2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea
The estimated number of the hijacked computers varies widely; around 20,000 according to the South Korean National Intelligence Service, around 50,000 according to Symantec's Security Technology Response group, and more than 166,000 according to a Vietnamese computer security researcher who analyzed the log files of the two servers the attackers controlled. An investigation revealed that at least 39 websites were targets in the attacks based on files stored on compromised systems.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea
The targeting and timing of the attacks—which started the same day as a North Korean short-range ballistic missile test—have led to suggestions that they may be from North Korea, although these suggestions have not been substantiated. Researchers would later find links between these cyberattacks, the DarkSeoul attacks in 2013, and other attacks attributed to the Lazarus Group. This attack is considered by some to be the beginning of a series of DDoS attacks carried about by Lazarus dubbed "Operation Troy."


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Timeline of attacks, First wave
The first wave of attacks occurred on July 4, 2009 (Independence Day holiday in the United States), targeting both the United States and South Korea. Among the websites affected were those of the White House, The Pentagon, the New York Stock Exchange, the Washington Post, the NASDAQ, and Amazon.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Timeline of attacks, Second wave
The second wave of attacks occurred on July 7, 2009, affecting South Korea. Among the websites targeted were the presidential Blue House, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the National Intelligence Service and the National Assembly. Security researcher Chris Kubecka presented evidence multiple European Union and United Kingdom companies unwittingly helped attack South Korea due to a W32.Dozer infections, malware used in part of the attack. Some of the companies used in the attack were partially owned by several governments, further complicating attribution.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Timeline of attacks, Third wave
A third wave of attacks began on July 9, 2009, targeting several websites in South Korea, including the country's National Intelligence Service as well as one of its largest banks and a major news agency. The U.S. State Department said on July 9 that its website also came under attack. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said: "I'm just going to speak about our website, the state government website. There's not a high volume of attacks. But we're still concerned about it. They are continuing." U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Amy Kudwa said that the department was aware of the attacks and that it had issued a notice to U.S. federal departments and agencies to take steps to mitigate attacks.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Effects
Despite the fact that the attacks targeted major public and private sector websites, the South Korean Presidential office suggested that the attacks were conducted with the purpose of causing disruption, rather than stealing data. However, Jose Nazario, manager of a U.S. network security firm, claimed that the attack is estimated to have produced only 23 megabits of data per second, not enough to cause major disruptions. That being said, web sites reported service disruptions for days following the attack.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Effects
Later, it was discovered that the malicious code responsible for causing the attack, Trojan. Dozer and its accompanying dropper W32.Dozer, was programmed to destroy data on infected computers and prevent the computers from being rebooted. It is unclear if this mechanism was ever activated. Security experts said that the attack re-used code from the Mydoom worm to spread infections between computers. Experts further shared that the malware used in the attack "used no sophisticated techniques to evade detection by anti-virus software and doesn't appear to have been written by someone experienced in coding malware."


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Effects
It was expected that the economic costs associated with websites being down would be large, as the disruption had prevented people from carrying out transactions, purchasing items or conducting business.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Perpetrators
It is not known who is behind the attacks. Reports indicate that the type of attacks being used, commonly known as distributed denial-of-service attacks, were unsophisticated. Given the prolonged nature of the attacks, they are being recognized as a more coordinated and organized series of attacks.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Perpetrators
According to the South Korean National Intelligence Service, the source of the attacks was tracked down and the government activated an emergency cyber-terror response team who blocked access to five host sites containing the malicious code and 86 websites that downloaded the code, located in 16 countries, including the United States, Guatemala, Japan and the People's Republic of China, but North Korea was not among them.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Perpetrators
The timing of the attack led some analysts to be suspicious of North Korea. The attack started on July 4, 2009, the same day as a North Korean short-range ballistic missile launch, and also occurred less than one month after the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1874, which imposed further economic and commercial sanctions on North Korea in response to an underground nuclear test conducted earlier that year.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Perpetrators
South Korean police analyzed a sample of the thousands of computers used by the botnet, stating that there is "various evidence" of the involvement of North Korea or "pro-North elements," but said they may not find the culprit. Intelligence officials with the South Korean government warned lawmakers that a "North Korean military research institute had been ordered to destroy the South's communications networks."


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Perpetrators
Joe Stewart, researcher at SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit, noted that the data generated by the attacking program appeared to be based on a Korean-language browser.


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Perpetrators
Various security experts have questioned the narrative that the attack originated in North Korea. One analyst thinks that the attacks likely came from the United Kingdom, while technology analyst Rob Enderle hypothesizes that "overactive students" may be to blame. Joe Stewart of SecureWorks speculated that attention-seeking behavior drove the attack, though he notes that the breadth of the attack was "unusual."


2009 DDoS attacks against South Korea, Perpetrators
On October 30, 2009, South Korea's spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, named North Korea as the perpetrator of the attack. According to head of the NIS Won Sei-hoon, the organization found a link between the attacks and North Korea via an IP address that the North Korean Ministry of Post and Telecommunications allegedly "[was] using on rent (from China)."


2009 DFB-Pokal Final
The final of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal season was held on 30 May 2009 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin. Werder Bremen won with a 58th-minute goal from midfielder Mesut Özil. This was the club's sixth DFB-Pokal in its history, after victories in 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999 and 2004. This was Bayer Leverkusen's DFB-Pokal final loss of the decade, the other occurring in 2002. Werder Bremen lost the 2009 UEFA Cup final ten days prior to the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk.


2009 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2009 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2009 DPR Korea Football League
Statistics of DPR Korea Football League in the 2009 season.


2009 DPR Korea Football League, Overview
P'yŏngyang City won the championship. Chadongch'a and Wŏlmido were relegated to the 2nd level.


2009 DPR Korea Football League, Cup competitions
April 25 won the seventh edition of the Man'gyŏngdae Prize, whilst second division side Kyŏnggong'ŏp defeated Amrokkang 1-0 to win the Republican Championship.


2009 DSB Bank–LTO season
The 2009 season was the fifth for the DSB Bank-LTO cycling team, which started as DSB Bank in 2005.


2009 DSB Bank–LTO season, Results in major races, Women's World Cup 2009
Marianne Vos finished 1st in the individual and the team finished 2nd in the teams overall standing.


2009 DSB Bank–LTO season, UCI World Ranking
The team finished 3rd in the UCI ranking for teams.


2009 Daegu FC season
The 2009 season was Daegu F.C. 's 7th season in South Korea's K-League.


2009 Daegu FC season, Season summary
This season would transpire to be one of the worst, if not the worst, in the club's history. In a now expanded league of 15 clubs, thanks to new entrant Gangwon FC, Daegu would finish last. Jang Nam-Seok, who had played for the club since 2006 and has been a prolific scorer for the club, was appointed captain for the 2009 season. While defensively, there had been improvements, the club lost its attacking focus of the previous season.


2009 Daegu FC season, Season summary
The leading scorer of the previous season, Lee Keun-Ho had completed his contract and moved to Japanese club Júbilo Iwata and Eninho, who had been one of the club's best performing imports, transferred to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. Their replacements, Émile Mbamba and Lazar Popović, were not of the same calibre, and would be released mid-season.


2009 Daegu FC season, Season summary
Only five games were won all season in the K-League. That even five games were won was fortunate, and this number is somewhat deceptive as it was as late as the 21st round that the club had but a single win. It was only a late season string of four consecutive wins that saved the club's blushes. This late season revival was far too late to lift the club from the foot of the table, from where it had been anchored since round 11 of the competition. An midseason incoming transfer, Leo would score four goals while midfielder draftee Lee Seul-Ki scored three goals from 25 games. That a midfielder playing as an occasional part-time forward would be the club's second highest scorer only highlighted the club's lack of offensive penetration.


2009 Daegu FC season, Season summary
In the FA Cup, Daegu made it to the quarterfinals, beating Gyeongnam FC in a penalty shootout in the round of 16. In the quarterfinal itself, against Daejeon Citizen, the game finished as a one all draw, Daegu's goal coming from Lee Seul-Ki. For the second consecutive match, the result would come down to a penalty shootout. This time, Daegu lost out. In the league cup, now known as the Peace Cup Korea 2009 finished third in their group, one point away from qualifying for the knockout phase of the cup. Cho Hyung-Ik, another midfielder, would be the club's highest scorer in the competition with three goals.


2009 Daegu FC season, Season summary
Off the field, Park Jong-Sun was elected as the third representative director of Daegu FC on 11 May 2009. Lee Dae-Sub and Choi Jong-Joon were the preceding representative directors. Daegu FC also signed a memorandum of understanding with the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B side Deportivo Coreano on 31 August 2009. It was hoped that this will lead to promising Argentinean players playing for the club.


2009 Daegu FC season, Season summary
The 2009 season also saw a change in the club's kit provider; Joma replaced previous supplier Lotto Sport Italia.


2009 Daegu FC season, Season summary
On December 22, 2009, Daegu FC appointed Lee Young-jin as manager to lead the club for the 2010 season. Lee, who has previously coached FC Seoul, replaced Byun Byung-Joo who had been manager since 2006. Byun resigned after being embroiled in a scandal involving a player's agent and payoffs for selecting specific players.


2009 Daegu FC season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 Dahsyatnya Awards
The 2009 Dahsyatnya Awards was an awards show for Indonesian musicians. It was the first annual show. The show was held on April 19, 2009, at the Ancol Dome Carnaval Beach in Pademangan, North Jakarta. The awards show was hosted by Luna Maya, Raffi Ahmad, and Olga Syahputra.


2009 Dahsyatnya Awards
D'Masiv and Nidji led the nominations with four categories, followed by Peterpan, Project Pop and The Changcuters with three nominations. Peterpan was the biggest winner of the night, taking home two awards for Outstanding Band and Outstanding Video Clip for "Walau Habis Terang".


2009 Dahuk governorate election
Governorate or provincial elections are due to be held in Dahuk Governorate in 2009 to replace the governorate council elected in the Iraqi governorate elections of 2005. The remaining governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan held elections on 31 January 2009. The election will follow the 2009 Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election.


2009 Dakar Rally
The 2009 Dakar Rally was the 31st running of the Dakar Rally. In addition to motorcycle, automobile, and truck categories, a separate quad (all-terrain vehicle) class was added for the first time. The race began on 3 January 2009, and took place across Argentina and Chile. The rally was for the first time to take place outside of Europe and Africa as the location was changed by organizers due to concerns about possible terrorist attacks that resulted in the cancellation of the 2008 Dakar Rally.


2009 Dakar Rally
Étienne Lavigne, the race director of the rally, first announced the new race location in February 2008 around the same time as the replacement Central Europe Rally was held for competitors. He said, "Dakar competitors are going to discover new territory, new scenery, but with the same spirit of competition and adventure, with very hard stages."


2009 Dakar Rally, Entrants
540 teams from 50 nations are competing in the race. Teams underwent administrative and technical checks in Buenos Aires between 31 December and 2 January. Afterwards, 217 motorcycles, 25 all-terrain vehicle, 177 cars, and 81 trucks driven by a total of 837 people were approved to start.


2009 Dakar Rally, Route
The race began in Buenos Aires, Argentina with a symbolic start that took place on 2 January in downtown Buenos Aires, attracting an estimated crowd of 500,000 fans. The total racing distance is more than 9,578 kilometres (5,951 mi), of which 5,652 kilometres (3,512 mi) is timed special stage. There will be a rest day in Valparaíso, Chile on 10 January. There are ten stages in Argentina, and three in Chile.


2009 Dakar Rally, Route, Stages
Due to heavy fog and the need to cross the border between Chile and Argentina, the competitive element of Stage 11 was cancelled.


2009 Dakar Rally, Stage results, Trucks
Trucks did not compete in Stage 7. The timed part of Stage 11 was cancelled due to bad weather.


2009 Dakar Rally, Accidents
During the first stage of the rally, British driver Paul Green and co-driver Matthew Harrison were seriously injured when their Rally Raid UK car overturned.


2009 Dakar Rally, Accidents
On 7 January 49-year-old French motorcycle rider Pascal Terry was found dead in a remote area. He had been missing since the second stage of the rally, and the cause of death was determined as a pulmonary edema.


2009 Dakar Rally, Accidents
On the tenth stage on 13 January 48-year-old Spanish motorcyclist Cristóbal Guerrero was seriously injured after a heavy crash. 24 hours after the accident, he was reportedly still in a coma and in a critical condition. Guerrero's son Cristóbal junior competes in the World Enduro Championship.


2009 Dakar Rally, Accidents
During stage twelve of 15 January, rally leader Carlos Sainz rolled his Volkswagen Toureg into a ravine, ending the race for the Spaniard and his French co-pilot, Michel Perin, who received a shoulder injury during the crash.


2009 Dakar Rally, Winners
Spanish rider Marc Coma won his second Dakar Rally in the motorbike class while KTM scored their ninth consecutive win in the event, which also includes the Central Europe Rally in 2008 that KTM had won.


2009 Dakar Rally, Winners
Josef Macháček of the Czech Republic won the quad class driving a Yamaha vehicle. It was the first time in Dakar Rally history that the quad category competition was held in a separate class.


2009 Dakar Rally, Winners
Giniel De Villiers of South Africa and his German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz won the car category with Volkswagen. It was their first Dakar Rally victory and Volkswagen's second, the first since 1980.


2009 Dakar Rally, Winners
The Russian Kamaz crew of Firdaus Kabirov, Aydar Belyaev, and Andrey Mokeev won the truck category for their second time with Kamaz scoring their eighth victory and their first since 2006.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season
The 2009 Dallas Cowboys season was the 50th anniversary for the team in the National Football League. It was the team's first season playing at Cowboys Stadium. Their victory over the Oakland Raiders on November 26 extended their Thanksgiving winning streak to four in a row and also ended a three-game losing streak to the Raiders. They also ended the Saints' bid for a perfect season after a 13–0 start with a 24–17 victory on December 19, 2009. The Cowboys earned a playoff spot on December 27 after beating the Washington Redskins 17–0.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season
On January 3, 2010, the Cowboys clinched their division with a win over the Philadelphia Eagles, 24–0. In the wild-card round of the playoffs, the Cowboys once again defeated the Eagles, 34–14, to score their first playoff win since December 28, 1996 and finish the season sweep of all three games played against Philadelphia. They lost 34-3 to the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round of the playoffs, ending their season.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
The 2009 NFL draft was one of the worst in the history of the Dallas Cowboys, with many experts comparing it unfavorably to the 1995 "backup draft", by calling it the "special teams draft". Entering the season, the team considered their special teams a glaring weakness, so they hired a new coach (Joe DeCamillis) and focused on drafting players who could contribute immediately on this unit.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
The Cowboys started the day without a first-round draft choice (part of the price to acquire Roy Williams) and then traded out of the second round after they couldn't draft center Max Unger, reaching a total of 12 picks, which was their most selections since the 1992 NFL draft. The eventual result was that the team couldn't find a starter in the group and most of the players drafted were waived by the 2010 season.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
On May 2, 2009 during the rookie mini-camp, the Cowboys air-supported roof practice field (a tent-like structure) collapsed during a storm that turned into a microburst. At the time of the incident, there were around 70 people inside (team personnel, coaches, rookie players and media), leaving 12 people injured.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
The most serious injuries were suffered by scouting assistant Rich Behm, who was left paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed, DeCamillis, the special teams coach, fractured one of his cervical vertebrae and Greg Gaither, the assistant athletic trainer, sustained a fracture to the tibia and fibula in his right leg. The facility was completely destroyed and was never rebuilt. After the incident fallout, Summit Structures, its parent company Cover-All Building Systems and the consulting firm JCI (helped design reinforcements) all filed for bankruptcy after serious structural flaws were found with the construction and manufacturing of the facility.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Cowboys began their season at Raymond James Stadium for a Week 1 duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Dallas shot first as kicker Nick Folk got a 51-yard and a 22-yard field goal. The Buccaneers responded in the second quarter as running back Carnell "Cadillac" Williams got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Cowboys regained the lead as quarterback Tony Romo completed a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Miles Austin.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dallas increased their lead in the third quarter as Romo completed a 66-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roy Williams. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay answered with running back Derrick Ward getting a 1-yard touchdown run, yet the Cowboys struck right back with Romo completing an 80-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Patrick Crayton, along with running back Marion Barber getting a 6-yard touchdown run. Afterwards, Tampa Bay's rally only produced a 2-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Byron Leftwich to tight end Kellen Winslow.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. New York Giants
Coming off their road win over the Buccaneers, the Cowboys would play their very first regular season home game at the new Cowboys Stadium. With an NFL-record regular season crowd on hand, Dallas would play a Sunday night game against their NFC East rival, the New York Giants.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. New York Giants
In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes got a 30-yard field goal. Dallas responded with running back Marion Barber getting a 2-yard touchdown run, but New York retook the lead as cornerback Bruce Johnson returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Giants added a Tynes 28-yard field goal to make the score 13–7.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. New York Giants
The Cowboys responded with a 1-yard Tony Romo touchdown pass to tight end Jason Witten, yet New York went back on top as quarterback Eli Manning completed a 22-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mario Manningham, this pass however was juggled but still ruled as a touchdown. Dallas closed out the half as kicker Nick Folk made a 47-yard field goal.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. New York Giants
The Cowboys would regain the lead in the third quarter as Romo ran for a 3-yard touchdown. However, in the fourth quarter, the Giants again got the lead as Manning completed a 22-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Smith, followed by Tynes kicking a 36-yard field goal. Dallas responded with a 7-yard touchdown run from running back Felix Jones. The Giants would respond with a game-winning drive capped by a Lawrence Tynes field goal with no time left to seal a Giants victory and hand the Cowboys their first loss in their new stadium


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers
Hoping to rebound from their tough divisional loss to the Giants, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 3 Monday night duel with the Carolina Panthers. After a scoreless first quarter, Dallas trailed in the second quarter as Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dante Rosario. The Cowboys took control in the third quarter as kicker Nick Folk nailed a 24-yard field goal, followed by running back Tashard Choice getting a 5-yard touchdown run. Dallas pulled away with Folk's 19-yard field goal and cornerback Terence Newman returning an interception 27 yards for a touchdown (with Choice getting the 2-point conversion run).


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Denver Broncos
Coming off their Monday night home win over the Panthers, the Cowboys flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 4 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. Dallas would deliver the opening shots in the first quarter with kicker Nick Folk making a 49-yard field goal, followed by running back Marion Barber's 1-yard touchdown run. The Broncos would answer in the second quarter with quarterback Kyle Orton completing a 9-yard touchdown pass to running back Knowshon Moreno. After a scoreless third quarter, Denver would take control in the fourth.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Denver Broncos
The Broncos would tie the game with a 28-yard field goal from kicker Matt Prater, and then they would take the lead with Orton's 51-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Marshall. The 'Boys would get a late game drive all the way down to Denver's 1-yard line, but the Broncos' defense would hold on for the win.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Kansas City Chiefs
Hoping to rebound from their road loss to the Broncos, the Cowboys flew to Arrowhead Stadium, donned their throwback uniforms, and played a Week 5 interconference duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. After a scoreless first quarter, Dallas would trail in the second quarter as Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop booted a 47-yard field goal and quarterback Matt Cassel hooked up with linebacker Mike Vrabel on a 1-yard touchdown pass. The Cowboys would close out the half with a 22-yard field goal by kicker Nick Folk.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City came out in the third quarter with Succop's 38-yard field goal, yet the Cowboys began to take control as running back Tashard Choice got a 36-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, Dallas took the lead as Folk nailed a 28-yard field goal, followed by quarterback Tony Romo completing a 59-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Miles Austin. However, the Chiefs would tie the game with Cassel's 16-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dwayne Bowe. In overtime, the 'Boys came out on top as Romo hooked up with Austin again on a game-winning 60-yard touchdown pass.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Kansas City Chiefs
Austin finished the game with 250 yards on 10 catches along with the two touchdowns, a Cowboy receiving record.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Kansas City Chiefs
With the win, the Cowboys went into their bye week at 3-2


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Coming off their bye week, the Cowboys went home for a Week 7 duel with the Atlanta Falcons. Dallas would trail in the first quarter as Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan found wide receiver Roddy White on a 4-yard touchdown pass. In the second quarter, the Cowboys came out shooting as kicker Nick Folk made a 38-yard field goal, followed by quarterback Tony Romo completing a 59-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Miles Austin and a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Patrick Crayton.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta tried to catch up in the third quarter with running back Michael Turner's 2-yard touchdown run, yet Dallas answered with Romo finding Austin again on a 22-yard touchdown pass. The Cowboys would increase their lead in the fourth quarter with Folk nailing a 46-yard field goal and Crayton returning a punt 73 yards for a touchdown. The Falcons tried to come back with Ryan's 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Eric Weems, yet Dallas closed out the game with Folk's 34-yard field goal.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Coming off their win over the Falcons, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 8 duel with the Seattle Seahawks. Dallas would trail early in the first quarter as Seahawks kicker Olindo Mare nailed a 43-yard field goal, yet the Cowboys answered with quarterback Tony Romo completing a 36-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Sam Hurd. In the second quarter, Dallas increased their lead as running back Marion Barber got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Seahawks would reply with quarterback Matt Hasselbeck's 23-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Deion Branch, yet the Cowboys came right back with Romo's 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roy Williams.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Dallas would greatly increase their lead in the third quarter with Romo hooking up with wide receiver Miles Austin on a 3-yard touchdown pass, followed by wide receiver Patrick Crayton returning a punt 82 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Cowboys solidified their win with kicker Nick Folk nailing a 40-yard field goal. Seattle would close out the game's scoring with Hasselbeck's 4-yard touchdown pass to fullback Justin Griffith.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Crayton would join "Bullet Bob" Hayes as the only Cowboys to have back-to-back games with a punt return for a touchdown.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles
Coming off their home win over the Seahawks, the Cowboys flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 9 NFC East duel with the Philadelphia Eagles with both teams fighting for the division lead. Dallas would deliver the opening shot in the first quarter as running back Tashard Choice got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Eagles would answer in the second quarter as kicker David Akers made a 45-yard and a 48-yard field goal, yet the Cowboys came right back with a 22-yard field goal from kicker Nick Folk.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia would take the lead in the third quarter as quarterback Donovan McNabb completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brent Celek. Afterwards, Dallas would regain the lead in the fourth quarter as Folk booted a 33-yard field goal, followed by quarterback Tony Romo hooking up with wide receiver Miles Austin on a 49-yard touchdown pass. The Eagles tried to rally as Akers nailed a 52-yard field goal, yet the 'Boys would run out the clock and grab the lead in the NFC East. This win was only the Cowboys third win in the last eleven games at Philadelphia and avenged a 44–6 blowout loss at Lincoln Financial Field in the 2008 season finale.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
Coming off a huge divisional win over the Eagles, the Cowboys flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 10 duel with the Green Bay Packers. After a scoreless first quarter, the Packers would acquire the only points of the opening half as kicker Mason Crosby booted a 48-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Green Bay would extend their lead in the fourth quarter as quarterback Aaron Rodgers got a 1-yard touchdown run and threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Spencer Havner.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
Dallas tried to rally as quarterback Tony Romo hooked up with wide receiver Roy Williams on a 9-yard touchdown pass, but the Packers' defense would shut down any further attempt. In this game, the Cowboys avoided a shutout in the final minutes. Their previous shutout was in 2003 against the New England Patriots in which they lost 12–0.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Washington Redskins
Hoping to rebound from their frustrating loss to the Packers, the Cowboys returned home for their Week 11 NFC East rivalry match against the Washington Redskins. After a scoreless first quarter, Dallas trailed early after Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham nailed a 45-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Suisham booted a 31-yard field goal to keep the Redskins in front, yet in the fourth quarter, Dallas took the lead with quarterback Tony Romo completing a 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Patrick Crayton.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders
Coming off their win over the Redskins, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 12 Thanksgiving duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Dallas began their dominating day with kicker Nick Folk booting a 36-yard field goal. The Cowboys would add onto their lead in the second quarter as running back Felix Jones got a 46-yard touchdown, followed by quarterback Tony Romo finding wide receiver Miles Austin on a 9-yard touchdown pass.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders
The Raiders would try to rally in the third quarter as quarterback Bruce Gradkowski completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, yet Dallas would pull away in the fourth quarter as Romo hooked up with wide receiver Roy Williams.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders
Romo (18/29, 309 yards, 2 TDs), Austin (7 receptions, 145 yards, 1 TD), & tight end Jason Witten (5 receptions, 107 yards) were named CBS's All-Iron Award winners.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: at New York Giants
Coming off their Thanksgiving win over the Raiders, the Cowboys went to Giants Stadium for the final time to face off against their NFC East rival the New York Giants.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: at New York Giants
With a scoreless first quarter the Cowboys scored a field goal and touchdown by Tony Romo to Roy Williams. However, the Giants countered by scoring two touchdowns in the second quarter. Nick Folk missed a 57-yard field goal just before halftime. In the third quarter, both teams scored touchdowns and Nick Folk missed a 42-yard field goal which would have put the Cowboys in front. In the fourth quarter the Giants scored two touchdowns, one being a 79-yard punt return by Domenik Hixon. Dallas would score a late touchdown from Romo to Miles Austin but the game ended with the Giants sweeping the series.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 15: at New Orleans Saints
Hoping to end the two-game skid from their tough losses to the New York Giants and San Diego Chargers, the Cowboys went to the Superdome to take on the undefeated New Orleans Saints. The Cowboys took the lead in the first half by scoring two touchdowns with a 49-yard pass from Tony Romo to Miles Austin and a 3-yard touchdown run by Marion Barber. Outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware made a big play as he sacked Saints quarterback Drew Brees and caused the ball to be fumbled. Anthony Spencer recovered the ball to put it in Dallas' hands. The Saints only points of the half were from a 43-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 15: at New Orleans Saints
In the second half, the Cowboys scored their only touchdown in the third quarter with a two-yard touchdown run by Marion Barber. Finally in the fourth quarter New Orleans got a touchdown when running back Mike Bell scored from one yard out to make a 24–10 Dallas lead. Drew Brees also made a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Lance Moore. After that, Nick Folk attempted a 24-yard field goal, but the kick was no good.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 15: at New Orleans Saints
With a big advantage to take the lead as the clock was expiring, the Saints were driving for the game-tying score, but DeMarcus Ware made his second sack on Drew Brees, which again caused the ball to be fumbled. This time the ball was recovered by nose guard Jay Ratliff. With the ball in possession, Dallas took a knee to conclude the game.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 15: at New Orleans Saints
With a huge win over the once-undefeated Saints, the Cowboys extended their chances to make the playoffs and ended a two-game losing streak. They improved their record to 9–5.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Washington Redskins
Coming off a win over the New Orleans Saints, the Cowboys went to FedExField to take on the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, Tony Romo made a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roy Williams. In the second quarter, Marion Barber made a 3-yard touchdown run. The Cowboys ended the first half of the game holding Washington to no points.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Washington Redskins
The Cowboys got a 23-yard field goal in the second half by their new kicker Shaun Suisham who had played for the Redskins prior to the game. The Redskins continued to be scoreless and ended the game being shut out. This was the first shutout victory over the Redskins since the Cowboys beat them 27–0 on December 14, 2003, and the first time they swept the Redskins since the 2004 season.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Washington Redskins
With the victory, the Cowboys clinched a spot in the playoffs and improved from their final 9–7 record from the previous season. The win also closed the door on the 8–7 New York Giants, who had a 41–9 loss to the Carolina Panthers earlier that day. With the win, the Cowboys improved to 10–5.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Coming off their shutout victory against Washington, the Cowboys stayed home for their regular season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles in a regular season-sealing claim for the NFC East crown. The Cowboys scored their first touchdown of the game when Tony Romo completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jason Witten in the first quarter. In the second quarter, wide receiver Patrick Crayton completed a 14-yard touchdown pass from Tony Romo. Shaun Suisham also nailed a 44-yard field goal. The Cowboys scored their final touchdown of the game when running back Felix Jones ran a 49-yard touchdown. The Eagles could not score the entire game with quarterback Donovan McNabb getting sacked four times.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With the victory, the Cowboys once again reclaimed first place in their division and improved to 11–5 to top off their regular season. This is the first time the Cowboys have swept the series since 2005, and also to snap Dallas's 9-regular season finale losing streak, as well as being the first time the Cowboys won a January game since 2000. The Cowboys would face off with the Eagles again in their first game of the playoffs the next week. This is also the first time Dallas posted back to back shutouts and Tony Romo broke his old team record for single season passing. They finished the regular season with an 11–5 record.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Post-season results, NFC Wild-Card Game: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Entering the playoffs as the NFC's No. 3 seed, the Cowboys began their postseason run at home in "Round 3" against their rival, the No. 6 Philadelphia Eagles, in a rematch of their week 17 victory.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Post-season results, NFC Wild-Card Game: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
After a scoreless first quarter, Dallas delivered the opening shot in the second quarter with quarterback Tony Romo completing a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end John Phillips. The Eagles responded with quarterback Michael Vick's 76-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jeremy Maclin when cornerback Mike Jenkins fell on the route. Then the Cowboys exploded with points, starting with a 1-yard touchdown run from running back Tashard Choice, a 25-yard field goal from kicker Shaun Suisham, Romo's 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Miles Austin and Suisham's second field goal of the quarter, from 48 yards.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Post-season results, NFC Wild-Card Game: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Dallas went back to work in the third quarter with running back Felix Jones' 76-yard touchdown run. Philadelphia tried to rally in the fourth quarter as quarterback Donovan McNabb completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver DeSean Jackson, but the 'Boys would drain every last bit of hope needed for a comeback.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Post-season results, NFC Wild-Card Game: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Cowboys and Eagles combined to set an NFL record for the most penalty yards in a playoff game, ever. The two teams were penalized 23 times for 228 yards.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Post-season results, NFC Wild-Card Game: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With the win, not only did the Cowboys improve to 12–5 and sweep three games from the Philadelphia Eagles, they finally won their first postseason game since 1996, and head coach Wade Phillips finally got his first postseason win.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Post-season results, NFC Divisional: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Coming off their three-game sweep over the Eagles, the Cowboys flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for the NFC Divisional Round against the No. 2 Minnesota Vikings. Dallas would trail in the first quarter as Vikings quarterback Brett Favre completed a 47-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Sidney Rice. The Cowboys would respond in the second quarter with kicker Shaun Suisham making a 33-yard field goal, but Minnesota struck again as Favre found Rice again on a 16-yard touchdown pass, followed by kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 23-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, the Vikings pulled away in the fourth quarter with Longwell booting a 28-yard field goal, followed by Favre' 45-yard touchdown pass to Rice and an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Post-season results, NFC Divisional: vs. Minnesota Vikings
With the loss, the Cowboys' season ended with an overall record of 12–6 and their first playoff win since 1996.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Players, Movement
After news reports about a 2007 shooting allegation surfaced, the Cowboys released talented but controversial cornerback Adam Jones on February 9, 2009. Their next move was to release backup quarterback Brad Johnson on February 26, 2009 and not to re-sign QB Brooks Bollinger. The Cowboys had been 1–3 when Johnson started in 2008. Two days later, the Cowboys traded starting cornerback Anthony Henry, age 32, to the Detroit Lions in exchange for quarterback Jon Kitna to back up starting quarterback Tony Romo. The same day the team signed five-time Pro Bowl, two-time second-team All-Pro linebacker Keith Brooking away from the Atlanta Falcons. The 33-year-old Brooking had led the Falcons in tackles the previous eight seasons, and he signed a three-year deal worth $7.8 million and includes $2.5 million guaranteed.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Players, Movement
The team lost starting defensive end Chris Canty to the New York Giants on March 1, 2009. To fill the need left by Canty's departure, the team signed former Chargers defensive end Igor Olshansky to a four-year, $18 million contract, with $8 million guaranteed on March 6, 2009. Linebacker Matt Stewart, who played for Wade Phillips in Atlanta, and had 108 tackles in 2003, signed a one-year contract on March 3, 2009. Stewart helped replace free-agent linebacker Kevin Burnett, who signed a two-year contract worth $5.5 million with a $2 million signing bonus to play for the San Diego Chargers.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Players, Movement
On March 4, 2009, the Cowboys cut Terrell Owens, a five-time All-Pro wide receiver who ranks second in NFL history in career touchdowns. The next morning, the team also released five-time Pro Bowl strong safety Roy Williams. Williams had struggled to excel in the 3–4 defense Phillips installed when he became head coach. The Cowboys bolstered its secondary in the wake of Williams' departure by signing strong safety Gerald Sensabaugh, who started 13 games in 2008 for the Jacksonville Jaguars, to a one-year, $1.75 million deal.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Players, Movement
In April, the Cowboys addressed their restricted free agents, whose signing period ran through April 17, 2009. Offensive lineman Cory Procter signed a one-year tender offer on April 4, 2009. Defensive end Stephen Bowen also signed a tender offer two days later. Wide receiver Sam Hurd signed a one-year offer worth $1.545 million on April 20, 2009. The team signed their final restricted free agent, wide receiver Miles Austin, and both exclusive-rights free agents, running back Alonzo Coleman and tight end Rodney Hannah, to one-year contracts worth $1.54 million, $385,000, and $310,000 respectively on April 23, 2009.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Players, Movement
The team released thirty-four-year-old, Pro-Bowl defensive end Greg Ellis on June 2, 2009. The move saved the Cowboys $4.15 million.


2009 Dallas Cowboys season, Players, Free agents in 2009
RFA: Restricted free-agent, UFA: Unrestricted free-agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent


2009 Dallas Cup
The 2009 Dallas Cup will be the 30th since its establishment, 12 teams entering in the tournament. The competition is sponsored by Dr Pepper.


2009 Dally M Awards
The 2009 Dally M Awards were presented on Tuesday 8 September 2009 at the State Theatre in Sydney and broadcast on Fox Sports.


2009 Dally M Awards, Dally M Awards
The Dally M Awards were, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the Provan-Summons Medal is for the fans' of "people's choice" player of the year.


2009 Damallsvenskan
The 2009 Damallsvenskan was the 22nd season of the Damallsvenskan, the highest level of professional women's football in Sweden, with 12 teams competing. The season ran from 25 March to 7 November. For the first time in five years the league had a new champion in Linköpings, as Umeå IK did not manage to win the league for a fifth time in a row. Newly promoted Piteå and Stattena were both relegated. Göteborg's Linnea Liljegärd finished as the season's top scorer with 22 goals.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum
A referendum on changing the Danish Act of Succession, the rules governing the succession to the Danish throne, was held in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland on 7 June 2009, simultaneously with the election to the European Parliament, in Denmark proper.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum
The law, which passed with 85.4% of the popular vote, eliminates male-preference primogeniture in favour of absolute primogeniture, resulting in sons losing precedence over daughters in the line of succession. The law did not affect anyone in the line of succession at the time of the referendum: the Queen's two children are both male, as is the Crown Prince's eldest child, born in 2005. However, had the referendum not been successful, Prince Vincent, who was born in 2011, would have been higher in the line of succession than Princess Isabella, born in 2007.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, In parliament
Under the rules for change of constitution, the law must be passed by two Parliaments, before and after an election, and then approved by a referendum. The law was passed in 2006 with only one abstention (Simon Emil Ammitzbøll of the Social Liberal Party, who later formed his own party, Borgerligt Centrum). The law was passed again by the new Folketing elected in 2007 on 24 February 2009 with two abstentions (of the left-wing Enhedslisten). It was then submitted to a referendum.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Relation to constitution
No changes would be made to the constitution and §2 would continue to refer to the Act of Succession of 1953 even though that reference would become invalid. Jens Peter Christensen, then Professor of administrative law at the University of Aarhus and now a member of the Danish Supreme Court, has described this as "a mess" and as an "overly clever" way for then–Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to signal that the government  will oppose any other changes to the constitution. At the same time Christensen emphasizes that he has no doubt that the procedure is legal.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Prognosis for referendum
Changes to the act of succession in Denmark follow the same rules as changes to the constitution. First, it must be passed by parliament, then passed in unchanged form by the next parliament following parliamentary elections, and then be submitted to a public referendum. In order for the law to be approved in the referendum, it must get both a majority of votes cast in favour and at least 40% of all eligible voters voting in favour.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Prognosis for referendum
Although an opinion poll from May 2005 showed a majority of 77% in favour of the change, it would not guarantee passage of the bill. In fact turnout at the preceding European Parliament elections in 2004 was so low (47.6%), that even a 77% margin in favour would not take the proposal past the 40% threshold. However, turnout increased and at midnight on the election night with most votes counted, the threshold had been passed and the law was certain to pass.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Campaign and positions
In late May, the government launched an official campaign, costing 5 million kroner. It was instantly criticised for being one-sided, undemocratic and patronising. The Prime Minister's Department admitted the official campaign video is an imitation of a sketch from the British comedy show Harry Enfield's Television Programme.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Campaign and positions
According to historian Steffen Heiberg in a Ritzau story on 1 June 2009, Queen Margrethe II herself is "rather opposed" to the change.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Results
As the electorate was 4,042,185, and the minimum threshold of passing was 40 percent of the electorate, at least 1,616,874 people must have voted in favor of the change, while maintaining a majority in votes cast. 85.4% voted for the change, whilst 14.6% voted against change. The referendum had a 58.3% turnout.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Results
The number of blank and invalid votes was much higher in big cities, especially Copenhagen. If based on the local results from Copenhagen alone, the change would not have passed.


2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum, Results
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stated that the referendum "was important for gender equality" and "a strong signal that shows that we want to be a society where men and women have the same opportunities, whether it is for ordinary people or princes and princesses".


2009 Danish Cup Final
The 2009 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the 2008–09 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday 21 May 2009 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. The then-leader in the Superliga F.C. Copenhagen met AaB, who was in 7th.


2009 Danish Cup Final
F.C. Copenhagen won the match 1–0 on a 31st-minute goal by midfielder William Kvist, securing the club their fourth cup title after they won in 1995, 1997 and 2004.


2009 Danish Cup Final
The two clubs also met in the 2004 final, that also ended in a 1–0-win for Byens Hold.


2009 Danish Cup Final
Peter Rasmussen refereed the match in front of a crowd of 29,249 in a Parken being rebuilt.


2009 Danish Figure Skating Championships
The 2009 Danish Figure Skating Championships (Danish: Danske Mesterskaber 2009) was held at the Esbjerg Skøjtehal in Esbjerg from 5 to 7 December 2008. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice levels of debs, springs, and cubs.


2009 Danish Individual Speedway Championship
The 2009 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 2009 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. The final was staged over two rounds, at Vojens and Fjelsted, and was won by Nicki Pedersen. It was Pedersen's sixth national title, taking him level with Hans Nielsen in second place on the all-time list.


2009 Danish Individual Speedway Championship, Event format
The competition started with two quarter finals, with four progressing to the semi-final from each. The top six then officially qualified from the semi-final, joining nine seeded riders and a wild card in the final series. The final series was held over two rounds, with the top four scorers from the two rounds then competing in a Grand Final. The points from the Grand Final were then added to the total score and the overall winner was the rider with the most total points.


2009 Danish local elections
The Danish local elections of 2009 were held on 17 November 2009. Councils were elected in Denmark's 98 municipalities and the five regions. 2468 seats were contested in the municipal elections (previous election: 2522 seats). 205 seats were contested in the regional elections.


2009 Danish local elections, Legal basis
The electoral details are laid down in the municipal and regional electoral act. The elections are overseen by the Ministry of the Interior.


2009 Danish local elections, Results, Results of regional elections
The Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 65.7%. The regions are not municipalities, and are not allowed to levy any taxes, but are financed only through block grants from the central government and the municipalities within each region. The results of the regional elections:


2009 Danish local elections, Results, Results of municipal elections
The Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 65.8%. The results of the municipal elections:


2009 Danish local elections, Results, Results of municipal elections, Mayors in the municipalities
The mayors (Danish:Borgmester; plural:Borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor - the head of the finance committee and council meetings - is called the Lord Mayor (Danish:Overborgmester).


2009 Danish local elections, Results, Old and new mayors in the municipalities
The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is Regional Municipality, because the municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the regions.


2009 Danmark Rundt
The 2009 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race held from 29 July to 2 August 2009. It was the 19th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985. The race was won by Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang of Team Saxo Bank, making this his second consecutive victory in the race. Maurizio Biondo of Ceramica Flaminia finished second by just three seconds with Roger Hammond of Cervélo third.


2009 Danmark Rundt, Teams
Fifteen teams took part in the 2009 race. Team Columbia-HTC was due to compete but withdrew as it was unable to field a team.


2009 Danmark Rundt, Final classifications
Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang won the race by three seconds from Maurizio Biondo after a solo victory in stage 3 on the Kiddersvej climb in Vejle. Although Biondo was able to contest the race on the individual time trial, Fuglsang was able to maintain his lead on the final stage. Roger Hammond was placed third.


2009 Danmark Rundt, Final classifications
The points winner was Matti Breschel with Troels Vinther the winner of the mountains classification for best climber. Rasmus Guldhammer won the white jersey for the best young rider award and Allan Johansen was awarded the fighters award for the race. Team Saxo Bank won the overall team competition by seven seconds from Cervélo with Team Capinordic in third place.


2009 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The 2009 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Dartmouth tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.


2009 Dartmouth Big Green football team
In their fifth consecutive year under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, his 10th year overall, the Big Green compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 282 to 161. Tim McManus and Peter Pidermann were the team captains.


2009 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The Big Green's 2–5 conference record tied with Yale for sixth place in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 170 to 118 by Ivy opponents.


2009 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
The 2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 2 November through 8 November 2009. Novak Djokovic won the singles title.


2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 6–2, 6–3.


2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won in the final 6–2, 6–3, against Bob and Mike Bryan.


2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but he lost in the final against Novak Djokovic 4–6, 6–4, 2–6.


2009 Davis Cup
The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth Davis Cup trophy, defending the title they had won the previous year. It is the first year that the ITF awarded ATP rankings points to the players competing in the World Group and related Play-Offs.


2009 Davis Cup, World Group Play-offs
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties compete in the World Group Play-offs.


2009 Davis Cup, Europe/Africa Zone, Group III
† Relegations to Group IV were ultimately not enforced, as Groups III and IV were reorganized into Group III (Europe) and Group III (Africa) for 2010.


2009 Davis Cup, Point Distribution
The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awarded ATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.


2009 Davis Cup, Point Distribution
Only live matches earn points; dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.


2009 Davis Cup, Point Distribution
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.


2009 Davis Cup, Point Distribution
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.


2009 Davis Cup, Point Distribution
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2009 Davis Cup, Point Distribution
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.


2009 Davis Cup, Point Distribution
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Format
There will be a Round Robin with eight teams. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Americas Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams of each pool of the Round Robin will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The two lowest-placed nations are relegated to Americas Group IV in 2010.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV, Format
The five teams will compete against each other in a Round Robin pool. The top two nations will be promoted to Americas Group III in 2010.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The  Asian and Oceanina zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group III
Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I, Third Round Matches, Australia vs. India
Australia refused to play the tie due to security concerns in Chennai, so India advance to the World Group Playoffs via forfeit.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III, Format
There will be a Round Robin with eight teams. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Asia and Oceania Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams of each pool of the Round Robin will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The two lowest-placed nations are relegated to Asia and Oceania Group IV in 2010.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV, Format
There will be a Round Robin where the twelve teams will compete in two pools. The winner of each pool will be promoted to the Asia and Oceania Group III in 2010.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The European and African Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III, Format
The fourteen teams will be divided into two sections, Section A and Section B. There will be a Round Robin with eight teams in each section. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Europe and Africa Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams or the bottom team of each pool of the two Round Robins will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The lowest-placed nations are relegated to Europe and Africa Group IV in 2010.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV, Format
All seven nations will play in a Round Robin. The top four nations will be promoted to the Europe and Africa Group III in 2010. After Uganda and Gabon withdrew, the format did not change.


2009 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2009. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, and the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2010.


2009 Davis Cup World Group, First round, Sweden vs. Israel, Controversy and riots
Sweden attracted controversy when they forbade fans from seeing the matches inside the Baltic Hall, fearing anti-Israeli violence. Several Swedish politicians, including the mayor of Malmö and the head of the Green Party, said that they wanted to cancel the match instead of having an Israeli team play in the city, but after it was strongly pointed out that Sweden would suffer a forfeit loss and immediate elimination from the Cup tournament, the prospect of a cancellation was nixed. A proposal to move the matches to Stockholm fell through because of limited preparation time. Israeli player Andy Ram condemned the switch, calling it a "stupid decision". In the end, anti-Israel protesters rioted outside the stadium while the Swedish team was stunned when Israel defeated them.


2009 Davis Cup World Group, First round, Sweden vs. Israel, Controversy and riots
The Davis Cup fined the Swedish tennis federation $25,000 and ordered them to pay an additional $15,000 in what would have been gate receipts. The city of Malmö was also banned from hosting Davis Cup matches for the next five years, and Sweden will lose its choice of venue if it happens again, being required to guarantee that future matches will be open to the public.


2009 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs were the main play-offs of 2009 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.


2009 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, Teams
Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2012 Davis Cup World Group.


2009 Daytona 500
The 2009 Daytona 500, the 51st running of the event, was held on February 15, 2009, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first points-paying race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the last 500 of the 2000s decade. The race was won by Matt Kenseth, making a car numbered 17 winning the race for the first time in 20 years since Darrell Waltrip's win back in 1989 and the first Daytona 500 win for Roush Fenway Racing. The race was called off with 48 laps to go after a severe rainstorm that had been lingering throughout the area hit the track.


2009 Daytona 500
This marks the first Daytona 500 without The Petty family and the first without Dale Jarrett since 1990.


2009 Daytona 500, Defending champions
For the first time since 1981, the defending race champion driver and the team have been split. Ryan Newman, the champion driver, drove for Stewart Haas Racing in the No. 39 Chevrolet Impala. The team that he won with, Penske Racing, fielded the No. 12 Dodge Charger with David Stremme behind the wheel.


2009 Daytona 500, Defending champions
The last time a driver and team split was when Buddy Baker drove for Harry Ranier Racing in winning the 1980 event, but the next year was the driver of Hoss Ellington's No. 1.


2009 Daytona 500, Defending champions
Former winners Kevin Harvick (2007), Michael Waltrip (2001, 2003), Jeff Gordon (1997, 1999, 2005), Bill Elliott (1985, 1987), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2004), Jimmie Johnson (2006), and Ryan Newman (2008) did race in the event finishing second, seventh, thirteenth, twenty-third, twenty-seventh, thirty-first, and thirty-sixth respectively. Derrike Cope (1990) and Geoff Bodine (1986), also former winners, failed to qualify.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
The Daytona 500 is the only event with a unique qualifying system on the NASCAR circuit. In the primary qualifying, only the front row (the pole position and the second-fastest driver) are locked into the race positions. Since 2005, NASCAR's top 35 owners points standings from the previous season automatically qualify those teams (not the drivers) into the event. The top two teams that are not within the owners' Top 35 automatically qualify in the Gatorade Duels, a pair of 150 miles (240 km) races. This is followed by a combination of last years' owners' points, pole qualifying speed and if needed, a past champions' provisional fills out the field.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
Qualifying• One round of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series timed qualifying will be held. Each team may run two laps with the fast lap setting the qualifying time. The two fastest qualifiers set starting positions one and two and are the only guaranteed positions, filling the front row for the Daytona 500. • The Gatorade Duels, the 150-mile qualifying races, will determine starting positions for the Daytona 500 beyond the front row. In the event of cancellation, the field will be set according to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rule Book.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
Gatorade Duel Assignment• The eligible highest ranked 35 in 2008 car owner points will be assigned to Gatorade Duel races based on their standing in the 2008 final car owner points. Odd-numbered owner points will compete in the first Gatorade Duel; even-numbered owners will compete in the second. The only exception is that the fastestqualifier will start on the pole in the first Gatorade Duel and the second-fastest will start on the pole in the second, regardless of 2008 car owner point standings.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
• Owners who failed to finish in the top 35 of the 2008 car owner points will be assigned to a Gatorade Duel based on qualifying times – the highest qualifying owner to the first Duel; the next to the second and alternating through the remaining entries. Starting positions for the Gatorade Duels are based onqualifying times.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
Daytona 500 Lineup• Finishing positions in the Gatorade Duels will determine starting positions in the Daytona 500 once the two fastest qualifiers will start on the front row of the Daytona 500 based on their qualifying times, regardless of their finish in the Duels. Based on their finish in the first Duel, the eligible highest ranked 35 in car owner points plus the two highest finishing non-top 35 teams will be lined up in the odd-number starting positions.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
Based on their finish in the second Duel, the eligible highest ranked 35 in car owner points plus the two highest finishing non-top 35 teams will be lined up in the even-number startingpositions. • The remaining positions will be filled based on qualifying times beginning with the next available position. • The composition of the front row will reduce the above numbers. If there are top-35 teams on the front row, the number of guaranteed starters is reduced accordingly.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
If there are no top-35 teams on the front row, the number of cars that get in based on time is reduced accordingly. • The 43rd starting position will be assigned to any car owner who has the most recent eligible past NASCAR Sprint Cup champion as long as the past champion competed in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. If the 43rd position is not used by a past champion, it will be assigned to the next highest qualifying time.


2009 Daytona 500, Qualifying
RecapThe bottom line – for the 2009 Daytona 500 – is that the top-two qualifiers are in. The remaining top-35 guaranteed starters are in. Four drivers will make the field based on their performance in the duels and the remaining positions will be filled based on qualifying times or being a past champion.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Pre-Race
Country singer Keith Urban performed a concert on the infield singing "Days Go By", "Sweet Thing", and "Better Life". Urban tossed his guitar pick into the crowd at the end of his performance. The first episode of the miniseries "The Adventures of Digger and Friends" premiered during the FOX pre-race coverage; Keith Urban's "Little Digger," the theme song to "The Adventures of Digger and Friends," also premiered. However, from there on, Digger would draw much opposition, including sites, forums, and blogs warning FOX about his use.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Pre-Race
The Grand Marshal was the Florida Governor Charlie Crist. RCA Records recording artist Gavin DeGraw sang the USA National Anthem, and actor Tom Cruise drove the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro pace car to the start of the race.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
During the drivers' meeting, NASCAR announced there would be a competition caution on lap 25 because of overnight rain. Despite threatening weather, the race started at 3:30 pm, with the green flag at 3:41 pm, waved by three-time champion Bobby Allison as the "Martin and Martin" front row led the field to the start of the race. Martin Truex, Jr. led the first lap and Mark Martin led the next one before being passed by Kyle Busch.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
The first caution came out on lap 9 when Aric Almirola got tapped from behind by David Ragan and spun near the entrance to pit road, nearly collecting Travis Kvapil. The race restarted on lap 11, with Busch still leading; Busch would remain there until lap 53 when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. passed him for the lead. With the help of his Busch (his former teammate), Tony Stewart passed Earnhardt, Jr. for the lead while entering turn 4. Shortly after, Travis Kvapil smacked the wall twice on lap 55, bringing out the third caution.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
Earnhardt, Jr. missed his pit stall and lost a lap because he was forced to pit again. Tony Stewart came out of the pits with the lead, until being passed by Jeff Gordon on lap 70. On lap 72, Ryan Newman was in the pits changing tires under green flag conditions when somehow the car fell off the jack while changing the left-side tires. Newman's crew had to use two jacks to lift the car off the ground and complete the pit stop.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
On lap 80, Daytona 500 rookie Joey Logano avoided Scott Speed losing control out of turn 4 but made contact with the front of Greg Biffle's car, causing him to crash head-on into the inside retaining wall on the front stretch, ending his day. Busch won the race off pit road edging ahead of his teammate Denny Hamlin by over half a car length, while Hermie Sadler reported bad weather about 40 minutes away from the track.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
Green flag pit stops began on lap 113 when Gordon over tire wear concerns, and his crew changed tires on lap 113, with the rest of the field on lap 119. David Stremme blew a tire on pit road as soon as his teammates Reed Sorenson and Elliott Sadler exited. Sadler wound up in 2nd and Sorenson in 3rd while the entire field had to pit one lap later. Earnhardt, Jr. mistakingly made his second pit stop in Lap 121 by completing his pit stop with his right front tire over the outside boundary line of his pit box, resulting in a one-lap penalty.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
On lap 124, the race for the beneficiary resulted in the "Big One". This began when Earnhardt, Jr. spun Brian Vickers into traffic toward the end of the backstretch, collecting race dominator Busch and his brother Kurt, Robby Gordon, Jamie McMurray, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Scott Speed, and Earnhardt, Jr.'s teammate Jimmie Johnson. R. Gordon's car slid in front of Earnhardt, Jr. within a couple of feet of contact.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
Many of Earnhardt Jr.'s fans, the Daytona 500 participants, and the drivers believed that the contact was done intentionally; and many fans (including those of the No. 88 fans) and drivers (such as Vickers, Ku. and Ky. Busch, R. Gordon, Hamlin, and McMurray gave NASCAR requests and calls to black-flag Earnhardt, Jr.  Earnhardt was penalized on two counts by NASCAR; first, he was sent to the tail end of the longest line for overaggressive driving, and the ensuing penalty meant he was not granted the beneficiary as a result. (A driver cannot cause the caution to be granted the beneficiary.)


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
Brian Vickers was angry and said when interviewed "To wreck somebody intentionally like that in front of the entire field is really kind of dangerous. That's my biggest problem with it. But, apparently, (Earnhardt, Jr.) wanted a caution pretty bad." Both Vickers and Earnhardt, Jr. were a lap down before the wreck occurred, and Earnhardt, Jr. was unaware that he was battling Vickers for the position. At this time, Kevin Harvick pushed Matt Kenseth into a battle for first between Kenseth and Sadler. On lap 138, Jeff Burton smacked the wall, collecting Paul Menard. Burton was then black-flagged for having a piece of sheetmetal hanging from his bumper.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
On lap 146, Matt Kenseth took the lead from Sadler a lap after the action resumed. Almirola was then spun by Kasey Kahne after Almirola made contact with Sam Hornish, Jr. on the backstretch. At this time, rain began to fall on the track under the yellow. On lap 152, the cars came into pit road under the red flag. Some drivers exited their cars while others, including Kenseth, remained in theirs. During the red flag period, asked what happened with Brian Vickers, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. said, "I got a run on him and he (Vickers) saw me coming.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
I had a big old run on him and I went to the inside. I didn't try to make any late move and make some kind of surprise or anything. I just kind of ease on over and he went to block me and hit me in the fender sending us both off, sent me down into the grass and I tried to recover my car. I got back into him coming back into the racetrack." When asked what happened was accidental, Earnhardt, Jr. was unrepentant and said, "Yeah, it was accidental. I didn't want to wreck the field." Later that week, Earnhardt Jr. gave a public apology for the incident and decided that he should have thought before he made his move that obviously would have crashed Vickers.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
At 6:49 pm. EST, sixteen minutes after the start of the red flag, NASCAR officials decided to call the race declaring Kenseth as the winner. "It's going to be really wet out here because I'm crying like a baby," said Kenseth moments after the race was called. "I tell you what, after last year, winning a race means a lot to me," Kenseth later said who was winless in 2008. Harvick, winner of the Bud Shootout, was second. Richard Petty Motorsports drivers A. J. Allmendinger (#44), Sadler (#19), and Reed Sorenson (#43) finished 3rd, 5th, and 9th respectively.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Race
Michael Waltrip had the best finishing Toyota in the 7th. Stewart was 8th in his first race as a driver and team owner. Truex, Jr. finished 11th, J. Gordon (Gatorade Duel No. 1 winner) finished 13th, Marcos Ambrose (in his first 500 starts) finished 17th, Johnson (the defending Series champion) finished 31st, Speed (the high-finishing rookie) finished 35th, Ryan Newman (the defending 500 winners) finished 39th, Ky. Busch (who led the most laps at 88 and won Gatorade Duel #2) finished 41st because of him being involved in the lap 124 multi-car crash, and Logano (also in his first Daytona 500 start also) finished 43rd.


2009 Daytona 500, Race summary, Starting lineup
* – NASCAR rules state that if a car, engine, or transmission change is made by the team, that car starts the race in the back of the field. For the Daytona 500, the rule applies to a car if a crash takes place in the Gatorade Duel or in the Friday or Saturday practice. An engine or transmission change is permitted after the Gatorade Duel, so the engine and transmission used in Friday practice must be used in Saturday practice and the race. The penalty for an engine or transmission change applies only if a second engine change is made after the Gatorade Duel once Friday practice begins.


2009 Daytona AMA Superbike Championship round
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2009 Daytona AMA Superbike Championship round, Schedule
Wednesday March 49:00am  – 9:30am Practice   SuperSport (SC)9:45am – 10:45am Practice    American Superbike (SC)11:15am – 12:15pm Practice   SunTrust Moto-GT (LC)12:30pm – 1:30pm Practice  Daytona SportBike (LC) 1:30pm  – 2:30pm Mid -day Break2:30pm  –  3:30pm Practice   SuperSport3:45pm  –  4:45pm Practice   American Superbike with Safety Car5:15pm  –  6:15pm Practice   SunTrust Moto-GT6:30pm  –  8:00pm Practice  Daytona SportBike with Safety CarThursday March 58:00am – 9:00am Qualifying  SunTrust Moto-GT9:15am – 9:45am Basic Qualifying Daytona Sportbike10:15am – 10:45am Basic Qualifying American Superbike11:00am – 11:30am Qualifying  SuperSport11:45pm –


2009 Daytona AMA Superbike Championship round, Schedule
12:30pm SuperPole American Superbike12:30pm – 1:30pm Mid-day Break12:40pm Autograph Session – American Superbike, Daytona Sportbike and SunTrust Moto-GT in the Sprint FANZONE1:30pm  Opening Ceremonies - SuperSport2:00pm 35-Mile Race SuperSport3:00pm  Opening Ceremonies - American Superbike3:30pm  50-Mile Race American Superbike6:30pm SuperPole Daytona SportBikeFriday March 62:00pm – 2:30pm Warm-Up  SunTrust Moto-GT2:45pm – 3:15pm Warm-Up  Daytona SportBike3:30pm Opening Ceremonies - SunTrust Moto-GT4:00pm 2  Hour Race SunTrust Moto-GT7:15pm Opening Ceremonies - Daytona SportBike8:00pm Daytona 200 By Honda Cumguzzler


2009 Daytona AMA Superbike Championship round, AMA Pro American Superbike, Results
1. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000), 15 laps2. Neil Hodgson (Hon CBR1000RR), -1.027 seconds3. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), -1.0284. Larry Pegram (Duc 1098R), -10.1175. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000), -16.0086. Ben Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), -16.2137. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), -16.3638. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), -28.358, ran off track9. Michael Laverty (Suz GSX-R1000), -28.43310. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), -31.58411. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R1000), -47.20112. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR1000RR), -57.27013. Hawk Mazzotta (Suz GSX-R1000), -58.85714. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), -58.95015. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR), -58.97016. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), -67.58617. Barrett Long (Duc 1098R), -67.62218. Scott Greenwood (Suz GSX-R1000), -67.94219.


2009 Daytona AMA Superbike Championship round, AMA Pro American Superbike, Results
Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000), -68.04620. Mark Crozier (Yam YZF-R1), -71.55621. Brett McCormick (Suz GSX-R1000), -77.90722. Brad Hendry (Duc 1098R), -79.44023. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000), -93.97324. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R1000), -93.94425. Shawn Higbee (Buell 1125R), -1 lap26. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R1), -1 lap, 17.135 seconds27. Josh Graham (Yam YZF-R1), -1 lap, 27.72528. David Loikits (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 41.84729. Davie Stone (Hon CBR1000RR), -2 laps30. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R1000), -7 laps, DNF31. Taylor Knapp (Suz GSX-R1000), -11 laps, DNF, mechanical32. Jake Holden (Hon CBR1000RR), -12 laps, DNF33. Ryan Elleby (Suz GSX-R1000), -13 laps, DNF


2009 Dehradun encounter case
The Ranbir Singh fake encounter case is an ongoing criminal case in the Uttarakhand state of India, took place on 3 July 2009, and involved fake encounter killings of Ranbir Singh, a 22-year-old MBA graduate in Dehradun. Delhi court has convicted 17 officers of the Uttarakhand Police for killing in a 2009 fake encounter that had rocked the hill state. This is the highest number of police personnel to be convicted in a fake encounter case in India.


2009 Dehradun encounter case, Detail
Ranbir Singh was a 22-year-old MBA graduate from Ghaziabad, who went to Dehradun on 3 July 2009 to take up a job. Where, he caught with his friends at Mohini Road in Dehradun and allegedly trying to commit a crime by Uttarakhand Police. According to Ranbir's father Ravindra Singh his son had been shot 29 times by the police. Police later held a press conference where they claimed to have murdered a gangster who escaped into the forest after snatching the revolver of a policeman who stopped his bike at a checkpost.


2009 Dehradun encounter case, CBI enquiry and conviction
The 18 cops had been chargesheeted by the CBI in December 2009. On 9 June 2014, all guilty policemen had been sentenced for life imprisonment. Earlier on 6 June 2014 court had found seven of them guilty for murder, 10 of them for criminal conspiracy and kidnapping to murder and another one was convicted only for destruction of evidence. On 6.2.18 the Hon'ble Delhi High Court in appeal confirmed life sentence of 7 policemen out of 17 which were originally given life sentence by trial court.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. Their record of 6–5 (4–4 CAA) was an improvement upon 2008 in which the team had its worst season by losses in its 117-year football history.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Recruiting
The biggest coup for the University of Delaware in the off-season was the addition of quarterback Pat Devlin, a transfer from Penn State and former high school All-American out of Downingtown East High School. In high school Devlin is Pennsylvania's all-time leading passer with 8,162 yards. He was named the 2005 Pennsylvania Class AAA Player of the Year and the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year and earned a No. 4 ranking among prep quarterbacks nationally by Scout.com. He also was a named a Parade magazine All-American and played in the prestigious Big 33 Football Classic.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Recruiting
Delaware also signed 20 recruits including four defensive linemen, four offensive linemen, three defensive backs, three linebackers, two runningbacks, two wide receivers, one quarterback, and one tight end. The recruits hail from seven states, including five from Pennsylvania, four each from New Jersey and Florida, three from Maryland, two from Virginia, and one each from Delaware and New York. The 2009 class matched the all-time high total of 20 signed by Coach Keeler in 2006.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, West Chester
After two years as a backup quarterback at Penn State, Pat Devlin made his debut as starting quarterback for the Blue Hens. Devlin completed 12 of 15 passes for 227 yards with two touchdown passes and also ran for a third. The Fightin' Blue Hens defense held the West Chester offense, ranked #17 in Division 2, to 176 total yards while securing the shutout. Mark Mackey led the team with 83 receiving yards, while redshirt freshman David Hayes rushed for 57. With a comfortable 35–0 lead in the third quarter, the Blue Hens brought out the backups.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Richmond
Delaware squared off against #1 Richmond on Saturday September 12 in front of 20,000 plus fans, with the Spiders coming off a big win over the Duke Blue Devils. Delaware's defense opened the scoring by forcing a punt which resulted in a muffed snap that went over the Richmond punters head in the end zone. The punter kicked the ball out of the back of the end zone to prevent a Delaware touchdown, and UD took a 2–0 lead. On the ensuing drive the Blue Hens managed to get into field goal range and made the score 5–0.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Richmond
After another UD field goal put them up 8–0, Richmond drove down the field with the half winding down and scored a touchdown to cut the lead to 8–7. After trading defensive stops, UD forced a fumble in the red zone and the offense punched it in for touchdown putting Delaware up 15–7. Richmond was able to drive down the field in the 4th quarter for a touchdown and went for a 2-point conversion to tie it, but the conversion failed and Delaware led 15–13.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Richmond
Richmond again managed to get down the field and the Delaware defense again held them to a field goal, putting Richmond ahead 16–15. After defensive stops by both teams, the Richmond punter muffed a punt that failed to cross the 50. With the excellent field position, Pat Devlin completed a pair of passes to get Delaware to the 12-yard line with under 2 minutes to play. After three straight rushing plays to run time off the clock, UD set up for the field goal with 32 seconds to play. The Richmond defense however was able to block the 29-yard field goal attempt to preserve a close 16–15 win in a hard fought CAA game. The blocked field goal made ESPN's Top Ten Highlights for Saturday as the #2 play of the day.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Delaware State
In the first regular season meeting between the two schools in the new Route 1 Rivalry, over 20,000 fans were in attendance for the noon kickoff of the intrastate game. The first quarter saw UD score a touchdown on their opening drive, a 1-yard rush by quarterback Pat Devlin at the 7:41 mark of the first quarter. The drive had initially stalled and kicker John Striefsky had missed a 42-yard field goal attempt wide left, however, the Delaware State Hornets were called for a personal foul on the play, giving UD 15 yards and a first down.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Delaware State
The Hornets answered by driving down the field themselves, but had to settle for a 42-yard field goal by kicker Riley Flickinger, a career long. After trading punts several times and a 44-yard field goal attempt by Delaware State missed wide right, the Blue Hens were able to move the ball to the 1-yard line with 1.5 seconds left in the first half. The Blue Hens decided to go for the touchdown and the Hornets made a goal line stop as time expired in the first half with the aid of a questionable call by the officials.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Delaware State
In the second half the offenses again moved the ball up and down the field but were still unable to punch it in for a score, with Delaware State reaching the Blue Hens 18-yard line before an interception. Late in the third Delaware took over the ball at their own 30-yard line after stopping the Hornets on downs and executed a 4 play 70-yard drive for a touchdown that again ended with a Pat Devlin 1-yard run to extend the lead to 14–3.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Delaware State
Delaware State again moved into Blue Hens territory for the third straight time, but again turned the ball over as a fumble by Jason Randall on the Delaware 25-yard line was recovered by UD and returned to the 41. The Hens then drove down the field on five plays ending with a Pat Devlin 17-yard touchdown pass to freshman Rob Jones, increasing the lead to 21–7. Delaware State attempted to answer back, driving down the field into scoring range only to turn the ball over again after a Flickinger's 35-yard field goal attempt was blocked.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Delaware State
Delaware State finally got a break, however, as on the ensuing drive Pat Devlin's pass went off the hands of a receiver and was intercepted by free safety Jerome Strums who raced 71 yards down the field for the Hornets first touchdown, cutting into the lead 21–10. After an excellent kickoff return, UD needed just 3 plays to pick up 23 yards for another touchdown as Leon Jackson rushed for a 3-yard touchdown making it 27–10 with 3:36 left in the game. Delaware State was able to muster one final drive as Delaware State quarterback Anthony Glaud kept the ball himself for a 1-yard rushing touchdown with 31 seconds left in the game to complete the scoring at 27–21.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, William & Mary
The #5 William & Mary Tribe put up 458 total yards of offense, including a 91-yard touchdown pass to set a record as the longest in school history, in their 30–20 victory over UD. The Tribe scored first on the 91-yard pass as W&M receiver Chase Hill got by the Blue Hens corner Marcus Burley, who was making his first career start in place of the injured Tyrone Grant. Hill would again beat Burley for the Tribe's second touchdown.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, William & Mary
The Fightin' Blue Hens were held to −2 yards rushing, the first time they were held to negative yardage rushing since a playoff game against Grambling in 1973. Although statistically Pat Devlin had a good performance, finishing 33–49 for 302 yards and 3 touchdowns, Delaware scored only 1 touchdown before the final 2:37 of the game. The William & Mary defense forced Delaware to punt 9 times in their first 11 possessions.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Maine
The Fightin' Blue Hens managed to bounce back from a their loss to William & Mary and secure their first conference win in Orono, Maine against the Black Bears. UD quarterback Pat Devlin passed for 329 yards and a touchdown, a 79-yard pass in the first quarter to Mark Duncan who had missed the previous game to William & Mary. Duncan finished with four receptions for 145 yards to lead all UD receivers.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Maine
Running back David Hayes led the way for the Hens ground game with 106 yards rushing including a 25-yard touchdown, while Leon Jackson added 61 yards on 23 carries for two touchdowns, including the go ahead score on a 2-yard run to put Delaware in the lead for good. Maine quarterback Warren Smith was 23-for-36 with 258 yards passing, and threw two touchdowns but had two interceptions for the Black Bears. Landis Williams led the Maine offense catching 10 passes for 104 yards.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts
Pat Devlin threw four touchdown passes as the unranked University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens defeated the #12 Massachusetts Minutemen 43–27. The scoring began with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Mark Mackey, however, UMass was able to block the PAT. Three minutes later, Delaware again drove down the field ending with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Mark Duncan. On the ensuing UMass drive, Marc Burley recovered a fumble and returned it 42-yards for a touchdown to give Delaware a 20 to 0 lead.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts
On their final drive of the quarter, UMass was able to drive down the field and set up Armando Cuko for a 51-yard field goal to bring the score to 20–3. The second quarter saw UD's Jon Striefsky hit a 22-yard field goal to bring the score to 23–3 heading into halftime. In the third quarter, Armando Cuko hit a 37-yard field goal to bring the score to 23–6. Delaware quickly answered with Pat Devlin throwing a 4-yard touchdown pass to Trevor Mooney and a 27-yard touchdown pass to Mark Duncan, giving Delaware a 37–6 lead.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts
In the fourth quarter, UMass got the offense going with mainly backups playing. Kyle Havens threw a 4-yard touchdown to Andrew Krevis early in the fourth and Delaware drove back down the field leading to another Striefsky field goal from 24 yards out, making the score 40–13. Emil Igwenagu then caught a 52-yard pass from Kyle Havens as UMass closed the gap to 40–20, but UD was able to use up several minutes of the game clock as the drove down the field for a 23-yard Striefsky field goal to give Delaware a 43–20 lead.


2009 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts
With under a minute to play, UMass scored for the final time on a 20-yard pass from Scott Woodward to Aaron Frears to end the scoring at 43–27. Striefsky's three field goals tied the schools season game record on the same night he set the record for most field goals in a career with 33. The win snapped an 8-game losing streak to top 25 opponents for the Blue Hens.