de Mayagüez defeat the Gigantes de Carolina, 10–0 in game eight of their best of nine series, to win their fifteenth Puerto Rico baseball title as a franchise. (El Vocero, in Spanish) Rodney Marsh, the former England national football star, has been fired from his position as a pundit on Sky Sports because of a joke he made live on air concerning the Asian tsunami. (Mirror) 25 January 2005 (Tuesday) Cricket: England (359 and 73 for 4) draw the Fifth Test at Centurion Park, Pretoria against South Africa (247 and 296 for 6 dec) to win their 5 Test match series 2–1. This is the first time in 40 years that England have secured a series victory in South Africa. (Cricinfo) 24 January 2005 (Monday) Football: The German Football Association (DFB) widens its probe into suspected match fixing by referee Robert Hoyzer, announcing that it will investigate five additional games, four of which Hoyzer worked. The public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig has launched a separate probe of the allegations. (Reuters/Yahoo!) 23 January 2005 (Sunday) NBA basketball: (NBA) Dallas Mavericks 95, Denver Nuggets 93 in Dallas. (NBA) Toronto Raptors 103, Charlotte Bobcats 92 in Toronto. (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks 101, New York Knicks 96 in New York. (NBA) Miami Heat 97, New Orleans Hornets 68 in Miami. (NBA) Phoenix Suns 113, New Jersey Nets 105 in Phoenix. (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics 122, Utah Jazz 105 in Seattle. (NBA) San Antonio Spurs 103, Sacramento Kings 73 in Sacramento. (NBA) NFL Championship Sunday: AFC Championship: The New England Patriots earn their third trip to the Super Bowl in the last four years, 41–27, in Pittsburgh. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw for two touchdowns and free safety Eugene Wilson picked off Ben Roethlisberger as many times to snap the latter's 14-game win streak. Wilson's defensive teammate, strong safety Rodney Harrison, returned a third Roethlisberger interception for a touchdown. (AP/ESPN) NFC Championship: The Philadelphia Eagles clinch the NFC title and a berth in Super Bowl XXXIX with a 27–10 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Philadelphia. For the first time since 1980 and only the second time in team history, the Eagles will play in the championship of American football. (AP/ESPN) Cycling: Luis León Sánchez is the final victor of the Tour Down Under. 22 January 2005 (Saturday) Boxing: Marcela Acuña wins the Women's boxing world featherweight title, knocking out Maria Andrea Miranda in three rounds, at