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January 2007 in sports provides an overview of all events related to sports in the month of January 2007.
Deaths
1 – Darrent Williams 7 – Bobby Hamilton 9 – Ken Cranston 16 – Benny Parsons 26 – Gump Worsley 27 – Bing Devine 29 – Barbaro
Sporting seasons
Auto racing 2007:
A1 Grand Prix
Basketball 2006–07:
Australian National Basketball League Euroleague National Basketball Association NCAA Men's Basketball Philippine Basketball Association ULEB Cup
Cricket 2006–07:
Australia South Africa
Cyclo-cross: 2006/07 Cyclo-cross World Cup
Football (soccer) 2006–07:
2006–07 UEFA Champions League 2006–07 UEFA Cup England (general) FA Premier League 2006–07 Scotland (general) Scottish Premier League 2006–07
Golf: 2007 PGA Tour 2007 European Tour
Ice hockey 2006–07: National Hockey League
Rugby union 2007:
2006–07 Heineken Cup 2006–07 English Premiership 2006–07 Top 14 2006–07 Celtic League 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying 2006–07 IRB Sevens
Speed skating 2006–07:
Essent Cup 2006–07 World Cup
Volleyball 2007:
Men's CEV Champions League 2006–07 Women's CEV Champions League 2006–07
31 January 2007 (Wednesday)
Cricket: West Indies in India, fourth ODI in Vadodara: 341 (50 overs; Sachin Tendulkar 100*, Rahul Dravid 78, Sourav Ganguly 68) beat 181 (41.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 55) by 160 runs. India win the series 3:1. 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya: 133/3 (32.1 overs) beat 131 (46.2 overs) by 7 wickets (with 107 balls remaining). 276/4 (50 overs; Fraser Watts 70, Gavin Hamilton 64*, Dougie Brown 50*) beat 269/9 (50 overs; Ashish Bagai 137*, Ashif Mulla 48) by 7 runs. 276/6 (48.4 overs; William Porterfield 112*, Kevin O'Brien 54) beat 275/8 (50 overs; Clay Smith 52, Dean Minors 51) by 4 wickets (with 8 balls remaining). Football (soccer): 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, final, first leg: 2 1. FC Bayern Munich sack their coach Felix Magath, replacing him with Magath's predecessor Ottmar Hitzfeld after a string of poor performances in their defence of their Bundesliga title. Basketball: Euroleague, Group C CSKA Moscow , already assured of topping the group, win their 11th straight group match, manhandling Fenerbahçe Ülker 85–66 and ending Fener's very faint hopes of advancing to the Top 16. (Euroleague) Benetton Treviso , already qualified for the Top 16, come from behind to defeat Eldo Napoli 64–62 away. The result leaves Eldo's hopes of the Top 16 hanging by a thread. (Euroleague) Pau-Orthez punch their ticket to the Top 16 with a 68–56 win over Žalgiris . (Euroleague) Although Aris TT Bank lose 82–75 at home in overtime to Winterthur FCB , they back into the Top 16 courtesy of Benetton's win over Eldo. (Euroleague) US men's college basketball: (1) Florida 74, (24) Vanderbilt 64 Indiana 71, (2) Wisconsin 66 (3) North Carolina 105, Miami (FL) 64 (4) Ohio State 78, Purdue 60 (10) Texas A&M 73, Iowa State 49 NC State 70, (16) Virginia Tech 59 Gonzaga 90, (23) Stanford 86 (2 OT)
30 January 2007 (Tuesday)
Cricket: 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Perth: 318/7 (Lou Vincent 76, Ross Taylor 71, Jacob Oram 54*) beat 260/8 (Ed Joyce 66, Paul Nixon 49) by 58 runs. New Zealand qualify to the final. 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya: 201/2 (35 overs; Bas Zuiderent 77 not out) beat 200 (44 overs; Ashish Bagai 74) by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining) 284/7 (50 overs; Neil McCallum 100) beat 280/7 (50 overs; Jeremy Bray 116) by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) Football (soccer): 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates: Final: 1 0. Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany: Quarter finals: Germany 27 Spain 25. France 21 Croatia 18. Poland 28 Russia 27. Denmark 42 Iceland 41 (OT). Placement matches: 9th/10th Place: Hungary 34 Slovenia 33. 11th/12th Place: Tunisia 25 Czech Republic 21.
29 January 2007 (Monday)
Cricket: 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya: 137 for 0 (18.1 overs; David Obuya 74*, Morris Ouma 56*) beat 133 (39.3 overs; Dean Minors 52) by ten wickets. Horse racing: The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is euthanized due to complications from the broken leg he suffered in that year's Preakness. Men's US college basketball: (8) Kansas 76, Nebraska 56 (9) Pittsburgh 65, Villanova 59
28 January 2007 (Sunday)
Tennis – 2007 Australian Open: Men's singles – Final: Roger Federer def Fernando González 7–6(2) 6–4 6–4. Federer becomes the first man to win a Grand Slam event without losing a set since Björn Borg accomplished the feat in the 1980 French Open. Mixed doubles – Final: Daniel Nestor /Elena Likhovtseva def Max Mirnyi /Victoria Azarenka 6–4 6–4 Cricket: Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 3: 157 & 186, 183 & 161/5 (64 overs; Ashwell Prince 59 not out, Jacques Kallis 51). South Africa win by 5 wickets and win the series 2–1. Kallis is named both player of the match and player of the series. 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Perth: 343/5 (Matthew Hayden 117, Ricky Ponting 111) beat 335/5 (Jacob Oram 101*, Lou Vincent 66) by 8 runs. Football (soccer): 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg: 0 0. Thailand win 2–0 on aggregate. Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:(Bold teams qualify to quarter finals) Group M I: Germany 33 Iceland 28. Poland 38 Slovenia 27. France 28 Tunisia 26. Group M II: Croatia 29 Spain 28. Russia 26 Hungary 25. Denmark 33 Czech Republic 29. Placement Matches: 13th/14th place: Norway 32 Ukraine 22. 15th/16th place: Korea 38 Argentina 31. 17th/18th place: Egypt 26 Kuwait 22. 19th/20th Place: Brazil 36 Morocco 29. 21st/22nd place: Angola 29 Greenland 28. 23rd/24th place: Qatar 36 Australia 22. Golf: Tiger Woods wins his 7th consecutive PGA Tour event at the Buick Invitational in San Diego, California. This is the longest PGA Tour winning streak since Byron Nelson won 11 consecutive events in 1945. US college basketball: Men's (2) Wisconsin 57, Iowa 46 Stanford 75, (3) UCLA 68 (10) Duke 75, Boston College 61 Virginia 64, (19) Clemson 63 Georgia 57, (21) LSU 54 Women's (2) North Carolina 84, (3) Maryland 71. Cyclo-cross – UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships: Men: Erwin Vervecken, Jonathan Page, Enrico Franzoi Women: Maryline Salvetat, Katie Compton, Laurence Leboucher
27 January 2007 (Saturday)
Tennis – 2007 Australian Open: Women's singles – Final: Serena Williams def Maria Sharapova 6–1 6–2 Men's doubles – Final: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 7–5 7–5 Boys' singles – Final: Brydan Klein def Jonathan Eysseric 6–2 4–6 6–1 Girls' singles – Final: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def Madison Brengle 7–6(6) 7–6(3) Cricket: Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 2: 157 & 186 all out (51.2 overs; Yasir Hameed 35), 183 all out (53.0 overs; Graeme Smith 64) & 36/2 (Graeme Smith 33 not out). South Africa trail by 124 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 2nd innings. West Indies in India, 3rd ODI in Chennai: 270 for 7 (43.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 98, Brian Lara 83) beat 268 (48 overs; Robin Uthappa 70, Sachin Tendulkar 66, Rahul Dravid 57) by 3 wickets. India lead the series 2:1. Football (soccer): 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg: 1 1 (AET) 5–4 (PSO). 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates, semifinals: 1 0. 1 0. Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland: Carolina Kostner wins the gold in the ladies' event, silver goes to Sarah Meier and bronze to Kiira Korpi . For the first time in 25 years, Russian skaters failed to win any of the titles. Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:(Bold teams qualify to quarter finals) Group M I: Germany 29 France 26. Iceland 32 Slovenia 31. Poland 40 Tunisia 31. Group M II: Croatia 31 Czech Republic 29. Spain 33 Hungary 31. Denmark 26 Russia 24. Presidents Cup: Ukraine 23 Argentina 22. Norway 34 Korea 32. Brazil 30 Australia 23. Morocco 32 Angola 28. Rugby union: For the fourth time in four Top 14 fixtures at Stade de France, Stade Français sets an all-time attendance record for a regular-season match in French sport, drawing 79,741 to see Stade defeat Toulouse 22–20. (Le Monde, in French) Men's US college basketball (1) Florida 91, Auburn 66 (3) UCLA 62, California 46 (4) North Carolina 92, (17) Arizona 64. The Tar Heels hand Arizona its worst home loss ever under Lute Olson. (5) Ohio State 66, Michigan State 64 (6) Texas A&M 70, Oklahoma 61 (7) Oregon 77, (20) Washington State 74 (OT) (8) Kansas 97, Colorado 74 (9) Pittsburgh 72, St. Joihn's 46 Arkansas 63, (12) Alabama 57 BYU 61, (16) Air Force 52 Athletics: Tirunesh Dibaba set a world indoor record of 14 minutes, 27.42 seconds to win the women's 5,000 meters at the Boston Indoor Games. Cyclo-cross – UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships: Juniors: Joeri Adams, Danny Summerhill, Jiří Polnický Under 23s: Lars Boom, Niels Albert, Romain Villa
26 January 2007 (Friday)
Tennis – 2007 Australian Open: Men's singles – semi final: Fernando González def Tommy Haas 6–1 6–3 6–1 Women's doubles – final: Cara Black /Liezel Huber def Yung-Jan Chan /Chia-Jung Chuang 6–4 6–7(4) 6–1 Cricket: Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 1: 157 all out (43.1 overs; Mohammad Yousuf 83), 131/5 (39.0 overs; Graeme Smith 64). South Africa trail by 26 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Adelaide: 110 (34.3 overs); 111/1 (24.3 overs). Australia win by 9 wickets (with 153 balls remaining). Football (soccer): Michel Platini, 51, is elected President of UEFA, defeating 77-year-old incumbent Lennart Johansson who was seeking a fifth term of office. Platini is seeking to limit countries to a maximum of three entries in the UEFA Champions League. (Playfuls.com) Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland: Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder win the gold medal in ice dance, beating Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin by just 0.31 pts. World champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski get the bronze.
25 January 2007 (Thursday)
Tennis – 2007 Australian Open: Men's singles – semi final: Roger Federer def Andy Roddick 6–4 6–0 6–2 Women's singles – semi finals: Maria Sharapova def Kim Clijsters 6–4 6–2 Serena Williams def Nicole Vaidišová 7–6(5) 6–4 Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany: Group M I: Germany 35 Tunisia 28. Poland 35 Iceland 33. France 33 Slovenia 19. Group M II: Russia 30 Czech Republic 26. Croatia 25 Hungary 18. Denmark 27 Spain 23. Presidents Cup: Argentina 28 Kuwait 25. Korea 36 Egypt 30. Brazil 33 Greenland 30. Morocco 44 Qatar 27. Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland: Brian Joubert wins the gold in the men's event, Tomáš Verner the silver, and Kevin van der Perren the bronze. Basketball: Euroleague Eldo Napoli keep their hopes of a spot in the Top 16 alive with a 93–88 overtime win over Fenerbahçe Ülker , a result that all but eliminates the losers from Top 16 contention. (Euroleague) Dynamo Moscow defeat fellow Top 16 qualifier Olympiacos 84–69, securing top spot in Group A for TAU Cerámica . (Euroleague) Men's US college basketball (3) UCLA 62, California 46 Washington 89, (7) Oregon 77 (10) Duke 68, (19) Clemson 66 Stanford 65, (25) USC 50
24 January 2007 (Wednesday)
Tennis – 2007 Australian Open: Men's singles – quarter finals: Fernando González def Rafael Nadal 6–2 6–4 6–3 Tommy Haas def Nikolay Davydenko 6–3 2–6 1–6 6–1 7–5 Women's singles – quarter finals: Maria Sharapova def Anna Chakvetadze 7–6(5) 7–5 Kim Clijsters def Martina Hingis 3–6 6–4 6–3 Cricket: West Indies in India, second ODI in Cuttack: 189 (48.2 overs; Dinesh Karthik 63) beat 169 (48.2 overs; Shivnarine Chanderpaul 67) by 20 runs. India lead the 4-match series 2:0. ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya: 213/9 (50 overs; Abdool Samad 50) beat 144 (35.1 overs; Ravi Shah 48) by 69 runs. Football (soccer): 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, first leg: 0 2.