December 2004 in Sports - December 8, 2004

December 8, 2004

Cricket: Australia beat New Zealand by 17 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia to level the 3 match One Day International series 1–1. (Cricinfo)
Ice hockey: At his own initiative and expense, player Brendan Shanahan convenes a summit of players, management, referees and broadcasters in Toronto to discuss the rules of the game. The participants recommends several changes, mainly designed to speed up the game and increase scoring. (TSN)
Football (soccer):
- UEFA Champions League, Group Stage, Matchday 6
  - Group A: Deportivo 0 – 5 AS Monaco
  - Group A: Liverpool 3 – 1 Olympiacos
  - Group B: Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
  - Group B: AS Roma 0 – 3 Real Madrid
  - Group C: Ajax 2 – 2 Bayern Munich
  - Group C: Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1 – 1 Juventus
  - Group D: Fenerbahçe 3 – 0 Manchester United
  - Group D: Lyon 5 – 0 Sparta Prague
  - Teams in bold progress to round of 16; teams in italics go into UEFA Cup round of 32 (UEFA.com)
- Struggling Premier League club Southampton dismiss manager Steve Wigley after just 14 games in charge of the Saints, and appoint Harry Redknapp to take his place. The appointment is certain to anger supporters of the Saints' arch-rivals Portsmouth, whose managerial post Redknapp quit just two weeks ago. (ESPN Soccernet) BBC Sport
- In a women's international friendly, the United States defeats Mexico 5–0 at the Home Depot Center near Los Angeles. This is the final game for USA legends Mia Hamm, who assisted on two of the goals, and Julie Foudy. Joy Fawcett, also retiring, appeared at the game, but is recovering from back surgery and thus did not play. (ESPN Soccernet)