January 2007 in Sports - 21 January 2007 (Sunday)

21 January 2007 (Sunday)

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – third round:
    • Tommy Haas def Florian Mayer 7–6(3) 6–3 6–3
    • Tomáš Berdych def Dmitry Tursunov 6–2 6–1 6–1
  • Men's singles – fourth round:
    • Roger Federer def Novak Djokovic 6–2 7–5 6–3
    • Andy Roddick def Mario Ančić 6–3 3–6 6–1 5–7 6–4
    • Tommy Robredo def Richard Gasquet 6–4 6–2 3–6 6–4
    • Mardy Fish def David Ferrer 6–1 7–6(4) 2–6 7–5
  • Women's singles – third round:
    • Na Li def Dinara Safina 6–2 6–2
    • Anna Chakvetadze def Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–4 6–4
    • Daniela Hantuchová def Ashley Harkleroad 6–7(6) 7–5 6–4
  • Women's singles – fourth round:
    • Lucie Šafářová def Amélie Mauresmo 6–4 6–3
    • Shahar Pe'er def Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4 6–2
    • Nicole Vaidišová def Elena Dementieva 6–3 6–3
    • Serena Williams def Jelena Janković 6–3 6–2

• American football:
  • NFL Conference championships:
    • NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14. The Bears take advantage of early Saints fumbles and powerful running from Thomas Jones to take a 16–0 lead in the second quarter. New Orleans pulls within two points in the third when Reggie Bush turns a short slant pattern into an 88-yard score. But Bernard Berrian makes a teriffic catch for a touchdown to make the score 25–14, then the Bears take advantage of two more Saints turnovers to pull away in the final period. Chicago advances to its first Super Bowl in 21 years. Also notable is that Bears head coach Lovie Smith becomes the first African American head coach to take his team to the Super Bowl.
    • AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34. After years of playoff disappointments, Peyton Manning throws for 349 yards to lead the Colts to their first Super Bowl appearance since moving to Indianapolis in 1984. The Patriots pull out to a 21–3 lead in the second quarter when Asante Samuel returns a Manning interception for a touchdown. But Manning scores on a 1-yard run, then throws a 1-yard pass to Dan Klecko and hits a two-point conversion to tie the game. The teams exchange another touchdown and field goal before Joseph Addai runs in from 3 yards out to put on the Colts on top for the first time. Marlin Jackson picks off a Tom Brady pass to seal the victory. Colts head coach Tony Dungy joins Smith as the first pair of African American head coaches in Super Bowl history.
  • In off-the-field news, the Pittsburgh Steelers named former Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin as their new head coach.

• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 3:
    • South Africa 124 & 331 (133.2 overs; Jacques Kallis 91), Pakistan 265 & 8/0 (6 overs). Pakistan need 183 runs to win.
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Sydney:
    • New Zealand 218 all out (47.4 overs), Australia 224/8 (48.4 overs). Australia win by 2 wickets with 8 balls remaining.
  • West Indies in India, first ODI in Nagpur:
    • India 338/3 (50 overs; Sourav Ganguly 98), West Indies 324/8 (50 overs; Shivnarine Chanderpaul 149 not out). India win by 14 runs.
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    • Kenya 259/9 (50 overs; Ravi Shah 113), Scotland 253/8 (50 overs). Kenya win by 6 runs.

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
    • Bahrain 1 Iraq 1.
    • Saudi Arabia 1 Qatar 1.
  • To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the first BBC Radio football commentary (Arsenal–Sheffield United, 21 January 1927), BBC Five Live Sports Extra commentates the Arsenal–Manchester United FA Premier League match in 1927 style, complete with the pitch divided into eight numbered squares. Meanwhile BBC Radio Five Live commentates the same match in 2007 style. Arsenal won 2–1 through a Thierry Henry header in stoppage time, United remain 6 points in the lead in the Championship race. (BBC)

• Team handball:
  • 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
    (bold teams qualified to the main round)
    • Tunisia 36 Greenland 20.
    • Slovenia 33 Kuwait 23.
    • France 47 Australia 10.
    • Ukraine 32 Iceland 29.
    • Poland 31 Brazil 23.
    • Germany 32 Argentina 20.
    • Spain 41 Qatar 18.
    • Czech Republic 31 Egypt 30.
    • Denmark 39 Angola 20.
    • Hungary 25 Norway 22.
    • Russia 35 Morocco 19.
    • Croatia 41 South Korea 23.

• Field hockey:
  • 2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
    • 5th place: Japan 2 Spain 0.
    • 3rd place: Germany 2 Australia 0.
    • Final: Netherlands 1 Argentina 0.

• Rugby union – Heineken Cup:
  • Llanelli Scarlets, already assured of a home quarterfinal, become only the fifth team in the history of the competition to win all their matches in pool play, defeating London Irish 20–16 at home.
  • The Scarlets are joined in this exclusive club about two hours later by Biarritz, who defeat Northampton Saints 17–8 away to win Pool 6. Both clubs were already assured of quarterfinal berths.

• Men's US college basketball:
  • (24) Marquette 77, (6) Pittsburgh 74 (OT)
  • (20) Notre Dame 82, South Florida 58