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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in January 2009. Deaths in January
2: Ian Greaves 2: Joe Henry 2: Ryuzo Hiraki 3: Sam McQuagg 4: Lei Clijsters 4: Ivan Gubijan 4: Giselle Salandy 5: Carl Pohlad 5: Dale Livingston 5: Pascal Terry 6: Charlie Thomson 7: Alfie Conn, Sr. 8: Zbigniew Podlecki 9: Dave Roberts 9: Frank Williams 10: Rob Gauntlett 10: René Herms 10: Gil Mains 10: Jack Wheeler 10: Sidney Wood 11: Bob Kilby 11: Freddie Mack 11: Jon Tvedt 12: Russ Craft 12: Friaça 13: Tommy Casey 13: Preston Gómez 13: Lanny Kean 14: Mike Derrick 14: Leo Rwabwogo 14: Gennadiy Shatkov 15: Tommy Jones 16: Joe Erskine 16: Claudio Milar 17: Mike Parkinson 17: Marjorie Parker Smith 17: Tomislav Crnković 19: José Torres 19: Joop Wille 20: Johnny Dixon 20: Joe Domnanovich 20: Dante Lavelli 21: Pat Crawford 21: Vic Crowe 21: Shane Dronett 21: Finn Kobberø 21: Peter Persidis 22: Bill Herchman 22: Clément Pinault 22: Billy Werber 24: Kay Yow 24: Fernando Cornejo 24: Karl Koller 25: Ed Lyons 26: Jerry Fowler 26: John Isaacs 26: Don Ladner 27: Billy Wilson 27: Aubrey Powell 28: Gene Corbett 28: Glenn "Jeep" Davis 28: Gyula Pálóczi 29: Hélio Gracie 29: Roy Saunders 30: John Gordy 30: Safar Iranpak 30: Ingemar Johansson 31: Eddie Logan
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Rugby union 2008–09 Heineken Cup English Premiership Celtic League Top 14
Winter sports Alpine Skiing World Cup Biathlon World Cup Bobsleigh World Cup Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Freestyle Skiing World Cup Luge World Cup Nordic Combined World Cup Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Skeleton World Cup Ski Jumping World Cup Snowboard World Cup Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month
January 31, 2009 (Saturday)
American football NCAA Bowl Games: 2009 Texas vs. The Nation Game in El Paso, Texas: The Nation 27, Texas 24 In college football's season finale, Florida Atlantic's Frantz Joseph, with a 26-yard interception and a 32-yard fumble return, led The Nation team to a 27–24 victory over the Texas squad. Joseph was also named the game's defensive Most Valuable Player.
Cricket India in Sri Lanka: 2nd ODI at Colombo: 256/9 (50 ov); 241 (49.2 ov). India win by 15 runs and lead 5-match series 2–0. Zimbabwe in Kenya: 3rd ODI in Nairobi: 234 (49.3 ov); 236/6 (48.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 4 wickets and win 5-match series 3–0.
Mixed martial arts UFC 94 in Las Vegas
Tennis Australian Open in Melbourne, day 13:(seeding in parentheses) Women's singles final: Serena Williams (2) beat Dinara Safina (3) 6–0, 6–3 Serena Williams wins her fourth Australian Open and tenth Grand Slam title, and will claim the Women's World #1 ranking. Men's doubles final: Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan (2) beat Mahesh Bhupathi /Mark Knowles (3) 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 The Bryans win their third Australian Open and seventh Grand Slam men's doubles title.
Winter sports
Alpine skiing Men's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany: Downhill: cancelled Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany: Super giant slalom: postponed to February 1.
Cross-country skiing World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia: Women sprint freestyle: (1) Pirjo Muranen (2) Arianna Follis (3) Magda Genuin Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 1220 points (2) Petra Majdič 1090 Virpi Kuitunen 1069 Men sprint freestyle: (1) Renato Pasini (2) Alexei Petukhov (3) Anton Gafarov Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna 906 points (2) Petter Northug 698 (3) Axel Teichmann 649
Freestyle skiing World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States: Half-pipe men: Half-pipe women: Dual moguls men: Dual moguls women:
Nordic combined World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France: 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan 26min 06sec 8/10 (25th) (2) Anssi Koivuranta at 9.2 (1st) (3) Bjorn Kircheisen 32.9 (8th) Overall World Cup standings (after 14 of 22 events): (1) Koivuranta 853 points (2) Moan 801 (3) Kircheisen 709
Ski jumping World Cup in Sapporo, Japan: 134m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer 253.3 points (133.0/120.5m) (2) Thomas Morgenstern 216.9 (112.0/123.5) (3) Wolfgang Loitzl 211.2 (112.0/119.5) Schlierenzauer wins fourth World Cup in a row. Overall World Cup standings (after 18 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 1420 points, (2) Simon Ammann 1248, (3) Loitzl 1166
Snowboarding World Cup in Bayrischzell/Sudelfeld, Germany: Parallel GS men: (1) Andreas Prommegger (2) Matthew Morrison (3) Sylvain Dufour Parallel GS women: (1) Doris Guenther (2) Amelie Kober (3) Nicolien Sauerbreij
Speed skating World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany: Men's 500 m: Men's 1500 m Women's 500 m: Women's 3000 m:
January 30, 2009 (Friday)
Cricket South Africa in Australia: 5th ODI in Perth: 288/6 (50 ov); 249 (49 ov). South Africa win by 39 runs and win the series 4–1.
Football (soccer) UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Semifinals: 1–0 0–1
Handball World Men's Championship in Croatia Semifinals: 22–27 29–23
Tennis Australian Open in Melbourne, day 12:(seeding in parentheses) Men's singles semifinals: Rafael Nadal (1) beat Fernando Verdasco (14) 6–7 (4), 6–4, 7–6 (2), 6–7 (1), 6–4 Women's doubles final: Serena Williams /Venus Williams (10) beat Daniela Hantuchová /Ai Sugiyama (9) 6–3, 6–3 The Williams sisters win their third Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam title.
Winter sports
Alpine skiing Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany: Slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn 1:47.17 (52.49 + 54.68) (2) Maria Riesch at 0.90 (53.05 + 55.02) (3) Marusa Ferk 1.16 (53.61 + 54.72) World Cup overall standings (after 21 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1014 pts (2) Riesch 890 (3) Kathrin Zettel & Anja Paerson 775
Cross-country skiing World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia: Women 10 km freestyle: (1) Marianna Longa 25min 22.6sec (2) Arianna Follis at 0.4sec (3) Stephanie Böhler 1.6 Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 1170 points (2) Petra Majdič 1054 (3) Virpi Kuitunen 1045 Men 15 km freestyle: (1) Tobias Angerer 36:05.9 (2) Jean Marc Gaillard 0.7 (3) Sergei Dolidovich 1.0 Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 33 races): (1) Dario Cologna 906 points (2) Petter Northug 698 (3) Axel Teichmann 649
Freestyle skiing World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States: Aerials men: (1) Ryan St. Onge 254.89 points (2) Zhongquin Liu 249.79 (3) Steve Omischl 247.92 Aerials women: (1) Li Nina 194.67 points (2) Guo Xinxin 191.54 (3) Emily Cook 178.21
Speed skating World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany: Men's 500 m: (1) Yu Fengtong 35.03 (2) Keiichiro Nagashima 35.04 (3) Tucker Fredricks 35.12 Men's 5000 m: (1) Sven Kramer 6:16.02 (2) Håvard Bøkko 6:22.37 (3) Bob de Jong 6:23.45 Women's 500 m: (1) Jenny Wolf 37.58 (2) Yu Jing 38.18 (3) Jin Peiyu 38.30 Women's 1500 m: (1) Anni Friesinger 1:56.90 (2) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 1:58.13 (3) Ireen Wüst 1:58.54
January 29, 2009 (Thursday)
Basketball Euroleague Top 16, week 1: Group E: AJ Milano 76–74 Olympiacos Group F: Maccabi Tel Aviv 96–65 ALBA Berlin Group G: Panathinaikos 81–63 Partizan Igokea Lottomatica Roma 75–88 Unicaja Málaga Group H: Fenerbahçe Ülker 48–66 CSKA Moscow
Cricket Zimbabwe in Kenya: 2nd ODI in Mombasa: 351/7 (50 ov); 200 (45.1 ov). Zimbabwe win by 151 runs and lead 5-match series 2–0.
Football (soccer) UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Fifth place: 2–0 Nicaragua qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Handball World Men's Championship in Croatia 5th/6th Placement Match: 25–28 7th/8th Placement Match: 37–29 9th/10th Placement Match: 27–34 11th/12th Placement Match: 31–32
Tennis Australian Open in Melbourne, day 11:(seeding in parentheses) Men's singles semifinals: Roger Federer (2) bt Andy Roddick (7) 6–2, 7–5, 7–5 Women's singles semifinals: Serena Williams (2) bt Elena Dementieva (4) 6–3, 6–4 Dinara Safina (3) bt Vera Zvonareva (7) 6–3, 7–6 (4)
Winter sports
Freestyle skiing World Cup in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, United States: Moguls men: (1) Guilbaut Colas 24.62 (2) Alexandre Bilodeau 24.20 (3) Patrick Deneen 23.99 Moguls women: (1) Hannah Kearney 22.91 (2) Michelle Roark 21.75 (3) Margarita Marbler 20.80
January 28, 2009 (Wednesday)
Basketball Euroleague Top 16, week 1: Group E: TAU Cerámica 99–77 Asseco Prokom Sopot Group F: Real Madrid 85–83 Regal FC Barcelona Group H: Cibona Zagreb 88–81 Montepaschi Siena
Cricket India in Sri Lanka: 1st ODI at Dambulla: 246/7 (50 ov); 247/4 (48.1 ov). India win by 6 wickets and lead 5-match series 1–0.
Ice hockey Champions Hockey League Finals, second leg: ZSC Lions 5–0 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Lions win 7–2 on aggregate
Tennis Australian Open in Melbourne, day 10:(seeding in parentheses) Men's singles quarterfinals: Rafael Nadal (1) bt Gilles Simon (6) 6–2, 7–5, 7–5 Fernando Verdasco (14) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) 7–6 (2), 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 Women's singles quarterfinals: Serena Williams (2) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 Elena Dementieva (4) bt Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 6–2
January 27, 2009 (Tuesday)
Cricket Zimbabwe in Kenya: 1st ODI in Mombasa: 306/7 (50 ov); 197 (46.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 109 runs and lead 5-match series 1–0.
Football (soccer) UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Group 2: 1–0 Panama advance to the semifinals and qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup. Guatemala will play for 5th place.
Handball World Men's Championship in Croatia:(teams in bold advance to the semifinals) Group I: 28–27 26–27 19–22 Group II: 28–32 25–27 31–30 13th/14th Placement Match: 28–24 15th/16th Placement Match: 42–38 17th/18th Placement Match: 23–29 19th/20th Placement Match: 27–34 21st/22nd Placement Match: 24–27 23rd/24th Placement Match: 19–23
Tennis Australian Open in Melbourne, day 9:(seeding in parentheses) Men's singles quarterfinals: Roger Federer (2) bt Juan Martín del Potro (8) 6–3, 6–0, 6–0 Andy Roddick (7) bt Novak Djokovic (3) 6–7 (3), 6–4, 6–2, 2–1, retired Women's singles quarterfinals: Dinara Safina (3) bt Jelena Dokić 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 Vera Zvonareva (7) bt Marion Bartoli (16) 6–3, 6–0
Winter sports
Alpine skiing Men's World Cup in Schladming, Austria: Slalom: (1) Reinfried Herbst 1:37.32 ( 47.73 + 49.59) (2) Manfred Pranger 1:38.48 ( 48.31 + 50.17) (3) Ivica Kostelic 1:38.55 ( 48.83 + 49.72) World Cup overall standings (after 25 of 37 races): (1) Kostelic 735 pts (2) Benjamin Raich 660 Jean-Baptiste Grange 656
January 26, 2009 (Monday)
Cricket South Africa in Australia: 4th ODI in Adelaide: 222 (48 ov); 223/2 (38.1 ov). South Africa wins by 8 wickets, and wins series, 3–1 with one match remaining.
Football (soccer) UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Group 1: 1–1 2–0 Honduras and El Salvador advance to the semifinals and qualify to CONCACAF Gold Cup. Nicaragua will play in 5th place playoff.
Handball World Men's Championship in Croatia: President's Cup–Group I: 24–27 30–23 32–40 President's Cup–Group II: 30–27 34–33 27–31
Tennis Australian Open in Melbourne, day 8:(seeding in parentheses) Men's singles 4th round: Rafael Nadal (1) bt Fernando González (13) 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 Fernando Verdasco (14) bt Andy Murray (4) 2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) bt James Blake (9) 6–4, 6–4, 77-63 Gilles Simon (6) bt Gaël Monfils (12) 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, retired Women's singles 4th round: Serena Williams (2) bt Victoria Azarenka (13), 3–6, 4–2, retired Elena Dementieva (4) bt Dominika Cibulková (18), 6–2, 6–2