Anders Jacobsen Шаблон:Flagicon 278.8 (134.0/138.0 m)

Snowboarding

World Cup in Grenoble, France:
- Men's Big Air: (1) Mathieu Crepel Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Stefan Gimpl Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Jaakko Ruha Шаблон:Flagicon

Speed skating

World Cup 4 in Changchun, China:
- Men's 500 m (1): (1) Yu Fengtong Шаблон:Flagicon 34.97 sec (2) Keiichiro Nagashima Шаблон:Flagicon 35.08 +0.11 (3) Lee Kyou-Hyuk Шаблон:Flagicon 35.27 +0.30
- Men's 1000 m (1): (1) Lee Kyou-Hyuk Шаблон:Flagicon 1 min 9.68 sec (2) Stefan Groothuis Шаблон:Flagicon 1:10.15 +0.47 (3) Shani Davis Шаблон:Flagicon 1:10.32 +0.64
- Women's 500 m (1): (1) Jenny Wolf Шаблон:Flagicon 38.09 sec (2) Lee Sang-hwa Шаблон:Flagicon 38.71 +0.62 (3) Annette Gerritsen Шаблон:Flagicon 38.86 +0.77
- Women's 1000 m (1): (1) Kristina Groves Шаблон:Flagicon 1 min 18.18 sec (2) Shannon Rempel Шаблон:Flagicon 1:18.20 +0.02 (3) Laurine van Riessen Шаблон:Flagicon 1:18.48 +0.30

December 5, 2008 (Friday)

American football

NCAA Top 25:
- MAC Championship Game in Detroit:
  - Buffalo 42, (12) Ball State 24
    - The Bulls shock the previously unbeaten Cardinals and will go to Toronto for the International Bowl, the first bowl game in their history.
News:
- Former NFL star O. J. Simpson is sentenced to a maximum of 33 years in prison, with the possibility of parole after 9 years, after being convicted of kidnapping and robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas.

Cricket

England in India:
- News: The England cricket team is training in Abu Dhabi, while ECB officials and a security advisor inspect the security conditions in Chennai and Mohali, the cities scheduled to host the two Test matches. The delegation is due to report its findings to the team on Sunday, and then a decision should be made whether the tour will continue with the first Test in Chennai next Thursday.

Football (soccer)

Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
- Group J:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 1–2 Шаблон:Fb
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 4–0 Шаблон:Fb

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia
(teams in bold advance to the main round)
- Group A in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 30–25 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 26–26 Шаблон:Hbw
- Group B in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 29–24 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 20–33 Шаблон:Hbw

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 3:
- Pool 1:
  - Sale Sharks Шаблон:Flagicon 36–6 Шаблон:Flagicon Montauban
- Pool 2:
  - Edinburtgh Шаблон:Flagicon 16–25 Шаблон:Flagicon London Wasps
- Pool 4:
  - Ulster (Ireland) 26–16 Шаблон:Flagicon Scarlets
- Pool 6:
  - Cardiff Blues Шаблон:Flagicon 21–17 Шаблон:Flagicon Biarritz

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Avon, Colorado, United States:
- Downhill: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Шаблон:Flagicon 1 min 43.85 secs (2) Marco Buechel Шаблон:Flagicon 1:43.91 (3) Erik Guay Шаблон:Flagicon 1:44.20
Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada:
- Downhill: (1) Lindsey Vonn Шаблон:Flagicon 1 min 26.10 secs (2) Nadia Fanchini Шаблон:Flagicon 1:26.71 (3) Maria Riesch Шаблон:Flagicon 1:26.79

Skeleton

World Cup 2 in Altenberg, Germany:
- Men: (1) Frank Rommel Шаблон:Flagicon 1:57.41 (2) Martins Dukurs Шаблон:Flagicon 1:57.53 (3) Sandro Stielicke Шаблон:Flagicon 1:57.77
- Women: (1) Anja Huber Шаблон:Flagicon 1:59.82 (2) Kerstin Szymkowiak Шаблон:Flagicon 1:59.95 (3) Maya Pedersen Шаблон:Flagicon 2:00.81

December 4, 2008 (Thursday)

American football

National Football League Week 14 Thursday Night Football:
- San Diego Chargers 34, Oakland Raiders 7
  - The win keeps the Chargers in contention for the AFC West Division title or wild card playoff berth, while the Raiders are eliminated.

Basketball

Euroleague, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the top-16 round)
- Group A:
  - Maccabi Tel Aviv Шаблон:Flagicon 88–83 Шаблон:Flagicon Cibona Zagreb
    - Cibona's second loss in succession means Olympiacos (5–1) have sole possession of first place in this group.
- Group B:
  - Regal FC Barcelona Шаблон:Flagicon 91–68 Шаблон:Flagicon SLUC Nancy
    - Barça and Montepaschi Siena Шаблон:Flagicon (both 5–1) are the first clubs that secure qualification to the Top 16 stage.
  - Žalgiris Kaunas Шаблон:Flagicon 69–80 Шаблон:Flagicon Panathinaikos Athens
    - With this win over winless Žalgiris Panathinaikos becomes the fifth team that reaches 300 wins in EuroLeague history, following Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Maccabi Tel Aviv and FC Barcelona. Panathinaikos (5–1) still need another win or a Nancy loss to advance.
- Group C:
  - Fenerbahçe Ülker Шаблон:Flagicon 69–81 Шаблон:Flagicon TAU Cerámica
  - Union Olimpija Ljubljana Шаблон:Flagicon 65–86 Шаблон:Flagicon DKV Joventut
  - Lottomatica Roma Шаблон:Flagicon 70–64 Шаблон:Flagicon ALBA Berlin
    - Roma (5–1) lead the group ahead of TAU (4–2)

Football (soccer)

UEFA Cup group stage, matchday 4:
(teams in bold advance to the last-32 round; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group E:
  - Wolfsburg Шаблон:Flagicon 3–2 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Portsmouth~~
  - ~~Heerenveen~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Braga
  - Idle: Milan Шаблон:Flagicon
- Group F:
  - ~~Slavia Prague~~ Шаблон:Flagicon 0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Hamburg
  - Aston Villa Шаблон:Flagicon 1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Žilina~~
  - Idle: Ajax Amsterdam Шаблон:Flagicon
- Group G:
  - Valencia Шаблон:Flagicon 1–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Club Brugge
  - Copenhagen Шаблон:Flagicon 1–1 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Rosenborg~~
  - Idle: Saint-Étienne Шаблон:Flagicon
- Group H:
  - Lech Poznań Шаблон:Flagicon 1–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Deportivo La Coruña
  - Nancy Шаблон:Flagicon 3–4 Шаблон:Flagicon CSKA Moscow
    - CSKA secure first place in the group behind a hat-trick from Vágner Love.
  - Idle: ~~Feyenoord~~ Шаблон:Flagicon
U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile:
- Semifinals:
  - Шаблон:Fbw-rt 1–2 Шаблон:Fbw
    - Ri Ye Gyong's winning goal 3 minutes into injury time puts North Korea one match away from defending its title.
  - Шаблон:Fbw-rt 1–0 Шаблон:Fbw
    - Sydney Leroux's fifth goal in the tournament sets up a repeat of the recent U-17 Women's World Cup Final.
Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
- Group I:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 1–2 Шаблон:Fb
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 1–1 Шаблон:Fb

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia:
(All times CET; teams in bold advance to the main round)
- Group C in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 10–24 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 25–29 Шаблон:Hbw
- Group D in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 31–32 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 31–29 Шаблон:Hbw

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Women's 15 km individual: (1) Helena Jonsson Шаблон:Flagicon 45:05.1 (0+0+0+0) (2) Kati Wilhelm Шаблон:Flagicon 45:44.8 (1+0+0+0) Ekaterina Iourieva Шаблон:Flagicon 46:15.4 (0+0+1+0)

December 3, 2008 (Wednesday)

American college football

Louisiana–Lafayette 42, Middle Tennessee 28
- With the win, the Ragin' Cajuns become bowl eligible, and will win the Sun Belt championship and a trip to the New Orleans Bowl if Troy loses to Arkansas State on Saturday.
News:
- Tommy Tuberville resigns as Auburn head coach.
- Notre Dame announces Charlie Weis will stay on as head coach at least through the 2009 season.

Basketball

Euroleague, week 6:
- Group A:
  - Olympiacos Шаблон:Flagicon 91–66 Шаблон:Flagicon Air Avellino
  - Le Mans Шаблон:Flagicon 55–87 Шаблон:Flagicon Unicaja Málaga
    - Olympiacos improve to 5–1, while Le Mans remain winless
- Group B:
  - Asseco Prokom Sopot Шаблон:Flagicon 71–83 Шаблон:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena
    - Siena also improve to 5–1
- Group D:
  - Panionios Шаблон:Flagicon 68–66 Шаблон:Flagicon Real Madrid
  - Partizan Belgrade Шаблон:Flagicon 83–77 Шаблон:Flagicon Efes Pilsen
  - AJ Milano Шаблон:Flagicon 80–79 Шаблон:Flagicon CSKA Moscow
    - CSKA suffer its first defeat.
NBA news: The Toronto Raptors fire Sam Mitchell as head coach, making him the league's third head coach axed this season. His interim replacement is assistant Jay Triano, the first Canadian coach in NBA history.

Football (soccer)

Copa Sudamericana final, second leg:
(first leg result in parentheses)
- Internacional Шаблон:Flagicon 1(1)–1(0) Шаблон:Flagicon Estudiantes
  - Nilmar's goal 6 minutes from the end of extra time gives Internacional a 2–1 win on aggregate
UEFA Cup group stage, matchday 4:
(teams in bold advance to the last-32 round; teams with ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group A:
  - Twente Enschede Шаблон:Flagicon 2–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Schalke 04
  - Manchester City Шаблон:Flagicon 0–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain
  - Idle: Racing Santander Шаблон:Flagicon
- Group B:
  - Hertha Berlin Шаблон:Flagicon 0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Galatasaray
  - Metalist Kharkiv Шаблон:Flagicon 1–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Olympiacos Piraeus
  - Idle: Benfica Шаблон:Flagicon
- Group C:
  - Sevilla Шаблон:Flagicon 3–0 Шаблон:Flagicon ~~Partizan Belgrade~~
  - Standard Liège Шаблон:Flagicon 3–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Sampdoria
  - Idle: Stuttgart Шаблон:Flagicon
- Group D:
  - Spartak Moscow Шаблон:Flagicon 1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon NEC Nijmegen
  - Udinese Шаблон:Flagicon 2–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Dinamo Zagreb
  - Idle: Tottenham Hotspur Шаблон:Flagicon
Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
- Group J:
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 1–2 Шаблон:Fb
  - Шаблон:Fb-rt 2–1 Шаблон:Fb

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia:
- Group A in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 21–27 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 23–24 Шаблон:Hbw
- Group B in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 24–38 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 21–21 Шаблон:Hbw

Ice hockey

Champions Hockey League:
- Group stage, matchday 6:
  (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  - Group A: Eisbären Berlin Шаблон:Flagicon 2–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Metallurg Magnitogorsk
  - Group B: HV71 Шаблон:Flagicon 0–6 Шаблон:Flagicon Espoo Blues
  - Group C: Salavat Yulaev Ufa Шаблон:Flagicon 8–2 Шаблон:Flagicon HC Slovan Bratislava
  - Group D: HC Slavia Praha Шаблон:Flagicon 1–5 Шаблон:Flagicon ZSC Lions

Rugby union

End of year tests:
- Barbarians 11–18 Шаблон:Ru in London

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Men's 20 km individual: (1) Michael Greis Шаблон:Flagicon 58:52.5 (0+1+0+0) (2) Alexander Os Шаблон:Flagicon 59:43.0 (0+0+0+2) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Шаблон:Flagicon 59:47.5 (0+2+0+0)

December 2, 2008 (Tuesday)

American football

NFL news:
- The New York Giants suspend Plaxico Burress for the remainder of the season, a day after he was charged with felony weapons possession stemming from an incident in which he accidentally shot himself.

Handball

European Women's Championship in Macedonia:
- Group C in Ohrid:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 21–21 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 31–22 Шаблон:Hbw
- Group D in Skopje:
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 30–26 Шаблон:Hbw
  - Шаблон:Hbw-rt 25–22 Шаблон:Hbw

December 1, 2008 (Monday)

American football

National Football League Week 13 Monday Night Football:
- - Houston Texans 30, Jacksonville Jaguars 17
- News:
  - New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is charged with two felony counts of weapons possession, three days after accidentally shooting himself in the right thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.
College football news:
- Tennessee names Lane Kiffin head coach of the Volunteers.
- Dabo Swinney will become permanent head coach of the Clemson Tigers.

Cricket

New Zealand in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Adelaide, day 4:
  - Шаблон:Cr 270 (98.3 overs) & 203 (74.1 overs); Шаблон:Cr 535 (157.4 overs). Australia win by an innings and 62 runs and win the series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Шаблон:Fbw-rt 1–2 Шаблон:Fbw
    - Defending champion North Korea win the all-Asian battle and earn a semifinal match against France.
  - Шаблон:Fbw-rt 2–3 Шаблон:Fbw
    - Twins Sylvie and Nicole Banecki score a goal each for Germany, that eliminate the reigning bronze medallists and will next play USA in a repeat of 2002 and 2004 semifinals. On the previous two occasions, the winner went on to win the title.

References

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