31 January 2007 (Wednesday)

Cricket: West Indies in India, fourth ODI in Vadodara: 341 (50 overs; Sachin Tendulkar 100*, Rahul Dravid 78, Sourav Ganguly 68) beat 181 (41.4 overs; Marlon Samuels 55) by 160 runs. India win the series 3:1. 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya: 133/3 (32.1 overs) beat 131 (46.2 overs) by 7 wickets (with 107 balls remaining). 276/4 (50 overs; Fraser Watts 70, Gavin Hamilton 64*, Dougie Brown 50*) beat 269/9 (50 overs; Ashish Bagai 137*, Ashif Mulla 48) by 7 runs. 276/6 (48.4 overs; William Porterfield 112*, Kevin O'Brien 54) beat 275/8 (50 overs; Clay Smith 52, Dean Minors 51) by 4 wickets (with 8 balls remaining). Football (soccer): 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, final, first leg: 2 1. FC Bayern Munich sack their coach Felix Magath, replacing him with Magath's predecessor Ottmar Hitzfeld after a string of poor performances in their defence of their Bundesliga title. Basketball: Euroleague, Group C CSKA Moscow , already assured of topping the group, win their 11th straight group match, manhandling Fenerbahçe Ülker 85–66 and ending Fener's very faint hopes of advancing to the Top 16. (Euroleague) Benetton Treviso , already qualified for the Top 16, come from behind to defeat Eldo Napoli 64–62 away. The result leaves Eldo's hopes of the Top 16 hanging by a thread. (Euroleague) Pau-Orthez punch their ticket to the Top 16 with a 68–56 win over Žalgiris . (Euroleague) Although Aris TT Bank lose 82–75 at home in overtime to Winterthur FCB , they back into the Top 16 courtesy of Benetton's win over Eldo. (Euroleague) US men's college basketball: (1) Florida 74, (24) Vanderbilt 64 Indiana 71, (2) Wisconsin 66 (3) North Carolina 105, Miami (FL) 64 (4) Ohio State 78, Purdue 60 (10) Texas A&M 73, Iowa State 49 NC State 70, (16) Virginia Tech 59 Gonzaga 90, (23) Stanford 86 (2 OT)

January 2007 in sports

30 January 2007 (Tuesday)

January 2007 in sports

Cricket: 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Perth: 318/7 (Lou Vincent 76, Ross Taylor 71, Jacob Oram 54*) beat 260/8 (Ed Joyce 66, Paul Nixon 49) by 58 runs. New Zealand qualify to the final. 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya: 201/2 (35 overs; Bas Zuiderent 77 not out) beat 200 (44 overs; Ashish Bagai 74) by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining) 284/7 (50 overs; Neil McCallum 100) beat 280/7 (50 overs; Jeremy Bray 116) by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) Football (soccer): 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in United Arab Emirates: Final: 1 0. Team handball – Men's World Championship in Germany: Quarter finals: Germany 27 Spain 25. France 21 Croatia 18. Poland 28 Russia 27. Denmark 42 Iceland 41 (OT). Placement matches: 9th/10th Place: Hungary 34 Slovenia 33. 11th/12th Place: Tunisia 25 Czech Republic 21.

January 2007 in sports

29 January 2007 (Monday)

Cricket: 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One in Nairobi, Kenya: 137 for 0 (18.1 overs; David Obuya 74*, Morris Ouma 56*) beat 133 (39.3 overs; Dean Minors 52) by ten wickets. Horse racing: The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is euthanized due to complications from the broken leg he suffered in that year's Preakness. Men's US college basketball: (8) Kansas 76, Nebraska 56 (9) Pittsburgh 65, Villanova 59

28 January 2007 (Sunday)