January 2007 in Sports - 22 January 2007 (Monday)

22 January 2007 (Monday)

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – fourth round:
    • Rafael Nadal def Andy Murray 6–7(3) 6–4 4–6 6–3 6–1
    • Nikolay Davydenko def Tomáš Berdych 5–7 6–4 6–1 7–6(5)
    • Fernando González def James Blake 7–5 6–4 7–6(4)
    • Tommy Haas def David Nalbandian 4–6 6–3 6–2 6–3
  • Women's singles – fourth round:
    • Maria Sharapova def Vera Zvonareva 7–5 6–4
    • Kim Clijsters def Daniela Hantuchová 6–1 7–5
    • Martina Hingis def Na Li 4–6 6–3 6–0
    • Anna Chakvetadze def Patty Schnyder 6–4 6–1

• American Football: NFL
  • Bill Parcells announces his retirement as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys after three seasons.
  • The Oakland Raiders name former Southern California offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, at age 31, their new head coach, making him the youngest head coach in NFL history.

• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 4:
    • South Africa 124 & 331, Pakistan 265 & 191/5 (57.3 overs; Younis Khan 67 not out, Kamran Akmal 57 not out). Pakistan win by 5 wickets and levels the series to 1:1. Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan.

• Team handball:
  • 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
    (bold teams qualified to the main round)
    • Kuwait 39 Greenland 27.
    • Slovenia 34 Tunisia 27.
    • Ukraine 37 Australia 18.
    • Iceland 32 France 24.
    • Poland 27 Germany 25.
    • Argentina 22 Brazil 20.
    • Egypt 35 Qatar 24.
    • Spain 35 Czech Republic 29.
    • Hungary 34 Angola 31.
    • Denmark 27 Norway 25.
    • South Korea 32 Morocco 19.
    • Croatia 32 Russia 27.

• U.S. thoroughbred horse racing: 2006 Eclipse Awards
  • Invasor is named Outstanding Older Male and Horse of the Year.
  • Bernardini wins 3-year-old colt honors.
  • Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to a win in the Kentucky Derby, is named Outstanding Jockey.
  • Todd Pletcher, whose stable set a North American record for prize money won in a year, wins his third straight Outstanding Trainer award.

• Women's US college basketball:
  • (1) Duke 74, (4) Tennessee 70