A Recap On World Events Occuring On Sunday, The 16th Of December 2012
- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Japanese general election, 2012:
- Counting continues in the first round of the Egyptian constitutional referendum with unofficial results indicating majority support so far. (Ahram Online)
- Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, leads thousands of officials in a memorial service for his father Kim Jong-il, the former leader, who died on 17 December 2011. (AAP via News Limited)
- South Africa's governing party, the African National Congress, starts a 5-day conference where President Jacob Zuma faces a challenge fromDeputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. (BBC)
- Voters in Venezuela go to the polls for gubernatorial elections with Hugo Chávez's Socialist Party winning in at least 19 of 23 states. (The Telegraph)
- Science and technology
- Sport
- Brazil football club Corinthians wins the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, after a 1–0 win over Chelsea in the final. Paolo Guerrero scored the only goal of the game in Yokohama, Japan. Brazilian player Cássio Ramos is named as MVP of the tournament. (ESPN) (FIFA)
- Bundesliga football club Schalke 04 sacks coach Huub Stevens following their 1–3 loss to Freiburg in the 2012–2013 season game. (FIFA)(ESPN)
- French racing driver Romain Grosjean wins the 2012 Race of Champions with a 2–0 victory over Tom Kristensen in the final in Bangkok,Thailand. (Motorsport) (Autosport)
- In handball, Montenegro beats Norway 34–31 after double overtime in a thriller final of the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship inBelgrade, Serbia. (EHF) (THN)
- In ice hockey, Russia wins the 2012 Channel One Cup, the Moscow stage of Euro Hockey Tour, ahead of Sweden, Finland and Czech Republic. (RT) (RIA Novosti)
- In swimming, American swimmer Ryan Lochte with eight medals (six gold, one silver, one bronze) and two world records becomes the main hero of the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in a short course that ended in Turkey's Istanbul. (Eurosport) (Swimming World)
- British professional racing cyclist Bradley Wiggins wins the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award ahead of track and field athleteJessica Ennis and tennis player Andy Murray. (BBC)
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