Sport Events in December 2001
Dec. 2:
France lifts the Davis cup beating Australia at Melbourne.
Mike Russel claims the British Open billiards championship at Middlesbrough.
Dec. 8:
India's Sunil Kumar and Chinese Taipei's Chin-Wei Chan claims the boys' and girls' titles in the Asian junior tennis championship in New Delhi.
Zimbabwe bowled out for the lowest ever one-day score (38) by Sri Lanka. Also Chaminda Vaas created a world record by claiming eight for 19, (inclusive of a hat-trick). He overcame M. Muralitharan's record.
Dec. 10:
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Joshna Chinappa (Chennai) emerge the men's and the women's winners in the senior National squash championship at Chennai.
Dec. 14:
Zhu Chen of China is the new women's champion in the World chess championship at Moscow.
Dec. 15:
India claims the Champions Challengers Cup hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur.
Dec. 16:
Vijay Kannan and Rushmi Chakravarthi clinch the men's and the women's titles respectively in the DSCL National tennis championship at New Delhi.
Dec. 23:
India wins the three-Test home series against England 1-0.