January 2007 in Sports - 4 January 2007 (Thursday)

4 January 2007 (Thursday)

• American football:
  • The Oakland Raiders fire head coach Art Shell. (AP via Yahoo)
  • LaDainian Tomlinson wins the Associated Press' National Football League Most Valuable Player Award. (AP via Yahoo)

• Cricket:
  • England in Australia:
    • 2006–07 Ashes series, Fifth Test in Sydney, day 3:
      England 291 & 114 for 5 (43.0 overs), Australia 393. England led by 12 runs with 5 wickets left in the second innings.
  • India in South Africa:
    • Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 3:
      First innings: India 414, South Africa 373.

• Basketball – Euroleague:
  • Greek power Olympiacos becomes the latest team to secure a place in the Top 16 phase with a 73–64 away win over Prokom Trefl Sopot . (Euroleague)

• Ski Jumping – 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament:
  • Anders Jacobsen wins the 3rd leg at Innsbruck, ahead of Thomas Morgenstern and Simon Ammann. Jacobsen also leaps to the top of the overall standing, 10.7 points ahead of Arttu Lappi.

• Tennis:
  • Women's world Number 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne pulls out of the 2007 Australian Open, citing undisclosed family issues. (ESPN)