January 2006 in Sports - 29 January 2006 (Sunday)

29 January 2006 (Sunday)

• Football
  • 2006 African Cup of Nations
    • Group B: Angola 3–2 Togo
    • Group B: Cameroon 2–0 Congo DR Cameroon top the group with a perfect record from three matches. Congo DR backs into the knockout phase; if Angola or Cameroon had scored one more goal, Angola would have advanced instead.
  • FA Cup Fourth Round
    • Portsmouth 1–2 Liverpool
    • Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–3 Manchester United
• Tennis: Australian Open: Roger Federer defeats Marcos Baghdatis 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 to win the men's championship. It is Federer's seventh Grand Slam title.
• NCAA Women's College Basketball:
  • (3) North Carolina 74, (2) Duke 70: In a showdown between the last two unbeaten women's teams in Division I, the Tar Heels come back from a 13-point halftime deficit at Duke. With this win and Tennessee's two losses in the past week, the Tar Heels are all but assured of their first-ever Number 1 women's ranking.