# January 2012 in sports
## 2012

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May
    June
    July
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December

## Current sporting seasons
### American football 2011

* National Football League
* NCAA Division I FBS
* NCAA Division I FCS

### Auto racing 2012

* World Rally Championship

### Basketball 2012

* NBA
* NCAA Division I men
* NCAA Division I women
* Euroleague
* EuroLeague Women
* Eurocup
* EuroChallenge
* ASEAN Basketball League
* Australia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Philippines
** Philippine Cup
* Russia
* Spain
* Turkey

### Cricket 2012

* Australia:
** Sheffield Shield
** Ryobi One-Day Cup

### Football (soccer) 2012
#### National teams competitions

* 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
* UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying

#### International clubs competitions

* UEFA (Europe) Champions League
* UEFA Europa League
* UEFA Women's Champions League
* Copa Libertadores (South America)
* CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League
* OFC (Oceania) Champions League

#### Domestic (national) competitions

* Australia
* England
* France
* Germany
* Iran
* Italy
* Portugal
* Russia
* Scotland
* Spain

### Ice hockey 2012

* National Hockey League
* Kontinental Hockey League
* Czech Extraliga
* Elitserien
* Canadian Hockey League:
** OHL, QMJHL, WHL
* NCAA Division I men
* NCAA Division I women

### Rugby union 2012

* Heineken Cup
* Amlin Challenge Cup
* Aviva Premiership
* RaboDirect Pro12
* LV= Cup
* Top 14
* Sevens World Series

### Snooker 2012

* Players Tour Championship

### Tennis 2012

* ATP World Tour
* WTA Tour

### Volleyball 2012
#### International clubs competitions

* Men's CEV Champions League
* Women's CEV Champions League

### Winter sports

* Alpine Skiing World Cup
* Biathlon World Cup
* Bobsleigh World Cup
* Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
* Freestyle Skiing World Cup
* Luge World Cup
* Nordic Combined World Cup
* Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
* Skeleton World Cup
* Ski Jumping World Cup
* Snowboard World Cup
* Speed Skating World Cup

## Days of the month
### January 31, 2012 (Tuesday)
#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group C:
*** Gabon 1–0 Tunisia
*** Niger 0–1 Morocco
**** Standings: Gabon 9 points, Tunisia 6, Morocco 3, Niger 0.
* Copa Libertadores First Stage, second leg (teams in bold advance to the Second stage):
** Sport Huancayo 1–1 Arsenal. Arsenal win 4–1 on points.
** Libertad 4–1 El Nacional. 3–3 on points; Libertad win 4–2 on aggregate.

#### Futsal

* European Men's Championship in Croatia:
** Group A in Split: Croatia 2–1 Romania
** Group B in Zagreb: Spain 4–2 Slovenia

#### Handball

* Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
** Group A: Japan 25–27 Iran
** Group B: Saudi Arabia 24–24 Qatar

### January 30, 2012 (Monday)
#### Cricket

* Zimbabwe in New Zealand:
** Only Test in Napier:

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group B:
*** Sudan 2–1 Burkina Faso
*** Ivory Coast 2–0 Angola
**** Standings: Côte d'Ivoire 9 points, Sudan, Angola 4, Burkina Faso 0.

#### Handball

* Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
** Group A:
*** Iran 25–17 Jordan
*** Kuwait 26–27 South Korea
** Group B:
*** Qatar 28–21 United Arab Emirates
*** Uzbekistan 15–52 Bahrain

### January 29, 2012 (Sunday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Garmisch, Germany: Super Giant slalom
* Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland: Downhill

#### American football

* NFL playoffs:
** Pro Bowl in Honolulu: AFC 59, NFC 41

#### Basketball

* PBA Philippine Cup finals in Quezon City, Philippines:
** Game 6: Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 110, Powerade Tigers 101. Talk 'N Text win series 4–1.
*** Talk 'N Text win their fourth league title in three years and complete the first successful PBA Philippine Cup title defense since 1985.

#### Cricket

* Pakistan vs England in UAE:
** 2nd Test in Abu Dhabi

#### Figure skating

* United States Championships in San Jose, California

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group A:
*** Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Zambia
*** Libya 2–1 Senegal
**** Standings: Zambia 7 points, Equatorial Guinea 6, Libya 4, Senegal 0.
* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
** Final: United States 4–0 Canada
*** United States and Canada qualify for the Olympic Tournament.

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Aerials

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Belgrade, Serbia:
** Bronze medal game: Croatia 31–27 Spain
** Final: Serbia 19–21 Denmark
*** Denmark win the title for the second time, and qualify for the Olympic Tournament.
* Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
** Group A: Kuwait 27–30 Japan
** Group B: Uzbekistan 14–47 Saudi Arabia

#### Luge

* World Cup 7 in St. Moritz, Switzerland

#### Nordic combined

* World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
** HS 130 / Penalty Race (TBC)

#### Short track speed skating

* European Championships in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic:

#### Ski jumping

* Men's World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
** HS 134:

#### Speed skating

* World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 14:
*** Men's singles – final: Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Bronze medal match: Italy 9–12 Hungary
** Final: Serbia 9–8 Montenegro
*** Serbia win the title for the fifth time.

### January 28, 2012 (Saturday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Garmisch, Germany: Downhill
* Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland: Super combined

#### American Football

* NCAA bowl games:
** Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama: North 23, South 13

#### Cricket

* India in Australia:
** 4th Test in Adelaide

#### Figure skating

* European Championships in Sheffield, Great Britain:
** Men:
** Ladies:
* United States Championships in San Jose, California

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group D in Franceville:
*** Botswana 1–6 Guinea
*** Ghana 2–1 Mali

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Moguls

#### Handball

* Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
** Group A:
*** Japan 35–22 Jordan
*** South Korea 26–21 Iran
** Group B:
*** Bahrain 26–27 Qatar
*** Saudi Arabia 26–19 United Arab Emirates

#### Luge

* World Cup 7 in St. Moritz, Switzerland

#### Mixed martial arts

* UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis in Chicago, United States:
** Middleweight bout: Chris Weidman (USA) def. Demian Maia (BRA) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)
** Middleweight bout: Chael Sonnen (USA) def. Michael Bisping (ENG) via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
** Light Heavyweight bout: Rashad Evans (USA) def. Phil Davis (USA) via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)

#### Nordic combined

* World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
** HS 134 / 10 km

#### Ski jumping

* Men's World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
** HS 134 (night)

#### Snowboarding

* World Cup in Sudenfeld, Germany: Giant slalom

#### Speed skating

* World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 13:
*** Women's singles – final: Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3] vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4]
*** Men's doubles – final: Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) [1] vs. Leander Paes (IND) / Radek Štěpánek (CZE)
*** Girls' singles – final: Taylor Townsend (USA) [14] vs. Yulia Putintseva (RUS) [4]
*** Boys' singles – final: Luke Saville (AUS) [1] vs. Filip Peliwo (CAN)
*** Wheelchair women's singles final: Esther Vergeer (NED) [1] vs. Aniek Van Koot (NED) [2]
*** Wheelchair men's singles final: Maikel Scheffers (NED) [1] vs. Nicolas Peifer (FRA)
*** Wheelchair quad singles: David Wagner (USA) [1] vs. Peter Norfolk (GBR) [2]

#### Water polo

* Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Bronze medal match: Hungary 9–8 Russia
** Final: Italy 13–10 Greece
*** Italy win the title for the fifth time

### January 27, 2012 (Friday)
#### Figure skating

* European Championships in Sheffield, Great Britain:
** Ice dancing: Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat (FRA) 164.18 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) 160.23 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) 153.12
*** Péchalat and Bourzat win the title for the second successive time.

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group C in Libreville:
*** Niger 1–2 Tunisia
*** Gabon 3–2 Morocco
* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
** Semifinals:
*** United States 3–0 Costa Rica
*** Canada 3–1 Mexico

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Belgrade, Serbia:
** Semifinals:
*** Denmark 25–24 Spain
*** Serbia 26–22 Croatia
* Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
** Group A:
*** South Korea 25–13 Jordan
*** Iran 26–27 Kuwait
** Group B: Qatar 41–19 Uzbekistan

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 12:
*** Men's singles semifinals: Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] def. Andy Murray (GBR) [4] 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 7–5
*** Women's doubles – final: Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Sara Errani (ITA) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) [11] 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
**** Kuznetsova wins her second Australian Open and Grand Slam women's doubles title.
**** Zvonareva wins her second Grand Slam women's doubles title.
*** Boys' doubles – final: Liam Broady (GBR) / Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) [6] def. Adam Pavlásek (CZE) / Filip Veger (CRO) 6–3, 6–2
*** Girls' doubles – final: Gabrielle Andrews (USA) / Taylor Townsend (USA) def. Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Danka Kovinić (MNE) [1] 5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
*** Wheelchair men's doubles final: Ronald Vink (NED) / Robin Ammerlaan (NED) [2] def. Stéphane Houdet (FRA) / Nicolas Peifer (FRA) [1] 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
*** Wheelchair women's doubles final: Esther Vergeer (NED) / Sharon Walraven (NED) [1] def. Aniek van Koot (NED) / Marjolein Buis (NED) [2] 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Semifinals:
*** Italy 8–12 Serbia
*** Montenegro 14–13 Hungary

### January 26, 2012 (Thursday)
#### Basketball

* Euroleague Top 16 matchday 2:
** Group E: Galatasaray Medical Park 78–77 Olympiacos
** Group H: Maccabi Tel Aviv 57–71 FC Barcelona Regal

#### Figure skating

* European Championships in Sheffield, Great Britain:
** Pairs (all (RUS)): Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov 210.45 points Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov 193.79 Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov 171.81
*** Volosozhar and Trankov win their first European title.

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group B in Malabo:
*** Sudan 2–2 Angola
*** Ivory Coast 2–0 Burkina Faso
* Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg: Peñarol 4–0 Caracas

#### Handball

* Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
** Group B:
*** United Arab Emirates 40–20 Uzbekistan
*** Bahrain 23–23 Saudi Arabia

#### Snooker

* Championship League Group four in Stock, England:
** Final (both (ENG): Mark Selby 1–3 Mark Davis

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 11:
*** Women's singles semifinals:
**** Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3] def. Kim Clijsters (BEL) [11] 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
**** Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] def. Petra Kvitová (CZE) [2] 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
*** Men's singles Semifinals: Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] def. Roger Federer (SUI) [3] 6–7(5), 6–2, 7–6(5), 6–4
*** Wheelchair quad doubles final: Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) / Peter Norfolk (GBR) def. David Wagner (USA) / Noam Gershony (ISR) 6–4, 6–2

#### Water polo

* Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Semifinals:
*** Hungary 12–14 Greece
*** Italy 13–12 Russia

### January 25, 2012 (Wednesday)
#### Basketball

* Euroleague Top 16 matchday 2:
** Group E: CSKA Moscow 96–68 Anadolu Efes
** Group F:
*** Gescrap Bizkaia 85–70 Unicaja
*** Real Madrid 69–88 Montepaschi Siena
** Group G:
*** Fenerbahçe Ülker 65–63 EA7 Emporio Armani
*** Panathinaikos 83–89 UNICS Kazan
** Group H: Bennet Cantù 79–78 Žalgiris Kaunas

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group A in Bata:
*** Libya 2–2 Zambia
*** Equatorial Guinea 2–1 Senegal
* Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
** Real Potosí 2–1 Flamengo
** Internacional 1–0 Once Caldas
** Unión Española 1–0 UANL

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
** Group I in Belgrade:
*** Poland 33–32 Germany
*** Denmark 31–24 Sweden
*** Serbia 19–22 North Macedonia
**** Standings: Serbia 7 points, Denmark 6, Germany, Macedonia, Poland 5, Sweden 2.
** Group II in Novi Sad:
*** France 29–29 Iceland
*** Spain 35–32 Slovenia
*** Hungary 24–24 Croatia
**** Standings: Spain 9, Croatia 7, Slovenia, Hungary 4, Iceland, France 3.

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 10:
*** Men's singles quarterfinals:
**** Andy Murray (GBR) [4] def. Kei Nishikori (JPN) [24] 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
**** Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] def. David Ferrer (ESP) [5] 6–4, 7–6(4), 6–1
*** Women's singles quarterfinals:
**** Petra Kvitová (CZE) [2] def. Sara Errani (ITA) 6–4, 6–4
**** Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] def. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6–2, 6–3

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Quarterfinals:
*** Italy 9–4 Germany
*** Greece 9–11 Montenegro

### January 24, 2012 (Tuesday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Schladming, Austria:
** Slalom:

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group D in Franceville:
*** Ghana 1–0 Botswana
*** Mali 1–0 Guinea
* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
** Group B:
*** Guatemala 6–0 Dominican Republic
*** United States 4–0 Mexico
**** Standings: United States 9 points, Mexico 6, Guatemala 3, Dominican Republic 0.
* Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
** Arsenal 3–0 Sport Huancayo
** El Nacional 1–0 Libertad

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group II in Novi Sad:
*** Spain 31–26 Iceland
*** France 22–29 Croatia
*** Hungary 30–32 Slovenia

#### Snooker

* Championship League Group three in Stock, England:
** Final: Mark Selby (ENG) 2–3 Neil Robertson (AUS)

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 9:
*** Men's singles quarterfinals:
**** Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] def. Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [7] 6–7(5), 7–6(6), 6–4, 6–3
**** Roger Federer (SUI) [3] def. Juan Martín del Potro (ARG) [11] 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
*** Women's singles quarterfinals:
**** Kim Clijsters (BEL) [11] def. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] 6–3, 7–6(4)
**** Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3] def. Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) [8] 6–7(0), 6–0, 6–2

#### Water polo

* Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Quarterfinals:
*** Hungary 11–9 Spain
*** Italy 13–13 (4–2 pen.) Netherlands

### January 23, 2012 (Monday)
#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group C in Libreville:
*** Gabon 2–0 Niger
*** Morocco 1–2 Tunisia
* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
** Group A:
*** Cuba 0–3 Haiti
*** Canada 5–1 Costa Rica
**** Standings: Canada 9 points, Costa Rica 6, Haiti 3, Cuba 0.

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group I in Belgrade:
*** Poland 25–27 North Macedonia
*** Denmark 28–26 Germany
*** Serbia 24–21 Sweden

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 8:
*** Men's singles 4th round:
**** Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] def. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
**** Andy Murray (GBR) [4] def. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6–1, 6–1, 1–0 retired
**** David Ferrer (ESP) [5] def. Richard Gasquet (FRA) [17] 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
**** Kei Nishikori (JPN) [24] def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6] 2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
*** Women's singles 4th round:
**** Petra Kvitová (CZE) [2] def. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [21] 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
**** Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] def. Sabine Lisicki (GER) [14] 3–6, 6–2, 6–3

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group A:
*** Turkey 2–22 Hungary
*** North Macedonia 8–10 Netherlands
*** Italy 10–7 Greece
**** Standings: Hungary 15 points, Italy 12, Greece 9, Netherlands 6, Macedonia 3, Turkey 0.
** Group B:
*** Croatia 11–10 Spain
*** Serbia 7–11 Montenegro
*** Romania 9–10 Germany
**** Standings: Serbia 12 points, Montenegro 10, Germany, Croatia 9, Spain 4, Romania 0.

### January 22, 2012 (Sunday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
** Slalom:
** Combined:
* Women's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:
** Slalom:

#### American football

* NFL playoffs:
** Conference Championships:
*** AFC: New England Patriots 23, Baltimore Ravens 20
*** NFC: New York Giants 20, San Francisco 49ers 17 (OT)

#### Auto racing

* World Rally Championship:
** Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo in Monte Carlo:

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
** 12.5 km Mass Start Women:
** 4x7.5 km Relay Men:

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
** Four-man:

#### Cricket

* Sri Lanka in South Africa:
** 5th ODI in Johannesburg: South Africa 312/4 (50 overs); Sri Lanka 314/8 (49.5 overs). Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets, South Africa win the 5-match series 3–2.

#### Cross-country skiing

* World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
** 15 km Classic men:
** 10 km Classic women:

#### Figure skating

* Canadian Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick:
** Men: Patrick Chan 302.14 points Kevin Reynolds 239.44 Jeremy Ten 207.50
*** Chan wins the title for the fifth successive time.

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group B in Malabo:
*** Ivory Coast 1–0 Sudan
*** Burkina Faso 1–2 Angola
* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
** Group B:
*** Mexico 7–0 Dominican Republic
*** United States 13–0 Guatemala

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group II in Novi Sad:
*** Hungary 21–27 Iceland
*** France 28–26 Slovenia
*** Spain 24–22 Croatia

#### Luge

* World Cup 6 in Winterberg, Germany:

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
** Bobsleigh – Two-boys:
** Bobsleigh – Two-Girls:
** Curling – Mixed doubles:
** Ice hockey – Boys:
** Ice hockey – Girls:

#### Rugby union

* Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):

#### Snooker

* Masters in London, England:
** Final: Neil Robertson (AUS) vs Shaun Murphy (ENG)

#### Speed skating

* World Cup 4 in Kearns, Utah, United States:
** 500 m women:
** 500 m men:
** 1000 m women:
** 1000 m men:

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 7:
*** Men's singles 4th round:
**** Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] def. Feliciano López (ESP) [18] 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
**** Roger Federer (SUI) [3] def. Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
**** Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [7] def. Nicolás Almagro (ESP) [10] 4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3), 7–6(2)
*** Women's singles 4th round:
**** Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Jelena Janković (SRB) [13] 6–0, 7–5
**** Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3] def. Iveta Benešová (CZE) 6–2, 6–2
**** Kim Clijsters (BEL) [11] def. Li Na (CHN) [5] 4–6, 7–6(6), 6–4
***** Clijsters saves 4 match points in the second set tie-breaker.
**** Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) [8] def. Julia Görges (GER) [22] 6–1, 6–1

#### Water polo

* Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group A:
*** Netherlands 12–6 Great Britain
*** Hungary 9–12 Russia
**** Standings: Russia 9 points, Hungary 6, Netherlands 3, Great Britain 0.
** Group B:
*** Germany 12–18 Italy
*** Greece 8–6 Spain
**** Standings: Greece 9 points, Italy 6, Spain 3, Germany 0.

### January 21, 2012 (Saturday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
** Downhill:
* Women's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:
** Giant slalom:

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
** 4x6 km Relay Women:
** 15 km Mass Start Men:

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
** Two-man:

#### Cross-country skiing

* World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
** Sprint Classic men:
** Sprint Classic women:

#### Figure skating

* Canadian Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick:
** Women: Amelie Lacoste 159.51 points Cynthia Phaneuf 157.94 Kaetlyn Osmond 155.47
*** Lacoste wins the title for the first time.
** Pairs: Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 190.11 points Jessica Dube / Sebastien Wolfe 171.60 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 168.84
*** Duhamel and Radford win the title for the first time.
** Ice Dancing: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 180.02 points Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 174.53 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 163.54
*** Virtue and Moir win the title for the fourth time.

#### Football (soccer)

* Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
** Group A in Bata:
*** Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Libya
*** Senegal 1–2 Zambia
* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
** Group A:
*** Haiti 0–2 Costa Rica
*** Canada 2–0 Cuba

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
** Aerials men:
** Aerials women:

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group I in Belgrade:
*** Poland 29–29 Sweden
*** Denmark 33–32 North Macedonia
*** Serbia 21–21 Germany

#### Luge

* World Cup 6 in Winterberg, Germany:
** Men:
** Doubles:

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

#### Rugby union

* Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):

#### Skeleton

* World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
** Men:

#### Ski jumping

* Men's World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
** HS 134 (night):

#### Speed skating

* World Cup 4 in Kearns, Utah, United States:
** 500 m women:
** 500 m men:
** 1000 m women:
** 1000 m men:

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 6:
*** Men's singles 3rd round:
**** Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] def. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
**** Andy Murray (GBR) [4] def. Michaël Llodra (FRA) 6–4, 6–2, 6–0
**** David Ferrer (ESP) [5] def. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) [27] 7–5, 6–2, 6–1
**** Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6] def. Frederico Gil (POR) 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
**** Richard Gasquet (FRA) [17] def. Janko Tipsarević (SRB) [9] 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
*** Women's singles 3rd round:
**** Petra Kvitová (CZE) [2] def. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [27] 6–0, 1–0 retired
**** Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] def. Angelique Kerber (GER) [30] 6–1, 6–2
**** Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) def. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [7] 7–6(9–7), 6–1
**** Zheng Jie (CHN) def. Marion Bartoli (FRA) [9] 6–3, 6–3

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Group A:
*** North Macedonia 5–15 Italy
*** Turkey 7–12 Netherlands
*** Greece 7–9 Hungary
** Group B:
*** Serbia 14–5 Romania
*** Spain 10–10 Montenegro
*** Germany 10–9 Croatia

### January 20, 2012 (Friday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
** Super Giant slalom:

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
** 10 km Sprint Men:

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland (all GER):
** Women: Anja Schneiderheinze/Lisette Thöne 2:17.84 (1:09.31, 1:08.53)) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer 2:17.93 (1:09.30, 1:08.63) Sandra Kiriasis/Franziska Bertels 2:18.05 (1:09.46, 1:08.59)

#### Cricket

* Sri Lanka in South Africa:
** 4th ODI in Kimberley: South Africa 299/7 (50 overs); Sri Lanka 304/5 (48.4 overs). Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets.

#### Football (soccer)

* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
** Group B:
*** Mexico 5–0 Guatemala
*** Dominican Republic 0–14 United States

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
** Aerials men:
** Aerials women:

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia (teams in bold advance to the Main Round):
** Group C in Novi Sad:
*** Spain 30–27 Russia
*** France 23–26 Hungary
**** Standings: Spain 5 points, Hungary 4, France 2, Russia 1.
** Group D in Vršac:
*** Iceland 32–34 Slovenia
*** Croatia 26–20 Norway
**** Standings: Croatia 6 points, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway 2.
* African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
** Bronze medal game: Egypt 29–15 Morocco
** Final: Tunisia 23–20 Algeria
*** Tunisia win the title for the second successive time and ninth time overall, and qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Bronze medal game: DR Congo 33–24 Algeria
** Final: Angola 26–24 Tunisia
*** Angola win the title for the eighth successive time and 11th time overall, and qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

#### Mixed martial arts

* UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller in Nashville, Tennessee, United States:
** Heavyweight bout: Patrick Barry (USA) def. Christian Morecraft (USA) via KO (punches)
** Bantamweight bout: Mike Easton (USA) def. Jared Papazian (USA) via majority decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–29)
** Welterweight bout: Josh Neer (USA) def. Duane Ludwig (USA) via technical submission (guillotine choke)
** Lightweight bout: Jim Miller (USA) def. Melvin Guillard (USA) via submission (rear-naked choke)

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

#### Rugby union

* Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):

#### Skeleton

* World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
** Women: Elizabeth Yarnold (GBR) 1:11.93 Shelley Rudman (GBR) 1:12.18 Katharina Heinz (GER) 1:12.22

#### Ski jumping

* Men's World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
** HS 134 (night):

#### Sumo

* Hatsu basho (January grand tournament) in Tokyo, Japan:
** Baruto Kaito wins the tournament and becomes the first Estonian sumo wrestler to win a makuuchi (top division) championship in history.

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 5:
*** Men's singles 3rd round:
**** Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] def. Lukáš Lacko (SVK) [Q] 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
**** Roger Federer (SUI) [3] def. Ivo Karlović (CRO) 7–6(6), 7–5, 6–3
**** Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [7] def. Kevin Anderson (RSA) [30] 7–6(5), 7–6(7–1), 6–1
**** Nicolás Almagro (ESP) [10] def. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [21] 7–6(2), 6–2, 6–4
*** Women's singles 3rd round:
**** Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Monica Niculescu (ROU) [31] 6–2, 6–2
**** Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3] def. Mona Barthel (GER) 6–2, 6–4
**** Li Na (CHN) [5] def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [26] 3–0 retired
**** Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) [8] def. Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6–2, 6–2

#### Water polo

* Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Group A:
*** Russia 15–10 Great Britain
*** Hungary 9–8 Netherlands
** Group B:
*** Germany 6–12 Greece
*** Italy 15–11 Spain

### January 19, 2012 (Thursday)
#### Basketball

* Euroleague Top 16 matchday 1:
** Group E: Anadolu Efes 68–62 Galatasaray Medical Park
** Group F: Unicaja 80–81 Real Madrid
** Group G: EA7 Emporio Armani 57–78 Panathinaikos
** Group H:
*** FC Barcelona Regal 65–60 Bennet Cantù
*** Žalgiris Kaunas 76–84 Maccabi Tel Aviv

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
** 7.5 km Sprint Women: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 20:27.7 (0+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 20:45.2 (0+0) Darya Domracheva (BLR) 20:58.2 (2+0)

#### Cricket

* Pakistan vs England in UAE:
** 1st Test in Dubai: England 192 (72.3 overs) & 160 (57.5 overs); Pakistan 338 (119.5 overs) & 15/0 (3.4 overs). Pakistan win by 10 wickets.

#### Football (soccer)

* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
** Group A:
*** Costa Rica 2–0 Cuba
*** Canada 6–0 Haiti

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
** Moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 25.32 points Patrick Deneen (USA) 24.00 Philippe Marquis (CAN) 21.86
** Moguls women: Hannah Kearney (USA) 23.52 points Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 22.85 Nikola Sudová (CZE) 22.78

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia (teams in bold advance to the Main Round):
** Group A in Belgrade:
*** Poland 27–26 Denmark
*** Serbia 21–21 Slovakia
**** Standings: Serbia 5 points, Poland 4, Denmark 2, Slovakia 1.
** Group B in Niš:
*** Germany 29–24 Sweden
*** Czech Republic 21–27 North Macedonia
**** Standings: Germany 4 points, Macedonia, Sweden 3, Czech Republic 2.
* African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
** Semifinals:
*** Algeria 26–25 Egypt
*** Tunisia 28–16 Morocco
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Semifinals:
*** Angola 39–19 DR Congo
*** Algeria 24–27 Tunisia

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
** Alpine skiing – Boys' giant slalom: Marco Schwarz (AUT) 1:51.70 Hannes Zingerle (ITA) 1:52.10 Sandro Simonet (SUI) 1:52.33
** Biathlon – Mixed relay: Germany (Franziska Preuß, Laura Hengelhaupt, Maximilian Janke, Niklas Homberg) 1:11:06.8 Norway (Kristin Sandeggen, Karoline Næss, Haakon Livik, Kristian André Aalerud) 1:13:11.7 France (Léa Ducordeau, Chloé Chevalier, Fabien Claude, Aristide Bègue) 1:13:27.8
** Cross-country skiing – Boys' sprint: Andreas Molden (NOR) 1:44.1 Marius Cebulla (GER) +0.6 Alexander Selyaninov (RUS) +0.9
** Cross-country skiing – Girls' sprint: Silje Theodorsen (NOR) 1:57.4 Jonna Sundling (SWE) +0.1 Linn Eriksen (NOR) +0.1
** Ice hockey – Boys' individual skills challenge: Augusts Valdis Vasiļonoks (LAT) 22 points Attila Kovács (HUN) 21 Seiya Furukawa (JPN) 19
** Ice hockey – Girls' individual skills challenge: Julie Zwarthoed (NED) 22 points Fanni Gasparics (HUN) 19 Sharnita Crompton (AUS) 17
** Short track speed skating – Boys' 500 metres: Yoon Su-Min (KOR) 42.417 Lim Hyo-Jun (KOR) 42.482 Xu Hongzhi (CHN) 42.637
** Short track speed skating – Girls' 500 metres: Shim Suk-Hee (KOR) 44.122 Xu Aili (CHN) 44.593 Nicole Martinelli (ITA) 46.390

#### Rugby union

* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
** Pool 5:
*** Sale Sharks 9–19 Brive
*** Agen 62–7 La Vila
**** Standings: Brive 27 points, Sale Sharks 20, Agen 10, La Vila 0.

#### Snowboarding

* World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
** Giant slalom men: Roland Fischnaller (ITA) Aaron March (ITA) Rok Flander (SLO)
** Giant slalom women: Patrizia Kummer (SUI) Julie Zogg (SUI) Marion Kreiner (AUT)
* World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland:
** Snowboard cross men: Andrey Boldykov (RUS) Nate Holland (USA) Pierre Vaultier (FRA)
** Snowboard cross women: Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) Aleksandra Zhekova (BUL) Dominique Maltais (CAN)

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 4:
*** Men's singles 2nd round:
**** Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] def. Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
**** Andy Murray (GBR) [4] def. Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
**** David Ferrer (ESP) [5] def. Ryan Sweeting (USA) 6–7(4), 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
**** Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6] def. Ricardo Mello (BRA) 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
**** Janko Tipsarević (SRB) [9] def. James Duckworth (AUS) 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(5), 6–4
*** Women's singles 2nd round:
**** Petra Kvitová (CZE) [2] def. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
**** Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] def. Jamie Hampton (USA) 6–0, 6–1
**** Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [7] def. Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 6–1, 7–6(3)
**** Marion Bartoli (FRA) [9] def. Jelena Dokić (AUS) 6–3, 6–2

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Group A:
*** Hungary 14–9 North Macedonia
*** Greece 20–2 Turkey
*** Italy 14–6 Netherlands
** Group B:
*** Germany 16–10 Spain
*** Croatia 12–15 Serbia
*** Romania 8–11 Montenegro

### January 18, 2012 (Wednesday)
#### Basketball

* Euroleague Top 16 matchday 1:
** Group E: Olympiacos 78–86 CSKA Moscow
** Group F: Montepaschi Siena 81–67 Gescrap Bizkaia
** Group G: UNICS Kazan 76–71 Fenerbahçe Ülker

#### Football (soccer)

* OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
** Group B: Auckland City 3–2 Amicale

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group C in Novi Sad:
*** Russia 24–28 France
*** Spain 24–24 Hungary
** Group D in Vršac:
*** Slovenia 29–31 Croatia
*** Iceland 34–32 Norway
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Quarterfinals:
*** Congo 19–29 Congo DR
*** Angola 41–20 Senegal
*** Algeria 23–22 Cameroon
*** Tunisia 24–19 Ivory Coast

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
** Alpine skiing – Girls' giant slalom: Clara Direz (FRA) 1:56.13 Estelle Alphand (FRA) 1:56.34 Jasmina Suter (SUI) 1:56.45
** Curling – Mixed team: Switzerland (Michael Brunner, Elena Stern, Romano Meier, Lisa Gisler) Italy (Amos Mosaner, Denise Pimpini, Alessandro Zoppi, Arianna Losano) 1:29.428 Canada (Thomas Scoffin, Corryn Brown, Derek Oryniak, Emily Gray)
** Short track speed skating – Boys' 1000 metres: Lim Hyo-Jun (KOR) 1:29.284 Yoon Su-Min (KOR) 1:29.428 Xu Hongzhi (CHN) 1:29.576
** Short track speed skating – Girls' 1000 metres: Shim Suk-Hee (KOR) 1:31.661 Xu Aili (CHN) 1:33.351 Sumire Kikuchi (JPN) 1:34.254
** Speed skating – Boys' 3000 metres: Yang Fan (CHN) 4:03.22 Seitaro Ichinohe (JPN) 4:10.00 Noh Hyeok-Jun (KOR) 4:14.41
** Speed skating – Girls' 3000 metres: Sanneke de Neeling (NED) 4:37.33 Rio Harada (JPN) 4:41.85 Jang Su-Ji (KOR) 4:42.72

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 3:
*** Men's singles 2nd round:
**** Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] def. Tommy Haas (GER) 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
**** Roger Federer (SUI) [3] def. Andreas Beck (GER) Walkover
**** Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [7] def. Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6–1, 6–0, 7–6(4)
**** Alejandro Falla (COL) def. Mardy Fish (USA) [8] 7–6(4), 6–3, 7–6(6)
**** Nicolás Almagro (ESP) [10] def. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–0
*** Women's singles 2nd round:
**** Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6–1, 7–6(4)
**** Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3] def. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6–1, 6–0
**** Li Na (CHN) [5] def. Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 6–2, 6–2
**** Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) [8] def. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 6–3, 6–1
**** Romina Oprandi (ITA) def. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [10] 6–4, 6–3

#### Water polo

* Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Group A:
*** Great Britain 9–19 Hungary
*** Netherlands 10–11 Russia
** Group B:
*** Spain 22–12 Germany
*** Greece 10–9 Italy

### January 17, 2012 (Tuesday)
#### Cricket

* Sri Lanka in South Africa:
** 3rd ODI in Bloemfontein: Sri Lanka 266/9 (50 overs); South Africa 179/5 (34.0 overs). South Africa win by 4 runs (D/L).

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group A in Belgrade:
*** Slovakia 24–41 Poland
*** Serbia 24–22 Denmark
** Group B in Niš:
*** North Macedonia 23–24 Germany
*** Czech Republic 29–33 Sweden
* African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
** Quarterfinals:
*** Egypt 31–19 Senegal
*** DR Congo 31–33 Algeria
*** Tunisia 26–17 Cameroon
*** Angola 22–24 Morocco

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
** Alpine skiing – Parallel mixed team: Austria (Martina Rettenwender, Marco Schwarz, Christina Ager, Mathias Graf) Norway (Nora Grieg Christensen, Martin Fjeldberg, Mina Fürst Holtmann, Marcus Monsen) France (Estelle Alphand, Victor Schuller, Clara Direz, Leny Herpin)
** Cross-country skiing – Girls' 5 kilometre classical: Anastasia Sedova (RUS) 14:18.0 Anamarija Lampic (SLO) 14:37.7 Lea Einfalt (SLO) 15:01.2
** Cross-country skiing – Boys' 10 kilometre classical: Alexander Selyaninov (RUS) 14:18.0 Kentaro Ishikawa (JPN) 14:37.7 Sergey Malyshev (KAZ) 15:01.2
** Figure skating – Girls' singles: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) 173.10 points Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 159.08 Li Zijun (CHN) 157.70
** Figure skating – Ice dancing: Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov (RUS) 146.96 points Aleksandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin (UKR) 131.68 Maria Simonova/Dmitri Dragun (RUS) 125.22
** Luge – Mixed team relay: United States (Summer Britcher, Tucker West, Ty Andersen/Pat Edmunds) 2:18.310 Germany (Saskia Langer, Christian Paffe, Tim Brendl/Florian Funk) 2:18.708 Austria (Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger, Armin Frauscher, Tomas Steu/Lorenz Koller) 2:18.863

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 2:
*** Men's singles 1st round:
**** Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] def. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6–2, 6–0, 6–0
**** Andy Murray (GBR) [4] def. Ryan Harrison (USA) 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
**** David Ferrer (ESP) [5] def. Rui Machado (POR) 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
**** Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6] def. Denis Istomin (UZB) 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
**** Janko Tipsarević (SRB) [9] def. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 5–7, 7–6(12), 6–3, 6–4
*** Women's singles 1st round:
**** Petra Kvitová (CZE) [2] def. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6–2, 6–0
**** Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] def. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6–0, 6–1
**** Sorana Cîrstea (ROU) def. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [6] 7–6(2), 6–3
**** Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [7] def. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 7–6(4), 6–7(5), 6–3
**** Marion Bartoli (FRA) [9] def. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 7–5, 6–0

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Group A:
*** North Macedonia 6–10 Greece
*** Netherlands 6–19 Hungary
*** Turkey 7–24 Italy
** Group B:
*** Serbia 13–12 Germany
*** Spain 12–10 Romania
*** Montenegro 8–10 Croatia

### January 16, 2012 (Monday)
#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group C in Novi Sad:
*** France 26–29 Spain
*** Hungary 31–31 Russia
** Group D in Vršac:
*** Norway 28–27 Slovenia
*** Croatia 31–29 Iceland
* African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group A:
*** Congo 19–33 Senegal
*** Morocco 24–20 Gabon
*** Tunisia 32–20 DR Congo
**** Standings: Tunisia 10 points, Morocco 8, DR Congo 6, Senegal 4, Congo 2, Gabon 0.
** Group B:
*** Angola 32–25 Cameroon
*** Ivory Coast 35–13 Burkina Faso
*** Egypt 34–34 Algeria
**** Standings: Egypt, Algeria 9 points, Angola 6, Cameroon 4, Côte d'Ivoire 2, Burkina Faso 0.
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group A:
*** DR Congo 28–28 Ivory Coast
*** Egypt 23–36 Angola
**** Standings: Angola 8 points, DR Congo, Cameroon 4, Côte d'Ivoire 3, Egypt 1.
** Group B:
*** Congo 20–23 Algeria
*** Senegal 30–32 Tunisia
**** Standings: Tunisia 8 points, Algeria 6, Congo 4, Senegal 2, Morocco 0.

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
** Biathlon – Boys' pursuit: Niklas Homberg (GER) 28:43.1 Rene Zahkna (EST) 28:52.6 Cheng Fangming (CHN) 28:57.7
** Biathlon – Girls' pursuit: Uliana Kaysheva (RUS) 26:01.3 Franziska Preuß (GER) 26:29.2 Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) 27:44.4
** Figure skating – Boys: Han Yan (CHN) 192.45 points Shoma Uno (JPN) 167.15 Feodosiy Efremenkov (RUS) 163.46
** Figure skating – Pairs: Yu Xiaoyu/Jin Yang (CHN) 153.82 points Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin (RUS) 134.19 Anastasia Dolidze/Vadim Ivanov (RUS) 112.72
** Luge – Girls' singles: Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger (AUT) 1:20.197 Saskia Langer (GER) 1:20.414 Ulla Zirne (LAT) 1:20.479
** Luge – Doubles: Florian gruber/Simon Kainzwaldner (ITA) 1:25.194 Tim Brendl/Florian Funk (GER) 1:25.358 Ty Andersen/Pat Edmunds (USA) 1:25.766
** Speed skating – Boys' 1500 metres: Yang Fan (CHN) 1:54.20 Liu An (CHN) 2:00.28 Seitaro Ichinohe (JPN) 2:00.30
** Speed skating – Girls' 1500 metres: Jang Mi (KOR) 2:08.17 Sanneke de Neeling (NED) 2:09.54 Sumire Kikuchi (JPN) 2:11.33

#### Tennis

* Grand Slams:
** Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 1:
*** Men's singles 1st round:
**** Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] def. Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 6–4, 6–1, 6–1
**** Roger Federer (SUI) [3] def. Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
**** Tomáš Berdych (CZE) [7] def. Albert Ramos (ESP) 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
**** Mardy Fish (USA) [8] def. Gilles Müller (LUX) 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
**** Nicolás Almagro (ESP) [10] def. Łukasz Kubot (POL) 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
*** Women's singles 1st round:
**** Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] def. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6–2, 6–1
**** Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3] def. Heather Watson (GBR) 6–1, 6–0
**** Li Na (CHN) [5] def. Xeniya Pervak (KAZ) 6–3, 6–1
**** Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) [8] def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6–7(10), 6–4, 6–2
**** Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [10] def. Laura Pous Tió (ESP) 6–1, 6–3

#### Water polo

* Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
** Group A:
*** North Macedonia 16–4 Turkey
*** Greece 14–12 Netherlands
*** Hungary 12–8 Italy
** Group B:
*** Croatia 10–7 Romania
*** Germany 7–13 Montenegro
*** Serbia 8–5 Spain

### January 15, 2012 (Sunday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
** Slalom: Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:45.67 André Myhrer (SWE) 1:46.52 Fritz Dopfer (GER) 1:46.55
* Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
** Super Giant slalom: Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1:26.16 Maria Höfl-Riesch (GER) 1:26.77 Tina Maze (SLO) 1:27.02

#### American football

* NFL playoffs:
** Divisional Playoffs:
*** AFC: Baltimore Ravens 20, Houston Texans 13
*** NFC: New York Giants 37, Green Bay Packers 20
**** Eli Manning throws three touchdowns to secure the Giants victory, thus for the seventh year in a row the NFL will crown a new Champion.

#### Auto racing

* Dakar Rally in Argentina, Chile and Peru:
** Bikes: Cyril Despres (FRA) (KTM) 43:28:11 Marc Coma (ESP) (KTM) 44:21:31 Hélder Rodrigues (POR) (Yamaha) 44:39:28
*** Despres wins the event for the fourth time.
** Cars: Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret (FRA) (Mini) 38:54:46 Joan Roma (ESP)/Michel Périn (FRA) (Mini) 39:36:42 Giniel de Villiers (RSA)/Dirk von Zitzewitz (GER) (Toyota) 40:08:11
*** Peterhansel wins the event for the third time and sixth overall.
** Trucks: Gérard de Rooy (NED)/Dariusz Rodewald (POL)/Tom Cosoul (BEL) (Iveco) 45:20:47 Hans Stacey/Hans Van Goor/Bernard der Kinderen (NED) (Iveco) 46:12:06 Artur Ardavichus (KAZ)/Alexey Kuzmich (RUS)/Nurlan Turlubaev (KAZ) (Kamaz) 47:08:32
*** de Rooy wins the event for the first time.
** All-terrain vehicles (quads) (all ARG): Alejandro Patronelli (Yamaha) 53:01:47 Marcos Patronelli (Yamaha) 54:22:08 Tomas Maffei (Yamaha) 55:16:12
*** Patronelli wins the event for the second successive time.

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
** 10 km Pursuit Women: Tora Berger (NOR) 31:00.3 (0+1+2+0) Helena Ekholm (SWE) 31:18.2 (0+0+0+0) Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) 31:25.4 (0+0+0+0)
** 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Anton Shipulin (RUS) 34:50.8 (0+0+1+0) Martin Fourcade (FRA) & Arnd Peiffer (GER) 35:01.9 (1+0+1+1)

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
** Four-man: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Maxim Mokrousov) 1:38.05 (49.22, 48.83) Germany (Manuel Machata, Marko Huebenbecker, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser) 1:38.07 (49.24, 48.83) Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Jan Speer, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 1:38.19 (49.30, 48.89)

#### Cricket

* India in Australia:
** 3rd Test in Perth: India 161 (60.2 overs) & 171 (63.2 overs); Australia 369 (76.2 overs). Australia win by an innings and 37 runs.

#### Cross-country skiing

* World Cup in Milan, Italy:
** Team Sprint Freestyle men: Alexey Petukhov/Nikolay Morilov (RUS) 14:34.8 Calle Halfvarsson/Teodor Peterson (SWE) 14:35.0 David Hofer/Fulvio Scola (ITA) 14:35.4
** Team Sprint Freestyle women: Hanna Brodin/Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) 16:14.7 Jessie Diggins/Kikkan Randall (USA) 16:15.6 Perianne Jones/Chandra Crawford (CAN) 16:15.8

#### Darts

* BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green, England:
** Men's final: Tony O'Shea (ENG) 5–7 Christian Kist (NED)

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
** Ski Cross men: Alex Fiva (SUI) Didrik Bastian Juell (NOR) Nick Zoricic (CAN)
** Ski Cross women: Sanna Lüdi (SUI) Alizée Baron (FRA) Ophélie David (FRA)

#### Handball

* European Men's Championship in Serbia:
** Group A in Belgrade:
*** Poland 18–22 Serbia
*** Denmark 30–25 Slovakia
** Group B in Niš:
*** Germany 24–27 Czech Republic
*** Sweden 26–26 North Macedonia
* African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Senegal 33–26 Gabon
*** Congo DR 35–31 Congo
*** Morocco 18–26 Tunisia
** Group B:
*** Burkina Faso 15–30 Cameroon
*** Algeria 34–20 Ivory Coast
*** Angola 14–23 Egypt
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Angola 40–15 Congo DR
*** Ivory Coast 19–26 Cameroon
** Group B:
*** Tunisia 26–22 Congo
*** Algeria 31–7 Morocco

#### Luge

* World Cup 5 in Oberhof, Germany (GER unless stated):
** Men: Felix Loch 1:28.042 (43.921, 44.121) David Möller 1:28.251 (44.100, 44.151) Andi Langenhan 1:28.331 (44.152, 44.179)
** Team relay: Germany (Natalie Geisenberger, Loch, Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken) 2:24.768 (46.704, 48.786, 49.278) Italy (Sandra Gasparini, David Mair, Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:26.061 (47.464, 49.203, 49.394) Russia (Alexandra Rodionova, Viktor Kneib, Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:26.142 (47.349, 49.384, 49.409)

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
** Alpine skiing – Boys' combined: Marco Schwarz (AUT) 1:40.45 Miha Hrobat (SLO) 1:41.12 Sandro Simonet (SUI) 1.41:45
** Alpine skiing – Girls' combined: Magdalena Fjällström (SWE) 1:40.82 Estelle Alphand (FRA) 1:41.41 Adriana Jelinkova (NED) 1:42.21
** Biathlon – Boys' sprint: Cheng Fangming (CHN) 19:21.7 Rene Zahkna (EST) 19:43.0 Aristide Begue (FRA) 19:48.5
** Biathlon – Girls' sprint: Franziska Preuß (GER) 17:27.7 Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) 17:55.2 Uliana Kaysheva (RUS) 18:00.9
** Freestyle skiing – Boys' halfpipe: Kai Mahler (SUI) 95.00 Lauri Kivari (FIN) 90.00 Aaron Blunck (USA) 87.50
** Freestyle skiing – Girls' halfpipe: Elisabeth Gram (AUT) 84.75 Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen (NOR) 79.25 Marine Tripier Mondancin (FRA) 69.50
** Luge – Boys' singles: Christian Paffe (GER) 1:19.603 Riks Kristens Rozitis (LAT) 1:19.806 Toni Graefe (GER) 1:19.920
** Nordic combined – Individual: Tomas Portyk (CZE) 26:31.4 Ilkka Herola (FIN) 26:34.2 Go Yamamoto (JPN) 26:39.9
** Snowboarding – Boys' halfpipe: Ben Ferguson (USA) 93.25 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak (SLO) 86.75 Taku Hiraoka (JPN) 84.25
** Snowboarding – Girls' halfpipe: Hikaru Ohe (JPN) 96.25 Arielle Gold (USA) 90.00 Lucile Lefevre (FRA) 82.25

#### Nordic combined

* World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
** HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin (ITA) 22:18.1 Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 22:34.6 Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 22:35.6

#### Rugby union

* Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
** Pool 3: Glasgow Warriors 16–23 Leinster
** Pool 5: Saracens 20–16 Biarritz
* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
** Pool 2:
*** Newcastle Falcons 43–0 Petrarca Padova
*** Toulon 29–10 Lyon

#### Ski jumping

* Men's World Cup in Tauplitz, Austria:
** HS 200 (Ski flying):
*** First event: Robert Kranjec (SLO) 212.5 points Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 206.8 Anders Bardal (NOR) 201.6
*** Second event: Bardal 364.9 points Daiki Ito (JPN) 363.3 Kamil Stoch (POL) 358.2
* Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
** HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 285.9 points Daniela Iraschko (AUT) 273.1 Ulrike Gräßler (GER) 250.8

#### Snowboarding

* World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
** Snowboard Cross: Cancelled due to lack of snow, rescheduled to January 19 in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.

#### Tennis

* ATP World Tour:
** Apia International in Sydney, Australia:
*** Final: Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) def. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6–2, 7–5
**** Nieminen wins the second title of his career.

### January 14, 2012 (Saturday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
** Downhill: Beat Feuz (SUI) 2:35.31 Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 2:35.75 Christof Innerhofer (ITA) 2:35.80
* Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
** Downhill: Daniela Merighetti (ITA) 1:33.17 Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1:33.38 Maria Höfl-Riesch (GER) 1:33.57

#### American football

* NFL playoffs:
** Divisional Playoffs:
*** NFC: San Francisco 49ers 36, New Orleans Saints 32
*** AFC: New England Patriots 45, Denver Broncos 10

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
** 10 km Sprint Men: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 27:13.1 (0+1) Simon Fourcade (FRA) 27:15.8 (1+2) Martin Fourcade (FRA) 27:22.7 (1+1)

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
** Two-man: Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter (SUI) 1:39.91 (50.04, 49.87) Lyndon Rush/Jesse Lumsden (CAN) 1:40.21 (50.23, 49.98) Manuel Machata/Andreas Bredau (GER) 1:40.33 (50.34, 49.99)

#### Cricket

* Sri Lanka in South Africa:
** 2nd ODI in East London: Sri Lanka 236/6 (50 overs); South Africa 237/5 (48.4 overs). South Africa win by 5 wickets.

#### Cross-country skiing

* World Cup in Milan, Italy:
** Sprint Freestyle men: Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) Josef Wenzl (GER) Teodor Peterson (SWE)
** Sprint Freestyle women: Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) Kikkan Randall (USA) Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
** Dual Moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) Jeremy Cota (USA) Sergey Volkov (RUS)
** Dual Moguls women: Hannah Kearney (USA) Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) Ekaterina Stolyarova (RUS)

#### Luge

* World Cup 5 in Oberhof, Germany (GER unless stated):
** Doubles: Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken 1:23.544 (41.765, 41.779) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt 1:23.775 (41.824, 41.951) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 1:24.199 (42.068, 42.131)
** Women: Natalie Geisenberger 1:24.443 (42.393, 42.050) Tatjana Hüfner 1:24.690 (42.639, 42.051) Anke Wischnewski 1:25.107 (42.681, 42.426)

#### Mixed martial arts

* UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
** Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza (BRA) def. Terry Etim (ENG) via KO (spinning wheel kick)
** Welterweight bout: Carlo Prater (BRA) def. Erick Silva (BRA) via disqualification (illegal blows to back of head)
** Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares (BRA) def. Mike Massenzio (USA) via submission (heel hook)
** Catchweight (197 lb) bout: Vitor Belfort (BRA) def. Anthony Johnson (USA) via submission (rear-naked choke)
** Featherweight Championship bout: José Aldo (BRA) (c) def. Chad Mendes (USA) via KO (knee)

#### Multi-sport events

* Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
** Alpine skiing – Boys' super-G: Adam Lamhamedi (MAR) 1:04.45 Fredrik Bauer (SWE) 1:04.57 Joan Verdu Sanchez (AND) 1:04.65
*** Lamhamedi becomes the first African winner of a Winter Olympic event medal, while Sanchez wins Andorra's first ever Olympic medal.
** Alpine skiing – Girls' super-G: Estelle Alphand (FRA) 1:05.78 Nora Grieg Christensen (NOR) 1:05.79 Christina Ager (AUT) 1:06.06
** Ski jumping – Boys' individual: Anže Lanišek (SLO) 286.1 points Mats S. Berggaard (NOR) 277.8 Yukiya Sato (JPN) 260.1
** Ski jumping – Girls' individual: Sara Takanashi (JPN) 269.3 points Katharina Althaus (GER) 242.5 Urša Bogataj (SLO) 239.3
** Speed skating – Boys' 500 metres: Liu An (CHN) 75.50 Roman Dubovik (BLR) 77.824 Toshihiro Kakui (JPN) 77.827
** Speed skating – Girls' 500 metres: Jang Mi (KOR) 81.68 Shi Xiaoxuan (CHN) 84.32 Martine Lilloy Bruun (NOR) 87.51

#### Nordic combined

* World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
** HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin (ITA) 22:48.6 Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 22:48.6 Fabian Riessle (GER) 22:48.7

#### Rugby union

* Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
** Pool 1:
*** Scarlets 17–29 Northampton Saints
*** Munster 26–10 Castres
** Pool 2: London Irish 15–22 Cardiff Blues
** Pool 3: Montpellier 24–22 Bath
** Pool 4: Aironi 0–82 Clermont
** Pool 6:
*** Toulouse 24–3 Connacht
*** Harlequins 20–14 Gloucester
* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
** Pool 1:
*** București Wolves 13–34 Stade Français
*** Worcester Warriors 55–10 Crociati Parma
** Pool 3: Rovigo 11–32 London Wasps
** Pool 4:
*** Cavalieri Prato 10–50 Exeter Chiefs
*** Perpignan 27–13 Newport Gwent Dragons
** Pool 5: La Vila 10–69 Sale Sharks

#### Skeleton

* World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
** Men: Frank Rommel (GER) 1:42.94 (51.23, 51.71) Alexander Kröckel (GER) 1:43.76 (52.11, 51.65) Matthias Guggenberger (AUT) 1:43.86 (51.97, 51.89)

#### Ski jumping

* Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
** HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 277.2 points Daniela Iraschko (AUT) 275.5 Anette Sagen (NOR) 248.1

#### Snooker

* Marco Fu (HKG) compiles the 86th official maximum break in the qualifying stages of the World Open, and becomes the 14th player to make multiple maximum breaks.

#### Tennis

* ATP World Tour:
** Apia International in Sydney, Australia:
*** Final: Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) – Cancelled and rescheduled to Sunday.
** Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
*** Final: David Ferrer (ESP) def. Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6–3, 6–4
**** Ferrer wins the 12th title of his career, and his 3rd title at Auckland, also winning in 2007 and 2011.
* WTA Tour:
** Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:
*** Final: Mona Barthel (GER) def. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6–1, 6–2
**** Barthel wins the first WTA title of her career.

### January 13, 2012 (Friday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
** Super combined: Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 2:42.16 (1:53.41, 48.75) Beat Feuz (SUI) 2:42.36 (1:50.45, 51.91) Bode Miller (USA) 2:42.61 (1:51.23, 51.38)

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
** 7.5 km Sprint Women: Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 23:08.1 (0+0) Tora Berger (NOR) 23:33.6 (1+1) Magdalena Neuner (GER) 23:42.6 (0+3)

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
** Women: Cathleen Martini/Berit Wiacker (GER) 1:43.56 (51.86, 51.70) Kaillie Humphries/Emily Baadsvik (CAN) 1:44.10 (52.34, 51.76) Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk (SUI) 1:44.10 (52.35, 51.75)

#### Darts

* BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green, England:
** Women's final: Deta Hedman (ENG) 1–2 Anastasia Dobromyslova (RUS)
*** Dobromyslova wins the title for the second time.

#### Handball

* African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Gabon 20–21 Congo
*** Tunisia 30–21 Senegal
*** Congo DR 17–25 Morocco
** Group B:
*** Egypt 32–18 Burkina Faso
*** Cameroon 32–19 Ivory Coast
*** Algeria 21–15 Angola
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Congo DR 23–23 Egypt
*** Cameroon 18–24 Angola
** Group B:
*** Congo 28–23 Senegal
*** Morocco 8–35 Tunisia

#### Nordic combined

* World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
** HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin (ITA) 22:29.6 Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 22:34.0 Fabian Riessle (GER) 22:35.6

#### Rugby union

* Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
** Pool 2: Racing Métro 24–27 Edinburgh
** Pool 4: Ulster 41–7 Leicester Tigers
** Pool 5: Ospreys 44–17 Benetton Treviso
* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
** Pool 5: Brive 50–13 Agen

#### Skeleton

* World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
** Women: Shelley Rudman (GBR) 1:46.15 (53.26, 52.89) Marion Thees (GER) 1:46.65 (53.41, 53.24) Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) 1:47.19 (53.77, 53.42)

#### Snowboarding

* World Cup in Jauerling, Austria:
** Slalom men: Andreas Prommegger (AUT) Andrey Sobolev (RUS) Roland Fischnaller (ITA)
** Slalom women: Patrizia Kummer (SUI) Yekaterina Tudegesheva (RUS) Marion Kreiner (AUT)

#### Tennis

* WTA Tour:
** Apia International in Sydney, Australia:
*** Final: Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Li Na (CHN) 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
**** Azarenka wins her ninth career title.

### January 12, 2012 (Thursday)
#### Biathlon

* World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
** 20 km Individual Men: Andrei Makoveev (RUS) 47:19.0 (0+0+0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 48:18.7 (1+0+0+1) Björn Ferry (SWE) 48:33.8 (0+0+0+1)

#### Handball

* African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Gabon 20–25 Congo DR
*** Senegal 26–31 Morocco
*** Congo 15–32 Tunisia
** Group B:
*** Ivory Coast 21–40 Egypt
*** Burkina Faso 7–30 Angola
*** Cameroon 18–27 Algeria
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Angola 25–23 Ivory Coast
*** Egypt 24–27 Cameroon
** Group B:
*** Algeria 25–17 Senegal
*** Morocco 16–34 Congo

#### Rugby union

* Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
** Pool 3: Bordeaux Bègles 6–12 Bayonne

#### Snooker

* Championship League Group two in Stock, England:
** Final (both ENG): Mark Selby 0–3 Shaun Murphy
*** Murphy advances to the winners group.

### January 11, 2012 (Wednesday)
#### Biathlon

* World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
** 15 km Individual Women: Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 45:03.3 (0+1+1+0) Helena Ekholm (SWE) 45:25.3 (0+0+0+1) Magdalena Neuner (GER) 45:36.2 (0+1+0+1)

#### Cricket

* Sri Lanka in South Africa:
** 1st ODI in Paarl: South Africa 301/8 (50 overs); Sri Lanka 43 (20.1 overs). South Africa won by 258 runs.

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in Alpe d'Huez, France:
** Ski Cross men: Filip Flisar (SLO) Christopher Del Bosco (CAN) Lars Lewen (SWE)
** Ski Cross women: Sanna Lüdi (SUI) Marielle Thompson (CAN) Andrea Limbacher (AUT)

#### Handball

* African Men's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Congo DR 26–21 Senegal
*** Tunisia 35–18 Gabon
*** Morocco 28–24 Congo
** Group B:
*** Egypt 25–14 Cameroon
*** Angola 27–17 Ivory Coast
*** Algeria 33–16 Burkina Faso
* African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
** Group A:
*** Ivory Coast 28–16 Egypt
*** Cameroon 24–26 Congo DR
** Group B:
*** Tunisia 29–17 Algeria
*** Senegal 25–15 Morocco

### January 10, 2012 (Tuesday)
#### Snooker

* Championship League – Group one in Stock, England:
** Final (both ENG): Judd Trump 3–2 Shaun Murphy
*** Trump advances to the winners group.

### January 9, 2012 (Monday)
#### American football

* NCAA bowl games:
** BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans: Alabama 21, LSU 0
*** Jeremy Shelley kicks five field goals as the Crimson Tide win their 14th national title; they also become unanimous champions, as the Associated Press also names Alabama their national champions.

### January 8, 2012 (Sunday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
** Slalom: Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:58.66 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:58.93 Stefano Gross (ITA) 1:59.65
* Women's World Cup in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria:
** Super Giant slalom: Fabienne Suter (SUI) 1:09.55 Tina Maze (SLO) 1:09.89 Anna Fenninger (AUT) 1:10.29

#### American football

* NFL playoffs:
** Wild Card Playoffs:
*** NFC: New York Giants 24, Atlanta Falcons 2
*** AFC: Denver Broncos 29, Pittsburgh Steelers 23 (OT)

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
** 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 40:02.2 (1+1+1+0) Tora Berger (NOR) 40:14.7 (1+0+1+0) Andrea Henkel (GER) 40:34.2 (1+0+0+0)
** 15 km Mass Start Men: Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 38:34.6 (0+0+0+0) Simon Fourcade (FRA) 38:38.9 (0+1+0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 39:04.2 (0+1+2+0)

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
** 4-man: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Huebenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 1:49.87 (54.73, 55.14) Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Nikolay Hrenkov) 1:50.53 (55.16, 55.37) Germany (Thomas Florschütz, Ronny Listner, Kevin Kuske, Thomas Blaschek) 1:50.79 (55.17, 55.62)

#### Cross-country skiing

* Tour de Ski:
** Stage 9 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
*** Men's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Alexander Legkov (RUS) 30:38.2 Maurice Manificat (FRA) +0.1 Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1.7
**** Tour de Ski final standings: Dario Cologna (SUI) 4:33:17.2 Hellner +1:02.3 Petter Northug (NOR) +1:44.6
***** Cologna wins the Tour de Ski for the third time.
*** Women's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Therese Johaug (NOR) 34:17.7 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +51.3 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +1:08.0
**** Tour de Ski final standings: Kowalczyk 2:52:45.0 Bjørgen +28.2 Johaug +3:57.8
***** Kowalczyk wins the Tour de Ski for the third successive time.

#### Nordic combined

* World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
** HS 106 / 10 km: Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 26:06.5 Magnus Moan (NOR) 26:07.0 Björn Kircheisen (GER) 26:07.7

#### Ski jumping

* Women's World Cup in Hinterzarten, Germany:
** HS 108: Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 273.2 points Sara Takanashi (JPN) 242.6 Jessica Jerome (USA) 240.1

#### Snooker

* Players Tour Championship – Event 12 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (ENG unless stated):
** Final: Joe Perry 2–4 Stephen Maguire (SCO)
*** Maguire wins his sixth professional title.
*** Final Order of Merit: (1) Judd Trump 30,400 (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 29,600 (3) Neil Robertson (AUS) 28,100

#### Speed skating

* European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
** 5000 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 7:22.38 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 7:34.51 Ireen Wüst (NED) 7:43.59
** 1500 m Men: Sven Kramer (NED) 1:53.98 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) 1:54.87 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 1:54.93
** 10000 m Men: Kramer 13:45.05 Blokhuijsen 13:52.48 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 14:02.83
** Overall Ladies: Sáblíková 169.922 points Pechstein 172.312 Wüst 172.454
*** Sáblíková wins the title for the third successive time and fourth time overall.
** Overall Men: Kramer 156.197 points Blokhuijsen 156.513 Bøkko 158.234
*** Kramer wins the title for the fifth time.

#### Tennis

* ATP World Tour:
** Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
*** Final: Andy Murray (GBR) def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 6–1, 6–3
**** Murray wins his 22nd career title.
** Aircel Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
*** Final: Milos Raonic (CAN) def. Janko Tipsarević (SRB) 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 7–6(4)
**** Raonic wins his second career title.
* WTA Tour:
** ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
*** Final: Zheng Jie (CHN) def. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired
**** Zheng wins her fourth career title.

### January 7, 2012 (Saturday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
** Giant slalom: Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 2:42.50 Benjamin Raich (AUT) 2:42.58 Massimiliano Blardone (ITA) 2:42.60
* Women's World Cup in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria:
** Downhill: Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) 1:48.40 Julia Mancuso (USA) 1:48.56 Fabienne Suter (SUI) 1:48.90

#### American football

* NFL playoffs:
** Wild Card Playoffs:
*** AFC: Houston Texans 31, Cincinnati Bengals 10
*** NFC: New Orleans Saints 45, Detroit Lions 28

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
** 10 km Sprint Men: Arnd Peiffer (GER) 25:57.5 (1+0) Simon Fourcade (FRA) 25:58.6 (0+0) Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) 26:02.3 (0+0)

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
** 2-man: Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske (GER) 56.26 Maximilian Arndt/Marko Huebenbecker (GER) 56.27 Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter (SUI) 56.73

#### Cross-country skiing

* Tour de Ski:
** Stage 8 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
*** Men's 20 km Classic Mass Start: Eldar Rønning (NOR) 1:00:02.2 Alex Harvey (CAN) +1.1 Dario Cologna (SUI) +1.3
*** Women's 10 km Classic Mass Start: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 25:49.8 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +7.5 Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +31.0

#### Freestyle skiing

* World Cup in St. Johann, Austria:
** Ski Cross men: Alex Fiva (SUI) Brady Leman (CAN) Daniel Bohnacker (GER)
** Ski Cross women: Ophélie David (FRA) Anna Woerner (GER) Alizée Baron (FRA)

#### Ice hockey

* World Women's U18 Championship in Zlín, Czech Republic:
** Bronze medal game: Sweden 4–1 Germany
** Final: United States 0–3 Canada
*** Canada win the title for the second time.

#### Mixed martial arts

* Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine in Las Vegas, United States:
** Welterweight bout: Tarec Saffiedine (BEL) def. Tyler Stinson (USA) via split decision (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)
** Welterweight bout: Tyron Woodley (USA) def. Jordan Mein (CAN) via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)
** Light Heavyweight bout: Muhammed Lawal (USA) def. Lorenz Larkin (USA) via KO (punches)
** Middleweight bout: Robbie Lawler (USA) def. Adlan Amagov (RUS) via TKO (flying knee and punches)
** Middleweight Championship bout: Luke Rockhold (USA) (c) def. Keith Jardine (USA) via TKO (punches)

#### Nordic combined

* World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
** HS 106 / Team: Norway (Magnus Moan, Mikko Kokslien, Jan Schmid, Joergen Graabak) 51:36.7 Germany (Johannes Rydzek, Fabian Riessle, Eric Frenzel, Tino Edelmann) 51:36.8 Austria (Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler, Mario Stecher, Bernhard Gruber) 51:42.8

#### Skeleton

* World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
** Women: Anja Huber (GER) 59.87 Katharina Heinz (GER) 59.97 Shelley Rudman (GBR) 59.99

#### Ski jumping

* Women's World Cup in Hinterzarten, Germany:
** HS 108: Sabrina Windmüller (SUI) 114.7 points Lindsey Van (USA) 113.9 Lisa Demetz (ITA) 110.7

#### Speed skating

* European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
** 500 m Men: Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) 36.89 Zbigniew Bródka (POL) 36.90 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 36.93
** 1500 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 2:03.64 Linda de Vries (NED) 2:04.70 Yuliya Skokova (RUS) 2:05.18
** 5000 m Men: Sven Kramer (NED) 6:31.82 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 6:36.49 Alexis Contin (FRA) 6:38.08

#### Tennis

* ATP World Tour:
** Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar:
*** Final: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) def. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 7–5, 6–3
**** Tsonga wins his eighth career title.
* WTA Tour:
** Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
*** Final: Kaia Kanepi (EST) def. Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) 6–2, 6–1
**** Kanepi wins her second career title.
* Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
** Final: Czech Republic 2–0 France
*** Petra Kvitová (CZE) def. Marion Bartoli (FRA) 7–5, 6–1
*** Tomáš Berdych (CZE) def. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 7–6(0), 6–4
**** Czech Republic win the Cup for the second time.

### January 6, 2012 (Friday)
#### Biathlon

* World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
** 7.5 km Sprint Women: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 22:27.6 (0+0) Darya Domracheva (BLR) 23:04.9 (0+1) Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 23:11.0 (0+0)

#### Bobsleigh

* World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
** Women: Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer (GER) 1:54.67 (57.45, 57.22) Sandra Kiriasis/Petra Lammert (GER) 1:54.69 (57.49, 57.20) Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk (SUI) 1:55.23 (57.69, 57.54)

#### Cricket

* Sri Lanka in South Africa:
** 3rd Test in Cape Town: South Africa 580/4d (139 Overs) & 2/0 (0.0 overs); Sri Lanka 239 (73.5 Overs) & 342 (f/o, 107.5 Overs). South Africa win by 10 wickets, South Africa win the 3-match series 2–1.
* India in Australia:
** 2nd Test in Sydney: India 191 (59.3 Overs) & 400 (110.5 overs); Australia 659/4d (163 Overs). Australia win by an innings and 68 runs, Australia lead the 4-match series 2–0.
*** Michael Clarke's 329 not out is the highest score at the SCG and third-highest by an Australian captain in Test cricket.

#### Ice hockey

* World Women's U18 Championship in Zlín, Czech Republic, semifinals:
** United States 7–1 Germany
** Canada 7–0 Sweden

#### Luge

* World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany (GER unless stated):
** Men: Felix Loch 1:41.651 (50.878, 50.773) Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 1:41.868 (51.116, 50.752) Johannes Ludwig 1:42.142 (51.218, 50.924)
** Team relay: Italy (Sandra Gasparini, Dominik Fischnaller, Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:51.375 (56.115, 57.860, 57.400) Germany (Tatjana Hüfner, Loch, Tobias Arlt/Tobias Wendl 2:51.531 (55.902, 57.674, 57.955) Russia (Tatiana Ivanova, Albert Demtschenko, Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:51.776 (55.681, 58.010, 58.085)

#### Skeleton

* World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
** Men: Martins Dukurs (LAT) 1:54.15 (51.23, 51.71) Tomass Dukurs (LAT) 1:55.22 (52.11, 51.65) Alexander Kröckel (GER) 1:55.82 (51.97, 51.89)

#### Ski jumping

* Four Hills Tournament:
** Stage 4 in Bischofshofen, Austria:
*** HS 140: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 138.7 points Anders Bardal (NOR) 136.5 Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 128.4
*** Four Hills Tournament final standings: Schlierenzauer 933.8 points Morgenstern 908.0 Andreas Kofler (AUT) 896.6
**** Schlierenzauer wins the tournament for the first time.
* Women's World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
** HS 108: Cancelled due to rain and warm temperatures; rescheduled to 7 January in Hinterzarten

#### Speed skating

* European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
** 500 m Ladies: Karolína Erbanová (CZE) 39.87 Ireen Wüst (NED) 40.21 Yuliya Skokova (RUS) 40.40
** 3000 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 4:16.09 Natalia Czerwonka (POL) 4:19.41 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 4:19.71

### January 5, 2012 (Thursday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
** Slalom: Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:51.84 Felix Neureuther (GER) 1:52.13 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:52.32

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
** 4x7.5 km Relay Men: Italy (Christian de Lorenzi, Markus Windisch, Dominik Windisch, Lukas Hofer) 1:30:49.1 (0+4) Russia (Anton Shipulin, Evgeniy Garanichev, Evgeny Ustyugov, Alexey Volkov) 1:30:55.2 (2+9) Sweden (Tobias Arwidson, Björn Ferry, Fredrik Lindström, Carl Johan Bergman) 1:31:21.8 (0+3)

#### Cross-country skiing

* Tour de Ski:
** Stage 7 in Cortina d'Ampezzo–Toblach, Italy:
*** Men's 32 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Dario Cologna (SUI) 1:09:25.2 Petter Northug (NOR) +1:15.8 Alexander Legkov (RUS) +1:16.4
*** Women's 15 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 39:01.1 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +2.0 Therese Johaug (NOR) +3:16.9

#### Ice hockey

* World Junior Championship in Calgary, Canada:
** Bronze medal game: Canada 4–0 Finland
** Final: Sweden 1–0 (OT) Russia
*** Sweden win the title for the second time.

#### Luge

* World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany (GER unless stated):
** Doubles: Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt 1:41.172 (50.498, 50.674) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 1:41.406 (50.515, 50.891) Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken 1:41.829 (50.958, 50.871)
** Women: Tatjana Hüfner 1:41.900 (51.076, 50.824) Natalie Geisenberger 1:42.074 (50.860, 51.214) Alex Gough (CAN) 1:42.630 (51.431, 51.199)

### January 4, 2012 (Wednesday)
#### American football

* NCAA bowl games:
** Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida: West Virginia 70, Clemson 33

#### Biathlon

* World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
** 4x6 km Relay Women: Russia (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Svetlana Sleptsova, Olga Zaitseva, Olga Vilukhina) 1:19:32.0 (0+6) Norway (Fanny Welle-Strand Horn, Elise Ringen, Synnøve Solemdal, Tora Berger) 1:19:37.9 (2+7) France (Marie Dorin Habert, Anais Bescond, Marine Bolliet, Sophie Boilley) 1:20:38.4 (1+7)

#### Cross-country skiing

* Tour de Ski:
** Stage 6 in Toblach, Italy:
*** Men's Sprint Freestyle: Nikolay Morilov (RUS) 3:03.4 Petter Northug (NOR) +0.0 Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.3
*** Women's Sprint Freestyle: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 3:17.6 Kikkan Randall (USA) +0.5 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +2.3

#### Ice hockey

* World Women's U18 Championship in Zlín, Czech Republic, quarterfinals:
** Sweden 2–1 (OT) Finland
** Germany 2–1 Czech Republic

#### Ski jumping

* Four Hills Tournament:
** Stage 3 in Innsbruck, Austria:
*** HS 130: Andreas Kofler (AUT) 252.8 points Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 247.6 Taku Takeuchi (JPN) 246.7

### January 3, 2012 (Tuesday)
#### Alpine skiing

* Women's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
** Slalom: Marlies Schild (AUT) 2:01.32 (59.34, 1:01.98) Tina Maze (SLO) 2:02.72 (1:00.24, 1:02.48) Michaela Kirchgasser (AUT) 2:03.59 (1:00.50, 1:03.09)

#### American football

* NCAA bowl games:
** Sugar Bowl in New Orleans: Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 20 (OT)

#### Cross-country skiing

* Tour de Ski:
** Stage 5 in Toblach, Italy:
*** Men's 5 km Classic Individual: Alexander Legkov (RUS) 13:49.5 Eldar Rønning (NOR) +1.7 Dario Cologna (SUI) +2.0
*** Women's 3 km Classic Individual: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 10:49.2 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +3.9 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +15.1

#### Ice hockey

* World Junior Championship in Calgary, Canada, semifinals:
** Sweden 3–2 (GWS) Finland
** Canada 5–6 Russia
* World Women's U18 Championship in Czech Republic (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals):
** Group A in Zlín:
*** Russia 2–6 Sweden
*** United States 13–1 Czech Republic
**** Final standings: United States 9 points, Sweden 6, Czech Republic 3, Russia 0.
** Group B in Přerov:
*** Switzerland 1–6 Germany
*** Canada 7–0 Finland
**** Final standings: Canada 9 points, Germany, Finland, Switzerland 3.

### January 2, 2012 (Monday)
#### American football

* NCAA New Year's Day bowl games:
** TicketCity Bowl in Dallas: (20) Houston 30, (24) Penn State 14
** Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida: (10) South Carolina 30, (21) Nebraska 13
** Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida: (12) Michigan State 33, (18) Georgia 30 (3OT)
** Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California: (5) Oregon 45, (10) Wisconsin 38
** Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona: (3) Oklahoma State 41, (4) Stanford 38 (OT)
* National Football League:
** St. Louis Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo and general manager Billy Devaney; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris; and Indianapolis Colts vice chairman Bill Polian and general manager Chris Polian are fired. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

#### Darts

* PDC World Championship in London, England:
** Final (both ENG): Andy Hamilton 3–7 Adrian Lewis
*** Lewis wins the title for the second successive time.

#### Ice hockey

* World Junior Championship in Calgary, Canada, quarterfinals:
** Finland 8–5 Slovakia
** Russia 2–1 (OT) Czech Republic
* 2012 NHL Winter Classic in Philadelphia:
** New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

### January 1, 2012 (Sunday)
#### American football

* National Football League, regular season final week (teams in bold win division title, teams in italics clinch wild-card berth, playoff seeding in parentheses):
** AFC:
*** (1) New England Patriots 49, Buffalo Bills 21
*** (2) Baltimore Ravens 24, (6) Cincinnati Bengals 16
*** Tennessee Titans 23, (3) Houston Texans 22
*** Kansas City Chiefs 7, (4) Denver Broncos 3
*** (5) Pittsburgh Steelers 13, Cleveland Browns 9
*** San Diego Chargers 38, Oakland Raiders 26
*** Miami Dolphins 19, New York Jets 17
*** Jacksonville Jaguars 19, Indianapolis Colts 13
** NFC:
*** (1) Green Bay 45, (6) Detroit Lions 41
*** (2) San Francisco 49ers 34, St. Louis Rams 27
*** (3) New Orleans Saints 45, Carolina Panthers 17
**** Saints quarterback Drew Brees sets NFL single-season records for completions and completion percentage, and the team breaks the mark for most total yards in a season.
*** (4) New York Giants 31, Dallas Cowboys 14
*** (5) Atlanta Falcons 45, Tampa Bay 24
*** Chicago Bears 17, Minnesota Vikings 13
*** Philadelphia Eagles 34, Washington Redskins 10
*** Arizona Cardinals 23, Seattle Seahawks 20 (OT)

#### Cross-country skiing

* Tour de Ski:
** Stage 4 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
*** Men's 10+10 km Pursuit: Petter Northug (NOR) 50:27.3 Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.3 Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) +0.6
*** Women's 5+5 km Pursuit: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 27:16.0 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +1.6 Therese Johaug (NOR) +1.8

#### Darts

* PDC World Championship in London, England, semi-finals (ENG unless stated):
** Andy Hamilton 6–5 Simon Whitlock (AUS)
** Adrian Lewis 6–5 James Wade

#### Ice hockey

* World Women's U18 Championship in Czech Republic; matchday 1:
** Group A in Zlín:
*** Czech Republic 2–0 Russia
*** Sweden 0–7 United States
** Group B in Přerov:
*** Finland 3–5 Switzerland
*** Germany 0–6 Canada

#### Ski jumping

* Four Hills Tournament:
** Stage 2 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
*** HS 140: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 274.5 points Andreas Kofler (AUT) 270.4 Daiki Ito (JPN) 269.6