January 2009 in sports
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Deaths in January
[edit]- 2: Ian Greaves
- 2: Joe Henry
- 2: Ryuzo Hiraki
- 3: Sam McQuagg
- 4: Lei Clijsters
- 4: Ivan Gubijan
- 4: Giselle Salandy
- 5: Carl Pohlad
- 5: Dale Livingston
- 5: Pascal Terry
- 6: Charlie Thomson
- 7: Alfie Conn, Sr.
- 8: Zbigniew Podlecki
- 9: Dave Roberts
- 9: Frank Williams
- 10: Rob Gauntlett
- 10: René Herms
- 10: Gil Mains
- 10: Jack Wheeler
- 10: Sidney Wood
- 11: Bob Kilby
- 11: Freddie Mack
- 11: Jon Tvedt
- 12: Russ Craft
- 12: Friaça
- 13: Tommy Casey
- 13: Preston Gómez
- 13: Lanny Kean
- 14: Mike Derrick
- 14: Leo Rwabwogo
- 14: Gennadiy Shatkov
- 15: Tommy Jones
- 16: Joe Erskine
- 16: Claudio Milar
- 17: Mike Parkinson
- 17: Marjorie Parker Smith
- 17: Tomislav Crnković
- 19: José Torres
- 19: Joop Wille
- 20: Johnny Dixon
- 20: Joe Domnanovich
- 20: Dante Lavelli
- 21: Pat Crawford
- 21: Vic Crowe
- 21: Shane Dronett
- 21: Finn Kobberø
- 21: Peter Persidis
- 22: Bill Herchman
- 22: Clément Pinault
- 22: Billy Werber
- 24: Kay Yow
- 24: Fernando Cornejo
- 24: Karl Koller
- 25: Ed Lyons
- 26: Jerry Fowler
- 26: John Isaacs
- 26: Don Ladner
- 27: Billy Wilson
- 27: Aubrey Powell
- 28: Gene Corbett
- 28: Glenn "Jeep" Davis
- 28: Gyula Pálóczi
- 29: Hélio Gracie
- 29: Roy Saunders
- 30: John Gordy
- 30: Safar Iranpak
- 30: Ingemar Johansson
- 31: Eddie Logan
Current sporting seasons
[edit]American football 2008
[edit]Auto racing 2008
[edit]Basketball 2008–09
[edit]- NBA
- Euroleague
- EuroCup
- EuroChallenge
- NCAA men
- NCAA women
- Australia
- Greece
- Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Philippines
- Spain
- Turkey
Cricket 2008–09
[edit]Football (soccer)
[edit]Golf 2009
[edit]Ice hockey 2008–09
[edit]Rugby union 2008–09
[edit]Winter sports
[edit]- Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Biathlon World Cup
- Bobsleigh World Cup
- Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
- Freestyle Skiing World Cup
- Luge World Cup
- Nordic Combined World Cup
- Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
- Skeleton World Cup
- Ski Jumping World Cup
- Snowboard World Cup
- Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month
[edit]January 31, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- The Nation 27, Texas 24
- 2009 Texas vs. The Nation Game in El Paso, Texas:
Cricket
[edit]Mixed martial arts
[edit]Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 13:
(seeding in parentheses)- Women's singles final:
- Serena Williams
(2) beat Dinara Safina
(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.
- Serena Williams
- Men's doubles final:
- Bob Bryan
/Mike Bryan
(2) beat Mahesh Bhupathi
/Mark Knowles
(3) 2–6, 7–5, 6–0
- The Bryans win their third Australian Open and seventh Grand Slam men's doubles title.
- Bob Bryan
- Women's singles final:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- 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
[edit]- World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women sprint freestyle: (1) Pirjo Muranen
(2) Arianna Follis
(3) Magda Genuin
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
1220 points (2) Petra Majdič
1090 Virpi Kuitunen
1069
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- Men sprint freestyle: (1) Renato Pasini
(2) Alexei Petukhov
(3) Anton Gafarov
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna
906 points (2) Petter Northug
698 (3) Axel Teichmann
649
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna
- Women sprint freestyle: (1) Pirjo Muranen
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
- Half-pipe men:
- Half-pipe women:
- Dual moguls men:
- Dual moguls women:
Nordic combined
[edit]- World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan
26min 06sec 8/10 (25th) (2) Anssi Koivuranta
at 9.2 (1st) (3) Bjorn Kircheisen
32.9 (8th)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 22 events): (1) Koivuranta 853 points (2) Moan 801 (3) Kircheisen 709
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan
Ski jumping
[edit]- World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
- 134m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
253.3 points (133.0/120.5m) (2) Thomas Morgenstern
216.9 (112.0/123.5) (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
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
1248, (3) Loitzl 1166
- 134m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Cup in Bayrischzell/Sudelfeld, Germany:
- Parallel GS men: (1) Andreas Prommegger
(2) Matthew Morrison
(3) Sylvain Dufour
- Parallel GS women: (1) Doris Guenther
(2) Amelie Kober
(3) Nicolien Sauerbreij
- Parallel GS men: (1) Andreas Prommegger
Speed skating
[edit]- 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)
[edit]Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 5th ODI in Perth:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Semifinals:
- Costa Rica
1–0
El Salvador
- Honduras
0–1
Panama
- Costa Rica
- Semifinals:
Handball
[edit]Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 12:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles semifinals:
- Rafael Nadal
(1) beat Fernando Verdasco
(14) 6–7 (4), 6–4, 7–6 (2), 6–7 (1), 6–4
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's doubles final:
- Serena Williams
/Venus Williams
(10) beat Daniela Hantuchová
/Ai Sugiyama
(9) 6–3, 6–3
- The Williams sisters win their third Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam title.
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles semifinals:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
- Slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn
1:47.17 (52.49 + 54.68) (2) Maria Riesch
at 0.90 (53.05 + 55.02) (3) Marusa Ferk
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
& Anja Paerson
775
- World Cup overall standings (after 21 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1014 pts (2) Riesch 890 (3) Kathrin Zettel
- Slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women 10 km freestyle: (1) Marianna Longa
25min 22.6sec (2) Arianna Follis
at 0.4sec (3) Stephanie Böhler
1.6
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
1170 points (2) Petra Majdič
1054 (3) Virpi Kuitunen
1045
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- Men 15 km freestyle: (1) Tobias Angerer
36:05.9 (2) Jean Marc Gaillard
0.7 (3) Sergei Dolidovich
1.0
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna
906 points (2) Petter Northug
698 (3) Axel Teichmann
649
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna
- Women 10 km freestyle: (1) Marianna Longa
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
- Aerials men: (1) Ryan St. Onge
254.89 points (2) Zhongquin Liu
249.79 (3) Steve Omischl
247.92
- Aerials women: (1) Li Nina
194.67 points (2) Guo Xinxin
191.54 (3) Emily Cook
178.21
- Aerials men: (1) Ryan St. Onge
Speed skating
[edit]- World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany:
- Men's 500 m: (1) Yu Fengtong
35.03 (2) Keiichiro Nagashima
35.04 (3) Tucker Fredricks
35.12
- Men's 5000 m: (1) Sven Kramer
6:16.02 (2) Håvard Bøkko
6:22.37 (3) Bob de Jong
6:23.45
- Women's 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf
37.58 (2) Yu Jing
38.18 (3) Jin Peiyu
38.30
- Women's 1500 m: (1) Anni Friesinger
1:56.90 (2) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
1:58.13 (3) Ireen Wüst
1:58.54
- Men's 500 m: (1) Yu Fengtong
January 29, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]Basketball
[edit]- Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
- Group E:
- AJ Milano
76–74
Olympiacos
- AJ Milano
- Group F:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
96–65
ALBA Berlin
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Group G:
- Panathinaikos
81–63
Partizan Igokea
- Lottomatica Roma
75–88
Unicaja Málaga
- Panathinaikos
- Group H:
- Fenerbahçe Ülker
48–66
CSKA Moscow
- Fenerbahçe Ülker
- Group E:
Cricket
[edit]Football (soccer)
[edit]- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Fifth place:
- Nicaragua
2–0
Guatemala
- Nicaragua qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup.
- Nicaragua
- Fifth place:
Handball
[edit]- World Men's Championship in Croatia
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 11:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles semifinals:
- Roger Federer
(2) bt Andy Roddick
(7) 6–2, 7–5, 7–5
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles semifinals:
- Serena Williams
(2) bt Elena Dementieva
(4) 6–3, 6–4
- Dinara Safina
(3) bt Vera Zvonareva
(7) 6–3, 7–6 (4)
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles semifinals:
Winter sports
[edit]Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
- Moguls men: (1) Guilbaut Colas
24.62 (2) Alexandre Bilodeau
24.20 (3) Patrick Deneen
23.99
- Moguls women: (1) Hannah Kearney
22.91 (2) Michelle Roark
21.75 (3) Margarita Marbler
20.80
- Moguls men: (1) Guilbaut Colas
January 28, 2009 (Wednesday)
[edit]Basketball
[edit]- Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
- Group E:
- Group F:
- Group H:
Cricket
[edit]Ice hockey
[edit]- Champions Hockey League Finals, second leg:
- ZSC Lions
5–0
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- Lions win 7–2 on aggregate
- ZSC Lions
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 10:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles quarterfinals:
- Rafael Nadal
(1) bt Gilles Simon
(6) 6–2, 7–5, 7–5
- Fernando Verdasco
(14) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(5) 7–6 (2), 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles quarterfinals:
- Serena Williams
(2) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova
(8) 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
- Elena Dementieva
(4) bt Carla Suárez Navarro
6–2, 6–2
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles quarterfinals:
January 27, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]Cricket
[edit]Football (soccer)
[edit]- 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.
- Group 2:
Handball
[edit]- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 9:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles quarterfinals:
- Roger Federer
(2) bt Juan Martín del Potro
(8) 6–3, 6–0, 6–0
- Andy Roddick
(7) bt Novak Djokovic
(3) 6–7 (3), 6–4, 6–2, 2–1, retired
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles quarterfinals:
- Dinara Safina
(3) bt Jelena Dokić
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
- Vera Zvonareva
(7) bt Marion Bartoli
(16) 6–3, 6–0
- Dinara Safina
- Men's singles quarterfinals:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Schladming, Austria:
- Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst
1:37.32 ( 47.73 + 49.59) (2) Manfred Pranger
1:38.48 ( 48.31 + 50.17) (3) Ivica Kostelic
1:38.55 ( 48.83 + 49.72)
- World Cup overall standings (after 25 of 37 races): (1) Kostelic 735 pts (2) Benjamin Raich
660 Jean-Baptiste Grange
656
- World Cup overall standings (after 25 of 37 races): (1) Kostelic 735 pts (2) Benjamin Raich
- Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst
January 26, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 4th ODI in Adelaide:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- 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.
- Nicaragua
- Group 1:
Handball
[edit]Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 8:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 4th round:
- Rafael Nadal
(1) bt Fernando González
(13) 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
- Fernando Verdasco
(14) bt Andy Murray
(4) 2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(5) bt James Blake
(9) 6–4, 6–4, 77-63
- Gilles Simon
(6) bt Gaël Monfils
(12) 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, retired
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles 4th round:
- Serena Williams
(2) bt Victoria Azarenka
(13), 3–6, 4–2, retired
- Elena Dementieva
(4) bt Dominika Cibulková
(18), 6–2, 6–2
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
(8) bt Zheng Jie
(22) 4–1, retired
- Carla Suárez Navarro
bt Anabel Medina Garrigues
(21) 6–3, 6–2
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 4th round:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
1:25.13 (2) Andrea Fenninger
1:25.94 (2) Andrea Dettling
1:26.00
- World Cup overall standings (after 20 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn
914 pts (2) Maria Riesch
810 (3) Anja Paerson
& Kathrin Zettel
775
- World Cup overall standings (after 20 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn
- Super giant slalom: (1) Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
January 25, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]Auto racing
[edit]- Sports cars endurance racing:
- 24 Hours of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States:
- (1) David Donohue
Antonio García
Darren Law
Buddy Rice
- (2) Juan Pablo Montoya
Scott Pruett
Memo Rojas
- (3) João Barbosa
Terry Borcheller
J. C. France
Hurley Haywood
- 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).
- (1) David Donohue
- 24 Hours of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States:
Cycling
[edit]- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 6, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km: (1) Francesco Chicchi
Liquigas 1hr 42min 00, (2) Robbie McEwen
same time, (3) Graeme Brown
s.t.
- Final standing: (1) Allan Davis
19hr 26min 59sec, (2) Stuart O'Grady
at 25secs, (3) Jose Rojas
30 ...29. Lance Armstrong
49
- Final standing: (1) Allan Davis
- Stage 6, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km: (1) Francesco Chicchi
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 2:
Guatemala 1–3
Costa Rica
- Costa Rica advance to the semifinals.
- Group 2:
Golf
[edit]- PGA Tour:
- Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:
- Winner: Pat Perez
327 (−33)
- Winner: Pat Perez
- Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:
- European Tour:
- Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar:
- Winner: Álvaro Quirós
269 (−19)
- Winner: Álvaro Quirós
- Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar:
- LPGA Tour:
- HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup in Brazil:
- Winner: Catriona Matthew
138 (−6)
- Winner: Catriona Matthew
- HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup in Brazil:
Handball
[edit]- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Ice hockey
[edit]- NHL All-Star Game in Montreal, Canada:
Rugby union
[edit]- Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 1:
- Pool 2:
- Pool 5:
- Bath
3–3
Toulouse
- A dour draw played in a downpour at The Rec sees both teams go through to the quarterfinals.
- Glasgow Warriors
13–10
Newport Gwent Dragons
- Bath
- Quarterfinal matchups (to be played weekend of 10–12 April):
- (1) Cardiff Blues
–
Toulouse (8)
- (2) Munster (Ireland) –
Ospreys (7)
- (3) Harlequins
– (Ireland) Leinster (6)
- (4) Leicester Tigers
–
Bath (5)
- (1) Cardiff Blues
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 7:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 4th round:
- Roger Federer
(2) bt Tomáš Berdych
(20) 4–6, 6–7 (4), 6–4, 6–4 6–2
- Novak Djokovic
(3) bt Marcos Baghdatis
6–1, 7–6 (1), 6–7 (5), 6–2
- Andy Roddick
(7) bt Tommy Robredo
(21) 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
- Juan Martín del Potro
(8) bt Marin Čilić
(19) 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 4th round:
- Marion Bartoli
(16) bt Jelena Janković
(1) 6–1 6–4
- Dinara Safina
(3) bt Alizé Cornet
(15) 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
- Vera Zvonareva
(7) bt Nadia Petrova
(10) 7–5, 6–4
- Jelena Dokić
bt Alisa Kleybanova
(29) 7–5, 5–7, 8–6
- Marion Bartoli
- Men's singles 4th round:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Slalom: (1) Julien Lizeroux
1min 33.83sec (46.88 + 46.95) (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange
1:33.91 (45.88 + 48.03) (3) Patrick Thaler
1:34.50 (47.20 + 47.30)
- Combined: (1) Silvan Zurbriggen
3min 33.38sec (2) Ivica Kostelic
3:33.87 (3) Natko Zrnčić-Dim
3:36.36
- World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 38 races): (1) Kostelic 675 pts (2) Benjamin Raich
660 (3) Grange 656
- World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 38 races): (1) Kostelic 675 pts (2) Benjamin Raich
- Slalom: (1) Julien Lizeroux
- Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
- Giant slalom: (1) Kathrin Zettel
2:47.10 (1:19.47 + 1:27.63) (2) Michaela Kirchgasser
2:48.49 (1:20.18 + 1:28.31) (3) Elisabeth Görgl
2:48.81 (1:19.09 + 1:29.72)
- World Cup overall standings (after 19 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn
882 pts (2) Maria Riesch
810 (3) Anja Pärson
775
- World Cup overall standings (after 19 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn
- Giant slalom: (1) Kathrin Zettel
Bandy
[edit]- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: (1) Ekaterina Iourieva
36min 37.8sec (0) (2) Helena Jonsson
at 13.4sec (1) (3) Kaisa Maekaerainen (FIN) 27.8 (2) ... 7. Magdalena Neuner
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
520 (3) Neuner 502
- Men's 15 km Mass Start: (1) Christoph Stephan
37:19.9 (1 penalty) (2) Dominik Landertinger
at 0.2 (3) (3) Ivan Tcherezov
2.8 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen
568 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
554 (3) Carl-Johan Bergman
456
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen
- Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: (1) Ekaterina Iourieva
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
- Men's classic sprint: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad
(2) Øystein Pettersen
(3) Boerre Naess
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna
880 points (2) Petter Northug
698 (3) Axel Teichmann
631
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna
- Women's classic sprint: (1) Petra Majdič
(2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
(3) Virpi Kuitunen
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races): (1) Saarinen 1138 points (2) Majdic 1043 (3) Kuitunen 1027
- Men's classic sprint: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad
Figure skating
[edit]- United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Men: (1) Jeremy Abbott 241.89pts (2) Brandon Mroz 229.70 (3) Evan Lysacek 229.10
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
- Aerials men: (1) Steve Omischl
242.45 pts (2) Timofei Slivets
240.95 (3) Thomas Lambert
233.95
- Aerials women: (1) Lydia Lassila
185.94 pts (2) Cheng Shuang
181.18 (3) Zhao Shanshan
170.41
- Aerials men: (1) Steve Omischl
Luge
[edit]- World Cup 7 in Altenberg, Germany:
- Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler
(2) Felix Loch
(3) David Möller
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 601 points (2) Möller 525 (3) Jan Eichhorn
430
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 601 points (2) Möller 525 (3) Jan Eichhorn
- Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler
Ski jumping
[edit]- World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 140m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
293.2pts (137.5/149.0 m), (2) Thomas Morgenstern
291.7 (140.5/141.0), (3) Ville Larinto
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
1212, (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
1106
- 140m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
Speed skating
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Kolomna, Russia:
- Men:
- 100 m: (1) Yuya Oikawa
09.61 (2) Joji Kato
09.66 (3) Zhang Zhongqi
09.81
- 500 m: (1) Tucker Fredricks
34.81 (2) Keiichiro Nagashima
34.87 (3) Yu Fengtong
34.89
- 1000 m: (1) Denny Morrison
1:08.53 (2) Stefan Groothuis
1:08.67 (3) Mark Tuitert
1:09.09
- 100 m: (1) Yuya Oikawa
- Women:
- 100 m: (1) Jenny Wolf
10.33 (2) Judith Hesse
10.56 (3) Xing Aihua
10.59
- 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf
37.67 (2) Jin Peiyu
38.01 (3) Yu Jing
38.13
- 1000 m: (1) Margot Boer
1:15.79 (2) Anni Friesinger
1:15.81 (3) Christine Nesbitt
1:15.85
- 100 m: (1) Jenny Wolf
- Men:
January 24, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]College Football bowl game
[edit]- 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.
- South 35, North 18
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 3rd ODI in Lahore:
Cycling
[edit]- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 5, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km: (1) Allan Davis
3hr 28min 33sec, (2) Jose Rojas
same time, (3) Martin Elmiger
s.t.
- Overall standings: (1) Davis 17hr 44min 59sec, (2) Stuart O'Grady
at 25secs, (3) Rojas 30 ... 29. Lance Armstrong
49
- Overall standings: (1) Davis 17hr 44min 59sec, (2) Stuart O'Grady
- Stage 5, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km: (1) Allan Davis
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 1:
- Belize
1–4
El Salvador
- Honduras
4–1
Nicaragua
- Honduras advance to the semifinals.
- Belize
- Group 1:
Handball
[edit]- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
Rugby union
[edit]- Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 1:
- Sale Sharks
26–17
Clermont
- Sale Sharks
- Pool 3:
- Ospreys
15–9
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
16–48
Perpignan
- Ospreys
- Pool 4:
- Harlequins
29–24
Scarlets
- Quins' bonus-point win improves their chances of a home quarterfinal.
- Stade Français
24–19 (Ireland) Ulster
- Harlequins
- Pool 1:
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 6:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 3rd round:
- Rafael Nadal
(1) bt Tommy Haas
6–4, 6–2, 6–2
- Andy Murray
(4) bt Jürgen Melzer
(31) 7–5, 6–0, 6–3
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(5) bt Dudi Sela
6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
- Gilles Simon
(6) bt Mario Ančić
7–6 (2), 6–4, 6–2
- James Blake
(9) bt Igor Andreev
(18) 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
- The top 9 seeds are all safely through to the fourth round.
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles 3rd round:
- Serena Williams
(2) bt Peng Shuai
6–1, 6–4
- Elena Dementieva
(4) bt Samantha Stosur
7–6 (6), 6–4
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
(8) bt Alona Bondarenko
(31) 7–6 (7), 6–4
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 3rd round:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
- Downhill: (1) Dominique Gisin
1:16.98 (2) Lindsey Vonn
1:17.13 (3) Anja Pärson
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
810 (3) Paerson 762
- Downhill: (1) Dominique Gisin
- Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Downhill: (1) Didier Défago
1:56.09 (2) Michael Walchhofer
1:56.26 (3) Klaus Kröll
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
660 pts (2) Aksel Lund Svindal
610 (3) Defago 595
- Downhill: (1) Didier Défago
Bandy
[edit]- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
- Semifinals:
Sweden 8–3
Kazakhstan
Russia 10–4
Finland
- Semifinals:
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 10 km Pursuit: (1) Anna Boulygina
32min 49.8sec (2 penalties) (2) Kaisa Maekaerainen
at 2.3 (1) (3) Darya Domracheva
2.3 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): (1) Ekaterina Iourieva
507 points (2) Svetlana Sleptsova
481 (3) Kati Wilhelm
477
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): (1) Ekaterina Iourieva
- Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: (1) Björn Ferry
33:19.4 (1) (2) Simon Eder
at 17.6sec (0) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen
24.7 (3)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 568 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
518 (3) Carl-Johan Bergman
436
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 568 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- Women's 10 km Pursuit: (1) Anna Boulygina
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
- Women's 10 km classic: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk
26:25.6 (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
26:51.8 (3) Virpi Kuitunen
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
35min 43.5sec (2) Johan Olsson
at 1.5 (3) Vincent Vittoz
9.3
- World Cup overall standings (after 18 of 33 events): (1) Dario Cologna
880 points (2) Petter Northug
698 (3) Axel Teichmann
631
- World Cup overall standings (after 18 of 33 events): (1) Dario Cologna
- Women's 10 km classic: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk
Figure skating
[edit]- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Ladies: (1) Laura Lepistö
167.32 (1, 2) (2) Carolina Kostner
165.42 (3, 1) (3) Susanna Pöykiö
156.31 (2, 3)
- Ladies: (1) Laura Lepistö
- 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
[edit]- World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
- Moguls men: (1) Vincent Marquiz
25.77 (2) Alexandre Bilodeau
25.50 (3) Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau
25.39
- Moguls women: (1) Aiko Uemura
25.53 (2) Jennifer Heil
25.51 (3) Hannah Kearney
24.89
- Moguls men: (1) Vincent Marquiz
Luge
[edit]- World Cup 7 in Altenberg, Germany:
- Doubles: (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber
(2) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch
(3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger
- 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
(2) Tatjana Hüfner
(3) Anke Wischnewski
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 670 pts (2) Geisenberger 600 (3) Wischnewski 462
- Doubles: (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber
Ski jumping
[edit]- World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 140m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
289.2 points (142.0/139.5m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl
274.1 (136.5/135.5) (3) Matti Hautamaeki
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
1,172 (3) Loitzl 1,061
- 140m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Big air men: (1) Markku Koski
55.6 points (2) Seppe Smits
53.0 (3) Stefan Gimpl
51.0
- Big air men: (1) Markku Koski
Speed skating
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Kolomna, Russia:
- Men:
- 500 m: (1) Keiichiro Nagashima
34.85 (2) Yu Fengtong
34.89 (3) Yuya Oikawa
34.96
- 1000 m: (1) Denny Morrison
1:08.71 (2) Stefan Groothuis
1:08.97 (3) Yevgeny Lalenkov
1:09.02
- 500 m: (1) Keiichiro Nagashima
- Women:
- 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf
37.51 (2) Annette Gerritsen
38.02 (3) Yu Jing
38.17
- 1000 m: (1) Margot Boer
1:15.84 (2) Yu Jing
1:16.04 (3) Christine Nesbitt
1:16.26
- 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf
- Men:
January 23, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- NFL News:
- Herman Edwards was fired as the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 3rd ODI in Sydney:
- 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.
- 3rd ODI in Dhaka:
Cycling
[edit]- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 4, Burnside Village – Angaston, 143 km: (1) Allan Davis
Quick Step 3hr 29min 35sec, (2) Graeme Brown
same time, (3) Jose Rojas
s.t.
- Overall standings: (1) Davis 14hr 16min 36sec, (2) Brown at 4secs, (3) Stuart O'Grady
15
- Overall standings: (1) Davis 14hr 16min 36sec, (2) Brown at 4secs, (3) Stuart O'Grady
- Stage 4, Burnside Village – Angaston, 143 km: (1) Allan Davis
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 2:
Costa Rica 3–0
Panama
- Group 2:
Rugby union
[edit]- Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 6:
- Cardiff Blues
62–20
Calvisano
- The Blues win secures them the top seed in the knockout phase.
- Biarritz
24–10
Gloucester
- Gloucester's defeat by more than seven points and Biarritz's failure to score four tries mean that both teams are eliminated.
- Cardiff Blues
- Pool 6:
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 5:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 3rd round:
- Roger Federer
(2) bt Marat Safin
(26) 6–3, 6–2, 7–6 (5)
- Novak Djokovic
(3) bt Amer Delić
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
(7) bt Fabrice Santoro
6–3, 6–4, 6–2
- Juan Martín del Potro
(8) bt Gilles Müller
6–7 (5), 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 3rd round:
- Jelena Janković
(1) bt Ai Sugiyama
(26) 6–4, 6–4
- Dinara Safina
(3) bt Kaia Kanepi
(25) 6–2, 6–2
- Alisa Kleybanova
(29) bt Ana Ivanovic
(5) 7–5, 6–7 (5), 6–2
- Vera Zvonareva
(7) bt Sara Errani
6–4, 6–1
- Nadia Petrova
(10) bt Galina Voskoboeva
6–1 retired
- Jelena Janković
- Men's singles 3rd round:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Klaus Kröll
1:12.78 (2) Aksel Lund Svindal
1:13.00 (3) Ambrosi Hoffmann
1:13.17
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 37 events): (1) Benjamin Raich
638 pts (2) Svindal 598 (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange
576
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 37 events): (1) Benjamin Raich
- Super giant slalom: (1) Klaus Kröll
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Men's 10 km Sprint: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen
24:52.5 (0) (2) Björn Ferry
at 3.6 (0) (3) Tomasz Sikora
6.7 (0)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 520 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
475 (3) Carl-Johan Bergman
413
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 520 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- Men's 10 km Sprint: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen
Figure skating
[edit]- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Ice dance final results (free dance in brackets): (1) Jana Khoklova / Sergei Novitski
196.91 (97.31) (2) Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
186.17 (91.11) (3) Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
185.20 (92.60)
- Ladies' short program: (1) Laura Lepistö
56.62 points (2) Susanna Pöykiö
56.06 (3) Carolina Kostner
51.36
- Ice dance final results (free dance in brackets): (1) Jana Khoklova / Sergei Novitski
- 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
[edit]- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Half pipe men: (1) Ryoh Aono
47.3 points, (2) Jeff Batchelor
44.4, (3) Mathieu Crepel
43.3
- Half pipe women: (1) Jiayu Liu
43.5 points, (2) Holly Crawford
39.6, (3) Paulina Ligocki
38.5
- Half pipe men: (1) Ryoh Aono
January 22, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]Baseball
[edit]- 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
[edit]- NBA News:
- Marc Iavaroni was sacked as the coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, and replaced on an interim basis by Johnny Davis.
Cycling
[edit]- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 3, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km: (1) Graeme Brown
Rabobank 3h 15' 35" (2) Allan Davis
Quick Step s.t. (3) Stuart O'Grady
Team Saxo Bank s.t.
- Stage 3, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km: (1) Graeme Brown
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 1:
- El Salvador
1–1
Nicaragua
- Honduras
2–1
Belize
- El Salvador
- Group 1:
Handball
[edit]- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the top 12 stage)
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 4:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 2nd round:
- Rafael Nadal
(1) bt Roko Karanušić
6–2, 6–3, 6–2
- Andy Murray
(4) bt Marcel Granollers
6–4, 6–2, 6–2
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(5) bt Ivan Ljubičić
6–7 (4), 7–6 (8), 7–6 (7), 6–2
- Gilles Simon
(6) bt Chris Guccione
6–7 (5), 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
- James Blake
(9) bt Sébastien de Chaunac
6–3, 6–2, 6–3
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles 2nd round:
- Serena Williams
(2) bt Gisela Dulko
6–3, 7–5
- Elena Dementieva
(4) bt Iveta Benešová
6–4, 6–1
- Carla Suárez Navarro
bt Venus Williams
(6) 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
(8) bt Tatjana Malek
6–2, 6–2
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 2nd round:
Winter sports
[edit]Bandy
[edit]- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: (1) Tora Berger
21' 25.5" (2) Darya Domracheva
21' 33.6" (3) Kati Wilhelm
21' 46.2"
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
481 points, (2) Ekaterina Iourieva
473, (3) Wilhelm 437
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: (1) Tora Berger
Figure skating
[edit]- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Men: (1) Brian Joubert
232.01 points (1, 2) (2) Samuel Contestini
220.92 (3, 3) (3) Kevin van der Perren
219.36 (4, 4)
- Ice dance (after original dance): (1) Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
99.60 points (1, 1) (2) Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
95.06 (2, 2) (3) Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
92.60 (3, 3)
- Men: (1) Brian Joubert
- 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)
[edit]Basketball
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
- 2nd ODI in Dhaka:
- Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
Cycling
[edit]- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 2, Hahndorf – Stirling, 145 km: (1) Allan Davis
Quick Step 3h 46' 25" (2) Graeme Brown
Rabobank s.t. (3) Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale +2"
- Stage 2, Hahndorf – Stirling, 145 km: (1) Allan Davis
- Tour Down Under:
Handball
[edit]- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 12 stage)
Ice hockey
[edit]- Champions Hockey League Finals, first leg:
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 3:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 2nd round:
- Roger Federer
(2) def. Evgeny Korolev
6–2, 6–3, 6–1
- Novak Djokovic
(3) def. Jérémy Chardy
7–5, 6–1, 6–3
- Andy Roddick
(7) def. Xavier Malisse
4–6, 6–2, 7–6, 6–2
- Juan Martín del Potro
(8) def. Florian Mayer
6–1, 7–5, 6–2
- Lu Yen-hsun
def. David Nalbandian
(10) 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 2nd round:
- Jelena Janković
(1) def. Kirsten Flipkens
6–4, 7–5
- Dinara Safina
(3) def. Ekaterina Makarova
6–7 (3), 6–3, 6–0
- Ana Ivanovic
(5) def. Alberta Brianti
6–3, 6–2
- Vera Zvonareva
(7) def. Edina Gallovits
6–0, 6–0
- Nadia Petrova
(10) def. Sania Mirza
6–3, 6–2
- Jelena Janković
- Men's singles 2nd round:
Winter sports
[edit]Bandy
[edit]- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
Figure skating
[edit]- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Pairs: (1) Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
199.07 points (2 SP, 1 FS) (2) Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov
182.77 (3, 2) (3) Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov
182.07 (1, 4)
- Men's short program: (1) Brian Joubert
86.90 points (2) Tomáš Verner
81.45 (3) Samuel Contesti
75.95
- Pairs: (1) Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
- 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
[edit]- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Parallel slalom men: (1) Benjamin Karl
, (2) Sylvain Dufour
, (3) Patrick Bussler
- Parallel slalom women: (1) Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli
, (2) Doris Guenther
, (3) Ekaterina Tudegesheva
- Parallel slalom men: (1) Benjamin Karl
January 20, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]Cricket
[edit]Cycling
[edit]- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 1, Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km: (1) André Greipel
Team Columbia 3h 45' 27" (2) Baden Cooke
UniSA s.t. (3) Stuart O'Grady
Team Saxo Bank s.t.
- Stage 1, Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km: (1) André Greipel
- Tour Down Under:
Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 2:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 1st round:
- Raphael Nadal
(1) def. Christophe Rochus
6–0, 6–2, 6–2
- Andy Murray
(4) def. Andrei Pavel
6–2, 3–1 (ret.)
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(5) def. Juan Mónaco
6–4, 6–4, 6–0
- Gilles Simon
(6) def. Pablo Andújar
6–4, 6–1, 6–1
- James Blake
(9) def. Frank Dancevic
6–4, 6–3, 7–5
- Raphael Nadal
- Women's singles 1st round:
- Serena Williams
(2) def. Meng Yuan
6–3, 6–2
- Elena Dementieva
(4) def. Kristina Barrois
7–6, 2–6, 6–1
- Venus Williams
(6) def. Angelique Kerber
6–3, 6–3
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
(8) def. Anastasia Rodionova
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
- Kateryna Bondarenko
def. Agnieszka Radwańska
(9) 7–6, 4–6, 6–1
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 1st round:
Winter sports
[edit]Bandy
[edit]- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
Figure skating
[edit]- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Compulsory dance: (1) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski
37.43 pts (2) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali
36.03 (3) Sinead Kerr/John Kerr
34.89
- Pairs' short program: (1) Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov
69.62 pts (2) Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy
66.64 (3) Yuko Kawaguchi/Alexander Smirnov
65.38
- Compulsory dance: (1) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Parallel giant slalom men: (1) Jasey Jay Anderson
(2) Sylvain Dufour
(3) Matthew Morison
- Parallel giant slalom women: (1) Marion Kreiner
(2) Doris Guenther
(3) Patrizia Kummer
- Parallel giant slalom men: (1) Jasey Jay Anderson
January 19, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 1st ODI in Dhaka:
Handball
[edit]Tennis
[edit]- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 1:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 1st round:
- Roger Federer
(2) def. Andreas Seppi
6–1, 7–6 (4), 7–5
- Novak Djokovic
(3) def. Andrea Stoppini
6–2, 6–3, 7–5
- Andy Roddick
(7) def. Björn Rehnquist
6–0, 6–2, 6–2
- Juan Martín del Potro
(8) def. Mischa Zverev
6–3, 6–4, 6–2
- David Nalbandian
(10) def. Marc Gicquel
6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 1st round:
- Jelena Janković
(1) def. Yvonne Meusburger
6–1, 6–3
- Dinara Safina
(3) def. Alla Kudryavtseva
6–3, 6–4
- Ana Ivanovic
(5) def. Julia Görges
7–5, 6–3
- Vera Zvonareva
(7) def. Magdaléna Rybáriková
7–6 (2), 6–0
- Nadia Petrova
(10) def. Yaroslava Shvedova
6–3, 7–6 (3)
- Jelena Janković
- Men's singles 1st round:
Winter sports
[edit]Bandy
[edit]- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
- Skicross men: (1) Lars Lewens
(2) Patrick Koller
(3) Tomas Kraus
- Skicross women: (1) Ophelie David
(2) Jenny Owens
(3) Meryl Boulangeat
- Skicross men: (1) Lars Lewens
January 18, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 32, (6) Philadelphia Eagles 25
Badminton
[edit]- BWF Super Series:
- Korea Open Super Series in Seoul:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles: Peter Hoeg Gade
(3) bt Lee Chong Wei
(1) 21–18, 10–21, 21–17
- Women's singles: Tine Rasmussen
(2) bt Pi Hongyan
(4) 21–19, 21–19
- Men's doubles: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen
(4) bt Jung Jae-Sung/Lee Yong-Dae
(2) 21–12, 24–22
- Women's doubles: Chien Yu Chin/Chieng Wen Hsing
(1) bt Lee Kyung-Won/Lee Hyo-jung
(2) 21–19, 21–8
- Mixed doubles: Lee Yong-Dae/Lee Hyo-jung
(2) bt Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
(4) 21–8, 21–7
- Men's singles: Peter Hoeg Gade
- Korea Open Super Series in Seoul:
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 2nd ODI in Hobart:
Golf
[edit]- PGA Tour:
- Sony Open in Hawaiʻi in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
- Winner:
Zach Johnson 265 (−15)
- Winner:
- Sony Open in Hawaiʻi in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
- Champions Tour:
- Wendy's Champions Skins Game in Kāʻanapali, Hawaiʻi:
- Winners: Fuzzy Zoeller and Ben Crenshaw (13 skins, US $530,000)
- Wendy's Champions Skins Game in Kāʻanapali, Hawaiʻi:
- European Tour:
- Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Winner:
Paul Casey 267 (−21)
- Winner:
- Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Snooker
[edit]- Masters in London, United Kingdom:
- Final: (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan
def. (1) Mark Selby
10–8
- Final: (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan
Handball
[edit]Rugby union
[edit]- Heineken Cup pool stage, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 4:
- Scarlets
31–17
Stade Français
- Stade's loss secures first place in the pool and a quarterfinal berth for
Harlequins.
- Stade's loss secures first place in the pool and a quarterfinal berth for
- Scarlets
- Pool 5:
- Newport Gwent Dragons
12–15
Bath
- Bath set up a showdown with
Toulouse next weekend, with first place in the pool on the line.
- Bath set up a showdown with
- Newport Gwent Dragons
- Pool 6:
- Gloucester
12–16
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.
- Gloucester
- Pool 4:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Slalom: (1) Manfred Pranger
1:40.36 (48.10 + 52.26) (2) Reinfried Herbst
1:40.70 (48.44 + 52.26) (3) Ivica Kostelic
1:40.75 (48.80 + 51.95)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 38 races): (1) Benjamin Raich
638 pts (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange
576 (3) Kostelic 546
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 38 races): (1) Benjamin Raich
- Slalom: (1) Manfred Pranger
- Women's World Cup in Altenmarkt–Zauchensee, Austria:
- Downhill: (1) Anja Paerson
& Dominique Gisin
1:47.52 (3) Lindsey Vonn
1:47.69
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 35 races): (1) Vonn 776 pts (2) Maria Riesch
765 (3) Paerson 702
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 35 races): (1) Vonn 776 pts (2) Maria Riesch
- Downhill: (1) Anja Paerson
Bandy
[edit]- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- Women's 10 km Pursuit: (1) Magdalena Neuner
32:56.5 (4), (2) Ekaterina Iourieva
at 8.9s (1), (3) Kati Wilhelm
21.7 (3)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
481 points, (2) Iourieva 461, (3) Neuner 409
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
- Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
36min 17.4sec (1) (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen
34.4 (1) (3) Dominik Landertinger
46.5 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Svendsen 460 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
427 (3) Bjørndalen 408
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Svendsen 460 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- Women's 10 km Pursuit: (1) Magdalena Neuner
Bobsleigh
[edit]- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Four-man: (1) Alexandre Zoubkov, Roman Oreshnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Dmitriy Stepushkin
2:10.48 (1:05.20/1:05.28) (2) Thomas Florschütz, Marc Kühne, Andreas Barucha, Alex Metzger
2:10.79 (1:05.61/1:05.18) (3) Karl Angerer, Andreas Udvari, Thomas Pöge, Gregor Bermbach
2:10.81 (1:05.53/1:05.28)
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 races): (1) Zoubkov 1046 points (2) André Lange
955 (3) Jānis Miņins
904
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 races): (1) Zoubkov 1046 points (2) André Lange
- Four-man: (1) Alexandre Zoubkov, Roman Oreshnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Dmitriy Stepushkin
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- 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
- Team sprint men: (1)
Curling
[edit]- World Curling Tour:
- Glynhill Ladies International in Braehead, Glasgow, Scotland:
- Women's final:
Jennifer Jones def.
Binia Feltscher-Beeli 7–6
- Women's final:
- Glynhill Ladies International in Braehead, Glasgow, Scotland:
Figure skating
[edit]- Canadian Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan:
- Men: (1) Patrick Chan 254.82 (2) Vaughn Chipeur 206.30 (3) Jeremy Ten 204.03
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
- Aerials men: (1) Jeret Peterson
252.59 (2) Kyle Nyssen
244.92 (3) Warren Shouldice
243.03
- Aerials women: (1) Alla Tsuper
189.98 (2) Xu Mengtao
186.11 (3) Emily Cook
184.70
- Aerials men: (1) Jeret Peterson
Luge
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Oberhof, Germany:
- Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner
(2) Natalie Geisenberger
(3) Anke Wischnewski
- Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner
Short track speed skating
[edit]- European Championships in Torino, Italy:
- Men's overall standings: (1) Nicola Rodigari
76 (2) Haralds Silovs
55 (3) Viktor Knoch
55
- Women's overall standings: (1) Arianna Fontana
83 (2) Katerina Novotná
76 (3) Stéphanie Bouvier
63
- Men's overall standings: (1) Nicola Rodigari
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Markus Schairer
(2) Xavier de Le Rue
(3) Nick Baumgartner
- Snowboardcross women: (1) Helene Olafsen
(2) Olivia Nobs (3) Mellie Francon
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Markus Schairer
Speed skating
[edit]- World Sprint Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men's overall standings: (1) Shani Davis
139.560 (2) Keiichiro Nagashima
139.720 (3) Simon Kuipers
140.450
- Women's overall standings: (1) Wang Beixing
152.475 (2) Jenny Wolf
153.410 (3) Yu Jing
153.740
- Men's overall standings: (1) Shani Davis
January 17, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Rallying:
- Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile:
- Cars: (1) Giniel De Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
48:10:57 (2) Mark Miller
Ralph Pitchford
48:19:56 (3) Robby Gordon
Andy Grider
49:57:12
- Trucks: (1) Firdaus Kabirov
Aydar Belyaev
Andrey Mokeev
49:34:46 (2) Vladimir Chagin
Sergey Savostin
Eduard Nikolaev
49:38:25 (3) Gerard De Rooy
Tom Coldoul
Marcel Van Melis
50:34:42
- Motorbikes: (1) Marc Coma
52:14:33 (2) Cyril Despres
53:40:11 (3) David Fretigne
53:53:29
- Quads: (1) Josef Machacek
68:22:06 (2) Marcos Patronelli
70:56:06 (3) Rafal Sonik
76:04:40
- Cars: (1) Giniel De Villiers
- Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- Arabian Gulf Cup in Muscat, Oman:
- Final:
- Oman
0–0
Saudi Arabia
- Oman win 6–5 in penalty shootout
- Oman
- Final:
Handball
[edit]Mixed martial arts
[edit]Rugby union
[edit]- Heineken Cup pool stage, week 5:
- Pool 2:
- London Wasps
19–12 (Ireland) Leinster
- London Wasps
- Pool 3:
- Leicester Tigers
52–0
Benetton Treviso
- Perpignan
17–15
Ospreys
- Leicester Tigers
- Pool 4:
- Ulster Rugby (Ireland) 21–10
Harlequins
- Ulster Rugby (Ireland) 21–10
- Pool 5:
- Pool 6:
- Pool 2:
Tennis
[edit]- ATP Tour:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
- Final:
David Nalbandian def.
Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7 (9/11), 6–2
- Final:
- Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Final:
Juan Martín del Potro def.
Sam Querrey, 6–4, 6–4
- Final:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
- Exhibition tournaments:
- AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
- Final:
Roger Federer def.
Stanislas Wawrinka 6–1, 6–3
- Final:
- AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Downhill: (1) Didier Défago
2:31.98 (2) Bode Miller
2:32.18 (3) Marco Sullivan
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
593 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange
536 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal
518
- Downhill: (1) Didier Défago
- Women's World Cup in Altenmarkt–Zauchensee, Austria:
- Super combined: (1) Lindsey Vonn
2:40.53 (2) Kathrin Zettel
2:40.83 (3) Anja Paerson
2:41.19
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 35 races): (1) Maria Riesch
729 points (2) Vonn 716 (3) Zettel 651
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 35 races): (1) Maria Riesch
- Super combined: (1) Lindsey Vonn
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- Men's 10 km Sprint: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
23:25.8 (0 penalty laps) (2) Dominik Landertinger
at 33.4 (0) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen
35.3 (1)
- World Cup overall standings (after 10 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 406 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
393 (3) Bjørndalen 348
- World Cup overall standings (after 10 of 26 events): (1) Svendsen 406 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- Men's 10 km Sprint: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Bobsleigh
[edit]- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-man: (1) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett
2:12.08 (1:06.21/1:05.87) (2) André Lange/Martin Putze
2:12.10 (1:06.23/1:05.87) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter
2:12.23 (1:06.36/1:05.87)
- European Championship: (1) Lange/Putze (2) Hefti/Lamparter (3) Thomas Florschütz/Marc Kuehne
(4th overall)
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Hefti 1171 points (2) Lange 1141 (3) Ivo Rüegg
1020
- European Championship: (1) Lange/Putze (2) Hefti/Lamparter (3) Thomas Florschütz/Marc Kuehne
- Two-man: (1) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- Men's 15 km classic/15 km freestyle pursuit: (1) Pietro Piller Cottrer
1hr 13min 1.5sec (2) Jean-Marc Gaillard
15.0 (3) Valerio Checci
15.3
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 33 events): (1) Dario Cologna
835 points (2) Petter Northug
698 (3) Axel Teichmann
581
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 33 events): (1) Dario Cologna
- Women's 7.5 km classic/7.5 km freestyle Pursuit: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk
40:41.3 (2) Marianna Longa
40:48.9 (3) Arianna Follis
41:27.3
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 33 events): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
978 points (2) Virpi Kuitunen
907 (3) Petra Majdič
893
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 33 events): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- Men's 15 km classic/15 km freestyle pursuit: (1) Pietro Piller Cottrer
Figure skating
[edit]- 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
[edit]- World Cup 6 in Oberhof, Germany:
- Men: (1) Jan Eichhorn
(2) Felix Loch
(3) David Möller (GER)
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races): (1) Armin Zöggeler
501 points (2) Möller 455 (3) Eichhorn 375
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races): (1) Armin Zöggeler
- Doubles: (1) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt
(2) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch
(3) André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races): (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber
480 points (2) Wendl/Arlt 405 (3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger
400
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races): (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber
- Men: (1) Jan Eichhorn
Nordic combined
[edit]- World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan
25:18.7 (2) Bjoern Kircheisen
25:19.1 (3) Bill Demong
25:19.2
- World Cup standings (after 13 out of 24 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta
773 points (2) Moan 701 (3) Demong 675
- World Cup standings (after 13 out of 24 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan
Skeleton
[edit]- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Men: (1) Frank Rommel
2:15.77 (1:08.08/1:07.69) (2) Kristan Bromley
2:16.74 (1:08.37/1:08.37) (3) Gregor Stähli
2:16.79 (1:08.36/1:08.43)
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 events): (1) Aleksandr Tretyakov
924 points (2) Florian Grassl
907 (3) Rommel 900
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 events): (1) Aleksandr Tretyakov
- Men: (1) Frank Rommel
Ski jumping
[edit]- World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- 134m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
285.7 points (130.5/138.5m) (2) Wolfgang Loitzl
280.7 (130.0/136.5) (3) Simon Ammann
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
- 134m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
January 16, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
- 1st ODI in Melbourne:
- 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.
- Final in Dhaka:
Handball
[edit]- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
- Group B:
- Croatia
27–26
South Korea
- Croatia
- Group B:
Rugby union
[edit]- Pool stage, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinal)- Pool 1:
- Munster (Ireland) 37–14
Sale Sharks
- Munster get the bonus-point win they need to clinch first place in the pool and advance to the quarterfinals.
- Clermont
43–10
Montauban
- Munster (Ireland) 37–14
- Pool 2:
- Edinburgh Rugby
32–14
Castres
- Edinburgh Rugby
- Pool 1:
Tennis
[edit]- WTA Tour:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
- Final:
Elena Dementieva def.
Dinara Safina 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
- Dementieva wins two tournaments back-to-back after winning the ASB Classic in Auckland last week.
- Final:
- Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:
- Final:
Petra Kvitová def.
Iveta Benešová 7–5, 6–1
- Final:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Super combined: (1) Carlo Janka
2:34.16 (1:47.15 + 47.01) (2) Peter Fill
2:34.38 (1:47.65 + 46.73) (3) Silvan Zurbriggen
2:34.56 (1:48.16 + 46.40)
- Overall World cup standings (after 18 events): (1) Benjamin Raich
593 pts (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange
536 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal
502
- Overall World cup standings (after 18 events): (1) Benjamin Raich
- Super combined: (1) Carlo Janka
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: (1) Magdalena Neuner
23min 26.6sec (1), (2) Kati Wilhelm
at 0.2 (0), (3) Darya Domracheva
14.0 (0)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 26 events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
441 points, (2) Ekaterina Iourieva
407, (3) Helena Jonsson
363
- Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 26 events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: (1) Magdalena Neuner
Bobsleigh
[edit]- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-woman: (1) Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker
2:17.40 (1:09.20/1:08.20) (2) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer
2:18.36 (1:09.73/1:08.63) (3) Nicole Minichiello/Gillian Cooke
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
1155
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1295 points (2) Martini 1206 (3) Shauna Rohbock
- Two-woman: (1) Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- Men 1.6 km Classic Sprint: (1) Emil Joensson
(2) Ola Vigen Hattestad
(3) Josef Wenzl
- Ladies 1.3 km Classic Sprint: (1) Alena Prochazkova
(2) Justyna Kowalczyk
(3) Anna Olsson
- Men 1.6 km Classic Sprint: (1) Emil Joensson
Nordic combined
[edit]- World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Bill Demong
25:07.9 (2) Anssi Koivuranta
25:26.3 (3) Bjoern Kircheisen
25:40.2
- World Cup standings (after 12 out of 24 races): (1) Koivuranta 723 points (2) Demong 615 (3) Magnus Moan
601
- World Cup standings (after 12 out of 24 races): (1) Koivuranta 723 points (2) Demong 615 (3) Magnus Moan
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Bill Demong
Skeleton
[edit]- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Women: (1) Shelley Rudman
2:20.50 (1:10.53/1:09.97) (2) Mellisa Hollingsworth
2:20.59 (1:10.43/1:10.16) (3) Michelle Kelly
2:21.68 (1:10.95/1:10.73)
- European Championship: (1) Rudman (2) Marion Trott
(4th overall) (3) Maya Pedersen
(7th)
- World Cup standings (after 5 races): (1) Rudman 972 points (2) Anja Huber
931 (3) Trott 912
- European Championship: (1) Rudman (2) Marion Trott
- Women: (1) Shelley Rudman
Ski jumping
[edit]- World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- 134m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
272.7 points (129.5/132.0m), (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer
262.5 (127.5/130.0), (3) Martin Schmitt
249.4 (121.0/129.5)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 28 rounds): (1) Simon Ammann
1062pts, (2) Schlierenzauer 1020, (3) Loitzl 901
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 28 rounds): (1) Simon Ammann
- 134m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
January 15, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]Baseball
[edit]- 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.
- MLB owners approve two rules changes:
Basketball
[edit]- Euroleague, week 10:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage)- Group A:
- Air Avellino
79–75
Cibona Zagreb
- Unicaja Málaga
92–69
Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Málaga's win secure them top spot in this group.
- Olympiacos
68–78
Le Mans
- Air Avellino
- Group C:
- TAU Cerámica
91–83
DKV Joventut
- ALBA Berlin
59–67
Union Olimpija Ljubljana
- ALBA clinch the last spot in the Top 16 despite their loss because Joventut also lost.
- Fenerbahçe Ülker
90–86(OT)
Lottomatica Roma
- TAU Cerámica
- Group A:
Winter sports
[edit]Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Bobsleigh
[edit]- World Cup 4 at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-man: (1) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett
2:14.34 (1:07.55/1:06.79) (2) Ivo Rüegg/Roman Handschin
2:14.64 (1:07.78/1:06.86) (3) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter
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
(3) Rüegg 860
- World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Hefti 971 points (2) André Lange 931
- Two-woman: (1) Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker
2:17.34 (1:08.75/1:08.59) (2) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer
2:17.36 (1:08.85/1:08.51) (3) Nicole Minichiello/Jackie Gunn
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
979
- These races are substitutes for the cancelled races in Cesana Pariol in December.
- World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1070 points (2) Martini 996 (3) Shauna Rohbock
- Two-man: (1) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett
January 14, 2009 (Wednesday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Euroleague, week 10:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage)- Group B:
- Regal FC Barcelona
90–68
Žalgiris Kaunas
- SLUC Nancy
79–103
Montepaschi Siena
- Panathinaikos Athens
75–53
Asseco Prokom Sopot
- Sopot clinch the 4th berth in the Top 16 despite their loss as their rivals, Žalgiris and Nancy, lose as well.
- Regal FC Barcelona
- Group D:
- CSKA Moscow
63–66
Partizan Belgrade
- Real Madrid
80–69
Efes Pilsen
- Panionios
77–87
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.
- CSKA Moscow
- Group B:
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 3rd match in Dhaka:
Football (soccer)
[edit]- Arabian Gulf Cup in Muscat, Oman:
- Semifinals:
- Oman
1–0
Qatar
- Kuwait
0–1
Saudi Arabia
- Oman
- Semifinals:
- 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
[edit]Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 5 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
- World Cup relay standings (after 4 of 6 events): (1)
- Women's 4 x 6 km Relay: (1)
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Flaine, France:
- Skicross men: (1) Tomas Kraus
(2) Casey Puckett
(3) Eric Iljans
- Skicross women: (1) Ophelie David
(2) Ashleigh McIvor
(3) Karin Huttary
- Skicross men: (1) Tomas Kraus
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Cup in Gujō, Japan:
- Halfpipe men: (1) Ryoh Aono
(2) Ben Mates
(3) Shi Wancheng
- Halfpipe women: (1) Liu Jiayu
(2) Sun Zhifeng
(3) Soko Yamaoka
- Halfpipe men: (1) Ryoh Aono
January 13, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 5th ODI in Napier:
- 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.
- 2nd T20I in Brisbane
Football (soccer)
[edit]- CECAFA Cup in Kampala, Uganda:
- 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)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Football (soccer)
[edit]- 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year awards in Zürich, Switzerland:
- Men: (1)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) (2)
Lionel Messi (Barçelona) (3)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
- Women: (1)
Marta (Umeå) (2)
Birgit Prinz (Frankfurt) (3)
Cristiane (Corinthians)
- Men: (1)
January 11, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- NFC: (6) Philadelphia Eagles 23, (1) New York Giants 11
- College football news:
- Tim Tebow announces he will return for his senior season at Florida.
Badminton
[edit]- BWF Super Series:
- Malaysia Super Series in Kuala Lumpur:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's Singles: Lee Chong Wei
(1) bt Park Sung-hwan
(5) 21–14, 21–13
- Women's Singles: Tine Rasmussen
(2) bt Zhou Mi
(1) 21–17, 15–21, 21–16
- Mixed Doubles: Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir
(1) bt Lee Yong-dae/Lee Hyo-jung
(2) 21–14, 21–19
- Women's Doubles: Lee Hyo-jung/Lee Kyung-won
(4) bt Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen
(5) 21–15, 21–12
- Men's Doubles: Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae
(2) bt Hendra Aprida Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto
18–21, 21–14, 21–14
- Men's Singles: Lee Chong Wei
- Malaysia Super Series in Kuala Lumpur:
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 1st T20I in Melbourne:
Darts
[edit]- BDO World Championship in Frimley Green, United Kingdom:
- Men's Final:
Ted Hankey def.
Tony O'Shea 7–6
- The Count wins his second World Championship title.
- Men's Final:
Football (soccer)
[edit]Golf
[edit]- PGA Tour:
- Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:
- Winner:
Geoff Ogilvy 268 (−24)
- Winner:
- Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:
- European Tour:
- Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
- Winner:
Anders Hansen 269 (−15)
- Winner:
- Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
Tennis
[edit]- ATP Tour:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
- Final:
Radek Štěpánek def.
Fernando Verdasco 3–6 6–3 6–4
- Final:
- Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
- Final:
Marin Čilić def.
Somdev Devvarman 6–4, 7–6 (7/3)
- Final:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
- Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst
1:42.95 (50.12 + 52.83) (2) Manfred Pranger
1:43.13 (49.14 + 53.99) (3) Felix Neureuther
1:43.27 (50.37 + 52.90)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 events): (1) Benjamin Raich
557 pts (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange
507 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal
470
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 events): (1) Benjamin Raich
- Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst
- Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
- Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch
1:29.64 (44.78 + 44.86) (2) Kathrin Zettel
1:30.79 (46.07 + 44.72) (3) Tanja Poutiainen
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
616
- Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 35 events): (1) Riesch 729 points (2) Poutiainen 644 (3) Lindsey Vonn
- Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 12.5 km Mass Start Women: (1) Kati Wilhelm
38min 11.6sec (2 penalties) (2) Olga Medvedtseva
at 1.6sec (2) (3) Helena Jonsson
11.1 (1)
- Overall World Cup standings (after nine events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
401 points (2) Ekaterina Iourieva
371 (3) Jonsson 331
- Overall World Cup standings (after nine events): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
- 15 km Mass Start Men: (1) Christoph Sumann
38:11.9 (1+0+1+0) (2) Carl Johan Bergman
38:21.6 (0+0+1+1) (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
38:21.8 (0+1+1+0)
- 12.5 km Mass Start Women: (1) Kati Wilhelm
Bobsleigh
[edit]- 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
821 (2) Lange 803 (3) Minins 760
- World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 events): (1) Alexandre Zoubkov
- Four-man: (1)
Curling
[edit]- Ramada Perth Masters in Perth Scotland:
- Men's final:
Kevin Koe 6–5
Thomas Ulsrud
- Men's final:
- Bernese Ladies Cup in Bern, Switzerland:
- Women's final:
Shannon Kleibrink 6–5
Andrea Schöpp
- Women's final:
- Casino Rama Skins in Rama, Ontario
Randy Ferbey def.
Glenn Howard
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
- Half-pipe men: (1) Xavier Bertoni
44.60 (2) Nils Lauper
42.00 (3) Kevin Rolland
41.90
- Half-pipe women: (1) Virginie Faivre
41.2 (2) Miyuki Hatanaka
36.8 (3) Jessica Reedy
33.6
- Half-pipe men: (1) Xavier Bertoni
Luge
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Cesana Pariol, Italy:
- Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler
(2) Felix Loch
(3) Daniel Pfister
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 455 (2) David Möller
385 (3) Jan Eichhorn
275
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 455 (2) David Möller
- Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler
Nordic combined
[edit]- World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan
27:33.1 (13th after ski jump) (2) Jan Schmid
27:37.2 (7) (3) Pavel Churavy
27:37.5 (8)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 out of 24 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta
643 points (2) Moan 556 (3) Bill Demong
515
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 out of 24 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan
Ski jumping
[edit]- World Cup in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
- 200m flying hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
393.6 points (203.5/202.0m) (2) Harri Olli
390.4 (201.5/200.5) (3) Simon Ammann
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
801
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 1017 points (2) Schlierenzauer 940 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
- 200m flying hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Damon Hayler
(2) Markus Schairer
(3) Mike Robertson
- Snowboardcross women: (1) Lindsey Jacobellis
(2) Dominique Maltais
(3) Zoe Gillings
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Damon Hayler
Speed skating
[edit]- European Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
- Men overall standings: (1) Sven Kramer
148.564 points (2) Håvard Bøkko
150.495 (3) Wouter olde Heuvel
150.629
- Women overall standings: (1) Claudia Pechstein
162.014 points (2) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
162.307 (3) Martina Sáblíková
162.815
- Men overall standings: (1) Sven Kramer
January 10, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 13, (1) Tennessee Titans 10
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 4th ODI in Auckland:
- Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
- 1st match in Dhaka:
Zimbabwe 205/9 (50 ov);
Bangladesh 167 (46.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 38 runs.
- 1st match in Dhaka:
Ice hockey
[edit]- World Women's U18 Championship in Füssen, Germany:
- Final:
- United States
3–2(OT)
Canada
- Kendal Coyne's eighth goal of the tournament in overtime gives USA their second title in as many women junior world championships.
- United States
- Bronze medal game:
- Sweden
9–1
Czech Republic
- Sweden
- Game for 5th place:
- Game for 7th place:
- Switzerland
2–3(SO)
Russia
- Switzerland is relegated to Division I in 2010, and will be replaced in the top division by
Japan.
- Switzerland is relegated to Division I in 2010, and will be replaced in the top division by
- Switzerland
- Final:
Tennis
[edit]- ATP Tour:
- Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
- Final:
Andy Murray def.
Andy Roddick 6–4, 6–2
- Final:
- Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
- WTA Tour:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
- Final:
Victoria Azarenka def.
Marion Bartoli 6–3, 6–1
- Final:
- ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Final:
Elena Dementieva def.
Elena Vesnina 6–4 6–1
- Final:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
- JB Group Classic in Hong Kong:
- Gold group final (best of five matches):
- Gisela Dulko
(Americas) def. Anna Chakvetadze
(Russia) 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
- Venus Williams
(Americas) def. Vera Zvonareva
(Russia) 6–2, 6–2
- Venus Williams/Coco Vandeweghe
(Americas) def. Anna Chakvetadze/Alexandra Panova
(Russia) 6–4, 6–1
- Americas beat Russia 4–1
- Gisela Dulko
- Silver group final (best of three matches):
- Zheng Jie
(Asia-Pacific) def. Michelle Larcher de Brito
(Europe) 6–1, 6–1
- Asia-Pacific beat Europe 3–0
- Zheng Jie
- Gold group final (best of five matches):
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
- Giant slalom: (1) Benjamin Raich
2:24.95 (1:12.33 + 1:12.62) (2) Massimiliano Blardone
2:25.19 (1:12.53 + 1:12.66) (3) Kjetil Jansrud
2:25.67 (1:14.19 + 1:11.48)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 events): (1) Raich 533 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange
478 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal
470
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 events): (1) Raich 533 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange
- Giant slalom: (1) Benjamin Raich
- Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
- Giant slalom: (1) Tina Maze
2:45.15 (1:21.75 + 1:23.40) (2) Denise Karbon
2:45.54 (1:21.66 + 1:23.88) (3) Kathrin Hoelzl
2:46.07 (1:21.93 + 1:24.14)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 35 events): (1) Maria Riesch
629 points (2) Tanja Poutiainen
584 (3) Lindsey Vonn
566
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 35 events): (1) Maria Riesch
- Giant slalom: (1) Tina Maze
Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 10 km Sprint Men: (1) Maxim Tchoudov
25:49.5 (0+0) (2) Michael Roesch
26:02.2 (0+0) (3) Tomasz Sikora
26:14.7 (1+0)
- 10 km Sprint Men: (1) Maxim Tchoudov
Bobsleigh
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
- Two-man: Thomas Florschuetz/Marc Kühne
1:44.62 (52.20/52.42) (2) Ivo Rüegg/Cedric Grand
1:39.27 (49.54/49.73) (3) Alexandre Zoubkov/Dmitry Trunenkov
1:39.31 (49.58/49.73) & Karl Angerer/Alex Mann
1:39.31 (49.73/49.58)
- World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) André Lange
795 points (2) Beat Hefti
771 (3) Zoubkov & Todd Hays
672
- World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) André Lange
- Two-woman: (1) Shauna Rohbock/Valerie Fleming
1:41.91 (50.78/51.13) (2) Nicole Minichiello/Gillian Cooke
1:42.05 (50.87/51.18) & Sandra Kiriasis/Romy Logsch
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
794
- World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 845 points (2) Rohbock 803 (3) Helen Upperton
- Two-man: Thomas Florschuetz/Marc Kühne
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
- Skicross men: (1) Andreas Matt
(2) Christopher Delbosco
(3) Markus Wittner
- Skicross women: (1) Hedda Berntsen
(2) Ophelie David
(3) Katrin Ofner
- Skicross men: (1) Andreas Matt
Luge
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Cesana Pariol, Italy:
- Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner
(2) Natalie Geisenberger
(3) Nina Reithmayer
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 485 points (2) Geisenberger 415 (3) Anke Wischnewski
322
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 485 points (2) Geisenberger 415 (3) Anke Wischnewski
- Doubles: (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber
(2) Gerhard Plankensteiner/Oswald Haselrieder
(3) Andris Sics/Juris Sics
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Oberstolz/Gruber 420 points (2) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger
350 (3) Plankensteiner/Haselrieder 319
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Oberstolz/Gruber 420 points (2) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger
- Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner
Nordic combined
[edit]- World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- 10 km mass start: (1) Bjoern Kircheisen
(2) Bernhard Gruber
(3) Jan Schmid
- Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 24 events): (1) Anssi Koivuranta
643 points (2) Kircheisen 509 (3) Bill Demong
497
- Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 24 events): (1) Anssi Koivuranta
- 10 km mass start: (1) Bjoern Kircheisen
Ski jumping
[edit]- World Cup in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
- 200m flying hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
398.0 points (199.5/215.5m (hill record)) (2) Simon Ammann
390.1 (207.5/195.5) (3) Martin Koch
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
775
- World Cup overall standings (after 12 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 957 points (2) Schlierenzauer 840 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
- 200m flying hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Xavier de Le Rue
(2) Michal Novotny
(3) Nate Holland
- Snowboardcross women: (1) Sandra Frei
(2) Déborah Anthonioz
Lindsey Jacobellis
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Xavier de Le Rue
January 9, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]Darts
[edit]- BDO World Championship in Frimley Green, United Kingdom:
- Women's final:
Francis Hoenselaar beat
Trina Gulliver 2–1
- Hoenselaar wins her first World Championship title after losing in five previous finals to 7-times champion Gulliver.
- Women's final:
Ice hockey
[edit]- World Women's U18 Championship in Füssen, Germany:
- Semifinals:
- Canada
6–1
Sweden
- United States
18–0
Czech Republic
- In a repeat of last year's championships, Canada and United States will play in the final, while Sweden and Czech Republic play for bronze medals.
- Canada
- Classification 5–8:
- Semifinals:
Tennis
[edit]- Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Final:
Slovakia 2–0
Russia (doubles match not played)
- Dominika Cibulková and Dominik Hrbatý give Slovakia its third Hopman Cup title.
- Final:
- JB Group Classic in Hong Kong:
- Gold group final (best of five matches):
- Venus Williams
(Americas) bt Anna Chakvetadze
(Russia) 7–6 (7/1), 6–3
- Vera Zvonareva
(Russia) bt Gisela Dulko
(Americas) 6–4, 0–6, 6–3
- Americas and Russia level 1–1.
- Venus Williams
- Silver group final (best of three matches):
- Sania Mirza
(Asia-Pacific) bt Ágnes Szávay
(Europe) 6–3, 6–4
- Zheng Jie
/Sania Mirza
(Asia-Pacific) bt Jelena Janković
/Michelle Larcher de Brito
(Europe) 6–1, 6–1
- Asia-Pacific win the silver group final 2–0.
- Sania Mirza
- Gold group final (best of five matches):
Winter sports
[edit]Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 7.5 km Sprint Women: (1) Ekaterina Iourieva
22:09.7 (1 penalty), (2) Andrea Henkel
at 2.4 (O), (3) Helena Jonsson
19.6 (0)
- Overall World Cup standings (after eight rounds): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
361 points, (2) Iourieva 337, (3) Jonsson 283
- Overall World Cup standings (after eight rounds): (1) Svetlana Sleptsova
- 7.5 km Sprint Women: (1) Ekaterina Iourieva
Skeleton
[edit]- World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
- Men: (1) Frank Rommel
1:34.91 (47.44/47.47) (2) Florian Grassl
1:35.91 (47.85/48.06) (3) Aleksandr Tretyakov
1:36.03 (48.20/47.83)
- World Cup standings (after four races): (1) Grassl 803 points (2) Martins Dukurs
802 (3) Tretyakov 772
- World Cup standings (after four races): (1) Grassl 803 points (2) Martins Dukurs
- Women: (1) Anja Huber
1:38.85 (49.55/49.30) (2) Shelley Rudman
1:39.09 (49.84/49.25) (3) Marion Trott
1:39.20 (49.65/49.55)
- World Cup standings (after four races): (1) Huber 811 points (2) Rudman 747 (3) Amy Williams
736
- World Cup standings (after four races): (1) Huber 811 points (2) Rudman 747 (3) Amy Williams
- Men: (1) Frank Rommel
January 8, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- (2) Florida 24, (1) Oklahoma 14
- BCS National Championship Game at Miami Gardens, Florida:
Basketball
[edit]- Euroleague, week 9:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage; teams in italics are eliminated)- Group A:
- Cibona Zagreb
76–77
Unicaja Málaga
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
96–83
Olympiacos
- Following these results, Málaga move to the top of the group, ahead of Olympiacos and Maccabi.
- Cibona Zagreb
- Group B:
- Montepaschi Siena
82–77
Panathinaikos Athens
- Žalgiris Kaunas
105–94
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.
- Montepaschi Siena
- Group C:
- Union Olimpija Ljubljana
70–90
Fenerbahçe Ülker
- Fenerbahçe punch their ticket to the Top 16.
- Lottomatica Roma
96–103(OT)
TAU Cerámica
- TAU get the four-point win they needed to secure top spot in the group.
- Union Olimpija Ljubljana
- Group D:
- AJ Milano
70–61
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.
- AJ Milano
- Group A:
Tennis
[edit]- 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
- Group A:
Winter sports
[edit]Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 4 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
- World Cup relay standings: (1) Austria 174 (2) Russia 154 (3)
- 4 x 7.5 km Relay Men: (1)
January 7, 2009 (Wednesday)
[edit]Basketball
[edit]- Euroleague, week 9:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage; teams in italics are eliminated)- Group A:
- Le Mans
92–88
Air Avellino
- Le Mans score their first win, but it's too late...
- Le Mans
- Group B:
- Asseco Prokom Sopot
64–76
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.
- Asseco Prokom Sopot
- Group C:
- DKV Joventut
75–79
ALBA Berlin
- ALBA get level with Joventut in 4th place, and take the tie-break advantage against them.
- DKV Joventut
- Group D:
- Efes Pilsen
55–74
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
80–57
Panionios
- Partizan draw level with Efes Pilsen in 3rd place. Panionios drop to last place and has only a slim chance of qualifying.
- Efes Pilsen
- Group A:
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 3rd Test in Sydney, day 5:
- 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.
- 3rd ODI in Wellington:
- 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
[edit]- Champions Hockey League Semifinals, second leg:
(First leg scores in parentheses)- Salavat Yulaev Ufa
1(2)–4(1)
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- Metallurg win in penalty shootout.
- Espoo Blues
1(3)–4(6)
ZSC Lions
- Lions win 10–4 on aggregate.
- Salavat Yulaev Ufa
- World Women's U18 Championship in Füssen, Germany:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)- Group B:
- Switzerland
4–3
Finland
- Canada
13–0
Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Group A:
- United States
9–2
Sweden
- Russia
5–2
Germany
- United States
- Group B:
Tennis
[edit]- Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Group A:
United States 1–2
Germany
- Group B:
Russia 2–1
Chinese Taipei
- Group A:
Winter sports
[edit]Biathlon
[edit]- World Cup 4 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
- 4 x 6 km Relay Women: (1)
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
- Parallel slalom men: (1) Simon Schoch
(2) Rok Flander
(3) Zan Kosir
- Parallel slalom women: (1) Amelie Kober
(2) Tomoka Takeuchi
(3) Heidi Neururer
- Parallel slalom men: (1) Simon Schoch
January 6, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- NCAA Bowl Games:
- GMAC Bowl: Tulsa 45, (22) Ball State 13
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 3rd Test in Sydney, day 4:
- 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.
- 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 4
Ice hockey
[edit]- World Women's U18 Championship in Füssen, Germany:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)- Group B:
- Czech Republic
7–3
Switzerland
- Finland
0–6
Canada
- Czech Republic
- Group A:
- Sweden
6–1
Russia
- Germany
0–11
United States
- Sweden
- Group B:
Tennis
[edit]- Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Group B:
France 1–2
Italy
- Group A:
Australia 1–2
Slovakia
- Group B:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
- Slalom: (1) Jean-Baptiste Grange
1:53.31 (53.91 + 59.40) (2) Ivica Kostelic
1:53.36 (54.18 + 59.18) (3) Giuliano Razzoli
1:53.66 (54.88 + 58.78)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 15 races): (1) Grange 466pts, (2) Aksel Lund Svindal
444, (3) Benjamin Raich
433
- Overall World Cup standings (after 15 races): (1) Grange 466pts, (2) Aksel Lund Svindal
- Slalom: (1) Jean-Baptiste Grange
Ski jumping
[edit]- Four Hills Tournament:
- World Cup in Bischofshofen, Austria:
- Individual 140m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
301.2 points (142.5/141.5m) (2) Simon Ammann
284.4 (137.5/140.5) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev
279.2 (138.0/138.5)
- Individual 140m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
- World Cup in Bischofshofen, Austria:
Snowboarding
[edit]- World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
- Parallel GS men: (1) Siegfried Grabner
(2) Simon Schoch
(3)Meinhard Erlacher
- Parallel GS women: (1) Doris Guenther
(2) Tomoka Takeuchi
(3) Claudia Riegler
- Parallel GS men: (1) Siegfried Grabner
January 5, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- Fiesta Bowl: (3) Texas 24, (10) Ohio State 21.
- Bowl Championship Series
Baseball
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
- 3rd Test in Sydney, day 3:
- 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.
- 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 3:
Ice hockey
[edit]- World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- World Women's U18 Championship in Füssen, Germany:
- Group B:
- Czech Republic
1–2(SO)
Finland
- Canada
16–1
Switzerland
- Czech Republic
- Group A:
- United States
17–0
Russia
- Sweden
8–1
Germany
- United States
- Group B:
Tennis
[edit]- Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Group A:
Australia 1–2
Germany
United States 0–3
Slovakia
- Group A:
Winter sports
[edit]Freestyle skiing
[edit]- World Cup in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria:
- Skicross men: (1) Michael Schmid
(2) Andreas Matt
(3) Tommy Eliasson
- Skicross women: (1) Marion Josserand
(2) Katharina Gutensohn
(3) Kelsey Serwa
- Skicross men: (1) Michael Schmid
January 4, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 27, (3) Miami Dolphins 9
Cricket
[edit]- 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.
- 3rd Test in Sydney, day 2:
- 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.
- 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 2:
Darts
[edit]- PDC World Darts Championship in London, United Kingdom:
- Final:
Phil Taylor def.
Raymond van Barneveld 7–1
- Final:
Ice hockey
[edit]- World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
- Germany
1–3
Finland
- Kazakhstan
1–7
Latvia
- Germany and Kazakhstan are relegated to Division 1 in 2010.
- Germany
- 5th place Playoff (at Scotiabank Place):
- Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
Tennis
[edit]- Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Group B:
Russia 2–1
Italy
- Group B:
Winter sports
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Women's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
- Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch
1min 58.96sec (58.60 + 1:00.36) (2) Nicole Gius
1:59.40 (1:00.15 + 59.25) (3) Šárka Záhrobská
1:59.59 (59.79 + 59.80)
- Overall standings (after 13 of 35 races): (1) Riesch 607pts, (2) Tanja Poutiainen
534, (3) Lindsey Vonn
530
- Overall standings (after 13 of 35 races): (1) Riesch 607pts, (2) Tanja Poutiainen
- Slalom: (1) Maria Riesch
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Tour de Ski stage 7 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- Men Final standings: (1) Dario Cologna
2hr 46min 05.4sec, (2) Petter Northug
at 59.0sec, (3) Axel Teichmann
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
2hr 06min 41.4sec, (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
at 7.2sec, (3) Petra Majdič
34.5
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 33 races): (1) Saarinen 978 points, (2) Kuitunen 907, (3) Majdic 893
- Men Final standings: (1) Dario Cologna
Luge
[edit]- World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany:
- Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler
(2) David Möller
(3) Felix Loch
- Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 355 (2) Möller 325 (3) Andi Langenhan
227
- Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 355 (2) Möller 325 (3) Andi Langenhan
- Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler
Nordic combined
[edit]- World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Anssi Koivuranta
22min 15.4sec (1) (2) Bill Demong
at 6.7 (18) (3) Bjorn Kircheisen
7.1 (19)
- Overall standings (after 9 of 24 races): (1) Koivuranta 643 points (2) Demong 447 (3) Magnus Moan
420
- Overall standings (after 9 of 24 races): (1) Koivuranta 643 points (2) Demong 447 (3) Magnus Moan
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Anssi Koivuranta
Ski jumping
[edit]- Four Hills Tournament:
- World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Individual 130m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
261.0 points (126.5m/128.5m) (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer
260.3 (126.0/127.5) (3) Martin Schmitt
257.7 (128.5/125.5)
- Four Hills Tournament standings (after 3 of 4 events): (1) Loitzl 822.5 points (2) Simon Ammann
806.7 (3) Schlierenzauer 798.0
- World Cup standings (after 10 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 797 points (2) Schlierenzauer 690 (3) Loitzl 639
- Four Hills Tournament standings (after 3 of 4 events): (1) Loitzl 822.5 points (2) Simon Ammann
- Individual 130m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
- World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria:
January 3, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 30, (5) Atlanta Falcons 24
- NCAA Bowl Games:
- International Bowl: Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20
- The Huskies score 28 unanswered points to come back from a ten-point deficit.
- International Bowl: Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20
Cricket
[edit]- South Africa in Australia:
- 3rd Test in Sydney, day 1:
Australia 267/6 (Michael Clarke 73*, Dale Steyn 2/71).
- 3rd Test in Sydney, day 1:
- Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 1:
Sri Lanka 371/6 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 162, Mashrafe Mortaza 2/48).
- 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 1:
- 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.
- 2nd ODI in Christchurch:
Ice hockey
[edit]- World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
- Finland
7–1
Kazakhstan
- Finland
- Semifinals (at Scotiabank Place):
- Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
Tennis
[edit]- Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
- Final:
- Andy Murray
def. Rafael Nadal
6–4, 5–7, 6–3
- Andy Murray
- Final:
- Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Group B:
France 3–0
Chinese Taipei
- Group B:
Winter sports
[edit]Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Tour de Ski stage 6 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- 10 km classic women mass start: (1) Virpi Kuitunen
30min 10.3sec, (2) Petra Majdič
at 13.8sec, (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
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
55min 19.2sec, (2) Sami Jauhojärvi
at 0.3sec, (3) Nikolai Chebotko
1.3
- Overall standings (after 6 of 7 stages): (1) Dario Cologna
2hr 20min 53.4sec, (2) Teichmann 2hr 21:27.5, (3) Eldar Roenning
2hr 21:58.6
- Overall standings (after 6 of 7 stages): (1) Dario Cologna
- 10 km classic women mass start: (1) Virpi Kuitunen
Luge
[edit]- World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany:
- Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner
(2) Natalie Geisenberger
(3) Anke Wischnewski
- Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 385 (2) Geisenberger 330 (3)Wischnewski 280
- Doubles: (1) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch
(2) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt
(3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger
- Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber
320 (2) Linger/Linger 290 (3) Leitner/Resch 264
- Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber
- Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner
Nordic combined
[edit]January 2, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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.
- Sugar Bowl: (6) Utah 31, (4) Alabama 17
Ice hockey
[edit]- World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
- Quarterfinals (at Scotiabank Place):
- United States
3–5
Slovakia
- Russia
5–1
Czech Republic
- United States
January 1, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]American football
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
- Detroit Red Wings 6, Chicago Blackhawks 4
Winter sports
[edit]Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Tour de Ski stage 5 in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic:
- 1.2 km Sprint freestyle men: (1) Petter Northug
(2) Tor Arne Hetland
(3) Cristian Zorzi
- Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): (1) Dario Cologna
1 hr 26 min 02.4 sec (2) Vasily Rochev
1 h 26:25.9 (3) Eldar Rønning
1 h 26:34.9
- Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): (1) Dario Cologna
- 1.2 km Sprint freestyle women: (1) Arianna Follis
(2) Petra Majdič
(3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): (1) Saarinen 59:30.4 (2) Virpi Kuitunen
at 13.8 (3) Marit Bjørgen
37.0
- Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): (1) Saarinen 59:30.4 (2) Virpi Kuitunen
- 1.2 km Sprint freestyle men: (1) Petter Northug
Ski jumping
[edit]- Four Hills Tournament:
- World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
- Individual 140m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
276.3 points (134.5/136.5m) (2) Simon Ammann
274.6 (140.0/134.5) (3) Harri Olli
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
537.7
- World Cup standings (after 9 of 28 events): (1) Ammann 765 points (2) Schlierenzauer 610 (3) Loitzl 539
- Four Hills standings (after two of four events): (1) Loitzl 561.5 points (2) Ammann 561.0 (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer
- Individual 140m hill: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl
- World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany: