Current sports events
Time: 02:07 UTC |
Date: December 28 |
See also: Current events, 2004 in sports
- World Cup of Hockey: Vincent Lecavalier scores at 3:45 in overtime as Canada advances to the final with a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic in Toronto. The Canadians will take on Finland in the championship game, also in Toronto on September 14.
- Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In the uncompleted pool D match from yesterday, England beat Zimbabwe by 152 runs. In pool C, India beat Boxing: Miguel Cotto defeats Kelson Pinto by TKO, crowning himself world champion of the WBO 140 pounds division, while Daniel Santos retains his WBO super welterweight crown after defeating Antonio Margarito by technical decision after ten rounds, at the same undercard, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- US Open: In an all-Russian women's singles final, Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Elena Dementieva 6-3 7-5 to win her first Grand Slam title.
- Horse racing: Rule of Law wins the St. Leger Stakes, the final leg of the English Triple Crown, at Doncaster.
- Baseball: Barry Bonds does not become the third player in baseball history to hit 700 home-runs by going one for one with a single against the Arizona Diamondbacks, but he does break his own record for walks in a single season, getting three walks to top the 198 walks he had in 2002, in a Giants 5-3 win.
- Basketball: The University of South Florida announces that female basketball player Andrea Armstrong will be allowed to play wearing her muslim attires.
- Vijay Singh wins golf's Deutsche Bank Championship to go to the top of the world rankings. He ends Tiger Woods reign of five years and four weeks.
- Horse racing: In early morning raids by 130 officers in three counties, British police arrest three jockeys including champion jockey Kieren Fallon, a trainer, and twelve other people as part of a long-running investigation into race-fixing.
Past sports events by month
2004 in sports: June July August (for earlier sports events, see May 2004 and preceding months)
