January 2012 in sports

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

• World Rally Championship

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

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

National teams competitions

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

International clubs competitions

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

Domestic (national) competitions

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

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

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

• Players Tour Championship

• ATP World Tour
• WTA Tour

International clubs competitions

• Men's CEV Champions League
• Women's CEV Champions League

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• United States Championships in San Jose, California

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

• World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Aerials

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

• World Cup 7 in St. Moritz, Switzerland

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

• European Championships in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic:

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

• World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

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

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

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

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

• India in Australia:
  • 4th Test in Adelaide

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

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

• World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Moguls

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

• World Cup 7 in St. Moritz, Switzerland

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

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

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

• World Cup in Sudenfeld, Germany: Giant slalom

• World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Sri Lanka in South Africa:
  • 5th ODI in Johannesburg:  South Africa 312/4 (50 overs);  Sri Lanka 314/8 (49.5 overs). Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets, South Africa win the 5-match series 3–2. [1]

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

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

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

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

• World Cup 6 in Winterberg, Germany:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Sri Lanka in South Africa:
  • 4th ODI in Kimberley:  South Africa 299/7 (50 overs);  Sri Lanka 304/5 (48.4 overs). Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets. [2]

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

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

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

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

• Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

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

• World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland:
  • Women: Elizabeth Yarnold (GBR) 1:11.93 Shelley Rudman (GBR) 1:12.18 Katharina Heinz (GER) 1:12.22^[2]

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

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

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

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

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

• World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy:
  • 7.5 km Sprint Women: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 20:27.7 (0+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 20:45.2 (0+0) Darya Domracheva (BLR) 20:58.2 (2+0)^[3]

• Pakistan vs England in UAE:
  • 1st Test in Dubai:  England 192 (72.3 overs) & 160 (57.5 overs);  Pakistan 338 (119.5 overs) & 15/0 (3.4 overs). Pakistan win by 10 wickets. [3]

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

• World Cup in Lake Placid, United States:
  • Moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) 25.32 points Patrick Deneen (USA) 24.00 Philippe Marquis (CAN) 21.86^[4]
  • Moguls women: Hannah Kearney (USA) 23.52 points Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 22.85 Nikola Sudová (CZE) 22.78^[5]

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

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

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

• World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
  • Giant slalom men: Roland Fischnaller (ITA) Aaron March (ITA) Rok Flander (SLO)^[6]
  • Giant slalom women: Patrizia Kummer (SUI) Julie Zogg (SUI) Marion Kreiner (AUT)^[7]
• World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland:
  • Snowboard cross men: Andrey Boldykov (RUS) Nate Holland (USA) Pierre Vaultier (FRA)^[8]
  • Snowboard cross women: Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) Aleksandra Zhekova (BUL) Dominique Maltais (CAN)^[9]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
  • Slalom: Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:45.67 André Myhrer (SWE) 1:46.52 Fritz Dopfer (GER) 1:46.55^[10]
• Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
  • Super Giant slalom: Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1:26.16 Maria Höfl-Riesch (GER) 1:26.77 Tina Maze (SLO) 1:27.02^[11]

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

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

• World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
  • 10 km Pursuit Women: Tora Berger (NOR) 31:00.3 (0+1+2+0) Helena Ekholm (SWE) 31:18.2 (0+0+0+0) Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) 31:25.4 (0+0+0+0)^[12]
  • 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Anton Shipulin (RUS) 34:50.8 (0+0+1+0) Martin Fourcade (FRA) & Arnd Peiffer (GER) 35:01.9 (1+0+1+1)^[13]

• World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
  • Four-man:  Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Maxim Mokrousov) 1:38.05 (49.22, 48.83)  Germany (Manuel Machata, Marko Huebenbecker, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser) 1:38.07 (49.24, 48.83)  Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Jan Speer, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 1:38.19 (49.30, 48.89)^[14]

• India in Australia:
  • 3rd Test in Perth:  India 161 (60.2 overs) & 171 (63.2 overs);  Australia 369 (76.2 overs). Australia win by an innings and 37 runs.[5]

• World Cup in Milan, Italy:
  • Team Sprint Freestyle men: Alexey Petukhov/Nikolay Morilov (RUS) 14:34.8 Calle Halfvarsson/Teodor Peterson (SWE) 14:35.0 David Hofer/Fulvio Scola (ITA) 14:35.4^[15]
  • Team Sprint Freestyle women: Hanna Brodin/Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) 16:14.7 Jessie Diggins/Kikkan Randall (USA) 16:15.6 Perianne Jones/Chandra Crawford (CAN) 16:15.8^[16]

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

• World Cup in Les Contamines, France:
  • Ski Cross men: Alex Fiva (SUI) Didrik Bastian Juell (NOR) Nick Zoricic (CAN)^[17]
  • Ski Cross women: Sanna Lüdi (SUI) Alizée Baron (FRA) Ophélie David (FRA)^[18]

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

• World Cup 5 in Oberhof, Germany (GER unless stated):
  • Men: Felix Loch 1:28.042 (43.921, 44.121) David Möller 1:28.251 (44.100, 44.151) Andi Langenhan 1:28.331 (44.152, 44.179)^[19]
  • Team relay:  Germany (Natalie Geisenberger, Loch, Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken) 2:24.768 (46.704, 48.786, 49.278)  Italy (Sandra Gasparini, David Mair, Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:26.061 (47.464, 49.203, 49.394)  Russia (Alexandra Rodionova, Viktor Kneib, Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:26.142 (47.349, 49.384, 49.409)^[20]

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

• World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
  • HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin (ITA) 22:18.1 Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 22:34.6 Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 22:35.6^[21]

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

• Men's World Cup in Tauplitz, Austria:
  • HS 200 (Ski flying):
    • First event: Robert Kranjec (SLO) 212.5 points Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 206.8 Anders Bardal (NOR) 201.6^[22]
    • Second event: Bardal 364.9 points Daiki Ito (JPN) 363.3 Kamil Stoch (POL) 358.2^[23]
• Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  • HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 285.9 points Daniela Iraschko (AUT) 273.1 Ulrike Gräßler (GER) 250.8^[24]

• World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
  • Snowboard Cross: Cancelled due to lack of snow, rescheduled to January 19 in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.^[25]

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

• Men's World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland:
  • Downhill: Beat Feuz (SUI) 2:35.31 Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 2:35.75 Christof Innerhofer (ITA) 2:35.80^[26]
• Women's World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy:
  • Downhill: Daniela Merighetti (ITA) 1:33.17 Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1:33.38 Maria Höfl-Riesch (GER) 1:33.57^[27]

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

• World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
  • 10 km Sprint Men: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 27:13.1 (0+1) Simon Fourcade (FRA) 27:15.8 (1+2) Martin Fourcade (FRA) 27:22.7 (1+1)^[28]

• World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
  • Two-man: Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter (SUI) 1:39.91 (50.04, 49.87) Lyndon Rush/Jesse Lumsden (CAN) 1:40.21 (50.23, 49.98) Manuel Machata/Andreas Bredau (GER) 1:40.33 (50.34, 49.99)^[29]

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

• World Cup in Milan, Italy:
  • Sprint Freestyle men: Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) Josef Wenzl (GER) Teodor Peterson (SWE)^[30]
  • Sprint Freestyle women: Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) Kikkan Randall (USA) Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)^[31]

• World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada:
  • Dual Moguls men: Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) Jeremy Cota (USA) Sergey Volkov (RUS)^[32]
  • Dual Moguls women: Hannah Kearney (USA) Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) Ekaterina Stolyarova (RUS)^[33]

• World Cup 5 in Oberhof, Germany (GER unless stated):
  • Doubles: Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken 1:23.544 (41.765, 41.779) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt 1:23.775 (41.824, 41.951) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 1:24.199 (42.068, 42.131)^[34]
  • Women: Natalie Geisenberger 1:24.443 (42.393, 42.050) Tatjana Hüfner 1:24.690 (42.639, 42.051) Anke Wischnewski 1:25.107 (42.681, 42.426)^[35]

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

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

• World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
  • HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin (ITA) 22:48.6 Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 22:48.6 Fabian Riessle (GER) 22:48.7^[36]

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

• World Cup in Königssee, Germany:
  • Men: Frank Rommel (GER) 1:42.94 (51.23, 51.71) Alexander Kröckel (GER) 1:43.76 (52.11, 51.65) Matthias Guggenberger (AUT) 1:43.86 (51.97, 51.89)^[37]

• Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  • HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 277.2 points Daniela Iraschko (AUT) 275.5 Anette Sagen (NOR) 248.1^[38]

• Marco Fu (HKG) compiles the 86th official maximum break in the qualifying stages of the World Open, and becomes the 14th player to make multiple maximum breaks.^[39]

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

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

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

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

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

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

• World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
  • HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin (ITA) 22:29.6 Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 22:34.0 Fabian Riessle (GER) 22:35.6^[40]

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

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

• World Cup in Jauerling, Austria:
  • Slalom men: Andreas Prommegger (AUT) Andrey Sobolev (RUS) Roland Fischnaller (ITA)^[41]
  • Slalom women: Patrizia Kummer (SUI) Yekaterina Tudegesheva (RUS) Marion Kreiner (AUT)^[42]

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

• World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
  • 20 km Individual Men: Andrei Makoveev (RUS) 47:19.0 (0+0+0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 48:18.7 (1+0+0+1) Björn Ferry (SWE) 48:33.8 (0+0+0+1)^[43]

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

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

• Championship League Group two in Stock, England:
  • Final (both ENG): Mark Selby 0–3 Shaun Murphy^[44]
    • Murphy advances to the winners group.

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

• Sri Lanka in South Africa:
  • 1st ODI in Paarl:  South Africa 301/8 (50 overs);  Sri Lanka 43 (20.1 overs). South Africa won by 258 runs.[7]

• World Cup in Alpe d'Huez, France:
  • Ski Cross men: Filip Flisar (SLO) Christopher Del Bosco (CAN) Lars Lewen (SWE)^[46]
  • Ski Cross women: Sanna Lüdi (SUI) Marielle Thompson (CAN) Andrea Limbacher (AUT)^[47]

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

• Championship League – Group one in Stock, England:
  • Final (both ENG): Judd Trump 3–2 Shaun Murphy^[48]
    • Trump advances to the winners group.

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

• Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
  • Slalom: Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:58.66 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:58.93 Stefano Gross (ITA) 1:59.65^[49]
• Women's World Cup in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria:
  • Super Giant slalom: Fabienne Suter (SUI) 1:09.55 Tina Maze (SLO) 1:09.89 Anna Fenninger (AUT) 1:10.29^[50]

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

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 40:02.2 (1+1+1+0) Tora Berger (NOR) 40:14.7 (1+0+1+0) Andrea Henkel (GER) 40:34.2 (1+0+0+0)^[51]
  • 15 km Mass Start Men: Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 38:34.6 (0+0+0+0) Simon Fourcade (FRA) 38:38.9 (0+1+0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 39:04.2 (0+1+2+0)^[52]

• World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
  • 4-man:  Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Huebenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 1:49.87 (54.73, 55.14)  Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Filipp Yegorov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Nikolay Hrenkov) 1:50.53 (55.16, 55.37)  Germany (Thomas Florschütz, Ronny Listner, Kevin Kuske, Thomas Blaschek) 1:50.79 (55.17, 55.62)^[53]

• Tour de Ski:
  • Stage 9 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
    • Men's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Alexander Legkov (RUS) 30:38.2 Maurice Manificat (FRA) +0.1 Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1.7^[54]
      • Tour de Ski final standings: Dario Cologna (SUI) 4:33:17.2 Hellner +1:02.3 Petter Northug (NOR) +1:44.6^[55]
        • Cologna wins the Tour de Ski for the third time.
    • Women's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Therese Johaug (NOR) 34:17.7 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +51.3 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +1:08.0^[56]
      • Tour de Ski final standings: Kowalczyk 2:52:45.0 Bjørgen +28.2 Johaug +3:57.8^[57]
        • Kowalczyk wins the Tour de Ski for the third successive time.

• World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
  • HS 106 / 10 km: Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 26:06.5 Magnus Moan (NOR) 26:07.0 Björn Kircheisen (GER) 26:07.7^[58]

• Women's World Cup in Hinterzarten, Germany:
  • HS 108: Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 273.2 points Sara Takanashi (JPN) 242.6 Jessica Jerome (USA) 240.1^[59]

• Players Tour Championship – Event 12 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (ENG unless stated):
  • Final: Joe Perry 2–4 Stephen Maguire (SCO)^[60]
    • Maguire wins his sixth professional title.
    • Final Order of Merit: (1) Judd Trump 30,400 (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 29,600 (3) Neil Robertson (AUS) 28,100^[61]

• European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
  • 5000 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 7:22.38 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 7:34.51 Ireen Wüst (NED) 7:43.59^[62]
  • 1500 m Men: Sven Kramer (NED) 1:53.98 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) 1:54.87 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 1:54.93^[63]
  • 10000 m Men: Kramer 13:45.05 Blokhuijsen 13:52.48 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 14:02.83^[64]
  • Overall Ladies: Sáblíková 169.922 points Pechstein 172.312 Wüst 172.454^[65]
    • Sáblíková wins the title for the third successive time and fourth time overall.
  • Overall Men: Kramer 156.197 points Blokhuijsen 156.513 Bøkko 158.234^[66]
    • Kramer wins the title for the fifth time.

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

• Men's World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland:
  • Giant slalom: Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 2:42.50 Benjamin Raich (AUT) 2:42.58 Massimiliano Blardone (ITA) 2:42.60^[67]
• Women's World Cup in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria:
  • Downhill: Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) 1:48.40 Julia Mancuso (USA) 1:48.56 Fabienne Suter (SUI) 1:48.90^[68]

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

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 10 km Sprint Men: Arnd Peiffer (GER) 25:57.5 (1+0) Simon Fourcade (FRA) 25:58.6 (0+0) Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) 26:02.3 (0+0)^[69]

• World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
  • 2-man: Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske (GER) 56.26 Maximilian Arndt/Marko Huebenbecker (GER) 56.27 Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter (SUI) 56.73^[70]

• Tour de Ski:
  • Stage 8 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
    • Men's 20 km Classic Mass Start: Eldar Rønning (NOR) 1:00:02.2 Alex Harvey (CAN) +1.1 Dario Cologna (SUI) +1.3^[71]
    • Women's 10 km Classic Mass Start: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 25:49.8 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +7.5 Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +31.0^[72]

• World Cup in St. Johann, Austria:
  • Ski Cross men: Alex Fiva (SUI) Brady Leman (CAN) Daniel Bohnacker (GER)^[73]
  • Ski Cross women: Ophélie David (FRA) Anna Woerner (GER) Alizée Baron (FRA)^[74]

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

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

• World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
  • HS 106 / Team:  Norway (Magnus Moan, Mikko Kokslien, Jan Schmid, Joergen Graabak) 51:36.7  Germany (Johannes Rydzek, Fabian Riessle, Eric Frenzel, Tino Edelmann) 51:36.8  Austria (Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler, Mario Stecher, Bernhard Gruber) 51:42.8^[75]

• World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
  • Women: Anja Huber (GER) 59.87 Katharina Heinz (GER) 59.97 Shelley Rudman (GBR) 59.99^[76]

• Women's World Cup in Hinterzarten, Germany:
  • HS 108: Sabrina Windmüller (SUI) 114.7 points Lindsey Van (USA) 113.9 Lisa Demetz (ITA) 110.7^[77]

• European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
  • 500 m Men: Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) 36.89 Zbigniew Bródka (POL) 36.90 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 36.93^[78]
  • 1500 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 2:03.64 Linda de Vries (NED) 2:04.70 Yuliya Skokova (RUS) 2:05.18^[79]
  • 5000 m Men: Sven Kramer (NED) 6:31.82 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 6:36.49 Alexis Contin (FRA) 6:38.08^[80]

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

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 7.5 km Sprint Women: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 22:27.6 (0+0) Darya Domracheva (BLR) 23:04.9 (0+1) Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 23:11.0 (0+0)^[81]

• World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
  • Women: Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer (GER) 1:54.67 (57.45, 57.22) Sandra Kiriasis/Petra Lammert (GER) 1:54.69 (57.49, 57.20) Fabienne Meyer/Hanne Schenk (SUI) 1:55.23 (57.69, 57.54)^[82]

• Sri Lanka in South Africa:
  • 3rd Test in Cape Town:  South Africa 580/4d (139 Overs) & 2/0 (0.0 overs);  Sri Lanka 239 (73.5 Overs) & 342 (f/o, 107.5 Overs). South Africa win by 10 wickets, South Africa win the 3-match series 2–1. [8]
• India in Australia:
  • 2nd Test in Sydney:  India 191 (59.3 Overs) & 400 (110.5 overs);  Australia 659/4d (163 Overs). Australia win by an innings and 68 runs, Australia lead the 4-match series 2–0. [9]
    • Michael Clarke's 329 not out is the highest score at the SCG and third-highest by an Australian captain in Test cricket.

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

• World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany (GER unless stated):
  • Men: Felix Loch 1:41.651 (50.878, 50.773) Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 1:41.868 (51.116, 50.752) Johannes Ludwig 1:42.142 (51.218, 50.924)^[83]
  • Team relay:  Italy (Sandra Gasparini, Dominik Fischnaller, Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber) 2:51.375 (56.115, 57.860, 57.400)  Germany (Tatjana Hüfner, Loch, Tobias Arlt/Tobias Wendl 2:51.531 (55.902, 57.674, 57.955)  Russia (Tatiana Ivanova, Albert Demtschenko, Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin) 2:51.776 (55.681, 58.010, 58.085)^[84]

• World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
  • Men: Martins Dukurs (LAT) 1:54.15 (51.23, 51.71) Tomass Dukurs (LAT) 1:55.22 (52.11, 51.65) Alexander Kröckel (GER) 1:55.82 (51.97, 51.89)^[85]

• Four Hills Tournament:
  • Stage 4 in Bischofshofen, Austria:
    • HS 140: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 138.7 points Anders Bardal (NOR) 136.5 Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 128.4^[86]
    • Four Hills Tournament final standings: Schlierenzauer 933.8 points Morgenstern 908.0 Andreas Kofler (AUT) 896.6^[87]
      • Schlierenzauer wins the tournament for the first time.
• Women's World Cup in Schonach, Germany:
  • HS 108: Cancelled due to rain and warm temperatures; rescheduled to 7 January in Hinterzarten [10]

• European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
  • 500 m Ladies: Karolína Erbanová (CZE) 39.87 Ireen Wüst (NED) 40.21 Yuliya Skokova (RUS) 40.40^[88]
  • 3000 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 4:16.09 Natalia Czerwonka (POL) 4:19.41 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 4:19.71^[89]

• Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
  • Slalom: Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:51.84 Felix Neureuther (GER) 1:52.13 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) 1:52.32^[90]

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 4x7.5 km Relay Men:  Italy (Christian de Lorenzi, Markus Windisch, Dominik Windisch, Lukas Hofer) 1:30:49.1 (0+4)  Russia (Anton Shipulin, Evgeniy Garanichev, Evgeny Ustyugov, Alexey Volkov) 1:30:55.2 (2+9)  Sweden (Tobias Arwidson, Björn Ferry, Fredrik Lindström, Carl Johan Bergman) 1:31:21.8 (0+3)^[91]

• Tour de Ski:
  • Stage 7 in Cortina d'Ampezzo–Toblach, Italy:
    • Men's 32 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Dario Cologna (SUI) 1:09:25.2 Petter Northug (NOR) +1:15.8 Alexander Legkov (RUS) +1:16.4^[92]
    • Women's 15 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 39:01.1 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +2.0 Therese Johaug (NOR) +3:16.9^[93]

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

• World Cup 4 in Königssee, Germany (GER unless stated):
  • Doubles: Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt 1:41.172 (50.498, 50.674) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 1:41.406 (50.515, 50.891) Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken 1:41.829 (50.958, 50.871)^[94]
  • Women: Tatjana Hüfner 1:41.900 (51.076, 50.824) Natalie Geisenberger 1:42.074 (50.860, 51.214) Alex Gough (CAN) 1:42.630 (51.431, 51.199)^[95]

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

• World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
  • 4x6 km Relay Women:  Russia (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Svetlana Sleptsova, Olga Zaitseva, Olga Vilukhina) 1:19:32.0 (0+6)  Norway (Fanny Welle-Strand Horn, Elise Ringen, Synnøve Solemdal, Tora Berger) 1:19:37.9 (2+7)  France (Marie Dorin Habert, Anais Bescond, Marine Bolliet, Sophie Boilley) 1:20:38.4 (1+7)^[96]

• Tour de Ski:
  • Stage 6 in Toblach, Italy:
    • Men's Sprint Freestyle: Nikolay Morilov (RUS) 3:03.4 Petter Northug (NOR) +0.0 Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.3^[97]
    • Women's Sprint Freestyle: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 3:17.6 Kikkan Randall (USA) +0.5 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +2.3^[98]

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

• Four Hills Tournament:
  • Stage 3 in Innsbruck, Austria:
    • HS 130: Andreas Kofler (AUT) 252.8 points Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 247.6 Taku Takeuchi (JPN) 246.7^[99]

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

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

• Tour de Ski:
  • Stage 5 in Toblach, Italy:
    • Men's 5 km Classic Individual: Alexander Legkov (RUS) 13:49.5 Eldar Rønning (NOR) +1.7 Dario Cologna (SUI) +2.0^[100]
    • Women's 3 km Classic Individual: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 10:49.2 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +3.9 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +15.1^[101]

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

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

• PDC World Championship in London, England:
  • Final (both ENG): Andy Hamilton 3–7 Adrian Lewis [11]
    • Lewis wins the title for the second successive time.

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

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

• Tour de Ski:
  • Stage 4 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
    • Men's 10+10 km Pursuit: Petter Northug (NOR) 50:27.3 Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.3 Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) +0.6^[102]
    • Women's 5+5 km Pursuit: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 27:16.0 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +1.6 Therese Johaug (NOR) +1.8^[103]

• PDC World Championship in London, England, semi-finals (ENG unless stated): [12]
  • Andy Hamilton 6–5 Simon Whitlock (AUS)
  • Adrian Lewis 6–5 James Wade

• World Women's U18 Championship in Czech Republic; matchday 1: [13]
  • Group A in Zlín:
    • Czech Republic  2–0  Russia
    • Sweden  0–7  United States
  • Group B in Přerov:
    • Finland  3–5   Switzerland
    • Germany  0–6  Canada

• Four Hills Tournament:
  • Stage 2 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
    • HS 140: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 274.5 points Andreas Kofler (AUT) 270.4 Daiki Ito (JPN) 269.6^[104]