Sport Events in December 2000
Dec. 1:
Glenn McGrath becomes the eighth Australian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket on the first day of the second cricket Test against West Indies at WACA. Incidentally, he also completed 300 wickets.
Dec. 3:
Australian men's cricket team creates history by winning 12 Tests in a row. It achieves the feat by drubbing West Indies.
Dec. 4:
Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil wins the Masters Cup in Lisbon (Portugal).
Dec. 5:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India debars Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma for life. Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and physio Dr. Ali Irani are debarred for five years.
Former England cricket captain Colin Cowdrey (67) passed away in London.
Dec. 10:
Spain wins the Davis Cup at Barcelona.
Jyoti Randhawa wins the Singapore Open golf tournament.
Dec. 11:
Karnataka wins the Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament in Chennai.
Dec. 12:
Zinadine Zidane named FIFA World Player of the year in Rome.
Tamil Nadu wins the sub-junior girls table tennis team title after a gap of twelve years.
Dec. 13:
Former India cricket captain Vijay Samuel Hazare becomes the first recipient of the `Castrol Life-Time Achievement award'.
Dec. 15:
Xie Jun of China claims the crown in the women's world chess championship in New Delhi.
Viswanathan Anand and Alexei Shirov set up title clash to be held in Tehran.
Dec. 16:
Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
Dec. 17:
Don Johnson (USA) and Piet Norvel (RSA) claim the Gold Flake ATP doubles tennis championship in Bangalore.
Dec. 20:
Australia captures the Frank Worrel Trophy.
Dec. 21:
Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.
Dec. 22:
China wins the Asian junior women's Basketball championship in New Delhi.
Dec. 23:
New Zealand wins the women's World Cup cricket tournament in Christchurch.
Korea and China claimed the men's and women's title in the Asia Cup tennis tournament in New Delhi.
Dec. 24:
Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Teheran.