December 2011 in sports

Deaths in December

 * 4: Sócrates

American football 2011

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

Auto racing 2011

 * V8 Supercar

Basketball 2011–2012

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

Cricket 2011–2012

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

Football (soccer) 2011–2012

 * 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 Sudamericana
 * CAF Confederation Cup
 * CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League
 * OFC (Oceania) Champions League
 * Domestic (national) competitions:
 * Argentina
 * Australia
 * Brazil
 * England
 * France
 * Germany
 * Iran
 * Italy
 * Japan
 * Portugal
 * Russia
 * Scotland
 * Spain

Golf 2011

 * European Tour

Ice hockey 2011–2012

 * 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 2011–2012

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

Snooker 2011–2012

 * Players Tour Championship

Volleyball 2011–2012

 * 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
 * ISU Grand Prix
 * ISU Junior Grand Prix
 * 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


Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 3 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
 * Men's sprint classic (all RUS): Nikita Kriukov 2:28.6  Alexey Petukhov +0.7  Nikolay Morilov +1.2
 * Women's sprint classic: Justyna Kowalczyk  2:45.3   Marit Bjørgen  +3.2  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen  +6.3

Ice hockey

 * World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A in Calgary:
 *  6–4
 * ' 3–4 (OT) '''
 * Final standings: Sweden, Russia 10 points, Slovakia 6, Switzerland 4, Latvia 0.
 * Group B in Edmonton:
 * ' 0–4 '
 *  3–2
 * Final standings: Canada 12 points, Finland 9, Czech Republic 6, United States 3, Denmark 0.
 * World Women's U18 Championship in Czech Republic; matchday 1:
 * Group A in Zlín:
 * 1–4
 * 8–0
 * Group B in Přerov:
 * 13–1
 * 3–0



Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 2 in Oberhof, Germany:
 * Men's 15 km classic handicap start: Axel Teichmann  46:03.3  Petter Northug  46:05.6  Dario Cologna  46:06.2
 * Women's 10 km classic handicap start: Justyna Kowalczyk  32:02.4  Therese Johaug  32:02.6  Marit Bjørgen  32:11.5

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England, quarter-finals:
 * Andy Hamilton 5–2 Kim Huybrechts
 * John Part 4–5 James Wade
 * Simon Whitlock 5–1 Gary Anderson
 * Adrian Lewis 5–3 Terry Jenkins

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping – World Cup, Western European League:
 * 8th competition in Mechelen, Belgium: Gregory Wathelet  on Copin van de Broy  Kevin Staut  on Silvana  Rik Hemeryck  on Quarco de Kerambars

Ice hockey

 * World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 5:
 * Group A in Calgary:
 * 9–1
 * 5–3
 * Group B in Edmonton:
 * 2–5
 * 10–1

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 141 in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Featherweight bout: Jimy Hettes def. Nam Phan  via unanimous decision (30–25, 30–25, 30–26)
 * Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson def. Vladimir Matyushenko  via TKO (punches)
 * Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch  via KO (punch)
 * Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz def. Donald Cerrone  via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
 * Heavyweight bout: Alistair Overeem def. Brock Lesnar  via TKO (strikes)

Ski jumping

 * Four Hills Tournament:
 * Stage 1 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
 * HS 137 (all AUT): Gregor Schlierenzauer 283.3 points  Andreas Kofler 265.2  Thomas Morgenstern 264.3



Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Bormio, Italy:
 * Downhill: Didier Défago  2:01.81  Patrick Küng  2:02.10  Klaus Kröll  2:02.23
 * Women's World Cup in Lienz, Austria:
 * Slalom: Marlies Schild  1:51.42  Tina Maze  1:52.21  Mikaela Shiffrin  1:52.72

Cricket

 * India in Australia:
 * 1st Test in Melbourne, day 4: 🇦🇺 australia 333 & 240; 🇮🇳 india 282 & 169. Australia win by 122 runs; lead 4-match series 1–0.
 * Sri Lanka in South Africa:
 * 2nd Test in Durban, day 4: undefined 338  & 279;  undefined 168  & 241. Sri Lanka win by 208 runs; 3-match series tied 1–1.

Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 1 in Oberhof, Germany:
 * Men's 3.75 km free prologue: Petter Northug  7:58.3  Dario Cologna  7:59.0  Maurice Manificat  8:02.3
 * Women's 2.5 km free prologue: Justyna Kowalczyk  7:03.7  Marit Bjørgen  7:04.1  Hanna Brodin  7:07.7

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England, third round:
 * John Part 4–2 Kevin Painter
 * James Wade 4–0 Steve Farmer
 * Kim Huybrechts 4–1 Paul Nicholson
 * Simon Whitlock 4–3 Michael van Gerwen
 * Dave Chisnall 0–4 Andy Hamilton
 * Gary Anderson 4–1 Colin Lloyd

Football (soccer)

 * Chilean Primera División Campeonato Clausura Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Universidad de Chile 3–0 (0–0) Cobreloa. Universidad de Chile win 4–1 on points.
 * Universidad de Chile win their 15th league title.

Ice hockey

 * World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 4:
 * Group A in Calgary: 0–14
 * Group B in Edmonton: 2–10



Alpine skiing

 * Women's World Cup in Lienz, Austria:
 * Giant slalom: Anna Fenninger  2:16.08 (1:06.85, 1:09.23)  Federica Brignone  2:16.28 (1:06.78, 1:09.50)  Tessa Worley  2:16.47 (1:07.26, 1:09.21)

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England (ENG unless stated):
 * Second round:
 * Mervyn King 1–4 Michael van Gerwen
 * Simon Whitlock 4–1 Steve Beaton
 * Colin Lloyd 4–1 Scott Rand
 * Gary Anderson 4–2 Devon Petersen
 * Third round:
 * Adrian Lewis 4–0 Wayne Jones
 * Justin Pipe 1–4 Terry Jenkins

Ice hockey

 * World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 3:
 * Group A in Calgary:
 * 4–3 (GWS)
 * 3–1
 * Group B in Edmonton:
 * 1–4
 * 5–0



Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England, second round:
 * Terry Jenkins 4–1 Co Stompé
 * Richie Burnett 1–4 John Part
 * Vincent van der Voort 3–4 Andy Hamilton
 * James Richardson 1–4 Kim Huybrechts
 * Phil Taylor 1–4 Dave Chisnall
 * Paul Nicholson 4–0 Alan Tabern

Figure skating

 * Russian Championships in Saransk:
 * Pairs: Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 194.86 points  Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 182.13  Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov 179.94
 * Bazarova & Larionov win their first national title.
 * Ladies: Adelina Sotnikova 193.71 points  Yulia Lipnitskaya 191.65  Alena Leonova 178.15
 * Sotnikova wins her third national title.

Ice hockey

 * World Junior Championship in Canada, matchday 2:
 * Group A in Calgary: 3–1
 * Group B in Edmonton: 7–0



American football

 * NFL Monday Night Football, Week 16: New Orleans Saints 45, Atlanta Falcons 16
 * With 307 passing yards in the game, Saints quarterback Drew Brees breaks Dan Marino's single-season record from the season, of 5,084 yards.

Cricket

 * Sri Lanka in South Africa, 2nd Test in Durban:
 * Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene becomes the ninth player in history to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket, and the fifth fastest to reach that milestone.

Figure skating

 * Russian Championships in Saransk:
 * Men: Evgeni Plushenko 259.67 points  Artur Gachinski 249.58  Sergei Voronov 240.79
 * Plushenko wins the title for the ninth time.
 * Ice dancing: Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 171.47 points  Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov 161.94  Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 154.65
 * Bobrova & Soloviev win the title for the second time.

Football (soccer)

 * Chilean Primera División Campeonato Clausura Final, first leg: Cobreloa 0–0 Universidad de Chile

Ice hockey

 * World Junior Championship in Canada; matchday 1:
 * Group A in Calgary:
 * 4–9
 * 0–3
 * Group B in Edmonton:
 * 1–8
 * 3–11



American football

 * NFL Christmas game, Week 16: Green Bay Packers 35, Chicago Bears 21
 * The Packers' victory ensures home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and allows the Atlanta Falcons to claim an NFC Wild Card place at the expense of the Bears, who are eliminated.

Basketball

 * NBA season opening day:
 * New York Knicks 106, Boston Celtics 104
 * Miami Heat 105, Dallas Mavericks 94
 * Chicago Bulls 88, Los Angeles Lakers 87
 * Oklahoma City Thunder 97, Orlando Magic 89
 * Los Angeles Clippers 105, Golden State Warriors 86



December 24, 2011 (Saturday)


Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England, second round:
 * Mark Walsh 3–4 Kevin Painter
 * James Wade 4–0 Jelle Klaasen
 * Steve Farmer 4–2 Kevin Münch



Basketball

 * Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 10 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
 * Group A:
 * Bennet Cantù 🇮🇹 76–83 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe Ülker
 * Gescrap Bizkaia 🇪🇸 77–72 🇪🇸 Caja Laboral
 * SLUC Nancy 🇫🇷 74–79 Olympiacos
 * Final standings: Fenerbahçe Ülker, Olympiacos 6–4, Bennet Cantù, Gescrap Bizkaia, Caja Laboral 5–5, SLUC Nancy 3–7.
 * Group C:
 * Anadolu Efes 🇹🇷 66–75 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * Spirou Charleroi 🇧🇪 69–86 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 🇷🇸 66–72 🇮🇹 EA7 Emporio Armani
 * Final standings: Real Madrid 8–2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 7–3, Anadolu Efes 5–5, EA7 Emporio Armani, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–6, Spirou Charleroi 2–8.

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England, second round:
 * Wayne Jones 4–0 Roland Scholten
 * Adrian Lewis 4–2 Robert Thornton
 * Wes Newton 3–4 Justin Pipe

Football (soccer)

 * 🇧🇴 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Torneo Apertura Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Universitario 1–1 (0–2) The Strongest. The Strongest win 4–1 on points.
 * The Strongest win their eighth league title.

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Carezza, Italy:
 * Slalom men: Benjamin Karl   Simon Schoch   Siegfried Grabner
 * Parallel slalom standings (after 4 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Karl 3250 points (2) Roland Fischnaller 2530 (3) Andreas Prommegger  2350
 * Slalom women: Patrizia Kummer   Isabella Laböck   Anke Karstens
 * Parallel slalom standings (after 4 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Fränzi Mägert-Kohli 2460 points (2) Julia Dujmovits  2150 (3) Amelie Kober  1860



Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Flachau, Austria:
 * Slalom: Ivica Kostelić  1:48.94 (55.11, 53.83)  André Myhrer  1:49.01 (55.46, 53.55)  Cristian Deville  1:49.03 (55.25, 53.78)
 * Slalom standings (after 3 of 11 races): (1) Kostelić 245 points (2) Deville 180 (3) Myhrer 170
 * Overall standings (after 12 of 45 races): (1) Marcel Hirscher 425 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal  416 (3) Ted Ligety  385

Basketball

 * Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 10 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
 * Group B:
 * Žalgiris Kaunas 🇱🇹 87–76 KK Zagreb
 * Panathinaikos 71–66 🇩🇪 Brose Baskets
 * Unicaja 🇪🇸 83–91 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow
 * Final standings: CSKA Moscow 10–0, Panathinaikos 7–3, Žalgiris Kaunas, Unicaja 4–6, Brose Baskets 3–7, KK Zagreb 2–8.
 * Group D:
 * Asseco Prokom Gdynia 🇵🇱 53–79 🇮🇹 Montepaschi Siena
 * Union Olimpija Ljubljana 🇸🇮 63–76 🇷🇺 UNICS Kazan
 * FC Barcelona Regal 🇪🇸 79–50 🇹🇷 Galatasaray Medical Park
 * Final standings: FC Barcelona Regal 9–1, Montepaschi Siena 8–2, UNICS Kazan 7–3, Galatasaray Medical Park 4–6, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–9.
 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * 3rd place game: AS Salé 🇲🇦 80–75  Petro Atlético
 * Final: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 🇹🇳 82–60   Primeiro de Agosto
 * Étoile Sportive du Sahel win the title for the first time.

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 5: undefined 338 & 234 (82.1 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 470 & 107/3 (20.5 overs). Pakistan win by 7 wickets; win 2-match series 2–0.

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England:
 * Preliminary round: Devon Petersen 4–3 José Oliveira de Sousa
 * First round:
 * Andy Smith 0–3 Scott Rand
 * John Part 3–0 John Henderson
 * Simon Whitlock 3–0 Dennis Smith
 * Steve Brown 2–3 Petersen

Football (soccer)

 * 🇨🇴 Categoría Primera A Torneo Finalización Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Once Caldas 2–1 (2–3) Junior. 3–3 on points, 4–4 on aggregate; Junior win 4–2 on penalties.
 * Junior win their seventh league title.

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Carezza, Italy:
 * Giant slalom men: Roland Fischnaller   Benjamin Karl   Rok Flander
 * Giant slalom standings (after 3 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Karl 2250 points (2) Fischnaller 2240 (3) Andreas Prommegger 1900
 * Giant slalom women: Caroline Calvé   Amelie Kober   Marion Kreiner
 * Giant slalom standings (after 3 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Fränzi Mägert-Kohli 2060 points (2) Kober 1660 (3) Julia Dujmovits  1650



Alpine skiing

 * Women's World Cup in Flachau, Austria:
 * Slalom: Marlies Schild  1:51.53 (55.48, 56.05)  Maria Höfl-Riesch  1:51.99 (56.01, 55.98)  Tina Maze  1:52.35 (55.77, 56.58)
 * Slalom standings (after 3 of 10 races): (1) Schild 300 points (2) Kathrin Zettel 155 (3) Höfl-Riesch 140
 * Overall standings (after 9 of 40 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn 554 points (2) Schild 324 (3) Viktoria Rebensburg  286

Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * Semifinals:
 * AS Salé 🇲🇦 78–81 🇹🇳 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
 * Primeiro de Agosto 91–82  Petro Atlético

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 4: undefined 338 & 114/5 (35 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 470 (154.5 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 6/82). Bangladesh trail by 18 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
 * Shakib becomes the first Bangladesh player to score a hundred and take five wickets in an innings, in the same Test match.

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England:
 * Preliminary round: Joe Cullen 4–2 Oliver Ferenc
 * First round:
 * Colin Lloyd 3–1 Darin Young
 * Colin Osborne 1–3 Michael van Gerwen
 * Gary Anderson 3–2 Jyhan Artut
 * Terry Jenkins 3–0 Cullen

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Méribel, France:
 * Dual moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury  20 points  Anthony Benna  15  Sho Kashima  21
 * Moguls standings (after 2 of 13 events): (1) Kingsbury 200 points (2) Kashima & Benna 140
 * Overall standings: (1) Kingsbury 40 points (2) Egor Korotkov 32 (3) Benna & Kashima 28
 * Dual moguls women: Hannah Kearney  21 points  Justine Dufour-Lapointe  14  Heather McPhie  18
 * Moguls standings (after 2 of 13 events): (1) Kearney 200 points (2) Eliza Outtrim 106 (3) Nikola Sudová  105
 * Overall standings: (1) Kearney & Kelsey Serwa 40 points (3) Sanna Lüdi  32



Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy:
 * Slalom: Marcel Hirscher  1:47.16 (53.50, 53.66)  Giuliano Razzoli  1:47.72 (53.95, 53.77)  Felix Neureuther  1:47.76 (54.04, 53.72)
 * Slalom standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Hirscher 160 points (2) Ivica Kostelić 145 (3) Cristian Deville  120
 * Overall standings (after 11 of 45 races): (1) Hirscher 425 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal 416 (3) Ted Ligety  385

Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * Quarterfinals:
 * ASB Mazembe 57–85  Primeiro de Agosto
 * Petro Atlético 86–80  C.R.D. Libolo
 * C.R. Al Hoceima 🇲🇦 51–88 🇲🇦 AS Salé
 * Union Bank 69–113 🇹🇳 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 3: undefined 338; 🇵🇰 pakistan 292/3 (96 overs; Taufeeq Umar 130). Pakistan trail by 46 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England:
 * Preliminary round: Per Laursen 3–4 Petri Korte
 * First round:
 * Andy Hamilton 3–2 Antonio Alcinas
 * Mervyn King 3–0 Geoff Kime
 * Kevin Painter 3–1 Arron Monk
 * James Wade 3–1 Korte

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship – Event 11 in Sheffield, England (ENG unless stated):
 * Final: Martin Gould 3–4 Tom Ford
 * Ford wins his second professional title.
 * Order of Merit (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Judd Trump 30,400 (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 29,600 (3) Neil Robertson 28,100



Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy (AUT unless stated):
 * Giant slalom: Massimiliano Blardone  2:46.49 (1:29.07, 1:17.42)  Hannes Reichelt 2:46.84 (1:28.91, 1:17.93)  Philipp Schörghofer 2:47.06 (1:28.78, 1:18.28)
 * Giant slalom standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Ted Ligety 330 points (2) Marcel Hirscher 265 (3) Schörghofer 182
 * Overall standings (after 10 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 416 points (2) Beat Feuz  360 (3) Ligety 359
 * Women's World Cup in Courchevel, France:
 * Slalom: Marlies Schild 1:42.64 (52.28, 50.36)  Tanja Poutiainen  1:44.51 (53.08, 51.43)  Kathrin Zettel 1:44.83 (54.03, 50.80)
 * Slalom standings (after 2 of 10 races): (1) Schild 200 points (2) Poutiainen 130 (3) Zettel 105
 * Overall standings (after 8 of 40 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn 522 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg  286 (3) Elisabeth Görgl 269

American football

 * NFL, Week 15:
 * Kansas City Chiefs 19, Green Bay Packers 14
 * The Packers suffer their first loss of the season, thus ending their bid to become the second team in NFL history with a perfect season, after the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
 * Indianapolis Colts 27, Tennessee Titans 13
 * The Colts win their first game of the season, and avoid becoming the second team in NFL history to have a winless 0–16 record.

Badminton

 * BWF Super Series:
 * Super Series Masters Finals in Liuzhou, China (CHN unless stated):
 * Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang def. Ha Jung-eun/Kim Min-jung 21–8, 21–12
 * Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei def. Xu Chen/Ma Jin 21–13, 21–15
 * Men's doubles: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen def. Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong 25–23, 21–7
 * Women's singles: Wang Yihan def. Saina Nehwal 18–21, 21–13, 21–13
 * Men's singles: Lin Dan def. Chen Long 21–12, 21–16

Biathlon

 * World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
 * 2×6+2×7.5 km Mixed Relay:  (Olga Vilukhina, Olga Zaitseva, Alexey Volkov, Anton Shipulin) 1:13:33.4 (0+5)  🇨🇿 (Veronika Vítková, Gabriela Soukalová, Ondřej Moravec, Michal Šlesingr) 1:14:00.4 (0+3)   (Marie Dorin Habert, Sophie Boilley, Alexis Bœuf, Simon Fourcade) 1:14:11.9 (0+9)

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:
 * 4-men:  (Thomas Florschütz, Gino Gerhardi, Kevin Kuske, Thomas Blaschek) 1:50.52 (55.39, 55.13)   (Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Nikolay Hrenkov) 1:50.54 (55.38, 55.16)   (Oskars Melbārdis, Helvijs Lusis, Arvis Vilkaste, Janis Strenga) 1:50.65 (55.39, 55.26)
 * Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz 625 points (2) Zubkov 619 (3) Steven Holcomb 578

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 2: undefined 338 (107.2 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 144); 🇵🇰 pakistan 87/1 (27 overs). Pakistan trail by 251 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cross-country skiing

 * World Cup in Rogla, Slovenia:
 * Men's sprint freestyle: Dario Cologna  2:27.7  Nikolay Morilov  2:28.0  Anders Gløersen  2:29.0
 * Sprint standings (after 4 of 13 races): (1) Alexei Petukhov 237 points (2) Teodor Peterson  207 (3) Cologna 160
 * Overall standings (after 10 of 37 races): (1) Petter Northug 600 points (2) Cologna 508 (3) Maurice Manificat  266
 * Women's sprint freestyle: Maiken Caspersen Falla  2:15.8  Chandra Crawford  2:16.2  Ida Ingemarsdotter  2:17.3
 * Sprint standings (after 4 of 13 races): (1) Kikkan Randall 280 points (2) Falla 216 (3) Natalya Matveyeva  212
 * Overall standings (after 10 of 37 races, all NOR): (1) Marit Bjørgen 582 points (2) Vibeke Skofterud 479 (3) Therese Johaug 471

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England:
 * Preliminary round: Connie Finnan 3–4 Warren French
 * First round:
 * Brendan Dolan 0–3 Kim Huybrechts
 * Mark Dudbridge 0–3 Dave Chisnall
 * Raymond van Barneveld 0–3 James Richardson
 * Mark Walsh 3–1 French

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping – World Cup, Western European League:
 * 7th competition in London, United Kingdom: Ben Maher  on Tripple X III  Marcus Ehning  on Sabrina  Dermott Lennon  on Hallmark Elite
 * Standings (after 7 of 12 competitions): (1) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson 71 points (2) Steve Guerdat  51 (3) Nick Skelton  48

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama, Japan:
 * Match for third place: Kashiwa Reysol 🇯🇵 0–0 (3–5 pen.) 🇶🇦 Al-Sadd
 * Final: Santos 🇧🇷 0–4  🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * Barcelona win the Cup for the second time in three years.
 * Paraguayan Primera División Torneo Clausura, final matchday:
 * Olimpia 2–1 Rubio Ñu
 * Sol de América 2–2 Cerro Porteño
 * Final standings: Olimpia 46 points, Cerro Porteño 43.
 * Olimpia win the title for the 39th time.
 * Costa Rican Primera División Campeonato de Invierno Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Herediano 1–1 (1–1) Alajuelense. 2–2 on aggregate; Alajuelense win 6–5 on penalties.
 * Alajuelense win the title for the 27th time.
 * 🇨🇴 Categoría Primera A Torneo Finalización Final, first leg: Junior 3–2 Once Caldas
 * 🇧🇴 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Torneo Apertura Final, first leg: The Strongest 2–0 Universitario.

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Innichen, Italy:
 * Ski cross men: Andreas Matt   Egor Korotkov   Alex Fiva
 * Ski cross standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Korotkov 160 points (2) Matt 132 (3) David Duncan 110
 * Overall standings: (1) Korotkov 32 points (2) Matt 26 (3) Duncan 22
 * Ski cross women: Kelsey Serwa   Sanna Lüdi   Katrin Müller
 * Ski cross standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Serwa 200 points (2) Lüdi 160 (3) Müller 86
 * Overall standings: (1) Serwa 40 points (2) Lüdi 32 (3) Hannah Kearney & Britta Sigourney  20

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Seventh place match: 29–32 
 * Fifth place match: 20–36 
 * Third place match: 18–24  
 * Final:  24–32  
 * Norway win the title for the second time.

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
 * HS 109 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis  27:41.9  Alessandro Pittin  27:45.8  Jørgen Graabak  27:49.0
 * Standings (after 8 of 23 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 554 points (2) Tino Edelmann 381 (3) Akito Watabe  361

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
 * Pool 1:
 * Munster 19–13 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Scarlets
 * Northampton Saints 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 45–0 🇫🇷 Castres
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Munster 16 points, Scarlets 11, Northampton Saints 8, Castres 6.
 * Pool 6: Toulouse 🇫🇷 24–31 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harlequins
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Toulouse 13 points, Harlequins 12, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gloucester 9, Connacht 2.
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
 * Pool 4: Newport Gwent Dragons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 19–23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs
 * Standings (after 4 matches): 🇫🇷 Perpignan, Exeter Chiefs 14 points, Newport Gwent Dragons 10, 🇮🇹 Cavalieri Prato 0.
 * Pool 5: Sale Sharks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 41–21 🇫🇷 Agen
 * Standings (after 4 matches): 🇫🇷 Brive 18 points, Sale Sharks 15, Agen 5, 🇪🇸 La Vila 0.

Sailing

 * World Championships in Perth, Australia:
 * Women's 470: Tara Pacheco, Berta Betanzos  63 points  Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark  68  Jo Aleh, Polly Powrie  73
 * Men's 49er: Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen  91 points  Peter Burling, Blair Tuke  112  Emil Toft Nielssen, Simon Toft Nielssen  112
 * Men's RS:X: Dorian van Rijsselberghe  33 points  Piotr Myszka  40  Nimrod Mashiach  52
 * Men's Laser: Tom Slingsby  37 points  Nick Thompson  56  Andrew Murdock  59

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship – Event 11 in Sheffield, England: Jamie Cope compiles the 85th official maximum break, and becomes the sixth person to compile more than two official maximum breaks.

Ski jumping

 * Men's World Cup in Engelberg, Switzerland:
 * HS 137: Andreas Kofler  264.7 points  Kamil Stoch  260.8  Anders Bardal  260.5
 * Standings (after 7 of 27 events): (1) Kofler 508 points (2) Bardal 390 (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer 376



Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy:
 * Downhill: Cancelled due to strong winds.
 * Women's World Cup in Courchevel, France:
 * Giant slalom: Cancelled due to heavy snow.

Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 * ASB Mazembe 74–62 🇧🇮 Urunani
 * Union Bank 72–93 🇲🇦 AS Salé
 * Al Ahly 72–85  C.R.D. Libolo
 * Final standings: AS Salé 10 points, C.R.D. Libolo 9, Union Bank 8, ASB Mazembe 7, Al Ahly 6, Urunani 5.
 * Group B:
 * Royal Hoopers 63–88  Petro Atlético
 * Étoile Sportive du Sahel 🇹🇳 127–61 Malabo Kings
 * C.R. Al Hoceima 🇲🇦 62–70 Primeiro de Agosto
 * Final standings: Primeiro de Agosto 10 points, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 9, Petro Atlético 8, C.R. Al Hoceima 7, Malabo Kings 6, Royal Hoopers 4.

Biathlon

 * World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
 * 12.5 km pursuit men: Andreas Birnbacher  35:40.3 (0+0+0+0)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen  35:40.5 (0+0+0+0)  Simon Fourcade  35:41.6 (1+0+0+0)
 * Pursuit standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Tarjei Bø 140 points (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen  131 (3) Birnbacher & Benjamin Weger  124
 * Overall standings (after 7 of 26 races): (1) Bø 308 points (2) Martin Fourcade 289 (3) Svendsen 242
 * 10 km pursuit women: Olga Zaitseva  31:52.2 (0+0+0+0)  Helena Ekholm  32:21.3 (0+0+0+1)  Darya Domracheva  32:36.9 (1+1+0+1)
 * Pursuit standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Zaitseva 140 points (2) Tora Berger 135 (3) Domracheva 133
 * Overall standings (after 7 of 26 races): (1) Magdalena Neuner 336 points (2) Domracheva 327 (3) Kaisa Mäkäräinen  301

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in Winterberg, Germany (GER unless stated):
 * 2-women: Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer 1:56.32 (58.20, 58.12)  Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Lisette Thöne 1:56.60 (57.88, 58.72)  Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk  1:56.73 (58.20, 58.53)
 * Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Schneiderheinze-Stöckel 627 points (2) Martini 619 (3) Meyer 576
 * 2-men: Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske 1:52.98 (56.81, 56.17)  Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter  1:53.22 (57.06, 56.16)  Oskars Melbārdis/Daumants Dreiškens  1:53.43 (57.34, 56.09)
 * Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz 660 points (2) Hefti 635 (3) Maximilian Arndt 552

Cricket

 * Sri Lanka in South Africa:
 * 1st Test in Centurion, day 3: undefined 180 & 150 (39.1 overs; Vernon Philander 5/49);  undefined 411 (122 overs). South Africa win by an innings & 81 runs; lead 3-match series 1–0.
 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 1: undefined 234/5 (68 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 108*); 🇵🇰 pakistan.

Cross-country skiing

 * World Cup in Rogla, Slovenia:
 * Men's 15 km classic mass start: Petter Northug  42:42.7  Dario Cologna  42:42.9  Alexey Poltoranin  42:43.8
 * Distance standings (after 5 of 21 races): (1) Northug 340 points (2) Maurice Manificat 202 (3) Cologna 188
 * Overall standings (after 9 of 37 races): (1) Northug 600 points (2) Cologna 408 (3) Manificat 266
 * Women's 10 km classic mass start: Justyna Kowalczyk  32:49.7  Therese Johaug  33:11.8  Vibeke Skofterud  33:17.1
 * Distance standings (after 5 of 21 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen 296 points (2) Skofterud 294 (3) Johaug 281
 * Overall standings (after 9 of 37 races): (1) Bjørgen 582 points (2) Skofterud 479 (3) Johaug 471

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England:
 * Preliminary round:
 * Dietmar Burger 0–4 Christian Perez
 * Kevin Münch 4–2 Lee Choon Peng
 * First round:
 * Peter Wright 1–3 Jelle Klaasen
 * Ronnie Baxter 2–3 Steve Farmer
 * Robert Thornton 3–1 Ian White
 * Alan Tabern 3–1 Perez
 * Steve Beaton 3–2 Magnus Caris
 * Vincent van der Voort 3–2 Mark Hylton
 * Paul Nicholson 3–1 Mensur Suljović
 * Denis Ovens w/d–w/o Münch

Football (soccer)

 * 🇪🇨 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A Finals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Deportivo Quito 1–0 (1–0) Emelec. Deportivo Quito win 2–0 on aggregate.
 * Deportivo Quito win the title for the fifth time.

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Innichen, Italy:
 * Ski cross men: Brady Leman   Egor Korotkov   David Duncan
 * Overall standings: (1) Mikaël Kingsbury, Wing Tai Barrymore & Leman 20 points
 * Ski cross women: Kelsey Serwa   Sanna Lüdi   Marielle Thompson
 * Overall standings: (1) Hannah Kearney, Britta Sigourney & Serwa 20 points

Luge

 * World Cup 3 in Calgary, Canada (GER unless stated):
 * Men: Andi Langenhan 1:29.406 (44.716, 44.690)  Felix Loch 1:29.500 (44.947, 44.553)  David Möller 1:29.657 (44.808, 44.849)
 * Standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Loch 285 points (2) Möller 225 (3) Langenhan 210
 * Doubles: Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt 1:27.661 (43.795, 43.866)  Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger  1:27.693 (43.831, 43.862)  Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken 1:27.829 (43.912, 43.917)
 * Standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Linger/Linger 255 points (2) Peter Penz/Georg Fischler 211 (3) Wendl/Arlt 210

Mixed martial arts

 * Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal in San Diego, California, United States:
 * Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (c) def. Jorge Masvidal  via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–46)
 * Women's Featherweight Championship bout: Cristiane Santos (c) def. Hiroko Yamanaka  via TKO (punches)
 * Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi def. Ovince St. Preux  via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
 * Lightweight bout: K. J. Noons def. Billy Evangelista  via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
 * HS 109 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis  29:14.5  Akito Watabe  29:15.5  Alessandro Pittin  29:18.0
 * Standings (after 7 of 23 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 454 points (2) Tino Edelmann 368 (3) Watabe 316

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
 * Pool 2: London Irish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19–25 🇫🇷 Racing Métro
 * Standings (after 4 matches): 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Blues, Edinburgh 13 points, London Irish 8, Racing Métro 7.
 * Pool 3:
 * Montpellier 🇫🇷 13–13 Glasgow Warriors
 * Leinster 52–27 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Leinster 16 points, Glasgow Warriors 10, Bath, Montpellier 6.
 * Pool 4:
 * Leicester Tigers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 23–19 🇫🇷 Clermont
 * Aironi 🇮🇹 20–46 Ulster
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Ulster 14 points, Leicester Tigers 12, Clermont 11, Aironi 0.
 * Pool 6: Gloucester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 23–19 Connacht
 * Standings: 🇫🇷 Toulouse 12 points (3 matches), Gloucester 9 (4), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harlequins 8 (3), Connacht 2 (4).
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
 * Pool 1: Worcester Warriors 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 57–13 București Wolves
 * Standings (after 4 matches): 🇫🇷 Stade Français 19 points, Worcester Warriors 15, București Wolves 5, 🇮🇹 Crociati Parma 0.
 * Pool 2:
 * Petrarca Padova 🇮🇹 3–43 🇫🇷 Lyon
 * Toulon 🇫🇷 36–10 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Toulon 15 points, Newcastle Falcons 13, Lyon 10, Petrarca Padova 0.
 * Pool 4: Cavalieri Prato 🇮🇹 13–30 🇫🇷 Perpignan
 * Standings: Perpignan 14 points (4 matches), Exeter Chiefs 10 (3), Newport Gwent Dragons 9 (3), Cavalieri Prato 0 (4).

Sailing

 * World Championships in Perth, Australia:
 * Men's Star: Robert Scheidt, Bruno Prada  45 points,  Robert Stanjek, Frithjof Kleen  61  Mark Mendelblatt, Brian Fatih  73

Skeleton

 * World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:
 * Men: Martins Dukurs  57.90  Frank Rommel  58.22  Aleksandr Tretyakov  58.29
 * Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Dukurs 675 points (2) Tretyakov 610 (3) Rommel 586
 * Women: Amy Gough  1:00.16  Katharina Heinz  1:00.24  Marion Thees  1:00.26
 * Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Olga Potylitsina 585 points (2) Mellisa Hollingsworth  545 (3) Thees 536

Ski jumping

 * Men's World Cup in Engelberg, Switzerland (AUT unless stated):
 * HS 137: Anders Bardal  266.2 points  Martin Koch 258.1  Thomas Morgenstern 257.4
 * Standings (after 6 of 27 events): (1) Andreas Kofler 408 points (2) Bardal 330 (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer 326

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship – Event 11 in Sheffield, England: Ding Junhui compiles the 84th official maximum break, and becomes the fourth person to compile more than three official maximum breaks.

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Telluride, United States:
 * Men's snowboard cross team: Pierre Vaultier/Xavier de Le Rue   Nick Baumgartner/Jonathan Cheever   Joachim Havikhagen/Stian Sivertzen
 * Women's snowboard cross team: Nelly Moenne Loccoz/Déborah Anthonioz   Dominique Maltais/Maëlle Ricker   Lindsey Jacobellis/Callan Chythlook-Sifsof
 * World Cup in Ruka, Finland:
 * Halfpipe men: Markus Malin  94.0 points  Steve Krijbolder  88.0  Aleksi Kumpulainen  83.3
 * Halfpipe standings: (1) Janne Korpi 1600 points (2) Malin 1150 (3) Ryō Aono  1040
 * Freestyle Overall standings: (1) Korpi 2620 points (2) Dimi de Jong 1480 (3) Niklas Mattsson  1160
 * Halfpipe women: Lucile Lefèvre  81.3 points  Emma Bernard  80.0  Ella Suitiala  67.3
 * Halfpipe standings & Freestyle Overall standings: (1) Lefèvre 1290 points (2) Ursina Haller 1200 (3) Queralt Castellet  1180



Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy:
 * Super giant slalom: Beat Feuz  1:21.51  Bode Miller  1:21.81  Kjetil Jansrud  1:21.95
 * Super-G standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 230 points (2) Feuz 171 (3) Didier Cuche  121
 * Overall standings (after 9 of 45 races): (1) Svindal 384 points (2) Feuz 360 (3) Ted Ligety 309

Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * C.R.D. Libolo 83–56 🇧🇮 Urunani
 * Al Ahly 61–83  Union Bank
 * AS Salé 🇲🇦 70–56 ASB Mazembe
 * Standings (after 4 games): AS Salé 8 points, C.R.D. Libolo, Union Bank 7, ASB Mazembe, Al Ahly 5, Urunani 4.
 * Group B:
 * Malabo Kings 51–101  Petro Atlético
 * Étoile Sportive du Sahel 🇹🇳 84–62 🇲🇦 C.R. Al Hoceima
 * Primeiro de Agosto 95–69  Royal Hoopers
 * Standings (after 4 games): Primeiro de Agosto 8 points, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 7, Petro Atlético, C.R. Al Hoceima 6, Malabo Kings 5, Royal Hoopers 3.

Biathlon

 * World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
 * 7.5 km sprint women: Olga Zaitseva  20:36.6 (0+1)  Darya Domracheva  20:50.5 (1+1)  Helena Ekholm  21:06.8 (1+0)
 * Sprint standings (after 3 of 10 races): (1) Magdalena Neuner 163 points (2) Kaisa Mäkäräinen  & Domracheva 134
 * Overall standings (after 6 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 307 points (2) Domracheva 279 (3) Mäkäräinen 261

Cricket

 * Sri Lanka in South Africa:
 * 1st Test in Centurion, day 2: undefined 180;  undefined 389/9 (118 overs). South Africa lead by 209 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings.

Darts

 * PDC World Championship in London, England:
 * Preliminary round: Haruki Muramatsu 4–2 Dennis Nilsson
 * First round:
 * Justin Pipe 3–1 Sean Reed
 * Co Stompé 3–0 Michael Smith
 * Wes Newton 3–0 Kurt van de Rijck
 * Phil Taylor 3–0 Muramatsu

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in São Paulo, Brazil:
 * 5th–8th semifinals:
 *  41–31
 * 31–32 
 * Semifinals:
 *  28–23
 *  30–22

Luge

 * World Cup 3 in Calgary, Canada:
 * Women: Alex Gough  1:34.212 (47.153, 47.059)  Tatjana Hüfner  1:34.324 (47.176, 47.148)  Tatiana Ivanova  1:34.724 (47.290, 47.434)
 * Standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 270 points (2) Gough 230 (3) Natalie Geisenberger 210

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
 * HS 109 / Team sprint: Sébastien Lacroix/Jason Lamy-Chappuis  41:30.1  Lukas Runggaldier/Alessandro Pittin  41:32.3  Mikko Kokslien/Magnus Krog  41:34.2

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
 * Pool 2: Edinburgh 19–12 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Blues
 * Standings: Edinburgh, Cardiff Blues 13 points (4 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Irish 7 (3), 🇫🇷 Racing Métro 3 (3).
 * Pool 5:
 * Ospreys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 13–16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Saracens
 * Biarritz 🇫🇷 29–12 🇮🇹 Benetton Treviso
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Saracens 14 points, Biarritz 12, Ospreys 8, Benetton Treviso 6.

Sailing

 * World Championships in Perth, Australia:
 * Women's match racing:
 * Petite final: Ekaterina Skudina, Elena Siuzeva, Elena Oblova 1–3  Claire Leroy, Élodie Bertrand, Marie Riou
 * Final: Lucy MacGregor, Annie Lush, Kate McGregor  0–4  Anna Tunnicliffe, Deborah Capozzi, Molly Vandemoer

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Telluride, United States:
 * Snowboard cross men: Pierre Vaultier   Christopher Robanske   Nick Baumgartner
 * Snowboard cross women: Lindsey Jacobellis   Dominique Maltais   Déborah Anthonioz

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Basketball

 * Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 9 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
 * Group A:
 * Fenerbahçe Ülker 🇹🇷 70–80 🇪🇸 Gescrap Bizkaia
 * Olympiacos 86–61 🇮🇹 Bennet Cantù
 * Standings: 🇪🇸 Caja Laboral, Bennet Cantù, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Olympiacos 5–4, Gescrap Bizkaia 4–5, 🇫🇷 SLUC Nancy 3–6.
 * Group B: Brose Baskets 🇩🇪 68–82 🇱🇹 Žalgiris Kaunas
 * Standings: 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow 9–0, Panathinaikos 6–3, 🇪🇸 Unicaja 4–5, Žalgiris Kaunas, Brose Baskets 3–6,  KK Zagreb 2–7.
 * Group C: Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 96–57 🇹🇷 Anadolu Efes
 * Standings: 🇪🇸 Real Madrid 7–2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–3, Anadolu Efes 5–4, 🇷🇸 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–5, 🇮🇹 EA7 Emporio Armani 3–6, 🇧🇪 Spirou Charleroi 2–7.
 * Group D:
 * UNICS Kazan 🇷🇺 68–41 🇵🇱 Asseco Prokom Gdynia
 * Montepaschi Siena 🇮🇹 77–74 🇪🇸 FC Barcelona Regal
 * Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 8–1, Montepaschi Siena 7–2, UNICS Kazan 6–3, 🇹🇷 Galatasaray Medical Park 4–5, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, 🇸🇮 Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–8.
 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A: ASB Mazembe 75–62  Al Ahly
 * Standings (after 3 games): 🇲🇦 AS Salé 6 points, C.R.D. Libolo,  Union Bank 5, ASB Mazembe, Al Ahly 4, 🇧🇮 Urunani 3.
 * Group B:
 * Royal Hoopers 57–73 🇹🇳 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
 * C.R. Al Hoceima 🇲🇦 66–60 Royal Hoopers
 * Standings (after 3 games): Primeiro de Agosto 6 points, C.R. Al Hoceima, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 5,  Petro Atlético,  Malabo Kings 4, Royal Hoopers 2.

Biathlon

 * World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
 * 10 km sprint men: Tarjei Bø  23:57.2 (1+0)  Martin Fourcade  24:01.2 (1+1)  Timofey Lapshin  24:14.4 (0+0)
 * Sprint standings (after 3 of 10 races): (1) Bø 152 points (2) Carl Johan Bergman 120 (3) Fourcade 116
 * Overall standings (after 6 of 26 races): (1) Bø 265 points (2) Fourcade 253 (3) Bergman & Emil Hegle Svendsen 225

Cricket

 * Sri Lanka in South Africa:
 * 1st Test in Centurion, day 1: undefined 180 (47.4 overs; Vernon Philander 5/53);  undefined 90/1 (34 overs). South Africa trail by 90 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Darts

 * 2012 World Championship in London, England:
 * Preliminary round: Paul Barham 2–4 Scott MacKenzie
 * First round:
 * Jamie Caven 1–3 Roland Scholten
 * Mark Webster 2–3 Richie Burnett
 * Adrian Lewis 3–2 Nigel Heydon
 * Wayne Jones 3–1 MacKenzie

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama, Japan:
 * Semi-finals: Al-Sadd 🇶🇦 0–4 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the round of 32):
 * Group A:
 * PAOK 1–1 🇷🇺 Rubin Kazan
 * Shamrock Rovers 🇮🇪 0–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham Hotspur
 * Final standings: PAOK 12 points, Rubin Kazan 11, Tottenham Hotspur 10, Shamrock Rovers 0.
 * Group B:
 * Hannover 96 🇩🇪 3–1 🇺🇦 Vorskla Poltava
 * Copenhagen 0–1 🇧🇪 Standard Liège
 * Final standings: Standard Liège 14 points, Hannover 96 11, Copenhagen 5, Vorskla Poltava 2.
 * Group C:
 * Hapoel Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 2–0 🇵🇱 Legia Warsaw
 * PSV Eindhoven 2–1 🇷🇴 Rapid București
 * Final standings: PSV Eindhoven 16 points, Legia Warsaw 9, Hapoel Tel Aviv 7, Rapid București 3.
 * Group G:
 * AZ 1–1 🇺🇦 Metalist Kharkiv
 * Austria Wien 🇦🇹 2–0 🇸🇪 Malmö FF
 * Final standings: Metalist Kharkiv 14 points, Arizona, Austria Wien 8, Malmö FF 1.
 * Group H:
 * Club Brugge 🇧🇪 1–1 Braga
 * Birmingham City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–0 Maribor
 * Final standings: Club Brugge, Braga 11 points, Birmingham City 10, Maribor 1.
 * Group I:
 * Udinese 🇮🇹 1–1 Celtic
 * Atlético Madrid 🇪🇸 3–1 🇫🇷 Rennes
 * Final standings: Atlético Madrid 13 points, Udinese 9, Celtic 6, Rennes 3.

Rugby union

 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 4:
 * Pool 1: Stade Français 🇫🇷 45–3 🇮🇹 Crociati Parma
 * Standings: Stade Français 19 points (4 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Worcester Warriors 10 (3), București Wolves 5 (3), Crociati Parma 0 (4).
 * Pool 3:
 * Bordeaux Bègles 🇫🇷 15–10 🇮🇹 Rovigo
 * London Wasps 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25–11 🇫🇷 Bayonne
 * Standings (after 4 matches): London Wasps 14 points, Bayonne 13, Bordeaux Bègles 9, Rovigo 1.
 * Pool 5: Brive 🇫🇷 38–13 🇪🇸 La Vila
 * Standings: Brive 18 points (4 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sale Sharks 10 (3), 🇫🇷 Agen 5 (3), La Vila 0 (4).

Snooker

 * For the first time in professional snooker, two maximum breaks are compiled on the same day, at the FFB Open. Matthew Stevens compiles the 82nd and Ding Junhui  the 83rd; Ding also becomes the fifth person to compile more than two official maximum breaks.

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Telluride, United States:
 * Giant slalom men: Benjamin Karl   Andreas Prommegger   Simon Schoch
 * Giant slalom standings (after 2 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Karl 1450 points (2) Prommegger 1400 (3) Aaron March 1250
 * Giant slalom women: Julia Dujmovits   Fränzi Mägert-Kohli   Amelie Kober
 * Giant slalom standings (after 2 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Mägert-Kohli 1800 points (2) Dujmovits 1360 (3) Yekaterina Tudegesheva 1090

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Basketball

 * Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 9 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16):
 * Group A: Caja Laboral 🇪🇸 90–55 🇫🇷 SLUC Nancy
 * Standings: 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe Ülker, 🇮🇹 Bennet Cantù 5–3, Caja Laboral 5–4, Olympiacos 4–4, 🇪🇸 Gescrap Bizkaia 3–5, SLUC Nancy 3–6.
 * Group B:
 * CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 91–75 Panathinaikos
 * KK Zagreb 67–82 🇪🇸 Unicaja
 * Standings: CSKA Moscow 9–0, Panathinaikos 6–3, Unicaja 4–5, 🇩🇪 Brose Baskets 3–5, 🇱🇹 Žalgiris Kaunas 2–6, KK Zagreb 2–7.
 * Group C:
 * EA7 Emporio Armani 🇮🇹 88–53 🇧🇪 Spirou Charleroi
 * Real Madrid 🇪🇸 101–83 🇷🇸 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade
 * Standings: Real Madrid 7–2, 🇹🇷 Anadolu Efes, 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–5, EA7 Emporio Armani 3–6, Spirou Charleroi 2–7.
 * Group D: Galatasaray Medical Park 🇹🇷 80–59 🇸🇮 Union Olimpija Ljubljana
 * Standings: 🇪🇸 FC Barcelona Regal 8–0, 🇮🇹 Montepaschi Siena 6–2, 🇷🇺 UNICS Kazan 5–3, Galatasaray Medical Park 4–5, 🇵🇱 Asseco Prokom Gdynia 1–7, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–8.
 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * Urunani 🇧🇮 44–84 Union Bank
 * C.R.D. Libolo 64–62   ASB Mazembe
 * AS Salé 🇲🇦 87–83 Al Ahly
 * Standings: AS Salé 6 points (3 games), C.R.D. Libolo, Union Bank 5 (3), Al Ahly 3 (2), Urunani 3 (3), ASB Mazembe 2 (2).
 * Group B:
 * Malabo Kings 20–0  Royal Hoopers
 * Petro Atlético 74–59 🇲🇦 C.R. Al Hoceima
 * Primeiro de Agosto 79–62 🇹🇳 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
 * Standings: Primeiro de Agosto 6 points (3 games), Petro Atlético, Malabo Kings 4 (3), C.R. Al Hoceima, Étoile Sportive du Sahel 3 (2), Royal Hoopers 0 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA Club World Cup in Toyota, Japan:
 * Match for fifth place: Espérance 🇹🇳 2–3 🇲🇽 Monterrey
 * Semi-finals: Kashiwa Reysol 🇯🇵 1–3 🇧🇷 Santos
 * Copa Sudamericana Finals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Universidad de Chile 3–0 (1–0) 🇪🇨 LDU Quito. Universidad de Chile win 6–0 on points.
 * Universidad become the first Chilean team to win the Copa Sudamericana.
 * UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the round of 32):
 * Group D:
 * Zürich 2–0 🇷🇴 Vaslui
 * Lazio 🇮🇹 2–0 Sporting CP
 * Final standings: Sporting CP 12 points, Lazio 9, Vaslui 6, Zürich 3.
 * Group E:
 * Dynamo Kyiv 🇺🇦 3–3 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Beşiktaş 🇹🇷 3–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stoke City
 * Final standings: Beşiktaş 12 points, Stoke City 11, Dynamo Kyiv 7, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2.
 * Group F:
 * Slovan Bratislava 🇸🇰 2–3 🇦🇹 Red Bull Salzburg
 * Paris Saint-Germain 🇫🇷 4–2 🇪🇸 Athletic Bilbao
 * Final standings: Athletic Bilbao 13 points, Red Bull Salzburg, Paris Saint-Germain 10, Slovan Bratislava 1.
 * Group J:
 * Maccabi Haifa 🇮🇱 0–3 🇩🇪 Schalke 04
 * Steaua București 🇷🇴 3–1 🇨🇾 AEK Larnaca
 * Final standings: Schalke 04 14 points, Steaua București 8, Maccabi Haifa 6, AEK Larnaca 5.
 * Group K:
 * Wisła Kraków 🇵🇱 2–1 Twente
 * Fulham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2–2 Odense
 * Final standings: Twente 13 points, Wisła Kraków 9, Fulham 8, Odense 4.
 * Group L:
 * Sturm Graz 🇦🇹 1–3 AEK Athens
 * Anderlecht 🇧🇪 5–3 🇷🇺 Lokomotiv Moscow
 * Final standings: Anderlecht 18 points, Lokomotiv Moscow 12, AEK Athens, Sturm Graz 3.
 * 🇵🇪 Torneo Descentralizado Play-offs, third leg: Juan Aurich 0–0 Alianza Lima. 2–2 on aggregate, Juan Aurich win 3–1 on penalties.
 * Juan Aurich win the title for the first time.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in São Paulo, Brazil, Quarterfinals:
 * 23–25 
 * 23–28 
 * 25–30 
 *  27–26

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Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * Urunani 🇧🇮 51–70 Al Ahly
 * GDR Libolo 75–78 🇲🇦 AS Salé
 * Union Bank 68–49  ASB Mazembe
 * Group B:
 * Malabo Kings 51–101  Primeiro de Agosto
 * Petro Atlético 76–86 🇹🇳 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

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Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * Union Bank 80–85  C.R.D. Libolo
 * AS Salé 🇲🇦 110–43 🇧🇮 Urunani
 * Group B:
 * C.R. Al Hoceima 🇲🇦 116–46 Malabo Kings
 * Primeiro de Agosto 90–69  Petro Atlético

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 1st Test in Chittagong, day 4: undefined 135 & 275 (82.3 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 594/5d. Pakistan win by an innings & 184 runs; lead 2-match series 1–0.
 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 2nd Test in Hobart, day 4: 🇳🇿 new zealand 150 & 226; 🇦🇺 australia 136 & 233 (63.4 overs; David Warner 123*, Doug Bracewell 6/40). New Zealand win by 7 runs; 2-match series drawn 1–1.
 * Australia retain the Trans-Tasman Trophy.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil, Last 16:
 * 23–26 
 * 27–28 
 *  23–22 (a.e.t.)
 *  35–22

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Athletics

 * European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia:
 * Men: Atelaw Yeshetela  29:15  Ayad Lamdassem  29:20  José Rocha  29:21
 * Women: Fionnuala Britton  25:55  Ana Dulce Félix  26:02  Gemma Steel  26:04

Biathlon

 * World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
 * 4×7.5 km Relay Men: 🇳🇴 (Rune Brattsveen, Lars Berger, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Tarjei Bø) 1:14:52.9 (1+7)   (Anton Shipulin, Andrei Makoveev, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko) 1:15:06.8 (0+5)   (Vincent Jay, Simon Fourcade, Alexis Bœuf, Martin Fourcade) 1:15:23.9 (0+6)
 * 4×6 km Relay Women: 🇳🇴 (Fanny Welle-Strand Horn, Elise Ringen, Synnøve Solemdal, Tora Berger) 1:07:13.3 (0+10)   (Marie-Laure Brunet, Anaïs Bescond, Sophie Boilley, Marie Dorin Habert) 1:07:26.9 (0+3)   (Svetlana Sleptsova, Natalia Guseva, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Zaitseva) 1:07:42.7 (0+6)

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in La Plagne, France (GER unless stated):
 * Four-man: Manuel Machata/Florian Becke/Andreas Bredau/Christian Poser 1:57.00 (58.48, 58.52)  Maximilian Arndt/Rene Tiefert/Jan Speer/Martin Putze 1:57.24 (58.58, 58.66)  Thomas Florschütz/Gino Gerhardi/Kevin Kuske/Thomas Blaschek 1:57.26 (58.66, 58.60)
 * Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Alexandr Zubkov 409 points (2) Machata 401 (3) Florschütz 400

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 1st Test in Chittagong, day 3: undefined 135 & 134/4 (39 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 594/5d (176.5 overs; Younis Khan 200*, Asad Shafiq 104). Bangladesh trail by 325 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 2nd Test in Hobart, day 3: 🇳🇿 new zealand 150 & 226 (78.3 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 136 & 72/0 (19 overs). Australia require another 169 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
 * West Indies in India:
 * 5th ODI in Chennai: 🇮🇳 india 267/6 (50 overs; Manoj Tiwary 104 r/h); undefined 233 (44.1 overs; Kieron Pollard 119). India win by 34 runs; win 5-match series 4–1.

Cross-country skiing

 * World Cup in Davos, Switzerland:
 * Men's Sprint Freestyle: Alexei Petukhov  2:41.7  Teodor Peterson  2:42.0  Emil Jönsson  2:42.1
 * Sprint standings (after 3 of 13 races): (1) Petukhov 208 points (2) Peterson 175 (3) Ola Vigen Hattestad 111
 * Overall standings (after 8 of 37 races): (1) Petter Northug 500 points (2) Dario Cologna  322 (3) Johan Olsson  259
 * Women's Sprint Freestyle: Kikkan Randall  3:02.4  Natalya Matveyeva  3:04.1  Maiken Caspersen Falla  3:04.1
 * Sprint standings (after 3 of 13 races): (1) Randall 240 points (2) Matveyeva 194 (3) Hanna Brodin 121
 * Overall standings (after 8 of 37 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen 582 points (2) Vibeke Skofterud  411 (3) Randall 393

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping – World Cup:
 * Western European League, 6th competition in Geneva, Switzerland: Álvaro de Miranda Neto  on Ashleigh Drossel Dan  Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  on Casall  Patrice Delaveau  on Orient Express
 * Standings (after 6 of 12 competitions): (1) Bengtsson 59 points (2) Steve Guerdat 51 (3) Nick Skelton  48
 * Central European League – North Sub-League, 11th competition in Poznań, Poland: Jörne Sprehe  on Contifax  Camila Mazza de Benedicto  on Willink  Henk van de Pol  on Chesterfield
 * Pacific League – Australia, 13th competition in Sydney: Billy Raymont  on Ocean Beach NZPH  Thomas McDermott  on Limerick  Catherine Green  on Da Vinci's Pride

Field hockey

 * Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Seventh place match:  5–4 (a.e.t.)
 * Fifth place match:  1–0
 * Third place match: 3–5  
 * Final:  1–0
 * Australia win the Trophy for the fourth successive time and 12th time overall.

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada:
 * Ice dancing: Meryl Davis / Charlie White  188.55 points  Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  183.34  Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat  169.69
 * Davis and White win the title for the third successive time.

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
 * Quarter-finals in Toyota:
 * Espérance 🇹🇳 1–2 🇶🇦 Al-Sadd
 * Kashiwa Reysol 🇯🇵 1–1 (4–3 pen.) 🇲🇽 Monterrey
 * 🇲🇽 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final Second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Tigres UANL 3–1 (1–0) Santos Laguna. Tigres UANL win 4–1 on aggregate.
 * Tigres UANL win the title for the third time.
 * 🇪🇨 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A Finals, first leg: Emelec 0–1 Deportivo Quito

Golf

 * European Tour:
 * Dubai World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
 * Winner: Álvaro Quirós 269 (−19)
 * Quirós wins his sixth European Tour title.
 * Final Race to Dubai standings (prize money in €): (1) Luke Donald 5,323,400 (2) Rory McIlroy  4,002,168 (3) Martin Kaymer  3,489,033
 * Donald becomes the first player to finish top of the money list on the PGA and European Tours in the same season.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil, Last 16:
 * 29–30 
 *  30–19
 *  34–22
 * 19–23 

Nine-ball pool

 * Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Team Europe 11–7 🇺🇸 Team USA
 * Nick van den Berg 2–6 Shane Van Boening
 * Darren Appleton 3–6 Johnny Archer
 * Niels Feijen 6–4 Rodney Morris
 * Europe win the title for the second consecutive time and sixth time overall.

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Ramsau, Austria:
 * HS 98 / 10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis  22:07.4  Magnus Krog  22:07.8  Mario Stecher  22:08.0
 * Standings (after 6 of 23 races): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 354 points (2) Tino Edelmann 350 (3) Krog 275

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
 * Pool 3:
 * Glasgow Warriors 20–15 🇫🇷 Montpellier
 * Bath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 13–18 Leinster
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Leinster 11 points, Glasgow Warriors 8, Bath 6, Montpellier 4.
 * Pool 4: Clermont 🇫🇷 30–12 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester Tigers
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Clermont 10 points, Ulster 9, Leicester Tigers 8, 🇮🇹 Aironi 0.
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
 * Pool 1: București Wolves 13–24 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Worcester Warriors
 * Standings (after 3 matches): 🇫🇷 Stade Français 14 points, Worcester Warriors 10, București Wolves 5, 🇮🇹 Crociati Parma 0.
 * Pool 4: Exeter Chiefs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18–6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Newport Gwent Dragons
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Exeter Chiefs 10 points, 🇫🇷 Perpignan, Newport Gwent Dragons 9, 🇮🇹 Cavalieri Prato 0.

Sailing

 * World Championships in Perth, Australia:
 * Men's 470: Mathew Belcher / Malcolm Page  28 points  Luke Patience / Stuart Bithell  40  Sime Fantela / Igor Marenic  62
 * Men's Finn: Giles Scott  30 points  Pieter-Jan Postma  31  Edward Martin Wright  45
 * Women's Laser Radial: Marit Boumeester  49 points  Evi Van Acker  53  Paige Railey  71
 * Women's RS:X: Lee Korzits  31 points  Zofia Noceti-Klepacka  33  Marina Alabau  45
 * Korzits wins the title for the second time and becomes the first Israeli in any sport to win multiple world championships.

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup 4 in Shanghai, China:
 * 500m men: Charles Hamelin  40.905  Jon Eley  41.054  Liang Wenhao  41.178
 * Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Olivier Jean 3000 points (2) Liang 2804 (3) Eley 2719
 * 1000m men: Kwak Yoon-Gy  1:25.300  Jean 1:25.451  Noh Jin-Kyu  1:25.971
 * Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Kwak 4312 points (2) Noh 2096 (3) Hamelin 2000
 * 5000m relay men:  (Liang, Song Weilong, Yu Yongjun, Wu Dajing) 6:38.567   (Hamelin, Michael Gilday, Jean, Rémi Beaulieu-Tinker) 6:48.858   (Jack Whelbourne, Eley, Paul Stanley, Richard Shoebridge) 7:02.363
 * Standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) 🇰🇷 KOR 2664 points (2) Canada 2650 (3) China 2538
 * 500m women: Arianna Fontana  44.026  Liu Qiuhong  44.111  Fan Kexin  44.320
 * Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Martina Valcepina 3470 points (2) Liu 3294 (3) Fontana 3000
 * 1000m women: Katherine Reutter  1:32.721  Li Jianrou  1:32.864  Yui Sakai  1:32.882
 * Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Sakai 3050 points (2) Elise Christie 2230 (3) Li 1962
 * 3000m relay Women:  (Liu, Li, Xiao Han, Fan) 4:12.394   (Lana Gehring, Alyson Dudek, Reutter, Jessica Smith) 4:13.000   (Ayuko Ito, Sayuri Shimizu, Sakai, Marie Yoshida) 4:13.763
 * Standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) China 3640 points (2) Japan 2408 (3) 🇰🇷 KOR 1948

Ski jumping

 * Men's World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
 * HS 142: Richard Freitag  292.4 points  Thomas Morgenstern  283.9  Severin Freund  277.8
 * Standings (after 5 of 27 events): (1) Andreas Kofler 358 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer  302 (3) Freitag 294

Snooker

 * UK Championship Final in York, England: Judd Trump 10–8 Mark Allen
 * Trump wins his second ranking title, and the seventh professional title of his career.

Swimming

 * European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
 * 200m freestyle men: Paul Biedermann  1:42.92  Filippo Magnini  1:43.20  László Cseh  1:43.71
 * 100m backstroke men: Radosław Kawecki  50.43  Aschwin Wildeboer  50.61  Pavel Sankovich  51.14
 * 200m breaststroke men: Dániel Gyurta  2:02.37  Vyacheslav Sinkevich  2:03.61  Michael Jamieson  2:03.77
 * 50m butterfly men: Andriy Govorov  22.70  Amaury Leveaux  22.74  Konrad Czerniak  22.77
 * 100m individual medley men: Peter Mankoč  52.70  Markus Deibler  53.04  Martti Aljand  53.37
 * 4 × 50 m freestyle relay men:  (Luca Dotto, Marco Orsi, Federico Bocchia, Andrea Rolla) 1:24.82   (Sergey Fesikov, Yevgeny Lagunov, Andrey Grechin, Nikita Konovalov) 1:25.11   (François Heersbrandt, Emmanuel Vanluchene, Louis Croenen, Jasper Aerents) 1:25.83
 * 50m freestyle women: Britta Steffen  24.01  Jeanette Ottesen  24.11  Triin Aljand  24.23
 * 200m freestyle women: Silke Lippok  1:54.08  Melanie Costa Schmid  1:54.31  Evelyn Verrasztó  1:54.55
 * 200m backstroke women: Daryna Zevina  2:02.25 (CR)  Duane Da Rocha Marcé  2:03.32  Melanie Nocher  2:04.29
 * 100m breaststroke women: Valentina Artemyeva  1:05.19  Rikke Møller Pedersen  1:05.23  Daria Deeva  1:05.83
 * 100m butterfly women: Ottesen 56.22  Jemma Lowe  56.67  Ilaria Bianchi  57.42
 * 400m individual medley women: Mireia Belmonte García  4:24.55 (CR)  Hannah Miley  4:26.06  Zsuzsanna Jakabos  4:27.86

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Biathlon

 * World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
 * 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Emil Hegle Svendsen  33:09.0 (1+0+1+0)  Tarjei Bø  33:09.1 (0+0+1+0)  Benjamin Weger  33:13.9 (1+0+0+0)
 * Pursuit standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Svendsen 114 points (2) Bø 97 (3) Weger 84
 * Overall standings (after 5 of 26 races): (1) Carl Johan Bergman & Svendsen 225 points (3) Bø 205
 * 10 km Pursuit Women: Darya Domracheva  29:34.4 (1+0+1+0)  Olga Zaitseva  29:34.7 (0+0+0+1)  Magdalena Neuner  29:37.5 (0+0+0+2)
 * Pursuit standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Neuner 96 points (2) Tora Berger 92 (3) Domracheva 85
 * Overall standings (after 5 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 264 points (2) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 229 (3) Domracheva 225

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in La Plagne, France:
 * Two-man: Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske  1:58.50 (59.39, 59.11)  Steven Holcomb/Steven Langton  1:58.85 (59.48, 59.37)  Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter  1:58.91 (59.53, 59.38)
 * Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz 435 points (2) Hefti 425 (3) Holcomb 410

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 1st Test in Chittagong, day 2: undefined 135; 🇵🇰 pakistan 415/4 (128 overs; Mohammad Hafeez 143). Pakistan lead by 280 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 2nd Test in Hobart, day 2: 🇳🇿 new zealand 150 & 139/3 (44 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 136 (51 overs). New Zealand lead by 153 runs with 7 wickets remaining.

Cross-country skiing

 * World Cup in Davos, Switzerland (NOR unless stated):
 * Men's 30 km Freestyle Individual: Petter Northug 1:07:43.8  Maurice Manificat  1:08:35.2  Lukáš Bauer  1:08:43.3
 * Distance standings (after 4 of 21 races): (1) Northug 240 points (2) Johan Olsson 169 (3) Manificat 151
 * Overall standings (after 7 of 37 races): (1) Northug 455 points (2) Dario Cologna 286 (3) Olsson 259
 * Women's 15 km Freestyle Individual: Marit Bjørgen 35:59.5  Vibeke Skofterud 36:41.3  Therese Johaug 36:41.7
 * Distance standings (after 4 of 21 races): (1) Bjørgen 296 points (2) Skofterud 226 (3) Johaug 186
 * Overall standings (after 7 of 37 races): (1) Bjørgen 546 points (2) Skofterud 389 (3) Johaug 376

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men:
 * World Challenge Game 2:  10–6
 * France win the challenge 2–0 and qualify for the World Championship.
 * Gold Medal Game:  6–7  🇳🇴
 * Norway win the title for the second successive time and fifth time overall.
 * Women:
 * World Challenge Game 2: 🇨🇿 7–4 🇭🇺
 * Czech Republic win the challenge 2–0 and qualify for the World Championship.
 * Gold Medal Game:  2–8  
 * Scotland win the title for the second time.

Field hockey

 * Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Pool C (teams in bold advance to the final):
 * 1–3 
 *  2–1
 * Final standings: Australia 9 points, Spain 6, New Zealand, Netherlands 1.
 * Pool D:
 * 5–0
 * 4–3
 * Final standings: Germany 7 points, Great Britain 6, Pakistan 3, Korea 1.

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada:
 * Ladies: Carolina Kostner  187.48 points  Akiko Suzuki  179.76  Alena Leonova  176.42
 * Men: Patrick Chan  260.30 points  Daisuke Takahashi  249.12  Javier Fernández  247.55
 * Pairs: Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy  212.26 points  Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov  212.08  Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov  187.77
 * Junior ice dancing (all RUS): Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin 147.53 points  Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov 136.61  Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 135.17
 * Junior men: Jason Brown  208.41 points  Yan Han  205.93  Joshua Farris  203.98

Football (soccer)

 * CAF U-23 Championship in Marrakech, Morocco:
 * Third Place Play-off: 0–2  
 * Final:  2–1
 * Gabon win the title for the first time.
 * Gabon, Morocco and Egypt qualify for 2012 Olympics, Senegal advances to AFC-CAF playoffs.
 * CECAFA Cup in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
 * Third place play-off:  1–0
 * Final:  2–2 (2–3 pen.)  🇺🇬 uganda
 * Uganda win the Cup for the 12th time.
 * OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
 * Group B: Hekari United 🇵🇬 3–1 Koloale
 * Standings: 🇳🇿 Auckland City 6 points (2 matches), Amicale 4 (2), Hekari United 4 (3), Koloale 0 (3).

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Rukatunturi, Finland (USA unless stated):
 * Moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury  25.00 points  Sho Kashima 21.71  Anthony Benna  16.28
 * Overall standings: (1) Kingsbury & Wing Tai Barrymore 20 points (3) Kashima & Torin Yater-Wallace 16
 * Muguls women: Hannah Kearney 24.70 points  Eliza Outtrim 22.25  Nikola Sudová  21.70
 * Overall standings: (1) Kearney & Brita Sigourney 20 points (3) Outtrim & Rosalind Groenewoud 16

Luge

 * World Cup 2 in Whistler, Canada:
 * Women: Natalie Geisenberger  1:23.439 (41.748, 41.691)  Tatjana Hüfner  1:23.482 (41.700, 41.782)  Tatiana Ivanova  1:23.606 (41.796, 41.810)
 * Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 185 points (2) Geisenberger 160 (3) Anke Wischnewski 140
 * Team relay:  (Geisenberger, Felix Loch, Ronny Pietrasik/Christian Weise) 2:18.773 (45.026, 46.717, 47.030)   (Alex Gough, Samuel Edney, Tristan Walker/Justin Snith 2:19.001 (45.073, 46.681, 47.247)   (Ivanova, Albert Demtschenko, Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:19.162 (45.130, 46.822, 47.210)
 * Standings (after 2 of 6 races): (1) Canada & Germany 185 points (3) Russia 140

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 140 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
 * Featherweight bout: Jung Chan-Sung def. Mark Hominick  via KO (punches)
 * Welterweight bout: Brian Ebersole def. Claude Patrick  via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
 * Light Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rogério Nogueira def. Tito Ortiz  via TKO (strikes to the body)
 * Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir def. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira  via submission (kimura)
 * Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Jon Jones (c) def. Lyoto Machida  via technical submission (guillotine choke)

Nine-ball pool

 * Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Team Europe 10–5 🇺🇸 Team USA
 * Darren Appleton /Niels Feijen 6–3 Shawn Putnam /Mike Dechaine
 * Appleton 6–2 Putnam
 * Ralf Souquet /Feijen 6–2 Johnny Archer /Rodney Morris
 * Nick van den Berg 5–6 Shane Van Boening
 * Chris Melling 6–2 Dechaine

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Ramsau, Austria:
 * HS 98 / 10 km: Jan Schmid  22:05.8  Jason Lamy-Chappuis  22:08.2  Tino Edelmann  22:08.8
 * Standings (after 5 of 23 races): (1) Edelmann 300 points (2) Lamy-Chappuis 254 (3) Håvard Klemetsen 239

Rugby union

 * IRB Sevens World Series:
 * South Africa Sevens in Port Elizabeth:
 * Shield:  19–12
 * Bowl: 19–22 
 * Plate:  48–0
 * Cup: 26–31 
 * Standings (after 3 of 9 competitions): (1) Fiji & New Zealand 51 points (3) South Africa 48
 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
 * Pool 1:
 * Scarlets 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 14–17 Munster
 * Castres 🇫🇷 41–22 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Northampton Saints
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Munster 12 points, Scarlets 10, Castres 6, Northampton Saints 3.
 * Pool 2: Racing Métro 🇫🇷 14–34 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Irish
 * Standings (after 3 matches): 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Blues 12 points, Edinburgh 9, London Irish 7, Racing Métro 3.
 * Pool 5:
 * Benetton Treviso 🇮🇹 30–26 🇫🇷 Biarritz
 * Saracens 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 31–26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ospreys
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Saracens 10 points, Ospreys, Biarritz 7, Benetton Treviso 6.
 * Pool 6: Connacht 10–14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gloucester
 * Standings (after 3 matches): 🇫🇷 Toulouse 12 points, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harlequins 8, Gloucester 5, Connacht 1.
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
 * Pool 1: Crociati Parma 🇮🇹 0–57 🇫🇷 Stade Français
 * Standings: Stade Français 14 points (3 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Worcester Warriors, București Wolves 5 (2), Crociati Parma 0 (3).
 * Pool 2: Lyon 🇫🇷 31–16 🇮🇹 Petrarca Padova
 * Standings (after 3 matches): 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons 13 points, 🇫🇷 Toulon 10, Lyon 5, Petrarca Padova 0.
 * Pool 3:
 * Rovigo 🇮🇹 7–31 🇫🇷 Bordeaux Bègles
 * Bayonne 🇫🇷 19–11 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Wasps
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Bayonne 13 points, London Wasps 10, Bordeaux Bègles 5, Rovigo 0.
 * Pool 5: La Vila 🇪🇸 18–47 🇫🇷 Brive
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Brive 13 points, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sale Sharks 10, 🇫🇷 Agen 5, La Vila 0.

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup 4 in Shanghai, China (CHN unless stated):
 * 500m men: Olivier Jean  41.073  Gong Qiuwen 41.516  Daan Breeuwsma  41.667
 * Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Jean 3000 points (2) Liang Wenhao 2164 (3) Jon Eley 1919
 * 1500m men: Noh Jin-Kyu  2:09.041 (WR)  Charles Hamelin  2:09.098  Kwak Yoon-Gy  2:09.548
 * Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Noh 4000 points (2) Kwak 2240 (3) Hamelin 1826
 * 500m women: Fan Kexin 43.873  Liu Qiuhong 43.959  Jessica Smith  45.338
 * Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Martina Valcepina 3302 points (2) Liu 2494 (3) Fan 2050
 * 1500m women: Cho Ha-Ri  2:22.473  Katherine Reutter  2:22.764  Xiao Han 2:23.061
 * Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Cho 2952 points (2) Reutter 2800 (3) Lee Eun-Byul 2537

Skeleton

 * World Cup in La Plagne, France:
 * Women: Mellisa Hollingsworth  2:06.09 (1:03.00, 1:03.09)  Anne O'Shea  2:06.46 (1:03.27, 1:03.19)  Katie Uhlaender  2:06.64 (1:03.43, 1:03.21)
 * Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Hollingsworth 425 points (2) Olga Potylitsina 393 (3) Anja Huber  384

Ski jumping

 * Men's World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
 * HS 142 Team: 🇳🇴 (Tom Hilde, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Vegard Sklett, Anders Bardal) 993.7 points  🇦🇹 (Thomas Morgenstern, David Zauner, Andreas Kofler, Gregor Schlierenzauer) 956.0   (Jernej Damjan, Jure Šinkovec, Peter Prevc, Robert Kranjec) 888.6

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, Semi-finals: Ricky Walden 7–9 Mark Allen

Surfing

 * Men's World Tour:
 * Billabong Pipeline Masters in Pipeline, Hawaii, United States: (1) Kieren Perrow (2) Joel Parkinson  (3) Michel Bourez  & Kelly Slater
 * Final Standings: (1) Slater 67,100 points (2) Parkinson 56,100 (3) Owen Wright 47,900

Swimming
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 * European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
 * 100m freestyle men: Sergey Fesikov  46.56  Luca Dotto  46.89  Krisztián Takács  47.46
 * 1500m freestyle men: Mateusz Sawrymowicz  14:29.81  Mads Glæsner  14:29.88  Sergiy Frolov  14:35.22
 * 50m breaststroke men: Fabio Scozzoli  26.25  Damir Dugonjič  26.34  Alexander Dale Oen  26.49
 * 200m butterfly men: László Cseh  1:50.87  Nikolay Skvortsov  1:51.21  Joe Roebuck  1:51.62
 * 400m freestyle women: Mireia Belmonte García  3:56.39  Lotte Friis  3:58.02  Melanie Costa Schmid  4:00.30
 * 50m backstroke women: Anastasia Zuyeva  26.23  Georgia Davies  26.93  Simona Baumrtová  26.94
 * 100m individual medley women: Theresa Michalak  59.05  Zsuzsanna Jakabos  59.72  Mie Østergaard Nielsen  1:00.10
 * 4 × 50 m medley relay women:  (Nielsen, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume) 1:46.48   (Zuyeva, Valentina Artemyeva, Irina Bespalova, Margarita Nesterova) 1:47.08   (Aleksandra Urbańczyk, Ewa Ścieszko, Anna Dowgiert, Katarzyna Wilk) 1:48.70

Biathlon

 * World Cup 2 in Hochfilzen, Austria:
 * 10 km Sprint Men (all 0+0): Carl Johan Bergman  24:41.9  Andrei Makoveev  24:51.1  Benjamin Weger  25:01.5
 * Sprint standings (after 2 of 10 races): (1) Bergman 120 points (2) Tarjei Bø 92 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen  91
 * Overall standings (after 4 of 26 races): (1) Martin Fourcade & Bergman 182 points (3) Svendsen 165
 * 7.5 km Sprint Women: Magdalena Neuner  21:09.2 (0+0)  Kaisa Mäkäräinen  21:24.1 (1+0)  Olga Zaitseva  21:31.9 (1+0)
 * Sprint standings (after 2 of 10 races): (1) Neuner 120 points (2) Mäkäräinen 102 (3) Darya Domracheva 80
 * Overall standings (after 4 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 216 points (2) Mäkäräinen 199 (3) Domracheva 165

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in La Plagne, France:
 * Two-woman: Kaillie Humphries/Emily Baadsvik  2:02.81 (1:01.63, 1:01.18)  Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer  2:02.93 (1:01.79, 1:01.14)  Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk  2:02.98 (1:01.75, 1:01.23)
 * Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel 417 points (2) Martini & Sandra Kiriasis  394

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 1st Test in Chittagong, day 1: undefined 135 (51.2 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 132/0 (38 overs). Pakistan trail by 3 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 2nd Test in Hobart, day 1: 🇳🇿 new zealand 150 (45.5 overs; James Pattinson 5/51); 🇦🇺 australia 12/1 (4.2 overs). Australia trail by 138 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men:
 * Semifinal: 🇳🇴 5–2 🇨🇿
 * World Challenge Game 1:  10–4
 * Bronze Medal Game: 🇨🇿 6–9 
 * Women:
 * Semifinal: 2–10 
 * World Challenge Game 1: 🇨🇿 7–4 🇭🇺
 * Bronze Medal Game: 7–13  

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada:
 * Junior pairs: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  160.43 points  Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry  152.65  Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer  146.35
 * Sui and Han win the title for the second time.
 * Junior ladies (all RUS): Yulia Lipnitskaya 179.73 points  Polina Shelepen 162.34  Polina Korobeynikova 151.18
 * Lipnitskaia wins the title for the first time.

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Copper Mountain, United States (USA unless stated):
 * Halfpipe men: Wing Tai Barrymore 87.2 points  Torin Yater-Wallace 84.6  Duncan Adams 83.8
 * Halfpipe women: Brita Sigourney 86.6 points  Rosalind Groenewoud  81.4  Virginie Faivre  77.4

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
 * Group A in Santos:
 *  25–22
 * ' 28–27 '
 * 15–23 
 * Final standings: Norway 8 points, Angola, Montenegro, Iceland 6, Germany 4, China 0.
 * Group B in Barueri:
 *  39–9
 * ' 26–38 '
 *  34–19
 * Final standings: Russia 10 points, Spain 8, South Korea 6, Netherlands 4, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.
 * Group C in São Paulo:
 * 24–32 
 * ' 20–39 '
 *  34–33
 * Final standings: Brazil 10 points, France 8, Romania, Japan 5, Tunisia 2, Cuba 0.
 * Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
 *  31–24
 * ' 19–20 '
 *  23–18
 * Final standings: Denmark 10 points, Croatia 8, Sweden 6, Côte d'Ivoire 4, Uruguay 2, Argentina 0.

Luge

 * World Cup 2 in Whistler, Canada:
 * Men (all GER): Felix Loch 1:36.480 (48.263, 48.217)  Johannes Ludwig 1:36.758 (48.406, 48.352)  David Möller 1:36.778 (48.361, 48.417)
 * Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Loch 200 points (2) Möller 155 (3) Ludwig 145
 * Doubles: Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger  1:22.644 (41.255, 41.389)  Peter Penz/Georg Fischler  1:22.888 (41.331, 41.557)  Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber  1:22.943 (41.380, 41.563)
 * Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Penz/Fischler 185 points (2) Linger/Linger 170 (3) Vladislav YuzhakovVladimir Makhnutin 127

Nine-ball pool

 * Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Team Europe 6–4 🇺🇸 Team USA
 * Nick van den Berg /Niels Feijen 5–6 Shane Van Boening /Johnny Archer
 * Ralf Souquet 1–6 Mike Dechaine
 * Darren Appleton /Chris Melling 5–6 Shawn Putnam /Rodney Morris
 * van den Berg 6–1 Archer
 * Souquet/Melling 6–2 Van Boening/Morris

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
 * Pool 2: Cardiff Blues 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 25–8 Edinburgh
 * Standings: Cardiff Blues 12 points (3 matches), Edinburgh 9 (3), 🇫🇷 Racing Métro 3 (2), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Irish 2 (2).
 * Pool 4: Ulster 31–10 🇮🇹 Aironi
 * Standings: Ulster 9 points (3 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester Tigers 8 (2), 🇫🇷 Clermont 6 (2), Aironi 0 (3).
 * Pool 6: Harlequins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 10–21 🇫🇷 Toulouse
 * Standings: Toulouse 12 points (3 matches), Harlequins 8 (3), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gloucester 1 (2), Connacht 0 (2).
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
 * Pool 4: Perpignan 🇫🇷 54–20 🇮🇹 Cavalieri Prato
 * Standings: Perpignan 9 points (3 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Newport Gwent Dragons 9 (2), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs 6 (2), Cavalieri Prato 0 (3).

Skeleton

 * World Cup in La Plagne, France:
 * Men: Martins Dukurs  2:01.25 (1:00.51, 1:00.74)  Tomass Dukurs  2:02.23 (1:01.01, 1:01.22)  Aleksandr Tretyakov  2:02.42 (1:01.09, 1:01.33)
 * Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Martins Dukurs 450 points (2) Tomass Dukurs & Tretyakov 410

Ski jumping

 * Men's World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic:
 * HS 142: Gregor Schlierenzauer  246.8 points  Daiki Ito  245.8  Anders Bardal  245.0
 * Standings (after 4 of 27 events): (1) Andreas Kofler 313 points (2) Schlierenzauer 270 (3) Richard Freitag  194

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, Semi-finals: Judd Trump 9–7 Neil Robertson

Swimming

 * European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
 * 50m backstroke men: Aschwin Wildeboer  23.43  Flori Lang  23.57  Pavel Sankovich  23.64
 * 100m breaststroke men: Alexander Dale Oen  57.05  Damir Dugonjič  57.29  Fabio Scozzoli  57.30
 * 100m butterfly men: Konrad Czerniak  49.62  Yevgeny Korotyshkin  49.88  François Heersbrandt  50.44
 * 400m individual medley men: László Cseh  4:01.68  Dávid Verrasztó  4:03.03  Gal Nevo  4:04.49
 * 100m freestyle women: Britta Steffen  51.94  Jeanette Ottesen  52.05  Amy Smith  52.77
 * 800m freestyle women: Lotte Friis  8:07.53  Erika Villaécija García  8:12.23  Melanie Costa Schmid  8:16.28
 * 100m backstroke women: Daryna Zevina  56.96  Anastasia Zuyeva  57.12  Mie Østergaard Nielsen  57.57
 * 200m breaststroke women: Rikke Møller Pedersen  2:19.55  Anastasia Chaun  2:20.84  Fanny Lecluyse  2:21.14
 * 50m butterfly women: Ottesen 24.92 (CR)  Triin Aljand  25.51  Sviatlana Khakhlova  25.96
 * 4 × 50 m freestyle relay women:  (Steffen, Dorothea Brandt, Paulina Schmiedel, Daniela Schreiber) 1:37.29   (Nielsen, Pernille Blume, Katrine Holm Sørensen, Ottesen) 1:37.63   (Erika Ferraioli, Erica Buratto, Federica Pellegrini, Laura Letrari) 1:38.12

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Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
 * Slalom: Ivica Kostelić  1:50.20 (54.64, 55.56)  Cristian Deville  1:50.34 (54.64, 55.70)  Marcel Hirscher  1:50.68 (54.50, 56.18)
 * Overall standings (after 8 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 334 points (2) Ted Ligety  309 (3) Hirscher 280

Basketball

 * Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 8 (teams in bold advance to Top 16):
 * Group A: Olympiacos 84–82 🇪🇸 Caja Laboral
 * Standings: 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe Ülker, 🇮🇹 Bennet Cantù 5–3, Caja Laboral, Olympiacos 4–4, 🇪🇸 Gescrap Bizkaia, 🇫🇷 SLUC Nancy 3–5.
 * Group B: Unicaja 🇪🇸 79–90 🇩🇪 Brose Baskets
 * Standings: 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow 8–0, Panathinaikos 6–2, Brose Baskets, Unicaja 3–5, 🇱🇹 Žalgiris Kaunas,  KK Zagreb 2–6.
 * Group C:
 * Spirou Basket 🇧🇪 84–79 🇷🇸 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade
 * Real Madrid 🇪🇸 88–64 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Standings: Real Madrid 6–2, 🇹🇷 Anadolu Efes, Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–4, 🇮🇹 EA7 Emporio Armani, Spirou Basket 2–6.
 * Group D:
 * Galatasaray Medical Park 🇹🇷 63–67 🇮🇹 Montepaschi Siena
 * FC Barcelona Regal 🇪🇸 63–50 🇷🇺 UNICS Kazan
 * Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 8–0, Montepaschi Siena 6–2, UNICS Kazan 5–3, Galatasaray Medical Park 3–5, 🇸🇮 Union Olimpija Ljubljana, 🇵🇱 Asseco Prokom Gdynia 1–7.

Cricket

 * West Indies in India:
 * 4th ODI in Indore: 🇮🇳 india 418/5 (50 overs; Virender Sehwag 219); undefined 265 (49.2 overs). India win by 153 runs; lead 5-match series 3–1.
 * Sehwag hits the highest individual score in a One Day International, surpassing 200* set by teammate Sachin Tendulkar in 2010.

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men:
 * Tiebreakers:
 * Round 1:
 * 2–8 
 * 4–7 🇨🇿
 * Round 2: 5–7 🇨🇿
 * Playoffs:
 *  5–4 🇳🇴
 * 8–9 🇨🇿
 * Women:
 * Tiebreaker:  6–5
 * Playoffs:
 *  12–6
 *  9–6

Field hockey

 * Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Pool C (team in bold advances to the final):
 * 3–2
 * 2–4 
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 6 points, Spain 3, New Zealand, Netherlands 1.
 * Pool D:
 * 6–2
 * 1–2
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Germany 4 points, Pakistan, Great Britain 3, Korea 1.

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA Club World Cup in Japan:
 * Play-off for Quarter-finals in Toyota: Kashiwa Reysol 🇯🇵 2–0 🇳🇿 Auckland City
 * Copa Sudamericana Finals first leg: LDU Quito 🇪🇨 0–1 Universidad de Chile
 * 🇲🇽 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final First leg: Santos Laguna 0–1 Tigres UANL

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
 * Group C in São Paulo:
 * 32–31
 *  38–18
 * ' 33–28 '
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Brazil 8 points, France 6, Romania 5, Japan 3, Tunisia 2, Cuba 0.
 * Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
 * ' 27–26 '
 *  38–17
 * 19–16
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Denmark 8 points, Croatia, Sweden 6, Côte d'Ivoire, Uruguay 2, Argentina 0.

Nine-ball pool

 * Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Team Europe 4–1 🇺🇸 Team USA
 * Team Europe 6–4 Team USA
 * Chris Melling /Nick van den Berg 3–6 Johnny Archer /Shawn Putnam
 * Niels Feijen 6–0 Rodney Morris
 * Darren Appleton /Ralf Souquet 6–4 Shane Van Boening /Mike Dechaine
 * Melling 6–5 Van Boening

Rugby union

 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3:
 * Pool 2: Newcastle Falcons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 6–3 🇫🇷 Toulon
 * Standings: Newcastle Falcons 13 points (3 matches), Toulon 10 (3), 🇫🇷 Lyon 1 (2), 🇮🇹 Petrarca Padova 0 (2).
 * Pool 5: Agen 🇫🇷 14–29 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sale Sharks
 * Standings: Sale Sharks 10 points (3 matches), 🇫🇷 Brive 8 (2), Agen 5 (3), 🇪🇸 La Vila 0 (2).

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, quarter-finals:
 * Stephen Maguire 3–6 Judd Trump
 * Ding Junhui 2–6 Neil Robertson
 * Ricky Walden 6–3 Shaun Murphy
 * Mark Allen 6–5 Marco Fu

Swimming

 * European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland:
 * 50m freestyle men: Konrad Czerniak  20.88  Sergey Fesikov  20.95  Marco Orsi  21.01
 * 400m freestyle men: Paul Biedermann  3:38.65  Mads Glæsner  3:39.30  Paweł Korzeniowski  3:40.54
 * 200m backstroke men: Radosław Kawęcki  1:49.15  Aschwin Wildeboer  1:50.63  Péter Bernek  1:51.21
 * 200m individual medley men: László Cseh  1:53.43  Markus Rogan  1:53.63  Gal Nevo  1:54.87
 * 4 × 50 m medley men:  (Mirco Di Tora, Fabio Scozzoli, Paolo Facchinelli, Orsi) 1:33.18   (Vitaly Borisov, Sergey Geybel, Yevgeny Korotyshkin, Fesikov) 1:33.86   (Christian Diener, Erik Steinhagen, Steffen Deibler, Stefan Herbst) 1:34.41
 * 50m breaststroke women: Valentina Artemyeva  30.06  Dorothea Brandt  30.17  Daria Deeva  30.63
 * 200m butterfly women: Mireia Belmonte García  2:03.37  Jemma Lowe  2:04.04  Jessica Dickons  2:04.80
 * 200m individual medley women: Belmonte García 2:07.06  Evelyn Verrasztó  2:08.28  Hannah Miley  2:08.34

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Alpine skiing

 * Women's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
 * Super Giant slalom: Lindsey Vonn  1:10.68  Fabienne Suter  1:11.05  Anna Fenninger  1:11.09
 * Super-G standings (after 2 of 7 races): (1) Vonn 200 points (2) Fenninger 140 (3) Suter 94
 * Overall standings (after 7 of 40 races): (1) Vonn 522 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg 286 (3) Elisabeth Görgl  269

Basketball

 * Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 8 (teams in bold advance to Top 16):
 * Group A:
 * Gescrap Bizkaia 🇪🇸 64–67 🇮🇹 Bennet Cantù
 * SLUC Nancy 🇫🇷 53–73 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe Ülker
 * Standings: Fenerbahçe Ülker, Bennet Cantù 5–3, 🇪🇸 Caja Laboral 4–3, Olympiacos 3–4, Gescrap Bizkaia, SLUC Nancy 3–5.
 * Group B:
 * CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 87–74 KK Zagreb
 * Žalgiris Kaunas 🇱🇹 59–94 Panathinaikos
 * Standings: CSKA Moscow 8–0, Panathinaikos 6–2, 🇪🇸 Unicaja 3–4, 🇩🇪 Brose Baskets 2–5, Žalgiris Kaunas, KK Zagreb 2–6.
 * Group C: Anadolu Efes 🇹🇷 84–70 🇮🇹 EA7 Emporio Armani
 * Standings: 🇪🇸 Real Madrid, 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–2, Anadolu Efes 5–3, 🇷🇸 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–3, EA7 Emporio Armani 2–6, 🇧🇪 Spirou Charleroi 1–6.
 * Group D: Asseco Prokom Gdynia 🇵🇱 67–52 🇸🇮 Union Olimpija Ljubljana
 * Standings: 🇪🇸 FC Barcelona Regal 7–0, 🇮🇹 Montepaschi Siena, 🇷🇺 UNICS Kazan 5–2, 🇹🇷 Galatasaray Medical Park 3–4, Union Olimpija Ljubljana, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 1–7.

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia (teams in bold advance to the playoffs; teams in italics advance to tiebreaker):
 * Men:
 * Draw 8:
 * 4–6
 * 🇨🇿 6–4 
 * 🇳🇴 9–4
 * 7–9
 *  6–7
 * Draw 9:
 * 🇨🇿 7–6
 * ' 3–4 '
 * 10–6
 *  4–6 🇳🇴
 * ' 9–3 '''
 * Final standings: Sweden, Norway, Denmark 6–3, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland 5–4, France 4–5, Latvia 2–7, Italy 1–8.
 * Women:
 * Draw 8:
 *  6–5
 * 🇳🇴 5–9
 *  8–4
 * 🇨🇿 3–5
 * 6–9 
 * Draw 9:
 * 🇳🇴 4–7 
 * 7–10 
 * ' 4–6 '''
 * 2–14 
 * 🇨🇿 8–4
 * Final standings: Sweden 9–0, Denmark 8–1, Scotland 7–2, Russia, Germany 5–4, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic 3–6, Latvia, Norway 1–8.

Football (soccer)

 * CAF U-23 Championship in Marrakech, Morocco (winner qualifies for 2012 Olympics):
 * Semi-finals: 2–3 
 * UEFA Champions League group stage, Matchday 6 (teams in bold qualify for Round of 16, teams in italics qualify for Europa League Round of 32):
 * Group A:
 * Manchester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2–0 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
 * Villarreal 🇪🇸 0–2 🇮🇹 Napoli
 * Final standings: Bayern Munich 13 points, Napoli 11, Manchester City 10, Villarreal 0.
 * Group B:
 * Lille 🇫🇷 0–0 🇹🇷 Trabzonspor
 * Internazionale 🇮🇹 1–2 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow
 * Final standings: Internazionale 10 points, CSKA Moscow 8, Trabzonspor 7, Lille 6.
 * Group C:
 * Basel 2–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
 * Benfica 1–0 🇷🇴 Oțelul Galați
 * Final standings: Benfica 12 points, Basel 11, Manchester United 9, Oțelul Galați 0.
 * Group D:
 * Dinamo Zagreb 1–7 🇫🇷 Lyon
 * Ajax 0–3 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * Final standings: Real Madrid 18 points, Lyon, Ajax 8, Dinamo Zagreb 0.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
 * Group A in Santos:
 *  42–15
 * 20–26 
 * 26–20
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Montenegro, Norway 6 points, Angola, Iceland, Germany 4, China 0.
 * Group B in Barueri:
 * ' 26–35 '
 * 18–27 
 * 11–45 
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Russia 8 points, Spain 6, Netherlands, South Korea 4, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, last 16 (ENG unless stated):
 * Mark Williams 3–6 Ricky Walden
 * Martin Gould 4–6 Shaun Murphy
 * Ali Carter 2–6 Mark Allen
 * Marco Fu 6–3 Mark Selby

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Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
 * Giant slalom: Ted Ligety  2:40.01 (1:20.42, 1:19.59)  Marcel Hirscher  2:40.70 (1:20.39, 1:20.31)  Kjetil Jansrud  2:40.79 (1:20.78, 1:20.01)
 * Giant slalom standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Ligety 280 points (2) Hirscher 220 (3) Alexis Pinturault 159
 * Overall standings (after 7 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 334 points (2) Ligety 289 (3) Didier Cuche  268

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 3rd ODI in Chittagong: 🇵🇰 pakistan 177 (46.1 overs); undefined 119 (38 overs). Pakistan win by 58 runs; win 3-match series 3–0.

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia (teams in bold advance to the playoffs):
 * Men:
 * Draw 6:
 * 2–5
 * 2–5 🇳🇴
 * 7–8
 * 🇨🇿 7–4
 * 5–4
 * Draw 7:
 * 9–8 🇳🇴
 * 4–8
 * 8–6
 * 9–4
 * 7–2 🇨🇿
 * Standings (after 7 draws): Denmark, Sweden 6–1, Germany, Norway, Scotland 4–3, Czech Republic, Switzerland 3–4, France, Latvia 2–5, Italy 1–6.
 * Women:
 * Draw 7:
 * 3–8 
 * 11–1 🇨🇿
 * 4–11
 * 4–7
 * 8–4 🇳🇴
 * Standings (after 7 draws): Sweden 7–0, Denmark 6–1, Scotland 5–2, Germany, Russia 4–3, Switzerland 3–4, Czech Republic, Italy 2–5, Latvia, Norway 1–6.

Field hockey

 * Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand (teams in bold advance to the top four):
 * Pool A:
 *  8–1
 *  6–1
 * Final standings: Australia 9 points, Spain 6, Great Britain 3, Pakistan 0.
 * Pool B:
 * 3–3
 * ' 3–3 '
 * Final standings: Netherlands 7 points, New Zealand, Germany 4, Korea 1.

Football (soccer)

 * CAF U-23 Championship in Tangiers, Morocco (winner qualifies for 2012 Olympics):
 * Semi-finals: 0–1 (a.e.t.) 
 * UEFA Champions League group stage, Matchday 6 (teams in bold qualify for Round of 16, teams in italics qualify for Europa League Round of 32):
 * Group E:
 * Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3–0 🇪🇸 Valencia
 * Genk 🇧🇪 1–1 🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen
 * Final standings: Chelsea 11 points, Bayer Leverkusen 10, Valencia 8, Genk 3.
 * Group F:
 * Olympiacos 3–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal
 * Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 2–3 🇫🇷 Marseille
 * Final standings: Arsenal 11 points, Marseille 10, Olympiacos 9, Borussia Dortmund 4.
 * Group G:
 * Porto 0–0 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg
 * APOEL 🇨🇾 0–2 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk
 * Final standings: APOEL, Zenit St. Petersburg 9 points, Porto 8, Shakhtar Donetsk 5.
 * Group H:
 * Barcelona 🇪🇸 4–0 🇧🇾 BATE Borisov
 * Viktoria Plzeň 🇨🇿 2–2 🇮🇹 Milan
 * Final standings: Barcelona 16 points, Milan 9, Viktoria Plzeň 5, BATE Borisov 2.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
 * Group A in Santos:
 * 28–26
 * 27–14
 * 23–22
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Norway, Montenegro, Angola, Germany 4 points, Iceland 2, China 0.
 * Group B in Barueri:
 * 45–8
 * 20–32
 * 26–29
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Russia 6 points, Spain, Netherlands 4, South Korea, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.
 * Group C in São Paulo:
 * 32–29
 *  28–28
 * 22–26 
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Brazil 6 points, Romania 5, France 4, Tunisia 2, Japan 1, Cuba 0.
 * Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
 *  31–14
 * 19–23 
 * 19–25
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Denmark, Sweden 6 points, Croatia 4, Côte d'Ivoire 2, Argentina, Uruguay 0.

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, last 16:
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–6 Judd Trump
 * Ding Junhui 6–5 Matthew Stevens
 * John Higgins 4–6 Stephen Maguire
 * Graeme Dott 3–6 Neil Robertson

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Cricket

 * West Indies in India:
 * 3rd ODI in Ahmedabad: undefined 260/5 (50 overs); 🇮🇳 india 244 (46.5 overs). West Indies win by 16 runs; India lead 5-match series 2–1.

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men:
 * Draw 4:
 * 4–9
 * 7–6
 * 7–4
 * 🇳🇴 7–8
 * 🇨🇿 5–6
 * Draw 5:
 * 3–8
 * 8–3
 * 🇨🇿 8–4
 * 6–5
 * 🇳🇴 10–3
 * Standings (after 5 draws): Denmark, Germany, Sweden 4–1, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland 3–2, Czech Republic 2–3, France, Latvia, 1–4, Italy 0–5.
 * Women:
 * Draw 5:
 * 5–7
 * 2–10
 * 🇳🇴 6–5 🇨🇿
 * 7–13
 * 5–4
 * Draw 6:
 * 🇨🇿 10–1
 * 6–9
 * 5–4
 * 🇳🇴 3–8
 * 8–7
 * Standings (after 6 draws): Sweden 6–0, Denmark 5–1, Russia, Scotland 4–2, Germany 3–3, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland 2–4, Latvia, Norway 1–5.

Field hockey

 * Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand: (teams in bold advance to the top four)
 * Pool A:
 * 1–4 
 * 4–2
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 6 points, Spain, Great Britain 3, Pakistan 0.
 * Pool B:
 * 3–2
 * 1–6
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Netherlands 6 points, New Zealand, Germany 3, Korea 0.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil:
 * Group C in São Paulo:
 * 27–33
 * 17–25
 * 23–32
 * Standings (after 2 matches): France, Brazil, Romania 4 points, Tunisia, Cuba, Japan 0.
 * Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
 * 25–28
 * 13–31
 * 15–45
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Croatia, Denmark, Sweden 4 points, Côte d'Ivoire, Argentina, Uruguay 0.

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, last 32 (ENG unless stated):
 * Judd Trump 6–4 Dominic Dale
 * Mark Allen 6–3 Adrian Gunnell
 * Stephen Lee 3–6 Ricky Walden
 * Mark Williams 6–4 Joe Jogia

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Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
 * Giant slalom: Marcel Hirscher  2:38.45 (1:18.74, 1:19.71)  Ted Ligety  2:38.61 (1:18.53, 1:20.08)  Fritz Dopfer  2:39.07 (1:19.12, 1:19.95)
 * Giant slalom standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Ligety 180 points (2) Hirscher 140 (3) Alexis Pinturault 109
 * Overall standings (after 6 of 45 races): (1) Aksel Lund Svindal 294 points (2) Didier Cuche  260 (3) Beat Feuz  246
 * Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada:
 * Super-G: Lindsey Vonn  1:20.21  Anna Fenninger  1:20.40  Julia Mancuso  1:20.92
 * Overall standings (after 6 of 40 races): (1) Vonn 422 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg 286 (3) Elisabeth Görgl  243

American football

 * 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season:
 * The 2012 Bowl Championship Series pairings are announced:
 * Rose Bowl, Jan. 2: (10) Wisconsin vs. (5) Oregon
 * Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 2: (3) Oklahoma State vs. (4) Stanford
 * Sugar Bowl, Jan. 3: (13) Michigan vs. (11) Virginia Tech
 * Orange Bowl, Jan. 4: (15) Clemson vs. (23) West Virginia
 * BCS National Championship Game, Jan. 9: (1) LSU vs. (2) Alabama

Auto racing

 * V8 Supercars:
 * Sydney Telstra 500 in Sydney, New South Wales (AUS unless stated):
 * Race 28: (1) Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon) (2) Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon)
 * Final drivers' championship standings: (1) Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 3168 points (2) Lowndes 3133 (3) Winterbottom 2710
 * Whincup wins the title for the third time.

Biathlon

 * World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
 * Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Martin Fourcade  32:56.0 (0+0+0+0)  Emil Hegle Svendsen  33:21.5 (0+0+1+1)  Jaroslav Soukup  33:22.9 (0+1+0+0)
 * Overall standings (after 3 of 26 races): (1) Fourcade 163 points (2) Carl Johan Bergman & Svendsen 122
 * Women's 10 km Pursuit: Tora Berger  33:56.9 (0+0+0+1)  Kaisa Mäkäräinen  34:30.1 (0+1+0+1)  Magdalena Neuner  35:21.3 (0+1+2+1)
 * Overall standings (after 3 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 156 points (2) Mäkäräinen 145 (3) Berger 126

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in Igls, Austria:
 * Four-man:  (Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Nikolay Hrenkov) 1:43.05 (51.56, 51.49)   (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz) 1:43.11 (51.65, 51.46)  🇩🇪 (Thomas Florschütz, Martin Rostig, Kevin Kuske, Thomas Blaschek) 1:43.41 (51.77, 51.64)

Cricket

 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 4: 🇳🇿 new zealand 295 & 150 (49.4 overs; James Pattinson 5/27); 🇦🇺 australia 427 & 19/1 (2.2 overs). Australia win by 9 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.

Cross-country skiing

 * World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany:
 * Men's Team Sprint F: Jesper Modin/Teodor Peterson  18:22.7  Nikita Kriukov/Alexei Petukhov  18:22.9  Pål Golberg/Ola Vigen Hattestad  18:23.4
 * Women's Team Sprint F: Mari Eide/Maiken Caspersen Falla  9:57.0  Sadie Bjornsen/Kikkan Randall  9:58.6  Natalya Korostelyova/Natalya Matveyeva  9:59.1

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men:
 * Draw 2:
 * 7–3
 * 🇳🇴 6–3 🇨🇿
 * 6–5
 * 🇩🇪 7–4
 * 8–2
 * Draw 3:
 * 🇩🇪 10–6
 * 4–7
 * 8–3
 * 8–11 🇨🇿
 * 5–9 🇳🇴
 * Standings (after 3 draws): Germany 3–0, Denmark, Norway, Scotland, Sweden 2–1, Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Switzerland 1–2, Italy 0–3.
 * Women:
 * Draw 3:
 * 9–7 🇨🇿
 * 8–3 🇩🇪
 * 11–4
 * 11–2 🇳🇴
 * 5–8
 * Draw 4:
 * 5–6
 * 8–2 🇳🇴
 * 🇨🇿 6–10
 * 5–11
 * 6–7 🇩🇪
 * Standings (after 4 draws): Sweden 4–0, Denmark, Germany, Russia 3–1, Italy, Scotland 2–2, Czech Republic, Latvia, Switzerland 1–3, Norway 0–4.

Field hockey

 * Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand: All matches postponed due to an unplayable pitch.

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Confederation Cup Final second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Maghreb de Fès 🇲🇦 1–0 (0–1) 🇹🇳 Club Africain. 1–1 on aggregate, Maghreb de Fès win 6–5 on penalties.
 * Magreb de Fès win the Cup for the first time.
 * 🇧🇷 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, final matchday:
 * Corinthians 0–0 Palmeiras
 * Vasco da Gama 1–1 Flamengo
 * Final standings: Corinthians 71 points, Vasco da Gama 69.
 * Corinthians win the title for the fifth time.
 * 🇦🇷 Argentine Primera División Torneo Apertura, matchday 17:
 * Boca Juniors 3–0 Banfield
 * Standings (after 17 matches): Boca Juniors 39 points, Racing 28, Tigre 27 (16).
 * Boca Juniors win the title for the 24th time.
 * Uruguayan Primera División Torneo Apertura, final matchday:
 * Liverpool 0–1 Nacional
 * Danubio 4–1 Bella Vista
 * Final standings: Nacional 32 points, Danubio 31.
 * Nacional qualify for the championship playoff.

Golf

 * European Tour:
 * UBS Hong Kong Open in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong:
 * Winner: Rory McIlroy 268 (−12)
 * McIlroy wins his third European Tour title.
 * Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California, United States:
 * Winner: Tiger Woods 278 (−10)
 * Woods wins his first tournament in over two years.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil:
 * Group A in Santos:
 * 24–25
 * 16–43
 * 24–28
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Angola 4 points, Norway, Germany, Montenegro, Iceland 2, China 0.
 * Group B in Barueri:
 * 31–19
 * 22–28
 * 15–33
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Russia 4 points, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Spain, South Korea 2, Australia 0.

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
 * HS 138 / 10 km: Eric Frenzel  28:38.5  Jason Lamy-Chappuis  28:55.9  Björn Kircheisen  28:59.1
 * Standings (after 4 of 23 races): (1) Tino Edelmann 240 points (2) Håvard Klemetsen  189 (3) Alessandro Pittin  180

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup 3 in Nagoya, Japan (CHN unless stated):
 * Men's 500m: Olivier Jean  41.491  Liang Wenhao 41.738  Gong Qiuwen 42.815
 * Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Jean 2000 points (2) Jon Eley 1875 (3) Liang 1652
 * Men's 1000m (2): Charles Hamelin  1:28.270  Kwak Yoon-Gy  1:28.365  Michael Gilday  1:28.939
 * Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Kwak 3312 points (2) Hamelin 2000 (3) Noh Jin-Kyu 1456
 * Men's 5000m relay:  (Liang, Song Weilong, Wu Dajing, Yu Yongjun) 6:50.562   (Semen Elistratov, Evgeny Kozulin, Viacheslav Kurginian, Vladimir Grigorev) 6:53.481   (Yuzo Takamido, Yuma Sakurai, Daisuke Uemura, Yoshiaki Oguro) 6:53.557
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) 🇰🇷 2152 points (2) Russia 2010 (3) 1850
 * Women's 500m: Arianna Fontana  44.479  Yui Sakai  44.566  Martina Valcepina  44.667
 * Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Valcepina 3040 points (2) Fontana & Marianne St-Gelais 2000
 * Women's 1000m (2): Li Jianrou 1:32.708  Lin Meng 1:33.226  Xiao Han 1:33.334
 * Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Sakai 2410 points (2) Elise Christie 2096 (3) Li 1162
 * Women's 3000m relay:  (Fontana, Cecilia Maffei, Arianna Valcepina, Martina Valcepina) 4:19.970   (Ayuko Ito, Sayuri Shimizu, Sakai, Marie Yoshida) 4:20.041   (Liu Qiuhong, Fan Kexin, Lin, Xiao) 4:20.122
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) China 2640 points (2) Japan 1768 (3) 🇰🇷 1620

Ski jumping

 * Men's World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
 * HS 138: Andreas Kofler  252.0 points  Severin Freund  249.2  Anders Bardal  249.2
 * Standings (after 3 of 27 events): (1) Kofler 300 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer 170 (3) Richard Freitag  154

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, last 32 (ENG unless stated):
 * Mark Selby 6–0 Ryan Day
 * Stuart Bingham 4–6 Marco Fu
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–1 Steve Davis
 * Ali Carter 6–4 Robert Milkins
 * Martin Gould 6–2 Peter Lines
 * Shaun Murphy 6–3 Li Yan

Speed skating

 * World Cup 3 in Heerenveen, Netherlands (NED unless stated):
 * Men's 1000 m: Kjeld Nuis 1:08.64,  Sjoerd de Vries 1:09.14,  Mo Tae-bum  1:09.18
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Nuis & Stefan Groothuis 260 points, (3) de Vries 180
 * Men's team pursuit:  (Sven Kramer, Wouter olde Heuvel, Jan Blokhuijsen) 3:42.35,  🇰🇷 KOR (Lee Seung-hoon, Joo Hyong-jun, Ko Byung-wook) 3:43.82,  🇩🇪 (Patrick Beckert, Marco Weber, Alexej Baumgärtner) 3:45.28
 * Standings (after 2 of 4 races): (1) Netherlands 200 points, (2) Korea & Germany 140
 * Women's 1000 m: Christine Nesbitt  1:15.32,  Yu Jing  1:15.85,  Yekaterina Shikhova  1:16.16
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Nesbitt 300 points, (2) Marrit Leenstra 180, (3) Margot Boer 166
 * Women's team pursuit:  (Brittany Schussler, Nesbitt, Cindy Klassen) 3:00.01,   (Yekaterina Lobysheva, Shikhova, Yuliya Skokova) 3:02.38,  🇰🇷 KOR (Lee Ju-yeon, Noh Seon-yeong, Kim Bo-reum) 3:03.18
 * Standings (after 2 of 4 races): (1) Canada 200 points, (2) Russia 150, (3) Korea 130

Tennis

 * Davis Cup Final, day 3:  3–1
 * Rafael Nadal def. Juan Martín del Potro  1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 7–6(0)
 * David Ferrer vs. Juan Mónaco ; not played
 * Spain win the Cup for the fifth time.

Volleyball

 * FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 11 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Olympics):
 * ' 2–3 '
 * 1–3
 * 0–3 
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * Final standings: Russia 29 points, Poland 26, Brazil, Italy 24, Cuba 20, United States, Argentina 16, Serbia 15, Iran 12, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.
 * Russia win the title for the sixth time.

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Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
 * Super-G: Sandro Viletta  1:18.71  Aksel Lund Svindal  1:18.91  Beat Feuz  1:18.97
 * Super-G standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Svindal 180 points (2) Didier Cuche 109 (3) Viletta 108
 * Overall standings (after 5 of 45 races): (1) Svindal 265 points (2) Cuche 238 (3) Feuz 231
 * Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada:
 * Downhill: Lindsey Vonn  1:51.35  Marie Marchand-Arvier  1:53.03  Elisabeth Görgl  1:53.26
 * Downhill standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Vonn 200 points (2) Tina Weirather 106 (3) Dominique Gisin  105
 * Overall standings (after 5 of 40 races): (1) Vonn 322 points (2) Viktoria Rebensburg 280 (3) Görgl 211

American football

 * NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Championship Games:
 * Conference USA in Houston: (24) Southern Miss 49, (7) Houston 28
 * SEC in Atlanta: (1) LSU 41, (12) Georgia 10
 * The Tigers advance to the BCS National Championship Game.
 * ACC in Charlotte, North Carolina: (21) Clemson 38, (5) Virginia Tech 10
 * Clemson will play in the Orange Bowl.
 * Big Ten in Indianapolis: (15) Wisconsin 42, (11) Michigan State 39
 * The Badgers will play Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
 * Bedlam Series: (3) Oklahoma State 44, (13) Oklahoma 10
 * Oklahoma State advances to the Fiesta Bowl or BCS National Championship Game.

Auto racing

 * V8 Supercars:
 * Sydney Telstra 500 in Sydney, New South Wales (AUS unless stated):
 * Race 27: (1) Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (2) Garth Tander (Holden Racing Team; Holden VE Commodore) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon)
 * Drivers' championship standings: (1) Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 3078 points (2) Lowndes 2995 (3) Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 2560

Biathlon

 * World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
 * Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Magdalena Neuner  22:01.7 (0+1)  Tora Berger  22:01.9 (0+1)  Kaisa Mäkäräinen  22:16.9 (2+0)
 * Overall standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Neuner 108 points (2) Darya Domracheva 100 (3) Mäkäräinen 91

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in Igls, Austria:
 * Two-man: Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter  1:44.24 (52.20, 52.04)  Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske  1:44.36 (52.33, 52.03)  Steven Holcomb/Justin Olsen  1:44.42 (52.26, 52.16)
 * Team: 🇩🇪 I (Frank Rommel, Sandra Kiriasis/Stephanie Schneider, Anja Huber, Maximilian Arndt/Jan Speer) 3:35.03 (53.28, 53.84, 55.12, 52.79)  🇩🇪 II (Alexander Kröckel, Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel, Marion Thees, Manuel Machata/Michail Makarow) 3:35.13 (53.40, 53.70, 55.32, 52.71)   I (Aleksandr Tretyakov, Olga Fyodorova/Yulia Timofeeva, Olga Potylitsina, Alexander Kasjanov/Maxim Mokrousov) 3:35.29 (53.37, 54.10, 54.94, 52.88)

Cricket

 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 3: 🇳🇿 new zealand 295 & 10/1 (7 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 427 (129.2 overs; Michael Clarke 139). New Zealand trail by 122 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 2nd ODI in Mirpur: 🇵🇰 pakistan 262/7 (50 overs); undefined 186/7 (50 overs; Nasir Hossain 100). Pakistan win by 76 runs; lead 3-match series 2–0.

Cross-country skiing

 * World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany (NOR unless stated):
 * Men's Sprint F: Ola Vigen Hattestad 2:57.5  Alexei Petukhov  2:57.6  Pål Golberg 2:57.6
 * Sprint standings (after 2 of 13 races): (1) Hattestad 111 points (2) Petukhov 108 (3) Teodor Peterson 95
 * Overall standings (after 6 of 38 races): (1) Petter Northug 355 points (2) Dario Cologna 278 (3) Johan Olsson  259
 * Women's Sprint F: Kikkan Randall  1:44.7  Natalya Matveyeva  1:45.1  Laurien van der Graaf  1:45.7
 * Sprint standings (after 2 of 13 races): (1) Randall 140 points (2) Matveyeva 114 (3) Hanna Brodin 71
 * Overall standings (after 6 of 38 races): (1) Marit Bjørgen 446 points (2) Therese Johaug 316 (3) Vibeke Skofterud 309

Curling

 * European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men, Draw 1:
 * 7–3 🇨🇿
 * 5–7 🇩🇪
 * 8–5 🇳🇴
 * 3–11
 * 4–6
 * Women:
 * Draw 1:
 * 8–6 🇳🇴
 * 8–4
 * 6–9
 * 🇩🇪 7–5
 * 10–12 🇨🇿
 * Draw 2:
 * 7–5
 * 2–12
 * 5–7 🇩🇪
 * 12–0 🇨🇿
 * 🇳🇴 6–8
 * Standings (after 2 draws): Sweden, Germany 2–0, Scotland, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Denmark, Latvia 1–1, Norway, Switzerland 0–2.

Field hockey

 * Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Pool A:
 * 3–2
 * 2–1
 * Pool B:
 * 2–1
 * 2–0

Football (soccer)

 * CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco (teams in bold qualify for the semifinals):
 * Group B:
 *  2–0
 *  3–1
 * Final standings: Egypt 6 points, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire 4, South Africa 2.
 * OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
 * Group A: Mont-Dore 🇳🇨 0–1 🇳🇿 Waitakere United
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Waitakere United 9 points, Tefana 4,  Ba 3, Mont-Dore 1.
 * 🇯🇵 J.League Division 1, final matchday (teams in bold qualify for the AFC Champions League):
 * Urawa Red Diamonds 1–3 Kashiwa Reysol
 * Albirex Niigata 0–1 Nagoya Grampus
 * Shimizu S-Pulse 1–3 Gamba Osaka
 * Standings: Kashiwa Reysol 72 points, Nagoya Grampus 71, Gamba Osaka 70.
 * Kashiwa Reysol win the title for the first time, and will represent Japan at the FIFA Club World Cup.

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil:
 * Group A in Santos:
 * 21–22
 * 28–31
 * 30–29
 * Group B in Barueri:
 * 37–9
 * 39–24
 * 27–34
 * Group C in São Paulo:
 * 30–28
 * 41–22
 * Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
 * 37–11
 * 36–10
 * 36–20

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
 * HS 100 / 10 km: Håvard Klemetsen  27:44.4  Alessandro Pittin  27:44.6  Tino Edelmann  27:53.0
 * Standings (after 3 of 23 races): (1) Edelmann 220 points (2) Magnus Krog 169 (3) Klemetsen 165

Rugby union

 * IRB Sevens World Series:
 * Dubai Sevens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
 * Shield:  31–17
 * Bowl: 0–26 
 * Plate:  17–14
 * Cup:  29–12
 * Standings (after 2 of 9 competitions): (1) 39 points (2) England 32 (3) France,  & South Africa 29
 * End of year tests in Cardiff: 18–24

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup 3 in Nagoya, Japan (KOR unless stated):
 * Men's 1000m (1): Kwak Yoon-Gy 1:29.743 J. R. Celski  1:29.828  Seo Yi-Ra 1:29.899
 * Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Kwak 2512 points (2) Celski 1312 (3) Olivier Jean 1152
 * Men's 1500m: Noh Jin-Kyu 2:14.941  Lee Ho-Suk 2:15.127  Charle Cournoyer  2:15.392
 * Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Noh 3000 points (2) Lee & Kwak 1600
 * Women's 1000m (1): Yui Sakai  1:32.713  Elise Christie  1:32.786  Katherine Reutter  1:32.945
 * Standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Sakai 2410 points (2) Christie 1928 (3) Marianne St-Gelais 1035
 * Women's 1500m: Arianna Fontana  2:24.329  Cho Ha-Ri 2:24.423  Lana Gehring  2:24.721
 * Standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Lee Eun-Byul 2502 points (2) Fontana 2262 (3) Reutter 2000

Skeleton

 * World Cup in Igls, Austria:
 * Men: Martins Dukurs  1:45.64 (52.69, 52.95)  Aleksandr Tretyakov  1:46.74 (53.25, 53.49)  Tomass Dukurs  1:46.77 (53.22, 53.55)
 * Team: 🇩🇪 I (Frank Rommel, Sandra Kiriasis/Stephanie Schneider, Anja Huber, Maximilian Arndt/Jan Speer) 3:35.03 (53.28, 53.84, 55.12, 52.79)  🇩🇪 II (Alexander Kröckel, Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel, Marion Thees, Manuel Machata/Michail Makarow) 3:35.13 (53.40, 53.70, 55.32, 52.71)   I (Tretyakov, Olga Fyodorova/Yulia Timofeeva, Olga Potylitsina, Alexander Kasjanov/Maxim Mokrousov) 3:35.29 (53.37, 54.10, 54.94, 52.88)

Ski jumping

 * World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
 * Men's HS 100: Andreas Kofler  279.3 points  Richard Freitag  273.3  Kamil Stoch  249.6
 * Standings (after 2 of 27 events): (1) Kofler 200 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer 120 (3) Stoch 110
 * Women's HS 100: Sarah Hendrickson  277.0 points  Coline Mattel  247.7  Melanie Faisst  245.5

Snooker

 * UK Championship in York, England, last 32:
 * Ding Junhui 6–5 Mark Davis
 * John Higgins 6–5 Rory McLeod
 * Graeme Dott 6–1 Matthew Selt
 * Neil Robertson 6–1 Tom Ford
 * Matthew Stevens 6–2 Marcus Campbell
 * Stephen Maguire 6–3 Stephen Hendry

Speed skating

 * World Cup 3 in Heerenveen, Netherlands (NED unless stated):
 * Men's 500m: Pekka Koskela  35.01  Joji Kato  35.02  Jesper Hospes 35.06
 * Standings (after 6 of 12 races): (1) Mo Tae-Bum 400 points (2) Kato 373 (3) Tucker Fredricks  348
 * Men's 10,000m: Jorrit Bergsma 12:50.33  Bob de Jong 12:55.11  Bob de Vries 13:03.41
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Bergsma 280 points (2) Sven Kramer 210 (3) de Jong 190
 * Women's 500m: Yu Jing  37.67  Jenny Wolf  38.19  Laurine van Riessen 38.20
 * Standings (after 6 of 12 races): (1) Lee Sang-Hwa 450 points (2) Wolf 420 (3) Yu 400
 * Women's 1500m: Christine Nesbitt  1:55.68  Ireen Wüst 1:57.15  Yekaterina Shikhova  1:57.17
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Nesbitt 280 points (2) Wüst 250 (3) Shikhova 148

Tennis

 * Davis Cup Final, day 2: 2–1
 * David Nalbandian/Eduardo Schwank def. Feliciano López/Fernando Verdasco  6–4, 6–2, 6–3

Volleyball

 * FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 10 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Olympics):
 * 0–3 
 *  2–3
 * 0–3
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * 2–3
 * Standings (after 10 matches): Russia 27 points, Poland 25, Brazil, Italy 21, Cuba 17, United States 16, Argentina 13, Iran, Serbia 12, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.

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Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup in Beaver Creek, United States:
 * Downhill: Bode Miller  1:43.82  Beat Feuz  1:43.86  Klaus Kröll  1:43.96
 * Downhill standings (after 2 of 11 races): (1) Feuz 160 points (2) Didier Cuche & Miller 129
 * Overall standings (after 4 of 45 races): (1) Cuche 209 points (2) Miller 187 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal 185
 * Women's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada:
 * Downhill: Lindsey Vonn  1:53.19  Tina Weirather  1:55.14  Dominique Gisin  1:55.25
 * Overall standings (after 4 of 40 races): (1) Viktoria Rebensburg 230 points (2) Vonn 222 (3) Elisabeth Görgl  151

American football

 * NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Championship Games:
 * Pac-12 in Eugene, Oregon: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
 * The Ducks will play in the Rose Bowl.
 * MAC in Detroit, Michigan: Northern Illinois 23, Ohio 20.

Biathlon

 * World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
 * Men's 10 km Sprint: Carl Johan Bergman  24:22.5 (0+0)  Tarjei Bø  24:30.1 (0+0)  Emil Hegle Svendsen  24:35.5 (0+1)
 * Overall standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Martin Fourcade 103 points (2) Michal Šlesingr  88 (3) Bergman 82

Bobsleigh

 * World Cup in Igls, Austria:
 * Two-woman: Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Lisette Thöne  1:47.26 (53.69, 53.57)  Sandra Kiriasis/Petra Lammert  1:47.44 (53.82, 53.62)  Elana Meyers/Katie Eberling  1:47.82 (53.90, 53.92) & Christina Hengster/Inga Versen  1:47.82 (53.95, 53.87)

Cricket

 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 2: 🇳🇿 new zealand 295 (82.5 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 154/3 (46 overs). Australia trail by 141 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * West Indies in India:
 * 2nd ODI in Visakhapatnam: undefined 269/9 (50 overs); 🇮🇳 india 270/5 (48.1 overs; Virat Kohli 117). India win by 5 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

 * CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 * 4–1
 * ' 0–1 '
 * Final standings: Senegal, Morocco 6 points, Nigeria, Algeria 3.
 * OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
 * Group A: Tefana 4–1  Ba
 * Standings: 🇳🇿 Waitakere United 6 points (2 matches), Tefana 4 (3), Ba 3 (3), 🇳🇨 Mont-Dore 1 (2).

Handball

 * World Women's Championship in Brazil:
 * Group C in São Paulo: 37–21

Skeleton

 * World Cup in Igls, Austria:
 * Women: Olga Potylitsina  1:49.39 (54.71, 54.68)  Emma Lincoln-Smith  1:49.62 (54.66, 54.96)  Mellisa Hollingsworth  1:49.66 (54.76, 54.90)

Speed skating

 * World Cup 3 in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
 * 500m Women: Yu Jing  37.84  Lee Sang-Hwa  37.91  Wang Beixing  38.17
 * Standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Lee 390 points (2) Jenny Wolf 340 (3) Yu 300
 * 500m Men: Tucker Fredricks  34.98  Joji Kato  35.07  Mo Tae-Bum  35.08
 * Standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Mo 355 points (2) Kato 293 (3) Fredricks 288
 * 5000m Women: Martina Sáblíková  6:58.87  Claudia Pechstein  7:02.92  Stephanie Beckert  7:04.77
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Sáblíková 300 points (2) Pechstein 230 (3) Linda de Vries 156
 * 1500m Men: Ivan Skobrev  1:45.81  Kjeld Nuis  1:45.99  Håvard Bøkko  1:46.49
 * Standings (after 3 of 6 races): (1) Skobrev 202 points (2) Nuis 190 (3) Denny Morrison & Shani Davis  180

Tennis

 * Davis Cup Final, day 1: 2–0
 * Rafael Nadal def. Juan Mónaco  6–1, 6–1, 6–2
 * David Ferrer def. Juan Martín del Potro  6–2, 6–7(2), 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Volleyball

 * FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 9:
 * 0–3
 * 3–2
 * 0–3
 * 3–1
 * 3–2
 * 2–3
 * Standings (after 9 matches): Russia, Poland 24 points, Brazil 19, Italy 18, Cuba 16, United States 14, Iran 12, Argentina 10, Serbia 9, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.

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Baseball

 * Nippon Professional Baseball awards:
 * Most Valuable Players:
 * Central League: Takuya Asao, Chunichi Dragons
 * Pacific League: Seiichi Uchikawa, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Basketball

 * Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 7 (team in bold qualify for Top 16):
 * Group A:
 * Fenerbahçe Ülker 🇹🇷 86–70 Olympiacos
 * Bennet Cantù 🇮🇹 71–68 🇪🇸 Caja Laboral
 * Standings: Caja Laboral, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Bennet Cantù 4–3, Olympiacos, 🇪🇸 Gescrap Bizkaia, 🇫🇷 SLUC Nancy 3–4.
 * Group C:
 * EA7 Emporio Armani 🇮🇹 65–72 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 🇷🇸 74–71 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Standings: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Real Madrid 5–2, 🇹🇷 Anadolu Efes, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–3, EA7 Emporio Armani 2–5, 🇧🇪 Spirou Charleroi 1–6.
 * Group D:
 * UNICS Kazan 🇷🇺 72–61 🇹🇷 Galatasaray Medical Park
 * Union Olimpija Ljubljana 🇸🇮 57–63 🇮🇹 Montepaschi Siena
 * Asseco Prokom Gdynia 🇵🇱 45–76 🇪🇸 FC Barcelona Regal
 * Standings: FC Barcelona Regal 7–0, Montepaschi Siena, UNICS Kazan 5–2, Galatasaray Medical Park 3–4, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–6, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 0–7.

Biathlon

 * World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden:
 * Women's 15 km Individual: Darya Domracheva  47:15.6 (1+1+0+0)  Anna Maria Nilsson  48:24.1 (1+0+0+0)  Magdalena Neuner  48:57.3 (0+1+0+2)

Cricket

 * New Zealand in Australia:
 * 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 1: 🇳🇿 new zealand 176/5 (51 overs); 🇦🇺 australia.
 * Pakistan in Bangladesh:
 * 1st ODI in Mirpur: undefined 91 (30.3 overs; Shahid Afridi 5/23); 🇵🇰 pakistan 93/5 (25.4 overs). Pakistan win by 5 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 5 (teams in bold qualify for Round of 32):
 * Group D:
 * Sporting CP 2–0  Zürich
 * Vaslui 🇷🇴 0–0 🇮🇹 Lazio
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Sporting CP 12 points, Vaslui, Lazio 6, Zürich 2.
 * Group E:
 * Stoke City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–1 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
 * Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 2–3 🇹🇷 Beşiktaş
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Stoke City 11 points, Beşiktaş 9, Dynamo Kyiv 6, Maccabi Tel Aviv 1.
 * Group F:
 * Athletic Bilbao 🇪🇸 2–1 🇸🇰 Slovan Bratislava
 * Red Bull Salzburg 🇦🇹 2–0 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Athletic Bilbao 13 points, Red Bull Salzburg, Paris Saint-Germain 7, Slovan Bratislava 1.
 * Group J:
 * AEK Larnaca 🇨🇾 2–1 🇮🇱 Maccabi Haifa
 * Schalke 04 🇩🇪 2–1 🇷🇴 Steaua București
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Schalke 04 11 points, Maccabi Haifa 6, Steaua București, AEK Larnaca 5.
 * Group K:
 * Odense 1–2 🇵🇱 Wisła Kraków
 * Twente 1–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fulham
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Twente 13 points, Fulham 7, Wisła Kraków 6, Odense 3.
 * Group L:
 * Lokomotiv Moscow 🇷🇺 3–1 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz
 * AEK Athens 1–2 🇧🇪 Anderlecht
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Anderlecht 15 points, Lokomotiv Moscow 12, Sturm Graz 3, AEK Athens 0.