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Ongoing events (incl. events taking place within the next two days) Auto racing V8 Supercar: Dec 4 - 7: NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Basketball Euroleague, week 6: Dec 3: Group A: Le Mans – Unicaja Malaga Olympiacos – Air Avellino Group B: Asseco Prokom Sopot – Montepaschi Siena Group D: AJ Milano – CSKA Moscow Panionios – Real Madrid Partizan Belgrade – Efes Pilsen Dec 4: Group A: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Cibona Zagreb Group B: Regal FC Barcelona – SLUC Nancy Žalgiris Kaunas – Panathinaikos Athens Group C: Union Olimpija Ljubljana – DKV Joventut Lottomatica Roma – ALBA Berlin Fenerbahçe Ülker – TAU Cerámica Cricket England in India: Dec 2: 7th ODI in New Delhi Cancelled due to terrorist events in Mumbai. Football (soccer) Copa Sudamericana final, second leg: (first leg result in parentheses) Dec 3: Internacional (1)–(0) Estudiantes UEFA Cup group stage, matchday 4: Dec 3: Group A: Manchester City – Paris Saint-Germain Twente – Schalke 04 Group B: Metalist Kharkiv – Olympiacos Hertha BSC – Galatasaray Group C: Standard Liege – Sampdoria Sevilla – Partizan Group D: Spartak Moscow – NEC Udinese – Dinamo Zagreb Dec 4: Group E: Wolfsburg – Portsmouth Heerenveen – Braga Group F: Slavia Prague – Hamburg Aston Villa – Žilina Group G: Valencia – Club Brugge Copenhagen – Rosenborg Group H: Lech Poznań – Deportivo Nancy – CSKA Moscow U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile: (All times UTC) Dec 4: Semifinals: France – North Korea, 19:00 United States – Germany, 22:00 Handball European Women's Championship in Macedonia Dec 2: Group C: Sweden – Belarus Russia – Austria Group D: Croatia – Serbia Germany – North Macedonia Dec 3: Group A: Hungary – Romania France – Denmark Group B: Portugal – Ukraine Norway – Spain Dec 4: Group C: Austria – Sweden Belarus – Russia Group D: Serbia – Germany North Macedonia – Croatia Ice hockey Champions Hockey League: Dec 3: Group stage, matchday 6: Group A: Eisbaren Berlin – Metallurg Magnitogorsk 19:30 Group B: HV71 – Espoo Blues 19:30 Group C: Salavat Yulaev Ufa – HC Slovan Bratislava 16:00 Group D: HC Slavia Praha – ZSC Lions 19:30 Rugby union End of year tests: (All times UTC) Dec 3: Barbarians – Australia in London, 19:45 Winter sports Alpine skiing Men's World Cup: Dec 4: Combined in Avon, Colorado, United States Biathlon Dec 3 - 7: World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden: (All times CET) Dec 3: Men's 20 km Individual 17:15 Dec 4: Women's 15 km Individual 17:15 Bobsleigh World Cup: Dec 1 - 7: Altenberg, Germany Skeleton World Cup: Dec 1 - 7: Altenberg, Germany Upcoming events Auto racing WRC: Dec 5 - 7: Wales Rally GB Basketball Dec 9 - Dec 11: Euroleague, week 7: Dec 9: Group C: ALBA Berlin - Fenerbahçe Ülker Dec 10: Group A: Cibona Zagreb - Le Mans Unicaja Malaga - Olympiacos Group B: Montepaschi Siena - Žalgiris Kaunas Group C: TAU Cerámica - Union Olimpija Ljubljana Group D: CSKA Moscow - Panionios Efes Pilsen - AJ Milano Dec 11: Group A: Air Avellino - Maccabi Tel Aviv Group B: SLUC Nancy - Asseco Prokom Sopot Panathinaikos Athens - Regal FC Barcelona Group C: DKV Joventut - Lottomatica Roma Group D: Real Madrid - Partizan Belgrade Dec 17 - Dec 18: Euroleague, week 8: Jan 7 - Jan 8: Euroleague, week 9: Jan 14 - Jan 15: Euroleague, week 10: Boxing Card at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas: Dec 6: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao Cricket England in India: Dec 11 - 15: 1st Test in Mohali(moved from Ahmedabad following terrorist events in West India) Dec 19 - 23: 2nd Test in Chennai (moved from Mumbai following terrorist events there) West Indies in New Zealand: Dec 11 - 15: 1st Test in Dunedin Dec 19 - 23: 2nd Test in Napier Dec 26: 1st T20I in Auckland Dec 28: 2nd T20I in Hamilton Dec 31: 1st ODI in Queenstown Jan 3: 2nd ODI in Christchurch Jan 7: 3rd ODI in Wellington Jan 10: 4th ODI in Auckland Jan 13: 5th ODI in Napier South Africa in Australia: Dec 17 - 21: 1st Test in Perth Dec 26 - 30: 2nd Test in Melbourne Jan 3 - 7: 3rd Test in Sydney Jan 11: 1st T20I in Melbourne Jan 13: 2nd T20I in Brisbane Jan 16: 1st ODI in Melbourne Jan 18: 2nd ODI in Hobart Jan 23: 3rd ODI in Sydney Jan 26: 4th ODI in Adelaide Jan 30: 5th ODI in Perth Sri Lanka in Bangladesh: Dec 26 - 30: 1st Test in Dhaka Jan 3 - 7: 2nd Test in Venue TBC Tri-Series in Bangladesh: Jan 10: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe in Dhaka Jan 12: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe in Dhaka Jan 14: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Dhaka Jan 16: Final: TBC vs TBC in Dhaka India in Pakistan: Jan 13 - 17: 1st Test in Karachi Jan 21 - 25: 2nd Test in Venue TBC Jan 29 - Feb 2: 3rd Test in Lahore Zimbabwe in Bangladesh: Jan 19: 1st ODI in Dhaka Jan 21: 2nd ODI in Dhaka Jan 23: 3rd ODI in Dhaka Football (soccer) U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile (All times UTC) Dec 7: Third Place Playoff: Loser SF1 – Loser SF2, 18:30 Final: Winner SF1 – Winner SF2, 21:30 UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 6 Dec 9: Group A: Chelsea – CFR Cluj Roma – Bordeaux Group B: Panathinaikos – Anorthosis Werder Bremen – Internazionale Group C: Basel – Sporting CP Barcelona – Shakhtar Donetsk Group D: PSV Eindhoven – Liverpool Marseille – Atlético Madrid Dec 10: Group E: Manchester United – Aalborg BK Celtic – Villarreal Group F: Steaua – Fiorentina Lyon – Bayern Group G: Porto – Arsenal Dynamo Kyiv – Fenerbahçe Group H: Juventus – BATE Real Madrid – Zenit St. Petersburg Dec 11 - 21: FIFA Club World Cup in Japan Dec 11: Play-off: Adelaide United – Waitakere United Dec 13: Quarterfinal 1: Al-Ahly – Pachuca Dec 14: Quarterfinal 2: Play-off winners – Gamba Osaka Dec 17: Semifinal 1: Winners of quarterfinal 1 – LDU Quito Dec 18: Semifinal 2: Winners of quarterfinal 2 – Manchester United Match for fifth place: Losers of quarterffinal 1 – Losers of quarterfinal 2 Dec 21: Match for third place: Losers of semifinal 1 – Losers of semifinal 2 Final: Winners of semifinal 1 – Winners of semifinal 2 Dec 17 - 18: UEFA Cup group stage, matchday 5 Dec 17: Group E: Portsmouth - Heerenveen Milan - Wolfsburg Group F: Hamburg - Aston Villa Ajax - Slavia Prague Group G: Club Brugge - Copenhagen Saint-Étienne - Valencia Group H: Deportivo - Nancy Feyenoord - Lech Poznań Dec 18: Group A: Paris Saint-Germain - Twente Racing Santander - Manchester City Group B: Olympiacos - Hertha BSC Benfica - Metalist Kharkiv Group C: Sampdoria - Sevilla Stuttgart - Standard Liège Group D: NEC - Udinese Tottenham Hotspur - Spartak Moscow Golf European Tour: Dec 11 - 14: Alfred Dunhill Championship in Mpumalanga, South Africa Dec 18 - 21: South African Open Championship in Paarl, South Africa Unofficial events: Dec 6 - 7: Del Webb Father-Son Challenge in Champions Gate near Orlando, Florida Dec 10 - 14: Merrill Lynch Shootout in Naples, Florida Dec 18 - 21: Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California Handball European Women's Championship in Macedonia Dec 5: Group A: Romania – France Denmark – Hungary Group B: Spain – Portugal Ukraine – Norway Dec 6: Group C: Russia – Sweden Austria – Belarus Group D: Germany – Croatia North Macedonia – Serbia Dec 7: Group A: France – Hungary Denmark – Romania Group B: Spain – Ukraine Norway – Portugal Dec 8: Group II: 1C – 2D 2C – 1D 3C – 3D Dec 9: Group I: 1A – 2B 2A – 1B 3A – 3B Dec 10: Group I: 1A – 3B 3A – 1B 2A – 2B Group II: 1C – 3D 3C – 1D 2C – 2D Dec 11: Group I: 2A – 3B 3A – 2B 1A – 1B Group II: 2C – 3D 3C – 2D 1C – 1D Dec 13: 5th/6th Placement Match: 3.I – 3.II Semifinals: 1.I – 2.II 2.I – 1.II Bronze Match: Loser of SF1 – Loser of SF2 Final: Winner of SF1 – Winner of SF2 Jan 16 - Feb 1: World Men's Championship in Croatia Ice hockey Champions Hockey League: Dec 10: Semifinals, first leg: Metallurg Magnitogorsk – Salavat Yulaev Ufa Espoo Blues – HC Slavia Praha or ZSC Lions Dec 14 - Dec 20: World Junior Championships - Group A in Switzerland Dec 15 - Dec 21: World Junior Championships - Group B in Aalborg, Denmark Dec 15 - Dec 21: World Junior Championships - Group A in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania Dec 26 - Jan 5: World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Jan 5 - 10: World Women's U18 Championship in Fussen, Germany Mixed martial arts Dec 27: UFC 92 in Las Vegas Jan 17: UFC 93 in Dublin Rugby union Heineken Cup: Dec 5 - 7: Pool stage, week 3: Dec 12 - 14: Pool stage, week 4: Sevens World Series: Dec 5 - 6: South Africa Sevens in George Swimming Dec 11 - 14: European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia Winter sports Alpine skiing Men's World Cup: Dec 5: Downhill in Avon, United States Dec 6: Super giant slalom in Avon, United States Dec 7: Giant slalom in Avon, United States Dec 13: Giant slalom in Val-d'Isère, France Dec 14: Slalom in Val-d'Isère, France Dec 19: Super giant slalom in Val Gardena, Italy Dec 20: Downhill in Val Gardena, Italy Dec 21: Giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy Dec 28: Downhill in Bormio, Italy Jan 6: Slalom in Zagreb, Croatia Jan 10: Giant slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland Women's World Cup: Dec 5: Downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Dec 6: Downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Dec 7: Super giant slalom in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Dec 13: Giant slalom in La Molina, Spain Dec 14: Slalom in La Molina, Spain Dec 19: Combined in St. Moritz, Switzerland Dec 20: Downhill in St. Moritz, Switzerland Dec 21: Super giant slalom in St. Moritz, Switzerland Dec 28: Giant slalom in Semmering, Austria Dec 29: Slalom in Semmering, Austria Jan 4: Slalom in Zagreb, Croatia Biathlon Dec 3 - 7: World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden: (All times CET) Dec 6: Men's 10 km Sprint 12:00 Women's 7.5 km Sprint 14:30 Dec 7: Men's 12.5 km Pursuit 11:00 Women's 10 km Pursuit 13:00 Dec 11 - 14: World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria Dec 17 - 21: World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria Bobsleigh World Cup: Dec 8 - 14: Igls, Austria Dec 15 - 21: Cesana Pariol, Italy Jan 5 - 11: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Cross-country skiing World Cup: Dec 6 - Dec 7: La Clusaz, France Dec 12 - Dec 14: Davos, Switzerland Dec 20 - Dec 21: Duesseldorf, Germany Dec 27 - Jan 4: Tour de Ski Jan 16 - 18: Vancouver, Canada Curling Dec 6 - 13: European Championships in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Figure skating ISU Grand Prix: Dec 11 - 14: Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Goyang, South Korea Jan 19 - 25: European Championships in Helsinki, Finland Jan 19 - 25: United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio Freestyle skiing World Cup: Dec 18: Meribel FRA (MO) Dec 19 - 20: Adventure Mountain CHN (AE) Jan 5: St. Johann in Tirol AUT (SX) Luge World Cup: Dec 6 - 7: World Cup 2 in Sigulda Dec 13 - 14: World Cup 3 in Winterberg Jan 3 - 4: World Cup 4 in Konigssee Nordic combined World Cup: Dec 6 - Dec 7: Trondheim, Norway Dec 13 - Dec 14: Liberec, Czech republic Dec 20 - Dec 21: Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria Dec 27 - Dec 28: Oberhof, Germany Jan 3 - 4: Schonach, Germany Short track speed skating Dec 5 - 7: World Cup 4 in Nagano, Japan Jan 9 - 11: World Junior Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Jan 16 - 18: European Championships in Torino, Italy Skeleton World Cup: Dec 8 - 14: Igls, Austria Dec 15 - 21: Cesana Pariol, Italy Jan 5 - 11: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Ski jumping World Cup: Dec 5 - Dec 7: Trondheim, Norway Dec 12 - Dec 14: Pragelato, Italy Dec 19 - Dec 21: Engelberg, Switzerland Four Hills Tournament: Dec 28 - Dec 29: Oberstdorf, Germany Dec 31 - Jan 1: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Jan 3 - 4: Innsbruck, Austria Snowboarding World Cup: Dec 6: Grenoble, France (Big Air) Dec 14: Limone Piemonte, Italy (Parallel GS) Dec 20 - 21: Arosa, Switzerland (Parallel slalom, SBX) Jan 6 - 7: Kreischberg, Austria (Parallel GS, Parallel slalom) Speed skating Dec 6 - 7: World Cup 4 in Changchun, China Dec 13 - 14: World Cup 5 in Nagano, Japan Jan 9 - 11: European Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands Deaths in December Deaths in December 2008: None reported so far Current sporting seasons American football 2008 NFL NCAA Division I FBS Auto racing 2008 World Rally Championship V8 Supercar A1 Grand Prix GP2 Asia Series Basketball 2008-09 NBA Euroleague NCAA men NCAA women Philippines Philippine Cup Cricket 2008-09 Football (soccer) 2007-08 Ecuador 2008 Brazil Japan 2008-09 England Germany Italy Spain France Argentina UEFA (Europe) Champions League UEFA Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Golf 2009 European Tour Ice hockey 2008-09 National Hockey League Champions Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League Rugby union 2008-09 Heineken Cup Guinness Premiership Magners League Top 14 Winter sports Alpine Skiing World Cup Biathlon World Cup Bobsleigh World Cup Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Grand Prix of Figure Skating Luge World Cup Nordic Combined World Cup Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Skeleton World Cup Ski Jumping World Cup Snowboarding World Cup Speed Skating World Cup Related pages 2008 in sports 2007 in sports 2006 in sports 2005 in sports 2004 in sports 2003 in sports 2002 in sports 2001 in sports 2000 in sports