Australia 394 and 247; South Africa 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 293 and 405/6d (Mahela Jayawardene 166); Bangladesh 178 and 254/5 (Mohammad Ashraful 70*). Bangladesh require another 267 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
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.
Australia 394 and 4/0; South Africa 459 (Jean-Paul Duminy 166, Dale Steyn 76, Peter Siddle 4/81). Australia trail by 61 runs with 10 second innings wickets remaining.
Australia 394 (Ricky Ponting 101, Michael Clarke 88*, Dale Steyn 5/87); South Africa 198/7 (Graeme Smith 62, Peter Siddle 3/24). South Africa trail by 196 runs with three first innings wickets remaining.
Sri Lanka 293 (Thilan Samaraweera 90, Shakib Al Hasan 5/70); Bangladesh 177/9 (Imrul Kayes 33, Muttiah Muralitharan 5/48). Bangladesh trail by 116 runs with one first innings wicket remaining.
2.8 km freestyle women: (1) Claudia Nystad 6 minutes 17.2 seconds, (2) Arianna Follis at 1.1 seconds, (3) Justyna Kowalczyk 2.3, Petra Majdič same time
3.7 km freestyle men: (1) Axel Teichmann 7:11.8, (2) Dario Cologna at 8.2 sec, (3) Petter Northug 13.0
New Zealand 155/7 (Ross Taylor 63, Chris Gayle 2/16); West Indies 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.
The Horned Frogs spoil the Broncos' bid for a perfect season.
Baseball[]
News: ESPN reports that free agentfirst basemanMark Teixeira has signed an eight-year deal with the New York Yankees for US $180 million, subject to passing a physical.
India 453 and 251/7 declared (Gautam Gambhir 97, Monty Panesar 1/44); England 302 and 64/1 (Ian Bell 24*, Ishant Sharma 1/7). Match drawn, India win the two match series 1–0.
West Indies 307 and 375 (Chris Gayle 197, Jeetan Patel 5/110); New Zealand 371 and 220/5 (Jesse Ryder 59*, Jerome Taylor 2/67). Match drawn, two match series drawn 0–0.
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.
West Indies 307 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 126) and 278/7 (Chris Gayle 146*); New Zealand 371 (Tim McIntosh 136). West Indies lead by 214 runs with 3 wickets remaining.
Australia 375 and 319; South Africa 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.
West Indies 307 and 62/2 (Chris Gayle 36*); New Zealand 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 0–1 Gamba Osaka
Final:
LDU Quito 0–1 Manchester United
Wayne Rooney scores for United in the 73rd minute.
ASEAN Championship: (first leg result in parentheses)
Individual 137 m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer 264.1 pts (133.5 m + 133.5 m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl 262.4 (132.5+133.0) (3) Simon Amman 260.0 (131.5+136.0)
Overall World Cup standings (after seven of 28 events): (1) Amman 585 (2) Schlierenzauer 510 (3) Loitzl 359
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.
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.
West Indies 307 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 126*, Iain O'Brien 6/75); New Zealand 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)
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 1:50.57 (2) Bode Miller 1:50.95 (3) Manuel Osborne-Paradis 1:51.11
Overall World Cup standings (after 11 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 398 pts (2) Carlo Janka 315 (3) Benjamin Raich 297
Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
Super giant slalom: (1) Lara Gut 57.38 (2) Fabienne Suter 58.01 (3) Nadia Fanchini 58.25
Overall World Cup standings (after 10 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn 438 pts (2) Tanja Poutiainen 400 (3) Maria Riesch 378
Biathlon[]
World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
Men's 10 km sprint: (1) Lars Berger 25:23.1 0 penalty (2) Alexander Os at 37.9 1 (3) Dmitri Yaroshenko 39.8 0
Overall World Cup standings (after seven races): (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen 299 points (2) Tomasz Sikora 289 (3) Michael Greis 281
Women's 7.5 km sprint: (1) Svetlana Sleptsova 23 min 21.8 sec 1 penalty (2) Ekaterina Iourieva at 2.7 s 0 (3) Vita Semerenko 16.6 0
Overall World Cup standings (after seven events): (1) Sleptsova 327 points (2) Martina Beck 278 (3) Iourieva 277
Individual 137 m hill: (1) Simon Ammann 275.4 points (138.5 m/137.0 m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl 273.2 (134.0/137.5) (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer 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
Australia 375 and 228/7 (Brad Haddin 39*, Jacques Kallis 2/19); South Africa 281 (Jacques Kallis 63, Mitchell Johnson 8/61). Australia lead by 322 runs with 3 second innings wickets remaining.
Australia 375 (Simon Katich 83, Makhaya Ntini 4/72); South Africa 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 3–5 Manchester United
Match for fifth place:
Al Ahly 0–1 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 4–0 Twente
Racing Santander 3–1 Manchester City
Idle: Schalke 04
Final standings: Man City 7 points, Twente 6, PSG 5, Racing 5, Schalke 4
Group B:
Olympiacos 4–0 Hertha BSC
Benfica 0–1 Metalist Kharkiv
Idle: Galatasaray
Final standings: Metalist 10 points, Galatasaray 9, Olympiacos 6, Hertha 2, Benfica 1
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.
Play abandoned due to rain. New Zealand 365 and 44/2; West Indies 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.
England 316 and 311/9 dec (Andrew Strauss 108, Paul Collingwood 108, Zaheer Khan 3/40); India 241 and 131/1 (Virender Sehwag 83). India need 256 runs to win with nine wickets in hand.
New Zealand 365 and 44/2 (Tim McIntosh 24*, Daren Powell 2/17); West Indies 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 0–1 Gamba Osaka
Gamba Osaka will play Manchester United in the semifinals.
Caribbean Championship in Jamaica:
Third Place Playoff:
Cuba 0–0 Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe wins 5–4 in penalty shootout.
Final:
Grenada 0–2 Jamaica
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
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.
Overall World Cup standings: (1) Vonn 438 (2) Tanja Poutiainen 400 (3) Riesch 328
Biathlon[]
World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria: (shooting penalties in brackets)
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay: (1) Russia (Nikolay Kruglov, Ivan Tcherezov, Maxim Maksimov, Maxim Tchoudov) 1 hr 24 min 22.9 sec (1), (2) Austria at 1 min 48.1 sec (2), (3) Ukraine 2:38.6 (3)
Women's 4 x 6 km relay: (1) Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Olga Medvedtseva, Ekaterina Iourieva, Albina Akhatova) 1:10:49.58 (6) (2) Norway 1:12:44.35 +1:54.8 (9) (3) France 1:12:46.41 +1:56.9 (9)
Four-man: (1) Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Roman Oreshnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Dmitriy Stepushkin) 1:42.34 (2) United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz) 1:42.48 (3) Russia (Dmitry Abramovitch, Philippe Egorov, Andrey Jurkov, Petr Moiseev) 1:42.54
World Cup standings: (1) Zubkov 645 (2) André Lange 603 (3) Holcomb 578
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.
New Zealand 365 (Daniel Flynn 95, Chris Gayle 3/42); West Indies 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 2–4(AET) 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:
Individual 140 m hill: (1) Simon Ammann 284.3 points (139.5/144.0 m) (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer 282.6 (137.5/139.5 m) (3) Ville Larinto 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
David Murdoch's Scotland will meet Thomas Ulsrud's Norway in a rematch of last year's final.
Division B semifinal: Italy 6–4 Hungary
Division B final: Finland 9–2 Italy
World challenge 1: Sweden 5–6 Finland
Finland takes the lead in the best-of-3 series.
Women:
Semifinal: Sweden 8–7 Denmark
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.
World Cup standings: (1) Szymkowiak 630 (2) Anja Huber 586 3 Katie Uhlaender 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 72–86 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 78–70 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.
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)
Siena improve to 6–1; Žalgiris remain winless, and will be eliminated if they lose to Sopot next week.
Group C:
TAU Cerámica 101–69 Union Olimpija Ljubljana
Group D:
CSKA Moscow 93–61 Panionios
CSKA (6–1) secures a berth in the Top-16.
Efes Pilsen 74–67 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)
European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden: (teams in bold qualify to the play-off)
Men:
Round 8:
Switzerland 7–4 Norway
Switzerland secures at least a tie for fourth place.
France 5–6 Scotland
Scotland secures a play-off berth and eliminates France.
Spain 2–9 Czech Republic
The Czechs win their 4th game in a row and remain in contention for a play-off berth.
Germany 10–2 Sweden
Germany secures at least a tie for first place, while Sweden is eliminated.
Ireland 5–11 Denmark
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:
France 5–3 Czech Republic
Germany 5–7 Denmark
Norway 7–6 Sweden
Scotland 13–2 Ireland
Switzerland 14–4 Spain
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:
Scotland 6–9 Germany
Switzerland 7–4 Sweden
Both teams secure at least a tie for a play-off berth.
Denmark 7–5 England
Netherlands 5–7 Italy
Russia 10–9 Czech Republic
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.
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)
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.
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 basemanJoe 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 Baseballpitchers 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:
Cuba 0–1 Haiti
Antigua and Barbuda 2–2 Guadeloupe
Cuba and Guadeloupe advance to the semifinals and qualify to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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.
Leaders after 6 rounds: Germany, Norway 5–1, Scotland, Switzerland 4–2, Denmark, France 3–3
Women:
Round 4:
Denmark 6–5 Italy
Sweden 6–3 Czech Republic
Netherlands 3–6 Germany
England 2–9 Russia
Scotland 4–7 Switzerland
Round 5:
England 1–10 Sweden
Netherlands 6–9 Russia
Scotland 9–5 Denmark
Czech Republic 3–5 Switzerland
Germany 5–6 Italy
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
NCAABowl 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
Former NCAA championStacy 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.
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.
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.
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.
Individual 131 m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer 285.7 points (140.0/135.0 m), (2) Ville Larinto 278.9 (138.5/138.0 m), (3) Anders Jacobsen 278.8 (134.0/138.0 m)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Olympiacos improve to 5–1, while Le Mans remain winless
Group B:
Asseco Prokom Sopot 71–83 Montepaschi Siena
Siena also improve to 5–1
Group D:
Panionios 68–66 Real Madrid
Partizan Belgrade 83–77 Efes Pilsen
AJ Milano 80–79 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)
Men's 20 km individual: (1) Michael Greis 58:52.5 (0+1+0+0) (2) Alexander Os 59:43.0 (0+0+0+2) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen 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.
National Football League Week 13 Monday Night Football:
Houston Texans 30, Jacksonville Jaguars 17
News:
New York Giantswide receiverPlaxico Burress is charged with two felony counts of weapons possession, three days after accidentally shooting himself in the right thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.
Twins 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.
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Sri Lanka 293 and 405/6d; 
Bangladesh 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 129/5 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 38, Tim Southee 2/33). No result as rain stopped play. Five-match series tied at 0–0.
10–2 
Kazakhstan
7–4 
United States
Germany
39:08.7 (3) Nikolay Chebotko 
1 hr 24:36.9 (2) Vasily Rochev 
1 hr 24:53.2 (3) Teichmann 1 hr 24:53.4
24 min 45.4 sec (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 
Australia 394 and 247; 
South Africa 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.
(2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 
285.2 (135.0/134.0) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev 
New Zealand 191/9 (Jesse Ryder 62, Brendan McCullum 59, Chris Gayle 2/27); 
1–1 
Thailand, Vietnam win the championship 3–2 on aggregate
6.2
India 453 and 251/7 declared (Gautam Gambhir 97, Monty Panesar 1/44); 
England 302 and 64/1 (Ian Bell 24*, Ishant Sharma 1/7). Match drawn, India win the two match series 1–0.
1:39.83 (49.26 + 50.57), (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange 
(1) bt Peter Gade 
(4) 21–8 21–16
(3) 21–18 21–14
(1) bt Wang Chen 
(2) 21–15 22–20
0–1 
Gamba Osaka
0–1 
0(0)–1(0) 
Vijay Singh wins.
Sweden 1:22:34.33 +1:11.2 0+3 1+9 (3) 
16.6 0
249.25 (2) 
244.52 (3) Warren Shouldice 
Maccabi Tel Aviv
72–68 
79–68 
64–78 
Efes Pilsen
0–1 
Twente
0–1 
Standard Liège
at 17.5 (0) (3) Svetlana Sleptsova 
Partizan Belgrade
0–0 
Guadeloupe
0–2 
Jamaica
Edinburgh Rugby
56.88
2:03.12
16.125 (2) Kōhei Uchimura 
16.150 (3) Yuri van Gelder 
Ospreys
1:46.38 +0.37
23.47
Ireland 5–11 
Haiti
2–2 
1–2 
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago
Manny Pacquiao wins with a ninth-round TKO of 
Juan Manuel López KOs 
in the first round to retain the junior featherweight title.
1:43.91 (3) Erik Guay 