2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Passengers and crew
Because the aircraft was conducting a ferry flight there were no passengers; on board were six crew members which all were Indonesian. The Captain was 56-year-old Sigit Triwahyono, who had a total flying experience of more than 8,300 hours, of which 1000 were on the BAe146. The First Officer was 49-year-old Lukman Yusuf, with a total flying experience of over 12,400 hours, 200 on the BAe146.


2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Investigation
The investigation was conducted by the National Transportation Safety Committee. At the time of the accident the weather in Wamena was calm, with slight haze and broken clouds surrounding the area. Visibility was 8 km. The weather was not a factor in the crash. Investigators retrieved both the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder. Both had good quality data. Based on the analysis of the flight recorders, investigators then reconstructed the chronological order as follows:


2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Investigation
At its first attempt to land, the runway in Wamena was obscured by low clouds. Knowing that they couldn't fly the aircraft to the established flight path for an approach, the crew abandoned the approach and started a go around to the right at a low height, approx 46 m (150 ft). While on the right circuit down-wind leg, the enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) warning sounded, eight of them were "Don't sink", two "Too low terrain", two "Bank Angle" and one "Terrain Terrain" voice aural alerts. The flight crew did not respond to any of those alerts. First Officer Lukman became really concerned with Captain Sigit's handling of the aircraft. He later said "be careful, Sir" to Captain Sigit.


2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Investigation
The aircraft then increased its bank angle to the right. First Officer Lukman became really anxious, saying "Sir Sir Sir open Sir left left". Shortly afterwards Captain Sigit banked the aircraft to the left. The "Don't sink" alert sounded for the second time. The bank angle to the left became extreme, exceeding 40°. The aircraft also entered a 10-degree nose down pitch attitude. First Officer Lukman then warned Captain Sigit "don't sink". In repeating the words "don't sink", First Officer Lukman was alerting Captain Sigit to comply with the EGPWS voice aural alert "Don't sink, don't sink". Captain Sigit immediately responded "ya, ya".


2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Investigation
Three seconds later, Lukman urgently commanded "left turn". The EGPWS voice alert then sounded, "Too low, terrain", "bank angle, bank angle" "terrain – terrain" warning. At the same time, First Officer called to Captain Sigit "sir! sir ! sir!". The aircraft then impacted the ground.


2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Investigation
NTSC noted that there was not good crew resource management throughout the flight. Neither pilot was trained sufficiently in handling the aircraft when the EGPWS warning alert sounded. The Company Operations Manual (COM) specified that the crew briefing should be updated if changing circumstances so required. Captain Sigit did update the briefing when the first approach was discontinued and the go-around was conducted. Captain Sigit's disregard of the EGPWS alerts that sounded as the aircraft was being maneuvered was in non-conformance with the instructions for crew response to EGPWS alerts and cautions, as published in the COM.


2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Investigation
That, together with their lack of flight crew training in EGPWS, meant that they had not been properly prepared to respond in a timely and appropriate manner to the alerts and warnings provided by the EGPWS. Had Captain Sigit executed the appropriate responses to those EGPWS alerts it is unlikely that the crash would have occurred.


2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash, Investigation
Neither flight crew member conformed to the instructions about flight crew responsibilities during a visual approach, as published in the COM. This resulted in their being unable to assure the safety of flight at low level while manoeuvring the aircraft in proximity with terrain in conditions of reduced visibility. Had they more carefully planned the second approach, and closely cooperated with each other, they may have achieved a safe approach and landing. Their disregard of the published procedures bypassed the safety criteria and inbuilt risk treatments in the design of those procedures.


2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Azerbaijan on 18 March 2009. It consisted of 29 measures voted on separately; the most controversial were a measure to abolish presidential term limits and a measure to greatly restrict press freedom. The measures passed, with approval of measures between 87.14% and 91.76%, disapproval between 4.59% and 7.24% and invalid votes between 3.64% and 5.70%; turnout was 71.08%.


2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum
This provision of the constitutional amendment was condemned by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, which stated that "As a rule, it can be said that the abolition of existing limits preventing the unlimited re-election of a President is a step back, in terms of democratic achievements".


2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum
Professor Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the  Faculty of Law of Sydney University, in his legal opinion stated that the conduct of the Azeri government in the adoption of the amendment violated the principle of transparency and that it constituted a breach of European law under the European Convention on Human Rights as well as the international law. The amendment was also criticized by the Azerbaijani opposition.


2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum
On the basis of the amendment in 2013 Ilham Aliyev ran for president for the third time.


2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash
On 26 August 2009, an Antonov AN-12 crashed into a cemetery near Brazzaville, Congo.


2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an 43 year-old Antonov An-12BK of Aéro-Frêt, manufactured in 1966 and registered as TN-AIA.


2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash, Accident
The aircraft departed from Brazzaville Maya-Maya International Airport bound for Pointe Noire Airport carrying food, a minibus and three other vehicles. Attempting to land on Runway 05, the aircraft crashed into a cemetery 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Maya-Maya airport at Nganga Lingolo, a town on the outskirts of Brazzaville, at 06:00 local time (05:00 UTC). All 5 Ukrainian crew members and the Congolese passenger died on impact.


2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash, Accident
The METAR in force at the time of the accident showed that there was a mild wind of 270° at 6 knots (11 km/h), visibility was 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), there were scattered clouds at 1,600 feet (490 m) and it was overcast at 13,000 feet (4,000 m), and the temperature was 21°C. At the time of the accident it was there was a light rain and visibility was 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi). Eyewitnesses reported that one of the wings was on fire before the crash, and that the aircraft broke up in mid-air. The carriage of the passenger was illegal, as the Republic of the Congo bans AN-12s from use as passenger aircraft.


2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash, Investigation
The accident was investigated by the Congolese National Agency for Civil Aviation.


2009 BAFL season
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2009 BAFL season
The 2009 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXIII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on 27 September 2009.


2009 BAFL season, Schedule, Regular season, Formula
Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2009 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:


2009 BAFL season, Regular season standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points for, PA = Points against


2009 BAFL season, Playoffs
The playoffs are scheduled to be played on 5/6 September 2009. BritBowl XXIII will then be played on 27 September 2009 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.


2009 BAFL season, Playoffs, BAFL 2 Playoff
The BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the conferences champions from each of the East, South East and South West. The Northern half includes conferences champions from the Scottish, Northern and Central conferences. There is a wild card team from each of the North and the South.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
The 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, held on 13 December, was the 56th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the BBC, the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year. The winner is selected by public vote from a 10-person shortlist. Other awards presented include team, coach, and young personality of the year.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Winner and nominees
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an annual sport award ceremony and the 2009 edition was its 56th staging. It occurred on the evening of 13 December, at the Sheffield Arena, Sheffield. For 2009, the BBC moved the awards from the Echo Arena, Liverpool to Sheffield to try and attract more spectators. It was the first time that the programme was held in Yorkshire, which was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on BBC One, the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 Live. Sue Barker, Jake Humphrey and Gary Lineker presented the ceremony on the main stage, whilst Clare Balding, Matt Dawson, John Inverdale and Stephen Parry served as the backstage radio broadcasters.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Winner and nominees
Nominations for the award were conducted by a panel of 26 sport experts representing magazines and select national and regional newspapers. They were asked to choose ten nominees not in preference but in alphabetical order. Had there have been a tie after the nominating process, the production team would have asked six members of a panel of former winners for their first three preferences in order. There would be three points for first, two for second and one for third. The tied nominee with the highest number of points would subsequently advance to the final ten; had there been a second tie, another vote would be conducted to move the tied participant with the highest number of first places to the shortlist.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Winner and nominees
The ten nominees were announced on the BBC One programme The One Show on the evening of 30 November. The list was composed of two athletes from the sport of athletics, and one each from the sports of boxing, cricket, cycling, diving, football, Formula One, gymnastics and tennis. Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula One World Champion, was the bookmakers' initial favourite to win the accolade, followed heptathlete world champion Jessica Ennis and cricketer Andrew Strauss. In the week prior to the ceremony, the bookmakers moved footballer Ryan Giggs into contention and made him the more than likely winner during the programme.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Winner and nominees
Giggs was announced as the winner with 29.40 per cent of the public vote. Button finished runner-up with 18.74 per cent of the public vote and Ennis was third with a 15.58 per cent vote share. Giggs was the first footballer to be voted the recipient of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award since David Beckham in 2001 and the fourth in history following Michael Owen in 1998, Paul Gascoigne in 1990 and Bobby Moore in 1966. Chris Hoy and Andrew Flintoff presented Giggs with the silver television camera and tripod trophy. The ten nominees and their 2009 achievements are described in the table below:


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Helen Rollason Award
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award was presented to an individual "for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity." The winner was chosen by BBC Sport with no public vote and the name of the recipient was revealed on the night of the ceremony. Help for Heroes charity fundraiser Major Phil Packer, who raised money through sporting activities, was named the award's winner. Packer was presented with the accolade by Steve Redgrave.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Young Sports Personality
The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year was presented to the sportsperson under the age of 16 on 1 January 2009 for "outstanding sporting achievements". The panel to decide the nominees and winner was chaired by Humphrey, and included the broadcasters Helen Skelton of Blue Peter, Ore Oduba from Sportsround, two representatives each from the Youth Sport Trust and the Sports Personality of the Year and two previous Young Sports Personality recipients in Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Kate Haywood. The panel convened on 9 November to determine the first ten nominees from a BBC and Youth Sport Trust compiled list and returned a fortnight later to choose the first three and the recipient with the seven losing nominees informed that they did not make the final shortlist.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Young Sports Personality
Tom Daley, the diver, was named the winner of the award. It was Daley's second win after his first in 2007 and he was the first person to earn the award more than once. He received the accolade from Amir Khan and Ellie Simmonds.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Unsung Hero Award
The BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award recognised "someone who is dedicating their life to promoting sport in their community, taking no reward from it other than the pleasure of helping others to take part and enjoy their sport." UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man residents aged 16 or over but no previous winners, BBC employees and anybody working with the award or their close relatives was eligible to be nominated for the accolade on select BBC websites.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Unsung Hero Award
A national panel of judges composed of leading sporting individuals, BBC Sport and BBC Nations and Regions representatives and a former Unsung Hero Award recipient determined the overall winner and two runners-up from all 15 BBC Nations and Regions. The winner of the award was announced during the show. Doreen Adcock, the Milton Keynes-based swimming instructor, was named the recipient; she received the accolade from the swimmer Rebecca Adlington and the snooker player Jimmy White.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Team of the Year
The BBC Sports Team of the Year Award was given to "the (British only) team that has achieved the most notable performance in British sport." A 30-strong judging panel made up of sporting experts from select national and regional magazine and newspaper sports editors determined the winner. They voted for the first and second preferences as their first two selections, with two points going for first position and one point for second. The team with the highest number of points was selected to earn the Team of the Year. The team with the highest number of first positions would earn the award had a tiebreak been declared, although the accolade would be shared if a tie was still present.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Team of the Year
England's 2009 Ashes winning cricket team was named the winners of the accolade for the second time after its first in 2005. Flintoff accepted the award on behalf of the team by Kelly Holmes while it was touring South Africa.


2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Team of the Year
As part of the 2009 ceremony, awards were also to be presented for:


2009 BBL Champions Cup
The 2008 BBL Champions Cup was the fourth edition of the super cup game in German basketball.


2009 BC Lions season
The 2009 BC Lions season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Lions finished the season in fourth place in the West Division with a disappointing 8–10 record after losing their last three regular season games. While it was their first losing record since 2001, they still managed to play in the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after that same team eliminated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the last game of the season.


2009 BC Lions season
The Lions would go on to play in the first East Final in franchise history, which they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. It was the sixth consecutive appearance for the Lions in a division final and the third consecutive season that their season was ended by the eventual Grey Cup champions.


2009 BC Lions season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. The Lions traded their sixth and thirteenth overall picks for Hamilton's third overall pick in order to secure the chance to draft Bishop's running back Jamall Lee.


2009 BC Lions season, Regular season, Roster
Italics indicate Import players updated 2009-10-08 • 47 Active, 6 Inactive, 5 PR


2009 BC Lions season, Playoffs, East Semi-Final
Date and time: Sunday, November 15, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard TimeVenue: Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario


2009 BC Lions season, Playoffs, East Final
Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec


2009 BCR Open Romania
The 2009 BCR Open Romania was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the event known that year as the BCR Open Romania, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania, from 21 September through 27 September 2009.


2009 BCR Open Romania, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2009 BCR Open Romania, Finals, Doubles
František Čermák /  Michal Mertiňák defeated  Johan Brunström /  Jean-Julien Rojer, 6–2, 6–4


2009 BCR Open Romania – Doubles
Nicolas Devilder and Paul-Henri Mathieu were the defending champion, but they chose to participate that year.


2009 BCR Open Romania – Doubles
František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer.


2009 BCR Open Romania – Singles
Gilles Simon was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Albert Montañés won in the final 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6), against Juan Mónaco.


2009 BCS National Championship Game
The 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship Game was an American football game played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 8, 2009. It was the national championship game for the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and featured the second-ranked Florida Gators against the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. The two participants were determined by the BCS Rankings to decide the BCS National Championship. Television coverage in the United States was provided by Fox, and radio coverage by ESPN Radio. The game was the last BCS Championship to air on Fox; starting with the 2010 game, ABC or ESPN televised the championship.


2009 BCS National Championship Game
Tim Tebow's two touchdown passes and Percy Harvin's two-yard touchdown run led the Florida Gators to their second BCS National Championship in three seasons. The Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners, 24–14, in front of a Dolphin Stadium record crowd of 78,468.


2009 BCS National Championship Game, Road to the championship, University of Oklahoma
The Sooners, coached by Bob Stoops, lost one game during their regular season to Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry contest, 45–35 on October 11. During the regular season, quarterback Sam Bradford, winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy, led the Sooners on offense to become the highest-scoring team in NCAA history (702 points) and the first team to score 60 or more points in five consecutive games. The game was Oklahoma's fourth BCS Championship appearance.


2009 BD
2009 BD is a very small asteroid, approximately 10 meters in diameter, which is classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group and as an Earth co-orbital asteroid.


2009 BD, Orbit
During the 2011 opposition, the last opposition of 2009 BD that was observed, 2009 BD approached on June 2, 2011 within 0.00231 AU (346,000 km) of the Earth, which is less than 1 lunar distance. For comparison, the distance to the Moon is about 0.0026 AU (384,400 km).


2009 BD, Orbit
With an orbital period of 369.99 days, 2009 BD is in a near 1:1 orbital resonance with Earth, and also has about the same orbit around the Sun as Earth. Other resonant near-Earth objects in addition to 2009 BD include 3753 Cruithne (the first to be discovered), (85770) 1998 UP1, 54509 YORP, 2001 GO2, 2002 AA29, 2003 YN107, (164207) 2004 GU9, and 2010 TK7 (an Earth trojan).


2009 BD, Orbit
The Jupiter Tisserand invariant, used to distinguish different kinds of orbits, is 6.039. The orbit has a small inclination of about 0.4 degrees.


2009 BD, Orbit
JPL and MPC give different parameters for the orbit of 2009 BD, affecting whether the orbit type should be considered an Apollo asteroid or an Amor asteroid. JPL includes non-gravitational acceleration parameters in the orbital solution.


2009 BD, Physical characteristics
Because 2009 BD is a very small multi-opposition near-Earth object, the effect of radiation pressure on the orbit caused by light from the Sun was able to be detected. The radiation-related acceleration allowed the Area to Mass Ratio (AMR) to be estimated at (2.97 ± 0.33) × 10−4 m2/kg. Assuming an albedo of 0.12, a typical average for asteroids in the inner solar system, this AMR corresponds to a density of about 640 kg/m3. This density is consistent with the density of very porous rock. For comparison, the asteroid 2006 RH120 has a measured density of about 400 kg/m3, and the density of the asteroid 253 Mathilde as measured by the NEAR-Shoemaker space probe was 1300 kg/m3. In contrast, the density of the man-made near-Earth object 6Q0B44E is 15 kg/m3.


2009 BDO Canadian Open of Curling
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2009 BDO Canadian Open of Curling
The 2009 BDO Canadian Open of Curling was held January 22-25 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2009 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 32nd World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation. Mark Webster was the defending men's champion having won the title for the first time in the 2008 final against Simon Whitlock, but he was eliminated 4–0 by John Walton in the second round. The title was eventually won by 2000 champion Ted Hankey, who won 7–6 against Tony O'Shea, in a match which lasted just under two and a half hours.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship
The defending women's champion, Anastasia Dobromyslova, was due to defend her championship, having beaten seven-time champion Trina Gulliver in the 2008 final, but on 7 December 2008 she resigned from the BDO/WDF setup after her defeat in the Winmau World Masters to Francis Hoenselaar. It later emerged that she had accepted the 70th and last place into the rival PDC World Championship, replacing an Indian qualifier. This meant that for the first time, the defending women's champion would not be returning to defend her title.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship
Hoenselaar, a five-time runner-up, won her first world title by beating Gulliver – the player that had beaten her each time – by two sets to one. The event took place from 3–11 January 2009 and for the 24th time, the tournament took place at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers, Men's
The televised stages featured 32 players. The top 16 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2007–08 season were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by 16 other players who had either been invited by right (10 of the sixteen in this method), a standby player (Stephen Bunting) with 5 other qualifiers determined at the International Playoffs, which were held on 4 December 2008 in Bridlington.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize Money
The 2009 World Championship featured a prize fund of £320,000 – a rise of £10,000 on the previous year. The only monetary change was that the Men's Champion received £95,000 instead of £85,000 as received by Mark Webster at the 2008 championship.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament review, Day One, Saturday 3 January, Women's
The opening match of the 2009 world championships was between top seed Gary Anderson and Norway's Robert Wagner. Anderson won the match 3–2. Simon Whitlock, last year's runner-up, beat Mark Barilli 3–0. Tony O'Shea defeated Sweden's Daniel Larsson 3–0, while Darryl Fitton, the 5th seed, beat Mark Salmon 3–0 without dropping a leg. There were 3–2 wins for Edwin Max and Robert Hughes as well.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament review, Day Two, Sunday 4 January, Women's
The opening match saw Mark Webster begin the defence of his title and he beat Holland's Willy van de Wiel. 2008 Masters runner-up Scott Waites also won against Ross Smith 3–0. 2000 champion Ted Hankey and 2001 champion John Walton both had 3–0 wins over former semi-finalists Brian Woods and Shaun Greatbatch respectively. Greatbatch was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in June 2008. He received a guard of honour and a standing ovation after his match. Former World Darts Trophy champion Gary Robson overcame Stephen Bunting 3–1 in a match where he averaged 98. England's Alan Norris beat number 13 seed Steve West 3–0.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament review, Day Three, Monday 5 January
Day three saw reigning Masters champion Martin Adams begin his 16th World Championship campaign. Adams beat Dave Chisnall 3–2 in a tiebreak. Martin Atkins also progressed by beating Joey ten Berge 3–2. Ross Montgomery saw off Martin Phillips 3–1 whilst debutant Daryl Gurney saw off number 14 seed and fellow debutant Garry Thompson 3–1.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament review, Day Four, Tuesday 6 January
Day four saw the start of the second round. Tony O'Shea averaged 92 as he beat Holland's Edwin Max 4–0. Darryl Fitton averaged 98 beating the previous year's finalist Simon Whitlock 4–2 while Whitlock averaged 92. Top seed Gary Anderson made the quarter-finals beating Wales' Robert Hughes 4–2. World Masters runner-up Scott Waites reached the quarter-finals with a 4–0 win over Alan Norris.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament review, Day Five, Wednesday 7 January
Number three seed Martin Adams defeated Daryl Gurney 4–2. Adams had been 2–0 up before Gurney levelled the match at 2–2, but Adams edged each of the next two sets 3–2 to book his place in the quarters. 2001 World Champion John Walton knocked out the defending champion Mark Webster 4–0. Webster won four legs in the match. 2000 World Champion Ted Hankey saw off Scotland's Ross Montgomery 4–1 whilst number six seed Gary Robson saw off Martin Atkins 4–1.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament review, Day Six, Thursday 8 January, Women's
Tony O'Shea reached the semi-finals of the World Championships for the second time in his career as he beat the number one seed Gary Anderson 5–3. O'Shea went into a 4–1 lead before Anderson took the next two to make it 4–3. O'Shea took the next set for the win. Darryl Fitton came from 4–1 down to beat World Masters runner-up Scott Waites and set up a semi-final clash with fellow native of Stockport, O'Shea. In the women's championship, both Trina Gulliver and Francis Hoenselaar gained 2–0 wins to set up their sixth final against one another.


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament review, Day Seven, Friday 9 January, Women's
Former World Champion Ted Hankey saw off 2001 champion John Walton. Hankey beat Walton – who had only dropped five legs before the match – by five sets to one. Martin Adams gave up a 3–0 lead over Gary Robson, who made it 4–4, before the Masters champion won the final set 3–0 to complete a 5–4 win and set up a semi-final clash with Hankey. This meant that all four semi-finalists were 40 or older – the first time that this had ever occurred at a World Championship, in either organisation. (Hankey 40, Fitton 46, O'Shea 47 and Adams 52)


2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Television coverage
The tournament was again covered by the BBC in the UK. Coverage was presented by Ray Stubbs, with analysis from Bobby George and commentary from David Croft, Bobby George, Tony Green, and Ted Hankey. The tournament was also shown on SBS6 in the Netherlands and Eurosport across continental Europe.


2009 BET Hip Hop Awards
The 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards are a recognition ceremony held on October 10, 2009 at the Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The  2009 show was hosted by Mike Epps.


2009 BET Hip Hop Awards
Kanye West led the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2009 with nine nominations,  followed by Jay-Z and  Lil Wayne with seven and T.I. with sx nominations.


2009 BET Hip Hop Awards
The rapper and music producer Ice Cube received the I Am Hip-Hop Award, for his role in pioneering the West Coast rap movement in the late 1980s. Jay-Z was the most awarded artist of the ceremony, with four awards, including Hustler of the Year. Although he was in Arkansas Penitentiary on a federal gun charge, T.I. won three awards, two of whitch Rihanna's collaboration "Live Your Life". Kanye West was awarded as Producer of the Year.


2009 BET Hip Hop Awards, Winners and nominations, Track of the Year
Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.


2009 BFL season
The 2009 season of the Belgian Football League (BFL) is the regular season played in the Belgium. The first week starts on February 8 and ends with the 12th week April 26. Then the Playoffs follow in the 14th and 15th week. The 2 remaining teams then compete in the championship Belgian Bowl XXII.This is played in the 17th week on May 30, 2009.


2009 BFL season, Regular season, Regular season standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against


2009 BFL season, Post season
In the 2009 playoffs the Tigers played in the quarter final against the Brussels Black Angels on May 10. The Tigers gave forfait after the halftime resulting in a 50–0 defeat.


2009 BGL Luxembourg Open
The 2009 BGL Luxembourg Open was a tennis tournament on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Fortis Championships Luxembourg, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from October 17 through October 25, 2009.


2009 BGL Luxembourg Open, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BGL Luxembourg Open, Champions, Doubles
Iveta Benešová /  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová def. Vladimíra Uhlířová /  Renata Voráčová, 1-6, 6-0, [10-7]


2009 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles
Sorana Cîrstea and Marina Erakovic were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate this year. Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová won in the final 1-6, 6-0, [10-7] against Vladimíra Uhlířová and Renata Voráčová.


2009 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate that year. Timea Bacsinszky won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Sabine Lisicki.


2009 BH Telecom Indoors
The 2009 BH Telecom Indoors was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 23 and 29 March 2009.


2009 BH Telecom Indoors, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BH Telecom Indoors, Champions, Men's doubles
Konstantin Kravchuk /  Dawid Olejniczak def. James Auckland /  Rogier Wassen, 6–2, 3–6, [10–7]


2009 BH Telecom Indoors – Doubles
The 2009 BH Telecom Indoors – Doubles was part of the 2009 BH Telecom Indoors professional tennis tournament. Johan Brunström and Frederik Nielsen were the defenders of championship title, but they didn't take part this year; and the title was won by Konstantin Kravchuk and Dawid Olejniczak in the final 6–2, 3–6, 10–7, against James Auckland and Rogier Wassen.


2009 BH Telecom Indoors – Singles
Andreas Beck was the defending champion. He decided that he wouldn't play this year. Ivan Dodig won in the grand finale 6–4, 6–3, against Dominik Meffert.


2009 BH Tennis Open International Cup
The 2009 BH Tennis Open International Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. This was the eighteenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil between 27 July and 2 August 2009.


2009 BH Tennis Open International Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BH Tennis Open International Cup, Champions, Doubles
Márcio Torres /  Izak van der Merwe def. Juan-Pablo Amado /  Eduardo Schwank, walkover


2009 BH Tennis Open International Cup – Doubles
Santiago González and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but Qureshi chose to not play this year. González participated with Horacio Zeballos, but they lost to Torres and van der Merwe in the semifinal. Márcio Torres and Izak van der Merwe became the new champions, after withdrawal of Juan-Pablo Amado and Eduardo Schwank before the final match.


2009 BH Tennis Open International Cup – Singles
Santiago González was the defending champion, but he lost to the eventual the winner of tournament, Júlio Silva in the second round. Silva defeated Eduardo Schwank 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2009 BMW Ljubljana Open
The 2009 BMW Ljubljana Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia between 21 and 27 September 2009.


2009 BMW Ljubljana Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BMW Ljubljana Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:


2009 BMW Ljubljana Open, Champions, Doubles
Jamie Delgado /  Jamie Murray def. Stéphane Robert /  Simone Vagnozzi, 6–3, 6–3


2009 BMW Ljubljana Open – Doubles
Juan Pablo Brzezicki and Mariano Hood were the defending champions; however, they didn't start this year. British pair Jamie Delgado and Jamie Murray won this tournament, after their won against Stéphane Robert and Simone Vagnozzi 6–3, 6–3 in the final match.


2009 BMW Ljubljana Open – Singles
Ilija Bozoljac was the defending champion, but retired due to a right ankle injury in the second round, when he played with his compatriot Filip Krajinović. Paolo Lorenzi defeated Grega Žemlja 1–6, 7–6(4), 6–2 in the final.


2009 BMW Open
The 2009 BMW Open was a tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 94th edition of the BMW Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. The men's events took place in Munich, Germany, from 2 May through 10 May 2009.


2009 BMW Open
The men's draw was headlined by the defending champions, Chilean Fernando González and Croatian Marin Čilić.


2009 BMW Open, Finals, Doubles
Jan Hernych /  Ivo Minář defeated  Ashley Fisher /  Jordan Kerr, 6–4, 6–4


2009 BMW Open – Doubles
Michael Berrer and Rainer Schüttler were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2009 BMW Open – Singles
Fernando González was the defending champion, but was unable to play due to an injury.


2009 BMW PGA Championship
The 2009 BMW PGA Championship was the 55th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 21–24 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


2009 BMW PGA Championship
Englishman Paul Casey won his first BMW PGA Championship with a one stroke victory over fellow Englishman Ross Fisher. This result saw him rise to Number 3 in the Official World Golf Rankings.


2009 BMW Tennis Championship
The 2009 BMW Tennis Championship was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sunrise, United States between 16 and 22 March 2009.


2009 BMW Tennis Championship, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BMW Tennis Championship, Champions, Men's doubles
Eric Butorac /  Bobby Reynolds def. Jeff Coetzee /  Jordan Kerr, 5–7, 6–4, 10–4


2009 BMW Tennis Championship – Doubles
Janko Tipsarević and Dušan Vemić were the defending champions; however, they lost to František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák in the first round. Eric Butorac and Bobby Reynolds won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 10–4, against Jeff Coetzee and Jordan Kerr.


2009 BMW Tennis Championship – Singles
Robin Haase was the defending champion, but he did not defend his title due to an injury. Robin Söderling, who would have been the 2nd seed, entered late and played the qualifying tournament. He was not seeded in the main draw, but he defeated: Müller, Bolelli, Schüttler, López and he reached the final. He won 6–1, 6–1, against 1st seeded Tomáš Berdych in the last match of this tournament.


2009 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2009 Paris Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP Tour. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 8 November through 15 November 2009.


2009 BNP Paribas Masters
In singles, the event was notable for hosting the last ATP Tour appearance of the former Number One player Marat Safin. He lost his second round match against Juan Martín del Potro, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, in what would be his last professional match.


2009 BNP Paribas Masters, ATP players, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BNP Paribas Masters, ATP players, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempt:


2009 BNP Paribas Masters, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defetaed  Marcel Granollers /  Tommy Robredo, 6–3, 6–4


2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles
Jonas Björkman & Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions, but Björkman retired in 2008. Ullyett teamed up with Bruno Soares, but they lost in the second round against František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won in the final 6–3, 6–4, against Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo. With this win, Nestor completed a Career Golden Masters, having won all nine ATP Tour Masters 1000 events. He was the first player to do so.


2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Gaël Monfils in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–3), to win the Singles title at the 2009 Paris Masters.


2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but lost to Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.


2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles
It was the last professional appearance for former world No. 1 Marat Safin. He lost in his second round match against Juan Martín del Potro, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6.


2009 BNP Paribas Open
The 2009 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the men's event (21st for the women), known that year as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 9 through March 22, 2009.


2009 BNP Paribas Open, Champions, Men's doubles
Andy Roddick /  Mardy Fish defeated  Max Mirnyi /  Andy Ram 3–6, 6–1 [14–12]


2009 BNP Paribas Open, Champions, Women's doubles
Vera Zvonareva /  Victoria Azarenka defeated  Gisela Dulko  /  Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]


2009 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but Erlich chose not to participate due to injury, and only Ram competed that year. Ram partnered with Max Mirnyi, they lost in the final to Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick 6–3, 1–6, [12–14]


2009 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Andy Murray in the final, 6–1, 6–2, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2009 Indian Wells Masters.


2009 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andy Roddick.


2009 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Doubles
Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Safina chose not to participate, and only Vesnina competed that year. Vesnina partnered with Maria Sharapova, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova and Tatiana Poutchek.


2009 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles
Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but was defeated by Vera Zvonareva in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–2, in a rematch of last year's quarterfinal.


2009 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
The 2009 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bordeaux, France between May 11 and May 17, 2009.


2009 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received special exempt into the main draw:


2009 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Champions, Doubles
Pablo Cuevas /  Horacio Zeballos def. Xavier Pujo /  Stéphane Robert, 4–6, 6–4, [10–4]


2009 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles
Diego Hartfield and Sergio Roitman were the defending champions. They didn't participate this year. Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos won in the final. They defeated Xavier Pujo and Stéphane Robert 4–6, 6–4, 10–4.


2009 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Singles
Eduardo Schwank was the defending champion; however, he didn't take part in tournament this year. Marc Gicquel won in the final 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, against Mathieu Montcourt.


2009 BSI Challenger Lugano
The 2009 BSI Challenger Lugano was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Tretorn SERIE+ of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lugano, Switzerland between 8 and 14 June 2009.


2009 BSI Challenger Lugano, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 BSI Challenger Lugano, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry a special Exempt into the singles main draw:


2009 BSI Challenger Lugano, Champions, Doubles
Johan Brunström /  Jean-Julien Rojer def. Pablo Cuevas /  Sergio Roitman, walkover


2009 BSI Challenger Lugano – Doubles
Rameez Junaid and Philipp Marx were the defenders of title, but they lost to Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer in the semifinal. Pablo Cuevas and Sergio Roitman withdrew in the final, so Brunström and Rojer became the new champions.


2009 BSI Challenger Lugano – Singles
Luis Horna was the defending champion, but he chose to not start this year. Stanislas Wawrinka won in the final 7–5, 6–3, against Potito Starace.


2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
The 2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix is the third season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix in badminton.


2009 BWF Super Series
The 2009 BWF Super Series is the third season of the BWF Super Series. Like the previous season, the twelve tournaments were all hosted by nations in Asia and Europe with the Malaysia Open as the opening tournament and China Open as the final tournament in the season.


2009 BWF Super Series, Results, Performance by countries
Tabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals
The 2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals was a top level badminton competition which was held from December 2 to December 6, 2009 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The final was held by Badminton Association of Malaysia. It was the final event of the BWF Super Series competition on the 2009 BWF Super Series schedule. The total purse for the event was $500,000.


2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals, Representatives by nation
§: Nicole Grether from Germany and Charmaine Reid from Canada were the players who played in two categories (women's singles and women's doubles), Anthony Clark from England and Hendra Aprida Gunawan from Indonesia were the players who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles), while Kunchala Voravichitchaikul from Thailand was the only player who played in two categories (women's doubles and mixed doubles).


2009 BWF World Championships
The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from 10–16 August 2009. It was the first ever World Championships event to take place in India.


2009 BWF World Championships
Badminton England withdrew before the first round due to a perceived threat of terror against the team. They were later joined by two Austrian doubles players. Lin Dan won the men's singles event, thus becoming the only player in badminton history to have won three men's singles world championship titles having done so consecutively in 2006, 2007, and 2009. Lu Lan won the World Championship title in the women's singles event. Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China won the World Championship title in the men's doubles event in a match which was later dubbed a "classic". Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting won the World Championship title in the women's doubles event, whilst Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark won the World Championship title in the mixed doubles event.


2009 BWF World Championships, Host city selection
Denmark, India, and Macau submitted bids to host the championships. India won the right to host the championships after the remaining candidates withdrew their bids.


2009 BWF World Championships, Venue
The 2009 BWF World Championships were held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.


2009 BWF World Championships, Draw
The draw took place on 22 July 2009, featuring Chief Guest and Indian Sports Minister, Dr. M.S. Gill.


2009 BWF World Championships, Participating nations, Austria
Due to security worries Austrian doubles pair Peter Zauner and Jürgen Koch decided against participation in the 2009 BWF World Championships. The BWF issued a special statement calling the withdrawals "an individual decision on the part of the players". COO BWF Thomas Lund said: "I believe it is a matter of concern that teams haven’t been consulting us before pulling out, because all the necessary information is available with us which will allay fears". Lund declined to blame the Indian media for their part in the withdrawals: "I can’t say India as hosts have any reason to be blamed for a false newspaper report with threat perceptions which triggered these reactions."


2009 BWF World Championships, Participating nations, Denmark
Denmark, who had not achieved a BWF World Championship singles win since 1999, and a men's title since 1997, took part. The country last won the men's doubles title in 2003.


2009 BWF World Championships, Participating nations, England
The English badminton team decided against participation in the 2009 BWF World Championships, citing fears of a "terrorist threat", although, according to Hyderabad's police commission "there's no real threat, only a perception". Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy called it "an incredibly tough decision and one we didn't take lightly". Christy said: "We were not prepared to risk the safety of our players, coaches and staff in what we felt could have been a very volatile environment".


2009 BWF World Championships, Men's singles
Lin Dan of China won the World Championship title in the men's singles event, beating Chen Jin in the final with a score of 21–18, 21–16. The victory, Lin's third consecutive World Championship crown (four counting the unofficial World Championship, the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008), set a new record for consecutive titles. However, despite the three consecutive victories, Lin was not ranked number one in the world at the time of his third victory.


2009 BWF World Championships, Women's singles
Lu Lan won the World Championship title in the women's singles event, beating Xie Xingfang in the final. Lu won by a score of 23–21. Xie had at one point reached game point when the score was at 21–20. Lu won in two games by scores of 23–21 and 21–12.


2009 BWF World Championships, Men's doubles
Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China won the World Championship title in the men's doubles event, the final of the World Championships, beating Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung of Korea in the final. It was their second men's doubles title, having previously won in Madrid in 2006. Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng won the first game by a score of 21–18. The Koreans then won the second game by a score of 16–21 to draw level. The third game saw the two pairs exchange the lead several times with a one-point difference before exchanging several match points.


2009 BWF World Championships, Men's doubles
28–26 was the final score, with the Chinese declared winners on their sixth match point. Retired Chinese badminton player and now coach of his national team, Li Yongbo, watched from the sidelines what was later termed "a classic that will be often recalled as one of the best men’s doubles matches in the recent history of the sport".


2009 BWF World Championships, Women's doubles
Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting won the World Championship title in the women's doubles event, beating Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in the final. They did so with some difficulty, including three games with scores of 17–21, 21–17 and 21–16, and battled delaying tactics employed by their rivals. The match also featured several lengthy rallies which consisted of over thirty shots. On the winners' podium to receive their medals, the winners cried as it was their first ever victory in the women's doubles event.


2009 BWF World Championships, Mixed doubles
Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark won the World Championship title in the mixed doubles event, beating Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia (the defending champions) in the final. It was their first ever world title. The duo beat Zheng Bo and Ma Jin of China and Korea's Olympic champions on the way to the final. In the final, the Danish doubles pair won the first game by a score of 21–13 and also eased through the second game at a score of 21–17.


2009 BWF World Championships – Men's Doubles
The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from 10 August – 16 August 2009. Following the results of the men's doubles.


2009 BWF World Championships – Men's Singles
The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, from 10 August – 16 August 2009. Following the results of the men's singles.


2009 BWF World Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from 10 August – 16 August 2009. Following the results of the mixed doubles.


2009 BWF World Championships – Women's Doubles
The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from 10 August – 16 August 2009. Following the results of the women's doubles.


2009 BWF World Championships – Women's Singles
The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from 10 August – 16 August 2009. Following the results of the women's singles.


2009 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2009 BWF World Junior Championship is the eleventh edition of the BWF World Junior Championships, an junior badminton world championship which was held in Alor Setar, Malaysia, from October 23 to November 1, 2009. Six competitions were played during the event with singles in both the boys and girls. Also doubles were played in both sexes as well as the mixed doubles which was played. The final competition was a team event which saw 21 teams compete for the team's title.


2009 BWF World Junior Championships, Team competition
A total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2009 BWF World Junior Championships.


2009 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' doubles
The boys' doubles of the tournament 2009 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 28 October–1 November 2009. The Malaysian pair of Chooi Kah Ming and Ow Yao Han took out the boy's doubles final defeating Indonesian pair, Berry Angriawan and Muhammad Ulinnuha in three sets.


2009 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' singles
The boys' singles of the tournament 2009 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 28 October–1 November 2009. Chinese player, Tian Houwei took out the boy's singles final as he defeated Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin from Malaysia in straight sets.


2009 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles
The girls' singles of the tournament 2009 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 28 October–1 November 2009. Thai player, Ratchanok Inthanon took out the girl's singles final as she defeated fellow countrywoman Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in three sets.


2009 BWF season
The 2009 BWF Season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2009 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of Badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events have various purposes according to their level and territory in which they are held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the Sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the Sport throughout the World.


2009 BWF season
The world badminton tournament structure has four levels: Level 1 (BWF Major Events: Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, Suhadinata Cup, World Championships, Bimantara Cup, and World Senior Championships), Level 2 (BWF Superseries: Superseries and Superseries Masters Finals), Level 3 (BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold), and Level 4 (BWF Continental Tournament: International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series). The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup are Teams Events. The others – Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, Future Series and Bimantara Cup are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.


2009 BWF season
The 2009 BWF Season calendar comprised the World Championships tournaments, the Sudirman Cup, the BWF Super Series (Super Series and Super Series Masters Finals), the Grand Prix (Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix), the International Series (International Series and International Challenge), and Future Series.


2009 BWF season, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2009 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented.


2009 BYU Cougars football team
The 2009 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars were led by head coach Bronco Mendenhall and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium.


2009 BYU Cougars football team
The Cougars finished the season with a record of 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play and won the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 44–20 over Oregon State.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
BYU would enter the 2009 Cowboy Classic with a 14-22 record against the Big XII. However BYU was 1-0 against the Sooners. The only previously meeting was the 1994 Copper Bowl, where BYU won 31-6.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Tulane
BYU headed back down South for their second game of the season. The Green Wave would be their featured opponent. BYU and Tulane came into the contest with a 1-1 record against each other. The last meeting between the two was back in 2001, when BYU defeated the Green Wave 70-35 in Provo.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
BYU would try and bounce back after the loss to FSU. The loss to FSU ended a winning streak the Cougs had had at home since 2004. With a 37-27-3 record against the Rams, things looked good for BYU.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The 2009 Beehive Boot began with the Battle for the Old Wagon Wheel as Utah State visited the Cougars. With a 42-23-3 record in one of the longest rivalries in the nation, BYU looked to try to continue to show the FSU game was a fluke.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UNLV
After the Conference Weekend showdown, the Cougs headed on the road for their second road game of the year against a team they have thoroughly dominated, UNLV. Going into the 2009 season, the Cougars found themselves 13-3 against the Rebels lifetime.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, San Diego State
Back-to-back road games would be the norm most of the season, as was this case with Vegas and then San Diego. BYU would challenge the Aztecs with a 25–7–1 record against them intact.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, TCU
Heading into Homecoming BYU looked to get back on the winning track against TCU. The Cougars had won 5 of the first 7 meetings against TCU, but the Horned Frogs took the win in 2008 to get their 3rd win against the Cougars.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
BYU hit the road for the final back-to-back road trip of the year. Their first stop would be in Laramie. The Cougars came into the game with a 42-30-3 record against the Cowboys.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The final road game on the back-to-back road trip took the Cougars to Albuquerque for their regular showdown with the Lobos. The Cougars came into the game with a 43-13-3 record against the Lobos.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Air Force
The final home stretch began with an old match-up against everybodies favorite run-and-gun squad, the Air Force Falcons. The Cougars came into the game with a 23-6 record against the Falcons.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah
The regular season ended with the third edition of the Deseret First Duel. The winner would take a 2-1 lead in head-to-head football since the Holy War became sponsored by Deseret First Credit Union. The Cougars came into the game with a 30-50-4 against the Utes. With both teams at 6-1 in conference play, and with TCU likely headed to a BCS game, BYU and Utah came in knowing the winner would be getting a berth in the Las Vegas Bowl.


2009 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl
The fifth consecutive trip to the Las Vegas Bowl awaited BYU after their win over the Utes. Their opponent would be Bronco Mendenhall's alumni school- Oregon State, his first meeting against them with BYU. It was the first ever top 25 showdown in Vegas Bowl history. It also would feature a match of runner-up's as Oregon State was one of three teams tied for second in the Pac-10. BYU would go into the game with a 3-5 record lifetime against the Beavers. After going 19-for-30 for 192 yards with 3 touchdowns, Max Hall would win the MVP honor. Hall would leave as the most winning quarterback in BYU history at 43-9. His running back, Harvey Unga, would leave the school as the all-time leading rusher.


2009 Babil governorate election
The Babil governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.


2009 Babil governorate election, Campaign
A candidate for the State of Law Coalition, Shaykh Haitham Kadhim al-Husaini was shot dead by gunmen who attacked his car when he left a campaign rally in Jabala district, a mixed Sunni-Shiite area where he lived. His wife and four children had been killed in a separate attack at their home two years previously. He was one of eight candidates across Iraq who were killed during the campaign.


2009 Babil governorate election, Results
In March, the Iraqi National Dialogue Front said they would form an alliance with the State of Law Coalition.


2009 Baden Masters
The 2009 Baden Masters was the fifth time the Baden Masters curling event was held. It was held from September 11–13, 2009 and was the first even of the 2009-10 World Curling Tour season. Canada's Brad Gushue rink defeated Norway's Thomas Ulsrud rink in the final 6–3.


2009 Baden Open
The 2009 Baden Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Karlsruhe, Germany between May 25–31, 2009.


2009 Baden Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Baden Open, Champions, Men's doubles
Rameez Junaid /  Philipp Marx def. Tomasz Bednarek /  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 7–5, 6–4


2009 Baden Open – Doubles
Daniel Köllerer and Frank Moser were the defending champions, but they didn't play this year. Rameez Junaid and Philipp Marx won in the final 7–5, 6–4, against Tomasz Bednarek and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.


2009 Baden Open – Singles
Teymuraz Gabashvili was the defending champion; however, he chose not to play this year. Florian Mayer defeated Dustin Brown 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2009 Badminton Asia Championships
The 2009 Badminton Asia Championships is the 29th tournament of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Suwon, South Korea from 7 to 12 April 2009.


2009 Badminton Asia Junior Championships
The 2009 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 12–19 July.


2009 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Venue
This tournament were held at Stadium Juara in Kuala Lumpur.


2009 Baghdad bombings
The 6 April 2009 Baghdad bombings were six car bombings across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, though it was not known if the attacks were a result of coordination and planning or merely coincidental.


2009 Baghdad bombings, Background
The attacks came a week after Iraqi forces putting down an uprising by members of an Awakening Council angry over the arrest of their commander.


2009 Baghdad bombings, Background
Despite a seeming decline in violence since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the capability of many armed groups to strike with deadly results still exists. Though the government insists it is only detaining those wanted for grave crimes, certain fighters – many of them former insurgents – see it as settling sectarian scores. To this end some 250 Iraqis were killed in violent attacks in the month of March.


2009 Baghdad bombings, Attack
The bombings in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City had at least 10 deaths and 60 other injuries. In the central Allawi district, another explosion killed four people and wounded 15 others. A car bomb targeted the convoy of a senior interior ministry official resulting in one civilian death and another policeman dead while four policemen were injured in a southeastern neighbourhood of New Baghdad. A vehicle explosion near a market in the district of Hussainiya resulted in two other deaths and 12 others wounded. Another car bomb near the Doura district, killed four people and injured 15 more.


2009 Baghdad bombings, Reaction
Interior ministry officials have declined to comment on whether the bombings were co-ordinated.


2009 Baghdad governorate election
The Baghdad governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.


2009 Baghdad governorate election, Background
Two seats in Baghdad are reserved for minority religions: one for Christians and one for Sabeans. Over 3,000 candidates contested the 57 seats.


2009 Baghdad governorate election, Campaign
A candidate for the Iraqi Islamic Party was killed outside his home in the al-Ameriya district.


2009 Baghdad governorate election, Results
Sunni Arab residents of the Fadel district complained that they felt it was dangerous registering to vote because the office was in a neighbouring area that was Shiite dominated and they had to pass through two checkpoints. Many voters in that district were reported to have been turned away as they were not registered and turnout was less than 30%.


2009 Baghdad governorate election, Results
The Iraqi National List of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was said to have won most support in Fadel along with the Iraqi Communist Party. A local Sahwa official and former 1920 Revolution Brigade member said he knew former al-Qaeda in Iraq fighters who had voted for the INL.


2009 Baghdad governorate election, Results
In March, the State of Law Coalition said it would ally with the Iraqi National Dialogue Front.


2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing
The Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing was a suspected suicide bombing in the city of Baghdad, Iraq, that killed 28 people on 8 March 2009. The attack occurred at 10 am local time (UTC+3) in the centre of a crowd outside the police recruitment centre building. Most of the dead were police recruits; others were civilians and serving officers. There were a further 57 injuries. The death toll is the highest reported incident in Iraq for nearly one month.


2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing
Insurgents often choose police recruitment centres to attack and this centre, located on Palestine Street, was previously attacked. Concrete blocks have been constructed and checkpoints have been set up nearby to prevent such an attack.


2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing
According to a nearby police lieutenant there was a demonstration of about 100 oil employees at one intersection between the police recruitment building and the oil ministry. The bomb went off one hour after the demonstration had started, and according to some sources, the bomber had mingled with the crowd. The police believe that the bomb was remotely detonated, despite speculation regarding a bomber committing suicide. There were reports of a second bomb. Some reports suggest a motorcycle crashed into the crowd and the rider detonated explosives in a worn belt.


2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing
Other reports claim that the explosives were worn in a vest. An eye-witness said that the police started discharging their firearms after the explosion, leading to the widespread belief that the explosions were merely cover for targeted killings within the crowd. Pick-up trucks were used to transport the casualties to hospital afterwards.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix
The 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 April 2009 at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the sixth Bahrain Grand Prix and fourth race of the 2009 Formula One season.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix
The race was won by Jenson Button driving for Brawn after starting from fourth on the grid. Sebastian Vettel finished second for Red Bull and Jarno Trulli finished third for Toyota. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton drove to a season's best fourth position, followed by the second Brawn of Rubens Barrichello. Kimi Räikkönen picked up Ferrari's first points of the season in sixth, whilst Toyota's Timo Glock and Renault's Fernando Alonso finished in seventh and eighth position.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Going into the round, Brawn GP driver Jenson Button led the Drivers' Championship by 6 points from teammate Rubens Barrichello. Barrichello led Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Timo Glock of Toyota F1 by 5 points in second. Brawn GP led the Chinese Grand Prix winners Red Bull Racing by 16½ points in the Constructors' Championship. Toyota were a further point back and the only other team to hit double figures.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Ferrari were yet to score a point, and failure to do so in Bahrain would have resulted in Ferrari's worst ever start to a season in Formula One. Their previous worst start also came when they were Constructors' Champions; in the 1980 season the team scored no points until the fourth race, the 1980 United States Grand Prix West, where Jody Scheckter finished fifth.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Force India introduced a revised floor and diffuser in Bahrain for the Force India VJM02, as well as an upgraded front wing and reprofiled sidepods. Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella welcomed the upgrades, hoping the car's lack of downforce would be addressed by the new modifications.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race; of which two were held on Friday April 24, 2009, with the first in the morning and the second in the afternoon. Both sessions lasted 90 minutes with weather conditions hot and dry throughout. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted for 60 minutes.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
At the end of the first practice session, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of 1:33.647 in his McLaren car, ahead of the two BMW Sauber cars of Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica. Williams' Nico Rosberg continued his quick practice form with the fourth fastest time, followed by the Brawn of Jenson Button, the McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen, Brawn's Rubens Barrichello, and Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Red Bull's Mark Webber and the other Ferrari of Kimi Räikkönen shared the ninth fastest time, completing the top ten.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Nico Rosberg was fastest in Friday's second practice session, topping the timesheets with a time of 1:33.339, followed by Fernando Alonso in the Renault and Jarno Trulli in the Toyota. The Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were fourth and fifth, with Button close behind. Adrian Sutil of Force India put in an impressive laptime to finish seventh in the standings, with Toyota's Timo Glock, Brawn's Rubens Barrichello, and Williams' Kazuki Nakajima rounding out the top 10. The BMWs of Heidfeld and Kubica could not repeat their times from the first session, and were classified in seventeenth and twentieth, respectively.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
In third practice, Glock managed the fastest time with a 1:32.605 before his car rolled to a halt due to brake problems, and there were improved times from Ferrari and McLaren. Felipe Massa managed the second fastest time, with Räikkönen in fifth. Rosberg was third fastest, and Hamilton posted the fourth fastest time. Nelson Piquet, Kubica, Nakajima, Trulli and Heidfeld made up the top ten.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. Jarno Trulli achieved his fourth career pole position, and his first since 2005, whilst his teammate Timo Glock qualified second. This marked the first time Toyota had put both cars on the front row of the grid. Sebastian Vettel qualified third, with Jenson Button behind him. In fifth was the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton, with Rubens Barrichello in sixth. Renault's Fernando Alonso managed seventh place, and behind him Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg and Kimi Räikkönen completed the top ten.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Kovalainen, Nakajima, Kubica, Heidfeld and Piquet made up 11th to 15th on the grid. Those knocked out in the first session and classified 16th to 20th were Sutil, Buemi, Fisichella, Webber and Bourdais. Webber was controversially blocked by Sutil near the end of his qualifying lap (Sutil claimed he didn't realise Webber was on a flying lap), preventing him from posting a fast time. As a result, the stewards gave Sutil a three-place grid penalty, demoting him to 19th position.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Timo Glock got off to a perfect start from second on the grid and took the lead. Jarno Trulli was running second, but had to fight off Lewis Hamilton in the first corner, who had passed Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel from fifth on the grid after a flying start with the help of his KERS. Button had also overtaken Vettel, who was running a heavier fuel load. Kimi Räikkönen, meanwhile, had pushed his Ferrari up to sixth place, making up four positions from the start.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Further back in the field, there was damage sustained to the cars of Felipe Massa, Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica and Kazuki Nakajima, all of whom had to pit early to replace their front wings, whilst Heikki Kovalainen lost track position after running wide. Massa also complained of problems with his KERS system due to a temperature problem, and was advised to turn it off.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start of lap 2, Button overtook Hamilton to claim third position. The KERS-aided McLaren of Hamilton then kept Vettel's Red Bull at bay, and only when Hamilton entered the pits on lap 15 did Vettel finally pass him.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Since both the Toyotas were running light on fuel, they made their pit stops early, with Glock in on lap 12 and Trulli on lap 14. The Toyota team opted to put both their drivers onto the slower, harder compound tyres for the middle stint of the race, opposite to the strategy being run by the other teams. By the time Button had made his stop on lap 15 on the softer tyres, he had made up enough ground over Trulli in just one lap to come out in front. Glock, who had once led the race, had lost so much time on the tyres that he stayed behind Hamilton in seventh place even after the McLaren driver had completed his pit stop.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel's pit stop on lap 18 placed him ahead of Hamilton, but just thirty metres behind the slower-lapping car of Trulli, preventing him from challenging Button for the lead. Button took this opportunity to pull out a 7.5 second gap between himself and Trulli by lap 22.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 34, Button had increased his lead to 15.6 seconds, putting him in clear control of the race. By the time the second round of pit stops were completed for the front runners, Button was ahead of anyone else, this time on the harder tyres. Toyota's tyre strategy had not paid off, and Vettel, on the softer tyres, put in some fast lap times once Trulli had his second stop and was no longer in Vettel's path. After his own stop, Vettel (now on the harder compound tyre) ended up just in front of the Toyota driver, the very opposite of the situation after the first pit stops.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 44 there was drama with Räikkönen and Glock fighting for sixth position, with the Finn just edging out Glock at turn four. Rubens Barrichello had lost a lot of time earlier in the race after failing to pass the KERS-equipped Renault of Nelson Piquet. However, he showed the pace of the Brawn car by ending up just in front of Räikkönen, even after having one pit stop more, then pulled away from him in the final laps.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 48, spiking oil pressure on the Williams of Nakajima caused the only retirement of the race as he crawled into the pits.


2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button drove home to his third victory of the season, 7 seconds clear of Vettel, who was pushing particularly hard in the last laps. Trulli crossed the line 2 seconds behind Vettel, with Hamilton finishing fourth. Barrichello took fifth, Räikkönen sixth, Glock less than a second behind in seventh, and Fernando Alonso finished eighth, 52 seconds behind Button. Nick Heidfeld equalled Michael Schumacher's record of 24 consecutive finishes, bringing home his BMW Sauber in 19th and last place.


2009 Bahrain national football team results
This article details the fixtures and results of the Bahrain national football team in 2009.


2009 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup
The 2009 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup was the 9th edition of the cup tournament in men's association football. It is played by the top-4 teams of the Bahrain Classification Soccer League 2008-09 season.


2009 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup
Muharraq Club were the holders and defending champions for the last three seasons and once again added to their trophy cabinet making it four wins in a row


2009 Bahraini FA Cup
The 7th Bahraini FA Cup started on December 24, 2008.


2009 Bahraini FA Cup
19 clubs were drawn into 4 groups. 3 groups of 5 teams and one group of 4 teams.


2009 Bahraini FA Cup, Group Stages
The group winners will qualify for the semi final stage.


2009 Bahraini King's Cup
The Bahraini King's Cup is an end of season cup competition involving teams from the Bahraini Premier League.


2009 Bahraini King's Cup
Muharraq Club were the 2008 holders and retained the title. It was also Muharraq's 4th title of the domestic campaign.


2009 Bahraini King's Cup, First round
The first round of the competition involves the lowest 6 teams in the Bahrain Classification Soccer League 2008-09 season. Games were played over 15 and 16 May.


2009 Ball Hockey World Championship
The 2009 Ball Hockey World Championship was the eighth ball hockey world championship held by ISBHF in Plzen, Czech Republic. Czech Republic won their second title.


2009 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 2009 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Ball State competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division. The team was coached by Stan Parrish and played their homes game at Scheumann Stadium. The finished with a record of 2–10 (2–6 MAC).


2009 Ballon d'Or
The 2009 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Lionel Messi of Barcelona on 1 December 2009.


2009 Ballon d'Or
Messi won the award by a then record margin, 240 points ahead of 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Xavi was the second Barcelona player in the top three, finishing a further 63 points behind Ronaldo. Messi's win made him the first Argentine-born player to win the award since Omar Sívori in 1961; however, Sívori had taken Italian citizenship by that time and is recognised to have won the Ballon d'Or as an Italian player.


2009 Baltimore Orioles season
The Baltimore Orioles' 2009 season was the 109th season in franchise history. The Orioles finished the season last in the AL East with a record of 64–98. It was the fifth consecutive season in which the Orioles had fewer wins than in previous year.


2009 Baltimore Orioles season
The Orioles missed the playoffs for the twelfth straight season, tying a record set between 1984 and 1995


2009 Baltimore Orioles season, New uniforms
The Orioles debuted new uniforms at the Harborplace Gallery shopping center on November 12, 2008. The team's new uniforms featured an updated, ornithologically correct oriole bird on their caps on a black crown with orange bill, a new patch incorporating the flag of the state of Maryland in a circle borrowed from their vintage 1960s and 1970s insignia, and the return of the city name (Baltimore) on the road uniforms for the first time since 1972.


2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2009 Baltimore Ravens season
The 2009 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 14th in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise entered the season off an 11–5 record in their previous season, a playoff berth, but a loss in the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game against the eventual Super Bowl XLIII champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Ravens recorded nine victories to seven losses, although they were unable to win the AFC North division title. However, due to various playoff clinching scenarios in the AFC, the Ravens were able to clinch a wild card berth against the Oakland Raiders in Week 17.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season
As the sixth seed in the AFC for the second straight year, they defeated the third seeded New England Patriots in Foxboro in the AFC Wild Card playoffs, handing Tom Brady's first ever playoff loss at home and New England's first home playoff loss since 1978. They, however, lost in the AFC Divisional playoffs against the top seeded and eventual AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts; with this loss, the 2009 season came to an end for the Ravens. For head coach John Harbaugh, this was his second year with the franchise, compiling an overall record of 20–12 in the regular season.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason
Rex Ryan, a longtime fixture on the Ravens' sidelines, departed for New York to become the New York Jets head coach after the Ravens fell to the Steelers in the 2008 AFC Championship game.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason
Other notable offseason departures include linebacker Bart Scott and safety Jim Leonhard, both of whom left Baltimore to follow Rex Ryan to New York, and longtime placekicker Matt Stover. On March 5, 2009, Stover told reporters that the Ravens were "going in a different direction." When Stover's tenure ended with the Ravens, the team severed ties with one of its two remaining players from the Ravens' first season in 1996; the other being Ray Lewis.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, 2009 NFL Draft
The Baltimore Ravens had six selections going into the 2009 NFL Draft, which was held in Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York on April 25 and April 26, 2009.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Schedule
The 2009 NFL schedule was released on April 14, 2009.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
The Baltimore Ravens began the 2009 season at home for the second season in a row. They hosted the Kansas City Chiefs, who struggled to a franchise-worst 2–14 record in 2008. The Ravens dominated time of possession and offensive production throughout the game, but their special teams miscues made the game much closer than the score would indicate. The Ravens found the end zone halfway through the first quarter for their first touchdown of the season when Flacco found Willis McGahee for a 3-yard touchdown pass. The Ravens would later increase their advantage with a Stephen Hauschka field goal.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
In the second quarter, a special teams miscue led to Chiefs safety Jon McGraw blocking a Sam Koch punt into the end zone, where he recovered for a touchdown. Early in the third quarter, Derrick Johnson intercepted an errant Joe Flacco pass and returned it to the Ravens 3-yard line. Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle found standout receiver Dwayne Bowe for a touchdown three plays later. The Ravens would respond with an 11-play, five-minute drive capped off by a 9-yard touchdown to Todd Heap.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
After trading touchdowns halfway through the fourth quarter, the Ravens defense forced a turnover on downs and their offense capitalized with a 1-yard touchdown run by Le'Ron McClain. McGahee added an additional touchdown for the Ravens in the final minute of the game to open their season with a 38–24 win, their second successful home opener in a row. With the win, not only do the Ravens improve to 1–0, they are the only team in the AFC North to win their home opener on Kickoff Sunday; the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Tennessee Titans 13–10 on Kickoff Night the Thursday prior.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at San Diego Chargers
The Chargers host the Ravens in their home debut in San Diego after a narrow escape in the second of two AFL 50th Anniversary-themed division rivalry Monday Night matchups against the Raiders in Oakland. The Chargers jumped out to an early lead when a blown coverage led to an easy 81-yard touchdown pass from Philip Rivers to Darren Sproles. The Ravens answered with Willis McGahee on a 5-yard touchdown run, but the Chargers would increase their advantage on a Nate Kaeding field goal.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at San Diego Chargers
The offensive display would continue in the second quarter, but the Ravens touchdowns were only answered by Chargers field goals. McGahee found the end zone a second time to take the lead 14–10, but the Chargers pulled within one on the second Kaeding field goal. Flacco then found Kelley Washington for Flacco's first touchdown pass of the day and Washington's first touchdown reception as a Raven just inside the 2-minute halftime warning. Rivers led the Chargers down the field in an attempt to answer, but the drive stalled and had to settle for the third of four Kaeding field goals.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at San Diego Chargers
In the second half, both defenses stiffened. Todd Heap would get his second touchdown catch of the season from Flacco from 9 yards out, but the Chargers responded with a 35-yard touchdown catch from Vincent Jackson. Late in the fourth quarter, interceptions from Flacco and Rivers led to trading field goals. After a Ravens punt, Rivers led the Chargers all the way down to the Ravens 15.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at San Diego Chargers
The Chargers went for the first down on fourth down to go for the win, but Sproles was stopped by Ray Lewis five yards in the backfield, allowing the Ravens to run the clock out. With the win, not only do the Ravens improve to 2–0, the Ravens take sole possession of first place in the AFC North with the Steelers' loss to the Bears.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns
After another high scoring affair in San Diego, the Ravens returned to Baltimore with a one-game lead on the Steelers and Bengals and hosted their first AFC North Division game against the Cleveland Browns. (Coincidentally, the Bengals host the Steelers in divisional play in Week 3 as well.) Although this was the third consecutive high-scoring game for the Ravens, this was not a close contest. The Ravens struck early on the first of two touchdown runs from Willis McGahee and increased their advantage on a Hauschka field goal.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns
In the second quarter, after another Hauschka field goal, McGahee found the end zone again. His second rushing touchdown leads the NFL with five. Although the Browns wanted to prove they were up to the challenge of contending with a quality football team, miscues thoroughly undid the Browns as quarterbacks Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn combined for four interceptions. Quinn was benched at the half in favor of Anderson, but Anderson was no better than his maligned counterpart.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns
The third quarter only saw another touchdown for the Ravens, but was a special one for Ray Rice, as it was his first career NFL touchdown. The final minutes of the third quarter also saw the Browns' longest drive of the day, but as time expired in the third quarter, the Browns were stopped short of the end zone. The fourth quarter opened with the Browns' only points of the game on a field goal from Billy Cundiff, a free-agent signee since kicker Phil Dawson was inactive due to a leg injury.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns
The final points of the contest came on the third Anderson interception, which was Ed Reed's first of the season. Flacco's touchdown was not only the longest of the season for him to date, but was the only passing touchdown all day. He hit a wide-open Derrick Mason after a blown coverage in the Browns secondary for a 72-yard touchdown. With the win, the Ravens improve to 3–0 and improve to 1–0 in the AFC North.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at New England Patriots
Coming off their divisional home win over the Browns, the Ravens flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 4 battle with the New England Patriots. After Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 32-yard field goal in the first quarter, Baltimore got into the game with quarterback Joe Flacco hooking up with wide receiver Derrick Mason on a 20-yard touchdown pass. In the second quarter, New England came back with quarterback Tom Brady's 1-yard touchdown run and running back Sammy Morris' 12-yard touchdown run.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at New England Patriots
The Ravens would reply in the third quarter with defensive end Terrell Suggs sacking Brady, causing a fumble which rolled into the Patriots' endzone, where defensive end Dwan Edwards would land on it for a touchdown. New England would come right back with Brady's 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Randy Moss. Baltimore would play some catch-up in the fourth quarter as Flacco found running back Willis McGahee on a 13-yard touchdown pass, but the Patriots willingly replied with Gostkowski's 33-yard field goal. Flacco would lead a last-minute drive, but New England's stiffened and came away with the win.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Hoping to rebound from their tough road loss to the Patriots, the Ravens went home for a Week 5 AFC North duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. The winner would take the lead in the division after five weeks.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
After a scoreless first quarter, Baltimore's defense went to work in the second quarter with safety Ed Reed returning an interception 52 yards for a touchdown. The Bengals would answer with a 32-yard field goal from kicker Shayne Graham. Near the end of the third quarter, Cincinnati would take the lead on a 28-yard touchdown run from running back Cedric Benson. The Ravens would respond in the fourth quarter as quarterback Joe Flacco hooked up with running back Ray Rice 48-yard touchdown pass. However, late in the game, the Bengals would deliver the final strike as quarterback Carson Palmer completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Andre Caldwell. Baltimore tried to rally, but an interception from cornerback Leon Hall eliminated any chance of a comeback.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Also, the defense's 40-game streak of keeping a single rusher under 100 yards was snapped. The last time that Baltimore allowed a 100-yard rusher was Dec. 10, 2006 against the Chiefs' Larry Johnson.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings
Trying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Ravens flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. Baltimore would trail in the first quarter as Vikings quarterback Brett Favre completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe and a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Bernard Berrian. Afterwards, the Ravens would snag the only points of the second quarter with kicker Stephen Hauschka making a 29-yard field goal.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings
In the third quarter, Minnesota would extend its lead as kicker Ryan Longwell nailed a 40-yard field goal. Baltimore would come right back into the game with running back Ray Rice's 22-yard touchdown run, but Longwell helped out the Vikings with a 22-yard field goal. In a nerve-wracking fourth quarter, Minnesota increased its lead with Favre finding Shiancoe again on a 1-yard touchdown run. The Ravens would respond with quarterback Joe Flacco's 32-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mark Clayton.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings
After Longwell gave the Vikings a 29-yard field goal, Baltimore would take the lead as Flacco completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Derrick Mason and Rice getting a 33-yard touchdown run. Minnesota would regain the lead as Longwell booted a 31-yard field goal. Flacco would get the Ravens into scoring range, but Hauschka's 44-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left, preserving the Vikings' so-far perfect season.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings
With the loss, Baltimore went into its bye week at 3–3.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings
This also marked the first time that the Ravens defense allowed back-to-back 100-yard rushers since 2005 (Bengals' Rudi Johnson and Texans' Domanick Williams).


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Denver Broncos
Coming off their bye week, the Ravens went home for a Week 8 duel with the undefeated Denver Broncos. Baltimore took flight in the first half with kicker Stephen Hauschka nailing a 43-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 35-yard field goal in the second quarter. The Ravens would immediately make their domination felt in the third quarter as rookie cornerback Lardarius Webb returned the second half's opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Denver Broncos
The Broncos would get on the board with running back Knowshon Moreno getting a 1-yard touchdown run, yet Baltimore answered with Hauschka booting a 31-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Ravens closed the game out in the fourth quarter as quarterback Joe Flacco found wide receiver Derrick Mason on a 20-yard touchdown pass, while running back Ray Rice got a 7-yard touchdown run.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Cincinnati Bengals
Coming off their dominating home win over the Broncos, the Ravens flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 9 AFC North rematch with the Cincinnati Bengals. Baltimore would trail in the first quarter as Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Andre Caldwell, followed by running back Cedric Benson getting a 1-yard touchdown run. Cincinnati would increase their lead in the second quarter as kicker Shayne Graham booted a 23-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, the Ravens got on the board with a 2-yard touchdown run from running back Ray Rice. However, the Bengals' defense would stop any further progress from Baltimore.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Cleveland Browns
Hoping to rebound from their season-sweeping losses to the Bengals, the Ravens flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 10 Monday night duel with their AFC North rival, the Cleveland Browns. After a scoreless first half, Baltimore acquired all of their points in the third quarter. It began with running back Ray Rice getting a 13-yard touchdown run, safety Dawan Landry returning an interception 48 yards for a touchdown and kicker Stephen Hauschka booting a 44-yard field goal. Afterwards, the defense consistently shut down the Browns' inept offense.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Coming off their shutout road win over the Browns, the Ravens went home for a Week 11 duel with the Indianapolis Colts. Baltimore would trail in the first quarter as Colts quarterback Peyton Manning threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Clark. The Ravens would answer with recently signed kicker Billy Cundiff (after Stephen Hauschka was cut) making a 46-yard and a 44-yard field goal. Baltimore would take the lead in the second quarter with Cundiff's 38-yard field goal, but Indianapolis would answer with a 5-yard touchdown run from running back Joseph Addai.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Ravens would close out the half with Cundiff nailing a 36-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Baltimore regained the lead again in the fourth quarter with a 20-yard field goal from Cundiff, but the Colts would get the last laugh as former Ravens kicker Matt Stover booted a 25-yard field goal.


2009 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Following a close loss to the Colts the prior week, the much-hated Steelers came to town for a rematch of last year's AFC Championship Game. Steelers starting QB Ben Roethlisberger, who suffered a concussion in the previous week's overtime loss to the Chiefs did not start and was the designated third-string quarterback. Backup Charlie Batch also was hurt in that game, which left second-year QB Dennis Dixon, who previously had one pass in his NFL career, to start. The Steelers received the opening kickoff, but went three-and-out.