Australia 394 and 247; South Africa 459 and 183/1 (
Graeme Smith 75,
Nathan Hauritz 1/41). South Africa win by 9 wickets and lead three-match series 2–0 and becomes the first South African team to win a Test series in Australia.
Liverpool midfielder and team captain
Steven Gerrard is arrested on charges of assault after being involved in a fight at a pub following a match against
Newcastle United.
The Bears block a potential game-winning field goal attempt by
Mason Crosby with 18 seconds left in regulation, and
Robbie Gould's 38-yarder in overtime keeps the Bears alive for a playoff berth.
A celebration of the last game played at
Texas Stadium is ruined by two late touchdown runs by
Willis McGahee (77 yards) and
Le'Ron McClain (82 yards) for the Ravens.
The Purple Raiders win for the third time in four consecutive D-III finals against the Warhawks, taking a 21–7 lead in the first quarter and never looking back. Mount Union's
Nate Kmic becomes the first player in NCAA history to rush for over 8,000 yards in his career.
The win gives the Steelers the
AFC North title and a first-round playoff bye, and sets up a showdown with the Titans for
AFC playoff home field advantage next Sunday.
Dan Carter, on his half-season "sabbatical" from the
All Blacks, makes a successful Northern Hemisphere club debut, scoring 16 points to lead Perpignan to the win.
With three underclassman
quarterbacks as the finalists,
Oklahoma's
Sam Bradford becomes the second sophomore to win the prestigious award. Last year's winner,
Tim Tebow of
Florida, had the most first place votes, but lost four of the six regions to Bradford and finished third in total votes behind runnerup
Colt McCoy of
Texas.
The Bulldogs win their first national title in football, while the Bearcats lose in the title game for the fourth straight year, with each loss being by a touchdown or less.
National Basketball Association news: The
Philadelphia 76ers become the league's fifth team to fire their head coach this season, axing
Maurice Cheeks after a 9–14 start, even though the Sixers had extended his contract twice in the past year. Assistant general manager
Tony DiLeo will be Cheeks' interim replacement.
Swedish skip
Anette Norberg scores 4 points in the 9th end to advance for her 10th European final, where she'll meet old rival
Mirjam Ott's Swiss team, that beat the Swedes twice in this championship.
Maccabi (4–3) need one more win or Avellino (2–5) loss to qualify to the Top-16. As a result of Maccabi's win, Olympiacos (5–2) qualifies to the Top-16 and Le Mans (0–7) is eliminated.
According to reports from
ESPN.com,
CC Sabathia has signed a seven-year,
US $160 million deal with the
New York Yankees. The deal, averaging out to nearly $23 million/year, will make Sabathia the highest paid pitcher in baseball history.
UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the last-16 round; teams in italics go to UEFA Cup last-32 round; teams with strike are eliminated from all European Cups)
UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the last-16 round; teams in italics go to UEFA Cup last-32 round; teams with strike are eliminated from all European Cups)
The Panthers take over first place in the
NFC South on the ground as
DeAngelo Williams runs for 186 yards and
Jonathan Stewart for 115, with each scoring two rushing touchdowns.
For the fourth consecutive election in which post-World War II players were considered, the
Veterans Committee fails to elect a single player, with no player gaining more than 39 of the 48 votes required for election.
However, in the first election specifically for players whose careers began before World War II,
second basemanJoe Gordon, best known for his years with the
New York Yankees in the late 1930s and early 1940s, is elected by a special panel of the Veterans Committee.
NBA news: The
Minnesota Timberwolves fire head coach
Randy Wittman.
Kevin McHale is named Wittman's replacement in an effective demotion, as McHale had been the T-Wolves' vice president of basketball operations and had the final say on all player personnel decisions. Wittman is the fourth head coach axed this season, the most in league history before Christmas.
News: The English team arrive to
Chennai for the first Test due to start there on Thursday, after it was decided on Sunday night at the team's training camp in
Abu Dhabi to continue the tour.
The Cardinals clinch the
NFC West title and guarantee a home game in the playoffs for the first time in the franchise history since
1947, when they played the championship at
Comiskey Park.
Former
NCAA championStacy Lewis finishes as top scorer for the five-round event. Among the 19 other golfers to earn full playing privileges on the 2009 LPGA Tour is
Michelle Wie, who finishes in a tie for seventh.
The Gators stop the Crimson Tide's winning streak, and will probably get a berth in the
National Championship Game, while Alabama could go to the
Sugar Bowl.
The Pirates win their first league title since 1976 and the trip to the
Liberty Bowl against an SEC team, later determined to be
Kentucky, on January 2.
The Midshipmen win the
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the sixth consecutive year and beat the Black Knights for the seventh time in a row in the biggest shutout in the series since 1973.
As a result of Alabama and Ball State losses in their conference championship games,
Utah and
Boise State remain the only two teams with undefeated records going into the bowl post-season.
The Mountaineers' run of three consecutive FCS championships ends in the quarterfinals, with the Spiders taking advantage of five second-half interceptions of ASU quarterback
Armanti Edwards.
The Bulls shock the previously unbeaten Cardinals and will go to
Toronto for the
International Bowl, the first
bowl game in their history.
News:
Former
NFL star
O. J. Simpson is sentenced to a maximum of 33 years in prison, with the possibility of parole after 9 years, after being convicted of
kidnapping and
robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers
in Las Vegas.
News: The
England cricket team is training in
Abu Dhabi, while
ECB officials and a security advisor inspect the security conditions in
Chennai and
Mohali, the cities scheduled to host the two Test matches. The delegation is due to report its findings to the team on Sunday, and then a decision should be made whether the tour will continue with the first Test in Chennai next Thursday.
With this win over winless Žalgiris Panathinaikos becomes the fifth team that reaches 300 wins in
EuroLeague history, following Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Maccabi Tel Aviv and FC Barcelona. Panathinaikos (5–1) still need another win or a Nancy loss to advance.
NBA news: The
Toronto Raptors fire
Sam Mitchell as head coach, making him the league's third head coach axed this season. His interim replacement is assistant
Jay Triano, the first Canadian coach in NBA history.
The
New York Giants suspend
Plaxico Burress for the remainder of the season, a day after he was charged with felony weapons possession stemming from an incident in which he accidentally shot himself.
Twins
Sylvie and
Nicole Banecki score a goal each for Germany, that eliminate the reigning bronze medallists and will next play USA in a repeat of
2002 and
2004 semifinals. On the previous two occasions, the winner went on to win the title.