7 January 2006 (Saturday)
- NCAA Men's College Basketball
- Kansas 73, (19) Kentucky 46: In the Wildcats' first visit to Allen Fieldhouse since being blown out by a 150–95 score on December 9, 1989, the Jayhawks hand Tubby Smith his worst loss as UK coach.
- Iowa 63, (6) Illinois 48: The Illini will not go unbeaten through the regular season as the Hawkeyes hand them their first loss since last April's NCAA Championship to North Carolina in St. Louis.
- Washington State 78, (10) Washington 71: Josh Akognon makes a tie-breaking three-pointer with 16 seconds left and finishes with a career-high 27 points to lead the Cougars to their first road win ever over a Top 10 team. The Huskies lose their second straight home game, after having had the longest home winning streak in men's Division I basketball broken last week by Arizona.
- (16) Indiana 81, (18) Ohio State 79: Another unbeaten goes down for the first time, along with the Illini, as the Buckeyes lose to the Hoosiers in Indiana.
- (25) North Carolina 82, (13) NC State 69: The Wolfpack fall to 12–2 as they get beaten by Tyler Hansbrough and the Tar Heels by 13. Hansbrough had 20 points as UNC goes to 9–2.
- NCAA Women's College Basketball
- (1) Tennessee 89, (7) UConn 80: In front of an NCAA record crowd for a regular-season women's game, Sidney Spencer scores a career-high 21 points to pace the Lady Vols to the win. Four other Lady Vols, including Candace Parker, score in double figures, and Alexis Hornbuckle misses becoming the first Lady Vol ever to record a triple-double by one assist.
- Football: FA Cup, Third round: The big teams of the Premiership and the Coca-Cola Championship join the smaller clubs which have been contesting the trophy since August. Remaining fixtures are played tomorrow.
- Arsenal 2–1 Cardiff City
- Barnsley 1–1 Walsall
- Blackburn 3–0 QPR
- Brighton 0–1 Coventry
- Chelsea 2–1 Huddersfield
- Cheltenham 2–2 Chester
- Crystal Palace 4–1 Northampton
- Derby 2–1 Burnley
- Hull 0–1 Aston Villa
- Ipswich 0–1 Portsmouth
- Luton 3–5 Liverpool : In one of the most pulsating Third Round matches in years, Liverpool live up to their reputation as the comeback kings, recovering from 3–1 down early in the second half (Liverpool having missed a Djibril Cissé penalty, and Luton scoring from the spot) with substitute Florent Sinama-Pongolle scoring two goals and Xabi Alonso scoring two including a last-minute goal from his own half while Luton's goalkeeper was still in Liverpools' half from a last-gasp equaliser attempt – winning one Liverpool fan who last August had bet £200 at 125–1 that he would do the feat this season £25,000. (Reuters)
- Manchester City 3–1 Scunthorpe
- Millwall 1–1 Everton
- Newcastle 1–0 Mansfield
- Norwich 1–2 West Ham
- Nuneaton 1–1 Middlesbrough
- Port Vale 2–1 Doncaster
- Preston 2–1 Crewe
- Sheffield United 1–2 Colchester
- Sheffield Wednesday 2–4 Charlton
- Southampton 4–3 MK Dons
- Stockport 2–3 Brentford
- Stoke 0–0 Tamworth
- Torquay 0–0 Birmingham
- Watford 0–3 Bolton
- West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Reading
- Wigan 1–1 Leeds United
- Wolves 1–0 Plymouth
- NFL Playoffs, Wild Card Weekend:
- NFC: Washington Redskins 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10: The Redskins gain only a playoff-low 120 yards from scrimmage but win on the Bucs' home field thanks to key takeaways and defensive stops in Joe Gibbs' first post-season win since Super Bowl XXVI and a measure of revenge for a Week Ten loss in that same stadium. The Redskins will play at Seattle next week against the Seahawks. Safety Sean Taylor was ejected for spitting on Bucs' RB Michael Pittman, and was fined $17,000 (US), the entire game paycheck for that incident two days later.
- AFC: New England Patriots 28, Jacksonville Jaguars 3: On their home field, The Patriots win their league-record tenth-straight postseason game. Tom Brady throws three touchdown passes, Asante Samuel returned a Byron Leftwich interception 73 yards for the other score. Willie McGinest sets a playoff record with 4.5 sacks. The Pats will play the Broncos at Denver next Saturday.
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