January 2007 in sports
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19 January 2007 (Friday)
- 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] vs Marat Safin [26] - Tommy Robredo
[7] vs Sam Querrey - Mario Ancic
[9] vs Dominik Hrbaty 
[22] - Novak Djokovic
[14] def Danai Udomchoke 
6-3 6-4 5-7 6-1 - David Ferrer [16] vs Radek Stepanek
[20] - Richard Gasquet
[18] vs Gael Monfils - Mardy Fish def Wayne Arthurs
3-0 ret.
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles - third round:
- Amelie Mauresmo [2] def Eva Birnerova 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 Vaidisova [10] def Katarina Srebotnik
[21] 6-4 6-4 - Jelena Jankovic [11] def Victoria Azarenka
6-3 6-4 - Shahar Peer
[16] vs Tatiana Golovin [20] - Lucie Safarova def Anastasiya Yakimova 6-3 ret.
- Amelie Mauresmo
- Men's singles - third round:
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 1:
- Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Brisbane:
18 January 2007 (Thursday)
- 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 Muller
6-4 6-0 6-3 - James Blake [5] def Alex Kuznetsov 6-4 6-1 6-2
- David Nalbandian
[8] def Nicolas Lapentti 
6-4 6-4 6-4 - Fernando Gonzalez
[10] def Juan Martin Del Potro 7-6(7) 4-6 6-7(3) 6-4 4-0 ret. - Tommy Haas [12] def Ilia Bozoljac 7-6(3) 6-1 6-3
- Tomas 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)
- Sebastien 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 Clement 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
- Rafael Nadal
- 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 Shuai Peng
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 Radwanska
6-2 3-6 6-2 - Daniela Hantuchova [15] def Emilie Loit 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Ashley Harkleroad def Anna-Lena Groenefeld [17] 6-2 6-2
- Na Li [19] def Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-0 6-2
- Vera Zvonareva [22] def Tamira Paszek
6-1 6-3 - Jelena Kostanic Tosic 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 Voracova 6-1 7-5
- Alicia Molik def Kaia Kanepi
1-6 6-3 6-2 - Aiko Nakamura def Sania Mirza
6-3 6-2
- Maria Sharapova
- Men's singles - second round:
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
- Template:KSAf 2 Template:BHRf 1.
- Template:IRQf 1 Template:QATf 0.
- Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
- Template:CUBf 0 Template:GUYf 0.
- Template:GLPf 1 Template:VINf 0. Guadeloupe and Cuba qualify to SF and to 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
- 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
- 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)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Men's college basketball:
- (3) UCLA 60, Arizona State 50
- (9) Oregon 66, Stanford 59
- Southern Cal 80, (11) Arizona 73
- Euroleague
17 January 2007 (Wednesday)
- Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
- Men's singles - second round:
- Roger Federer [1] def Jonas Bjorkman
6-2 6-3 6-2 - Andy Roddick [6] def Marc Gicquel 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4
- Tommy Robredo [7] def Jurgen Melzer 6-1 6-3 6-3
- Mario Ancic [9] def Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-2
- Gael Monfils def Marcos Baghdatis
[11] 7-6(5) 6-2 2-6 6-0 - Novak Djokovic [14] def Feliciano Lopez 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 Delic 6-1 6-2 6-4
- Radek Stepanek [20] def Lukas Dlouhy 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4
- Dominik Hrbaty [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
- Roger Federer
- 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 Hantuchova [15] def Alize Cornet 6-4 6-1
- Anna-Lena Groenefeld [17] def Sandra Zahlavova 6-4 6-1
- Na Li [19] def Elena Bovina 6-4 6-3
- Vera Zvonareva [22] def Tzipora Obziler 6-3 6-4
- Patty Schnyder
- Women's singles - second round:
- Amelie Mauresmo [2] def Olga Poutchkova 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 Muller 7-5 3-6 6-0
- Nicole Vaidisova [10] def Milagros Sequera
6-2 6-1 - Jelena Jankovic [11] def Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2 6-2
- Lucie Safarova def Francesca Schiavone [14] 6-3 6-3
- Shahar Peer [16] def Meilen Tu 6-3 6-0
- Victoria Azarenka def Marion Bartoli [18] 6-0 7-5
- Tatiana Golovin [20] def Zuzana Ondraskova 6-2 6-0
- Katarina Srebotnik [21] def Iveta Benesova 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 Birnerova def Julia Schruff 6-2 2-6 6-2
- Amelie Mauresmo
- Men's singles - second round:
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
- Template:SINf 2 Template:INAf 2.
- Template:VIEf 9 Template:LAOf 0. Singapore and Vietnam qualify for semifinals.
- 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
- Template:OMAf 2 Template:UAEf 1.
- Template:KUWf 1 Template:YEMf 1.
- Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
- Template:MTQf 3 Template:BRBf 2.
- Template:TRIf 3 Template:HAIf 1. Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti qualify to the SF and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
- 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)
- Unicaja Málaga
- 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
- Euroleague:
16 January 2007 (Tuesday)
- 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 Moya 7-6(8) 6-2 6-4
- David Nalbandian [8] def Janko Tipsarevic 6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(2) 6-0 2-1 Ret.
- Fernando Gonzalez [10] def Evgeny Korolev 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-3 6-2
- Tommy Haas [12] def Albert Montanes 7-5 6-1 7-6(3)
- Tomas Berdych [13] def Hyung-Taik Lee
6-1 6-2 6-2 - Andy Murray [15] def Alberto Martin 6-0 6-0 6-1
- Jarkko Nieminen [17] def Paul Goldstein 5-7 6-2 7-6(4) 6-4
- Lleyton Hewitt [19] def Michael Russell 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
- Dmitry Tursunov [21] def Alexander Waske 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-4
- Florian Mayer def Robin Soderling [23] 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-0
- Sebastien Grosjean [28] def Christophe Rochus 6-2 4-1 Ret.
- Arnaud Clement def Xavier Malisse [29] 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-4
- Stanislas Wawrinka [31] def Kevin Kim 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-2
- Robby Ginepri def Nicolas Almagro [32] 4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-3
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles - first round:
- Maria Sharapova [1] def Camille Pin 6-3 4-6 9-7
- Kim Clijsters [4] def Vasilisa Bardina 6-0 6-0
- Martina Hingis [6] def Nathalie Dechy 6-0 6-2
- Anna Chakvetadze [12] def Sybille Bammer 6-4 7-5
- Ana Ivanovic [13] def Vania King 6-2 6-0
- Samantha Stosur [24] def Klara Zakopalova 6-3 6-1
- Kaia Kanepi def Flavia Pennetta [28] 7-5 7-6(3)
- Alona Bondarenko [29] def Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6-1 7-6(6)
- Tathiana Garbin [30] def Emmanuelle Gagliardi 3-6 6-2 6-1
- Aiko Nakamura def Eleni Daniilidou [32] 6-4 6-0
- Maria Sharapova
- Men's singles - first round:
- Cricket:
- Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Hobart:
- Template:NZLc 205/9 (50 overs), Template:ENGc 206/7 (49.5 overs). England won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining).
- Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Hobart:
- American football:
- Former Denver Broncos tight end coach Tim Brewster signs as the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR
- Benny Parsons former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion dies of lung cancer at the age of 65.
- NASCAR
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group A in Bangkok:
- Template:PHIf 0 Template:MYAf 0.
- Template:THAf 1 Template:MASf 0. Thailand and Malaysia qualify to semifinals.
- Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
- Template:GUYf 4 Template:GLPf 3.
- Template:CUBf 3 Template:VINf 0.
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group A in Bangkok:
- Men's college basketball:
- (6) Pittsburgh 63, UConn 54
- (11) Oklahoma State 105, (21) Texas 103 (3 OT)
- Utah 85, (13) Air Force 79
15 January 2007 (Monday)
- Tennis - 2007 Australian Open:
- Men's singles - first round:
- Roger Federer [1] def Bjorn Phau 7-5 6-0 6-4
- Mardy Fish def Ivan Ljubicic [4] 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4
- Andy Roddick [6] def Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7(18) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-3: The first-set tiebreak, which Tsonga won 20-18, was the longest in Australian Open history.
- Tommy Robredo [7] def Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4 6-4 6-0
- Mario Ancic [9] def Go Soeda 6-4 6-3 6-2
- Marcos Baghdatis [11] def Rainer Schuettler 6-4 2-6 6-3 6-2
- Novak Djokovic [14] def Nicolas Massu 6-1 6-1 6-0
- David Ferrer [16] def Kristian Pless
7-5 6-4 6-3 - Richard Gasquet [18] def Filippo Volandri 6-4 6-4 6-2
- Radek Stepanek [20] def Michael Llodra 6-2 6-4 6-0
- Dominik Hrbaty [22] def Jiri Vanek 6-7(7) 7-6(1) 6-1 6-3
- Juan Carlos Ferrero [24] def Jan Hajek 3-0 Ret.
- Mikhail Youzhny [25] def Jan Hernych 7-6(6) 6-2 6-0
- Marat Safin [26] def Benjamin Becker 5-7 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 6-4
- Sam Querrey def Jose Acasuso [27] 6-7(2) 6-4 6-1 6-3
- Zack Fleishman def Agustin Calleri [30] 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles - first round:
- Amelie Mauresmo [2] def Shenay Perry 6-3 6-4
- Svetlana Kuznetsova [3] def Jessica Moore 6-2 6-0
- Nadia Petrova [5] def Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3 6-2
- Elena Dementieva [7] def Stephanie Foretz 6-1 6-2
- Nicole Vaidisova [10] def Jill Craybas 6-4 5-7 6-1
- Jelena Jankovic [11] def Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3 6-3
- Francesca Schiavone [14] def Sandra Kloesel 6-4 6-4
- Shahar Peer [16] def Romina Oprandi 6-1 6-3
- Marion Bartoli [18] def Vera Dushevina 6-0 6-3
- Tatiana Golovin [20] def Anna Smashnova 6-3 6-1
- Katarina Srebotnik [21] def Casey Dellacqua 4-6 6-2 7-5
- Ai Sugiyama [23] def Sofia Arvidsson 6-3 6-4
- Elena Vesnina def Anabel Medina Garrigues [25] 6-7(7) 6-1 6-1
- Maria Kirilenko [26] def Karolina Sprem 3-6 6-3 6-1
- Serena Williams def Mara Santangelo [27] 6-2 6-1
- Julia Schruff def Jie Zheng [31] 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4
- Amelie Mauresmo
- Men's singles - first round:
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 5:
Template:PAKc 313 & 302, Template:RSAc 417 & 199/3 (60.5 overs). South Africa win by 7 wickets.
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 5:
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
- Template:INAf 1 Template:VIEf 1.
- Template:SINf 11 Template:LAOf 0. Noh Alam Shah scores 7 goals as Singapore nets 6 goals in the last 20 minutes.
- Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
- Template:HAIf 2 Template:BRBf 0. Haiti qualify to semifinals.
- Template:TRIf 5 Template:MTQf 1.
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
- College basketball:
- Men's:
- Women's:
- (2) North Carolina 82, (7) UConn 76
14 January 2007 (Sunday)
- American football: National Football League divisional playoffs:
- NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT). Robbie Gould's 49-yard field goal 4:58 into overtime allows the Bears to host New Orleans next Sunday (January 21) in the NFC Championship Game.
- AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21: Stephen Gostkowski kicks a 31-yard field goal with 1:10 left, then Nate Kaeding misses a 54-yarder that would have sent the game into overtime. The Chargers commit five turnovers, which lead to 14 New England points. The Patriots will play the Indianapolis Colts next week for the AFC championship.
- In off-the-field news, the Arizona Cardinals name former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt as their new head coach.
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 4:
Template:PAKc 313 & 302 all out, Template:RSAc 417 & 69/2. South Africa need 130 more runs to win with 8 wickets remaining. - Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Hobart:
- Template:AUSc 289/8 (50 overs), Template:NZLc 184 all out (38.3 overs). Australia win by 105 runs.
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 4:
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group A in Bangkok:
- Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
- Template:GLPf 2 Template:CUBf 1.
- Template:VINf 2 Template:GUYf 0.
- Rugby union - Heineken Cup:
- Munster Template:Country data IRLru become the latest club to secure a quarterfinal berth with a 30-27 win over Bourgoin .
- Munster Template:Country data IRLru become the latest club to secure a quarterfinal berth with a 30-27 win over Bourgoin
- Men's college basketball:
13 January 2007 (Saturday)
- American football:
- National Football League divisional playoffs:
- AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens, 6. Adam Vinatieri's post-season record tying five field goals puts the Colts into the AFC Championship Game in their ancestral home. The Colts' defense had another solid game, forcing four turnovers and holding the Ravens to 87 rushing yards. Ray Lewis has 15 total tackles for Baltimore.
- NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24. The Saints, who put up 208 rushing yards, go on top on two second-half Deuce McAllister touchdowns. New Orleans wastes a chance to put the game away when Reggie Bush botches a pitch from Drew Brees, but a costly penalty forces the Eagles to punt with less than two minutes left. Three more McAllister runs clinch the victory and the first conference-championship appearance in Saints history.
- National Football League divisional playoffs:
- Tennis:
- ATP Tour:
- Medibank International in Sydney, Australia:
Final: (3) James Blake beat Carlos Moya 6:3 5:7 6:1. - Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
Final: (3) David Ferrer beat (1) Tommy Robredo 6:4 6:2.
- Medibank International in Sydney, Australia:
- AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
Final: (3) Andy Roddick beat (1) Roger Federer 6:2 3:6 6:3.
- ATP Tour:
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 3:
Template:PAKc 313 & 103/2 (33.0 overs), Template:RSAc 417 all out (Ashwell Prince 138, Herschelle Gibbs 94). Pakistan trail by 1 run with 8 wickets remaining.
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 3:
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
- Template:INAf 3 Template:LAOf 1.
- Template:SINf 0 Template:VIEf 0.
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
- Rugby union - Heineken Cup:
- Two more clubs book their places in the quarterfinals. Leinster Template:Country data IRLru secure their berth with a 49-10 demolition of Edinburgh
, and Llanelli Scarlets 
do the same with a 35-11 romp over Ulster Template:Country data IRLru.
- Two more clubs book their places in the quarterfinals. Leinster Template:Country data IRLru secure their berth with a 49-10 demolition of Edinburgh
- College basketball:
- Men's:
- Virginia Tech 94, (1) North Carolina 88. Eight days after the Hokies stun Duke, they claim the scalp of the top-ranked Tar Heels at home.
- (2) Florida 84, South Carolina 50
- (3) Wisconsin 56, Northwestern 50
- (4) UCLA 65, USC 64. Arron Afflalo scores the winning basket with 4 seconds left.
- (5) Ohio State 68, (16) Tennessee 66
- (6) Kansas 68, Iowa State 64 (OT)
- (7) Pittsburgh 74, Georgetown 69
- (8) Texas A&M 87, Colorado 69
- (9) Oklahoma State at Nebraska, postponed (ice storm)
- Maryland 92, (17) Clemson 87. The last unbeaten team in Division I men's basketball falls.
- Marquette 81, (21) West Virginia 63
- Stanford 71, (22) Washington State 68 (OT)
- Women's:
- (3) Duke 81, (1) Maryland 62. In a rematch of last season's national title game won by Maryland, the Blue Devils take revenge in front of the Cameron Crazies.
- Men's:
12 January 2007 (Friday)
- American football:
- The New York Daily News reports in today's editions that the NFL plans to stage a regular season game during the 2007 regular season at New Wembley Stadium in London, England between the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins.
- Tennis:
- 2007 WTA Tour:
- Medibank International in Sydney, Australia:
Final: (3) Kim Clijsters beat Jelena Jankovic 4:6 7:6(1) 6:4. - Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:
Final: (1) Anna Chakvetadze beat (Q) Vasilisa Bardina 6:3 7:6(3).
- Medibank International in Sydney, Australia:
- 2007 WTA Tour:
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 2:
- Template:PAKc 313 all out, Template:RSAc 254/4 (75.0 overs). South Africa trail by 59 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- Commonwealth Bank Series 2006-07 in Melbourne:
- Template:ENGc 242/8 (50 overs), Template:AUSc 243/2 (45.2 overs). Australia win by 8 wickets with 28 balls remaining.
- Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 2:
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group A in Bangkok, Thailand:
- Template:MASf 4 Template:PHIf 0.
- Template:THAf 1 Template:MYAf 1.
- Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
- Template:TRIf 1 Template:BRBf 1.
- Template:HAIf 1 Template:MTQf 0.
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group A in Bangkok, Thailand:
- Basketball: Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup Wildcard Playoffs: The Sta. Lucia Realtors def. the Air21 Express, 121-118 via overtime to advance to the quarterfinals.
11 January 2007 (Thursday)
- Football (Soccer)
- Real Madrid announces that David Beckham will leave the team when his contract expires on June 30, and has already signed a contract to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in the United States beginning July 1, with a five-year deal worth $50 million (US; £25.6 million UK) in direct salary with a potential total payoff of $250 million/£128 million. The deal is believed to be largest for one player in history.(MLSNET.com)(Sportal)
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in South Africa, First Test in Centurion, day 1:
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.
Pakistan 242/5 (84.0 overs)
- Pakistan in South Africa, First Test in Centurion, day 1:
- Basketball:
- Euroleague:
- Dynamo Moscow defeat Prokom Trefl Sopot 95-74. The win, combined with Olympiacos' 80-76 home win over Le Mans , assures Dynamo of a spot in the Top 16. (Euroleague)
- DKV Joventut also punch their ticket to the Top 16 with a 98-92 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv . (Euroleague)
- Panathinaikos become the first club to secure top spot in their group with a 79-69 away win over Lottomatica Roma . (Euroleague)
- Žalgiris
lose at home 83-70 to Fenerbahçe Ülker , becoming the first club to be mathematically eliminated from advancement to the Top 16. (Euroleague)
- Dynamo Moscow
- Men's college basketball:
- (10) Arizona 83, Oregon State 72
- Euroleague:
10 January 2007 (Wednesday)
- College basketball:
- Men's
- (1) North Carolina 79, Virginia 69
- (6) Kansas 87, (9) Oklahoma State 57
- (7) Pittsburgh 59, DePaul 49
- Georgia Tech 74, (11) Duke 63. The Yellow Jackets send Duke to an 0-2 start in the ACC.
- UIC 73, (12) Butler 67 (OT)
- Vanderbilt 82, (16) Tennessee 81
- Marquette 73, (24) UConn 69
- Women's
- Men's
- Baseball:
- Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America (ESPN) (AP).
- Football (soccer):
- Carling Cup 2006-07 quarter-final:
For the first time in 77 years, Liverpool concedes six goals at home in an astonishing 3-6 defeat by Arsenal, which will play archrival Tottenham Hotspur in the semifinal. (BBC)
- Carling Cup 2006-07 quarter-final:
- Cricket:
- Template:ENGc in Template:AUSc, Twenty20 International in Sydney:
Australia 221 for 5 (Gilchrist 48, Ponting 47, White 40*) beat England 144 for 9 (Dalrymple 32) by 77 runs. Australia crushes England after piling up the largest total at international level. - Rain ruins the deciding ODI between Template:NZLc and Template:SRIc as the match is abandoned without a ball being bowled. The two sides were tied 2-2 after the first four games of the five match series.
- Template:ENGc in Template:AUSc, Twenty20 International in Sydney:
- Men's college basketball:
- (3) Wisconsin 72, (5) Ohio State 69
- American football: NCAA Bowl Championship Series
- BCS Championship Game: (2) Florida 41, (1) Ohio State 14. The Gators shock the previously undefeated Buckeyes to win the national championship. Florida holds the Buckeyes to 82 yards of total offense; Ohio State's quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, goes 4-for-14. Half of Ohio State's points come on Ted Ginn Jr.'s return of the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but Ginn injures his ankles in the celebration that follows and does not return.
- Boise State, the only undefeated team in Division I college football in 2006-07, wins one first-place vote in the year-end Associated Press poll, robbing the Gators of unanimity, and also becoming the second team in 3 seasons that was undefeated but not champion. Ohio State finishes number two despite the championship debacle.
- BCS Championship Game: (2) Florida 41, (1) Ohio State 14. The Gators shock the previously undefeated Buckeyes to win the national championship. Florida holds the Buckeyes to 82 yards of total offense; Ohio State's quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, goes 4-for-14. Half of Ohio State's points come on Ted Ginn Jr.'s return of the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but Ginn injures his ankles in the celebration that follows and does not return.
- Basketball:
- The WNBA holds its dispersal draft from the roster of the defunct Charlotte Sting. The Chicago Sky make Monique Currie the top pick.
- Freestyle skiing:
- The International Ski Federation and the local organizing committee at Madonna di Campiglio agree to postpone the Freestyle Skiing World Championships. The event was originally scheduled for 22-January 27 but will be now held on 5-March 11.[1]
- American football:
- NFL Wild Card Games:
- AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16. Asante Samuel's return of a Chad Pennington interception for a touchdown seals the win for the Patriots, who will play the San Diego Chargers in the next round.
- NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20. A 38-yard field goal by David Akers as time expires sents the Eagles to New Orleans for a divisional playoff against the Saints. Tiki Barber rushes for 137 yards in his apparent final game.
- NFL Coaching Changes:
- The Atlanta Falcons announce the hiring of Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino as their new head coach, giving him a five-year, $24-million contract.
- College football:
- GMAC Bowl at Mobile, Alabama: Southern Miss 28, Ohio 7.
- NFL Wild Card Games:
- Tennis:
- ATP Tour - Next Generation Adelaide International in Adelaide, Australia:
- Final: (1) Novak Djokovic beat (WC) Chris Guccione 6:3 6:7(6) 6:4.
- Final: (1)
- ATP Tour - Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
- Final: (3) Xavier Malisse beat Stefan Koubek 6:1 6:3.
- Final: (3)
- ATP Tour - Next Generation Adelaide International in Adelaide, Australia:
- Ski Jumping:
Anders Jacobsen wins the most prestigious title in ski jumping, the Four Hills Tournament, after finishing second behind teenager Gregor Schlierenzauer in Bischofshofen.
- Cross-country skiing:
- Tobias Angerer and Virpi Kuitunen win the inaugural Tour de Ski with commanding performances in the concluding pursuits at Val di Fiemme in Italy.
- Golf:
- PGA Tour:
Vijay Singh wins his 30th PGA Tour title at the first event of the year, the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii. It is also his 18th PGA Tour win after turning 40, breaking Sam Snead's record. (ESPN)
- PGA Tour:
- Alpine Skiing:
- Four-time Olympic champion Kjetil André Aamodt announces his retirement. Aamodt won 20 Olympic and world championship medals, the most of any male skier.[2]
- Four-time Olympic champion
- Athletics:
- American football:
- NFL Wild Card Games:
- AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8. The much-ridiculed Colts defense holds the Chiefs to 126 yards. Indianapolis is to play at Baltimore next week.
- NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20. The Cowboys have a chance to take the lead with a short field goal with 1:14 left, but holder Tony Romo mishandles the snap. Seattle will play the Chicago Bears in the next round.
- NFL non-playoff news:
- Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints is named NFL Coach of the Year. (ESPN)
- College football:
- International Bowl at Rogers Centre in Toronto:
Cincinnati 27, Western Michigan 24 - Greg Schiano of Rutgers is honored with the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award by the Football Writers Association of America.
- International Bowl at Rogers Centre in Toronto:
- NFL Wild Card Games:
- Tennis:
- ATP Tour - Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
- Final: (2) Ivan Ljubicic beat (4) Andy Murray 6:4 6:4.
- Final: (2) Ivan Ljubicic
- WTA Tour - Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia:
- Final: (2) Dinara Safina beat (1) Martina Hingis 6:3 3:6 7:5.
- Final: (2) Dinara Safina
- WTA Tour - ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Final: (1) Jelena Jankovic beat (5) Vera Zvonareva 7:6(9) 5:7 6:3.
- Final: (1) Jelena Jankovic
- ATP Tour - Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
- Cricket:
- India in South Africa:
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 5:
Template:INDc 414 & 169, Template:RSAc 373 & 211/5 (64.1 overs). South Africa win by 5 wickets and win the Test series 2:1.
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 5:
- Sri Lanka in New Zealand:
- Fourth one-day international in Auckland:
Template:SRIc 262-6 (50 overs), Template:NZLc 73-10 (26.3 overs). Sri Lanka win by 189 runs and levels the 5-match series 2:2.
- Fourth one-day international in Auckland:
- India in South Africa:
- College basketball:
- Men's:
- (17) Oregon 68, (1) UCLA 66. Two days after the Ducks suffer their first loss to Southern California, they return the favor to the top-ranked Bruins at home. (ESPN)
- Virginia Tech 69, (5) Duke 67 (OT)
- Washington State 77, (7) Arizona 73 (OT). The Cougars pounce in the Palouse, winning over Arizona for the first time since 1986.
- Arkansas 88, (8) Alabama 61
- (19) LSU 66, (14) UConn 49
- In NCAA Division III, Caltech defeats Bard 81-52, snapping a 60-game losing streak against all competition and a 207-game losing streak against NCAA opposition dating to 1996. (ESPN)
- Women's:
- (4) Tennessee 70, (5) UConn 64. The Lady Vols win the latest round in arguably the biggest rivalry in women's basketball.
- Men's:
- American football:
- Bill Cowher resigns as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers after 15 seasons. (ESPN)
- The San Diego Chargers' LaDainian Tomlinson, already named as NFL MVP, is named NFL Offensive Player of the Year. (ESPN)
- Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins is named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. (ESPN)
- Cricket:
- England in Australia:
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney, day 4:
Template:ENGc 291 & 147 all out (58.0 overs), Template:AUSc 393 & 46 for 0 (10.5 overs). Australia win by 10 wickets and completes the first Ashes 5-0 whitewash since the tour of 1920/21.
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney, day 4:
- India in South Africa:
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 4:
Template:INDc 414 & 169 all out (64 overs), Template:RSAc 373 & 55-2 (16.2 overs). South Africa need 156 runs with 8 wickets remaining to win the match and series.
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 4:
- England in Australia:
- Tennis - 2007 Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Final: Russia (Nadia Petrova and Dmitri Tursunov) beat Spain (Anabel Medina Garrigues and Tommy Robredo) 2:1.
- Final: Russia
- Ice hockey - 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships at Ejendals Arena in Leksand, Sweden:
- American football:
- The Oakland Raiders fire head coach Art Shell. (AP via Yahoo)
- LaDainian Tomlinson wins the Associated Press' National Football League Most Valuable Player Award. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cricket:
- England in Australia:
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 3:
Template:ENGc 291 & 114 for 5 (43.0 overs), Template:AUSc 393. England lead by 12 runs with 5 wickets left in the second innings.
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 3:
- India in South Africa:
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 3:
First innings: Template:INDc 414,
South Africa 373.
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 3:
- England in Australia:
- Basketball - Euroleague:
- Greek power Olympiacos becomes the latest team to secure a place in the Top 16 phase with a 73-64 away win over Prokom Trefl Sopot . (Euroleague)
- Greek power Olympiacos
- Ski Jumping - 2006-07 Four Hills Tournament:
- Anders Jacobsen wins the 3rd leg at Innsbruck, ahead of Thomas Morgenstern and Simon Ammann. Jacobsen also leaps to the top of the overall standing, 10.7 points ahead of Arttu Lappi.
- Tennis:
- Women's world Number 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne pulls out of the 2007 Australian Open, citing undisclosed family issues. (ESPN)
- Cricket:
- England in Australia:
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 2:
First innings: Template:ENGc bowled out for 291 (103.4 overs), Template:AUSc 188 for 4 (55.0 overs).
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 2:
- India in South Africa:
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 2:
First innings: Template:INDc 414 all out, Template:RSAc 114-1 in 41.0 overs.
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 2:
- England in Australia:
- American college football:
- Nick Saban, head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL, agrees to become head coach at Alabama. Contract details are still pending, but the contract is believed to be the most lucrative ever for a college football coach. (ESPN)
- BCS: Allstate Sugar Bowl, (8) LSU 41, (11) Notre Dame 14.
- Basketball:
- Euroleague:
- Two Spanish clubs punch their tickets to the Top 16 phase — TAU Cerámica with a 97-68 home victory over RheinEnergie Köln and Winterthur FCB with an 84-67 home win over Žalgiris Kaunas . (Euroleague – TAU), (Euroleague – Barça)
- Two Spanish clubs punch their tickets to the Top 16 phase — TAU Cerámica
- WNBA:
- The Charlotte Sting, one of the league's eight original franchises, fold. The Charlotte Bobcats, who had owned the team since being awarded the NBA's newest franchise in 2004, gave up control of the team three weeks earlier, and the WNBA could not find a buyer. (ESPN)
- Van Chancellor, who coached the Houston Comets since the league's inception in 1997 and coached the team to the first four WNBA championships, resigns. (ESPN)
- Euroleague:
- Cricket:
- England in Australia:
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 1:
Template:AUSc leads the series 4-0. Template:ENGc won the toss and decided to bat first.
England first innings, at stumps: 234 for 4 (80.0 overs). Ian Bell paced England with 71 runs, including a 108-run partnership with Kevin Pietersen. Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood stood on an unbeaten 67 at stumps. Glenn McGrath, in his final Test, bowled 2/57, taking the wickets of Bell and Pietersen in five balls. (BBC), (Cricinfo scorecard)
- 2006-07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney , day 1:
- India in South Africa:
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 1:
Series tied 1-1. India won the toss and chose to bat first.
Template:INDc 254-3 (90.0 overs). India's opening batsmen, Wasim Jaffer (116) and Dinesh Karthik (95), shared a first-wicket stand of 153.
- Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 1:
- Sri Lanka in New Zealand:
- Third one-day international in Christchurch:
Template:SRIc 112 in 35.2 overs (D/L target: 110 for 46), Template:NZLc 110-6 in 24.3 overs.
New Zealand win by 4 wickets and lead the 5-match series 2-1.
- Third one-day international in Christchurch:
- England in Australia:
- American college football:
- Bowl Championship Series: FedEx Orange Bowl, (5) Louisville 24, (15) Wake Forest 13
- American football:
- College football - New Year's Day bowl games:
- BCS Games:
- Rose Bowl, (8) Southern Cal 32, (3) Michigan 18. Dwayne Jarrett (11 receptions, 204 yards, 2 TDs) and John David Booty (27-45, 390 yards, 4 TDs) shred the Wolverines secondary.
- Fiesta Bowl, (9) Boise State 43, (7) Oklahoma 42 (OT). In a game that "will go down as one of best games in college football history", according to Arash Markazi, writer for SI.com [4], the Broncos send it into overtime with a hook-and-ladder play on 4th and 18, score a touchdown in overtime on a halfback pass, then run a Statue of Liberty play to score the winning two-point conversion.
- Non-BCS Games:
- Outback Bowl, Penn State 20, (17) Tennessee 10. Nittany Lions cornerback Tony Davis breaks a fourth-quarter tie with an 88-yard fumble return for a touchdown.
- Capital One Bowl, (6) Wisconsin 17, (12) Arkansas 14. John Stocco throws two first-half touchdowns, and the Badgers defense holds on.
- Gator Bowl, (13) West Virginia 38, Georgia Tech 35. Pat White throws for two third-quarter touchdowns and rushes for a third to erase an 18-point hole.
- Cotton Bowl, Auburn 17, Nebraska 14.
- BCS Games:
- NFL News:
- Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams is killed in a drive-by shooting outside a Denver nightclub.
- Two coaches are fired: Jim Mora of the Atlanta Falcons and Dennis Green of the Arizona Cardinals.
- Domanick Davis, the franchise-leading rusher of the Houston Texans who sat out the 2006 NFL season with knee issues, changes his name to Domanick Williams, and is permitted to change his number from 37 to 31. Williams is his mother's maiden name, whereas Davis was the last name of his half-brother's father. 31 was the number he had in high school and college. (ESPN)
- College football - New Year's Day bowl games:
- College basketball: Texas Tech defeats New Mexico, 70-68 in coach Bob Knight's 880th career victory. Knight passes Dean Smith for first place all-time.
- Darts: 2007 PDC World Darts Championship:
- Raymond van Barneveld battles from 3 sets to 0 down to win his first PDC title and fifth world title overall 7-6 in the sudden-death leg versus Phil Taylor who maintaines his record of reaching every single PDC World Championship final to date.
- Ski jumping: 2006-07 Four Hills Tournament:
- Andreas Küttel wins the second competition in windy and rainy conditions in the traditional 1 January ski jumping meeting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Due to the wind and rain the second jump of the day was cancelled, which saw Küttel reducing the gap to leader Gregor Schlierenzauer to three points.
- Andreas Küttel
- Tennis: 2007 ATP Tour:
- In the Next Generation Adelaide International for the first time in history besides the Tennis Masters Cup a round-robin competition is in use to replace the normally used 32 player brackets. The new system will be used in several other tournaments throughout the season.