December 2004 in Sports - December 9, 2004

December 9, 2004

• Ice hockey:
  • The Worldstars team consisting of locked-out players from North American National Hockey League starts a 7-country, 10-game charity tour against European teams, with a 4–2 win over Riga 2000 team in Riga, Latvia. (CBC)
  • The National Hockey League labor negotiations restart, after the players union, NHLPA, making the first new offer in three months. The offer includes players accepting a 24% one-time salary cut. (CBC)
• Biathlon: In the WC 2 event at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway, the women's 15 km Individual race is won by Martina Glagow (GER), while Svetlana Ishmouratova (Светлана Ишмуратова) (RUS) gets the 2nd place, and Magdalena Gwizdon (POL) comes in 3rd. (IBU/EBU Results) In the men's 20 km Individual contest, Sven Fischer (GER) wins (like he did in last weekend's Pursuit at Beitostølen, and like he has done seven times before at Holmenkollen), followed by Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) for the next place on the podium. The third to finish is Tomasz Sikora (POL). (IBU/EBU Results)
• Football: 2004 Tiger Cup championship, First Round
  • Group A: Vietnam 9 – 1 Cambodia
  • Group A: Indonesia 0 – 0 Singapore