November 2004 in Sports - November 24, 2004

November 24, 2004

• Cricket: The English cricket team cancel their flight to Harare, Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe's government denies visas to 13 British sports journalists who wanted to report on England's planned 5 One Day International series against the Zimbabwean team. Later, after Zimbabwe, contrary to earlier reports, gives visas to the 13, England confirm that the tour will go ahead.(Cricinfo) (BBC)
• Football (soccer):
  • Harry Redknapp resigns as manager of Portsmouth. Velimir Zajec will take temporary control of the team. (BBC)
  • Blackburn Rovers fan Jason Perryman admits a charge of racially abusing Birmingham City player Dwight Yorke at last Saturday's match. He is fined £1,000 (€1,500, $1,900) and is banned from football grounds in England and Wales for five years. (BBC)
  • UEFA Champions League, Group Stage, Matchday 5
    • Group E: PSV 1 – 1 Arsenal
    • Group E: Rosenborg 2 – 2 Panathinaikos
    • Group F: FC Barcelona 1 – 1 Celtic
    • Group F: AC Milan 4 – 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
    • Group G: Anderlecht 1 – 2 Valencia
    • Group G: Werder Bremen 1 – 1 Inter Milan
    • Group H: Chelsea 0 – 0 Paris Saint Germain
    • Group H: CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 FC Porto
• NFL: A lawyer for Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams announces he will serve a four-game suspension for drug abuse in December, then return to the team, ending his "retirement" announced before the season. (CNNSI)
• NBA: The Chicago Bulls avoid starting a season at 0–10 for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Utah Jazz, 101–99, to go 1–9. (NBA)
  • LeBron James scores a career high 43 points, as the Cleveland Cavaliers deal the defending champion Detroit Pistons a 92–76 defeat, in Cleveland.(NBA)
  • The Phoenix Suns defeat the Milwaukee Bucks, 111–104, at America West Arena, to win their seventeenth game in a row at home versus the Bucks, and, for the first time in 25 years, a 10–2 record. (NBA)