World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals): https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/270/IHM270300_76_22_0.pdf
- Group A in Calgary:
  - 6–4
  - 3–4 (OT)
    - Final standings: Sweden, Russia 10 points, Slovakia 6, Switzerland 4, Latvia 0.
- Group B in Edmonton:
  - 0–4
  - 3–2
    - Final standings: Canada 12 points, Finland 9, Czech Republic 6, United States 3, Denmark 0.
World Women's U18 Championship in Czech Republic; matchday 1: https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/279/IHW279300_76_2_0.pdf
- Group A in Zlín:
  - 1–4
  - 8–0
- Group B in Přerov:
  - 13–1
  - 3–0

December 30, 2011 (Friday)

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 2 in Oberhof, Germany:
  - Men's 15 km classic handicap start: Axel Teichmann 46:03.3 Petter Northug 46:05.6 Dario Cologna 46:06.2 https://archive.today/20130123050858/http://www.fiscrosscountry.com/news/axel-teichmann-secures-victory-stage-2-tour-ski,2754.html?actu_page_9=3
  - Women's 10 km classic handicap start: Justyna Kowalczyk 32:02.4 Therese Johaug 32:02.6 Marit Bjørgen 32:11.5 https://archive.today/20130123051855/http://www.fiscrosscountry.com/news/two-days-two-wins-justyna-kowalczyk-tops-the-podium-oberhof,2752.html?actu_page_9=3

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England, quarter-finals: https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000128/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2561291%2C00.html
- - - Andy Hamilton 5–2 Kim Huybrechts John Part 4–5 James Wade

Equestrianism

Show jumping – World Cup, Western European League:
- 8th competition in Mechelen, Belgium: Gregory Wathelet on Copin van de Broy Kevin Staut on Silvana Rik Hemeryck on Quarco de Kerambars

Ice hockey

World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 5: https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/270/IHM270300_76_22_0.pdf
- Group A in Calgary:
  - 9–1
  - 5–3
- Group B in Edmonton:
  - 2–5
  - 10–1

Mixed martial arts

UFC 141 in Las Vegas, United States:^[1]
- Featherweight bout: Jimy Hettes def. Nam Phan via unanimous decision (30–25, 30–25, 30–26)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson def. Vladimir Matyushenko via TKO (punches)
- Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch via KO (punch)
- Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz def. Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
- Heavyweight bout: Alistair Overeem def. Brock Lesnar via TKO (strikes)

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament

- Stage 1 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
  - HS 137 (all AUT): Gregor Schlierenzauer 283.3 points Andreas Kofler 265.2 Thomas Morgenstern 264.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20120118193745/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/JP/3111/2012JP3111RL.pdf

December 29, 2011 (Thursday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Bormio, Italy:
- Downhill: Didier Défago 2:01.81 Patrick Küng 2:02.10 Klaus Kröll 2:02.23 http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/AL/0819/2012AL0819.pdf
Women's World Cup in Lienz, Austria:
- Slalom: Marlies Schild 1:51.42 Tina Maze 1:52.21 Mikaela Shiffrin 1:52.72 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112221757/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/AL/5121/2012AL5121.pdf

Cricket

India in Australia

- 1st Test in Melbourne, day 4: 333 & 240; 282 & 169. Australia win by 122 runs; lead 4-match series 1–0. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/518950.html
Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 2nd Test in Durban, day 4: 338 & 279; 168 & 241. Sri Lanka win by 208 runs; 3-match series tied 1–1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514033.html

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 1 in Oberhof, Germany:
  - Men's 3.75 km free prologue: Petter Northug 7:58.3 Dario Cologna 7:59.0 Maurice Manificat 8:02.3^[2]
  - Women's 2.5 km free prologue: Justyna Kowalczyk 7:03.7 Marit Bjørgen 7:04.1 Hanna Brodin 7:07.7^[3]

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England, third round:^[4]
- - - - John Part 4–2 Kevin Painter James Wade 4–0 Steve Farmer Kim Huybrechts 4–1 Paul Nicholson Simon Whitlock 4–3 Michael van Gerwen Dave Chisnall 0–4 Andy Hamilton

Football (soccer)

Chilean Primera División Campeonato Clausura Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Universidad de Chile 3–0 (0–0) Cobreloa. Universidad de Chile win 4–1 on points.https://int.soccerway.com/national/chile/primera-division/2011/final-stages/
- Universidad de Chile win their 15th league title.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 4:
- Group A in Calgary: 0–14 https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/270/IHM270A12_74_3_0.pdf
- Group B in Edmonton: 2–10 https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/270/IHM270B11_74_3_0.pdf

December 28, 2011 (Wednesday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Lienz, Austria:
- Giant slalom: Anna Fenninger 2:16.08 (1:06.85, 1:09.23) Federica Brignone 2:16.28 (1:06.78, 1:09.50) Tessa Worley 2:16.47 (1:07.26, 1:09.21)

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England (ENG unless stated):
- Second round:
  - Mervyn King 1–4 Michael van Gerwen
  - Simon Whitlock 4–1 Steve Beaton
  - Colin Lloyd 4–1 Scott Rand
    - - Gary Anderson 4–2 Devon Petersen Third round:
  - Adrian Lewis 4–0 Wayne Jones
  - Justin Pipe 1–4 Terry Jenkins

Ice hockey

World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 3:
- Group A in Calgary:
  - 4–3 (GWS)
  - 3–1
- Group B in Edmonton:
  - 1–4
  - 5–0

December 27, 2011 (Tuesday)

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England, second round:
- - - Terry Jenkins 4–1 Co Stompé Richie Burnett 1–4 John Part
- Vincent van der Voort 3–4 Andy Hamilton
- James Richardson 1–4 Kim Huybrechts
- Phil Taylor 1–4 Dave Chisnall

Figure skating

Russian Championships in Saransk:
- Pairs

Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 194.86 points Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 182.13 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov 179.94

- - Bazarova & Larionov win their first national title.
- Ladies

Adelina Sotnikova 193.71 points Yulia Lipnitskaya 191.65 Alena Leonova 178.15

- - Sotnikova wins her third national title.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championship in Canada, matchday 2:
- Group A in Calgary: 3–1
- Group B in Edmonton: 7–0

December 26, 2011 (Monday)

American football

NFL Monday Night Football, Week 16: New Orleans Saints 45, Atlanta Falcons 16
- With 307 passing yards in the game, Saints quarterback Drew Brees breaks Dan Marino's single-season record from the season, of 5,084 yards.^[5]

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa, 2nd Test in Durban:
- Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene becomes the ninth player in history to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket, and the fifth fastest to reach that milestone.^[6]

Figure skating

Russian Championships in Saransk:^[7]
- Men

Evgeni Plushenko 259.67 points Artur Gachinski 249.58 Sergei Voronov 240.79

- - Plushenko wins the title for the ninth time.
- Ice dancing

Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 171.47 points Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov 161.94 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 154.65

- - Bobrova & Soloviev win the title for the second time.

Football (soccer)

Chilean Primera División Campeonato Clausura Final, first leg: Cobreloa 0–0 Universidad de Chile

Ice hockey

World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 1:
- Group A in Calgary:
  - 4–9
  - 0–3
- Group B in Edmonton:
  - 1–8
  - 3–11

December 25, 2011 (Sunday)

American football

NFL Christmas game, Week 16: Green Bay Packers 35, Chicago Bears 21
- The Packers' victory ensures home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and allows the Atlanta Falcons to claim an NFC Wild Card place at the expense of the Bears, who are eliminated.

Basketball

NBA season opening day:
- New York Knicks 106, Boston Celtics 104
- Miami Heat 105, Dallas Mavericks 94
- Chicago Bulls 88, Los Angeles Lakers 87
- Oklahoma City Thunder 97, Orlando Magic 89
- Los Angeles Clippers 105, Golden State Warriors 86

December 23, 2011 (Friday)

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England, second round:
- Mark Walsh 3–4 Kevin Painter

December 22, 2011 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 10 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
- Group A

- - Bennet Cantù 76–83 Fenerbahçe Ülker
  - Gescrap Bizkaia 77–72 Caja Laboral
  - SLUC Nancy 74–79 Olympiacos
    - Final standings: Fenerbahçe Ülker, Olympiacos 6–4, Bennet Cantù, Gescrap Bizkaia, Caja Laboral 5–5, SLUC Nancy 3–7.
- Group C

- - Anadolu Efes 66–75 Real Madrid
  - Spirou Charleroi 69–86 Maccabi Tel Aviv
  - Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 66–72 EA7 Emporio Armani
    - Final standings: Real Madrid 8–2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 7–3, Anadolu Efes 5–5, EA7 Emporio Armani, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–6, Spirou Charleroi 2–8.

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England, second round:
- - - - Wayne Jones 4–0 Roland Scholten Adrian Lewis 4–2 Robert Thornton Wes Newton 3–4 Justin Pipe

Football (soccer)

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Torneo Apertura Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Universitario 1–1 (0–2) The Strongest. The Strongest win 4–1 on points.
- The Strongest win their eighth league title.

Snowboarding

World Cup in Carezza, Italy:
- - - - Slalom men: Benjamin Karl Simon Schoch Siegfried Grabner Parallel slalom standings (after 4 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Karl 3250 points (2) Roland Fischnaller 2530 (3) Andreas Prommegger 2350
      - Slalom women: Patrizia Kummer Isabella Laböck Anke Karstens Parallel slalom standings (after 4 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Fränzi Mägert-Kohli 2460 points (2) Julia Dujmovits 2150 (3) Amelie Kober 1860

December 21, 2011 (Wednesday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Flachau, Austria:
- Slalom: Ivica Kostelić 1:48.94 (55.11, 53.83) André Myhrer 1:49.01 (55.46, 53.55) Cristian Deville 1:49.03 (55.25, 53.78)
  - Slalom standings (after 3 of 11 races): (1) Kostelić 245 points (2) Deville 180 (3) Myhrer 170
  - Overall standings (after 12 of 45 races): (1) Marcel Hirscher 425 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal 416 (3) Ted Ligety 385

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 10 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
- Group B

- - Žalgiris Kaunas 87–76 KK Zagreb
  - Panathinaikos 71–66 Brose Baskets
  - Unicaja 83–91 CSKA Moscow
    - Final standings: CSKA Moscow 10–0, Panathinaikos 7–3, Žalgiris Kaunas, Unicaja 4–6, Brose Baskets 3–7, KK Zagreb 2–8.
- Group D

- - Asseco Prokom Gdynia 53–79 Montepaschi Siena
  - Union Olimpija Ljubljana 63–76 UNICS Kazan
  - FC Barcelona Regal 79–50 Galatasaray Medical Park
    - Final standings: FC Barcelona Regal 9–1, Montepaschi Siena 8–2, UNICS Kazan 7–3, Galatasaray Medical Park 4–6, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–9.
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- 3rd place game

AS Salé 80–75 Petro Atlético

- Final

Étoile Sportive du Sahel 82–60 Primeiro de Agosto

- - Étoile Sportive du Sahel win the title for the first time.

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 5: 338 & 234 (82.1 overs); 470 & 107/3 (20.5 overs). Pakistan win by 7 wickets; win 2-match series 2–0.

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England:
- - - Preliminary round: Devon Petersen 4–3 José Oliveira de Sousa First round:
  - Andy Smith 0–3 Scott Rand
    - - John Part 3–0 John Henderson Simon Whitlock 3–0 Dennis Smith Steve Brown 2–3 Petersen

Football (soccer)

Categoría Primera A Torneo Finalización Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Once Caldas 2–1 (2–3) Junior. 3–3 on points, 4–4 on aggregate; Junior win 4–2 on penalties.
- Junior win their seventh league title.

Snowboarding

World Cup in Carezza, Italy:
- - - - Giant slalom men: Roland Fischnaller Benjamin Karl Rok Flander Giant slalom standings (after 3 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Karl 2250 points (2) Fischnaller 2240 (3) Andreas Prommegger 1900
      - Giant slalom women: Caroline Calvé Amelie Kober Marion Kreiner Giant slalom standings (after 3 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Fränzi Mägert-Kohli 2060 points (2) Kober 1660 (3) Julia Dujmovits 1650

December 20, 2011 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Flachau, Austria:
- Slalom: Marlies Schild 1:51.53 (55.48, 56.05) Maria Höfl-Riesch 1:51.99 (56.01, 55.98) Tina Maze 1:52.35 (55.77, 56.58)
  - Slalom standings (after 3 of 10 races): (1) Schild 300 points (2) Kathrin Zettel 155 (3) Höfl-Riesch 140
  - Overall standings (after 9 of 40 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn 554 points (2) Schild 324 (3) Viktoria Rebensburg 286

Basketball

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- Semifinals

- - AS Salé 78–81 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
  - Primeiro de Agosto 91–82 Petro Atlético

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 4: 338 & 114/5 (35 overs); 470 (154.5 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 6/82). Bangladesh trail by 18 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
  - Shakib becomes the first Bangladesh player to score a hundred and take five wickets in an innings, in the same Test match.

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England:
- - - Preliminary round: Joe Cullen 4–2 Oliver Ferenc First round:
      - Colin Lloyd 3–1 Darin Young Colin Osborne 1–3 Michael van Gerwen
        
        Gary Anderson 3–2 Jyhan Artut Terry Jenkins 3–0 Cullen

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Méribel, France:
- Dual moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury 20 points Anthony Benna 15 Sho Kashima 21
  - Moguls standings (after 2 of 13 events): (1) Kingsbury 200 points (2) Kashima & Benna 140
  - Overall standings: (1) Kingsbury 40 points (2) Egor Korotkov 32 (3) Benna & Kashima 28
- Dual moguls women: Hannah Kearney 21 points Justine Dufour-Lapointe 14 Heather McPhie 18
  - Moguls standings (after 2 of 13 events): (1) Kearney 200 points (2) Eliza Outtrim 106 (3) Nikola Sudová 105
  - Overall standings: (1) Kearney & Kelsey Serwa 40 points (3) Sanna Lüdi 32

December 19, 2011 (Monday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy:
- Slalom: Marcel Hirscher 1:47.16 (53.50, 53.66) Giuliano Razzoli 1:47.72 (53.95, 53.77) Felix Neureuther 1:47.76 (54.04, 53.72)
  - Slalom standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Hirscher 160 points (2) Ivica Kostelić 145 (3) Cristian Deville 120
  - Overall standings (after 11 of 45 races): (1) Hirscher 425 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal 416 (3) Ted Ligety 385

Basketball

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- Quarterfinals

- - ASB Mazembe 57–85 Primeiro de Agosto
  - Petro Atlético 86–80 C.R.D. Libolo
  - C.R. Al Hoceima 51–88 AS Salé
  - Union Bank 69–113 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 3: 338; 292/3 (96 overs; Taufeeq Umar 130). Pakistan trail by 46 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England:
- Preliminary round: Per Laursen 3–4 Petri Korte
- First round:
  - - - Andy Hamilton 3–2 Antonio Alcinas Mervyn King 3–0 Geoff Kime Kevin Painter 3–1 Arron Monk James Wade 3–1 Korte

Snooker

Players Tour Championship – Event 11 in Sheffield, England (ENG unless stated):
- Final

Martin Gould 3–4 Tom Ford

- - Ford wins his second professional title.
  - Order of Merit (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Judd Trump 30,400 (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 29,600 (3) Neil Robertson 28,100

December 18, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy (AUT unless stated):
- Giant slalom: Massimiliano Blardone 2:46.49 (1:29.07, 1:17.42) Hannes Reichelt 2:46.84 (1:28.91, 1:17.93) Philipp Schörghofer 2:47.06 (1:28.78, 1:18.28)
  - Giant slalom standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Ted Ligety 330 points (2) Marcel Hirscher 265 (3) Schörghofer 182
  - Overall standings (after 10 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 416 points (2) Beat Feuz 360 (3) Ligety 359
Women's World Cup in Courchevel, France:
- Slalom: Marlies Schild 1:42.64 (52.28, 50.36) Tanja Poutiainen 1:44.51 (53.08, 51.43) Kathrin Zettel 1:44.83 (54.03, 50.80)
  - Slalom standings (after 2 of 10 races): (1) Schild 200 points (2) Poutiainen 130 (3) Zettel 105
  - Overall standings (after 8 of 40 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn 522 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg 286 (3) Elisabeth Görgl 269

American football

NFL, Week 15:
- Kansas City Chiefs 19, Green Bay Packers 14
  - The Packers suffer their first loss of the season, thus ending their bid to become the second team in NFL history with a perfect season, after the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
- Indianapolis Colts 27, Tennessee Titans 13
  - The Colts win their first game of the season, and avoid becoming the second team in NFL history to have a winless 0–16 record.

Badminton

BWF Super Series

- Super Series Masters Finals in Liuzhou, China (CHN unless stated):
  - Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang def. Ha Jung-eun/Kim Min-jung 21–8, 21–12
  - Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei def. Xu Chen/Ma Jin 21–13, 21–15
  - Men's doubles: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen def. Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong 25–23, 21–7
  - Women's singles: Wang Yihan def. Saina Nehwal 18–21, 21–13, 21–13
  - Men's singles: Lin Dan def. Chen Long 21–12, 21–16

- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 2: 338 (107.2 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 144); 87/1 (27 overs). Pakistan trail by 251 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Rogla, Slovenia:
- Men's sprint freestyle: Dario Cologna 2:27.7 Nikolay Morilov 2:28.0 Anders Gløersen 2:29.0
  - Sprint standings (after 4 of 13 races): (1) Alexei Petukhov 237 points (2) Teodor Peterson 207 (3) Cologna 160
  - Overall standings (after 10 of 37 races): (1) Petter Northug 600 points (2) Cologna 508 (3) Maurice Manificat 266
- Women's sprint freestyle: Maiken Caspersen Falla 2:15.8 Chandra Crawford 2:16.2 Ida Ingemarsdotter 2:17.3
  - Sprint standings (after 4 of 13 races): (1) Kikkan Randall 280 points (2) Falla 216 (3) Natalya Matveyeva 212
  - Overall standings (after 10 of 37 races, all NOR): (1) Marit Bjørgen 582 points (2) Vibeke Skofterud 479 (3) Therese Johaug 471

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England:
- Preliminary round: Connie Finnan 3–4 Warren French
- First round:
  - Brendan Dolan 0–3 Kim Huybrechts
  - Mark Dudbridge 0–3 Dave Chisnall
  - Raymond van Barneveld 0–3 James Richardson
  - Mark Walsh 3–1 French

Equestrianism

Show jumping – World Cup, Western European League:
- 7th competition in London, United Kingdom: Ben Maher on Tripple X III Marcus Ehning on Sabrina Dermott Lennon on Hallmark Elite
  - Standings (after 7 of 12 competitions): (1) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson 71 points (2) Steve Guerdat 51 (3) Nick Skelton 48

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama, Japan:
- Match for third place

Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 (3–5 pen.) Al-Sadd

- Final

Santos 0–4 Barcelona

- - Barcelona win the Cup for the second time in three years.
Paraguayan Primera División Torneo Clausura, final matchday:
- Olimpia 2–1 Rubio Ñu
- Sol de América 2–2 Cerro Porteño
  - Final standings: Olimpia 46 points, Cerro Porteño 43.
  - Olimpia win the title for the 39th time.
Costa Rican Primera División Campeonato de Invierno Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Herediano 1–1 (1–1) Alajuelense. 2–2 on aggregate; Alajuelense win 6–5 on penalties.
- Alajuelense win the title for the 27th time.
Categoría Primera A Torneo Finalización Final, first leg: Junior 3–2 Once Caldas
Liga de Fútbol Profesional Torneo Apertura Final, first leg: The Strongest 2–0 Universitario.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Innichen, Italy:
- - - - Ski cross men: Andreas Matt Egor Korotkov Alex Fiva Ski cross standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Korotkov 160 points (2) Matt 132 (3) David Duncan 110
  - Overall standings: (1) Korotkov 32 points (2) Matt 26 (3) Duncan 22
    - - Ski cross women: Kelsey Serwa Sanna Lüdi Katrin Müller Ski cross standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Serwa 200 points (2) Lüdi 160 (3) Müller 86
  - Overall standings: (1) Serwa 40 points (2) Lüdi 32 (3) Hannah Kearney & Britta Sigourney 20

Handball

World Women's Championship in São Paulo, Brazil:
- Seventh place match

29–32

- Fifth place match

20–36

- Third place match

18–24

- Final

24–32

- - Norway win the title for the second time.

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
- HS 109 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis 27:41.9 Alessandro Pittin 27:45.8 Jørgen Graabak 27:49.0
  - Standings (after 8 of 23 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 554 points (2) Tino Edelmann 381 (3) Akito Watabe 361

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
- Pool 1

- - Munster 19–13 Scarlets
  - Northampton Saints 45–0 Castres
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Munster 16 points, Scarlets 11, Northampton Saints 8, Castres 6.
- Pool 6

Toulouse 24–31 Harlequins

- - Standings (after 4 matches): Toulouse 13 points, Harlequins 12, Gloucester 9, Connacht 2.
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
- Pool 4

Newport Gwent Dragons 19–23 Exeter Chiefs

- - Standings (after 4 matches): Perpignan, Exeter Chiefs 14 points, Newport Gwent Dragons 10, Cavalieri Prato 0.
- Pool 5

Sale Sharks 41–21 Agen

- - Standings (after 4 matches): Brive 18 points, Sale Sharks 15, Agen 5, La Vila 0.

Sailing

World Championships in Perth, Australia:
- Women's 470: Tara Pacheco, Berta Betanzos 63 points Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark 68 Jo Aleh, Polly Powrie 73
- Men's 49er: Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen 91 points Peter Burling, Blair Tuke 112 Emil Toft Nielssen, Simon Toft Nielssen 112
- Men's RS:X: Dorian van Rijsselberghe 33 points Piotr Myszka 40 Nimrod Mashiach 52
- Men's Laser: Tom Slingsby 37 points Nick Thompson 56 Andrew Murdock 59

Snooker

Players Tour Championship – Event 11 in Sheffield, England: Jamie Cope compiles the 85th official maximum break, and becomes the sixth person to compile more than two official maximum breaks.

Ski jumping

Men's World Cup in Engelberg, Switzerland:
- HS 137: Andreas Kofler 264.7 points Kamil Stoch 260.8 Anders Bardal 260.5
  - Standings (after 7 of 27 events): (1) Kofler 508 points (2) Bardal 390 (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer 376

December 17, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy:
- Downhill: Cancelled due to strong winds.
Women's World Cup in Courchevel, France:
- Giant slalom: Cancelled due to heavy snow.

Basketball

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group A

- - ASB Mazembe 74–62 Urunani
  - Union Bank 72–93 AS Salé
  - Al Ahly 72–85 C.R.D. Libolo
    - Final standings: AS Salé 10 points, C.R.D. Libolo 9, Union Bank 8, ASB Mazembe 7, Al Ahly 6, Urunani 5.
- Group B

- - Royal Hoopers 63–88 Petro Atlético
  - Étoile Sportive du Sahel 127–61 Malabo Kings
  - C.R. Al Hoceima 62–70 Primeiro de Agosto
    - Final standings: Primeiro de Agosto 10 points, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 9, Petro Atlético 8, C.R. Al Hoceima 7, Malabo Kings 6, Royal Hoopers 4.

Biathlon

World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- 12.5 km pursuit men: Andreas Birnbacher 35:40.3 (0+0+0+0) Ole Einar Bjørndalen 35:40.5 (0+0+0+0) Simon Fourcade 35:41.6 (1+0+0+0)
  - Pursuit standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Tarjei Bø 140 points (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen 131 (3) Birnbacher & Benjamin Weger 124
  - Overall standings (after 7 of 26 races): (1) Bø 308 points (2) Martin Fourcade 289 (3) Svendsen 242
- 10 km pursuit women: Olga Zaitseva 31:52.2 (0+0+0+0) Helena Ekholm 32:21.3 (0+0+0+1) Darya Domracheva 32:36.9 (1+1+0+1)
  - Pursuit standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Zaitseva 140 points (2) Tora Berger 135 (3) Domracheva 133
  - Overall standings (after 7 of 26 races): (1) Magdalena Neuner 336 points (2) Domracheva 327 (3) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 301

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Winterberg, Germany (GER unless stated):
- 2-women: Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer 1:56.32 (58.20, 58.12) Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Lisette Thöne 1:56.60 (57.88, 58.72) Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk 1:56.73 (58.20, 58.53)
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Schneiderheinze-Stöckel 627 points (2) Martini 619 (3) Meyer 576
- 2-men: Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske 1:52.98 (56.81, 56.17) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter 1:53.22 (57.06, 56.16) Oskars Melbārdis/Daumants Dreiškens 1:53.43 (57.34, 56.09)
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz 660 points (2) Hefti 635 (3) Maximilian Arndt 552

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 1st Test in Centurion, day 3: 180 & 150 (39.1 overs; Vernon Philander 5/49); 411 (122 overs). South Africa win by an innings & 81 runs; lead 3-match series 1–0.
Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 1: 234/5 (68 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 108); .

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Rogla, Slovenia:
- Men's 15 km classic mass start: Petter Northug 42:42.7 Dario Cologna 42:42.9 Alexey Poltoranin 42:43.8
  - Distance standings (after 5 of 21 races): (1) Northug 340 points (2) Maurice Manificat 202 (3) Cologna 188
  - Overall standings (after 9 of 37 races): (1) Northug 600 points (2) Cologna 408 (3) Manificat 266
- Women's 10 km classic mass start: Justyna Kowalczyk 32:49.7 Therese Johaug 33:11.8 Vibeke Skofterud 33:17.1
  - Distance standings (after 5 of 21 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen 296 points (2) Skofterud 294 (3) Johaug 281
  - Overall standings (after 9 of 37 races): (1) Bjørgen 582 points (2) Skofterud 479 (3) Johaug 471

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England:
- Preliminary round:
  - Dietmar Burger 0–4 Christian Perez
    - - Kevin Münch 4–2 Lee Choon Peng First round:
  - Peter Wright 1–3 Jelle Klaasen
  - Ronnie Baxter 2–3 Steve Farmer
    - - Robert Thornton 3–1 Ian White Alan Tabern 3–1 Perez
        Steve Beaton 3–2 Magnus Caris Vincent van der Voort 3–2 Mark Hylton Paul Nicholson 3–1 Mensur Suljović Denis Ovens w/d–w/o Münch

Football (soccer)

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A Finals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Deportivo Quito 1–0 (1–0) Emelec. Deportivo Quito win 2–0 on aggregate.
- Deportivo Quito win the title for the fifth time.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Innichen, Italy:
- - - - Ski cross men: Brady Leman Egor Korotkov David Duncan Overall standings: (1) Mikaël Kingsbury, Wing Tai Barrymore & Leman 20 points
      - Ski cross women: Kelsey Serwa Sanna Lüdi Marielle Thompson Overall standings: (1) Hannah Kearney, Britta Sigourney & Serwa 20 points

Luge

World Cup 3 in Calgary, Canada (GER unless stated):
- Men: Andi Langenhan 1:29.406 (44.716, 44.690) Felix Loch 1:29.500 (44.947, 44.553) David Möller 1:29.657 (44.808, 44.849)
  - Standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Loch 285 points (2) Möller 225 (3) Langenhan 210
- Doubles: Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt 1:27.661 (43.795, 43.866) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 1:27.693 (43.831, 43.862) Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken 1:27.829 (43.912, 43.917)
  - Standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Linger/Linger 255 points (2) Peter Penz/Georg Fischler 211 (3) Wendl/Arlt 210

Mixed martial arts

in San Diego, California, United States:
- Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (c) def. Jorge Masvidal via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–46)
- Women's Featherweight Championship bout: Cristiane Santos (c) def. Hiroko Yamanaka via TKO (punches)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi def. Ovince St. Preux via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
- Lightweight bout: K. J. Noons def. Billy Evangelista via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
- HS 109 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis 29:14.5 Akito Watabe 29:15.5 Alessandro Pittin 29:18.0
  - Standings (after 7 of 23 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 454 points (2) Tino Edelmann 368 (3) Watabe 316

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
- Pool 2

London Irish 19–25 Racing Métro

- - Standings (after 4 matches): Cardiff Blues, Edinburgh 13 points, London Irish 8, Racing Métro 7.
- Pool 3

- - Montpellier 13–13 Glasgow Warriors
  - Leinster 52–27 Bath
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Leinster 16 points, Glasgow Warriors 10, Bath, Montpellier 6.
- Pool 4

- - Leicester Tigers 23–19 Clermont
  - Aironi 20–46 Ulster
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Ulster 14 points, Leicester Tigers 12, Clermont 11, Aironi 0.
- Pool 6

Gloucester 23–19 Connacht

- - Standings: Toulouse 12 points (3 matches), Gloucester 9 (4), Harlequins 8 (3), Connacht 2 (4).
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
- Pool 1

Worcester Warriors 57–13 București Wolves

- - Standings (after 4 matches): Stade Français 19 points, Worcester Warriors 15, București Wolves 5, Crociati Parma 0.
- Pool 2

- - Petrarca Padova 3–43 Lyon
  - Toulon 36–10 Newcastle Falcons
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Toulon 15 points, Newcastle Falcons 13, Lyon 10, Petrarca Padova 0.
- Pool 4

Cavalieri Prato 13–30 Perpignan

- - Standings: Perpignan 14 points (4 matches), Exeter Chiefs 10 (3), Newport Gwent Dragons 9 (3), Cavalieri Prato 0 (4).

Sailing

World Championships in Perth, Australia:
- Men's Star: Robert Scheidt, Bruno Prada 45 points, Robert Stanjek, Frithjof Kleen 61 Mark Mendelblatt, Brian Fatih 73

Skeleton

World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:
- Men: Martins Dukurs 57.90 Frank Rommel 58.22 Aleksandr Tretyakov 58.29
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Dukurs 675 points (2) Tretyakov 610 (3) Rommel 586
- Women: Amy Gough 1:00.16 Katharina Heinz 1:00.24 Marion Thees 1:00.26
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Olga Potylitsina 585 points (2) Mellisa Hollingsworth 545 (3) Thees 536

Ski jumping

Men's World Cup in Engelberg, Switzerland (AUT unless stated):
- HS 137: Anders Bardal 266.2 points Martin Koch 258.1 Thomas Morgenstern 257.4
  - Standings (after 6 of 27 events): (1) Andreas Kofler 408 points (2) Bardal 330 (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer 326

Snooker

Players Tour Championship – Event 11 in Sheffield, England: Ding Junhui compiles the 84th official maximum break, and becomes the fourth person to compile more than three official maximum breaks.

Snowboarding

World Cup in Telluride, United States:
- - - - Men's snowboard cross team: Pierre Vaultier/Xavier de Le Rue Nick Baumgartner/Jonathan Cheever Joachim Havikhagen/Stian Sivertzen Women's snowboard cross team: Nelly Moenne Loccoz/Déborah Anthonioz Dominique Maltais/Maëlle Ricker Lindsey Jacobellis/Callan Chythlook-Sifsof World Cup in Ruka, Finland:
- Halfpipe men: Markus Malin 94.0 points Steve Krijbolder 88.0 Aleksi Kumpulainen 83.3
  - Halfpipe standings: (1) Janne Korpi 1600 points (2) Malin 1150 (3) Ryō Aono 1040
  - Freestyle Overall standings: (1) Korpi 2620 points (2) Dimi de Jong 1480 (3) Niklas Mattsson 1160
- Halfpipe women: Lucile Lefèvre 81.3 points Emma Bernard 80.0 Ella Suitiala 67.3
  - Halfpipe standings & Freestyle Overall standings: (1) Lefèvre 1290 points (2) Ursina Haller 1200 (3) Queralt Castellet 1180

December 16, 2011 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy:
- Super giant slalom: Beat Feuz 1:21.51 Bode Miller 1:21.81 Kjetil Jansrud 1:21.95
  - Super-G standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 230 points (2) Feuz 171 (3) Didier Cuche 121
  - Overall standings (after 9 of 45 races): (1) Svindal 384 points (2) Feuz 360 (3) Ted Ligety 309

Basketball

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - C.R.D. Libolo 83–56 Urunani
  - Al Ahly 61–83 Union Bank
  - AS Salé 70–56 ASB Mazembe
    - Standings (after 4 games): AS Salé 8 points, C.R.D. Libolo, Union Bank 7, ASB Mazembe, Al Ahly 5, Urunani 4.
- Group B

- - Malabo Kings 51–101 Petro Atlético
  - Étoile Sportive du Sahel 84–62 C.R. Al Hoceima
  - Primeiro de Agosto 95–69 Royal Hoopers
    - Standings (after 4 games): Primeiro de Agosto 8 points, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 7, Petro Atlético, C.R. Al Hoceima 6, Malabo Kings 5, Royal Hoopers 3.

Biathlon

World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- 7.5 km sprint women: Olga Zaitseva 20:36.6 (0+1) Darya Domracheva 20:50.5 (1+1) Helena Ekholm 21:06.8 (1+0)
  - Sprint standings (after 3 of 10 races): (1) Magdalena Neuner 163 points (2) Kaisa Mäkäräinen & Domracheva 134
  - Overall standings (after 6 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 307 points (2) Domracheva 279 (3) Mäkäräinen 261

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 1st Test in Centurion, day 2: 180; 389/9 (118 overs). South Africa lead by 209 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings.

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England:
- - - Preliminary round: Haruki Muramatsu 4–2 Dennis Nilsson First round:
      - Justin Pipe 3–1 Sean Reed Co Stompé 3–0 Michael Smith Wes Newton 3–0 Kurt van de Rijck Phil Taylor 3–0 Muramatsu

Handball

World Women's Championship in São Paulo, Brazil:
- 5th–8th semifinals

- - 41–31
  - 31–32
- Semifinals

- - 28–23
  - 30–22

Luge

World Cup 3 in Calgary, Canada:
- Women: Alex Gough 1:34.212 (47.153, 47.059) Tatjana Hüfner 1:34.324 (47.176, 47.148) Tatiana Ivanova 1:34.724 (47.290, 47.434)
  - Standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 270 points (2) Gough 230 (3) Natalie Geisenberger 210

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
- HS 109 / Team sprint: Sébastien Lacroix/Jason Lamy-Chappuis 41:30.1 Lukas Runggaldier/Alessandro Pittin 41:32.3 Mikko Kokslien/Magnus Krog 41:34.2

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
- Pool 2

Edinburgh 19–12 Cardiff Blues

- - Standings: Edinburgh, Cardiff Blues 13 points (4 matches), London Irish 7 (3), Racing Métro 3 (3).
- Pool 5

- - Ospreys 13–16 Saracens
  - Biarritz 29–12 Benetton Treviso
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Saracens 14 points, Biarritz 12, Ospreys 8, Benetton Treviso 6.

Sailing

World Championships in Perth, Australia:
- Women's match racing:

Snowboarding

World Cup in Telluride, United States:

December 15, 2011 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 9 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
- Group A

- - Fenerbahçe Ülker 70–80 Gescrap Bizkaia
  - Olympiacos 86–61 Bennet Cantù
    - Standings: Caja Laboral, Bennet Cantù, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Olympiacos 5–4, Gescrap Bizkaia 4–5, SLUC Nancy 3–6.
- Group B

Brose Baskets 68–82 Žalgiris Kaunas

- - Standings: CSKA Moscow 9–0, Panathinaikos 6–3, Unicaja 4–5, Žalgiris Kaunas, Brose Baskets 3–6, KK Zagreb 2–7.
- Group C

Maccabi Tel Aviv 96–57 Anadolu Efes

- - Standings: Real Madrid 7–2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–3, Anadolu Efes 5–4, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–5, EA7 Emporio Armani 3–6, Spirou Charleroi 2–7.
- Group D

- - UNICS Kazan 68–41 Asseco Prokom Gdynia
  - Montepaschi Siena 77–74 FC Barcelona Regal
    - Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 8–1, Montepaschi Siena 7–2, UNICS Kazan 6–3, Galatasaray Medical Park 4–5, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–8.
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

ASB Mazembe 75–62 Al Ahly

- - Standings (after 3 games): AS Salé 6 points, C.R.D. Libolo, Union Bank 5, ASB Mazembe, Al Ahly 4, Urunani 3.
- Group B

- - Royal Hoopers 57–73 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
  - C.R. Al Hoceima 66–60 Royal Hoopers
    - Standings (after 3 games): Primeiro de Agosto 6 points, C.R. Al Hoceima, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 5, Petro Atlético, Malabo Kings 4, Royal Hoopers 2.

Biathlon

World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- 10 km sprint men: Tarjei Bø 23:57.2 (1+0) Martin Fourcade 24:01.2 (1+1) Timofey Lapshin 24:14.4 (0+0)
  - Sprint standings (after 3 of 10 races): (1) Bø 152 points (2) Carl Johan Bergman 120 (3) Fourcade 116
  - Overall standings (after 6 of 26 races): (1) Bø 265 points (2) Fourcade 253 (3) Bergman & Emil Hegle Svendsen 225

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 1st Test in Centurion, day 1: 180 (47.4 overs; Vernon Philander 5/53); 90/1 (34 overs). South Africa trail by 90 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Darts

2012 World Championship in London, England:
- Preliminary round: Paul Barham 2–4 Scott MacKenzie
- First round:
  - Jamie Caven 1–3 Roland Scholten
  - Mark Webster 2–3 Richie Burnett
    - - Adrian Lewis 3–2 Nigel Heydon Wayne Jones 3–1 MacKenzie

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama, Japan:
- Semi-finals

Al-Sadd 0–4 Barcelona

UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the round of 32):
- Group A

- - PAOK 1–1 Rubin Kazan
  - Shamrock Rovers 0–4 Tottenham Hotspur
    - Final standings: PAOK 12 points, Rubin Kazan 11, Tottenham Hotspur 10, Shamrock Rovers 0.
- Group B

- - Hannover 96 3–1 Vorskla Poltava
  - Copenhagen 0–1 Standard Liège
    - Final standings: Standard Liège 14 points, Hannover 96 11, Copenhagen 5, Vorskla Poltava 2.
- Group C

- - Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Legia Warsaw
  - PSV Eindhoven 2–1 Rapid București
    - Final standings: PSV Eindhoven 16 points, Legia Warsaw 9, Hapoel Tel Aviv 7, Rapid București 3.
- Group G

- - AZ 1–1 Metalist Kharkiv
  - Austria Wien 2–0 Malmö FF
    - Final standings: Metalist Kharkiv 14 points, Arizona, Austria Wien 8, Malmö FF 1.
- Group H

- - Club Brugge 1–1 Braga
  - Birmingham City 1–0 Maribor
    - Final standings: Club Brugge, Braga 11 points, Birmingham City 10, Maribor 1.
- Group I

- - Udinese 1–1 Celtic
  - Atlético Madrid 3–1 Rennes
    - Final standings: Atlético Madrid 13 points, Udinese 9, Celtic 6, Rennes 3.

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
- Pool 1

Stade Français 45–3 Crociati Parma

- - Standings: Stade Français 19 points (4 matches), Worcester Warriors 10 (3), București Wolves 5 (3), Crociati Parma 0 (4).
- Pool 3

- - Bordeaux Bègles 15–10 Rovigo
  - London Wasps 25–11 Bayonne
    - Standings (after 4 matches): London Wasps 14 points, Bayonne 13, Bordeaux Bègles 9, Rovigo 1.
- Pool 5

Brive 38–13 La Vila

- - Standings: Brive 18 points (4 matches), Sale Sharks 10 (3), Agen 5 (3), La Vila 0 (4).

Snooker

For the first time in professional snooker, two maximum breaks are compiled on the same day, at the FFB Open. Matthew Stevens compiles the 82nd and Ding Junhui the 83rd; Ding also becomes the fifth person to compile more than two official maximum breaks.

Snowboarding

World Cup in Telluride, United States:
- - - - Giant slalom men: Benjamin Karl Andreas Prommegger Simon Schoch Giant slalom standings (after 2 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Karl 1450 points (2) Prommegger 1400 (3) Aaron March 1250
      - Giant slalom women: Julia Dujmovits Fränzi Mägert-Kohli Amelie Kober Giant slalom standings (after 2 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Mägert-Kohli 1800 points (2) Dujmovits 1360 (3) Yekaterina Tudegesheva 1090

December 14, 2011 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 9 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
- Group A

Caja Laboral 90–55 SLUC Nancy

- - Standings: Fenerbahçe Ülker, Bennet Cantù 5–3, Caja Laboral 5–4, Olympiacos 4–4, Gescrap Bizkaia 3–5, SLUC Nancy 3–6.
- Group B

- - CSKA Moscow 91–75 Panathinaikos
  - KK Zagreb 67–82 Unicaja
    - Standings: CSKA Moscow 9–0, Panathinaikos 6–3, Unicaja 4–5, Brose Baskets 3–5, Žalgiris Kaunas 2–6, KK Zagreb 2–7.
- Group C

- - EA7 Emporio Armani 88–53 Spirou Charleroi
  - Real Madrid 101–83 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade
    - Standings: Real Madrid 7–2, Anadolu Efes, Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–5, EA7 Emporio Armani 3–6, Spirou Charleroi 2–7.
- Group D

Galatasaray Medical Park 80–59 Union Olimpija Ljubljana

- - Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 8–0, Montepaschi Siena 6–2, UNICS Kazan 5–3, Galatasaray Medical Park 4–5, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 1–7, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–8.
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - Urunani 44–84 Union Bank
  - C.R.D. Libolo 64–62 ASB Mazembe
  - AS Salé 87–83 Al Ahly
    - Standings: AS Salé 6 points (3 games), C.R.D. Libolo, Union Bank 5 (3), Al Ahly 3 (2), Urunani 3 (3), ASB Mazembe 2 (2).
- Group B

- - Malabo Kings 20–0 Royal Hoopers
  - Petro Atlético 74–59 C.R. Al Hoceima
  - Primeiro de Agosto 79–62 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
    - Standings: Primeiro de Agosto 6 points (3 games), Petro Atlético, Malabo Kings 4 (3), C.R. Al Hoceima, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 3 (2), Royal Hoopers 0 (1).

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Toyota, Japan:
- Match for fifth place

Espérance 2–3 Monterrey

- Semi-finals

Kashiwa Reysol 1–3 Santos

Copa Sudamericana Finals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Universidad de Chile 3–0 (1–0) LDU Quito. Universidad de Chile win 6–0 on points.
- Universidad become the first Chilean team to win the Copa Sudamericana.
UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the round of 32):
- Group D

- - Zürich 2–0 Vaslui
  - Lazio 2–0 Sporting CP
    - Final standings: Sporting CP 12 points, Lazio 9, Vaslui 6, Zürich 3.
- Group E

- - Dynamo Kyiv 3–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv
  - Beşiktaş 3–1 Stoke City
    - Final standings: Beşiktaş 12 points, Stoke City 11, Dynamo Kyiv 7, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2.
- Group F

- - Slovan Bratislava 2–3 Red Bull Salzburg
  - Paris Saint-Germain 4–2 Athletic Bilbao
    - Final standings: Athletic Bilbao 13 points, Red Bull Salzburg, Paris Saint-Germain 10, Slovan Bratislava 1.
- Group J

- - Maccabi Haifa 0–3 Schalke 04
  - Steaua București 3–1 AEK Larnaca
    - Final standings: Schalke 04 14 points, Steaua București 8, Maccabi Haifa 6, AEK Larnaca 5.
- Group K

- - Wisła Kraków 2–1 Twente
  - Fulham 2–2 Odense
    - Final standings: Twente 13 points, Wisła Kraków 9, Fulham 8, Odense 4.
- Group L

- - Sturm Graz 1–3 AEK Athens
  - Anderlecht 5–3 Lokomotiv Moscow
    - Final standings: Anderlecht 18 points, Lokomotiv Moscow 12, AEK Athens, Sturm Graz 3.
Torneo Descentralizado Play-offs, third leg: Juan Aurich 0–0 Alianza Lima. 2–2 on aggregate, Juan Aurich win 3–1 on penalties.
- Juan Aurich win the title for the first time.

Handball

World Women's Championship in São Paulo, Brazil, Quarterfinals:
- 23–25
- 23–28
- 25–30
- 27–26

December 13, 2011 (Tuesday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - Urunani 51–70 Al Ahly
  - GDR Libolo 75–78 AS Salé
  - Union Bank 68–49 ASB Mazembe
- Group B

- - Malabo Kings 51–101 Primeiro de Agosto
  - Petro Atlético 76–86 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

December 12, 2011 (Monday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - Union Bank 80–85 C.R.D. Libolo
  - AS Salé 110–43 Urunani
- Group B

- - C.R. Al Hoceima 116–46 Malabo Kings
  - Primeiro de Agosto 90–69 Petro Atlético

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 4: 135 & 275 (82.3 overs); 594/5d. Pakistan win by an innings & 184 runs; lead 2-match series 1–0.
New Zealand in Australia

- 2nd Test in Hobart, day 4: 150 & 226; 136 & 233 (63.4 overs; David Warner 123, Doug Bracewell 6/40). New Zealand win by 7 runs; 2-match series drawn 1–1.
  - Australia retain the Trans-Tasman Trophy.

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil, Last 16:
- 23–26
- 27–28
- 23–22 (a.e.t.)
- 35–22

December 11, 2011 (Sunday)

Athletics

European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia:
- Men: Atelaw Yeshetela 29:15 Ayad Lamdassem 29:20 José Rocha 29:21
- Women: Fionnuala Britton 25:55 Ana Dulce Félix 26:02 Gemma Steel 26:04

Biathlon

World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- 4×7.5 km Relay Men: (Rune Brattsveen, Lars Berger, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Tarjei Bø) 1:14:52.9 (1+7) (Anton Shipulin, Andrei Makoveev, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko) 1:15:06.8 (0+5) (Vincent Jay, Simon Fourcade, Alexis Bœuf, Martin Fourcade) 1:15:23.9 (0+6)
- 4×6 km Relay Women: (Fanny Welle-Strand Horn, Elise Ringen, Synnøve Solemdal, Tora Berger) 1:07:13.3 (0+10) (Marie-Laure Brunet, Anaïs Bescond, Sophie Boilley, Marie Dorin Habert) 1:07:26.9 (0+3) (Svetlana Sleptsova, Natalia Guseva, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Zaitseva) 1:07:42.7 (0+6)

Bobsleigh

World Cup in La Plagne, France (GER unless stated):
- Four-man: Manuel Machata/Florian Becke/Andreas Bredau/Christian Poser 1:57.00 (58.48, 58.52) Maximilian Arndt/Rene Tiefert/Jan Speer/Martin Putze 1:57.24 (58.58, 58.66) Thomas Florschütz/Gino Gerhardi/Kevin Kuske/Thomas Blaschek 1:57.26 (58.66, 58.60)
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Alexandr Zubkov 409 points (2) Machata 401 (3) Florschütz 400

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 3: 135 & 134/4 (39 overs); 594/5d (176.5 overs; Younis Khan 200, Asad Shafiq 104). Bangladesh trail by 325 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
New Zealand in Australia

- 2nd Test in Hobart, day 3: 150 & 226 (78.3 overs); 136 & 72/0 (19 overs). Australia require another 169 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
West Indies in India

- 5th ODI in Chennai: 267/6 (50 overs; Manoj Tiwary 104 r/h); 233 (44.1 overs; Kieron Pollard 119). India win by 34 runs; win 5-match series 4–1.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Davos, Switzerland:
- Men's Sprint Freestyle: Alexei Petukhov 2:41.7 Teodor Peterson 2:42.0 Emil Jönsson 2:42.1
  - Sprint standings (after 3 of 13 races): (1) Petukhov 208 points (2) Peterson 175 (3) Ola Vigen Hattestad 111
  - Overall standings (after 8 of 37 races): (1) Petter Northug 500 points (2) Dario Cologna 322 (3) Johan Olsson 259
- Women's Sprint Freestyle: Kikkan Randall 3:02.4 Natalya Matveyeva 3:04.1 Maiken Caspersen Falla 3:04.1
  - Sprint standings (after 3 of 13 races): (1) Randall 240 points (2) Matveyeva 194 (3) Hanna Brodin 121
  - Overall standings (after 8 of 37 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen 582 points (2) Vibeke Skofterud 411 (3) Randall 393

Equestrianism

Show jumping – World Cup:
- Western European League, 6th competition in Geneva, Switzerland: Álvaro de Miranda Neto on Ashleigh Drossel Dan Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Casall Patrice Delaveau on Orient Express
  - Standings (after 6 of 12 competitions): (1) Bengtsson 59 points (2) Steve Guerdat 51 (3) Nick Skelton 48
- Central European League – North Sub-League, 11th competition in Poznań, Poland: Jörne Sprehe on Contifax Camila Mazza de Benedicto on Willink Henk van de Pol on Chesterfield
- Pacific League – Australia, 13th competition in Sydney: Billy Raymont on Ocean Beach NZPH Thomas McDermott on Limerick Catherine Green on Da Vinci's Pride

Field hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Seventh place match

5–4 (a.e.t.)

- Fifth place match

1–0

- Third place match

3–5

- Final

1–0

- - Australia win the Trophy for the fourth successive time and 12th time overall.

Figure skating

ISU Grand Prix

- Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada:
  - Ice dancing: Meryl Davis / Charlie White 188.55 points Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 183.34 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 169.69
    - Davis and White win the title for the third successive time.

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Quarter-finals in Toyota:
  - Espérance 1–2 Al-Sadd
  - Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 (4–3 pen.) Monterrey
Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final Second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Tigres UANL 3–1 (1–0) Santos Laguna. Tigres UANL win 4–1 on aggregate.
- Tigres UANL win the title for the third time.
Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A Finals, first leg: Emelec 0–1 Deportivo Quito

Golf

European Tour

- Dubai World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
  - Winner: Álvaro Quirós 269 (−19)
    - Quirós wins his sixth European Tour title.
  - Final Race to Dubai standings (prize money in €): (1) Luke Donald 5,323,400 (2) Rory McIlroy 4,002,168 (3) Martin Kaymer 3,489,033
    - Donald becomes the first player to finish top of the money list on the PGA and European Tours in the same season.^[8]

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil, Last 16:
- 29–30
- 30–19
- 34–22
- 19–23

Nine-ball pool

Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
- Team Europe 11–7 Team USA
  - - - Nick van den Berg 2–6 Shane Van Boening Darren Appleton 3–6 Johnny Archer Niels Feijen 6–4 Rodney Morris Europe win the title for the second consecutive time and sixth time overall.

Nordic combined

World Cup in Ramsau, Austria:
- HS 98 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis 22:07.4 Magnus Krog 22:07.8 Mario Stecher 22:08.0
  - Standings (after 6 of 23 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 354 points (2) Tino Edelmann 350 (3) Krog 275

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
- Pool 3

- - Glasgow Warriors 20–15 Montpellier
  - Bath 13–18 Leinster
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Leinster 11 points, Glasgow Warriors 8, Bath 6, Montpellier 4.
- Pool 4

Clermont 30–12 Leicester Tigers

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Clermont 10 points, Ulster 9, Leicester Tigers 8, Aironi 0.
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
- Pool 1

București Wolves 13–24 Worcester Warriors

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Stade Français 14 points, Worcester Warriors 10, București Wolves 5, Crociati Parma 0.
- Pool 4

Exeter Chiefs 18–6 Newport Gwent Dragons

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Exeter Chiefs 10 points, Perpignan, Newport Gwent Dragons 9, Cavalieri Prato 0.

Sailing

World Championships in Perth, Australia:
- Men's 470: Mathew Belcher / Malcolm Page 28 points Luke Patience / Stuart Bithell 40 Sime Fantela / Igor Marenic 62
- Men's Finn: Giles Scott 30 points Pieter-Jan Postma 31 Edward Martin Wright 45
- Women's Laser Radial: Marit Boumeester 49 points Evi Van Acker 53 Paige Railey 71
- Women's RS:X: Lee Korzits 31 points Zofia Noceti-Klepacka 33 Marina Alabau 45
  - Korzits wins the title for the second time and becomes the first Israeli in any sport to win multiple world championships.

Short track speed skating

World Cup 4 in Shanghai, China:
- 500m men: Charles Hamelin 40.905 Jon Eley 41.054 Liang Wenhao 41.178
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Olivier Jean 3000 points (2) Liang 2804 (3) Eley 2719
- 1000m men: Kwak Yoon-Gy 1:25.300 Jean 1:25.451 Noh Jin-Kyu 1:25.971
  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Kwak 4312 points (2) Noh 2096 (3) Hamelin 2000
- 5000m relay men: (Liang, Song Weilong, Yu Yongjun, Wu Dajing) 6:38.567 (Hamelin, Michael Gilday, Jean, Rémi Beaulieu-Tinker) 6:48.858 (Jack Whelbourne, Eley, Paul Stanley, Richard Shoebridge) 7:02.363
  - Standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Korea, Republic of 2664 points (2) Canada 2650 (3) China 2538
- 500m women: Arianna Fontana 44.026 Liu Qiuhong 44.111 Fan Kexin 44.320
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Martina Valcepina 3470 points (2) Liu 3294 (3) Fontana 3000
- 1000m women: Katherine Reutter 1:32.721 Li Jianrou 1:32.864 Yui Sakai 1:32.882
  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Sakai 3050 points (2) Elise Christie 2230 (3) Li 1962
- 3000m relay Women: (Liu, Li, Xiao Han, Fan) 4:12.394 (Lana Gehring, Alyson Dudek, Reutter, Jessica Smith) 4:13.000 (Ayuko Ito, Sayuri Shimizu, Sakai, Marie Yoshida) 4:13.763
  - Standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) China 3640 points (2) Japan 2408 (3) Korea, Republic of 1948

Ski jumping

Men's World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
- HS 142: Richard Freitag 292.4 points Thomas Morgenstern 283.9 Severin Freund 277.8
  - Standings (after 5 of 27 events): (1) Andreas Kofler 358 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer 302 (3) Freitag 294

Snooker

- - UK Championship Final in York, England: Judd Trump 10–8 Mark Allen Trump wins his second ranking title, and the seventh professional title of his career.

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
- 200m freestyle men: Paul Biedermann 1:42.92 Filippo Magnini 1:43.20 László Cseh 1:43.71
- 100m backstroke men: Radosław Kawecki 50.43 Aschwin Wildeboer 50.61 Pavel Sankovich 51.14
- 200m breaststroke men: Dániel Gyurta 2:02.37 Vyacheslav Sinkevich 2:03.61 Michael Jamieson 2:03.77
- 50m butterfly men: Andriy Govorov 22.70 Amaury Leveaux 22.74 Konrad Czerniak 22.77
- 100m individual medley men: Peter Mankoč 52.70 Markus Deibler 53.04 Martti Aljand 53.37
- 4 × 50 m freestyle relay men: (Luca Dotto, Marco Orsi, Federico Bocchia, Andrea Rolla) 1:24.82 (Sergey Fesikov, Yevgeny Lagunov, Andrey Grechin, Nikita Konovalov) 1:25.11 (François Heersbrandt, Emmanuel Vanluchene, Louis Croenen, Jasper Aerents) 1:25.83
- 50m freestyle women: Britta Steffen 24.01 Jeanette Ottesen 24.11 Triin Aljand 24.23
- 200m freestyle women: Silke Lippok 1:54.08 Melanie Costa Schmid 1:54.31 Evelyn Verrasztó 1:54.55
- 200m backstroke women: Daryna Zevina 2:02.25 (CR) Duane Da Rocha Marcé 2:03.32 Melanie Nocher 2:04.29
- 100m breaststroke women: Valentina Artemyeva 1:05.19 Rikke Møller Pedersen 1:05.23 Daria Deeva 1:05.83
- 100m butterfly women: Ottesen 56.22 Jemma Lowe 56.67 Ilaria Bianchi 57.42
- 400m individual medley women: Mireia Belmonte García 4:24.55 (CR) Hannah Miley 4:26.06 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 4:27.86

December 10, 2011 (Saturday)

Biathlon

World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Emil Hegle Svendsen 33:09.0 (1+0+1+0) Tarjei Bø 33:09.1 (0+0+1+0) Benjamin Weger 33:13.9 (1+0+0+0)
  - Pursuit standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Svendsen 114 points (2) Bø 97 (3) Weger 84
  - Overall standings (after 5 of 26 races): (1) Carl Johan Bergman & Svendsen 225 points (3) Bø 205
- 10 km Pursuit Women: Darya Domracheva 29:34.4 (1+0+1+0) Olga Zaitseva 29:34.7 (0+0+0+1) Magdalena Neuner 29:37.5 (0+0+0+2)
  - Pursuit standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Neuner 96 points (2) Tora Berger 92 (3) Domracheva 85
  - Overall standings (after 5 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 264 points (2) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 229 (3) Domracheva 225

Bobsleigh

World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Two-man: Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske 1:58.50 (59.39, 59.11) Steven Holcomb/Steven Langton 1:58.85 (59.48, 59.37) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter 1:58.91 (59.53, 59.38)
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz 435 points (2) Hefti 425 (3) Holcomb 410

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 2: 135; 415/4 (128 overs; Mohammad Hafeez 143). Pakistan lead by 280 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
New Zealand in Australia

- 2nd Test in Hobart, day 2: 150 & 139/3 (44 overs); 136 (51 overs). New Zealand lead by 153 runs with 7 wickets remaining.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Davos, Switzerland (NOR unless stated):
- Men's 30 km Freestyle Individual: Petter Northug 1:07:43.8 Maurice Manificat 1:08:35.2 Lukáš Bauer 1:08:43.3
  - Distance standings (after 4 of 21 races): (1) Northug 240 points (2) Johan Olsson 169 (3) Manificat 151
  - Overall standings (after 7 of 37 races): (1) Northug 455 points (2) Dario Cologna 286 (3) Olsson 259
- Women's 15 km Freestyle Individual: Marit Bjørgen 35:59.5 Vibeke Skofterud 36:41.3 Therese Johaug 36:41.7
  - Distance standings (after 4 of 21 races): (1) Bjørgen 296 points (2) Skofterud 226 (3) Johaug 186
  - Overall standings (after 7 of 37 races): (1) Bjørgen 546 points (2) Skofterud 389 (3) Johaug 376

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men

- - World Challenge Game 2

10–6

- - - France win the challenge 2–0 and qualify for the World Championship.
  - Gold Medal Game

6–7

- - - Norway win the title for the second successive time and fifth time overall.
- Women

- - World Challenge Game 2

7–4

- - - Czech Republic win the challenge 2–0 and qualify for the World Championship.
  - Gold Medal Game

2–8

- - - Scotland win the title for the second time.

Field hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Pool C (teams in bold advance to the final):
  - 1–3
  - 2–1
    - Final standings: Australia 9 points, Spain 6, New Zealand, Netherlands 1.
- Pool D

- - 5–0
  - 4–3
    - Final standings: Germany 7 points, Great Britain 6, Pakistan 3, Korea 1.

Figure skating

ISU Grand Prix

- Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada:
  - Ladies: Carolina Kostner 187.48 points Akiko Suzuki 179.76 Alena Leonova 176.42
  - Men: Patrick Chan 260.30 points Daisuke Takahashi 249.12 Javier Fernández 247.55
  - Pairs: Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy 212.26 points Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov 212.08 Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov 187.77
  - Junior ice dancing (all RUS): Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin 147.53 points Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov 136.61 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 135.17
  - Junior men: Jason Brown 208.41 points Yan Han 205.93 Joshua Farris 203.98

Football (soccer)

CAF U-23 Championship in Marrakech, Morocco:
- Third Place Play-off

0–2

- Final

2–1

- - Gabon win the title for the first time.
  - Gabon, Morocco and Egypt qualify for 2012 Olympics, Senegal advances to AFC-CAF playoffs.
CECAFA Cup in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
- Third place play-off

1–0

- Final

2–2 (2–3 pen.)

- - Uganda win the Cup for the 12th time.
OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
- Group B

Hekari United 3–1 Koloale

- - Standings: Auckland City 6 points (2 matches), Amicale 4 (2), Hekari United 4 (3), Koloale 0 (3).

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Rukatunturi, Finland (USA unless stated):
- Moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury 25.00 points Sho Kashima 21.71 Anthony Benna 16.28
  - Overall standings: (1) Kingsbury & Wing Tai Barrymore 20 points (3) Kashima & Torin Yater-Wallace 16
- Muguls women: Hannah Kearney 24.70 points Eliza Outtrim 22.25 Nikola Sudová 21.70
  - Overall standings: (1) Kearney & Brita Sigourney 20 points (3) Outtrim & Rosalind Groenewoud 16

Luge

World Cup 2 in Whistler, Canada:
- Women: Natalie Geisenberger 1:23.439 (41.748, 41.691) Tatjana Hüfner 1:23.482 (41.700, 41.782) Tatiana Ivanova 1:23.606 (41.796, 41.810)
  - Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 185 points (2) Geisenberger 160 (3) Anke Wischnewski 140
- Team relay: (Geisenberger, Felix Loch, Ronny Pietrasik/Christian Weise) 2:18.773 (45.026, 46.717, 47.030) (Alex Gough, Samuel Edney, Tristan Walker/Justin Snith 2:19.001 (45.073, 46.681, 47.247) (Ivanova, Albert Demtschenko, Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:19.162 (45.130, 46.822, 47.210)
  - Standings (after 2 of 6 races): (1) Canada & Germany 185 points (3) Russia 140

Mixed martial arts

UFC 140 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
- Featherweight bout: Jung Chan-Sung def. Mark Hominick via KO (punches)
- Welterweight bout: Brian Ebersole def. Claude Patrick via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rogério Nogueira def. Tito Ortiz via TKO (strikes to the body)
- Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir def. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira via submission (kimura)
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Jon Jones (c) def. Lyoto Machida via technical submission (guillotine choke)

Nine-ball pool

Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
- Team Europe 10–5 Team USA
  - - - Darren Appleton /Niels Feijen 6–3 Shawn Putnam /Mike Dechaine Appleton 6–2 Putnam
        Ralf Souquet /Feijen 6–2 Johnny Archer /Rodney Morris Nick van den Berg 5–6 Shane Van Boening Chris Melling 6–2 Dechaine

Nordic combined

World Cup in Ramsau, Austria:
- HS 98 / 10 km: Jan Schmid 22:05.8 Jason Lamy-Chappuis 22:08.2 Tino Edelmann 22:08.8
  - Standings (after 5 of 23 races): (1) Edelmann 300 points (2) Lamy-Chappuis 254 (3) Håvard Klemetsen 239

Rugby union

IRB Sevens World Series

- South Africa Sevens in Port Elizabeth:
  - Shield: 19–12
  - Bowl: 19–22
  - Plate: 48–0
  - Cup: 26–31
    - Standings (after 3 of 9 competitions): (1) Fiji & New Zealand 51 points (3) South Africa 48
Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
- Pool 1

- - Scarlets 14–17 Munster
  - Castres 41–22 Northampton Saints
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Munster 12 points, Scarlets 10, Castres 6, Northampton Saints 3.
- Pool 2

Racing Métro 14–34 London Irish

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Cardiff Blues 12 points, Edinburgh 9, London Irish 7, Racing Métro 3.
- Pool 5

- - Benetton Treviso 30–26 Biarritz
  - Saracens 31–26 Ospreys
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Saracens 10 points, Ospreys, Biarritz 7, Benetton Treviso 6.
- Pool 6

Connacht 10–14 Gloucester

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Toulouse 12 points, Harlequins 8, Gloucester 5, Connacht 1.
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
- Pool 1

Crociati Parma 0–57 Stade Français

- - Standings: Stade Français 14 points (3 matches), Worcester Warriors, București Wolves 5 (2), Crociati Parma 0 (3).
- Pool 2

Lyon 31–16 Petrarca Padova

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Newcastle Falcons 13 points, Toulon 10, Lyon 5, Petrarca Padova 0.
- Pool 3

- - Rovigo 7–31 Bordeaux Bègles
  - Bayonne 19–11 London Wasps
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Bayonne 13 points, London Wasps 10, Bordeaux Bègles 5, Rovigo 0.
- Pool 5

La Vila 18–47 Brive

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Brive 13 points, Sale Sharks 10, Agen 5, La Vila 0.

Short track speed skating

World Cup 4 in Shanghai, China (CHN unless stated):
- 500m men: Olivier Jean 41.073 Gong Qiuwen 41.516 Daan Breeuwsma 41.667
  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Jean 3000 points (2) Liang Wenhao 2164 (3) Jon Eley 1919
- 1500m men: Noh Jin-Kyu 2:09.041 (WR) Charles Hamelin 2:09.098 Kwak Yoon-Gy 2:09.548
  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Noh 4000 points (2) Kwak 2240 (3) Hamelin 1826
- 500m women: Fan Kexin 43.873 Liu Qiuhong 43.959 Jessica Smith 45.338
  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Martina Valcepina 3302 points (2) Liu 2494 (3) Fan 2050
- 1500m women: Cho Ha-Ri 2:22.473 Katherine Reutter 2:22.764 Xiao Han 2:23.061
  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Cho 2952 points (2) Reutter 2800 (3) Lee Eun-Byul 2537

Skeleton

World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Women: Mellisa Hollingsworth 2:06.09 (1:03.00, 1:03.09) Anne O'Shea 2:06.46 (1:03.27, 1:03.19) Katie Uhlaender 2:06.64 (1:03.43, 1:03.21)
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Hollingsworth 425 points (2) Olga Potylitsina 393 (3) Anja Huber 384

Ski jumping

Men's World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
- HS 142 Team: (Tom Hilde, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Vegard Sklett, Anders Bardal) 993.7 points (Thomas Morgenstern, David Zauner, Andreas Kofler, Gregor Schlierenzauer) 956.0 (Jernej Damjan, Jure Šinkovec, Peter Prevc, Robert Kranjec) 888.6

Snooker

UK Championship in York, England, Semi-finals: Ricky Walden 7–9 Mark Allen

Surfing

Men's World Tour

- - - - Billabong Pipeline Masters in Pipeline, Hawaii, United States: (1) Kieren Perrow (2) Joel Parkinson (3) Michel Bourez & Kelly Slater Final Standings

(1) Slater 67,100 points (2) Parkinson 56,100 (3) Owen Wright 47,900

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
- 100m freestyle men: Sergey Fesikov 46.56 Luca Dotto 46.89 Krisztián Takács 47.46
- 1500m freestyle men: Mateusz Sawrymowicz 14:29.81 Mads Glæsner 14:29.88 Sergiy Frolov 14:35.22
- 50m breaststroke men: Fabio Scozzoli 26.25 Damir Dugonjič 26.34 Alexander Dale Oen 26.49
- 200m butterfly men: László Cseh 1:50.87 Nikolay Skvortsov 1:51.21 Joe Roebuck 1:51.62
- 400m freestyle women: Mireia Belmonte García 3:56.39 Lotte Friis 3:58.02 Melanie Costa Schmid 4:00.30
- 50m backstroke women: Anastasia Zuyeva 26.23 Georgia Davies 26.93 Simona Baumrtová 26.94
- 100m individual medley women: Theresa Michalak 59.05 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 59.72 Mie Østergaard Nielsen 1:00.10
- 4 × 50 m medley relay women: (Nielsen, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume) 1:46.48 (Zuyeva, Valentina Artemyeva, Irina Bespalova, Margarita Nesterova) 1:47.08 (Aleksandra Urbańczyk, Ewa Ścieszko, Anna Dowgiert, Katarzyna Wilk) 1:48.70

December 9, 2011 (Friday)

Biathlon

World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
- 10 km Sprint Men (all 0+0): Carl Johan Bergman 24:41.9 Andrei Makoveev 24:51.1 Benjamin Weger 25:01.5
  - Sprint standings (after 2 of 10 races): (1) Bergman 120 points (2) Tarjei Bø 92 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen 91
  - Overall standings (after 4 of 26 races): (1) Martin Fourcade & Bergman 182 points (3) Svendsen 165
- 7.5 km Sprint Women: Magdalena Neuner 21:09.2 (0+0) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 21:24.1 (1+0) Olga Zaitseva 21:31.9 (1+0)
  - Sprint standings (after 2 of 10 races): (1) Neuner 120 points (2) Mäkäräinen 102 (3) Darya Domracheva 80
  - Overall standings (after 4 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 216 points (2) Mäkäräinen 199 (3) Domracheva 165

Bobsleigh

World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Two-woman: Kaillie Humphries/Emily Baadsvik 2:02.81 (1:01.63, 1:01.18) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer 2:02.93 (1:01.79, 1:01.14) Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk 2:02.98 (1:01.75, 1:01.23)
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel 417 points (2) Martini & Sandra Kiriasis 394

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 1: 135 (51.2 overs); 132/0 (38 overs). Pakistan trail by 3 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
New Zealand in Australia

- 2nd Test in Hobart, day 1: 150 (45.5 overs; James Pattinson 5/51); 12/1 (4.2 overs). Australia trail by 138 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men

- - Semifinal

5–2

- - World Challenge Game 1

10–4

- - Bronze Medal Game

6–9

- Women

- - Semifinal

2–10

- - World Challenge Game 1

7–4

- - Bronze Medal Game

7–13

Figure skating

ISU Grand Prix

- Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada:
  - Junior pairs: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 160.43 points Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry 152.65 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer 146.35
    - Sui and Han win the title for the second time.
  - Junior ladies (all RUS): Yulia Lipnitskaya 179.73 points Polina Shelepen 162.34 Polina Korobeynikova 151.18
    - Lipnitskaia wins the title for the first time.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Copper Mountain, United States (USA unless stated):
- Halfpipe men: Wing Tai Barrymore 87.2 points Torin Yater-Wallace 84.6 Duncan Adams 83.8
- Halfpipe women: Brita Sigourney 86.6 points Rosalind Groenewoud 81.4 Virginie Faivre 77.4

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
- Group A in Santos:
  - 25–22
  - 28–27
  - 15–23
    - Final standings: Norway 8 points, Angola, Montenegro, Iceland 6, Germany 4, China 0.
- Group B in Barueri:
  - 39–9
  - 26–38
  - 34–19
    - Final standings: Russia 10 points, Spain 8, South Korea 6, Netherlands 4, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.
- Group C in São Paulo:
  - 24–32
  - 20–39
  - 34–33
    - Final standings: Brazil 10 points, France 8, Romania, Japan 5, Tunisia 2, Cuba 0.
- Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  - 31–24
  - 19–20
  - 23–18
    - Final standings: Denmark 10 points, Croatia 8, Sweden 6, Côte d'Ivoire 4, Uruguay 2, Argentina 0.

Luge

World Cup 2 in Whistler, Canada:
- Men (all GER): Felix Loch 1:36.480 (48.263, 48.217) Johannes Ludwig 1:36.758 (48.406, 48.352) David Möller 1:36.778 (48.361, 48.417)
  - Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Loch 200 points (2) Möller 155 (3) Ludwig 145
- Doubles: Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 1:22.644 (41.255, 41.389) Peter Penz/Georg Fischler 1:22.888 (41.331, 41.557) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber 1:22.943 (41.380, 41.563)
  - Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Penz/Fischler 185 points (2) Linger/Linger 170 (3) Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin 127

Nine-ball pool

Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
- Team Europe 6–4 Team USA
  - - - Nick van den Berg /Niels Feijen 5–6 Shane Van Boening /Johnny Archer Ralf Souquet 1–6 Mike Dechaine Darren Appleton /Chris Melling 5–6 Shawn Putnam /Rodney Morris van den Berg 6–1 Archer
  - Souquet/Melling 6–2 Van Boening/Morris

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
- Pool 2

Cardiff Blues 25–8 Edinburgh

- - Standings: Cardiff Blues 12 points (3 matches), Edinburgh 9 (3), Racing Métro 3 (2), London Irish 2 (2).
- Pool 4

Ulster 31–10 Aironi

- - Standings: Ulster 9 points (3 matches), Leicester Tigers 8 (2), Clermont 6 (2), Aironi 0 (3).
- Pool 6

Harlequins 10–21 Toulouse

- - Standings: Toulouse 12 points (3 matches), Harlequins 8 (3), Gloucester 1 (2), Connacht 0 (2).
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
- Pool 4

Perpignan 54–20 Cavalieri Prato

- - Standings: Perpignan 9 points (3 matches), Newport Gwent Dragons 9 (2), Exeter Chiefs 6 (2), Cavalieri Prato 0 (3).

Skeleton

World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Men: Martins Dukurs 2:01.25 (1:00.51, 1:00.74) Tomass Dukurs 2:02.23 (1:01.01, 1:01.22) Aleksandr Tretyakov 2:02.42 (1:01.09, 1:01.33)
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Martins Dukurs 450 points (2) Tomass Dukurs & Tretyakov 410

Ski jumping

Men's World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
- HS 142: Gregor Schlierenzauer 246.8 points Daiki Ito 245.8 Anders Bardal 245.0
  - Standings (after 4 of 27 events): (1) Andreas Kofler 313 points (2) Schlierenzauer 270 (3) Richard Freitag 194

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
- 50m backstroke men: Aschwin Wildeboer 23.43 Flori Lang 23.57 Pavel Sankovich 23.64
- 100m breaststroke men: Alexander Dale Oen 57.05 Damir Dugonjič 57.29 Fabio Scozzoli 57.30
- 100m butterfly men: Konrad Czerniak 49.62 Yevgeny Korotyshkin 49.88 François Heersbrandt 50.44
- 400m individual medley men: László Cseh 4:01.68 Dávid Verrasztó 4:03.03 Gal Nevo 4:04.49
- 100m freestyle women: Britta Steffen 51.94 Jeanette Ottesen 52.05 Amy Smith 52.77
- 800m freestyle women: Lotte Friis 8:07.53 Erika Villaécija García 8:12.23 Melanie Costa Schmid 8:16.28
- 100m backstroke women: Daryna Zevina 56.96 Anastasia Zuyeva 57.12 Mie Østergaard Nielsen 57.57
- 200m breaststroke women: Rikke Møller Pedersen 2:19.55 Anastasia Chaun 2:20.84 Fanny Lecluyse 2:21.14
- 50m butterfly women: Ottesen 24.92 (CR) Triin Aljand 25.51 Sviatlana Khakhlova 25.96
- 4 × 50 m freestyle relay women: (Steffen, Dorothea Brandt, Paulina Schmiedel, Daniela Schreiber) 1:37.29 (Nielsen, Pernille Blume, Katrine Holm Sørensen, Ottesen) 1:37.63 (Erika Ferraioli, Erica Buratto, Federica Pellegrini, Laura Letrari) 1:38.12

December 8, 2011 (Thursday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
- Slalom: Ivica Kostelić 1:50.20 (54.64, 55.56) Cristian Deville 1:50.34 (54.64, 55.70) Marcel Hirscher 1:50.68 (54.50, 56.18)
  - Overall standings (after 8 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 334 points (2) Ted Ligety 309 (3) Hirscher 280

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 8 (teams in bold advance to Top 16):
- Group A

Olympiacos 84–82 Caja Laboral

- - Standings: Fenerbahçe Ülker, Bennet Cantù 5–3, Caja Laboral, Olympiacos 4–4, Gescrap Bizkaia, SLUC Nancy 3–5.
- Group B

Unicaja 79–90 Brose Baskets

- - Standings: CSKA Moscow 8–0, Panathinaikos 6–2, Brose Baskets, Unicaja 3–5, Žalgiris Kaunas, KK Zagreb 2–6.
- Group C

- - Spirou Basket 84–79 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade
  - Real Madrid 88–64 Maccabi Tel Aviv
    - Standings: Real Madrid 6–2, Anadolu Efes, Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–4, EA7 Emporio Armani, Spirou Basket 2–6.
- Group D

- - Galatasaray Medical Park 63–67 Montepaschi Siena
  - FC Barcelona Regal 63–50 UNICS Kazan
    - Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 8–0, Montepaschi Siena 6–2, UNICS Kazan 5–3, Galatasaray Medical Park 3–5, Union Olimpija Ljubljana, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 1–7.

Cricket

West Indies in India

- 4th ODI in Indore: 418/5 (50 overs; Virender Sehwag 219); 265 (49.2 overs). India win by 153 runs; lead 5-match series 3–1.
  - Sehwag hits the highest individual score in a One Day International, surpassing 200 set by teammate Sachin Tendulkar in 2010.

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men

- - Tiebreakers

- - - Round 1

- - - - 2–8
      - 4–7
    - Round 2

5–7

- - Playoffs

- - - 5–4
    - 8–9
- Women

- - Tiebreaker

6–5

- - Playoffs

- - - 12–6
    - 9–6

Field hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Pool C (team in bold advances to the final):
  - 3–2
  - 2–4
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 6 points, Spain 3, New Zealand, Netherlands 1.
- Pool D

- - 6–2
  - 1–2
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Germany 4 points, Pakistan, Great Britain 3, Korea 1.

Football (soccer)

FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
- Play-off for Quarter-finals in Toyota: Kashiwa Reysol 2–0 Auckland City
Copa Sudamericana Finals first leg: LDU Quito 0–1 Universidad de Chile
Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final First leg: Santos Laguna 0–1 Tigres UANL

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
- Group C in São Paulo:
  - 32–31
  - 38–18
  - 33–28
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Brazil 8 points, France 6, Romania 5, Japan 3, Tunisia 2, Cuba 0.
- Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  - 27–26
  - 38–17
  - 19–16
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Denmark 8 points, Croatia, Sweden 6, Côte d'Ivoire, Uruguay 2, Argentina 0.

Nine-ball pool

Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
- Team Europe 4–1 Team USA
  - Team Europe 6–4 Team USA
    - - Chris Melling /Nick van den Berg 3–6 Johnny Archer /Shawn Putnam Niels Feijen 6–0 Rodney Morris Darren Appleton /Ralf Souquet 6–4 Shane Van Boening /Mike Dechaine Melling 6–5 Van Boening

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
- Pool 2

Newcastle Falcons 6–3 Toulon

- - Standings: Newcastle Falcons 13 points (3 matches), Toulon 10 (3), Lyon 1 (2), Petrarca Padova 0 (2).
- Pool 5

Agen 14–29 Sale Sharks

- - Standings: Sale Sharks 10 points (3 matches), Brive 8 (2), Agen 5 (3), La Vila 0 (2).

Snooker

UK Championship in York, England, quarter-finals:
- Stephen Maguire 3–6 Judd Trump
- Ding Junhui 2–6 Neil Robertson

Swimming

European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
- 50m freestyle men: Konrad Czerniak 20.88 Sergey Fesikov 20.95 Marco Orsi 21.01
- 400m freestyle men: Paul Biedermann 3:38.65 Mads Glæsner 3:39.30 Paweł Korzeniowski 3:40.54
- 200m backstroke men: Radosław Kawęcki 1:49.15 Aschwin Wildeboer 1:50.63 Péter Bernek 1:51.21
- 200m individual medley men: László Cseh 1:53.43 Markus Rogan 1:53.63 Gal Nevo 1:54.87
- 4 × 50 m medley men: (Mirco Di Tora, Fabio Scozzoli, Paolo Facchinelli, Orsi) 1:33.18 (Vitaly Borisov, Sergey Geybel, Yevgeny Korotyshkin, Fesikov) 1:33.86 (Christian Diener, Erik Steinhagen, Steffen Deibler, Stefan Herbst) 1:34.41
- 50m breaststroke women: Valentina Artemyeva 30.06 Dorothea Brandt 30.17 Daria Deeva 30.63
- 200m butterfly women: Mireia Belmonte García 2:03.37 Jemma Lowe 2:04.04 Jessica Dickons 2:04.80
- 200m individual medley women: Belmonte García 2:07.06 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:08.28 Hannah Miley 2:08.34

December 7, 2011 (Wednesday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
- Super Giant slalom: Lindsey Vonn 1:10.68 Fabienne Suter 1:11.05 Anna Fenninger 1:11.09
  - Super-G standings (after 2 of 7 races): (1) Vonn 200 points (2) Fenninger 140 (3) Suter 94
  - Overall standings (after 7 of 40 races): (1) Vonn 522 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg 286 (3) Elisabeth Görgl 269

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 8 (teams in bold advance to Top 16):
- Group A

- - Gescrap Bizkaia 64–67 Bennet Cantù
  - SLUC Nancy 53–73 Fenerbahçe Ülker
    - Standings: Fenerbahçe Ülker, Bennet Cantù 5–3, Caja Laboral 4–3, Olympiacos 3–4, Gescrap Bizkaia, SLUC Nancy 3–5.
- Group B

- - CSKA Moscow 87–74 KK Zagreb
  - Žalgiris Kaunas 59–94 Panathinaikos
    - Standings: CSKA Moscow 8–0, Panathinaikos 6–2, Unicaja 3–4, Brose Baskets 2–5, Žalgiris Kaunas, KK Zagreb 2–6.
- Group C

Anadolu Efes 84–70 EA7 Emporio Armani

- - Standings: Real Madrid, Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–2, Anadolu Efes 5–3, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–3, EA7 Emporio Armani 2–6, Spirou Charleroi 1–6.
- Group D

Asseco Prokom Gdynia 67–52 Union Olimpija Ljubljana

- - Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 7–0, Montepaschi Siena, UNICS Kazan 5–2, Galatasaray Medical Park 3–4, Union Olimpija Ljubljana, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 1–7.

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia (teams in bold advance to the playoffs; teams in italics advance to tiebreaker):
- Men

- - Draw 8

- - - 4–6
    - 6–4
    - 9–4
    - 7–9
    - 6–7
  - Draw 9

- - - 7–6
    - 3–4
    - 10–6
    - 4–6
    - 9–3
      - Final standings

Sweden, Norway, Denmark 6–3, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland 5–4, France 4–5, Latvia 2–7, Italy 1–8.

- Women

- - Draw 8

- - - 6–5
    - 5–9
    - 8–4
    - 3–5
    - 6–9
  - Draw 9

- - - 4–7
    - 7–10
    - 4–6
    - 2–14
    - 8–4
      - Final standings

Sweden 9–0, Denmark 8–1, Scotland 7–2, Russia, Germany 5–4, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic 3–6, Latvia, Norway 1–8.

Football (soccer)

CAF U-23 Championship in Marrakech, Morocco (winner qualifies for 2012 Olympics):
- Semi-finals

2–3

UEFA Champions League group stage, Matchday 6 (teams in bold qualify for Round of 16, teams in italics qualify for Europa League Round of 32):
- Group A

- - Manchester City 2–0 Bayern Munich
  - Villarreal 0–2 Napoli
    - Final standings: Bayern Munich 13 points, Napoli 11, Manchester City 10, Villarreal 0.
- Group B

- - Lille 0–0 Trabzonspor
  - Internazionale 1–2 CSKA Moscow
    - Final standings: Internazionale 10 points, CSKA Moscow 8, Trabzonspor 7, Lille 6.
- Group C

- - Basel 2–1 Manchester United
  - Benfica 1–0 Oțelul Galați
    - Final standings: Benfica 12 points, Basel 11, Manchester United 9, Oțelul Galați 0.
- Group D

- - Dinamo Zagreb 1–7 Lyon
  - Ajax 0–3 Real Madrid
    - Final standings: Real Madrid 18 points, Lyon, Ajax 8, Dinamo Zagreb 0.

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
- Group A in Santos:
  - 42–15
  - 20–26
  - 26–20
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Montenegro, Norway 6 points, Angola, Iceland, Germany 4, China 0.
- Group B in Barueri:
  - 26–35
  - 18–27
  - 11–45
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Russia 8 points, Spain 6, Netherlands, South Korea 4, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.

Snooker

UK Championship in York, England, last 16 (ENG unless stated):
- Mark Williams 3–6 Ricky Walden
- Martin Gould 4–6 Shaun Murphy
- Ali Carter 2–6 Mark Allen
- Marco Fu 6–3 Mark Selby

December 6, 2011 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
- Giant slalom: Ted Ligety 2:40.01 (1:20.42, 1:19.59) Marcel Hirscher 2:40.70 (1:20.39, 1:20.31) Kjetil Jansrud 2:40.79 (1:20.78, 1:20.01)
  - Giant slalom standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Ligety 280 points (2) Hirscher 220 (3) Alexis Pinturault 159
  - Overall standings (after 7 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 334 points (2) Ligety 289 (3) Didier Cuche 268

Cricket

Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 3rd ODI in Chittagong: 177 (46.1 overs); 119 (38 overs). Pakistan win by 58 runs; win 3-match series 3–0.

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia (teams in bold advance to the playoffs):
- Men

- - Draw 6

- - - 2–5
    - 2–5
    - 7–8
    - 7–4
    - 5–4
  - Draw 7

- - - 9–8
    - 4–8
    - 8–6
    - 9–4
    - 7–2
      - Standings (after 7 draws): Denmark, Sweden 6–1, Germany, Norway, Scotland 4–3, Czech Republic, Switzerland 3–4, France, Latvia 2–5, Italy 1–6.
- Women

- - Draw 7

- - - 3–8
    - 11–1
    - 4–11
    - 4–7
    - 8–4
      - Standings (after 7 draws): Sweden 7–0, Denmark 6–1, Scotland 5–2, Germany, Russia 4–3, Switzerland 3–4, Czech Republic, Italy 2–5, Latvia, Norway 1–6.

Field hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand (teams in bold advance to the top four):
- Pool A

- - 8–1
  - 6–1
    - Final standings: Australia 9 points, Spain 6, Great Britain 3, Pakistan 0.
- Pool B

- - 3–3
  - 3–3
    - Final standings: Netherlands 7 points, New Zealand, Germany 4, Korea 1.

Football (soccer)

CAF U-23 Championship in Tangiers, Morocco (winner qualifies for 2012 Olympics):
- Semi-finals

0–1 (a.e.t.)

UEFA Champions League group stage, Matchday 6 (teams in bold qualify for Round of 16, teams in italics qualify for Europa League Round of 32):
- Group E

- - Chelsea 3–0 Valencia
  - Genk 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen
    - Final standings: Chelsea 11 points, Bayer Leverkusen 10, Valencia 8, Genk 3.
- Group F

- - Olympiacos 3–1 Arsenal
  - Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Marseille
    - Final standings: Arsenal 11 points, Marseille 10, Olympiacos 9, Borussia Dortmund 4.
- Group G

- - Porto 0–0 Zenit St. Petersburg
  - APOEL 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
    - Final standings: APOEL, Zenit St. Petersburg 9 points, Porto 8, Shakhtar Donetsk 5.
- Group H

- - Barcelona 4–0 BATE Borisov
  - Viktoria Plzeň 2–2 Milan
    - Final standings: Barcelona 16 points, Milan 9, Viktoria Plzeň 5, BATE Borisov 2.

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
- Group A in Santos:
  - 28–26
  - 27–14
  - 23–22
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Norway, Montenegro, Angola, Germany 4 points, Iceland 2, China 0.
- Group B in Barueri:
  - 45–8
  - 20–32
  - 26–29
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Russia 6 points, Spain, Netherlands 4, South Korea, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.
- Group C in São Paulo:
  - 32–29
  - 28–28
  - 22–26
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Brazil 6 points, Romania 5, France 4, Tunisia 2, Japan 1, Cuba 0.
- Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  - 31–14
  - 19–23
  - 19–25
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Denmark, Sweden 6 points, Croatia 4, Côte d'Ivoire 2, Argentina, Uruguay 0.

Snooker

UK Championship in York, England, last 16:
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–6 Judd Trump
  - - Ding Junhui 6–5 Matthew Stevens John Higgins 4–6 Stephen Maguire
- Graeme Dott 3–6 Neil Robertson

December 5, 2011 (Monday)

Cricket

West Indies in India

- 3rd ODI in Ahmedabad: 260/5 (50 overs); 244 (46.5 overs). West Indies win by 16 runs; India lead 5-match series 2–1.

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men

- - Draw 4

- - - 4–9
    - 7–6
    - 7–4
    - 7–8
    - 5–6
  - Draw 5

- - - 3–8
    - 8–3
    - 8–4
    - 6–5
    - 10–3
      - Standings (after 5 draws): Denmark, Germany, Sweden 4–1, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland 3–2, Czech Republic 2–3, France, Latvia, 1–4, Italy 0–5.
- Women

- - Draw 5

- - - 5–7
    - 2–10
    - 6–5
    - 7–13
    - 5–4
  - Draw 6

- - - 10–1
    - 6–9
    - 5–4
    - 3–8
    - 8–7
      - Standings (after 6 draws): Sweden 6–0, Denmark 5–1, Russia, Scotland 4–2, Germany 3–3, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland 2–4, Latvia, Norway 1–5.

Field hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand: (teams in bold advance to the top four)
- Pool A

- - 1–4
  - 4–2
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 6 points, Spain, Great Britain 3, Pakistan 0.
- Pool B

- - 3–2
  - 1–6
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Netherlands 6 points, New Zealand, Germany 3, Korea 0.

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil:
- Group C in São Paulo:
  - 27–33
  - 17–25
  - 23–32
    - Standings (after 2 matches): France, Brazil, Romania 4 points, Tunisia, Cuba, Japan 0.
- Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  - 25–28
  - 13–31
  - 15–45
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Croatia, Denmark, Sweden 4 points, Côte d'Ivoire, Argentina, Uruguay 0.

Snooker

UK Championship in York, England, last 32 (ENG unless stated):
- - - Judd Trump 6–4 Dominic Dale Mark Allen 6–3 Adrian Gunnell
- Stephen Lee 3–6 Ricky Walden
- Mark Williams 6–4 Joe Jogia

December 4, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
- Giant slalom: Marcel Hirscher 2:38.45 (1:18.74, 1:19.71) Ted Ligety 2:38.61 (1:18.53, 1:20.08) Fritz Dopfer 2:39.07 (1:19.12, 1:19.95)
  - Giant slalom standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Ligety 180 points (2) Hirscher 140 (3) Alexis Pinturault 109
  - Overall standings (after 6 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 294 points (2) Didier Cuche 260 (3) Beat Feuz 246
Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada:
- Super-G: Lindsey Vonn 1:20.21 Anna Fenninger 1:20.40 Julia Mancuso 1:20.92
  - Overall standings (after 6 of 40 races): (1) Vonn 422 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg 286 (3) Elisabeth Görgl 243

American football

2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season

- The 2012 Bowl Championship Series pairings are announced:
  - Rose Bowl, Jan. 2: (10) Wisconsin vs. (5) Oregon
  - Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 2: (3) Oklahoma State vs. (4) Stanford
  - Sugar Bowl, Jan. 3: (13) Michigan vs. (11) Virginia Tech
  - Orange Bowl, Jan. 4: (15) Clemson vs. (23) West Virginia
  - BCS National Championship Game, Jan. 9: (1) LSU vs. (2) Alabama

Auto racing

V8 Supercars

- Sydney Telstra 500 in Sydney, New South Wales (AUS unless stated):
  - Race 28: (1) Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon) (2) Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon)
    - Final drivers' championship standings: (1) Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 3168 points (2) Lowndes 3133 (3) Winterbottom 2710
      - Whincup wins the title for the third time.

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Martin Fourcade 32:56.0 (0+0+0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen 33:21.5 (0+0+1+1) Jaroslav Soukup 33:22.9 (0+1+0+0)
  - Overall standings (after 3 of 26 races): (1) Fourcade 163 points (2) Carl Johan Bergman & Svendsen 122
- Women's 10 km Pursuit: Tora Berger 33:56.9 (0+0+0+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 34:30.1 (0+1+0+1) Magdalena Neuner 35:21.3 (0+1+2+1)
  - Overall standings (after 3 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 156 points (2) Mäkäräinen 145 (3) Berger 126

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
- Four-man: (Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Nikolay Hrenkov) 1:43.05 (51.56, 51.49) (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz) 1:43.11 (51.65, 51.46) (Thomas Florschütz, Martin Rostig, Kevin Kuske, Thomas Blaschek) 1:43.41 (51.77, 51.64)

Cricket

New Zealand in Australia

- 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 4: 295 & 150 (49.4 overs; James Pattinson 5/27); 427 & 19/1 (2.2 overs). Australia win by 9 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany:
- Men's Team Sprint F: Jesper Modin/Teodor Peterson 18:22.7 Nikita Kriukov/Alexei Petukhov 18:22.9 Pål Golberg/Ola Vigen Hattestad 18:23.4
- Women's Team Sprint F: Mari Eide/Maiken Caspersen Falla 9:57.0 Sadie Bjornsen/Kikkan Randall 9:58.6 Natalya Korostelyova/Natalya Matveyeva 9:59.1

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men

- - Draw 2

- - - 7–3
    - 6–3
    - 6–5
    - 7–4
    - 8–2
  - Draw 3

- - - 10–6
    - 4–7
    - 8–3
    - 8–11
    - 5–9
      - Standings (after 3 draws): Germany 3–0, Denmark, Norway, Scotland, Sweden 2–1, Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Switzerland 1–2, Italy 0–3.
- Women

- - Draw 3

- - - 9–7
    - 8–3
    - 11–4
    - 11–2
    - 5–8
  - Draw 4

- - - 5–6
    - 8–2
    - 6–10
    - 5–11
    - 6–7
      - Standings (after 4 draws): Sweden 4–0, Denmark, Germany, Russia 3–1, Italy, Scotland 2–2, Czech Republic, Latvia, Switzerland 1–3, Norway 0–4.

Field hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand: All matches postponed due to an unplayable pitch.

Football (soccer)

CAF Confederation Cup Final second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Maghreb de Fès 1–0 (0–1) Club Africain. 1–1 on aggregate, Maghreb de Fès win 6–5 on penalties.
- Magreb de Fès win the Cup for the first time.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, final matchday:
- Corinthians 0–0 Palmeiras
- Vasco da Gama 1–1 Flamengo
  - Final standings: Corinthians 71 points, Vasco da Gama 69.
  - Corinthians win the title for the fifth time.
Argentine Primera División Torneo Apertura, matchday 17:
- Boca Juniors 3–0 Banfield
  - Standings (after 17 matches): Boca Juniors 39 points, Racing 28, Tigre 27 (16).
  - Boca Juniors win the title for the 24th time.
Uruguayan Primera División Torneo Apertura, final matchday:
- Liverpool 0–1 Nacional
- Danubio 4–1 Bella Vista
  - Final standings: Nacional 32 points, Danubio 31.
  - Nacional qualify for the championship playoff.

Golf

European Tour

- UBS Hong Kong Open in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong:
  - Winner: Rory McIlroy 268 (−12)
    - McIlroy wins his third European Tour title.
Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California, United States:
- Winner: Tiger Woods 278 (−10)
  - Woods wins his first tournament in over two years.

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil:
- Group A in Santos:
  - 24–25
  - 16–43
  - 24–28
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Angola 4 points, Norway, Germany, Montenegro, Iceland 2, China 0.
- Group B in Barueri:
  - 31–19
  - 22–28
  - 15–33
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Russia 4 points, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Spain, South Korea 2, Australia 0.

Nordic combined

World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
- HS 138 / 10 km: Eric Frenzel 28:38.5 Jason Lamy-Chappuis 28:55.9 Björn Kircheisen 28:59.1
  - Standings (after 4 of 23 races): (1) Tino Edelmann 240 points (2) Håvard Klemetsen 189 (3) Alessandro Pittin 180

Short track speed skating

World Cup 3 in Nagoya, Japan (CHN unless stated):
- Men's 500m: Olivier Jean 41.491 Liang Wenhao 41.738 Gong Qiuwen 42.815
  - Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Jean 2000 points (2) Jon Eley 1875 (3) Liang 1652
- Men's 1000m (2): Charles Hamelin 1:28.270 Kwak Yoon-Gy 1:28.365 Michael Gilday 1:28.939
  - Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Kwak 3312 points (2) Hamelin 2000 (3) Noh Jin-Kyu 1456
- Men's 5000m relay: (Liang, Song Weilong, Wu Dajing, Yu Yongjun) 6:50.562 (Semen Elistratov, Evgeny Kozulin, Viacheslav Kurginian, Vladimir Grigorev) 6:53.481 (Yuzo Takamido, Yuma Sakurai, Daisuke Uemura, Yoshiaki Oguro) 6:53.557
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) 2152 points (2) Russia 2010 (3) 1850
- Women's 500m: Arianna Fontana 44.479 Yui Sakai 44.566 Martina Valcepina 44.667
  - Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Valcepina 3040 points (2) Fontana & Marianne St-Gelais 2000
- Women's 1000m (2): Li Jianrou 1:32.708 Lin Meng 1:33.226 Xiao Han 1:33.334
  - Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Sakai 2410 points (2) Elise Christie 2096 (3) Li 1162
- Women's 3000m relay: (Fontana, Cecilia Maffei, Arianna Valcepina, Martina Valcepina) 4:19.970 (Ayuko Ito, Sayuri Shimizu, Sakai, Marie Yoshida) 4:20.041 (Liu Qiuhong, Fan Kexin, Lin, Xiao) 4:20.122
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) China 2640 points (2) Japan 1768 (3) 1620

Ski jumping

Men's World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
- HS 138: Andreas Kofler 252.0 points Severin Freund 249.2 Anders Bardal 249.2
  - Standings (after 3 of 27 events): (1) Kofler 300 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer 170 (3) Richard Freitag 154

Snooker

UK Championship in York, England, last 32 (ENG unless stated):
- - - Mark Selby 6–0 Ryan Day Stuart Bingham 4–6 Marco Fu
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–1 Steve Davis
- Ali Carter 6–4 Robert Milkins
- Martin Gould 6–2 Peter Lines

Speed skating

World Cup 3 in Heerenveen, Netherlands (NED unless stated):
- Men's 1000 m: Kjeld Nuis 1:08.64, Sjoerd de Vries 1:09.14, Mo Tae-bum 1:09.18
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Nuis & Stefan Groothuis 260 points, (3) de Vries 180
- Men's team pursuit: (Sven Kramer, Wouter olde Heuvel, Jan Blokhuijsen) 3:42.35, Korea, Republic of (Lee Seung-hoon, Joo Hyong-jun, Ko Byung-wook) 3:43.82, (Patrick Beckert, Marco Weber, Alexej Baumgärtner) 3:45.28
  - Standings (after 2 of 4 races): (1) Netherlands 200 points, (2) Korea & Germany 140
- Women's 1000 m: Christine Nesbitt 1:15.32, Yu Jing 1:15.85, Yekaterina Shikhova 1:16.16
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Nesbitt 300 points, (2) Marrit Leenstra 180, (3) Margot Boer 166
- Women's team pursuit: (Brittany Schussler, Nesbitt, Cindy Klassen) 3:00.01, (Yekaterina Lobysheva, Shikhova, Yuliya Skokova) 3:02.38, Korea, Republic of (Lee Ju-yeon, Noh Seon-yeong, Kim Bo-reum) 3:03.18
  - Standings (after 2 of 4 races): (1) Canada 200 points, (2) Russia 150, (3) Korea 130

Tennis

Davis Cup Final, day 3: 3–1
- Rafael Nadal def. Juan Martín del Potro 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 7–6(0)
- David Ferrer vs. Juan Mónaco ; not played
  - Spain win the Cup for the fifth time.

Volleyball

FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 11 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Olympics):
- 2–3
- 1–3
- 0–3
- 3–1
- 3–0
- 3–0
  - Final standings: Russia 29 points, Poland 26, Brazil, Italy 24, Cuba 20, United States, Argentina 16, Serbia 15, Iran 12, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.
    - Russia win the title for the sixth time.

December 3, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
- Super-G: Sandro Viletta 1:18.71 Aksel Lund Svindal 1:18.91 Beat Feuz 1:18.97
  - Super-G standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Svindal 180 points (2) Didier Cuche 109 (3) Viletta 108
  - Overall standings (after 5 of 45 races): (1) Svindal 265 points (2) Cuche 238 (3) Feuz 231
Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada:
- Downhill: Lindsey Vonn 1:51.35 Marie Marchand-Arvier 1:53.03 Elisabeth Görgl 1:53.26
  - Downhill standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Vonn 200 points (2) Tina Weirather 106 (3) Dominique Gisin 105
  - Overall standings (after 5 of 40 races): (1) Vonn 322 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg 280 (3) Görgl 211

American football

NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Championship Games:
- Conference USA in Houston: (24) Southern Miss 49, (7) Houston 28
- SEC in Atlanta: (1) LSU 41, (12) Georgia 10
  - The Tigers advance to the BCS National Championship Game.
- ACC in Charlotte, North Carolina: (21) Clemson 38, (5) Virginia Tech 10
  - Clemson will play in the Orange Bowl.
- Big Ten in Indianapolis: (15) Wisconsin 42, (11) Michigan State 39
  - The Badgers will play Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
- Bedlam Series

(3) Oklahoma State 44, (13) Oklahoma 10

- - Oklahoma State advances to the Fiesta Bowl or BCS National Championship Game.

Auto racing

V8 Supercars

- Sydney Telstra 500 in Sydney, New South Wales (AUS unless stated):
  - Race 27: (1) Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (2) Garth Tander (Holden Racing Team; Holden VE Commodore) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon)
    - Drivers' championship standings: (1) Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 3078 points (2) Lowndes 2995 (3) Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 2560

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Magdalena Neuner 22:01.7 (0+1) Tora Berger 22:01.9 (0+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 22:16.9 (2+0)
  - Overall standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 108 points (2) Darya Domracheva 100 (3) Mäkäräinen 91

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
- Two-man: Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter 1:44.24 (52.20, 52.04) Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske 1:44.36 (52.33, 52.03) Steven Holcomb/Justin Olsen 1:44.42 (52.26, 52.16)
- Team: I (Frank Rommel, Sandra Kiriasis/Stephanie Schneider, Anja Huber, Maximilian Arndt/Jan Speer) 3:35.03 (53.28, 53.84, 55.12, 52.79) II (Alexander Kröckel, Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel, Marion Thees, Manuel Machata/Michail Makarow) 3:35.13 (53.40, 53.70, 55.32, 52.71) I (Aleksandr Tretyakov, Olga Fyodorova/Yulia Timofeeva, Olga Potylitsina, Alexander Kasjanov/Maxim Mokrousov) 3:35.29 (53.37, 54.10, 54.94, 52.88)

Cricket

New Zealand in Australia

- 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 3: 295 & 10/1 (7 overs); 427 (129.2 overs; Michael Clarke 139). New Zealand trail by 122 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 2nd ODI in Mirpur: 262/7 (50 overs); 186/7 (50 overs; Nasir Hossain 100). Pakistan win by 76 runs; lead 3-match series 2–0.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany (NOR unless stated):
- Men's Sprint F: Ola Vigen Hattestad 2:57.5 Alexei Petukhov 2:57.6 Pål Golberg 2:57.6
  - Sprint standings (after 2 of 13 races): (1) Hattestad 111 points (2) Petukhov 108 (3) Teodor Peterson 95
  - Overall standings (after 6 of 38 races): (1) Petter Northug 355 points (2) Dario Cologna 278 (3) Johan Olsson 259
- Women's Sprint F: Kikkan Randall 1:44.7 Natalya Matveyeva 1:45.1 Laurien van der Graaf 1:45.7
  - Sprint standings (after 2 of 13 races): (1) Randall 140 points (2) Matveyeva 114 (3) Hanna Brodin 71
  - Overall standings (after 6 of 38 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen 446 points (2) Therese Johaug 316 (3) Vibeke Skofterud 309

Curling

European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men, Draw 1:
  - 7–3
  - 5–7
  - 8–5
  - 3–11
  - 4–6
- Women

- - Draw 1

- - - 8–6
    - 8–4
    - 6–9
    - 7–5
    - 10–12
  - Draw 2

- - - 7–5
    - 2–12
    - 5–7
    - 12–0
    - 6–8
      - Standings (after 2 draws): Sweden, Germany 2–0, Scotland, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Denmark, Latvia 1–1, Norway, Switzerland 0–2.

Field hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Pool A

- - 3–2
  - 2–1
- Pool B

- - 2–1
  - 2–0

Football (soccer)

CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco (teams in bold qualify for the semifinals):
- Group B

- - 2–0
  - 3–1
    - Final standings: Egypt 6 points, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire 4, South Africa 2.
OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
- Group A

Mont-Dore 0–1 Waitakere United

- - Standings (after 3 matches): Waitakere United 9 points, Tefana 4, Ba 3, Mont-Dore 1.
J.League Division 1, final matchday (teams in bold qualify for the AFC Champions League):
- Urawa Red Diamonds 1–3 Kashiwa Reysol
- Albirex Niigata 0–1 Nagoya Grampus
- Shimizu S-Pulse 1–3 Gamba Osaka
  - Standings: Kashiwa Reysol 72 points, Nagoya Grampus 71, Gamba Osaka 70.
  - Kashiwa Reysol win the title for the first time, and will represent Japan at the FIFA Club World Cup.

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil:
- Group A in Santos:
  - 21–22
  - 28–31
  - 30–29
- Group B in Barueri:
  - 37–9
  - 39–24
  - 27–34
- Group C in São Paulo:
  - 30–28
  - 41–22
- Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  - 37–11
  - 36–10
  - 36–20

Nordic combined

World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
- HS 100 / 10 km: Håvard Klemetsen 27:44.4 Alessandro Pittin 27:44.6 Tino Edelmann 27:53.0
  - Standings (after 3 of 23 races): (1) Edelmann 220 points (2) Magnus Krog 169 (3) Klemetsen 165

Rugby union

IRB Sevens World Series

- Dubai Sevens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
  - Shield: 31–17
  - Bowl: 0–26
  - Plate: 17–14
  - Cup: 29–12
    - Standings (after 2 of 9 competitions): (1) 39 points (2) England 32 (3) France, & South Africa 29
End of year tests in Cardiff: 18–24

Short track speed skating

World Cup 3 in Nagoya, Japan (KOR unless stated):
- Men's 1000m (1): Kwak Yoon-Gy 1:29.743 J. R. Celski 1:29.828 Seo Yi-Ra 1:29.899
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Kwak 2512 points (2) Celski 1312 (3) Olivier Jean 1152
- Men's 1500m: Noh Jin-Kyu 2:14.941 Lee Ho-Suk 2:15.127 Charle Cournoyer 2:15.392
  - Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Noh 3000 points (2) Lee & Kwak 1600
- Women's 1000m (1): Yui Sakai 1:32.713 Elise Christie 1:32.786 Katherine Reutter 1:32.945
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Sakai 2410 points (2) Christie 1928 (3) Marianne St-Gelais 1035
- Women's 1500m: Arianna Fontana 2:24.329 Cho Ha-Ri 2:24.423 Lana Gehring 2:24.721
  - Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Lee Eun-Byul 2502 points (2) Fontana 2262 (3) Reutter 2000

Skeleton

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
- Men: Martins Dukurs 1:45.64 (52.69, 52.95) Aleksandr Tretyakov 1:46.74 (53.25, 53.49) Tomass Dukurs 1:46.77 (53.22, 53.55)
- Team: I (Frank Rommel, Sandra Kiriasis/Stephanie Schneider, Anja Huber, Maximilian Arndt/Jan Speer) 3:35.03 (53.28, 53.84, 55.12, 52.79) II (Alexander Kröckel, Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel, Marion Thees, Manuel Machata/Michail Makarow) 3:35.13 (53.40, 53.70, 55.32, 52.71) I (Tretyakov, Olga Fyodorova/Yulia Timofeeva, Olga Potylitsina, Alexander Kasjanov/Maxim Mokrousov) 3:35.29 (53.37, 54.10, 54.94, 52.88)

Ski jumping

World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
- Men's HS 100: Andreas Kofler 279.3 points Richard Freitag 273.3 Kamil Stoch 249.6
  - Standings (after 2 of 27 events): (1) Kofler 200 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer 120 (3) Stoch 110
- Women's HS 100: Sarah Hendrickson 277.0 points Coline Mattel 247.7 Melanie Faisst 245.5

Snooker

UK Championship in York, England, last 32:

Speed skating

World Cup 3 in Heerenveen, Netherlands (NED unless stated):
- Men's 500m: Pekka Koskela 35.01 Joji Kato 35.02 Jesper Hospes 35.06
  - Standings (after 6 of 12 races): (1) Mo Tae-Bum 400 points (2) Kato 373 (3) Tucker Fredricks 348
- Men's 10,000m: Jorrit Bergsma 12:50.33 Bob de Jong 12:55.11 Bob de Vries 13:03.41
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Bergsma 280 points (2) Sven Kramer 210 (3) de Jong 190
- Women's 500m: Yu Jing 37.67 Jenny Wolf 38.19 Laurine van Riessen 38.20
  - Standings (after 6 of 12 races): (1) Lee Sang-Hwa 450 points (2) Wolf 420 (3) Yu 400
- Women's 1500m: Christine Nesbitt 1:55.68 Ireen Wüst 1:57.15 Yekaterina Shikhova 1:57.17
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Nesbitt 280 points (2) Wüst 250 (3) Shikhova 148

Tennis

Davis Cup Final, day 2: 2–1
- David Nalbandian/Eduardo Schwank def. Feliciano López/Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–2, 6–3

Volleyball

FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 10 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Olympics):
- 0–3
- 2–3
- 0–3
- 3–1
- 3–0
- 2–3
  - Standings (after 10 matches): Russia 27 points, Poland 25, Brazil, Italy 21, Cuba 17, United States 16, Argentina 13, Iran, Serbia 12, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.

December 2, 2011 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
- Downhill: Bode Miller 1:43.82 Beat Feuz 1:43.86 Klaus Kröll 1:43.96
  - Downhill standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Feuz 160 points (2) Didier Cuche & Miller 129
  - Overall standings (after 4 of 45 races): (1) Cuche 209 points (2) Miller 187 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal 185
Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada:
- Downhill: Lindsey Vonn 1:53.19 Tina Weirather 1:55.14 Dominique Gisin 1:55.25
  - Overall standings (after 4 of 40 races): (1) Viktoria Rebensburg 230 points (2) Vonn 222 (3) Elisabeth Görgl 151

American football

NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Championship Games:
- Pac-12 in Eugene, Oregon: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
  - The Ducks will play in the Rose Bowl.
- MAC in Detroit, Michigan: Northern Illinois 23, Ohio 20.

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Men's 10 km Sprint: Carl Johan Bergman 24:22.5 (0+0) Tarjei Bø 24:30.1 (0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen 24:35.5 (0+1)
  - Overall standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Martin Fourcade 103 points (2) Michal Šlesingr 88 (3) Bergman 82

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
- Two-woman: Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Lisette Thöne 1:47.26 (53.69, 53.57) Sandra Kiriasis/Petra Lammert 1:47.44 (53.82, 53.62) Elana Meyers/Katie Eberling 1:47.82 (53.90, 53.92) & Christina Hengster/Inga Versen 1:47.82 (53.95, 53.87)

Cricket

New Zealand in Australia

- 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 2: 295 (82.5 overs); 154/3 (46 overs). Australia trail by 141 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
West Indies in India

- 2nd ODI in Visakhapatnam: 269/9 (50 overs); 270/5 (48.1 overs; Virat Kohli 117). India win by 5 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
- Group A

- - 4–1
  - 0–1
    - Final standings: Senegal, Morocco 6 points, Nigeria, Algeria 3.
OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
- Group A

Tefana 4–1 Ba

- - Standings: Waitakere United 6 points (2 matches), Tefana 4 (3), Ba 3 (3), Mont-Dore 1 (2).

Handball

World Women's Championship in Brazil:
- Group C in São Paulo: 37–21

Skeleton

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
- Women: Olga Potylitsina 1:49.39 (54.71, 54.68) Emma Lincoln-Smith 1:49.62 (54.66, 54.96) Mellisa Hollingsworth 1:49.66 (54.76, 54.90)

Speed skating

World Cup 3 in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
- 500m Women: Yu Jing 37.84 Lee Sang-Hwa 37.91 Wang Beixing 38.17
  - Standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Lee 390 points (2) Jenny Wolf 340 (3) Yu 300
- 500m Men: Tucker Fredricks 34.98 Joji Kato 35.07 Mo Tae-Bum 35.08
  - Standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Mo 355 points (2) Kato 293 (3) Fredricks 288
- 5000m Women: Martina Sáblíková 6:58.87 Claudia Pechstein 7:02.92 Stephanie Beckert 7:04.77
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Sáblíková 300 points (2) Pechstein 230 (3) Linda de Vries 156
- 1500m Men: Ivan Skobrev 1:45.81 Kjeld Nuis 1:45.99 Håvard Bøkko 1:46.49
  - Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Skobrev 202 points (2) Nuis 190 (3) Denny Morrison & Shani Davis 180

Tennis

Davis Cup Final, day 1: 2–0
- Rafael Nadal def. Juan Mónaco 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
- David Ferrer def. Juan Martín del Potro 6–2, 6–7(2), 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Volleyball

FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 9:
- 0–3
- 3–2
- 0–3
- 3–1
- 3–2
- 2–3
  - Standings (after 9 matches): Russia, Poland 24 points, Brazil 19, Italy 18, Cuba 16, United States 14, Iran 12, Argentina 10, Serbia 9, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.

December 1, 2011 (Thursday)

Baseball

Nippon Professional Baseball awards:
- Most Valuable Players

- - Central League

Takuya Asao, Chunichi Dragons

- - Pacific League

Seiichi Uchikawa, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 7 (team in bold qualify for Top 16):
- Group A

- - Fenerbahçe Ülker 86–70 Olympiacos
  - Bennet Cantù 71–68 Caja Laboral
    - Standings: Caja Laboral, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Bennet Cantù 4–3, Olympiacos, Gescrap Bizkaia, SLUC Nancy 3–4.
- Group C

- - EA7 Emporio Armani 65–72 Real Madrid
  - Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 74–71 Maccabi Tel Aviv
    - Standings: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Real Madrid 5–2, Anadolu Efes, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–3, EA7 Emporio Armani 2–5, Spirou Charleroi 1–6.
- Group D

- - UNICS Kazan 72–61 Galatasaray Medical Park
  - Union Olimpija Ljubljana 57–63 Montepaschi Siena
  - Asseco Prokom Gdynia 45–76 FC Barcelona Regal
    - Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 7–0, Montepaschi Siena, UNICS Kazan 5–2, Galatasaray Medical Park 3–4, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–6, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 0–7.

Biathlon

World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
- Women's 15 km Individual: Darya Domracheva 47:15.6 (1+1+0+0) Anna Maria Nilsson 48:24.1 (1+0+0+0) Magdalena Neuner 48:57.3 (0+1+0+2)

Cricket

New Zealand in Australia

- 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 1: 176/5 (51 overs); .
Pakistan in Bangladesh

- 1st ODI in Mirpur: 91 (30.3 overs; Shahid Afridi 5/23); 93/5 (25.4 overs). Pakistan win by 5 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 5 (teams in bold qualify for Round of 32):
- Group D

- - Sporting CP 2–0 Zürich
  - Vaslui 0–0 Lazio
    - Standings (after 5 matches): Sporting CP 12 points, Vaslui, Lazio 6, Zürich 2.
- Group E

- - Stoke City 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv
  - Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–3 Beşiktaş
    - Standings (after 5 matches): Stoke City 11 points, Beşiktaş 9, Dynamo Kyiv 6, Maccabi Tel Aviv 1.
- Group F

- - Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Slovan Bratislava
  - Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Paris Saint-Germain
    - Standings (after 5 matches): Athletic Bilbao 13 points, Red Bull Salzburg, Paris Saint-Germain 7, Slovan Bratislava 1.
- Group J

- - AEK Larnaca 2–1 Maccabi Haifa
  - Schalke 04 2–1 Steaua București
    - Standings (after 5 matches): Schalke 04 11 points, Maccabi Haifa 6, Steaua București, AEK Larnaca 5.
- Group K

- - Odense 1–2 Wisła Kraków
  - Twente 1–0 Fulham
    - Standings (after 5 matches): Twente 13 points, Fulham 7, Wisła Kraków 6, Odense 3.
- Group L

- - Lokomotiv Moscow 3–1 Sturm Graz
  - AEK Athens 1–2 Anderlecht
    - Standings (after 5 matches): Anderlecht 15 points, Lokomotiv Moscow 12, Sturm Graz 3, AEK Athens 0.

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