Sport Events in November 1999
Nov. 4
Australia's three-time World squash champion Michelle Martin announced her retirement in Sydney.
Nov. 5
Legendary West Indian fast bowler Malcom Marshall passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
Nov. 6
International Amateur Athletic Federation President Primo Nebiolo died of a heart attack in Rome.
Nov. 13
Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar.
Nov. 15
National champion P. Gopi Chand won the Open badminton championship in Toulouse.
Salgaocar won the Rovers Cup, beating Churchill 1-0 in the final in Mumbai.
Nov. 16
Cuba beat hot favourite Russia to win the World Cup women's volleyball tournament for the fourth time in a row in Nagoya.
Nov. 17
India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly, `man of the match' and `man of the series'.
Nov. 20
World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco, motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners
Contact sports
Muhammad Ali; Soccer-Pele; athletics-Carl Lewis, Nadia Comaneci; water sport
Dawn Fraser, Mark Spitz; motor sport
Alain Prost; tennis-Steffi Graf; basketball-Michael Jordan; winter sports (skiing)
Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy.
Jaspal Rana and Ved Prakash pair win gold in centre fire and air pistol events at Commonwealth shooting championship in Auckland.
Nov. 21
China retained its Asian women's football title beating Chinese Taipei 3-0 in final in Bacolod (Philippines)
Nov. 22
Carl Lewis and Fanny Blankers-Koen named `best male' and `best female' athletes of the century by the track and field's world governing body.
Nov. 24
India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
Nov. 26
Sri Lankan seam bowler, Nuwan Zoysa earns a hat-trick in the second Test against Zimbabwe at Harare.
Nov. 27
Holder India finish third in the Asia Cup tennis championship in New Delhi. Uzbekistan is the winner and Japan the runner up.
Nov. 28
South Korea retains Asia cup hockey championship beating Pakistan in the final 5-4 in Kuala Lumpur. India bag the bronze beating Malaysia 4-2.
Nov. 30
Manchester United became the first English side to be crowned `world football club champion' with a 1-0 win over Brazil's Palmeiras in Tokyo. Skipper Roy Keane scored the match winner (35th minute).