January 2010 in sports
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Deaths in January * 29 Tom Brookshier* 27 Ruben Kruger* 19 Bill McLaren* 10 Bill Patterson
Current sporting seasons ===American football 2009===*NFL*NCAA Division I FBS===Auto racing 2010===*GP2 Asia Series*Rolex Sports Car Series===Basketball 2009===*NBA*NCAA Division I men*NCAA Division I women*Euroleague*Eurocup*EuroChallenge*ASEAN Basketball League*Australia*France*Germany*Greece*Iran*Israel*Italy*Philippines**Philippine Cup*Russia*Spain*Turkey===Cricket 2009–2010===*Australia:**Sheffield Shield**Ford Ranger Cup*Bangladesh:**National League*India:**Ranji Trophy*New Zealand:**Plunket Shield*Pakistan:**Quaid-i-Azam Trophy*South Africa:**SuperSport Series*Sri Lanka:**Premier Trophy*Zimbabwe:**Logan Cup===Football (soccer) 2009===;National teams competitions:*African Cup of Nations*2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)*2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification;International clubs competitions:*UEFA (Europe) Champions League*Europa League*UEFA Women's Champions League*Copa Libertadores (South America)*AFC (Asia) Champions League*CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League*OFC (Oceania) Champions League;Domestic (national) competitions:*Australia*England*France*Germany*Iran*Italy*Scotland*Spain===Golf 2010===*PGA Tour*European Tour===Ice hockey 2009===*National Hockey League===Rugby union 2009===*Heineken Cup*European Challenge Cup*English Premiership*Celtic League*LV Cup*Top 14===Winter sports===*Alpine Skiing World Cup*Biathlon World Cup*Cross-Country Skiing World Cup*Freestyle Skiing World Cup*Nordic Combined World Cup*Ski Jumping World Cup*Snowboard World Cup*Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month ===January 31, 2010 (Sunday)=======Alpine skiing====*Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:**Super-G: (1) Lindsey Vonn  (2) Andrea Fischbacher , Marie Marchand-Arvier *Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:**Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst  (2) Marcel Hirscher  (3) Julien Lizeroux ====American football====*NFL: Pro Bowl at Miami Gardens, Florida:**AFC All-Stars 41, NFC All-Stars  34. ***Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub is the game's MVP.====Automobile Racing====*The 24 Hours of Daytona comes to a close, with Action Express Racing winning in a Porsche in the DP class and SpeedSource winning in a Mazda RX-8 in the GT class.====Bandy====*Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia:**3rd place game:   4–3 **Final:   5–6 (2OT)  ***Sweden win the title for the second straight time and tenth overall.====Cricket====*Pakistan in Australia:**5th ODI in Perth:*** 212 (49.3 overs);  213/8 (49.2 overs). '''Australia win by 2 wickets, win the 5-match series 5–0'''. *Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya:** 109/8 (20/20 ov);  109 (20/20 ov) in Nairobi. '''Match tied (Scotland win the one-over eliminator)'''.====Darts====*Players Championship Finals in Purfleet, England:**Final: Paul Nicholson  def. Mervyn King  13–11====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Final:   0–1  ***Mohamed Nagy's goal in the 85th minute gives Egypt their third successive title and seventh overall. *AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Semi-final Round:**Đà Nẵng  0–3  Muang Thong United====Golf====*PGA Tour:**Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, California:*** Winner: Ben Crane  275 (−13)**** Crane wins his first PGA Tour title since 2005 and his third overall. ** News:*** John Daly backs away from his retirement announcement of the previous day, telling the director of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am that he plans to play in that event in two weeks' time. (ESPN)*European Tour:**The Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Qatar:*** Winner: Robert Karlsson  273 (−15)**** Karlsson returns from an eye injury last season to win his 10th European Tour title. *Champions Tour:**Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii***Winner: Tom Watson  194 (−22)****The limited-field opening event of the Champions Tour season sees Watson earn his 13th victory on that tour.====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria:**Bronze medal game:  26–29  **Final:   21–25  ***France win the European title for the second time and complete a treble of Olympic, World and European titles.====Luge====*World Cup in Cesana, Italy:**Women:====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:**HS100 / 10 km:====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:**HS 213 (Ski flying):====Snooker====*Welsh Open in Newport, Wales:**Final: John Higgins  (2) def. Ali Carter  (1) 9–4====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 14:**Men's singles - Final:***'''Roger Federer'''  1 def. Andy Murray  5 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11)****Federer wins his fourth Australian Open title and extends his record of Grand Slam titles to 16. **Mixed doubles - Final:***'''Cara Black''' /'''Leander Paes'''  1 def. Ekaterina Makarova /Jaroslav Levinský  7–5, 6–3****Black and Paes win their second Grand Slam title together. Paes wins his 11th Grand Slam title and gets level with fellow Indian Mahesh Bhupathi. Black wins her ninth Grand Slam title and completes a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles.===January 30, 2010 (Saturday)=======Alpine skiing====*Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:**Downhill:*Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:**Giant slalom:====Bandy====*Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia:**Group B 4th place game:  5–5 (1–2 pen.) **Group B 2nd place game:  7–4 **Qualification game:  9–6 ***USA will remain in Group A and Canada in Group B. **Semifinals:*** 9–4 *** 16–3 ====Cricket====*U-19 World Cup Final in Lincoln, New Zealand:** 207/9 (50 overs);  182 (46.4 overs). '''Australia win by 25 runs'''. *Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya:** 123/9 (20/20 ov);  127/2 (17.2/20 ov) in Nairobi. '''Kenya win by 8 wickets'''.====Figure skating====*Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:**Men:  Adam Rippon  225.78  Tatsuki Machida  217.48  Kevin Reynolds  212.99====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**3rd place:   1–0 *AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Semi-final Round:**Singapore Armed Forces  3–0  Sriwijaya**Al-Karamah  0–1  Al-Wahda====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:**Men's aerials:**Women's aerials:====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary:**Third place play-off:  3–5  **Final:   2–4  ***Spain win the title for the third straight time and fifth overall.====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria:**5th/6th place:  34–27 **Semifinals:*** 24–21 *** 28–36 ====Luge====*World Cup in Cesana, Italy:**Men:**Doubles:====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:**HS100 / 10 km:====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:**HS 213 Team (Ski flying):====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Calgary, Canada:**Men's half-pipe:**Women's half-pipe:**Men's slopestyle:**Women's slopestyle:====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 13:**Women's singles - Final:***'''Serena Williams'''  1 def. Justine Henin  WC 6–4, 3–6, 6–2****Williams wins her fifth Australian Open and 12th Grand Slam singles title. **Men's doubles - Final:***'''Bob Bryan''' /'''Mike Bryan'''  1 def. Daniel Nestor /Nenad Zimonjić  2 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3****Bob and Mike Bryan win their fourth Australian Open in five years and eighth Grand Slam men's doubles title.===January 29, 2010 (Friday)=======Alpine skiing====*Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:**Super combined:  Anja Pärson  2:00.54  Michaela Kirchgasser  2:00.97  Lindsey Vonn  2:01.46*Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:**Giant slalom:  Ted Ligety  2:22.02  Marcel Hirscher  2:22.36  Kjetil Jansrud  2:22.53====Cricket====*Pakistan in Australia:**4th ODI in Perth:*** 277/8 (50 overs);  142 (37.5 overs). '''Australia win by 135 runs, lead the 5-match series 4–0'''.====Figure skating====*Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:**Ladies:  Mao Asada  183.96  Akiko Suzuki  173.72  Caroline Zhang  160.78**Ice Dance:  Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje  166.16  Allie Hann-McCurdy/Michael Coreno  159.56 (3) Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell  154.20====Golf====*After missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open, two-time major winner John Daly announced his retirement.====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 12:**Men's singles – Semifinals:***Roger Federer  1 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  10 6–2, 6–3, 6–2**Women's doubles – Final:***'''Serena Williams''' /'''Venus Williams'''  2 def. Cara Black /Liezel Huber  1 6–4, 6–3****The Williams sisters win their 4th Australian Open and 11th Grand Slam doubles title.===January 28, 2010 (Thursday)=======Bandy====*Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the semifinals)**Group A:*** 4–9 ''''''*** 5–9 ''''''***'''''' 7–4 ''''''****Final standings: Russia 10 points, Sweden 8, Finland 6, Kazakhstan 4, Norway 2, USA 0. **Group B:*** 4–3 *** 7–6 ****Final standings: Canada 8 points, Latvia, Netherlands 5, Mongolia, Hungary 1. ****Canada advance to the qualification game.====Basketball====*Euroleague Top 16, matchday 1:**Group E: Regal FC Barcelona  79–69  Maroussi Athens**Group F: Montepaschi Siena  76–72  Maccabi Tel Aviv**Group G: Asseco Prokom Gdynia  89–65  Žalgiris Kaunas**Group H:***Khimki Moscow Region  83–70  Cibona Zagreb***Caja Laboral Baskonia  85–89  Olympiacos Piraeus====Cricket====*ICC Intercontinental Cup in Nairobi:** 91 and 323;  306 and 110/2. '''Scotland win by 8 wickets'''. ***Standings: Scotland 49 points (3 matches),  43 (3),  XI 23 (2), Kenya 23 (4),  15 (2),  12 (3),  3 (3).====Figure skating====*Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:**Ice Dance – standings after Original Dance: (1) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje  81.09 (2) Allie Hann-McCurdy/Michael Coreno  78.10 (3) Huang Xintong/Zheng Xun  77.33**Pairs:  Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao  192.22  Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker  170.17  Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin  158.02**Men – Short Program: (1) Kevin Reynolds  81.60 (2) Song Nan  72.95 (3) Brandon Mroz  70.88====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Semifinals:*** 1–0 *** 0–4 *Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:**Junior  2–2  Racing====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary:**Semifinals:*** 3–3 (3–5 pen.) *** 1–8 ====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the semifinals)**Group I in Vienna:*** 34–35 ''''''*** 30–31 ***'''''' 27–23 ****Final standings: Croatia 9 points, Iceland 8, Denmark 6, Norway 4, Austria 3, Russia 0. **Group II in Innsbruck:*** 26–26 *** 32–40 ***'''''' 24–29 ''''''****Final standings: France 9 points, Poland, Spain 7, Czech Republic 3, Germany, Slovenia 2.====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 11:**Women's singles – Semifinals:***Serena Williams  1 def. Li Na  16 7–6(4), 7–6(1)***Justine Henin  def. Zheng Jie  6–1, 6–0**Men's singles – Semifinals:***Andy Murray  4 def. Marin Čilić  14 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2===January 27, 2010 (Wednesday)=======Bandy====*Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the semifinals)**Group A:***'''''' 13–2 *** 6–5 ***'''''' 19–5 ****Standings (after 4 games): Russia, Sweden 8 points, Finland 4, Norway, Kazakhstan 2, USA 0. **Group B:*** 15–1 *** 1–7 ****Standings: Canada 8 points (4 games), Latvia, Netherlands 3 (3), Mongolia, Hungary 1 (3). ****Canada advance to the qualification game.====Basketball====*Euroleague Top 16, matchday 1:**Group E: Panathinaikos Athens  59–64  Partizan Belgrade**Group F: Real Madrid  77–70  Efes Pilsen Istanbul**Group G: CSKA Moscow  86–78  Unicaja Málaga====Cricket====*India in Bangladesh:**2nd Test in Mirpur, day 4:*** 233 and 312;  544/8d and 2/0. '''India win by 10 wickets, win the 2-match series 2–0'''.====Figure skating====*Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:**Ice Dance – Compulsory Dance: (1) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje  32.67 (2) Huang Xintong/Zheng Xun  30.12 (3) Allie Hann-McCurdy/Michael Coreno  29.89**Pairs – Short Program: (1) Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao  65.86 (2) Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker  64.56 (3) Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin  56.90**Ladies – Short Program: (1) Akiko Suzuki  58.88 (2) Amanda Dobbs  57.56 (3) Mao Asada  57.22====Football (soccer)====*Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:**Juan Aurich  2–0  Estudiantes Tecos**Real Potosí  1–1  Cruzeiro**Newell's Old Boys  0–0  Emelec====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 10:**Men's singles – Quarterfinals:***Roger Federer  1 def. Nikolay Davydenko  6 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 7–5***Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  10 def. Novak Djokovic  3 7–6(8), 6–7(5), 1–6, 6–3, 6–1**Women's singles – Quarterfinals:***Serena Williams  1 def. Victoria Azarenka  7 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–2***Li Na  16 def. Venus Williams  6 2–6, 7–6(4), 7–5===January 26, 2010 (Tuesday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Schladming, Austria:**Slalom:  Reinfried Herbst  1:45.91  Silvan Zurbriggen  1:46.47  Manfred Pranger  1:46.73***Slalom standings (after 7 of 9 events): (1) Herbst 405 (2) Julien Lizeroux  402 (3) Ivica Kostelic  302***Overall standings (after 25 of 34 events): (1) Benjamin Raich  903 (2) Carlo Janka  829 (3) Didier Cuche  746====Bandy====*Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the semifinals)**Group A:*** 13–2 *** 0–12 ''''''***'''''' 12–2 ****Standings (after 3 games): Russia, Sweden 6 points, Finland, Norway, Kazakhstan 2, USA 0. **Group B:*** 2–18 *** 5–5 (3–2 pen.) ****Standings: Canada 6 points (3 games), Netherlands 3 (3), Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia 1 (2). ****Canada advance to the qualification game.====Basketball====*ULEB Eurocup Last 16, matchday 1:**Group I:***Le Mans  63–68  ALBA Berlin***DKV Joventut  74–72  Aris BSA 2003**Group J:***Galatasaray Café Crown  79–85  UNICS Kazan***Power Elec Valencia  75–79  Hapoel Jerusalem**Group K:***Panellinios BC  70–62  Brose Baskets***Benetton Basket  69–76  Bizkaia Bilbao Basket**Group L:***ČEZ Nymburk  60–65  Crvena zvezda***Gran Canaria 2014  73–65  Türk Telekom====Cricket====*India in Bangladesh:**2nd Test in Mirpur, day 3:*** 233 and 228/1 (Tamim Iqbal 151);  544/8d. Bangladesh trail by 83 runs with 9 wickets remaining. *Pakistan in Australia:**3rd ODI in Adelaide:*** 286/6 (50 overs);  246 (47.4 overs). '''Australia win by 40 runs, lead the 5-match series 3–0'''.====Football (soccer)====*Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:**Deportivo Táchira  1–0  Libertad**Colón  3–2  Universidad Católica* Toto Cup Final in Ramat Gan:**Hapoel Ra'anana 0–1 '''Beitar Jerusalem'''====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary:**Quarterfinals:*** 0–0 (6–7 pen.) *** 1–5 ====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the semifinals)**Group I in Vienna:*** 30–38 *** 26–23 *** 23–24 ****Standings (after 4 games): Croatia 7 points, Iceland, Denmark 6, Norway 4, Austria 1, Russia 0. **Group II in Innsbruck:*** 28–37 *** 20–25 ***'''''' 35–34 ****Standings (after 4 games): France, Poland 7 points, Spain 5, Slovenia, Czech Republic 2, Germany 1.====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 9:**Men's singles – Quarterfinals:***Andy Murray  5 def. Rafael Nadal  2 6–3, 7–6(4), 3–0, ret. ***Marin Čilić  14 def. Andy Roddick  7 7–6(4), 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3**Women's singles – Quarterfinals:***Justine Henin  def. Nadia Petrova  19 7–6(3), 7–5***Zheng Jie  def. Maria Kirilenko  6–1, 6–3===January 25, 2010 (Monday)=======Bandy====*Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia:**Group A:*** 3–12 *** 14–6 *** 4–12 **Group B:*** 1–17 *** 5–5 (2–3 pen.) ====Cricket====*India in Bangladesh:**2nd Test in Mirpur, day 2:*** 233;  459/5 (Sachin Tendulkar 143, Rahul Dravid 111 retd hurt). India lead  by 226 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. ****Tendulkar scores his 45th Test century and Dravid his 29th, and they combine for their fourth double-century partnership.====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Quarterfinals:*** 3–1 (ET) ****Ahmed Hassan scores two goals for Egypt and one own goal on his 170th cap. *** 0–0 (4–5 pen.) ====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary:**Quarterfinals:*** 3–3 (3–1 pen.) *** 3–3 (4–2 pen.) ====Golf====*PGA Tour:**Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:*** Winner: Bill Haas  330 (−30)**** Haas collects his first PGA Tour win in an event that his father Jay Haas won in 1988.====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria:**Group I in Vienna:*** 26–26 *** 30–27 *** 28–34 ****Standings (after 3 games): Croatia 5 points, Iceland, Denmark, Norway 4, Austria 1, Russia 0.====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 8:**Men's singles – 4th round:***Roger Federer  1 def. Lleyton Hewitt  22 6–2 6–3 6–4***Novak Djokovic  3 def. Łukasz Kubot  6–1 6–2 7–5***Nikolay Davydenko  6 def. Fernando Verdasco  9 6–2 7–5 4–6 6–7(5) 6–3***Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  10 def. Nicolás Almagro  26 6–3 6–4 4–6 6–7(6) 9–7**Women's singles – 4th round:***Serena Williams  1 def. Samantha Stosur  13 6–4 6–2***Li Na  16 def. Caroline Wozniacki  4 6–4 6–3***Venus Williams  6 def. Francesca Schiavone  17 3–6 6–2 6–1***Victoria Azarenka  7 def. Vera Zvonareva  9 4–6 6–4 6–0===January 24, 2010 (Sunday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:**Slalom:  Felix Neureuther  1:37.35  Julien Lizeroux  1:37.74  Giuliano Razzoli  1:38.34**Combined:  Ivica Kostelić  3:33.64  Silvan Zurbriggen  3:35.86  Benjamin Raich  3:36.05*Women's World Cup in Cortina, Italy:**Giant slalom:  Tanja Poutiainen  2:26.51  Viktoria Rebensburg  2:27.56  Kathrin Hölzl  2:27.96====American football====*NFL Conference Championships:**AFC Championship Game: (1) Indianapolis Colts 30, (5) New York Jets 17*** The Jets take a 17–6 lead in the second quarter before Peyton Manning throws three touchdown passes against the league's number one defense. This will be the Colts' fourth trip to the Super Bowl, all in Miami. **NFC Championship Game: (1) New Orleans Saints 31, (2) Minnesota Vikings 28 (OT)*** In the first NFC Championship game ever played at the Superdome, Garrett Hartley's 40-yard field goal in overtime sends the Saints to their first ever Super Bowl. The Vikings commit five turnovers.====Badminton====*BWF Super Series:**Malaysia Super Series:====Bandy====*Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia:**Group A:*** 14–2 *** 8–1 *** 5–10 **Group B:*** 5–4 *** 15–2 ====Biathlon====*World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:**10 km Pursuit Women:  Andrea Henkel  30:59.8 (1 penalty loop)  Magdalena Neuner  31:23.1 (4)  Ann Kristin Flatland  31:44.7 (1)***Overall standings (14 of 25 events): (1) Helena Jonsson  536 points (2) Henkel 465 (3) Simone Hauswald  452***Pursuit standings (3 of 6 events): (1) Henkel 129 points (2) Svetlana Sleptsova  126 (3) Neuner 121**12.5 km Pursuit Men:  Daniel Mesotitsch  31:50.4 (1 penalty loop)  Arnd Peiffer  31:52.1 (1)  Dominik Landertinger  32:10.1 (3)***Overall standings (14 of 25 events): (1) Simon Fourcade  429 points (2) Evgeny Ustyugov  414 (3) Christoph Sumann  404***Pursuit standings (3 of 6 events): (1) Simon Eder  125 points (2) Landertinger 112 (3) Peiffer 108====Cricket====*India in Bangladesh:**2nd Test in Mirpur, day 1:*** 233;  69/0.India trail by 164 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. *Pakistan in Australia:**2nd ODI in Sydney:*** 267/6 (50 overs);  127 (37.3 overs). '''Australia win by 140 runs, lead the 5-match series 2–0'''. *ICC Intercontinental Cup in Dambulla, Sri Lanka:** 405 and 202;  474 and 137/3. '''Afghanistan win by 7 wickets'''. ***Standings: Afghanistan 43 points (3 matches),  29 (2),  XI 23 (2),  23 (3),  15 (2), Ireland 12 (3),  3 (3).====Cross-country skiing====*World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:**Women's Team Sprint Freestyle:  Germany (Stefanie Böhler, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle)  Slovenia (Katja Visnar, Vesna Fabjan)  Russia (Irina Khazova, Olga Rocheva)**Men's Team Sprint Freestyle:  Russia (Nikolay Morilov, Alexey Petukhov)  Italy (Fabio Pasini, Loris Frasnelli)  Germany (Tim Tscharnke, Josef Wenzl)====Cycling====*UCI ProTour:**Tour Down Under in Australia:***Stage 6 – Adelaide, :****General classification Orange jersey:====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Quarterfinals:*** 0–1 *** 2–3 (ET) ****Madjid Bougherra scores in injury time to level the score at 2–2, and Hamer Bouazza's goal 2 minutes into extra time puts Algeria in the semifinals for the first time in 20 years.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:**Men's skicross:  Christopher Del Bosco   Andreas Matt   David Duncan ***Skicross standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid  435 (2) Matt 306 (3) Del Bosco 297**Women's skicross:  Kelsey Serwa   Fanny Smith   Ophélie David ***Skicross standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) David 475 (2) Ashleigh McIvor  437 (3) Serwa 292====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group C: '''''' 4–3 ''''''***Final standings: Serbia 6 points, Russia 3, Slovenia 0. **Group D: '''''' 1–6 ''''''***Final standings: Spain 6 points, Portugal, Belarus 1.====Golf====*PGA Tour:**Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:***Heavy rain on Thursday washed out that day's play. The last of five scheduled rounds will be played on Monday. *European Tour:**Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in United Arab Emirates:***Winner: Martin Kaymer  267 (−21)****Kaymer returns to the site of his first European Tour win, in this event in 2008, and wins his fifth career title.====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria:**Group II in Innsbruck:*** 22–24 *** 32–26 *** 35–37 ****Standings (after 3 games): Poland, France 5 points, Spain 3, Czech Republic, Slovenia 2, Germany 1.====Luge====*European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia:**Men:  Albert Demtschenko  1:36.748  Wolfgang Kindl  1:36.974  Daniel Pfister  1:37.062**Teams:  Latvia (Anna Orlova, Martins Rubenis, Andris Sics/Juris Sics) 2:16.992  Austria (Veronika Halder, Wolfgang Kindl, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:17.022  Germany (Corinna Martini, Johannes Ludwig, Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) 2:17.076====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Schonach, Germany:**HS96 / 4 x 5 km team:  Germany (Georg Hettich, Eric Frenzel, Björn Kircheisen, Tino Edelmann) 42:49.4  France (Sébastien Lacroix, Maxime Laheurte, Jonathan Felisaz, Jason Lamy-Chappuis) 43:37.7  Austria (Lukas Klapfer, Wilhelm Denifl, Marco Pichlmayer, Tobias Kammerlander) 43:50.5====Rugby union====*Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals; teams in ''italics'' parachute into the Amlin Challenge Cup)**Pool 2:***'''Biarritz'''  41–20  Glasgow Warriors***Newport Gwent Dragons  23–32  ''Gloucester''*** Final standings: Biarritz 23 points, Gloucester 17, Glasgow Warriors 9, Dragons 6. **Pool 5:***Harlequins  20–45  ''Cardiff Blues''***Sale Sharks  13–19  '''Toulouse'''*** Final standings: Toulouse 23 points, Cardiff Blues 18, Sale Sharks 14, Harlequins 2. ** Quarterfinal matchups:*** Munster  –  Northampton Saints*** Biarritz  –  Ospreys*** Toulouse  –  Stade Français*** Leinster  –  Clermont*Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Pool 1: Leeds Carnegie  9–18  '''Bourgoin'''*** Final standings: Bourgoin 23 points, Leeds 19, Overmach Parma 8, București Oaks 7. ** Quarterfinal matchups:*** Connacht  –  Bourgoin*** Toulon  –  Scarlets*** London Wasps  –  Gloucester*** Newcastle Falcons  –  Cardiff Blues====Short track speed skating====*European Championships in Dresden, Germany:====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Stoneham, Canada:**Men's parallel giant slalom:  Benjamin Karl   Andreas Prommegger   Jasey-Jay Anderson ***Standings (after 6 of 9 events): (1) Karl 4260 points (2) Anderson 3800 (3) Prommegger 3280**Women's parallel giant slalom:  Svetlana Boldykova   Alena Zavarzina   Nathalie Desmares ***Standings (after 6 of 9 events): (1) Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli  3020 (2) Nicolien Sauerbreij  2980 (3) Zavarzina 2666====Ten-pin bowling====* Kelly Kulick becomes the first woman to win an event against men on the PBA Tour, defeating Chris Barnes 265–195 to win the Tournament of Champions.====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 7:**Men's singles – 4th round:***Rafael Nadal  2 def. Ivo Karlović  6–4 4–6 6–4 6–4***Marin Čilić  14 def. Juan Martín del Potro  4 5–7 6–4 7–5 5–7 6–3***Andy Murray  5 def. John Isner  33 7–6(4) 6–3 6–2***Andy Roddick  7 def. Fernando González  11 6–3 3–6 4–6 7–5 6–2**Women's singles – 4th round:***Maria Kirilenko  def. Dinara Safina  2 5–4 Ret. ***Nadia Petrova  19 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova  3 6–3 3–6 6–1***Zheng Jie  def. Alona Bondarenko  31 7–6(5) 6–4***Justine Henin  def. Yanina Wickmayer  7–6(3) 1–6 6–3===January 23, 2010 (Saturday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:**Downhill:  Didier Cuche  1:53.74  Andrej Šporn  1:54.02  Werner Heel  1:54.13***Downhill standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Cuche 396 (2) Carlo Janka  308 (3) Manuel Osborne-Paradis  235***Overall standings (after 22 of 34 races): (1) Janka 793 (2) Benjamin Raich  743 (3) Cuche 726*Women's World Cup in Cortina, Italy:**Downhill:  Lindsey Vonn  1:37.70  Maria Riesch  1:38.12  Anja Paerson  & Nadja Kamer  1:38.56***Downhill standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Vonn 500 (2) Riesch 316 (3) Paerson 275***Overall standings (after 22 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 1094 (2) Riesch 1018 (3) Kathrin Zettel  829====Biathlon====*World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:**10 km Sprint Men:  Arnd Peiffer  24:27.4 (0 penalties)  Dominik Landertinger  24:33.4 (1)  Christoph Stephan  24:42.5 (0)***Overall standings (after 13 of 25 races): (1) Evgeny Ustyugov  412 points (2) Simon Fourcade  395 (3) Tim Burke  393***Sprint standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen  201 points (2) Landertinger 192 (3) Michael Greis  191====Bobsleigh====*World Cup and European championships in Igls, Austria:**Two-man:  Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter  1:44.01  André Lange/Kevin Kuske  1:44.12  Daniel Schmid/Juerg Egger  1:44.37***Final standings: (1) Ivo Rüegg  1514 (2) Thomas Florschütz  1475 (3) Karl Angerer  1474====Cricket====*ICC Intercontinental Shield in Dubai:** 361 and 282/9d;  373 and 79/6. '''Match drawn'''. ***Standings: Uganda 29 points (2 matches), United Arab Emirates 17 (2),  6 (1),  0 (1).====Cross-country skiing====*World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:**Women's Sprint Freestyle:  Vesna Fabjan   Magda Genuin   Justyna Kowalczyk ***Overall standings: (1) Kowalczyk 1285 points (2) Petra Majdič  1147 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  909**Men's Sprint Freestyle:  Nikolay Morilov   Alexey Petukhov   Nikita Kriukov ***Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug  1060 points (2) Lukáš Bauer  763 (3) Marcus Hellner  627====Cycling====*UCI ProTour:**Tour Down Under in Australia:***Stage 5 – Snapper Point to Willunga, :****General classification Orange jersey:====Figure skating====*European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:**Ladies:  Carolina Kostner  173.46  Laura Lepistö  166.37  Elene Gedevanishvili  164.54***Kostner wins the title for the third time in four years. Gedevanishvili wins the first ever medal for Georgia in figure skating championships.*U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:**Senior Ice Dancing:  Meryl Davis/Charlie White 222.29  Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto 218.51  Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 190.69***Davis and White win their second consecutive title. **Senior Ladies:  Rachael Flatt 200.11  Mirai Nagasu 188.78  Ashley Wagner 184.70. ***Flatt wins her first national title. Olympic silver medallist Sasha Cohen finishes fourth and fails to qualify for the 2010 Olympics.====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group A: '''''' 6–5 ***Final standings: '''Azerbaijan''' 6 points, Czesh Republic 3, Hungary 0. **Group B: '''''' 2–4 ''''''***Final standings: Italy 6 points, Ukraine 3, Belgium 0.====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the Main Round)**Group A in Graz:***'''''' 30–28 ''''''***'''''' 31–29 ****Final standings: Croatia 6 points, Norway 4, Russia 2, Ukraine 2. **Group B in Linz:***'''''' 22–27 ''''''***'''''' 37–31 ****Final standings: Iceland, Denmark 4 points, Austria 3, Serbia 1.====Luge====*European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia:**Women:  Tatiana Ivanova  1:25.517  Corinna Martini  1:25.842  Nina Reithmayer  1:26.007**Doubles:  Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger  1:24.415  Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt  1:24.977  Tobias Schiegl/Markus Schiegl  1:25.023====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Schonach, Germany:**HS96 / 10 km:  Jason Lamy-Chappuis  21:34.5  Pavel Churavý  21:36.6  Alessandro Pittin  21:38.9***Standings (after 14 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 969 points (2) Felix Gottwald  589 (3) Magnus Moan  542====Rugby union====*Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals; teams in ''italics'' parachute into the Amlin Challenge Cup)**Pool 3:***Viadana  20–59  '''Clermont Auvergne'''***'''Ospreys'''  17–12  Leicester Tigers****Final standings: Clermont 21 points, Ospreys 20, Leicester 18, Viadana 0. **Pool 4:***Bath  10–28 (Ireland) Ulster***Edinburgh  9–7  '''Stade Français'''****Final standings: Stade Français 18 points, Ulster 17, Edinburgh 13, Bath 7. **Pool 6:***Brive  17–20  ''Scarlets''***London Irish  11–11 (Ireland) '''Leinster'''****Leinster secure a home quarterfinal. This result also secures a Heineken Cup quarterfinal berth for '''Northampton Saints''' as one of the top two runners-up. ****Final standings: Leinster 22 points, Scarlets 17 (8–1 on head-to-head competition points), London Irish 17, Brive 1. *Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Pool 1: Overmach Parma  16–9  București Oaks***Standings: Leeds Carnegie, Bourgoin 19 points (5 matches); Overmach Parma 8 (6); București Oaks 7 (6). **Pool 2: Olympus Madrid  0–66 (Ireland) '''Connacht'''***Connacht secure the top seed for the quarterfinals, meaning that they avoid a quarterfinal against a Heineken Cup team. ***Final standings: Connacht 26 points, Montpellier 19, Worcester Warriors 13, Olympus Madrid 0. **Pool 3:***Rovigo  8–56  Saracens***'''Toulon'''  42–10  Castres****Final standings: Toulon 23 points, Saracens 22, Castres 11, Rovigo 0**Pool 4: Rugby Roma Olimpic  6–55  Bayonne***Final standings: '''London Wasps''' 22 points, Bayonne 19, Racing Métro 16, Roma 0.====Skeleton====*World Cup and European championships in Igls, Austria:**Men:  Martins Dukurs  1:46.14  Frank Rommel  1:46.39  Aleksandr Tretyakov  1:46.49***Final standings: (1) Dukurs 1694 points (2) Rommel 1466 (3) Sandro Stielicke  1438====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:**HS 134:  Gregor Schlierenzauer  295.6 points  Simon Ammann  288.1  Thomas Morgenstern  276.2***Individual standings (after 16 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 1099 (2) Schlierenzauer 996 (3) Morgenstern 699====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Quebec City, Canada:**Men's big air:  Janne Korpi   Stefan Falkeis   Jaakko Ruha ***Final standings: (1) Stefan Gimpl  4300 points (2) Gian-Luca Cavigelli  3320 (3) Matevz Pristavec  1620====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 6:**Men's singles – 3rd round:***Roger Federer  1 def. Albert Montañés  31 6–3 6–4 6–4***Novak Djokovic  3 def. Denis Istomin  6–1 6–1 6–2***Nikolay Davydenko  6 def. Juan Mónaco  30 6–0 6–3 6–4***Fernando Verdasco  9 def. Stefan Koubek  6–1 ret. ***Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  10 def. Tommy Haas  18 6–4 3–6 6–1 7–5**Women's singles – 3rd round:***Serena Williams  1 def. Carla Suárez Navarro  32 6–0 6–3***Caroline Wozniacki  4 def. Shahar Pe'er  29 6–4 6–0***Venus Williams  6 def. Casey Dellacqua  6–1 7–6(4)***Victoria Azarenka  7 def. Tathiana Garbin  6–0 6–2***Vera Zvonareva  9 def. Gisela Dulko  6–1 7–5***Francesca Schiavone  17 def. Agnieszka Radwańska  10 6–2 6–2===January 22, 2010 (Friday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:**Super-G:  Didier Cuche  1:17.94  Michael Walchhofer  1:18.22  Georg Streitberger  1:18.23***Super-G standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Walchhofer 260 (2) Aksel Lund Svindal  194 (3) benjamin Raich  158***Overall standings (after 21 of 34 races): (1) Carlo Janka  769 (2) Benjamin Raich  743 (3) Cuche 626*Women's World Cup in Cortina, Italy:**Super-G:  Lindsey Vonn  1:21.74  Fabienne Suter  1:22.41  Anja Paerson  1::22.48***Super-G standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Vonn 340 (2) Suter 170 (3) Elisabeth Görgl  162***Overall standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 994 (2) Maria Riesch  938 (3) Kathrin Zettel  829====Biathlon====*World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:**7.5 km Sprint Women:  Magdalena Neuner  20:19.7 (1 penalty lap)  Andrea Henkel  20:32.9 (0)  Sandrine Bailly  20:48.3 (0)***Sprint standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Kati Wilhelm  208 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  207 (3) Helena Jonsson  206***Overall standings (after 13 of 25 races): (1) Helena Jonsson  536 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  435 (3) Kati Wilhelm  427====Bobsleigh====*World Cup in Igls, Austria:**Two-woman:  Shauna Rohbock/Michelle Rzepka  1:47.13  Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch  1:47.44  Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse  1:47.46***Final standings: (1) Sandra Kiriasis  1608 (2) Humphries 1563 (3) Martini 1545*European championships in Igls, Austria:**Two-woman:  Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch  1:47.44  Sabina Rafner/Hanne Schenk  1:47.61  Sandra Kiriasis/Christin Senkel  1:47.82====Cricket====*Pakistan in Australia:**1st ODI in Brisbane:*** 274 (49.4 overs);  275/5 (48.3 overs, Cameron White 105). '''Australia win by 5 wickets, lead the 5-match series 1–0'''.====Cross-country skiing====*World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:**Women's Sprint Freestyle:  Vesna Fabjan   Magda Genuin   Justyna Kowalczyk ***Sprint standings (after 8 of 12 events): (1) Petra Majdic  422 (2) Kowalczyk 339 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  295***Overall standings (after 20 of 31 events): (1) Kowalczyk 1285 (2) Petra Majdic  1147 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  909**Men's Sprint Freestyle:  Nikolay Morilov   Alexey Petukhov   Nikita Kriukov ***Sprint standings (after 8 of 12 events): (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad  250 (2) Kriukov 248 (3) Petukhov 241***Overall standings (after 20 of 31 events): (1) Petter Northug  1060 (2) Lukáš Bauer  763 (3) Marcus Hellner  627====Cycling====*UCI ProTour:**Tour Down Under in Australia:***Stage 4 – Norwood to Goolwa, :****General classification Orange jersey:====Figure skating====*European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:**Ladies – Short Program: (1) Carolina Kostner  65.80 (2) Kiira Korpi  64.26 (3) Laura Lepistö  62.96**Ice Dancing:  Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin  199.25  Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali  195.86  Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski 189.67***Domnina and Shabalin win their second title in three years.*U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:**Senior Ice Dancing – standings after Original Dance: (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White 113.53 (2) Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto 111.91 (3) Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 96.96====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:**Men's aerials:  Anton Kushnir  253.10  Warren Shouldice  251.55  Ryan Blais  250.80***Aerials standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Kushnir 440 (2) Zongyang Jia  236 (3) Guangpu Qi  185**Women's aerials:  Lydia Lassila  203.38  Nina Li  197.56  Zhang Xin  181.72***Aerials standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Li 336 (2) Xinxin Guo 306 (3) Mengtao Xu 278====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group C:  0–2 ''''''***Standings: '''Russia''', Serbia 3 points (1 match), Slovenia 0 (2). **Group D:  5–5 ***Standings: '''Spain''' 3 points (1 match), Portugal 1 (1), Belarus 1 (2).====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the Main Round)**Group C in Innsbruck:***'''''' 30–29 ***'''''' 30–30 ''''''****Final standings: Poland 5 points, Slovenia 4, Germany 3, Sweden 0. **Group D in Wiener Neustadt:***'''''' 24–24 ''''''*** 26–33 ''''''****Final standings: Spain 5 points, France 4, Czech Republic 2, Hungary 1.====Rugby union====*Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals; teams in ''italics'' assured of at least a berth in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarterfinals)**Pool 1:***'''Munster''' (Ireland) 12–9  ''Northampton Saints''****Munster also assure themselves a home quarterfinal. This result also secures a spot in the Heineken Cup quarterfinals for their Irish rivals '''Leinster'''. ***Perpignan  34–6  Benetton Treviso****Final standings: Munster 24 points, Northampton Saints 19, Perpignan 11, Benetton Treviso 5. *Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Pool 2: Montpellier  8–3  Worcester Warriors***Standings: '''Connacht''' 21 points (5 matches), Montpellier 19 (6), Worcester Warriors 13 (6), Olympus Madrid 0 (5). **Pool 5:***'''Newcastle Falcons'''  20–3  Petrarca Padova***Montauban  27–20  Albi****Final standings: Newcastle Falcons 23 points, Montauban 21, Albi 12, Petrarca Padova 1.====Skeleton====*World Cup in Igls, Austria:**Women:  Anja Huber  1:49.57  Kerstin Szymkowiak  1:49.93  Mellisa Hollingsworth  1:49.96***Final standings: (1) Hollingsworth 1646 points (2) Shelley Rudman  1604 (3) Szymkowiak 1574*European championships in Igls, Austria:**Women:  Anja Huber  1:49.57  Kerstin Szymkowiak  1:49.93  Shelley Rudman  1:50.25====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:**HS 134:  Gregor Schlierenzauer  289.8  Simon Ammann  278.1  Thomas Morgenstern  266.2***Individual standings (after 16 of 24 events): (1) Ammann 1019 (2) Schlierenzauer 896 (3) Morgenstern 639====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Stoneham, Canada:**Men's half-pipe:  Janne Korpi  45.7  Jeff Batchelor  44.3  Antti Autti  41.8***Halfpipe standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Korpi 1730 (2) Kazuhiro Kokubo  1600 (3) Autti 1360**Women's half-pipe:  Xuetong Cai  46.6  Zhifeng Sun  42.7  Xu Chen  40.5***Halfpipe standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Cai 2240 (2) Sun 1805 (3) Chen 1390====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 5:**Men's singles – 3rd round:***Rafael Nadal  2 def. Philipp Kohlschreiber  27 6–4 6–2 2–6 7–5***Juan Martín del Potro  4 def. Florian Mayer  6–3 0–6 6–4 7–5***Andy Murray  5 def. Florent Serra  7–5 6–1 6–4***Andy Roddick  7 def. Feliciano López  6–7(4) 6–4 6–4 7–6(3)**Women's singles – 3rd round:***Dinara Safina  2 def. Elena Baltacha  6–1 6–2***Svetlana Kuznetsova  3 def. Angelique Kerber  3–6 7–5 6–4***Alona Bondarenko  31 def. Jelena Janković  8 6–2 6–3===January 21, 2010 (Thursday)=======Biathlon====*World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:**20 km Individual Men:  Serguei Sednev  54:06.7 (0 penalty minutes)  Daniel Mesotitsch  54:51.6 (2)  Alexis Bœuf  55:01.0 (1)***Individual standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Christoph Sumann  136 (2) Sednev 114 (3) Mesotitsch 99***Overall standings (after 12 of 25 events): (1) Evgeny Ustyugov  412 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen  384 (3) Tim Burke  373====Cricket====*India in Bangladesh:**1st Test in Chittagong, day 5:*** 243 and 413/8d;  242 and 301 (Mushfiqur Rahim 101). '''India win by 113 runs, lead the 2-match series 1–0'''.====Cycling====*UCI ProTour:**Tour Down Under in Australia:***Stage 3 – Unley to Stirling, :****General classification Orange jersey:====Figure skating====*European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:**Ice Dancing – standings after Original Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin  104.27 (2) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali  99.15 (3) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski 96.46**Men:  Evgeni Plushenko  255.39  Stéphane Lambiel  238.54  Brian Joubert  236.45***Plushenko wins his sixth European title.*U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:**Senior Compulsory Dance: (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White 45.42 (2) Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto 45.02 (3) Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 37.60**Senior Ladies Short Program: (1) Mirai Nagasu 70.06 (2) Sasha Cohen 69.63 (3) Rachael Flatt 69.35====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group D:*** 1–2 ''''''***'''''' 2–2 ****Final standings: Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon 4 points, Tunisia 3.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:**Men's moguls:  Guilbaut Colas  26.51  Dale Begg-Smith  25.95  Jesper Bjoernlund  25.44***Moguls standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 555 (2) Bjoernlund 412 (3) Colas 370**Women's moguls:  Hannah Kearney  25.13  Shannon Bahrke  24.96  Heather McPhie  24.08***Moguls standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) Jennifer Heil  505 (2) McPhie 416 (3) Kearney 366====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group A: '''''' 6–1 ***Standings: Azerbaijan 6 points (2 matches), Hungary, Czech Republic 0 (1). **Group B:  2–4 ''''''***Standings: '''Italy''', Ukraine 3 points (1 match), Belgium 0 (2).====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria:**Group A in Graz:*** 25–28 *** 28–24 **Group B in Linz:*** 23–28 *** 37–37 ====Rugby union====*Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Pool 4: Racing Métro  19–17  '''London Wasps'''*** Standings: Wasps 23 points (6 matches), Racing Métro 16 (6), Bourgoin 14 (5), Rugby Roma Olimpic 0 (5).====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Stoneham, Canada:**Men's snowboard cross:  Pierre Vaultier   Graham Watanabe   Shaun Palmer ***Snowboard cross standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Vaultier 4800 (2) Watanabe 2120 (3) Nate Holland  1860**Women's snowboard cross:  Maëlle Ricker   Helene Olafsen   Dominique Maltais ***Snowboard cross standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Ricker 3960 (2) Olafsen 3050 (3) Maltais 2860====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 4:**Men's singles – 2nd round:***Roger Federer  1 def. Victor Hănescu  6–2 6–3 6–2***Novak Djokovic  3 def. Marco Chiudinelli  3–6 6–1 6–1 6–3***Nikolay Davydenko  6 def. Illya Marchenko  6–3 6–3 6–0***Fernando Verdasco  9 def. Ivan Sergeyev  6–1 6–2 6–2***Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  10 def. Taylor Dent  6–4 6–3 6–3**Women's singles – 2nd round:***Serena Williams  1 def. Petra Kvitová  6–2 6–1***Caroline Wozniacki  4 def. Julia Görges  6–3 6–1***Venus Williams  6 def. Sybille Bammer  6–2 7–5***Victoria Azarenka  7 def. Stefanie Vögele  6–4 6–0***Vera Zvonareva  9 def. Iveta Benešová  6–0 6–3***Agnieszka Radwańska  10 def. Alla Kudryavtseva  6–0 6–2===January 20, 2010 (Wednesday)=======Biathlon====*World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:**15 km Individual Women:  Magdalena Neuner  43:14.4 (3 penalty minutes)  Kati Wilhelm  43:19.9 (1)  Andrea Henkel  43:41.8 (2)***Individual standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Helena Jonsson  120 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  108 (3) Henkel 102***Overall standings (after 12 of 25 races): (1) Helena Jonsson  536 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  435 (3) Wilhelm 404====Cricket====*India in Bangladesh:**1st Test in Chittagong, day 4:*** 243 and 413/8d (Gautam Gambhir 116);  242 and 67/2.Bangladesh require another 348 runs with 8 wickets remaining.====Cycling====*UCI ProTour:**Tour Down Under in Australia:***Stage 2 – Gawler to Hahndorf, :****General classification Orange jersey:====Figure skating====*European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:**Men – Short Program: (1) Evgeni Plushenko  91.30 (2) Brian Joubert  88.55 (3) Yannick Ponsero  82.40***Plushenko sets a World Record for the Short Program, an improvement of 0.64 point to his mark at the 2006 Winter Olympics. **Pairs:  Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov  213.15  Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy  211.72  Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov  202.03***Kavaguti/Smirnov win their first European title, upsetting three-times defending champions Savchenko/Szolkowy. They set a World Record for the Free Skating segment of 139.23, an improvement of 0.34 point to the old record of Shen Xue/ Zhao Hongbo .====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group C:***'''''' 2–0 ***'''''' 3–0 ****Final standings: Egypt 9 points, Nigeria 6, Benin, Mozambique 1. *2011 Asian Cup qualification: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the final tournament)**Group A:  3–0 ''''''***Stadings (after 5 matches): Bahrain,  '''Japan''' 12 points, Yemen 6, Hong Kong 0.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Blue Mountain, Canada:**Men's skicross:  Andreas Matt   Lars lewen   Patrick Koller ***Skicross standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid  390 (2) Xavier Kuhn  271 (3) Matt 226**Women's skicross:  Marte Hoeie Gjefsen   Ashleigh McIvor   Sasa Faric ***Skicross standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Ophélie David  415 (2) McIvor 387 (3) Julia Murray  279====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary:**Group C:  5–1 **Group D:  9–1 ====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria:**Group C in Innsbruck:*** 34–34 *** 27–24 **Group D in Wiener Neustadt:*** 20–21 *** 25–34 ====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 3:**Men's singles – 2nd round:***Rafael Nadal  2 def. Lukáš Lacko  6–2 6–2 6–2***Juan Martín del Potro  4 def. James Blake  6–4 6–7(3) 5–7 6–3 10–8***Andy Murray  5 def. Marc Gicquel  6–1 6–4 6–3***Andy Roddick  7 def. Thomaz Bellucci  6–3 6–4 6–4**Women's singles – 1st round:***Caroline Wozniacki  4 def. Aleksandra Wozniak  6–4, 6–0***Victoria Azarenka  7 def. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro  6–2 6–0***Vera Zvonareva  9 def. Kristína Kučová  6–2 6–0**Women's singles – 2nd round:***Dinara Safina  2 def. Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  6–3 6–4***Svetlana Kuznetsova  3 def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  6–2 6–2***Justine Henin  def. Elena Dementieva  5 7–5 7–6(6)***Jelena Janković  8 def. Katie O'Brien  6–2 6–2===January 19, 2010 (Tuesday)=======Cricket====*India in Bangladesh:**1st Test in Chittagong, day 3:*** 243 & 122/1 (22.2 ov);  242.India lead by 123 runs with 9 wickets remaining.====Cycling====*UCI ProTour:**Tour Down Under in Australia:***Stage 1 – Clare to Tanunda, :  André Greipel  () 3h 15' 30"  Gert Steegmans  () s.t. Jürgen Roelandts  () s.t. ****General classification Orange jersey: (1) Greipel 3h 15' 20" (2) Steegmans + 4" (3) Martin Kohler  () + 4"====Figure skating====*European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:**Ice Dancing – Compulsory Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin   42.78 (2) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski  37.87 (3) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali  37.47**Pairs – Short Program: (1) Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy  74.12 (2) Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov  73.92 (3) Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov  73.54====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group B:  0–1 ''''''***Final standings: '''Côte d'Ivoire''' 4 points, Ghana 3, Burkina Faso 1.====Futsal====*European Championship in Hungary:**Group A:  1–3 **Group B:  4–0 ====Handball====*European Men's Championship in Austria:**Group A in Graz:*** 25–23 *** 37–33 **Group B in Linz:*** 33–29 *** 29–29 **Group C in Innsbruck:*** 25–27 *** 25–27 **Group D in Wiener Neustadt:*** 29–29 *** 37–25 ====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 2:**Men's singles – 1st round:***Roger Federer  1 def. Igor Andreev  4–6, 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–0***Novak Djokovic  3 def. Daniel Gimeno Traver  7–5, 6–3, 6–2***Nikolay Davydenko  6 def. Dieter Kindlmann  6–1, 6–0, 6–3***Marcel Granollers  def. Robin Söderling  8 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2***Fernando Verdasco  9 def. Carsten Ball  6–7(4), 7–6(1), 7–5, 6–2***Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  10 def. Sergiy Stakhovsky  6–3, 6–4, 6–4**Women's singles – 1st round:***Serena Williams  1 def. Urszula Radwańska  6–2, 6–1***Venus Williams  6 def. Lucie Šafářová  6–2, 6–2***Jelena Janković  8 def. Monica Niculescu  6–4, 6–0***Agnieszka Radwańska  10 def. Tatjana Malek  6–1, 6–0*** In a 4-hour 19-minute marathon, the longest women's match by time in a Grand Slam event in the open era, Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  defeats Regina Kulikova  7–6(5), 6–7(10), 6–3.===January 18, 2010 (Monday)=======Cricket====*Pakistan in Australia:**3rd Test in Hobart, day 5:*** 519/8d and 219/5d;  301 and 206. '''Australia win by 231 runs, and win the 3-match series 3–0'''. ****Australia get their 12th straight Test win over Pakistan, and equal the record winning streak of Sri Lanka over Bangladesh. *India in Bangladesh:**1st Test in Chittagong, day 2:*** 243 (Sachin Tendulkar 105*, Shahadat Hossain 5–71, Shakib Al Hasan 5–62);  59/3 (17.0 ov). Bangladesh trail by 184 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. ****Tendulkar scores his 44th Test century.====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group A:***'''''' 0–0 ''''''*** 3–1 ****Final standings: Angola 5 points, Algeria, Mali 4 (Algeria advance on head-to-head), Malawi 3.====Tennis====*Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 1:**Men's singles – 1st round:***Rafael Nadal  2 def. Peter Luczak  7–6(0), 6–1, 6–4***Juan Martín del Potro  4 def. Michael Russell  6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2***Andy Murray  5 def. Kevin Anderson  6–1, 6–1, 6–2***Andy Roddick  7 def. Thiemo de Bakker  6–1, 6–4, 6–4**Women's singles – 1st round:***Dinara Safina  2 def. Magdaléna Rybáriková  6–4, 6–4***Svetlana Kuznetsova  3 def. Anastasia Rodionova  6–1, 6–2***Elena Dementieva  5 def. Vera Dushevina  6–2, 6–1===January 17, 2010 (Sunday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:**Slalom:  Ivica Kostelić   Andre Myhrer   Reinfried Herbst ***Overall standings (after 20 of 34 races): (1) Carlo Janka  757 points (2) Benjamin Raich  739 (3) Didier Cuche  526***Slalom standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Herbst 305 points (2) Julien Lizeroux  286 (3) Kostelić 240*Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:**Slalom:  Kathrin Zettel   Tina Maze   Maria Riesch ***Overall standings (after 20 from 33 races): (1) Riesch 922 points (2) Lindsey Vonn  894 (3) Zettel 829***Slalom standings (after 7 from 8 races): (1) Riesch 433 points (2) Zettel 410 (3) Sandrine Aubert  361====American football====*NFL Divisional Playoffs: (seedings in parentheses)**NFC: (2) Minnesota Vikings 34, (3) Dallas Cowboys 3***Brett Favre passes for four touchdowns, three of them to Sidney Rice, and leads the Vikings to the NFC Championship Game against the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome. **AFC: (5) New York Jets 17, (2) San Diego Chargers 14***Buoyed by 128 yards (including a 53-yard touchdown run) from Shonn Greene and three missed field goals by Nate Kaeding, the Jets will head to the AFC Championship Game next Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. Philip Rivers throws for 298 yards and a touchdown for the Chargers, but was intercepted twice.====Badminton====*Korea Open Super Series in Seoul:**Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei **Women's singles: Wang Shixian **Men's doubles: Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae **Women's doubles: Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei **Mixed doubles: He Hanbin/Yu Yang ====Biathlon====*World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:**4 x 7.5 km Relay Men:  Russia (Ivan Tcherezov, Anton Shipulin, Maxim Tchoudov, Evgeny Ustyugov) 1:22:29.8 (0 penalty loops+2 extra bullets)  Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Bø, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 1:22:58.4 (0+6)  Austria (Daniel Mesotitsch, Friedrich Pinter, Tobias Eberhard, Dominik Landertinger) 1:24:04.6 (1+9)***Standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Norway 208 points (2) Austria 199 (3) Russia 197====Bobsleigh====*World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:**Four-man:  André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze  2:10.13  Karl Angerer, Alex Mann, Andreas Bredau, Gregor Bermbach  2:10.38  Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Petr Moiseev  2:10.48***Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Steven Holcomb  1455 points (2) John Napier  1186 (3) Jānis Miņins  1162====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**4th Test in Johannesburg, day 4:*** 180 and 169 (42.5 ov);  423/7d. '''South Africa win by an innings and 74 runs, 4-match series drawn 1–1'''. *Pakistan in Australia:**3rd Test in Hobart, day 4:*** 519/8d & 219/5d (Simon Katich 100);  301 & 103/4 (34.2 ov). Pakistan require another 335 runs with 6 wickets remaining. ****Katich scores his ninth Test century, and Ricky Ponting scores 89 runs for a career-high aggregate of 298. *India in Bangladesh:**1st Test in Chittagong, day 1:*** 213/8 (63.0 ov)====Cross-country skiing====*World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:**Women's Sprint Classic:  Hanna Falk   Petra Majdič   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen ***Overall standings: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk  1221 points (2) Majdič 1113 (3) Saarinen 892**Men's Sprint Classic:  Emil Jönsson   Ola Vigen Hattestad   Nikita Kriukov ***Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug  1060 points (2) Lukáš Bauer  763 (3) Marcus Hellner  627====Figure skating====*Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:**Senior Men:  Patrick Chan 268.02  Vaughn Chipeur 222.10  Kevin Reynolds 216.49***Chan wins the title for the third straight year.*U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:**Senior Men:  Jeremy Abbott 263.66  Evan Lysacek 238.63  Johnny Weir  232.09***Abbott wins his second consecutive title.====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Group D:*** 0–0 *** 3–2 ****Standings (after 2 matches): Gabon 4 points, Cameroon 3, Tunisia 2, Zambia 1. *2011 Asian Cup qualification: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the final tournament)**Group D:  1–2 ''''''***Standings: China PR 13 points (6 matches), '''Syria''' 11 (5), Vietnam 5 (6), Lebanon 1 (5).====Golf====*PGA Tour:**Sony Open in Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii:***Winner: Ryan Palmer  265 (−15)****In the first full-field event of the season, Palmer wins his third career title. *European Tour:**Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:***Winner: Charl Schwartzel  261 (−23)****Schwartzel sets a tournament record as he wins his second consecutive title and the 6th of his career.====Luge====*World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:**Men:  Andi Langenhan  1:31.383  Johannes Ludwig  1:31.466  Jan-Armin Eichhorn  1:31.477***Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Armin Zöggeler  605 points (2) Albert Demtschenko  524 (3) David Möller  436**Teams:  Germany (David Möller, Tatjana Hüfner, Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch) 2:29.779  Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmayer, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:30.258  Italy (Armin Zöggeler, Sandra Gasparini, Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:30.684***Final standings: (1) Germany 400 points (2) Austria 395 (3) Canada 341====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:**HS100 / 10 km:  Magnus Moan  24:10.8  Jason Lamy-Chappuis  24:11.8  Mario Stecher  24:24.4***Standings (after 13 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 869 points (2) Felix Gottwald  589 (3) Moan 542====Rugby union====*Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals; teams in ''italics'' assured of at least an Amlin Challenge Cup quarterfinal; teams in strike are eliminated from all European competition)**Pool 1: ''Northampton Saints''  34–0  Perpignan***Standings: ''Munster'' 20 points, Northampton Saints 18, Perpignan 6, Benetton Treviso 5. **Pool 5: '''Toulouse'''  33–21  Harlequins***Standings: Toulouse 19 points, Sale Sharks 13 (5–4 on head-to-head competition points), Cardiff Blues 13, Harlequins 2. **Pool 6: Scarlets  31–22  London Irish***Standings: ''Leinster'' 20 points, London Irish 15, Scarlets 13, Brive 0.====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:**HS 134:  Simon Ammann  293.1 points (139.5m/135.0m)  Noriaki Kasai  255.7 (131.0m/123.0m)  Martin Koch  255.4 (136.0m/119.5m)***World Cup standings (after 14 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 939 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer  796 (3) Andreas Kofler  587====Speed skating====*World Sprint Championships in Obihiro, Japan:**Ladies' final classification:  Lee Sang-hwa  154.580  Sayuri Yoshii  154.830  Jenny Wolf  155.110**Men's final classification:  Lee Kyou-hyuk  139.910  Lee Kang-seok  140.880  Keiichiro Nagashima  141.060====Snooker====*Masters in London, England:**Final: '''Mark Selby'''  (7) def. Ronnie O'Sullivan  (1) 10–9***Selby rallies from 6–9 down to win the title for the second time in three years.====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Nendaz, Switzerland:**Men's parallel giant slalom:  Michael Lambert   Andreas Prommegger   Benjamin Karl ***Standings (after 5 of 9 events): (1) Karl 3260 points (2) Jasey-Jay Anderson  3200 (3) Lambert 2580**Women's parallel giant slalom:  Ekaterina Tudegesheva   Nicolien Sauerbreij   Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli ***Standings (after 5 of 9 events): (1) Sauerbreij 2530 (2) Maegert-Kohli 2520 (3) Amelie Kober  2470===January 16, 2010 (Saturday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:**Downhill:  Carlo Janka   Manuel Osborne-Paradis   Marco Buechel ***Overall standings (after 19 of 34 races): (1) Janka 757 points (2) Benjamin Raich  689 (3) Didier Cuche  526***Downhill standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Cuche 296 points (2) Janka 284 (3) Osborne-Paradis 224*Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:**Giant slalom:  Kathrin Zettel   Maria Riesch   Anja Paerson ***Overall standings (after 19 from 33 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn  894 points (2) Riesch 862 (3) Zettel 729***Giant slalom standings (after 5 from 7 races): (1) Zettel 365 points (2) Kathrin Hölzl  331 (3) Tina Maze  222====American football====*NFL Divisional Playoffs (seedings in parentheses):**NFC: (1) New Orleans Saints 45, (4) Arizona Cardinals 14***Reggie Bush scores two touchdowns – including an 83-yard punt return – and the Saints go marching into next Sunday's NFC Championship Game as the hosts. **AFC: (1) Indianapolis Colts 20, (6) Baltimore Ravens 3***Peyton Manning throws for two touchdowns and the Ravens commit six turnovers as the Colts advance to host next week's AFC Championship Game.====Auto racing====*Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile, final standings:**Motorcycles:  Cyril Despres  (KTM) 51h 10' 37"  Pal Anders Ullevalseter  (KTM) 52h 13' 29"  Francisco López Contardo  (Aprilia) 52h 20' 25"**All-terrain vehicle (Quad):  Marcos Patronelli  (Yamaha) 64h 17' 44"  Alejandro Patronelli  (Yamaha) 66h 40' 43"  Juan Manuel González Corominas  (Yamaha) 69h 25' 15"**Cars:  Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz  (Volkswagen) 47h 10' 00"  Nasser Al-Attiyah /Timo Gottschalk  (Volkswagen) 47h 12' 12"  Mark Miller /Ralph Pitchford  (Volkswagen) 47h 42' 51"**Trucks:  Vladimir Chagin/Sergey Savostin/Eduard Nikolaev  (Kamaz) 55h 04' 47"  Firdaus Kabirov/Aydar Belyaev/Andrey Mokeev  (Kamaz) 56h 17' 55"  Marcel van Vliet/Herman Vaanholt/Gerard van Veenendaal  (GINAF) 65h 48' 07"====Biathlon====*World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:**15 km Mass Start Men:  Emil Hegle Svendsen  39:19.5 (0 penalty loop)  Evgeny Ustyugov  39:24.6 (1)  Simon Eder  39:29.4 (1)***Overall standings (after 11 of 25 events): (1) Ustyugov 412 points (2) Svendsen 384 (3) Simon Fourcade  368**12.5 km Mass Start Women:  Helena Jonsson  40:58.7 (0 penalty loops)  Simone Hauswald  41:21.8 (2)  Magdalena Neuner  41:33.7 (5)***Overall standings (after 11 of 25 events): (1) Jonsson 536 points (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  435 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova  357====Bobsleigh====*World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:**Two-man:  Lyndon Rush/Lascelles Brown  & André Lange/Kevin Kuske  2:12.34  Edwin Van Calker/Sybren Jansma  2:12.48***Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Ivo Rüegg  1362 points (2) Thomas Florschütz  1291 (3) Karl Angerer  1282**Two-woman:  Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch  2:14.89  Sandra Kiriasis/Christin Senkel  2:14.90  Claudia Schramm/Berit Wiacker  2:15.07***Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1432 (2) Kaillie Humphries  1363 (3) Martini 1335====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**4th Test in Johannesburg, day 3:*** 180 & 48/3 (13.2 ov);  423/7d. England trail by 195 runs with 7 wickets remaining. *Pakistan in Australia:**3rd Test in Hobart, day 3:*** 519/8d & 59/1 (18.0 ov);  301 (Salman Butt 102). Australia lead by 277 runs with 9 wickets remaining.====Cross-country skiing====*World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:**Women's 10 km Classic:  Justyna Kowalczyk  26:52.7  Marit Bjørgen  26:56.9  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  27:22.6***Overall standings: (1) Kowalczyk 1189 points (2) Petra Majdič  1067 (3) Saarinen 849**Men's 15 km Classic:  Lukáš Bauer  36:45.7  Andrus Veerpalu  37:02.6  Jaak Mae  37:27.3***Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug  1060 points (2) Bauer 763 (3) Marcus Hellner  627====Figure skating====*Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:**Senior Pairs:  Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison 198.27  Anabelle Langlois/Cody Hay 183.42  Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin 172.18***Dubé and Davison win their third title. **Senior Women:  Joannie Rochette 208.23  Cynthia Phaneuf 182.55  Myriane Samson 151.10***Rochette wins the title for the sixth straight year. **Senior Ice Dancing:  Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 221.95  Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier 184.70  Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 184.40***Virtue and Moir win their third straight title.*U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:**Senior Pairs:  Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 190.30  Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig 173.78  Rena Inoue/John Baldwin 173.18***Denney and Barrett win their first national title.====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group C:*** 1–0 *** 0–2 ''''''****Standings (after 2 matches): Egypt 6 points, Nigeria 3, Benin, Mozambique 1.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Deer Valley, United States:**Men's moguls:  Guilbaut Colas   Dale Begg-Smith   Alexandre Bilodeau ***Standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 475 points (2) Jesper Bjoernlund  352 (3) Colas 270**Women's moguls:  Jennifer Heil   Heather McPhie   Michelle Roark ***Standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Heil 505 points (2) McPhie 356 (3) Kristi Richards  272====Horse racing====*Zenyatta, unbeaten winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic, will not be retired as a broodmare as originally planned, but will race in 2010. (''The Blood-Horse'')====Luge====*World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:**Doubles:  André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich  1:25.567  Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt  1:25.633  Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch  1:26.001***Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz/Wustlich 542 points (2) Leitner/Resch 500 (3) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber  462**Women:  Tatjana Hüfner  1:25.936  Anke Wischnewski  1:26.203  Natalie Geisenberger  1:26.322***Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Hüfner 670 points (2) Geisenberger 610 (3) Wischnewski 470====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:**HS100 / 10 km:  Magnus Moan  23:30.7  Jason Lamy-Chappuis  23:34.9  Todd Lodwick  23:37.8***Standings (after 12 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 789 points (2) Felix Gottwald  553 (3) Tino Edelmann  480====Rugby union====*Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals; teams in ''italics'' assured of at least an Amlin Challenge Cup quarterfinal; teams in strike are eliminated from all European competition)**Pool 1: Benetton Treviso  7–44 (Ireland) ''Munster''***Standings: Munster 20 points (5 matches), Northampton Saints 13 (4), Perpignan 6 (4), Benetton Treviso 5 (5). **Pool 2: Gloucester  23–8  '''Biarritz'''***Standings: Biarritz 18 points, Gloucester 12, Glasgow Warriors 9, Newport Gwent Dragons 6. **Pool 3:***Leicester Tigers  47–8  Viadana***Clermont Auvergne  27–7  Ospreys***Standings: Leicester 17 points, Ospreys 16 (5–4 on head-to-head competition points), Clermont 16, Viadana 0. **Pool 4: Stade Français  15–13  Bath***Standings: Stade Français 17 points, Ulster 13, Edinburgh 9, Bath 6. **Pool 5: Cardiff Blues  36–19  Sale Sharks***Standings: Toulouse 14 points (4 matches), Sharks 13 (5 matches; 5–4 on head-to-head competition points), Blues 13 (5), Harlequins 2 (4). **Pool 6: ''Leinster'' (Ireland) 27–10  Brive***Standings: Leinster 20 points (5 matches), London Irish 15 (4), Scarlets 8 (4), Brive 0 (5). *Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals, teams in strike are eliminated)**Pool 1: Overmach Parma  16–38  Leeds Carnegie***Standings: Leeds Carnegie, Bourgoin 19 points, București Oaks 6, Overmach Parma 4. **Pool 2: Worcester Warriors  54–3  Olympus Madrid***Standings: '''Connacht''' 21 points, Montpellier 15, Worcester Warriors 12, Olympus Madrid 0. **Pool 4: Bayonne  27–14  Racing Métro***Standings: '''London Wasps''' 22 points, Bayonne 14, Racing Métro 12, Rugby Roma Olimpic 0. **Pool 5: Petrarca Padova  23–31  Montauban***Standings: Newcastle Falcons 19 points, Montauban 17, Albi 11, Petrarca Padova 1.====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:**HS 134:  Thomas Morgenstern  271.5 points (131.5m/131.0m)  Andreas Wank  267.5 (126.0m/136.5m)  Daiki Ito  266.3 (133.5m/128.0m)***World Cup standings (after 13 of 23 events): (1) Simon Ammann  839 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer  796 (3) Andreas Kofler  587====Speed skating====*World Sprint Championships in Obihiro, Japan:**Ladies' classification (after day 1): (1) Lee Sang-hwa  77.080 (2) Sayuri Yoshii  77.370 (3) Jenny Wolf  77.470**Men's classification (after day 1): (1) Lee Kyou-hyuk  69.940 (2) Ronald Mulder  70.480 (3) Keiichiro Nagashima  70.505====Tennis====*ATP World Tour:**Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:***Final: '''Marcos Baghdatis'''  def. Richard Gasquet  6–4, 7–6(2). ****Baghdatis wins the fourth title of his career. **Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:***Final: '''John Isner'''  def. Arnaud Clément  6–3, 5–7, 7–6(2)****Isner wins his first career title. *WTA Tour:**Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:***Final: '''Alona Bondarenko'''  def. Shahar Pe'er  6–2, 6–4****Bondarenko wins the second WTA Tour title of her career. *Exhibition tournaments:**AAMI Classic in Melbourne, Australia:***Final: '''Fernando Verdasco'''  def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  7–5, 6–3===January 15, 2010 (Friday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:**Super combined:  Bode Miller   Carlo Janka   Silvan Zurbriggen ***Overall standings (after 18 of 34 races): (1) Benjamin Raich  689 points (2) Janka 657 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal  486***Combined standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Raich 186 points (2) Janka 180 (3) Miller 145====Biathlon====*World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:**4 x 6 km Relay Women:  Sweden (Elisabeth Högberg, Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek, Anna Maria Nilsson, Helena Jonsson) 1:17:31.5 (0 penalty, 6 reloads)  Russia (Iana Romanova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 1:17:48.1 (0, 8)  Norway (Liv Kjersti Eikeland, Ann Kristin Flatland, Solveig Rogstad, Tora Berger) 1:18:00.5 (0, 6)***Standings (after 4 of 5 events): (1) Russia 228 points (2) Germany 200 (3) Sweden 191====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**4th Test in Johannesburg, day 2:*** 180;  215/2 (63.2 ov, Graeme Smith 105). South Africa lead by 35 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. *Pakistan in Australia:**3rd Test in Hobart, day 2:*** 519/8d (Ricky Ponting 209, Michael Clarke 166);  94/4 (36.0 ov). Pakistan trail by 425 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. ****Ponting scores his fifth Test double-century and the highest score by an Australian batsman in five years, while Clarke makes his highest Test score.====Figure skating====*Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:**Senior Women Short Program: (1) Cynthia Phaneuf 66.30 (2) Joannie Rochette 64.15 (3) Amélie Lacoste 53.99**Senior Pairs Short Program: (1) Anabelle Langlois/Cody Hay 65.47 (2) Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison 62.87 (3) Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin 62.38**Senior Ice Dancing – standings after Original Dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 114.13 (2) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 94.79 (3) Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier 94.77**Senior Men Short Program: (1) Patrick Chan 90.14 (2) Vaughn Chipeur 78.87 (3) Joey Russell 74.04*U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:**Senior Pairs Short Program: (1) Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 63.01 (2) Caitlin Yankowskas/John Coughlin 62.09 (3) Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig 58.76**Senior Men Short Program: (1) Jeremy Abbott 87.85 (2) Evan Lysacek 83.69 (3) Johnny Weir 83.51====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals)**Group B: '''''' 3–1 ***Standings: Côte d'Ivoire 4 points (2 matches), Burkina Faso 1 (1), Ghana 0 (1).====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Deer Valley, United States:**Men's aerials:  Anton Kushnir   Qi Guangpu   Dmitri Dashinski ***Standings after 4 of 6 events: (1) Kushnir 340 points (2) Jia Zongyang  236 (3) Qi 185**Women's aerials:  Lydia Lassila   Xu Mengtao   Nina Li ***Standings after 4 of 6 events: (1) Guo Xinxin  290 points (2) Xu 269 (3) Nina 256====Rugby union====*Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in strike are eliminated)**Pool 2: Glasgow Warriors  29–25  Newport Gwent Dragons***Standings: Biarritz 18 points (4 matches), Glasgow Warriors 9 (5), Gloucester 8 (4), Newport Gwent Dragons 6 (5). **Pool 4: Ulster (Ireland) 21–13  Edinburgh***Standings: Ulster 13 points (5 matches), Stade Français 13 (4), Edinburgh 9 (5), Bath 6 (4). *Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the quarterfinals, teams in strike are eliminated)**Pool 2: '''Connacht''' 20–10  Montpellier***Standings: Connacht 21 points (5 matches), Montpellier 15 (5), Worcester Warriors 7 (4), Olympus Madrid 0 (4). **Pool 3: Castres Olympique  47–0  Rovigo***Standings: Toulon 18 points, Saracens 17, Castres Olympique 11, Rovigo 0. **Pool 5: Albi  14–16  Newcastle Falcons***Standings: Newcastle Falcons 19 points (5 matches), Montauban 12 (4), Albi 11 (5), Petrarca Padova 1 (4).====Skeleton====*World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:**Men:  Eric Bernotas  1:09.15  Kristan Bromley  1:09.22  Martins Dukurs  1:09.33***Standings after 7 of 8 events: (1) Dukurs 1469 points (2) Sandro Stielicke  1270 (3) Frank Rommel  1256**Women:  Shelley Rudman  2:20.42  Mellisa Hollingsworth  2:20.46  Kerstin Szymkowiak  2:20.68***Standings after 7 of 8 events: (1) Hollingsworth 1446 points (2) Rudman 1412 (3) Szymkowiak 1364====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland:**Men's snowboard cross:  Pierre Vaultier   David Speiser   Nick Baumgartner ***Standings after 5 of 8 events: (1) Vaultier 3800 points (2) Nate Holland  1740 (3) Robert Fagan  1620**Women's snowboard cross:  Helene Olafsen   Dominique Maltais   Maëlle Ricker ***Standings after 5 of 8 events: (1) Ricker 2960 points (2) Maltais 2260 (3) Olafsen 2250====Tennis====*WTA Tour:**Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:***Final: '''Elena Dementieva'''  def. Serena Williams  6–3, 6–2****Dementieva wins this tournament for the second straight year and her 15th career title.===January 14, 2010 (Thursday)=======Basketball====*Euroleague Regular Season Game 10: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the Top 16 stage, teams in strike are eliminated)**Group A:***'''Cibona Zagreb'''  73–71  ASVEL Villeurbanne***Fenerbahçe Ülker İstanbul  68–76  '''Žalgiris Kaunas'''***'''Regal FC Barcelona'''  85–70  '''Montepaschi Siena'''****Final standings: Regal FC Barcelona 10–0, Montepaschi Siena 8–2, Žalgiris Kaunas, Cibona Zagreb, ASVEL Villeurbanne, Fenerbahçe Ülker 3–7. ****Barcelona become the first team to go through the Regular Season unbeaten since CSKA Moscow in 2004–05. **Group C:***'''Maroussi Athens'''  83–75  '''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''***Lottomatica Roma  69–48  Union Olimpija Ljubljana***'''CSKA Moscow'''  84–83  '''Caja Laboral Baskonia'''****Final standings: CSKA Moscow 8–2, Caja Laboral Baskonia 7–3, Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–4, Maroussi Athens, Lottomatica Roma 4–6, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–9.====Biathlon====*World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:**10 km Sprint Men:  Emil Hegle Svendsen  23:27.5 (0 penalties)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen  23:30.7 (0)  Michael Greis  24:01.0 (0)***Overall standings (after 10 of 25 races): (1) Evgeny Ustyugov  358 points (2) Simon Fourcade  341 (3) Tim Burke  339***Sprint standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Bjørndalen 201 points (2) Greis 191 (3) Svendsen 186====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**4th Test in Johannesburg, day 1:*** 180 (47.5 ov, Dale Steyn 5–51);  29/0 (12.0 ov). South Africa trail by 151 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. *Pakistan in Australia:**3rd Test in Hobart, day 1:*** 302/3 (90.0 ov, Ricky Ponting 137*, Michael Clarke 111*). ****Ponting scores his 39th Test century, and together with Clarke they make a 231-run partnership, their highest in two years.====Figure skating====*Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:**Senior Compulsory Dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 43.98 (2) Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier 37.27 (3) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 36.87====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Group A:*** 0–1 *** 2–0 ****Standings (after 2 matches): Angola 4 points, Malawi, Algeria 3, Mali 1.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Deer Valley, United States:**Men's moguls:  Dale Begg-Smith   Guilbaut Colas   Dmitriy Reiherd ***Standings (after 5 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 395 points (2) Jesper Bjoernlund  326 (3) Alexandre Bilodeau  205**Women's moguls:  Jennifer Heil  & Heather McPhie   Shannon Bahrke ***Standings (after 5 of 12 events): (1) Heil 405 points (2) Hannah Kearney  276 (3) Kristi Richards  236====Rugby union====*Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in strike are eliminated)**Pool 1: Bourgoin  33–15  București Oaks***Standings: Bourgoin 19 points (5 matches), Leeds Carnegie 14 (4), București Oaks 6 (5), Overmach Parma 4 (4). **Pool 3: Saracens  28–9  Toulon***Standings: Toulon 18 points (5 matches), Saracens 17 (5), Castres Olympique 6 (4), Rovigo 0 (4). **Pool 4: London Wasps  50–16  Rugby Roma Olimpic***Standings: London Wasps 22 points (5 matches), Racing Métro 12 (4), Bayonne 10 (4), Rugby Roma Olimpic 0 (5).===January 13, 2010 (Wednesday)=======Basketball====*Euroleague Regular Season Game 10: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the Top 16 stage, teams in strike are eliminated)**Group B:***Entente Orléans Loiret  60–75  '''Efes Pilsen Istanbul'''***Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius  71–73  '''Unicaja Málaga'''***'''Olympiacos Piraeus'''  81–60  '''Partizan Belgrade'''****Final standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 8–2, Unicaja Málaga 7–3, Partizan Belgrade 5–5, Efes Pilsen Istanbul, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 4–6, Entente Orléans Loiret 2–8. **Group D:***'''Asseco Prokom Gdynia'''  75–70  '''Khimki Moscow Region'''***Armani Jeans Milano  66–75  '''Real Madrid'''***EWE Baskets Oldenburg  64–67  '''Panathinaikos Athens'''****Final standings: Real Madrid, Panathinaikos Athens 8–2, Khimki Moscow Region 6–4, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 4–6, Armani Jeans Milano 3–7, EWE Baskets Oldenburg 1–9.====Biathlon====*World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:**7.5 km Sprint Women:  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  23:49.6 (0 penalty loops)  Olga Medvedtseva  24:19.4 (0)  Magdalena Neuner  24:30.2 (2)***Overall standings (after 10 of 25 races): (1) Helena Jonsson  476 points (2) Olofsson-Zidek 412 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova  357***Sprint standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Olofsson-Zidek 207 points (2) Jonsson 206 (3) Medvedtseva 192====Cricket====*Tri-series in Bangladesh:**Final in Mirpur:*** 245 (48.2 overs, Suresh Raina 106);  249/6 (48.3 overs). '''Sri Lanka win by 4 wickets'''.====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Group D:*** 0–1 *** 1–1 ====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Alpe d'Huez, France:**Men's skicross:  Christopher Delbosco   Tomas Krauz   Ted Piccard ***Standings after 5 of 12 events: (1) Michael Schmid  340 points (2) Xavier Kuhn  257 (3) Audun Groenvold  216**Women's skicross:  Kelsey Serwa   Ophélie David   Ashleigh McIvor ***Standings after 5 of 12 events: (1) David 370 points (2) McIvor 307 (3) Julia Murray  253===January 12, 2010 (Tuesday)=======Alpine skiing====*Women's World Cup in Flachau, Austria:**Slalom:  Marlies Schild   Maria Riesch   Kathrin Zettel ***Overall standings after 18 from 33 races: (1) Lindsey Vonn  894 points (2) Riesch 782 (3) Zettel 629***Slalom standings after 6 from 8 races: (1) Riesch 373 points (2) Schild 320 (3) Sandrine Aubert  316====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Group C:*** 3–1 *** 2–2 ===January 11, 2010 (Monday)=======Baseball====* Mark McGwire, tied for eighth on Major League Baseball's career home run list, admits to having used steroids for a decade, including in  when he set the single-season home run record. (ESPN)====Cricket====*Tri-series in Bangladesh:**6th Match in Mirpur:*** 247/6 (50 overs);  249/4 (43 overs, Virat Kohli 102*). '''India win by 6 wickets'''. ****Final standings: India 13 points, Sri Lanka 12, Bangladesh 0.====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Group A:  3–0 **Group B:  0–0 ===January 10, 2010 (Sunday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:**Slalom:  Julien Lizeroux   Marcel Hirscher   Ivica Kostelić ***Overall standings (after 17 of 34 races): (1) Benjamin Raich  639 points (2) Carlo Janka  577 (3) Didier Cuche  476***Slalom standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Reinfried Herbst  245 points (2) Lizeroux 241 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen  150*Women's World Cup in Haus im Ennstal, Austria:**Super-G:  Lindsey Vonn   Anja Paerson   Nadia Fanchini  & Martina Schild ***Overall standings (after 17 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 894 points (2) Maria Riesch  702 (3) Kathrin Zettel  569***Super-G standings (after 3 of 7 races): (1) Vonn 240 points (2) Nadia Styger  145 (3) Elisabeth Görgl  136====American football====*NFL Wild Card Weekend (seeds in parentheses):**AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 33, (3) New England Patriots 14***The Patriots suffer their worst home playoff loss since  as Ray Rice begins the game with an 88-yard touchdown run and the Ravens score 24 first quarter points. **NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 51, (5) Green Bay Packers 45 (OT)***Karlos Dansby scores the Cardinals' winning touchdown on a 17-yard fumble return, after the Packers rally from a 21-point deficit to tie the score in regulation time. The game sets NFL playoff records for total points (96) and touchdowns (13). In a losing effort, Aaron Rodgers becomes the 12th quarterback in history to pass for 400 yards in a postseason game.====Biathlon====*World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:**12.5 km Mass Start Women:  Andrea Henkel  40:53.6 (2 penalty loops)  Helena Jonsson  41:17.0 (2)  Tora Berger  41:33.9 (2)***Overall standings (after 9 of 25 events): (1) Jonsson 450 points (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  352 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova  337**15 km Mass Start Men:  Ole Einar Bjørndalen  38:57.3 (1 penalty loop)  Tim Burke  40:00.2 (2)  Tomasz Sikora  40:37.9 (3)***Bjørndalen wins his third event of the season from six starts. ***Overall standings (after 9 of 25 events): (1) Burke 329 points (2) Evgeny Ustyugov  326 (3) Simon Fourcade  301====Bobsleigh====*World Cup in Königssee, Germany:**Four-man:  André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze  1:37.07  Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz  1:37.10  John Napier, Charles Berkeley, Steven Langton, Christopher Fogt  1:37.31***Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Holcomb 1263 points (2) Jānis Miņins  1130 (3) Lyndon Rush  1057====Cricket====*Tri-series in Bangladesh:**5th Match in Mirpur:*** 213 (46.1 overs);  214/2 (32.4 overs). '''India win by 8 wickets'''. ****Standings: Sri Lanka 12 points (4 matches), India 9 (3), Bangladesh 0 (3). ****Sri Lanka and India advance to the final.====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 8 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:***Women's 9 km Freestyle Handicap, Final Climb:  Kristin Størmer Steira  35:49.8  Riitta-Liisa Roponen  35:52.8  Yevgeniya Medvedeva  35:53.7****Final Tour de Ski standings:  Justyna Kowalczyk 2:37:54.5   Petra Majdič  2:38:13.7  Arianna Follis  2:39:06.7****World Cup overall standings: (1)  Kowalczyk 1089 points (2) Majdič 1022 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  789***Men's 10 km Freestyle Handicap, Final Climb:  Lukáš Bauer  33:43.4  Marcus Hellner  33:45.8  Jean-Marc Gaillard  33:45.9****Final Tour de Ski standings:  Bauer 4:13:10.6  Petter Northug  4:14:27.0  Dario Cologna  4:14:42.8****World Cup overall standings: (1) Northug 1060 points (2) Bauer 663 (3) Hellner 627====Darts====*BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green, England:**Men's final: '''Martin Adams'''  def. Dave Chisnall  7–5***Adams wins the title for the second time in four years.====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations in Angola:**Group A:  4–4 ***Mali rally from 4-goal deficit with 12 minutes remaining and score two goals in injury time.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Calgary, Canada:**Men's aerials:  Jia Zongyang   Anton Kushnir   Alexei Grishin ***Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1) Kushnir 240 points (2) Jia 236 (3) Timofei Slivets  112**Women's aerials:  Li Nina   Evelyne Leu   Guo Xinxin ***Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1) Guo 240 points (2) Li 196 (3) Xu Mengtao  189====Golf====*PGA Tour:**SBS Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:***Winner: Geoff Ogilvy  270 (−22)**** Ogilvy wins the event for the second straight year, giving him seven PGA Tour wins in all. *European Tour:**Africa Open in East London, South Africa:***Winner: Charl Schwartzel  272 (−20)****Schwartzel wins his fourth European Tour title.====Luge====*World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:**Women:  Natalie Geisenberger  1:53.179  Tatjana Hüfner  1:53.189  Erin Hamlin  1:53.329***Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Hüfner 570 points (2) Geisenberger 540 (3) Anke Wischnewski  385**Teams:  Germany (Johannes Ludwig, Tatjana Hüfner, Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) 2:25.827  Austria (Wolfgang Kindl, Nina Reithmayer, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:26.392  United States (Bengt Walden, Erin Hamlin, Mark Grimmette/Brian Martin) 2:26.663***Standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Austria 310 points (2) Germany 300 (3) Canada 295====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:**HS134 / 10 km:  Bill Demong  33:49.9  Todd Lodwick  34:05.2  Eric Frenzel  34:14.0***Standings (after 11 of 19 events): (1) Jason Lamy-Chappuis  709 points (2) Felix Gottwald  533 (3) Tino Edelmann  480====Short track speed skating====*World Junior Championships in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei:**Men's final overall standings:  Noh Jinkyu  68 points  Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu  63  Park Seyeong  47**Women's final overall standings:  Choi Jihyun  115 points  Lee Mi-Yeon  68  Song Jaewon  42====Skeleton====*World Cup in Königssee, Germany:**Team:====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Tauplitz-Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:**HS 200 (Ski flying):  Gregor Schlierenzauer  401.7 points (203.0m/205.0m)  Robert Kranjec  392.6 (198.5m/204.5m)  Harri Olli  388.0 (199.5m/200.5m)***World Cup standings (after 12 of 23 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 796 points (2) Simon Ammann  794 (3) Andreas Kofler  587====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:**Men's snowboard cross:  Nate Holland   Pierre Vaultiern   Mario Fuchs ***Standings after 4 of 7 events: (1) Vaultier 2800 points (2) Robert Fagan  1490 (3) Holland 1480**Women's snowboard cross:  Lindsey Jacobellis   Helene Olafsen   Sandra Frei ***Standings after 4 of 7 events: (1) Maëlle Ricker  2360 points (2) Jacobellis 1530 (3) Dominique Maltais  1460====Speed skating====*European Championships in Hamar, Norway:**Men's overall standings:  Sven Kramer  150.227 points  Enrico Fabris  150.776  Ivan Skobrev  152.178***Kramer becomes the first ever skater to win the title four straight times. **Women's overall standings:  Martina Sáblíková  162.825 points  Ireen Wüst  164.204  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  165.343***Sáblíková wins the title for the second time in four years.====Tennis====*ATP World Tour:**Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:***Final: '''Andy Roddick'''  def. Radek Štěpánek  7–6(2), 7–6(7)****Roddick wins his 28th career title. **Chennai Open in Chennai, India:***Final: '''Marin Čilić'''  def. Stanislas Wawrinka   7–6(2), 7–6(3)****Čilić wins this tournaments for the second straight year, and his fourth title overall.===January 9, 2010 (Saturday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:**Giant slalom: ''Cancelled due bad weather. ''*Women's World Cup in Haus im Ennstal, Austria:**Downhill:  Lindsey Vonn   Nadja Kamer   Ingrid Jacquemod ***Overall standings (after 16 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 794 points (2) Maria Riesch  695 (3) Kathrin Zettel  569***Downhill standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Vonn 400 points (2) Riesch 236 (3) Anja Paerson  215====American football====*NFL Wild Card Weekend (seeds in parentheses):**AFC: (5) New York Jets 24, (4) Cincinnati Bengals 14***The Bengals become the first victims of the postseason as Mark Sanchez goes 12 of 15 for 182 yards to secure the Jets' victory in a rematch of their "Win and in" game from Week 17. **NFC: (3) Dallas Cowboys 34, (6) Philadelphia Eagles 14***The Cowboys pick up their first playoff win since 1996, scoring on five straight second-quarter drives to defeat the Eagles for the second week in a row, and hand them their third loss to Dallas this season.====Biathlon====*World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:**10 km Sprint Men:  Evgeny Ustyugov  28:45.0 (0 penalties)  Michael Greis  28:47.8 (1)  Carl Johan Bergman  28:53.2 (0)***Overall standings after 8 of 25 events: (1) Ustyugov 283 points (2) Tim Burke  275 (3) Simon Fourcade  265***Sprint standings after 4 of 10 events: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen  147 points (2) Ustyugov 146 (3) Greis 143====Bobsleigh====*World Cup in Königssee, Germany:**Two-man:  Thomas Florschütz/Richard Adjei  1:38.17  André Lange/Kevin Kuske  1:38.22  Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter  1:38.23***Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Ivo Rüegg  1202 points (2) Florschütz 1115 (3) Karl Angerer  1090**Two-woman:  Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch  1:41.04  Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse  1:41.33  Sandra Kiriasis/Christin Senkel  1:41.43***Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1222 (2) Humphries 1171 (3) Helen Upperton  1122====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 7 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:***Women's 10 km Classic Mass Start:  Petra Majdič  34:06.4  Elena Kolomina  34:06.5  Marianna Longa  34:07.4****Standings (after 7 of 8 stages): (1) Majdič 2:01:08.3 (2) Justyna Kowalczyk  2:01:39.7 (3) Arianna Follis  2:02:04.8***Men's 20 km Classic Mass Start:  Lukáš Bauer  59:03.5  Petter Northug  59:35.0  Axel Teichmann  59:35.8****Standings (after 7 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 3:39:18.9 (2) Bauer 3:39:27.2 (3) Teichmann (GER) 3:40:49.2====Football (soccer)====*African Cup of Nations:**Togo withdraws from the tournament following the attack on the team bus yesterday, in which three people were killed and nine injured, including two players.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Calgary, Canada:**Men's moguls:  Dale Begg-Smith   Alexandre Bilodeau   Alexandr Smyshlyaev ***Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 295 points (2) Jesper Bjoernlund  281 (3) Bilodeau 205**Women's moguls:  Jennifer Heil   Aiko Uemura   Nicola Sudova ***Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Heil 305 points (2) Kristi Richards  223 (3) Sudova 222*World Cup in Les Contamines, France:**Men's skicross:  Xavier Kuhn   Stanley Hayer   Tomas Krauz ***Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid  295 points (2) Kuhn 225 (3) Audun Groenvold  180**Women's skicross:  Ashleigh McIvor   Julia Murray   Karin Huttary ***Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Ophélie David  290 points (2) McIvor 247 (3) Murray 203====Luge====*World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:**Doubles:  Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber  1:28.597  Gerhard Plankensteiner/Oswald Haselrieder  1:28.805  Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch  1:28.990***Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich  442 points (2) Oberstolz/Gruber 440 (3) Leitner/Resch 430**Men:  Armin Zöggeler  1:47.601  Albert Demtschenko  1:47.621  David Möller  1:47.652***Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Zöggeler 555 points (2) Demtschenko 464 (3) Möller 381====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:**HS134 / 10 km:  Felix Gottwald  24:44.5  Magnus Moan  24:45.3  Eric Frenzel  24:46.5***Standings (after 10 of 19 events): (1) Jason Lamy-Chappuis  673 points (2) Gottwald 483 (3) Tino Edelmann  480====Ski jumping====*World Cup in Tauplitz-Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:**HS 200 (Ski flying):  Robert Kranjec  382.5 points (195.0m/200.0m)  Simon Ammann  382.0 (195.0m/200.0m)  Martin Koch  270.2 (192.0m/201.5m)***World Cup standings (after 11 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 749 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer  696 (3) Andreas Kofler  561====Tennis====*ATP World Tour:**Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:***Final: '''Nikolay Davydenko'''  def. Rafael Nadal  0–6, 7–6(8), 6–4****Davydenko wins his 20th career title. *WTA Tour:**Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:***Final: '''Kim Clijsters'''  def. Justine Henin  6–3, 4–6, 7–6(6)****Clijsters wins her 36th career title and denies Henin a win on her first tournament since May 2008. **ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:***Final: '''Yanina Wickmayer'''  def. Flavia Pennetta  6–3, 6–2****Wickmayer wins her third career WTA Tour title. *Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:**Final: '''Spain''' def. Great Britain 2–1***Laura Robson  def. María José Martínez Sánchez  6–1, 7–6(2)***Tommy Robredo  def. Andy Murray  1–6, 6–4, 6–3***Martínez Sánchez/Robredo  def. Robson/Murray  7–6(6), 7–5****Spain win the title for the third time. *Exhibition tournaments:**Hong Kong Tennis Classic in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong:***Final: '''Team Russia''' def. Team Europe 2–1****Yevgeny Kafelnikov  def. Stefan Edberg  7–5, 6–4****Maria Sharapova  def. Caroline Wozniacki  7–5, 6–3****Wozniacki/Edberg  def. Vera Zvonareva/Kafelnikov  6–4, 6–3===January 8, 2010 (Friday)=======Alpine skiing====*Women's World Cup in Haus im Ennstal, Austria:**Downhill:  Lindsey Vonn   Anja Paerson   Maria Riesch ***Overall standings (after 15 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 694 points (2) Riesch 659 (3) Kathrin Zettel  569***Downhill standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Vonn 300 points (2) Riesch 200 (3) Paerson 170====Biathlon====*World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:**7.5 km Sprint Women:  Simone Hauswald  22:15.1 (0 penalties)  Helena Jonsson  22:23.8 (1)  Ann Kristin Flatland  22:32.6 (0)***Overall standings after 8 of 25 events: (1) Jonsson 396 points (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  323 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova  312***Sprint standings after 4 of 10 events: (1) Jonsson 180 points (2) Kati Wilhelm  157 (3) Sleptsova 155====Cricket====*Tri-series in Bangladesh:**4th Match in Mirpur:*** 249/9 (50 overs);  252/1 (42.5 overs, Upul Tharanga 118*, Mahela Jayawardene 108). '''Sri Lanka win by 9 wickets'''. ****Standings: Sri Lanka 12 points (3 matches), India 4 (2), Bangladesh 0 (3). ****Sri Lanka advance to the final.====Darts====*BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green, England:**Women's final: Trina Gulliver  def. Rhian Edwards  2–0***Gulliver wins the title for the eighth time.====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in Calgary, Canada:**Men's moguls:  Dale Begg-Smith   Vincent Marquis   Alexandr Smyshlyaev ***Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) Jesper Bjoernlund  245 points (2) Begg-Smith 195 (3) Bryon Wilson  160**Women's moguls:  Jennifer Heil   Nicola Sudova   Margarita Marbler ***Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) Kristi Richards  220 points (2) Heil 205 (3) Hannah Kearney  184====Skeleton====*World Cup in Königssee, Germany:**Men:  Martins Dukurs  1:35.29  Sandro Stielicke  1:35.63  Frank Rommel  1:35.84***Standings after 6 of 8 events: (1) Dukurs 1269 points (2) Rommel 1211 (3) Stielicke 1102**Women:  Mellisa Hollingsworth  1:38.26  Kerstin Szymkowiak  1:38.50  Shelley Rudman  1:38.73***Standings after 6 of 8 events: (1) Hollingsworth 1236 points (2) Rudman 1187 (3) Szymkowiak 1164===January 7, 2010 (Thursday)=======American football====*NCAA bowl games:**2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena, California:***(1) Alabama 37, (2) Texas 21****The Crimson Tide are declared unanimous national champions since they also topped the Associated Press season-ending poll. Mark Ingram II, who rushes for 116 yards and two touchdowns, becomes the fifth player in history to win the Heisman Trophy and national championship in the same season. Nick Saban becomes the only coach since 1936 to win national championships with two different schools.====Basketball====*Euroleague Regular Season Game 9: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the Top-16 stage, teams in strike are eliminated)**Group A:***Žalgiris Kaunas  68–61  Cibona Zagreb***ASVEL Villeurbanne  64–90  '''Regal FC Barcelona'''****Standings: Regal FC Barcelona 9–0, '''Montepaschi Siena''' 8–1, ASVEL Villeurbanne, Fenerbahçe Ülker 3–6, Cibona Zagreb, Žalgiris Kaunas 2–7. **Group B:***Efes Pilsen Istanbul   85–93 (OT)  '''Olympiacos Piraeus'''***'''Unicaja Málaga'''   72–88  Entente Orléans Loiret****Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 7–2, Unicaja Málaga 6–3, '''Partizan Belgrade''' 5–4, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 4–5, Efes Pilsen Istanbul 3–6, Entente Orléans Loiret 2–7. **Group C:***'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''  79–59  Lottomatica Roma***Union Olimpija Ljubljana  77–80 (OT)   '''CSKA Moscow'''****Standings: CSKA Moscow, '''Caja Laboral Baskonia''' 7–2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–3, Maroussi Athens, Lottomatica Roma 3–6, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–8. **Group D:***'''Khimki Moscow Region'''  79–63  Armani Jeans Milano****Standings: '''Real Madrid''', '''Panathinaikos Athens''' 7–2, Khimki Moscow Region 6–3, Armani Jeans Milano, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 3–6, EWE Baskets Oldenburg 1–8.====Biathlon====*World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:**4 x 7.5 km Relay Men:  Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) 1:17:03.3 (0 penalty loops+7 extra bullets)  France (Vincent Jay, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade, Martin Fourcade) 1:17:30.8 (0+7)  Germany (Christoph Stephan, Michael Greis, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp) 1:17:45.5 (0+9)***Standings after 3 of 5 races: (1) France 157 points (2) Norway 154 (3) Austria 151====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**3rd Test in Cape Town, day 5:*** 291 and 447/7d;  273 and 296/9. '''Match drawn, England lead the 4-match series 1–0'''. *Tri-series in Bangladesh:**3rd Match in Mirpur:*** 296/6 (50 ov);  297/4 (47.3 ov, MS Dhoni 101*). '''India win by 6 wickets'''. ****Standings: Sri Lanka 8 points, India 4, Bangladesh 0.====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 6 in Toblach, Italy:***Women's 5 km Classic:  Justyna Kowalczyk  12:37.6  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  12:49.2  Petra Majdič  12:52.4****Standings (after 6 of 8 stages): (1) Kowalczyk 1:27:32.8 (2) Majdič 1:27:46.9 (3) Arianna Follis  1:27:56.0***Men's 10 km Classic:  Daniel Rickardsson  23:14.5  Lukáš Bauer  23:16.2  Petter Northug  23:20.7****Standings (after 6 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 2:40:48.9 (2) Marcus Hellner  2:41:09.0 (3) Axel Teichmann  2:41:18.4====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:**Men's half-pipe:  Daisuke Murakami   Patrick Burgener   Tore Viken Holvik ***Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1) Kazuhiro Kokubo  1600 points (2) Kohei Kudo  1140 (3) Murakami 1110**Women's half-pipe:  Šárka Pančochová   Sun Zhifeng   Chen Xu ***Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1)  Cai Xuetong  1240 (2) Pancochova 1100 (3) Sophie Rodriguez  1050===January 6, 2010 (Wednesday)=======Alpine skiing====*Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:**Slalom:  Giuliano Razzoli   Manfred Mölgg   Julien Lizeroux ***Overall standings (after 16 of 34 races): (1) Benjamin Raich  589 points (2) Carlo Janka  575 (3) Didier Cuche  476***Slalom standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Reinfried Herbst  245 points (2) Lizeroux 141 (3) Razzoli 140====American football====*NCAA bowl games:**GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama:***Central Michigan 44, Troy 41 (2 OT)*NFL news:**The Washington Redskins name Mike Shanahan, former Super Bowl winning coach of the Denver Broncos, as their new head coach, signing a five-year contract.====Baseball====*MLB news:**Andre Dawson is elected to the Hall of Fame. For the first time in history, two players fall less than 10 votes short of induction in the same election—Bert Blyleven, 5 votes short, and Roberto Alomar, 8 votes short. Alomar also receives the highest percentage of votes ever for a first-time candidate who was not elected to the Hall.====Basketball====*Euroleague Regular Season Game 9: (teams in '''bold''' advance to the Top-16 stage, teams in strike are eliminated)**Group A:***'''Montepaschi Siena'''  101–58  Fenerbahçe Ülker İstanbul**Group B:***'''Partizan Belgrade'''  97–67  Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius**Group C:***'''Caja Laboral Baskonia'''   73–65  Maroussi Athens**Group D:***'''Panathinaikos Athens'''   74–66  Asseco Prokom Gdynia***'''Real Madrid'''  73–60  EWE Baskets Oldenburg====Biathlon====*World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:**4 x 6 km Relay Women:  Russia (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Svetlana Sleptsova) 1:14:23.6 (0 penalty, 8 reloads)  Germany (Martina Beck, Simone Hauswald, Tina Bachmann, Andrea Henkel) 1:14:23.9 (0, 11)  France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin, Sandrine Bailly) 1:15:24.5 (0, 8)***Standings (after 3 of 5 events): (1) Russia 174 points (2) Germany 157 (3) France 150====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**3rd Test in Cape Town, day 4:*** 291 and 447/7d (Graeme Smith 183);  273 and 132/3 (51.0 ov). England need another 334 runs with 7 wickets remaining. *Pakistan in Australia:**2nd Test in Sydney, day 4:*** 127 and 381 (Michael Hussey 134*);  333 and 139 (Nathan Hauritz 5–53). '''Australia win by 36 runs, lead the 3-match series 2–0'''. ****Australia win their 11th successive Test against Pakistan and secure the series win, as they become the sixth team in history to win a Test after trailing by more than 200 runs on the first innings.====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 5 from Cortina d'Ampezzo to Toblach, Italy:***Women's 16 km Freestyle Handicap start:  Arianna Follis  34:34.8  Petra Majdič  + 3.4  Justyna Kowalczyk  + 4.1****Standings (after 5 of 8 stages): (1) Follis 1:14:51.1 (2) Majdič + 0.4 (3) Kowalczyk + 4.1***Men's 36 km Freestyle Handicap start:  Petter Northug  1:25:38.0  Dario Cologna  + 0.4  Marcus Hellner  + 0.8****Standings (after 5 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 2:17:28.2 (2) Cologna + 0.4 (3) Hellner + 1.2====Football (soccer)====*2011 Asian Cup qualification, matchday 5: (teams in '''bold''' qualify for the final tournament)**Group A:*** 2–3 ''''''***'''''' 4–0 ****Standings: Bahrain 12 points (4 matches), Japan 12 (5), Yemen 3 (4), Hong Kong 0 (5). **Group B:*** 1–2 *** 2–2 ****Standings: Kuwait, Australia 8 points, Oman 7, Indonesia 3. **Group C:***'''''' 1–0 ****Standings: '''Uzbekistan''' 9 points (3 matches), UAE 6 (3), Malaysia 0 (4). **Group D:***'''''' 0–0 ''''''*** 1–1 ****Standings: Syria 11 points, China 10, Vietnam 5, Lebanon 1. **Group E:*** 1–3 ''''''*** 0–0 ****Standings: Iran 10 points, Thailand, Singapore 6, Jordan 5.====Ski jumping====*Four Hills Tournament:**World Cup in Bischofshofen, Austria:***HS 140:  Thomas Morgenstern  264.7 points (133.0m/136.0m)  Janne Ahonen  264.0 (134.0m/133.5m)  Simon Ammann  261.5 (136.0m/131.5m)****Four Hills Tournament final standings:  Andreas Kofler  1027.2 points  Gregor Schlierenzauer  1013.9  Wolfgang Loitzl  1011.6****World Cup standings (after 10 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 669 points (2) Schlierenzauer 651 (3) Kofler 521====Snowboarding====*World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:**Men's parallel giant slalom:  Jasey Jay Anderson   Andreas Prommegger    Benjamin Karl ***Standings (after 4 of 9 events): (1) Anderson 3050 points (2) Karl 2660 (3) Mathieu Bozzetto  1700**Women's parallel giant slalom:  Nicolien Sauerbreij   Alexa Loo   Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli ***Standings (after 4 of 9 events): (1) Amelie Kober  2180 (2) Doris Guenther  1990 (3) Maegert-Kohli 1920===January 5, 2010 (Tuesday)=======American football====*NCAA bowl games:**FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida:***(10) Iowa 24, (9) Georgia Tech 14====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**3rd Test in Cape Town, day 3:*** 291 & 312/2 (80.0 ov, Graeme Smith 162*);  273 (Morné Morkel 5–75). South Africa lead by 330 runs with 8 wickets remaining. ****Smith scores his 19th Test century and becomes the second captain in history to score 6000 Test runs. *Pakistan in Australia:**2nd Test in Sydney, day 3:*** 127 and 286/8;  333.Australia lead by 80 runs with 2 wickets remaining. *Tri-series in Bangladesh:**2nd Match in Mirpur:*** 279/9 (50 ov, Chanaka Welegedara 5–66);  283/5 (48 ov, Thilan Samaraweera 105*). '''Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets'''. ****Standings: Sri Lanka 8 points (2 matches), India, Bangladesh 0 (1).====Freestyle skiing====*World Cup in St. Johann in Tirol/Oberndorf, Austria:**Men's skicross:  Simon Stickl   Daron Rahlves   David Duncan ***Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid  250 points (2) Audun Groenvold  166 (3) Stickl 140**Women's skicross:  Ophélie David   Méryll Boulangeat   Julia Murray ***Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) David 240 points (2) Anna Holmlund  200 (3) Ashleigh McIvor  147====Ice hockey====*World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:**Gold medal game:   5–6 (OT)  ***John Carlson scores 4:31 minutes into overtime to give the title to USA for the second time and stop Canada's championships streak at five and their winning streak at 15.Jordan Eberle, who scores twice in the last 3 minutes of regulation time to send the game to overtime, is named the MVP of the championships. **Bronze medal game:  4–11  ***The Tre Kronor score the most goals in a bronze medal game in championships history.===January 4, 2010 (Monday)=======American football====*NCAA bowl games:**Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona:***(6) Boise State 17, (4) TCU 10****The Broncos win the first ever BCS bowl game other than the National Championship Game between two unbeaten teams, at the same site of the game that put them on the national map, and finish unbeaten for the second time in four seasons. *NFL news:**The Washington Redskins, who ended the 2009 season at 4–12, fire head coach Jim Zorn and his entire staff. **The Buffalo Bills relieve interim coach Perry Fewell and his staff of their duties; Fewell will apply to become permanent head coach after filling in following Dick Jauron's sacking in November.====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**3rd Test in Cape Town, day 2:*** 291 (Jacques Kallis 108, James Anderson 5–63);  241/7 (82.0 ov). England trail by 50 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. *Pakistan in Australia:**2nd Test in Sydney, day 2:*** 127;  331/9 (96.0 ov). Pakistan lead by 204 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings. *Tri-series in Bangladesh:**1st Match in Mirpur:*** 260/7 (50 ov);  261/3 (44.5 ov, Tillakaratne Dilshan 104). '''Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets'''.====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 4 in Prague, Czech Republic:***Women's Sprint Freestyle:  Natalya Korostelyova  2:45.7  Celine Brun-Lie  + 0.9  Alena Procházková  + 2.2****Standings (after 4 of 8 stages): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  40:16.3 (2) Justyna Kowalczyk  + 24.9 (3) Petra Majdič  + 29.7***Men's Sprint Freestyle:  Emil Jönsson  2:26.5  Marcus Hellner  + 1.4  Simen Østensen  + 3.0****Standings (after 4 of 8 stages): (1) Jönsson 51:50.2 (2) Hellner + 43.8 (3) Østensen + 44.3====Ice hockey====*World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:**Relegation round:*** 2–5 *** 6–4 ****Final standings: Czech Republic 9 points, Slovakia 6, Latvia 3, Austria 0. **5th place:  3–4 ====Tennis====*WTA Tour:**Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:***Justin Henin  makes a comeback to the Tour after 20-months retirement and defeats #2 seed Nadia Petrova  7–5, 7–5.===January 3, 2010 (Sunday)=======Alpine skiing====*Women's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:**Slalom:  Sandrine Aubert   Kathrin Zettel   Susanne Riesch ***Overall standings (after 14 of 33 races): (1) Maria Riesch  599 points (2) Lindsey Vonn  594 (3) Zettel 569***Slalom standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1)  Aubert 316 points (2) Maria Riesch 293 (3) Šárka Záhrobská  253====American football====*NFL Week 17 – end of regular season (division champions in '''bold''', teams that earned a first-round bye in '''''bold italics''''', teams that earned wild card berths in ''italics''):**Buffalo Bills 30, '''''Indianapolis Colts''''' 7***The Colts lose their second straight game, but still end the season with a league-best 14–2 record. **Cleveland Browns 23, Jacksonville Jaguars 17***The Jags lose their fourth straight game and miss the playoffs. **'''''Minnesota Vikings''''' 44, New York Giants 7***The Vikings earn a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs. **Atlanta Falcons 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10**Houston Texans 34, '''New England Patriots''' 27***The Texans, who rally from 14 points down in the fourth quarter, are eliminated from the playoffs on a tiebreaker because the Ravens and Jets both win. **Carolina Panthers 23, '''''New Orleans Saints''''' 10***The Saints end the season with three straight losses after a 13–0 start. **Chicago Bears 37, Detroit Lions 23**San Francisco 49ers 28, St. Louis Rams 6***The Rams suffer their eighth straight loss and end the season with a league-worst 1–15 record, that earn them the top selection at the Draft. They would also become the 9th team to finish a season at 1–15. **Pittsburgh Steelers 30, Miami Dolphins 24***The Steelers are eliminated from the playoff on a tiebreaker despite their win, thus the 2003–2004 New England Patriots remain the last repeat Super Bowl champions, while the Dolphins, the host team for Super Bowl XLIV, are also eliminated from the postseason with their third straight loss. **''Green Bay Packers'' 33, '''Arizona Cardinals''' 7***The teams will meet again in the Wild Card round at Arizona on January 10. **''Baltimore Ravens'' 21, Oakland Raiders 13***The Ravens claim an AFC wild card berth with this win, and will meet the New England Patriots in the Wild Card round at Foxboro on January 10. **'''Dallas Cowboys''' 24, ''Philadelphia Eagles'' 0***The Cowboys clinch the NFC East title, and earn home field advantage in a rematch against the Eagles in the Wild Card round on January 9. **'''''San Diego Chargers''''' 23, Washington Redskins 20***The Chargers extend their winning streak to 11 games. **Tennessee Titans 17, Seattle Seahawks 13***Chris Johnson breaks Marshall Faulk's record for total yards from scrimmage and becomes the sixth player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season. **Kansas City Chiefs 44, Denver Broncos 24***Despite the Broncos' Kyle Orton becoming the sixth quarterback this season to pass for 400 yards in a game, they are eliminated from the playoffs with this loss. **''Sunday Night Football'': ''New York Jets'' 37, '''Cincinnati Bengals''' 0***A crushing win in the last regular-season game at Giants Stadium gives the Jets an AFC wild card berth and a rematch with the Bengals in Cincinnati on January 9.====Cricket====*England in South Africa:**3rd Test in Cape Town, day 1:*** 279/6 (83.2 ov, Jacques Kallis 108*)****Kallis scores his 33rd Test century and the seventh in 28 matches against England. *Pakistan in Australia:**2nd Test in Sydney, day 1:*** 127 (44.2 ov, Mohammad Asif 6/41);  14/0.Pakistan trail by 113 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the first innings. ****Asif claims a career-best six-wicket haul as Australia score their worst innings total at home in 13 years.====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 3 in Oberhof, Germany:***Women's Sprint Classic:  Petra Majdič  4:18.8  Justyna Kowalczyk  + 2.1  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  + 3.6****Standings (after 3 of 8 stages): (1) Kowalczyk 37:56.1 (2) Saarinen 38:00.4 (3) Kristin Størmer Steira  38:26.2***Men's Sprint Classic:  Eldar Rønning  3:55.0  Petter Northug  + 2.1  Axel Teichmann  + 3.1****Standings (after 3 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 49:58.0 (2) Teichmann 50:07.8 (3) Emil Jönsson  50.18.9====Darts====*PDC World Darts Championship in London, England:**Final: '''Phil Taylor'''  def. Simon Whitlock  7–3***Taylor wins the title for the 13th time, in its 17th edition.====Football (soccer)====* FA Cup third round:**In one of the biggest upsets in the Cup's history, Manchester United lose 0–1 at home to Leeds United of Football League One.====Ice hockey====*World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:**Semifinals:***'''''' 6–1 ****Canada advance to the final for the ninth straight time, and extend their winning streak to 15 games. *** 2–5 ''''''****USA reach the final for the third time in history and the first since 2004.Both previous finals were also against Canada. **Relegation round:*** 10–2 ****Standings (after 2 games): Czech Republic, Slovakia 6 points, Austria, Latvia 0. ****Austria and Latvia will be relegated to Division I for the 2011 Championship, and will be replaced in the Top Division by  and  who won their respective Division I groups.====Luge====*World Cup in Königssee, Germany:**Men:  Albert Demtschenko  1:34.176  Armin Zöggeler  1:34.549  David Möller  1:34.640***Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Zöggeler 455 points (2) Demtschenko 379 (3) Felix Loch  329**Teams:  Germany (Felix Loch, Tatjana Hüfner, Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) 2:38.302  Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmayer, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:38.951  Canada (Samuel Edney, Alex Gough, Chris Moffat/Mike Moffat) 2:39.077***Standings (after 3 of 5 races): (1) Canada 240 points (2) Austria 225 (3) Germany 200====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:**HS140 / 10 km:  Johnny Spillane  28:13.3  Felix Gottwald  28:44.1  Björn Kircheisen  28:52.4***Standings (after 9 of 19 events): (1) Jason Lamy-Chappuis  647 points (2) Tino Edelmann  462 (3) Gottwald 383====Ski jumping====*Four Hills Tournament:**World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria:***HS 130:  Gregor Schlierenzauer  251.1 points (130.0m/122.0m)  Simon Ammann  237.8 (128.5m/117.5m)  Janne Ahonen  237.4 (128.0m/117.5m)****Four Hills Tournament standings (after 3 of 4 events): (1) Andreas Kofler  772.2 points (2) Schlierenzauer 757.6 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl  750.7****World Cup standings (after 9 of 23 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 611 points (2) Ammann 609 (3) Kofler 476===January 2, 2010 (Saturday)=======American football====*NCAA bowl games:**International Bowl in Toronto, Canada:***South Florida 27, Northern Illinois 3**PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama:***UConn 20, South Carolina 7**AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas:***Ole Miss 21, (19) Oklahoma State 7**AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee:***Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17 (OT)****Alex Tejada's 37-yard field goal in overtime wins the game for the Razorbacks, after the Pirates' kicker Ben Hartman misses two FG attempts in the last minute of regulation time and another one in OT. **Valero Energy Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas:***Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 2 in Oberhof, Germany:***Women's 10 km Classic Handicap start:  Justyna Kowalczyk  28:10.0  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  + 2.8  Kristin Størmer Steira  + 5.7****Standings (after 2 of 8 stages): (1) Kowalczyk 34:30.0 (2) Saarinen 34:32.8 (3) Størmer Steira 34:35.7***Men's 15 km Classic Handicap start:  Petter Northug  39:45.8  Maxim Vylegzhanin  + 0.1  Matti Heikkinen  + 0.7****Standings (after 2 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 47:07.8 (2) Vylegzhanin 47:07.9 (3) Heikkinen 47:08.6====Ice hockey====*World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:**Quarterfinals:*** 2–3 (OT) ''''''****Nino Niederreiter's goal with 32 seconds remaining in the third period sends the game to overtime, and his second goal with 14 seconds left in the extra period wins the game for  the Swiss. ***'''''' 6–2 **Relegation round:*** 3–2 ****Standings: Slovakia 6 points (2 games), Czech Republic 3 (1), Latvia 0 (1), Austria 0 (2).====Luge====*World Cup in Königssee, Germany:**Women:  Tatjana Hüfner  1:35.324  Natalie Geisenberger  1:35.550  Steffi Sieger  1:35.867***Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Hüfner 485 points (2) Geisenberger 440 (3) Anke Wischnewski  325**Doubles:  Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt  1:34.496  André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich  1:34.584  Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger  1:34.590***Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz/Wustlich 410 points (2) Linger/Linger & Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch  360====Nordic combined====*World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:**HS140 / 10 km:  Hannu Manninen   Felix Gottwald   Jason Lamy Chappuis ***Standings (after 8 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 597 points (2) Tino Edelmann  440 (3) Gottwald 303====Tennis====*Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:**Final: '''Rafael Nadal'''  def. Robin Söderling  7–6 (3), 7–5===January 1, 2010 (Friday)=======American football====*NCAA bowl games:**BCS games:***Rose Bowl Game presented by citi in Pasadena, California:****(8) Ohio State 26, (7) Oregon 17***Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans:****(5) Florida 51, (3) Cincinnati 24*****2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow throws for 533 yards and 4 touchdowns in his final college game, as the Bearcats suffer their first loss this season. **Non-BCS games:***Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida:****Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 (OT)***Konica Minolta Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida:****Florida State 33, (16) West Virginia 21***** Retiring Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden exits with a win against the school he coached before coming to Tallahassee in 1976. ***Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida:****(13) Penn State 19, (12) LSU 17*****A 21-yard field goal by kicker Collin Wagner with 57 seconds left in the game gives the Nittany Lions their 11th win of the season, after the Tigers rally from 13-point deficit to take a 17–16 lead.====Cross-country skiing====*Tour de Ski:**Stage 1 in Oberhof, Germany:***Women's 2.5 km Freestyle:  Petra Majdič  6:35.3  Natalya Korostelyova  6:37.4  Justyna Kowalczyk  6:41.6***Men's 3.75 km Freestyle:  Petter Northug  7:37.4  Marcus Hellner  7:38.2  Axel Teichmann  7:39.4====Football (soccer)====* Emperor's Cup Final in Tokyo:**'''Gamba Osaka''' 4–1 Nagoya Grampus***Gamba Osaka win the Cup for the second successive time and third overall.====Ski jumping====*Four Hills Tournament:**World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:***HS 140:  Gregor Schlierenzauer  277.7 points (136.5m/137.5m)  Wolfgang Loitzl  272.5 (135.0m/135.0m)  Simon Ammann  272.4 (132.0m/143.5 hill record)****Four Hills Tournament standings (after 2 of 4 events): (1) Andreas Kofler  537.1 points (2) Loitzl 517.9 (3) Janne Ahonen  512.5****World Cup standings (after 8 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 529 points (2) Schlierenzauer 511 (3) Kofler 426
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