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January 12, 2009 (Monday)

Cricket

• Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd match in Dhaka:
    •  Sri Lanka 210/6 (50 ov);  Zimbabwe 80 (28.2 ov). Sri Lanka win by 130 runs.

January 11, 2009 (Sunday)

American football

• NFL Playoffs, Divisional Playoff Round:
  (Conference rankings in parentheses)
  • NFC: (6) Philadelphia Eagles 23, (1) New York Giants 11
    • The Eagles victory means the reigning Super Bowl champion will not defend its title for the fourth year in a row. Philadelphia will play at Glendale, Arizona in the NFC Championship Game next Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.
  • AFC: (2) Pittsburgh Steelers 35, (4) San Diego Chargers 24.
    • Willie Parker runs for 146 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Steelers to the win and the right to host their divisional rivals, the Baltimore Ravens, in the AFC Championship Game next week.

Badminton

• BWF Super Series:
  • Malaysia Super Series in Kuala Lumpur:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's Singles: Lee Chong Wei (1) bt Park Sung Hwan (5) 21-14, 21-13
    • Women's Singles: Tine Rasmussen (2) bt Zhou Mi (1) 21-17, 15-21, 21-16
    • Mixed Doubles: Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (1) bt Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung (2) 21-14, 21-19
    • Women's Doubles: Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won (4) bt Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen (5) 21-15, 21-12
    • Men's Doubles: Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (2) bt Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan 18-21, 21-14, 21-14

Cricket

• South Africa in Australia:
  • 1st T20I in Melbourne:
    •  Australia 182/9 (20/20 ov);  South Africa 130 (18/20 ov). Australia win by 52 runs, and lead 1-0 in 2-match series.

Darts

• BDO World Championship in Frimley Green, United Kingdom:
  • Men's Final: Ted Hankey def. Tony O'Shea 7-6
    • The Count wins his second World Championship title.

Football (soccer)

• CECAFA Cup in Kampala, Uganda:
  • Semifinals:
    • Kenya  2–1  Tanzania
    • Uganda  5–0  Burundi

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:
    • Winner: Geoff Ogilvy 268 (−24)
• European Tour:
  • Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
    • Winner: Anders Hansen 269 (−15)

Tennis

• ATP Tour:
  • Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
    • Final: Radek Stepanek def. Fernando Verdasco 3–6 6–3 6–4
  • Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
    • Final: Marin Cilic def. Somdev Devvarman 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

• Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
  • Slalom: Template:(1) Reinfried Herbst 1:42.95 (50.12 + 52.83) Template:(2) Manfred Pranger 1:43.13 (49.14 + 53.99) Template:(3) Felix Neureuther 1:43.27 (50.37 + 52.90)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 17 events): Template:(1) Benjamin Raich 557 pts Template:(2) Jean-Baptiste Grange 507 Template:(3) Aksel Lund Svindal 470
• Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
  • Slalom: Template:(1) Maria Riesch 1:29.64 (44.78 + 44.86) Template:(2) Kathrin Zettel 1:30.79 (46.07 + 44.72) Template:(3) Tanja Poutiainen 1:31.41 (46.08 + 45.33)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 35 events): Template:(1) Riesch 729 points Template:(2) Poutiainen 644 Template:(3) Lindsey Vonn 616

Biathlon

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Template:(1) Kati Wilhelm 38min 11.6sec (2 penalties) Template:(2) Olga Medvedtseva at 1.6sec (2) Template:(3) Helena Jonsson 11.1 (1)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after nine events): Template:(1) Svetlana Sleptsova 401 points Template:(2) Ekaterina Iourieva 371 Template:(3) Jonsson 331
  • 15 km Mass Start Men: Template:(1) Christoph Sumann 38:11.9 (1+0+1+0) Template:(2) Carl Johan Bergman 38:21.6 (0+0+1+1) Template:(3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen 38:21.8 (0+1+1+0)

Bobsleigh

• World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
  • Four-man: Template:(1)  Germany (Karl Angerer, Andreas Udvari, Alex Mann, Gregor Bermbach) 1:37.84 (48.96/48.88) Template:(2)  Netherlands (Edwin van Calker, Arnold van Calker, Arno Klaassen, Sybren Jansma) 1:37.93 (48.91/49.02) Template:(3)  Germany (André Lange, Rene Hoppe, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 1:37.94 (48.78/49.16) &  Latvia (Jānis Miņins, Daumants Dreiškens, Oskars Melbardis, Intars Dambis) 1:37.94 (48.83/49.11)
  • World Cup standings (after 4 of 7 events): Template:(1) Alexandre Zoubkov 821 Template:(2) Lange 803 Template:(3) Minins 760

Freestyle skiing

• World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
  • Half-pipe men: Template:(1) Xavier Bertoni 44.60 Template:(2) Nils Lauper 42.00 Template:(3) Kevin Rolland 41.90
  • Half-pipe women: Template:(1) Virginie Faivre 41.2 Template:(2) Miyuki Hatanaka 36.8 Template:(3) Jessica Cumming 33.6

Luge

• World Cup 5 in Cesana Pariol, Italy:
  • Men: Template:(1) Armin Zöggeler Template:(2) Felix Loch Template:(3) Daniel Pfister
    • World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): Template:(1) Zöggeler 455 Template:(2) David Möller 385 Template:(3) Jan Eichhorn 275

Nordic combined

• World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  • 10km Gundersen: Template:(1) Magnus Moan 27:33.1 (13th after ski jump) Template:(2) Jan Schmid 27:37.2 (7) Template:(3) Pavel Churavy 27:37.5 (8)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 11 out of 24 races): Template:(1) Anssi Koivuranta 643 points Template:(2) Moan 556 Template:(3) Bill Demong 515

Ski jumping

• World Cup in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
  • 200m flying hill: Template:(1) Gregor Schlierenzauer 393.6 points (203.5/202.0m) Template:(2) Harri Olli 390.4 (201.5/200.5) Template:(3) Simon Ammann 382.2 (197.5/198.5)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 28 events): Template:(1) Ammann 1017 points Template:(2) Schlierenzauer 940 Template:(3) Wolfgang Loitzl 801

Snowboarding

• World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
  • Snowboardcross men: Template:(1) Damon Hayler Template:(2) Markus Schairer Template:(3) Mike Robertson
  • Snowboardcross women: Template:(1) Lindsey Jacobellis Template:(2) Dominique Maltais Template:(3) Zoe Gilling

Speed skating

• European Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
  • Men overall standings: Template:(1) Sven Kramer 148.564 points Template:(2) Håvard Bøkko 150.495 Template:(3) Wouter Olde Heuvel 150.629
  • Women overall standings: Template:(1) Claudia Pechstein 162.014 points Template:(2) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 162.307 Template:(3) Martina Sábliková 162.815

January 10, 2009 (Saturday)

American football

• NFL Playoffs, Divisional Playoff Round (conference rankings in parentheses):
  • AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 13, (1) Tennessee Titans 10
    • Matt Stover's 43-yard field goal with 53 seconds left provides the winning margin, and Joe Flacco becomes the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to win two playoff games. The Ravens will travel to either San Diego or Pittsburgh for next week's AFC title game.
  • NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 33, (2) Carolina Panthers 13
    • Jake Delhomme throws five interception and loses a fumble, leading to 23 of Arizona's points. The Cardinals will play either Philadelphia Eagles or New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game.

Cricket

• West Indies in New Zealand:
  • 4th ODI in Auckland:
    •  New Zealand 275/4 (50 ov);  West Indies 64/0 (10.3/40 ov). No result. 5-match series level 1-1
• Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
  • 1st match in Dhaka:
    •  Zimbabwe 205/9 (50 ov);  Bangladesh 167 (46.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 38 runs

Ice hockey

• World Women's U18 Championship in Fussen, Germany:
  • Final:
    • United States  3–2(OT)  Canada
      • Kendal Coyne's eighth goal of the tournament in overtime gives USA their second title in as many women junior world championships.
  • Bronze medal game:
    • Sweden  9–1  Czech Republic
  • Game for 5th place:
    • Germany  1–2  Finland
  • Game for 7th place:
    • Switzerland  2–3(SO)  Russia
      • Switzerland is relegated to Division I in 2010, and will be replaced in the top division by  Japan.

Tennis

• ATP Tour:
  • Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
    • Final: Andy Murray def. Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2
• WTA Tour:
  • Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
    • Final: Victoria Azarenka def. Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-1
  • ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
    • Final: Elena Dementieva def. Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-1
• JB Group Classic in Hong Kong:
  • Gold group final (best of five matches):
    • Gisela Dulko (Americas) def. Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
    • Venus Williams (Americas) def. Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-2, 6-2
    • Venus Williams/Coco Vandeweghe (Americas) def. Anna Chakvetadze/Alexandra Panova (Russia) 6-4, 6-1
      • Americas beat Russia 4-1
  • Silver group final (best of three matches):
    • Zheng Jie (Asia-Pacific) def. Michelle Larcher de Brito (Europe) 6-1, 6-1
      • Asia-Pacific beat Europe 3-0

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

• Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
  • Giant slalom: Template:(1) Benjamin Raich 2:24.95 (1:12.33 + 1:12.62) Template:(2) Massimiliano Blardone 2:25.19 (1:12.53 + 1:12.66) Template:(3) Kjetil Jansrud 2:25.67 (1:14.19 + 1:11.48)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 16 events): Template:(1) Raich 533 points Template:(2) Jean-Baptiste Grange 478 Template:(3) Aksel Lund Svindal 470
• Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
  • Giant slalom: Template:(1) Tina Maze 2:45.15 (1:21.75 + 1:23.40) Template:(2) Denise Karbon 2:45.54 (1:21.66 + 1:23.88) Template:(3) Kathrin Hoelzl 2:46.07 (1:21.93 + 1:24.14)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 35 events): Template:(1) Maria Riesch 629 points Template:(2) Tanja Poutiainen 584 Template:(3) Lindsey Vonn 566

Biathlon

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 10 km Sprint Men: Template:(1) Maxim Tchoudov 25:49.5 (0+0) Template:(2) Michael Roesch 26:02.2 (0+0) Template:(3) Tomasz Sikora 26:14.7 (1+0)

Bobsleigh

• World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
  • Two-man: Thomas Florschuetz/Marc Kühne 1:44.62 (52.20/52.42) Template:(2) Ivo Rüegg/Cedric Grand 1:39.27 (49.54/49.73) Template:(3) Alexandre Zoubkov/Dmitry Trunenkov 1:39.31 (49.58/49.73) & Karl Angerer/Alex Mann 1:39.31 (49.73/49.58)
    • World Cup standings (after 4 of 7 races): Template:(1) André Lange 795 points Template:(2) Beat Hefti 771 Template:(3) Zoubkov & Todd Hays 672
  • Two-woman: Template:(1) Shauna Rohbock/Valerie Fleming 1:41.91 (50.78/51.13) Template:(2) Nicole Minichiello/Gillian Cooke 1:42.05 (50.87/51.18) & Sandra Kiriasis/Romy Logsch 1:42.05 (51.02/51.03)
    • World Cup standings (after 4 of 7 races): Template:(1) Kiriasis 845 points Template:(2) Rohbock 803 Template:(3) Helen Upperton 794

Freestyle skiing

• World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
  • Skicross men: Template:(1) Andreas Matt Template:(2) Christopher Delbosco Template:(3) Markus Wittner
  • Skicross women: Template:(1) Hedda Berntsen Template:(2) Ophelie David Template:(3) Katrin Ofner

Luge

• World Cup 5 in Cesana Pariol, Italy:
  • Women: Template:(1) Tatjana Hüfner Template:(2) Natalie Geisenberger Template:(3) Nina Reithmayer
    • World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): Template:(1) Hüfner 485 points Template:(2) Geisenberger 415 Template:(3) Anke Wischnewski 322
  • Doubles: Template:(1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Template:(2) Gerhard Plankensteiner/Oswald Haselrieder Template:(3) Andris Sics/Juris Sics
    • World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): Template:(1) Oberstolz/Gruber 420 points Template:(2) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 350 Template:(3) Plankensteiner/Haselrieder 319

Nordic combined

• World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  • 10km mass start: Template:(1) Bjoern Kircheisen Template:(2) Bernhard Gruber Template:(3) Jan Schmid
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 24 events): Template:(1) Anssi Koivuranta 643 points Template:(2) Kircheisen 509 Template:(3) Bill Demong 497

Ski jumping

• World Cup in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
  • 200m flying hill: Template:(1) Gregor Schlierenzauer 398.0 points (199.5/215.5m (hill record)) Template:(2) Simon Ammann 390.1 (207.5/195.5) Template:(3) Martin Koch 386.8 (197.5/209.0)
    • World Cup overall standings (after 12 of 28 events): Template:(1) Ammann 957 points Template:(2) Schlierenzauer 840 Template:(3) Wolfgang Loitzl 775

Snowboarding

• World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
  • Snowboardcross men: Template:(1) Xavier Delerue Template:(2) Michal Novotny Template:(3) Nate Holland
  • Snowboardcross women: Template:(1) Sandra Frei Template:(2) Deborah Anthonioz Lindsey Jacobellis

January 9, 2009 (Friday)

Darts

• BDO World Championship in Frimley Green, United Kingdom:
  • Women's final: Francis Hoenselaar beat Trina Gulliver 2-1
    • Hoenselaar wins her first World Championship title after losing in five previous finals to 7-times champion Gulliver.

Ice hockey

• World Women's U18 Championship in Fussen, Germany:
  • Semifinals:
    • Canada  6–1  Sweden
    • United States  18–0  Czech Republic
      • In a repeat of last year's championships, Canada and United States will play in the final, while Sweden and Czech Republic play for bronze medals.
  • Classification 5-8:
    • Switzerland  1–2(SO)  Germany
    • Russia  1–2(OT)  Finland

Tennis

• Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  • Final:
    •  Slovakia 2–0  Russia (doubles match not played)
      • Dominika Cibulková and Dominik Hrbatý give Slovakia its third Hopman Cup title.
• JB Group Classic in Hong Kong:
  • Gold group final (best of five matches):
    • Venus Williams (Americas) bt Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 7-6 (7/1), 6-3
    • Vera Zvonareva (Russia) bt Gisela Dulko (Americas) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
      • Americas and Russia level 1-1.
  • Silver group final (best of three matches):
    • Sania Mirza (Asia-Pacific) bt Agnes Szavay (Europe) 6-3, 6-4
    • Zheng Jie /Sania Mirza (Asia-Pacific) bt Jelena Jankovic /Michelle Larcher de Brito (Europe) 6-1, 6-1
      • Asia-Pacific win the silver group final 2-0.

Winter sports

Biathlon

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 7.5 km Sprint Women: Template:(1) Ekaterina Iourieva 22:09.7 (1 penalty), Template:(2) Andrea Henkel at 2.4 (O), Template:(3) Helena Jonsson 19.6 (0)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after eight rounds): Template:(1) Svetlana Sleptsova 361 points, Template:(2) Iourieva 337, Template:(3) Jonsson 283

Skeleton

• World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
  • Men: Template:(1) Frank Rommel 1:34.91 (47.44/47.47) Template:(2) Florian Grassl 1:35.91 (47.85/48.06) Template:(3) Alexander Tretiakov 1:36.03 (48.20/47.83)
    • World Cup standings (after four races): Template:(1) Grassl 803 points Template:(2) Martins Dukurs 802 Template:(3) Tretiakov 772
  • Women: Template:(1) Anja Huber 1:38.85 (49.55/49.30) Template:(2) Shelley Rudman 1:39.09 (49.84/49.25) Template:(3) Marion Trott 1:39.20 (49.65/49.55)
    • World Cup standings (after four races): Template:(1) Huber 811 points Template:(2) Rudman 747 Template:(3) Amy Williams 736

January 8, 2009 (Thursday)

American football

• NCAA Bowl Games:
  • BCS National Championship Game at Miami Gardens, Florida:
    • (2) Florida 24, (1) Oklahoma 14
      • The Gators win their second BCS national title in three seasons as 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow outduels 2008 winner Sam Bradford.

Basketball

• Euroleague, week 9:
  (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage; teams in italics are eliminated)
  • Group A:
    • Cibona Zagreb 76–77 Unicaja Málaga
    • Maccabi Tel Aviv 96–83 Olympiacos
      • Following these results, Málaga move to the top of the group, ahead of Olympiacos and Maccabi.
  • Group B:
    • Montepaschi Siena 82–77 Panathinaikos Athens
    • Žalgiris Kaunas 105–94 SLUC Nancy
      • Žalgiris draw level with Nancy and Sopot for the 4th and final Top 16 place in the group, and hold tie-break advantage against each one of them, but Sopot would have the edge in case of a 3-way tie.
  • Group C:
    • Union Olimpija Ljubljana 70–90 Fenerbahçe Ülker
      • Fenerbahçe punch their ticket to the Top 16.
    • Lottomatica Roma 96–103(OT) TAU Cerámica
      • TAU get the four-point win they needed to secure top spot in the group.
  • Group D:
    • AJ Milano 70–61 Real Madrid
      • Real's loss assures CSKA Moscow of first place in the group. Milano gets level with Partizan Belgrade and Efes Pilsen in 3rd to 5th places, but because of disadvantage in tiebreakers can only advance to the Top 16 if results in other group matches on the final day go their way.

Tennis

• Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  (teams in bold advance to the final)
  • Group A:
    •  United States 2–1  Australia
    •  Slovakia 3–0  Germany
  • Group B:
    •  Russia 2–1  France
    •  Italy 3–0  Chinese Taipei

Winter sports

Biathlon

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 4 x 7.5 km Relay Men: Template:(1)  Austria 1hr 19min 36.61sec (0 penalties), Template:(2)  Russia 8.7sec behind (0), Template:(3)  Germany 19.2 (1)
    • World Cup relay standings: Template:(1) Austria 174 Template:(2) Russia 154 Template:(3)  Sweden 124

January 7, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

• Euroleague, week 9:
  (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage; teams in italics are eliminated)
  • Group A:
    • Le Mans 92–88 Air Avellino
      • Le Mans score their first win, but it's too late...
  • Group B:
    • Asseco Prokom Sopot 64–76 Regal FC Barcelona
      • Barcelona secure top place in the group which put them in the top seeding group for the draw of the Top 16 stage.
  • Group C:
    • DKV Joventut 75–79 ALBA Berlin
      • ALBA get level with Joventut in 4th place, and take the tie-break advantage against them.
  • Group D:
    • Efes Pilsen 55–74 CSKA Moscow
      • CSKA's win effectively secure them top place in the group, and also assures Real Madrid advance to the Top 16.
    • Partizan Belgrade 80–57 Panionios
      • Partizan draw level with Efes Pilsen in 3rd place. Panionios drop to last place and has only a slim chance of qualifying.

Cricket

• South Africa in Australia:
  • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 5:
    •  Australia 445 and 257/4d;  South Africa 327 and 272. Australia win by 103 runs, South Africa win the series 2-1.
• West Indies in New Zealand:
  • 3rd ODI in Wellington:
    •  West Indies 128 (41.4 ov);  New Zealand 129/3 (20.3 ov). New Zealand win by 7 wickets and levels the 5-match series 1-1.
• News:
  • In a tumultuous day for the England cricket team, Kevin Pietersen steps down as captain and Peter Moores is sacked as head coach. Andrew Strauss will take over as captain for the upcoming tour of the West Indies.

Ice hockey

• Champions Hockey League Semifinals, second leg:
  (First leg scores in parenthesis)
  • Salavat Yulaev Ufa 1(2)–4(1) Metallurg Magnitogorsk
    • Metallurg win in penalty shootout.
  • Espoo Blues 1(3)–4(6) ZSC Lions
    • Lions win 10-4 on aggregate.
• World Women's U18 Championship in Fussen, Germany:
  (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Group B:
    • Switzerland  4–3  Finland
    • Canada  13–0  Czech Republic
  • Group A:
    • United States  9–2  Sweden
    • Russia  5–2  Germany

Tennis

• Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  • Group A:
    •  United States 1–2  Germany
  • Group B:
    •  Russia 2–1  Chinese Taipei

Winter sports

Biathlon

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 4 x 6 km Relay Women: Template:(1)  Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Olga Zaitseva, Ekaterina Iourieva, Olga Medvedtseva) 1hr 16min 47.7sec (1 penality) , Template:(2)  Ukraine at 1:10.2 (0), Template:(3)  Germany 1:31.4 (2)
    • World Cup relay standings (after 3 of 6 events): Template:(1) Russia 180 points, Template:(2) Germany 145, Template:(3) France 139

Snowboarding

• World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
  • Parallel slalom men: Template:(1) Simon Schoch Template:(2) Rok Flanders Template:(3) Zan Kosir
  • Parallel slalom women: Template:(1) Amelie Kober Template:(2) Tomoka Takeuchi Template:(3) Heidi Neururer

January 6, 2009 (Tuesday)

American football

• NCAA Bowl Games:
  • GMAC Bowl: Tulsa 45, (22) Ball State 13

Cricket

• South Africa in Australia:
  • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 4:
    •  Australia 445 and 257/4d (Simon Katich 61);  South Africa 327 and 62/1. South Africa require another 314 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
• Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 4
    •  Sri Lanka 384 and 447/6d (Tillakaratne Dilshan 143);  Bangladesh 208 and 158. Sri Lanka win by 465 runs and win the series 2-0

Ice hockey

• World Women's U18 Championship in Fussen, Germany:
  (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Group B:
    • Czech Republic  7–3   Switzerland
    • Finland  0–6  Canada
  • Group A:
    • Sweden  6–1  Russia
    • Germany  0–11  United States

Tennis

• Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  • Group B:
    •  France 1–2  Italy
  • Group A:
    •  Australia 1–2  Slovakia

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

• Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
  • Slalom: Template:(1) Jean-Baptiste Grange 1:53.31 (53.91 + 59.40) Template:(2) Ivica Kostelic 1:53.36 (54.18 + 59.18) Template:(3) Giuliano Razzoli 1:53.66 (54.88 + 58.78)
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 15 races): Template:(1) Grange 466pts, Template:(2) Aksel Lund Svindal 444, Template:(3) Benjamin Raich 433

Ski jumping

• Four Hills Tournament:
  • World Cup in Bischofshofen, Austria:
    • Individual 140m hill: Template:(1) Wolfgang Loitzl 301.2 points (142.5/141.5m) Template:(2) Simon Ammann 284.4 (137.5/140.5) Template:(3) Dimitry Vassiliev 279.2 (138.0/138.5)
      • Final Four Hills standings: Template:(1) Loitzl 1123.7 points Template:(2) Ammann 1091.1 Template:(3) Gregor Schlierenzauer 1077.1
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 28 events): Template:(1) Ammann 877 points Template:(2) Schlierenzauer 740 Template:(3) Loitzl 739

Snowboarding

• World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
  • Parallel GS men: Template:(1) Siegfried Grabner Template:(2) Simon Schoch Template:(3)Meinhard Erlacher
  • Parallel GS women: Template:(1) Doris Guenther Template:(2) Tomoka Takeuchi Template:(3) Claudia Riegler

January 5, 2009 (Monday)

American football

• NCAA Bowl Games:
  • Bowl Championship Series
    • Fiesta Bowl: (3) Texas 24, (10) Ohio State 21.
      • Colt McCoy's 26-yard pass to Quan Cosby with 16 seconds left wins the game for the Longhorns.

Baseball

• Philadelphia Phillies reliever JC Romero and Sergio Mitre of the New York Yankees are both suspended for the first 50 games of the 2009 season after violating substance policy rules.
• Carl Pohlad, owner of the Minnesota Twins, dies at the age of 93 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Cricket

• South Africa in Australia:
  • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 3:
    •  Australia 445 and 33/0;  South Africa 327 (Mark Boucher 89). Australia lead by 151 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
• Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 3:
    •  Sri Lanka 384 and 296/4 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 81*);  Bangladesh 208. Sri Lanka lead by 472 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

Ice hockey

• World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Gold Medal Game:
    • Sweden  1–5  Canada
      • Canada wins its fifth consecutive gold medal, matching their own record set from 1993-1997.
  • Bronze Medal Game:
    • Slovakia  2–5  Russia
• World Women's U18 Championship in Fussen, Germany:
  • Group B:
    • Czech Republic  1–2(SO)  Finland
    • Canada  16–1   Switzerland
  • Group A:
    • United States  17–0  Russia
    • Sweden  8–1  Germany

Tennis

• Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  • Group A:
    •  Australia 1–2  Germany
    •  United States 0–3  Slovakia

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

• World Cup in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria:
  • Skicross men: Template:(1) Michael Schmid Template:(2) Andreas Matt Template:(3) Tommy Eliasson
  • Skicross women: Template:(1) Marion Josserand Template:(2) Katharina Gutensohn Template:(3) Kelsey Serwa

January 4, 2009 (Sunday)

American football

• NFL Playoffs Wild card round:
  (Seedings in parentheses)
  • AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 27, (3) Miami Dolphins 9
    • Ed Reed's 64 yard interception return for a touchdown was the turning point for Baltimore.
  • NFC: (6) Philadelphia Eagles 26, (3) Minnesota Vikings 14
    • Donovan McNabb's 79 yard touchdown pass to Brian Westbrook was the difference as the Eagles beat the NFC North champions.
  • Next week's Divisional Round will be rematches of regular season games with the Arizona Cardinals visiting the Carolina Panthers and the Eagles visiting the New York Giants in the NFC, while the Ravens visit the Tennessee Titans and the San Diego Chargers making a trip to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC.

Cricket

• South Africa in Australia:
  • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 2:
    •  Australia 445 (Michael Clarke 138),  South Africa 125/1. South Africa trail by 320 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
• Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 2:
    •  Sri Lanka 384 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 162) and 13/0;  Bangladesh 208 (Mashrafe Mortaza 63). Sri Lanka lead by 189 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Darts

• PDC World Darts Championship in London, United Kingdom:
  • Final:
    • Phil Taylor def. Raymond van Barneveld 7-1

Ice hockey

• World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
    • Germany  1–3  Finland
    • Kazakhstan  1–7  Latvia
      • Germany and Kazakhstan are relegated to Division 1 in 2010.
  • 5th place Playoff (at Scotiabank Place):
    • United States  3–2(OT)  Czech Republic

Tennis

• Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  • Group B:
    •  Russia 2–1  Italy

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

• Women's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
  • Slalom: Template:(1) Maria Riesch 1min 58.96sec (58.60 + 1:00.36) Template:(2) Nicole Gius 1:59.40 (1:00.15 + 59.25) Template:(3) Šárka Záhrobská 1:59.59 (59.79 + 59.80)
    • Overall standings (after 13 of 35 races): Template:(1) Riesch 607pts, Template:(2) Tanja Poutiainen 534, Template:(3) Lindsey Vonn 530

Cross-country skiing

• Tour de Ski stage 7 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  • Men Final standings: Template:(1) Dario Cologna 2hr 46min 05.4sec, Template:(2) Petter Northug at 59.0sec, Template:(3) Axel Teichmann 1min 02.8sec
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 33 races): Template:(1) Cologna 835 points, Template:(2) Teichmann 661, Template:(3) Northug 618
  • Women Final standings: Template:(1) Virpi Kuitunen 2hr 06min 41.4sec, Template:(2) Aino Kaisa Saarinen at 7.2sec, Template:(3) Petra Majdic 34.5
    • Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 33 races): Template:(1) Saarinen 978 points, Template:(2) Kuitunen 907, Template:(3) Majdic 893

Luge

• World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany:
  • Men: Template:(1) Armin Zöggeler Template:(2) David Möller Template:(3) Felix Loch
    • Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): Template:(1) Zöggeler 355 Template:(2) Möller 325 Template:(3) Andi Langenhan 227

Nordic combined

• World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
  • 10km Gundersen: Template:(1) Anssi Koivuranta 22min 15.4sec (1) Template:(2) Bill Demong at 6.7 (18) Template:(3) Bjorn Kircheisen 7.1 (19)
    • Overall standings (after 9 of 24 races): Template:(1) Koivuranta 643 points Template:(2) Demong 447 Template:(3) Magnus Moan 420

Ski jumping

• Four Hills Tournament:
  • World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria:
    • Individual 130m hill: Template:(1) Wolfgang Loitzl 261.0 points (126.5m/128.5m) Template:(2) Gregor Schlierenzauer 260.3 (126.0/127.5) Template:(3) Martin Schmitt 257.7 (128.5/125.5)
      • Four Hills Tournament standings (after 3 of 4 events): Template:(1) Loitzl 822.5 points Template:(2) Simon Ammann 806.7 Template:(3) Schlierenzauer 798.0
      • World Cup standings (after 10 of 28 events): Template:(1) Ammann 797 points Template:(2) Schlierenzauer 690 Template:(3) Loitzl 639

January 3, 2009 (Saturday)

American football

• NFL Playoffs Wild card round:
  (Seedings in parentheses)
  • NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 30, (5) Atlanta Falcons 24
    • The Cardinals win in their first home playoff game since 1947.
  • AFC: (4) San Diego Chargers 23, (5) Indianapolis Colts 17 (OT)
    • Darren Sproles' 22-yard rushing TD sends the Chargers to the Divisional playoffs for the third consecutive season.
• NCAA Bowl Games:
  • International Bowl: Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20
    • The Huskies score 28 unanswered points to come back from a ten point deficit.

Cricket

• South Africa in Australia:
  • 3rd Test in Sydney, day 1:
    •  Australia 267/6 (Michael Clarke 73*, Dale Steyn 2/71).
• Sri Lanka in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd Test in Chittagong, day 1:
    •  Sri Lanka 371/6 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 162, Mashrafe Mortaza 2/48).
• West Indies in New Zealand:
  • 2nd ODI in Christchurch:
    •  New Zealand 152/8 (Jesse Ryder 32, Fidel Edwards 3/26);  West Indies 158/5 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 67*, Jacob Oram 1/25). Match reduced to 28 overs each by rain. West Indies win by 5 wickets (D/L method) and lead 5-match series 1-0.

Ice hockey

• World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
    • Finland  7–1  Kazakhstan
  • Semifinals (at Scotiabank Place):
    • Sweden  5–3  Slovakia
    • Canada  6–5(SO)  Russia

Tennis

• Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
  • Final:
    • Andy Murray def. Rafael Nadal 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
  • Group B:
    •  France 3–0  Chinese Taipei

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing

• Tour de Ski stage 6 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  • 10km classic women mass start: Template:(1) Virpi Kuitunen 30min 10.3sec, Template:(2) Petra Majdic at 13.8sec, Template:(3) Aino Kaisa Saarinen 20.5
    • Overall standings (after 6 of 7 stages): Template:(1) Kuitunen 1hr 29min 14.5sec, Template:(2) Saarinen at 31.7sec, Template:(3) Majdic (SLO) 49.1
  • 20km classic men mass start, 15:30 CET: Template:(1) Axel Teichmann 55min 19.2sec, Template:(2) Sami Jauhojaervi at 0.3sec, Template:(3) Nikolai Chebotko 1.3
    • Overall standings (after 6 of 7 stages): Template:(1) Dario Cologna 2hr 20min 53.4sec, Template:(2) Teichmann 2hr 21:27.5, Template:(3) Eldar Roenning 2hr 21:58.6

Luge

• World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany:
  • Women: Template:(1) Tatjana Hüfner Template:(2) Natalie Geisenberger Template:(3) Anke Wischnewski
    • Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): Template:(1) Hüfner 385 Template:(2) Geisenberger 330 Template:(3)Wischnewski 280
  • Doubles: Template:(1) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Template:(2) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Template:(3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger
    • Overall standings (after 4 of 9 races): Template:(1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber 320 Template:(2) Linger/Linger 290 Template:(3) Leitner/Resch 264

Nordic combined

• World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
  • 4x5km Team: Template:(1)  Germany 43:28.1 Template:(2)  Norway 43:47.7 Template:(3)  Austria 44:02.8

January 2, 2009 (Friday)

American football

• NCAA Bowl Games:
  (BCS ranking in parentheses)
  • Cotton Bowl: (25) Mississippi 47, (8) Texas Tech 34
  • Liberty Bowl: Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19
    • The Wildcats win three straight bowl games for the first time in school history.
• Bowl Championship Series:
  • Sugar Bowl: (6) Utah 31, (4) Alabama 17
    • The Utes jump to a 21–0 lead in the first quarter and never look back, finishing as this season's only unbeaten Division I FBS team.

Ice hockey

• World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Relegation Round (at the Ottawa Civic Centre):
    • Germany  1–7  Latvia
  • Quarterfinals (at Scotiabank Place):
    • United States  3–5  Slovakia
    • Russia  5–1  Czech Republic

January 1, 2009 (Thursday)

American football

• NCAA Bowl Games:
  (BCS ranking in parentheses)
  • Outback Bowl: Iowa 31, South Carolina 10
  • Gator Bowl: Nebraska 26, Clemson 21
  • Capital One Bowl: (15) Georgia 24, (18) Michigan State 12
• Bowl Championship Series
  • Rose Bowl: (5) Southern California 38, (8) Penn State 24
  • Orange Bowl: (19) Virginia Tech 20, (12) Cincinnati 7
    • The Hokies' win ends an eight-game BCS losing streak for the ACC.

Ice Hockey

• 2009 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois:
  • Detroit Red Wings 6, Chicago Blackhawks 4
    • The Wings won the 701 meeting of these Original Six rivals in front of 40,818 fans.

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing

• Tour de Ski stage 5 in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic:
  • 1.2km Sprint freestyle men: Template:(1) Petter Northug Template:(2) Tor Arne Hetland Template:(3) Cristian Zorzi
    • Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): Template:(1) Dario Cologna 1hr 26min 02.4sec Template:(2) Vassili Rotchev 1 h 26:25.9 Template:(3) Eldar Roenning 1 h 26:34.9
  • 1.2km Sprint freestyle women: Template:(1) Arianna Follis Template:(2) Petra Majdic Template:(3) Aino Kaisa Saarinen
    • Overall standings (after five of seven Tour de Ski rounds): Template:(1) Saarinen 59:30.4 Template:(2) Virpi Kuitunen at 13.8 Template:(3) Marit Bjoergen 37.0

Ski jumping

• Four Hills Tournament:
  • World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
    • Individual 140m hill: Template:(1) Wolfgang Loitzl 276.3 points (134.5/136.5m) Template:(2) Simon Ammann 274.6 (140.0/134.5) Template:(3) Harri Olli 258.6 (133.0/131.5)
      • Four Hills standings (after two of four events): Template:(1) Loitzl 561.5 points Template:(2) Ammann 561.0 Template:(3) Gregor Schlierenzauer 537.7
      • World Cup standings (after 9 of 28 events): Template:(1) Ammann 765 points Template:(2) Schlierenzauer 610 Template:(3) Loitzl 539

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