28 January 2007 (Sunday)
- Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
- Men's singles – Final:
- Roger Federer def Fernando González 7–6(2) 6–4 6–4.
Federer becomes the first man to win a Grand Slam event without losing a set since Björn Borg accomplished the feat in the 1980 French Open.
- Roger Federer def Fernando González 7–6(2) 6–4 6–4.
- Mixed Doubles – Final:
- Daniel Nestor /Elena Likhovtseva def Max Mirnyi /Victoria Azarenka 6–4 6–4
- Men's singles – Final:
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 3:
- Pakistan 157 & 186, South Africa 183 & 161/5 (64 overs; Ashwell Prince 59 not out, Jacques Kallis 51). South Africa win by 5 wickets and win the series 2–1. Kallis is named both player of the match and player of the series.
- 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Perth:
- Australia 343/5 (Matthew Hayden 117, Ricky Ponting 111) beat New Zealand 335/5 (Jacob Oram 101*, Lou Vincent 66) by 8 runs.
- Pakistan in South Africa, third Test in Cape Town, day 3:
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg:
- Thailand 0 Vietnam 0. Thailand win 2–0 on aggregate.
- 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, semifinal, second leg:
- Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany:
(Bold teams qualify to quarter finals)- Group M I:
- Germany 33 Iceland 28.
- Poland 38 Slovenia 27.
- France 28 Tunisia 26.
- Group M II:
- Croatia 29 Spain 28.
- Russia 26 Hungary 25.
- Denmark 33 Czech Republic 29.
- Placement Matches:
- 13th/14th Place: Norway 32 Ukraine 22.
- 15th/16th Place: Korea 38 Argentina 31.
- 17th/18th Place: Egypt 26 Kuwait 22.
- 19th/20th Place: Brazil 36 Morocco 29.
- 21st/22nd Place: Angola 29 Greenland 28.
- 23rd/24th Place: Qatar 36 Australia 22.
- Group M I:
- Golf:
- Tiger Woods wins his 7th consecutive PGA Tour event at the Buick Invitational in San Diego, California. This is the longest PGA Tour winning streak since Byron Nelson won 11 consecutive events in 1945.
- US college basketball:
- Men's
- (2) Wisconsin 57, Iowa 46
- Stanford 75, (3) UCLA 68
- (10) Duke 75, Boston College 61
- Virginia 64, (19) Clemson 63
- Georgia 57, (21) LSU 54
- Women's
- (2) North Carolina 84, (3) Maryland 71.
- Men's
- Cyclo-cross – UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships:
- Men: Erwin Vervecken, Jonathan Page, Enrico Franzoi
- Women: Maryline Salvetat, Katie Compton, Laurence Leboucher
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