January 2007 in sports

__NOTOC__
2007 in sports : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →

=31 January 2007 (Wednesday)=

*Cricket:
**West Indies in India, fourth ODI in Vadodara:
***cr|IND 341 (50 overs; Sachin Tendulkar 100*, Rahul Dravid 78, Sourav Ganguly 68) beat cr|West Indies 181 (41.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 55) by 160 runs. India win the series 3:1.
**2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya:
***cr|KEN 133/3 (32.1 overs) beat cr|NED 131 (46.2 overs) by 7 wickets (with 107 balls remaining).
***cr|SCO 276/4 (50 overs; Fraser Watts 70, Gavin Hamilton 64*, Dougie Brown 50*) beat cr|CAN 269/9 (50 overs; Ashish Bagai 137*, Ashif Mulla 48) by 7 runs.
***cr|IRE 276/6 (48.4 overs; William Porterfield 112*, Kevin O'Brien 54) beat cr|BER 275/8 (50 overs; Clay Smith 52, Dean Minors 51) by 4 wickets (with 8 balls remaining).

*Football (soccer):
**2007 ASEAN Football Championship, final, first leg:
***fb|SIN 2 fb|THA 1.
**FC Bayern Munich sack their coach Felix Magath, replacing him with Magath's predecessor Ottmar Hitzfeld after a string of poor performances in their defence of their Bundesliga title.

*Basketball:
**Euroleague, Group C
***CSKA Moscow flagicon|RUS, already assured of topping the group, win their 11th straight group match, manhandling Fenerbahçe Ülker flagicon|TUR 85-66 and ending Fener's very faint hopes of advancing to the Top 16. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=168 (Euroleague)]
***Benetton Treviso flagicon|ITA, already qualified for the Top 16, come from behind to defeat Eldo Napoli flagicon|ITA 64-62 away. The result leaves Eldo's hopes of the Top 16 hanging by a thread. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=165 (Euroleague)]
***Pau-Orthez flagicon|FRA punch their ticket to the Top 16 with a 68-56 win over Žalgiris flagicon|LTU. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=166 (Euroleague)]
***Although Aris TT Bank flagicon|GRC lose 82-75 at home in overtime to Winterthur FCB flagicon|ESP, they back into the Top 16 courtesy of Benetton's win over Eldo. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=167 (Euroleague)]
**US men's college basketball:
***(1) Florida 74, (24) Vanderbilt 64
***Indiana 71, (2) Wisconsin 66
***(3) North Carolina 105, Miami (FL) 64
***(4) Ohio State 78, Purdue 60
***(10) Texas A&M 73, Iowa State 49
***NC State 70, (16) Virginia Tech 59
***Gonzaga 90, (23) Stanford 86 (2 OT)

=30 January 2007 (Tuesday)=

*Cricket:
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Perth:
***cr|NZL 318/7 (Lou Vincent 76, Ross Taylor 71, Jacob Oram 54*) beat cr|ENG 260/8 (Ed Joyce 66, Paul Nixon 49) by 58 runs. New Zealand qualify to the final.
**2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya:
***cr|NED 201/2 (35 overs; Bas Zuiderent 77 not out) beat cr|CAN 200 (44 overs; Ashish Bagai 74) by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
***cr|SCO 284/7 (50 overs; Neil McCallum 100) beat cr|IRE 280/7 (50 overs; Jeremy Bray 116) by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

*Football (soccer):
**2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
***Final: fb|UAE 1 fb|OMA 0.

=29 January 2007 (Monday)=

*Cricket:
**2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya:
***cr|KEN 137 for 0 (18.1 overs; David Obuya 74*, Maurice Ouma 56*) beat cr|BER 133 (39.3 overs; Dean Minors 52) by ten wickets.

*Horse racing:
**The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is euthanized due to complications from the broken leg he suffered in that year's Preakness.

*Men's US college basketball:
**(8) Kansas 76, Nebraska 56
**(9) Pittsburgh 65, Villanova 59

=28 January 2007 (Sunday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - Final:
***Roger Federer flagicon|SUI [1] def Fernando González flagicon|CHI [10] 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4.
Federer becomes the first man to win a Grand Slam event without losing a set since Björn Borg accomplished the feat in the 1980 French Open.
**Mixed Doubles - Final:
***Daniel Nestor flagicon|CAN /Elena Likhovtseva flagicon|RUS def Max Mirnyi flagicon|BLR/Victoria Azarenka flagicon|BLR 6-4 6-4

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 3:
***cr|PAK 157 & 186, cr|RSA 183 & 161/5 (64 overs; Ashwell Prince 59 not out, Jacques Kallis 51). South Africa win by 5 wickets and win the series 2-1. Kallis is named both player of the match and player of the series.
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Perth:
***cr|AUS 343/5 (Matthew Hayden 117, Ricky Ponting 111) beat cr|NZL 335/5 (Jacob Oram 101*, Lou Vincent 66) by 8 runs.

*Football (soccer):
**2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg:
***fb|THA 0 fb|VIE 0. Thailand win 2-0 on aggregate.

*Golf:
**Tiger Woods wins his 7th consecutive PGA Tour event at the Buick Invitational in San Diego, California. This is the longest PGA Tour winning streak since Byron Nelson won 11 consecutive events in 1945.

*US college basketball:
**Men's
***(2) Wisconsin 57, Iowa 46
***Stanford 75, (3) UCLA 68
***(10) Duke 75, Boston College 61
***Virginia 64, (19) Clemson 63
***Georgia 57, (21) LSU 54
**Women's
***(2) North Carolina 84, (3) Maryland 71.

=27 January 2007 (Saturday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Women's singles - Final:
***Serena Williams flagicon|USA def Maria Sharapova flagicon|RUS [1] 6-1 6-2
**Men's Doubles - Final:
***Bob Bryan flagicon|USA / Mike Bryan flagicon|USA [1] def Jonas Bjorkman flagicon|SWE / Max Mirnyi flagicon|BLR [2] 7-5 7-5
**Boys' Singles - Final:
***Brydan Klein flagicon|AUS def Jonathan Eysseric flagicon|FRA [2] 6-2 4-6 6-1
**Girls' Singles - Final:
***Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova flagicon|RUS [1] def Madison Brengle flagicon|USA [16] 7-6(6) 7-6(3)

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 2:
***cr|PAK 157 & 186 all out (51.2 overs; Yasir Hameed 35), cr|RSA 183 all out (53.0 overs; Graeme Smith 64) & 36/2 (Graeme Smith 33 not out). South Africa trail by 124 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 2nd innings.
**West Indies in India, 3rd ODI in Chennai:
***cr|West Indies 270 for 7 (43.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 98, Brian Lara 83) beat cr|IND 268 (48 overs; Robin Uthappa 70, Sachin Tendulkar 66, Rahul Dravid 57) by 3 wickets. India lead the series 2:1.

*Figure skating - European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
**Carolina Kostner flagicon|ITA wins the gold in the ladies' event, silver goes to Sarah Meier flagicon|SUI and bronze to Kiira Korpi flagicon|FIN. For the first time in 25 years, Russian skaters failed to win any of the titles.

*Rugby union:
**For the fourth time in four Top 14 fixtures at Stade de France, Stade Français sets an all-time attendance record for a regular-season match in French sport, drawing 79,741 to see Stade defeat Toulouse 22-20. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3242,36-860715@51-805390,0.html ("Le Monde", in French)]

*Men's US college basketball
**(1) Florida 91, Auburn 66
**(3) UCLA 62, California 46
**(4) North Carolina 92, (17) Arizona 64. The Tar Heels hand Arizona its worst home loss ever under Lute Olson.
**(5) Ohio State 66, Michigan State 64
**(6) Texas A&M 70, Oklahoma 61
**(7) Oregon 77, (20) Washington State 74 (OT)
**(8) Kansas 97, Colorado 74
**(9) Pittsburgh 72, St. Joihn's 46
**Arkansas 63, (12) Alabama 57
**BYU 61, (16) Air Force 52

*Athletics (track and field):
**flagicon|ETH Tirunesh Dibaba set a world indoor record of 14 minutes, 27.42 seconds to win the women's 5,000 meters at the Boston Indoor Games.

=26 January 2007 (Friday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - semi final:
***Fernando González flagicon|CHI [10] def Tommy Haas flagicon|GER [12] 6-1 6-3 6-1
**Women's Doubles - final:
***Cara Black flagicon|ZIM/Liezel Huber flagicon|RSA [3] def Yung-Jan Chan flagicon|TPE/Chia-Jung Chuang flagicon|TPE 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 1:
***cr|PAK 157 all out (43.1 overs; Mohammad Yousuf 83), cr|RSA 131/5 (39.0 overs; Graeme Smith 64). South Africa trail by 26 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Adelaide:
***cr|ENG 110 (34.3 overs); cr|AUS 111/1 (24.3 overs). Australia win by 9 wickets (with 153 balls remaining).

*Football (soccer): Michel Platini, 51, is elected President of UEFA, defeating 77-year old incumbent Lennart Johansson who was seeking a fifth term of office. Platini is seeking to limit countries to a maximum of three entries in the UEFA Champions League. [http://www.playfuls.com/news_0000006393_ROUNDUP_Platini_Elected_UEFA_Boss_UEFA_Ponders_Euro_Expansion.html (Playfuls.com)]

*Figure skating - European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
**Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder flagicon|FRA win the gold medal in ice dance, beating Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin flagicon|RUS by just 0.31 pts. World champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski flagicon|BUL get the bronze.

=25 January 2007 (Thursday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - semi final:
***Roger Federer flagicon|SUI [1] def Andy Roddick flagicon|USA [6] 6-4 6-0 6-2
**Women's singles - semi finals:
***Maria Sharapova flagicon|RUS [1] def Kim Clijsters flagicon|BEL [4] 6-4 6-2
***Serena Williams flagicon|USA def Nicole Vaidišová flagicon|CZE [10] 7-6(5) 6-4

*Figure skating - European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
**Brian Joubert flagicon|FRA wins the gold in the men's event, Tomáš Verner flagicon|CZE the silver, and Kevin Van Der Perren flagicon|BEL the bronze.

*Basketball:
**Euroleague
***Eldo Napoli flagicon|ITA keep their hopes of a spot in the Top 16 alive with a 93-88 overtime win over Fenerbahçe Ülker flagicon|TUR, a result that all but eliminates the losers from Top 16 contention. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=153 (Euroleague)]
***Dynamo Moscow flagicon|RUS defeat fellow Top 16 qualifier Olympiacos flagicon|GRE 84-69, securing top spot in Group A for TAU Cerámica flagicon|ESP. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=148 (Euroleague)]
**Men's US college basketball
***(3) UCLA 62, California 46
***Washington 89, (7) Oregon 77
***(10) Duke 68, (19) Clemson 66
***Stanford 65, (25) USC 50

=24 January 2007 (Wednesday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - quarter finals:
***Fernando González flagicon|CHI [10] def Rafael Nadal flagicon|ESP [2] 6-2 6-4 6-3
***Tommy Haas flagicon|GER [12] def Nikolay Davydenko flagicon|RUS [3] 6-3 2-6 1-6 6-1 7-5
**Women's singles - quarter finals:
***Maria Sharapova flagicon|RUS [1] def Anna Chakvetadze flagicon|RUS [12] 7-6(5) 7-5
***Kim Clijsters flagicon|BEL [4] def Martina Hingis flagicon|SUI [6] 3-6 6-4 6-3

*Cricket:
**West Indies in India, second ODI in Cuttack:
***cr|IND 189 (48.2 overs; Dinesh Karthik 63) beat cr|West Indies 169 (48.2 overs; Shivnarine Chanderpaul 67) by 20 runs. India lead the 4-match series 2:0.
**ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
***cr|CAN 213/9 (50 overs; Abdool Samad 50) beat cr|KEN 144 (35.1 overs; Ravi Shah 48) by 69 runs.

*Basketball:
**Euroleague
***Benetton Treviso flagicon|ITA punches its ticket to the Top 16 phase, thrashing Pau-Orthez flagicon|FRA 87-66 at home. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=156 (Euroleague)]
**Men's US college basketball
***(1) Florida 70, Mississippi State 67
***(2) Wisconsin 71, Michigan 58
***(4) North Carolina 88, Wake Forest 60
***(5) Ohio State 59, Northwestern 50
***Texas Tech 70, (6) Texas A&M 68
***(8) Kansas 82, Baylor 56
***(9) Pittsburgh 67, Cincinnati 51
***Vanderbilt 64, (21) LSU 53

*Ice hockey:
**The Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference 12-9 in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas.

*Figure skating - European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
**Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy flagicon|GER win the gold medal in the pairs event, breaking the sequence of 11 straight wins for Russia. Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov flagicon|RUS win the silver medal, their 6th medal in a row, and Dorota Siudek and Mariusz Siudek flagicon|POL delight the home crowd with their bronze.

=23 January 2007 (Tuesday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - quarter finals:
***Roger Federer flagicon|SUI [1] def Tommy Robredo flagicon|ESP [7] 6-3 7-6(2) 7-5
***Andy Roddick flagicon|USA [6] def Mardy Fish flagicon|USA 6-2 6-2 6-2
**Women's singles - quarter finals:
***Nicole Vaidišová flagicon|CZE [10] def Lucie Šafářová flagicon|CZE 6-1 6-4
***Serena Williams flagicon|USA def Shahar Peer flagicon|ISR [16] 3-6 6-2 8-6

*Cricket:
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Adelaide:
***cr|NZL 210 (50 overs; Jacob Oram 86), cr|ENG 120 (37.5 overs). New Zealand win by 90 runs.
**ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
***cr|CAN 208 (44.3 overs), cr|SCO 209/8 (47.2 overs). Scotland win by 2 wickets (with 16 balls remaining).

*Men's US college basketball:
**Auburn 81, (12) Alabama 57
**St. John's 71, (22) Notre Dame 68
**Illinois 51, (23) Indiana 43

=22 January 2007 (Monday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - fourth round:
***Rafael Nadal flagicon|ESP [2] def Andy Murray flagicon|GBR [15] 6-7(3) 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-1
***Nikolay Davydenko flagicon|RUS [3] def Tomáš Berdych flagicon|CZE [13] 5-7 6-4 6-1 7-6(5)
***Fernando González flagicon|CHI [10] def James Blake flagicon|USA [5] 7-5 6-4 7-6(4)
***Tommy Haas flagicon|GER [12] def David Nalbandian flagicon|ARG [8] 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-3
**Women's singles - fourth round:
***Maria Sharapova flagicon|RUS [1] def Vera Zvonareva flagicon|RUS [22] 7-5 6-4
***Kim Clijsters flagicon|BEL [4] def Daniela Hantuchová flagicon|SVK [15] 6-1 7-5
***Martina Hingis flagicon|SUI [6] def Na Li flagicon|CHN [19] 4-6 6-3 6-0
***Anna Chakvetadze flagicon|RUS [12] def Patty Schnyder flagicon|SUI [8] 6-4 6-1

*American Football: NFL
**Bill Parcells announces his retirement as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys after three seasons.
**The Oakland Raiders name former Southern California offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, at age 31, their new head coach, making him the youngest head coach in NFL history.

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 4:
***cr|RSA 124 & 331, cr|PAK 265 & 191/5 (57.3 overs; Younis Khan 67 not out, Kamran Akmal 57 not out). Pakistan win by 5 wickets and levels the series to 1:1. Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan.

*U.S. thoroughbred horse racing: 2006 Eclipse Awards
**Invasor is named Outstanding Older Male and Horse of the Year.
**Bernardini wins 3-year-old colt honors.
**Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to a win in the Kentucky Derby, is named Outstanding Jockey.
**Todd Pletcher, whose stable set a North American record for prize money won in a year, wins his third straight Outstanding Trainer award.

*Women's US college basketball:
**(1) Duke 74, (4) Tennessee 70

=21 January 2007 (Sunday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - third round:
***Tommy Haas flagicon|GER [12] def Florian Mayer flagicon|GER 7-6(3) 6-3 6-3
***Tomáš Berdych flagicon|CZE [13] def Dmitry Tursunov flagicon|RUS [21] 6-2 6-1 6-1
**Men's singles - fourth round:
***Roger Federer flagicon|SUI [1] def Novak Đoković flagicon|SRB [14] 6-2 7-5 6-3
***Andy Roddick flagicon|USA [6] def Mario Ančić flagicon|CRO [9] 6-3 3-6 6-1 5-7 6-4
***Tommy Robredo flagicon|ESP [7] def Richard Gasquet flagicon|FRA [18] 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4
***Mardy Fish flagicon|USA def David Ferrer flagicon|ESP [16] 6-1 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5
**Women's singles - third round:
***Na Li flagicon|CHN [19] def Dinara Safina flagicon|RUS [9] 6-2 6-2
***Anna Chakvetadze flagicon|RUS [12] def Jelena Kostanic Tosic flagicon|CRO 6-4 6-4
***Daniela Hantuchová flagicon|SVK [15] def Ashley Harkleroad flagicon|USA 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4
**Women's singles - fourth round:
***Lucie Šafářová flagicon|CZE def Amelie Mauresmo flagicon|FRA [2] 6-4 6-3
***Shahar Peer flagicon|ISR [16] def Svetlana Kuznetsova flagicon|RUS [3] 6-4 6-2
***Nicole Vaidišová flagicon|CZE [10] def Elena Dementieva flagicon|RUS [7] 6-3 6-3
***Serena Williams flagicon|USA def Jelena Janković flagicon|SRB [11] 6-3 6-2

*American football:
**NFL Conference championships:
***NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14. The Bears take advantage of early Saints fumbles and powerful running from Thomas Jones to take a 16-0 lead in the second quarter. New Orleans pulls within two points in the third when Reggie Bush turns a short slant pattern into an 88-yard score. But Bernard Berrian makes a teriffic catch for a touchdown to make the score 25-14, then the Bears take advantage of two more Saints turnovers to pull away in the final period. Chicago advances to its first Super Bowl in 21 years. Also notable is that Bears head coach Lovie Smith becomes the first African American head coach to take his team to the Super Bowl.
***AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34. After years of playoff disappointments, Peyton Manning throws for 349 yards to lead the Colts to their first Super Bowl appearance since moving to Indianapolis in 1984. The Patriots pull out to a 21-3 lead in the second quarter when Asante Samuel returns a Manning interception for a touchdown. But Manning scores on a 1-yard run, then throws a 1-yard pass to Dan Klecko and hits a two-point conversion to tie the game. The teams exchange another touchdown and field goal before Joseph Addai runs in from 3 yards out to put on the Colts on top for the first time. Marlin Jackson picks off a Tom Brady pass to seal the victory. Colts head coach Tony Dungy joins Smith as the first pair of African American head coaches in Super Bowl history.
**In off-the-field news, the Pittsburgh Steelers named former Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin as their new head coach.

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 3:
***cr|RSA 124 & 331 (133.2 overs; Jacques Kallis 91), cr|PAK 265 & 8/0 (6 overs). Pakistan need 183 runs to win.
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Sydney:
***cr|NZL 218 all out (47.4 overs), cr|AUS 224/8 (48.4 overs). Australia win by 2 wickets with 8 balls remaining.
**West Indies in India, first ODI in Nagpur:
***cr|IND 338/3 (50 overs; Sourav Ganguly 98), cr|West Indies 324/8 (50 overs; Shivnarine Chanderpaul 149 not out). India win by 14 runs.
**ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
***cr|KEN 259/9 (50 overs; Ravi Shah 113), cr|SCO 253/8 (50 overs). Kenya win by 6 runs.

*Football (soccer):
**2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
***fb|BHR 1 fb|IRQ 1.
***fb|KSA 1 fb|QAT 1.
**To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the first BBC Radio football commentary (Arsenal–Sheffield United, 21 January 1927), BBC Five Live Sports Extra commentates the Arsenal–Manchester United FA Premier League match in 1927 style, complete with the pitch divided into eight numbered squares. Meanwhile BBC Radio Five Live commentates the same match in 2007 style. Arsenal won 2-1 through a Thierry Henry header in stoppage time, United remain 6 points in the lead in the Championship race. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6266771.stm (BBC)]

*Rugby union - Heineken Cup:
**Llanelli Scarlets flagicon|WAL, already assured of a home quarterfinal, become only the fifth team in the history of the competition to win all their matches in pool play, defeating London Irish flagicon|ENG 20-16 at home.
**The Scarlets are joined in this exclusive club about two hours later by Biarritz flagicon|FRA, who defeat Northampton Saints flagicon|ENG 17-8 away to win Pool 6. Both clubs were already assured of quarterfinal berths.

*Men's US college basketball:
**(24) Marquette 77, (6) Pittsburgh 74 (OT)
**(20) Notre Dame 82, South Florida 58

=20 January 2007 (Saturday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - third round:
***Rafael Nadal flagicon|ESP [2] def Stanislas Wawrinka flagicon|SUI [31] 6-2 6-2 6-2
***Nikolay Davydenko flagicon|RUS [3] def Fabrice Santoro flagicon|FRA 7-6(1) 6-2 6-2
***James Blake flagicon|USA [5] def Robby Ginepri flagicon|USA 7-6(7) 7-5 6-2
***David Nalbandian flagicon|ARG [8] def Sebastien Grosjean flagicon|FRA [28] 5-7 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1
***Fernando González flagicon|CHI [10] def Lleyton Hewitt flagicon|AUS [19] 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4
***Andy Murray flagicon|GBR [15] def Juan Ignacio Chela flagicon|ARG 6-3 6-2 6-4
**Women's singles - third round:
***Maria Sharapova flagicon|RUS [1] def Tathiana Garbin flagicon|ITA [30] 6-3 6-1
***Kim Clijsters flagicon|BEL [4] def Alona Bondarenko flagicon|UKR [29] 6-3 6-3
***Martina Hingis flagicon|SUI [6] def Aiko Nakamura flagicon|JPN 6-2 6-1
***Patty Schnyder flagicon|SUI [8] def Alicia Molik flagicon|AUS 3-6 6-2 6-0
***Vera Zvonareva flagicon|RUS [22] def Ana Ivanović flagicon|SRB [13] 6-1 6-2

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 2:
***cr|RSA 124 & 115/3 (52.0 overs; Jacques Kallis 50 not out), cr|PAK 265 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 92 not out). South Africa trail by 26 runs with 7 wickets remaining. Makhaya Ntini becomes the 22nd bowler, and third South African, to reach 300 Test wickets.
**ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
***cr|KEN win by walkover without a ball being bowled, after cr|CAN forfeited the match due to player illness.

*Rugby union - Heineken Cup:
**In a showdown for first place in Pool 1, London Wasps flagicon|ENG secure a home quarterfinal with a 16-13 away win over Castres flagicon|FRA.
**In Pool 3, Stade Français flagicon|FRA crush Calvisano flagicon|ITA 47-6 at home to win the pool.
**Also in Pool 3, Ospreys flagicon|WAL defeat Sale Sharks flagicon|ENG 18-7 away. However, Ospreys' failure to earn a bonus point left their hopes of a quarterfinal berth hanging by a thread, and also assured Northampton Saints flagicon|ENG a quarterfinal berth.
**Leicester Tigers flagicon|ENG win Pool 4 and a home quarterfinal by defeating Munster flagicon|IRE|rugby 13-6. This result eliminates Ospreys from further contention, as Munster now takes one of the two quarterfinal berths for second-place teams in pool play. The Tigers become the first visiting team ever to win at Munster's Thomond Park in Heineken Cup play.

*Men's college basketball:
**(1) Florida 79, Ole Miss 70
**(2) Wisconsin 71, Illinois 64
**(3) UCLA 73, (11) Arizona 69
**(4) North Carolina 77, Georgia Tech 61
**Texas Tech 69, (5) Kansas 64
**(7) Ohio State 82, Iowa 63
**(8) Texas A&M 67, (12) Oklahoma 49
**(9) Oregon 92, California 84
**(10) Alabama 78, Georgia 76
**New Mexico State 80, (15) Nevada 73
**Arkansas 72, (16) LSU 52
**Villanova 76, (21) Texas 69
**Vanderbilt 72, (25) Kentucky 67

=19 January 2007 (Friday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - third round:
***Roger Federer flagicon|SUI [1] def Mikhail Youzhny flagicon|RUS [25] 6-3 6-3 7-6(5)
***Andy Roddick flagicon|USA [6] def Marat Safin flagicon|RUS [26] 7-6(2) 2-6 6-4 7-6(2)
***Tommy Robredo flagicon|ESP [7] def Sam Querrey flagicon|USA 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 6-1
***Mario Ančić flagicon|CRO [9] def Dominik Hrbatý flagicon|SVK [22] 6-3 6-2 6-1
***Novak Đoković flagicon|SRB [14] def Danai Udomchoke flagicon|THA 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-1
***David Ferrer flagicon|ESP [16] def Radek Štěpánek flagicon|CZE [20] 6-7(5) 4-6 6-0 6-4 6-3
***Richard Gasquet flagicon|FRA [18] def Gaël Monfils flagicon|FRA 6-0 4-6 7-5 6-3
***Mardy Fish flagicon|USA def Wayne Arthurs flagicon|AUS 3-0 ret.
**Women's singles - third round:
***Amelie Mauresmo flagicon|FRA [2] def Eva Birnerová flagicon|CZE 6-3 6-1
***Svetlana Kuznetsova flagicon|RUS [3] def Maria Kirilenko flagicon|RUS [26] 6-1 6-4
***Serena Williams flagicon|USA def Nadia Petrova flagicon|RUS [5] 1-6 7-5 6-3
***Elena Dementieva flagicon|RUS [7] def Maria Elena Camerin flagicon|ITA 6-1 6-3
***Nicole Vaidišová flagicon|CZE [10] def Katarina Srebotnik flagicon|SLO [21] 6-4 6-4
***Jelena Janković flagicon|SRB [11] def Victoria Azarenka flagicon|BLR 6-3 6-4
***Shahar Peer flagicon|ISR [16] def Tatiana Golovin flagicon|FRA [20] 3-6 7-5 7-5
***Lucie Šafářová flagicon|CZE def Anastasiya Yakimova flagicon|BLR 6-3 ret.

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 1:
***South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first.
cr|RSA 124 all out (40 overs), cr|PAK 135/6 (40.2 overs). Pakistan lead by 11 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Brisbane:
***cr|ENG 155 (42 Overs overs), cr|AUS 156/6 (38.4 overs). Australia won by 4 Wickets.

*Team handball:
**2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
***flagicon|GER Germany 27 flagicon|BRA Brazil 22.

*National Football League:
**The Miami Dolphins hire San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Cam Cameron as their new head coach. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2736313 (ESPN)]
**USC quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian turns down the head coaching vacancy with the Oakland Raiders. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2736706 (ESPN)]

*Major League Baseball:
**Former Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija, projected as a first-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, abandons football in favor of a five-year, $10 million deal to pitch in the Chicago Cubs organization. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2736354 (ESPN)]
**Two free agents agree to contracts with new teams. Trot Nixon leaves the Boston Red Sox and signs with the Cleveland Indians, and David Wells agrees to remain with the San Diego Padres, pending a physical and minor contract details. Both agree to one-year deals for $3 million, with Wells' deal giving him the chance at an extra $4 million in incentives. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2735974 (ESPN, Nixon)] [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2736756 (ESPN, Wells)]

*Rugby union - Heineken Cup:
**In Pool 2, Leinster flagicon|IRE|rugby lose away 19-13 to Gloucester flagicon|ENG. Although the Irish side had already secured top spot in the pool and a quarterfinal place, the loss effectively cost them a home quarterfinal.
**This result secures a home quarterfinal for Llanelli Scarlets flagicon|WAL, already assured of first place in Pool 5.

=18 January 2007 (Thursday)=

*Field hockey:
**2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
***GER 2 ESP 1.
***NED 1 AUS 0. Netherlands qualify to the final.
***ARG 3 JPN 1.

*Basketball:
**Euroleague
***Maccabi Tel Aviv flagicon|ISR secure a place in the Top 16 with a 91-83 home win over Cibona flagicon|HRV. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=138 (Euroleague)]
***RheinEnergie Köln flagicon|DEU are mathematically eliminated from Top 16 contention after losing 72-61 to Prokom Trefl Sopot flagicon|POL. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=135 (Euroleague)]
***Le Mans flagicon|FRA are also mathematically eliminated from the Top 16 thanks to a 70-69 loss to Dynamo Moscow flagicon|RUS, Le Mans' sixth straight in the Euroleague. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=134 (Euroleague)]
**Men's college basketball:
***(3) UCLA 60, Arizona State 50
***(9) Oregon 66, Stanford 59
***Southern California 80, (11) Arizona 73

*Cricket:
**ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
***cr|CAN 292/5 (50 overs), cr|SCO 293/8 (49.5 overs). Scotland win by 2 wickets with 1 ball remaining.

=17 January 2007 (Wednesday)=

*Basketball:
**Euroleague:
***Unicaja Málaga flagicon|ESP hand Panathinaikos flagicon|GRE their first Euroleague loss of the season, 67-61. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=140 (Euroleague)]
***Efes Pilsen flagicon|TUR manhandle Olympiacos flagicon|GRE on the road 91-72, putting the Istanbul side in the Top 16. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=133 (Euroleague)]
**Men's college basketball:
***(2) Wisconsin 69, Purdue 64
***(4) North Carolina 77, (19) Clemson 55
***(7) Ohio State 73, Northwestern 41
***Vanderbilt 94, (10) Alabama 73
***Villanova 102, (20) Notre Dame 87
***Auburn 83, (22) Tennessee 80
***Florida State 82, (23) Virginia Tech 73

*Cricket:
**ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
***cr|KEN 328/5 (50 overs), cr|SCO 138 all out (38.2 overs). Kenya win by 190 runs.

=16 January 2007 (Tuesday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - first round:
***Rafael Nadal flagicon|ESP [2] def Robert Kendrick flagicon|USA 7-6(6) 6-3 6-2
***Nikolay Davydenko flagicon|RUS [3] def Sergio Roitman flagicon|ARG 6-2 7-5 6-2
***James Blake flagicon|USA [5] def Carlos Moyà flagicon|ESP 7-6(8) 6-2 6-4
***David Nalbandian flagicon|ARG [8] def Janko Tipsarević flagicon|SRB 6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(2) 6-0 2-1 Ret.
***Fernando González flagicon|CHI [10] def Evgeny Korolev flagicon|RUS 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-3 6-2
***Tommy Haas flagicon|GER [12] def Álbert Montañés flagicon|ESP 7-5 6-1 7-6(3)
***Tomáš Berdych flagicon|CZE [13] def Hyung-Taik Lee flagicon|KOR 6-1 6-2 6-2
***Andy Murray flagicon|GBR [15] def Alberto Martin flagicon|ESP 6-0 6-0 6-1
***Jarkko Nieminen flagicon|FIN [17] def Paul Goldstein flagicon|USA 5-7 6-2 7-6(4) 6-4
***Lleyton Hewitt flagicon|AUS [19] def Michael Russell flagicon|USA 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
***Dmitry Tursunov flagicon|RUS [21] def Alexander Waske flagicon|GER 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-4
***Florian Mayer flagicon|GER def Robin Soderling flagicon|SWE [23] 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-0
***Sebastien Grosjean flagicon|FRA [28] def Christophe Rochus flagicon|BEL 6-2 4-1 Ret.
***Arnaud Clement flagicon|FRA def Xavier Malisse flagicon|BEL [29] 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-4
***Stanislas Wawrinka flagicon|SUI [31] def Kevin Kim flagicon|USA 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-2
***Robby Ginepri flagicon|USA def Nicolás Almagro flagicon|ESP [32] 4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-3
**Women's singles - first round:
***Maria Sharapova flagicon|RUS [1] def Camille Pin flagicon|FRA 6-3 4-6 9-7
***Kim Clijsters flagicon|BEL [4] def Vasilisa Bardina flagicon|RUS 6-0 6-0
***Martina Hingis flagicon|SUI [6] def Nathalie Dechy flagicon|FRA 6-0 6-2
***Anna Chakvetadze flagicon|RUS [12] def Sybille Bammer flagicon|AUT 6-4 7-5
***Ana Ivanović flagicon|SRB [13] def Vania King flagicon|USA 6-2 6-0
***Samantha Stosur flagicon|AUS [24] def Klára Zakopalová flagicon|CZE 6-3 6-1
***Kaia Kanepi flagicon|EST def Flavia Pennetta flagicon|ITA [28] 7-5 7-6(3)
***Alona Bondarenko flagicon|UKR [29] def Stephanie Cohen-Aloro flagicon|FRA 6-1 7-6(6)
***Tathiana Garbin flagicon|ITA [30] def Emmanuelle Gagliardi flagicon|SUI 3-6 6-2 6-1
***Aiko Nakamura flagicon|JPN def Eleni Daniilidou flagicon|GRE [32] 6-4 6-0
*Cricket:
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Hobart:
***cr|NZL 205/9 (50 overs), cr|ENG 206/7 (49.5 overs). England won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining).

*American football:
** Former Denver Broncos tight end coach Tim Brewster signs as the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.

*Auto racing:
**NASCAR
*** Benny Parsons former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion dies of lung cancer at the age of 65.

*Field hockey:
**2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
***ESP 2 AUS 2.
***GER 1 JPN 0.
***NED 3 ARG 0.

*Men's college basketball:
**(6) Pittsburgh 63, UConn 54
**(11) Oklahoma State 105, (21) Texas 103 (3 OT)
**Utah 85, (13) Air Force 79

=15 January 2007 (Monday)=

*Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
**Men's singles - first round:
***Roger Federer flagicon|SUI [1] def Bjorn Phau flagicon|GER 7-5 6-0 6-4
***Mardy Fish flagicon|USA def Ivan Ljubičić flagicon|CRO [4] 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4
***Andy Roddick flagicon|USA [6] def Jo-Wilfried Tsonga flagicon|FRA 6-7(18) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-3: The first-set tiebreak, which Tsonga won 20-18, was the longest in Australian Open history.
***Tommy Robredo flagicon|ESP [7] def Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo flagicon|ESP 6-4 6-4 6-0
***Mario Ančić flagicon|CRO [9] def Go Soeda flagicon|JPN 6-4 6-3 6-2
***Marcos Baghdatis flagicon|CYP [11] def Rainer Schuettler flagicon|GER 6-4 2-6 6-3 6-2
***Novak Đoković flagicon|SRB [14] def Nicolás Massú flagicon|CHI 6-1 6-1 6-0
***David Ferrer flagicon|ESP [16] def Kristian Pless flagicon|DEN 7-5 6-4 6-3
***Richard Gasquet flagicon|FRA [18] def Filippo Volandri flagicon|ITA 6-4 6-4 6-2
***Radek Štěpánek flagicon|CZE [20] def Michael Llodra flagicon|FRA 6-2 6-4 6-0
***Dominik Hrbatý flagicon|SVK [22] def Jiří Vaněk flagicon|CZE 6-7(7) 7-6(1) 6-1 6-3
***Juan Carlos Ferrero flagicon|ESP [24] def Jan Hájek flagicon|CZE 3-0 Ret.
***Mikhail Youzhny flagicon|RUS [25] def Jan Hernych flagicon|CZE 7-6(6) 6-2 6-0
***Marat Safin flagicon|RUS [26] def Benjamin Becker flagicon|GER 5-7 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 6-4
***Sam Querrey flagicon|USA def Jose Acasuso flagicon|ARG [27] 6-7(2) 6-4 6-1 6-3
***Zack Fleishman flagicon|USA def Agustin Calleri flagicon|ARG [30] 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4
**Women's singles - first round:
***Amelie Mauresmo flagicon|FRA [2] def Shenay Perry flagicon|USA 6-3 6-4
***Svetlana Kuznetsova flagicon|RUS [3] def Jessica Moore flagicon|AUS 6-2 6-0
***Nadia Petrova flagicon|RUS [5] def Tamarine Tanasugarn flagicon|THA 6-3 6-2
***Elena Dementieva flagicon|RUS [7] def Stephanie Foretz flagicon|FRA 6-1 6-2
***Nicole Vaidišová flagicon|CZE [10] def Jill Craybas flagicon|USA 6-4 5-7 6-1
***Jelena Janković flagicon|SRB [11] def Aleksandra Wozniak flagicon|CAN 6-3 6-3
***Francesca Schiavone flagicon|ITA [14] def Sandra Kloesel flagicon|GER 6-4 6-4
***Shahar Peer flagicon|ISR [16] def Romina Oprandi flagicon|ITA 6-1 6-3
***Marion Bartoli flagicon|FRA [18] def Vera Dushevina flagicon|RUS 6-0 6-3
***Tatiana Golovin flagicon|FRA [20] def Anna Smashnova flagicon|ISR 6-3 6-1
***Katarina Srebotnik flagicon|SLO [21] def Casey Dellacqua flagicon|AUS 4-6 6-2 7-5
***Ai Sugiyama flagicon|JPN [23] def Sofia Arvidsson flagicon|SWE 6-3 6-4
***Elena Vesnina flagicon|RUS def Anabel Medina Garrigues flagicon|ESP [25] 6-7(7) 6-1 6-1
***Maria Kirilenko flagicon|RUS [26] def Karolina Sprem flagicon|CRO 3-6 6-3 6-1
***Serena Williams flagicon|USA def Mara Santangelo flagicon|ITA [27] 6-2 6-1
***Julia Schruff flagicon|GER def Jie Zheng flagicon|CHN [31] 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 5:
cr|PAK 313 & 302, cr|RSA 417 & 199/3 (60.5 overs). South Africa win by 7 wickets. Player of the match: Hashim Amla, South Africa.

*College basketball:
**Men's:
***(6) Kansas 70, Missouri 67
**Women's:
***(2) North Carolina 82, (7) UConn 76

=14 January 2007 (Sunday)=

*American football: National Football League divisional playoffs:
**NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT). Robbie Gould's 49-yard field goal 4:58 into overtime allows the Bears to host New Orleans next Sunday (January 21) in the NFC Championship Game.
**AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21: Stephen Gostkowski kicks a 31-yard field goal with 1:10 left, then Nate Kaeding misses a 54-yarder that would have sent the game into overtime. The Chargers commit five turnovers, which lead to 14 New England points. The Patriots will play the Indianapolis Colts next week for the AFC championship.
*In off-the-field news, the Arizona Cardinals name former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt as their new head coach.

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 4:
cr|PAK 313 & 302 all out, cr|RSA 417 & 69/2. South Africa need 130 more runs to win with 8 wickets remaining.
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Hobart:
***cr|AUS 289/8 (50 overs), cr|NZL 184 all out (38.3 overs). Australia win by 105 runs.

*Darts: 2007 BDO World Darts Championship:
**Martin Adams flagicon|ENG wins one version of the World Professional Darts Championship at his fourteenth attempt. Having won the first six sets, he lost the next six sets but prevailed 7-6 against fellow 50 year-old Phill Nixon flagicon|ENG in Surrey flagicon|ENG.

*Field hockey:
**2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
***NED 3 JPN 0.
***AUS 2 GER 1.
***ARG 4 ESP 1.

*Rugby union - Heineken Cup:
**Munster flagicon|IRE|rugby become the latest club to secure a quarterfinal berth with a 30-27 win over Bourgoin flagicon|FRA.

*Men's college basketball:
**(15) Oregon 79, (10) Arizona 77

=13 January 2007 (Saturday)=

*American football:
**National Football League divisional playoffs:
***AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens, 6. Adam Vinatieri's post-season record tying five field goals puts the Colts into the AFC Championship Game in their ancestral home. The Colts' defense had another solid game, forcing four turnovers and holding the Ravens to 87 rushing yards. Ray Lewis has 15 total tackles for Baltimore.
***NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24. The Saints, who put up 208 rushing yards, go on top on two second-half Deuce McAllister touchdowns. New Orleans wastes a chance to put the game away when Reggie Bush botches a pitch from Drew Brees, but a costly penalty forces the Eagles to punt with less than two minutes left. Three more McAllister runs clinch the victory and the first conference-championship appearance in Saints history.

*Tennis:
**ATP Tour:
***Medibank International in Sydney, Australia:
Final: (3) James Blake flagicon|USA beat Carlos Moya flagicon|ESP 6:3 5:7 6:1.
***Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
Final: (3) David Ferrer flagicon|ESP beat (1) Tommy Robredo flagicon|ESP 6:4 6:2.
**AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
Final: (3) Andy Roddick flagicon|USA beat (1) Roger Federer flagicon|SUI 6:2 3:6 6:3.

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 3:
cr|PAK 313 & 103/2 (33.0 overs), cr|RSA 417 all out (Ashwell Prince 138, Herschelle Gibbs 94). Pakistan trail by 1 run with 8 wickets remaining.

*Football (soccer):
**2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
***fb|IDN 3 fb|LAO 1.
***fb|SIN 0 fb|VIE 0.

*Field hockey:
**2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
***NED 3 ESP 1.
***AUS 3 JPN 0.
***ARG 2 GER 0.

*College basketball:
**Men's:
***Virginia Tech 94, (1) North Carolina 88. Eight days after the Hokies stun Duke, they claim the scalp of the top-ranked Tar Heels at home.
***(2) Florida 84, South Carolina 50
***(3) Wisconsin 56, Northwestern 50
***(4) UCLA 65, USC 64. Arron Afflalo scores the winning basket with 4 seconds left.
***(5) Ohio State 68, (16) Tennessee 66
***(6) Kansas 68, Iowa State 64 (OT)
***(7) Pittsburgh 74, Georgetown 69
***(8) Texas A&M 87, Colorado 69
***(9) Oklahoma State at Nebraska, postponed (ice storm)
***Maryland 92, (17) Clemson 87. The last unbeaten team in Division I men's basketball falls.
***Marquette 81, (21) West Virginia 63
***Stanford 71, (22) Washington State 68 (OT)
**Women's:
***(3) Duke 81, (1) Maryland 62. In a rematch of last season's national title game won by Maryland, the Blue Devils take revenge in front of the Cameron Crazies.

12 January 2007 (Friday)

*American football:
**The " [http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/487923p-410855c.html New York Daily News] " reports in today's editions that the NFL plans to stage a regular season game during the 2007 regular season at New Wembley Stadium in London, England between the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins.

*Tennis:
**2007 WTA Tour:
***Medibank International in Sydney, Australia:
Final: (3) Kim Clijsters flagicon|BEL beat Jelena Janković flagicon|SRB 4:6 7:6(1) 6:4.
***Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:
Final: (1) Anna Chakvetadze flagicon|RUS beat (Q) Vasilisa Bardina flagicon|RUS 6:3 7:6(3).

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 2:
***cr|PAK 313 all out, cr|RSA 254/4 (75.0 overs). South Africa trail by 59 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
**Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Melbourne:
*** cr|ENG 242/8 (50 overs), cr|AUS 243/2 (45.2 overs). Australia win by 8 wickets with 28 balls remaining.

*Basketball: Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup Wildcard Playoffs: The Sta. Lucia Realtors def. the Air21 Express, 121-118 via overtime to advance to the quarterfinals.

=11 January 2007 (Thursday)=

*Football (Soccer)
**Real Madrid announces that David Beckham will leave the team when his contract expires on June 30, and has already signed a contract to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in the United States beginning July 1, with a five-year deal worth $50 million (US; £25.6 million UK) in direct salary with a potential total payoff of $250 million/£128 million. The deal is believed to be largest for one player in history. [http://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=2007011&content_id=81586&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp (MLSNET.com)] [http://www.sportal.com.au/soccer.asp?i=news&id=93324 (Sportal)]

*Cricket:
**Pakistan in South Africa, First Test in Centurion, day 1:
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.
Pakistan 242/5 (84.0 overs)

*Basketball:
**Euroleague:
*** Dynamo Moscow flagicon|RUS defeat Prokom Trefl Sopot flagicon|POL 95-74. The win, combined with Olympiacos' flagicon|GRE 80-76 home win over Le Mans flagicon|FRA, assures Dynamo of a spot in the Top 16. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=123 (Euroleague)]
*** DKV Joventut flagicon|ESP also punch their ticket to the Top 16 with a 98-92 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv flagicon|ISR. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=128 (Euroleague)]
*** Panathinaikos flagicon|GRE become the first club to secure top spot in their group with a 79-69 away win over Lottomatica Roma flagicon|ITA. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=125 (Euroleague)]
*** Žalgiris flagicon|LTU lose at home 83-70 to Fenerbahçe Ülker flagicon|TUR, becoming the first club to be mathematically eliminated from advancement to the Top 16. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=130 (Euroleague)]
**Men's college basketball:
***(10) Arizona 83, Oregon State 72

=10 January 2007 (Wednesday)=

*College basketball:
**Men's
***(1) North Carolina 79, Virginia 69
***(6) Kansas 87, (9) Oklahoma State 57
***(7) Pittsburgh 59, DePaul 49
***Georgia Tech 74, (11) Duke 63. The Yellow Jackets send Duke to an 0-2 start in the ACC.
***UIC 73, (12) Butler 67 (OT)
***Vanderbilt 82, (16) Tennessee 81
***Marquette 73, (24) UConn 69
**Women's
***(8) Oklahoma 76, (9) Baylor 63

=9 January 2007 (Tuesday)=

*Baseball:
**Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof07/news/story?id=2725461 (ESPN)] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hall_of_fame_10 (AP)] .

*Football (soccer):
**Carling Cup 2006-07 quarter-final:
For the first time in 77 years, Liverpool concedes six goals at home in an astonishing 3-6 defeat by Arsenal, which will play archrival Tottenham Hotspur in the semifinal. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6236687.stm (BBC)]

*Cricket:
**cr|ENG in cr|AUS, Twenty20 International in Sydney:
Australia 221 for 5 (Gilchrist 48, Ponting 47, White 40*) beat England 144 for 9 (Dalrymple 32) by 77 runs. Australia crushes England after piling up the largest total at international level.
**Rain ruins the deciding ODI between cr|NZL and cr|SRI as the match is abandoned without a ball being bowled. The two sides were tied 2-2 after the first four games of the five match series.

*Men's college basketball:
**(3) Wisconsin 72, (5) Ohio State 69

=8 January 2007 (Monday)=

*American football: NCAA Bowl Championship Series
**BCS Championship Game: (2) Florida 41, (1) Ohio State 14. The Gators shock the previously undefeated Buckeyes to win the national championship. Florida holds the Buckeyes to 82 yards of total offense; Ohio State's quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, goes 4-for-14. Half of Ohio State's points come on Ted Ginn Jr.'s return of the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but Ginn injures his ankles in the celebration that follows and does not return.
**Boise State, the only undefeated team in Division I college football in 2006-07, wins one first-place vote in the year-end Associated Press poll, robbing the Gators of unanimity, and also becoming the second team in 3 seasons that was undefeated but not champion. Ohio State finishes number two despite the championship debacle.

*Basketball:
** The WNBA holds its dispersal draft from the roster of the defunct Charlotte Sting. The Chicago Sky make Monique Currie the top pick.

*Freestyle skiing:
**The International Ski Federation and the local organizing committee at Madonna di Campiglio agree to postpone the Freestyle Skiing World Championships. The event was originally scheduled for 22-January 27 but will be now held on 5-March 11. [http://www.eurosport.com/freestyleskiing/madonna-di-campiglio/2006-2007/sport_sto1049174.shtml]

=7 January 2007 (Sunday)=

*American football:
**NFL Wild Card Games:
***AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16. Asante Samuel's return of a Chad Pennington interception for a touchdown seals the win for the Patriots, who will play the San Diego Chargers in the next round.
***NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20. A 38-yard field goal by David Akers as time expires sents the Eagles to New Orleans for a divisional playoff against the Saints. Tiki Barber rushes for 137 yards in his apparent final game.
**NFL Coaching Changes:
***The Atlanta Falcons announce the hiring of Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino as their new head coach, giving him a five-year, $24-million contract.
**College football:
***GMAC Bowl at Mobile, Alabama: Southern Miss 28, Ohio 7.
*Tennis:
**ATP Tour - Next Generation Adelaide International in Adelaide, Australia:
***Final: (1) flagicon|SRB Novak Đoković beat (WC) flagicon|AUS Chris Guccione 6:3 6:7(6) 6:4.
**ATP Tour - Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
***Final: (3) flagicon|BEL Xavier Malisse beat flagicon|AUT Stefan Koubek 6:1 6:3.
*Ski Jumping:
**flagicon|NOR Anders Jacobsen wins the most prestigious title in ski jumping, the Four Hills Tournament, after finishing second behind teenager flagicon|AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer in Bischofshofen.
*Cross-country skiing:
**flagicon|GER Tobias Angerer and flagicon|FIN Virpi Kuitunen win the inaugural Tour de Ski with commanding performances in the concluding pursuits at Val di Fiemme in Italy.
*Golf:
**PGA Tour: flagicon|FIJ Vijay Singh wins his 30th PGA Tour title at the first event of the year, the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii. It is also his 18th PGA Tour win after turning 40, breaking Sam Snead's record. [http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2723782 (ESPN)]
*Alpine Skiing:
**Four-time Olympic champion flagicon|NOR Kjetil André Aamodt announces his retirement. Aamodt won 20 Olympic and world championship medals, the most of any male skier. [http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiing/sport_sto1047997.shtml]
*Athletics:
**Bahrain revoke the citizenship of Kenyan-born Mushir Salem Jawher after he took part in a marathon in Israel without permission. Jawher, whose original name is Leonard Mucheru Maina, won the Tiberias marathon on January 4. [http://www.eurosport.com/athletics/sport_sto1048679.shtml]

=6 January 2007 (Saturday)=

*American football:
**NFL Wild Card Games:
***AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8. The much-ridiculed Colts defense holds the Chiefs to 126 yards. Indianapolis is to play at Baltimore next week.
***NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20. The Cowboys have a chance to take the lead with a short field goal with 1:14 left, but holder Tony Romo mishandles the snap. Seattle will play the Chicago Bears in the next round.
**NFL non-playoff news:
***Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints is named NFL Coach of the Year. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2722296 (ESPN)]
**College football:
***International Bowl at Rogers Centre in Toronto:
Cincinnati 27, Western Michigan 24
***Greg Schiano of Rutgers is honored with the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award by the Football Writers Association of America.

*Tennis:
**ATP Tour - Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
***Final: (2) Ivan Ljubičić flagicon|CRO beat (4) Andy Murray flagicon|GBR 6:4 6:4.
**WTA Tour - Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia:
***Final: (2) Dinara Safina flagicon|RUS beat (1) Martina Hingis flagicon|SUI 6:3 3:6 7:5.
**WTA Tour - ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
***Final: (1) Jelena Janković flagicon|SRB beat (5) Vera Zvonareva flagicon|RUS 7:6(9) 5:7 6:3.

*Cricket:
**India in South Africa:
***Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 5:
cr|IND 414 & 169, cr|RSA 373 & 211/5 (64.1 overs). South Africa win by 5 wickets and win the Test series 2:1.
**Sri Lanka in New Zealand:
***Fourth one-day international in Auckland:
cr|SRI 262-6 (50 overs), cr|NZL 73-10 (26.3 overs). Sri Lanka win by 189 runs and levels the 5-match series 2:2.

*College basketball:
**Men's:
***(17) Oregon 68, (1) UCLA 66. Two days after the Ducks suffer their first loss to Southern California, they return the favor to the top-ranked Bruins at home. [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270062483 (ESPN)]
***Virginia Tech 69, (5) Duke 67 (OT)
***Washington State 77, (7) Arizona 73 (OT). The Cougars pounce in the Palouse, winning over Arizona for the first time since 1986.
***Arkansas 88, (8) Alabama 61
***(19) LSU 66, (14) UConn 49
***In NCAA Division III, Caltech defeats Bard 81-52, snapping a 60-game losing streak against all competition and a 207-game losing streak against NCAA opposition dating to 1996. [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2723039 (ESPN)]
**Women's:
***(4) Tennessee 70, (5) UConn 64. The Lady Vols win the latest round in arguably the biggest rivalry in women's basketball.

=5 January 2007 (Friday)=

*American football:
** Bill Cowher resigns as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers after 15 seasons. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2721349 (ESPN)]
** The San Diego Chargers' LaDainian Tomlinson, already named as NFL MVP, is named NFL Offensive Player of the Year. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2721299 (ESPN)]
** Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins is named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2721073 (ESPN)]
*Cricket:
**England in Australia:
***2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney, day 4:
cr|ENG 291 & 147 all out (58.0 overs), cr|AUS 393 & 46 for 0 (10.5 overs). Australia win by 10 wickets and completes the first Ashes 5-0 whitewash since the tour of 1920/21.
**India in South Africa:
***Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 4:
cr|IND 414 & 169 all out (64 overs), cr|RSA 373 & 55-2 (16.2 overs). South Africa need 156 runs with 8 wickets remaining to win the match and series.
*Tennis - 2007 Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
**Final: Russia flagicon|RUS (Nadia Petrova and Dmitri Tursunov) beat Spain flagicon|ESP (Anabel Medina Garrigues and Tommy Robredo) 2:1.
*Ice hockey - 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships at Ejendals Arena in Leksand, Sweden:
**Final: Canada flagicon|CAN beat Russia flagicon|RUS 4:2.
**Bronze medal match: USA flagicon|USA beat Sweden flagicon|SWE 2:1.

=4 January 2007 (Thursday)=

*American football:
**The Oakland Raiders fire head coach Art Shell. ( [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_raiders_shell_3 AP via Yahoo] )
**LaDainian Tomlinson wins the Associated Press' National Football League Most Valuable Player Award. ( [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_nfl_mvp_5 AP via Yahoo] )

*Cricket:
**England in Australia:
***2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 3:
cr|ENG 291 & 114 for 5 (43.0 overs), cr|AUS 393. England lead by 12 runs with 5 wickets left in the second innings.
**India in South Africa:
***Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 3:
First innings: cr|IND 414, RSA 373.

*Basketball - Euroleague:
** Greek power Olympiacos flagicon|GRE becomes the latest team to secure a place in the Top 16 phase with a 73-64 away win over Prokom Trefl Sopot flagicon|POL. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=110 (Euroleague)]

*Ski Jumping - 2006-07 Four Hills Tournament:
**flagicon|NOR Anders Jacobsen wins the 3rd leg at Innsbruck, ahead of flagicon|AUT Thomas Morgenstern and flagicon|SUI Simon Ammann. Jacobsen also leaps to the top of the overall standing, 10.7 points ahead of flagicon|FIN Arttu Lappi.

*Tennis:
**Women's world Number 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne pulls out of the 2007 Australian Open, citing undisclosed family issues. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2719442 (ESPN)]

=3 January 2007 (Wednesday)=

*Cricket:
**England in Australia:
***2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 2:
First innings: cr|ENG bowled out for 291 (103.4 overs), cr|AUS 188 for 4 (55.0 overs).
**India in South Africa:
***Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 2:
First innings: cr|IND 414 all out, cr|RSA 114-1 in 41.0 overs.

*American college football:
**Nick Saban, head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL, agrees to become head coach at Alabama. Contract details are still pending, but the contract is believed to be the most lucrative ever for a college football coach. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2718488 (ESPN)]
**BCS: Allstate Sugar Bowl, (8) LSU 41, (11) Notre Dame 14.

*Basketball:
**Euroleague:
***Two Spanish clubs punch their tickets to the Top 16 phase — TAU Cerámica flagicon|ESP with a 97-68 home victory over RheinEnergie Köln flagicon|DEU and Winterthur FCB flagicon|ESP with an 84-67 home win over Žalgiris Kaunas flagicon|LTU. [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=112 (Euroleague – TAU)] , [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=120 (Euroleague – Barça)]
**WNBA:
***The Charlotte Sting, one of the league's eight original franchises, fold. The Charlotte Bobcats, who had owned the team since being awarded the NBA's newest franchise in 2004, gave up control of the team three weeks earlier, and the WNBA could not find a buyer. [http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/news/story?id=2718956 (ESPN)]
***Van Chancellor, who coached the Houston Comets since the league's inception in 1997 and coached the team to the first four WNBA championships, resigns. [http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/news/story?id=2718967 (ESPN)]

*Ice hockey - 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships:
**Canada flagicon|CAN and Russia flagicon|RUS advance to the gold medal game, with victories over USA flagicon|USA and Sweden flagicon|SWE respectively in the semifinals.

=2 January 2007 (Tuesday)=

*Cricket:
**England in Australia:
***2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 1:
cr|AUS leads the series 4-0. cr|ENG won the toss and decided to bat first.
England first innings, at stumps: 234 for 4 (80.0 overs). Ian Bell paced England with 71 runs, including a 108-run partnership with Kevin Pietersen. Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood stood on an unbeaten 67 at stumps. Glenn McGrath, in his final Test, bowled 2/57, taking the wickets of Bell and Pietersen in five balls. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6222185.stm (BBC)] , [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/current/match/249226.html (Cricinfo scorecard)]
**India in South Africa:
***Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 1:
Series tied 1-1. India won the toss and chose to bat first.
cr|IND 254-3 (90.0 overs). India's opening batsmen, Wasim Jaffer (116) and Dinesh Karthik (95), shared a first-wicket stand of 153.
**Sri Lanka in New Zealand:
***Third one-day international in Christchurch:
cr|SRI 112 in 35.2 overs (D/L target: 110 for 46), cr|NZL 110-6 in 24.3 overs.
New Zealand win by 4 wickets and lead the 5-match series 2-1.

*American college football:
**Bowl Championship Series: FedEx Orange Bowl, (5) Louisville 24, (15) Wake Forest 13

=1 January 2007 (Monday)=

*American football:
**College football - New Year's Day bowl games:
***BCS Games:
****Rose Bowl, (8) Southern California 32, (3) Michigan 18. Dwayne Jarrett (11 receptions, 204 yards, 2 TDs) and John David Booty (27-45, 390 yards, 4 TDs) shred the Wolverines secondary.
****Fiesta Bowl, (9) Boise State 43, (7) Oklahoma 42 (OT). In a game that "will go down as one of best games in college football history", according to Arash Markazi, writer for SI.com [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/01/02/inside.boise/?cnn=yes] , the Broncos send it into overtime with a hook-and-ladder play on 4th and 18, score a touchdown in overtime on a halfback pass, then run a Statue of Liberty play to score the winning two-point conversion.
***Non-BCS Games:
****Outback Bowl, Penn State 20, (17) Tennessee 10. Nittany Lions cornerback Tony Davis breaks a fourth-quarter tie with an 88-yard fumble return for a touchdown.
****Capital One Bowl, (6) Wisconsin 17, (12) Arkansas 14. John Stocco throws two first-half touchdowns, and the Badgers defense holds on.
****Gator Bowl, (13) West Virginia 38, Georgia Tech 35. Pat White throws for two third-quarter touchdowns and rushes for a third to erase an 18-point hole.
****Cotton Bowl, Auburn 17, Nebraska 14.
**NFL News:
***Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams is killed in a drive-by shooting outside a Denver nightclub.
***Two coaches are fired: Jim Mora of the Atlanta Falcons and Dennis Green of the Arizona Cardinals.
***Domanick Davis, the franchise-leading rusher of the Houston Texans who sat out the 2006 NFL season with knee issues, changes his name to Domanick Williams, and is permitted to change his number from 37 to 31. Williams is his mother's maiden name, whereas Davis was the last name of his half-brother's father. 31 was the number he had in high school and college. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2716848 (ESPN)]

*College basketball: Texas Tech defeats New Mexico, 70-68 in coach Bob Knight's 880th career victory. Knight passes Dean Smith for first place all-time.

*Darts: 2007 PDC World Darts Championship:
**Raymond van Barneveld battles from 3 sets to 0 down to win his first PDC title and fifth world title overall 7-6 in the sudden-death leg versus Phil Taylor who maintaines his record of reaching every single PDC World Championship final to date.

*Ski jumping: 2006-07 Four Hills Tournament:
** Andreas Küttel flagicon|SUI wins the second competition in windy and rainy conditions in the traditional 1 January ski jumping meeting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Due to the wind and rain the second jump of the day was cancelled, which saw Küttel reducing the gap to leader Gregor Schlierenzauer flagicon|AUT to three points.

*Tennis: 2007 ATP Tour:
**In the Next Generation Adelaide International for the first time in history besides the Tennis Masters Cup a round-robin competition is in use to replace the normally used 32 player brackets. The new system will be used in several other tournaments throughout the season.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

January 2008 in sports — NOTOC Portal:Current events/News BrowserSee also: 2008 in sports, 31 January 2008 (Thursday)* Association football: 2008 Africa Cup of Nations: **Last day of the group stages. **Group D: fb rt|SEN 1 1 fb|RSA **Group D: fb rt|TUN 0 0 fb|ANG ***Two … Wikipedia
January 2007 North American ice storm — 2007 North American ice storm Storm type: Series of cyclonic systems mostly ice, some heavy snow Formed: January 11, 2007 Dissipated: January 24, 2007 Maximum amount:* 4 inches + (10 cm) of ice (Oklahoma … Wikipedia
2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season — Sportscar season Sportscar series = Rolex Sports Car Series Current = 2007 Next = 2008 Previous = 2006The 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the eighth season of the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve.… … Wikipedia
Sports calendar January 2007 — NOTOC This is an archived selection of sports events that took place in January 2007. Next month: February 2007Previous month: December 2006 … Wikipedia
January 2006 in sports — NOTOC 2006 in sports : ← January February March April May June July August September October November December → 31 January 2006 (Tuesday)*Football: 2006 African Cup of Nations **Group D: Nigeria 2 ndash;1 Senegal Nigeria finishes with a perfect… … Wikipedia
December 2007 in sports — See also: 2007 in sports << December 2007 >> S M T W T F S … Wikipedia
May 2007 in sports — See also: 2007 in sports << May 2007 >> S M T W T F S … Wikipedia
March 2007 in sports — See also: 2007 in sports << March 2007 >> S M T W T F S … Wikipedia
October 2007 in sports — See also: 2007 in sports << October 2007 >> S M T W T F S … Wikipedia
November 2007 in sports — See also: 2007 in sports << November 2007 >> S M T W T F S … Wikipedia

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

January 2007 in sports

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Wikipedia

January 2007 in sports

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link