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Events in December 2008

Dec. 6 Football legend Diego Maradona visits Kolkata on a private tour. Full Story
Dec. 7 Jeev Milkha Singh wins the Nippon Series JT Cup in Tokyo. Full Story
Dec. 13 Indian boxers Akhil Kumar, Jitender Kumar, A.L. Lakra and Dinesh Kumar win bronze medals at the International Boxing Association’s World Cup in Moscow. Full Story
Dec. 15 India wins the first Test in its two-Test series against England at Chennai. Sachin Tendulkar makes his 41st Test hundred in guiding India home. Full Story
Dec. 21 Mohun Bagan bags Federation Cup football championship in Kolkata. Full Story
South Africa wins the first Test against Australia at Perth, chasing 414 in the fourth innings – the second highest ever successful chase. Full Story
The Indian women’s hockey team wins bronze at the Under-21 Women’s Junior Asia Cup at Kuala Lumpur. Full Story
Manchester United wins the Club World Cup at Yokohama, beating Liga de Quito 1-0 in the final. Full Story
Dec. 23 India seals a 1-0 win in the Test series against England, and moves to No. 2 in the ICC Test rankings, with a draw at Mohali in the second test. Full Story
The Test series between New Zealand and West Indies ends in a 0-0 draw.
Dec. 26 Sahu Mewalal, 82, two-time football Olympian, dies in Kolkata. Full Story
Dec. 28 Railways wins both the men’s and women’s titles at the National Volleyball Championships in Visakhapatnam. Full Story
Golfer Jyoti Randhawa wins the BILT Open in Noida. Full Story
Kruttika Nadig wins the National ‘A’ Women’s Chess title at Delhi. Full Story
Dec. 30 South Africa seals the Test series in Australia, winning the second Test at Melbourne by nine wickets. Full Story
Surya Shekhar Ganguly wins the National ‘A’ Men’s Chess title, for the sixth year running, at Mangalore. Full Story
Dec. 31 Former Indian Davis Cupper Premjit Lall (68) dies in Kolkata. Full Story

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