December 2004 in Sports - December 2, 2004

December 2, 2004

• Baseball: The San Francisco Chronicle reports that New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi admitted to a grand jury that he took steroids made by BALCO. (AP) (ESPN)
• NBA: Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks scores 53 points in a 113–106 overtime win over the Houston Rockets. Tracy McGrady scores 49 points in a losing effort. (AP)
• Biathlon: In the opening event (WC 1) held at Beitostølen, Norway, of the 2004/05 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) season, the women's 7.5 km Sprint race is won by Uschi Disl (GER), with fellow German teammate Andrea Henkel catching the 2nd place, and Albina Akhatova (Албина Ахатова) (RUS) finishing 3rd. (IBU/EBU Results) In the men's 10 km Sprint race, Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) comes in to his 44th BWC victory, followed by Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (Николай Кругов) (RUS) and Raphaël Poirée (FRA) onto the next two places on the podium. (IBU/EBU Results)
• Cricket: India beat South Africa by 8 wickets in the second test in Kolkata, India to take the 2 test series 1–0. (Cricinfo)
• Football (soccer):
  • UEFA is preparing an investigation into suspicious betting patterns related to last night's UEFA Cup group stage match between Panionios and Dinamo Tbilisi. (BBC)
  • UEFA Cup Group Stage, Matchday 4
    • Group E: Partizan Belgrade 1 – 1 Villarreal
    • Group E: Egaleo 2 – 2 Lazio
    • Group F: AZ Alkmaar 1 – 0 Rangers
    • Group F: Auxerre 5 – 1 Amica Wronki
    • Group G: Dinamo Zagreb 2 – 2 Heerenveen
    • Group G: Beveren 0 – 3 Benfica
    • Group H: Sevilla 3 – 2 AEK Athens
    • Group H: Alemannia 2 – 2 Zenit St. Petersburg
    • (Teams in bold are assured of progressing to the final round of 32 teams) (UEFA.com)
• Ice hockey: For the first time in three months, the National Hockey League agrees to meet with the National Hockey League Players Association. The meeting will take place on December 9 in Toronto, and it is believed the NHLPA will submit a new proposal in an effort to settle the ongoing lockout. (TSN)