January 2009 in sports

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Deaths in January[]

Main article: Deaths in January 2009

Current sporting seasons[]

American football 2008[]

Auto racing 2008[]

Basketball 2008–09[]

Cricket 2008–09[]

Football (soccer)[]

Golf 2009[]

  • European Tour
  • PGA Tour

Ice hockey 2008–09[]

Rugby union 2008–09[]

Winter sports[]

Days of the month[]

January 31, 2009 (Saturday)[]

American football[]

  • NCAA Bowl Games:
    • 2009 Texas vs. The Nation Game in El Paso, Texas:
      • The Nation 27, Texas 24
        • In college football's season finale, Florida Atlantic's Frantz Joseph, with a 26-yard interception and a 32-yard fumble return, led The Nation team to a 27–24 victory over the Texas squad. Joseph was also named the game's defensive Most Valuable Player.

Cricket[]

  • India in Sri Lanka:
    • 2nd ODI at Colombo:
      •  India 256/9 (50 ov);  Sri Lanka 241 (49.2 ov). India win by 15 runs and lead 5-match series 2–0.
  • Zimbabwe in Kenya:
    • 3rd ODI in Nairobi:
      •  Kenya 234 (49.3 ov);  Zimbabwe 236/6 (48.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 4 wickets and win 5-match series 3–0.

Mixed martial arts[]

  • UFC 94 in Las Vegas

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 13:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Women's singles final:
      • Serena Williams United States (2) beat Dinara Safina Russia (3) 6–0, 6–3
        • Serena Williams wins her fourth Australian Open and tenth Grand Slam title, and will claim the Women's World #1 ranking.
    • Men's doubles final:
      • Bob Bryan United States/Mike Bryan United States (2) beat Mahesh Bhupathi India/Mark Knowles The Bahamas (3) 2–6, 7–5, 6–0
        • The Bryans win their third Australian Open and seventh Grand Slam men's doubles title.

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
    • Downhill: cancelled
  • Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
    • Super giant slalom: postponed to February 1.
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
    • Women sprint freestyle: (1) Pirjo Muranen Finland (2) Arianna Follis Italy (3) Magda Genuin Italy
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 1220 points (2) Petra Majdič Slovenia 1090 Virpi Kuitunen Finland 1069
    • Men sprint freestyle: (1) Renato Pasini Italy (2) Alexei Petukhov Russia (3) Anton Gafarov Russia
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 906 points (2) Petter Northug Norway 698 (3) Axel Teichmann Germany 649
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
    • Half-pipe men:
    • Half-pipe women:
    • Dual moguls men:
    • Dual moguls women:
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan Norway 26min 06sec 8/10 (25th) (2) Anssi Koivuranta Finland at 9.2 (1st) (3) Bjorn Kircheisen Germany 32.9 (8th)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 22 events): (1) Koivuranta 853 points (2) Moan 801 (3) Kircheisen 709
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
    • 134m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 253.3 points (133.0/120.5m) (2) Thomas Morgenstern Austria 216.9 (112.0/123.5) (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 211.2 (112.0/119.5)
      • Schlierenzauer wins fourth World Cup in a row.
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 18 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 1420 points, (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 1248, (3) Loitzl 1166
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Bayrischzell/Sudelfeld, Germany:
    • Parallel GS men: (1) Andreas Prommegger Austria (2) Matthew Morrison Canada (3) Sylvain Dufour France
    • Parallel GS women: (1) Doris Guenther Austria (2) Amelie Kober Germany (3) Nicolien Sauerbreij Netherlands
Speed skating[]
  • World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany:
    • Men's 500 m:
    • Men's 1500 m
    • Women's 500 m:
    • Women's 3000 m:

January 30, 2009 (Friday)[]

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 5th ODI in Perth:
      •  South Africa 288/6 (50 ov);  Australia 249 (49 ov). South Africa win by 39 runs and win the series 4–1.

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Semifinals:
      • Costa Rica  1–0  El Salvador
      • Honduras  0–1  Panama

Handball[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 12:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles semifinals:
      • Rafael Nadal Spain (1) beat Fernando Verdasco Spain (14) 6–7 (4), 6–4, 7–6 (2), 6–7 (1), 6–4
    • Women's doubles final:
      • Serena Williams United States/Venus Williams United States (10) beat Daniela Hantuchová Slovakia/Ai Sugiyama Japan (9) 6–3, 6–3
        • The Williams sisters win their third Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam title.

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
    • Slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 1:47.17 (52.49 + 54.68) (2) Maria Riesch Germany at 0.90 (53.05 + 55.02) (3) Marusa Ferk Slovenia 1.16 (53.61 + 54.72)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 21 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1014 pts (2) Riesch 890 (3) Kathrin Zettel Austria & Anja Paerson Sweden 775
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
    • Women 10 km freestyle: (1) Marianna Longa Italy 25min 22.6sec (2) Arianna Follis Italy at 0.4sec (3) Stephanie Böhler Germany 1.6
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 1170 points (2) Petra Majdič Slovenia 1054 (3) Virpi Kuitunen Finland 1045
    • Men 15 km freestyle: (1) Tobias Angerer Germany 36:05.9 (2) Jean Marc Gaillard France 0.7 (3) Sergei Dolidovich Belarus 1.0
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 906 points (2) Petter Northug Norway 698 (3) Axel Teichmann Germany 649
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
    • Aerials men: (1) Ryan St. Onge United States 254.89 points (2) China 249.79 (3) Steve Omischl Canada 247.92
    • Aerials women: (1) Li Nina China 194.67 points (2) Guo Xinxin China 191.54 (3) Emily Cook United States 178.21
Speed skating[]
  • World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany:
    • Men's 500 m: (1) Yu Fengtong China 35.03 (2) Keiichiro Nagashima Japan 35.04 (3) Tucker Fredricks United States 35.12
    • Men's 5000 m: (1) Sven Kramer Netherlands 6:16.02 (2) Håvard Bøkko Norway 6:22.37 (3) Bob de Jong Netherlands 6:23.45
    • Women's 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf Germany 37.58 (2) Yu Jing China 38.18 (3) Jin Peiyu China 38.30
    • Women's 1500 m: (1) Anni Friesinger Germany 1:56.90 (2) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany 1:58.13 (3) Ireen Wüst Netherlands 1:58.54

January 29, 2009 (Thursday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
    • Group E:
      • AJ Milano Italy 76–74 Greece Olympiacos
    • Group F:
      • Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 96–65 Germany ALBA Berlin
    • Group G:
      • Panathinaikos Greece 81–63 Serbia Partizan Igokea
      • Lottomatica Roma Italy 75–88 Spain Unicaja Málaga
    • Group H:

Cricket[]

  • Zimbabwe in Kenya:
    • 2nd ODI in Mombasa:
      •  Zimbabwe 351/7 (50 ov);  Kenya 200 (45.1 ov). Zimbabwe win by 151 runs and lead 5-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Fifth place:
      • Nicaragua  2–0  Guatemala
        • Nicaragua qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Handball[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 11:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles semifinals:
      • Roger Federer Switzerland (2) bt Andy Roddick United States (7) 6–2, 7–5, 7–5
    • Women's singles semifinals:
      • Serena Williams United States (2) bt Elena Dementieva Russia (4) 6–3, 6–4
      • Dinara Safina Russia (3) bt Vera Zvonareva Russia (7) 6–3, 7–6 (4)

Winter sports[]

Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:

January 28, 2009 (Wednesday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
    • Group E:
      • TAU Cerámica Spain 99–77 Poland Asseco Prokom Sopot
    • Group F:
    • Group H:
      • Cibona Zagreb Croatia 88–81 Italy Montepaschi Siena

Cricket[]

  • India in Sri Lanka:
    • 1st ODI at Dambulla:
      •  Sri Lanka 246/7 (50 ov);  India 247/4 (48.1 ov). India win by 6 wickets and lead 5-match series 1–0.

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 10:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles quarterfinals:
      • Rafael Nadal Spain (1) bt Gilles Simon France (6) 6–2, 7–5, 7–5
      • Fernando Verdasco Spain (14) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France (5) 7–6 (2), 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
    • Women's singles quarterfinals:
      • Serena Williams United States (2) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia (8) 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
      • Elena Dementieva Russia (4) bt Carla Suárez Navarro Spain 6–2, 6–2

January 27, 2009 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Zimbabwe in Kenya:
    • 1st ODI in Mombasa:
      •  Zimbabwe 306/7 (50 ov);  Kenya 197 (46.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 109 runs and lead 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Group 2:
      •  Panama 1–0  Guatemala
        • Panama advance to the semifinals and qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup. Guatemala will play for 5th place.

Handball[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 9:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles quarterfinals:
      • Roger Federer Switzerland (2) bt Juan Martín del Potro Argentina (8) 6–3, 6–0, 6–0
      • Andy Roddick United States (7) bt Novak Djokovic Serbia (3) 6–7 (3), 6–4, 6–2, 2–1, retired
    • Women's singles quarterfinals:
      • Dinara Safina Russia (3) bt Jelena Dokić Australia 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
      • Vera Zvonareva Russia (7) bt Marion Bartoli France (16) 6–3, 6–0

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Schladming, Austria:
    • Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst Austria 1:37.32 ( 47.73 + 49.59) (2) Manfred Pranger Austria 1:38.48 ( 48.31 + 50.17) (3) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 1:38.55 ( 48.83 + 49.72)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 25 of 37 races): (1) Kostelic 735 pts (2) Benjamin Raich Austria 660 Jean-Baptiste Grange France 656

January 26, 2009 (Monday)[]

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 4th ODI in Adelaide:
      •  Australia 222 (48 ov);  South Africa 223/2 (38.1 ov). South Africa wins by 8 wickets, and wins series, 3–1 with one match remaining.

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Group 1:
      • Nicaragua  1–1  Belize
      • Honduras  2–0  El Salvador
        • Honduras and El Salvador advance to the semifinals and qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup. Nicaragua will play in 5th place playoff.

Handball[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 8:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 4th round:
      • Rafael Nadal Spain (1) bt Fernando González Chile (13) 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
      • Fernando Verdasco Spain (14) bt Andy Murray United Kingdom (4) 2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
      • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France (5) bt James Blake United States (9) 6–4, 6–4, 77-63
      • Gilles Simon France (6) bt Gaël Monfils France (12) 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, retired
    • Women's singles 4th round:

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
    • Super giant slalom: (1) Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Sweden 1:25.13 (2) Austria 1:25.94 (2) Andrea Dettling Switzerland 1:26.00
      • World Cup overall standings (after 20 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 914 pts (2) Maria Riesch Germany 810 (3) Anja Paerson Sweden & Kathrin Zettel Austria 775

January 25, 2009 (Sunday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Sports cars endurance racing:
    • 24 Hours of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States:
      • (1) David Donohue United States Antonio García Spain Darren Law United States Buddy Rice United States
      • (2) Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia Scott Pruett United States Memo Rojas Mexico
      • (3) João Barbosa Portugal Terry Borcheller United States J. C. France United States Hurley Haywood United States
        • In the closest contested finish in the history of major international 24-hour endurance racing, the No. 58 Brumos Racing-run Riley–Porsche held off the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates-run Riley-Lexus by just 0.167 seconds after 2,616.6 miles (4,211.0 km).

Cycling[]

  • UCI ProTour:
    • Tour Down Under:
      • Stage 6, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km: (1) Francesco Chicchi Italy Liquigas 1hr 42min 00, (2) Robbie McEwen Australia same time, (3) Graeme Brown Australia s.t.
        • Final standing: (1) Allan Davis Australia 19hr 26min 59sec, (2) Stuart O'Grady Australia at 25secs, (3) Jose Rojas Spain 30 ...29. Lance Armstrong United States 49

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Group 2:
      •  Guatemala 1–3  Costa Rica
        • Costa Rica advance to the semifinals.

Golf[]

Handball[]

Ice hockey[]

  • NHL All-Star Game in Montreal, Canada:
    • East 12, West 11 (OT)

Rugby union[]

  • Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
    (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
    • Pool 1:
      • Montauban France 13–39 (Ireland) Munster
        • Munster, assured of a quarterfinal berth last weekend, secure a home quarterfinal.
    • Pool 2:
      • Leinster (Ireland) 12–3 Scotland Edinburgh
        • Leinster's win and Wasps' loss send the Irish through as pool winners.
      • Castres France 21–15 England London Wasps
        • A Castres try four minutes from time eliminates Wasps from European competition, which also assure Wales Ospreys a quarterfinal spot.
    • Pool 5:
      • Bath England 3–3 France Toulouse
        • A dour draw played in a downpour at The Rec sees both teams go through to the quarterfinals.
      • Glasgow Warriors Scotland 13–10 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
    • Quarterfinal matchups (to be played weekend of 10–12 April):
      • (1) Cardiff Blues Wales – France Toulouse (8)
      • (2) Munster (Ireland) – Wales Ospreys (7)
      • (3) Harlequins England – (Ireland) Leinster (6)
      • (4) Leicester Tigers England – England Bath (5)

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 7:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 4th round:
    • Women's singles 4th round:
      • Marion Bartoli France (16) bt Jelena Janković Serbia (1) 6–1 6–4
      • Dinara Safina Russia (3) bt Alizé Cornet France (15) 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
      • Vera Zvonareva Russia (7) bt Nadia Petrova Russia (10) 7–5, 6–4
      • Jelena Dokić Australia bt Alisa Kleybanova Russia (29) 7–5, 5–7, 8–6

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
    • Slalom: (1) Julien Lizeroux France 1min 33.83sec (46.88 + 46.95) (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 1:33.91 (45.88 + 48.03) (3) Patrick Thaler Italy 1:34.50 (47.20 + 47.30)
    • Combined: (1) Silvan Zurbriggen Switzerland 3min 33.38sec (2) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 3:33.87 (3) Natko Zrnčić-Dim Croatia 3:36.36
      • World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 38 races): (1) Kostelic 675 pts (2) Benjamin Raich Austria 660 (3) Grange 656
  • Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
    • Giant slalom: (1) Kathrin Zettel Austria 2:47.10 (1:19.47 + 1:27.63) (2) Michaela Kirchgasser Austria 2:48.49 (1:20.18 + 1:28.31) (3) Elisabeth Görgl Austria 2:48.81 (1:19.09 + 1:29.72)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 19 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 882 pts (2) Maria Riesch Germany 810 (3) Anja Pärson Sweden 775
Bandy[]
Biathlon[]
  • in Antholz, Italy:
    • Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: (1) Ekaterina Iourieva Russia 36min 37.8sec (0) (2) Helena Jonsson Sweden at 13.4sec (1) (3) (FIN) 27.8 (2) ... 7. Magdalena Neuner Germany 46.0 (5)
      • Neuner had a comfortable lead going to the last shoot, but she missed all 5 targets and finished in seventh place.
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Iourieva 567 points (2) Kati Wilhelm Germany 520 (3) Neuner 502
    • Men's 15 km Mass Start: (1) Christoph Stephan Germany 37:19.9 (1 penalty) (2) Dominik Landertinger Austria at 0.2 (3) (3) Ivan Tcherezov Russia 2.8 (2)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 568 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Poland 554 (3) Carl-Johan Bergman Sweden 456
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
    • Men's classic sprint: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway (2) Øystein Pettersen Norway (3) Norway
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 880 points (2) Petter Northug Norway 698 (3) Axel Teichmann Germany 631
    • Women's classic sprint: (1) Petra Majdič Slovenia (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland (3) Virpi Kuitunen Finland
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races): (1) Saarinen 1138 points (2) Majdic 1043 (3) Kuitunen 1027
Figure skating[]
  • United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
    • Men: (1) Jeremy Abbott 241.89pts (2) Brandon Mroz 229.70 (3) Evan Lysacek 229.10
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
    • Aerials men: (1) Steve Omischl Canada 242.45 pts (2) Timofei Slivets Belarus 240.95 (3) Thomas Lambert Switzerland 233.95
    • Aerials women: (1) Lydia Lassila Australia 185.94 pts (2) Cheng Shuang China 181.18 (3) China 170.41
Luge[]
  • World Cup 7 in Altenberg, Germany:
    • Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler Italy (2) Felix Loch Germany (3) David Möller Germany
      • World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 601 points (2) Möller 525 (3) Jan Eichhorn Germany 430
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    • 140m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 293.2pts (137.5/149.0 m), (2) Thomas Morgenstern Austria 291.7 (140.5/141.0), (3) Ville Larinto Finland 272.3 (137.0/149.0)
      • Schlierenzauer scores third win in a row and fifth in six events.
      • World Cup standings (17 of 28 rounds): (1) Schlierenzauer 1320pts, (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 1212, (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 1106
Speed skating[]
  • World Cup 6 in Kolomna, Russia:
    • Men:
      • 100 m: (1) Yuya Oikawa Japan 09.61 (2) Joji Kato Japan 09.66 (3) Zhang Zhongqi China 09.81
      • 500 m: (1) Tucker Fredricks United States 34.81 (2) Keiichiro Nagashima Japan 34.87 (3) Yu Fengtong China 34.89
      • 1000 m: (1) Denny Morrison Canada 1:08.53 (2) Stefan Groothuis Netherlands 1:08.67 (3) Mark Tuitert Netherlands 1:09.09
    • Women:
      • 100 m: (1) Jenny Wolf Germany 10.33 (2) Judith Hesse Germany 10.56 (3) Xing Aihua China 10.59
      • 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf Germany 37.67 (2) Jin Peiyu China 38.01 (3) Yu Jing China 38.13
      • 1000 m: (1) Margot Boer Netherlands 1:15.79 (2) Anni Friesinger Germany 1:15.81 (3) Christine Nesbitt Canada 1:15.85

January 24, 2009 (Saturday)[]

College Football bowl game[]

  • 2009 Senior Bowl, Mobile, Alabama
    • South 35, North 18
      • West Virginia's Pat White led the all-star South squad to a 35–18 victory in the annual game.

Cricket[]

  • Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
    • 3rd ODI in Lahore:
      •  Sri Lanka 309/5 (50 ov);  Pakistan 75 (22.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 234 runs and win the 3-match series 2–1.
        • Pakistan's 75 is the lowest ever score in an ODI at Gaddafi Stadium.

Cycling[]

  • UCI ProTour:
    • Tour Down Under:
      • Stage 5, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km: (1) Allan Davis Australia 3hr 28min 33sec, (2) Jose Rojas Spain same time, (3) Martin Elmiger Switzerland s.t.
        • Overall standings: (1) Davis 17hr 44min 59sec, (2) Stuart O'Grady Australia at 25secs, (3) Rojas 30 ... 29. Lance Armstrong United States 49

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Group 1:
      • Belize  1–4  El Salvador
      • Honduras  4–1  Nicaragua
        • Honduras advance to the semifinals.

Handball[]

Rugby union[]

  • Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
    (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
    • Pool 1:
      • Sale Sharks England 26–17 France Clermont
    • Pool 3:
      • Ospreys Wales 15–9 England Leicester Tigers
        • Leicester's bonus-point loss is enough to put the Tigers top of the group. Ospreys would qualify as one of the two best runners-up after the next day's results.
      • Benetton Treviso Italy 16–48 France Perpignan
    • Pool 4:
      • Harlequins England 29–24 Wales Scarlets
        • Quins' bonus-point win improves their chances of a home quarterfinal.
      • Stade Français France 24–19 (Ireland) Ulster

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 6:
    (top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 3rd round:
      • Rafael Nadal Spain (1) bt Tommy Haas Germany 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
      • Andy Murray United Kingdom (4) bt Jürgen Melzer Austria (31) 7–5, 6–0, 6–3
      • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France (5) bt Dudi Sela Israel 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
      • Gilles Simon France (6) bt Mario Ančić Croatia 7–6 (2), 6–4, 6–2
      • James Blake United States (9) bt Igor Andreev Russia (18) 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
        • The top 9 seeds are all safely through to the fourth round.
    • Women's singles 3rd round:
      • Serena Williams United States (2) bt Peng Shuai China 6–1, 6–4
      • Elena Dementieva Russia (4) bt Samantha Stosur Australia 7–6 (6), 6–4
      • Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia (8) bt Alona Bondarenko Ukraine (31) 7–6 (7), 6–4

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
    • Downhill: (1) Dominique Gisin Switzerland 1:16.98 (2) Lindsey Vonn United States 1:17.13 (3) Anja Pärson Sweden 1:17.15
      • Gisin's win follows her first World Cup victory at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee last week.
      • World Cup overall standings (after 18 races): (1) Vonn 856 pts (2) Maria Riesch Germany 810 (3) Paerson 762
  • Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
    • Downhill: (1) Didier Défago Switzerland 1:56.09 (2) Michael Walchhofer Austria 1:56.26 (3) Klaus Kröll Austria 1:56.38
      • Défago, who didn't win a World Cup downhill until last week, wins two prestigious races on the Lauberhorn and Hahnenkamm in succession.
      • World Cup overall standings (after 22 of 37 races): (1) Benjamin Raich Austria 660 pts (2) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 610 (3) Defago 595
Bandy[]
  • World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
    • Semifinals:
      •  Sweden 8–3  Kazakhstan
      •  Russia 10–4  Finland
Biathlon[]
  • in Antholz, Italy:
    • Women's 10 km Pursuit: (1) Anna Boulygina Russia 32min 49.8sec (2 penalties) (2) Finland at 2.3 (1) (3) Darya Domracheva Belarus 2.3 (2)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): (1) Ekaterina Iourieva Russia 507 points (2) Svetlana Sleptsova Russia 481 (3) Kati Wilhelm Germany 477
    • Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: (1) Björn Ferry Sweden 33:19.4 (1) (2) Simon Eder Austria at 17.6sec (0) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 24.7 (3)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 568 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Poland 518 (3) Carl-Johan Bergman Sweden 436
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
    • Women's 10 km classic: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 26:25.6 (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 26:51.8 (3) Virpi Kuitunen Finland 27:12.2
      • World Cup overall standings: (1) Saarinen 1058 points (2) Kuitunen 967 (3) Kowalczyk 954
    • Men's 15 km classic: (1) Lukáš Bauer Czech Republic 35min 43.5sec (2) Johan Olsson Sweden at 1.5 (3) Vincent Vittoz France 9.3
      • World Cup overall standings (after 18 of 33 events): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 880 points (2) Petter Northug Norway 698 (3) Axel Teichmann Germany 631
Figure skating[]
  • European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
  • United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
    • Pairs: (1) Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker 178.76 (2) Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 176.27 (3) Rena Inoue/John Baldwin 171.08
    • Ice dance: (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White 201.68 (2) Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 181.64 (3) Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 176.30
    • Ladies: (1) Alissa Czisny 178.06 pts (2) Rachael Flatt 173.78 (3) Caroline Zhang 171.08
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
    • Moguls men: (1) Canada 25.77 (2) Alexandre Bilodeau Canada 25.50 (3) Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau Canada 25.39
    • Moguls women: (1) Aiko Uemura Japan 25.53 (2) Jennifer Heil Canada 25.51 (3) Hannah Kearney United States 24.89
Luge[]
  • World Cup 7 in Altenberg, Germany:
    • Doubles: (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Italy (2) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Germany (3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Austria
      • World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): (1) Oberstolz/Gruber 580 pts (2) Leitner/Resch 484 (3) Linger/Linger 470
    • Women's: (1) Natalie Geisenberger Germany (2) Tatjana Hüfner Germany (3) Anke Wischnewski Germany
      • World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 670 pts (2) Geisenberger 600 (3) Wischnewski 462
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    • 140m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 289.2 points (142.0/139.5m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 274.1 (136.5/135.5) (3) Matti Hautamaeki Finland 270.6 (136.5/135.5)
      • Schlierenzauer set a hill record with his first jump of 142m. His 4th win in 5 events lift him to the top of the World Cup standings.
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 28 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 1,220 points (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 1,172 (3) Loitzl 1,061
Snowboarding[]
  • in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
    • Big air men: (1) Markku Koski Finland 55.6 points (2) Seppe Smits Belgium 53.0 (3) Stefan Gimpl Austria 51.0
Speed skating[]
  • World Cup 6 in Kolomna, Russia:
    • Men:
      • 500 m: (1) Keiichiro Nagashima Japan 34.85 (2) Yu Fengtong China 34.89 (3) Yuya Oikawa Japan 34.96
      • 1000 m: (1) Denny Morrison Canada 1:08.71 (2) Stefan Groothuis Netherlands 1:08.97 (3) Yevgeny Lalenkov Russia 1:09.02
    • Women:
      • 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf Germany 37.51 (2) Annette Gerritsen Netherlands 38.02 (3) Yu Jing China 38.17
      • 1000 m: (1) Margot Boer Netherlands 1:15.84 (2) Yu Jing China 1:16.04 (3) Christine Nesbitt Canada 1:16.26

January 23, 2009 (Friday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL News:
    • Herman Edwards was fired as the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 3rd ODI in Sydney:
      •  Australia 269 (49.2 ov);  South Africa 270/7 (46.3 ov). South Africa win by 3 wickets, lead 5-match series 2–1.
  • Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
    • 3rd ODI in Dhaka:
      •  Zimbabwe 119/9 (37 ov);  Bangladesh 124/4 (32.3 ov). Bangladesh win by 6 wickets, win 3-match series 2–1.

Cycling[]

  • UCI ProTour:
    • Tour Down Under:
      • Stage 4, Burnside Village – Angaston, 143 km: (1) Allan Davis Australia Quick Step 3hr 29min 35sec, (2) Graeme Brown Australia same time, (3) Jose Rojas Spain s.t.
        • Overall standings: (1) Davis 14hr 16min 36sec, (2) Brown at 4secs, (3) Stuart O'Grady Australia 15

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Group 2:
      •  Costa Rica 3–0  Panama

Rugby union[]

  • Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
    (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
    • Pool 6:
      • Cardiff Blues Wales 62–20 Italy Calvisano
        • The Blues win secures them the top seed in the knockout phase.
      • Biarritz France 24–10 England Gloucester
        • Gloucester's defeat by more than seven points and Biarritz's failure to score four tries mean that both teams are eliminated.

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 5:
    (top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 3rd round:
      • Roger Federer Switzerland (2) bt Marat Safin Russia (26) 6–3, 6–2, 7–6 (5)
      • Novak Djokovic Serbia (3) bt Amer Delić United States 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 (4)
        • Following this match, outside the Rod Laver Arena, Bosnian and Serb fans fought one another, mostly by throwing chairs. (Fox News (USA))
      • Andy Roddick United States (7) bt Fabrice Santoro France 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
      • Juan Martín del Potro Argentina (8) bt Gilles Müller Luxembourg 6–7 (5), 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
    • Women's singles 3rd round:
      • Jelena Janković Serbia (1) bt Ai Sugiyama Japan (26) 6–4, 6–4
      • Dinara Safina Russia (3) bt Kaia Kanepi Estonia (25) 6–2, 6–2
      • Alisa Kleybanova Russia (29) bt Ana Ivanovic Serbia (5) 7–5, 6–7 (5), 6–2
      • Vera Zvonareva Russia (7) bt Sara Errani Italy 6–4, 6–1
      • Nadia Petrova Russia (10) bt Galina Voskoboeva Kazakhstan 6–1 retired

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
    • Super giant slalom: (1) Klaus Kröll Austria 1:12.78 (2) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 1:13.00 (3) Ambrosi Hoffmann Switzerland 1:13.17
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 37 events): (1) Benjamin Raich Austria 638 pts (2) Svindal 598 (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 576
Biathlon[]
  • in Antholz, Italy:
    • Men's 10 km Sprint: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 24:52.5 (0) (2) Björn Ferry Sweden at 3.6 (0) (3) Tomasz Sikora Poland 6.7 (0)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 520 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Poland 475 (3) Carl-Johan Bergman Sweden 413
Figure skating[]
  • European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
    • Ice dance final results (free dance in brackets): (1) Jana Khoklova / Sergei Novitski Russia 196.91 (97.31) (2) Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali Italy 186.17 (91.11) (3) Sinead Kerr / John Kerr United Kingdom 185.20 (92.60)
    • Ladies' short program: (1) Laura Lepistö Finland 56.62 points (2) Susanna Pöykiö Finland 56.06 (3) Carolina Kostner Italy 51.36
  • United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
    • Men's short program: (1) Jeremy Abbott 86.40pts (2) Evan Lysacek 83.59 (3) Parker Pennington 76.17
Snowboarding[]
  • in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
    • Half pipe men: (1) Japan 47.3 points, (2) Jeff Batchelor Canada 44.4, (3) Mathieu Crepel France 43.3
    • Half pipe women: (1) Jiayu Liu China 43.5 points, (2) Holly Crawford Australia 39.6, (3) Poland 38.5

January 22, 2009 (Thursday)[]

Baseball[]

  • Major League Baseball news:
    • Tribune Company has sold the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and twenty percent interest in Comcast SportsNet Chicago to the Ricketts family for US $900 million, pending the approval of Major League Baseball.

Basketball[]

  • NBA News:
    • Marc Iavaroni was sacked as the coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, and replaced on an interim basis by Johnny Davis.

Cycling[]

  • UCI ProTour:
    • Tour Down Under:
      • Stage 3, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km: (1) Graeme Brown Australia Rabobank 3h 15' 35" (2) Allan Davis Australia Quick Step s.t. (3) Stuart O'Grady Australia Team Saxo Bank s.t.

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Group 1:
      • El Salvador  1–1  Nicaragua
      • Honduras  2–1  Belize

Handball[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 4:
    (top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 2nd round:
      • Rafael Nadal Spain (1) bt Roko Karanušić Croatia 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
      • Andy Murray United Kingdom (4) bt Marcel Granollers Spain 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
      • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France (5) bt Ivan Ljubičić Croatia 6–7 (4), 7–6 (8), 7–6 (7), 6–2
      • Gilles Simon France (6) bt Chris Guccione Australia 6–7 (5), 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
      • James Blake United States (9) bt Sébastien de Chaunac France 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
    • Women's singles 2nd round:
      • Serena Williams United States (2) bt Gisela Dulko Argentina 6–3, 7–5
      • Elena Dementieva Russia (4) bt Iveta Benešová Czech Republic 6–4, 6–1
      • Carla Suárez Navarro Spain bt Venus Williams United States (6) 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
      • Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia (8) bt Tatjana Malek Germany 6–2, 6–2

Winter sports[]

Bandy[]
  • World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
    (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
    • Group A:
Biathlon[]
  • in Antholz, Italy:
    • Women's 7.5 km Sprint: (1) Tora Berger Norway 21' 25.5" (2) Darya Domracheva Belarus 21' 33.6" (3) Kati Wilhelm Germany 21' 46.2"
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova Russia 481 points, (2) Ekaterina Iourieva Russia 473, (3) Wilhelm 437
Figure skating[]
  • European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
    • Men: (1) Brian Joubert France 232.01 points (1, 2) (2) Italy 220.92 (3, 3) (3) Kevin van der Perren Belgium 219.36 (4, 4)
    • Ice dance (after original dance): (1) Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Russia 99.60 points (1, 1) (2) Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali Italy 95.06 (2, 2) (3) Sinead Kerr / John Kerr United Kingdom 92.60 (3, 3)
  • United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
    • Ladies short programme: (1) Alissa Czisny 65.75 pts (2) Rachael Flatt 60.19 (3) Caroline Zhang 58.91
    • Pairs short programme: (1) Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 61.51 pts (2) Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker 61.12 (3) Rena Inoue/John Baldwin 61.11
    • Ice dance (after original dance): (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White 101.86 (2) Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 93.25 (3) Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 89.52

January 21, 2009 (Wednesday)[]

Basketball[]

  • NCAA Men's Basketball:
    • The New Jersey Institute of Technology ended the longest losing streak in Division I Men's Basketball at 57 games by defeating Bryant College, 61–51. The school last won a game against Longwood University on February 19, 2007.

Cricket[]

  • Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
    • 2nd ODI in Dhaka:
      •  Zimbabwe 160/9 (50 ov);  Bangladesh 164/4 (44.5 ov). Bangladesh win by 6 wickets, 3-match series tied 1–1.
  • Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
    • 2nd ODI in Karachi:
      •  Sri Lanka 290/8 (50 ov);  Pakistan 161 (34.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 129 runs, 3-match series tied 1–1.

Cycling[]

  • UCI ProTour:
    • Tour Down Under:
      • Stage 2, Hahndorf – Stirling, 145 km: (1) Allan Davis Australia Quick Step 3h 46' 25" (2) Graeme Brown Australia Rabobank s.t. (3) Martin Elmiger Switzerland AG2R La Mondiale +2"

Handball[]

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 3:
    (top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 2nd round:
      • Roger Federer Switzerland (2) def. Evgeny Korolev Russia 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
      • Novak Djokovic Serbia (3) def. Jérémy Chardy France 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
      • Andy Roddick United States (7) def. Xavier Malisse Belgium 4–6, 6–2, 7–6, 6–2
      • Juan Martín del Potro Argentina (8) def. Florian Mayer Germany 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
      • Lu Yen-hsun Chinese Taipei def. David Nalbandian Argentina (10) 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
    • Women's singles 2nd round:
      • Jelena Janković Serbia (1) def. Kirsten Flipkens Belgium 6–4, 7–5
      • Dinara Safina Russia (3) def. Ekaterina Makarova Russia 6–7 (3), 6–3, 6–0
      • Ana Ivanovic Serbia (5) def. Alberta Brianti Italy 6–3, 6–2
      • Vera Zvonareva Russia (7) def. Edina Gallovits Romania 6–0, 6–0
      • Nadia Petrova Russia (10) def. Sania Mirza India 6–3, 6–2

Winter sports[]

Bandy[]
Figure skating[]
  • European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
    • Pairs: (1) Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Germany 199.07 points (2 SP, 1 FS) (2) Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Russia 182.77 (3, 2) (3) Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Russia 182.07 (1, 4)
    • Men's short program: (1) Brian Joubert France 86.90 points (2) Tomáš Verner Czech Republic 81.45 (3) Samuel Contesti Italy 75.95
  • United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
    • Compulsory Dance: (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White 39.93 pts (2) Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 36.28 (3) Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 35.22
Snowboarding[]
  • in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
    • Parallel slalom men: (1) Benjamin Karl Austria, (2) Sylvain Dufour France, (3) Patrick Bussler Germany
    • Parallel slalom women: (1) Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli Switzerland, (2) Doris Guenther Austria, (3) Ekaterina Tudegesheva Russia

January 20, 2009 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
    • 1st ODI in Karachi:
      •  Sri Lanka 219 (45.2 ov);  Pakistan 220/2 (45.5 ov). Pakistan win by 8 wickets and lead 3-match series 1–0.

Cycling[]

  • UCI ProTour:
    • Tour Down Under:
      • Stage 1, Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km: (1) André Greipel Germany Team Columbia 3h 45' 27" (2) Baden Cooke Australia UniSA s.t. (3) Stuart O'Grady Australia Team Saxo Bank s.t.

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 2:
    (top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 1st round:
      • Raphael Nadal Spain (1) def. Christophe Rochus Belgium 6–0, 6–2, 6–2
      • Andy Murray United Kingdom (4) def. Andrei Pavel Romania 6–2, 3–1 (ret.)
      • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France (5) def. Juan Mónaco Argentina 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
      • Gilles Simon France (6) def. Pablo Andújar Spain 6–4, 6–1, 6–1
      • James Blake United States (9) def. Frank Dancevic Canada 6–4, 6–3, 7–5
    • Women's singles 1st round:
      • Serena Williams United States (2) def. Meng Yuan China 6–3, 6–2
      • Elena Dementieva Russia (4) def. Kristina Barrois Germany 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
      • Venus Williams United States (6) def. Angelique Kerber Germany 6–3, 6–3
      • Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia (8) def. Anastasia Rodionova Australia 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
      • Kateryna Bondarenko Ukraine def. Agnieszka Radwańska Poland (9) 7–6, 4–6, 6–1

Winter sports[]

Bandy[]
Figure skating[]
  • European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
    • Compulsory dance: (1) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski Russia 37.43 pts (2) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali Italy 36.03 (3) Sinead Kerr/John Kerr United Kingdom 34.89
    • Pairs' short program: (1) Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov Russia 69.62 pts (2) Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Germany 66.64 (3) Yuko Kawaguchi/Alexander Smirnov Russia 65.38
Snowboarding[]
  • in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
    • Parallel giant slalom men: (1) Jasey Jay Anderson Canada (2) Sylvain Dufour France (3) Matthew Morison Canada
    • Parallel giant slalom women: (1) Marion Kreiner Austria (2) Doris Guenther Austria (3) Patrizia Kummer Switzerland

January 19, 2009 (Monday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
    • 1st ODI in Dhaka:
      •  Bangladesh 124 (48.1 ov);  Zimbabwe 127/8 (49.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 2 wickets and lead 3-match series 1–0.

Handball[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 1:
    (top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles 1st round:
      • Roger Federer Switzerland (2) def. Andreas Seppi Italy 6–1, 7–6 (4), 7–5
      • Novak Djokovic Serbia (3) def. Andrea Stoppini Italy 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
      • Andy Roddick United States (7) def. Björn Rehnquist Sweden 6–0, 6–2, 6–2
      • Juan Martín del Potro Argentina (8) def. Mischa Zverev Germany 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
      • David Nalbandian Argentina (10) def. Marc Gicquel France 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
    • Women's singles 1st round:

Winter sports[]

Bandy[]
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
    • Skicross men: (1) Sweden (2) Patrick Koller Austria (3) Tomas Kraus Czech Republic
    • Skicross women: (1) Ophelie David France (2) Jenny Owens Australia (3) France

January 18, 2009 (Sunday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL Playoffs, Conference Championship Games:
    Conference rankings in parentheses
    • NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 32, (6) Philadelphia Eagles 25
      • The Cardinals book their first Super Bowl trip behind four Kurt Warner touchdown passes—three to Larry Fitzgerald in the first half, and the last to Tim Hightower after the Cards had blown a 24–6 halftime lead.
    • AFC: (2) Pittsburgh Steelers 23, (6) Baltimore Ravens 14
      • Thanks to Santonio Holmes' 65-yard catch from Ben Roethlisberger and Troy Polamalu 40-yard interception return, the Steelers will attempt to become the first team to win six Lombardi Trophies.

Badminton[]

  • BWF Super Series:
    • Korea Open Super Series in Seoul:
      (seeding in parentheses)
      • Men's singles: Peter Hoeg Gade Denmark (3) bt Lee Chong Wei Malaysia (1) 21–18, 10–21, 21–17
      • Women's singles: Tine Rasmussen Denmark (2) bt Pi Hongyan France (4) 21–19, 21–19
      • Men's doubles: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen Denmark (4) bt Jung Jae-Sung/Lee Yong-Dae South Korea (2) 21–12, 24–22
      • Women's doubles: Chien Yu Chin/ Chinese Taipei (1) bt Lee Kyung-Won/Lee Hyo-jung South Korea (2) 21–19, 21–8
      • Mixed doubles: Lee Yong-Dae/Lee Hyo-jung South Korea (2) bt Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Thailand (4) 21–8, 21–7

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 2nd ODI in Hobart:
      •  Australia 249/9 (50 ov);  South Africa 244/6 (50 ov). Australia win by 5 runs and level 5-match series 1–1.

Golf[]

  • PGA Tour:
    • Sony Open in Hawaiʻi in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
      • Winner: United States Zach Johnson 265 (−15)
  • Champions Tour:
  • European Tour:
    • Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
      • Winner: England Paul Casey 267 (−21)

Snooker[]

  • Masters in London, United Kingdom:

Handball[]

Rugby union[]

  • Heineken Cup pool stage, week 5:
    (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
    • Pool 4:
      • Scarlets Wales 31–17 France Stade Français
        • Stade's loss secures first place in the pool and a quarterfinal berth for England Harlequins.
    • Pool 5:
      • Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 12–15 England Bath
        • Bath set up a showdown with France Toulouse next weekend, with first place in the pool on the line.
    • Pool 6:
      • Gloucester England 12–16 Wales Cardiff Blues
        • The Blues, playing a man down from the 25th minute, come from behind and claim a quarterfinal berth with a converted try from Bradley Davies in the 76th minute.

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
    • Slalom: (1) Manfred Pranger Austria 1:40.36 (48.10 + 52.26) (2) Reinfried Herbst Austria 1:40.70 (48.44 + 52.26) (3) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 1:40.75 (48.80 + 51.95)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 38 races): (1) Benjamin Raich Austria 638 pts (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 576 (3) Kostelic 546
  • Women's World Cup in Altenmarkt–Zauchensee, Austria:
    • Downhill: (1) Anja Paerson Sweden & Dominique Gisin Switzerland 1:47.52 (3) Lindsey Vonn United States 1:47.69
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 35 races): (1) Vonn 776 pts (2) Maria Riesch Germany 765 (3) Paerson 702
Bandy[]
Biathlon[]
  • in Ruhpolding, Germany:
    • Women's 10 km Pursuit: (1) Magdalena Neuner Germany 32:56.5 (4), (2) Ekaterina Iourieva Russia at 8.9s (1), (3) Kati Wilhelm Germany 21.7 (3)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova Russia 481 points, (2) Iourieva 461, (3) Neuner 409
    • Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 36min 17.4sec (1) (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 34.4 (1) (3) Dominik Landertinger Austria 46.5 (2)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Svendsen 460 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Poland 427 (3) Bjørndalen 408
Bobsleigh[]
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Team sprint men: (1)  Sweden 19:44.1 (2)  Italy 19:44.4 (3)  Canada 19:44.7
    • Team sprint women: (1)  Italy 17:20.1 (2)  Germany 17:30.0 (3)  Sweden 17:31.2
Curling[]
  • World Curling Tour:
    • Glynhill Ladies International in Braehead, Glasgow, Scotland:
      • Women's final: Canada Jennifer Jones def. Switzerland Binia Feltscher-Beeli 7–6
Figure skating[]
  • Canadian Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan:
    • Men: (1) Patrick Chan 254.82 (2) Vaughn Chipeur 206.30 (3) Jeremy Ten 204.03
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
    • Aerials men: (1) Jeret Peterson United States 252.59 (2) Canada 244.92 (3) Warren Shouldice Canada 243.03
    • Aerials women: (1) Alla Tsuper Belarus 189.98 (2) Xu Mengtao China 186.11 (3) Emily Cook United States 184.70
Luge[]
Short track speed skating[]
  • European Championships in Torino, Italy:
    • Men's overall standings: (1) Nicola Rodigari Italy 76 (2) Haralds Silovs Latvia 55 (3) Viktor Knoch Hungary 55
    • Women's overall standings: (1) Arianna Fontana Italy 83 (2) Czech Republic 76 (3) Stéphanie Bouvier France 63
Snowboarding[]
  • in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
    • Snowboardcross men: (1) Markus Schairer Austria (2) Xavier de Le Rue France (3) Nick Baumgartner United States
    • Snowboardcross women: (1) Helene Olafsen Norway (2) Olivia Nobs (3) Mellie Francon Switzerland
Speed skating[]
  • World Sprint Championships in Moscow, Russia:
    • Men's overall standings: (1) Shani Davis United States 139.560 (2) Keiichiro Nagashima Japan 139.720 (3) Simon Kuipers Netherlands 140.450
    • Women's overall standings: (1) Wang Beixing China 152.475 (2) Jenny Wolf Germany 153.410 (3) Yu Jing China 153.740

January 17, 2009 (Saturday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL News:
    • Less than 24 hours after sacking Jon Gruden as head coach, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers replace him with defensive backs coach Raheem Morris.
    • The St. Louis Rams agree to terms with New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo on a four-year contract to become the team's new head coach.

Auto racing[]

  • Rallying:
    • Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile:
      • Cars: (1) Giniel De Villiers South Africa Germany 48:10:57 (2) Mark Miller United States South Africa 48:19:56 (3) Robby Gordon United States United States 49:57:12
      • Trucks: (1) Firdaus Kabirov Russia Russia Russia 49:34:46 (2) Vladimir Chagin Russia Russia Eduard Nikolaev Russia 49:38:25 (3) Netherlands Belgium Netherlands 50:34:42
      • Motorbikes: (1) Marc Coma Spain 52:14:33 (2) Cyril Despres France 53:40:11 (3) France 53:53:29
      • Quads: (1) Czech Republic 68:22:06 (2) Marcos Patronelli Argentina 70:56:06 (3) Rafal Sonik Poland 76:04:40

Football (soccer)[]

  • Arabian Gulf Cup in Muscat, Oman:

Handball[]

Mixed martial arts[]

  • UFC 93 in Dublin:

Rugby union[]

  • Heineken Cup pool stage, week 5:
    • Pool 2:
      • London Wasps England 19–12 (Ireland) Leinster
    • Pool 3:
      • Leicester Tigers England 52–0 Italy Benetton Treviso
      • Perpignan France 17–15 Wales Ospreys
    • Pool 4:
      • Ulster Rugby (Ireland) 21–10 England Harlequins
    • Pool 5:
    • Pool 6:

Tennis[]

  • ATP Tour:
  • Exhibition tournaments:
    • AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
      • Final: Switzerland Roger Federer def. Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 6–1, 6–3

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
    • Downhill: (1) Didier Défago Switzerland 2:31.98 (2) Bode Miller United States 2:32.18 (3) Marco Sullivan United States 2:32.37
      • Defago wins his first ever World Cup downhill on the Lauberhorn course as the home crowd celebrate second Swiss victory in two days.
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 38 races): (1) Benjamin Raich Austria 593 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 536 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 518
  • Women's World Cup in Altenmarkt–Zauchensee, Austria:
    • Super combined: (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 2:40.53 (2) Kathrin Zettel Austria 2:40.83 (3) Anja Paerson Sweden 2:41.19
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 35 races): (1) Maria Riesch Germany 729 points (2) Vonn 716 (3) Zettel 651
Biathlon[]
  • in Ruhpolding, Germany:
    • Men's 10 km Sprint: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 23:25.8 (0 penalty laps) (2) Dominik Landertinger Austria at 33.4 (0) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 35.3 (1)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 10 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 406 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Poland 393 (3) Bjørndalen 348
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 6 and at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
    • Two-man: (1) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett Canada 2:12.08 (1:06.21/1:05.87) (2) André Lange/Martin Putze Germany 2:12.10 (1:06.23/1:05.87) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter Switzerland 2:12.23 (1:06.36/1:05.87)
      • European Championship: (1) Lange/Putze (2) Hefti/Lamparter (3) Thomas Florschütz/Marc Kuehne Germany (4th overall)
      • World Cup standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Hefti 1171 points (2) Lange 1141 (3) Ivo Rüegg Switzerland 1020
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Men's 15 km classic/15 km freestyle pursuit: (1) Pietro Piller Cottrer Italy 1hr 13min 1.5sec (2) Jean-Marc Gaillard France 15.0 (3) Italy 15.3
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 33 events): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 835 points (2) Petter Northug Norway 698 (3) Axel Teichmann Germany 581
    • Women's 7.5 km classic/7.5 km freestyle Pursuit: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 40:41.3 (2) Marianna Longa Italy 40:48.9 (3) Arianna Follis Italy 41:27.3
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 33 events): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 978 points (2) Virpi Kuitunen Finland 907 (3) Petra Majdič Slovenia 893
Figure skating[]
  • Canadian Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan:
    • Women: (1) Joannie Rochette 185.35 (2) Cynthia Phaneuf 151.42 (3) Amélie Lacoste 143.01
    • Pairs: (1) Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 188.43 (2) Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 182.50 (3) Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall 159.85
    • Ice dancing: (1) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 197.77 (2) Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier 175.58 (3) Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 170.23
Luge[]
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan Norway 25:18.7 (2) Bjoern Kircheisen Germany 25:19.1 (3) Bill Demong United States 25:19.2
      • World Cup standings (after 13 out of 24 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 773 points (2) Moan 701 (3) Demong 675
Skeleton[]
  • World Cup 6 and at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
    • Men: (1) Frank Rommel Germany 2:15.77 (1:08.08/1:07.69) (2) Kristan Bromley United Kingdom 2:16.74 (1:08.37/1:08.37) (3) Gregor Stähli Switzerland 2:16.79 (1:08.36/1:08.43)
      • World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 events): (1) Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia 924 points (2) Florian Grassl Germany 907 (3) Rommel 900
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
    • 134m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 285.7 points (130.5/138.5m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 280.7 (130.0/136.5) (3) Simon Ammann Switzerland 271.2 (127.5/134.0)
      • World Cup standings (after 15 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 1,122 points (2) Schlierenzauer 1,120 (3) Loitzl 981

January 16, 2009 (Friday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL News:
    • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fire head coach Jon Gruden and General Manager Bruce Allen after a disappointing December in which they lost 4 games in a row and missed the playoffs.

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 1st ODI in Melbourne:
      •  Australia 271/8 (50 ov);  South Africa 272/7 (49.3 ov). South Africa win by 3 wickets and lead 5-match series 1–0.
  • Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
    • Final in Dhaka:
      •  Bangladesh 152 (50 overs);  Sri Lanka 153/8 (48.1 overs). Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets.
        • Bangladesh reduce Sri Lanka to 6 for 5 after eight overs, the lowest score ever recorded in ODI history at the fall of the 5th wicket. Sri Lanka fights back to take the Tri-Series with 59 runs from Kumar Sangakkara and 33 not out by Muttiah Muralitharan off 16 balls, including 18 runs in one over.

Handball[]

Rugby union[]

  • Pool stage, week 5:
    (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinal)
    • Pool 1:
      • Munster (Ireland) 37–14 England Sale Sharks
        • Munster get the bonus-point win they need to clinch first place in the pool and advance to the quarterfinals.
      • Clermont France 43–10 France Montauban
    • Pool 2:
      • Edinburgh Rugby Scotland 32–14 France Castres

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
    • Super combined: (1) Carlo Janka Switzerland 2:34.16 (1:47.15 + 47.01) (2) Peter Fill Italy 2:34.38 (1:47.65 + 46.73) (3) Silvan Zurbriggen Switzerland 2:34.56 (1:48.16 + 46.40)
      • Overall World cup standings (after 18 events): (1) Benjamin Raich Austria 593 pts (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 536 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 502
Biathlon[]
  • in Ruhpolding, Germany:
    • Women's 7.5 km Sprint: (1) Magdalena Neuner Germany 23min 26.6sec (1), (2) Kati Wilhelm Germany at 0.2 (0), (3) Darya Domracheva Belarus 14.0 (0)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 26 events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova Russia 441 points, (2) Ekaterina Iourieva Russia 407, (3) Helena Jonsson Sweden 363
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
    • Two-woman: (1) Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker Germany 2:17.40 (1:09.20/1:08.20) (2) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer Germany 2:18.36 (1:09.73/1:08.63) (3) Nicole Minichiello/Gillian Cooke United Kingdom 2:18.75 (1:09.68/1:09.07)
      • World Cup standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1295 points (2) Martini 1206 (3) Shauna Rohbock United States 1155
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Men 1.6 km Classic Sprint: (1) Emil Joensson Sweden (2) Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway (3) Josef Wenzl Germany
    • Ladies 1.3 km Classic Sprint: (1) Alena Prochazkova Slovakia (2) Justyna Kowalczyk Poland (3) Anna Olsson Sweden
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Bill Demong United States 25:07.9 (2) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 25:26.3 (3) Bjoern Kircheisen Germany 25:40.2
      • World Cup standings (after 12 out of 24 races): (1) Koivuranta 723 points (2) Demong 615 (3) Magnus Moan Norway 601
Skeleton[]
  • World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
    • Women: (1) Shelley Rudman United Kingdom 2:20.50 (1:10.53/1:09.97) (2) Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada 2:20.59 (1:10.43/1:10.16) (3) Michelle Kelly Canada 2:21.68 (1:10.95/1:10.73)
      • European Championship: (1) Rudman (2) Marion Trott Germany (4th overall) (3) Maya Pedersen Switzerland (7th)
      • World Cup standings (after 5 races): (1) Rudman 972 points (2) Anja Huber Germany 931 (3) Trott 912
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
    • 134m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 272.7 points (129.5/132.0m), (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 262.5 (127.5/130.0), (3) Martin Schmitt Germany 249.4 (121.0/129.5)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 28 rounds): (1) Simon Ammann Switzerland 1062pts, (2) Schlierenzauer 1020, (3) Loitzl 901

January 15, 2009 (Thursday)[]

Baseball[]

  • Major League Baseball news:
    • MLB owners approve two rules changes:
      • All postseason games, as well as one-game playoffs, will be played to their conclusion. Games called due to weather will be suspended, regardless of the number of innings played.
      • Home-field advantage for one-game playoffs to break ties for division championships or wild-card berths will now be determined by head-to-head record, instead of a coin flip.

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague, week 10:
    (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage)
    • Group A:
      • Air Avellino Italy 79–75 Croatia Cibona Zagreb
      • Unicaja Málaga Spain 92–69 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
        • Málaga's win secure them top spot in this group.
      • Olympiacos Greece 68–78 France Le Mans
    • Group C:
      • TAU Cerámica Spain 91–83 Spain DKV Joventut
      • ALBA Berlin Germany 59–67 Slovenia Union Olimpija Ljubljana
        • ALBA clinch the last spot in the Top 16 despite their loss because Joventut also lost.
      • Fenerbahçe Ülker Turkey 90–86(OT) Italy Lottomatica Roma

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • in Ruhpolding, Germany:
    • Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay: (1)  Norway 1hr 24min 54.0sec (0), (2)  Germany at 1:20.2 (0), (3)  Austria 1:43.1 (0)
      • World Cup relay standings (after four of six events): (1) Austria 222 points, (2)  Russia 190, (3) Germany 182
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 4 at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
    • Two-man: (1) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett Canada 2:14.34 (1:07.55/1:06.79) (2) Ivo Rüegg/Roman Handschin Switzerland 2:14.64 (1:07.78/1:06.86) (3) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter Switzerland 2:15.08 (1:08.03/1:07.05)
      • World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Hefti 971 points (2) André Lange 931 Germany (3) Rüegg 860
    • Two-woman: (1) Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker Germany 2:17.34 (1:08.75/1:08.59) (2) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer Germany 2:17.36 (1:08.85/1:08.51) (3) Nicole Minichiello/Jackie Gunn United Kingdom 2:17.70 (1:08.75/1:08.95)
      • World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1070 points (2) Martini 996 (3) Shauna Rohbock United States 979
        • These races are substitutes for the cancelled races in Cesana Pariol in December.

January 14, 2009 (Wednesday)[]

American football[]

  • College football news:
    • 2008 Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford announces that he will return for his junior (third) season at Oklahoma; as a third-year sophomore, he was eligible to declare for the 2009 NFL Draft.

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague, week 10:
    (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage)
    • Group B:
      • Regal FC Barcelona Spain 90–68 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
      • SLUC Nancy France 79–103 Italy Montepaschi Siena
      • Panathinaikos Athens Greece 75–53 Poland Asseco Prokom Sopot
        • Sopot clinch the 4th berth in the Top 16 despite their loss as their rivals, Žalgiris and Nancy, lose as well.
    • Group D:
      • CSKA Moscow Russia 63–66 Serbia Partizan Belgrade
      • Real Madrid Spain 80–69 Turkey Efes Pilsen
      • Panionios Greece 77–87 Italy AJ Milano
        • Partizan Belgrade and Milano clinch berths in the Top 16 with their wins. Efes Pilsen's elimination ends a 12-years streak in the last-16 stage of Euroleague.

Cricket[]

  • Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
    • 3rd match in Dhaka:
      •  Sri Lanka 147 (30.3/31 ov);  Bangladesh 151/5 (23.5/31 ov). Bangladesh win by 5 wickets, and advance to the final on Friday against Sri Lanka.

Football (soccer)[]

  • Arabian Gulf Cup in Muscat, Oman:
  • News:
    • Israel police allows the Israeli Premier League match between Bnei Sakhnin F.C. and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. to be played at Sakhnin as scheduled on Saturday. It was earlier reported that due to fear of violence between home Arab fans and visiting Jewish supporters resulted from Israel-Gaza conflict the match would not be played at Sakhnin.

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • in Ruhpolding, Germany:
    • Women's 4 x 6 km Relay: (1)  Germany 1hr 16min 41.2sec (0) (2)  Russia at 37.5sec (0) (3)  Sweden 56.5 (0)
      • World Cup relay standings (after 4 of 6 events): (1)  Russia 234 points (2)  Germany 205 (3)  France 175
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Flaine, France:
    • Skicross men: (1) Tomas Kraus Czech Republic (2) Casey Puckett United States (3) Eric Iljans Sweden
    • Skicross women: (1) Ophelie David France (2) Ashleigh McIvor Canada (3) Karin Huttary Austria
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Gujō, Japan:
    • Halfpipe men: (1) Japan (2) Ben Mates Australia (3) Shi Wancheng China
    • Halfpipe women: (1) Liu Jiayu China (2) Sun Zhifeng China (3) Soko Yamaoka Japan

January 13, 2009 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • West Indies in New Zealand:
    • 5th ODI in Napier:
      •  West Indies 293/9 (50 ov);  New Zealand 211/5 (35/35 ov). New Zealand win by 9 runs (D/L method) and win the series 2–1.
  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 2nd T20I in Brisbane
      •  South Africa 157/5 (20/20 ov);  Australia 161/4 (18.5/20 ov). Australia win by 6 wickets and win the series 2–0.

Football (soccer)[]

  • CECAFA Cup in Kampala, Uganda:
    • Final:
      • Kenya  0–1  Uganda
        • Uganda wins the title for a record tenth time.
    • Bronze medal match:
      • Tanzania  3–2  Burundi
  • News:
    • Israel Football Association decides to resume play in the top three divisions this weekend for the first time since the start of Israel-Gaza conflict. Lower divisions will still be suspended. Teams whose home grounds are within 40 km of the Gaza Strip will have to play their matches on alternative grounds out of the danger zone. Also, matches between teams from Jewish and Arab towns may be played on neutral grounds by police order for fear of possible crowd violence. Officials of teams that could be affected by this decision, in particular Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. and Bnei Sakhnin F.C., say they object to move away from their home grounds.

January 12, 2009 (Monday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL News:
    • Tony Dungy retires from football as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Jim Caldwell, who was named head coach designate in January 2008, takes over Dungy's responsibilities.
    • Josh McDaniels, offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, is named the new head coach of the Denver Broncos.

Baseball[]

  • Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Henderson enters in his first year of eligibility while Rice enters in his 15th and final year of eligibility, the third player to do so.

Cricket[]

  • Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
    • 2nd match in Dhaka:
      •  Sri Lanka 210/6 (50 ov);  Zimbabwe 80 (28.2 ov). Sri Lanka win by 130 runs.

Football (soccer)[]

  • 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year awards in Zürich, Switzerland:
    • Men: (1) Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) (2) Argentina Lionel Messi (Barçelona) (3) Spain Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
    • Women: (1) Brazil Marta (Umeå) (2) Germany Birgit Prinz (Frankfurt) (3) Brazil Cristiane (Corinthians)

January 11, 2009 (Sunday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL Playoffs, Divisional Playoff Round:
    (Conference rankings in parentheses)
    • NFC: (6) Philadelphia Eagles 23, (1) New York Giants 11
      • The Eagles victory means the reigning Super Bowl champion will not defend its title for the fourth year in a row. Philadelphia will play at Glendale, Arizona in the NFC Championship Game next Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.
    • AFC: (2) Pittsburgh Steelers 35, (4) San Diego Chargers 24.
      • Willie Parker runs for 146 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Steelers to the win and the right to host their divisional rivals, the Baltimore Ravens, in the AFC Championship Game next week.
  • College football news:
    • Tim Tebow announces he will return for his senior season at Florida.

Badminton[]

  • BWF Super Series:
    • Malaysia Super Series in Kuala Lumpur:
      (seeding in parentheses)
      • Men's Singles: Lee Chong Wei Malaysia (1) bt Park Sung-hwan South Korea (5) 21–14, 21–13
      • Women's Singles: Tine Rasmussen Denmark (2) bt Zhou Mi Hong Kong (1) 21–17, 15–21, 21–16
      • Mixed Doubles: Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir Indonesia (1) bt Lee Yong-dae/Lee Hyo-jung South Korea (2) 21–14, 21–19
      • Women's Doubles: Lee Hyo-jung/Lee Kyung-won South Korea (4) bt Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen China (5) 21–15, 21–12
      • Men's Doubles: Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae South Korea (2) bt Hendra Aprida Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Indonesia 18–21, 21–14, 21–14

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 1st T20I in Melbourne:
      •  Australia 182/9 (20/20 ov);  South Africa 130 (18/20 ov). Australia win by 52 runs, and lead 1–0 in 2-match series.

Darts[]

Football (soccer)[]

  • CECAFA Cup in Kampala, Uganda:
    • Semifinals:
      • Kenya  2–1  Tanzania
      • Uganda  5–0  Burundi

Golf[]

  • PGA Tour:
    • Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:
      • Winner: Australia Geoff Ogilvy 268 (−24)
  • European Tour:
    • Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
      • Winner: Denmark Anders Hansen 269 (−15)

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
    • Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst Austria 1:42.95 (50.12 + 52.83) (2) Manfred Pranger Austria 1:43.13 (49.14 + 53.99) (3) Felix Neureuther Germany 1:43.27 (50.37 + 52.90)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 17 events): (1) Benjamin Raich Austria 557 pts (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 507 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 470
  • Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
    • Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch Germany 1:29.64 (44.78 + 44.86) (2) Kathrin Zettel Austria 1:30.79 (46.07 + 44.72) (3) Tanja Poutiainen Finland 1:31.41 (46.08 + 45.33)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 35 events): (1) Riesch 729 points (2) Poutiainen 644 (3) Lindsey Vonn United States 616
Biathlon[]
  • in Oberhof, Germany:
    • 12.5 km Mass Start Women: (1) Kati Wilhelm Germany 38min 11.6sec (2 penalties) (2) Olga Medvedtseva Russia at 1.6sec (2) (3) Helena Jonsson Sweden 11.1 (1)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after nine events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova Russia 401 points (2) Ekaterina Iourieva Russia 371 (3) Jonsson 331
    • 15 km Mass Start Men: (1) Christoph Sumann Austria 38:11.9 (1+0+1+0) (2) Carl Johan Bergman Sweden 38:21.6 (0+0+1+1) (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 38:21.8 (0+1+1+0)
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
    • Four-man: (1)  Germany (Karl Angerer, Andreas Udvari, Alex Mann, Gregor Bermbach) 1:37.84 (48.96/48.88) (2)  Netherlands (Edwin van Calker, Arnold van Calker, Arno Klaassen, Sybren Jansma) 1:37.93 (48.91/49.02) (3)  Germany (André Lange, Rene Hoppe, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 1:37.94 (48.78/49.16) &  Latvia (Jānis Miņins, Daumants Dreiškens, Oskars Melbardis, Intars Dambis) 1:37.94 (48.83/49.11)
      • World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 events): (1) Alexandre Zoubkov Russia 821 (2) Lange 803 (3) Minins 760
Curling[]
  • Ramada Perth Masters in Perth Scotland:
    • Men's final: Canada Kevin Koe 6–5 Norway Thomas Ulsrud
  • Bernese Ladies Cup in Bern, Switzerland:
  • Casino Rama Skins in Rama, Ontario
    • Canada Randy Ferbey def. Canada Glenn Howard
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Les Contamines, France:
    • Half-pipe men: (1) Xavier Bertoni France 44.60 (2) Nils Lauper Switzerland 42.00 (3) Kevin Rolland France 41.90
    • Half-pipe women: (1) Virginie Faivre Switzerland 41.2 (2) Miyuki Hatanaka Japan 36.8 (3) United States 33.6
Luge[]
  • World Cup 5 in Cesana Pariol, Italy:
    • Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler Italy (2) Felix Loch Germany (3) Daniel Pfister Austria
      • World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 455 (2) David Möller Germany 385 (3) Jan Eichhorn Germany 275
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan Norway 27:33.1 (13th after ski jump) (2) Jan Schmid Norway 27:37.2 (7) (3) Pavel Churavy Czech Republic 27:37.5 (8)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 11 out of 24 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 643 points (2) Moan 556 (3) Bill Demong United States 515
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
    • 200m flying hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 393.6 points (203.5/202.0m) (2) Harri Olli Finland 390.4 (201.5/200.5) (3) Simon Ammann Switzerland 382.2 (197.5/198.5)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 1017 points (2) Schlierenzauer 940 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 801
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
    • Snowboardcross men: (1) Damon Hayler Australia (2) Markus Schairer Austria (3) Mike Robertson Canada
    • Snowboardcross women: (1) Lindsey Jacobellis United States (2) Dominique Maltais Canada (3) Zoe Gillings United Kingdom
Speed skating[]

January 10, 2009 (Saturday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL Playoffs, Divisional Playoff Round (conference rankings in parentheses):
    • AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 13, (1) Tennessee Titans 10
      • Matt Stover's 43-yard field goal with 53 seconds left provides the winning margin, and Joe Flacco becomes the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to win two playoff games. The Ravens will travel to either San Diego or Pittsburgh for next week's AFC title game.
    • NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 33, (2) Carolina Panthers 13
      • Jake Delhomme throws five interceptions and loses a fumble, leading to 23 of Arizona's points. The Cardinals will play either Philadelphia Eagles or New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game.

Cricket[]

  • West Indies in New Zealand:
    • 4th ODI in Auckland:
      •  New Zealand 275/4 (50 ov);  West Indies 64/0 (10.3/40 ov). No result. 5-match series level 1–1.
  • Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
    • 1st match in Dhaka:
      •  Zimbabwe 205/9 (50 ov);  Bangladesh 167 (46.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 38 runs.

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • ATP Tour:
    • Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
      • Final: United Kingdom Andy Murray def. United States Andy Roddick 6–4, 6–2
  • WTA Tour:
    • Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
      • Final: Belarus Victoria Azarenka def. France Marion Bartoli 6–3, 6–1
    • ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
      • Final: Russia Elena Dementieva def. Russia Elena Vesnina 6–4 6–1
  • JB Group Classic in Hong Kong:
    • Gold group final (best of five matches):
      • Gisela Dulko Argentina (Americas) def. Anna Chakvetadze Russia (Russia) 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
      • Venus Williams United States (Americas) def. Vera Zvonareva Russia (Russia) 6–2, 6–2
      • Venus Williams/Coco Vandeweghe United States (Americas) def. Anna Chakvetadze/Alexandra Panova Russia (Russia) 6–4, 6–1
        • Americas beat Russia 4–1
    • Silver group final (best of three matches):
      • Zheng Jie China (Asia-Pacific) def. Michelle Larcher de Brito Portugal (Europe) 6–1, 6–1
        • Asia-Pacific beat Europe 3–0

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
    • Giant slalom: (1) Benjamin Raich Austria 2:24.95 (1:12.33 + 1:12.62) (2) Massimiliano Blardone Italy 2:25.19 (1:12.53 + 1:12.66) (3) Kjetil Jansrud Norway 2:25.67 (1:14.19 + 1:11.48)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 16 events): (1) Raich 533 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 478 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 470
  • Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
    • Giant slalom: (1) Tina Maze Slovenia 2:45.15 (1:21.75 + 1:23.40) (2) Denise Karbon Italy 2:45.54 (1:21.66 + 1:23.88) (3) Kathrin Hoelzl Germany 2:46.07 (1:21.93 + 1:24.14)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 35 events): (1) Maria Riesch Germany 629 points (2) Tanja Poutiainen Finland 584 (3) Lindsey Vonn United States 566
Biathlon[]
  • in Oberhof, Germany:
    • 10 km Sprint Men: (1) Maxim Tchoudov Russia 25:49.5 (0+0) (2) Michael Roesch Germany 26:02.2 (0+0) (3) Tomasz Sikora Poland 26:14.7 (1+0)
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
    • Two-man: Thomas Florschuetz/Marc Kühne Germany 1:44.62 (52.20/52.42) (2) Ivo Rüegg/Cedric Grand Switzerland 1:39.27 (49.54/49.73) (3) Alexandre Zoubkov/Dmitry Trunenkov Russia 1:39.31 (49.58/49.73) & Karl Angerer/Alex Mann Germany 1:39.31 (49.73/49.58)
      • World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) André Lange Germany 795 points (2) Beat Hefti Switzerland 771 (3) Zoubkov & Todd Hays United States 672
    • Two-woman: (1) Shauna Rohbock/Valerie Fleming United States 1:41.91 (50.78/51.13) (2) Nicole Minichiello/Gillian Cooke United Kingdom 1:42.05 (50.87/51.18) & Sandra Kiriasis/Romy Logsch Germany 1:42.05 (51.02/51.03)
      • World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 845 points (2) Rohbock 803 (3) Helen Upperton Canada 794
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Les Contamines, France:
    • Skicross men: (1) Andreas Matt Austria (2) Christopher Delbosco Canada (3) Markus Wittner Austria
    • Skicross women: (1) Hedda Berntsen Norway (2) Ophelie David France (3) Katrin Ofner Austria
Luge[]
  • World Cup 5 in Cesana Pariol, Italy:
    • Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner Germany (2) Natalie Geisenberger Germany (3) Nina Reithmayer Austria
      • World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 485 points (2) Geisenberger 415 (3) Anke Wischnewski Germany 322
    • Doubles: (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Italy (2) Gerhard Plankensteiner/Oswald Haselrieder Italy (3) Andris Sics/Juris Sics Latvia
      • World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Oberstolz/Gruber 420 points (2) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Austria 350 (3) Plankensteiner/Haselrieder 319
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
    • 10 km mass start: (1) Bjoern Kircheisen Germany (2) Bernhard Gruber Austria (3) Jan Schmid Norway
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 24 events): (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 643 points (2) Kircheisen 509 (3) Bill Demong United States 497
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
    • 200m flying hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 398.0 points (199.5/215.5m (hill record)) (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 390.1 (207.5/195.5) (3) Martin Koch Austria 386.8 (197.5/209.0)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 12 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 957 points (2) Schlierenzauer 840 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 775
Snowboarding[]

January 9, 2009 (Friday)[]

Darts[]

  • BDO World Championship in Frimley Green, United Kingdom:
    • Women's final: Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar beat England Trina Gulliver 2–1
      • Hoenselaar wins her first World Championship title after losing in five previous finals to 7-times champion Gulliver.

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  • JB Group Classic in Hong Kong:
    • Gold group final (best of five matches):
      • Venus Williams United States (Americas) bt Anna Chakvetadze Russia (Russia) 7–6 (7/1), 6–3
      • Vera Zvonareva Russia (Russia) bt Gisela Dulko Argentina (Americas) 6–4, 0–6, 6–3
        • Americas and Russia level 1–1.
    • Silver group final (best of three matches):

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • in Oberhof, Germany:
    • 7.5 km Sprint Women: (1) Ekaterina Iourieva Russia 22:09.7 (1 penalty), (2) Andrea Henkel Germany at 2.4 (O), (3) Helena Jonsson Sweden 19.6 (0)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after eight rounds): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova Russia 361 points, (2) Iourieva 337, (3) Jonsson 283
Skeleton[]
  • World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
    • Men: (1) Frank Rommel Germany 1:34.91 (47.44/47.47) (2) Florian Grassl Germany 1:35.91 (47.85/48.06) (3) Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia 1:36.03 (48.20/47.83)
      • World Cup standings (after four races): (1) Grassl 803 points (2) Martins Dukurs Latvia 802 (3) Tretyakov 772
    • Women: (1) Anja Huber Germany 1:38.85 (49.55/49.30) (2) Shelley Rudman United Kingdom 1:39.09 (49.84/49.25) (3) Marion Trott Germany 1:39.20 (49.65/49.55)
      • World Cup standings (after four races): (1) Huber 811 points (2) Rudman 747 (3) Amy Williams United Kingdom 736

January 8, 2009 (Thursday)[]

American football[]

  • NCAA Bowl Games:
    • BCS National Championship Game at Miami Gardens, Florida:
      • (2) Florida 24, (1) Oklahoma 14
        • The Gators win their second BCS national title in three seasons as 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow outduels 2008 winner Sam Bradford.

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague, week 9:
    (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage; teams in italics are eliminated)
    • Group A:
      • Cibona Zagreb Croatia 76–77 Spain Unicaja Málaga
      • Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 96–83 Greece Olympiacos
        • Following these results, Málaga move to the top of the group, ahead of Olympiacos and Maccabi.
    • Group B:
      • Montepaschi Siena Italy 82–77 Greece Panathinaikos Athens
      • Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania 105–94 France SLUC Nancy
        • Žalgiris draw level with Nancy and Sopot for the 4th and final Top 16 place in the group, and hold tie-break advantage against each one of them, but Sopot would have the edge in case of a 3-way tie.
    • Group C:
      • Union Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 70–90 Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
        • Fenerbahçe punch their ticket to the Top 16.
      • Lottomatica Roma Italy 96–103(OT) Spain TAU Cerámica
        • TAU get the four-point win they needed to secure top spot in the group.
    • Group D:
      • AJ Milano Italy 70–61 Spain Real Madrid
        • Real's loss assures CSKA Moscow of first place in the group. Milano gets level with Partizan Belgrade and Efes Pilsen in 3rd to 5th places, but because of disadvantage in tiebreakers can only advance to the Top 16 if results in other group matches on the final day go their way.

Tennis[]

  • Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
    (teams in bold advance to the final)
    • Group A:
      •  United States 2–1  Australia
      •  Slovakia 3–0  Germany
    • Group B:
      •  Russia 2–1  France
      •  Italy 3–0  Chinese Taipei

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • in Oberhof, Germany:
    • 4 x 7.5 km Relay Men: (1)  Austria 1hr 19min 36.61sec (0 penalties), (2)  Russia 8.7sec behind (0), (3)  Germany 19.2 (1)
      • World Cup relay standings: (1) Austria 174 (2) Russia 154 (3)  Sweden 124

January 7, 2009 (Wednesday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague, week 9:
    (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage; teams in italics are eliminated)
    • Group A:
      • Le Mans France 92–88 Italy Air Avellino
        • Le Mans score their first win, but it's too late...
    • Group B:
      • Asseco Prokom Sopot Poland 64–76 Spain Regal FC Barcelona
        • Barcelona secure top place in the group which put them in the top seeding group for the draw of the Top 16 stage.
    • Group C:
      • DKV Joventut Spain 75–79 Germany ALBA Berlin
        • ALBA get level with Joventut in 4th place, and take the tie-break advantage against them.
    • Group D:
      • Efes Pilsen Turkey 55–74 Russia CSKA Moscow
        • CSKA's win effectively secure them top place in the group, and also assures Real Madrid advance to the Top 16.
      • Partizan Belgrade Serbia 80–57 Greece Panionios
        • Partizan draw level with Efes Pilsen in 3rd place. Panionios drop to last place and has only a slim chance of qualifying.

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 5:
      •  Australia 445 and 257/4d;  South Africa 327 and 272. Australia win by 103 runs, South Africa win the series 2–1.
  • West Indies in New Zealand:
    • 3rd ODI in Wellington:
      •  West Indies 128 (41.4 ov);  New Zealand 129/3 (20.3 ov). New Zealand win by 7 wickets and level the 5-match series 1–1.
  • News:
    • In a tumultuous day for the England cricket team, Kevin Pietersen steps down as captain and Peter Moores is sacked as head coach. Andrew Strauss will take over as captain for the upcoming tour of the West Indies.

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
    • Group A:
      •  United States 1–2  Germany
    • Group B:
      •  Russia 2–1  Chinese Taipei

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • in Oberhof, Germany:
    • 4 x 6 km Relay Women: (1)  Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Olga Zaitseva, Ekaterina Iourieva, Olga Medvedtseva) 1hr 16min 47.7sec (1 penalty), (2)  Ukraine at 1:10.2 (0), (3)  Germany 1:31.4 (2)
      • World Cup relay standings (after 3 of 6 events): (1) Russia 180 points, (2) Germany 145, (3) France 139
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
    • Parallel slalom men: (1) Simon Schoch Switzerland (2) Rok Flander Slovenia (3) Zan Kosir Slovenia
    • Parallel slalom women: (1) Amelie Kober Germany (2) Tomoka Takeuchi Japan (3) Heidi Neururer Austria

January 6, 2009 (Tuesday)[]

American football[]

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 4:
      •  Australia 445 and 257/4d (Simon Katich 61);  South Africa 327 and 62/1. South Africa require another 314 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
  • Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
    • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 4
      •  Sri Lanka 384 and 447/6d (Tillakaratne Dilshan 143);  Bangladesh 208 and 158. Sri Lanka win by 465 runs and win the series 2–0.

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
    • Group B:
      •  France 1–2  Italy
    • Group A:
      •  Australia 1–2  Slovakia

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
    • Slalom: (1) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 1:53.31 (53.91 + 59.40) (2) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 1:53.36 (54.18 + 59.18) (3) Giuliano Razzoli Italy 1:53.66 (54.88 + 58.78)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 15 races): (1) Grange 466pts, (2) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 444, (3) Benjamin Raich Austria 433
Ski jumping[]
  • Four Hills Tournament:
    • World Cup in Bischofshofen, Austria:
      • Individual 140m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 301.2 points (142.5/141.5m) (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 284.4 (137.5/140.5) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev Russia 279.2 (138.0/138.5)
        • Final Four Hills standings: (1) Loitzl 1123.7 points (2) Ammann 1091.1 (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 1077.1
        • Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 877 points (2) Schlierenzauer 740 (3) Loitzl 739
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
    • Parallel GS men: (1) Siegfried Grabner Austria (2) Simon Schoch Switzerland (3)Meinhard Erlacher Italy
    • Parallel GS women: (1) Doris Guenther Austria (2) Tomoka Takeuchi Japan (3) Claudia Riegler Austria

January 5, 2009 (Monday)[]

American football[]

  • NCAA Bowl Games:
    • Bowl Championship Series
      • Fiesta Bowl: (3) Texas 24, (10) Ohio State 21.
        • Colt McCoy's 26-yard pass to Quan Cosby with 16 seconds left wins the game for the Longhorns.

Baseball[]

  • Philadelphia Phillies reliever JC Romero and Sergio Mitre of the New York Yankees are both suspended for the first 50 games of the 2009 season after violating substance policy rules.
  • Carl Pohlad, owner of the Minnesota Twins, dies at the age of 93 in Minneapolis.

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 3:
      •  Australia 445 and 33/0;  South Africa 327 (Mark Boucher 89). Australia lead by 151 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
  • Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
    • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 3:
      •  Sri Lanka 384 and 296/4 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 81*);  Bangladesh 208. Sri Lanka lead by 472 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
    • Group A:
      •  Australia 1–2  Germany
      •  United States 0–3  Slovakia

Winter sports[]

Freestyle skiing[]
  • in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria:
    • Skicross men: (1) Michael Schmid Switzerland (2) Andreas Matt Austria (3) Tommy Eliasson Sweden
    • Skicross women: (1) Marion Josserand France (2) Katharina Gutensohn Austria (3) Kelsey Serwa Canada

January 4, 2009 (Sunday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL Playoffs Wild card round:
    (Seedings in parentheses)
    • AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 27, (3) Miami Dolphins 9
      • Ed Reed's 64-yard interception return for a touchdown was the turning point for Baltimore.
    • NFC: (6) Philadelphia Eagles 26, (3) Minnesota Vikings 14
      • Donovan McNabb's 79-yard touchdown pass to Brian Westbrook was the difference as the Eagles beat the NFC North champions.
    • Next week's Divisional Round will be rematches of regular season games with the Arizona Cardinals visiting the Carolina Panthers and the Eagles visiting the New York Giants in the NFC, while the Ravens visit the Tennessee Titans and the San Diego Chargers making a trip to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC.

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 2:
      •  Australia 445 (Michael Clarke 138),  South Africa 125/1. South Africa trail by 320 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
  • Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
    • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 2:
      •  Sri Lanka 384 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 162) and 13/0;  Bangladesh 208 (Mashrafe Mortaza 63). Sri Lanka lead by 189 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Darts[]

  • PDC World Darts Championship in London, United Kingdom:
    • Final:
      • England Phil Taylor def. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 7–1

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
    • Group B:
      •  Russia 2–1  Italy

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
    • Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch Germany 1min 58.96sec (58.60 + 1:00.36) (2) Nicole Gius Italy 1:59.40 (1:00.15 + 59.25) (3) Šárka Záhrobská Czech Republic 1:59.59 (59.79 + 59.80)
      • Overall standings (after 13 of 35 races): (1) Riesch 607pts, (2) Tanja Poutiainen Finland 534, (3) Lindsey Vonn United States 530
Cross-country skiing[]
  • Tour de Ski stage 7 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
    • Men Final standings: (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 2hr 46min 05.4sec, (2) Petter Northug Norway at 59.0sec, (3) Axel Teichmann Germany 1min 02.8sec
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 33 races): (1) Cologna 835 points, (2) Teichmann 661, (3) Northug 618
    • Women Final standings: (1) Virpi Kuitunen Finland 2hr 06min 41.4sec, (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland at 7.2sec, (3) Petra Majdič Slovenia 34.5
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 33 races): (1) Saarinen 978 points, (2) Kuitunen 907, (3) Majdic 893
Luge[]
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 22min 15.4sec (1) (2) Bill Demong United States at 6.7 (18) (3) Bjorn Kircheisen Germany 7.1 (19)
      • Overall standings (after 9 of 24 races): (1) Koivuranta 643 points (2) Demong 447 (3) Magnus Moan Norway 420
Ski jumping[]
  • Four Hills Tournament:
    • World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria:
      • Individual 130m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 261.0 points (126.5m/128.5m) (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 260.3 (126.0/127.5) (3) Martin Schmitt Germany 257.7 (128.5/125.5)
        • Four Hills Tournament standings (after 3 of 4 events): (1) Loitzl 822.5 points (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 806.7 (3) Schlierenzauer 798.0
        • World Cup standings (after 10 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 797 points (2) Schlierenzauer 690 (3) Loitzl 639

January 3, 2009 (Saturday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL Playoffs Wild card round:
    (Seedings in parentheses)
    • NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 30, (5) Atlanta Falcons 24
      • The Cardinals win in their first home playoff game since 1947.
    • AFC: (4) San Diego Chargers 23, (5) Indianapolis Colts 17 (OT)
      • Darren Sproles' 22-yard rushing TD sends the Chargers to the Divisional playoffs for the third consecutive season.
  • NCAA Bowl Games:
    • International Bowl: Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20
      • The Huskies score 28 unanswered points to come back from a ten-point deficit.

Cricket[]

  • South Africa in Australia:
    • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 1:
      •  Australia 267/6 (Michael Clarke 73*, Dale Steyn 2/71).
  • Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
    • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 1:
      •  Sri Lanka 371/6 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 162, Mashrafe Mortaza 2/48).
  • West Indies in New Zealand:
    • 2nd ODI in Christchurch:
      •  New Zealand 152/8 (Jesse Ryder 32, Fidel Edwards 3/26);  West Indies 158/5 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 67*, Jacob Oram 1/25). Match reduced to 28 overs each by rain. West Indies win by 5 wickets (D/L method) and lead 5-match series 1–0.

Ice hockey[]

Tennis[]

  • Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
    • Final:
      • Andy Murray United Kingdom def. Rafael Nadal Spain 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
  • Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
    • Group B:
      •  France 3–0  Chinese Taipei

Winter sports[]

Cross-country skiing[]
  • Tour de Ski stage 6 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
    • 10 km classic women mass start: (1) Virpi Kuitunen Finland 30min 10.3sec, (2) Petra Majdič Slovenia at 13.8sec, (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 20.5
      • Overall standings (after 6 of 7 stages): (1) Kuitunen 1hr 29min 14.5sec, (2) Saarinen at 31.7sec, (3) Majdic (SLO) 49.1
    • 20 km classic men mass start, 15:30 CET: (1) Axel Teichmann Germany 55min 19.2sec, (2) Sami Jauhojärvi Finland at 0.3sec, (3) Nikolai Chebotko Kazakhstan 1.3
      • Overall standings (after 6 of 7 stages): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 2hr 20min 53.4sec, (2) Teichmann 2hr 21:27.5, (3) Eldar Roenning Norway 2hr 21:58.6
Luge[]
  • World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany:
    • Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner Germany (2) Natalie Geisenberger Germany (3) Anke Wischnewski Germany
      • Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 385 (2) Geisenberger 330 (3)Wischnewski 280
    • Doubles: (1) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Germany (2) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Germany (3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Austria
      • Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Italy 320 (2) Linger/Linger 290 (3) Leitner/Resch 264
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
    • 4x5km Team: (1)  Germany 43:28.1 (2)  Norway 43:47.7 (3)  Austria 44:02.8

January 2, 2009 (Friday)[]

American football[]

  • NCAA Bowl Games:
    (BCS ranking in parentheses)
    • Cotton Bowl Classic: (25) Mississippi 47, (8) Texas Tech 34
    • Liberty Bowl: Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19
      • The Wildcats win three straight bowl games for the first time in school history.
  • Bowl Championship Series:
    • Sugar Bowl: (6) Utah 31, (4) Alabama 17
      • The Utes jump to a 21–0 lead in the first quarter and never look back, finishing as this season's only unbeaten Division I FBS team.

Ice hockey[]

January 1, 2009 (Thursday)[]

American football[]

  • NCAA Bowl Games:
    (BCS ranking in parentheses)
    • Outback Bowl: Iowa 31, South Carolina 10
    • Gator Bowl: Nebraska 26, Clemson 21
    • Capital One Bowl: (15) Georgia 24, (18) Michigan State 12
  • Bowl Championship Series
    • Rose Bowl: (5) Southern California 38, (8) Penn State 24
    • Orange Bowl: (19) Virginia Tech 20, (12) Cincinnati 7
      • The Hokies' win ends an eight-game BCS losing streak for the ACC.

Ice hockey[]

  • 2009 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, Chicago:
    • Detroit Red Wings 6, Chicago Blackhawks 4
      • The Wings won the 701st meeting of these Original Six rivals in front of 40,818 fans.

Winter sports[]

Cross-country skiing[]
  • Tour de Ski stage 5 in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic:
    • 1.2 km Sprint freestyle men: (1) Petter Northug Norway (2) Tor Arne Hetland Norway (3) Cristian Zorzi Italy
      • Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 1 hr 26 min 02.4 sec (2) Vasily Rochev Russia 1 h 26:25.9 (3) Eldar Rønning Norway 1 h 26:34.9
    • 1.2 km Sprint freestyle women: (1) Arianna Follis Italy (2) Petra Majdič Slovenia (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland
      • Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): (1) Saarinen 59:30.4 (2) Virpi Kuitunen Finland at 13.8 (3) Marit Bjørgen Norway 37.0
Ski jumping[]
  • Four Hills Tournament:
    • World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
      • Individual 140m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 276.3 points (134.5/136.5m) (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 274.6 (140.0/134.5) (3) Harri Olli Finland 258.6 (133.0/131.5)
        • Four Hills standings (after two of four events): (1) Loitzl 561.5 points (2) Ammann 561.0 (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 537.7
        • World Cup standings (after 9 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 765 points (2) Schlierenzauer 610 (3) Loitzl 539

References[]

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