- Jan 1 100th Rose Bowl: #4 Michigan State beats #5 Stanford, 24-20
- Jan 1 43rd Fiesta Bowl: #15 UCF beats #6 Baylor, 52-42
Sports History
Jan 1 Dutchman Michael van Gerwen wins his first PDC World Darts Championship beating Peter Wright of Scotland, 7-4; first time no Englishman in the final
- Jan 1 New Zealand cricket batsman Corey Anderson smashes a record century off just 36 balls in the Black Caps' 159 run ODI win over the West Indies in Queenstown; finishes on 131 not out off 47 balls
- Jan 2 80th Sugar Bowl: #11 Oklahoma beats #3 Alabama, 45-31
- Jan 3 80th Orange Bowl: #12 Clemson beats #7 Ohio State, 40-35
- Jan 4 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: France wins first title; Alizé Cornet & Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska & Grzegorz Panfil 6-0, 6-2 to clinch 2-1 victory
- Jan 6 College Football, 16th BCS National Championship, Rose Bowl, Pasadena: #1 Florida State beats #2 Auburn, 34-31
- Jan 9 Yaya Toure wins African Footballer of the Year
- Jan 12 Stephen Bunting and Lisa Ashton win the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship
Ballon d'Or
Jan 13 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid & Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo ends Lionel Messi's domination of award; FFC Frankfurt goalkeeper Nadine Angerer takes women's award
Seahawks Defeat 49ers
Jan 19 NFC Championship, CenturyLink Field, Seattle: Seattle Seahawks beat San Francisco 49ers, 23-17
1st Asian Champion
Jan 25 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Li Na of China becomes first Asian Australian champion; beats Dominika Cibulková of Slovakia 7-6, 6-0
Wawrinka Defeats Nadal
Jan 26 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland wins his first major title; beats Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
NFL Pro Bowl
Jan 26 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: Team Rice beats Team Sanders, 22-21; MVPs: Nick Foles, Philadelphia, QB; Derrick Johnson, KC Chiefs, LB
- Jan 29 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the 1st non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid, making his 500th appearance for the club
Hall of Fame
Jan 29 Dale Jarrett is inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Sports History
Jan 31 The Utah Jazz honor Jerry Sloan by raising a banner featuring the number "1223"