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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in January 2011. Deaths in January
8: Thorbjørn Svenssen 15: Nat Lofthouse 20: Miesque
Sporting seasons American football 2011 National Football League Playoffs NCAA Division I FBS NCAA Division I FCS
Basketball 2011 NBA
NCAA Division I men NCAA Division I women Euroleague EuroLeague Women Eurocup EuroChallenge
France Germany Greece
Israel Italy Philippines Philippine Cup
Russia Spain Turkey
Football (soccer) 2011 National teams competitions UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification International clubs competitions UEFA (Europe) Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Women's Champions League
CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League OFC (Oceania) Champions League Domestic (national) competitions
Australia
England France Germany Iran Italy
Scotland Spain
Golf 2011 PGA Tour European Tour
Champions Tour
Ice hockey 2011 National Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League Czech Extraliga Elitserien Canadian Hockey League: OHL, QMJHL, WHL NCAA Division I men NCAA Division I women
Rugby union 2011 Heineken Cup European Challenge Cup English Premiership Celtic League LV Cup Top 14
Sevens World Series
Snooker 2011 Players Tour Championship
Volleyball 2011
International clubs competitions Men's CEV Champions League Women's CEV Champions League Domestic (national) competitions Iranian Men's Super League
Winter sports Alpine Skiing World Cup Biathlon World Cup Bobsleigh World Cup Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
Freestyle Skiing World Cup Luge World Cup Nordic Combined World Cup Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Skeleton World Cup Ski Jumping World Cup Snowboard World Cup Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month
January 31, 2011 (Monday) Alpine skiing Women's World Cup in Sestriere, Italy: Super combined: Cancelled due to heavy snow.
Cricket West Indies in Sri Lanka: 1st ODI in Colombo: 245/5 (50 overs; Adrian Barath 113); . No result; 3-match series tied 0–0.
Football (soccer) South American Youth Championship in Peru: Final Group: 1–0 0–1 1–5
January 30, 2011 (Sunday) Alpine skiing Men's World Cup in Chamonix, France: Super combined: Ivica Kostelić 2:57.12 (2:02.47 / 54.65) Natko Zrnčić-Dim 2:57.63 (2:01.04 / 56.59) Aksel Lund Svindal 2:57.65 (2:00.05 / 57.60) Combined standings (after 3 of 4 races): (1) Kostelić 300 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen 143 (3) Kjetil Jansrud 132 Kostelić wins his first combined title. Overall standings (after 25 of 38 races): (1) Kostelić 1178 points (2) Zurbriggen 703 (3) Didier Cuche 673 Women's World Cup in Sestriere, Italy: Downhill: Cancelled due to heavy snow.
American football Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii: NFC 55, AFC 41
Auto racing Sports cars endurance racing: 24 Hours of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States: (1) Joey Hand , Scott Pruett , Graham Rahal and Memo Rojas (Chip Ganassi Racing Riley Mk. XI-BMW) 721 laps (2) Scott Dixon , Dario Franchitti , Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing Riley Mk. XI-BMW) 721 laps (3) João Barbosa , Terry Borcheller , Christian Fittipaldi , J. C. France and Max Papis (Action Express Racing Riley Mk. XI-Porsche) 721 laps
Badminton BWF Super Series: Korea Open Super Series Premier in Seoul: Men's singles: Lin Dan def. Lee Chong Wei 21–19, 14–21, 21–16 Women's singles: Wang Yihan def. Wang Shixian 21–14, 21–18 Men's doubles: Jung Jae-sung /Lee Yong-dae def. Mathias Boe /Carsten Mogensen 21–6, 21–13 Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli /Yu Yang def. Tian Qing /Zhao Yunlei 21–18, 19–21, 21–4 Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan /Zhao Yunlei def. Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing 21–17, 13–21, 21–19
Basketball PBA Philippine Cup finals (best-of-7 series): Game 4 in Quezon City: San Miguel Beermen 91, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87. Series tied 2–2.
Bobsleigh World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland: Four-man: Edgars Maskalāns/Daumants Dreiškens/Ugis Zalims/Intars Dambis 2:09.34 (1:05.11 / 1:04.23) Beat Hefti/Roman Handschin/Thomas Lamparter/Manuel Lüthi 2:09.36 (1:04.93 / 1:04.43) Manuel Machata/Richard Adjei/Andreas Bredau/Christian Poser 2:09.50 (1:05.04 / 1:04.46) Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Machata 1461 points (2) Steve Holcomb 1346 (3) Karl Angerer 1266
Cricket England in Australia: 5th ODI in Brisbane: 249 (49.3 overs; Chris Woakes 6/45); 198 (45.3 overs). Australia win by 51 runs; lead 7-match series 4–1.
Equestrianism Show jumping: FEI World Cup Western European League: 9th competition in Zürich (CSI 5*-W): Marcus Ehning on Küchengirl Ben Maher on Robin Hood W Edwina Alexander on Itot du Château Standings (after 9 of 13 competitions): (1) Kevin Staut 87 points (2) Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum 62 (3) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson 58
Extreme sport Winter X Games XV in Aspen, United States: Men's: Skier X: John Teller 1:21.167 Christopher Del Bosco 1:21.197 Casey Puckett 1:21.979 SnoCross Adaptive: Mike Schultz 5:11.704 Jeff Tweet 5:53.741 Jim Wazny 5:55.078 SnoCross: Tucker Hibbert Ross Martin Robbie Malinoski Snowboard Slopestyle: Sebastien Toutant 93.00 points Mark McMorris 90.00 Tyler Flanagan 82.66 Mono Skier X: Josh Dueck 1:59.656 Brandon Adam 2:10.471 Sean Rose 2:18.684 Snowmobile Best Trick: Daniel Bodin 96.00 points Caleb Moore 90.33 Heath Frisby 86.00 Snowboard SuperPipe: Shaun White 97.33 points Scotty Lago 92.00 Louie Vito 87.33 White wins the gold for the fourth successive year, and the sixth time overall. Women's: Snowboard Slopestyle: Enni Rukajärvi 92.66 points Jenny Jones 89.33 Jamie Anderson 86.00 Skier X: Kelsey Serwa 1:28.830 Ophélie David 1:29.162 Fanny Smith 1:29.367 David fails to win the event for the first time since 2006.
Golf PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, California: Winner: Bubba Watson 272 (−16) Watson wins his second PGA Tour title. European Tour: Volvo Golf Champions in Bahrain: Winner: Paul Casey 268 (−20) Casey wins his eleventh European Tour title.
Handball World Men's Championship in Sweden: Third place match: 23–24 Final: 37–35 (ET) France defend their title, and win the championship for a record-equalling fourth time. They also qualify for the 2012 Olympic tournament.
Ice hockey NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, North Carolina: Team Lidström 11, Team Staal 10
Luge FIL World Natural Track Championships in Umhausen, Austria: Men's singles: Gerald Kammerlander 3:37.61 (1:12.46 / 1:12.48 / 1:12.67) Robert Batkowski 3:37.65 (1:12.97 / 1:12.12 / 1:12.56) Patrick Pigneter 3:37.95 (1:12.72 / 1:11.99 / 1:13.24) Kammerlander wins his first world title. Women's singles: Renate Gietl 3:40.43 (1:13.48 / 1:13.61 / 1:13.34) Yekaterina Lavrentyeva 3:40.67 (1:13.43 / 1:13.90 / 1:13.34) Melanie Schwarz 3:43.31 (1:14.50 / 1:14.62 / 1:14.19) Gietl wins her second consecutive world title. FIL World Championships in Cesana, Italy: Men's doubles: Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 1:33.280 (46.668 / 46.612) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber 1:33.512 (46.752 / 46.760) Andris Šics/Juris Šics 1:33.728 (46.909 / 46.719) The Lingers win their second world title. Mixed team relay: Cancelled due to technical difficulties.
Ski jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany: HS 145: Severin Freund 289.1 points Martin Koch 286.9 Simon Ammann 284.5 Standings (after 19 of 26 events): (1) Thomas Morgenstern 1434 points (2) Ammann 1013 (3) Andreas Kofler 930
Snooker Shoot-Out in Blackpool, England: Final: Nigel Bond 58–24 Robert Milkins Bond wins his fifth professional title.
Speed skating World Cup 6 in Moscow, Russia: Men's: 1000m: Stefan Groothuis 1:08.82 Denny Morrison 1:09.57 Mikael Flygind Larsen 1:09.65 Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Groothuis 430 points (2) Lee Kyou-hyuk 402 (3) Shani Davis 380 Team Pursuit: 3:43.71 3:46.68 3:47.15 Final standings: (1) Norway 270 points (2) Russia 250 (3) 232 Women's: 1000m: Christine Nesbitt 1:15.59 Ireen Wüst 1:15.94 Heather Richardson 1:16.18 Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Richardson 560 points (2) Nesbitt 500 (3) Nao Kodaira 339 Team Pursuit: 3:01.13 3:03.02 3:04.11 Final standings: (1) Netherlands 300 points (2) Germany & Norway 250
Tennis Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, day 14: Men's singles – final: Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 Djokovic wins his second Australian Open and Grand Slam singles title. Mixed doubles – final: Katarina Srebotnik /Daniel Nestor def. Chan Yung-jan /Paul Hanley 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] Srebotnik and Nestor win their first Grand Slam title together. Srebotnik wins her first Australian Open, and her fifth Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Nestor wins his second Australian Open and Grand Slam mixed doubles title.
January 29, 2011 (Saturday) Alpine skiing Men's World Cup in Chamonix, France: Downhill: Didier Cuche 1:58.91 Dominik Paris 1:59.58 Klaus Kröll 1:59.79 Downhill standings (after 6 of 9 races): (1) Cuche 379 points (2) Michael Walchhofer 314 (3) Silvan Zurbriggen 285 Overall standings (after 24 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelić 1078 points (2) Cuche 673 (3) Zurbriggen 658 Women's World Cup in Sestriere, Italy: Downhill: Cancelled due to fog.
Bobsleigh World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland: Two-man: Manuel Machata/Andreas Bredau 2:12.27 (1:06.36 / 1:05.91) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter 2:12.30 (1:06.42 / 1:05.88) Thomas Florschütz/Kevin Kuske 2:12.66 (1:06.58 / 1:06.08) Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Alexandr Zubkov 1430 points (2) Machata 1412 (3) Simone Bertazzo 1251 Two-women: Sandra Kiriasis/Berit Wiacker 2:14.89 (1:07.57 / 1:07.32) Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel/Christin Senkel 2:15.17 (1:07.76 / 1:07.41) Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch 2:15.54 (1:07.71 / 1:07.83) Standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Kiriasis 1511 points (2) Martini 1387 (3) Kaillie Humphries 1216
Cricket Pakistan in New Zealand: 3rd ODI in Christchurch: 293/7 (50 overs; Mohammad Hafeez 115); 250/9 (50 overs). Pakistan win by 43 runs; 6-match series tied 1–1.
Extreme sport Winter X Games XV in Aspen, United States: Men's: Snowboarder-X: Nick Baumgartner 1:29.700 Kevin Hill 1:29.856 Nate Holland 1:30.026 Holland fails to win the event for the first time since 2005. Slopestyle skiing: Sammy Carlson 93.33 points Russ Henshaw 90.66 Andreas Håtveit 90.00 Snowboard Street: Nic Sauve 85 points Louis-Felix Paradis 68 Simon Chamberlain 64 Skiing Big Air: Alex Schlopy 92 points Bobby Brown 89 Sammy Carlson 87 Schlopy wins the event for the second successive year. Women's: Snowboarder-X: Lindsey Jacobellis 1:38.943 Callan Chythlook-Sifsof 1:39.681 Déborah Anthonioz 1:40.026 Jacobellis wins for the fourth consecutive year, and the seventh time in nine years. Snowboard SuperPipe: Kelly Clark 92.33 points Kaitlyn Farrington 85.66 Elena Hight 80.00 Clark wins the event for the second time.
Figure skating European Championships in Bern, Switzerland: Ladies: Sarah Meier 170.60 points Carolina Kostner 168.54 Kiira Korpi 166.40 Meier becomes the first Swiss woman to win the championship since Denise Biellmann in 1981. Men: Florent Amodio 226.86 points Brian Joubert 223.01 Tomáš Verner 222.60 Amodio wins the title for the first time. He and Joubert become the first French pair since Alain Giletti and Alain Calmat in 1961 to finish in the top two places.
Football (soccer) AFC Asian Cup in Qatar: Final: 0–1 (a.e.t.) Japan win the Cup for a record fourth time.
Freestyle skiing World Cup in Grasgehren, Germany: Men's Ski Cross: Andreas Matt Patrick Koller Armin Niederer Ski Cross standings (after 6 of 11 events): (1) Matt 419 points (2) Christopher Del Bosco 225 (3) Alex Fiva 199 Women's Ski Cross: Anna Holmlund Heidi Zacher Katrin Müller Ski Cross standings (after 6 of 11 events): (1) Zacher 376 points (2) Holmlund 332 (3) Kelsey Serwa 329 World Cup in Calgary, Canada: Men's Moguls: Mikaël Kingsbury 24.25 points Alexandre Bilodeau 24.16 Alexandr Smyshlyaev 23.53 Moguls standings (after 7 of 11 events): (1) Guilbaut Colas 536 points (2) Kingsbury 455 (3) Bilodeau 379 Women's Moguls: Hannah Kearney 24.43 points Audrey Robichaud 22.71 Ekaterina Stolyarova 22.59