January 2012 in sports

American football 2011

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

Auto racing 2012

 * World Rally Championship

Basketball 2012

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

Cricket 2012

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

Football (soccer) 2012

 * National teams competitions:
 * 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
 * International clubs competitions:
 * UEFA (Europe) Champions League
 * UEFA Europa League
 * UEFA Women's Champions League
 * Copa Libertadores (South America)
 * CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League
 * OFC (Oceania) Champions League
 * Domestic (national) competitions:
 * Australia
 * England
 * France
 * Germany
 * Iran
 * Italy
 * Portugal
 * Russia
 * Scotland
 * Spain

Ice hockey 2012

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

Rugby union 2012

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

Snooker 2012

 * Players Tour Championship

Tennis 2012

 * ATP World Tour
 * WTA Tour

Volleyball 2012

 * International clubs competitions:
 * Men's CEV Champions League
 * Women's CEV Champions League

Winter sports

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

Days of the month


Football (soccer)

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

Futsal

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

Handball

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



Cricket

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

 * Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
 * Group A:
 * 25–17
 * 26–27
 * Group B:
 * 28–21
 * 15–52



Alpine skiing

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

American football

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

Basketball

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

Cricket

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

Figure skating

 * United States Championships in San Jose, California

Football (soccer)

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

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Aerials

Handball

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

Luge

 * World Cup 7 in St. Moritz, Switzerland

Nordic combined

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

Short track speed skating

 * European Championships in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic:

Ski jumping

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

Speed skating

 * World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Alpine skiing

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

American Football

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

Cricket

 * India in Australia:
 * 4th Test in Adelaide

Figure skating

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

Football (soccer)

 * Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
 * Group D in Franceville:
 * 1–6
 * 2–1 🇲🇱 mali

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Moguls

Handball

 * Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
 * Group A:
 * 35–22
 * 26–21
 * Group B:
 * 26–27
 * 26–19

Luge

 * World Cup 7 in St. Moritz, Switzerland

Mixed martial arts

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

Nordic combined

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

Ski jumping

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

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Sudenfeld, Germany: Giant slalom

Speed skating

 * World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Figure skating

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

Football (soccer)

 * Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
 * Group C in Libreville:
 * 1–2 🇹🇳 tunisia
 * 3–2 🇲🇦 morocco
 * CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
 * Semifinals:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Belgrade, Serbia:
 * Semifinals:
 * 25–24
 * 26–22
 * Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
 * Group A:
 * 25–13
 * 26–27
 * Group B: 41–19

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Basketball

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

Figure skating

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

Football (soccer)

 * Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
 * Group B in Malabo:
 * 2–2
 * 2–0
 * Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg: Peñarol 4–0 🇻🇪 Caracas

Handball

 * Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
 * Group B:
 * 40–20
 * 23–23

Snooker

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Basketball

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

Football (soccer)

 * Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
 * Group A in Bata:
 * 2–2
 * 2–1 🇸🇳 senegal
 * Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
 * Real Potosí 🇧🇴 2–1 🇧🇷 Flamengo
 * Internacional 🇧🇷 1–0 🇨🇴 Once Caldas
 * Unión Española 1–0 🇲🇽 UANL

Handball

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Alpine skiing

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Serbia:
 * Group II in Novi Sad:
 * 31–26
 * 22–29
 * 30–32

Snooker

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Football (soccer)

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

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Serbia:
 * Group I in Belgrade:
 * 25–27
 * 28–26
 * 24–21

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Alpine skiing

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

American football

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

Auto racing

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

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

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

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

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

Football (soccer)

 * Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
 * Group B in Malabo:
 * 1–0
 * 1–2
 * CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
 * Group B:
 * 7–0
 * 13–0

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Serbia:
 * Group II in Novi Sad:
 * 21–27
 * 28–26
 * 24–22

Luge

 * World Cup 6 in Winterberg, Germany:

Multi-sport events

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

Rugby union

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

Snooker

 * Masters in London, England:
 * Final: Neil Robertson vs Shaun Murphy

Speed skating

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

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



Alpine skiing

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

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

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

Football (soccer)

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

Freestyle skiing

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

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Serbia:
 * Group I in Belgrade:
 * 29–29
 * 33–32
 * 21–21

Luge

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

Multi-sport events

 * Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

Rugby union

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

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

Speed skating

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
 * Group A:
 * 5–15
 * 7–12
 * 7–9
 * Group B:
 * 14–5
 * 10–10
 * 10–9



Alpine skiing

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

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

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

Football (soccer)

 * CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
 * Group B:
 * 5–0
 * 0–14

Freestyle skiing

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

Handball

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

Mixed martial arts

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

Multi-sport events

 * Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

Rugby union

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

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

Sumo

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

 * Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
 * Group A:
 * 15–10
 * 9–8
 * Group B:
 * 6–12
 * 15–11



Basketball

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

Biathlon

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

Cricket

 * Pakistan vs England in UAE:
 * 1st Test in Dubai: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 192 (72.3 overs) & 160 (57.5 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 338 (119.5 overs) & 15/0 (3.4 overs). Pakistan win by 10 wickets.

Football (soccer)

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

Freestyle skiing

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

Handball

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

Multi-sport events

 * Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
 * Alpine skiing – Boys' giant slalom: Marco Schwarz  1:51.70  Hannes Zingerle  1:52.10  Sandro Simonet  1:52.33
 * Biathlon – Mixed relay:  (Franziska Preuß, Laura Hengelhaupt, Maximilian Janke, Niklas Homberg) 1:11:06.8  🇳🇴 (Kristin Sandeggen, Karoline Næss, Haakon Livik, Kristian André Aalerud) 1:13:11.7   (Léa Ducordeau, Chloé Chevalier, Fabien Claude, Aristide Bègue) 1:13:27.8
 * Cross-country skiing – Boys' sprint: Andreas Molden  1:44.1  Marius Cebulla  +0.6  Alexander Selyaninov  +0.9
 * Cross-country skiing – Girls' sprint: Silje Theodorsen  1:57.4  Jonna Sundling  +0.1  Linn Eriksen  +0.1
 * Ice hockey – Boys' individual skills challenge: Augusts Valdis Vasiļonoks  22 points  Attila Kovács  21  Seiya Furukawa  19
 * Ice hockey – Girls' individual skills challenge: Julie Zwarthoed  22 points  Fanni Gasparics  19  Sharnita Crompton  17
 * Short track speed skating – Boys' 500 metres: Yoon Su-Min  42.417  Lim Hyo-Jun  42.482  Xu Hongzhi  42.637
 * Short track speed skating – Girls' 500 metres: Shim Suk-Hee  44.122  Xu Aili  44.593  Nicole Martinelli  46.390

Rugby union

 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
 * Pool 5:
 * Sale Sharks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 9–19 🇫🇷 Brive
 * Agen 🇫🇷 62–7 🇪🇸 La Vila
 * Standings: Brive 27 points, Sale Sharks 20, Agen 10, La Vila 0.

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
 * Giant slalom men: Roland Fischnaller   Aaron March   Rok Flander
 * Giant slalom women: Patrizia Kummer   Julie Zogg   Marion Kreiner
 * World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland:
 * Snowboard cross men: Andrey Boldykov   Nate Holland   Pierre Vaultier
 * Snowboard cross women: Lindsey Jacobellis   Aleksandra Zhekova   Dominique Maltais

Tennis

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

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
 * Group A:
 * 14–9
 * 20–2
 * 14–6
 * Group B:
 * 16–10
 * 12–15
 * 8–11



Basketball

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Serbia:
 * Group C in Novi Sad:
 * 24–28
 * 24–24
 * Group D in Vršac:
 * 29–31
 * 34–32
 * African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
 * Quarterfinals:
 * 19–29
 * 41–20
 * 23–22
 * 24–19

Multi-sport events

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

 * Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
 * Group A:
 * 9–19
 * 10–11
 * Group B:
 * 22–12
 * 10–9



Cricket

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

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Serbia:
 * Group A in Belgrade:
 * 24–41
 * 24–22
 * Group B in Niš:
 * 23–24
 * 29–33
 * African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
 * Quarterfinals:
 * 31–19
 * 31–33
 * 26–17
 * 22–24

Multi-sport events

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
 * Group A:
 * 6–10
 * 6–19
 * 7–24
 * Group B:
 * 13–12
 * 12–10
 * 8–10



Handball

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

Multi-sport events

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

Tennis

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

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
 * Group A:
 * 16–4
 * 14–12
 * 12–8
 * Group B:
 * 10–7
 * 7–13
 * 8–5

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Alpine skiing

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

American football

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

Auto racing

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

Biathlon

 * World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
 * 10 km Pursuit Women: Tora Berger  31:00.3 (0+1+2+0)  Helena Ekholm  31:18.2 (0+0+0+0)  Marie Laure Brunet  31:25.4 (0+0+0+0)
 * 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Anton Shipulin  34:50.8 (0+0+1+0)  Martin Fourcade  & Arnd Peiffer  35:01.9 (1+0+1+1)

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

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

Cross-country skiing

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

Darts

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

Freestyle skiing

 * World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
 * Ski Cross men: Alex Fiva   Didrik Bastian Juell   Nick Zoricic
 * Ski Cross women: Sanna Lüdi   Alizée Baron   Ophélie David

Handball

 * European Men's Championship in Serbia:
 * Group A in Belgrade:
 * 18–22
 * 30–25
 * Group B in Niš:
 * 24–27
 * 26–26
 * African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 33–26
 * 35–31
 * 18–26
 * Group B:
 * 15–30
 * 34–20
 * 14–23
 * African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 40–15
 * 19–26
 * Group B:
 * 26–22
 * 31–7

Luge

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

Multi-sport events

 * Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
 * Alpine skiing – Boys' combined: Marco Schwarz  1:40.45  Miha Hrobat  1:41.12  Sandro Simonet  1.41:45
 * Alpine skiing – Girls' combined: Magdalena Fjällström  1:40.82  Estelle Alphand  1:41.41  Adriana Jelinkova  1:42.21
 * Biathlon – Boys' sprint: Cheng Fangming  19:21.7  Rene Zahkna  19:43.0  Aristide Begue  19:48.5
 * Biathlon – Girls' sprint: Franziska Preuß  17:27.7  Galina Vishnevskaya  17:55.2  Uliana Kaysheva  18:00.9
 * Freestyle skiing – Boys' halfpipe: Kai Mahler  95.00  Lauri Kivari  90.00  Aaron Blunck  87.50
 * Freestyle skiing – Girls' halfpipe: Elisabeth Gram  84.75  Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen  79.25  Marine Tripier Mondancin  69.50
 * Luge – Boys' singles: Christian Paffe  1:19.603  Riks Kristens Rozitis  1:19.806  Toni Graefe  1:19.920
 * Nordic combined – Individual: Tomas Portyk  26:31.4  Ilkka Herola  26:34.2  Go Yamamoto  26:39.9
 * Snowboarding – Boys' halfpipe: Ben Ferguson  93.25  Tim-Kevin Ravnjak  86.75  Taku Hiraoka  84.25
 * Snowboarding – Girls' halfpipe: Hikaru Ohe  96.25  Arielle Gold  90.00  Lucile Lefevre  82.25

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
 * HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin  22:18.1  Jørgen Graabak  22:34.6  Mikko Kokslien  22:35.6

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
 * Pool 3: Glasgow Warriors 16–23  Leinster
 * Pool 5: Saracens 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20–16 🇫🇷 Biarritz
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
 * Pool 2:
 * Newcastle Falcons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 43–0 🇮🇹 Petrarca Padova
 * Toulon 🇫🇷 29–10 🇫🇷 Lyon

Ski jumping

 * Men's World Cup in Tauplitz, Austria:
 * HS 200 (Ski flying):
 * First event: Robert Kranjec  212.5 points  Thomas Morgenstern  206.8  Anders Bardal  201.6
 * Second event: Bardal 364.9 points  Daiki Ito  363.3  Kamil Stoch  358.2
 * Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
 * HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson  285.9 points  Daniela Iraschko  273.1  Ulrike Gräßler  250.8

Snowboarding

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

Tennis

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

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Alpine skiing

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

American football

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

Biathlon

 * World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
 * 10 km Sprint Men: Emil Hegle Svendsen  27:13.1 (0+1)  Simon Fourcade  27:15.8 (1+2)  Martin Fourcade  27:22.7 (1+1)

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

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

Cross-country skiing

 * World Cup in Milan, Italy:
 * Sprint Freestyle men: Eirik Brandsdal   Josef Wenzl   Teodor Peterson
 * Sprint Freestyle women: Ida Ingemarsdotter   Kikkan Randall   Maiken Caspersen Falla

Freestyle skiing

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

Luge

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

Mixed martial arts

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

Multi-sport events

 * Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
 * Alpine skiing – Boys' super-G: Adam Lamhamedi  1:04.45  Fredrik Bauer  1:04.57  Joan Verdu Sanchez  1:04.65
 * Lamhamedi becomes the first African winner of a Winter Olympic event medal, while Sanchez wins Andorra's first ever Olympic medal.
 * Alpine skiing – Girls' super-G: Estelle Alphand  1:05.78  Nora Grieg Christensen  1:05.79  Christina Ager  1:06.06
 * Ski jumping – Boys' individual: Anže Lanišek  286.1 points  Mats S. Berggaard  277.8  Yukiya Sato  260.1
 * Ski jumping – Girls' individual: Sara Takanashi  269.3 points  Katharina Althaus  242.5  Urša Bogataj  239.3
 * Speed skating – Boys' 500 metres: Liu An  75.50  Roman Dubovik  77.824  Toshihiro Kakui  77.827
 * Speed skating – Girls' 500 metres: Jang Mi  81.68  Shi Xiaoxuan  84.32  Martine Lilloy Bruun  87.51

Nordic combined

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

Rugby union

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

 * Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
 * HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson  277.2 points  Daniela Iraschko  275.5  Anette Sagen  248.1

Snooker

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

Tennis

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

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Alpine skiing

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

Biathlon

 * World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
 * 7.5 km Sprint Women: Olga Zaitseva  23:08.1 (0+0)  Tora Berger  23:33.6 (1+1)  Magdalena Neuner  23:42.6 (0+3)

Bobsleigh

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

Darts

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

Handball

 * African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 20–21
 * 30–21
 * 17–25
 * Group B:
 * 32–18
 * 32–19
 * 21–15
 * African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 23–23
 * 18–24
 * Group B:
 * 28–23
 * 8–35

Nordic combined

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

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
 * Pool 2: Racing Métro 🇫🇷 24–27 Edinburgh
 * Pool 4: Ulster 41–7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester Tigers
 * Pool 5: Ospreys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 44–17 🇮🇹 Benetton Treviso
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
 * Pool 5: Brive 🇫🇷 50–13 🇫🇷 Agen

Skeleton

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

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in Jauerling, Austria:
 * Slalom men: Andreas Prommegger   Andrey Sobolev   Roland Fischnaller
 * Slalom women: Patrizia Kummer   Yekaterina Tudegesheva   Marion Kreiner

Tennis

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

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Biathlon

 * World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
 * 20 km Individual Men: Andrei Makoveev  47:19.0 (0+0+0+0)  Emil Hegle Svendsen  48:18.7 (1+0+0+1)  Björn Ferry  48:33.8 (0+0+0+1)

Handball

 * African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 20–25
 * 26–31
 * 15–32
 * Group B:
 * 21–40
 * 7–30
 * 18–27
 * African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 25–23
 * 24–27
 * Group B:
 * 25–17
 * 16–34

Rugby union

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

Snooker

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

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Biathlon

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

Cricket

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

Freestyle skiing

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

Handball

 * African Men's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 26–21
 * 35–18
 * 28–24
 * Group B:
 * 25–14
 * 27–17
 * 33–16
 * African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 28–16
 * 24–26
 * Group B:
 * 29–17
 * 25–15

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Snooker

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

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American football

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

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Alpine skiing

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

American football

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

Biathlon

 * World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
 * 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Magdalena Neuner  40:02.2 (1+1+1+0)  Tora Berger  40:14.7 (1+0+1+0)  Andrea Henkel  40:34.2 (1+0+0+0)
 * 15 km Mass Start Men: Andreas Birnbacher  38:34.6 (0+0+0+0)  Simon Fourcade  38:38.9 (0+1+0+0)  Emil Hegle Svendsen  39:04.2 (0+1+2+0)

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 9 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
 * Men's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Alexander Legkov  30:38.2  Maurice Manificat  +0.1  Marcus Hellner  +1.7
 * Tour de Ski final standings: Dario Cologna  4:33:17.2  Hellner +1:02.3  Petter Northug  +1:44.6
 * Cologna wins the Tour de Ski for the third time.
 * Women's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Therese Johaug  34:17.7  Justyna Kowalczyk  +51.3  Marit Bjørgen  +1:08.0
 * Tour de Ski final standings: Kowalczyk 2:52:45.0  Bjørgen +28.2  Johaug +3:57.8
 * Kowalczyk wins the Tour de Ski for the third successive time.

Nordic combined

 * World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
 * HS 106 / 10 km: Mikko Kokslien  26:06.5  Magnus Moan  26:07.0  Björn Kircheisen  26:07.7

Ski jumping

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

Snooker

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

Speed skating

 * European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
 * 5000 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková  7:22.38  Claudia Pechstein  7:34.51  Ireen Wüst  7:43.59
 * 1500 m Men: Sven Kramer  1:53.98  Sverre Lunde Pedersen  1:54.87  Jan Blokhuijsen  1:54.93
 * 10000 m Men: Kramer 13:45.05  Blokhuijsen 13:52.48  Håvard Bøkko  14:02.83
 * Overall Ladies: Sáblíková 169.922 points  Pechstein 172.312  Wüst 172.454
 * Sáblíková wins the title for the third successive time and fourth time overall.
 * Overall Men: Kramer 156.197 points  Blokhuijsen 156.513  Bøkko 158.234
 * Kramer wins the title for the fifth time.

Tennis

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

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Alpine skiing

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

American football

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

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 8 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
 * Men's 20 km Classic Mass Start: Eldar Rønning  1:00:02.2  Alex Harvey  +1.1  Dario Cologna  +1.3
 * Women's 10 km Classic Mass Start: Justyna Kowalczyk  25:49.8  Marit Bjørgen  +7.5  Charlotte Kalla  +31.0

Freestyle skiing

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

Ice hockey

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

Mixed martial arts

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

Nordic combined

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

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

Speed skating

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

Tennis

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

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Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

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

Ice hockey

 * World Women's U18 Championship in Zlín, Czech Republic, semifinals:
 *  7–1
 *  7–0

Luge

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

 * Four Hills Tournament:
 * Stage 4 in Bischofshofen, Austria:
 * HS 140: Thomas Morgenstern  138.7 points  Anders Bardal  136.5  Gregor Schlierenzauer  128.4
 * Four Hills Tournament final standings: Schlierenzauer 933.8 points  Morgenstern 908.0  Andreas Kofler  896.6
 * Schlierenzauer wins the tournament for the first time.
 * Women's World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
 * HS 108: Cancelled due to rain and warm temperatures; rescheduled to 7 January in Hinterzarten

Speed skating

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

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Alpine skiing

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

Biathlon

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

Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 7 in Cortina d'Ampezzo–Toblach, Italy:
 * Men's 32 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Dario Cologna  1:09:25.2  Petter Northug  +1:15.8  Alexander Legkov  +1:16.4
 * Women's 15 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Marit Bjørgen  39:01.1  Justyna Kowalczyk  +2.0  Therese Johaug  +3:16.9

Ice hockey

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

Luge

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

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American football

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

Biathlon

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

Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 6 in Toblach, Italy:
 * Men's Sprint Freestyle: Nikolay Morilov  3:03.4  Petter Northug  +0.0  Dario Cologna  +0.3
 * Women's Sprint Freestyle: Marit Bjørgen  3:17.6  Kikkan Randall  +0.5  Justyna Kowalczyk  +2.3

Ice hockey

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

Ski jumping

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

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Alpine skiing

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

American football

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

Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 5 in Toblach, Italy:
 * Men's 5 km Classic Individual: Alexander Legkov  13:49.5  Eldar Rønning  +1.7  Dario Cologna  +2.0
 * Women's 3 km Classic Individual: Marit Bjørgen  10:49.2  Justyna Kowalczyk  +3.9  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen  +15.1

Ice hockey

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

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American football

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

Darts

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

Ice hockey

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

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American football

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

Cross-country skiing

 * Tour de Ski:
 * Stage 4 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
 * Men's 10+10 km Pursuit: Petter Northug  50:27.3  Dario Cologna  +0.3  Maxim Vylegzhanin  +0.6
 * Women's 5+5 km Pursuit: Marit Bjørgen  27:16.0  Justyna Kowalczyk  +1.6  Therese Johaug  +1.8

Darts

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

Ice hockey

 * World Women's U18 Championship in Czech Republic; matchday 1:
 * Group A in Zlín:
 * 2–0
 * 0–7
 * Group B in Přerov:
 * 3–5
 * 0–6

Ski jumping

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