January 2007 in Sports - 27 January 2007 (Saturday)

27 January 2007 (Saturday)

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Women's singles – Final:
    • Serena Williams def Maria Sharapova 6–1 6–2
  • Men's Doubles – Final:
    • Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 7–5 7–5
  • Boys' Singles – Final:
    • Brydan Klein def Jonathan Eysseric 6–2 4–6 6–1
  • Girls' Singles – Final:
    • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def Madison Brengle 7–6(6) 7–6(3)

• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 2:
    • Pakistan 157 & 186 all out (51.2 overs; Yasir Hameed 35), South Africa 183 all out (53.0 overs; Graeme Smith 64) & 36/2 (Graeme Smith 33 not out). South Africa trail by 124 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 2nd innings.
  • West Indies in India, 3rd ODI in Chennai:
    • West Indies 270 for 7 (43.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 98, Brian Lara 83) beat India 268 (48 overs; Robin Uthappa 70, Sachin Tendulkar 66, Rahul Dravid 57) by 3 wickets. India lead the series 2:1.

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg:
    • Singapore 1 Malaysia 1 (AET) 5–4 (PSO).
  • 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates, semifinals:
    • Oman 1 Bahrain 0.
    • United Arab Emirates 1 Saudi Arabia 0.

• Figure skating – European Championships in Warsaw, Poland:
  • Carolina Kostner wins the gold in the ladies' event, silver goes to Sarah Meier and bronze to Kiira Korpi . For the first time in 25 years, Russian skaters failed to win any of the titles.

• Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:
  (Bold teams qualify to quarter finals)
  • Group M I:
    • Germany 29 France 26.
    • Iceland 32 Slovenia 31.
    • Poland 40 Tunisia 31.
  • Group M II:
    • Croatia 31 Czech Republic 29.
    • Spain 33 Hungary 31.
    • Denmark 26 Russia 24.
  • Presidents Cup:
    • Ukraine 23 Argentina 22.
    • Norway 34 Korea 32.
    • Brazil 30 Australia 23.
    • Morocco 32 Angola 28.

• Rugby union:
  • For the fourth time in four Top 14 fixtures at Stade de France, Stade Français sets an all-time attendance record for a regular-season match in French sport, drawing 79,741 to see Stade defeat Toulouse 22–20. (Le Monde, in French)

• Men's US college basketball
  • (1) Florida 91, Auburn 66
  • (3) UCLA 62, California 46
  • (4) North Carolina 92, (17) Arizona 64. The Tar Heels hand Arizona its worst home loss ever under Lute Olson.
  • (5) Ohio State 66, Michigan State 64
  • (6) Texas A&M 70, Oklahoma 61
  • (7) Oregon 77, (20) Washington State 74 (OT)
  • (8) Kansas 97, Colorado 74
  • (9) Pittsburgh 72, St. Joihn's 46
  • Arkansas 63, (12) Alabama 57
  • BYU 61, (16) Air Force 52

• Athletics (track and field):
  • Tirunesh Dibaba set a world indoor record of 14 minutes, 27.42 seconds to win the women's 5,000 meters at the Boston Indoor Games.

• Cyclo-cross – UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships:
  • Juniors: Joeri Adams, Danny Summerhill, Jiří Polnický
  • Under 23s: Lars Boom, Niels Albert, Romain Villa