Sport Events in November 2000Nov. 2: Vladimir Kramnik wins the Braingames World chess championship with a round to spare in London. John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI. Nov. 3: BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar for a period of 15 days after the CBI report. Nov. 5: Arjun Atwal wins the Hero Honda golf championship in Gurgaon. Nov. 6: Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta. Railway men's team sets a National record in 4x200m freestyle relay event in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta. Nov. 7: Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament. Nov. 8: India wins the men's team title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi. South African Jonty Rhodes announces his retirement from Test cricket. Nov. 10: R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi. Nov. 11: Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi. Nov. 19: Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong. Allan Donald becomes the first South African bowler to take 300 wickets. Nov. 25: USA wins the Federation Cup women's tennis title for a record 17th time in Las Vegas. Nov. 29: Wasim Akram becomes the 24th player to play his 100th Test for Pakistan. |