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Days of the month
January 31, 2009 (Saturday)
American football
- NCAA Bowl Games:
- 2009 Texas vs. The Nation Game in El Paso, Texas:
- The Nation 27, Texas 24
- In college football's season finale, Florida Atlantic's Frantz Joseph, with a 26-yard interception and a 32-yard fumble return, led The Nation team to a 27-24 victory over the Texas squad. Joseph was also named the game's defensive Most Valuable Player.
- The Nation 27, Texas 24
- 2009 Texas vs. The Nation Game in El Paso, Texas:
Cricket
Mixed martial arts
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 13:
(seeding in parentheses)- Women's singles final:
- Serena Williams
(2) beat Dinara Safina 
(3) 6-0, 6-3
- Serena Williams wins her fourth Australian Open and tenth Grand Slam title, and will claim the Women's World #1 ranking.
- Serena Williams
- Men's doubles final:
- Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan (2) beat Mahesh Bhupathi
/Mark Knowles 
(3) 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
- The Bryans win their third Australian Open and seventh Grand Slam men's doubles title.
- Bob Bryan
- Women's singles final:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
- Downhill: cancelled
- Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
- Super giant slalom: postponed to February 1.
Cross-country skiing
- World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women sprint freestyle:
Pirjo Muranen 
Arianna Follis 
Magda Genuin
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 1220 points Petra Majdic
1090 Virpi Kuitunen 1069
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races):
- Men sprint freestyle: Renato Pasini Alexei Petukhov Anton Gafarov
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): Dario Cologna
906 points Petter Northug 
698 Axel Teichmann 
649
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races):
- Women sprint freestyle:
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
- Half-pipe men:
- Half-pipe women:
- Dual moguls men:
- Dual moguls women:
Nordic combined
- World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
- 10 km Gundersen: Magnus Moan 26min 06sec 8/10 (25th) Anssi Koivuranta at 9.2 (1st) Bjorn Kircheisen 32.9 (8th)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 22 events): Koivuranta 853 points Moan 801 Kircheisen 709
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 22 events):
- 10 km Gundersen:
Ski jumping
- World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
- 134m hill: Gregor Schlierenzauer
253.3 points (133.0/120.5m) Thomas Morgenstern 216.9 (112.0/123.5) Wolfgang Loitzl 211.2 (112.0/119.5)
- Schlierenzauer wins fourth World Cup in a row.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 18 events): Schlierenzauer 1420 points, Simon Ammann 1248, Loitzl 1166
- 134m hill:
Snowboarding
- World Cup in Bayrischzell/Sudelfeld, Germany:
- Parallel GS men: Andreas Prommegger Matthew Morrison
Sylvain Dufour 
- Parallel GS women: Doris Guenther Amelie Kober Nicolien Sauerbreij
- Parallel GS men:
Speed skating
- World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany:
- Men's 500 m:
- Men's 1500 m
- Women's 500 m:
- Women's 3000 m:
January 30, 2009 (Friday)
Cricket
- South Africa in Australia:
- 5th ODI in Perth:
South Africa 288/6 (50 ov); 
Australia 249 (49 ov). South Africa win by 39 runs and win the series 4-1.
- 5th ODI in Perth:
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Semifinals:
- Costa Rica
1–0 
El Salvador - Honduras
0–1 
Panama
- Costa Rica
- Semifinals:
Handball
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 12:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles semifinals:
- Rafael Nadal
(1) beat Fernando Verdasco (14) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (1), 6-4
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's doubles final:
- Serena Williams /Venus Williams (10) beat Daniela Hantuchova
/Ai Sugiyama 
(9) 6–3, 6–3
- The Williams sisters win their third Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam title.
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles semifinals:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
- Slalom: Lindsey Vonn 1:47.17 (52.49 + 54.68) Maria Riesch at 0.90 (53.05 + 55.02) Marusa Ferk 1.16 (53.61 + 54.72)
- World Cup overall standings (after 21 of 34 races): Vonn 1014 pts Riesch 890 Kathrin Zettel & Anja Paerson
775
- World Cup overall standings (after 21 of 34 races):
- Slalom:
Cross-country skiing
- World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women 10 km freestyle: Marianna Longa 25min 22.6sec Arianna Follis at 0.4sec Stephanie Böhler 1.6
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): Aino Kaisa Saarinen 1170 points Petra Majdic 1054 Virpi Kuitunen 1045
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races):
- Men 15 km freestyle: Tobias Angerer 36:05.9 Jean Marc Gaillard 0.7 Sergei Dolidovich
1.0
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): Dario Cologna 906 points Petter Northug 698 Axel Teichmann 649
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races):
- Women 10 km freestyle:
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States:
- Aerials men: Ryan St. Onge 254.89 points Zhongquin Liu
249.79 Steve Omischl 247.92 - Aerials women: Li Nina 194.67 points Guo Xinxin 191.54 Emily Cook 178.21
- Aerials men:
Speed skating
- World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany:
- Men's 500 m: Yu Fengtong 35.03 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.04 Tucker Fredricks 35.12
- Men's 5000 m: Sven Kramer 6:16.02 Håvard Bøkko 6:22.37 Bob de Jong 6:23.45
- Women's 500 m: Jenny Wolf 37.58 Yu Jing 38.18 Jin Peiyu 38.30
- Women's 1500 m: Anni Friesinger 1:56.90 Daniela Anschütz 1:58.13 Ireen Wüst 1:58.54
- Men's 500 m:
January 29, 2009 (Thursday)
Basketball
- Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
- Group E:
- AJ Milano 76–74
Olympiacos
- AJ Milano
- Group F:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
96–65 ALBA Berlin
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Group G:
- Panathinaikos 81–63
Partizan Igokea - Lottomatica Roma 75–88 Unicaja Málaga
- Panathinaikos
- Group H:
- Fenerbahçe Ülker
48–66 CSKA Moscow
- Fenerbahçe Ülker
- Group E:
Cricket
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Fifth place:
- Nicaragua
2–0 
Guatemala
- Nicaragua qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup.
- Nicaragua
- Fifth place:
Handball
- World Men's Championship in Croatia
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 11:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles semifinals:
- Roger Federer (2) bt Andy Roddick (7) 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles semifinals:
- Serena Williams (2) bt Elena Dementieva (4) 6-3, 6-4
- Dinara Safina (3) bt Vera Zvonareva (7) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles semifinals:
Winter sports
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Deer Valley , Park City, Utah, United States:
- Moguls men: Guilbaut Colas 24.62 Alexandre Bilodeau 24.20 Patrick Deneen 23.99
- Moguls women: Hannah Kearney 22.91 Michelle Roark 21.75 Margarita Marbler 20.80
- Moguls men:
January 28, 2009 (Wednesday)
Basketball
- Euroleague Top 16, week 1:
- Group E:
- Group F:
- Group H:
Cricket
Ice hockey
- Champions Hockey League Finals, second leg:
- ZSC Lions 5–0 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- Lions win 7-2 on aggregate
- ZSC Lions
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 10:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles quarterfinals:
- Rafael Nadal (1) bt Gilles Simon (6) 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
- Fernando Verdasco (14) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles quarterfinals:
- Serena Williams (2) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
- Elena Dementieva (4) bt Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-2
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles quarterfinals:
January 27, 2009 (Tuesday)
Cricket
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 2:
- Panama 1–0 Guatemala
- Panama advance to the semifinals and qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup. Guatemala will play for 5th place.
- Group 2:
Handball
- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 9:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles quarterfinals:
- Roger Federer (2) bt Juan Martín del Potro
(8) 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 - Andy Roddick (7) bt Novak Djokovic (3) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 2-1, retired
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles quarterfinals:
- Dinara Safina (3) bt Jelena Dokić 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Vera Zvonareva (7) bt Marion Bartoli (16) 6-3, 6-0
- Dinara Safina
- Men's singles quarterfinals:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Schladming, Austria:
- Slalom: Reinfried Herbst 1:37.32 ( 47.73 + 49.59) Manfred Pranger 1:38.48 ( 48.31 + 50.17) Ivica Kostelic
1:38.55 ( 48.83 + 49.72)
- World Cup overall standings (after 25 of 37 races): Kostelic 735 pts Benjamin Raich 660 Jean-Baptiste Grange 656
- World Cup overall standings (after 25 of 37 races):
- Slalom:
January 26, 2009 (Monday)
Cricket
- South Africa in Australia:
- 4th ODI in Adelaide:
- Australia 222 (48 ov); South Africa 223/2 (38.1 ov). South Africa wins by 8 wickets, and wins series, 3-1 with one match remaining.
- 4th ODI in Adelaide:
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 1:
- Nicaragua 1–1
Belize - Honduras 2–0 El Salvador
- Honduras and El Salvador advance to the semifinals and qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup. Nicaragua will play in 5th place playoff.
- Nicaragua
- Group 1:
Handball
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 8:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 4th round:
- Rafael Nadal (1) bt Fernando Gonzalez
(13) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 - Fernando Verdasco (14) bt Andy Murray
(4) 2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) bt James Blake (9) 6-4, 6-4, 77-63
- Gilles Simon (6) bt Gaël Monfils (12) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, retired
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles 4th round:
- Serena Williams (2) bt Victoria Azarenka (13), 3-6, 4-2, retired
- Elena Dementieva (4) bt Dominika Cibulkova (18), 6-2, 6-2
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) bt Zheng Jie (22) 4-1, retired
- Carla Suarez Navarro bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (21) 6-3, 6-2
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 4th round:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
- Super giant slalom: Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 1:25.13 Andrea Fenninger 1:25.94 Andrea Dettling 1:26.00
- World Cup overall standings (after 20 of 34 races): Lindsey Vonn 914 pts Maria Riesch 810 Anja Paerson & Kathrin Zettel 775
- World Cup overall standings (after 20 of 34 races):
- Super giant slalom:
January 25, 2009 (Sunday)
Auto racing
- A1 Grand Prix:
- Sports cars endurance racing:
- 24 Hours of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States:
- David Donohue Antonio García Darren Law Buddy Rice
- Juan Pablo Montoya
Scott Pruett Memo Rojas 
- João Barbosa
Terry Borcheller J. C. France Hurley Haywood
- In the closest contested finish in the history of major international 24-hour endurance racing, the #58 Brumos Racing-run Riley-Porsche held off the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates-run Riley-Lexus by just 0.167 seconds after 2,616.6 miles (4,211.0 km).
- 24 Hours of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States:
Cycling
- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 6, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km: Francesco Chicchi Liquigas 1hr 42min 00, Robbie McEwen same time, Graeme Brown s.t.
- Final standing: Allan Davis 19hr 26min 59sec, Stuart O'Grady at 25secs, Jose Rojas 30 ...29. Lance Armstrong 49
- Final standing:
- Stage 6, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km:
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 2:
- Guatemala 1–3 Costa Rica
- Costa Rica advance to the semifinals.
- Group 2:
Golf
- PGA Tour:
- Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:
- Winner: Pat Perez 327 (−33)
- Winner: Pat Perez
- Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:
- European Tour:
- Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar:
- Winner: Álvaro Quirós 269 (−19)
- Winner: Álvaro Quirós
- Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar:
- LPGA Tour:
- HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup in Brazil:
- Winner: Catriona Matthew
138 (−6)
- Winner: Catriona Matthew
- HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup in Brazil:
Handball
- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Ice hockey
Rugby union
- Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 1:
- Pool 2:
- Pool 5:
- Bath
3–3 Toulouse
- A dour draw played in a downpour at The Rec sees both teams go through to the quarterfinals.
- Glasgow Warriors 13–10
Newport Gwent Dragons
- Bath
- Quarterfinal matchups (to be played weekend of 10–12 April):
- (1) Cardiff Blues – Toulouse (8)
- (2) Munster (Ireland) – Ospreys (7)
- (3) Harlequins – (Ireland) Leinster (6)
- (4) Leicester Tigers – Bath (5)
- (1) Cardiff Blues
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 7:
(seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 4th round:
- Roger Federer (2) bt Tomas Berdych
(20) 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 6-2 - Novak Djokovic (3) bt Marcos Baghdatis
6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (5), 6-2 - Andy Roddick (7) bt Tommy Robredo (21) 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
- Juan Martin del Potro (8) bt Marin Cilic (19) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 4th round:
- Marion Bartoli (16) bt Jelena Jankovic (1) 6-1 6-4
- Dinara Safina (3) bt Alize Cornet (15) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
- Vera Zvonareva (7) bt Nadia Petrova (10) 7-5, 6-4
- Jelena Dokic bt Alisa Kleybanova (29) 7-5, 5-7, 8-6
- Marion Bartoli
- Men's singles 4th round:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Slalom: Julien Lizeroux 1min 33.83sec (46.88 + 46.95) Jean-Baptiste Grange 1:33.91 (45.88 + 48.03) Patrick Thaler 1:34.50 (47.20 + 47.30)
- Combined: Silvan Zurbriggen 3min 33.38sec Ivica Kostelic 3:33.87 Natko Zrnčić-Dim 3:36.36
- World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 38 races): Kostelic 675 pts Benjamin Raich 660 Grange 656
- World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 38 races):
- Slalom:
- Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
- Giant slalom: Kathrin Zettel 2:47.10 (1:19.47 + 1:27.63) Michaela Kirchgasser 2:48.49 (1:20.18 + 1:28.31) Elisabeth Goergl 2:48.81 (1:19.09 + 1:29.72)
- World Cup overall standings (after 19 races): Lindsey Vonn 882 pts Maria Riesch 810 Anja Pärson 775
- World Cup overall standings (after 19 races):
- Giant slalom:
Bandy
Biathlon
- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: Ekaterina Iourieva 36min 37.8sec (0) Helena Jonsson at 13.4sec (1) Kaisa Maekaerainen (FIN) 27.8 (2) ... 7. Magdalena Neuner 46.0 (5)
- Neuner had a comfortable lead going to the last shoot, but she missed all 5 targets and finished in seventh place.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 26 races): Iourieva 567 points Kati Wilhelm 520 Neuner 502
- Men's 15 km Mass Start: Christoph Stephan 37:19.9 (1 penalty) Dominik Landertinger at 0.2 (3) Ivan Tcherezov 2.8 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 26 races): Emil Hegle Svendsen 568 points Tomasz Sikora
554 Carl-Johan Bergman 456
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 26 races):
- Women's 12.5 km Mass Start:
Cross-country skiing
- World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
- Men's classic sprint: Ola Vigen Hattestad Oystein Pettersen Boerre Naess
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races): Dario Cologna 880 points Petter Northug 698 Axel Teichmann 631
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races):
- Women's classic sprint: Petra Majdic Aino Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races): Saarinen 1138 points Majdic 1043 Kuitunen 1027
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 33 races):
- Men's classic sprint:
Figure skating
- United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Men: Jeremy Abbott 241.89pts Brandon Mroz 229.70 Evan Lysacek 229.10
- Men:
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
- Aerials men: Steve Omischl 242.45 pts Timofei Slivets 240.95 Thomas Lambert 233.95
- Aerials women: Lydia Lassila 185.94 pts Cheng Shuang 181.18 Zhao Shanshan 170.41
- Aerials men:
Luge
- World Cup 7 in Altenberg, Germany:
- Men: Armin Zöggeler Felix Loch David Möller
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): Zöggeler 601 points Möller 525 Jan Eichhorn 430
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races):
- Men:
Ski jumping
- World Cup in Vancouver, Canada:
- 140m hill: Gregor Schlierenzauer 293.2pts (137.5/149.0 m), Thomas Morgenstern 291.7 (140.5/141.0), Ville Larinto 272.3 (137.0/149.0)
- Schlierenzauer scores third win in a row and fifth in six events.
- World Cup standings (17 of 28 rounds): Schlierenzauer 1320pts, Simon Ammann 1212, Wolfgang Loitzl 1106
- 140m hill:
Speed skating
- World Cup 6 in Kolomna, Russia:
- Men:
- 100 m: Yuya Oikawa 09.61 Joji Kato 09.66 Zhang Zhongqi 09.81
- 500 m: Tucker Fredricks 34.81 Keiichiro Nagashima 34.87 Yu Fengtong 34.89
- 1000 m: Denny Morrison 1:08.53 Stefan Groothuis 1:08.67 Mark Tuitert 1:09.09
- 100 m:
- Women:
- 100 m: Jenny Wolf 10.33 Judith Hesse 10.56 Xing Aihua 10.59
- 500 m: Jenny Wolf 37.67 Jin Peiyu 38.01 Yu Jing 38.13
- 1000 m: Margot Boer 1:15.79 Anni Friesinger 1:15.81 Christine Nesbitt 1:15.85
- 100 m:
- Men:
January 24, 2009 (Saturday)
College Football bowl game
- 2009 Senior Bowl, Mobile, Alabama
- South 35, North 18
- West Virginia's Pat White led the all-star South squad to a 35-18 victory in the annual game.
- South 35, North 18
Cricket
- Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
- 3rd ODI in Lahore:
Sri Lanka 309/5 (50 ov); 
Pakistan 75 (22.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 234 runs and win the 3-match series 2-1.
- Pakistan's 75 is the lowest ever score in a ODI at Gaddafi Stadium.
- 3rd ODI in Lahore:
Cycling
- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 5, Snapper Point - Willunga, 148 km: Allan Davis 3hr 28min 33sec, Jose Rojas same time, Martin Elmiger s.t.
- Overall standings: Davis 17hr 44min 59sec, Stuart O'Grady at 25secs, Rojas 30 ... 29. Lance Armstrong 49
- Overall standings:
- Stage 5, Snapper Point - Willunga, 148 km:
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 1:
- Belize 1–4 El Salvador
- Honduras 4–1 Nicaragua
- Honduras advance to the semifinals.
- Belize
- Group 1:
Handball
- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
Rugby union
- Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 1:
- Sale Sharks 26–17 Clermont
- Sale Sharks
- Pool 3:
- Ospreys 15–9 Leicester Tigers
- Leicester's bonus-point loss is enough to put the Tigers top of the group. Ospreys would qualify as one of the two best runners-up after the next day's results.
- Benetton Treviso 16–48 Perpignan
- Ospreys
- Pool 4:
- Harlequins 29–24 Scarlets
- Quins' bonus-point win improves their chances of a home quarterfinal.
- Stade Français 24–19 (Ireland) Ulster
- Harlequins
- Pool 1:
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 6:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 3rd round:
- Rafael Nadal (1) bt Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Andy Murray (4) bt Jurgen Melzer (31) 7-5, 6-0, 6-3
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) bt Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
- Gilles Simon (6) bt Mario Ancic 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-2
- James Blake (9) bt Igor Andreev (18) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
- The top 9 seeds are all safely through to the fourth round.
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles 3rd round:
- Serena Williams (2) bt Peng Shuai 6-1, 6-4
- Elena Dementieva (4) bt Samantha Stosur 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) bt Alona Bondarenko
(31) 7-6 (7), 6-4
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 3rd round:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
- Downhill: Dominique Gisin 1:16.98 Lindsey Vonn 1:17.13 Anja Pärson 1:17.15
- Gisin's win follows her first World Cup victory at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee last week.
- World Cup overall standings (after 18 races): Vonn 856 pts Maria Riesch 810 Paerson 762
- Downhill:
- Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Downhill: Didier Défago 1:56.09 Michael Walchhofer 1:56.26 Klaus Kröll 1:56.38
- Défago, who didn't win a World Cup downhill until last week, wins two prestigious races on the Lauberhorn and Hahnenkamm in succession.
- World Cup overall standings (after 22 of 37 races): Benjamin Raich 660 pts Aksel Lund Svindal 610 Defago 595
- Downhill:
Bandy
- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
- Semifinals:
- Sweden 8–3
Kazakhstan - Russia 10–4 Finland
- Semifinals:
Biathlon
- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 10 km Pursuit: Anna Boulygina 32min 49.8sec (2 penalties) Kaisa Maekaerainen at 2.3 (1) Darya Domracheva 2.3 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): Ekaterina Iourieva 507 points Svetlana Sleptsova 481 Kati Wilhelm 477
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events):
- Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Björn Ferry 33:19.4 (1) Simon Eder at 17.6sec (0) Emil Hegle Svendsen 24.7 (3)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events): Svendsen 568 points Tomasz Sikora 518 Carl-Johan Bergman 436
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 26 events):
- Women's 10 km Pursuit:
Cross-country skiing
- World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
- Women's 10 km classic: Justyna Kowalczyk 26:25.6 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 26:51.8 Virpi Kuitunen 27:12.2
- World Cup overall standings: Saarinen 1058 points Kuitunen 967 Kowalczyk 954
- World Cup overall standings:
- Men's 15 km classic: Lukas Bauer 35min 43.5sec Johan Olsson at 1.5 Vincent Vittoz 9.3
- World Cup overall standings (after 18 of 33 events): Dario Cologna 880 points Petter Northug 698 Axel Teichmann 631
- World Cup overall standings (after 18 of 33 events):
- Women's 10 km classic:
Figure skating
- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Ladies: Laura Lepisto 167.32 (1, 2) Carolina Kostner 165.42 (3, 1) Susanna Poykio 156.31 (2, 3)
- Ladies:
- United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Pairs: Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker 178.76 Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 176.27 Rena Inoue/John Baldwin 171.08
- Ice dance: Meryl Davis/Charlie White 201.68 Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 181.64 Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 176.30
- Ladies: Alissa Czisny 178.06 pts Rachael Flatt 173.78 Caroline Zhang 171.08
- Pairs:
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
- Moguls men: Vincent Marquiz 25.77 Alexandre Bilodeau 25.50 Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau 25.39
- Moguls women: Aiko Uemura 25.53 Jennifer Heil 25.51 Hannah Kearney 24.89
- Moguls men:
Luge
- World Cup 7 in Altenberg, Germany:
- Doubles: Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): Oberstolz/Gruber 580 pts Leitner/Resch 484 Linger/Linger 470
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races):
- Women's: Natalie Geisenberger Tatjana Hüfner Anke Wischnewski
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races): Hüfner 670 pts Geisenberger 600 Wischnewski 462
- World Cup standings (after 7 of 9 races):
- Doubles:
Ski jumping
- World Cup in Vancouver, Canada:
- 140m hill: Gregor Schlierenzauer 289.2 points (142.0/139.5m) Wolfgang Loitzl 274.1 (136.5/135.5) Matti Hautamaeki 270.6 (136.5/135.5)
- Schlierenzauer set a hill record with his first jump of 142m. His 4th win in 5 events lift him to the top of the World Cup standings.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 28 events): Schlierenzauer 1,220 points Simon Ammann 1,172 Loitzl 1,061
- 140m hill:
Snowboarding
- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Big air men: Markku Koski 55.6 points Seppe Smits
53.0 Stefan Gimpl 51.0
- Big air men:
Speed skating
- World Cup 6 in Kolomna, Russia:
- Men:
- 500 m: Keiichiro Nagashima 34.85 Yu Fengtong 34.89 Yuya Oikawa 34.96
- 1000 m: Denny Morrison 1:08.71 Stefan Groothuis 1:08.97 Yevgeny Lalenkov 1:09.02
- 500 m:
- Women:
- 500 m: Jenny Wolf 37.51 Annette Gerritsen 38.02 Yu Jing 38.17
- 1000 m: Margot Boer 1:15.84 Yu Jing 1:16.04 Christine Nesbitt 1:16.26
- 500 m:
- Men:
January 23, 2009 (Friday)
American football
- NFL News:
- Herman Edwards was fired as the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Cricket
- South Africa in Australia:
- 3rd ODI in Sydney:
- Australia 269 (49.2 ov); South Africa 270/7 (46.3 ov). South Africa win by 3 wickets, lead 5-match series 2-1.
- 3rd ODI in Sydney:
- Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
- 3rd ODI in Dhaka:
Zimbabwe 119/9 (37 ov); 
Bangladesh 124/4 (32.3 ov). Bangladesh win by 6 wickets, win 3-match series 2-1.
- 3rd ODI in Dhaka:
Cycling
- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 4, Burnside Village - Angaston, 143 km: Allan Davis Quick Step 3hr 29min 35sec, Graeme Brown same time, Jose Rojas s.t.
- Overall standings: Davis 14hr 16min 36sec, Brown at 4secs, Stuart O'Grady 15
- Overall standings:
- Stage 4, Burnside Village - Angaston, 143 km:
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 2:
- Costa Rica 3–0 Panama
- Group 2:
Rugby union
- Heineken Cup Pool stage, week 6:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 6:
- Cardiff Blues 62–20 Calvisano
- The Blues win secures them the top seed in the knockout phase.
- Biarritz 24–10 Gloucester
- Gloucester's defeat by more than seven points and Biarritz's failure to score four tries mean that both teams are eliminated.
- Cardiff Blues
- Pool 6:
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 5:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 3rd round:
- Roger Federer (2) bt Marat Safin (26) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Novak Djokovic (3) bt Amer Delic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Following this match, outside the Rod Laver Arena, Bosnian and Serb fans fought one another, mostly by throwing chairs. (Fox News (USA))
- Andy Roddick (7) bt Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Juan Martin del Potro (8) bt Gilles Muller
6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 3rd round:
- Jelena Jankovic (1) bt Ai Sugiyama (26) 6-4, 6-4
- Dinara Safina (3) bt Kaia Kanepi
(25) 6-2, 6-2 - Alisa Kleybanova (29) bt Ana Ivanovic (5) 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2
- Vera Zvonareva (7) bt Sara Errani 6-4, 6-1
- Nadia Petrova (10) bt Galina Voskoboeva 6-1 retired
- Jelena Jankovic
- Men's singles 3rd round:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Super giant slalom: Klaus Kröll 1:12.78 Aksel Lund Svindal 1:13.00 Ambrosi Hoffmann 1:13.17
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 37 events): Benjamin Raich 638 pts Svindal 598 Jean-Baptiste Grange 576
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 37 events):
- Super giant slalom:
Biathlon
- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Men's 10 km Sprint: Emil Hegle Svendsen 24:52.5 (0) Björn Ferry at 3.6 (0) Tomasz Sikora 6.7 (0)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): Svendsen 520 points Tomasz Sikora 475 Carl-Johan Bergman 413
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events):
- Men's 10 km Sprint:
Figure skating
- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Ice dance final results (free dance in brackets): Jana Khoklova / Sergei Novitski 196.91 (97.31) Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 186.17 (91.11) Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 185.20 (92.60)
- Ladies' short program: Laura Lepistö 56.62 points Susanna Pöykiö 56.06 Carolina Kostner 51.36
- Ice dance final results (free dance in brackets):
- United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Men's short program: Jeremy Abbott 86.40pts Evan Lysacek 83.59 Parker Pennington 76.17
- Men's short program:
Snowboarding
- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Half pipe men: Ryoh Aono 47.3 points, Jeff Batchelor 44.4, Mathieu Crepel 43.3
- Half pipe women: Jiayu Liu 43.5 points, Holly Crawford 39.6, Paulina Ligocki 38.5
- Half pipe men:
January 22, 2009 (Thursday)
Baseball
- Major League Baseball news:
- Tribune Company has sold the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and twenty percent interest in Comcast SportsNet Chicago to the Ricketts family for US $900 million, pending the approval of Major League Baseball.
Basketball
- NBA News:
- Marc Iavaroni was sacked as the coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, and replaced on an interim basis by Johnny Davis.
Cycling
- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 3, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km: Graeme Brown Rabobank 3h 15' 35" Allan Davis Quick Step s.t. Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank s.t.
- Stage 3, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km:
- Tour Down Under:
Football (soccer)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
- Group 1:
- El Salvador 1–1 Nicaragua
- Honduras 2–1 Belize
- El Salvador
- Group 1:
Handball
- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the top 12 stage)
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 4:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 2nd round:
- Rafael Nadal (1) bt Roko Karanusic 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
- Andy Murray (4) bt Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) bt Ivan Ljubicic 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Gilles Simon (6) bt Chris Guccione 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
- James Blake (9) bt Sebastien de Chaunac 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
- Rafael Nadal
- Women's singles 2nd round:
- Serena Williams (2) bt Gisela Dulko 6-3, 7-5
- Elena Dementieva (4) bt Iveta Benešová 6-4, 6-1
- Carla Suarez Navarro bt Venus Williams (6) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) bt Tatjana Malek 6-2, 6-2
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 2nd round:
Winter sports
Bandy
- World Championship in Västerås, Sweden:
(teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Biathlon
- World Cup 6 in Antholz, Italy:
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Tora Berger 21' 25.5" Darya Domracheva 21' 33.6" Kati Wilhelm 21' 46.2"
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events): Svetlana Sleptsova 481 points, Ekaterina Iourieva 473, Wilhelm 437
- Overall World Cup standings (after 12 of 26 events):
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint:
Figure skating
- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Men: Brian Joubert 232.01 points (1, 2) Samuel Contestini 220.92 (3, 3) Kevin Van Der Perren 219.36 (4, 4)
- Ice dance (after original dance): Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 99.60 points (1, 1) Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 95.06 (2, 2) Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 92.60 (3, 3)
- Men:
- United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Ladies short programme: Alissa Czisny 65.75 pts Rachael Flatt 60.19 Caroline Zhang 58.91
- Pairs short programme: Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 61.51 pts Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker 61.12 Rena Inoue/John Baldwin 61.11
- Ice dance (after original dance): Meryl Davis/Charlie White 101.86 Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 93.25 Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 89.52
- Ladies short programme:
January 21, 2009 (Wednesday)
Basketball
- NCAA Men's Basketball:
- The New Jersey Institute of Technology ended the longest losing streak in Division I Men's Basketball at 57 games by defeating Bryant College, 61-51. The school last won a game against Longwood University on February 19, 2007.
Cricket
- Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
- 2nd ODI in Dhaka:
- Zimbabwe 160/9 (50 ov); Bangladesh 164/4 (44.5 ov). Bangladesh win by 6 wickets, 3-match series tied 1-1.
- 2nd ODI in Dhaka:
- Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
Cycling
- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 2, Hahndorf - Stirling, 145 km: Allan Davis Quick Step 3h 46' 25" Graeme Brown Rabobank s.t. Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale +2"
- Stage 2, Hahndorf - Stirling, 145 km:
- Tour Down Under:
Handball
- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 12 stage)
Ice hockey
- Champions Hockey League Finals, first leg:
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 3:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 2nd round:
- Roger Federer (2) def. Evgeny Korolev 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Novak Djokovic (3) def. Jérémy Chardy 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
- Andy Roddick (7) def. Xavier Malisse 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-2
- Juan Martín del Potro (8) def. Florian Mayer 6-1, 7-5, 6-2
- Lu Yen-hsun
def. David Nalbandian (10) 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 2nd round:
- Jelena Janković (1) def. Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 7-5
- Dinara Safina (3) def. Ekaterina Makarova 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0
- Ana Ivanović (5) def. Alberta Brianti 6-3, 6-2
- Vera Zvonareva (7) def. Edina Gallovits
6-0, 6-0 - Nadia Petrova (10) def. Sania Mirza 6-3, 6-2
- Jelena Janković
- Men's singles 2nd round:
Winter sports
Bandy
Figure skating
- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Pairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 199.07 points (2 SP, 1 FS) Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov 182.77 (3, 2) Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 182.07 (1, 4)
- Men's short program: Brian Joubert 86.90 points Tomas Verner 81.45 Samuel Contesti 75.95
- Pairs:
- United States Championships in Cleveland, Ohio:
- Compulsory Dance: Meryl Davis/Charlie White 39.93 pts Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 36.28 Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 35.22
- Compulsory Dance:
Snowboarding
- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Parallel slalom men: Benjamin Karl , Sylvain Dufour , Patrick Bussler
- Parallel slalom women: Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli , Doris Guenther , Ekaterina Tudegesheva
- Parallel slalom men:
January 20, 2009 (Tuesday)
Cricket
Cycling
- UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under:
- Stage 1, Norwood - Mawson Lakes, 140 km: Andre Greipel Team Columbia 3h 45' 27" Baden Cooke UniSA s.t. Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank s.t.
- Stage 1, Norwood - Mawson Lakes, 140 km:
- Tour Down Under:
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 2:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 1st round:
- Raphael Nadal (1) def. Christophe Rochus 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
- Andy Murray (4) def. Andrei Pavel 6-2, 3-1 (ret.)
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) def. Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
- Gilles Simon (6) def. Pablo Andujar 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
- James Blake (9) def. Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Raphael Nadal
- Women's singles 1st round:
- Serena Williams (2) def. Meng Yuan 6-3, 6-2
- Elena Dementieva (4) def. Kristina Barrois 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
- Venus Williams (6) def. Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-3
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) def. Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Kateryna Bondarenko def. Agnieszka Radwanska (9) 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
- Serena Williams
- Men's singles 1st round:
Winter sports
Bandy
Figure skating
- European Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
- Compulsory dance: Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski 37.43 pts Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali 36.03 Sinead Kerr/John Kerr 34.89
- Pairs' short program: Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov 69.62 pts Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy 66.64 Yuko Kawaguchi/Alexander Smirnov 65.38
- Compulsory dance:
Snowboarding
- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Parallel giant slalom men: Jasey Jay Anderson Sylvain Dufour Matthew Morison
- Parallel giant slalom women: Marion Kreiner Doris Guenther Patrizia Kummer
- Parallel giant slalom men:
January 19, 2009 (Monday)
Cricket
- Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
- 1st ODI in Dhaka:
- Bangladesh 124 (48.1 ov); Zimbabwe 127/8 (49.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 2 wickets and lead 3-match series 1-0.
- 1st ODI in Dhaka:
Handball
Tennis
- Australian Open in Melbourne, day 1:
(top 10 seeds results; seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles 1st round:
- Roger Federer (2) def. Andreas Seppi 6-1, 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (3) def. Andrea Stoppini 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
- Andy Roddick (7) def. Bjorn Rehnquist 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
- Juan Martin Del Potro (8) def. Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- David Nalbandian (10) def. Marc Gicquel 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Roger Federer
- Women's singles 1st round:
- Jelena Jankovic (1) def. Yvonne Meusburger 6-1, 6-3
- Dinara Safina (3) def. Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-4
- Ana Ivanovic (5) def. Julia Goerges 7-5, 6-3
- Vera Zvonareva (7) def. Magdalena Rybarikova 7-6 (2), 6-0
- Nadia Petrova (10) def. Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Jelena Jankovic
- Men's singles 1st round:
Winter sports
Bandy
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
- Skicross men: Lars Lewens Patrick Koller Tomas Kraus
- Skicross women: Ophelie David Jenny Owens Meryl Boulangeat
- Skicross men:
January 18, 2009 (Sunday)
American football
- NFL Playoffs, Conference Championship Games:
Conference rankings in parentheses- NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 32, (6) Philadelphia Eagles 25
- The Cardinals book their first Super Bowl trip behind four Kurt Warner touchdown passes—three to Larry Fitzgerald in the first half, and the last to Tim Hightower after the Cards had blown a 24–6 halftime lead.
- AFC: (2) Pittsburgh Steelers 23, (6) Baltimore Ravens 14
- Thanks to Santonio Holmes' 65-yard catch from Ben Rothlisberger and Troy Polamalu 40-yard interception return, the Steelers will attempt to become the first team to win six Lombardi Trophies.
- NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 32, (6) Philadelphia Eagles 25
Badminton
- BWF Super Series:
- Korea Open Super Series in Seoul:
(seeding in parenthesis)- Men's singles: Peter Hoeg Gade
(3) bt Lee Chong Wei 
(1) 21-18, 10-21, 21-17 - Women's singles: Tine Rasmussen (2) bt Pi Hongyan (4) 21-19, 21-19
- Men's doubles: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (4) bt Jung Jae-Sung/Lee Yong-Dae
(2) 21-12, 24-22 - Women's doubles: Chien Yu Chin/Chieng Wen Hsing (1) bt Lee Kyung-Won/Lee Hyo-Jung (2) 21-19, 21-8
- Mixed doubles: Lee Yong-Dae/Lee Hyo-Jung (2) bt Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
(4) 21-8, 21-7
- Men's singles: Peter Hoeg Gade
- Korea Open Super Series in Seoul:
Cricket
- South Africa in Australia:
- 2nd ODI in Hobart:
- Australia 249/9 (50 ov); South Africa 244/6 (50 ov). Australia win by 5 runs and level 5-match series 1-1.
- 2nd ODI in Hobart:
Golf
- PGA Tour:
- Sony Open in Hawaiʻi in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
- Winner: Zach Johnson 265 (−15)
- Winner:
- Sony Open in Hawaiʻi in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
- Champions Tour:
- Champions Skins Game in Kāʻanapali, Hawaiʻi:
- Winners: Fuzzy Zoeller and Ben Crenshaw (13 skins, US $530,000)
- Champions Skins Game in Kāʻanapali, Hawaiʻi:
- European Tour:
- Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Winner: Paul Casey 267 (−21)
- Winner:
- Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Snooker
- Masters in London, United Kingdom:
- Final: (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan def. (1) Mark Selby 10-8
- Final: (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan
Handball
Rugby union
- Heineken Cup pool stage, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Pool 4:
- Scarlets 31–17 Stade Français
- Stade's loss secures first place in the pool and a quarterfinal berth for Harlequins.
- Stade's loss secures first place in the pool and a quarterfinal berth for
- Scarlets
- Pool 5:
- Newport Gwent Dragons 12–15 Bath
- Bath set up a showdown with Toulouse next weekend, with first place in the pool on the line.
- Bath set up a showdown with
- Newport Gwent Dragons
- Pool 6:
- Gloucester 12–16 Cardiff Blues
- The Blues, playing a man down from the 25th minute, come from behind and claim a quarterfinal berth with a converted try from Bradley Davies in the 76th minute.
- Gloucester
- Pool 4:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Slalom: Manfred Pranger 1:40.36 (48.10 + 52.26) Reinfried Herbst 1:40.70 (48.44 + 52.26) Ivica Kostelic 1:40.75 (48.80 + 51.95)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 38 races): Benjamin Raich 638 pts Jean-Baptiste Grange 576 Kostelic 546
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 38 races):
- Slalom:
- Women's World Cup in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria:
- Downhill: Anja Paerson & Dominique Gisin 1:47.52 Lindsey Vonn 1:47.69
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 35 races): Vonn 776 pts Maria Riesch 765 Paerson 702
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 35 races):
- Downhill:
Bandy
Biathlon
- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- Women's 10 km Pursuit: Magdalena Neuner 32:56.5 (4), Ekaterina Iourieva at 8.9s (1), Kati Wilhelm 21.7 (3)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): Svetlana Sleptsova 481 points, Iourieva 461, Neuner 409
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races):
- Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen 36min 17.4sec (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen 34.4 (1) Dominik Landertinger 46.5 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races): Svendsen 460 points Tomasz Sikora 427 Bjoerndalen 408
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 of 26 races):
- Women's 10 km Pursuit:
Bobsleigh
- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Four-man: Alexandre Zoubkov, Roman Oreshnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Dmitriy Stepushkin 2:10.48 (1:05.20/1:05.28) Thomas Florschütz, Marc Kühne, Andreas Barucha, Alex Metzger 2:10.79 (1:05.61/1:05.18) Karl Angerer, Andreas Udvari, Thomas Pöge, Gregor Bermbach 2:10.81 (1:05.53/1:05.28)
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 races): Zoubkov 1046 points André Lange 955 Jānis Miņins
904
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 races):
- Four-man:
Cross-country skiing
Curling
- World Curling Tour:
- Glynhill Ladies International in Braehead, Glasgow, Scotland:
- Women's final: Jennifer Jones def. Binia Feltscher-Beeli 7-6
- Women's final:
- Glynhill Ladies International in Braehead, Glasgow, Scotland:
Figure skating
- Canadian Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan:
- Men: Patrick Chan 254.82 Vaughn Chipeur 206.30 Jeremy Ten 204.03
- Men:
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
- Aerials men: Jeret Peterson 252.59 Kyle Nyssen 244.92 Warren Shouldice 243.03
- Aerials women: Alla Tsuper 189.98 Xu Mengtao 186.11 Emily Cook 184.70
- Aerials men:
Luge
Short track speed skating
- European Championships in Torino, Italy:
- Men's overall standings: Nicola Rodigari 76 Haralds Silovs 55 Viktor Knoch
55 - Women's overall standings: Arianna Fontana 83 Katerina Novotna 76 Stephanie Bouvier 63
- Men's overall standings:
Snowboarding
- World Championship in Gangwon-do, South Korea:
- Snowboardcross men: Markus Schairer Xavier Delerue Nick Baumgartner
- Snowboardcross women: Helene Olafsen Olivia Nobs Mellie Francon
- Snowboardcross men:
Speed skating
- World Sprint Championships in Moscow, Russia:
- Men's overall standings: Shani Davis 139.560 Keiichiro Nagashima 139.720 Simon Kuipers 140.450
- Women's overall standings: Wang Beixing 152.475 Jenny Wolf 153.410 Yu Jing 153.740
- Men's overall standings:
January 17, 2009 (Saturday)
American football
- NFL News:
- Less than 24 hours after sacking Jon Gruden as head coach, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers replace him with defensive backs coach Raheem Morris.
- The St. Louis Rams agree to terms with New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo on a four-year contract to become the team's new head coach.
Auto racing
- Rallying:
- Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile:
- Cars: Giniel De Villiers Dirk Von Zitzewitz 48:10:57 Mark Miller Ralph Pitchford 48:19:56 Robby Gordon Andy Grider 49:57:12
- Trucks: Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev 49:34:46 Vladimir Chagin Sergey Savostin Eduard Nikolaev 49:38:25 Gerard De Rooy Tom Coldoul Marcel Van Melis 50:34:42
- Motorbikes: Marc Coma 52:14:33 Cyril Despres 53:40:11 David Fretigne 53:53:29
- Quads: Josef Machacek 68:22:06 Marcos Patronelli 70:56:06 Rafal Sonik 76:04:40
- Cars:
- Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile:
Football (soccer)
- Gulf Cup of Nations in Muscat, Oman:
- Final:
- Oman
0–0 
Saudi Arabia
- Oman win 6-5 in penalty shootout
- Oman
- Final:
Handball
Mixed martial arts
Rugby union
- Heineken Cup pool stage, week 5:
- Pool 2:
- London Wasps 19–12 (Ireland) Leinster
- London Wasps
- Pool 3:
- Leicester Tigers 52–0 Benetton Treviso
- Perpignan 17–15 Ospreys
- Leicester Tigers
- Pool 4:
- Ulster Rugby (Ireland) 21–10 Harlequins
- Ulster Rugby (Ireland) 21–10
- Pool 5:
- Pool 6:
- Pool 2:
Tennis
- ATP Tour:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
- Final: David Nalbandian def. Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-7 (9/11), 6-2
- Final:
- Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Final: Juan Martín del Potro def. Sam Querrey, 6-4, 6-4
- Final:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
- Exhibition tournaments:
- AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
- Final: Roger Federer def. Stanislas Wawrinka 6-1, 6-3
- Final:
- AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Downhill: Didier Defago 2:31.98 Bode Miller 2:32.18 Marco Sullivan 2:32.37
- Defago wins his first ever World Cup downhill on the Lauberhorn course as the home crowd celebrate second Swiss victory in two days.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 38 races): Benjamin Raich 593 points Jean-Baptiste Grange 536 Aksel Lund Svindal 518
- Downhill:
- Women's World Cup in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria:
- Super combined: Lindsey Vonn 2:40.53 Kathrin Zettel 2:40.83 Anja Paerson 2:41.19
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 35 races): Maria Riesch 729 points Vonn 716 Zettel 651
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 35 races):
- Super combined:
Biathlon
- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- Men's 10 km Sprint: Ole Einar Bjorndalen 23:25.8 (0 penalty laps) Dominik Landertinger at 33.4 (0) Emil Hegle Svendsen 35.3 (1)
- World Cup overall standings (after 10 of 26 events): Svendsen 406 points Tomasz Sikora 393 Bjorndalen 348
- World Cup overall standings (after 10 of 26 events):
- Men's 10 km Sprint:
Bobsleigh
- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-man: Pierre Lueders/David Bissett 2:12.08 (1:06.21/1:05.87) Andre Lange/Martin Putze 2:12.10 (1:06.23/1:05.87) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter 2:12.23 (1:06.36/1:05.87)
- European Championship: Lange/Putze Hefti/Lamparter Thomas Florschütz/Marc Kuehne (4th overall)
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 8 races): Hefti 1171 points Lange 1141 Ivo Rüegg 1020
- European Championship:
- Two-man:
Cross-country skiing
- World Cup in Vancouver, Canada:
- Men's 15 km classic/15 km freestyle pursuit: Pietro Piller Cottrer 1hr 13min 1.5sec Jean-Marc Gaillard 15.0 Valerio Checci 15.3
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 33 events): Dario Cologna 835 points Petter Northug 698 Axel Teichmann 581
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 of 33 events):
- Women's 7.5 km classic/7.5 km freestyle Pursuit: Justyna Kowalczyk 40:41.3 Marianna Longa 40:48.9 Arianna Follis 41:27.3
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 33 events): Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 978 points Virpi Kuitunen 907 Petra Majdic 893
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 of 33 events):
- Men's 15 km classic/15 km freestyle pursuit:
Figure skating
- Canadian Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan:
- Women: Joannie Rochette 185.35 Cynthia Phaneuf 151.42 Amélie Lacoste 143.01
- Pairs: Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 188.43 Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 182.50 Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall 159.85
- Ice dancing: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 197.77 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier 175.58 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 170.23
- Women:
Luge
- World Cup 6 in Oberhof, Germany:
- Men: Jan Eichhorn Felix Loch David Möller (GER)
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races): Armin Zöggeler 501 points Möller 455 Eichhorn 375
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races):
- Doubles: Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races): Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber 480 points Wendl/Arlt 405 Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 400
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 9 races):
- Men:
Nordic combined
- World Cup in Vancouver, Canada:
- 10 km Gundersen: Magnus Moan 25:18.7 Bjoern Kircheisen 25:19.1 Bill Demong 25:19.2
- World Cup standings (after 13 out of 24 races): Anssi Koivuranta 773 points Moan 701 Demong 675
- World Cup standings (after 13 out of 24 races):
- 10 km Gundersen:
Skeleton
- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Men: Frank Rommel 2:15.77 (1:08.08/1:07.69) Kristan Bromley 2:16.74 (1:08.37/1:08.37) Gregor Stähli 2:16.79 (1:08.36/1:08.43)
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 events): Alexander Tretiakov 924 points Florian Grassl 907 Rommel 900
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 7 events):
- Men:
Ski jumping
- World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- 134m hill: Gregor Schlierenzauer 285.7 points (130.5/138.5m) Wolfgang Loitzl 280.7 (130.0/136.5) Simon Ammann 271.2 (127.5/134.0)
- World Cup standings (after 15 of 28 events): Ammann 1,122 points Schlierenzauer 1,120 Loitzl 981
- World Cup standings (after 15 of 28 events):
- 134m hill:
January 16, 2009 (Friday)
American football
- NFL News:
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fire head coach Jon Gruden and General Manager Bruce Allen after a disappointing December in which they lost 4 games in a row and missed the playoffs.
Cricket
- South Africa in Australia:
- 1st ODI in Melbourne:
- Australia 271/8 (50 ov); South Africa 272/7 (49.3 ov). South Africa win by 3 wickets and lead 5-match series 1-0.
- 1st ODI in Melbourne:
- Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
- Final in Dhaka:
- Bangladesh 152 (50 overs); Sri Lanka 153/8 (48.1 overs). Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets.
- Bangladesh reduce Sri Lanka to 6 for 5 after eight overs, the lowest score ever recorded in ODI history at the fall of the 5th wicket. Sri Lanka fights back to take the Tri-Series with 59 runs from Kumar Sangakkara and 33 not out by Muttiah Muralitharan off 16 balls, including 18 runs in one over.
- Final in Dhaka:
Handball
- World Men's Championship in Croatia:
- Group B:
- Croatia 27–26 South Korea
- Croatia
- Group B:
Rugby union
- Pool stage, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinal)- Pool 1:
- Munster (Ireland) 37–14 Sale Sharks
- Munster get the bonus-point win they need to clinch first place in the pool and advance to the quarterfinals.
- Clermont 43–10 Montauban
- Munster (Ireland) 37–14
- Pool 2:
- Edinburgh Rugby 32–14 Castres
- Edinburgh Rugby
- Pool 1:
Tennis
- WTA Tour:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
- Final: Elena Dementieva def. Dinara Safina 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
- Dementieva wins two tournaments back-to-back after winning the ASB Classic in Auckland last week.
- Final:
- Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:
- Final: Petra Kvitová def. Iveta Benešová 7-5, 6-1
- Final:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Super combined: Carlo Janka 2:34.16 (1:47.15 + 47.01) Peter Fill 2:34.38 (1:47.65 + 46.73) Silvan Zurbriggen 2:34.56 (1:48.16 + 46.40)
- Overall World cup standings (after 18 events): Benjamin Raich 593 pts Jean-Baptiste Grange 536 Aksel Lund Svindal 502
- Overall World cup standings (after 18 events):
- Super combined:
Biathlon
- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Magdalena Neuner 23min 26.6sec (1), Kati Wilhelm at 0.2 (0), Darya Domracheva 14.0 (0)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 26 events): Svetlana Sleptsova 441 points, Ekaterina Iourieva 407, Helena Jonsson 363
- Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 26 events):
- Women's 7.5 km Sprint:
Bobsleigh
- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-woman: Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker 2:17.40 (1:09.20/1:08.20) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer 2:18.36 (1:09.73/1:08.63) Nicole Minichiello/Gillian Cooke 2:18.75 (1:09.68/1:09.07)
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 8 races): Kiriasis 1295 points Martini 1206 Shauna Rohbock 1155
- World Cup standings (after 6 of 8 races):
- Two-woman:
Cross-country skiing
- World Cup in Vancouver, Canada:
- Men 1.6 km Classic Sprint: Emil Joensson Ola Vigen Hattestad Josef Wenzl
- Ladies 1.3 km Classic Sprint: Alena Prochazkova Justyna Kowalczyk Anna Olsson
- Men 1.6 km Classic Sprint:
Nordic combined
- World Cup in Vancouver, Canada:
- 10 km Gundersen: Bill Demong 25:07.9 Anssi Koivuranta 25:26.3 Bjoern Kircheisen 25:40.2
- World Cup standings (after 12 out of 24 races): Koivuranta 723 points Demong 615 Magnus Moan 601
- World Cup standings (after 12 out of 24 races):
- 10 km Gundersen:
Skeleton
- World Cup 6 and European Championships at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Women: Shelley Rudman 2:20.50 (1:10.53/1:09.97) Melissa Hollingsworth 2:20.59 (1:10.43/1:10.16) Michelle Kelly 2:21.68 (1:10.95/1:10.73)
- European Championship: Rudman Marion Trott (4th overall) Maya Pedersen (7th)
- World Cup standings (after 5 races): Rudman 972 points Anja Huber 931 Trott 912
- European Championship:
- Women:
Ski jumping
- World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- 134m hill: Wolfgang Loitzl 272.7 points (129.5/132.0m), Gregor Schlierenzauer 262.5 (127.5/130.0), Martin Schmitt 249.4 (121.0/129.5)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 28 rounds): Simon Ammann 1062pts, Schlierenzauer 1020, Loitzl 901
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 28 rounds):
- 134m hill:
January 15, 2009 (Thursday)
Baseball
- Major League Baseball news:
- MLB owners approve two rules changes:
- All postseason games, as well as one-game playoffs, will be played to their conclusion. Games called due to weather will be suspended, regardless of the number of innings played.
- Home-field advantage for one-game playoffs to break ties for division championships or wild-card berths will now be determined by head-to-head record, instead of a coin flip.
- MLB owners approve two rules changes:
Basketball
- Euroleague, week 10:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage)- Group A:
- Air Avellino 79–75 Cibona Zagreb
- Unicaja Málaga 92–69 Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Málaga's win secure them top spot in this group.
- Olympiacos 68–78 Le Mans
- Air Avellino
- Group C:
- TAU Cerámica 91–83 DKV Joventut
- ALBA Berlin 59–67 Union Olimpija Ljubljana
- ALBA clinch the last spot in the Top 16 despite their loss because Joventut also lost.
- Fenerbahçe Ülker 90–86(OT) Lottomatica Roma
- TAU Cerámica
- Group A:
Winter sports
Biathlon
- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Bobsleigh
- World Cup 4 at Sankt Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-man: Pierre Lueders/David Bissett 2:14.34 (1:07.55/1:06.79) Ivo Rüegg/Roman Handschin 2:14.64 (1:07.78/1:06.86) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter 2:15.08 (1:08.03/1:07.05)
- World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races): Hefti 971 points André Lange 931 Rüegg 860
- World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races):
- Two-woman: Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker 2:17.34 (1:08.75/1:08.59) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer 2:17.36 (1:08.85/1:08.51) Nicole Minichiello/Jackie Gunn 2:17.70 (1:08.75/1:08.95)
- World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races): Kiriasis 1070 points Martini 996 Shauna Rohbock 979
- These races are substitutes for the cancelled races in Cesana Pariol in December.
- World Cup rankings (after 5 of 8 races):
- Two-man:
January 14, 2009 (Wednesday)
American football
- College football news:
- 2008 Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford announces that he will return for his junior (third) season at Oklahoma; as a third-year sophomore, he was eligible to declare for the 2009 NFL Draft.
Basketball
- Euroleague, week 10:
(teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage)- Group B:
- Regal FC Barcelona 90–68
Žalgiris Kaunas - SLUC Nancy 79–103 Montepaschi Siena
- Panathinaikos Athens 75–53 Asseco Prokom Sopot
- Sopot clinch the 4th berth in the Top 16 despite their loss as their rivals, Žalgiris and Nancy, lose as well.
- Regal FC Barcelona
- Group D:
- CSKA Moscow 63–66 Partizan Belgrade
- Real Madrid 80–69 Efes Pilsen
- Panionios 77–87 AJ Milano
- Partizan Belgrade and Milano clinch berths in the Top 16 with their wins. Efes Pilsen's elimination ends a 12-years streak in the last-16 stage of Euroleague.
- CSKA Moscow
- Group B:
Cricket
- Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
- 3rd match in Dhaka:
- Sri Lanka 147 (30.3/31 ov); Bangladesh 151/5 (23.5/31 ov). Bangladesh win by 5 wickets, and advance to the final on Friday against Sri Lanka.
- 3rd match in Dhaka:
Football (soccer)
- Gulf Cup of Nations in Muscat, Oman:
- Semifinals:
- Oman 1–0
Qatar - Kuwait
0–1 Saudi Arabia
- Oman
- Semifinals:
- News:
- Israel police allows the Israeli Premier League match between Bnei Sakhnin F.C. and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. to be played at Sakhnin as scheduled on Saturday. It was earlier reported that due to fear of violence between home Arab fans and visiting Jewish supporters resulted from Israel-Gaza conflict the match will not be played at Sakhnin.
Winter sports
Biathlon
- World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Flaine, France:
- Skicross men: Tomas Kraus Casey Puckett Eric Iljans
- Skicross women: Ophelie David Ashleigh McIvor Karin Huttary
- Skicross men:
Snowboarding
- World Cup in Gujo, Japan:
- Halfpipe men: Ryoh Aono Ben Mates Shi Wancheng
- Halfpipe women: Liu Jiayu Sun Zhifeng Soko Yamaoka
- Halfpipe men:
January 13, 2009 (Tuesday)
Cricket
- West Indies in New Zealand:
- 5th ODI in Napier:
West Indies 293/9 (50 ov); 
New Zealand 211/5 (35/35 ov). New Zealand win by 9 runs (D/L method) and win the series 2-1.
- 5th ODI in Napier:
- South Africa in Australia:
- 2nd T20I in Brisbane
- South Africa 157/5 (20/20 ov); Australia 161/4 (18.5/20 ov). Australia win by 6 wickets and win the series 2-0.
- 2nd T20I in Brisbane
Football (soccer)
- CECAFA Cup in Kampala, Uganda:
- News:
- Israel Football Association decides to resume play in the top three divisions this weekend for the first time since the start of Israel-Gaza conflict. Lower divisions will still be suspended. Teams whose home grounds are within 40 km of the Gaza Strip will have to play their matches on alternative grounds out of the danger zone. Also, matches between teams from Jewish and Arab towns may be played on neutral grounds by police order for fear of possible crowd violence. Officials of teams that could be affected by this decision, in particular Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. and Bnei Sakhnin F.C., say they object to move away from their home grounds.
January 12, 2009 (Monday)
American football
- NFL News:
- Tony Dungy retires from football as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Jim Caldwell, who was named head coach designate in January 2008, takes over Dungy's responsibilities.
- Josh McDaniels, offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, is named the new head coach of the Denver Broncos.
Baseball
- Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Henderson enters in his first year of eligibility while Rice enters in his 15th and final year of eligibility, the third player to do so.
Cricket
Football (soccer)
- 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year awards in Zürich, Switzerland:
- Men: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Lionel Messi (Barçelona) Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
- Women:
Marta (Umeå) Birgit Prinz (Frankfurt) Cristiane (Corinthians)
- Men:
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.
- NFC: (6) Philadelphia Eagles 23, (1) New York Giants 11
- College football news:
- Tim Tebow announces he will return for his senior season at Florida.
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
- Men's Singles: Lee Chong Wei
- Malaysia Super Series in Kuala Lumpur:
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.
- 1st T20I in Melbourne:
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.
- Men's Final:
Football (soccer)
Golf
- PGA Tour:
- Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:
- Winner: Geoff Ogilvy 268 (−24)
- Winner:
- Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:
- European Tour:
- Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
- Winner: Anders Hansen 269 (−15)
- Winner:
- Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
Tennis
- ATP Tour:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
- Final: Radek Stepanek def. Fernando Verdasco 3–6 6–3 6–4
- Final:
- Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
- Final: Marin Cilic def. Somdev Devvarman 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
- Final:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
- Slalom: Reinfried Herbst 1:42.95 (50.12 + 52.83) Manfred Pranger 1:43.13 (49.14 + 53.99) Felix Neureuther 1:43.27 (50.37 + 52.90)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 events): Benjamin Raich 557 pts Jean-Baptiste Grange 507 Aksel Lund Svindal 470
- Overall World Cup standings (after 17 events):
- Slalom:
- Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
- Slalom: Maria Riesch 1:29.64 (44.78 + 44.86) Kathrin Zettel 1:30.79 (46.07 + 44.72) Tanja Poutiainen 1:31.41 (46.08 + 45.33)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 35 events): Riesch 729 points Poutiainen 644 Lindsey Vonn 616
- Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 35 events):
- Slalom:
Biathlon
- World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Kati Wilhelm 38min 11.6sec (2 penalties) Olga Medvedtseva at 1.6sec (2) Helena Jonsson 11.1 (1)
- Overall World Cup standings (after nine events): Svetlana Sleptsova 401 points Ekaterina Iourieva 371 Jonsson 331
- Overall World Cup standings (after nine events):
- 15 km Mass Start Men: Christoph Sumann 38:11.9 (1+0+1+0) Carl Johan Bergman 38:21.6 (0+0+1+1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen 38:21.8 (0+1+1+0)
- 12.5 km Mass Start Women:
Bobsleigh
- World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
- Four-man: Germany (Karl Angerer, Andreas Udvari, Alex Mann, Gregor Bermbach) 1:37.84 (48.96/48.88) Netherlands (Edwin van Calker, Arnold van Calker, Arno Klaassen, Sybren Jansma) 1:37.93 (48.91/49.02) 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 8 events): Alexandre Zoubkov 821 Lange 803 Minins 760
- World Cup standings (after 4 of 8 events):
- Four-man:
Curling
- Ramada Perth Masters in Perth Scotland:
- Men's final: Kevin Koe 6-5 Thomas Ulsrud
- Men's final:
- Bernese Ladies Cup in Bern, Switzerland:
- Women's final: Shannon Kleibrink 6-5 Andrea Schöpp
- Women's final:
- Casino Rama Skins in Rama, Ontario
- Randy Ferbey def. Glenn Howard
Freestyle skiing
- World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
- Half-pipe men: Xavier Bertoni 44.60 Nils Lauper 42.00 Kevin Rolland 41.90
- Half-pipe women: Virginie Faivre 41.2 Miyuki Hatanaka 36.8 Jessica Cumming 33.6
- Half-pipe men:
Luge
- World Cup 5 in Cesana Pariol, Italy:
- Men: Armin Zöggeler Felix Loch Daniel Pfister
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races): Zöggeler 455 David Möller 385 Jan Eichhorn 275
- World Cup standings (after 5 of 9 races):
- Men:
Nordic combined
- World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- 10 km Gundersen: Magnus Moan 27:33.1 (13th after ski jump) Jan Schmid 27:37.2 (7) Pavel Churavy 27:37.5 (8)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 out of 24 races): Anssi Koivuranta 643 points Moan 556 Bill Demong 515
- Overall World Cup standings (after 11 out of 24 races):
- 10 km Gundersen:
Ski jumping
- World Cup in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
- 200m flying hill: Gregor Schlierenzauer 393.6 points (203.5/202.0m) Harri Olli 390.4 (201.5/200.5) Simon Ammann 382.2 (197.5/198.5)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 28 events): Ammann 1017 points Schlierenzauer 940 Wolfgang Loitzl 801
- Overall World Cup standings (after 13 of 28 events):
- 200m flying hill:
Snowboarding
- World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
Speed skating
- European Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
- Men overall standings: Sven Kramer 148.564 points Håvard Bøkko 150.495 Wouter Olde Heuvel 150.629
- Women overall standings: Claudia Pechstein 162.014 points Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 162.307 Martina Sábliková 162.815
- Men overall standings:
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 interceptions 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.
- AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 13, (1) Tennessee Titans 10
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
- 4th ODI in Auckland:
- Tri-Series in Bangladesh:
- 1st match in Dhaka:
- Zimbabwe 205/9 (50 ov); Bangladesh 167 (46.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 38 runs
- 1st match in Dhaka:
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.
- United States
- Bronze medal game:
- Sweden 9–1 Czech Republic
- Sweden
- Game for 5th place:
- 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.
- Switzerland is relegated to Division I in 2010, and will be replaced in the top division by
- Switzerland
- Final:
Tennis
- ATP Tour:
- Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
- Final: Andy Murray def. Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2
- Final:
- Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
- WTA Tour:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
- Final: Victoria Azarenka def. Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-1
- Final:
- ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
- Final: Elena Dementieva def. Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-1
- Final:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
- 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
- Gisela Dulko
- 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
- Zheng Jie
- Gold group final (best of five matches):
Winter sports
Alpine skiing
- Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
- Giant slalom: Benjamin Raich 2:24.95 (1:12.33 + 1:12.62) Massimiliano Blardone 2:25.19 (1:12.53 + 1:12.66) Kjetil Jansrud 2:25.67 (1:14.19 + 1:11.48)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 events): Raich 533 points Jean-Baptiste Grange 478 Aksel Lund Svindal 470
- Overall World Cup standings (after 16 events):
- Giant slalom:
- Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
- Giant slalom: Tina Maze 2:45.15 (1:21.75 + 1:23.40) Denise Karbon 2:45.54 (1:21.66 + 1:23.88) Kathrin Hoelzl 2:46.07 (1:21.93 + 1:24.14)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 35 events): Maria Riesch 629 points Tanja Poutiainen 584 Lindsey Vonn 566
- Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 35 events):
- Giant slalom:
Biathlon
- World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 10 km Sprint Men: Maxim Tchoudov 25:49.5 (0+0) Michael Roesch 26:02.2 (0+0) Tomasz Sikora 26:14.7 (1+0)
- 10 km Sprint Men:
Bobsleigh
- World Cup 5 in Königssee, Germany:
- Two-man: Thomas Florschuetz/Marc Kühne 1:44.62 (52.20/52.42) Ivo Rüegg/Cedric Grand 1:39.27 (49.54/49.73) Alexandre Zoubkov/Dmitry Trunenkov 1:39.31 (49.58/49.73) & Karl Angerer/Alex Mann 1:39.31 (49.73/49.58)
- Two-man: Thomas Florschuetz/Marc Kühne