January 2010 in sports

Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia:
- 3rd place game: Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 4–3 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
- Final: Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5–6 (2OT) Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
  - Sweden win the title for the second straight time and tenth overall.

Cricket

Pakistan in Australia:
- 5th ODI in Perth:
  - File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 212 (49.3 overs); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 213/8 (49.2 overs). Australia win by 2 wickets, win the 5-match series 5–0.
Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya:
- File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 109/8 (20/20 ov); File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 109 (20/20 ov) in Nairobi. Match tied (Scotland win the one-over eliminator).

Darts

Players Championship Finals in Purfleet, England:
- Final: Paul Nicholson Template:Cc3 def. Mervyn King Template:Cc3 13–11

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 0–1 Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
  - Mohamed Nagy's goal in the 85th minute gives Egypt their third successive title and seventh overall.
AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Semi-final Round:
- Đà Nẵng Template:Flagicon 0–3 Template:Flagicon Muang Thong United

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, California:
  - Winner: Ben Crane Template:Cc3 275 (−13)
    - Crane wins his first PGA Tour title since 2005 and his third overall.
- News:
  - John Daly backs away from his retirement announcement of the previous day, telling the director of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am that he plans to play in that event in two weeks' time. (ESPN)
European Tour:
- The Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Qatar:
  - Winner: Robert Karlsson Template:Cc3 273 (−15)
    - Karlsson returns from an eye injury last season to win his 10th European Tour title.
Champions Tour:
- Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Kaʻupulehu-Kona, Hawaii
  - Winner: Tom Watson Template:Cc3 194 (−22)
    - The limited-field opening event of the Champions Tour season sees Watson earn his 13th victory on that tour.

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria:
- Bronze medal game: Template:Hb-rt 26–29 Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Hb
- Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Hb-rt 21–25 Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Hb
  - France win the European title for the second time and complete a treble of Olympic, World and European titles.

Luge

World Cup in Cesana, Italy:
- Women:

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
- HS100 / 10 km:

Ski jumping

World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
- HS 213 (Ski flying):

Snooker

Welsh Open in Newport, Wales:
- Final: John Higgins Template:Cc3 (2) def. Ali Carter Template:Cc3 (1) 9–4

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 14:
- Men's singles - Final:
  - Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Andy Murray Template:Cc3 [5] 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11)
    - Federer wins his fourth Australian Open title and extends his record of Grand Slam titles to 16.
- Mixed doubles - Final:
  - Cara Black Template:Cc3/Leander Paes Template:Cc3 [1] def. Ekaterina Makarova Template:Cc3/Jaroslav Levinský Template:Cc3 7–5, 6–3
    - Black and Paes win their second Grand Slam title together. Paes wins his 11th Grand Slam title and gets level with fellow Indian Mahesh Bhupathi. Black wins her ninth Grand Slam title and completes a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles.

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January 30, 2010 (Saturday)

Figure skating

Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Adam Rippon Template:Cc3 225.78 Script error: No such module "sort". Tatsuki Machida Template:Cc3 217.48 Script error: No such module "sort". Kevin Reynolds Template:Cc3 212.99

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- 3rd place: Script error: No such module "sort". Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Semi-final Round:
- Singapore Armed Forces Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon Sriwijaya
- Al-Karamah Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Al-Wahda

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
- Men's aerials:
- Women's aerials:

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary:
- Third place play-off: Azerbaijan File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 3–5 Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
- Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 2–4 Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  - Spain win the title for the third straight time and fifth overall.

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria:
- 5th/6th place: Template:Hb-rt 34–27 Template:Hb
- Semifinals:
  - Template:Hb-rt 24–21 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 28–36 Template:Hb

Luge

World Cup in Cesana, Italy:
- Men:
- Doubles:

Nordic combined

World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
- HS100 / 10 km:

Ski jumping

World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
- HS 213 Team (Ski flying):

Snowboarding

World Cup in Calgary, Canada:
- Men's half-pipe:
- Women's half-pipe:
- Men's slopestyle:
- Women's slopestyle:

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 13:
- Women's singles - Final:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [1] def. Justine Henin Template:Cc3 [WC] 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
    - Williams wins her fifth Australian Open and 12th Grand Slam singles title.
- Men's doubles - Final:
  - Bob Bryan Template:Cc3/Mike Bryan Template:Cc3 [1] def. Daniel Nestor Template:Cc3/Nenad Zimonjić Template:Cc3 [2] 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3
    - Bob and Mike Bryan win their fourth Australian Open in five years and eighth Grand Slam men's doubles title.

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January 29, 2010 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
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Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:
- Giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Ted Ligety Template:Cc3 2:22.02 Script error: No such module "sort". Marcel Hirscher Template:Cc3 2:22.36 Script error: No such module "sort". Kjetil Jansrud Template:Cc3 2:22.53

Cricket

Pakistan in Australia:
- 4th ODI in Perth:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 277/8 (50 overs); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 142 (37.5 overs). Australia win by 135 runs, lead the 5-match series 4–0.

Figure skating

Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:
- Ladies: Script error: No such module "sort". Mao Asada Template:Cc3 183.96 Script error: No such module "sort". Akiko Suzuki Template:Cc3 173.72 Script error: No such module "sort". Caroline Zhang Template:Cc3 160.78
- Ice Dance: Script error: No such module "sort". Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje Template:Cc3 166.16 Script error: No such module "sort". Allie Hann-McCurdy/Michael Coreno Template:Cc3 159.56 (3) Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell Template:Cc3 154.20

Golf

After missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open, two-time major winner John Daly announced his retirement.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 12:
- Men's singles – Semifinals:
  - Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 [10] 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
- Women's doubles – Final:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3/Venus Williams Template:Cc3 [2] def. Cara Black Template:Cc3/Liezel Huber Template:Cc3 [1] 6–4, 6–3
    - The Williams sisters win their 4th Australian Open and 11th Grand Slam doubles title.

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January 28, 2010 (Thursday)

Bandy

Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group A:
  - File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4–9 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
  - File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5–9 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
  - File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7–4 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
    - Final standings: Russia 10 points, Sweden 8, Finland 6, Kazakhstan 4, Norway 2, USA 0.
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 4–3 File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia
  - File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 7–6 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
    - Final standings: Canada 8 points, Latvia, Netherlands 5, Mongolia, Hungary 1.
    - Canada advance to the qualification game.

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 1:
- Group E: Regal FC Barcelona Template:Flagicon 79–69 Template:Flagicon Maroussi Athens
- Group F: Montepaschi Siena Template:Flagicon 76–72 Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Group G: Asseco Prokom Gdynia Template:Flagicon 89–65 Template:Flagicon Žalgiris Kaunas
- Group H:
  - Khimki Moscow Region Template:Flagicon 83–70 Template:Flagicon Cibona Zagreb
  - Caja Laboral Baskonia Template:Flagicon 85–89 Template:Flagicon Olympiacos Piraeus

Cricket

ICC Intercontinental Cup in Nairobi:
- File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 91 and 323; File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 306 and 110/2. Scotland win by 8 wickets.
  - Standings: Scotland 49 points (3 matches), File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 43 (3), File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe XI 23 (2), Kenya 23 (4), File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 15 (2), File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 12 (3), File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 (3).

Figure skating

Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:
- Ice Dance – standings after Original Dance: (1) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje Template:Cc3 81.09 (2) Allie Hann-McCurdy/Michael Coreno Template:Cc3 78.10 (3) Huang Xintong/Zheng Xun Template:Cc3 77.33
- Pairs: Script error: No such module "sort". Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao Template:Cc3 192.22 Script error: No such module "sort". Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker Template:Cc3 170.17 Script error: No such module "sort". Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin Template:Cc3 158.02
- Men – Short Program: (1) Kevin Reynolds Template:Cc3 81.60 (2) Song Nan Template:Cc3 72.95 (3) Brandon Mroz Template:Cc3 70.88

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Semifinals:
  - Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
  - Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg 0–4 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
- Junior Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Racing

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary:
- Semifinals:
  - Azerbaijan File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 3–3 (3–5 pen.) File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
  - Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1–8 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group I in Vienna:
  - Template:Hb-rt 34–35 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 30–31 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 27–23 Template:Hb
    - Final standings: Croatia 9 points, Iceland 8, Denmark 6, Norway 4, Austria 3, Russia 0.
- Group II in Innsbruck:
  - Template:Hb-rt 26–26 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 32–40 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 24–29 Template:Hb
    - Final standings: France 9 points, Poland, Spain 7, Czech Republic 3, Germany, Slovenia 2.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 11:
- Women's singles – Semifinals:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [1] def. Li Na Template:Cc3 [16] 7–6(4), 7–6(1)
  - Justine Henin Template:Cc3 def. Zheng Jie Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–0
- Men's singles – Semifinals:
  - Andy Murray Template:Cc3 [4] def. Marin Čilić Template:Cc3 [14] 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2

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January 27, 2010 (Wednesday)

Bandy

Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group A:
  - File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 13–2 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
  - File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 6–5 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
  - File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 19–5 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
    - Standings (after 4 games): Russia, Sweden 8 points, Finland 4, Norway, Kazakhstan 2, USA 0.
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 15–1 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
  - File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 1–7 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
    - Standings: Canada 8 points (4 games), Latvia, Netherlands 3 (3), Mongolia, Hungary 1 (3).
    - Canada advance to the qualification game.

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 1:
- Group E: Panathinaikos Athens Template:Flagicon 59–64 Template:Flagicon Partizan Belgrade
- Group F: Real Madrid Template:Flagicon 77–70 Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen Istanbul
- Group G: CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 86–78 Template:Flagicon Unicaja Málaga

Cricket

India in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 4:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 233 and 312; File:Flag of India.svg India 544/8d and 2/0. India win by 10 wickets, win the 2-match series 2–0.

Figure skating

Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea:
- Ice Dance – Compulsory Dance: (1) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje Template:Cc3 32.67 (2) Huang Xintong/Zheng Xun Template:Cc3 30.12 (3) Allie Hann-McCurdy/Michael Coreno Template:Cc3 29.89
- Pairs – Short Program: (1) Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao Template:Cc3 65.86 (2) Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker Template:Cc3 64.56 (3) Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin Template:Cc3 56.90
- Ladies – Short Program: (1) Akiko Suzuki Template:Cc3 58.88 (2) Amanda Dobbs Template:Cc3 57.56 (3) Mao Asada Template:Cc3 57.22

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
- Juan Aurich Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Estudiantes Tecos
- Real Potosí Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Cruzeiro
- Newell's Old Boys Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Emelec

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 10:
- Men's singles – Quarterfinals:
  - Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 [6] 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 7–5
  - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 [10] def. Novak Djokovic Template:Cc3 [3] 7–6(8), 6–7(5), 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
- Women's singles – Quarterfinals:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [1] def. Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 [7] 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
  - Li Na Template:Cc3 [16] def. Venus Williams Template:Cc3 [6] 2–6, 7–6(4), 7–5

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January 26, 2010 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Schladming, Austria:
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  - Slalom standings (after 7 of 9 events): (1) Herbst 405 (2) Julien Lizeroux Template:Cc3 402 (3) Ivica Kostelic Template:Cc3 302
  - Overall standings (after 25 of 34 events): (1) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 903 (2) Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 829 (3) Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 746

Bandy

Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group A:
  - File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 13–2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 0–12 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
  - File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 12–2 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
    - Standings (after 3 games): Russia, Sweden 6 points, Finland, Norway, Kazakhstan 2, USA 0.
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 2–18 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
  - File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 5–5 (3–2 pen.) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
    - Standings: Canada 6 points (3 games), Netherlands 3 (3), Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia 1 (2).
    - Canada advance to the qualification game.

Basketball

ULEB Eurocup Last 16, matchday 1:
- Group I:
  - Le Mans Template:Flagicon 63–68 Template:Flagicon ALBA Berlin
  - DKV Joventut Template:Flagicon 74–72 Template:Flagicon Aris BSA 2003
- Group J:
  - Galatasaray Café Crown Template:Flagicon 79–85 Template:Flagicon UNICS Kazan
  - Power Elec Valencia Template:Flagicon 75–79 Template:Flagicon Hapoel Jerusalem
- Group K:
  - Panellinios BC Template:Flagicon 70–62 Template:Flagicon Brose Baskets
  - Benetton Basket Template:Flagicon 69–76 Template:Flagicon Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
- Group L:
  - ČEZ Nymburk Template:Flagicon 60–65 Template:Flagicon Crvena zvezda
  - Gran Canaria 2014 Template:Flagicon 73–65 Template:Flagicon Türk Telekom

Cricket

India in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 3:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 233 and 228/1 (Tamim Iqbal 151); File:Flag of India.svg India 544/8d. Bangladesh trail by 83 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 3rd ODI in Adelaide:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 286/6 (50 overs); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 246 (47.4 overs). Australia win by 40 runs, lead the 5-match series 3–0.

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
- Deportivo Táchira Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Libertad
- Colón Template:Flagicon 3–2 Template:Flagicon Universidad Católica
Template:Flagicon Toto Cup Final in Ramat Gan:
- Hapoel Ra'anana 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 0–0 (6–7 pen.) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  - Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 1–5 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group I in Vienna:
  - Template:Hb-rt 30–38 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 26–23 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 23–24 Template:Hb
    - Standings (after 4 games): Croatia 7 points, Iceland, Denmark 6, Norway 4, Austria 1, Russia 0.
- Group II in Innsbruck:
  - Template:Hb-rt 28–37 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 20–25 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 35–34 Template:Hb
    - Standings (after 4 games): France, Poland 7 points, Spain 5, Slovenia, Czech Republic 2, Germany 1.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 9:
- Men's singles – Quarterfinals:
  - Andy Murray Template:Cc3 [5] def. Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 [2] 6–3, 7–6(4), 3–0, ret.
  - Marin Čilić Template:Cc3 [14] def. Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 [7] 7–6(4), 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
- Women's singles – Quarterfinals:
  - Justine Henin Template:Cc3 def. Nadia Petrova Template:Cc3 [19] 7–6(3), 7–5
  - Zheng Jie Template:Cc3 def. Maria Kirilenko Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–3

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January 25, 2010 (Monday)

Bandy

Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia:
- Group A:
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1–17 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
  - File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5–5 (2–3 pen.) File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia

Cricket

India in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 2:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 233; File:Flag of India.svg India 459/5 (Sachin Tendulkar 143, Rahul Dravid 111 retd hurt). India lead by 226 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
    - Tendulkar scores his 45th Test century and Dravid his 29th, and they combine for their fourth double-century partnership.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 3–1 (ET) File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
    - Ahmed Hassan scores two goals for Egypt and one own goal on his 170th cap.
  - Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg 0–0 (4–5 pen.) File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 3–3 (3–1 pen.) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  - Azerbaijan File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 3–3 (4–2 pen.) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:
  - Winner: Bill Haas Template:Cc3 330 (−30)
    - Haas collects his first PGA Tour win in an event that his father Jay Haas won in 1988.

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria:
- Group I in Vienna:
  - Template:Hb-rt 26–26 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 30–27 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 28–34 Template:Hb
    - Standings (after 3 games): Croatia 5 points, Iceland, Denmark, Norway 4, Austria 1, Russia 0.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 8:
- Men's singles – 4th round:
  - Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Lleyton Hewitt Template:Cc3 [22] 6–2 6–3 6–4
  - Novak Djokovic Template:Cc3 [3] def. Łukasz Kubot Template:Cc3 6–1 6–2 7–5
  - Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 [6] def. Fernando Verdasco Template:Cc3 [9] 6–2 7–5 4–6 6–7(5) 6–3
  - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 [10] def. Nicolás Almagro Template:Cc3 [26] 6–3 6–4 4–6 6–7(6) 9–7
- Women's singles – 4th round:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [1] def. Samantha Stosur Template:Cc3 [13] 6–4 6–2
  - Li Na Template:Cc3 [16] def. Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 [4] 6–4 6–3
  - Venus Williams Template:Cc3 [6] def. Francesca Schiavone Template:Cc3 [17] 3–6 6–2 6–1
  - Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 [7] def. Vera Zvonareva Template:Cc3 [9] 4–6 6–4 6–0

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January 24, 2010 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
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Women's World Cup in Cortina, Italy:
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American football

NFL Conference Championships:
- AFC Championship Game: (1) Indianapolis Colts 30, (5) New York Jets 17
  - The Jets take a 17–6 lead in the second quarter before Peyton Manning throws three touchdown passes against the league's number one defense. This will be the Colts' fourth trip to the Super Bowl, all in Miami.
- NFC Championship Game: (1) New Orleans Saints 31, (2) Minnesota Vikings 28 (OT)
  - In the first NFC Championship game ever played at the Superdome, Garrett Hartley's 40-yard field goal in overtime sends the Saints to their first ever Super Bowl. The Vikings commit five turnovers.

Badminton

BWF Super Series:
- Malaysia Super Series:

Bandy

Men's World Championship in Moscow, Russia:
- Group A:
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5–4 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
  - File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 15–2 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
- 10 km Pursuit Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Andrea Henkel Template:Cc3 30:59.8 (1 penalty loop) Script error: No such module "sort". Magdalena Neuner Template:Cc3 31:23.1 (4) Script error: No such module "sort". Ann Kristin Flatland Template:Cc3 31:44.7 (1)
  - Overall standings (14 of 25 events): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 536 points (2) Henkel 465 (3) Simone Hauswald Template:Cc3 452
  - Pursuit standings (3 of 6 events): (1) Henkel 129 points (2) Svetlana Sleptsova Template:Cc3 126 (3) Neuner 121
- 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Daniel Mesotitsch Template:Cc3 31:50.4 (1 penalty loop) Script error: No such module "sort". Arnd Peiffer Template:Cc3 31:52.1 (1) Script error: No such module "sort". Dominik Landertinger Template:Cc3 32:10.1 (3)
  - Overall standings (14 of 25 events): (1) Simon Fourcade Template:Cc3 429 points (2) Evgeny Ustyugov Template:Cc3 414 (3) Christoph Sumann Template:Cc3 404
  - Pursuit standings (3 of 6 events): (1) Simon Eder Template:Cc3 125 points (2) Landertinger 112 (3) Peiffer 108

Cricket

India in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 1:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 233; File:Flag of India.svg India 69/0. India trail by 164 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 2nd ODI in Sydney:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 267/6 (50 overs); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 127 (37.3 overs). Australia win by 140 runs, lead the 5-match series 2–0.
ICC Intercontinental Cup in Dambulla, Sri Lanka:
- File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 405 and 202; File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 474 and 137/3. Afghanistan win by 7 wickets.
  - Standings: Afghanistan 43 points (3 matches), File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 29 (2), File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe XI 23 (2), File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 23 (3), File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 15 (2), Ireland 12 (3), File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 (3).

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women's Team Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (Stefanie Böhler, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle) Script error: No such module "sort". Slovenia (Katja Visnar, Vesna Fabjan) Script error: No such module "sort". Russia (Irina Khazova, Olga Rocheva)
- Men's Team Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Russia (Nikolay Morilov, Alexey Petukhov) Script error: No such module "sort". Italy (Fabio Pasini, Loris Frasnelli) Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (Tim Tscharnke, Josef Wenzl)

Cycling

UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 6 – Adelaide, Script error: No such module "convert".:
    - General classification Orange jersey:

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
  - Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 2–3 (ET) File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
    - Madjid Bougherra scores in injury time to level the score at 2–2, and Hamer Bouazza's goal 2 minutes into extra time puts Algeria in the semifinals for the first time in 20 years.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
- Men's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Christopher Del Bosco Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Matt Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". David Duncan Template:Cc3
  - Skicross standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid Template:Cc3 435 (2) Matt 306 (3) Del Bosco 297
- Women's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Kelsey Serwa Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Fanny Smith Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ophélie David Template:Cc3
  - Skicross standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) David 475 (2) Ashleigh McIvor Template:Cc3 437 (3) Serwa 292

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group C: Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 4–3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Final standings: Serbia 6 points, Russia 3, Slovenia 0.
- Group D: Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 1–6 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  - Final standings: Spain 6 points, Portugal, Belarus 1.

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California:
  - Heavy rain on Thursday washed out that day's play. The last of five scheduled rounds will be played on Monday.
European Tour:
- Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in United Arab Emirates:
  - Winner: Martin Kaymer Template:Cc3 267 (−21)
    - Kaymer returns to the site of his first European Tour win, in this event in 2008, and wins his fifth career title.

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria:
- Group II in Innsbruck:
  - Template:Hb-rt 22–24 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 32–26 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 35–37 Template:Hb
    - Standings (after 3 games): Poland, France 5 points, Spain 3, Czech Republic, Slovenia 2, Germany 1.

Luge

European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia:
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Albert Demtschenko Template:Cc3 1:36.748 Script error: No such module "sort". Wolfgang Kindl Template:Cc3 1:36.974 Script error: No such module "sort". Daniel Pfister Template:Cc3 1:37.062
- Teams: Script error: No such module "sort". Latvia (Anna Orlova, Martins Rubenis, Andris Sics/Juris Sics) 2:16.992 Script error: No such module "sort". Austria (Veronika Halder, Wolfgang Kindl, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:17.022 Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (Corinna Martini, Johannes Ludwig, Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) 2:17.076

Nordic combined

World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
- HS96 / 4 x 5 km team: Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (Georg Hettich, Eric Frenzel, Björn Kircheisen, Tino Edelmann) 42:49.4 Script error: No such module "sort". France (Sébastien Lacroix, Maxime Laheurte, Jonathan Felisaz, Jason Lamy-Chappuis) 43:37.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Austria (Lukas Klapfer, Wilhelm Denifl, Marco Pichlmayer, Tobias Kammerlander) 43:50.5

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals; teams in italics parachute into the Amlin Challenge Cup)
- Pool 2:
  - Biarritz Template:Flagicon 41–20 Template:Flagicon Glasgow Warriors
  - Newport Gwent Dragons Template:Flagicon 23–32 Template:Flagicon Gloucester
  - Final standings: Biarritz 23 points, Gloucester 17, Glasgow Warriors 9, Dragons 6.
- Pool 5:
  - Harlequins Template:Flagicon 20–45 Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues
  - Sale Sharks Template:Flagicon 13–19 Template:Flagicon Toulouse
  - Final standings: Toulouse 23 points, Cardiff Blues 18, Sale Sharks 14, Harlequins 2.
- Quarterfinal matchups:
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Pool 1: Leeds Carnegie Template:Flagicon 9–18 Template:Flagicon Bourgoin
  - Final standings: Bourgoin 23 points, Leeds 19, Overmach Parma 8, București Oaks 7.
- Quarterfinal matchups:

Short track speed skating

European Championships in Dresden, Germany:

Snowboarding

World Cup in Stoneham, Canada:
- Men's parallel giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Benjamin Karl Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Prommegger Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Jasey-Jay Anderson Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 6 of 9 events): (1) Karl 4260 points (2) Anderson 3800 (3) Prommegger 3280
- Women's parallel giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Svetlana Boldykova Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alena Zavarzina Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nathalie Desmares Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 6 of 9 events): (1) Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli Template:Cc3 3020 (2) Nicolien Sauerbreij Template:Cc3 2980 (3) Zavarzina 2666

Ten-pin bowling

Kelly Kulick becomes the first woman to win an event against men on the PBA Tour, defeating Chris Barnes 265–195 to win the Tournament of Champions.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 7:
- Men's singles – 4th round:
  - Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 [2] def. Ivo Karlović Template:Cc3 6–4 4–6 6–4 6–4
  - Marin Čilić Template:Cc3 [14] def. Juan Martín del Potro Template:Cc3 [4] 5–7 6–4 7–5 5–7 6–3
  - Andy Murray Template:Cc3 [5] def. John Isner Template:Cc3 [33] 7–6(4) 6–3 6–2
  - Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 [7] def. Fernando González Template:Cc3 [11] 6–3 3–6 4–6 7–5 6–2
- Women's singles – 4th round:
  - Maria Kirilenko Template:Cc3 def. Dinara Safina Template:Cc3 [2] 5–4 Ret.
  - Nadia Petrova Template:Cc3 [19] def. Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 [3] 6–3 3–6 6–1
  - Zheng Jie Template:Cc3 def. Alona Bondarenko Template:Cc3 [31] 7–6(5) 6–4
  - Justine Henin Template:Cc3 def. Yanina Wickmayer Template:Cc3 7–6(3) 1–6 6–3

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January 23, 2010 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Downhill: Script error: No such module "sort". Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 1:53.74 Script error: No such module "sort". Andrej Šporn Template:Cc3 1:54.02 Script error: No such module "sort". Werner Heel Template:Cc3 1:54.13
  - Downhill standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Cuche 396 (2) Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 308 (3) Manuel Osborne-Paradis Template:Cc3 235
  - Overall standings (after 22 of 34 races): (1) Janka 793 (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 743 (3) Cuche 726
Women's World Cup in Cortina, Italy:
- Downhill: Script error: No such module "sort". Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 1:37.70 Script error: No such module "sort". Maria Riesch Template:Cc3 1:38.12 Script error: No such module "sort". Anja Paerson Template:Cc3 & Nadja Kamer Template:Cc3 1:38.56
  - Downhill standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Vonn 500 (2) Riesch 316 (3) Paerson 275
  - Overall standings (after 22 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 1094 (2) Riesch 1018 (3) Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 829

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
- 10 km Sprint Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Arnd Peiffer Template:Cc3 24:27.4 (0 penalties) Script error: No such module "sort". Dominik Landertinger Template:Cc3 24:33.4 (1) Script error: No such module "sort". Christoph Stephan Template:Cc3 24:42.5 (0)
  - Overall standings (after 13 of 25 races): (1) Evgeny Ustyugov Template:Cc3 412 points (2) Simon Fourcade Template:Cc3 395 (3) Tim Burke Template:Cc3 393
  - Sprint standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Cc3 201 points (2) Landertinger 192 (3) Michael Greis Template:Cc3 191

Bobsleigh

World Cup and European championships in Igls, Austria:
- Two-man: Script error: No such module "sort". Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter Template:Cc3 1:44.01 Script error: No such module "sort". André Lange/Kevin Kuske Template:Cc3 1:44.12 Script error: No such module "sort". Daniel Schmid/Juerg Egger Template:Cc3 1:44.37
  - Final standings: (1) Ivo Rüegg Template:Cc3 1514 (2) Thomas Florschütz Template:Cc3 1475 (3) Karl Angerer Template:Cc3 1474

Cricket

ICC Intercontinental Shield in Dubai:
- File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 361 and 282/9d; File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 373 and 79/6. Match drawn.
  - Standings: Uganda 29 points (2 matches), United Arab Emirates 17 (2), File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 6 (1), File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda 0 (1).

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women's Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Vesna Fabjan Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Magda Genuin Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings: (1) Kowalczyk 1285 points (2) Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 1147 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 909
- Men's Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Nikolay Morilov Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexey Petukhov Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nikita Kriukov Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug Template:Cc3 1060 points (2) Lukáš Bauer Template:Cc3 763 (3) Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 627

Cycling

UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 5 – Snapper Point to Willunga, Script error: No such module "convert".:
    - General classification Orange jersey:

Figure skating

European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:
- Ladies: Script error: No such module "sort". Carolina Kostner Template:Cc3 173.46 Script error: No such module "sort". Laura Lepistö Template:Cc3 166.37 Script error: No such module "sort". Elene Gedevanishvili Template:Cc3 164.54
  - Kostner wins the title for the third time in four years. Gedevanishvili wins the first ever medal for Georgia in figure skating championships.
U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:
- Senior Ice Dancing: Script error: No such module "sort". Meryl Davis/Charlie White 222.29 Script error: No such module "sort". Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto 218.51 Script error: No such module "sort". Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 190.69
  - Davis and White win their second consecutive title.
- Senior Ladies: Script error: No such module "sort". Rachael Flatt 200.11 Script error: No such module "sort". Mirai Nagasu 188.78 Script error: No such module "sort". Ashley Wagner 184.70.
  - Flatt wins her first national title. Olympic silver medallist Sasha Cohen finishes fourth and fails to qualify for the 2010 Olympics.

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group A: Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 6–5 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
  - Final standings: Azerbaijan 6 points, Czesh Republic 3, Hungary 0.
- Group B: Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg 2–4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  - Final standings: Italy 6 points, Ukraine 3, Belgium 0.

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in bold advance to the Main Round)
- Group A in Graz:
  - Template:Hb-rt 30–28 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 31–29 Template:Hb
    - Final standings: Croatia 6 points, Norway 4, Russia 2, Ukraine 2.
- Group B in Linz:
  - Template:Hb-rt 22–27 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 37–31 Template:Hb
    - Final standings: Iceland, Denmark 4 points, Austria 3, Serbia 1.

Luge

European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia:
- Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Tatiana Ivanova Template:Cc3 1:25.517 Script error: No such module "sort". Corinna Martini Template:Cc3 1:25.842 Script error: No such module "sort". Nina Reithmayer Template:Cc3 1:26.007
- Doubles: Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Template:Cc3 1:24.415 Script error: No such module "sort". Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Template:Cc3 1:24.977 Script error: No such module "sort". Tobias Schiegl/Markus Schiegl Template:Cc3 1:25.023

Nordic combined

World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
- HS96 / 10 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Jason Lamy-Chappuis Template:Cc3 21:34.5 Script error: No such module "sort". Pavel Churavý Template:Cc3 21:36.6 Script error: No such module "sort". Alessandro Pittin Template:Cc3 21:38.9
  - Standings (after 14 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 969 points (2) Felix Gottwald Template:Cc3 589 (3) Magnus Moan Template:Cc3 542

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals; teams in italics parachute into the Amlin Challenge Cup)
- Pool 3:
  - Viadana Template:Flagicon 20–59 Template:Flagicon Clermont Auvergne
  - Ospreys Template:Flagicon 17–12 Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers
    - Final standings: Clermont 21 points, Ospreys 20, Leicester 18, Viadana 0.
- Pool 4:
  - Bath Template:Flagicon 10–28 (Ireland) Ulster
  - Edinburgh Template:Flagicon 9–7 Template:Flagicon Stade Français
    - Final standings: Stade Français 18 points, Ulster 17, Edinburgh 13, Bath 7.
- Pool 6:
  - Brive Template:Flagicon 17–20 Template:Flagicon Scarlets
  - London Irish Template:Flagicon 11–11 (Ireland) Leinster
    - Leinster secure a home quarterfinal. This result also secures a Heineken Cup quarterfinal berth for Northampton Saints as one of the top two runners-up.
    - Final standings: Leinster 22 points, Scarlets 17 (8–1 on head-to-head competition points), London Irish 17, Brive 1.
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Pool 1: Overmach Parma Template:Flagicon 16–9 Template:Flagicon București Oaks
  - Standings: Leeds Carnegie, Bourgoin 19 points (5 matches); Overmach Parma 8 (6); București Oaks 7 (6).
- Pool 2: Olympus Madrid Template:Flagicon 0–66 (Ireland) Connacht
  - Connacht secure the top seed for the quarterfinals, meaning that they avoid a quarterfinal against a Heineken Cup team.
  - Final standings: Connacht 26 points, Montpellier 19, Worcester Warriors 13, Olympus Madrid 0.
- Pool 3:
  - Rovigo Template:Flagicon 8–56 Template:Flagicon Saracens
  - Toulon Template:Flagicon 42–10 Template:Flagicon Castres
    - Final standings: Toulon 23 points, Saracens 22, Castres 11, Rovigo 0
- Pool 4: Rugby Roma Olimpic Template:Flagicon 6–55 Template:Flagicon Bayonne
  - Final standings: London Wasps 22 points, Bayonne 19, Racing Métro 16, Roma 0.

Skeleton

World Cup and European championships in Igls, Austria:
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Martins Dukurs Template:Cc3 1:46.14 Script error: No such module "sort". Frank Rommel Template:Cc3 1:46.39 Script error: No such module "sort". Aleksandr Tretyakov Template:Cc3 1:46.49
  - Final standings: (1) Dukurs 1694 points (2) Rommel 1466 (3) Sandro Stielicke Template:Cc3 1438

Ski jumping

World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- HS 134: Script error: No such module "sort". Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 295.6 points Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 288.1 Script error: No such module "sort". Thomas Morgenstern Template:Cc3 276.2
  - Individual standings (after 16 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 1099 (2) Schlierenzauer 996 (3) Morgenstern 699

Snowboarding

World Cup in Quebec City, Canada:
- Men's big air: Script error: No such module "sort". Janne Korpi Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Stefan Falkeis Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Jaakko Ruha Template:Cc3
  - Final standings: (1) Stefan Gimpl Template:Cc3 4300 points (2) Gian-Luca Cavigelli Template:Cc3 3320 (3) Matevz Pristavec Template:Cc3 1620

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 6:
- Men's singles – 3rd round:
  - Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Albert Montañés Template:Cc3 [31] 6–3 6–4 6–4
  - Novak Djokovic Template:Cc3 [3] def. Denis Istomin Template:Cc3 6–1 6–1 6–2
  - Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 [6] def. Juan Mónaco Template:Cc3 [30] 6–0 6–3 6–4
  - Fernando Verdasco Template:Cc3 [9] def. Stefan Koubek Template:Cc3 6–1 ret.
  - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 [10] def. Tommy Haas Template:Cc3 [18] 6–4 3–6 6–1 7–5
- Women's singles – 3rd round:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [1] def. Carla Suárez Navarro Template:Cc3 [32] 6–0 6–3
  - Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 [4] def. Shahar Pe'er Template:Cc3 [29] 6–4 6–0
  - Venus Williams Template:Cc3 [6] def. Casey Dellacqua Template:Cc3 6–1 7–6(4)
  - Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 [7] def. Tathiana Garbin Template:Cc3 6–0 6–2
  - Vera Zvonareva Template:Cc3 [9] def. Gisela Dulko Template:Cc3 6–1 7–5
  - Francesca Schiavone Template:Cc3 [17] def. Agnieszka Radwańska Template:Cc3 [10] 6–2 6–2

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January 22, 2010 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
- Super-G: Script error: No such module "sort". Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 1:17.94 Script error: No such module "sort". Michael Walchhofer Template:Cc3 1:18.22 Script error: No such module "sort". Georg Streitberger Template:Cc3 1:18.23
  - Super-G standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Walchhofer 260 (2) Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Cc3 194 (3) benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 158
  - Overall standings (after 21 of 34 races): (1) Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 769 (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 743 (3) Cuche 626
Women's World Cup in Cortina, Italy:
- Super-G: Script error: No such module "sort". Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 1:21.74 Script error: No such module "sort". Fabienne Suter Template:Cc3 1:22.41 Script error: No such module "sort". Anja Paerson Template:Cc3 1::22.48
  - Super-G standings (after 4 of 6 races): (1) Vonn 340 (2) Suter 170 (3) Elisabeth Görgl Template:Cc3 162
  - Overall standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 994 (2) Maria Riesch Template:Cc3 938 (3) Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 829

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
- 7.5 km Sprint Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Magdalena Neuner Template:Cc3 20:19.7 (1 penalty lap) Script error: No such module "sort". Andrea Henkel Template:Cc3 20:32.9 (0) Script error: No such module "sort". Sandrine Bailly Template:Cc3 20:48.3 (0)
  - Sprint standings (after 6 of 10 races): (1) Kati Wilhelm Template:Cc3 208 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 207 (3) Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 206
  - Overall standings (after 13 of 25 races): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 536 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 435 (3) Kati Wilhelm Template:Cc3 427

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
- Two-woman: Script error: No such module "sort". Shauna Rohbock/Michelle Rzepka Template:Cc3 1:47.13 Script error: No such module "sort". Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch Template:Cc3 1:47.44 Script error: No such module "sort". Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse Template:Cc3 1:47.46
  - Final standings: (1) Sandra Kiriasis Template:Cc3 1608 (2) Humphries 1563 (3) Martini 1545
European championships in Igls, Austria:
- Two-woman: Script error: No such module "sort". Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch Template:Cc3 1:47.44 Script error: No such module "sort". Sabina Rafner/Hanne Schenk Template:Cc3 1:47.61 Script error: No such module "sort". Sandra Kiriasis/Christin Senkel Template:Cc3 1:47.82

Cricket

Pakistan in Australia:
- 1st ODI in Brisbane:
  - File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 274 (49.4 overs); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 275/5 (48.3 overs, Cameron White 105). Australia win by 5 wickets, lead the 5-match series 1–0.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
- Women's Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Vesna Fabjan Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Magda Genuin Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3
  - Sprint standings (after 8 of 12 events): (1) Petra Majdic Template:Cc3 422 (2) Kowalczyk 339 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 295
  - Overall standings (after 20 of 31 events): (1) Kowalczyk 1285 (2) Petra Majdic Template:Cc3 1147 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 909
- Men's Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Nikolay Morilov Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexey Petukhov Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nikita Kriukov Template:Cc3
  - Sprint standings (after 8 of 12 events): (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad Template:Cc3 250 (2) Kriukov 248 (3) Petukhov 241
  - Overall standings (after 20 of 31 events): (1) Petter Northug Template:Cc3 1060 (2) Lukáš Bauer Template:Cc3 763 (3) Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 627

Cycling

UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 4 – Norwood to Goolwa, Script error: No such module "convert".:
    - General classification Orange jersey:

Figure skating

European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:
- Ladies – Short Program: (1) Carolina Kostner Template:Cc3 65.80 (2) Kiira Korpi Template:Cc3 64.26 (3) Laura Lepistö Template:Cc3 62.96
- Ice Dancing: Script error: No such module "sort". Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin Template:Cc3 199.25 Script error: No such module "sort". Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali Template:Cc3 195.86 Script error: No such module "sort". Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski 189.67
  - Domnina and Shabalin win their second title in three years.
U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:
- Senior Ice Dancing – standings after Original Dance: (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White 113.53 (2) Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto 111.91 (3) Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates 96.96

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
- Men's aerials: Script error: No such module "sort". Anton Kushnir Template:Cc3 253.10 Script error: No such module "sort". Warren Shouldice Template:Cc3 251.55 Script error: No such module "sort". Ryan Blais Template:Cc3 250.80
  - Aerials standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Kushnir 440 (2) Zongyang Jia Template:Cc3 236 (3) Guangpu Qi Template:Cc3 185
- Women's aerials: Script error: No such module "sort". Lydia Lassila Template:Cc3 203.38 Script error: No such module "sort". Nina Li Template:Cc3 197.56 Script error: No such module "sort". Zhang Xin Template:Cc3 181.72
  - Aerials standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Li 336 (2) Xinxin Guo 306 (3) Mengtao Xu 278

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group C: Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
  - Standings: Russia, Serbia 3 points (1 match), Slovenia 0 (2).
- Group D: Belarus File:Flag of Belarus.svg 5–5 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
  - Standings: Spain 3 points (1 match), Portugal 1 (1), Belarus 1 (2).

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria: (teams in bold advance to the Main Round)
- Group C in Innsbruck:
  - Template:Hb-rt 30–29 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 30–30 Template:Hb
    - Final standings: Poland 5 points, Slovenia 4, Germany 3, Sweden 0.
- Group D in Wiener Neustadt:
  - Template:Hb-rt 24–24 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 26–33 Template:Hb
    - Final standings: Spain 5 points, France 4, Czech Republic 2, Hungary 1.

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals; teams in italics assured of at least a berth in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarterfinals)
- Pool 1:
  - Munster (Ireland) 12–9 Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints
    - Munster also assure themselves a home quarterfinal. This result also secures a spot in the Heineken Cup quarterfinals for their Irish rivals Leinster.
  - Perpignan Template:Flagicon 34–6 Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso
    - Final standings: Munster 24 points, Northampton Saints 19, Perpignan 11, Benetton Treviso 5.
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Pool 2: Montpellier Template:Flagicon 8–3 Template:Flagicon Worcester Warriors
  - Standings: Connacht 21 points (5 matches), Montpellier 19 (6), Worcester Warriors 13 (6), Olympus Madrid 0 (5).
- Pool 5:
  - Newcastle Falcons Template:Flagicon 20–3 Template:Flagicon Petrarca Padova
  - Montauban Template:Flagicon 27–20 Template:Flagicon Albi
    - Final standings: Newcastle Falcons 23 points, Montauban 21, Albi 12, Petrarca Padova 1.

Skeleton

World Cup in Igls, Austria:
- Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Anja Huber Template:Cc3 1:49.57 Script error: No such module "sort". Kerstin Szymkowiak Template:Cc3 1:49.93 Script error: No such module "sort". Mellisa Hollingsworth Template:Cc3 1:49.96
  - Final standings: (1) Hollingsworth 1646 points (2) Shelley Rudman Template:Cc3 1604 (3) Szymkowiak 1574
European championships in Igls, Austria:
- Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Anja Huber Template:Cc3 1:49.57 Script error: No such module "sort". Kerstin Szymkowiak Template:Cc3 1:49.93 Script error: No such module "sort". Shelley Rudman Template:Cc3 1:50.25

Ski jumping

World Cup in Zakopane, Poland:
- HS 134: Script error: No such module "sort". Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 289.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 278.1 Script error: No such module "sort". Thomas Morgenstern Template:Cc3 266.2
  - Individual standings (after 16 of 24 events): (1) Ammann 1019 (2) Schlierenzauer 896 (3) Morgenstern 639

Snowboarding

World Cup in Stoneham, Canada:
- Men's half-pipe: Script error: No such module "sort". Janne Korpi Template:Cc3 45.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Jeff Batchelor Template:Cc3 44.3 Script error: No such module "sort". Antti Autti Template:Cc3 41.8
  - Halfpipe standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Korpi 1730 (2) Kazuhiro Kokubo Template:Cc3 1600 (3) Autti 1360
- Women's half-pipe: Script error: No such module "sort". Xuetong Cai Template:Cc3 46.6 Script error: No such module "sort". Zhifeng Sun Template:Cc3 42.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Xu Chen Template:Cc3 40.5
  - Halfpipe standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Cai 2240 (2) Sun 1805 (3) Chen 1390

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 5:
- Men's singles – 3rd round:
  - Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 [2] def. Philipp Kohlschreiber Template:Cc3 [27] 6–4 6–2 2–6 7–5
  - Juan Martín del Potro Template:Cc3 [4] def. Florian Mayer Template:Cc3 6–3 0–6 6–4 7–5
  - Andy Murray Template:Cc3 [5] def. Florent Serra Template:Cc3 7–5 6–1 6–4
  - Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 [7] def. Feliciano López Template:Cc3 6–7(4) 6–4 6–4 7–6(3)
- Women's singles – 3rd round:
  - Dinara Safina Template:Cc3 [2] def. Elena Baltacha Template:Cc3 6–1 6–2
  - Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 [3] def. Angelique Kerber Template:Cc3 3–6 7–5 6–4
  - Alona Bondarenko Template:Cc3 [31] def. Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 [8] 6–2 6–3

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January 21, 2010 (Thursday)

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
- 20 km Individual Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Serguei Sednev Template:Cc3 54:06.7 (0 penalty minutes) Script error: No such module "sort". Daniel Mesotitsch Template:Cc3 54:51.6 (2) Script error: No such module "sort". Alexis Bœuf Template:Cc3 55:01.0 (1)
  - Individual standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Christoph Sumann Template:Cc3 136 (2) Sednev 114 (3) Mesotitsch 99
  - Overall standings (after 12 of 25 events): (1) Evgeny Ustyugov Template:Cc3 412 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Cc3 384 (3) Tim Burke Template:Cc3 373

Cricket

India in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 5:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 243 and 413/8d; File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 242 and 301 (Mushfiqur Rahim 101). India win by 113 runs, lead the 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling

UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 3 – Unley to Stirling, Script error: No such module "convert".:
    - General classification Orange jersey:

Figure skating

European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:
- Ice Dancing – standings after Original Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin Template:Cc3 104.27 (2) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali Template:Cc3 99.15 (3) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski 96.46
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Evgeni Plushenko Template:Cc3 255.39 Script error: No such module "sort". Stéphane Lambiel Template:Cc3 238.54 Script error: No such module "sort". Brian Joubert Template:Cc3 236.45
  - Plushenko wins his sixth European title.
U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:
- Senior Compulsory Dance: (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White 45.42 (2) Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto 45.02 (3) Kimberly Navarro/Brent Bommentre 37.60
- Senior Ladies Short Program: (1) Mirai Nagasu 70.06 (2) Sasha Cohen 69.63 (3) Rachael Flatt 69.35

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group D:
  - Gabon File:Flag of Gabon.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 2–2 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
    - Final standings: Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon 4 points, Tunisia 3.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
- Men's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Guilbaut Colas Template:Cc3 26.51 Script error: No such module "sort". Dale Begg-Smith Template:Cc3 25.95 Script error: No such module "sort". Jesper Bjoernlund Template:Cc3 25.44
  - Moguls standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 555 (2) Bjoernlund 412 (3) Colas 370
- Women's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Hannah Kearney Template:Cc3 25.13 Script error: No such module "sort". Shannon Bahrke Template:Cc3 24.96 Script error: No such module "sort". Heather McPhie Template:Cc3 24.08
  - Moguls standings (after 7 of 12 events): (1) Jennifer Heil Template:Cc3 505 (2) McPhie 416 (3) Kearney 366

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group A: Azerbaijan File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 6–1 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
  - Standings: Azerbaijan 6 points (2 matches), Hungary, Czech Republic 0 (1).
- Group B: Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2–4 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
  - Standings: Italy, Ukraine 3 points (1 match), Belgium 0 (2).

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria:
- Group A in Graz:
  - Template:Hb-rt 25–28 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 28–24 Template:Hb
- Group B in Linz:
  - Template:Hb-rt 23–28 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 37–37 Template:Hb

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Pool 4: Racing Métro Template:Flagicon 19–17 Template:Flagicon London Wasps
  - Standings: Wasps 23 points (6 matches), Racing Métro 16 (6), Bourgoin 14 (5), Rugby Roma Olimpic 0 (5).

Snowboarding

World Cup in Stoneham, Canada:
- Men's snowboard cross: Script error: No such module "sort". Pierre Vaultier Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Graham Watanabe Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Shaun Palmer Template:Cc3
  - Snowboard cross standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Vaultier 4800 (2) Watanabe 2120 (3) Nate Holland Template:Cc3 1860
- Women's snowboard cross: Script error: No such module "sort". Maëlle Ricker Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Helene Olafsen Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Dominique Maltais Template:Cc3
  - Snowboard cross standings (after 5 of 12 races): (1) Ricker 3960 (2) Olafsen 3050 (3) Maltais 2860

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 4:
- Men's singles – 2nd round:
  - Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Victor Hănescu Template:Cc3 6–2 6–3 6–2
  - Novak Djokovic Template:Cc3 [3] def. Marco Chiudinelli Template:Cc3 3–6 6–1 6–1 6–3
  - Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 [6] def. Illya Marchenko Template:Cc3 6–3 6–3 6–0
  - Fernando Verdasco Template:Cc3 [9] def. Ivan Sergeyev Template:Cc3 6–1 6–2 6–2
  - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 [10] def. Taylor Dent Template:Cc3 6–4 6–3 6–3
- Women's singles – 2nd round:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [1] def. Petra Kvitová Template:Cc3 6–2 6–1
  - Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 [4] def. Julia Görges Template:Cc3 6–3 6–1
  - Venus Williams Template:Cc3 [6] def. Sybille Bammer Template:Cc3 6–2 7–5
  - Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 [7] def. Stefanie Vögele Template:Cc3 6–4 6–0
  - Vera Zvonareva Template:Cc3 [9] def. Iveta Benešová Template:Cc3 6–0 6–3
  - Agnieszka Radwańska Template:Cc3 [10] def. Alla Kudryavtseva Template:Cc3 6–0 6–2

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January 20, 2010 (Wednesday)

Biathlon

World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
- 15 km Individual Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Magdalena Neuner Template:Cc3 43:14.4 (3 penalty minutes) Script error: No such module "sort". Kati Wilhelm Template:Cc3 43:19.9 (1) Script error: No such module "sort". Andrea Henkel Template:Cc3 43:41.8 (2)
  - Individual standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 120 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 108 (3) Henkel 102
  - Overall standings (after 12 of 25 races): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 536 (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 435 (3) Wilhelm 404

Cricket

India in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 4:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 243 and 413/8d (Gautam Gambhir 116); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 242 and 67/2. Bangladesh require another 348 runs with 8 wickets remaining.

Cycling

UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 2 – Gawler to Hahndorf, Script error: No such module "convert".:
    - General classification Orange jersey:

Figure skating

European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:
- Men – Short Program: (1) Evgeni Plushenko Template:Cc3 91.30 (2) Brian Joubert Template:Cc3 88.55 (3) Yannick Ponsero Template:Cc3 82.40
  - Plushenko sets a World Record for the Short Program, an improvement of 0.64 point to his mark at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
- Pairs: Script error: No such module "sort". Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov Template:Cc3 213.15 Script error: No such module "sort". Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Template:Cc3 211.72 Script error: No such module "sort". Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov Template:Cc3 202.03
  - Kavaguti/Smirnov win their first European title, upsetting three-times defending champions Savchenko/Szolkowy. They set a World Record for the Free Skating segment of 139.23, an improvement of 0.34 point to the old record of Shen Xue/ Zhao Hongbo Template:Cc3.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group C:
  - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
    - Final standings: Egypt 9 points, Nigeria 6, Benin, Mozambique 1.
2011 Asian Cup qualification: (teams in bold advance to the final tournament)
- Group A: Yemen File:Flag of Yemen.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
  - Stadings (after 5 matches): Bahrain, Japan 12 points, Yemen 6, Hong Kong 0.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Blue Mountain, Canada:
- Men's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Matt Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Lars lewen Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Patrick Koller Template:Cc3
  - Skicross standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid Template:Cc3 390 (2) Xavier Kuhn Template:Cc3 271 (3) Matt 226
- Women's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Marte Hoeie Gjefsen Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ashleigh McIvor Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Sasa Faric Template:Cc3
  - Skicross standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Ophélie David Template:Cc3 415 (2) McIvor 387 (3) Julia Murray Template:Cc3 279

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary:
- Group C: Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 5–1 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
- Group D: Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 9–1 File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria:
- Group C in Innsbruck:
  - Template:Hb-rt 34–34 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 27–24 Template:Hb
- Group D in Wiener Neustadt:
  - Template:Hb-rt 20–21 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 25–34 Template:Hb

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 3:
- Men's singles – 2nd round:
  - Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 [2] def. Lukáš Lacko Template:Cc3 6–2 6–2 6–2
  - Juan Martín del Potro Template:Cc3 [4] def. James Blake Template:Cc3 6–4 6–7(3) 5–7 6–3 10–8
  - Andy Murray Template:Cc3 [5] def. Marc Gicquel Template:Cc3 6–1 6–4 6–3
  - Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 [7] def. Thomaz Bellucci Template:Cc3 6–3 6–4 6–4
- Women's singles – 1st round:
  - Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 [4] def. Aleksandra Wozniak Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–0
  - Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 [7] def. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Template:Cc3 6–2 6–0
  - Vera Zvonareva Template:Cc3 [9] def. Kristína Kučová Template:Cc3 6–2 6–0
- Women's singles – 2nd round:
  - Dinara Safina Template:Cc3 [2] def. Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Template:Cc3 6–3 6–4
  - Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 [3] def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Template:Cc3 6–2 6–2
  - Justine Henin Template:Cc3 def. Elena Dementieva Template:Cc3 [5] 7–5 7–6(6)
  - Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 [8] def. Katie O'Brien Template:Cc3 6–2 6–2

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January 19, 2010 (Tuesday)

Cricket

India in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 3:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 243 & 122/1 (22.2 ov); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 242. India lead by 123 runs with 9 wickets remaining.

Cycling

UCI ProTour:
- Tour Down Under in Australia:
  - Stage 1 – Clare to Tanunda, Script error: No such module "convert".: Script error: No such module "sort". André Greipel Template:Cc3 (Team HTC–Columbia) 3h 15' 30" Script error: No such module "sort". Gert Steegmans Template:Cc3 (Team RadioShack) s.t. Script error: No such module "sort". Jürgen Roelandts Template:Cc3 (Omega Pharma–Lotto) s.t.
    - General classification Orange jersey: (1) Greipel 3h 15' 20" (2) Steegmans + 4" (3) Martin Kohler Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data BMC) + 4"

Figure skating

European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia:
- Ice Dancing – Compulsory Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin Template:Cc3 42.78 (2) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski Template:Cc3 37.87 (3) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali Template:Cc3 37.47
- Pairs – Short Program: (1) Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Template:Cc3 74.12 (2) Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov Template:Cc3 73.92 (3) Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov Template:Cc3 73.54

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group B: Burkina Faso File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
  - Final standings: Côte d'Ivoire 4 points, Ghana 3, Burkina Faso 1.

Futsal

European Championship in Hungary:
- Group A: Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
- Group B: Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium

Handball

European Men's Championship in Austria:
- Group A in Graz:
  - Template:Hb-rt 25–23 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 37–33 Template:Hb
- Group B in Linz:
  - Template:Hb-rt 33–29 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 29–29 Template:Hb
- Group C in Innsbruck:
  - Template:Hb-rt 25–27 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 25–27 Template:Hb
- Group D in Wiener Neustadt:
  - Template:Hb-rt 29–29 Template:Hb
  - Template:Hb-rt 37–25 Template:Hb

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 2:
- Men's singles – 1st round:
  - Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Igor Andreev Template:Cc3 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–0
  - Novak Djokovic Template:Cc3 [3] def. Daniel Gimeno Traver Template:Cc3 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
  - Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 [6] def. Dieter Kindlmann Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–0, 6–3
  - Marcel Granollers Template:Cc3 def. Robin Söderling Template:Cc3 [8] 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
  - Fernando Verdasco Template:Cc3 [9] def. Carsten Ball Template:Cc3 6–7(4), 7–6(1), 7–5, 6–2
  - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 [10] def. Sergiy Stakhovsky Template:Cc3 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
- Women's singles – 1st round:
  - Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [1] def. Urszula Radwańska Template:Cc3 6–2, 6–1
  - Venus Williams Template:Cc3 [6] def. Lucie Šafářová Template:Cc3 6–2, 6–2
  - Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 [8] def. Monica Niculescu Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–0
  - Agnieszka Radwańska Template:Cc3 [10] def. Tatjana Malek Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–0
  - In a 4-hour 19-minute marathon, the longest women's match by time in a Grand Slam event in the open era, Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Template:Cc3 defeats Regina Kulikova Template:Cc3 7–6(5), 6–7(10), 6–3.

January 18, 2010 (Monday)

Cricket

Pakistan in Australia:
- 3rd Test in Hobart, day 5:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 519/8d and 219/5d; File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 301 and 206. Australia win by 231 runs, and win the 3-match series 3–0.
    - Australia get their 12th straight Test win over Pakistan, and equal the record winning streak of Sri Lanka over Bangladesh.
India in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 2:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 243 (Sachin Tendulkar 105*, Shahadat Hossain 5–71, Shakib Al Hasan 5–62); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 59/3 (17.0 ov). Bangladesh trail by 184 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
    - Tendulkar scores his 44th Test century.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group A:
  - Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg 0–0 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
  - Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
    - Final standings: Angola 5 points, Algeria, Mali 4 (Algeria advance on head-to-head), Malawi 3.

Tennis

Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 1:
- Men's singles – 1st round:
  - Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 [2] def. Peter Luczak Template:Cc3 7–6(0), 6–1, 6–4
  - Juan Martín del Potro Template:Cc3 [4] def. Michael Russell Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
  - Andy Murray Template:Cc3 [5] def. Kevin Anderson Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
  - Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 [7] def. Thiemo de Bakker Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
- Women's singles – 1st round:
  - Dinara Safina Template:Cc3 [2] def. Magdaléna Rybáriková Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–4
  - Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 [3] def. Anastasia Rodionova Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–2
  - Elena Dementieva Template:Cc3 [5] def. Vera Dushevina Template:Cc3 6–2, 6–1

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January 17, 2010 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Ivica Kostelić Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Andre Myhrer Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Reinfried Herbst Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 20 of 34 races): (1) Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 757 points (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 739 (3) Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 526
  - Slalom standings (after 5 of 9 races): (1) Herbst 305 points (2) Julien Lizeroux Template:Cc3 286 (3) Kostelić 240
Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
- Slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Tina Maze Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Maria Riesch Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 20 from 33 races): (1) Riesch 922 points (2) Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 894 (3) Zettel 829
  - Slalom standings (after 7 from 8 races): (1) Riesch 433 points (2) Zettel 410 (3) Sandrine Aubert Template:Cc3 361

American football

NFL Divisional Playoffs: (seedings in parentheses)
- NFC: (2) Minnesota Vikings 34, (3) Dallas Cowboys 3
  - Brett Favre passes for four touchdowns, three of them to Sidney Rice, and leads the Vikings to the NFC Championship Game against the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome.
- AFC: (5) New York Jets 17, (2) San Diego Chargers 14
  - Buoyed by 128 yards (including a 53-yard touchdown run) from Shonn Greene and three missed field goals by Nate Kaeding, the Jets will head to the AFC Championship Game next Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. Philip Rivers throws for 298 yards and a touchdown for the Chargers, but was intercepted twice.

Badminton

Korea Open Super Series in Seoul:
- Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei Template:Cc3
- Women's singles: Wang Shixian Template:Cc3
- Men's doubles: Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae Template:Cc3
- Women's doubles: Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei Template:Cc3
- Mixed doubles: He Hanbin/Yu Yang Template:Cc3

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- 4 x 7.5 km Relay Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Russia (Ivan Tcherezov, Anton Shipulin, Maxim Tchoudov, Evgeny Ustyugov) 1:22:29.8 (0 penalty loops+2 extra bullets) Script error: No such module "sort". Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Bø, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 1:22:58.4 (0+6) Script error: No such module "sort". Austria (Daniel Mesotitsch, Friedrich Pinter, Tobias Eberhard, Dominik Landertinger) 1:24:04.6 (1+9)
  - Standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Norway 208 points (2) Austria 199 (3) Russia 197

Bobsleigh

World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Four-man: Script error: No such module "sort". André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze Template:Cc3 2:10.13 Script error: No such module "sort". Karl Angerer, Alex Mann, Andreas Bredau, Gregor Bermbach Template:Cc3 2:10.38 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Petr Moiseev Template:Cc3 2:10.48
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Steven Holcomb Template:Cc3 1455 points (2) John Napier Template:Cc3 1186 (3) Jānis Miņins Template:Cc3 1162

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 4th Test in Johannesburg, day 4:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 180 and 169 (42.5 ov); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 423/7d. South Africa win by an innings and 74 runs, 4-match series drawn 1–1.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 3rd Test in Hobart, day 4:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 519/8d & 219/5d (Simon Katich 100); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 301 & 103/4 (34.2 ov). Pakistan require another 335 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
    - Katich scores his ninth Test century, and Ricky Ponting scores 89 runs for a career-high aggregate of 298.
India in Bangladesh:
- 1st Test in Chittagong, day 1:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 213/8 (63.0 ov)

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
- Women's Sprint Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Hanna Falk Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 1221 points (2) Majdič 1113 (3) Saarinen 892
- Men's Sprint Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Emil Jönsson Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ola Vigen Hattestad Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nikita Kriukov Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug Template:Cc3 1060 points (2) Lukáš Bauer Template:Cc3 763 (3) Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 627

Figure skating

Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:
- Senior Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Patrick Chan 268.02 Script error: No such module "sort". Vaughn Chipeur 222.10 Script error: No such module "sort". Kevin Reynolds 216.49
  - Chan wins the title for the third straight year.
U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:
- Senior Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Jeremy Abbott 263.66 Script error: No such module "sort". Evan Lysacek 238.63 Script error: No such module "sort". Johnny Weir 232.09
  - Abbott wins his second consecutive title.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Group D:
  - Gabon File:Flag of Gabon.svg 0–0 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Gabon 4 points, Cameroon 3, Tunisia 2, Zambia 1.
2011 Asian Cup qualification: (teams in bold advance to the final tournament)
- Group D: Vietnam File:Flag of Vietnam.svg 1–2 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
  - Standings: China PR 13 points (6 matches), Syria 11 (5), Vietnam 5 (6), Lebanon 1 (5).

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Sony Open in Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii:
  - Winner: Ryan Palmer Template:Cc3 265 (−15)
    - In the first full-field event of the season, Palmer wins his third career title.
European Tour:
- Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
  - Winner: Charl Schwartzel Template:Cc3 261 (−23)
    - Schwartzel sets a tournament record as he wins his second consecutive title and the 6th of his career.

Luge

World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Andi Langenhan Template:Cc3 1:31.383 Script error: No such module "sort". Johannes Ludwig Template:Cc3 1:31.466 Script error: No such module "sort". Jan-Armin Eichhorn Template:Cc3 1:31.477
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Armin Zöggeler Template:Cc3 605 points (2) Albert Demtschenko Template:Cc3 524 (3) David Möller Template:Cc3 436
- Teams: Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (David Möller, Tatjana Hüfner, Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch) 2:29.779 Script error: No such module "sort". Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmayer, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:30.258 Script error: No such module "sort". Italy (Armin Zöggeler, Sandra Gasparini, Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:30.684
  - Final standings: (1) Germany 400 points (2) Austria 395 (3) Canada 341

Nordic combined

World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
- HS100 / 10 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Magnus Moan Template:Cc3 24:10.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Jason Lamy-Chappuis Template:Cc3 24:11.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Mario Stecher Template:Cc3 24:24.4
  - Standings (after 13 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 869 points (2) Felix Gottwald Template:Cc3 589 (3) Moan 542

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals; teams in italics assured of at least an Amlin Challenge Cup quarterfinal; teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated from all European competition)
- Pool 1: Northampton Saints Template:Flagicon 34–0 Template:Flagicon ~~Perpignan~~
  - Standings: Munster 20 points, Northampton Saints 18, Perpignan 6, ~~Benetton Treviso~~ 5.
- Pool 5: Toulouse Template:Flagicon 33–21 Template:Flagicon ~~Harlequins~~
  - Standings: Toulouse 19 points, Sale Sharks 13 (5–4 on head-to-head competition points), Cardiff Blues 13, Harlequins 2.
- Pool 6: Scarlets Template:Flagicon 31–22 Template:Flagicon London Irish
  - Standings: Leinster 20 points, London Irish 15, Scarlets 13, ~~Brive~~ 0.

Ski jumping

World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
- HS 134: Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 293.1 points (139.5m/135.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Noriaki Kasai Template:Cc3 255.7 (131.0m/123.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Martin Koch Template:Cc3 255.4 (136.0m/119.5m)
  - World Cup standings (after 14 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 939 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 796 (3) Andreas Kofler Template:Cc3 587

Speed skating

World Sprint Championships in Obihiro, Japan:
- Ladies' final classification: Script error: No such module "sort". Lee Sang-hwa Template:Cc3 154.580 Script error: No such module "sort". Sayuri Yoshii Template:Cc3 154.830 Script error: No such module "sort". Jenny Wolf Template:Cc3 155.110
- Men's final classification: Script error: No such module "sort". Lee Kyou-hyuk Template:Cc3 139.910 Script error: No such module "sort". Lee Kang-seok Template:Cc3 140.880 Script error: No such module "sort". Keiichiro Nagashima Template:Cc3 141.060

Snooker

Masters in London, England:
- Final: Mark Selby Template:Cc3 (7) def. Ronnie O'Sullivan Template:Cc3 (1) 10–9
  - Selby rallies from 6–9 down to win the title for the second time in three years.

Snowboarding

World Cup in Nendaz, Switzerland:
- Men's parallel giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Michael Lambert Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Prommegger Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Benjamin Karl Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 5 of 9 events): (1) Karl 3260 points (2) Jasey-Jay Anderson Template:Cc3 3200 (3) Lambert 2580
- Women's parallel giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Ekaterina Tudegesheva Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nicolien Sauerbreij Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 5 of 9 events): (1) Sauerbreij 2530 (2) Maegert-Kohli 2520 (3) Amelie Kober Template:Cc3 2470

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January 16, 2010 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Downhill: Script error: No such module "sort". Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Manuel Osborne-Paradis Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Marco Buechel Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 19 of 34 races): (1) Janka 757 points (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 689 (3) Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 526
  - Downhill standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Cuche 296 points (2) Janka 284 (3) Osborne-Paradis 224
Women's World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia:
- Giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Maria Riesch Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Anja Paerson Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 19 from 33 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 894 points (2) Riesch 862 (3) Zettel 729
  - Giant slalom standings (after 5 from 7 races): (1) Zettel 365 points (2) Kathrin Hölzl Template:Cc3 331 (3) Tina Maze Template:Cc3 222

American football

NFL Divisional Playoffs (seedings in parentheses):
- NFC: (1) New Orleans Saints 45, (4) Arizona Cardinals 14
  - Reggie Bush scores two touchdowns – including an 83-yard punt return – and the Saints go marching into next Sunday's NFC Championship Game as the hosts.
- AFC: (1) Indianapolis Colts 20, (6) Baltimore Ravens 3
  - Peyton Manning throws for two touchdowns and the Ravens commit six turnovers as the Colts advance to host next week's AFC Championship Game.

Auto racing

Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile, final standings:
- Motorcycles: Script error: No such module "sort". Cyril Despres Template:Cc3 (KTM) 51h 10' 37" Script error: No such module "sort". Pal Anders Ullevalseter Template:Cc3 (KTM) 52h 13' 29" Script error: No such module "sort". Francisco López Contardo Template:Cc3 (Aprilia) 52h 20' 25"
- All-terrain vehicle (Quad): Script error: No such module "sort". Marcos Patronelli Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 64h 17' 44" Script error: No such module "sort". Alejandro Patronelli Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 66h 40' 43" Script error: No such module "sort". Juan Manuel González Corominas Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 69h 25' 15"
- Cars: Script error: No such module "sort". Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz Template:Cc3 (Volkswagen) 47h 10' 00" Script error: No such module "sort". Nasser Al-Attiyah Template:Cc3/Timo Gottschalk Template:Cc3 (Volkswagen) 47h 12' 12" Script error: No such module "sort". Mark Miller Template:Cc3/Ralph Pitchford Template:Cc3 (Volkswagen) 47h 42' 51"
- Trucks: Script error: No such module "sort". Vladimir Chagin/Sergey Savostin/Eduard Nikolaev Template:Cc3 (Kamaz) 55h 04' 47" Script error: No such module "sort". Firdaus Kabirov/Aydar Belyaev/Andrey Mokeev Template:Cc3 (Kamaz) 56h 17' 55" Script error: No such module "sort". Marcel van Vliet/Herman Vaanholt/Gerard van Veenendaal Template:Cc3 (GINAF) 65h 48' 07"

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- 15 km Mass Start Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Cc3 39:19.5 (0 penalty loop) Script error: No such module "sort". Evgeny Ustyugov Template:Cc3 39:24.6 (1) Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Eder Template:Cc3 39:29.4 (1)
  - Overall standings (after 11 of 25 events): (1) Ustyugov 412 points (2) Svendsen 384 (3) Simon Fourcade Template:Cc3 368
- 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 40:58.7 (0 penalty loops) Script error: No such module "sort". Simone Hauswald Template:Cc3 41:21.8 (2) Script error: No such module "sort". Magdalena Neuner Template:Cc3 41:33.7 (5)
  - Overall standings (after 11 of 25 events): (1) Jonsson 536 points (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 435 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova Template:Cc3 357

Bobsleigh

World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Two-man: Script error: No such module "sort". Lyndon Rush/Lascelles Brown Template:Cc3 & André Lange/Kevin Kuske Template:Cc3 2:12.34 Script error: No such module "sort". Edwin Van Calker/Sybren Jansma Template:Cc3 2:12.48
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Ivo Rüegg Template:Cc3 1362 points (2) Thomas Florschütz Template:Cc3 1291 (3) Karl Angerer Template:Cc3 1282
- Two-woman: Script error: No such module "sort". Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch Template:Cc3 2:14.89 Script error: No such module "sort". Sandra Kiriasis/Christin Senkel Template:Cc3 2:14.90 Script error: No such module "sort". Claudia Schramm/Berit Wiacker Template:Cc3 2:15.07
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1432 (2) Kaillie Humphries Template:Cc3 1363 (3) Martini 1335

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 4th Test in Johannesburg, day 3:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 180 & 48/3 (13.2 ov); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 423/7d. England trail by 195 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 3rd Test in Hobart, day 3:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 519/8d & 59/1 (18.0 ov); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 301 (Salman Butt 102). Australia lead by 277 runs with 9 wickets remaining.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Otepää, Estonia:
- Women's 10 km Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 26:52.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Marit Bjørgen Template:Cc3 26:56.9 Script error: No such module "sort". Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 27:22.6
  - Overall standings: (1) Kowalczyk 1189 points (2) Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 1067 (3) Saarinen 849
- Men's 15 km Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Lukáš Bauer Template:Cc3 36:45.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Andrus Veerpalu Template:Cc3 37:02.6 Script error: No such module "sort". Jaak Mae Template:Cc3 37:27.3
  - Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug Template:Cc3 1060 points (2) Bauer 763 (3) Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 627

Figure skating

Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:
- Senior Pairs: Script error: No such module "sort". Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison 198.27 Script error: No such module "sort". Anabelle Langlois/Cody Hay 183.42 Script error: No such module "sort". Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin 172.18
  - Dubé and Davison win their third title.
- Senior Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Joannie Rochette 208.23 Script error: No such module "sort". Cynthia Phaneuf 182.55 Script error: No such module "sort". Myriane Samson 151.10
  - Rochette wins the title for the sixth straight year.
- Senior Ice Dancing: Script error: No such module "sort". Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 221.95 Script error: No such module "sort". Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier 184.70 Script error: No such module "sort". Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 184.40
  - Virtue and Moir win their third straight title.
U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:
- Senior Pairs: Script error: No such module "sort". Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 190.30 Script error: No such module "sort". Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig 173.78 Script error: No such module "sort". Rena Inoue/John Baldwin 173.18
  - Denney and Barrett win their first national title.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group C:
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin
  - Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Egypt 6 points, Nigeria 3, Benin, Mozambique 1.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Deer Valley, United States:
- Men's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Guilbaut Colas Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Dale Begg-Smith Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexandre Bilodeau Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 475 points (2) Jesper Bjoernlund Template:Cc3 352 (3) Colas 270
- Women's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Jennifer Heil Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Heather McPhie Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Michelle Roark Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Heil 505 points (2) McPhie 356 (3) Kristi Richards Template:Cc3 272

Horse racing

Zenyatta, unbeaten winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic, will not be retired as a broodmare as originally planned, but will race in 2010. (The Blood-Horse)

Luge

World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:
- Doubles: Script error: No such module "sort". André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich Template:Cc3 1:25.567 Script error: No such module "sort". Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Template:Cc3 1:25.633 Script error: No such module "sort". Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Template:Cc3 1:26.001
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz/Wustlich 542 points (2) Leitner/Resch 500 (3) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Template:Cc3 462
- Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Tatjana Hüfner Template:Cc3 1:25.936 Script error: No such module "sort". Anke Wischnewski Template:Cc3 1:26.203 Script error: No such module "sort". Natalie Geisenberger Template:Cc3 1:26.322
  - Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Hüfner 670 points (2) Geisenberger 610 (3) Wischnewski 470

Nordic combined

World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
- HS100 / 10 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Magnus Moan Template:Cc3 23:30.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Jason Lamy-Chappuis Template:Cc3 23:34.9 Script error: No such module "sort". Todd Lodwick Template:Cc3 23:37.8
  - Standings (after 12 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 789 points (2) Felix Gottwald Template:Cc3 553 (3) Tino Edelmann Template:Cc3 480

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals; teams in italics assured of at least an Amlin Challenge Cup quarterfinal; teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated from all European competition)
- Pool 1: ~~Benetton Treviso~~ Template:Flagicon 7–44 (Ireland) Munster
  - Standings: Munster 20 points (5 matches), Northampton Saints 13 (4), Perpignan 6 (4), Benetton Treviso 5 (5).
- Pool 2: Gloucester Template:Flagicon 23–8 Template:Flagicon Biarritz
  - Standings: Biarritz 18 points, Gloucester 12, Glasgow Warriors 9, ~~Newport Gwent Dragons~~ 6.
- Pool 3:
  - Leicester Tigers Template:Flagicon 47–8 Template:Flagicon ~~Viadana~~
  - Clermont Auvergne Template:Flagicon 27–7 Template:Flagicon Ospreys
  - Standings: Leicester 17 points, Ospreys 16 (5–4 on head-to-head competition points), Clermont 16, Viadana 0.
- Pool 4: Stade Français Template:Flagicon 15–13 Template:Flagicon ~~Bath~~
  - Standings: Stade Français 17 points, Ulster 13, Edinburgh 9, Bath 6.
- Pool 5: Cardiff Blues Template:Flagicon 36–19 Template:Flagicon Sale Sharks
  - Standings: Toulouse 14 points (4 matches), Sharks 13 (5 matches; 5–4 on head-to-head competition points), Blues 13 (5), ~~Harlequins~~ 2 (4).
- Pool 6: Leinster (Ireland) 27–10 Template:Flagicon ~~Brive~~
  - Standings: Leinster 20 points (5 matches), London Irish 15 (4), Scarlets 8 (4), Brive 0 (5).
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Pool 1: ~~Overmach Parma~~ Template:Flagicon 16–38 Template:Flagicon Leeds Carnegie
  - Standings: Leeds Carnegie, Bourgoin 19 points, ~~București Oaks~~ 6, Overmach Parma 4.
- Pool 2: ~~Worcester Warriors~~ Template:Flagicon 54–3 Template:Flagicon ~~Olympus Madrid~~
  - Standings: Connacht 21 points, ~~Montpellier~~ 15, Worcester Warriors 12, Olympus Madrid 0.
- Pool 4: ~~Bayonne~~ Template:Flagicon 27–14 Template:Flagicon ~~Racing Métro~~
  - Standings: London Wasps 22 points, Bayonne 14, Racing Métro 12, ~~Rugby Roma Olimpic~~ 0.
- Pool 5: ~~Petrarca Padova~~ Template:Flagicon 23–31 Template:Flagicon Montauban
  - Standings: Newcastle Falcons 19 points, Montauban 17, ~~Albi~~ 11, Petrarca Padova 1.

Ski jumping

World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
- HS 134: Script error: No such module "sort". Thomas Morgenstern Template:Cc3 271.5 points (131.5m/131.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Wank Template:Cc3 267.5 (126.0m/136.5m) Script error: No such module "sort". Daiki Ito Template:Cc3 266.3 (133.5m/128.0m)
  - World Cup standings (after 13 of 23 events): (1) Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 839 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 796 (3) Andreas Kofler Template:Cc3 587

Speed skating

World Sprint Championships in Obihiro, Japan:
- Ladies' classification (after day 1): (1) Lee Sang-hwa Template:Cc3 77.080 (2) Sayuri Yoshii Template:Cc3 77.370 (3) Jenny Wolf Template:Cc3 77.470
- Men's classification (after day 1): (1) Lee Kyou-hyuk Template:Cc3 69.940 (2) Ronald Mulder Template:Cc3 70.480 (3) Keiichiro Nagashima Template:Cc3 70.505

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
  - Final: Marcos Baghdatis Template:Cc3 def. Richard Gasquet Template:Cc3 6–4, 7–6(2).
    - Baghdatis wins the fourth title of his career.
- Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
  - Final: John Isner Template:Cc3 def. Arnaud Clément Template:Cc3 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(2)
    - Isner wins his first career title.
WTA Tour:
- Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:
  - Final: Alona Bondarenko Template:Cc3 def. Shahar Pe'er Template:Cc3 6–2, 6–4
    - Bondarenko wins the second WTA Tour title of her career.
Exhibition tournaments:
- AAMI Classic in Melbourne, Australia:
  - Final: Fernando Verdasco Template:Cc3 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 7–5, 6–3

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January 15, 2010 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
- Super combined: Script error: No such module "sort". Bode Miller Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Silvan Zurbriggen Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 18 of 34 races): (1) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 689 points (2) Janka 657 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Cc3 486
  - Combined standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Raich 186 points (2) Janka 180 (3) Miller 145

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- 4 x 6 km Relay Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Sweden (Elisabeth Högberg, Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek, Anna Maria Nilsson, Helena Jonsson) 1:17:31.5 (0 penalty, 6 reloads) Script error: No such module "sort". Russia (Iana Romanova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 1:17:48.1 (0, 8) Script error: No such module "sort". Norway (Liv Kjersti Eikeland, Ann Kristin Flatland, Solveig Rogstad, Tora Berger) 1:18:00.5 (0, 6)
  - Standings (after 4 of 5 events): (1) Russia 228 points (2) Germany 200 (3) Sweden 191

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 4th Test in Johannesburg, day 2:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 180; File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 215/2 (63.2 ov, Graeme Smith 105). South Africa lead by 35 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 3rd Test in Hobart, day 2:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 519/8d (Ricky Ponting 209, Michael Clarke 166); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 94/4 (36.0 ov). Pakistan trail by 425 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
    - Ponting scores his fifth Test double-century and the highest score by an Australian batsman in five years, while Clarke makes his highest Test score.

Figure skating

Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:
- Senior Women Short Program: (1) Cynthia Phaneuf 66.30 (2) Joannie Rochette 64.15 (3) Amélie Lacoste 53.99
- Senior Pairs Short Program: (1) Anabelle Langlois/Cody Hay 65.47 (2) Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison 62.87 (3) Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin 62.38
- Senior Ice Dancing – standings after Original Dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 114.13 (2) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 94.79 (3) Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier 94.77
- Senior Men Short Program: (1) Patrick Chan 90.14 (2) Vaughn Chipeur 78.87 (3) Joey Russell 74.04
U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington:
- Senior Pairs Short Program: (1) Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett 63.01 (2) Caitlin Yankowskas/John Coughlin 62.09 (3) Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig 58.76
- Senior Men Short Program: (1) Jeremy Abbott 87.85 (2) Evan Lysacek 83.69 (3) Johnny Weir 83.51

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group B: Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
  - Standings: Côte d'Ivoire 4 points (2 matches), Burkina Faso 1 (1), Ghana 0 (1).

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Deer Valley, United States:
- Men's aerials: Script error: No such module "sort". Anton Kushnir Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Qi Guangpu Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Dmitri Dashinski Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 4 of 6 events: (1) Kushnir 340 points (2) Jia Zongyang Template:Cc3 236 (3) Qi 185
- Women's aerials: Script error: No such module "sort". Lydia Lassila Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Xu Mengtao Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nina Li Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 4 of 6 events: (1) Guo Xinxin Template:Cc3 290 points (2) Xu 269 (3) Nina 256

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Pool 2: Glasgow Warriors Template:Flagicon 29–25 Template:Flagicon ~~Newport Gwent Dragons~~
  - Standings: Biarritz 18 points (4 matches), Glasgow Warriors 9 (5), Gloucester 8 (4), Newport Gwent Dragons 6 (5).
- Pool 4: Ulster (Ireland) 21–13 Template:Flagicon Edinburgh
  - Standings: Ulster 13 points (5 matches), Stade Français 13 (4), Edinburgh 9 (5), Bath 6 (4).
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Pool 2: Connacht 20–10 Template:Flagicon ~~Montpellier~~
  - Standings: Connacht 21 points (5 matches), Montpellier 15 (5), ~~Worcester Warriors~~ 7 (4), ~~Olympus Madrid~~ 0 (4).
- Pool 3: ~~Castres Olympique~~ Template:Flagicon 47–0 Template:Flagicon ~~Rovigo~~
  - Standings: Toulon 18 points, Saracens 17, Castres Olympique 11, Rovigo 0.
- Pool 5: ~~Albi~~ Template:Flagicon 14–16 Template:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons
  - Standings: Newcastle Falcons 19 points (5 matches), Montauban 12 (4), Albi 11 (5), Petrarca Padova 1 (4).

Skeleton

World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Eric Bernotas Template:Cc3 1:09.15 Script error: No such module "sort". Kristan Bromley Template:Cc3 1:09.22 Script error: No such module "sort". Martins Dukurs Template:Cc3 1:09.33
  - Standings after 7 of 8 events: (1) Dukurs 1469 points (2) Sandro Stielicke Template:Cc3 1270 (3) Frank Rommel Template:Cc3 1256
- Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Shelley Rudman Template:Cc3 2:20.42 Script error: No such module "sort". Mellisa Hollingsworth Template:Cc3 2:20.46 Script error: No such module "sort". Kerstin Szymkowiak Template:Cc3 2:20.68
  - Standings after 7 of 8 events: (1) Hollingsworth 1446 points (2) Rudman 1412 (3) Szymkowiak 1364

Snowboarding

World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland:
- Men's snowboard cross: Script error: No such module "sort". Pierre Vaultier Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". David Speiser Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nick Baumgartner Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 5 of 8 events: (1) Vaultier 3800 points (2) Nate Holland Template:Cc3 1740 (3) Robert Fagan Template:Cc3 1620
- Women's snowboard cross: Script error: No such module "sort". Helene Olafsen Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Dominique Maltais Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Maëlle Ricker Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 5 of 8 events: (1) Ricker 2960 points (2) Maltais 2260 (3) Olafsen 2250

Tennis

WTA Tour:
- Medibank International Sydney in Sydney, Australia:
  - Final: Elena Dementieva Template:Cc3 def. Serena Williams Template:Cc3 6–3, 6–2
    - Dementieva wins this tournament for the second straight year and her 15th career title.

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January 14, 2010 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Game 10: (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group A:
  - Cibona Zagreb Template:Flagicon 73–71 Template:Flagicon ~~ASVEL Villeurbanne~~
  - ~~Fenerbahçe Ülker İstanbul~~ Template:Flagicon 68–76 Template:Flagicon Žalgiris Kaunas
  - Regal FC Barcelona Template:Flagicon 85–70 Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena
    - Final standings: Regal FC Barcelona 10–0, Montepaschi Siena 8–2, Žalgiris Kaunas, Cibona Zagreb, ASVEL Villeurbanne, Fenerbahçe Ülker 3–7.
    - Barcelona become the first team to go through the Regular Season unbeaten since CSKA Moscow in 2004–05.
- Group C:
  - Maroussi Athens Template:Flagicon 83–75 Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv
  - ~~Lottomatica Roma~~ Template:Flagicon 69–48 Template:Flagicon ~~Union Olimpija Ljubljana~~
  - CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 84–83 Template:Flagicon Caja Laboral Baskonia
    - Final standings: CSKA Moscow 8–2, Caja Laboral Baskonia 7–3, Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–4, Maroussi Athens, Lottomatica Roma 4–6, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–9.

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- 10 km Sprint Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Cc3 23:27.5 (0 penalties) Script error: No such module "sort". Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Cc3 23:30.7 (0) Script error: No such module "sort". Michael Greis Template:Cc3 24:01.0 (0)
  - Overall standings (after 10 of 25 races): (1) Evgeny Ustyugov Template:Cc3 358 points (2) Simon Fourcade Template:Cc3 341 (3) Tim Burke Template:Cc3 339
  - Sprint standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Bjørndalen 201 points (2) Greis 191 (3) Svendsen 186

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 4th Test in Johannesburg, day 1:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 180 (47.5 ov, Dale Steyn 5–51); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 29/0 (12.0 ov). South Africa trail by 151 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 3rd Test in Hobart, day 1:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 302/3 (90.0 ov, Ricky Ponting 137*, Michael Clarke 111*).
    - Ponting scores his 39th Test century, and together with Clarke they make a 231-run partnership, their highest in two years.

Figure skating

Canadian Championships in London, Ontario:
- Senior Compulsory Dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 43.98 (2) Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier 37.27 (3) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 36.87

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Group A:
  - Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
  - Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Angola 4 points, Malawi, Algeria 3, Mali 1.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Deer Valley, United States:
- Men's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Dale Begg-Smith Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Guilbaut Colas Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Dmitriy Reiherd Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 5 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 395 points (2) Jesper Bjoernlund Template:Cc3 326 (3) Alexandre Bilodeau Template:Cc3 205
- Women's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Jennifer Heil Template:Cc3 & Heather McPhie Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Shannon Bahrke Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 5 of 12 events): (1) Heil 405 points (2) Hannah Kearney Template:Cc3 276 (3) Kristi Richards Template:Cc3 236

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 5: (teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Pool 1: Bourgoin Template:Flagicon 33–15 Template:Flagicon ~~București Oaks~~
  - Standings: Bourgoin 19 points (5 matches), Leeds Carnegie 14 (4), București Oaks 6 (5), ~~Overmach Parma~~ 4 (4).
- Pool 3: Saracens Template:Flagicon 28–9 Template:Flagicon Toulon
  - Standings: Toulon 18 points (5 matches), Saracens 17 (5), ~~Castres Olympique~~ 6 (4), ~~Rovigo~~ 0 (4).
- Pool 4: London Wasps Template:Flagicon 50–16 Template:Flagicon ~~Rugby Roma Olimpic~~
  - Standings: London Wasps 22 points (5 matches), Racing Métro 12 (4), ~~Bayonne~~ 10 (4), Rugby Roma Olimpic 0 (5).

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January 13, 2010 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Game 10: (teams in bold advance to the Top 16 stage, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group B:
  - ~~Entente Orléans Loiret~~ Template:Flagicon 60–75 Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen Istanbul
  - ~~Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius~~ Template:Flagicon 71–73 Template:Flagicon Unicaja Málaga
  - Olympiacos Piraeus Template:Flagicon 81–60 Template:Flagicon Partizan Belgrade
    - Final standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 8–2, Unicaja Málaga 7–3, Partizan Belgrade 5–5, Efes Pilsen Istanbul, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 4–6, Entente Orléans Loiret 2–8.
- Group D:
  - Asseco Prokom Gdynia Template:Flagicon 75–70 Template:Flagicon Khimki Moscow Region
  - ~~Armani Jeans Milano~~ Template:Flagicon 66–75 Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
  - ~~EWE Baskets Oldenburg~~ Template:Flagicon 64–67 Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos Athens
    - Final standings: Real Madrid, Panathinaikos Athens 8–2, Khimki Moscow Region 6–4, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 4–6, Armani Jeans Milano 3–7, EWE Baskets Oldenburg 1–9.

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Ruhpolding, Germany:
- 7.5 km Sprint Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 23:49.6 (0 penalty loops) Script error: No such module "sort". Olga Medvedtseva Template:Cc3 24:19.4 (0) Script error: No such module "sort". Magdalena Neuner Template:Cc3 24:30.2 (2)
  - Overall standings (after 10 of 25 races): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 476 points (2) Olofsson-Zidek 412 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova Template:Cc3 357
  - Sprint standings (after 5 of 10 races): (1) Olofsson-Zidek 207 points (2) Jonsson 206 (3) Medvedtseva 192

Cricket

Tri-series in Bangladesh:
- Final in Mirpur:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 245 (48.2 overs, Suresh Raina 106); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 249/6 (48.3 overs). Sri Lanka win by 4 wickets.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Group D:
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
  - Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Alpe d'Huez, France:
- Men's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Christopher Delbosco Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Tomas Krauz Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ted Piccard Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 5 of 12 events: (1) Michael Schmid Template:Cc3 340 points (2) Xavier Kuhn Template:Cc3 257 (3) Audun Groenvold Template:Cc3 216
- Women's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Kelsey Serwa Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ophélie David Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ashleigh McIvor Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 5 of 12 events: (1) David 370 points (2) McIvor 307 (3) Julia Murray Template:Cc3 253

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January 12, 2010 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Flachau, Austria:
- Slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Marlies Schild Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Maria Riesch Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings after 18 from 33 races: (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 894 points (2) Riesch 782 (3) Zettel 629
  - Slalom standings after 6 from 8 races: (1) Riesch 373 points (2) Schild 320 (3) Sandrine Aubert Template:Cc3 316

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Group C:
  - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
  - Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg 2–2 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin

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January 11, 2010 (Monday)

Baseball

Mark McGwire, tied for eighth on Major League Baseball's career home run list, admits to having used steroids for a decade, including in 1998 when he set the single-season home run record. (ESPN)

Cricket

Tri-series in Bangladesh:
- 6th Match in Mirpur:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 247/6 (50 overs); File:Flag of India.svg India 249/4 (43 overs, Virat Kohli 102*). India win by 6 wickets.
    - Final standings: India 13 points, Sri Lanka 12, Bangladesh 0.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Group A: Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
- Group B: Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 0–0 File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso

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January 10, 2010 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
- Slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Julien Lizeroux Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Marcel Hirscher Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ivica Kostelić Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 17 of 34 races): (1) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 639 points (2) Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 577 (3) Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 476
  - Slalom standings (after 4 of 9 races): (1) Reinfried Herbst Template:Cc3 245 points (2) Lizeroux 241 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen Template:Cc3 150
Women's World Cup in Haus im Ennstal, Austria:
- Super-G: Script error: No such module "sort". Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Anja Paerson Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nadia Fanchini Template:Cc3 & Martina Schild Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 17 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 894 points (2) Maria Riesch Template:Cc3 702 (3) Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 569
  - Super-G standings (after 3 of 7 races): (1) Vonn 240 points (2) Nadia Styger Template:Cc3 145 (3) Elisabeth Görgl Template:Cc3 136

American football

NFL Wild Card Weekend (seeds in parentheses):
- AFC: (6) Baltimore Ravens 33, (3) New England Patriots 14
  - The Patriots suffer their worst home playoff loss since 1978 as Ray Rice begins the game with an 88-yard touchdown run and the Ravens score 24 first quarter points.
- NFC: (4) Arizona Cardinals 51, (5) Green Bay Packers 45 (OT)
  - Karlos Dansby scores the Cardinals' winning touchdown on a 17-yard fumble return, after the Packers rally from a 21-point deficit to tie the score in regulation time. The game sets NFL playoff records for total points (96) and touchdowns (13). In a losing effort, Aaron Rodgers becomes the 12th quarterback in history to pass for 400 yards in a postseason game.

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Andrea Henkel Template:Cc3 40:53.6 (2 penalty loops) Script error: No such module "sort". Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 41:17.0 (2) Script error: No such module "sort". Tora Berger Template:Cc3 41:33.9 (2)
  - Overall standings (after 9 of 25 events): (1) Jonsson 450 points (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 352 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova Template:Cc3 337
- 15 km Mass Start Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Cc3 38:57.3 (1 penalty loop) Script error: No such module "sort". Tim Burke Template:Cc3 40:00.2 (2) Script error: No such module "sort". Tomasz Sikora Template:Cc3 40:37.9 (3)
  - Bjørndalen wins his third event of the season from six starts.
  - Overall standings (after 9 of 25 events): (1) Burke 329 points (2) Evgeny Ustyugov Template:Cc3 326 (3) Simon Fourcade Template:Cc3 301

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
- Four-man: Script error: No such module "sort". André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze Template:Cc3 1:37.07 Script error: No such module "sort". Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz Template:Cc3 1:37.10 Script error: No such module "sort". John Napier, Charles Berkeley, Steven Langton, Christopher Fogt Template:Cc3 1:37.31
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Holcomb 1263 points (2) Jānis Miņins Template:Cc3 1130 (3) Lyndon Rush Template:Cc3 1057

Cricket

Tri-series in Bangladesh:
- 5th Match in Mirpur:
  - File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 213 (46.1 overs); File:Flag of India.svg India 214/2 (32.4 overs). India win by 8 wickets.
    - Standings: Sri Lanka 12 points (4 matches), India 9 (3), Bangladesh 0 (3).
    - Sri Lanka and India advance to the final.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 8 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  - Women's 9 km Freestyle Handicap, Final Climb: Script error: No such module "sort". Kristin Størmer Steira Template:Cc3 35:49.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Riitta-Liisa Roponen Template:Cc3 35:52.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Yevgeniya Medvedeva Template:Cc3 35:53.7
    - Final Tour de Ski standings: Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk 2:37:54.5 Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 2:38:13.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Arianna Follis Template:Cc3 2:39:06.7
    - World Cup overall standings: (1) Kowalczyk 1089 points (2) Majdič 1022 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 789
  - Men's 10 km Freestyle Handicap, Final Climb: Script error: No such module "sort". Lukáš Bauer Template:Cc3 33:43.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 33:45.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Jean-Marc Gaillard Template:Cc3 33:45.9
    - Final Tour de Ski standings: Script error: No such module "sort". Bauer 4:13:10.6 Script error: No such module "sort". Petter Northug Template:Cc3 4:14:27.0 Script error: No such module "sort". Dario Cologna Template:Cc3 4:14:42.8
    - World Cup overall standings: (1) Northug 1060 points (2) Bauer 663 (3) Hellner 627

Darts

BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green, England:
- Men's final: Martin Adams Template:Cc3 def. Dave Chisnall Template:Cc3 7–5
  - Adams wins the title for the second time in four years.

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations in Angola:
- Group A: Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg 4–4 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
  - Mali rally from 4-goal deficit with 12 minutes remaining and score two goals in injury time.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Calgary, Canada:
- Men's aerials: Script error: No such module "sort". Jia Zongyang Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Anton Kushnir Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexei Grishin Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1) Kushnir 240 points (2) Jia 236 (3) Timofei Slivets Template:Cc3 112
- Women's aerials: Script error: No such module "sort". Li Nina Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Evelyne Leu Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Guo Xinxin Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1) Guo 240 points (2) Li 196 (3) Xu Mengtao Template:Cc3 189

Golf

PGA Tour:
- SBS Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii:
  - Winner: Geoff Ogilvy Template:Cc3 270 (−22)
    - Ogilvy wins the event for the second straight year, giving him seven PGA Tour wins in all.
European Tour:
- Africa Open in East London, South Africa:
  - Winner: Charl Schwartzel Template:Cc3 272 (−20)
    - Schwartzel wins his fourth European Tour title.

Luge

World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:
- Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Natalie Geisenberger Template:Cc3 1:53.179 Script error: No such module "sort". Tatjana Hüfner Template:Cc3 1:53.189 Script error: No such module "sort". Erin Hamlin Template:Cc3 1:53.329
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Hüfner 570 points (2) Geisenberger 540 (3) Anke Wischnewski Template:Cc3 385
- Teams: Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (Johannes Ludwig, Tatjana Hüfner, Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) 2:25.827 Script error: No such module "sort". Austria (Wolfgang Kindl, Nina Reithmayer, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:26.392 Script error: No such module "sort". United States (Bengt Walden, Erin Hamlin, Mark Grimmette/Brian Martin) 2:26.663
  - Standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Austria 310 points (2) Germany 300 (3) Canada 295

Nordic combined

World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- HS134 / 10 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Bill Demong Template:Cc3 33:49.9 Script error: No such module "sort". Todd Lodwick Template:Cc3 34:05.2 Script error: No such module "sort". Eric Frenzel Template:Cc3 34:14.0
  - Standings (after 11 of 19 events): (1) Jason Lamy-Chappuis Template:Cc3 709 points (2) Felix Gottwald Template:Cc3 533 (3) Tino Edelmann Template:Cc3 480

Short track speed skating

World Junior Championships in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei:
- Men's final overall standings: Script error: No such module "sort". Noh Jinkyu Template:Cc3 68 points Script error: No such module "sort". Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu Template:Cc3 63 Script error: No such module "sort". Park Seyeong Template:Cc3 47
- Women's final overall standings: Script error: No such module "sort". Choi Jihyun Template:Cc3 115 points Script error: No such module "sort". Lee Mi-Yeon Template:Cc3 68 Script error: No such module "sort". Song Jaewon Template:Cc3 42

Skeleton

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
- Team:

Ski jumping

World Cup in Tauplitz-Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
- HS 200 (Ski flying): Script error: No such module "sort". Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 401.7 points (203.0m/205.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Robert Kranjec Template:Cc3 392.6 (198.5m/204.5m) Script error: No such module "sort". Harri Olli Template:Cc3 388.0 (199.5m/200.5m)
  - World Cup standings (after 12 of 23 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 796 points (2) Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 794 (3) Andreas Kofler Template:Cc3 587

Snowboarding

World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
- Men's snowboard cross: Script error: No such module "sort". Nate Holland Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Pierre Vaultiern Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Mario Fuchs Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 4 of 7 events: (1) Vaultier 2800 points (2) Robert Fagan Template:Cc3 1490 (3) Holland 1480
- Women's snowboard cross: Script error: No such module "sort". Lindsey Jacobellis Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Helene Olafsen Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Sandra Frei Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 4 of 7 events: (1) Maëlle Ricker Template:Cc3 2360 points (2) Jacobellis 1530 (3) Dominique Maltais Template:Cc3 1460

Speed skating

European Championships in Hamar, Norway:
- Men's overall standings: Script error: No such module "sort". Sven Kramer Template:Cc3 150.227 points Script error: No such module "sort". Enrico Fabris Template:Cc3 150.776 Script error: No such module "sort". Ivan Skobrev Template:Cc3 152.178
  - Kramer becomes the first ever skater to win the title four straight times.
- Women's overall standings: Script error: No such module "sort". Martina Sáblíková Template:Cc3 162.825 points Script error: No such module "sort". Ireen Wüst Template:Cc3 164.204 Script error: No such module "sort". Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Template:Cc3 165.343
  - Sáblíková wins the title for the second time in four years.

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
  - Final: Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 def. Radek Štěpánek Template:Cc3 7–6(2), 7–6(7)
    - Roddick wins his 28th career title.
- Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
  - Final: Marin Čilić Template:Cc3 def. Stanislas Wawrinka Template:Cc3 7–6(2), 7–6(3)
    - Čilić wins this tournaments for the second straight year, and his fourth title overall.

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January 9, 2010 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
- Giant slalom: Cancelled due bad weather.
Women's World Cup in Haus im Ennstal, Austria:
- Downhill: Script error: No such module "sort". Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nadja Kamer Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Ingrid Jacquemod Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 16 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 794 points (2) Maria Riesch Template:Cc3 695 (3) Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 569
  - Downhill standings (after 4 of 8 races): (1) Vonn 400 points (2) Riesch 236 (3) Anja Paerson Template:Cc3 215

American football

NFL Wild Card Weekend (seeds in parentheses):
- AFC: (5) New York Jets 24, (4) Cincinnati Bengals 14
  - The Bengals become the first victims of the postseason as Mark Sanchez goes 12 of 15 for 182 yards to secure the Jets' victory in a rematch of their "Win and in" game from Week 17.
- NFC: (3) Dallas Cowboys 34, (6) Philadelphia Eagles 14
  - The Cowboys pick up their first playoff win since 1996, scoring on five straight second-quarter drives to defeat the Eagles for the second week in a row, and hand them their third loss to Dallas this season.

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 10 km Sprint Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Evgeny Ustyugov Template:Cc3 28:45.0 (0 penalties) Script error: No such module "sort". Michael Greis Template:Cc3 28:47.8 (1) Script error: No such module "sort". Carl Johan Bergman Template:Cc3 28:53.2 (0)
  - Overall standings after 8 of 25 events: (1) Ustyugov 283 points (2) Tim Burke Template:Cc3 275 (3) Simon Fourcade Template:Cc3 265
  - Sprint standings after 4 of 10 events: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Cc3 147 points (2) Ustyugov 146 (3) Greis 143

Bobsleigh

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
- Two-man: Script error: No such module "sort". Thomas Florschütz/Richard Adjei Template:Cc3 1:38.17 Script error: No such module "sort". André Lange/Kevin Kuske Template:Cc3 1:38.22 Script error: No such module "sort". Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter Template:Cc3 1:38.23
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Ivo Rüegg Template:Cc3 1202 points (2) Florschütz 1115 (3) Karl Angerer Template:Cc3 1090
- Two-woman: Script error: No such module "sort". Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch Template:Cc3 1:41.04 Script error: No such module "sort". Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse Template:Cc3 1:41.33 Script error: No such module "sort". Sandra Kiriasis/Christin Senkel Template:Cc3 1:41.43
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1222 (2) Humphries 1171 (3) Helen Upperton Template:Cc3 1122

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 7 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  - Women's 10 km Classic Mass Start: Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 34:06.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Elena Kolomina Template:Cc3 34:06.5 Script error: No such module "sort". Marianna Longa Template:Cc3 34:07.4
    - Standings (after 7 of 8 stages): (1) Majdič 2:01:08.3 (2) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 2:01:39.7 (3) Arianna Follis Template:Cc3 2:02:04.8
  - Men's 20 km Classic Mass Start: Script error: No such module "sort". Lukáš Bauer Template:Cc3 59:03.5 Script error: No such module "sort". Petter Northug Template:Cc3 59:35.0 Script error: No such module "sort". Axel Teichmann Template:Cc3 59:35.8
    - Standings (after 7 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 3:39:18.9 (2) Bauer 3:39:27.2 (3) Teichmann (GER) 3:40:49.2

Football (soccer)

African Cup of Nations:
- Togo withdraws from the tournament following the attack on the team bus yesterday, in which three people were killed and nine injured, including two players.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Calgary, Canada:
- Men's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Dale Begg-Smith Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexandre Bilodeau Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexandr Smyshlyaev Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Begg-Smith 295 points (2) Jesper Bjoernlund Template:Cc3 281 (3) Bilodeau 205
- Women's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Jennifer Heil Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Aiko Uemura Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nicola Sudova Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Heil 305 points (2) Kristi Richards Template:Cc3 223 (3) Sudova 222
World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
- Men's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Xavier Kuhn Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Stanley Hayer Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Tomas Krauz Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid Template:Cc3 295 points (2) Kuhn 225 (3) Audun Groenvold Template:Cc3 180
- Women's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Ashleigh McIvor Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Julia Murray Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Karin Huttary Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Ophélie David Template:Cc3 290 points (2) McIvor 247 (3) Murray 203

Luge

World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:
- Doubles: Script error: No such module "sort". Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Template:Cc3 1:28.597 Script error: No such module "sort". Gerhard Plankensteiner/Oswald Haselrieder Template:Cc3 1:28.805 Script error: No such module "sort". Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Template:Cc3 1:28.990
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich Template:Cc3 442 points (2) Oberstolz/Gruber 440 (3) Leitner/Resch 430
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Armin Zöggeler Template:Cc3 1:47.601 Script error: No such module "sort". Albert Demtschenko Template:Cc3 1:47.621 Script error: No such module "sort". David Möller Template:Cc3 1:47.652
  - Standings (after 6 of 8 races): (1) Zöggeler 555 points (2) Demtschenko 464 (3) Möller 381

Nordic combined

World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- HS134 / 10 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Felix Gottwald Template:Cc3 24:44.5 Script error: No such module "sort". Magnus Moan Template:Cc3 24:45.3 Script error: No such module "sort". Eric Frenzel Template:Cc3 24:46.5
  - Standings (after 10 of 19 events): (1) Jason Lamy-Chappuis Template:Cc3 673 points (2) Gottwald 483 (3) Tino Edelmann Template:Cc3 480

Ski jumping

World Cup in Tauplitz-Bad Mitterndorf, Austria:
- HS 200 (Ski flying): Script error: No such module "sort". Robert Kranjec Template:Cc3 382.5 points (195.0m/200.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 382.0 (195.0m/200.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Martin Koch Template:Cc3 270.2 (192.0m/201.5m)
  - World Cup standings (after 11 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 749 points (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 696 (3) Andreas Kofler Template:Cc3 561

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
  - Final: Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 def. Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 0–6, 7–6(8), 6–4
    - Davydenko wins his 20th career title.
WTA Tour:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
  - Final: Kim Clijsters Template:Cc3 def. Justine Henin Template:Cc3 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(6)
    - Clijsters wins her 36th career title and denies Henin a win on her first tournament since May 2008.
- ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
  - Final: Yanina Wickmayer Template:Cc3 def. Flavia Pennetta Template:Cc3 6–3, 6–2
    - Wickmayer wins her third career WTA Tour title.
Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Final: Spain def. Great Britain 2–1
  - Laura Robson Template:Cc3 def. María José Martínez Sánchez Template:Cc3 6–1, 7–6(2)
  - Tommy Robredo Template:Cc3 def. Andy Murray Template:Cc3 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
  - Martínez Sánchez/Robredo Template:Cc3 def. Robson/Murray Template:Cc3 7–6(6), 7–5
    - Spain win the title for the third time.
Exhibition tournaments:
- Hong Kong Tennis Classic in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong:
  - Final: Team Russia def. Team Europe 2–1
    - Yevgeny Kafelnikov Template:Cc3 def. Stefan Edberg Template:Cc3 7–5, 6–4
    - Maria Sharapova Template:Cc3 def. Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 7–5, 6–3
    - Wozniacki/Edberg Template:Cc3 def. Vera Zvonareva/Kafelnikov Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–3

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January 8, 2010 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Haus im Ennstal, Austria:
- Downhill: Script error: No such module "sort". Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Anja Paerson Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Maria Riesch Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 15 of 33 races): (1) Vonn 694 points (2) Riesch 659 (3) Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 569
  - Downhill standings (after 3 of 8 races): (1) Vonn 300 points (2) Riesch 200 (3) Paerson 170

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 7.5 km Sprint Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Simone Hauswald Template:Cc3 22:15.1 (0 penalties) Script error: No such module "sort". Helena Jonsson Template:Cc3 22:23.8 (1) Script error: No such module "sort". Ann Kristin Flatland Template:Cc3 22:32.6 (0)
  - Overall standings after 8 of 25 events: (1) Jonsson 396 points (2) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Cc3 323 (3) Svetlana Sleptsova Template:Cc3 312
  - Sprint standings after 4 of 10 events: (1) Jonsson 180 points (2) Kati Wilhelm Template:Cc3 157 (3) Sleptsova 155

Cricket

Tri-series in Bangladesh:
- 4th Match in Mirpur:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 249/9 (50 overs); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 252/1 (42.5 overs, Upul Tharanga 118*, Mahela Jayawardene 108). Sri Lanka win by 9 wickets.
    - Standings: Sri Lanka 12 points (3 matches), India 4 (2), Bangladesh 0 (3).
    - Sri Lanka advance to the final.

Darts

BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green, England:
- Women's final: Trina Gulliver Template:Cc3 def. Rhian Edwards Template:Cc3 2–0
  - Gulliver wins the title for the eighth time.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Calgary, Canada:
- Men's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Dale Begg-Smith Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Vincent Marquis Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexandr Smyshlyaev Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) Jesper Bjoernlund Template:Cc3 245 points (2) Begg-Smith 195 (3) Bryon Wilson Template:Cc3 160
- Women's moguls: Script error: No such module "sort". Jennifer Heil Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Nicola Sudova Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Margarita Marbler Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) Kristi Richards Template:Cc3 220 points (2) Heil 205 (3) Hannah Kearney Template:Cc3 184

Skeleton

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Martins Dukurs Template:Cc3 1:35.29 Script error: No such module "sort". Sandro Stielicke Template:Cc3 1:35.63 Script error: No such module "sort". Frank Rommel Template:Cc3 1:35.84
  - Standings after 6 of 8 events: (1) Dukurs 1269 points (2) Rommel 1211 (3) Stielicke 1102
- Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Mellisa Hollingsworth Template:Cc3 1:38.26 Script error: No such module "sort". Kerstin Szymkowiak Template:Cc3 1:38.50 Script error: No such module "sort". Shelley Rudman Template:Cc3 1:38.73
  - Standings after 6 of 8 events: (1) Hollingsworth 1236 points (2) Rudman 1187 (3) Szymkowiak 1164

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January 7, 2010 (Thursday)

American football

NCAA bowl games:
- 2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena, California:
  - (1) Alabama 37, (2) Texas 21
    - The Crimson Tide are declared unanimous national champions since they also topped the Associated Press season-ending poll. Mark Ingram II, who rushes for 116 yards and two touchdowns, becomes the fifth player in history to win the Heisman Trophy and national championship in the same season. Nick Saban becomes the only coach since 1936 to win national championships with two different schools.

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Game 9: (teams in bold advance to the Top-16 stage, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group A:
  - Žalgiris Kaunas Template:Flagicon 68–61 Template:Flagicon Cibona Zagreb
  - ASVEL Villeurbanne Template:Flagicon 64–90 Template:Flagicon Regal FC Barcelona
    - Standings: Regal FC Barcelona 9–0, Montepaschi Siena 8–1, ASVEL Villeurbanne, Fenerbahçe Ülker 3–6, Cibona Zagreb, Žalgiris Kaunas 2–7.
- Group B:
  - Efes Pilsen Istanbul Template:Flagicon 85–93 (OT) Template:Flagicon Olympiacos Piraeus
  - Unicaja Málaga Template:Flagicon 72–88 Template:Flagicon ~~Entente Orléans Loiret~~
    - Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 7–2, Unicaja Málaga 6–3, Partizan Belgrade 5–4, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 4–5, Efes Pilsen Istanbul 3–6, Entente Orléans Loiret 2–7.
- Group C:
  - Maccabi Tel Aviv Template:Flagicon 79–59 Template:Flagicon Lottomatica Roma
  - ~~Union Olimpija Ljubljana~~ Template:Flagicon 77–80 (OT) Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow
    - Standings: CSKA Moscow, Caja Laboral Baskonia 7–2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–3, Maroussi Athens, Lottomatica Roma 3–6, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 1–8.
- Group D:
  - Khimki Moscow Region Template:Flagicon 79–63 Template:Flagicon Armani Jeans Milano
    - Standings: Real Madrid, Panathinaikos Athens 7–2, Khimki Moscow Region 6–3, Armani Jeans Milano, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 3–6, ~~EWE Baskets Oldenburg~~ 1–8.

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 4 x 7.5 km Relay Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) 1:17:03.3 (0 penalty loops+7 extra bullets) Script error: No such module "sort". France (Vincent Jay, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade, Martin Fourcade) 1:17:30.8 (0+7) Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (Christoph Stephan, Michael Greis, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp) 1:17:45.5 (0+9)
  - Standings after 3 of 5 races: (1) France 157 points (2) Norway 154 (3) Austria 151

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 5:
  - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 291 and 447/7d; File:Flag of England.svg England 273 and 296/9. Match drawn, England lead the 4-match series 1–0.
Tri-series in Bangladesh:
- 3rd Match in Mirpur:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 296/6 (50 ov); File:Flag of India.svg India 297/4 (47.3 ov, MS Dhoni 101*). India win by 6 wickets.
    - Standings: Sri Lanka 8 points, India 4, Bangladesh 0.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 6 in Toblach, Italy:
  - Women's 5 km Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 12:37.6 Script error: No such module "sort". Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 12:49.2 Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 12:52.4
    - Standings (after 6 of 8 stages): (1) Kowalczyk 1:27:32.8 (2) Majdič 1:27:46.9 (3) Arianna Follis Template:Cc3 1:27:56.0
  - Men's 10 km Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Daniel Rickardsson Template:Cc3 23:14.5 Script error: No such module "sort". Lukáš Bauer Template:Cc3 23:16.2 Script error: No such module "sort". Petter Northug Template:Cc3 23:20.7
    - Standings (after 6 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 2:40:48.9 (2) Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 2:41:09.0 (3) Axel Teichmann Template:Cc3 2:41:18.4

Snowboarding

World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
- Men's half-pipe: Script error: No such module "sort". Daisuke Murakami Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Patrick Burgener Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Tore Viken Holvik Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1) Kazuhiro Kokubo Template:Cc3 1600 points (2) Kohei Kudo Template:Cc3 1140 (3) Murakami 1110
- Women's half-pipe: Script error: No such module "sort". Šárka Pančochová Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Sun Zhifeng Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Chen Xu Template:Cc3
  - Standings after 3 of 6 events: (1) Cai Xuetong Template:Cc3 1240 (2) Pancochova 1100 (3) Sophie Rodriguez Template:Cc3 1050

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January 6, 2010 (Wednesday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
- Slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Giuliano Razzoli Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Manfred Mölgg Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Julien Lizeroux Template:Cc3
  - Overall standings (after 16 of 34 races): (1) Benjamin Raich Template:Cc3 589 points (2) Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 575 (3) Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 476
  - Slalom standings (after 3 of 9 races): (1) Reinfried Herbst Template:Cc3 245 points (2) Lizeroux 141 (3) Razzoli 140

American football

NCAA bowl games:
- GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama:
  - Central Michigan 44, Troy 41 (2 OT)
NFL news:
- The Washington Redskins name Mike Shanahan, former Super Bowl winning coach of the Denver Broncos, as their new head coach, signing a five-year contract.

Baseball

MLB news:
- Andre Dawson is elected to the Hall of Fame. For the first time in history, two players fall less than 10 votes short of induction in the same election—Bert Blyleven, 5 votes short, and Roberto Alomar, 8 votes short. Alomar also receives the highest percentage of votes ever for a first-time candidate who was not elected to the Hall.

Basketball

Euroleague Regular Season Game 9: (teams in bold advance to the Top-16 stage, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated)
- Group A:
  - Montepaschi Siena Template:Flagicon 101–58 Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe Ülker İstanbul
- Group B:
  - Partizan Belgrade Template:Flagicon 97–67 Template:Flagicon Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
- Group C:
  - Caja Laboral Baskonia Template:Flagicon 73–65 Template:Flagicon Maroussi Athens
- Group D:
  - Panathinaikos Athens Template:Flagicon 74–66 Template:Flagicon Asseco Prokom Gdynia
  - Real Madrid Template:Flagicon 73–60 Template:Flagicon ~~EWE Baskets Oldenburg~~

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 4 x 6 km Relay Women: Script error: No such module "sort". Russia (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Svetlana Sleptsova) 1:14:23.6 (0 penalty, 8 reloads) Script error: No such module "sort". Germany (Martina Beck, Simone Hauswald, Tina Bachmann, Andrea Henkel) 1:14:23.9 (0, 11) Script error: No such module "sort". France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin, Sandrine Bailly) 1:15:24.5 (0, 8)
  - Standings (after 3 of 5 events): (1) Russia 174 points (2) Germany 157 (3) France 150

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 4:
  - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 291 and 447/7d (Graeme Smith 183); File:Flag of England.svg England 273 and 132/3 (51.0 ov). England need another 334 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Sydney, day 4:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 127 and 381 (Michael Hussey 134*); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 333 and 139 (Nathan Hauritz 5–53). Australia win by 36 runs, lead the 3-match series 2–0.
    - Australia win their 11th successive Test against Pakistan and secure the series win, as they become the sixth team in history to win a Test after trailing by more than 200 runs on the first innings.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 5 from Cortina d'Ampezzo to Toblach, Italy:
  - Women's 16 km Freestyle Handicap start: Script error: No such module "sort". Arianna Follis Template:Cc3 34:34.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 + 3.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 + 4.1
    - Standings (after 5 of 8 stages): (1) Follis 1:14:51.1 (2) Majdič + 0.4 (3) Kowalczyk + 4.1
  - Men's 36 km Freestyle Handicap start: Script error: No such module "sort". Petter Northug Template:Cc3 1:25:38.0 Script error: No such module "sort". Dario Cologna Template:Cc3 + 0.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 + 0.8
    - Standings (after 5 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 2:17:28.2 (2) Cologna + 0.4 (3) Hellner + 1.2

Football (soccer)

2011 Asian Cup qualification, matchday 5: (teams in bold qualify for the final tournament)
- Group A:
  - Yemen File:Flag of Yemen.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  - Bahrain File:Flag of Bahrain.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
    - Standings: Bahrain 12 points (4 matches), Japan 12 (5), Yemen 3 (4), Hong Kong 0 (5).
- Group B:
  - Indonesia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman
  - Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg 2–2 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
    - Standings: Kuwait, Australia 8 points, Oman 7, Indonesia 3.
- Group C:
  - United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
    - Standings: Uzbekistan 9 points (3 matches), UAE 6 (3), Malaysia 0 (4).
- Group D:
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 0–0 File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
  - Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
    - Standings: Syria 11 points, China 10, Vietnam 5, Lebanon 1.
- Group E:
  - Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
  - Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 0–0 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
    - Standings: Iran 10 points, Thailand, Singapore 6, Jordan 5.

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament:
- World Cup in Bischofshofen, Austria:
  - HS 140: Script error: No such module "sort". Thomas Morgenstern Template:Cc3 264.7 points (133.0m/136.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Janne Ahonen Template:Cc3 264.0 (134.0m/133.5m) Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 261.5 (136.0m/131.5m)
    - Four Hills Tournament final standings: Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Kofler Template:Cc3 1027.2 points Script error: No such module "sort". Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 1013.9 Script error: No such module "sort". Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Cc3 1011.6
    - World Cup standings (after 10 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 669 points (2) Schlierenzauer 651 (3) Kofler 521

Snowboarding

World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria:
- Men's parallel giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Jasey Jay Anderson Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Prommegger Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Benjamin Karl Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 4 of 9 events): (1) Anderson 3050 points (2) Karl 2660 (3) Mathieu Bozzetto Template:Cc3 1700
- Women's parallel giant slalom: Script error: No such module "sort". Nicolien Sauerbreij Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexa Loo Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 4 of 9 events): (1) Amelie Kober Template:Cc3 2180 (2) Doris Guenther Template:Cc3 1990 (3) Maegert-Kohli 1920

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January 5, 2010 (Tuesday)

American football

NCAA bowl games:
- FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida:
  - (10) Iowa 24, (9) Georgia Tech 14

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 3:
  - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 291 & 312/2 (80.0 ov, Graeme Smith 162*); File:Flag of England.svg England 273 (Morné Morkel 5–75). South Africa lead by 330 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
    - Smith scores his 19th Test century and becomes the second captain in history to score 6000 Test runs.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Sydney, day 3:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 127 and 286/8; File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 333. Australia lead by 80 runs with 2 wickets remaining.
Tri-series in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Match in Mirpur:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 279/9 (50 ov, Chanaka Welegedara 5–66); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 283/5 (48 ov, Thilan Samaraweera 105*). Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets.
    - Standings: Sri Lanka 8 points (2 matches), India, Bangladesh 0 (1).

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in St. Johann in Tirol/Oberndorf, Austria:
- Men's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Stickl Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Daron Rahlves Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". David Duncan Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) Michael Schmid Template:Cc3 250 points (2) Audun Groenvold Template:Cc3 166 (3) Stickl 140
- Women's skicross: Script error: No such module "sort". Ophélie David Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Méryll Boulangeat Template:Cc3 Script error: No such module "sort". Julia Murray Template:Cc3
  - Standings (after 3 of 12 events): (1) David 240 points (2) Anna Holmlund Template:Cc3 200 (3) Ashleigh McIvor Template:Cc3 147

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:
- Gold medal game: Script error: No such module "sort". Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 5–6 (OT) Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - John Carlson scores 4:31 minutes into overtime to give the title to USA for the second time and stop Canada's championships streak at five and their winning streak at 15. Jordan Eberle, who scores twice in the last 3 minutes of regulation time to send the game to overtime, is named the MVP of the championships.
- Bronze medal game: Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 4–11 Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
  - The Tre Kronor score the most goals in a bronze medal game in championships history.

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January 4, 2010 (Monday)

American football

NCAA bowl games:
- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona:
  - (6) Boise State 17, (4) TCU 10
    - The Broncos win the first ever BCS bowl game other than the National Championship Game between two unbeaten teams, at the same site of the game that put them on the national map, and finish unbeaten for the second time in four seasons.
NFL news:
- The Washington Redskins, who ended the 2009 season at 4–12, fire head coach Jim Zorn and his entire staff.
- The Buffalo Bills relieve interim coach Perry Fewell and his staff of their duties; Fewell will apply to become permanent head coach after filling in following Dick Jauron's sacking in November.

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 2:
  - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 291 (Jacques Kallis 108, James Anderson 5–63); File:Flag of England.svg England 241/7 (82.0 ov). England trail by 50 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Sydney, day 2:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 127; File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 331/9 (96.0 ov). Pakistan lead by 204 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings.
Tri-series in Bangladesh:
- 1st Match in Mirpur:
  - File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 260/7 (50 ov); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 261/3 (44.5 ov, Tillakaratne Dilshan 104). Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 4 in Prague, Czech Republic:
  - Women's Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Natalya Korostelyova Template:Cc3 2:45.7 Script error: No such module "sort". Celine Brun-Lie Template:Cc3 + 0.9 Script error: No such module "sort". Alena Procházková Template:Cc3 + 2.2
    - Standings (after 4 of 8 stages): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 40:16.3 (2) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 + 24.9 (3) Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 + 29.7
  - Men's Sprint Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Emil Jönsson Template:Cc3 2:26.5 Script error: No such module "sort". Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 + 1.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Simen Østensen Template:Cc3 + 3.0
    - Standings (after 4 of 8 stages): (1) Jönsson 51:50.2 (2) Hellner + 43.8 (3) Østensen + 44.3

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:
- Relegation round:
  - Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg 2–5 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
  - Latvia File:Flag of Latvia.svg 6–4 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
    - Final standings: Czech Republic 9 points, Slovakia 6, Latvia 3, Austria 0.
- 5th place: Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 3–4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland

Tennis

WTA Tour:
- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
  - Justine Henin Template:Cc3 makes a comeback to the Tour after 20-months retirement and defeats #2 seed Nadia Petrova Template:Cc3 7–5, 7–5.

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January 3, 2010 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
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  - Overall standings (after 14 of 33 races): (1) Maria Riesch Template:Cc3 599 points (2) Lindsey Vonn Template:Cc3 594 (3) Zettel 569
  - Slalom standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Aubert 316 points (2) Maria Riesch 293 (3) Šárka Záhrobská Template:Cc3 253

American football

NFL Week 17 – end of regular season (division champions in bold, teams that earned a first-round bye in bold italics, teams that earned wild card berths in italics):
- Buffalo Bills 30, Indianapolis Colts 7
  - The Colts lose their second straight game, but still end the season with a league-best 14–2 record.
- Cleveland Browns 23, Jacksonville Jaguars 17
  - The Jags lose their fourth straight game and miss the playoffs.
- Minnesota Vikings 44, New York Giants 7
  - The Vikings earn a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs.
- Atlanta Falcons 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10
- Houston Texans 34, New England Patriots 27
  - The Texans, who rally from 14 points down in the fourth quarter, are eliminated from the playoffs on a tiebreaker because the Ravens and Jets both win.
- Carolina Panthers 23, New Orleans Saints 10
  - The Saints end the season with three straight losses after a 13–0 start.
- Chicago Bears 37, Detroit Lions 23
- San Francisco 49ers 28, St. Louis Rams 6
  - The Rams suffer their eighth straight loss and end the season with a league-worst 1–15 record, that earn them the top selection at the draft. They would also become the 9th team to finish a season at 1–15.
- Pittsburgh Steelers 30, Miami Dolphins 24
  - The Steelers are eliminated from the playoff on a tiebreaker despite their win, thus the 2003–2004 New England Patriots remain the last repeat Super Bowl champions, while the Dolphins, the host team for Super Bowl XLIV, are also eliminated from the postseason with their third straight loss.
- Green Bay Packers 33, Arizona Cardinals 7
  - The teams will meet again in the Wild Card round at Arizona on January 10.
- Baltimore Ravens 21, Oakland Raiders 13
  - The Ravens claim an AFC wild card berth with this win, and will meet the New England Patriots in the Wild Card round at Foxboro on January 10.
- Dallas Cowboys 24, Philadelphia Eagles 0
  - The Cowboys clinch the NFC East title, and earn home field advantage in a rematch against the Eagles in the Wild Card round on January 9.
- San Diego Chargers 23, Washington Redskins 20
  - The Chargers extend their winning streak to 11 games.
- Tennessee Titans 17, Seattle Seahawks 13
  - Chris Johnson breaks Marshall Faulk's record for total yards from scrimmage and becomes the sixth player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.
- Kansas City Chiefs 44, Denver Broncos 24
  - Despite the Broncos' Kyle Orton becoming the sixth quarterback this season to pass for 400 yards in a game, they are eliminated from the playoffs with this loss.
- Sunday Night Football: New York Jets 37, Cincinnati Bengals 0
  - A crushing win in the last regular-season game at Giants Stadium gives the Jets an AFC wild card berth and a rematch with the Bengals in Cincinnati on January 9.

Cricket

England in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 1:
  - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 279/6 (83.2 ov, Jacques Kallis 108*)
    - Kallis scores his 33rd Test century and the seventh in 28 matches against England.
Pakistan in Australia:
- 2nd Test in Sydney, day 1:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 127 (44.2 ov, Mohammad Asif 6/41); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 14/0. Pakistan trail by 113 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the first innings.
    - Asif claims a career-best six-wicket haul as Australia score their worst innings total at home in 13 years.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 3 in Oberhof, Germany:
  - Women's Sprint Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 4:18.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 + 2.1 Script error: No such module "sort". Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Cc3 + 3.6
    - Standings (after 3 of 8 stages): (1) Kowalczyk 37:56.1 (2) Saarinen 38:00.4 (3) Kristin Størmer Steira Template:Cc3 38:26.2
  - Men's Sprint Classic: Script error: No such module "sort". Eldar Rønning Template:Cc3 3:55.0 Script error: No such module "sort". Petter Northug Template:Cc3 + 2.1 Script error: No such module "sort". Axel Teichmann Template:Cc3 + 3.1
    - Standings (after 3 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 49:58.0 (2) Teichmann 50:07.8 (3) Emil Jönsson Template:Cc3 50.18.9

Darts

PDC World Darts Championship in London, England:
- Final: Phil Taylor Template:Cc3 def. Simon Whitlock Template:Cc3 7–3
  - Taylor wins the title for the 13th time, in its 17th edition.

Football (soccer)

Template:Flagicon FA Cup third round:
- In one of the biggest upsets in the Cup's history, Manchester United lose 0–1 at home to Leeds United of Football League One.

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:
- Semifinals:
  - Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 6–1 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
    - Canada advance to the final for the ninth straight time, and extend their winning streak to 15 games.
  - Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg 2–5 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
    - USA reach the final for the third time in history and the first since 2004. Both previous finals were also against Canada.
- Relegation round:
  - Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 10–2 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
    - Standings (after 2 games): Czech Republic, Slovakia 6 points, Austria, Latvia 0.
    - Austria and Latvia will be relegated to Division I for the 2011 Championship, and will be replaced in the Top Division by File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany and File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway who won their respective Division I groups.

Luge

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
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  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Zöggeler 455 points (2) Demtschenko 379 (3) Felix Loch Template:Cc3 329
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  - Standings (after 3 of 5 races): (1) Canada 240 points (2) Austria 225 (3) Germany 200

Nordic combined

World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:
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  - Standings (after 9 of 19 events): (1) Jason Lamy-Chappuis Template:Cc3 647 points (2) Tino Edelmann Template:Cc3 462 (3) Gottwald 383

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament:
- World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria:
  - HS 130: Script error: No such module "sort". Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 251.1 points (130.0m/122.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 237.8 (128.5m/117.5m) Script error: No such module "sort". Janne Ahonen Template:Cc3 237.4 (128.0m/117.5m)
    - Four Hills Tournament standings (after 3 of 4 events): (1) Andreas Kofler Template:Cc3 772.2 points (2) Schlierenzauer 757.6 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Cc3 750.7
    - World Cup standings (after 9 of 23 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 611 points (2) Ammann 609 (3) Kofler 476

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January 2, 2010 (Saturday)

American football

NCAA bowl games:
- International Bowl in Toronto, Canada:
  - South Florida 27, Northern Illinois 3
- PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama:
  - UConn 20, South Carolina 7
- AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas:
  - Ole Miss 21, (19) Oklahoma State 7
- AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee:
  - Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17 (OT)
    - Alex Tejada's 37-yard field goal in overtime wins the game for the Razorbacks, after the Pirates' kicker Ben Hartman misses two FG attempts in the last minute of regulation time and another one in OT.
- Valero Energy Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas:
  - Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 2 in Oberhof, Germany:
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    - Standings (after 2 of 8 stages): (1) Kowalczyk 34:30.0 (2) Saarinen 34:32.8 (3) Størmer Steira 34:35.7
  - Men's 15 km Classic Handicap start: Script error: No such module "sort". Petter Northug Template:Cc3 39:45.8 Script error: No such module "sort". Maxim Vylegzhanin Template:Cc3 + 0.1 Script error: No such module "sort". Matti Heikkinen Template:Cc3 + 0.7
    - Standings (after 2 of 8 stages): (1) Northug 47:07.8 (2) Vylegzhanin 47:07.9 (3) Heikkinen 47:08.6

Ice hockey

World Junior Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 2–3 (OT) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
    - Nino Niederreiter's goal with 32 seconds remaining in the third period sends the game to overtime, and his second goal with 14 seconds left in the extra period wins the game for the Swiss.
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 6–2 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
- Relegation round:
  - Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
    - Standings: Slovakia 6 points (2 games), Czech Republic 3 (1), Latvia 0 (1), Austria 0 (2).

Luge

World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
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  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Hüfner 485 points (2) Geisenberger 440 (3) Anke Wischnewski Template:Cc3 325
- Doubles: Script error: No such module "sort". Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Template:Cc3 1:34.496 Script error: No such module "sort". André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich Template:Cc3 1:34.584 Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Template:Cc3 1:34.590
  - Standings (after 5 of 8 races): (1) Florschütz/Wustlich 410 points (2) Linger/Linger & Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Template:Cc3 360

Nordic combined

World Cup in Oberhof, Germany:
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  - Standings (after 8 of 19 events): (1) Lamy-Chappuis 597 points (2) Tino Edelmann Template:Cc3 440 (3) Gottwald 303

Tennis

Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
- Final: Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 def. Robin Söderling Template:Cc3 7–6 (3), 7–5

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January 1, 2010 (Friday)

American football

NCAA bowl games:
- BCS games:
  - Rose Bowl Game presented by citi in Pasadena, California:
    - (8) Ohio State 26, (7) Oregon 17
  - Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans:
    - (5) Florida 51, (3) Cincinnati 24
      - 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow throws for 533 yards and 4 touchdowns in his final college game, as the Bearcats suffer their first loss this season.
- Non-BCS games:
  - Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida:
    - Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 (OT)
  - Konica Minolta Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida:
    - Florida State 33, (16) West Virginia 21
      - Retiring Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden exits with a win against the school he coached before coming to Tallahassee in 1976.
  - Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida:
    - (13) Penn State 19, (12) LSU 17
      - A 21-yard field goal by kicker Collin Wagner with 57 seconds left in the game gives the Nittany Lions their 11th win of the season, after the Tigers rally from 13-point deficit to take a 17–16 lead.

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski:
- Stage 1 in Oberhof, Germany:
  - Women's 2.5 km Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Majdič Template:Cc3 6:35.3 Script error: No such module "sort". Natalya Korostelyova Template:Cc3 6:37.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Cc3 6:41.6
  - Men's 3.75 km Freestyle: Script error: No such module "sort". Petter Northug Template:Cc3 7:37.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Marcus Hellner Template:Cc3 7:38.2 Script error: No such module "sort". Axel Teichmann Template:Cc3 7:39.4

Football (soccer)

Template:Flagicon Emperor's Cup Final in Tokyo:
- Gamba Osaka 4–1 Nagoya Grampus
  - Gamba Osaka win the Cup for the second successive time and third overall.

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament:
- World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
  - HS 140: Script error: No such module "sort". Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Cc3 277.7 points (136.5m/137.5m) Script error: No such module "sort". Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Cc3 272.5 (135.0m/135.0m) Script error: No such module "sort". Simon Ammann Template:Cc3 272.4 (132.0m/143.5 hill record)
    - Four Hills Tournament standings (after 2 of 4 events): (1) Andreas Kofler Template:Cc3 537.1 points (2) Loitzl 517.9 (3) Janne Ahonen Template:Cc3 512.5
    - World Cup standings (after 8 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 529 points (2) Schlierenzauer 511 (3) Kofler 426

References

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