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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in February of 2009.
Contents
Deaths in February
1: Jim McWithey
2: Paul Birch
Current sporting seasons
Auto racing 2008
Sprint Cup
Nationwide Series
Camping World Truck Series
A1 Grand Prix
GP2 Asia Series
Speedcar Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Basketball 2008–09
NBA
American competitions:
NCAA men
NCAA women
Pan-European competitions:
Euroleague
Eurocup
EuroChallenge
Australia
Greece
Iran
Israel
Italy
Philippines
Spain
Spanish second division
Turkey
Football (soccer)
2008–09
2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
UEFA (Europe) Champions League
UEFA Cup
Copa Libertadores (South America)
CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League
OFC (Oceania) Champions League
AFC (Asia) Champions League
CAF (Africa) Champions League
England
Germany
Iran
Italy
Spain
France
Argentina
Golf 2009
European Tour
PGA Tour
LPGA Tour
Ice hockey 2008–09
National Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
Rugby league 2009
Super League
Rugby union 2008–09
Heineken Cup
English Premiership
Celtic League
Top 14
Super 14
Sevens World Series
Winter sports
Alpine Skiing World Cup
Biathlon World Cup
Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
Freestyle Skiing World Cup
Nordic Combined World Cup
Ski Jumping World Cup
Snowboard World Cup
Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month
28 February 2009 (Saturday)
Nationwide Series:
Sam's Town 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada
(1) Greg Biffle (2) Carl Edwards (3) Brian Vickers
England in West Indies:
4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 3:
England 600/6d; West Indies 398/5 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 184*). West Indies trail by 202 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the first innings.
Australia in South Africa:
1st Test in Johannesburg, day 3:
Australia 466 and 51/1; South Africa 220 (AB de Villiers 104*). Australia led by 297 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
A-League Grand Final in Melbourne:
Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United
Victory win their second A-League Grand Final thanks to a 60th-minute strike from Tom Pondeljak.
Six Nations Championship, week 3:
Scotland 26–6 Italy in Edinburgh
Ireland 14–13 England in Dublin
Ireland score its third win and lead the standings on 6 points, ahead of France and Wales with 4 points.
ATP Tour:
Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
27 February 2009 (Friday)
England in West Indies:
4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 2:
England 600/6d (Ravi Bopara 104, Paul Collingwood 96); West Indies 85/1. West Indies trail by 515 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings.
Australia in South Africa:
1st Test in Johannesburg, day 2:
Australia 466 (Marcus North 117); South Africa 85/3. South Africa trail by 381 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the first innings.
India in New Zealand:
2nd Twenty20 in Wellington:
India 149/6 (20/20 ov); New Zealand 150/5 (20/20 ov). New Zealand win by 5 wickets on the last ball and win the series 2–0.
Six Nations Championship, week 3:
France 21–16 Wales in Paris
In the tournament's first ever Friday night match, France rallied from ten points behind to stop Wales' winning streak at eight matches, and inflict coach Warren Gatland's first defeat as Welsh head coach.
Overall World Cup standings (after 26 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1434 points (2) Maria Riesch 1088 (3) Anja Pärson 960
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
26 February 2009 (Thursday)
Euroleague Top 16, week 4:
Group E:
Olympiacos 84–71 Asseco Prokom Sopot
Olympiacos and TAU Cerámica lead the group on 3–1. Sopot (0–4) is eliminated from quarterfinals contention.
Group F:
Maccabi Tel Aviv 69–73 Real Madrid
Real Madrid (4–0) score its first win in Tel Aviv in 13 years and advance to the quarterfinals. Maccabi is 0–5 against Spanish teams this season.
ALBA Berlin 57–75 Regal FC Barcelona
Barcelona (3–1) is on the brink of qualifying to the quarterfinals, while ALBA (0–4) is eliminated.
Group G:
Lottomatica Roma 71–90 Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos (4–0) and Partizan (3–1) advance to the quarterfinals, while Roma and Málaga are eliminated.
England in West Indies:
4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 1:
England 301/3 (Andrew Strauss 142, Alastair Cook 94)
Australia in South Africa:
1st Test in Johannesburg, day 1:
Australia 254/5 (Ricky Ponting 83)
UEFA Cup round of 32, second leg:(Teams in bold advance to the last-16 round; first leg score in parentheses)
25 February 2009 (Wednesday)
Euroleague Top 16, week 4:
Group E:
AJ Milano 74–107 TAU Cerámica
Group G:
Unicaja Málaga 74–78 (OT) Partizan Igokea
Group H:
CSKA Moscow 95–71 Montepaschi Siena
Fenerbahçe Ülker 64–86 Cibona Zagreb
Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
1st Test in Karachi, day 5:
Sri Lanka 644/7d & 144/5 (Kumar Sangakkara 65); Pakistan 765/6d (Younis Khan 313). Match drawn.
India in New Zealand:
1st Twenty20 in Christchurch:
India 162/8 (Suresh Raina 61*); New Zealand 166/3 (18.5 ov) (Brendon McCullum 56*). New Zealand win by 7 wickets and lead the 2-match Twenty20 series 1–0.
Champions League First knockout round, first leg:
Chelsea 1–0 Juventus
Villarreal 1–1 Panathinaikos
Sporting Lisbon 0–5 Bayern Munich
Real Madrid 0–1 Liverpool
Copa Libertadores group stage:
Group 5:
24 February 2009 (Tuesday)
Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
1st Test in Karachi, day 4:
Sri Lanka 644/7d; Pakistan 574/5 (Younis Khan 306*). Pakistan trail by 70 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the first innings. The Test sees two historic milestones:
For the first time in Test history, both captains (Younis and Mahela Jayawardene) hit innings of 200 or more.
The three double centuries so far in the match tie a Test record set in 1965 by the West Indies and Australia.
Champions League First knockout round, first leg:
Atlético Madrid 2–2 Porto
Lyon 1–1 Barcelona
Arsenal 1–0 Roma
Internazionale 0–0 Manchester United
Copa Libertadores group stage:
Group 2:
Deportivo Cuenca 4–0 Guaraní
Group 4:
Independiente Medellín 0–0 Defensor Sporting
CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, first leg:
Houston Dynamo 1–1 Atlante
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
Standings: (1) Switzerland 73 (2) Ireland 70 (3) Portugal 64
Greek Cup Final in Ellinikon:
Olympiacos 70–80 Panathinaikos
Italian Cup Final in Casalecchio di Reno:
Montepaschi Siena 70–69 Virtus Bologna
Spanish Cup Final in Madrid:
TAU Cerámica 100–98 (OT) Unicaja Málaga
French Cup Final in Le Havre:
Orléans 64–74 Le Mans
Turkish Cup Final in İzmir:
Efes Pilsen 79–70 Erdemirspor
21 February 2009 (Saturday)
Nationwide Series:
Stater Brothers 300 in Fontana, California
(1) Kyle Busch (2) Kevin Harvick (3) Joey Logano
Busch, who won the San Bernardino County 200 in the Truck Series earlier today, becomes the first driver in NASCAR history to win races in two national touring series on the same day.
21 Feb:
Russian Cup Final:
Dynamo Moscow 60–81 UNICS Kazan
Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
1st Test in Karachi, day 1:
Sri Lanka 406/3 (Mahela Jayawardene 136 *, Thilan Samaraweera 130*)
WTA Tour:
Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
Final: Venus Williams beat Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2
Venus Williams wins the 40th title of her career.
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, United States:
Final: Victoria Azarenka beat Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–1
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
15 km Classic men: (1) Andrus Veerpalu 38min 54.4sec (2) Lukáš Bauer at 6.3s (3) Matti Heikkinen 16.4
World Cup in Myrkdalen–Voss, Norway:
Moguls men: (1) Alexandre Bilodeau 26.63 (2) Tapio Luusua 25.99 (3) Michael Morse 25.86
Moguls women: (1) Aiko Uemura 27.12 (2) Nikola Sudova 25.37 (3) Miki Ito 24.78
World Cup 9 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
Women: (1) Natalie Geisenberger 1:38.012 (49.020+48.992) (2) Tatjana Hüfner 1:38.369 (49.122+49.247) (3) Anke Wischnewski 1:38.612 (49.338+49.274)
Final World Cup standings: (1) Hüfner 855 points (2) Geisenberger 785 (3) Wischnewski 592
Doubles: (1) André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich 1:37.584 (2) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch 1:37.624 (3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 1:37.731
19 February 2009 (Thursday)
Israeli State Cup Final in Tel Aviv:
Hapoel Holon 69–68 Maccabi Haifa
Brian Tolbert scores a three-pointer as time expires to give Holon its first Cup in history.
England in West Indies:
3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 5:
England 566/9d and 221/8d; West Indies 285 and 370/9 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 106). Match drawn, West Indies lead 5-match series 1–0.
UEFA Cup round of 32, first leg:
Lech Poznań 2–2 Udinese
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
Copenhagen 2–2 Manchester City
Marseille 0–1 Twente
Fiorentina 0–1 Ajax
Copa Libertadores group stage:
Group 5:
Cruzeiro 3–0 Estudiantes
Group 8:
Universitario 1–0 San Lorenzo
Tiger Woods announces that his first event since knee surgery after the 2008 U.S. Open will be next week's Accenture Match Play Championship. (ESPN)
World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
Mixed Relay: (1) France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade) 1:10:30.0 (6) (2) Sweden (Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, David Ekholm, Carl Johan Bergman) at 1:10:36.2 (3) (3) Germany (Andrea Henkel, Simone Hauswald, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Greis) 1:10:39.0 (11)
18 February 2009 (Wednesday)
England in West Indies:
3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 4:
England 566/9d and 221/8d; West Indies 285 and 143/3. West Indies require another 360 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
UEFA Cup round of 32, first leg:
Olympiacos 1–3 Saint-Étienne
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 Stuttgart
Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Valencia
Aston Villa 1–1 CSKA Moscow
Werder Bremen 1–1 Milan
Sampdoria 0–1 Metalist Kharkiv
N.E.C. Nijmegen 0–3 Hamburg
Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Wolfsburg
Bordeaux 0–0 Galatasaray
Aalborg BK 3–0 Deportivo
Braga 3–0 Standard Liège
Copa Libertadores group stage:
Group 1:
Colo-Colo 1–2 Sport Recife
Group 3:
Nacional 0–3 Nacional
Group 4:
São Paulo 1–1 Independiente Medellín
World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
17 February 2009 (Tuesday)
England in West Indies:
3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 3:
England 566/9d and 31/1; West Indies 285. England led by 312 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Copa Libertadores group stage:
Group 1:
LDU Quito 3–2 Palmeiras
Group 2:
Boca Juniors 1–0 Deportivo Cuenca
Group 6:
Everton 1–0 Caracas
World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
Men's 20 km Individual: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen 52:28.0 (0+0+2+1) (2) Christoph Stephan 52:42.1 (1+0+0+0) (3) Jakov Fak 52:45.1 (0+0+0+1)
Bjørndalen wins his third title of the championships, the 13th World Championship title of his career, and also wins his 87th World Cup race, and breaks the record held by Ingemar Stenmark.
World Cup overall standings after 17 out of 26 competitions: (1) Tomasz Sikora 658 points (2) Bjørndalen 630 (3) Maxim Tchoudov 573
16 February 2009 (Monday)
England in West Indies:
3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 2:
England 566/9d (Andrew Strauss 169, Paul Collingwood 113); West Indies 55/1. West Indies trail by 511 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings.
PGA Tour:
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California
Winner: Dustin Johnson 201 (−15). Tournament suspended after 54 holes due to unplayable course conditions.
15 February 2009 (Sunday)
Sprint Cup Series:
Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida:
(1) Matt Kenseth (2) Kevin Harvick (3) A. J. Allmendinger
Race cut to 380 miles (610 km) due to rain.
World Rally Championship:
Rally Norway:
(1) Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 3:28:15.9 (2) Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus 3:28:25.7 (3) Jari Matti Latvala Ford Focus 3:29:37.7
The MVP Award is shared by Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Phoenix Suns' Shaquille O'Neal, each winning the award for the third time.
England in West Indies:
3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 1:
England 301/3 (Andrew Strauss 169)
New Zealand in Australia:
Only T20I in Sydney:
Australia 150/7 (20/20 ov); New Zealand 149/5 (20/20 ov). Australia win by 1 run.
PGA Tour:
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California
14 February 2009 (Saturday)
Nationwide Series:
Camping World 300 in Daytona Beach, Florida
(1) Tony Stewart
NBA All-Star Saturday Night
Slam Dunk Contest: Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks reclaims the championship after beating defending champion Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard garnering 52% of the fan vote. Robinson's dunk include jumping over Howard's shoulder, while Howard dunked on an 11-foot basket.
Three-Point Shootout: Daequan Cook of the Miami Heat forced overtime and won on the extra shootout against Rashard Lewis of the Orlando Magic. Cook converted his last 4 shots to tie Lewis; in the extra shootout, Lewis got cold as he tallied only 7 points against Cook's 19.
Skills Challenge: Chicago Bull Derrick Rose dunked on the final stunt to clinch the Skills Challenge championship over Devin Harris of the New Jersey Nets.
Shooting Stars Competition: Team Detroit won over Team Phoenix
LPGA Tour:
SBS Open at Turtle Bay in Kahuku, Hawaiʻi
Winner: Angela Stanford 206 (−10)
Six Nations Championship, week 2:
France 22–13 Scotland in Paris
Wales 23–15 England in Cardiff
Wales lead the standings with 4 points from 2 matches.
ATP Tour:
Brasil Open in Costa do Sauípe, Brazil
13 February 2009 (Friday)
The City Commission of Miami, Florida, defeats a construction agreement that would have permitted the construction of Marlins Park, a new baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins, by a vote of 2–2 with one absence. The deal will be renegotiated and is rescheduled for a new meeting on 12 March.
NBA All-Star Weekend:
Rookie Challenge: Sophomores 122, Rookies 116. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder won the MVP honors with a Rookie Challenge scoring record of 46 points.
England in West Indies:
2nd Test in North Sound, Antigua, day 1:
England 7/0; West Indies. Match drawn, West Indies lead 5-match series 1–0.
The match is abandoned after only ten balls being bowled due to overly sandy outfield that made bowling impossible. The series will be extended to five matches and resume on Sunday, at the nearby Antigua Recreation Ground.
New Zealand in Australia:
5th ODI in Brisbane:
Australia 168/4 (22/22 ov); New Zealand 123/6 (14/20 ov). No result, 5-match series tied 2–2.
Three-time MVP Brett Favre announces his retirement. Unlike last postseason, when he initially announced his retirement but decided to return, he filed official retirement papers with the NFL offices. (ESPN)
Euroleague Top 16, week 3:
Group E:
Asseco Prokom Sopot 68–93 Olympiacos
TAU Cerámica 108–90 AJ Milano
Group G:
Partizan Igokea 60–59 Unicaja Málaga
Group H:
Montepaschi Siena 74–56 CSKA Moscow
PBA Philippine Cup finals:
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 93, Alaska Aces 89, Talk 'N Text wins championship series, 4–3
The franchise of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company wins their third PBA championship and second Philippine Cup.
2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
AFC (Asia) Fourth round, matchday 5:
Group A:
Japan 0–0 Australia
The draw leaves both teams undefeated, with Australia on top with 10 pts, 2 ahead of Japan.
Uzbekistan 0–1 Bahrain
Bahrain gets level with Qatar in third place on 4 points, while Uzbekistan is at the bottom with just 1-point.
10 February 2009 (Tuesday)
India in Sri Lanka:
Twenty20 at Colombo:
Sri Lanka 171/4 (20/20 ov); India 174/7 (19.2/20 ov). India win by 3 wickets (with 4 balls remaining).
New Zealand in Australia:
4th ODI in Adelaide:
New Zealand 244/8 (50 ov); Australia 247/4 (48.2 ov). Australia win by 6 wickets and levels the 5-match series 2–2.
International friendly in London:
Brazil 2–0 Italy
Copa Libertadores group stage:
Group 2:
Guaraní 1–2 Deportivo Táchira
Group 4:
Defensor Sporting 1–0 América de Cali
Group 7:
Aurora 0–3 Boyacá Chicó
9 February 2009 (Monday)
Alex Rodriguez admits that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003. (ESPN)
Vonn wins her second gold medal of the championships, while Gut wins a second silver.
8 February 2009 (Sunday)
NFL:
Pro Bowl in Honolulu:
NFC 30, AFC 21
The Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald scores two touchdowns for the NFC and is named the game's MVP.
India in Sri Lanka:
5th ODI at Colombo:
Sri Lanka 320/8 (50 ov); India 252 (48.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 68 runs. India win 5-match series 4–1
New Zealand in Australia:
3rd ODI in Sydney:
Australia 301/9 (50 ov); New Zealand 269 (47.3 ov). Australia win by 32 runs. New Zealand lead 5-match series 2–1
PGA Tour:
Buick Invitational in La Jolla, California:
Winner: Nick Watney 277 (−11)
European Tour:
Indian Masters in Delhi, India: Cancelled
Olympic men's qualifying tournament:(teams in bold qualify to 2010 Olympic tournament)
Group E in Hanover, Germany
Japan 2–5 Austria
Germany 2–1 Slovenia
Group F in Riga, Latvia
Hungary 3–4(SO) Ukraine
7 February 2009 (Saturday)
Sprint Cup Series:
Budweiser Shootout in Daytona Beach, Florida:
(1) Kevin Harvick (2) Jamie McMurray (3) Tony Stewart
Baseball
Sports Illustrated reports that New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, a season when he was American League MVP with the Texas Rangers. (Sports Illustrated)
England in West Indies:
1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica, day 4:
England 318 and 51; West Indies 392. West Indies win by an innings and 23 runs, lead 4-match series 1–0.
England's 51 is their third-lowest Test innings score in history.
Olympic men's qualifying tournament:
Group E in Hanover, Germany
Slovenia 4–5(SO) Japan
Austria 1–2 Germany
Germany qualify to 2010 Olympic tournament
Group G in Oslo, Norway
Denmark 3–2 Kazakhstan
France 2–3 Norway
Six Nations Championship, week 1:
England 36–11 Italy in London
Ireland 30–21 France in Dublin
Sevens World Series:
Wellington Sevens in Wellington, New Zealand:
Final: England 19–17 New Zealand
Fed Cup:
6 February 2009 (Friday)
England in West Indies:
1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica, day 3:
England 318; West Indies 352/7 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 107, Chris Gayle 104). West Indies led by 34 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the first innings.
New Zealand in Australia:
2nd ODI in Melbourne:
Australia 225/5 (50 ov); New Zealand 226/4 (48.5 ov). New Zealand win by 6 wickets and lead 5-match series 2–0.
Olympic men's qualifying tournament:
Group F in Riga, Latvia
Italy 4–1 Hungary
Ukraine 2–4 Latvia
World Championships in Val-d'Isère, France:
Women's Super combined: (1) Kathrin Zettel 2:20.13 (2) Lara Gut 2:20.69 (3) Elisabeth Görgl 2:21.01
World Cup 7 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
Two-man: (1) Thomas Florschütz/Marc Kühne 1:43.95 (51.99/51.96) (2) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter 1:44.03 (52.08/51.95) (3) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett 1:44.14 (51.98/52.16)
World Cup standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Hefti 1381 pts (2) André Lange 1325 (3) Florschütz 1243
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
Gundersen HS134/10.0 km men: (1) Bill Demong 23mins 36.6secs (8) (2) Bjoern Kircheisen at 12.8 (7) (3) Jason Lamy-Chappuis 31.4 (1)
World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
Men: (1) Gregor Staehli 2.46.58 (2) Adam Pengilly +0.35 (3) Aleksandr Tretyakov +0.51
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
Team HS134 men: (1) Austria 1034.3 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) (2) Norway 1000.8 (Anders Bardal, Tom Hilde, Johan Remen Evensen, Anders Jacobsen) (3) Japan 981.2 (Shohhei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito, Noriaki Kasai)
World Cup in Sunday River, United States:
Snowboardcross men: (1) Graham Watanabe (2) Lukas Grüner (3) Ross Powers
World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
Women: (1) Marion Trott 3:47.97 (2) Amy Williams +0.59 (3) Kerstin Szymkowiak +0.64
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
HS134 men: (1) Andreas Küttel 141.3 points (133.5m) (2) Martin Schmitt 140.9 (133.0) (3) Anders Jacobsen 139.5 (132.5)
The competition is reduced to one jump only due to bad weather.
CSKA Moscow 2–0 (1–1) Aston Villa
Metalist Kharkiv 2–0 (1–0) Sampdoria
Hamburg 1–0 (3–0) NEC
Twente 0–1(AET) (1–0) Marseille
Marseille wins 7–6 on penalties.
Wolfsburg 1–3 (0–2) Paris Saint-Germain
Galatasaray 4–3 (0–0) Bordeaux
Stuttgart 1–2 (1–2) Zenit St. Petersburg
Milan 2–2 (1–1) Werder Bremen
Bremen win on away goals.
Standard Liège 1–1 (0–3) Braga
Udinese 2–1 (2–2) Lech Poznań
Manchester City 2–1 (2–2) Copenhagen
Ajax 1–1 (1–0) Fiorentina
Saint-Étienne 2–1 (3–1) Olympiacos
Deportivo 1–3 (0–3) Aalborg BK
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (0–2) Shakhtar Donetsk
Valencia 2–2 (1–1) Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo win on away goals.
Copa Libertadores group stage:
Group 5:
Estudiantes 1–0 Universitario de Sucre
Group 8:
San Luis 0–1 Libertad
CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, first leg:
Puerto Rico Islanders 2–1 Marathón
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
4x5 km Relay women: (1) Finland (Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) 54mins 24.3seconds (2) Germany (Katrin Zeller, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Miriam Gössner, Claudia Künzel-Nystad) at 13.0 (3) Sweden (Lina Andersson, Britta Norgren, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla) 13.4
Saarinen wins her third title and fourth medal of the championships.
World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria:
Men: (1) Adam Rippon 222.00 (2) Michal Březina 204.88 (3) Artem Grigoriev 184.40
Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
Team HS134/4x5 km men: (1) Japan 48mins 32.3secs (Yusuke Minato, Taihei Kato, Akito Watabe, Norihito Kobayashi) (2) Germany at 0.1 (Ronny Ackermann, Eric Frenzel, Björn Kircheisen, Tino Edelmann) (3) Norway 3.6 (Mikko Kokslien, Petter Tande, Jan Schmid, Magnus Moan)
World Cup in Sunday River, United States:
Parallel GS men: (1) Benjamin Karl (2) Siegfried Grabner (3) Jasey Jay Anderson
1.6 km Freestyle Sprint men: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad (2) Johan Kjølstad (3) Nikolay Morilov
World Cup in Branäs, Sweden:
Skicross men: (1) Lars Lewen (2) Christopher Delbosco (3) Michael Schmid
Skicross women: (1) Ophelie David (2) Karin Huttary (3) Ashleigh Mcivor
Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
1st Test in Karachi, day 2:
Sri Lanka 644/7d (Mahela Jayawardene 240, Thilan Samaraweera 231); Pakistan 44/1. Pakistan trail by 600 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings.
Jayawardene and Samaraweera put on a stand of 437 for the fourth wicket – breaking the world record of 411 set in May 1957 by England's Peter May and Colin Cowdrey. The 437 stand is also the eighth-highest recorded stand in the history of Test cricket, and is the fourth-highest stand in Sri Lankan history.
PGA Tour:
Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, California:
Winner: Phil Mickelson 269 (−15)
Mickelson successfully defends his title from last year.
European Tour:
Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth, Australia:
Winner: Danny Lee (am) 271 (−17)
Lee becomes the youngest winner in European Tour history, aged 18 years and 213 days – breaking the record of Dale Hayes, who was 77 days older when he won the 1971 Dutch Open. As Lee is an amateur, he is not entitled to the prize money of $304,286.
Final: Tommy Robredo def. Juan Mónaco, 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(5)
Robredo wins a title for the second consecutive week.
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, United States:
Final: Andy Roddick def. Radek Štěpánek, 7–5, 7–5
WTA Tour:
Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia:
Final: María José Martínez Sánchez def. Gisela Dulko, 6–3, 6–2
Martínez wins the first WTA title of her career.
Women's World Cup in Tarvisio, Italy:
Super giant slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn 1min 21.72sec (2) Fabienne Suter 1:22.23 (3) Tina Maze 1:22.39
Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1374 points (2) Maria Riesch 1075 (3) Anja Pärson 960
Men's World Cup in Sestriere, Italy:
Super combined: (1) Romed Baumann 2:25.73 (2) Julien Lizeroux 2:26.05 (3) Carlo Janka & Christof Innerhofer 2:26.41
Overall World Cup standings (after 29 of 38 events): (1) Ivica Kostelic 802 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange 771 (3) Benjamin Raich 769
Final Combined World Cup standings: (1) Janka 242 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen 231 (3) Baumann 169
World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: (1) Olga Zaitseva 34:18.3 (2) (2) Anastasiya Kuzmina at 7.5 sec (2) (3) Helena Jonsson 12.3 (2)
Overall World Cup standings (after 18 out of 26 races): (1) Kati Wilhelm 729 points (2) Jonsson 703 (3) Magdalena Neuner 626
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay: (1) Norway (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Lars Berger, Halvard Hanevold, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) 1:08:04.1 (11) (2) Austria (Daniel Mesotitsch, Simon Eder, Dominik Landertinger, Christoph Sumann) 1:08:16.7 (7) (3) Germany (Michael Rösch, Christoph Stephan, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Greis) 1:08:36.8 (10)
Bjørndalen wins his fourth title of the championships.
World Cup Relay standings (after 5 of 6 races): (1) Austria 276 points (2) Norway 249 (3) Germany 231
World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic 766 points (2) Benjamin Raich 740 (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange 726
World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
Men's 15 km Mass start: (1) Dominik Landertinger 38min 32.5sec (3) (2) Christoph Sumann at 8.9 (3) (3) Ivan Tcherezov 13.9 (2)
Overall World Cup standings (after 18 of 26 events): (1) Tomasz Sikora 696 points (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen 673 (3) Maxim Tchoudov 609
Women's 4 x 6 km Relay: (1) Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 1hr 13min 12.9sec (0) (2) Germany (Martina Beck, Magdalena Neuner, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm) at 1:15.1 (3) (3) France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin, Sandrine Bailly) 1:27.5 (1)
World Cup Relay standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Germany 276 points (2) France 242 (3) Sweden 208
World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
United States 3–2 Argentina in Surprise, Arizona, United States
Czech Republic 4–1 Spain in Brno, Czech Republic
In the semifinals, Italy will host Russia and Czech Republic host USA.
World Group II first round, day 2:
Slovakia 4–1 Belgium in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Switzerland 2–3 Germany in Zürich, Switzerland
Serbia 4–1 Japan in Belgrade, Serbia
Ukraine 3–2 Israel in Kharkiv, Ukraine
World Championships in Val-d'Isère, France:
Women's downhill: Postponed to Monday
World Championships in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
Mixed Team Relay: (1) Germany (Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, André Florschütz, Torsten Wustlich) 2:39.630 (2) Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmeyer, Peter Penz, Georg Fischler) +1.510 (3) Latvia (Guntis Rekis, Maija Tiruma, Andris Sics, Juris Sics) +2.869
World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan 29:18.8 (2) Mario Stecher 29:22.0 (3) Anssi Koivuranta 29:52.5
World Cup standings (after 17 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1033 pts (2) Moan 990 (3) Björn Kircheisen 790
Team 3x5km: cancelled
World Cup 5 in Sofia, Bulgaria:
World Cup in Willingen, Germany
145m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer 267.2 points (144.0/135.0m) (2) Simon Ammann 265.2 (133.5/145.5) (3) Noriaki Kasai 261.8 (136.0/140.0)
Schlierenzauer wins fifth event in a row and ninth this season.
World Cup standings (after 19 of 27 rounds): (1) Schlierenzauer 1,520 pts (2) Ammann 1,328 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl 1,182
Hamlin is the first ever non-European medallist in Luge World Championships, and the first non-German winner since 1993.
Doubles: (1) Gerhard Plankensteiner/Oswald Haselrieder 1:27.401 (2) Andre Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich 1:27.458 (3) Mark Grimmette/Brian Martin 1:27.611
Men's short program: (1) Patrick Chan 88.90 pts (2) Evan Lysacek 81.65 (3) Takahiko Kozuka 76.61
World Cup 7 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
Men: (1) Jon Montgomery 1:47.67 (53.68/53.99) (2) Gregor Stähli 1:48.06 (53.69/54.37) (3) Jeff Pain 1:48.19 (53.67/54.52) & Matthew Antoine 1:48.19 (53.83/54.36)
World Cup standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Aleksandr Tretyakov 1076 pts (2) Florian Grassl 1067 (3) Frank Rommel 1036
Women: (1) Marion Trott 1:49.86 (54.90/54.96) (2) Amy Williams 1:50.39 (54.95/55.44) (3) Anja Huber 1:50.71 (55.26/55.45)
World Cup standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Shelley Rudman 1148 pts (2) Trott 1137 (3) Huber 1131
World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy:
Slopestyle men: cancelled
Slopestyle women: cancelled
Third place:
El Salvador 0–1 Honduras
PGA Tour:
FBR Open in Scottsdale, Arizona
Winner: Kenny Perry 270 (−14)
European Tour:
Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Rory McIlroy 269 (−19)
World Men's Championship in Croatia
Final:
Croatia 19–24 France
France wins its third World Championship title.
Bronze Match:
Poland 31–23 Denmark
Australian Open in Melbourne, day 14:(seeding in parentheses)
Men's singles final:
Rafael Nadal (1) beat Roger Federer (2) 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2
Nadal wins his sixth Grand Slam title and becomes the first player who wins Grand Slams on three different surfaces within one year.