January 2007 in sports

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31 January 2007 (Wednesday)[edit]

• Cricket:
  • West Indies in India, fourth ODI in Vadodara:
    •  India 341 (50 overs; Sachin Tendulkar 100*, Rahul Dravid 78, Sourav Ganguly 68) beat  West Indies 181 (41.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 55) by 160 runs. India win the series 3:1.
  • 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya:
    •  Kenya 133/3 (32.1 overs) beat  Netherlands 131 (46.2 overs) by 7 wickets (with 107 balls remaining).
    •  Scotland 276/4 (50 overs; Fraser Watts 70, Gavin Hamilton 64*, Dougie Brown 50*) beat  Canada 269/9 (50 overs; Ashish Bagai 137*, Ashif Mulla 48) by 7 runs.
    •  Ireland 276/6 (48.4 overs; William Porterfield 112*, Kevin O'Brien 54) beat  Bermuda 275/8 (50 overs; Clay Smith 52, Dean Minors 51) by 4 wickets (with 8 balls remaining).
• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, final, first leg:
    •  Singapore 2  Thailand 1.
  • FC Bayern Munich sack their coach Felix Magath, replacing him with Magath's predecessor Ottmar Hitzfeld after a string of poor performances in their defence of their Bundesliga title.
• Basketball:
  • Euroleague, Group C
    • CSKA Moscow , already assured of topping the group, win their 11th straight group match, manhandling Fenerbahçe Ülker 85–66 and ending Fener's very faint hopes of advancing to the Top 16. (Euroleague)
    • Benetton Treviso , already qualified for the Top 16, come from behind to defeat Eldo Napoli 64–62 away. The result leaves Eldo's hopes of the Top 16 hanging by a thread. (Euroleague)
    • Pau-Orthez punch their ticket to the Top 16 with a 68–56 win over Žalgiris . (Euroleague)
    • Although Aris TT Bank lose 82–75 at home in overtime to Winterthur FCB , they back into the Top 16 courtesy of Benetton's win over Eldo. (Euroleague)
  • US men's college basketball:
    • (1) Florida 74, (24) Vanderbilt 64
    • Indiana 71, (2) Wisconsin 66
    • (3) North Carolina 105, Miami (FL) 64
    • (4) Ohio State 78, Purdue 60
    • (10) Texas A&M 73, Iowa State 49
    • NC State 70, (16) Virginia Tech 59
    • Gonzaga 90, (23) Stanford 86 (2 OT)

30 January 2007 (Tuesday)[edit]

• Cricket:
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Perth:
    •  New Zealand 318/7 (Lou Vincent 76, Ross Taylor 71, Jacob Oram 54*) beat  England 260/8 (Ed Joyce 66, Paul Nixon 49) by 58 runs. New Zealand qualify to the final.
  • 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya:
    •  Netherlands 201/2 (35 overs; Bas Zuiderent 77 not out) beat  Canada 200 (44 overs; Ashish Bagai 74) by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
    •  Scotland 284/7 (50 overs; Neil McCallum 100) beat  Ireland 280/7 (50 overs; Jeremy Bray 116) by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
• Football (soccer):
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates:
    • Final:  United Arab Emirates 1  Oman 0.
• Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:
  • Quarter finals:
    • Germany 27 Spain 25.
    • France 21 Croatia 18.
    • Poland 28 Russia 27.
    • Denmark 42 Iceland 41 (OT).
  • Placement matches:
    • 9th/10th Place: Hungary 34 Slovenia 33.
    • 11th/12th Place: Tunisia 25 Czech Republic 21.

29 January 2007 (Monday)[edit]

• Cricket:
  • 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya:
    •  Kenya 137 for 0 (18.1 overs; David Obuya 74*, Morris Ouma 56*) beat  Bermuda 133 (39.3 overs; Dean Minors 52) by ten wickets.
• Horse racing:
  • The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is euthanized due to complications from the broken leg he suffered in that year's Preakness.
• Men's US college basketball:
  • (8) Kansas 76, Nebraska 56
  • (9) Pittsburgh 65, Villanova 59

28 January 2007 (Sunday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – Final:
    • Roger Federer [1] def Fernando González [10] 7–6(2) 6–4 6–4.
      Federer becomes the first man to win a Grand Slam event without losing a set since Björn Borg accomplished the feat in the 1980 French Open.
  • Mixed doubles – Final:
    • Daniel Nestor /Elena Likhovtseva def Max Mirnyi /Victoria Azarenka 6–4 6–4
• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 3:
    •  Pakistan 157 & 186,  South Africa 183 & 161/5 (64 overs; Ashwell Prince 59 not out, Jacques Kallis 51). South Africa win by 5 wickets and win the series 2–1. Kallis is named both player of the match and player of the series.
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Perth:
    •  Australia 343/5 (Matthew Hayden 117, Ricky Ponting 111) beat  New Zealand 335/5 (Jacob Oram 101*, Lou Vincent 66) by 8 runs.
• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg:
    •  Thailand 0  Vietnam 0. Thailand win 2–0 on aggregate.
• Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:
  (Bold teams qualify to quarter finals)
  • Group M I:
    • Germany 33 Iceland 28.
    • Poland 38 Slovenia 27.
    • France 28 Tunisia 26.
  • Group M II:
    • Croatia 29 Spain 28.
    • Russia 26 Hungary 25.
    • Denmark 33 Czech Republic 29.
  • Placement Matches:
    • 13th/14th place: Norway 32 Ukraine 22.
    • 15th/16th place: Korea 38 Argentina 31.
    • 17th/18th place: Egypt 26 Kuwait 22.
    • 19th/20th Place: Brazil 36 Morocco 29.
    • 21st/22nd place: Angola 29 Greenland 28.
    • 23rd/24th place: Qatar 36 Australia 22.
• Golf:
  • Tiger Woods wins his 7th consecutive PGA Tour event at the Buick Invitational in San Diego, California. This is the longest PGA Tour winning streak since Byron Nelson won 11 consecutive events in 1945.
• US college basketball:
  • Men's
    • (2) Wisconsin 57, Iowa 46
    • Stanford 75, (3) UCLA 68
    • (10) Duke 75, Boston College 61
    • Virginia 64, (19) Clemson 63
    • Georgia 57, (21) LSU 54
  • Women's
    • (2) North Carolina 84, (3) Maryland 71.
• Cyclo-cross – UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships:
  • Men: Erwin Vervecken, Jonathan Page, Enrico Franzoi
  • Women: Maryline Salvetat, Katie Compton, Laurence Leboucher

27 January 2007 (Saturday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Women's singles – Final:
    • Serena Williams def Maria Sharapova [1] 6–1 6–2
  • Men's doubles – Final:
    • Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan [1] def Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi [2] 7–5 7–5
  • Boys' singles – Final:
    • Brydan Klein def Jonathan Eysseric [2] 6–2 4–6 6–1
  • Girls' singles – Final:
    • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [1] def Madison Brengle [16] 7–6(6) 7–6(3)
• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 2:
    •  Pakistan 157 & 186 all out (51.2 overs; Yasir Hameed 35),  South Africa 183 all out (53.0 overs; Graeme Smith 64) & 36/2 (Graeme Smith 33 not out). South Africa trail by 124 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 2nd innings.
  • West Indies in India, 3rd ODI in Chennai:
    •  West Indies 270 for 7 (43.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 98, Brian Lara 83) beat  India 268 (48 overs; Robin Uthappa 70, Sachin Tendulkar 66, Rahul Dravid 57) by 3 wickets. India lead the series 2:1.
• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg:
    •  Singapore 1  Malaysia 1 (AET) 5–4 (PSO).
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates, semifinals:
    •  Oman 1  Bahrain 0.
    •  United Arab Emirates 1  Saudi Arabia 0.
• Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
  • Carolina Kostner wins the gold in the ladies' event, silver goes to Sarah Meier and bronze to Kiira Korpi . For the first time in 25 years, Russian skaters failed to win any of the titles.
• Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:
  (Bold teams qualify to quarter finals)
  • Group M I:
    • Germany 29 France 26.
    • Iceland 32 Slovenia 31.
    • Poland 40 Tunisia 31.
  • Group M II:
    • Croatia 31 Czech Republic 29.
    • Spain 33 Hungary 31.
    • Denmark 26 Russia 24.
  • Presidents Cup:
    • Ukraine 23 Argentina 22.
    • Norway 34 Korea 32.
    • Brazil 30 Australia 23.
    • Morocco 32 Angola 28.
• Rugby union:
  • For the fourth time in four Top 14 fixtures at Stade de France, Stade Français sets an all-time attendance record for a regular-season match in French sport, drawing 79,741 to see Stade defeat Toulouse 22–20. (Le Monde, in French)
• Men's US college basketball
  • (1) Florida 91, Auburn 66
  • (3) UCLA 62, California 46
  • (4) North Carolina 92, (17) Arizona 64. The Tar Heels hand Arizona its worst home loss ever under Lute Olson.
  • (5) Ohio State 66, Michigan State 64
  • (6) Texas A&M 70, Oklahoma 61
  • (7) Oregon 77, (20) Washington State 74 (OT)
  • (8) Kansas 97, Colorado 74
  • (9) Pittsburgh 72, St. Joihn's 46
  • Arkansas 63, (12) Alabama 57
  • BYU 61, (16) Air Force 52
• Athletics:
  • Tirunesh Dibaba set a world indoor record of 14 minutes, 27.42 seconds to win the women's 5,000 meters at the Boston Indoor Games.
• Cyclo-cross – UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships:
  • Juniors: Joeri Adams, Danny Summerhill, Jiří Polnický
  • Under 23s: Lars Boom, Niels Albert, Romain Villa

26 January 2007 (Friday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – semi final:
    • Fernando González [10] def Tommy Haas [12] 6–1 6–3 6–1
  • Women's doubles – final:
    • Cara Black /Liezel Huber [3] def Yung-Jan Chan /Chia-Jung Chuang 6–4 6–7(4) 6–1
• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 1:
    •  Pakistan 157 all out (43.1 overs; Mohammad Yousuf 83),  South Africa 131/5 (39.0 overs; Graeme Smith 64). South Africa trail by 26 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Adelaide:
    •  England 110 (34.3 overs);  Australia 111/1 (24.3 overs). Australia win by 9 wickets (with 153 balls remaining).
• Football (soccer): Michel Platini, 51, is elected President of UEFA, defeating 77-year-old incumbent Lennart Johansson who was seeking a fifth term of office. Platini is seeking to limit countries to a maximum of three entries in the UEFA Champions League. (Playfuls.com)
• Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
  • Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder win the gold medal in ice dance, beating Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin by just 0.31 pts. World champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski get the bronze.

25 January 2007 (Thursday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – semi final:
    • Roger Federer [1] def Andy Roddick [6] 6–4 6–0 6–2
  • Women's singles – semi finals:
    • Maria Sharapova [1] def Kim Clijsters [4] 6–4 6–2
    • Serena Williams def Nicole Vaidišová [10] 7–6(5) 6–4
• Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:
  • Group M I:
    • Germany 35 Tunisia 28.
    • Poland 35 Iceland 33.
    • France 33 Slovenia 19.
  • Group M II:
    • Russia 30 Czech Republic 26.
    • Croatia 25 Hungary 18.
    • Denmark 27 Spain 23.
  • Presidents Cup:
    • Argentina 28 Kuwait 25.
    • Korea 36 Egypt 30.
    • Brazil 33 Greenland 30.
    • Morocco 44 Qatar 27.
• Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
  • Brian Joubert wins the gold in the men's event, Tomáš Verner the silver, and Kevin van der Perren the bronze.
• Basketball:
  • Euroleague
    • Eldo Napoli keep their hopes of a spot in the Top 16 alive with a 93–88 overtime win over Fenerbahçe Ülker , a result that all but eliminates the losers from Top 16 contention. (Euroleague)
    • Dynamo Moscow defeat fellow Top 16 qualifier Olympiacos 84–69, securing top spot in Group A for TAU Cerámica . (Euroleague)
  • Men's US college basketball
    • (3) UCLA 62, California 46
    • Washington 89, (7) Oregon 77
    • (10) Duke 68, (19) Clemson 66
    • Stanford 65, (25) USC 50

24 January 2007 (Wednesday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – quarter finals:
    • Fernando González [10] def Rafael Nadal [2] 6–2 6–4 6–3
    • Tommy Haas [12] def Nikolay Davydenko [3] 6–3 2–6 1–6 6–1 7–5
  • Women's singles – quarter finals:
    • Maria Sharapova [1] def Anna Chakvetadze [12] 7–6(5) 7–5
    • Kim Clijsters [4] def Martina Hingis [6] 3–6 6–4 6–3
• Cricket:
  • West Indies in India, second ODI in Cuttack:
    •  India 189 (48.2 overs; Dinesh Karthik 63) beat  West Indies 169 (48.2 overs; Shivnarine Chanderpaul 67) by 20 runs. India lead the 4-match series 2:0.
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    •  Canada 213/9 (50 overs; Abdool Samad 50) beat  Kenya 144 (35.1 overs; Ravi Shah 48) by 69 runs.
• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, first leg:
    •  Vietnam 0  Thailand 2.
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates:
    •  Bahrain 2  Qatar 1.
    •  Saudi Arabia 1  Iraq 0. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain qualify to the semifinals.
• Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:
  • Group M I:
    • Germany 35 Slovenia 29.
    • Iceland 36 Tunisia 30.
    • France 31 Poland 22.
  • Group M II:
    • Hungary 28 Czech Republic 25.
    • Spain 33 Russia 29.
    • Croatia 28 Denmark 26.
  • Presidents Cup:
    • Ukraine 33 Kuwait 23.
    • Norway 27 Egypt 18.
    • Greenland 34 Australia 25.
    • Angola 33 Qatar 27.
• Basketball:
  • Euroleague
    • Benetton Treviso punches its ticket to the Top 16 phase, thrashing Pau-Orthez 87–66 at home. (Euroleague)
  • Men's US college basketball
    • (1) Florida 70, Mississippi State 67
    • (2) Wisconsin 71, Michigan 58
    • (4) North Carolina 88, Wake Forest 60
    • (5) Ohio State 59, Northwestern 50
    • Texas Tech 70, (6) Texas A&M 68
    • (8) Kansas 82, Baylor 56
    • (9) Pittsburgh 67, Cincinnati 51
    • Vanderbilt 64, (21) LSU 53
• Ice hockey:
  • The Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference 12–9 in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas.
• Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
  • Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy win the gold medal in the pairs event, breaking the sequence of 11 straight wins for Russia. Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov win the silver medal, their 6th medal in a row, and Dorota Siudek and Mariusz Siudek delight the home crowd with their bronze.

23 January 2007 (Tuesday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – quarter finals:
    • Roger Federer [1] def Tommy Robredo [7] 6–3 7–6(2) 7–5
    • Andy Roddick [6] def Mardy Fish 6–2 6–2 6–2
  • Women's singles – quarter finals:
    • Nicole Vaidišová [10] def Lucie Šafářová 6–1 6–4
    • Serena Williams def Shahar Pe'er [16] 3–6 6–2 8–6
• Cricket:
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Adelaide:
    •  New Zealand 210 (50 overs; Jacob Oram 86),  England 120 (37.5 overs). New Zealand win by 90 runs.
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    •  Canada 208 (44.3 overs),  Scotland 209/8 (47.2 overs). Scotland win by 2 wickets (with 16 balls remaining).
• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, first leg:
    •  Malaysia 1  Singapore 1.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
    • 3rd place play off:  Cuba 2  Guadeloupe 1.
    • Final:  Haiti 2  Trinidad and Tobago 1.
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates:
    •  Oman 2  Yemen 1.
    •  United Arab Emirates 3  Kuwait 2. Oman and UAE qualify to semifinals.
• Men's US college basketball:
  • Auburn 81, (12) Alabama 57
  • St. John's 71, (22) Notre Dame 68
  • Illinois 51, (23) Indiana 43

22 January 2007 (Monday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – fourth round:
    • Rafael Nadal [2] def Andy Murray [15] 6–7(3) 6–4 4–6 6–3 6–1
    • Nikolay Davydenko [3] def Tomáš Berdych [13] 5–7 6–4 6–1 7–6(5)
    • Fernando González [10] def James Blake [5] 7–5 6–4 7–6(4)
    • Tommy Haas [12] def David Nalbandian [8] 4–6 6–3 6–2 6–3
  • Women's singles – fourth round:
    • Maria Sharapova [1] def Vera Zvonareva [22] 7–5 6–4
    • Kim Clijsters [4] def Daniela Hantuchová [15] 6–1 7–5
    • Martina Hingis [6] def Li Na [19] 4–6 6–3 6–0
    • Anna Chakvetadze [12] def Patty Schnyder [8] 6–4 6–1
• American Football: NFL
  • Bill Parcells announces his retirement as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys after three seasons.
  • The Oakland Raiders name former Southern California offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, at age 31, their new head coach, making him the youngest head coach in NFL history.
• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 4:
    •  South Africa 124 & 331,  Pakistan 265 & 191/5 (57.3 overs; Younis Khan 67 not out, Kamran Akmal 57 not out). Pakistan win by 5 wickets and levels the series to 1:1. Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan.
• Team handball:
  • 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
    (bold teams qualified to the main round)
    • Kuwait 39 Greenland 27.
    • Slovenia 34 Tunisia 27.
    • Ukraine 37 Australia 18.
    • Iceland 32 France 24.
    • Poland 27 Germany 25.
    • Argentina 22 Brazil 20.
    • Egypt 35 Qatar 24.
    • Spain 35 Czech Republic 29.
    • Hungary 34 Angola 31.
    • Denmark 27 Norway 25.
    • South Korea 32 Morocco 19.
    • Croatia 32 Russia 27.
• U.S. thoroughbred horse racing: 2006 Eclipse Awards
  • Invasor is named Outstanding Older Male and Horse of the Year.
  • Bernardini wins 3-year-old colt honors.
  • Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to a win in the Kentucky Derby, is named Outstanding Jockey.
  • Todd Pletcher, whose stable set a North American record for prize money won in a year, wins his third straight Outstanding Trainer award.
• Women's US college basketball:
  • (1) Duke 74, (4) Tennessee 70

21 January 2007 (Sunday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – third round:
    • Tommy Haas [12] def Florian Mayer 7–6(3) 6–3 6–3
    • Tomáš Berdych [13] def Dmitry Tursunov [21] 6–2 6–1 6–1
  • Men's singles – fourth round:
    • Roger Federer [1] def Novak Djokovic [14] 6–2 7–5 6–3
    • Andy Roddick [6] def Mario Ančić [9] 6–3 3–6 6–1 5–7 6–4
    • Tommy Robredo [7] def Richard Gasquet [18] 6–4 6–2 3–6 6–4
    • Mardy Fish def David Ferrer [16] 6–1 7–6(4) 2–6 7–5
  • Women's singles – third round:
    • Li Na [19] def Dinara Safina [9] 6–2 6–2
    • Anna Chakvetadze [12] def Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–4 6–4
    • Daniela Hantuchová [15] def Ashley Harkleroad 6–7(6) 7–5 6–4
  • Women's singles – fourth round:
    • Lucie Šafářová def Amélie Mauresmo [2] 6–4 6–3
    • Shahar Pe'er [16] def Svetlana Kuznetsova [3] 6–4 6–2
    • Nicole Vaidišová [10] def Elena Dementieva [7] 6–3 6–3
    • Serena Williams def Jelena Janković [11] 6–3 6–2
• American football:
  • NFL Conference championships:
    • NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14. The Bears take advantage of early Saints fumbles and powerful running from Thomas Jones to take a 16–0 lead in the second quarter. New Orleans pulls within two points in the third when Reggie Bush turns a short slant pattern into an 88-yard score. But Bernard Berrian makes a terrific catch for a touchdown to make the score 25–14, then the Bears take advantage of two more Saints turnovers to pull away in the final period. Chicago advances to its first Super Bowl in 21 years. Also notable is that Bears head coach Lovie Smith becomes the first African American head coach to take his team to the Super Bowl.
    • AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34. After years of playoff disappointments, Peyton Manning throws for 349 yards to lead the Colts to their first Super Bowl appearance since moving to Indianapolis in 1984. The Patriots pull out to a 21–3 lead in the second quarter when Asante Samuel returns a Manning interception for a touchdown. But Manning scores on a 1-yard run, then throws a 1-yard pass to Dan Kłecko and hits a two-point conversion to tie the game. The teams exchange another touchdown and field goal before Joseph Addai runs in from 3 yards out to put on the Colts on top for the first time. Marlin Jackson picks off a Tom Brady pass to seal the victory. Colts head coach Tony Dungy joins Smith as the first pair of African American head coaches in Super Bowl history.
  • In off-the-field news, the Pittsburgh Steelers named former Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin as their new head coach.
• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 3:
    •  South Africa 124 & 331 (133.2 overs; Jacques Kallis 91),  Pakistan 265 & 8/0 (6 overs). Pakistan need 183 runs to win.
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Sydney:
    •  New Zealand 218 all out (47.4 overs),  Australia 224/8 (48.4 overs). Australia win by 2 wickets with 8 balls remaining.
  • West Indies in India, first ODI in Nagpur:
    •  India 338/3 (50 overs; Sourav Ganguly 98),  West Indies 324/8 (50 overs; Shivnarine Chanderpaul 149 not out). India win by 14 runs.
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    •  Kenya 259/9 (50 overs; Ravi Shah 113),  Scotland 253/8 (50 overs). Kenya win by 6 runs.
• Football (soccer):
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates:
    •  Bahrain 1  Iraq 1.
    •  Saudi Arabia 1  Qatar 1.
  • To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the first BBC Radio football commentary (Arsenal–Sheffield United, 21 January 1927), BBC Five Live Sports Extra commentates the Arsenal–Manchester United FA Premier League match in 1927 style, complete with the pitch divided into eight numbered squares. Meanwhile, BBC Radio Five Live commentates the same match in 2007 style. Arsenal won 2–1 through a Thierry Henry header in stoppage time, United remain 6 points in the lead in the Championship race. (BBC)
• Team handball:
  • 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
    (bold teams qualified to the main round)
    • Tunisia 36 Greenland 20.
    • Slovenia 33 Kuwait 23.
    • France 47 Australia 10.
    • Ukraine 32 Iceland 29.
    • Poland 31 Brazil 23.
    • Germany 32 Argentina 20.
    • Spain 41 Qatar 18.
    • Czech Republic 31 Egypt 30.
    • Denmark 39 Angola 20.
    • Hungary 25 Norway 22.
    • Russia 35 Morocco 19.
    • Croatia 41 South Korea 23.
• Field hockey:
  • 2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
    • 5th place: Japan 2 Spain 0.
    • 3rd place: Germany 2 Australia 0.
    • Final: Netherlands 1 Argentina 0.
• Rugby union – Heineken Cup:
  • Llanelli Scarlets , already assured of a home quarterfinal, become only the fifth team in the history of the competition to win all their matches in pool play, defeating London Irish 20–16 at home.
  • The Scarlets are joined in this exclusive club about two hours later by Biarritz , who defeat Northampton Saints 17–8 away to win Pool 6. Both clubs were already assured of quarterfinal berths.
• Men's US college basketball:
  • (24) Marquette 77, (6) Pittsburgh 74 (OT)
  • (20) Notre Dame 82, South Florida 58

20 January 2007 (Saturday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – third round:
    • Rafael Nadal [2] def Stanislas Wawrinka [31] 6–2 6–2 6–2
    • Nikolay Davydenko [3] def Fabrice Santoro 7–6(1) 6–2 6–2
    • James Blake [5] def Robby Ginepri 7–6(7) 7–5 6–2
    • David Nalbandian [8] def Sébastien Grosjean [28] 5–7 4–6 7–6(4) 6–4 6–1
    • Fernando González [10] def Lleyton Hewitt [19] 6–2 6–2 5–7 6–4
    • Andy Murray [15] def Juan Ignacio Chela 6–3 6–2 6–4
  • Women's singles – third round:
    • Maria Sharapova [1] def Tathiana Garbin [30] 6–3 6–1
    • Kim Clijsters [4] def Alona Bondarenko [29] 6–3 6–3
    • Martina Hingis [6] def Aiko Nakamura 6–2 6–1
    • Patty Schnyder [8] def Alicia Molik 3–6 6–2 6–0
    • Vera Zvonareva [22] def Ana Ivanovic [13] 6–1 6–2
• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 2:
    •  South Africa 124 & 115/3 (52.0 overs; Jacques Kallis 50 not out),  Pakistan 265 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 92 not out). South Africa trail by 26 runs with 7 wickets remaining. Makhaya Ntini becomes the 22nd bowler, and third South African, to reach 300 Test wickets.
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    •  Kenya win by walkover without a ball being bowled, after  Canada forfeited the match due to player illness.
• Football (soccer):
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates:
    •  Oman 2  Kuwait 1. Oman qualify to the semifinals.
    •  United Arab Emirates 2  Yemen 1.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago, semifinals:
    •  Trinidad and Tobago 3  Cuba 1.
    •  Haiti 3  Guadeloupe 1.
• Team handball:
  • 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
    • Slovenia 35 Greenland 21.
    • Tunisia 34 Kuwait 23.
    • Iceland 45 Australia 20.
    • France 32 Ukraine 21.
    • Poland 29 Argentina 15.
    • Czech Republic 37 Qatar 23.
    • Spain 33 Egypt 29.
    • Norway 41 Angola 13.
    • Hungary 30 Denmark 29.
    • Croatia 35 Morocco 22.
    • Russia 32 South Korea 32.
• Field hockey:
  • 2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
    • Netherlands 1 Germany 1.
    • Japan 1 Spain 0.
    • Argentina 3 Australia 0. Argentina qualify to the final against Netherlands.
• Rugby union – Heineken Cup:
  • In a showdown for first place in Pool 1, London Wasps secure a home quarterfinal with a 16–13 away win over Castres .
  • In Pool 3, Stade Français crush Calvisano 47–6 at home to win the pool.
  • Also in Pool 3, Ospreys defeat Sale Sharks 18–7 away. However, Ospreys' failure to earn a bonus point left their hopes of a quarterfinal berth hanging by a thread, and also assured Northampton Saints a quarterfinal berth.
  • Leicester Tigers win Pool 4 and a home quarterfinal by defeating Munster (Ireland) 13–6. This result eliminates Ospreys from further contention, as Munster now takes one of the two quarterfinal berths for second-place teams in pool play. The Tigers become the first visiting team ever to win at Munster's Thomond Park in Heineken Cup play.
• Men's college basketball:
  • (1) Florida 79, Ole Miss 70
  • (2) Wisconsin 71, Illinois 64
  • (3) UCLA 73, (11) Arizona 69
  • (4) North Carolina 77, Georgia Tech 61
  • Texas Tech 69, (5) Kansas 64
  • (7) Ohio State 82, Iowa 63
  • (8) Texas A&M 67, (12) Oklahoma 49
  • (9) Oregon 92, California 84
  • (10) Alabama 78, Georgia 76
  • New Mexico State 80, (15) Nevada 73
  • Arkansas 72, (16) LSU 52
  • Villanova 76, (21) Texas 69
  • Vanderbilt 72, (25) Kentucky 67

19 January 2007 (Friday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – third round:
    • Roger Federer [1] def Mikhail Youzhny [25] 6–3 6–3 7–6(5)
    • Andy Roddick [6] def Marat Safin [26] 7–6(2) 2–6 6–4 7–6(2)
    • Tommy Robredo [7] def Sam Querrey 6–4 6–7(5) 6–2 6–1
    • Mario Ančić [9] def Dominik Hrbatý [22] 6–3 6–2 6–1
    • Novak Djokovic [14] def Danai Udomchoke 6–3 6–4 5–7 6–1
    • David Ferrer [16] def Radek Štěpánek [20] 6–7(5) 4–6 6–0 6–4 6–3
    • Richard Gasquet [18] def Gaël Monfils 6–0 4–6 7–5 6–3
    • Mardy Fish def Wayne Arthurs 3–0 ret.
  • Women's singles – third round:
    • Amélie Mauresmo [2] def Eva Birnerová 6–3 6–1
    • Svetlana Kuznetsova [3] def Maria Kirilenko [26] 6–1 6–4
    • Serena Williams def Nadia Petrova [5] 1–6 7–5 6–3
    • Elena Dementieva [7] def Maria Elena Camerin 6–1 6–3
    • Nicole Vaidišová [10] def Katarina Srebotnik [21] 6–4 6–4
    • Jelena Janković [11] def Victoria Azarenka 6–3 6–4
    • Shahar Pe'er [16] def Tatiana Golovin [20] 3–6 7–5 7–5
    • Lucie Šafářová def Anastasiya Yakimova 6–3 ret.
• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 1:
    • South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first.
       South Africa 124 all out (40 overs),  Pakistan 135/6 (40.2 overs). Pakistan led by 11 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Brisbane:
    •  England 155 (42 overs),  Australia 156/6 (38.4 overs). Australia won by 4 Wickets.
• Team handball:
  • 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
    • Germany 27 Brazil 22.
• National Football League:
  • The Miami Dolphins hire San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Cam Cameron as their new head coach. (ESPN)
  • USC quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian turns down the head coaching vacancy with the Oakland Raiders. (ESPN)
• Major League Baseball:
  • Former Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija, projected as a first-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, abandons football in favor of a five-year, $10 million deal to pitch in the Chicago Cubs organization. (ESPN)
  • Two free agents agree to contracts with new teams. Trot Nixon leaves the Boston Red Sox and signs with the Cleveland Indians, and David Wells agrees to remain with the San Diego Padres, pending a physical and minor contract details. Both agree to one-year deals for $3 million, with Wells' deal giving him the chance at an extra $4 million in incentives. (ESPN, Nixon) (ESPN, Wells)
• Rugby union – Heineken Cup:
  • In Pool 2, Leinster (Ireland) lose away 19–13 to Gloucester . Although the Irish side had already secured top spot in the pool and a quarterfinal place, the loss effectively cost them a home quarterfinal.
  • This result secures a home quarterfinal for Llanelli Scarlets , already assured of first place in Pool 5.

18 January 2007 (Thursday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – second round:
    • Rafael Nadal [2] def Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–5 6–3 4–6 6–2
    • Nikolay Davydenko [3] def Gilles Müller 6–4 6–0 6–3
    • James Blake [5] def Alex Kuznetsov 6–4 6–1 6–2
    • David Nalbandian [8] def Nicolás Lapentti 6–4 6–4 6–4
    • Fernando González [10] def Juan Martín del Potro 7–6(7) 4–6 6–7(3) 6–4 4–0 ret.
    • Tommy Haas [12] def Ilija Bozoljac 7–6(3) 6–1 6–3
    • Tomáš Berdych [13] def Robert Smeets 6–3 6–2 6–4
    • Andy Murray [15] def Fernando Verdasco 7–6(4) 7–5 6–4
    • Juan Ignacio Chela def Jarkko Nieminen [17] 6–3 2–6 6–4 6–4
    • Lleyton Hewitt [19] def Frank Dancevic 6–4 6–4 3–6 6–4
    • Dmitry Tursunov [21] def Max Mirnyi 6–2 6–3 7–6(4)
    • Sébastien Grosjean [28] def Olivier Rochus 4–6 6–1 6–3 4–6 6–4
    • Stanislas Wawrinka [31] def Paul Capdeville 6–4 6–3 6–2
    • Fabrice Santoro def Arnaud Clément 6–2 6–4 6–4
    • Robby Ginepri def Mischa Zverev 6–4 7–5 6–1
    • Florian Mayer def Andreas Seppi 5–7 7–5 6–2 6–2
  • Women's singles – second round:
    • Maria Sharapova [1] def Anastassia Rodionova 6–0 6–3
    • Kim Clijsters [4] def Akiko Morigami 6–3 6–0
    • Martina Hingis [6] def Alla Kudryavtseva 6–2 6–2
    • Patty Schnyder [8] def Peng Shuai 7–5 6–3
    • Dinara Safina [9] def Youlia Fedossova 6–3 6–2
    • Anna Chakvetadze [12] def Laura Granville 6–2 5–7 6–1
    • Ana Ivanovic [13] def Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2 3–6 6–2
    • Daniela Hantuchová [15] def Émilie Loit 4–6 6–3 6–4
    • Ashley Harkleroad def Anna-Lena Grönefeld [17] 6–2 6–2
    • Li Na [19] def Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–0 6–2
    • Vera Zvonareva [22] def Tamira Paszek 6–1 6–3
    • Jelena Kostanić Tošić def Samantha Stosur [24] 6–4 2–6 6–2
    • Alona Bondarenko [29] def Virginie Razzano 6–3 6–4
    • Tathiana Garbin [30] def Renata Voráčová 6–1 7–5
    • Alicia Molik def Kaia Kanepi 1–6 6–3 6–2
    • Aiko Nakamura def Sania Mirza 6–3 6–2
• Football (soccer):
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates:
    •  Saudi Arabia 2  Bahrain 1.
    •  Iraq 1  Qatar 0.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
    •  Cuba 0  Guyana 0.
    •  Guadeloupe 1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0. Guadeloupe and Cuba qualify to SF and to 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
• Field hockey:
  • 2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
    •  Germany 2  Spain 1.
    •  Netherlands 1  Australia 0. Netherlands qualify to the final.
    •  Argentina 3  Japan 1.
• Basketball:
  • Euroleague
    • Maccabi Tel Aviv secure a place in the Top 16 with a 91–83 home win over Cibona . (Euroleague)
    • RheinEnergie Köln are mathematically eliminated from Top 16 contention after losing 72–61 to Prokom Trefl Sopot . (Euroleague)
    • Le Mans are also mathematically eliminated from the Top 16 thanks to a 70–69 loss to Dynamo Moscow , Le Mans' sixth straight in the Euroleague. (Euroleague)
  • Men's college basketball:
    • (3) UCLA 60, Arizona State 50
    • (9) Oregon 66, Stanford 59
    • Southern California 80, (11) Arizona 73
• Cricket:
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    •  Canada 292/5 (50 overs),  Scotland 293/8 (49.5 overs). Scotland win by 2 wickets with 1 ball remaining.

17 January 2007 (Wednesday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – second round:
    • Roger Federer [1] def Jonas Björkman 6–2 6–3 6–2
    • Andy Roddick [6] def Marc Gicquel 6–3 7–6(4) 6–4
    • Tommy Robredo [7] def Jürgen Melzer 6–1 6–3 6–3
    • Mario Ančić [9] def Guillermo García López 3–6 7–5 6–2 6–2
    • Gaël Monfils def Marcos Baghdatis [11] 7–6(5) 6–2 2–6 6–0
    • Novak Djokovic [14] def Feliciano López 6–2 7–5 6–1
    • David Ferrer [16] def Thomas Johansson 6–2 6–7(5) 6–2 6–2
    • Richard Gasquet [18] def Amer Delić 6–1 6–2 6–4
    • Radek Štěpánek [20] def Lukáš Dlouhý 4–6 4–6 6–4 6–1 6–4
    • Dominik Hrbatý [22] def Vincent Spadea 5–7 6–4 6–4 6–3
    • Danai Udomchoke def Juan Carlos Ferrero [24] 7–6(0) 7–5 4–6 6–1
    • Mikhail Youzhny [25] def Yen-Hsun Lu 7–5 6–4 6–4
    • Marat Safin [26] def Dudi Sela 6–3 5–7 4–6 7–6(4) 6–0
    • Mardy Fish def Nicolas Mahut 7–5 6–4 3–6 6–4
    • Sam Querrey def Florent Serra 6–3 6–4 6–3
    • Wayne Arthurs def Zack Fleishman 6–7(5) 6–1 6–4 6–4
  • Women's singles – first round:
    • Patty Schnyder [8] def Madison Brengle 6–3 6–4
    • Dinara Safina [9] def Ekaterina Bychkova 7–6(5) 6–1
    • Daniela Hantuchová [15] def Alizé Cornet 6–4 6–1
    • Anna-Lena Grönefeld [17] def Sandra Záhlavová 6–4 6–1
    • Li Na [19] def Elena Bovina 6–4 6–3
    • Vera Zvonareva [22] def Tzipora Obziler 6–3 6–4
  • Women's singles – second round:
    • Amélie Mauresmo [2] def Olga Puchkova 6–2 6–2
    • Svetlana Kuznetsova [3] def Monique Adamczak 6–2 6–1
    • Nadia Petrova [5] def Gisela Dulko 6–1 6–2
    • Elena Dementieva [7] def Martina Müller 7–5 3–6 6–0
    • Nicole Vaidišová [10] def Milagros Sequera 6–2 6–1
    • Jelena Janković [11] def Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–2 6–2
    • Lucie Šafářová def Francesca Schiavone [14] 6–3 6–3
    • Shahar Pe'er [16] def Meilen Tu 6–3 6–0
    • Victoria Azarenka def Marion Bartoli [18] 6–0 7–5
    • Tatiana Golovin [20] def Zuzana Ondrášková 6–2 6–0
    • Katarina Srebotnik [21] def Iveta Benešová 7–6(0) 6–7(6) 6–1
    • Anastasiya Yakimova def Ai Sugiyama [23] 6–2 2–6 10–8
    • Maria Kirilenko [26] def Julia Vakulenko 4–6 6–3 6–4
    • Maria Elena Camerin def Elena Vesnina 4–6 6–3 8–6
    • Serena Williams def Anne Kremer 7–6(4) 6–2
    • Eva Birnerová def Julia Schruff 6–2 2–6 6–2
• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
    •  Singapore 2  Indonesia 2.
    •  Vietnam 9  Laos 0. Singapore and Vietnam qualify for semifinals.
  • 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates:
    •  Oman 2  United Arab Emirates 1.
    •  Kuwait 1  Yemen 1.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
    •  Martinique 3  Barbados 2.
    •  Trinidad and Tobago 3  Haiti 1. Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti qualify to the SF and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
• Basketball:
  • Euroleague:
    • Unicaja Málaga hand Panathinaikos their first Euroleague loss of the season, 67–61. (Euroleague)
    • Efes Pilsen manhandle Olympiacos on the road 91–72, putting the Istanbul side in the Top 16. (Euroleague)
  • Men's college basketball:
    • (2) Wisconsin 69, Purdue 64
    • (4) North Carolina 77, (19) Clemson 55
    • (7) Ohio State 73, Northwestern 41
    • Vanderbilt 94, (10) Alabama 73
    • Villanova 102, (20) Notre Dame 87
    • Auburn 83, (22) Tennessee 80
    • Florida State 82, (23) Virginia Tech 73
• Cricket:
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    •  Kenya 328/5 (50 overs),  Scotland 138 all out (38.2 overs). Kenya win by 190 runs.

16 January 2007 (Tuesday)[edit]

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – first round:
    • Rafael Nadal [2] def Robert Kendrick 7–6(6) 6–3 6–2
    • Nikolay Davydenko [3] def Sergio Roitman 6–2 7–5 6–2
    • James Blake [5] def Carlos Moyá 7–6(8) 6–2 6–4
    • David Nalbandian [8] def Janko Tipsarević