January 2007 in Sports - 6 January 2007 (Saturday)

6 January 2007 (Saturday)

• American football:
  • NFL Wild Card Games:
    • AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8. The much-ridiculed Colts defense holds the Chiefs to 126 yards. Indianapolis is to play at Baltimore next week.
    • NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20. The Cowboys have a chance to take the lead with a short field goal with 1:14 left, but holder Tony Romo mishandles the snap. Seattle will play the Chicago Bears in the next round.
  • NFL non-playoff news:
    • Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints is named NFL Coach of the Year. (ESPN)
  • College football:
    • International Bowl at Rogers Centre in Toronto:
      Cincinnati 27, Western Michigan 24
    • Greg Schiano of Rutgers is honored with the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award by the Football Writers Association of America.

• Tennis:
  • ATP Tour – Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar:
    • Final: (2) Ivan Ljubičić beat (4) Andy Murray 6:4 6:4.
  • WTA Tour – Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia:
    • Final: (2) Dinara Safina beat (1) Martina Hingis 6:3 3:6 7:5.
  • WTA Tour – ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand:
    • Final: (1) Jelena Janković beat (5) Vera Zvonareva 7:6(9) 5:7 6:3.

• Cricket:
  • India in South Africa:
    • Third and Final Test in Cape Town, day 5:
      India 414 & 169, South Africa 373 & 211/5 (64.1 overs). South Africa win by 5 wickets and win the Test series 2:1.
  • Sri Lanka in New Zealand:
    • Fourth One Day International in Auckland:
      Sri Lanka 262–6 (50 overs), New Zealand 73–10 (26.3 overs). Sri Lanka win by 189 runs and levels the 5-match series 2:2.

• College basketball:
  • Men's:
    • (17) Oregon 68, (1) UCLA 66. Two days after the Ducks suffer their first loss to Southern California, they return the favor to the top-ranked Bruins at home. (ESPN)
    • Virginia Tech 69, (5) Duke 67 (OT)
    • Washington State 77, (7) Arizona 73 (OT). The Cougars pounce in the Palouse, winning over Arizona for the first time since 1986.
    • Arkansas 88, (8) Alabama 61
    • (19) LSU 66, (14) UConn 49
    • In NCAA Division III, Caltech defeats Bard 81–52, snapping a 60-game losing streak against all competition and a 207-game losing streak against NCAA opposition dating to 1996. (ESPN)
  • Women's:
    • (4) Tennessee 70, (5) UConn 64. The Lady Vols win the latest round in arguably the biggest rivalry in women's basketball.