November 2004 in Sports - November 23, 2004

November 23, 2004

• Football (soccer): Sir Alex Ferguson leads Manchester United F.C. to a 2–1 victory in a Champions League match against Olympique Lyonnais – his 1000th match in charge of the team.(UEFA.com)
• Football (soccer): A week after the Spain–England international friendly at the Bernabéu was marred by racist chanting, Real Madrid's 1–1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen in the same stadium sees fans directing monkey chants and Nazi salutes at Leverkusen's Roque Junior. (BBC)
• Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League, Group Stage, Matchday 5
  • Group A: AS Monaco 1 – 0 Liverpool
  • Group A: Olympiacos 1 – 0 Deportivo La Coruña
  • Group B: Dynamo Kyiv 2 – 0 AS Roma
  • Group B: Real Madrid 1 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen
  • Group C: Bayern Munich 5 – 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
  • Group C: Juventus 1 – 0 Ajax
  • Group D: Manchester United 2 – 1 Olympique Lyonnais
  • Group D: Sparta Prague 0 – 1 Fenerbahçe (UEFA.com)
• College football:
  • The University of Iowa announces that they have accepted an invitation to the Capital One Bowl on January 1. (ESPN)
  • Purdue University announces that they have accepted an invitation to the Sun Bowl on December 31. They will likely face either Arizona State or Oregon State. (ESPN)
• NBA:
  • The Boston Celtics place Tom Gugliotta on the injured list.
  • On the other hand, the Celtics' arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, activate veteran center Vlade Divac.
  • The Charlotte Bobcats become the first NBA expansion team since 1971 to beat a defending champion, defeating the Detroit Pistons, 91–89, at Charlotte. (NBA)
  • The Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Hornets, 115–109, in three overtimes.(NBA)