Events in Sport
- 103rd Davis Cup: Switzerland beats France in Lille (3-1), winning the Davis Cup for the first time
- A suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan
Event of Interest
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit to clinch his second F1 World Drivers Championship, 67 points ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton
- Magnus Carlsen defends his World Chess Championship title after defeating Vishy Anand
Deaths in Sport
- Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player, dies at 98