January 2012 in sports explained

Current sporting seasons

National teams competitions:

International clubs competitions:

Domestic (national) competitions:

Days of the month

January 31, 2012 (Tuesday)

Football (soccer)

Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group C

- - 1–0
  - 0–1
    - Standings: Gabon 9 points, Tunisia 6, Morocco 3, Niger 0.
Copa Libertadores First Stage, second leg (teams in bold advance to the Second stage):
- Sport Huancayo 1–1 Arsenal. Arsenal win 4–1 on points.
- Libertad 4–1 El Nacional. 3–3 on points; Libertad win 4–2 on aggregate.

Futsal

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

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
- Group A

25–27

- Group B

24–24

January 30, 2012 (Monday)

Cricket

Zimbabwe in New Zealand

- Only Test in Napier:

Football (soccer)

Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group B

- - 2–1
  - 2–0
    - Standings: Côte d'Ivoire 9 points, Sudan, Angola 4, Burkina Faso 0.

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
- Group A

- - 25–17
  - 26–27
- Group B

- - 28–21
  - 15–52

January 29, 2012 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

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

American football

NFL playoffs

- Pro Bowl in Honolulu: AFC 59, NFC 41

Basketball

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

Cricket

Pakistan vs England in UAE

- 2nd Test in Abu Dhabi

Figure skating

United States Championships in San Jose, California

Football (soccer)

Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group A

- - 0–1
  - 2–1
    - Standings: Zambia 7 points, Equatorial Guinea 6, Libya 4, Senegal 0.
CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
- Final

4–0

- - United States and Canada qualify for the Olympic Tournament.

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Aerials

Handball

European Men's Championship in Belgrade, Serbia:
- Bronze medal game

31–27

- Final

19–21

- - Denmark win the title for the second time, and qualify for the Olympic Tournament.
Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
- Group A

27–30

- Group B

14–47

Nordic combined

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

Short track speed skating

European Championships in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic:

Ski jumping

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

Speed skating

World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

Tennis

Grand Slams

- Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 14:
  - Men's singles – final

Novak Djokovic [1] vs. Rafael Nadal [2]

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Bronze medal match

9–12

- Final

9–8

- - Serbia win the title for the fifth time.

January 28, 2012 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

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

American Football

NCAA bowl games

- Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama: North 23, South 13

Cricket

India in Australia

- 4th Test in Adelaide

Figure skating

European Championships in Sheffield, Great Britain:
- Men

- Ladies

United States Championships in San Jose, California

Football (soccer)

Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
- Group D in Franceville:
  - 1–6
  - 2–1

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Moguls

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
- Group A

- - 35–22
  - 26–21
- Group B

- - 26–27
  - 26–19

Mixed martial arts

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

Nordic combined

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

Ski jumping

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

Snowboarding

World Cup in Sudenfeld, Germany: Giant slalom

Speed skating

World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

Tennis

Grand Slams

- Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 13:
  - Women's singles – final

Victoria Azarenka [3] vs. Maria Sharapova [4]

- - Men's doubles – final

- - Girls' singles – final

Taylor Townsend [14] vs. Yulia Putintseva [4]

- - Boys' singles – final

- - Wheelchair women's singles final

Esther Vergeer [1] vs. Aniek Van Koot [2]

- - Wheelchair men's singles final

- - Wheelchair quad singles

David Wagner [1] vs. Peter Norfolk [2]

Water polo

Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Bronze medal match

9–8

- Final

13–10

- - Italy win the title for the fifth time

January 27, 2012 (Friday)

Figure skating

European Championships in Sheffield, Great Britain:
- Ice dancing

Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 164.18 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 160.23 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov 153.12

- - Péchalat and Bourzat win the title for the second successive time.

Football (soccer)

Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
- Group C in Libreville:
  - 1–2
  - 3–2
CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
- Semifinals

- - 3–0
  - 3–1

Handball

European Men's Championship in Belgrade, Serbia:
- Semifinals

- - 25–24
  - 26–22
Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
- Group A

- - 25–13
  - 26–27
- Group B

41–19

Tennis

Grand Slams

- Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 12:
  - Men's singles semifinals: Novak Djokovic [1] def. Andy Murray [4] 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 7–5
  - Women's doubles – final

Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva def. Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci [11] 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

- - - Kuznetsova wins her second Australian Open and Grand Slam women's doubles title.
    - Zvonareva wins her second Grand Slam women's doubles title.
  - Boys' doubles – final

Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert [6] def. Adam Pavlásek / Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2

- - Girls' doubles – final

Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend def. Irina Khromacheva / Danka Kovinić [1] 5–7, 7–5, [10–6]

- - Wheelchair men's doubles final

Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan [2] def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer [1] 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

- - Wheelchair women's doubles final

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven [1] def. Aniek van Koot / Marjolein Buis [2] 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Semifinals

- - 8–12
  - 14–13

January 26, 2012 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16 matchday 2:
- Group E

Galatasaray Medical Park 78–77 Olympiacos

- Group H

Maccabi Tel Aviv 57–71 FC Barcelona Regal

Figure skating

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

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
- Group B

- - 40–20
  - 23–23

Snooker

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

Tennis

Grand Slams

- Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 11:
  - Women's singles semifinals:
    - Victoria Azarenka [3] def. Kim Clijsters [11] 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
    - Maria Sharapova [4] def. Petra Kvitová [2] 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
  - Men's singles Semifinals: Rafael Nadal [2] def. Roger Federer [3] 6–7(5), 6–2, 7–6(5), 6–4
  - Wheelchair quad doubles final

Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk def. David Wagner / Noam Gershony 6–4, 6–2

Water polo

Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Semifinals

- - 12–14
  - 13–12

January 25, 2012 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16 matchday 2:
- Group E

CSKA Moscow 96–68 Anadolu Efes

- Group F

- - Gescrap Bizkaia 85–70 Unicaja
  - Real Madrid 69–88 Montepaschi Siena
- Group G

- - Fenerbahçe Ülker 65–63 EA7 Emporio Armani
  - Panathinaikos 83–89 UNICS Kazan
- Group H

Bennet Cantù 79–78 Žalgiris Kaunas

Football (soccer)

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

Handball

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

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Quarterfinals

- - 9–4
  - 9–11

January 24, 2012 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

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

Football (soccer)

Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
- Group D in Franceville:
  - 1–0
  - 1–0
CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
- Group B

- - 6–0
  - 4–0
    - Standings: United States 9 points, Mexico 6, Guatemala 3, Dominican Republic 0.
Copa Libertadores First Stage, first leg:
- Arsenal 3–0 Sport Huancayo
- El Nacional 1–0 Libertad

Handball

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

Snooker

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

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Quarterfinals

- - 11–9
  - 13–13 (4–2 pen.)

January 23, 2012 (Monday)

Football (soccer)

Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon:
- Group C in Libreville:
  - 2–0
  - 1–2
CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
- Group A

- - 0–3
  - 5–1
    - Standings: Canada 9 points, Costa Rica 6, Haiti 3, Cuba 0.

Handball

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

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group A

- - 2–22
  - 8–10
  - 10–7
    - Standings: Hungary 15 points, Italy 12, Greece 9, Netherlands 6, Macedonia 3, Turkey 0.
- Group B

- - 11–10
  - 7–11
  - 9–10
    - Standings: Serbia 12 points, Montenegro 10, Germany, Croatia 9, Spain 4, Romania 0.

January 22, 2012 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

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

American football

NFL playoffs

- Conference Championships

- - AFC: New England Patriots 23, Baltimore Ravens 20
  - NFC: New York Giants 20, San Francisco 49ers 17 (OT)

Auto racing

World Rally Championship

- Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo in Monte Carlo:

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 5th ODI in Johannesburg: 312/4 (50 overs); 314/8 (49.5 overs). Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets, South Africa win the 5-match series 3–2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514039.html

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

Canadian Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick:
- Men

Patrick Chan 302.14 points Kevin Reynolds 239.44 Jeremy Ten 207.50

- - Chan wins the title for the fifth successive time.

Football (soccer)

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

- - 7–0
  - 13–0

Handball

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

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Bobsleigh – Two-boys

- Bobsleigh – Two-Girls

- Curling – Mixed doubles

- Ice hockey – Boys

- Ice hockey – Girls

Rugby union

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

Speed skating

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

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group A

- - 12–6
  - 9–12
    - Standings: Russia 9 points, Hungary 6, Netherlands 3, Great Britain 0.
- Group B

- - 12–18
  - 8–6
    - Standings: Greece 9 points, Italy 6, Spain 3, Germany 0.

January 21, 2012 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

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

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

Canadian Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick:
- Women

Amelie Lacoste 159.51 points Cynthia Phaneuf 157.94 Kaetlyn Osmond 155.47

- - Lacoste wins the title for the first time.
- Pairs

Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 190.11 points Jessica Dube / Sebastien Wolfe 171.60 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 168.84

- - Duhamel and Radford win the title for the first time.
- Ice Dancing

Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 180.02 points Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 174.53 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 163.54

- - Virtue and Moir win the title for the fourth time.

Football (soccer)

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

- - 0–2
  - 2–0

Freestyle skiing

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

Handball

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

Luge

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

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

Rugby union

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

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

Speed skating

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

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Group A

- - 5–15
  - 7–12
  - 7–9
- Group B

- - 14–5
  - 10–10
  - 10–9

January 20, 2012 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

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

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 4th ODI in Kimberley: 299/7 (50 overs); 304/5 (48.4 overs). Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514038.html

Football (soccer)

CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
- Group B

- - 5–0
  - 0–14

Freestyle skiing

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

Handball

European Men's Championship in Serbia (teams in bold advance to the Main Round):
- Group C in Novi Sad:
  - 30–27
  - 23–26
    - Standings: Spain 5 points, Hungary 4, France 2, Russia 1.
- Group D in Vršac:
  - 32–34
  - 26–20
    - Standings: Croatia 6 points, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway 2.
African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
- Bronze medal game

29–15

- Final

23–20

- - Tunisia win the title for the second successive time and ninth time overall, and qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Bronze medal game

33–24

- Final

26–24

- - Angola win the title for the eighth successive time and 11th time overall, and qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Mixed martial arts

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

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:

Rugby union

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

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

Sumo

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

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Group A

- - 15–10
  - 9–8
- Group B

- - 6–12
  - 15–11

January 19, 2012 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16 matchday 1:
- Group E

Anadolu Efes 68–62 Galatasaray Medical Park

- Group F

Unicaja 80–81 Real Madrid

- Group G

EA7 Emporio Armani 57–78 Panathinaikos

- Group H

- - FC Barcelona Regal 65–60 Bennet Cantù
  - Žalgiris Kaunas 76–84 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Biathlon

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

Cricket

Pakistan vs England in UAE

- 1st Test in Dubai: 192 (72.3 overs) & 160 (57.5 overs); 338 (119.5 overs) & 15/0 (3.4 overs). Pakistan win by 10 wickets. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/531628.html

Football (soccer)

CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada:
- Group A

- - 2–0
  - 6–0

Freestyle skiing

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

Handball

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

- - 26–25
  - 28–16
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Semifinals

- - 39–19
  - 24–27

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Alpine skiing – Boys' giant slalom

Marco Schwarz 1:51.70 Hannes Zingerle 1:52.10 Sandro Simonet 1:52.33

- Biathlon – Mixed relay

(Franziska Preuß, Laura Hengelhaupt, Maximilian Janke, Niklas Homberg) 1:11:06.8 (Kristin Sandeggen, Karoline Næss, Haakon Livik, Kristian André Aalerud) 1:13:11.7 (Léa Ducordeau, Chloé Chevalier, Fabien Claude, Aristide Bègue) 1:13:27.8

- Cross-country skiing – Boys' sprint

Andreas Molden 1:44.1 Marius Cebulla +0.6 Alexander Selyaninov +0.9

- Cross-country skiing – Girls' sprint

Silje Theodorsen 1:57.4 Jonna Sundling +0.1 Linn Eriksen +0.1

- Ice hockey – Boys' individual skills challenge

Augusts Valdis Vasiļonoks 22 points Attila Kovács 21 Seiya Furukawa 19

- Ice hockey – Girls' individual skills challenge

Julie Zwarthoed 22 points Fanni Gasparics 19 Sharnita Crompton 17

- Short track speed skating – Boys' 500 metres

Yoon Su-Min 42.417 Lim Hyo-Jun 42.482 Xu Hongzhi 42.637

- Short track speed skating – Girls' 500 metres

Shim Suk-Hee 44.122 Xu Aili 44.593 Nicole Martinelli 46.390

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 6 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
- Pool 5

- - Sale Sharks 9–19 Brive
  - Agen 62–7 La Vila
    - Standings: Brive 27 points, Sale Sharks 20, Agen 10, La Vila 0.

Snowboarding

World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria:
- Giant slalom men: Roland Fischnaller Aaron March Rok Flander ^[6]
- Giant slalom women: Patrizia Kummer Julie Zogg Marion Kreiner ^[7]
World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland:
- Snowboard cross men: Andrey Boldykov Nate Holland Pierre Vaultier ^[8]
- Snowboard cross women: Lindsey Jacobellis Aleksandra Zhekova Dominique Maltais ^[9]

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Group A

- - 14–9
  - 20–2
  - 14–6
- Group B

- - 16–10
  - 12–15
  - 8–11

January 18, 2012 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16 matchday 1:
- Group E

Olympiacos 78–86 CSKA Moscow

- Group F

Montepaschi Siena 81–67 Gescrap Bizkaia

- Group G

UNICS Kazan 76–71 Fenerbahçe Ülker

Football (soccer)

OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
- Group B

Auckland City 3–2 Amicale

Handball

European Men's Championship in Serbia:
- Group C in Novi Sad:
  - 24–28
  - 24–24
- Group D in Vršac:
  - 29–31
  - 34–32
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Quarterfinals

- - 19–29
  - 41–20
  - 23–22
  - 24–19

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Alpine skiing – Girls' giant slalom

Clara Direz 1:56.13 Estelle Alphand 1:56.34 Jasmina Suter 1:56.45

- Curling – Mixed team

(Michael Brunner, Elena Stern, Romano Meier, Lisa Gisler) (Amos Mosaner, Denise Pimpini, Alessandro Zoppi, Arianna Losano) 1:29.428 (Thomas Scoffin, Corryn Brown, Derek Oryniak, Emily Gray)

- Short track speed skating – Boys' 1000 metres

Lim Hyo-Jun 1:29.284 Yoon Su-Min 1:29.428 Xu Hongzhi 1:29.576

- Short track speed skating – Girls' 1000 metres

Shim Suk-Hee 1:31.661 Xu Aili 1:33.351 Sumire Kikuchi 1:34.254

- Speed skating – Boys' 3000 metres

Yang Fan 4:03.22 Seitaro Ichinohe 4:10.00 Noh Hyeok-Jun 4:14.41

- Speed skating – Girls' 3000 metres

Sanneke de Neeling 4:37.33 Rio Harada 4:41.85 Jang Su-Ji 4:42.72

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Women's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Group A

- - 9–19
  - 10–11
- Group B

- - 22–12
  - 10–9

January 17, 2012 (Tuesday)

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 3rd ODI in Bloemfontein: 266/9 (50 overs); 179/5 (34.0 overs). South Africa win by 4 runs (D/L). http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514037.html

Handball

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

- - 31–19
  - 31–33
  - 26–17
  - 22–24

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Alpine skiing – Parallel mixed team

(Martina Rettenwender, Marco Schwarz, Christina Ager, Mathias Graf) (Nora Grieg Christensen, Martin Fjeldberg, Mina Fürst Holtmann, Marcus Monsen) (Estelle Alphand, Victor Schuller, Clara Direz, Leny Herpin)

- Cross-country skiing – Girls' 5 kilometre classical

Anastasia Sedova 14:18.0 Anamarija Lampic 14:37.7 Lea Einfalt 15:01.2

- Cross-country skiing – Boys' 10 kilometre classical

Alexander Selyaninov 14:18.0 Kentaro Ishikawa 14:37.7 Sergey Malyshev 15:01.2

- Figure skating – Girls' singles

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 173.10 points Adelina Sotnikova 159.08 Li Zijun 157.70

- Figure skating – Ice dancing

Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov 146.96 points Aleksandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin 131.68 Maria Simonova/Dmitri Dragun 125.22

- Luge – Mixed team relay

(Summer Britcher, Tucker West, Ty Andersen/Pat Edmunds) 2:18.310 (Saskia Langer, Christian Paffe, Tim Brendl/Florian Funk) 2:18.708 (Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger, Armin Frauscher, Tomas Steu/Lorenz Koller) 2:18.863

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Group A

- - 6–10
  - 6–19
  - 7–24
- Group B

- - 13–12
  - 12–10
  - 8–10

January 16, 2012 (Monday)

Handball

European Men's Championship in Serbia:
- Group C in Novi Sad:
  - 26–29
  - 31–31
- Group D in Vršac:
  - 28–27
  - 31–29
African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group A

- - 19–33
  - 24–20
  - 32–20
    - Standings: Tunisia 10 points, Morocco 8, DR Congo 6, Senegal 4, Congo 2, Gabon 0.
- Group B

- - 32–25
  - 35–13
  - 34–34
    - Standings: Egypt, Algeria 9 points, Angola 6, Cameroon 4, Côte d'Ivoire 2, Burkina Faso 0.
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group A

- - 28–28
  - 23–36
    - Standings: Angola 8 points, DR Congo, 4, Côte d'Ivoire 3, Egypt 1.
- Group B

- - 20–23
  - 30–32
    - Standings: Tunisia 8 points, Algeria 6, Congo 4, Senegal 2, Morocco 0.

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Biathlon – Boys' pursuit

Niklas Homberg 28:43.1 Rene Zahkna 28:52.6 Cheng Fangming 28:57.7

- Biathlon – Girls' pursuit

Uliana Kaysheva 26:01.3 Franziska Preuß 26:29.2 Galina Vishnevskaya 27:44.4

- Figure skating – Boys

Han Yan 192.45 points Shoma Uno 167.15 Feodosiy Efremenkov 163.46

- Figure skating – Pairs

Yu Xiaoyu/Jin Yang 153.82 points Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin 134.19 Anastasia Dolidze/Vadim Ivanov 112.72

- Luge – Girls' singles

Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger 1:20.197 Saskia Langer 1:20.414 Ulla Zirne 1:20.479

- Luge – Doubles

Florian gruber/Simon Kainzwaldner 1:25.194 Tim Brendl/Florian Funk 1:25.358 Ty Andersen/Pat Edmunds 1:25.766

- Speed skating – Boys' 1500 metres

Yang Fan 1:54.20 Liu An 2:00.28 Seitaro Ichinohe 2:00.30

- Speed skating – Girls' 1500 metres

Jang Mi 2:08.17 Sanneke de Neeling 2:09.54 Sumire Kikuchi 2:11.33

Tennis

Grand Slams

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

Water polo

Men's European Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands:
- Group A

- - 16–4
  - 14–12
  - 12–8
- Group B

- - 10–7
  - 7–13
  - 8–5

January 15, 2012 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

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

American football

NFL playoffs

- Divisional Playoffs

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

Auto racing

Dakar Rally in Argentina, Chile and Peru:
- Bikes

Cyril Despres (KTM) 43:28:11 Marc Coma (KTM) 44:21:31 Hélder Rodrigues (Yamaha) 44:39:28

- - Despres wins the event for the fourth time.
- Cars

Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret (Mini) 38:54:46 Joan Roma /Michel Périn (Mini) 39:36:42 Giniel de Villiers /Dirk von Zitzewitz (Toyota) 40:08:11

- - Peterhansel wins the event for the third time and sixth overall.
- Trucks

Gérard de Rooy /Dariusz Rodewald /Tom Cosoul (Iveco) 45:20:47 Hans Stacey/Hans Van Goor/Bernard der Kinderen (Iveco) 46:12:06 Artur Ardavichus /Alexey Kuzmich /Nurlan Turlubaev (Kamaz) 47:08:32

- - de Rooy wins the event for the first time.
- All-terrain vehicles (quads) (all ARG): Alejandro Patronelli (Yamaha) 53:01:47 Marcos Patronelli (Yamaha) 54:22:08 Tomas Maffei (Yamaha) 55:16:12
  - Patronelli wins the event for the second successive time.

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
- 10 km Pursuit Women: Tora Berger 31:00.3 (0+1+2+0) Helena Ekholm 31:18.2 (0+0+0+0) Marie Laure Brunet 31:25.4 (0+0+0+0)^[12]
- 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Anton Shipulin 34:50.8 (0+0+1+0) Martin Fourcade & Arnd Peiffer 35:01.9 (1+0+1+1)^[13]

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

India in Australia

- 3rd Test in Perth: 161 (60.2 overs) & 171 (63.2 overs); 369 (76.2 overs). Australia win by an innings and 37 runs.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/518952.html

- - 33–26
  - 35–31
  - 18–26
- Group B

- - 15–30
  - 34–20
  - 14–23
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - 40–15
  - 19–26
- Group B

- - 26–22
  - 31–7

Luge

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

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Alpine skiing – Boys' combined

Marco Schwarz 1:40.45 Miha Hrobat 1:41.12 Sandro Simonet 1.41:45

- Alpine skiing – Girls' combined

Magdalena Fjällström 1:40.82 Estelle Alphand 1:41.41 Adriana Jelinkova 1:42.21

- Biathlon – Boys' sprint

Cheng Fangming 19:21.7 Rene Zahkna 19:43.0 Aristide Begue 19:48.5

- Biathlon – Girls' sprint

Franziska Preuß 17:27.7 Galina Vishnevskaya 17:55.2 Uliana Kaysheva 18:00.9

- Freestyle skiing – Boys' halfpipe

Kai Mahler 95.00 Lauri Kivari 90.00 Aaron Blunck 87.50

- Freestyle skiing – Girls' halfpipe

Elisabeth Gram 84.75 Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen 79.25 Marine Tripier Mondancin 69.50

- Luge – Boys' singles

Christian Paffe 1:19.603 Riks Kristens Rozitis 1:19.806 Toni Graefe 1:19.920

- Nordic combined – Individual

Tomas Portyk 26:31.4 Ilkka Herola 26:34.2 Go Yamamoto 26:39.9

- Snowboarding – Boys' halfpipe

Ben Ferguson 93.25 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak 86.75 Taku Hiraoka 84.25

- Snowboarding – Girls' halfpipe

Hikaru Ohe 96.25 Arielle Gold 90.00 Lucile Lefevre 82.25

Nordic combined

World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
- HS 117 / 10 km: Alessandro Pittin 22:18.1 Jørgen Graabak 22:34.6 Mikko Kokslien 22:35.6^[21]

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
- Pool 3

Glasgow Warriors 16–23 Leinster

- Pool 5

Saracens 20–16 Biarritz

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
- Pool 2

- - Newcastle Falcons 43–0 Petrarca Padova
  - Toulon 29–10 Lyon

Ski jumping

Men's World Cup in Tauplitz, Austria:
- HS 200 (Ski flying):
  - First event: Robert Kranjec 212.5 points Thomas Morgenstern 206.8 Anders Bardal 201.6^[22]
  - Second event: Bardal 364.9 points Daiki Ito 363.3 Kamil Stoch 358.2^[23]
Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson 285.9 points Daniela Iraschko 273.1 Ulrike Gräßler 250.8^[24]

Snowboarding

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

Tennis

ATP World Tour

- Apia International in Sydney, Australia:
  - Final

Jarkko Nieminen def. Julien Benneteau 6–2, 7–5

- - - Nieminen wins the second title of his career.

January 14, 2012 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

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

American football

NFL playoffs

- Divisional Playoffs

- - NFC: San Francisco 49ers 36, New Orleans Saints 32
  - AFC: New England Patriots 45, Denver Broncos 10

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
- 10 km Sprint Men: Emil Hegle Svendsen 27:13.1 (0+1) Simon Fourcade 27:15.8 (1+2) Martin Fourcade 27:22.7 (1+1)^[28]

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 2nd ODI in East London: 236/6 (50 overs); 237/5 (48.4 overs). South Africa win by 5 wickets.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514036.html

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Milan, Italy:
- Sprint Freestyle men: Eirik Brandsdal Josef Wenzl Teodor Peterson ^[30]
- Sprint Freestyle women: Ida Ingemarsdotter Kikkan Randall Maiken Caspersen Falla ^[31]

Freestyle skiing

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

Luge

World Cup 5 in Oberhof, Germany (GER unless stated):
- Doubles: Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken 1:23.544 (41.765, 41.779) Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt 1:23.775 (41.824, 41.951) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 1:24.199 (42.068, 42.131)^[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]

Mixed martial arts

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

Multi-sport events

Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria:
- Alpine skiing – Boys' super-G

Adam Lamhamedi 1:04.45 Fredrik Bauer 1:04.57 Joan Verdu Sanchez 1:04.65

- - Lamhamedi becomes the first African winner of a Winter Olympic event medal, while Sanchez wins Andorra's first ever Olympic medal.
- Alpine skiing – Girls' super-G

Estelle Alphand 1:05.78 Nora Grieg Christensen 1:05.79 Christina Ager 1:06.06

- Ski jumping – Boys' individual

Anže Lanišek 286.1 points Mats S. Berggaard 277.8 Yukiya Sato 260.1

- Ski jumping – Girls' individual

Sara Takanashi 269.3 points Katharina Althaus 242.5 Urša Bogataj 239.3

- Speed skating – Boys' 500 metres

Liu An 75.50 Roman Dubovik 77.824 Toshihiro Kakui 77.827

- Speed skating – Girls' 500 metres

Jang Mi 81.68 Shi Xiaoxuan 84.32 Martine Lilloy Bruun 87.51

Nordic combined

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

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
- Pool 1

- - Scarlets 17–29 Northampton Saints
  - Munster 26–10 Castres
- Pool 2

London Irish 15–22 Cardiff Blues

- Pool 3

Montpellier 24–22 Bath

- Pool 4

Aironi 0–82 Clermont

- Pool 6

- - Toulouse 24–3 Connacht
  - Harlequins 20–14 Gloucester
Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
- Pool 1

- - București Wolves 13–34 Stade Français
  - Worcester Warriors 55–10 Crociati Parma
- Pool 3

Rovigo 11–32 London Wasps

- Pool 4

- - Cavalieri Prato 10–50 Exeter Chiefs
  - Perpignan 27–13 Newport Gwent Dragons
- Pool 5

La Vila 10–69 Sale Sharks

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

Women's World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
- HS 106: Sarah Hendrickson 277.2 points Daniela Iraschko 275.5 Anette Sagen 248.1^[38]

Snooker

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

Tennis

ATP World Tour

- Apia International in Sydney, Australia:
  - Final

Julien Benneteau vs. Jarkko Nieminen – Cancelled and rescheduled to Sunday.

- Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand:
  - Final

David Ferrer def. Olivier Rochus 6–3, 6–4

- - - Ferrer wins the 12th title of his career, and his 3rd title at Auckland, also winning in 2007 and 2011.
WTA Tour

- Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Australia:
  - Final

Mona Barthel def. Yanina Wickmayer 6–1, 6–2

- - - Barthel wins the first WTA title of her career.

January 13, 2012 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

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

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Darts

BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green, England:
- Women's final

Deta Hedman 1–2 Anastasia Dobromyslova

- - Dobromyslova wins the title for the second time.

Handball

African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
- Group A

- - 20–21
  - 30–21
  - 17–25
- Group B

- - 32–18
  - 32–19
  - 21–15
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - 23–23
  - 18–24
- Group B

- - 28–23
  - 8–35

Nordic combined

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

Rugby union

Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
- Pool 2

Racing Métro 24–27 Edinburgh

- Pool 4

Ulster 41–7 Leicester Tigers

- Pool 5

Ospreys 44–17 Benetton Treviso

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
- Pool 5

Brive 50–13 Agen

Skeleton

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

Snowboarding

World Cup in Jauerling, Austria:
- Slalom men: Andreas Prommegger Andrey Sobolev Roland Fischnaller ^[41]
- Slalom women: Patrizia Kummer Yekaterina Tudegesheva Marion Kreiner ^[42]

Tennis

WTA Tour

- Apia International in Sydney, Australia:
  - Final

Victoria Azarenka def. Li Na 6–2, 1–6, 6–3

- - - Azarenka wins her ninth career title.

January 12, 2012 (Thursday)

Biathlon

World Cup 5 in Nové Město, Czech Republic:
- 20 km Individual Men: Andrei Makoveev 47:19.0 (0+0+0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen 48:18.7 (1+0+0+1) Björn Ferry 48:33.8 (0+0+0+1)^[43]

Handball

African Men's Championship in Salè, Morocco:
- Group A

- - 20–25
  - 26–31
  - 15–32
- Group B

- - 21–40
  - 7–30
  - 18–27
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - 25–23
  - 24–27
- Group B

- - 25–17
  - 16–34

Rugby union

Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 5:
- Pool 3

Bordeaux Bègles 6–12 Bayonne

Snooker

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

January 11, 2012 (Wednesday)

Biathlon

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

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 1st ODI in Paarl: 301/8 (50 overs); 43 (20.1 overs). South Africa won by 258 runs.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514035.html

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Alpe d'Huez, France:
- Ski Cross men: Filip Flisar Christopher Del Bosco Lars Lewen ^[46]
- Ski Cross women: Sanna Lüdi Marielle Thompson Andrea Limbacher ^[47]

Handball

African Men's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - 26–21
  - 35–18
  - 28–24
- Group B

- - 25–14
  - 27–17
  - 33–16
African Women's Championship in Salé, Morocco:
- Group A

- - 28–16
  - 24–26
- Group B

- - 29–17
  - 25–15

January 10, 2012 (Tuesday)

Snooker

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

January 9, 2012 (Monday)

American football

NCAA bowl games

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

January 8, 2012 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

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

American football

NFL playoffs

- Wild Card Playoffs

- - NFC: New York Giants 24, Atlanta Falcons 2
  - AFC: Denver Broncos 29, Pittsburgh Steelers 23 (OT)

Biathlon

World Cup 4 in Oberhof, Germany:
- 12.5 km Mass Start Women: Magdalena Neuner 40:02.2 (1+1+1+0) Tora Berger 40:14.7 (1+0+1+0) Andrea Henkel 40:34.2 (1+0+0+0)^[51]
- 15 km Mass Start Men: Andreas Birnbacher 38:34.6 (0+0+0+0) Simon Fourcade 38:38.9 (0+1+0+0) Emil Hegle Svendsen 39:04.2 (0+1+2+0)^[52]

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 9 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  - Men's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Alexander Legkov 30:38.2 Maurice Manificat +0.1 Marcus Hellner +1.7^[54]
    - Tour de Ski final standings

Dario Cologna 4:33:17.2 Hellner +1:02.3 Petter Northug +1:44.6^[55]

- - - - Cologna wins the Tour de Ski for the third time.
  - Women's 9 km Freestyle Final Climb: Therese Johaug 34:17.7 Justyna Kowalczyk +51.3 Marit Bjørgen +1:08.0^[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.

Nordic combined

World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
- HS 106 / 10 km: Mikko Kokslien 26:06.5 Magnus Moan 26:07.0 Björn Kircheisen 26:07.7^[58]

Ski jumping

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

Snooker

Players Tour Championship – Event 12 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (ENG unless stated):
- Final

Joe Perry 2–4 Stephen Maguire ^[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 28,100^[61]

Speed skating

European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
- 5000 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková 7:22.38 Claudia Pechstein 7:34.51 Ireen Wüst 7:43.59^[62]
- 1500 m Men: Sven Kramer 1:53.98 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 1:54.87 Jan Blokhuijsen 1:54.93^[63]
- 10000 m Men: Kramer 13:45.05 Blokhuijsen 13:52.48 Håvard Bøkko 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.

Tennis

ATP World Tour

- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
  - Final

Andy Murray def. Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–1, 6–3

- - - Murray wins his 22nd career title.
- Aircel Chennai Open in Chennai, India:
  - Final

Milos Raonic def. Janko Tipsarević 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 7–6(4)

- - - Raonic wins his second career title.
WTA Tour

- ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
  - Final

Zheng Jie def. Flavia Pennetta 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired

- - - Zheng wins her fourth career title.

January 7, 2012 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

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

American football

NFL playoffs

- Wild Card Playoffs

- - AFC: Houston Texans 31, Cincinnati Bengals 10
  - NFC: New Orleans Saints 45, Detroit Lions 28

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 8 in Val di Fiemme, Italy:
  - Men's 20 km Classic Mass Start: Eldar Rønning 1:00:02.2 Alex Harvey +1.1 Dario Cologna +1.3^[71]
  - Women's 10 km Classic Mass Start: Justyna Kowalczyk 25:49.8 Marit Bjørgen +7.5 Charlotte Kalla +31.0^[72]

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in St. Johann, Austria:
- Ski Cross men: Alex Fiva Brady Leman Daniel Bohnacker ^[73]
- Ski Cross women: Ophélie David Anna Woerner Alizée Baron ^[74]

Ice hockey

World Women's U18 Championship in Zlín, Czech Republic:
- Bronze medal game

4–1

- Final

0–3

- - Canada win the title for the second time.

Mixed martial arts

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

Nordic combined

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

Skeleton

World Cup in Altenberg, Germany:
- Women: Anja Huber 59.87 Katharina Heinz 59.97 Shelley Rudman 59.99^[76]

Ski jumping

Women's World Cup in Hinterzarten, Germany:
- HS 108: Sabrina Windmüller 114.7 points Lindsey Van 113.9 Lisa Demetz 110.7^[77]

Speed skating

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

Tennis

ATP World Tour

- Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar:
  - Final

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Gaël Monfils 7–5, 6–3

- - - Tsonga wins his eighth career title.
WTA Tour

- Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia:
  - Final

Kaia Kanepi def. Daniela Hantuchová 6–2, 6–1

- - - Kanepi wins her second career title.
Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia:
- Final

Czech Republic 2–0 France

- - Petra Kvitová def. Marion Bartoli 7–5, 6–1
  - Tomáš Berdych def. Richard Gasquet 7–6(0), 6–4
    - Czech Republic win the Cup for the second time.

January 6, 2012 (Friday)

Biathlon

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

Bobsleigh

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

Cricket

Sri Lanka in South Africa

- 3rd Test in Cape Town: 580/4d (139 Overs) & 2/0 (0.0 overs); 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. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514034.html
India in Australia

- 2nd Test in Sydney: 191 (59.3 Overs) & 400 (110.5 overs); 659/4d (163 Overs). Australia win by an innings and 68 runs, Australia lead the 4-match series 2–0. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/518951.html
  - Michael Clarke's 329 not out is the highest score at the SCG and third-highest by an Australian captain in Test cricket.

Ice hockey

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

Luge

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

Skeleton

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

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament

- Stage 4 in Bischofshofen, Austria:
  - HS 140: Thomas Morgenstern 138.7 points Anders Bardal 136.5 Gregor Schlierenzauer 128.4^[86]
  - Four Hills Tournament final standings

Schlierenzauer 933.8 points Morgenstern 908.0 Andreas Kofler 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 http://www.fis-ski.com/?actu_id_1903=5364&actu_page_1903=1

Speed skating

European Championships in Budapest, Hungary:
- 500 m Ladies: Karolína Erbanová 39.87 Ireen Wüst 40.21 Yuliya Skokova 40.40^[88]
- 3000 m Ladies: Martina Sáblíková 4:16.09 Natalia Czerwonka 4:19.41 Claudia Pechstein 4:19.71^[89]

January 5, 2012 (Thursday)

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia:
- Slalom: Marcel Hirscher 1:51.84 Felix Neureuther 1:52.13 Ivica Kostelić 1:52.32^[90]

Biathlon

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

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 7 in Cortina d'Ampezzo - Toblach, Italy:
  - Men's 32 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Dario Cologna 1:09:25.2 Petter Northug +1:15.8 Alexander Legkov +1:16.4^[92]
  - Women's 15 km Freestyle Handicap Start: Marit Bjørgen 39:01.1 Justyna Kowalczyk +2.0 Therese Johaug +3:16.9^[93]

Ice hockey

World Junior Championship in Calgary, Canada:
- Bronze medal game

4–0

- Final

1–0 (OT)

- - Sweden win the title for the second time.

Luge

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

January 4, 2012 (Wednesday)

American football

NCAA bowl games

- Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida: West Virginia 70, Clemson 33

Biathlon

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

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 6 in Toblach, Italy:
  - Men's Sprint Freestyle: Nikolay Morilov 3:03.4 Petter Northug +0.0 Dario Cologna +0.3^[97]
  - Women's Sprint Freestyle: Marit Bjørgen 3:17.6 Kikkan Randall +0.5 Justyna Kowalczyk +2.3^[98]

Ice hockey

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

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament

- Stage 3 in Innsbruck, Austria:
  - HS 130: Andreas Kofler 252.8 points Gregor Schlierenzauer 247.6 Taku Takeuchi 246.7^[99]

January 3, 2012 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

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

American football

NCAA bowl games

- Sugar Bowl in New Orleans: Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 20 (OT)

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 5 in Toblach, Italy:
  - Men's 5 km Classic Individual: Alexander Legkov 13:49.5 Eldar Rønning +1.7 Dario Cologna +2.0^[100]
  - Women's 3 km Classic Individual: Marit Bjørgen 10:49.2 Justyna Kowalczyk +3.9 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen +15.1^[101]

Ice hockey

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

January 2, 2012 (Monday)

American football

NCAA New Year's Day bowl games

- TicketCity Bowl in Dallas: (20) Houston 30, (24) Penn State 14
- Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida: (10) South Carolina 30, (21) Nebraska 13
- Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida: (12) Michigan State 33, (18) Georgia 30 (3OT)
- Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California: (5) Oregon 45, (10) Wisconsin 38
- Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona: (3) Oklahoma State 41, (4) Stanford 38 (OT)
National Football League

- St. Louis Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo and general manager Billy Devaney; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris; and Indianapolis Colts vice chairman Bill Polian and general manager Chris Polian are fired. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England:
- Final (both ENG): Andy Hamilton 3–7 Adrian Lewis https://web.archive.org/web/20120109141004/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563896,00.html
  - Lewis wins the title for the second successive time.

Ice hockey

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

January 1, 2012 (Sunday)

American football

National Football League, regular season final week (teams in bold win division title, teams in italics clinch wild-card berth, playoff seeding in parentheses):
- AFC

- - (1) New England Patriots 49, Buffalo Bills 21
  - (2) Baltimore Ravens 24, (6) Cincinnati Bengals 16
  - Tennessee Titans 23, (3) Houston Texans 22
  - Kansas City Chiefs 7, (4) Denver Broncos 3
  - (5) Pittsburgh Steelers 13, Cleveland Browns 9
  - San Diego Chargers 38, Oakland Raiders 26
  - Miami Dolphins 19, New York Jets 17
  - Jacksonville Jaguars 19, Indianapolis Colts 13
- NFC

- - (1) Green Bay 45, (6) Detroit Lions 41
  - (2) San Francisco 49ers 34, St. Louis Rams 27
  - (3) New Orleans Saints 45, Carolina Panthers 17
    - Saints quarterback Drew Brees sets NFL single-season records for completions and completion percentage, and the team breaks the mark for most total yards in a season.
  - (4) New York Giants 31, Dallas Cowboys 14
  - (5) Atlanta Falcons 45, Tampa Bay 24
  - Chicago Bears 17, Minnesota Vikings 13
  - Philadelphia Eagles 34, Washington Redskins 10
  - Arizona Cardinals 23, Seattle Seahawks 20 (OT)

Cross-country skiing

Tour de Ski

- Stage 4 in Oberstdorf, Germany:
  - Men's 10+10 km Pursuit: Petter Northug 50:27.3 Dario Cologna +0.3 Maxim Vylegzhanin +0.6^[102]
  - Women's 5+5 km Pursuit: Marit Bjørgen 27:16.0 Justyna Kowalczyk +1.6 Therese Johaug +1.8^[103]

Darts

PDC World Championship in London, England, semi-finals (ENG unless stated): https://web.archive.org/web/20120107151040/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563105,00.html
- - - Andy Hamilton 6–5 Simon Whitlock Adrian Lewis 6–5 James Wade

Ice hockey

World Women's U18 Championship in Czech Republic; matchday 1: https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/279/IHW279300_76_2_0.pdf
- Group A in Zlín:
  - 2–0
  - 0–7
- Group B in Přerov:
  - 3–5
  - 0–6

Ski jumping

Four Hills Tournament

- Stage 2 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
  - HS 140: Gregor Schlierenzauer 274.5 points Andreas Kofler 270.4 Daiki Ito 269.6^[104]

Notes and References

http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26557 FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup St. Moritz 20 January 2012 two-woman results.
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26556&L=0 FIBT Skeleton World Cup St. Moritz 20 January 2012 women's results.
Web site: IBU World Cup 6 Biathlon – Women 7.5 km Sprint. IBU . January 19, 2012.
Web site: Lake Placid Moguls Results. https://archive.today/20120730094648/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6196. dead. July 30, 2012. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012.
Web site: Lake Placid Moguls Results. https://archive.today/20130103030641/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6195. dead. January 3, 2013. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012.
Web site: Bad Gastein Parallel slalom Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120731091644/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=9963. July 31, 2012.
Web site: Bad Gastein Parallel slalom Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120906092217/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=9752. September 6, 2012.
Web site: Veysonnaz Snowboardcross Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130123031206/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=10005. January 23, 2013.
Web site: Veysonnaz Snowboardcross Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122221202/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=10003. dead. January 22, 2012. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012.
Web site: World Cup Wengen (SUI) – Slalom. https://web.archive.org/web/20120117125537/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66781. dead. January 17, 2012. FIS. January 19, 2012.
Web site: World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA) – Super G. https://web.archive.org/web/20120117202914/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66712. dead. January 17, 2012. FIS. January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 5 Biathlon – Women 10 km Pursuit. IBU . January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 5 Biathlon – Men 12.5 km Pursuit. IBU . January 19, 2012.
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26543 FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup Königssee 15 January 2012 four-man results.
Web site: Milano Team Sprint F Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120118100806/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=19212. dead. January 18, 2012. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012.
Web site: Milano Team Sprint F Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130102193720/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=19211. January 2, 2013.
Web site: Les Contamines Ski Cross Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121080945/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6194. January 21, 2012. dead.
Web site: Les Contamines Ski Cross Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121080727/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6193. January 21, 2012. dead.
Web site: Men's Oberhof. FIL. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Relay Oberhof. FIL. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Chaux-Neuve Results . . January 20, 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130123034057/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=NK&raceid=1547 . January 23, 2013 .
Web site: Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118100816/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3355 . dead . January 18, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
Web site: Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118100821/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3356 . dead . January 18, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
Web site: Val di Fiemme Results . https://archive.today/20120525143335/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3383 . dead . May 25, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
News: Bad Gastein (AUT) cancelled. fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. 3 January 2012. 20 January 2012.
Web site: World Cup Wengen (SUI) – Downhill. FIS. January 19, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120731193426/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66780. July 31, 2012.
Web site: World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA) – Downhill. https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083628/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66711. dead. January 17, 2012. FIS. January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 5 Biathlon – Men 10 km Sprint. IBU . January 19, 2012.
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26541&L=0 FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup Königssee 14 January 2012 two-man results.
Web site: Milano SP F Final Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120118100756/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=19210. dead. January 18, 2012. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012.
Web site: Milano SP F Final Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130103033952/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=19208. January 3, 2013.
Web site: Mont Gabriel Dual Moguls Results. https://archive.today/20120730091644/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6192. dead. July 30, 2012. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012.
Web site: Mont Gabriel Dual Moguls Results. https://archive.today/20120730095256/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6191. dead. July 30, 2012. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012.
Web site: Doubles Oberhof. FIL. January 19, 2012.
Web site: WC Women Oberhof. FIL. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Chaux-Neuve Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120105024209/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=NK&raceid=1546 . dead . January 5, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&L=0&event=26540&L=0 FIBT Skeleton World Cup Königssee 14 January 2012 men's results.
Web site: Val di Fiemme Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112024851/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3381 . dead . January 12, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
News: Fu Through With A 147 . worldsnooker.com . . January 14, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120116214911/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2576959%2C00.html . January 16, 2012 .
Web site: Chaux-Neuve Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104154837/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=NK&raceid=1548 . dead . January 4, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
Web site: Jauerling Parallel slalom Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120731080743/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=10001. July 31, 2012.
Web site: Jauerling Parallel slalom Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130123234635/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=9999. January 23, 2013.
Web site: IBU World Cup 5 Biathlon – Men 20 km Individual. IBU . January 19, 2012.
Web site: 2012 CLS – Group Two results – 12/01/2012 . 2012-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114041009/http://www.premierleaguesnooker.com/championship/results/2012_cls_group_two_results.htm . 2012-01-14 . dead .
Web site: IBU World Cup 5 Biathlon – Women 15 km Individual. IBU . January 19, 2012.
Web site: Alpe d Huez Ski Cross Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213150126/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6188. February 13, 2012. dead.
Web site: Alpe d Huez Ski Cross Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120104115519/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6187. January 4, 2012. dead.
Web site: 2012 CLS – Group One results. Matchroom Sport. premierleaguesnooker.com. January 10, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111233432/http://www.premierleaguesnooker.com/championship/results/2012_cls_group_one_results.htm. January 11, 2012. dead.
Web site: World Cup Adelboden (SUI) – Slalom. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111033930/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66774. dead. January 11, 2012. FIS. January 19, 2012.
Web site: World Cup Bad Kleinkirchheim (AUT) – Super G. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111035943/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66708. dead. January 11, 2012. FIS. January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 4 Biathlon – Women 12.5 km Mass Start. IBU . January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 4 Biathlon – Men 15 km Mass Start. IBU . January 19, 2012.
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26525&L=0 FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup Altenberg 8 January 2012 four-man results.
Web site: Men 9 km Free Final Climb Pursuit Start Results . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Tour de Ski Overall Standing Men . . January 19, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104124504/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/CC/3433/2012CC3433TDS.pdf . January 4, 2012 . dead .
Web site: Ladies 9 km Free Final Climb Pursuit Start Results . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Tour de Ski Overall Standing Women . . January 19, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104124502/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/CC/3432/2012CC3432TDS.pdf . January 4, 2012 . dead .
Web site: Oberstdorf Results . . January 20, 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130124043626/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=NK&raceid=1544 . January 24, 2013 .
Web site: Hinterzarten Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112024851/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3381 . dead . January 12, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
Web site: Maguire Breaks Trophy Drought. worldsnooker.com. 8 January 2012 . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. January 8, 2012.
Web site: PTC Order of Merit after PTC12 . worldsnooker.com . . December 29, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131210225922/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/ae/98/0,,13165~170158,00.pdf . December 10, 2013 .
Web site: Result 5000m Ladies. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Result 1500m Men. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Result 10000m Men. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Classification Ladies. ISU. January 20, 2012.
Web site: Classification Men. ISU. January 20, 2012.
Web site: World Cup Adelboden (SUI) – Giant slalom. FIS. January 19, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121210110951/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66773. December 10, 2012.
Web site: World Cup Bad Kleinkirchheim (AUT) – Downhill. https://web.archive.org/web/20120109223906/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66707. dead. January 9, 2012. FIS. January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 4 Biathlon – Men 10 km Sprint. IBU . January 19, 2012.
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26524&L=0 FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup Altenberg 7 January 2012 two-man results.
Web site: Men 20 km Classic Mass Start Results . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Ladies 10 km Classic Mass Start Results . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: St. Johann (Tirol) Ski Cross Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206175918/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6186. February 6, 2012. dead.
Web site: St. Johann (Tirol) Ski Cross Results. International Ski Federation. January 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120104102702/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6185. January 4, 2012. dead.
Web site: Oberstdorf Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104225457/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=NK&raceid=1543 . dead . January 4, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26523&L=0 FIBT Skeleton World Cup Altenberg 7 January 2012 women's results.
Web site: Hinterzarten Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104031333/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3380 . dead . January 4, 2012 . . January 20, 2012 .
Web site: Result 500m Men. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Result 1500m Ladies. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Result 5000m Men. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 4 Biathlon – Women 7.5 km Sprint. IBU . January 19, 2012.
http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&L=0&event=26522&L=0 FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup Altenberg 6 January 2012 two-woman results.
Web site: Men's Königssee. FIL. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Relay Königssee. FIL. January 19, 2012.
https://archive.today/20130122212439/http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26521&L=0 FIBT Skeleton World Cup Altenberg 6 January 2012 men's results.
Web site: Bischofshofen Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120109003150/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3353 . dead . January 9, 2012 . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Four Hills overall standings . . January 20, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113051740/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/JP/3071/2012JP30714H.pdf . 2012-01-13 . dead .
Web site: Result 500m Ladies. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: Result 3000m Ladies. ISU. January 19, 2012.
Web site: World Cup Zagreb (CRO) – Slalom. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108050600/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=66704. dead. January 8, 2012. FIS. January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 4 Biathlon – Men 4x7.5 km Relay . IBU . January 19, 2012.
Web site: Men 32 km Free Pursuit Results . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Ladies 15 km Free Pursuit Results . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Doubles Königssee . FIL. January 19, 2012.
Web site: WC Women Königssee . FIL. January 19, 2012.
Web site: IBU World Cup 4 Biathlon – Women 4x6 km Relay . IBU . January 19, 2012.
Web site: FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 6 Sprint – Men Finals. International Ski Federation. January 19, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108072217/http://live.fisski.com/live2564.htm. January 8, 2012.
Web site: FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 6 Sprint – Ladies Finals. International Ski Federation. January 19, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108054425/http://live.fisski.com/live2562.htm. January 8, 2012.
Web site: Innsbruck Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104182853/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3351 . dead . January 4, 2012 . . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Men 5.0 km Classic Individual Results . . January 19, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104124444/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/CC/2560/2012CC2560RL.pdf . January 4, 2012 . dead .
Web site: Ladies 3.3 km Classic Individual Results . . January 19, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104124437/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/CC/2559/2012CC2559RL.pdf . January 4, 2012 . dead .
Web site: Men's Skiathlon 10 km Classic + 10 km Free Results . FIS . January 19, 2012 .
Web site: Ladies' Skiathlon 5 km Classic + 5 km Free Results . FIS . January 19, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112224532/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2012/CC/2437/2012CC2437RL.pdf . January 12, 2012 . dead .
Web site: Garmisch-Partenkirchen results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103213814/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=JP&raceid=3324 . dead . January 3, 2012 . FIS . January 19, 2012 .

January 2012 in sports explained

Current sporting seasons

American football 2011

Auto racing 2012

Basketball 2012

Cricket 2012

Football (soccer) 2012

Ice hockey 2012

Rugby union 2012

Snooker 2012

Volleyball 2012

Days of the month

January 31, 2012 (Tuesday)

January 30, 2012 (Monday)

January 29, 2012 (Sunday)

Figure skating

January 28, 2012 (Saturday)

Figure skating

January 27, 2012 (Friday)

Figure skating

January 26, 2012 (Thursday)

Figure skating

January 25, 2012 (Wednesday)

January 24, 2012 (Tuesday)

January 23, 2012 (Monday)

January 22, 2012 (Sunday)

Figure skating

Multi-sport events

January 21, 2012 (Saturday)

Figure skating

Multi-sport events

January 20, 2012 (Friday)

Multi-sport events

January 19, 2012 (Thursday)

Multi-sport events

January 18, 2012 (Wednesday)