December 2009 in sports
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Days of the month
December 31, 2009 (Thursday)
December 30, 2009 (Wednesday)
December 29, 2009 (Tuesday)
December 28, 2009 (Monday)
December 27, 2009 (Sunday)
- NFL Week 16 (division champions in bold, teams assured of playoff berths in italics):
- Atlanta Falcons 31, Buffalo Bills 3
- Cincinnati Bengals 17, Kansas City Chiefs 10
- Five days after the Bengals attended the funeral of their teammate Chris Henry, they clinch the AFC North.
- Cleveland Browns 23, Oakland Raiders 9
- The Raiders' Sebastian Janikowski makes a 61-yard field goal at the end of the first half, becoming the fourth kicker in NFL history to connect from 60-plus yards.
- Green Bay Packers 48, Seattle Seahawks 10
- Houston Texans 27, Miami Dolphins 20
- New England Patriots 35, Jacksonville Jaguars 7
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20, New Orleans Saints 17 (OT)
- Carolina Panthers 41, New York Giants 9
- The Panthers rout the Giants in their last game at Giants Stadium. The Jets will close out Giants Stadium next week when they host the Bengals.
- Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Baltimore Ravens 20
- San Francisco 49ers 20, Detroit Lions 6
- Arizona Cardinals 31, St. Louis Rams 10
- New York Jets 29, Indianapolis Colts 15
- The Colts' record regular-season winning streak ends after 23 games. Peyton Manning becomes the fourth quarterback in NFL history with 50,000 career passing yards.
- Philadelphia Eagles 30, Denver Broncos 27
- Sunday Night Football: Dallas Cowboys 17, Washington Redskins 0
- The Cowboys' win gives them the last playoff berth in the NFC and sets up a home showdown with the Eagles for the NFC East title next week.
- NCAA bowl games:
December 26, 2009 (Saturday)
December 25, 2009 (Friday)
- NFL Week 16: (team in bold clinches division title)
December 24, 2009 (Thursday)
December 23, 2009 (Wednesday)
December 22, 2009 (Tuesday)
December 21, 2009 (Monday)
December 20, 2009 (Sunday)
- NFL Week 15 (division champions in bold, teams assured of playoff berths in italics):
- New England Patriots 17, Buffalo Bills 10
- Houston Texans 16, St. Louis Rams 13
- Atlanta Falcons 10, New York Jets 7
- Arizona Cardinals 31, Detroit Lions 24
- Tennessee Titans 27, Miami Dolphins 24 (OT)
- Cleveland Browns 41, Kansas City Chiefs 34
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, Seattle Seahawks 7
- Baltimore Ravens 31, Chicago Bears 7
- Oakland Raiders 20, Denver Broncos 19
- San Diego Chargers 27, Cincinnati Bengals 24
- The Chargers win their ninth straight game.
- Philadelphia Eagles 27, San Francisco 49ers 13
- Pittsburgh Steelers 37, Green Bay Packers 36
- Sunday Night Football: Carolina Panthers 26, Minnesota Vikings 7
- NCAA bowl games:
December 19, 2009 (Saturday)
- Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 4: (teams in
strike are eliminated)
- Pool 1: Benetton Treviso 18–21 Northampton Saints
- Standings: Northampton 13 points (4 matches), Munster 10 (3), Perpignan 6 (3), Treviso 5 (4).
- Pool 2: Newport Gwent Dragons 8–26 Biarritz
- Standings: Biarritz 18 points (4 matches), Newport 5 (4), Glasgow 5 (3), Gloucester 4 (3).
- Pool 3:
- Pool 4: Edinburgh 9–6 Bath
- Standings: Stade Français, Ulster 9 points (3 matches), Edinburgh 9 (4), Bath 6 (4).
- Pool 5: Toulouse 23–7 Cardiff Blues
- Standings: Toulouse 14 points (4 matches), Sale 9 (3), Cardiff 9 (4), Harlequin 1 (3).
- Pool 6:
- Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 4: (teams in
strike are eliminated)
December 18, 2009 (Friday)
- World records broken:
- Long course:
- Short course:
- Men's 4x100m medley relay: United States (Nick Thoman, Mark Gangloff, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian) 3:20.71, Manchester, Great Britain
- Women's 200m breast: Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:14.57, Manchester, Great Britain
- Women's 400m medley: Julia Smit (USA) 4:21.04, Manchester, Great Britain
- Women's 4x100m medley relay: United States (Margaret Hoelzer, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer, Amanda Weir) 3:47.97, Manchester, Great Britain
December 17, 2009 (Thursday)
December 16, 2009 (Wednesday)
December 15, 2009 (Tuesday)
December 14, 2009 (Monday)
December 13, 2009 (Sunday)
- NFL Week 14 (division champions in bold; teams clinching a playoff berth in italics):
- New Orleans Saints 26, Atlanta Falcons 23
- The Saints remain unbeaten and secure a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs.
- Green Bay Packers 21, Chicago Bears 14
- Indianapolis Colts 28, Denver Broncos 16
- The Colts set a new NFL record with their 22nd consecutive regular-season win, and also secure home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. The Broncos' Brandon Marshall sets an NFL single-game record with 21 receptions.
- Buffalo Bills 16, Kansas City Chiefs 10
- Minnesota Vikings 30, Cincinnati Bengals 10
- New England Patriots 20, Carolina Panthers 10
- New York Jets 26, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3
- Miami Dolphins 14, Jacksonville Jaguars 10
- Baltimore Ravens 48, Detroit Lions 3
- Houston Texans 34, Seattle Seahawks 7
- Washington Redskins 34, Oakland Raiders 13
- Tennessee Titans 47, St. Louis Rams 7
- San Diego Chargers 20, Dallas Cowboys 17
- Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia Eagles 45, New York Giants 38
- World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- 4 x 6 km Relay Women: 1 ! Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Iana Romanova, Olga Zaitseva) 1:13.37.0 (0 penalty, 6 reloads) 2 ! France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin, Sandrine Bailly) 1:13:40.8 (0, 7) 3 ! Sweden (Elisabeth Hoegberg, Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek, Anna-Maria Nilsson, Helena Jonsson) 1:13:41.6 (0, 3)
- Standings (after two of five events): (1) Russia 114 points (2) Germany 103 (3) France 102
- 4 x 7.5 km Relay Men: 1 ! Austria (Simon Eder, Daniel Mesotitsch, Dominik Landertinger, Christoph Sumann) 1:16:13.1 (0 penalty loops, 6 reloads) 2 ! Russia (Ivan Tcherezov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Nikolay Kruglov, Maxim Tchoudov) 1:16:38.8 (1, 5) 3 ! Germany (Christoph Stephan, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Greis, Simon Schempp 1:16:45.1 (0, 5)
- Standings (after two of five events): (1) Austria 108 points (2) France 103 (3) Russia 97
- World Cup 5 in Salt Lake City, United States
- 1000 m women: 1 ! Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 1:13.36 2 ! Wang Beixing (CHN) 1:14.01 3 ! Nao Kodaira (JPN) 1:14.17
- 1000 m men: 1 ! Shani Davis (USA) 1:06.67 2 ! Lee Kyu-Hyeok (KOR) 1:07.07 3 ! Mika Poutala (FIN) 1:07.24
- Team Pursuit women: 1 ! Russia (Yekaterina Abramova, Galina Likhachova, Yekaterina Shikhova) 2:57.18 2 ! Canada (Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt, Cindy Klassen) 2:57.35 3 ! Germany (Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, Stephanie Beckert, Katrin Mattscherodt) 2:57.36
- Standings after 3 of 4 races: (1) Canada 280 points (2) Russia 230 (3) Japan 190
- Team Pursuit men: 1 ! Norway (Håvard Bøkko, Mikael Flygind-Larsen, Henrik Christiansen) 3:39.55 2 ! Italy (Matteo Anesi, Enrico Fabris, Luca Stefani) 3:39.72 3 ! Canada (Steven Elm, Lucas Makowsky, Mathieu Giroux) 3:40.34
- Standings after 3 of 4 races: (1) Netherlands 260 points (2) Norway 230 (3) Canada 186
December 12, 2009 (Saturday)
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland:
- Men, final:
- 1 ! Sweden 6–5 2 ! Switzerland (11 ends)
- Niklas Edin skips Sweden to their sixth title and the first since 2001.
- Men, world challenge game 2:
- Denmark 10–5 Netherlands
- Denmark win best-of-3 series 2–0.
- Women, final:
- 2 ! Switzerland 5–7 1 ! Germany
- Andrea Schöpp skips Germany to her seventh European title, and the first since 1998.
- Women, world challenge game 2:
- Finland 3–6 Latvia
- Latvia win best-of-3 series 2–0.
December 11, 2009 (Friday)
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland:
- Men, semifinal:
- 3 ! Norway 5–8 Switzerland
- Switzerland will play against Sweden in the Final.
- Men, world challenge game 1:
- Women, semifinal:
- 3 ! Denmark 5–6 Germany
- Germany will meet Switzerland in the final.
- Women, world challenge game 1:
- Following a tumultuous two weeks in which he faced allegations of numerous extramarital affairs, Tiger Woods admits to infidelity and announces he is taking an indefinite leave from professional golf in an attempt to save his marriage. (ESPN)
December 10, 2009 (Thursday)
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland: (teams in bold advance to the playoff, teams in italics clinch tiebreak berths, teams in
strike are eliminated)
- Women, draw 9:
- Denmark 7–5
Scotland
Finland 2–7 Germany
- Switzerland 6–7 Russia
Norway 2–10 Sweden
Italy 9–5 England
- Final standings: Switzerland 7 wins, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Russia 6, Scotland 5, Norway 4, Finland 3, Italy 2, England 0.
- Men, tiebreak:
- Women, tiebreak:
- Men, playoffs: (seeding in parentheses)
- (1) Norway 3–7 (2) Sweden
- Sweden advance to the final, Norway go to semifinal
- (3) Switzerland 7–3 (4) Scotland
- Switzerland go to semifinal
- Women, playoffs: (seeding in parentheses)
- (1) Switzerland 8–5 (2) Denmark
- Switzerland advance to the final, Denmark go to semifinal
- (3) Germany 10–4 (4) Russia
- World Women's Championship in China: (teams in bold advance to the Main Round, teams in
strike are eliminated)
- Group A:
- Group B:
- Group C:
- Group D:
December 9, 2009 (Wednesday)
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland: (teams in bold advance to the playoff, teams in italics secure tie break berth, teams in
strike are eliminated)
- Men, draw 8:
- Switzerland 6–5 Scotland
- Sweden 9–1
Finland
Czech Republic 3–9 Norway
Denmark 8–2 Italy
- Germany 8–6 France
- Standings: Norway, Sweden 7 wins, France, Scotland, Switzerland 5, Germany 4, Denmark 3, Czech Republic, Finland 2, Italy 0.
- Women, draw 8:
Italy 9–10 Finland
- Denmark 6–7 Switzerland
- Norway 5–7 Scotland
England 7–8 Germany
- Russia 4–5 Sweden
- Standings: Switzerland 7 wins, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Scotland, Sweden 5, Norway 4, Finland 3, Italy 1, England 0.
- Men, draw 9:
- Sweden 3–10 Norway
- Scotland 9–4
Italy
Finland 6–9 Germany
Czech Republic 4–10 France
- Switzerland 7–3
Denmark
- Final standings: Norway 8 wins, Sweden 7, Switzerland, Scotland, France 6, Germany 5, Denmark 3, Finland, Czech Republic 2, Italy 0.
- World Women's Championship in China: (teams in bold advance to the Main Round, teams in
strike are eliminated)
- Group A:
- Group B:
- Group C:
- Group D:
December 8, 2009 (Tuesday)
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland: (teams in bold advance to the playoff, teams in italics secure tie break berth, teams in
strike are eliminated)
- Men, draw 6:
- Czech Republic 5–10 Sweden
- Germany 7–10 Scotland
- Switzerland 13–4
Italy
- France 7–5 Norway
Denmark 9–3 Finland
- Standings: Scotland, Norway, Sweden, France 5 wins, Switzerland 3, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany 2, Denmark 1, Italy 0.
- Women, draw 6:
- Norway 9–3 Denmark
- Russia 7–8 Finland
- Italy 4–7 Germany
- Sweden 2–8 Scotland
England 2–8 Switzerland
- Standings: Russia, Switzerland 5 wins, Sweden, Denmark 4, Germany, Scotland, Norway 3, Finland 2, Italy 1, England 0.
- Men, draw 7:
Italy 1–9 Germany
Czech Republic 4–7 Denmark
- Sweden 6–5 France
Finland 2–8 Switzerland
- Scotland 5–9 Norway
- Standings: Norway, Sweden 6 wins, France, Scotland 5, Switzerland 4, Germany 3, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland 2, Italy 0.
- Women, draw 7:
- Germany 6–3 Russia
- Norway 9–7
England
- Denmark 5–4 Sweden
- Switzerland 10–6
Italy
Finland 4–7 Scotland
- Standings: Switzerland 6 wins, Denmark, Russia 5, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Germany 4, Finland 2, Italy 1, England 0.
December 7, 2009 (Monday)
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland:
- Women, draw 4:
- England 3–10 Sweden
- Scotland 3–6 Russia
- Germany 10–5 Norway
- Finland 4–6 Switzerland
- Denmark 8–2 Italy
- Standings: Russia 4 wins, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland 3, Germany, Scotland, Norway 2, Italy 1, England, Finland 0.
- Men, draw 5:
- Norway 9–7 Finland
- France 7–5 Switzerland
- Denmark 3–8 Scotland
- Italy 2–8 Sweden
- Czech Republic 4–7 Germany
- Standings: Norway 5 wins, France, Scotland, Sweden 4, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Switzerland 2, Denmark, Italy 0.
- Women, draw 5:
- Scotland 5–11 Switzerland
- Sweden 7–5 Italy
- England 3–10 Finland
- Germany 4–7 Denmark
- Norway 5–9 Russia
- Standings: Russia 5 wins, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland 4, Germany, Scotland, Norway 2, Finland, Italy 1, England 0.
December 6, 2009 (Sunday)
- NFL Week 13 (teams in bold have clinched division title):
- Philadelphia Eagles 34, Atlanta Falcons 7
- Michael Vick runs for a touchdown and throws for another in his return to Atlanta, where he played before his imprisonment.
- Chicago Bears 17, St. Louis Rams 9
- Cincinnati Bengals 23, Detroit Lions 13
- Indianapolis Colts 27, Tennessee Titans 17
- The Colts tie an NFL record with their 21st consecutive regular-season win.
- Jacksonville Jaguars 23, Houston Texans 18
- Oakland Raiders 27, Pittsburgh Steelers 24
- Denver Broncos 44, Kansas City Chiefs 13
- Miami Dolphins 22, New England Patriots 21
- Carolina Panthers 16, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6
- New Orleans Saints 33, Washington Redskins 30 (OT)
- San Diego Chargers 30, Cleveland Browns 23
- New York Giants 31, Dallas Cowboys 24
- Seattle Seahawks 20, San Francisco 49ers 17
- Sunday Night Football: Arizona Cardinals 30, Minnesota Vikings 17
- NCAA Division I FBS:
- BCS bowl game matchups (unbeaten teams in bold):
- BCS National Championship Game, January 7 in Pasadena, California: Texas vs. Alabama
- Rose Bowl, January 1 in Pasadena, California: Ohio State vs. Oregon
- Sugar Bowl, January 1 in New Orleans: Cincinnati vs. Florida
- Fiesta Bowl, January 4 in Glendale, Arizona: Boise State vs. TCU
- This will be the first time ever that two unbeaten teams play in a BCS game other than the National Championship Game, and also the first time ever that two teams from the non-automatic qualifying conferences earn BCS berths in the same season.
- Orange Bowl, January 5 in Miami Gardens, Florida: Iowa vs. Georgia Tech
- World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay: 1 ! France (Vincent Jay, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade, Martin Fourcade) 1:15:10.3 (1 penalty loops + 7 extra shots) 2 ! Norway (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Alexander Os, Lars Berger, Ole Einar Bjørndalen 1:15:24.0 (3+11) 3 ! Austria (Daniel Mesotitsch, Simon Eder, Dominik Landertinger, Christoph Sumann) 1:15:28.5 (1+8)
- Women's 4 x 6 km Relay: 1 ! Germany (Martina Beck, Andrea Henkel, Simone Hauswald, Kati Wilhelm) 1:10:52.5 (0 penalty loops + 9 extra shots) 2 ! Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Zaitseva, Olga Medvedtseva) 1:11:10.9 (0+9) 3 ! France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin, Sandrine Bailly) 1:12:17.7 (0+10)
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland: (unbeaten teams in bold)
- Men, draw 3:
- Scotland 2–3 Czech Republic
- Denmark 5–7 Sweden
- France 11–6 Finland
- Switzerland 10–3 Germany
- Norway 8–6 Italy
- Women, draw 3:
- Finland 3–8 Norway
- England 7–11 Denmark
- Sweden 7–6 Switzerland
- Italy 5–11 Russia
- Scotland 5–2 Germany
- Standings: Russia 3 wins, Denmark, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway 2, Italy, Germany 1, England, Finland 0.
- Men, draw 4:
- Denmark 6–7 France
- Norway 10–2 Germany
- Italy 6–7 Czech Republic
- Scotland 15–1 Finland
- Sweden 6–5 Switzerland
- Standings: Norway 4 wins, France, Scotland, Sweden 3, Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland 2, Germany 1, Denmark, Italy 0.
- World Cup 4 in Calgary, Canada:
- 1000 m women: 1 ! Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 1:14.03 2 ! Annette Gerritsen (NED) 1:14.48 3 ! Monique Angermüller (GER) 1:14.68
- 1000 m men: 1 ! Shani Davis (USA) 1:06.91 2 ! Lee Kyu-Hyeok (KOR) 1:07.61 3 ! Denny Morrison (CAN) 1:07.77
- Team Pursuit women: 1 ! Canada (Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt, Brittany Schussler) 2:55.79 2 ! Japan (Masako Hozumi, Maki Tabata, Shiho Ishizawa) 2:59.79 3 ! Germany (Isabell Ost, Stephanie Beckert, Katrin Mattscherodt) 3:00.25
- Team Pursuit men: 1 ! Netherlands (Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Jan Blokhuijsen) 3:38.05 2 ! Canada (Denny Morrison, Lucas Makowsky, Mathieu Giroux) 3:39.17 3 ! Norway (Håvard Bøkko, Sverre Lunde Pedersen, Fredrik van der Horst) 3:41.59
December 5, 2009 (Saturday)
- NCAA Division I FBS (unbeaten teams in bold):
- Conference championship games (BCS rankings in parentheses):
- Other BCS Top 10 games:
- (5) Cincinnati 45, (15) Pittsburgh 44
- After the Panthers score a touchdown with 1:36 left for a 44–38 lead, the snap is bobbled on the extra point attempt, allowing Tony Pike to lead a 4-play 61-yard drive capped by a 29-yard touchdown pass to Armon Binns. With the win, the Bearcats earn the Big East automatic BCS bowl berth.
- (6) Boise State 42, New Mexico State 7
- The Broncos complete their second consecutive unbeaten regular season and third in the last four years, but are not assured of a BCS bowl berth, because TCU is higher in the BCS rankings, and only one "non-BCS conferences" champion can earn an automatic BCS bowl berth.
- Played earlier this week: (7) Oregon
- Regular season completed: (4) TCU, (8) Ohio State, (9) Iowa
- Other games:
- NCAA Division I FCS:
- Playoffs, quarterfinals (unbeaten team in bold; seeds in parentheses):
- Other games:
- European Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland: (unbeaten teams in bold)
- Men, draw 1:
- Germany 8–5 Denmark (9 ends)
- Italy 5–6 France
- Norway 8–7 Switzerland (11 ends)
- Sweden 2–3 Scotland
- Finland 9–8 Czech Republic (11 ends)
- Women, draw 1:
- Russia 8–5 England
- Germany 7–4 Sweden (9 ends)
- Scotland 6–11 Italy (9 ends)
- Denmark 9–4 Finland (9 ends)
- Switzerland 6–4 Norway (9 ends)
- Men, draw 2:
- Finland 9–7 Italy
- Switzerland 9–6 Czech Republic
- Germany 4–10 Sweden (8 ends)
- Norway 8–5 Denmark (9 ends)
- France 2–5 Scotland
- Women, draw 2:
- Switzerland 10–2 Germany (7 ends)
- Italy 6–7 Norway (11 ends)
- Russia 10–1 Denmark (6 ends)
- Scotland 7–4 England (9 ends)
- Sweden 9–2 Finland (8 ends)
December 4, 2009 (Friday)
December 3, 2009 (Thursday)
- Sri Lanka in India:
- 3rd Test in Mumbai, day 2:
- Sri Lanka 393; India 443/1 (79.0 ov, Virender Sehwag 284*). India lead by 50 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- Sehwag's score is the highest in one day of a Test match in 76 years and third highest ever. He also becomes the eighth player in history who scores six Test double-centuries, and reaches the 200 mark in 168 balls, the second fastest ever.
- Pakistan in New Zealand:
December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)
December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)