Cricket Board announces new broadcasting deals with BSkyB, Five, the BBC and TalkSPORT. From 2006 to 2009, all England home test matches and One Day Internationals, plus domestic competition coverage will be televised on Sky Sports, with highlights on Five. Test Match Special survives, as the BBC retains exclusive rights for radio coverage to home internationals, and non-exclusive rights to domestic county games. TalkSPORT has won non-exclusive rights to radio coverage of Twenty20 games. The deals will earn English cricket £220m over 2006–09. (ECB) Football (soccer): 2004 Tiger Cup championship, First Round Group A: Thailand 3–0 Laos Group A: Cambodia 0–3 Singapore UEFA Cup Group Stage, Matchday 5 Group E: Middlesbrough 3–0 Partizan Belgrade Group E: Villarreal 4–0 Egaleo Group F: Rangers 0–2 Auxerre Group F: Grazer AK 2 – 0 AZ Alkmaar Group G: Heerenveen 1 – 0 Beveren Group G: VfB Stuttgart 2 – 1 Dinamo Zagreb Group H: Lille 1 – 0 Sevilla Group H: AEK Athens 0 – 2 Alemannia Teams in bold qualify for the knock-out round (3 from each group). In Group G Benfica have already qualified. (UEFA.com) December 14, 2004 (Tuesday) College football bowl game season: Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeat the North Texas Mean Green in the first bowl game of the season, the New Orleans Bowl, 31–10. (ESPN) Cross-country skiing: In the classical technique World Cup 1.2 km sprint event in Asiago, Italy, the ladies' race is won by Marit Bjørgen (NOR), while Finland's Virpi Kuitunen comes in second, and Ella Gjømle (NOR) gets the third place. (FIS-Ski Results) In the men's race, Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR) wins, beating teammate Tor Arne Hetland, with Björn Lind of Sweden finishing third. (FIS-Ski Results) Football (soccer): 2004 Tiger Cup championship, First Round Group B: Philippines 2 – 1 Timor Leste Group B: Malaysia 2 – 1 Thailand December 13, 2004 (Monday) NBA: Michael Finley of the Dallas Mavericks makes a shot with 3.2 seconds to go in regulation time, for the Mavericks to beat the Chicago Bulls, 94–93, in Dallas.(NBA) The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Clippers, 134–127, in double overtime, in Los Angeles.(NBA|CELTICS) Ice hockey: The National Hockey League, which locked out its players almost three months ago, will formally reject a proposal put forth last week by National Hockey League Players Association, according to a confidential league memo obtained by the Canadian sports channel TSN. (TSN) Cricket: India beat Bangladesh