January 2011 in sports

England in Australia:
- 5th ODI in Brisbane: Australia 249 (49.3 overs; Chris Woakes 6/45); England 198 (45.3 overs). Australia win by 51 runs; lead 7-match series 4–1.

Equestrianism

Show jumping:
- FEI World Cup Western European League:
  - Edwina Alexander (AUS
    ) on Itot du Château
    - Standings (after 9 of 13 competitions): (1) Kevin Staut (FRA) 87 points (2) Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER) 62 (3) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE) 58

Extreme sport

Winter X Games XV in Aspen, United States:
- Men's:
  - Skier X: John Teller (USA) 1:21.167 Christopher Del Bosco (CAN) 1:21.197 Casey Puckett (USA) 1:21.979
  - SnoCross Adaptive:
    Mike Schultz (USA) 5:11.704 Jeff Tweet (USA) 5:53.741 Jim Wazny (USA
    ) 5:55.078
  - SnoCross: Tucker Hibbert (USA) Ross Martin (USA) Robbie Malinoski (CAN)
  - Snowboard Slopestyle:
    Sebastien Toutant (CAN) 93.00 points Mark McMorris (CAN) 90.00 Tyler Flanagan (USA
    ) 82.66
  - Mono Skier X: Josh Dueck (CAN) 1:59.656 Brandon Adam (USA) 2:10.471 Sean Rose (GBR) 2:18.684
  - Snowmobile Best Trick:
    Heath Frisby (USA
    ) 86.00
  - Snowboard SuperPipe: Shaun White (USA) 97.33 points Scotty Lago (USA) 92.00 Louie Vito (USA) 87.33
    - White wins the gold for the fourth successive year, and the sixth time overall.
- Women's:
  - Snowboard Slopestyle: Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) 92.66 points Jenny Jones (GBR) 89.33 Jamie Anderson (USA) 86.00
  - Skier X: Kelsey Serwa (CAN) 1:28.830 Ophélie David (FRA) 1:29.162 Fanny Smith (SUI) 1:29.367
    - David fails to win the event for the first time since 2006.

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, California:
  - Winner: Bubba Watson (USA) 272 (−16)
    - Watson wins his second PGA Tour title.
European Tour:
- Volvo Golf Champions in Bahrain:
  - Winner: Paul Casey (ENG) 268 (−20)
    - Casey wins his eleventh European Tour title.

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
- Third place match: Sweden 23–24 Spain
- Final: France 37–35 (ET) Denmark
  - France defend their title, and win the championship for a record-equalling fourth time. They also qualify for the 2012 Olympic tournament.

Ice hockey

Raleigh, North Carolina
:
- Team Lidström 11, Team Staal 10

Luge

FIL World Natural Track Championships in Umhausen, Austria:
- Men's singles: Gerald Kammerlander (AUT) 3:37.61 (1:12.46 / 1:12.48 / 1:12.67) Robert Batkowski (AUT) 3:37.65 (1:12.97 / 1:12.12 / 1:12.56) Patrick Pigneter (ITA) 3:37.95 (1:12.72 / 1:11.99 / 1:13.24)
  - Kammerlander wins his first world title.
- Women's singles: Renate Gietl (ITA) 3:40.43 (1:13.48 / 1:13.61 / 1:13.34) Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS) 3:40.67 (1:13.43 / 1:13.90 / 1:13.34) Melanie Schwarz (ITA) 3:43.31 (1:14.50 / 1:14.62 / 1:14.19)
  - Gietl wins her second consecutive world title.
FIL World Championships in Cesana, Italy:
- Men's doubles: Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 1:33.280 (46.668 / 46.612) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber (ITA) 1:33.512 (46.752 / 46.760) Andris Šics/Juris Šics (LAT) 1:33.728 (46.909 / 46.719)
  - The Lingers win their second world title.
- Mixed team relay: Cancelled due to technical difficulties.

Ski jumping

World Cup in Willingen, Germany:
- HS 145: Severin Freund (GER) 289.1 points Martin Koch (AUT) 286.9 Simon Ammann (SUI) 284.5
  - Standings (after 19 of 26 events): (1) Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 1434 points (2) Ammann 1013 (3) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 930

Snooker

Shoot-Out in Blackpool, England:
- Final: Nigel Bond (ENG) 58–24 Robert Milkins (ENG)
  - Bond wins his fifth professional title.

Speed skating

World Cup 6 in Moscow, Russia:
- Men's:
  - 1000m: Stefan Groothuis (NED) 1:08.82 Denny Morrison (CAN) 1:09.57 Mikael Flygind Larsen (NOR) 1:09.65
    - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Groothuis 430 points (2) Lee Kyou-hyuk (KOR) 402 (3) Shani Davis (USA
      ) 380
  - Team Pursuit: Russia 3:43.71 Norway 3:46.68 Germany 3:47.15
    - Final standings
      : (1) Norway 270 points (2) Russia 250 (3) United States 232
- Women's:
  - 1000m:
    Heather Richardson (USA
    ) 1:16.18
    - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Richardson 560 points (2) Nesbitt 500 (3) Nao Kodaira (JPN
      ) 339
  - Team Pursuit: Netherlands 3:01.13 Norway 3:03.02 Germany 3:04.11
    - Final standings
      : (1) Netherlands 300 points (2) Germany & Norway 250

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 14:
- Men's singles – Final: Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] vs. Andy Murray (GBR) [5] 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
  - Djokovic wins his second Australian Open and Grand Slam singles title.
- Chan Yung-jan (TPE)/Paul Hanley (AUS
  ) 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
  - Srebotnik and Nestor win their first Grand Slam title together. Srebotnik wins her first Australian Open, and her fifth Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Nestor wins his second Australian Open and Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

January 29, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Chamonix
, France:
- Downhill: Didier Cuche (SUI) 1:58.91 Dominik Paris (ITA) 1:59.58 Klaus Kröll (AUT) 1:59.79
  - Downhill standings (after 6 of 9 races): (1) Cuche 379 points (2) Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 314 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI
    ) 285
  - Overall standings (after 24 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelić (CRO
    ) 1078 points (2) Cuche 673 (3) Zurbriggen 658

Women's World Cup in Sestriere
, Italy:
- Downhill: Cancelled due to fog.

Bobsleigh

World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-man: Manuel Machata/Andreas Bredau (GER) 2:12.27 (1:06.36 / 1:05.91) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter (SUI) 2:12.30 (1:06.42 / 1:05.88) Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske (GER) 2:12.66 (1:06.58 / 1:06.08)
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Alexandr Zubkov (RUS) 1430 points (2) Machata 1412 (3) Simone Bertazzo (ITA) 1251
- Two-women: Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker (GER) 2:14.89 (1:07.57 / 1:07.32) Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel (GER) 2:15.17 (1:07.76 / 1:07.41) Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch (GER) 2:15.54 (1:07.71 / 1:07.83)
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1511 points (2) Martini 1387 (3) Kaillie Humphries (CAN) 1216

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
- 3rd ODI in Christchurch: Pakistan 293/7 (50 overs; Mohammad Hafeez 115); New Zealand 250/9 (50 overs). Pakistan win by 43 runs; 6-match series tied 1–1.

Extreme sport

Winter X Games XV in Aspen, United States:
- Men's:
  - Snowboarder-X: Nick Baumgartner (USA) 1:29.700 Kevin Hill (CAN) 1:29.856 Nate Holland (USA) 1:30.026
    - Holland fails to win the event for the first time since 2005.
  - Slopestyle skiing: Sammy Carlson (USA) 93.33 points Russ Henshaw (AUS) 90.66 Andreas Håtveit (NOR) 90.00
  - Snowboard Street: Nic Sauve (CAN) 85 points Louis-Felix Paradis (CAN) 68 Simon Chamberlain (CAN) 64
  - Skiing Big Air: Alex Schlopy (USA) 92 points Bobby Brown (USA) 89 Sammy Carlson (USA) 87
    - Schlopy wins the event for the second successive year.
- Women's:
  - Snowboarder-X: Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) 1:38.943 Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (USA) 1:39.681 Déborah Anthonioz (FRA) 1:40.026
    - Jacobellis wins for the fourth consecutive year, and the seventh time in nine years.
  - Snowboard SuperPipe: Kelly Clark (USA) 92.33 points Kaitlyn Farrington (USA) 85.66 Elena Hight (USA) 80.00
    - Clark wins the event for the second time.

Figure skating

European Championships in Bern, Switzerland:
- Sarah Meier (SUI) 170.60 points Carolina Kostner (ITA) 168.54 Kiira Korpi (FIN
  ) 166.40
  - Meier becomes the first Swiss woman to win the championship since Denise Biellmann in 1981.
- Men: Florent Amodio (FRA) 226.86 points Brian Joubert (FRA) 223.01 Tomáš Verner (CZE) 222.60
  - Amodio wins the title for the first time. He and Joubert become the first French pair since Alain Giletti and Alain Calmat in 1961 to finish in the top two places.

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
- a.e.t.) Japan
  - Japan win the Cup for a record fourth time.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Grasgehren, Germany:
- Men's Ski Cross: Andreas Matt (AUT) Patrick Koller (AUT) Armin Niederer (SUI)
  - Ski Cross standings (after 6 of 11 events): (1) Matt 419 points (2) Christopher Del Bosco (CAN) 225 (3) Alex Fiva (SUI) 199
- Women's Ski Cross: Anna Holmlund (SWE) Heidi Zacher (GER) Katrin Müller (SUI)
  - Ski Cross standings (after 6 of 11 events): (1) Zacher 376 points (2) Holmlund 332 (3) Kelsey Serwa (CAN) 329
World Cup in Calgary, Canada:
- Men's Moguls: Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 24.25 points Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) 24.16 Alexandr Smyshlyaev (RUS) 23.53
  - Moguls standings (after 7 of 11 events): (1) Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 536 points (2) Kingsbury 455 (3) Bilodeau 379
- Women's Moguls: Hannah Kearney (USA) 24.43 points Audrey Robichaud (CAN) 22.71 Ekaterina Stolyarova (RUS) 22.59
  - Moguls standings (after 7 of 11 events): (1) Kearney 609 points (2) Jennifer Heil (CAN) 412 (3) Robichaud 300
- Men's Aerials: Warren Shouldice (CAN) 244.90 points Renato Ulrich (SUI) 243.01 Scotty Bahrke (USA) 229.57
  - Aerials standings (after 5 of 8 events): (1) Qi Guangpu (CHN) 361 points (2) Jia Zongyang (CHN) 238 (3) Ulrich 231
  - Overall standings: (1) Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 77 points (2) Qi 72 (3) Andreas Matt (AUT) 70
- Women's Aerials: Cheng Shuang (CHN) 187.23 points Xu Mengtao (CHN) 186.65 Olha Volkova (UKR) 175.40
  - Aerials standings (after 5 of 8 events): (1) Xu 420 points (2) Cheng 316 (3) Volkova 213
  - Overall standings: (1) Hannah Kearney (USA) 87 points (2) Xu 84 (3) Cheng & Heidi Zacher (GER) 63

Luge

FIL World Natural Track Championships in Umhausen, Austria:
- Men's doubles: Pavel Porzhnev/Ivan Lazarev (RUS) 2:33.24 (1:16.71 / 1:16.53) Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) 2:33.90 (1:17.56 / 1:16.34) Andrzej Laszczak/Damian Waniczek (POL) 2:35.26 (1:17.99 / 1:17.27)
  - Porzhnev and Lazarev win their third world title.
FIL World Championships in Cesana, Italy:
- Men's singles: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 1:43.538 (51.568 / 51.970) Felix Loch (GER) 1:43.559 (51.511 / 52.048) Andi Langenhan (GER) 1:44.013 (51.827 / 52.186)
  - Zöggeler wins his sixth world title.
- Women's singles: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 1:33.969 (46.976 / 46.993) Natalie Geisenberger (GER) 1:34.243 (47.027 / 47.216) Alex Gough (CAN) 1:34.413 (47.051 / 47.362)
  - Hüfner wins her third world title. Gough wins the first ever world championship medal for women from Canada.

Mixed martial arts

San Jose, California
, United States:
- Light Heavyweight bout: Roger Gracie (BRA) def. Trevor Prangley (RSA) by submission (rear naked choke)
- Heavyweight bout: Herschel Walker (USA) def. Scott Carson (USA) by TKO (strikes)
- Middleweight Championship bout: Ronaldo Souza (BRA) (c) def. Robbie Lawler (USA) by submission (rear naked choke)
- Welterweight Championship bout: Nick Diaz (USA) (c) def. Evangelista Santos (BRA) by submission (armbar)

Ski jumping

World Cup in Willingen, Germany:
- HS 145 Team: Austria (Gregor Schlierenzauer, Martin Koch, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern) 1071.8 points Germany (Michael Uhrmann, Martin Schmitt, Michael Neumayer, Severin Freund) 1025.1 Poland (Kamil Stoch, Piotr Żyła, Stefan Hula, Adam Małysz) 1015.7

Speed skating

World Cup 6 in Moscow, Russia:
- Men's:
  - 500m: Jan Smeekens (NED) 34.93 Akio Ota (JPN) 35.02 Tucker Fredricks (USA) 35.06
    - Standings (after 10 of 12 races): (1) Joji Kato (JPN) 615 points (2) Lee Kang-seok (KOR
      ) 590 (3) Fredricks 540
  - 5000m: Bob de Jong (NED) 6:19.43 Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 6:21.16 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 6:22.79
    - Standings
      (after 4 of 6 races): (1) de Jong 360 points (2) Skobrev 280 (3) Bøkko 236
- Women's:
  - 500m:
    Heather Richardson (USA
    ) 38.53(3)
    - Standings (after 10 of 12 races): (1) Wolf 920 points (2) Lee Sang-hwa (KOR
      ) 650 (3) Boer 570
  - 1500m: Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 1:56.80 Ireen Wüst (NED) 1:56.93 Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 1:57.50
    - Standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Nesbitt 400 points (2) Marrit Leenstra (NED
      ) 246 (3) Wüst 230

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 13:
- Women's singles – Final: Kim Clijsters (BEL) def. Li Na (CHN) 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
  - Clijsters wins her first Australian Open title, and her fourth Grand Slam singles title.
- Men's doubles – Final: Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) def. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Leander Paes (IND) 6–3, 6–4
  - The Bryans win the Australian Open men's doubles title for the third consecutive time and fifth time in six years, and their 10th Grand Slam men's doubles title.
- Boys' Singles – Final: Jiří Veselý (CZE) def. Luke Saville (AUS
  ) 6–0, 6–3
- Girls' Singles – Final: An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) def. Monica Puig (PUR
  ) 6–4, 6–2
- Wheelchair men's singles – Final: Shingo Kunieda (JPN) def. Stéphane Houdet (FRA) 6–0, 6–3
  - Kuneida wins his fifth successive Australian Open title, the seventh successive Grand Slam title and the 12th Grand Slam title overall.
- Wheelchair women's singles – Final: Esther Vergeer (NED) def. Daniela Di Toro (AUS) 6–0, 6–0
  - Vergeer maintains her unbeaten record in Grand Slam singles tournaments, as she wins her eighth Australian Open title and 17th Grand Slam title.
- Wheelchair quad singles – Final: David Wagner (USA) def. Peter Norfolk (GBR) 6–2, 6–3

January 28, 2011 (Friday)

Basketball

PBA Philippine Cup Finals
(best-of-7 series):
- Game 3 in
  Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
  82. Talk 'N Text lead series 2–1.

Extreme sport

Winter X Games XV in Aspen, United States:
- Men's SuperPipe skiing: Kevin Rolland (FRA) 93.66 points Torin Yater-Wallace (USA) 92.66 Simon Dumont (USA) 90.33
  - Rolland wins the event for the second successive year.
- Men's Snowboard best method: Scotty Lago (USA) Ross Powers (USA) Chas Guldemond (USA)
- Men's Snowmobile Speed & Style:
  Heath Frisby (USA) 89.66 Cory Davis (USA
  ) 100.48
- Men's Snowboard big air:
  Sebastien Toutant (CAN) 79 Sage Kotsenburg (USA
  ) 77

Figure skating

European Championships in Bern, Switzerland:
- Ladies short program: (1)
  Sarah Meier (SUI
  ) 58.56
- Ice dancing: Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) 167.40 points Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) 161.14 Sinead Kerr/John Kerr (GBR) 157.49
  - Péchalat/Bourzat become the first ice dancing champions since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1981 who didn't win any medal at previous championships.

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
- Third place match: Uzbekistan 2–3 South Korea
South American Youth Championship in Peru
:
- Group B
  : (teams in bold advance to second round)
  Ecuador 3–1 Bolivia
  
  Colombia 3–3 Paraguay
  Final standings: Brazil 10 points, Ecuador 7, Colombia 5, Paraguay 4, Bolivia 1.

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
- 7th place match: Hungary 31–28 Poland
- 5th place match: Iceland 33–34 Croatia
- Semifinals:
  - France 29–26 Sweden
  - Denmark 28–24 Spain

Luge

FIL World Natural Track Championships in Umhausen, Austria:
- Mixed team: Italy I (Renate Gietl, Anton Blasbichler, Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara) 79 points Austria I (Melanie Batkowski, Gerald Kammerlander, Christian Schatz/Gerhard Mühlbacher) 72 Russia I (Yekaterina Lavrentyeva, Juri Talikh, Pavel Porzhnev/Ivan Lazarev) 71

Skeleton

World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Men: Martins Dukurs (LAT) 2:16.54 (1:08.63 / 1:07.91) Frank Rommel (GER) 2:16.89 (1:08.58 / 1:08.31) Ben Sandford (NZL) 2:17.34 (1:08.66 / 1:08.68)
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 events): (1) Dukurs 1494 points (2) Sandro Stielicke (GER) 1266 (3) Rommel 1218
    - Dukurs secures the title for the second successive year with his fourth win of the season.
- Women: Shelley Rudman (GBR) 2:19.17 (1:09.76 / 1:09.41) Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) 2:19.41 (1:09.85 / 1:09.56) Anja Huber (GER) 2:19.43 (1:10.00 / 1:09.43)
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 events): (1) Huber 1485 points (2) Rudman 1474 (3) Hollingsworth 1364

Speed skating

World Cup 6 in Moscow, Russia:
- Men's:
  - 500m: Pekka Koskela (FIN) 35.15 Jamie Gregg (CAN) 35.23 Jacques de Koning (NED) 35.24
    - Standings (after 9 of 12 races): (1) Joji Kato (JPN) 615 points (2) Lee Kang-seok (KOR) 590 (3) Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN
      ) 488
  - 1500m: Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 1:45.49 Denny Morrison (CAN) 1:46.25 Mark Tuitert (NED) 1:46.59
    - Standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Simon Kuipers (NED) 245 points (2) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 232 (3) Stefan Groothuis (NED
      ) 222
- Women's:
  - 500m:
    Heather Richardson (USA
    ) 38.57
    Standings (after 9 of 12 races): (1) Wolf 820 points (2) Lee Sang-hwa (KOR
    ) 650 (3) Boer 490
  - 3000m: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 4:04.03 Ireen Wüst (NED) 4:05.41 Brittany Schussler (CAN) 4:10.45
    - Standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Stephanie Beckert (GER) 275 points (2) Sáblíková 260 (3) Jilleanne Rookard (USA
      ) 236

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 12:
- Men's singles – Semifinal: Andy Murray (GBR) def. David Ferrer (ESP) 4–6, 7–6(2), 6–1, 7–6(2)
  - Murray reaches the final for the second successive year, and a Grand Slam final for the third time.
- Women's doubles – Final: Gisela Dulko (ARG) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) def. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) / Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
  - Dulko and Pennetta both win their first Grand Slam title.
- Boys' Doubles – Final: Filip Horanský (SVK) / Jiří Veselý (CZE) def. Ben Wagland (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS
  ) 6–4, 6–4
- Girls' Doubles – Final: An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def. Eri Hozumi (JPN) / Miyu Kato (JPN
  ) 6–2, 6–3
- Wheelchair men's doubles – Final: Maikel Scheffers (NED) / Shingo Kunieda (JPN) def. Stéphane Houdet (FRA) / Nicolas Peifer (FRA) 6–3, 6–3
- Wheelchair women's doubles – Final: Esther Vergeer (NED) / Sharon Walraven (NED) def. Aniek van Koot (NED) / Jiske Griffioen (NED) 6–0, 6–2

January 27, 2011 (Thursday)

American football

NFL news: The Tennessee Titans and their head coach Jeff Fisher, the longest-tenured coach in the league, part ways. He had been in the post since 1994, when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers.^[1]

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 2:
- Unicaja Málaga
  - Standings (after 2 games): Panathinaikos Athens 2–0;
    Caja Laboral
    1–1; Unicaja Málaga 0–2.
- Group F:
  - Virtus Roma
  - Union Olimpija Ljubljana 67–68 Regal FC Barcelona
    - Standings (after 2 games): Regal FC Barcelona 2–0; Maccabi Tel Aviv, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–1; Virtus Roma 0–2.
- Power Electronics Valencia
  - Standings (after 2 games): Fenerbahçe Ülker 2–0; Power Electronics Valencia, Olympiacos Piraeus 1–1; Žalgiris Kaunas 0–2.

Extreme sport

Winter X Games XV in Aspen, United States:
- Women's Slopestyle skiing: Kaya Turski (CAN) 93.66 points Keri Herman (USA) 93.33 Grete Eliassen (NOR) 93.00
  - Turski wins the gold for the second successive year.
- Men's Snowmobile freestyle: Daniel Bodin (SWE) 91.33 points Justin Hoyer (USA) 91.00 Caleb Moore (USA) 90.00
- Women's SuperPipe skiing: Sarah Burke (CAN) 91.33 points Brita Sigourney (USA) 86.00 Rosalind Groenewoud (CAN) 84.00
  - Burke wins her fourth SuperPipe gold in five years.

Figure skating

European Championships in Bern, Switzerland:
- Men short program: (1) Florent Amodio (FRA) 78.11 points (2) Michal Březina (CZE) 76.13 (3) Artur Gachinski (RUS) 73.76
- Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) 206.20 points Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) 203.61 Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov (RUS
  ) 188.24
  - Savchenko and Szolkowy win their fourth title in five years.

Football (soccer)

South American Youth Championship in Peru
: (teams in bold advance to second round)
- Group A
  :
  Chile 3–1 Venezuela
  
  Peru 2–0 Uruguay
  Final standings: Argentina 10 points, Chile 6, Uruguay, Peru 4, Venezuela 3.
Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
- Deportivo Petare
- Bolívar 0–1 Unión Española

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
- 11th place match: Germany 40–35 (ET) Argentina
- 9th place match: Norway 32–31 (ET) Serbia

Snooker

Championship League Group 4:
- Final: Mark Allen (NIR) 1–3 Ali Carter (ENG)
  - Carter advances to the winners group.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 11:
- Men's singles – Semifinal: Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] def. Roger Federer (SUI) [2] 7–6(3), 7–5, 6–4
  - Djokovic reaches the Australian Open final for the second time, and a Grand Slam final for the fourth time.
- Women's singles – Semifinals:
  - Li Na (CHN) [9] def. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
    - Li becomes the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final.
  - Kim Clijsters (BEL) [3] def. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [2] 6–3, 6–3
    - Clijsters reaches the Australian Open final for the second time, and a Grand Slam final for the eighth time.
- Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) / Peter Norfolk (GBR) def. Nicholas Taylor (USA) / David Wagner (USA
  ) 6–3, 6–3

January 26, 2011 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 2:
- Lietuvos Rytas
  - Standings:
    Unicaja Málaga
    0–1.
- Group G:
  - Efes Pilsen Istanbul
  - Montepaschi Siena 68–78 Real Madrid
    - Standings (after 2 games): Real Madrid, Efes Pilsen 2–0; Montepaschi Siena, Partizan Belgrade 0–2.
- Group H: Žalgiris Kaunas 64–71 Olympiacos Piraeus
  - Standings:
    Power Electronics Valencia
    1–0; Olympiacos Piraeus 1–1; Žalgiris Kaunas 0–2.
PBA Philippine Cup Finals
(best-of-7 series):
- Game 2 in
  Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 110, San Miguel Beermen
  102. Talk 'N Text lead series 2–0.

Cricket

England in Australia:
- 4th ODI in Adelaide: England 299/8 (50 overs; Jonathan Trott 102); Australia 278/7 (50 overs). England win by 21 runs; Australia lead 7-match series 3–1.
Pakistan in New Zealand:
- 2nd ODI in Queenstown: Pakistan 31/0 (4.2 overs); New Zealand. Match abandoned; New Zealand lead 6-match series 1–0.

Figure skating

European Championships in Bern, Switzerland:
- Short dance: (1) Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) 66.91 points (2) Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) 65.46 (3) Sinead Kerr/John Kerr (GBR) 62.87
- Pairs short program: (1)
  Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) 72.31 points (2) Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) 69.49 (3) Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov (RUS
  ) 62.89

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
- Corinthians 0–0 Deportes Tolima
- Grêmio
- Alianza Lima 0–2 Jaguares

Snowboarding

World Cup in Denver, United States:
- Zachary Stone (CAN) 26.5 Michael Macho (AUT
  ) 20.7
  - Sebastien Toutant (CAN) 1220 points (2) van Straten 1165 (3) Ståle Sandbech (NOR
    ) 1090
  - Overall Freestyle standings: (1) Toutant 1220 points (2) van Straten 1185 (3) Seppe Smits (BEL) 1180

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 10:
- Men's singles – Quarterfinals:
  - David Ferrer (ESP) [7] def. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1] 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
  - Andy Murray (GBR) [5] def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(3), 6–3
- Women's singles – Quarterfinals:
  - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [2] def. Petra Kvitová (CZE) [25] 6–2, 6–4
  - Kim Clijsters (BEL) [3] def. Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) [12] 6–3, 7–6(4)
News: Former World Number 1 player Justine Henin announces her second retirement from the sport, citing a lingering injury to her right elbow.^[2]

January 25, 2011 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Schladming
, Austria:
- Slalom: Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA) 1:46.54 (54.62 / 51.92) André Myhrer (SWE) 1:46.58 (53.77 / 52.81) Mattias Hargin (SWE) 1:47.14 (54.22 / 52.92)
  - Slalom standings (after 7 of 10 races): (1) Ivica Kostelić (CRO
    ) 478 points (2) Grange 382 (3) Myhrer 333
  - Overall standings (after 23 of 38 races): (1) Kostelić 1075 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 643 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR
    ) 585

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
- Semifinals:
  - pen.) South Korea

South American Youth Championship in Peru
: (teams in bold advance to second round)
Group B
:
Colombia 2–1 Bolivia

Ecuador 0–1 Brazil
Standings: Brazil 10 points (4 matches), Ecuador, Colombia 4 (3), Paraguay 3 (3), Bolivia 1 (3).

Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
Deportivo Quito

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Group I:
Germany 25–35 Norway

Spain 30–24 Hungary

France 34–28 Iceland
Final standings: France, Spain 9 points, Iceland, Hungary 4, Norway, Germany 2.

Group II:
Croatia 28–25 Poland

Serbia 26–25 Argentina

Denmark 27–24 Sweden
Final standings: Denmark 10 points, Sweden 6, Croatia 5, Poland 4, Serbia 3, Argentina 2.

Snooker

Championship League Group 3:
Final: Mark King (ENG) 2–3 Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Murphy advances to the winners group.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 9:
Men's singles – Quarterfinals:
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI
) [19] 6–1, 6–3, 6–3

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] def. Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [6] 6–1, 7–6(5), 6–1

Women's singles – Quarterfinals:
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [6] 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Li Na (CHN) [9] def. Andrea Petkovic (GER) [30] 6–2, 6–4

January 24, 2011 (Monday)

Football (soccer)

South American Youth Championship in Peru
: (teams in bold advance to second round)
Group A
:
Chile 1–3 Argentina

Peru 1–1 Venezuela
Standings: Argentina 10 points (4 matches), Uruguay 4 (3), Venezuela, Chile 3 (3), Peru 1 (3).

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
Group I: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Iceland 24–32 Spain

Hungary 27–25 Germany

Norway 26–31 France
Standings (after 4 matches): France, Spain 7 points, Iceland, Hungary 4, Germany 2, Norway 0.

15th place match: Japan 24–29 Algeria

13th place match: Egypt 23–26 South Korea

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 8:
Men's singles – 4th round:
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1] def. Marin Čilić (CRO) [15] 6–2, 6–4, 6–3

Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) def. Robin Söderling (SWE) [4] 1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2

Andy Murray (GBR) [5] def. Jürgen Melzer (AUT) [11] 6–3, 6–1, 6–1

David Ferrer (ESP) [7] def. Milos Raonic (CAN) 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles – 4th round:
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [2] def. Iveta Benešová (CZE) 6–4, 6–1

Kim Clijsters (BEL) [3] def. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 7–6(3), 6–2

Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) [12] def. Peng Shuai (CHN) 7–5, 3–6, 7–5

Petra Kvitová (CZE) [25] def. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [22] 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

January 23, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel
, Austria:
Slalom: Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA) 1:40.93 (52.60 / 48.33) Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:41.21 (52.20 / 49.01) Giuliano Razzoli (ITA) 1:41.62 (52.79 / 48.83)
Slalom standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Kostelić 433 points (2) Marcel Hirscher (AUT
) 326 (3) Grange 282

Combined: Kostelić 3:40.84 (1:59.63 / 52.20 / 49.01) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 3:42.77 (1:59.89 / 52.96 / 49.92) Romed Baumann (AUT) 3:47.51 (1:59.54 / 55.93 / 52.04)
Combined standings (after 2 of 4 races): (1) Kostelić 200 points (2) Carlo Janka (SUI
) 112 (3) Zurbriggen 98

Overall standings (after 22 of 38 races): (1) Kostelić 1030 points (2) Zurbriggen 629 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR
) 585

Women's World Cup in Cortina
, Italy:
Super-G:
Lara Gut (SUI
) 1:23.52
Super G standings
(after 4 of 7 races): (1) Vonn 380 points (2) Riesch 229 (3) Gut 205

Overall standings (after 21 of 38 races): (1) Riesch 1232 points (2) Vonn 1087 (3) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT
) 628

American football

NFL playoffs – Conference Championships:
NFC: Green Bay Packers 21, Chicago Bears 14
The Packers win the NFC Championship Game for the third time.

AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, New York Jets 19
The Steelers win the AFC Championship Game for the second time in three years, and a record-extending eighth time overall.

Badminton

BWF Super Series:
Malaysia Super Series in Kuala Lumpur:
Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (MAS) def. Taufik Hidayat (INA) 21–8, 21–17

Women's singles: Wang Shixian (CHN) def. Wang Yihan (CHN) 21–18, 21–14

Men's doubles: Chai Biao (CHN)/Guo Zhendong (CHN) def. Mads-Conrads Petersen (DEN)/Jonas Rasmussen (DEN) 21–16, 21–14

Women's doubles: Tian Qing (CHN)/Zhao Yunlei (CHN) def. Wang Xiaoli (CHN)/Yu Yang (CHN) 21–12, 6–21, 21–17

Mixed doubles: He Hanbin (CHN)/Ma Jin (CHN) def. Tao Jiaming (CHN)/Tian Qing (CHN) 21–13, 13–21, 21–16

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: Tora Berger (NOR) 33:56.3 (0+1+0+1) Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA) 33:56.9 (0+0+0+1) Darya Domracheva (BLR) 34:02.1 (0+0+0+0)
Mass start standings (after 2 of 5 races): (1) Brunet 97 points (2) Berger 90 (3) Helena Ekholm (SWE) 85

Overall standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 574 points (2) Ekholm 546 (3) Andrea Henkel (GER) 523

Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay: Germany (
Rene Laurent Vuillermoz, Lukas Hofer, Markus Windisch) 1:10:35.8 (0+9) Norway (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Alexander Os, Tarjei Bø
) 1:10:45.4 (0+8)
Standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Germany 163 points (2) Norway 156 (3) Austria & France 122

Bobsleigh

FIBT European Championships in Winterberg
, Germany:
Nikolay Hrenkov (RUS
) 1:50.28 (55.27 / 55.01)
Machata, Adjei, Bredau and Becke all win their first European title.

Steve Holcomb (USA) 1186 (3) Karl Angerer (GER
) 1090

Bowls

World Indoor Championships in Hopton-on-Sea, England:
Final: Paul Foster (SCO) def. Alex Marshall (SCO) 11–5, 8–8
Foster wins his fourth world title.

Cricket

England in Australia:
3rd ODI in Sydney: England 214 (48 overs); Australia 215/6 (46 overs). Australia win by 4 wickets; lead 7-match series 3–0.

India in South Africa:
D/L
); win 5-match series 3–2.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
Men's Classic Sprint:
Nikita Kriukov (RUS
) 3:25.8
Sprint standings (after 7 of 11 races): (1) Emil Jönsson (SWE) 330 points (2) Hattestad 264 (3) Jesper Modin (SWE) 220

Overall standings (after 21 of 31 races): (1) Dario Cologna (SUI) 1197 points (2) Petter Northug (NOR) 774 (3) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 698

Women's Classic Sprint:
Hanna Brodin (SWE) 3:07.9 Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR
) 3:09.2
Sprint standings (after 7 of 11 races): (1) Majdič 354 points (2) Kikkan Randall (USA) 291 (3) Arianna Follis (ITA) 288

Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1401 points (2) Marit Bjørgen (NOR
) 922 (3) Follis 880

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
Tour Down Under in Australia:
Stage 6, Adelaide to Adelaide, 90 km (56 mi): Ben Swift (GBR) (Team Sky) 1h 53' 47" Greg Henderson (NZL) (Team Sky) s.t. Matthew Goss (AUS) (HTC–Highroad) s.t.
Final overall standings: (1) Cameron Meyer (AUS) (Garmin–Cervélo) 17h 54' 27" (2) Goss + 2" (3) Swift + 8"

Football (soccer)

Central American Cup in Panama:
pen.) Panama

Final: Honduras 2–1 Costa Rica
Honduras win the championship for the third time.

South American Youth Championship in Peru
: (teams in bold advance to final group)
Group B
:
Ecuador 1–0 Paraguay

Brazil 1–1 Bolivia
Standings: Brazil 7 points (3 matches), Ecuador 4 (2), Paraguay 3 (3), Bolivia, Colombia 1 (2).

Saint Petersburg
, Russia:
pen.) Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Baku win the title for the first time.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
Moguls men: Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 25.70 points Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 25.59 Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau (CAN) 25.16
Moguls standings (after 6 of 11 events): (1) Colas 500 points (2) Kingsbury 355 (3) Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) 299

Overall standings: (1) Colas 83 points (2) Andreas Matt (AUT) 64 (3) Qi Guangpu (CHN) 63

Moguls women: Hannah Kearney (USA) 26.12 points Chloé Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 24.85 Kristi Richards (CAN) 24.57
Moguls standings (after 6 of 11 events): (1) Kearney 509 points (2) Jennifer Heil (CAN) 390 (3) Richards 286

Overall standings: (1) Kearney 85 points (2) Xu Mengtao (CHN) 68 (3) Kelsey Serwa (CAN) 66

Golf

PGA Tour:
Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert and La Quinta, California
:
Winner: Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 333 (−27)^PO
In his fifth PGA Tour event, Vegas wins his maiden title, and also the first PGA Tour title by a Venezuelan, defeating defending champion Bill Haas (USA) and Gary Woodland (USA) in a playoff.

European Tour:
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
:
Winner: Martin Kaymer (GER) 264 (−24)
Kaymer wins the tournament for the third time in four years, and wins his ninth European Tour title.

Champions Tour:
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Kaʻūpūlehu, Hawaii:
Winner: John Cook (USA) 194 (−22)
Cook wins his sixth Champions Tour title.

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
Group II: (teams in bold advance to semifinals)
Sweden 29–25 Croatia

Argentina 24–31 Denmark

Poland 27–26 Serbia
Standings (after 4 matches): Denmark 8 points, Sweden 6, Poland 4, Croatia 3, Argentina 2, Serbia 1.

23rd place match: Australia 23–33 Bahrain

21st place match: Chile 18–28 Brazil

19th place match: Tunisia 29–30 Romania

17th place match: Austria 35–39 Slovakia

Luge

World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
Albert Demtschenko (RUS
) 1:50.915 (55.356 / 55.559)
Standings (after 7 of 9 events): (1) Zöggeler 610 points (2) Loch 545 (3) David Möller (GER) 440

Albert Demtschenko, Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:25.746 (47.912 / 48.685 / 49.149) Austria (Nina Reithmayer, Daniel Pfister, Georg Fischler/Peter Penz
) 2:25.941 (47.823 / 49.161 / 48.957)
Standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Germany 500 points (2) Italy 355 (3) Austria & Russia 326
Germany win their fifth consecutive title.

Nordic combined

World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
HS 117 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 22:00.3 Felix Gottwald (AUT) 22:07.5 Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 22:07.7
Standings (after 11 of 13 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 789 points (2) Kokslien 609 (3) Gottwald 556

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the Heineken Cup knockout stages, team in italics advances to the Amlin Challenge Cup knockout stages):
Pool 5:
Leicester Tigers 62–15 Benetton Treviso

Perpignan 37–5 Scarlets
Final standings: Perpignan 22 points (6–3 in head-to head competition points), Leicester Tigers 22 (3–6), Scarlets 15, Benetton Treviso 1.

Pool 6:
Newport Gwent Dragons 16–23 Glasgow Warriors

London Wasps 21–16 Toulouse
Final standings: Toulouse 22 points, London Wasps 19, Glasgow Warriors 12, Newport Gwent Dragons 2.

Quarterfinal matchups:
Northampton Saints vs. Ulster

Leinster vs. Leicester Tigers

Toulon

Biarritz vs. Toulouse

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
, matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the knockout stages):
Pool 3: Bourgoin – Newcastle Falcons — postponed due to a frozen pitch, and will not be played.^[3]

Final standings:
Montpellier 21 points (6 matches), Exeter Chiefs
16 (6), Newcastle Falcons 9 (5), Bourgoin 6 (5).

Pool 4
:
Crociati Parma 17–34 Stade Français

București Oaks

Final standings: Stade Français 29 points, Leeds Carnegie 19, București Oaks, Crociati Parma 5.

Quarterfinal matchups:
Montpellier

Brive vs. Munster

La Rochelle vs. Clermont

Harlequins vs. London Wasps

Skeleton

FIBT European Championships in Winterberg
, Germany:
- Men: Martins Dukurs (LAT) 1:55.41 (57.48 / 57.93) Sergey Chudinov (RUS) 1:55.61 (57.55 / 58.06) Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 1:55.71 (57.78 / 57.93)
  - Dukurs wins his second consecutive European title.
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 events): (1) Dukurs 1269 points (2) Tretyakov 1155 (3) Chudinov 1109

Ski jumping

World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- HS 134: Kamil Stoch (POL) 254.0 points Tom Hilde (NOR) 249.5 Michael Uhrmann (GER) 246.8
  - Standings (after 18 of 26 events): (1) Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 1384 points (2) Simon Ammann (SUI) 953 (3) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 915

Speed skating

World Sprint Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
- Men: Lee Kyou-hyuk (KOR) 139.255 points Mo Tae-bum (KOR) 139.365 Shani Davis (USA) 139.600
  - Lee wins his fourth world title in five years.
- Women: Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 152.220 points Annette Gerritsen (NED) 154.015 Margot Boer (NED) 154.025
  - Nesbitt wins her first world title.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 7:
- Men's singles – 4th round:
  - Roger Federer (SUI) [2] def. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
  - Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] def. Nicolás Almagro (ESP) [14] 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
  - Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [6] def. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [9] 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
  - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] def. Andy Roddick (USA
    ) [8] 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
- Women's singles – 4th round:
  - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 6–3, 6–4
  - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [6] def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [23] 6–4, 1–6, 16–14
    - This was the longest women's match by time in a Grand Slam event in the open era, lasting 4 hours, 44 minutes.^[4]
  - Li Na (CHN) [9] def. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [8] 6–3, 6–3
  - Andrea Petkovic (GER) [30] def. Maria Sharapova (RUS) [14] 6–2, 6–3

January 22, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel
, Austria:
- Downhill: Didier Cuche (SUI) 1:57.72 Bode Miller (USA) 1:58.70 Adrien Théaux (FRA) 1:58.90
  - Cuche becomes the oldest winner of a men's World Cup race, at the age of 36 years, 159 days.^[5]
  - Downhill standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Cuche 279 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 270 (3) Michael Walchhofer (AUT
    ) 269
  - Overall standings (after 20 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 850 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR
    ) 585 (3) Cuche 573

Women's World Cup in Cortina
, Italy:
- Downhill:
  Maria Riesch (GER) 1:39.30 Julia Mancuso (USA) 1:40.21 Lindsey Vonn (USA
  ) 1:40.30
  Downhill standings
  (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Vonn 420 points (2) Riesch 357 (3) Mancuso 217
  
  Overall standings (after 20 of 38 races): (1) Riesch 1152 points (2) Vonn 987 (3) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT
  ) 592

Basketball

PBA Philippine Cup Finals
(best-of-7 series):
- Game 1 in
  Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 91, San Miguel Beermen
  82. Talk 'N Text lead the series 1–0.

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 4 x 6 km Relay: Russia (
  Miriam Gössner, Andrea Henkel
  ) 1:13:34.8 (4+13)
  - Standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Sweden 152 points (2) Germany 146 (3) Russia 143
- Men's 15 km Mass Start: Martin Fourcade (FRA) 35:33.4 (0+0+1+0) Björn Ferry (SWE) 35:50.6 (0+0+1+1) Anton Shipulin (RUS) 35:51.0 (1+1+0+0)
  - Mass start standings (after 2 of 5 races): (1) Fourcade 103 points (2) Tarjei Bø (NOR) & Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 86
  - Overall standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Bø 598 points (2) Svendsen 592 (3) Michael Greis (GER) 485

Bobsleigh

FIBT European Championships in Winterberg
, Germany:
- Two-man: Alexandr Zubkov/Alexey Voyevoda (RUS) 1:52.21 (56.20 / 56.01) Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske (GER) 1:52.35 (56.16 / 56.19) Karl Angerer/Alex Mann (GER) 1:52.44 (56.37 / 56.07)
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Zubkov 1238 points (2) Manuel Machata (GER) 1187 (3) Simone Bertazzo (ITA) 1107

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
- Wellington: Pakistan 124 (37.3 overs; Tim Southee 5/33); New Zealand
  125/1 (17.2 overs). New Zealand win by 9 wickets; lead 6-match series 1–0.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
- Men's 15 km Classic: Eldar Rønning (NOR) 37:27.2 Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) 37:42.3 Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 37:44.8
  - Distance standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Dario Cologna (SUI) 481 points (2) Alexander Legkov (RUS) 406 (3) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 400
  - Overall standings (after 20 of 31 races): (1) Cologna 1197 points (2) Petter Northug (NOR) 738 (3) Bauer 698
- Women's 10 km Classic:
  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 27:34.1 Therese Johaug (NOR
  ) 27:43.7
  - Distance standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Kowalczyk 672 points (2) Bjørgen 510 (3) Johaug 430
  - Overall standings (after 20 of 31 races): (1) Kowalczyk 1351 points (2) Bjørgen 896 (3) Arianna Follis (ITA) 880

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 5, McLaren Vale to Willunga, 131 km (81 mi): Francisco Ventoso (ESP) (Movistar Team) 3h 06' 10" Michael Matthews (AUS) (Rabobank) s.t. Matthew Goss (AUS) (HTC–Highroad) s.t.
    - Overall standings: (1) Cameron Meyer (AUS) (Garmin–Cervélo) 16h 00' 40" (2) Goss + 8" (3) Laurens ten Dam (NED) (Rabobank) + 10"

Equestrianism

Dressage:
- FEI World Cup Western European League:
  - 7th competition in Amsterdam (CDI-W): Adelinde Cornelissen (NED) on Parzival Isabell Werth (GER) on Warum nicht FRH Patrik Kittel (SWE) on Watermill Scandic H.B.C.
    - Standings (after 7 of 10 competitions): (1) Ulla Salzgeber (GER) & Werth 74 points (3) Cornelissen 63

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
- Quarterfinals:
  - a.e.t.) Iraq

South American Youth Championship in Peru
: (teams in bold advance to the second stage)
Group A
:
Argentina 1–1 Venezuela

Chile 0–4 Uruguay
Standings: Argentina 7 points (3 matches), Uruguay 4 (3), Chile 3 (2), Venezuela 2 (2), Peru 0 (2).

African Under-17 Championship in Rwanda
:
Final: Burkina Faso 2–1 Rwanda

Burkina Faso win the championship for the first time. Both teams qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
Moguls men: Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 25.81 points Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) 25.59 Jeremy Cota (USA) 25.31
Moguls standings (after 5 of 11 events): (1) Colas 400 points (2) Bilodeau & Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 275

Overall standings: (1) Colas 80 points (2) Andreas Matt (AUT) 64 (3) Qi Guangpu (CHN) 63

Moguls women: Hannah Kearney (USA) 25.45 points Jennifer Heil (CAN) 24.72 Audrey Robichaud (CAN) 24.41
Moguls standings (after 5 of 11 events): (1) Kearney 409 points (2) Heil 340 (3) Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 227

Overall standings: (1) Kearney 82 points (2) Heil & Xu Mengtao (CHN) 68

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden: (teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
Group I:
Spain 32–27 ~~Norway~~

Germany 27–24 Iceland

France 37–24 Hungary
Standings (after 3 matches): France, Spain 5 points, Iceland 4, Germany, Hungary 2, Norway 0.

Group II:
Croatia 36–18 Argentina

Serbia 24–28 Sweden

Denmark 28–27 Poland
Standings (after 3 matches): Denmark 6 points, Sweden 4, Croatia 3, Poland, Argentina 2, Serbia 1.

Presidents Cup:
Egypt 34–28 Japan

Tunisia 25–26 Austria

Australia 21–29 Chile

Algeria 24–29 (OT) South Korea

Romania 33–38 Slovakia

Bahrain 30–37 Brazil

Korfball

Europa Cup in Budapest, Hungary:
7th place match: CC Oeiras 19–15 CK Vacarisses

5th place match: Szentendre KK 23–12 KV Adler Rauxel

Third place match: České Budějovice 19–18 Trojans KC

Final: R Scaldis SC 23–33 Koog Zaandijk
Koog Zaandijk win the tournament for the second time.

Luge

World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
Women's singles: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 1:45.626 (53.015 / 52.611) Natalie Geisenberger (GER) 1:45.648 (52.861 / 52.787) Anke Wischnewski (GER) 1:46.270 (53.253 / 53.017)
Hüfner wins her sixth race of the season.

Standings (after 7 of 9 events): (1) Hüfner 685 points (2) Geisenberger 560 (3) Wischnewski 485

Doubles: Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 1:24.076 (42.062 / 42.014) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (GER) 1:24.352 (42.184 / 42.168) Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken (GER) 1:24.514 (42.294 / 42.220)
Standings (after 7 of 9 events): (1) Wendl/Arlt 615 points (2) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber (ITA) 540 (3) Linger/Linger 492

Mixed martial arts

Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas
, United States:
Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman (USA) def. Cole Miller (USA) by unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)

Heavyweight bout:
Pat Barry (USA) def. Joey Beltran (USA
) by unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)

Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick (CAN) def. George Roop (USA) by TKO (punches)

Heavyweight bout: Matt Mitrione (USA) def. Tim Hague (CAN) by TKO (punches)

Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard (USA) def. Evan Dunham (USA) by TKO (strikes)

Nordic combined

World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
HS 117 / 10 km: David Kreiner (AUT) 21:59.2 Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 21:59.8 Felix Gottwald (AUT) 22:00.7
Standings (after 10 of 13 races): (1) Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 689 points (2) Kokslien 549 (3) Gottwald 476

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the Heineken Cup knockout stages, team in italics advances to the Amlin Challenge Cup knockout stages):
Pool 1:
Castres 12–23 Northampton Saints

Cardiff Blues

Final standings: Northampton Saints 25 points, Cardiff Blues 14, Castres 11, Edinburgh 8.

Pool 3:
Munster 28–14 London Irish

Toulon

Final standings: Toulon 17 points, Munster 16, Ospreys 14, London Irish 9.

Pool 4:
Aironi 6–43 Ulster

Biarritz 26–19 Bath
Final standings: Biarritz 22 points (6–4 in head-to head competition points), Ulster 22 (4–6), Bath 14, Aironi 4.
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
, matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the knockout stages):
- Pool 1
  :
  - Connacht 83–7 Cavalieri Prato
  - Harlequins 39–17 Bayonne
    - Final standings: Harlequins 24 points, Connacht 15 (8–1 in head-to head competition points), Bayonne 15 (1–8), Cavalieri Prato 4.
- Pool 2
  :
  - El Salvador 5–50 Sale Sharks
  - Petrarca Padova 20–24 Brive
    - Final standings: Brive 27 points, Sale Sharks 21, Petrarca Padova 6, El Salvador 4.
- Pool 3
  :
  Bourgoin – Newcastle Falcons — postponed to January 23 due to a frozen pitch
  
  Montpellier 32–30 Exeter Chiefs
  
  Standings: Montpellier 21 points (6 matches), Exeter Chiefs 16 (6), Newcastle Falcons 9 (5), Bourgoin 6 (5).

Skeleton

FIBT European Championships in Winterberg
, Germany:
- Women: Shelley Rudman (GBR) 1:57.77 (58.75 / 59.02) Anja Huber (GER) 1:57.99 (58.90 / 59.09) Amy Gough (CAN) 1:58.52 (59.21 / 59.31)
  - Rudman wins her second European title in three years.
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 events): (1) Huber 1285 points (2) Rudman 1249 (3) Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) 1154

Ski jumping

World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- HS 134: Simon Ammann (SUI) 276.3 points Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 268.9 Tom Hilde (NOR) 267.1
  - Standings (after 17 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 1348 points (2) Ammann 903 (3) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 901

Snowboarding

World Championships in La Molina, Spain:
- Parallel slalom men: Benjamin Karl (AUT) Simon Schoch (SUI) Rok Marguč (SLO)
  - Karl wins his second world title of the championships.
- Parallel slalom women: Hilde-Katrine Engeli (NOR) Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED) Claudia Riegler (AUT)
  - Engeli wins her first world title.
- Slopestyle men: Seppe Smits (BEL) 28.7 points Niklas Mattson (SWE) 28.1 Ville Paumola (FIN) 26.2
  - Smits wins his first world title.
- Slopestyle women: Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) 28.2 points Šárka Pančochová (CZE) 25.2 Shelly Gotlieb (NZL) 21.6
  - Rukajärvi wins her first world title.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 6:
- Men's singles – 3rd round:
  - Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1] def. Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6–2, 7–5, 6–3
  - Robin Söderling (SWE) [4] def. Jan Hernych (CZE) 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
  - Andy Murray (GBR) [5] def. Guillermo García López (ESP) [32] 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
  - David Ferrer (ESP) [7] def. Ričardas Berankis (LTU) 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
  - Milos Raonic (CAN) def. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [10] 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
- Women's singles – 3rd round:
  - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [2] def. Lucie Šafářová (CZE) [31] 6–3, 7–6(9)
  - Kim Clijsters (BEL) [3] def. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 7–6(3), 6–3
  - Petra Kvitová (CZE) [25] def. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [5] 7–6(5), 6–3
  - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [22] def. Shahar Pe'er (ISR) [10] 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–4

January 21, 2011 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel
, Austria:
- Super-G: Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:17.33 Georg Streitberger (AUT) 1:17.56 Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1:17.61
  - Super G standings (after 4 of 7 races): (1) Streitberger 227 points (2) Didier Cuche (SUI) 179 (3) Romed Baumann (AUT
    ) 163
  - Overall standings (after 19 of 38 races): (1) Kostelić 826 points (2) Svindal 571 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI
    ) 509

Women's World Cup in Cortina
, Italy:
- Super-G:
  Anna Fenninger (AUT
  ) 1:12.13
  Lara Gut (SUI
  ) 145
  
  Overall standings (after 19 of 38 races): (1) Riesch 1052 points (2) Vonn 927 (3) Tanja Poutiainen (FIN
  ) 580

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Tora Berger (NOR) 20:08.1 (0+0) Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) 20:37.2 (0+1) Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 20:44.5 (0+1)
  - Sprint standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 249 points (2) Kuzmina 237 (3) Andrea Henkel (GER) 216
  - Overall standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Mäkäräinen 560 points (2) Helena Ekholm (SWE) 521 (3) Henkel 497

Bobsleigh

FIBT European Championships in Winterberg
, Germany:
- Two-women: Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker (GER) 1:55.06 (57.66 / 57.40) Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel (GER) 1:55.55 (57.92 / 57.63) Shauna Rohbock/Valerie Fleming (USA) 1:55.66 (57.97 / 57.69)
  - Kiriasis wins her fifth European title in six years, and Wiacker wins her fourth in six years.
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1286 points (2) Cathleen Martini (GER) 1187 (3) Kaillie Humphries (CAN) 1024

Cricket

England in Australia:
- 2nd ODI in Hobart: Australia 230 (48.3 overs; Shaun Marsh 110); England 184 (45 overs). Australia win by 46 runs; lead 7-match series 2–0.
India in South Africa:
- D/L
  ); 5-match series tied 2–2.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 4, Norwood to Strathalbyn, 124 km (77 mi): Cameron Meyer (AUS) (Garmin–Cervélo) 2h 57' 55" Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (Vacansoleil–DCM) s.t. Laurens ten Dam (NED) (Rabobank) + 3"
    - Overall standings: (1) Meyer 12h 54' 30" (2) ten Dam + 10" (3) Matthew Goss (AUS) (HTC–Highroad) + 12"

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Japan 3–2 Qatar
  - Uzbekistan 2–1 Jordan
Central American Cup in Panama:
- Fifth place match: Nicaragua 1–2 Guatemala
  - Guatemala qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
- Semifinals:
  - Honduras 2–0 El Salvador
  - pen.) Costa Rica

African Under-17 Championship in Kigali, Rwanda
:
- Third place match: Congo 2–1 Ivory Coast
  - Both teams qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
- Half Pipe men: Xavier Bertoni (FRA) 43.8 points Benoit Valentin (FRA) 42.7 Nils Lauper (SUI) 39.0
- Half Pipe women: Rosalind Groenewoud (CAN) 43.5 points Virginie Faivre (SUI) 43.3 Katrien Aerts (BEL) 41.8
World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
- Aerials men: Qi Guangpu (CHN) 250.70 points Ryan St. Onge (USA) 246.21 Anton Kushnir (BLR) 241.42
  - Aerials standings (after 4 of 8 events): (1) Qi 316 points (2) Jia Zongyang (CHN) 238 (3) Anton Kushnir (BLR) 228
  - Overall standings: (1) Andreas Matt (AUT) 64 points (2) Qi 63 (3) Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 60
- Aerials women: Ashley Caldwell (USA) 187.65 points Alla Tsuper (BLR) 186.42 Xu Mengtao (CHN) 183.82
  - Aerials standings (after 4 of 8 events): (1) Xu 340 points (2) Cheng Shuang (CHN) 216 (3) Zhang Xin (CHN) 177
  - Overall standings: (1) Xu 68 points (2) Kelsey Serwa (CAN) 66 points (3) Hannah Kearney (USA) 62

Korfball

Europa Cup in Budapest, Hungary:
- Group A:
  - CC Oeiras 15–19 České Budějovice
  - Szentendre KK 6–26 R Scaldis SC
    - Standings: Scaldis 9 points, České Budějovice 6, Szentendre 3, CC Oeiras 0.
- Group B:
  - Koog Zaandijk 31–10 Trojans KC
  - CK Vacarisses 19–22 KV Adler Rauxel
    - Standings: Koog Zaandijk 9 points, Trojans 6, Adler Rauxel 3, Vacarisses 0.

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the knockout stages):
- Pool 2:
  - Racing Métro 11–36 Leinster
  - Saracens 14–24 Clermont
    - Final standings: Leinster 24 points, Clermont 19, Racing Métro 9, Saracens 6.
    - Clermont have also secured at least a place in the
      Amlin Challenge Cup
      knockout stages. They still have a mathematical chance of a Heineken Cup quarterfinal place.

Ski jumping

World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- HS 134: Adam Małysz (POL) 269.9 points Andreas Kofler (AUT) 264.5 Severin Freund (GER) 264.0
  - Standings (after 16 of 26 events): (1) Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 1268 points (2) Kofler 851 (3) Simon Ammann (SUI) 803

Snowboarding

World Championships in La Molina, Spain:
- Both men's and women's parallel slalom events were postponed to January 22 due to high winds.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 5:
- Men's singles – 3rd round:
  - Roger Federer (SUI) [2] def. Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
  - Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] def. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6–2 retired
  - Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [6] def. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6–2, 7–6(3), 6–2
  - Andy Roddick (USA) [8] def. Robin Haase (NED) 2–6, 7–6(2), 6–2, 6–2
  - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [9] def. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
- Women's singles – 3rd round:
  - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Dominika Cibulková (SVK) 6–4, 6–3
  - Andrea Petkovic (GER) def. Venus Williams (USA) [4] 1–0 retired
  - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [6] def. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 6–0, 7–6(2)
  - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [8] def. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6–3, 6–3
  - Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE
    ) 6–2, 6–1

January 20, 2011 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 1:
Caja Laboral

Group F:
Regal FC Barcelona 81–71 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Virtus Roma 63–64 Union Olimpija Ljubljana

Fenerbahçe Ülker

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
Men's 10 km Sprint: Anton Shipulin (RUS) 23:36.2 (0+0) Michael Greis (GER) 23:46.2 (0+0) Lars Berger (NOR) 23:56.7 (0+1)
Sprint standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Tarjei Bø (NOR) 254 points (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 231 (3) Greis 222

Overall standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Bø 572 points (2) Svendsen 560 (3) Greis 447

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
Tour Down Under in Australia:
Stage 3, Unley to Stirling, 129 km (80 mi): Michael Matthews (AUS) (Rabobank) 3h 11' 47" André Greipel (GER) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) s.t. Matthew Goss (AUS) (HTC–Highroad) s.t.
Overall standings: (1) Goss 9h 56' 25" (2) Greipel + 2" (3) Robbie McEwen (AUS) (Team RadioShack) + 4"

Football (soccer)

South American Youth Championship in Peru
:
Group B
:
Bolivia 0–1 Paraguay

Colombia 1–3 Brazil
Standings: Brazil 6 points (2 matches), Paraguay 3 (2), Ecuador 1 (1), Colombia 1 (2), Bolivia 0 (1).

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group A:
Egypt 26–27 Bahrain

Germany 36–26 Tunisia

France 28–28 Spain
Final standings: France, Spain 9 points, Germany 6, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain 2.

Group B:
Brazil 32–33 Japan

Iceland 29–22 Norway

Austria 30–32 Hungary
Final standings: Iceland 10 points, Hungary 8, Norway 6, Japan 4, Austria 2, Brazil 0.

Group C:
Algeria 27–18 Australia

Croatia 29–34 Denmark

Serbia 28–38 Romania
Final standings: Denmark 10 points, Croatia 7, Serbia 5, Algeria, Romania 4, Australia 0.

Group D:
South Korea 31–26 Slovakia

Argentina 35–25 Chile

Poland 21–24 Sweden
Final standings: Sweden, Poland 8 points, Argentina 7, South Korea 5, Slovakia, Chile 1.

Korfball

Europa Cup in Budapest, Hungary:
Group A:
R Scaldis SC 22–6 CC Oeiras

Szentendre KK 12–18 České Budějovice
Standings (after 2 matches): Scaldis 6 points, České Budějovice, Szentendre 3, CC Oeiras 0.

Group B:
Trojans KC 26–21 KV Adler Rauxel

Koog Zaandijk 36–9 CK Vacarisses
Standings (after 2 matches): Koog Zaandijk, Trojans 6 points, Vacarisses, Adler Rauxel 0.

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
, matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the knockout stages):
Pool 5
:
Gloucester 60–7 Agen

La Rochelle 71–17 Rovigo
Final standings: La Rochelle 24 points, Gloucester 21, Agen 15, Rovigo 0.

Snowboarding

World Championships in La Molina, Spain:
Yuri Podladchikov (SUI) 26.2 Markus Malin (FIN
) 24.3
Johnstone wins his first world title.

Women's halfpipe: Holly Crawford (AUS) 26.7 points Ursina Haller (SUI) 23.4 Liu Jiayu (CHN) 22.5
Crawford wins her first world title.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 4:
Men's singles – 2nd round:
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1] def. Ryan Sweeting (USA) 6–2, 6–1, 6–1

Robin Söderling (SWE) [4] def. Gilles Müller (LUX) 6–3, 7–6(1), 6–1

Andy Murray (GBR) [5] def. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 6–1, 6–3, 6–3

David Ferrer (ESP) [7] def. Michael Russell (USA) 6–0, 6–1, 7–5

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [10] def. Blaž Kavčič (SVN) 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 4–6, 6–1

Women's singles – 2nd round:
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB
) 2–6, 6–3, 6–1

Kim Clijsters (BEL) [3] def. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 6–1, 6–3

Samantha Stosur (AUS) [5] def. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6–3, 6–2

Peng Shuai (CHN) def. Jelena Janković (SRB) [7] 7–6(3), 6–3

Shahar Pe'er (ISR) [10] def. Sorana Cîrstea (ROU) 6–3, 6–2

January 19, 2011 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 1:
Lietuvos Rytas 59–80 Panathinaikos Athens

Group G:
Montepaschi Siena

Real Madrid 78–58 Partizan Belgrade

Power Electronics Valencia 73–59 Žalgiris Kaunas

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
2nd Test in Wellington, day 5: New Zealand 356 & 293; Pakistan 376 & 226/5 (92 overs). Match drawn; Pakistan win 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
Tour Down Under in Australia:
Stage 2, Tailem Bend to Mannum, 146 km (91 mi): Ben Swift (GBR) (Team Sky) 3h 27' 44" Robbie McEwen (AUS) (Team RadioShack) s.t. Graeme Brown (AUS) (Rabobank) s.t.
Overall standings: (1) McEwen 6h 44' 42" (2) Matthew Goss (AUS) (HTC–Highroad) + 0" (3) Swift + 0"

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
Group D:
Iraq 1–0 North Korea

United Arab Emirates 0–3 Iran
Final standings: Iran 9 points, Iraq 6, North Korea, United Arab Emirates 1.

South American Youth Championship in Peru
:
Group A
:
Peru 1–2 Argentina

Venezuela 1–1 Uruguay
Standings: Argentina 6 points (2 matches), Chile 3 (1), Venezuela 1 (1), Uruguay 1 (2), Peru 0 (2).

OFC U-17 Championship in Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand:
3rd place: Vanuatu 0–2 Solomon Islands

Final: New Zealand 2–0 Tahiti
New Zealand win the tournament for the third successive time and fourth time overall, and qualifies for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group A:
Bahrain 21–28 Tunisia

Germany 23–30 France

Spain 31–18 Egypt
Standings (after 4 games): France, Spain 8 points, Germany 4, Tunisia, Egypt 2, Bahrain 0.

Group C:
Serbia 24–24 Croatia

Denmark 26–19 Algeria

Australia 14–29 Romania
Standings (after 4 games): Denmark 8 points, Croatia 7, Serbia 5, Romania, Algeria 2, Australia 0.

Korfball

Europa Cup in Budapest, Hungary:
Group A:
Szentendre KK 16–14 CC Oeiras

R Scaldis SC 37–17 České Budějovice

Group B:
Koog Zaandijk 27–13 KV Adler Rauxel

CK Vacarisses 17–19 Trojans KC

Snowboarding

World Championships in La Molina, Spain:
Parallel giant slalom men: Benjamin Karl (AUT) Rok Marguč (SLO) Roland Fischnaller (ITA)
Karl wins his first world title.

Parallel giant slalom women: Alena Zavarzina (RUS) Claudia Riegler (AUT) Doris Günther (AUT)
Zavarzina wins her first world title.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 3:
Men's singles – 2nd round:
Roger Federer (SUI) [2] def. Gilles Simon (FRA) 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] def. Ivan Dodig (CRO) 7–5, 6–7(8), 6–0, 6–2

Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [6] def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Andy Roddick (USA) [8] def. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 7–6(7), 6–2, 6–3

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [9] def. Janko Tipsarević (SRB) 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(0), 6–0

Women's singles – 2nd round:
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Vania King (USA) 6–1, 6–0

Venus Williams (USA) [4] def. Sandra Záhlavová (CZE) 6–7(6), 6–0, 6–4

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [6] def. Rebecca Marino (CAN) 6–3, 5–7, 9–7

Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE
) 6–4, 6–4

Li Na (CHN) [9] def. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6–3, 6–2

January 18, 2011 (Tuesday)

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
2nd Test in Wellington, day 4: New Zealand 356 & 293 (90.5 overs); Pakistan 376. New Zealand lead by 273 runs.

India in South Africa:
3rd ODI in Cape Town: South Africa 220 (49.2 overs); India 223/8 (48.2 overs). India win by 2 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–1.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
Tour Down Under in Australia:
Stage 1, Mawson Lakes to Angaston, 138 km (86 mi): Matthew Goss (AUS) (HTC–Highroad) 3h 17' 08" André Greipel (GER) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) s.t. Robbie McEwen (AUS) (Team RadioShack) s.t.
Overall standings: (1) Goss 3h 16' 58" (2) Greipel + 4" (3) McEwen + 6"

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
Group C:
South Korea 4–1 India

Australia 1–0 Bahrain
Final standings: Australia, South Korea 7 points, Bahrain 3, India 0.

Central American Cup in Panama: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals and qualify for CONCACAF Gold Cup)
Group A:
Nicaragua 1–1 Belize

Panama 2–0 El Salvador
Final standings: Panama 9 points, El Salvador 6, Nicaragua, Belize 1.

Group B: Honduras 3–1 Guatemala
Final standings: Honduras, Costa Rica 4 points, Guatemala 0.

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden: (teams in bold advance to main round)
Group B:
Japan 24–28 Hungary

Norway 26–25 Brazil

Austria 23–26 Iceland
Standings (after 4 games): Iceland 8 points, Hungary, Norway 6, Austria, Japan 2, Brazil 0.

Group D:
Chile 29–29 Slovakia

South Korea 20–25 Poland

Sweden 22–27 Argentina
Standings (after 4 games): Poland 8 points, Sweden 6, Argentina 5, South Korea 3, Slovakia, Chile 1.

Snowboarding

World Championships in La Molina, Spain:
Men's snowboard cross: Alex Pullin (AUS) Seth Wescott (USA) Nate Holland (USA)
Pullin becomes the first Australian world champion.

Nelly Moenne Loccoz (FRA) Dominique Maltais (CAN
)
Jacobellis wins the title for the third time.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 2:
Men's singles – 1st round:
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1] def. Marcos Daniel (BRA) 6–0, 5–0 retired

Robin Söderling (SWE) [4] def. Potito Starace (ITA) 6–4, 6–2, 6–2

Andy Murray (GBR) [5] def. Karol Beck (SVK) 6–3, 6–1, 4–2 retired

David Ferrer (ESP) [7] def. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6–4, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [10] def. Marsel İlhan (TUR) 6–2, 6–3, 7–6(5)

Women's singles – 1st round:
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [2] def. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6–2, 6–1

Kim Clijsters (BEL) [3] def. Dinara Safina (RUS) 6–0, 6–0

Samantha Stosur (AUS) [5] def. Lauren Davis (USA) 6–1, 6–1

Jelena Janković (SRB) [7] def. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6–0, 7–6(5)

Shahar Pe'er (ISR) [10] def. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 6–1, 6–1

January 17, 2011 (Monday)

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
2nd Test in Wellington, day 3: New Zealand 356 & 9/0 (5 overs); Pakistan 376 (133 overs). New Zealand trail by 11 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
Group B:
Saudi Arabia 0–5 Japan

Jordan 2–1 Syria
Final standings: Japan, Jordan 7 points, Syria 3, Saudi Arabia 0.

South American Youth Championship in Peru
:
Group B
:
Colombia 1–1 Ecuador

Brazil 4–2 Paraguay

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group A:
Spain 26–24 Germany

France 41–17 Bahrain

Tunisia 23–27 Egypt
Standings (after 3 games): France, Spain 6 points, Germany 4, Egypt 2, Tunisia, Bahrain 0.

Group B:
Hungary 36–24 Brazil

Norway 33–27 Austria

Iceland 36–22 Japan
Standings (after 3 games): Iceland 6 points, Norway, Hungary 4, Japan, Austria 2, Brazil 0.

Group C:
Croatia 42–15 Australia

Romania 14–15 Algeria

Denmark 35–27 Serbia
Standings (after 3 games): Denmark, Croatia 6 points, Serbia 4, Algeria 2, Romania, Australia 0.

Group D:
Slovakia 18–23 Argentina

Poland 38–23 Chile

Sweden 30–24 South Korea
Standings (after 3 games): Sweden, Poland 6 points, South Korea, Argentina 3, Slovakia, Chile 0.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 1:
Men's singles – 1st round:
Roger Federer (SUI) [2] def. Lukáš Lacko (SVK) 6–1, 6–1, 6–3

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] def. Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6–1, 6–3, 6–1

Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [6] def. Marco Crugnola (ITA) 6–4, 6–0, 6–2

Andy Roddick (USA) [8] def. Jan Hájek (CZE) 6–1, 6–2, 6–2

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [9] def. Rainer Schüttler (GER) 6–1, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles – 1st round:
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6–3, 6–4

Venus Williams (USA) [4] def. Sara Errani (ITA) 6–3, 6–2

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [6] def. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4

Kathrin Wörle (GER
) 6–0, 6–2

Li Na (CHN) [9] def. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6–1, 7–5

January 16, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Wengen
, Switzerland:
Slalom: Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:45.28 (52.46 / 52.82) Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:46.21 (52.37/ 53.84) Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA) 1:46.27 (52.49 / 53.78)
Slalom standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Kostelić 353 points (2) Hirscher 276 (3) André Myhrer (SWE
) 213

Overall standings (after 18 of 38 races): (1) Kostelić 726 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 511 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI
) 469

Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia
:
Slalom: Cancelled due to warm weather.

American football

NFL playoffs – Divisional Playoffs:
NFC: Chicago Bears 35, Seattle Seahawks 24

AFC: New York Jets 28, New England Patriots 21

Auto racing

Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile:
Motorcycles: Marc Coma (ESP) (KTM) 51h 25' 00" Cyril Despres (FRA) (KTM) 51h 40' 04" Hélder Rodrigues (POR) (Yamaha) 53h 05' 20"
Coma wins the event for the third time.

Cars: Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Timo Gottschalk (GER) (Volkswagen) 45h 16' 16" Giniel de Villiers (RSA)/Dirk von Zitzewitz (Volkswagen) 46h 05' 57" Carlos Sainz (ESP)/Lucas Cruz (ESP) (Volkswagen) 46h 36' 54"
Al-Attiyah wins the event for the first time.

KamAZ) 48h 28' 54" Firdaus Kabirov (RUS)/Aydar Belyaev (RUS)/Andrey Mokeev (RUS) (KamAZ) 48h 58' 58" Eduard Nikolaev (RUS)/Viatcheslav Mizyukaev (RUS)/Vladimir Rybakov (RUS
) (KamAZ) 51h 49' 11"
Chagin wins the event for a record seventh time.

All-terrain vehicles: Alejandro Patronelli (ARG) (Yamaha) 63h 49' 47" Sebastian Halpern (ARG) (Yamaha) 64h 49' 40" Łukasz Łaskawiec (POL) (Yamaha) 70h 07' 25"
Patronelli wins the event for the first time, matching brother Marcos' feat from 2010.

Basketball

Birmingham
, England:
Mersey Tigers 66–93 Sheffield Sharks
Sheffield win the Cup for the second successive season, and third time overall.

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Björn Ferry (SWE) 31:56.6 (0+0+0+0) Martin Fourcade (FRA) 32:01.5 (0+1+1+0) Michael Greis (GER) 32:03.5 (0+0+0+0)
Pursuit standings (after 3 of 7 races): (1) Tarjei Bø (NOR) 146 points (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 130 (3) Fourcade 122

Overall standings (after 12 of 26 races): (1) Bø 572 points (2) Svendsen 533 (3) Fourcade 397

Women's 10 km Pursuit: Tora Berger (NOR) 28:50.9 (0+0+0+1) Andrea Henkel (GER) 29:28.6 (0+0+1+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 29:50.2 (2+0+0+0)
Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE
) 126

Overall standings (after 12 of 26 races): (1) Mäkäräinen 541 points (2) Ekholm 499 (3) Henkel 454

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
Steve Holcomb/Justin Olsen/Steven Langton/Curtis Tomasevicz (USA
) 1:43.02 (51.47 / 51.55)
Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Machata 1036 points (2) Holcomb 1010 (3) Karl Angerer (GER) 922

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
2nd Test in Wellington, day 2: New Zealand 356 (127.1 overs; Daniel Vettori 110); Pakistan 134/2 (49.5 overs). Pakistan trail by 222 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

England in Australia:
1st ODI in Melbourne: England 294 (49.4 overs); Australia 297/4 (49.1 overs; Shane Watson 161*). Australia win by 6 wickets; lead 7-match series 1–0.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Liberec, Czech Republic:
Men's Team Sprint Classic: Norway I (Johan Kjølstad, Ola Vigen Hattestad) 21:47.1 Sweden I (Jesper Modin, Mats Larsson) 21:51.5 Norway II (Eirik Brandsdal, John Kristian Dahl) 21:55.2

Women's Team Sprint Classic: Norway I (Maiken Caspersen Falla, Marit Bjørgen) 19:30.8 Italy I (Magda Genuin, Marianna Longa) 20:01.3 Norway II (Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes, Celine Brun-Lie) 20:14.4

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
Group A:
Qatar 3–0 Kuwait

China 2–2 Uzbekistan
Final standings: Uzbekistan 7 points, Qatar 6, China 4, Kuwait 0.

Central American Cup in Panama: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals and qualify for CONCACAF Gold Cup)
Group A:
Belize 2–5 El Salvador

Panama 2–0 Nicaragua
Standings (after 2 matches): El Salvador, Panama 6 points, Nicaragua, Belize 0.

Group B: Guatemala 0–2 Costa Rica
Standings: Costa Rica 4 points (2 matches), Honduras 1 (1), Guatemala 0 (1).

South American Youth Championship in Peru
:
Group A
:
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay

Peru 0–2 Chile

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Les Contamines-Montjoie, France:
Ski Cross men: Christopher Del Bosco (CAN) Andreas Matt (AUT) Egor Korotkov (RUS)
Ski Cross standings (after 5 of 11 events): (1) Matt 319 points (2) Del Bosco 225 (3) Alex Fiva (SUI) 199

Ski Cross women: Ophélie David (FRA) Kelsey Serwa (CAN) Anna Holmlund (SWE)
Ski Cross standings (after 5 of 11 events): (1) Serwa 329 points (2) Heidi Zacher (GER) 296 (3) Fanny Smith (SUI) 255

Mont Gabriel
, Canada:
Aerials men: Anton Kushnir (BLR) 247.60 points Qi Guangpu (CHN) 240.97 Stanislav Kravchuk (UKR) 234.60
Aerials standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Jia Zongyang (CHN) 220 points (2) Qi 216 (3) Kushnir 168

Overall standings: (1) Andreas Matt (AUT) 64 points (2) Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 60 (3) Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 55

Aerials women: Xu Mengtao (CHN) 192.28 points Alla Tsuper (BLR) 187.00 Cheng Shuang (CHN) 186.99
Aerials standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Xu 280 points (2) Cheng 200 (3) Zhang Xin (CHN) 162

Overall standings: (1) Kelsey Serwa (CAN) 66 points (2) Hannah Kearney (USA) 62 (3) Heidi Zacher (GER) 59

Golf

PGA Tour:
Sony Open in Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii:
Winner: Mark Wilson (USA) 264 (−16)
Wilson wins his third PGA Tour title.

European Tour:
Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
Winner: Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 265 (−19)
Schwartzel defends his title, and wins his sixth European Tour title.

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
Group A:
Bahrain 18–38 Germany

Tunisia 18–21 Spain

Egypt 19–28 France
Standings (after 2 games): Germany, France, Spain 4 points, Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain 0.

Group C:
Australia 18–35 Serbia

Algeria 15–26 Croatia

Romania 30–39 Denmark
Standings (after 2 games): Denmark, Serbia, Croatia 4 points, Algeria, Romania, Australia 0.

Luge

World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:
Women: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 1:26.366 (43.239 / 43.127) Natalie Geisenberger (GER) 1:26.775 (43.491 / 43.284) Anke Wischnewski (GER) 1:27.298 (43.677 / 43.621)
Standings (after 6 of 9 events): (1) Hüfner 585 points (2) Geisenberger 475 (3) Wischnewski 415

Hüfner wins her fifth race of the season.

Team relay: Germany (Tatjana Hüfner/Felix Loch/Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) 2:27.306 (47.906 / 49.468 / 49.932) Russia (Tatiana Ivanova/Viktor Kneib/Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:28.714 (48.785 / 49.837 / 50.092) Italy (Sandra Gasparini/David Mair/Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:29.047 (49.153 / 49.962 / 49.932)
Standings (after 4 of 6 events): (1) Germany 400 points (2) Italy 295 (3) Austria 256

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
HS 106 / 10 km: Magnus Moan (NOR) 24:36.8 Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 24:38.4 David Kreiner (AUT) 24:39.4
Standings (after 9 of 13 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 639 points (2) Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 469 (3) Mario Stecher (AUT) 466

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5 (teams in bold advance to the knockout stage):
Pool 3:
London Irish 24–12 Ospreys

Toulon 32–16 Munster

Standings (after 5 matches): Toulon 17 points, Munster 11, Ospreys 10, London Irish 9.

Munster fail to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition for the first time since 1997–98.

Pool 6: Glasgow Warriors 20–10 London Wasps
Standings (after 5 matches):
Newport Gwent Dragons
1.

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
, matchday 5 (team in bold advances to the knockout stage):
Pool 4: Stade Français 39–10 Leeds Carnegie

Standings (after 5 matches): Stade Français 24 points, Leeds Carnegie 14,
București Oaks, Crociati Parma
5.

Short track speed skating

European Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
Men: Thibaut Fauconnet (FRA) 136 points Haralds Silovs (LAT) 50 Sjinkie Knegt (NED) 47
Fauconnet wins the title for the first time, and becomes the first French champion in 10 years.

Women: Arianna Fontana (ITA) 115 points Bernadett Heidum (HUN) 42 Martina Valcepina (ITA) 39
Fontana wins her third title in four years.

Men's 5000 m relay: Netherlands 6:54.608 Russia 6:54.726 Great Britain 6:56.025

Women's 3000 m relay: Netherlands 4:19.253 Hungary 4:19.284 Italy 4:20.473

Ski jumping

Sapporo
, Japan:
HS 134: Andreas Kofler (AUT) 232.9 points Severin Freund (GER) 224.7 Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 222.4
Standings (after 15 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 1223 points (2) Kofler 771 (3) Simon Ammann (SUI) 753

Snooker

Masters in London, England
Final: Ding Junhui (CHN) [9] 10–4 Marco Fu (HKG) [16]
Ding wins his seventh professional title.

This is the first All-Asian final.^[6]

January 15, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Wengen
, Switzerland:
Downhill: Klaus Kröll (AUT) 2:31.28 Didier Cuche (SUI) 2:31.42 Carlo Janka (SUI) 2:31.67
Downhill standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 269 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI
) 250 (3) Kröll 190

Overall standings (after 17 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 626 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR
) 511 (3) Zurbriggen 459

Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia
:
Giant slalom: Cancelled during 1st run due to warm weather.

American football

NFL playoffs – Divisional Playoffs:
AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Baltimore Ravens 24

NFC: Green Bay Packers 48, Atlanta Falcons 21

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Tora Berger (NOR) 20:33.3 (0+0) Andrea Henkel (GER) 20:34.4 (0+0) Magdalena Neuner (GER) 20:49.1 (0+1)
Standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 230 points (2) Neuner 198 (3) Darya Domracheva (BLR) 192

Overall standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Mäkäräinen 493 points (2) Helena Ekholm (SWE) 461 (3) Henkel 400

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
Two-man: Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter (SUI) 1:44.31 (52.21 / 52.10) Alexandr Zubkov/Alexey Voyevoda (RUS) 1:44.54 (52.30 / 52.24) Simone Bertazzo/Matteo Torchio (ITA) 1:44.97 (52.56 / 52.41)
Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Zubkov 1013 points (2) Manuel Machata (GER) 1003 (3) Bertazzo 947

Team: Canada (
Olga Fyodorova/Yulia Timofeeva, Olga Potelicina, Alexander Kasjanov/Alexander Shilkin
) 3:37.56 (53.92 / 54.65 / 55.51 / 53.48)

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
2nd Test in Wellington, day 1: New Zealand 246/6 (90 overs); Pakistan.

India in South Africa:
2nd ODI in Johannesburg: India 190 (47.2 overs); South Africa 189 (43 overs). India win by 1 run; 5-match series tied 1–1.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Liberec, Czech Republic:
Men's Sprint Freestyle: Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 2:55.3 Federico Pellegrino (ITA) 2:56.3 Dušan Kožíšek (CZE) 2:58.3
Sprint standings (after 6 of 11 races): (1) Emil Jönsson (SWE) 280 points (2) Hattestad 184 (3) Jesper Modin (SWE) & Fulvio Scola (ITA) 180

Overall standings (after 19 of 31 races): (1) Dario Cologna (SUI) 1197 points (2) Petter Northug (NOR) 706 (3) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 698

Women's Sprint Freestyle: Kikkan Randall (USA) 2:37.6 Hanna Falk (SWE) 2:38.1 Celine Brun-Lie (NOR) 2:38.2
Sprint standings (after 6 of 11 races): (1) Randall 291 points (2) Arianna Follis (ITA) 288 (3) Petra Majdič (SVN) 254

Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1271 points (2) Follis 880 (3) Marit Bjørgen (NOR
) 796

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
Group D:
Iran 1–0 North Korea

United Arab Emirates 0–1 Iraq
Standings (after 2 matches): Iran 6 points, Iraq 3, United Arab Emirates, North Korea 1.

OFC Champions League Group stage, matchday 3:
PRK Hekari United

Standings (after 3 matches): Lautoka 7 points,
Koloale
0.

Freestyle skiing

Mont Gabriel
, Canada:
Dual Moguls men: Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) 21.00 points Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 14.00 Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 21.00
Moguls standings (after 4 of 11 events): (1) Colas 300 points (2) Kingsbury 275 (3) Patrick Deneen (USA) 247

Overall standings: (1) Colas 60 points (2) Kingsbury 55 (3) Deneen 49

Dual Moguls women: Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 22.00 Anastassia Gunchenko (RUS) 13.00 Jennifer Heil (CAN) 21.00
Moguls standings (after 4 of 11 events): (1) Hannah Kearney (USA) 309 points (2) Heil 260 (3) Dufour-Lapointe 205

Overall standings: (1) Kearney 62 points (2) Heil & Heidi Zacher (GER) 52

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
Group B:
Hungary 26–23 Norway

Japan 33–30 Austria

Brazil 26–34 Iceland
Standings (after 2 games): Iceland 4 points, Austria, Norway, Japan, Hungary 2, Brazil 0.

Group D:
Chile 22–37 South Korea

Slovakia 22–38 Sweden

Argentina 23–24 Poland
Standings (after 2 games): Sweden, Poland 4 points, South Korea 3, Argentina 1, Slovakia, Chile 0.

Luge

World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:
Doubles: Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (GER) 1:26.794 (43.386 / 43.408) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber (ITA) 1:26.833 (43.355 / 43.478) Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken (GER) 1:26.988 (43.624 / 43.364)
Standings (after 6 of 9 events): (1) Wendl/Arlt 530 points (2) Oberstolz/Gruber 485 (3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 392

Wendl/Arlt win their fourth race of the season.

Men's singles: Felix Loch (GER) 1:30.883 (45.543 / 45.340) Andi Langenhan (GER) 1:31.115 (45.523 / 45.592) David Möller (GER) 1:31.326 (45.821 / 45.505)
Standings (after 6 of 9 events): (1) Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 525 points (2) Loch 445 (3) Möller 394

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
HS 106 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 25:33.2 Magnus Moan (NOR) 26:02.5 Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 26:06.1
Standings (after 8 of 13 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 559 points (2) Mario Stecher (AUT) 466 (3) Kokslien 447

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5 (team in bold advances to the knockout stages, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated):
Pool 2: Leinster 43–20 ~~Saracens~~
Standings (after 5 matches): Leinster 19 points,
Racing Métro
9, Saracens 6.

Pool 4:
Bath 55–16 ~~Aironi~~

Ulster 9–6 Biarritz
Standings (after 5 matches): Biarritz 17 points (6–4 in head-to head competition points), Ulster 17 (4–6), Bath 13, Aironi 4.

Pool 5:
~~Benetton Treviso~~ 9–44 Perpignan

Scarlets 18–32 Leicester Tigers
Standings (after 5 matches): Perpignan 17 points (6–3 in head-to head competition points), Leicester Tigers 17 (3–6), Scarlets 15, Benetton Treviso 1.

Newport Gwent Dragons

Standings: Toulouse 21 points (5 matches), London Wasps 15 (4), Glasgow Warriors 4 (4), Newport Gwent Dragons 1 (5).

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
, matchday 5: (teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
Pool 1
:
~~Cavalieri Prato~~ 16–48 Harlequins

Bayonne 21–35 ~~Connacht~~
Standings (after 5 matches): Harlequins 19 points, Bayonne 15, Connacht 10, Cavalieri Prato 4.

Pool 3: Exeter Chiefs 17–6 ~~Bourgoin~~

Standings (after 5 matches):
Montpellier 17 points, Exeter Chiefs 15, ~~Newcastle Falcons~~
9, Bourgoin 6.

București Oaks

Standings: Stade Français 19 points (4 matches), Leeds Carnegie 14 (4), București Oaks, Crociati Parma 5 (5).

Pool 5: ~~Rovigo~~ 7–55 Gloucester

Standings (after 5 matches): La Rochelle 19 points, Gloucester 16, Agen 15, Rovigo 0.

Skeleton

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
Men: Martins Dukurs (LAT) 1:45.95 (52.95 / 53.00) Sergey Chudinov (RUS) 1:46.75 (53.41 / 53.34) Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 1:46.89 (53.55 / 53.34)
Standings (after 5 of 8 events): (1) Dukurs 1044 points (2) Tretyakov 955 (3) Sandro Stielicke (GER) 906

Team: Canada (
Olga Fyodorova/Yulia Timofeeva, Olga Potelicina, Alexander Kasjanov/Alexander Shilkin
) 3:37.56 (53.92 / 54.65 / 55.51 / 53.48)

Ski jumping

Sapporo
, Japan:
HS 134: Severin Freund (GER) 249.6 points Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 248.2 Adam Małysz (POL) 240.5
Standings (after 14 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 1163 points (2) Simon Ammann (SUI) 721 (3) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 671

Snooker

Masters in London, England, Semi-finals:
Marco Fu (HKG) [16] 6–4 Mark Allen (NIR) [12]

Jamie Cope (ENG) [14] 3–6 Ding Junhui (CHN) [9]

Snowboarding

World Championships in Barcelona, Spain:
Zachary Stone (CAN) 48.9 Seppe Smits (BEL
) 48.9

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
Medibank International Sydney:
Final: Gilles Simon (FRA) def. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 7–5, 7–6(4)
Simon wins the eighth title of his career.

Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
Final: David Ferrer (ESP) def. David Nalbandian (ARG) 6–3, 6–2
Ferrer wins the tenth title of his career.

WTA Tour:
Moorilla Hobart International:
Jarmila Groth (AUS) def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA
) 6–4, 6–3
Groth wins the second title of her career.

Exhibition tournament:
AAMI Classic in Melbourne
, Australia:
Final: Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) def. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 7–5, 6–3
Hewitt wins the event for the first time.

January 14, 2011 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Wengen
, Switzerland:
Super combined: Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 2:40.44 Carlo Janka (SUI) 2:41.02 Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 2:41.78
Overall standings (after 16 of 38 races): (1) Kostelić 604 points (2) Svindal 495 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI
) 439

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Men's 10 km Sprint: Lars Berger (NOR) 23:55.1 (0+0) Martin Fourcade (FRA) 24:16.8 (0+0) Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) 24:18.9 (0+0)
Sprint standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Tarjei Bø (NOR) 254 points (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 204 (3) Michael Greis (GER) 168

Overall standings (after 11 of 26 races): (1) Bø 529 points (2) Svendsen 497 (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 362

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
Women: Shauna Rohbock/Valerie Fleming (USA) 1:48.50 (54.45 / 54.05) Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel (GER) 1:48.59 (54.43 / 54.16) Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk (SUI) 1:48.70 (54.36 / 54.34)
Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Sandra Kiriasis (GER) 1061 points (2) Cathleen Martini (GER) 1003 (3) Meyer 896

Cricket

England in Australia:
2nd T20I in Melbourne: Australia 147/7 (20 overs); England 143/6 (20 overs). Australia win by 4 runs; 2-match series drawn 1–1.

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: (teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
Group C:
Australia 1–1 South Korea

Bahrain 5–2 ~~India~~
Standings (after 2 matches): Australia, South Korea 4 points, Bahrain 3, India 0.

Central American Cup in Panama:
Group A:
El Salvador 2–0 Nicaragua

Panama 2–0 Belize

Group B: Costa Rica 1–1 Honduras

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
Group A:
France 32–19 Tunisia

Germany 30–25 Egypt

Spain 33–22 Bahrain

Group B:
Iceland 32–26 Hungary

Norway 35–29 Japan

Austria 34–24 Brazil

Group C:
Croatia 27–21 Romania

Denmark 47–12 Australia

Serbia 25–24 Algeria

Group D:
South Korea 25–25 Argentina

Poland 35–33 Slovakia

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
HS 106 / 4 x 5 km: Norway (Magnus Moan, Håvard Klemetsen, Jan Schmid, Mikko Kokslien) 47:31.2 Austria (Felix Gottwald, Wilhelm Denifl, David Kreiner, Bernhard Gruber) 47:43.1 France (François Braud, Maxime Laheurte, Sébastien Lacroix, Jason Lamy-Chappuis) 48:19.1

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5 (team in bold advances to the knockout stage):
Pool 1:
Cardiff Blues 14–9 Castres

Northampton Saints 37–0 Edinburgh
Standings (after 5 matches): Northampton Saints 21 points, Castres 11, Cardiff Blues 10, Edinburgh 7.

Racing Métro

Standings: Leinster 14 points (4 matches), Clermont 14 (5), Racing Métro 9 (5), Saracens 6 (4).

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
, matchday 5 (team in bold advances to the knockout stage; teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated):
Pool 2
:
Brive 52–3 ~~El Salvador~~

~~Petrarca Padova~~

Standings (after 5 matches): Brive 23 points, Sale Sharks 16, Petrarca Padova 5, El Salvador 4.

Montpellier

Standings: Montpellier 17 points (5 matches), Exeter Chiefs 11 (4), Newcastle Falcons 9 (5), ~~Bourgoin~~ 6 (4).

Skeleton

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
Women: Anja Huber (GER) 1:51.10 (55.34 / 55.76) Shelley Rudman (GBR) 1:51.27 (55.69 / 55.58) Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) 1:51.45 (55.70 / 55.75)
Standings (after 5 of 8 events): (1) Huber 1075 points (2) Rudman 1024 (3) Hollingsworth 978

Snooker

Masters in London, England, Quarter-finals:
Mark Allen (NIR) [12] 6–4 Neil Robertson (AUS) [2]

Peter Ebdon (ENG) [13] 0–6 Marco Fu (HKG) [16]

Tennis

WTA Tour:
Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
Final: Li Na (CHN) def. Kim Clijsters (BEL) 7–6(3), 6–3
Li wins the 4th title of her career.

January 13, 2011 (Thursday)

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Women's 15 km Individual: Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 41:46.1 (0+0+0+0) Andrea Henkel (GER) 42:00.6 (0+0+0+0) Helena Ekholm (SWE) 42:23.5 (0+0+0+0)
Valj Semerenko (UKR
) 129

Overall standings (after 10 of 26 races): (1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 459 points (2) Ekholm 429 (3) Brunet 354

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: (teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
Group B:
Jordan 1–0 ~~Saudi Arabia~~

Syria 1–2 Japan
Standings (after 2 matches): Japan, Jordan 4 points, Syria 3, Saudi Arabia 0.

Handball

World Men's Championship in Sweden:
Group D: Sweden 28–18 Chile

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
, matchday 5: (teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
Pool 5: Agen 17–28 La Rochelle

Standings: La Rochelle 19 points (5 matches), Agen 15 (5), Gloucester 11 (4), ~~Rovigo~~ 0 (4).

Snooker

Masters in London, England, Quarter-finals:
Ding Junhui (CHN) [9] 6–2 Graeme Dott (SCO) [11]

Mark King (ENG) [15] 1–6 Jamie Cope (ENG) [14]

January 12, 2011 (Wednesday)

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Men's 20 km Individual: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 50:39.4 (0+0+0+1) Martin Fourcade (FRA) 50:46.8 (0+0+0+1) Dominik Landertinger (AUT) 51:03.1 (0+0+0+1)
Individual standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Svendsen 145 points (2) Tarjei Bø (NOR) 112 (3) Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) 109

Overall standings (after 10 of 26 races): (1) Bø 489 points (2) Svendsen 454 (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 338

Cricket

India in South Africa:
1st ODI in Durban: South Africa 289/9 (50 overs); India 154 (35.4 overs). South Africa win by 135 runs; lead 5-match series 1–0.

England in Australia:
1st T20I in Adelaide: Australia 157/4 (20 overs); England 158/9 (20 overs). England win by 1 wicket; lead 2-match series 1–0.
England produce a record eighth win in a row in Twenty20 Internationals.^[7]

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
Group A:
Uzbekistan 2–1 Kuwait

China 0–2 Qatar
Standings (after 2 matches): Uzbekistan 6 points, China, Qatar 3, Kuwait 0.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Alpe d'Huez, France:
Ski Cross men: Daniel Bohnacker (GER) Andreas Matt (AUT) Patrick Koller (AUT)
Ski Cross standings (after 4 of 11 races): (1) Matt 239 points (2) Nick Zoricic (CAN) 194 (3) John Teller (USA) 170

Overall standings: (1) Guilbaut Colas (FRA) & Matt 48 points (3) Patrick Deneen (USA) 40

Ski Cross women: Kelsey Serwa (CAN) Fanny Smith (SUI) Ashleigh McIvor (CAN)
Ski Cross standings (after 4 of 11 races): (1) Heidi Zacher (GER) 260 points (2) Serwa 249 (3) Smith 247

Overall standings: (1) Hannah Kearney (USA) 56 points (2) Zacher 52 (3) Serwa 50

Snooker

Masters in London, England, Last 16:
Neil Robertson (AUS) [2] 6–3 Stephen Hendry (SCO) [10]

Shaun Murphy (ENG) [8] 3–6 Jamie Cope (ENG) [14]

January 11, 2011 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Flachau
, Austria:
Slalom:
Maria Riesch (GER) & Tanja Poutiainen (FIN) 1:42.52 Nastasia Noens (FRA
) 1:43.04
Slalom standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Riesch 420 points (2) Marlies Schild (AUT
) & Poutiainen 400

Overall standings (after 18 of 38 races): (1) Riesch 1023 points (2) Lindsey Vonn (USA
) 827 (3) Poutiainen 580

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
Group D:
North Korea 0–0 United Arab Emirates

Iraq 1–2 Iran

Snooker

Masters in London, England, Last 16:
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) [7] 4–6 Mark Allen (NIR) [12]

Stephen Maguire (SCO) [6] 4–6 Marco Fu (HKG) [16]

January 10, 2011 (Monday)

American football

NCAA bowl games – Bowl Championship Series:
Glendale, Arizona: Auburn 22, Oregon
19
Wes Byrum's 19-yard field goal as time expires gives the Tigers their first undisputed national championship.

A SEC school wins the championship for the fifth consecutive year.

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
Group C:
India 0–4 Australia

South Korea 2–1 Bahrain

FIFA Ballon d'Or:
Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona is named player of the year, ahead of his two teammates Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.^[8]

Marta of FC Gold Pride (now defunct) and Santos
is named women's world player of the year for the fifth consecutive time.

Real Madrid) and Silvia Neid (Germany
) are named men's and women's coaches of the year respectively.

Snooker

Masters in London, England, Last 16:
Mark Williams (WAL) [5] 4–6 Ding Junhui (CHN) [9]

John Higgins (SCO) [4] 4–6 Graeme Dott (SCO) [11]

January 9, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Adelboden
, Switzerland:
Slalom: Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:50.90 Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:51.16 Reinfried Herbst (AUT) 1:52.19
Slalom standings (after 4 of 10 races): (1) Kostelić 253 points (2) André Myhrer (SWE
) 204 (3) Hirscher 196

Overall standings (after 15 of 38 races): (1) Kostelić 504 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 435 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI
) 421

Women's World Cup in Zauchensee
, Austria:
Super-G:
Lara Gut (SUI) 1:12.82 Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1:13.35 Dominique Gisin (SUI
) 1:13.54
Maria Riesch (GER
) 120 (3) Gut 100

Overall standings (after 17 of 38 races): (1) Riesch 923 points (2) Vonn 827 (3) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT
) 565

American football

NFL playoffs – Wild Card Weekend:
AFC: Baltimore Ravens 30, Kansas City Chiefs 7

NFC: Green Bay Packers 21, Philadelphia Eagles 16

NCAA bowl games:
San Francisco: Nevada 20, Boston College
13

Badminton

BWF Super Series:
BWF Super Series Masters Finals in Taipei
:
Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (MAS) def. Peter Gade (DEN
) 21–9, 21–14

Women's singles: Wang Shixian (CHN) def. Bae Yeon-ju (KOR
) 21–13, 21–15

Men's doubles: Carsten Mogensen (DEN)/Mathias Boe (DEN) def. Jung Jae-sung (KOR)/Lee Yong-dae (KOR
) 21–17, 21–15

Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli (CHN)/Yu Yang (CHN) def. Cheng Shu (CHN)/Zhao Yunlei (CHN
) 21–7, 21–17

Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan (CHN)/Zhao Yunlei (CHN) def. Sudket Prapakamol (THA)/Saralee Thungthongkam (THA
) 21–17, 21–12

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
Men's 15 km Mass start: Tarjei Bø (NOR) 39:51.3 (0+1+0+1) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 39:53.7 (1+0+2+0) Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) 39:55.4 (0+0+1+1)
Overall standings (after 9 of 26 races): (1) Bø 449 points (2) Svendsen 394 (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 304

Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: Helena Ekholm (SWE) 39:22.9 (0+0+0+0) Andrea Henkel (GER) 39:24.5 (0+1+1+0) Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 39:28.1 (0+0+0+0)
Overall standings (after 9 of 26 races): (1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 425 points (2) Ekholm 381 (3) Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA) 324

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
1st Test in Hamilton, day 3: New Zealand 275 & 110 (38.3 overs); Pakistan 367 (122.1 overs) & 21/0 (3.4 overs). Pakistan win by 10 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.

India in South Africa:
Only T20I in Durban: India 168/6 (20 overs); South Africa 147/9 (20 overs). India win by 21 runs.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
Val di Fiemme
, Italy:
Men's 9 km freestyle: Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 30:28.3 Roland Clara (ITA) 31:00.7 Curdin Perl (SUI) 31:02.1
Final Tour de Ski standings: (1) Dario Cologna (SUI) 4:28:02.0 (2) Petter Northug (NOR) 4:28:29.3 (3) Bauer 4:29:46.1
Cologna wins his second Tour de Ski in three years.

World Cup Distance standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Cologna 481 points (2) Alexander Legkov (RUS) 406 (3) Bauer 400

World Cup Overall standings (after 18 of 31 races): (1) Cologna 1197 points (2) Northug 706 (3) Bauer 698

Women's 9 km freestyle: Therese Johaug (NOR) 33:14.4 Marte Elden (NOR) 34:14.8 Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) 35:08.3
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2:47:31.0 (2) Johaug 2:48:52.5 (3) Marianna Longa (ITA
) 2:50:11.7
Kowalczyk wins her second consecutive Tour de Ski.

World Cup Distance standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Kowalczyk 592 points (2) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 410 (3) Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 371

World Cup Overall standings (after 18 of 31 races): (1) Kowalczyk 1271 points (2) Arianna Follis (ITA) 864 (3) Bjørgen 760

Darts

BDO World Championship in Frimley Green, England:
Men's final: Martin Adams (ENG) 7–5 Dean Winstanley (ENG)
Adams wins the title for the third time, and becomes the third player to successfully defend his title, after Eric Bristow (ENG) and Raymond van Barneveld (NED).

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
Group B:
Japan 1–1 Jordan

Saudi Arabia 1–2 Syria

Golf

PGA Tour:
Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii
:
Winner: Jonathan Byrd (USA) 268 (−24)^PO
In the tour's season opener, Byrd defeats Robert Garrigus (USA) on the second playoff hole to claim his fifth PGA Tour title.

European Tour:
Africa Open in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa:
Winner: Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 276 (−16)^PO
Oosthuizen defeats Chris Wood (ENG) and Manuel Quirós (ESP) on the first playoff hole to win his third European Tour title.

Other events:
Hua Hin, Thailand
:
Team Europe 9–7 Team Asia
Team Europe collects its second consecutive win in this event, and fourth in the five editions to date.

Nordic combined

World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
HS 106 / 4 x 5 km: Cancelled due to bad weather.

Ski jumping

World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
HS 205 (Ski flying): Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 414.5 points Simon Ammann (SUI) 404.4 Roman Koudelka (CZE) 401.2
Ski Flying standings (after 2 of 7 events): (1) Morgenstern 180 points (2) Martin Koch (AUT) 129 (3) Ammann 120

World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 1083 points (2) Ammann 681 (3) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 621

Snooker

Masters in London, England, Last 16:
Mark Selby (ENG) [1] 4–6 Mark King (ENG) [15]

Ali Carter (ENG) [3] 5–6 Peter Ebdon (ENG) [13]

Snowboarding

World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
Men's Parallel slalom: Benjamin Karl (AUT) Aaron March (ITA) Simon Schoch (SUI)
Parallel slalom standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Karl 2910 points (2) Andreas Prommegger (AUT) 2900 (3) Roland Fischnaller (ITA) 2760

Overall standings: (1) Karl 2910 points (2) Prommegger 2900 (3) Fischnaller 2760

Women's Parallel slalom: Yekaterina Tudegesheva (RUS) Marion Kreiner (AUT) Claudia Riegler (AUT)
Parallel slalom standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Tudegesheva 3890 points (2) Fränzi Mägert-Kohli (SUI) 3110 (3) Alena Zavarzina (RUS) 2168

Overall standings: (1) Tudegesheva 3890 points (2) Mägert-Kohli 3110 (3) Dominique Maltais (CAN) 3000

Speed skating

European Championships in Collalbo, Italy:
Men: Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 154.167 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 154.273 Koen Verweij (NED) 154.688
Skobrev wins the title for the first time.

Women: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 165.104 Ireen Wüst (NED) 166.463 Marrit Leenstra (NED) 168.045
Sáblíková wins the title for the third time.

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
Brisbane International:
Final: Robin Söderling (SWE) def. Andy Roddick (USA) 6–3, 7–5
Soderling wins the 7th title of his career.

Aircel Chennai Open:
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) def. Xavier Malisse (BEL
) 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Wawrinka wins the 3rd title of his career.

January 8, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Adelboden
, Switzerland:
Giant slalom: Cyprien Richard (FRA) 2:25.28 Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 2:25.28 Thomas Fanara (FRA) 2:25.48
Giant slalom standings (after 4 of 7 races): (1) Ted Ligety (USA
) 303 points (2) Svindal 265 (3) Richard 242

Overall standings (after 14 of 38 races): (1) Svindal 435 points (2) Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 409 (3) Ivica Kostelić (CRO
) 404

Women's World Cup in Zauchensee
, Austria:
Downhill:
Anna Fenninger (AUT
) 1:47.37
Maria Riesch (GER) 257 (3) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT
) 187

Overall standings
(after 16 of 38 races): (1) Riesch 883 points (2) Vonn 747 (3) Görgl 515

American football

NFL playoffs – Wild Card Weekend:
NFC: Seattle Seahawks 41, New Orleans Saints 36
The Saints become the first reigning Super Bowl champions since the St. Louis Rams in the 2000–01 playoffs to lose in the Wild Card round, thus a new champion will be crowned for the sixth straight year (the New England Patriots remain the last repeat Super Bowl champions).

The Seahawks become the first team with a losing record to win a playoff game.

AFC: New York Jets 17, Indianapolis Colts 16

NCAA bowl games:
BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama: Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR) 23:29.5 (1+0) Magdalena Neuner (GER) 23:35.2 (1+1) Andrea Henkel (GER) 23:44.7 (0+1)
Standings (after 4 of 10 events): (1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 196 points (2) Darya Domracheva (BLR) 165 (3) Neuner 150

Anna Carin Zidek (SWE
) 291

Cricket

Pakistan in New Zealand:
1st Test in Hamilton, day 2: New Zealand 275 (97.5 overs); Pakistan 235/4 (80 overs). Pakistan trail by 40 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
Val di Fiemme
, Italy:
Men's 20 km classical: Petter Northug (NOR) 57:17.2 Dario Cologna (SUI) 57:19.0 Devon Kershaw (CAN) 57:19.4
Tour de Ski standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Cologna 3:56:03.9 (2) Northug 3:57:22.0 (3) Martin Jakš (CZE) 3:58:50.4

World Cup Distance standings (after 10 of 17 races): (1) Cologna 468 points (2) Alexander Legkov (RUS) 406 (3) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 350

World Cup Overall standings (after 16 of 31 races): (1) Cologna 784 points (2) Legkov 651 (3) Marcus Hellner (SWE) 513

Women's 10 km classical:
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 30:27.6 Therese Johaug (NOR) 30:33.9 Marianna Longa (ITA
) 31:23.3
Tour de Ski standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Kowalczyk 2:12:17.3 (2) Longa 2:14:25.6 (3) Arianna Follis (ITA) 2:14:50.3

World Cup Distance standings (after 10 of 17 races): (1) Kowalczyk 552 points (2) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 410 (3) Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 349

World Cup Overall standings (after 16 of 31 races): (1) Kowalczyk 831 points (2) Bjørgen 760 (3) Follis 640

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
Group A: Kuwait 0–2 China

Ice hockey

World Women's U18 Championship in Stockholm, Sweden:
Relegation round (best-of-3 series):
Game 3: Switzerland 5–1 Japan. Switzerland win the series 2–1 and send Japan to Division I in 2012.

Bronze medal game: Czech Republic 0–3 Finland

Final: United States 5–2 Canada
The United States win the championship for the third time.

MLP Nations Cup in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland:
SO)   Switzerland

Bronze medal game: Germany 2–7 Russia

Final: Sweden 0–6 Canada
Canada win the Cup for the 8th time in 9 years.

Nordic combined

World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
HS 106 / 10 km: Felix Gottwald (AUT) 24:38.4 Mario Stecher (AUT) 24:54.0 Bernhard Gruber (AUT) 24:54.6
Overall standings (after 7 of 13 races): (1) Stecher 466 points (2) Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 459 (3) Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 387

Ski jumping

World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
HS 205 (Ski flying): Martin Koch (AUT) 425.2 points Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 421.9 Adam Małysz (POL) 416.6
World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 983 points (2) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 621 (3) Simon Ammann (SUI) 601

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
Qatar ExxonMobil Open:
Final: Roger Federer (SUI) def. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 6–3, 6–4
Federer wins the tournament for the third time and the 67th title of his career.

WTA Tour:
Brisbane International:
Final: Petra Kvitová (CZE) def. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6–1, 6–3
Kvitová wins the second title of her career.

ASB Classic:
Final: Gréta Arn (HUN) def. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6–3, 6–3
Arn wins the second title of her career.

Hopman Cup:
Final: United States 2–1 Belgium
Justine Henin (BEL) def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 7–6(6), 6–3

John Isner (USA) def. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 6–3, 6–4

Mattek-Sands/Isner (USA) def. Henin/Bemelmans (BEL) 6–1, 6–3
The United States win the Cup for a record sixth time.

Hong Kong
:
Gold Group Final: Team Russia 3–1 Team Europe
Russia win the title for the second straight time.

January 7, 2011 (Friday)

American football

NFL news:
The San Francisco 49ers name Jim Harbaugh their new head coach, signing the former Stanford coach to a 5-year, US$25 million contract.^[9]

NCAA bowl games:
Arlington, Texas: LSU 41, Texas A&M
24

Division I FCS:
Frisco, Texas (seeds in parentheses): (5) Eastern Washington 20, (3) Delaware
19
The Eagles win the Championship for the first time.

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
Men's 10 km Sprint: Tarjei Bø (NOR) 25:49.7 (0+1) Arnd Peiffer (GER) 26:06.4 (0+1) Michal Šlesingr (CZE) 26:10.4 (0+0)
Sprint standings (after 4 of 10 races): (1) Bø 214 points (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 161 (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) & Lukas Hofer (ITA) 134

Overall standings (after 8 of 26 races): (1) Bø 389 points (2) Svendsen 340 (3) Bjørndalen 284

Cricket

England in Australia:
Ashes series:
Fifth Test in Sydney, day 5: Australia 280 & 281 (84.4 overs); England 644. England win by an innings & 83 runs; win 5-match series 3–1.

Pakistan in New Zealand:
1st Test in Hamilton, day 1: New Zealand 260/7 (90 overs); Pakistan.

Darts

BDO World Championship in Frimley Green, England:
Rhian Edwards (WAL
)
Gulliver repeats her 2010 final victory over Edwards, and wins her ninth world title.

Football (soccer)

AFC Asian Cup in Qatar:
Group A: Qatar 0–2 Uzbekistan

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria:
Men's Ski Cross: John Teller (USA) Nick Zoricic (CAN) Thomas Zangerl (AUT)
Ski Cross standings (after 3 of 11 races): (1) Teller 170 points (2) Zoricic 162 (3) Andreas Matt (AUT) 159

Overall standings: (1) Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 48 points (2) Patrick Deneen (USA) 40 (3) Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 39

Women's Ski Cross: Heidi Zacher (GER) Hedda Berntsen (NOR) Anna Wörner (GER)
Ski Cross standings (after 3 of 11 races): (1) Zacher 210 points (2) Fanny Smith (SUI) 167 (3) Anna Holmlund (SWE) 150

Overall standings: (1) Hannah Kearney (USA) 56 points (2) Zacher 42 (3) Jennifer Heil (CAN) 40

Ice hockey

World Women's U18 Championship in Stockholm, Sweden:
Relegation round (best-of-3 series):
Game 2: Japan 5–1   Switzerland. Series tied 1–1.

5th place game: Germany 0–2 Sweden

Semifinals:
Canada 6–1 Finland

United States 14–1 Czech Republic

MLP Nations Cup in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland:
Semifinals:
Canada 9–0 Russia

Sweden 3–1 Germany

January 6, 2011 (Thursday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia
:
Slalom: André Myhrer (SWE) 1:52.74 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:52.84 Mattias Hargin (SWE) 1:53.10
Slalom standings (after 3 of 10 races): (1) Myhrer 189 points (2) Kostelić 153 (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA
) 122

Overall standings (after 13 of 38 races): (1) Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 409 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 396 (3) Ted Ligety (USA
) 376

American football

NCAA bowl games:
GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Alabama: Miami (OH) 35, Middle Tennessee 21
The RedHawks,
FBS
history to follow a 10-loss season with a 10-win season.

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
Women's 4 x 6 km Relay: Sweden (
Nadzeya Pisareva/Liudmila Kalinchik
) 1:19:24.5 (1+13)
Standings (after 2 of 4 events): (1) Germany & Sweden 98 points (3) Ukraine 97

Cricket

England in Australia:
Ashes series:
Fifth Test in Sydney, day 4: Australia 280 & 213/7 (67 overs); England 644 (178 overs; Matt Prior 118). Australia trail by 151 runs with 3 wickets remaining.

India in South Africa:
3rd Test in Cape Town, day 5: South Africa 362 & 341; India 364 & 166/3 (82 overs). Match drawn; 3-match series drawn 1–1.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
Stage 6: Cortina d'Ampezzo–Toblach, Italy:
Men's 35 km freestyle pursuit: Dario Cologna (SUI) 1:20:06.9 Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:21:13.2 Petter Northug (NOR) 1:21:46.8
Tour de Ski standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Cologna 2:59:44.9 (2) Hellner 3:00:56.2 (3) Northug 3:01:34.8

World Cup Distance standings (after 9 of 17 races): (1) Cologna 422 points (2) Alexander Legkov (RUS) 406 (3) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 330

World Cup Overall standings (after 15 of 31 races): (1) Cologna 738 points (2) Legkov 651 (3) Hellner 505

Women's 16 km freestyle pursuit:
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 37:41.7 Arianna Follis (ITA) 38:03.9 Marianna Longa (ITA
) 38:04.3
Tour de Ski standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Kowalczyk 1:42:34.7 (2) Follis 1:43:01.9 (3) Longa 1:43:07.3

World Cup Distance standings (after 9 of 17 races): (1) Kowalczyk 502 points (2) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 410 (3) Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 333

World Cup Overall standings (after 15 of 31 races): (1) Kowalczyk 781 points (2) Bjørgen 760 (3) Follis 606

Ice hockey

MLP Nations Cup in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Group A: Sweden 6–2 Russia
Final standings: Sweden 4 points, Russia 3, Finland 2.

Group B: Germany 0–9 Canada
Final standings: Canada 6 points, Germany 2,   Switzerland 1.

Luge

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
Albert Demtschenko (RUS) 1:41.616 (50.848 / 50.768) Reinhold Rainer (ITA
) 1:41.668 (50.718 / 50.950)
Standings (after 5 of 9 events): (1) Zöggeler 470 points (2) Felix Loch (GER) 345 (3) David Möller (GER) 324

Zöggeler wins his fourth successive race.

Team relay: Germany (Natalie Geisenberger/Jan-Armin Eichhorn/Tobias Arlt/Tobias Wendl) 2:45.971 (53.646 / 56.147 / 56.178) Austria (Nina Reithmayer/Daniel Pfister/Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:46.179 (54.100 / 56.109 / 55.970) Italy (Sandra Gasparini/Armin Zöggeler/Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:46.520 (54.604 / 55.882 / 56.034)
Standings (after 3 of 6 events): (1) Germany 300 points (2) Italy 225 (3) Austria 201

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament:
Stage 4 in Bischofshofen, Austria:
HS 140: Tom Hilde (NOR) 278.7 points Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 277.1 Andreas Kofler (AUT) 275.3
Final tournament standings: (1) Morgenstern 958.8 points (2) Simon Ammann (SUI) 928.4 (3) Hilde 895.0

World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 903 points (2) Kofler 621 (3) Ammann 561
Morgenstern wins the tournament for the first time.

Snooker

Championship League Group 2:
Final: Mark Williams (WAL) 3–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Williams advances to the winners group.

January 5, 2011 (Wednesday)

Baseball

Major League Baseball news:
elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. They will be inducted on July 24, alongside Pat Gillick, who was elected in Veterans Committee
balloting in December 2010.

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay: Germany (Christoph Stephan, Alexander Wolf, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Greis) 1:23:53.0 (2+16) Czech Republic (Zdeněk Vítek, Jaroslav Soukup, Ondřej Moravec, Michal Šlesingr) 1:26:15.8 (3+14) Norway (Alexander Os, Lars Berger, Rune Brattsveen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) 1:26:17.0 (6+14)
Standings (after 2 of 4 events): (1) Norway 108 points (2) Germany 103 (3) Czech Republic 90

Cricket

England in Australia:
Ashes series:
Fifth Test in Sydney, day 3: Australia 280; England 488/7 (141 overs; Alastair Cook 189, Ian Bell 115). England lead by 208 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

India in South Africa:
3rd Test in Cape Town, day 4: South Africa 362 & 341 (102 overs; Jacques Kallis 109*, Harbhajan Singh 7/120); India 364. South Africa lead by 339 runs.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
Stage 5 in Toblach, Italy:
Men's sprint freestyle: Devon Kershaw (CAN) 2:58.0 Dario Cologna (SUI) 2:58.1 Petter Northug (NOR) 2:59.2
Tour de Ski standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Cologna 1:39:53.0 (2) Kershaw 1:40:35.8 (3) Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:41:07.1

Alexei Petukhov (RUS) 173 (3) Fulvio Scola (ITA
) 162

World Cup Overall standings (after 14 of 31 races): (1) Cologna 688 points (2) Alexander Legkov (RUS) 651 (3) Hellner 459

Women's sprint freestyle: Petra Majdič (SLO) 3:17.5 Arianna Follis (ITA) 3:17.6 Magda Genuin (ITA) 3:18.0
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1:05:08.0 (2) Majdič 1:05:47.1 (3) Charlotte Kalla (SWE
) 1:06:16.8

World Cup Sprint standings (after 5 of 11 races): (1) Follis 272 points (2) Majdič 204 (3) Kikkan Randall (USA) 191

World Cup Overall standings (after 14 of 31 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 760 points (2) Kowalczyk 731 (3) Follis 560

Football (soccer)

News: Kristine Lilly, whose 352 appearances with the US women's national team make her the most-capped player in the sport's history, announces her retirement after an international career of over 20 years.^[10]

Ice hockey

Buffalo
, United States:
Bronze medal game: Sweden 2–4 United States

Final: Russia 5–3 Canada
Russia overturn a three-goal deficit in the third period, to win the Championships for the fourth time.

World Women's U18 Championship in Stockholm, Sweden:
Relegation round (best-of-3 series):
Game 1: Switzerland 4–0 Japan. Switzerland lead series 1–0.

Quarterfinals:
Germany 1–3 Czech Republic

Sweden 2–3 (OT) Finland

MLP Nations Cup in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Group A: Russia 2–0 Finland
Standings: Russia 3 points (1 game), Finland 2 (2), Sweden 1 (1).

Group B: Switzerland 4–5 (OT) Germany
Standings: Canada 3 points (1 game), Germany 2 (1), Switzerland 1 (2).

Luge

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
Doubles: Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (GER) 1:41.362 (50.678 / 50.684) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber (ITA) 1:41.448 (50.720 / 50.728) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 1:41.607 (50.863 / 50.744)
Standings (after 5 of 9 events): (1) Wendl 430 points (2) Oberstolz 400 (3) Linger 346

Women's singles: Natalie Geisenberger (GER) 1:41.756 (50.896 / 50.860) Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 1:41.776 (50.978 / 50.798) Alex Gough (CAN) 1:42.215 (51.065 / 51.150)
Standings (after 5 of 9 events): (1) Hüfner 485 points (2) Geisenberger 390 (3) Anke Wischnewski (GER) 345

January 4, 2011 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia
:
Slalom:
Maria Riesch (GER) 2:02.55 Manuela Mölgg (ITA
) 2:02.88
Slalom standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Schild 400 points (2) Riesch 320 (3) Tanja Poutiainen (FIN
) 300

Overall standings (after 15 of 38 races): (1) Riesch 833 points (2) Lindsey Vonn (USA) 647 (3) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT
) 483

American football

NFL news:
The
head coach Tom Cable for next season.^[11]

NCAA bowl games – Bowl Championship Series:
New Orleans: Ohio State 31, Arkansas
26

Cricket

England in Australia:
Ashes series:
Fifth Test in Sydney, day 2: Australia 280 (106.1 overs); England 167/3 (48 overs). England trail by 113 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

India in South Africa:
3rd Test in Cape Town, day 3: South Africa 362 & 52/2 (16 overs); India 364 (117.4 overs; Sachin Tendulkar 146, Dale Steyn 5/75). South Africa lead by 50 runs with 8 wickets remaining.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in the United States:
Relegation round in Lewiston: (teams in ~~strike~~ are relegated to Division I in 2012)
~~Germany~~ 1–3 ~~Norway~~

Slovakia 2–5 Czech Republic
Final standings: Czech Republic 9 points, Slovakia 5, Norway 3, Germany 1.

SO)   Switzerland

World Women's U18 Championship in Stockholm, Sweden: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, team in italic advance to the quarterfinals)
Group A:
Switzerland 1–4 Finland

Canada 8–1 Germany
Final standings: Canada 9 points, Germany 6, Finland 3, Switzerland 0.

Group B:
Czech Republic 4–1 Japan

United States 9–0 Sweden
Final standings: United States 9 points, Sweden 6, Czech Republic 3, Japan 0.

MLP Nations Cup in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland:
SO) Sweden

Group B: Canada 5–0   Switzerland

Snooker

Championship League Group 1:
Final: Mark Selby (ENG) 3–2 Ali Carter (ENG)
Selby advances to the winners group.

January 3, 2011 (Monday)

American football

NFL news:
The Cleveland Browns fire head coach Eric Mangini after the franchise's second successive 5–11 season.^[12]

NCAA bowl games – Bowl Championship Series:
Miami Gardens, Florida: Stanford 40, Virginia Tech
12

Cricket

England in Australia:
Ashes series:
Fifth Test in Sydney, day 1: Australia 134/4 (59 overs); England.

India in South Africa:
Sreesanth 5/114); India
142/2 (50 overs). India trail by 220 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
Stage 4 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
Men's 10+10 km pursuit: Matti Heikkinen (FIN) 49:20.1 Dario Cologna (SUI) 49:21.1 Martin Jakš (CZE) 49:25.0
Tour de Ski standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Cologna 1:37:51.0 (2) Devon Kershaw (CAN) 1:38:36.9 (3) Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:38:57.1

World Cup Distance standings (after 8 of 17 races): (1) Alexander Legkov (RUS) 406 points (2) Cologna 372 (3) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 310

World Cup Overall standings (after 13 of 31 races): (1) Cologna 642 points (2) Legkov 640 (3) Hellner 419

Women's 5+5 km pursuit:
Anna Haag (SWE) 26:59.8 Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 27:00.4 Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR
) 27:07.0
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1:01:52.3 (2) Kalla 1:03:12.1 (3) Marianna Longa (ITA
) 1:03:14.4

World Cup Distance standings (after 8 of 17 races): (1) Kowalczyk 452 points (2) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 410 (3) Kalla 293

World Cup Overall standings (after 13 of 31 races): (1) Bjørgen 760 points (2) Kowalczyk 722 (3) Arianna Follis (ITA) 514

Darts

PDC World Championship in London:
Final: Adrian Lewis (ENG) 7–5 Gary Anderson (SCO)
Lewis becomes the fifth player to win the PDC world title and the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in the final of a World Championship, recording the perfect leg in the third leg of the first set.

Ice hockey

Buffalo
, United States:
Semi-finals:
SO) Russia

United States 1–4 Canada
For the first time since the format change in 2003 both bye teams are eliminated in the semifinals.^[13]

Canada qualifies for its 10th consecutive
final
.

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament:
Innsbruck
, Austria:
HS 130: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 266.5 points Adam Małysz (POL) 257.5 Tom Hilde (NOR) 255.2
Tournament standings (after 3 of 4 events): (1) Morgenstern 681.7 points (2) Simon Ammann (SUI) 654.4 (3) Małysz 638.8

World Cup standings (after 10 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 823 points (2) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 561 (3) Ammann 511

Morgenstern gets his second win of the tournament and the sixth of the season.

January 2, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Munich
, Germany:
Parallel slalom: Ivica Kostelić (CRO) Julien Lizeroux (FRA) Bode Miller (USA)
Overall standings (after 12 of 38 races): (1) Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 409 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 395 (3) Ted Ligety (USA
) 336

Women's World Cup in Munich
, Germany:
Parallel slalom: Maria Pietilä Holmner (SWE) Tina Maze (SLO) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT)
Maria Riesch (GER) 753 points (2) Lindsey Vonn (USA
) 647 (3) Görgl 483

American football

NFL Week 17 (division champions in bold; wild cards in italics):
Atlanta Falcons 31, Carolina Panthers 10
As well as sealing the NFC South, the Falcons clinch the #1 seeding for the NFC playoffs.

Pittsburgh Steelers 41, Cleveland Browns 9

Detroit Lions 20, Minnesota Vikings 13

Oakland Raiders 31, Kansas City Chiefs 10

New England Patriots 38, Miami Dolphins 7

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23, New Orleans Saints 13

New York Jets 38, Buffalo Bills 7

Baltimore Ravens 13, Cincinnati Bengals 7

Houston Texans 34, Jacksonville Jaguars 17

Washington Redskins
14

Dallas Cowboys 14, Philadelphia Eagles 13

San Francisco 49ers 38, Arizona Cardinals 7

Green Bay Packers 10, Chicago Bears 3

Indianapolis Colts 23, Tennessee Titans 20

San Diego Chargers 33, Denver Broncos 28

Sunday Night Football: Seattle Seahawks 16, St. Louis Rams 6
The Seahawks win the NFC West title, and become the first team to win its division with a losing record.

Cricket

India in South Africa:
3rd Test in Cape Town, day 1: South Africa 232/4 (74 overs); India.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
Stage 3 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
Men's Sprint Classic: Emil Jönsson (SWE) Devon Kershaw (CAN) Dario Cologna (SUI)
Tour de Ski standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Cologna 49:09.9 (2) Kershaw 49:13.6 (3) Alexander Legkov (RUS) 49:33.0

Alexei Petukhov (RUS) 173 (3) Fulvio Scola (ITA
) 153

World Cup Overall standings (after 12 of 31 races): (1) Legkov 610 points (2) Cologna 596 (3) Marcus Hellner (SWE) 393

Women's Sprint Classic:
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR
)
Tour de Ski standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Kowalczyk 35:13.8 (2) Majdič 35:58.2 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 36:14.1

World Cup Sprint standings (after 4 of 11 races): (1) Arianna Follis (ITA) 226 points (2) Majdič & Kikkan Randall (USA) 154

World Cup Overall standings (after 12 of 31 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 760 points (2) Kowalczyk 685 (3) Follis 474

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in the United States:
Relegation round in Lewiston: (teams in ~~strike~~ are relegated to Division I in 2012)
Slovakia 5–0 ~~Norway~~

Czech Republic 3–2 ~~Germany~~
Standings (after 2 games): Czech Republic 6 points, Slovakia 5, Germany 1, Norway 0.

Buffalo
:
Canada 4–1   Switzerland

Finland 3–4 (OT) Russia

World Women's U18 Championship in Stockholm, Sweden: (teams in italic advance to the final round)
Group A:
Germany 4–2   Switzerland

Finland 0–6 Canada
Standings (after 2 games): Canada, Germany 6 points, Finland, Switzerland 0.

Group B:
Japan 1–7 United States

Sweden 3–2 Czech Republic
Standings (after 2 games): United States, Sweden 6 points, Japan, Czech Republic 0.

January 1, 2011 (Saturday)

American football

NCAA bowl games:
Bowl Championship Series:
Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California: TCU 21, Wisconsin 19

Glendale, Arizona: Oklahoma 48, Connecticut
20

Other games:
TicketCity Bowl in Dallas: Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38

Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida: Alabama 49, Michigan State 7

Jacksonville, Florida: Mississippi State 52, Michigan
14

Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida: Florida 37, Penn State 24

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
Stage 2 in Oberhof, Germany:
Men's 15 km Classic Pursuit: Dario Cologna (SUI) 47:48.1 Devon Kershaw (CAN) 47:48.6 Alexander Legkov (RUS) 47:48.9
Tour de Ski standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Cologna 47:33.1 (2) Kershaw 47:38.6 (3) Legkov 47:43.9

World Cup Distance standings (after 7 of 17 races): (1) Legkov 376 points (2) Cologna 326 (3) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 273

World Cup Overall standings (after 11 of 31 races): (1) Legkov 576 points (2) Cologna 553 (3) Marcus Hellner (SWE) 363

Women's 10 km Classic Pursuit:
Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) 34:00.0 Marianna Longa (ITA
) 34:03.0
Tour de Ski standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Kowalczyk 33:17.5 (2) Lähteenmäki 33:50.0 (3) Longa 33:58.0

World Cup Distance standings (after 7 of 17 races): (1) Kowalczyk 415 points (2) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 410 (3) Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 247

World Cup Overall standings (after 11 of 31 races): (1) Bjørgen 760 points (2) Kowalczyk 639 (3) Arianna Follis (ITA) 458

Football (soccer)

Tokyo
:
Kashima Antlers 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse
Kashima Antlers win the Cup for the fourth time.

Ice hockey

World Women's U18 Championship in Stockholm, Sweden:
Group A:
Canada 9–1   Switzerland

Germany 1–0 Finland

Group B:
United States 11–0 Czech Republic

Sweden 2–1 Japan

Pittsburgh: Washington Capitals 3, Pittsburgh Penguins
1

Mixed martial arts

UFC 125 in Las Vegas, United States:
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida (USA) def. Takanori Gomi (JPN) by submission (guillotine choke)

Welterweight bout: Dong Hyun Kim (KOR) def. Nate Diaz (USA) by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

Light Heavyweight bout: Thiago Silva (BRA) def. Brandon Vera (USA) by unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)

Middleweight bout: Brian Stann (USA) def. Chris Leben (USA) by TKO (strikes)

Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (USA) (c) and Gray Maynard (USA) fought to a split draw (48–46, 46–48, 47–47).

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament:
Stage 2 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
HS 140: Simon Ammann (SUI) 142.1 points Pavel Karelin (RUS) 138.3 Adam Małysz (POL) 138.0
Tournament standings (after 2 of 4 events): (1) Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 415.2 points (2) Ammann 401.7 (3) Matti Hautamäki (FIN) 388.7

World Cup standings (after 9 of 26 events): (1) Morgenstern 723 points (2) Andreas Kofler (AUT) 525 (3) Ammann 461

Tennis

Mubadala World Tennis Championship
:
Final: Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. Roger Federer (SUI) 7–6(4), 7–6(3)
Nadal wins the tournament for the second successive year.

References

^ "Jeff Fisher out in Tennessee". ESPN. January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

^ "Justine Henin retires for second time". ESPN. Associated Press. January 26, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2011.

^ "Committee to rule on Bourgoin and Newcastle Falcons". Rugby World. IPC Media. January 23, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.

^ "Francesca Schiavone claims marathon". ESPN. January 23, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2011.

^ "Triumphant Didier Cuche sets age mark". ESPN. Associated Press. January 22, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.

^ "Ding Sets Up Historic Final". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2010.

^ Brett, Oliver (12 January 2011). "Chris Woakes stars as England seal world record T20 win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

^ "Argentina's Lionel Messi wins Fifa Ballon d'Or award". BBC. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.

^ "Jim Harbaugh, 49ers agree to deal". ESPN. January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.

^ "U.S. Soccer Legend Kristine Lilly Retires" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.

^ "Raiders not keeping Tom Cable". ESPN. January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2011.

NFL.com. National Football League. Associated Press
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^ Podnieks, Andrew (3 January 2011). "Visentin shines in 4–1 win". iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

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[1] "Jeff Fisher out in Tennessee". ESPN. January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[2] "Justine Henin retires for second time". ESPN. Associated Press. January 26, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2011.

[3] "Committee to rule on Bourgoin and Newcastle Falcons". Rugby World. IPC Media. January 23, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.

[4] "Francesca Schiavone claims marathon". ESPN. January 23, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2011.

[5] "Triumphant Didier Cuche sets age mark". ESPN. Associated Press. January 22, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.

[6] "Ding Sets Up Historic Final". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2010.

[7] Brett, Oliver (12 January 2011). "Chris Woakes stars as England seal world record T20 win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

[8] "Argentina's Lionel Messi wins Fifa Ballon d'Or award". BBC. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.

[9] "Jim Harbaugh, 49ers agree to deal". ESPN. January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.

[10] "U.S. Soccer Legend Kristine Lilly Retires" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.

[11] "Raiders not keeping Tom Cable". ESPN. January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2011.

[12] NFL.com. National Football League. Associated Press
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[13] Podnieks, Andrew (3 January 2011). "Visentin shines in 4–1 win". iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

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