January 2009 in sports

Deaths in January

Current sporting seasons

American football 2008

NFL Playoffs

Auto racing 2008

Basketball 2008–09

Cricket 2008–09

Football (soccer)

2008–09

Golf 2009

Ice hockey 2008–09

Rugby union 2008–09

Winter sports

Days of the month

January 31, 2009 (Saturday)

American football

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

Cricket

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

Mixed martial arts

UFC 94 in Las Vegas

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, day 13:
(seeding in parentheses)
- Women's singles final:
  - Serena Williams (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.
- 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.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
- Downhill: cancelled
Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
- Super giant slalom: postponed to February 1.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women sprint freestyle: (1) Pirjo Muranen (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
- 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

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
- Half-pipe men:
- Half-pipe women:
- Dual moguls men:
- Dual moguls women:

Nordic combined

World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
- 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan 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

Ski jumping

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

Snowboarding

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

Speed skating

World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany:
- Men's 500 m:
- Men's 1500 m
- Women's 500 m:
- Women's 3000 m:

January 30, 2009 (Friday)

Cricket

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

World Men's Championship in Croatia
- Semifinals:
  - Denmark 22–27 France
  - Croatia 29–23 Poland

Tennis

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
- 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.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

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

Cross-country skiing

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
- 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

Freestyle skiing

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

Speed skating

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

January 29, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
- Group E:
  - AJ Milano 76–74 Olympiacos
- Group F:
  - Maccabi Tel Aviv 96–65 ALBA Berlin
- Group G:
  - Panathinaikos 81–63 Partizan Igokea
  - Lottomatica Roma 75–88 Unicaja Málaga
- Group H:
  - Fenerbahçe Ülker 48–66 CSKA Moscow

Cricket

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

World Men's Championship in Croatia
- 5th/6th Placement Match:
  - Hungary 25–28 Germany
- 7th/8th Placement Match:
  - Sweden 37–29 Serbia
- 9th/10th Placement Match:
  - Slovakia 27–34 Norway
- 11th/12th Placement Match:
  - South Korea 31–32 Macedonia

Tennis

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
- 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)

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

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

January 28, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
- Group E:
  - TAU Cerámica 99–77 Asseco Prokom Sopot
- Group F:
  - Real Madrid 85–83 Regal FC Barcelona
- Group H:
  - Cibona Zagreb 88–81 Montepaschi Siena

Cricket

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

Ice hockey

Champions Hockey League Finals, second leg:
- ZSC Lions 5–0 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
  - Lions win 7–2 on aggregate

Tennis

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
- 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

January 27, 2009 (Tuesday)

Cricket

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group I:
  - Hungary 28–27 South Korea
  - Slovakia 26–27 Sweden
  - France 19–22 Croatia
- Group II:
  - Macedonia 28–32 Serbia
  - Germany 25–27 Denmark
  - Poland 31–30 Norway
- 13th/14th Placement Match:
  - Spain 28–24 Egypt
- 15th/16th Placement Match:
  - Romania 42–38 Russia
- 17th/18th Placement Match:
  - Argentina 23–29 Tunisia
- 19th/20th Placement Match:
  - Cuba 27–34 Algeria
- 21st/22nd Placement Match:
  - Kuwait 24–27 Brazil
- 23rd/24th Placement Match:
  - Australia 19–23 Saudi Arabia

Tennis

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
- 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

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

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

January 26, 2009 (Monday)

Cricket

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

World Men's Championship in Croatia:
- President's Cup–Group I:
  - Australia 24–27 Kuwait
  - Argentina 30–23 Cuba
  - Romania 32–40 Spain
- President's Cup–Group II:
  - Algeria 30–27 Saudi Arabia
  - Tunisia 34–33 Brazil
  - Russia 27–31 Egypt

Tennis

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
- 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

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

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

January 25, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

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).

Cycling

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

Football (soccer)

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

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:
  - Winner: Pat Perez 327 (−33)
European Tour:
- Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar:
  - Winner: Álvaro Quirós 269 (−19)
LPGA Tour:
- HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup in Brazil:
  - Winner: Catriona Matthew 138 (−6)

Handball

World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group I:
  - Croatia 31–25 Slovakia
  - South Korea 21–30 France
  - Sweden 30–31 Hungary
- Group II:
  - Denmark 32–24 Macedonia
  - Norway 25–24 Germany
  - Serbia 23–35 Poland
- President's Cup–Group I:
  - Spain 31–19 Argentina
  - Kuwait 27–34 Romania
  - Cuba 27–17 Australia
- President's Cup–Group II:
  - Egypt 31–30 Tunisia
  - Saudi Arabia 15–34 Russia
  - Brazil 28–29 Algeria

Ice hockey

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

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Pool 1:
  - Montauban 13–39 (Ireland) Munster
    - Munster, assured of a quarterfinal berth last weekend, secure a home quarterfinal.
- Pool 2:
  - Leinster (Ireland) 12–3 Edinburgh
    - Leinster's win and Wasps' loss send the Irish through as pool winners.
  - Castres 21–15 London Wasps
    - A Castres try four minutes from time eliminates Wasps from European competition, which also assure Ospreys a quarterfinal spot.
- 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
- 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)

Tennis

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
- 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

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

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
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

Bandy

World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
- Final: Sweden 6–1 Russia
- Match for 3rd place: Kazakhstan 5–7 Finland
- Qualification for Group A: Belarus 3–1 United States

Biathlon

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

Cross-country skiing

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
- 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

Figure skating

United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Men: (1) Jeremy Abbott 241.89pts (2) Brandon Mroz 229.70 (3) Evan Lysacek 229.10

Freestyle skiing

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

Luge

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

Ski jumping

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

Speed skating

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
- 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

January 24, 2009 (Saturday)

College Football bowl game

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

Cricket

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

Cycling

UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
  - Stage 5, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km: (1) Allan Davis 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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

World Men's Championship in Croatia:
- Group I:
  - Slovakia 23–20 South Korea
  - Hungary 27–20 Croatia
  - France 28–21 Sweden
- Group II:
  - Macedonia 27–29 Norway
  - Poland 32–28 Denmark
  - Germany 35–35 Serbia
- President's Cup–Group I:
  - Argentina 26–25 Kuwait
  - Australia 10–42 Spain
  - Romania 39–28 Cuba
- President's Cup–Group II:
  - Tunisia 28–21 Saudi Arabia
  - Algeria 28–22 Egypt
  - Russia 25–22 Brazil

Rugby union

Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Pool 1:
  - Sale Sharks 26–17 Clermont
- 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
- Pool 4:
  - Harlequins 29–24 Scarlets
    - Quins' bonus-point win improves their chances of a home quarterfinal.
  - Stade Français 24–19 (Ireland) Ulster

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, day 6:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)
- Men's singles 3rd round:
  - Rafael Nadal (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.
- 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

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

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
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

Bandy

World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
- Semifinals:
  - Sweden 8–3 Kazakhstan
  - Russia 10–4 Finland

Biathlon

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
- 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

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

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)
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

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

Luge

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

Ski jumping

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

Snowboarding

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

Speed skating

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
- 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

January 23, 2009 (Friday)

American football

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

Cricket

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

Cycling