REVIEW: Serena Williams claims 19th Major title

TENNIS – Serena Williams secured her 19th women’s singles title in a Grand Slam tournament by seeing off Maria Sharapova in the final of the 2015 Australian Open.

FIVE FAST FACTS: Super Bowl XLIX – Patriots vs Seahawks

AMERICAN FOOTBALL – Super Bowl XLIX will take place on Sunday, 1 February, and will feature the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Below we have Five Fast Facts on the game for you.

REVIEW: Khoroshilov achieves a first for Russia

ALPINE SKIING –  Alexander Khoroshilov triumphed in the men’s Slalom World Cup race in Schladming to become the first skier representing Russia to win a men’s World Cup race.

REVIEW: Vonn becomes leading lady on Olympic slopes

ALPINE SKIING – Lindsey Vonn (USA) won the Super G at St. Moritz on Sunday to secure her 19th World Cup win on an Olympic slope. Find out here what her favourite venue is.

FA Cup shocks top of Premier League

FOOTBALL – On Saturday, 24 January, five teams from the top half of the Premier League table lost their FA Cup tie, of which four played at home of which three were leading.

INFOGRAPHIC: The battle of the hat-trick heroes

FOOTBALL – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are matching each other hat-trick for hat-trick as their remarkable scoring battle continues apace. Last Sunday at Deportivo La Coruña, Messi recorded his 33rd career treble (club and country) and his 22nd in La Liga, one behind all-time record holder Ronaldo. 

ANALYSE THIS: Current men’s tennis generation features major dominators

TENNIS – When looking at games (the ones that make up sets in tennis, not to be confused with matches) won at Majors in men’s singles in the Open era (1968-present) three active players rank in the top six all-time. Below we list the 20 most dominant men in the Open era, by these criteria.

REVIEW: Milan’s Serie A slump

FOOTBALL – Atalanta defeated Milan 1-0 in San Siro on Sunday. Both teams have now won two of their last 12 Serie A matches.

THE WAVE: Swansea City – Chelsea

FOOTBALL – .Oscar’s opening goal after 48 seconds sparked a first half that saw Chelsea create big tidal waves on hapless Swansea City. At the start of the second half the Blues took their foot off the pedal briefly, but José Mourinho’s men never allowed the Swans to make waves of their own in this match.

INFOGRAPHIC: Nadal eyeing second Australian Open win

TENNIS – Rafael Nadal can become the first player in the Open era to win all Grand Slams at least twice and the third player all time, after Rod Laver and Roy Emerson.  Another win would secure Nadal’s 15^th Grand Slam title surpassing Pete Sampras on the all-time list, only Roger Federer has more (17).