2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Men's race
The hot and humid conditions in Nanning slowed the runners' pace and twelve of them remained within the main pack by the 10 km point. The following five kilometres was decisive for the race, as Samuel Tsegay, Titus Masai and Mosop were all left trailing. The leading four runners were soon reduced to three, as Kipruto fell away to leave Zersenay Tadese, Wilson Kiprop and Sammy Kitwara to battle for the medal positions.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Men's race
Zersenay and Kiprop were neck and neck in the lead from the last kilometre and it was Kiprop who pulled away in the final 100 metres to break the Eritrean's four-year undefeated streak. Zersenay faded badly at the end and appeared injured after taking second place. Kitwara and Kipruto were third and fourth, sealing the Kenyan team victory, while Samuel Tsegay's fifth place helped Eritrea to the team silver.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Men's race
The win continued Kiprop's meteoric rise of 2010 – a year in which he had gone from a low-profile circuit runner to the 10,000 metres Kenyan and African champion, with a sub-60 minute half marathon best after wins in Paris and Lille. Silver medallist Zersenay received some consolation as he was given the AIMS/Citizen World's Fastest Time Award days after the competition in respect of his position as world record holder, becoming only the second half marathon athlete to be selected for the accolade after Lornah Kiplagat.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Men's race
There were no surprise breakthroughs in the men's race as all the top performers were those predicted to make an impact before the race. However, there were some other achievements of note including: Kitwara's first individual medal for Kenya, personal bests for Birhanu Bekele and Tomoya Onishi in eighth and ninth place respectively, and (much further back in the field) a national record for Bhutanese racer Passang Passang.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Women's race
The provisional favourite for the women's race was Kenyan runner Florence Kiplagat, who was the fastest entrant in the field through her win at the Lille Half Marathon in September (also her debut for the distance). Her compatriots Peninah Arusei and Sarah Chepchirchir – second and third in Lille – completed the strongest three of the Kenyan women's team, which was considered the team to beat for the title. The Ethiopians, led by Boston Marathon winner Dire Tune, were their main opposition for the team race, although the nation had sent relatively inexperienced runners to the championships on this occasion.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Women's race
China's leading athlete was Zhu Xiaolin, who despite being an established marathon runner had less experience over the half distance. Although Japan lacked a leading figure individually, their overall consistency (which had brought them team medals in the last five editions) demonstrated their team pedigree. Kenya entered the tournament as the reigning team champions.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Women's race
The beginning to the race highlighted the dominance of the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners as they set a high tempo from the outset. By the time the first 5 km marker was passed, Australia's Nikki Chapple was the only athlete left in the leading pack to come from outside the two historically strong nations. A few kilometres later, she dropped back from the pack and at the 10 km mark five Ethiopians and four Kenyans had a fifteen-second advantage on the rest of the field.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Women's race
As the race reached the midway point, the temperature began to increase and the heat and humidity reduced the pace of the runners. The conditions took their toll on some of the leaders in this section of the race. Chepchirchir slowed considerably while Meseret Mengistu, Joyce Chepkirui and Fate Tola were the next to gradually lose contact with the front runners. Kiplagat, Dire, Arusei and Feyse Tadese were the sole contenders remaining as the race headed towards the final stages, but Kiplagat and Dire soon left the other two trailing a few minutes later.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Women's race
Despite Dire's greater experience over long distances, it was Kiplagat who forged ahead in the last kilometre and she won the race with ten seconds to spare over her Ethiopian rival. Arusei was the third across the line half a minute later, while Feyse Tadese, Joyce Chepkirui, Meseret Mengistu and Fate Tola took places 4–7 around one minute behind the winner. It was Arusei's clear third place which proved the difference between the top African teams, as Kenya won the team gold by a margin of 34 seconds over Ethiopia.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Women's race
A strong final phase saw Zhu Xiaolin take eighth place for the hosts, which was the best non-African individual performance that year. Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki and Ryoko Kizaki were immediately behind her, failing to get a top eight finish but yet again leading the country to the team bronze with a buffer of over six minutes between them and Australia.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Women's race
Kiplagat collected her first international road running title in only her second effort over the half marathon distance – her second world title after the senior crown at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She said her next priority would be taking a medal on the track "That is my goal for next year (World Championships in Daegu) and at the next Olympics". For Dire and Arusei – both prolific road runners – this was their first individual medal on the world stage. The younger Ethiopians (Feyse Tadese, Meseret Mengistu and Fate Tola) missed out on the medals but still set personal bests for the half marathon, as did Kenyan Joyce Chepkirui.


2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation
A total of thirty nations were represented at the championships, with a combined total of 123 male and female athletes in attendance. Five countries entered the maximum of five athletes per race: Ethiopia, Japan, Kenya, South Africa, and the United States. British runner Andrew Lemoncello was scheduled to be his country's sole representative in the men's race, but he was refused entry into the country without explanation, causing a dispute between UK Athletics and the Chinese Athletic Association.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding and organisation
The IAAF announced on March 25, 2007 at an IAAF Council meeting in Mombasa, Kenya that it had received bids from Turkey and Qatar to host the championships. On November 25, in a Council meeting in Monaco, the IAAF announced that Doha would host the championships. This was the first time that a world athletics championship was held in the Middle-East and the second time the World Indoor Championships was held outside of Europe or North America (after the 1999 Championships in Japan).


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding and organisation
The venue for the event was the indoor arena located within Doha's Aspire Zone – the ASPIRE Dome, which has previously hosted indoor athletics for the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. The World Indoor Championships was the first of two significant athletics events to take place in Doha in 2010 – the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League will begin with the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix meeting in May.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding and organisation
Prior to the championships, the Qatar organising committee held the Doha Indoor Athletics Meeting for Juniors as a test event for the venue. The meeting began on 26 February and featured junior athletes from 11 countries within the region competing in a total of 13 events.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding and organisation
The competition set a new high for the number of nations at the World Indoor Championships: 150 countries sent teams to the championships, with a total of 374 men and 283 women athletes entered to compete.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding and organisation
The competition mascot was an anthropomorphic caracal named Saham – the caracal is a medium-sized cat which is native to the Middle-East. The inclusion of a mascot follows on from the mainstream success of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics mascot – Berlino the Bear.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding and organisation
The IAAF extended live audio and video coverage of the championships to the internet for certain countries, including a deal with IEC in Sports which saw events available live and on-demand via Dailymotion. This was the first deal of its kind for the competition.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding and organisation, Drug tests
Anna Alminova, a Russian athlete who competed in the 1500 m failed a drug test while at the championships. She tested positive for pseudoephedrine, which was present in a cold medicine she was taking, and received a three-month ban.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4x400 metres relay competition at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 13 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
In the first heat the United States and Jamaica took the top two spots as expected, shortly followed by the Dominican Republic in a national record time of 3:06.30. In the second heat, a clash between Vladimir Antmanis and Marcin Marciniszyn resulted in a baton drop by Russia, which eventually cost them a place in the final. Belgium won heat two but the initial second placers Botswana (which ran an African record of 3:09.60) were later disqualified for a baton exchange outside of the legal zone. The Bahamas benefited from the disqualification and the Dominican Republic and Great Britain entered the final as the fastest losers.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
In the final the following day, the United States eased to victory courtesy of strong running from Jamaal Torrance on the first leg and a series of good changeovers – their world leading time of 3:03.40 was three seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Belgium were the next team to finish, scoring a national record 3:06.94 on the way to the country's first ever medal in the event.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The other teams suffered a more hectic race: the Bahamas' chances were spoilt when Andretti Bain went down on the track with an injury and Jamaica had a similar fate as Sanjay Ayre pulled up with an injury at the same moment. A poor, late baton exchange between Félix Sánchez and Yoel Tapia on the anchor leg caused them to be disqualified although they finished behind third Great Britain in any case.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified. to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
Coming into the championships, Ivory Williams had run a world-leading time of 6.49 seconds to win the US indoor championships, positioning him as a possible gold medallist. However, he tested positive for marijuana and he received a three-month ban, while his world-leading performance was annulled. This made Dwain Chambers the competitor with the best pre-championships form, closely followed by Mike Rodgers, Nesta Carter and Daniel Bailey.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
Chambers led the field on the first day heats, followed by Trell Kimmons and the home athlete Samuel Francis (athlete). Little-known Ryan Moseley upset the favourites in the sixth heat in which Lerone Clarke of Jamaica was eliminated. Clarke was the only surprise non-qualifier of the round, although Rolf Fongué was the first athlete to fall foul of the no false start rule at a global championships – a rule introduced at the start of the 2010 season.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
On the second day of competition, Chambers (6.51) and Kimmons (6.55) were again the fastest qualifiers in the semi-finals, with Mike Rodgers and Daniel Bailey improving as the rounds progressed. Nesta Carter and Ronald Pognon were the other semifinal leaders, while Francis progressed as a fastest-loser. Ibrahim Kabia and Rodney Green both ran national record times of 6.65 as did 2008 Olympic fourth placer Churandy Martina. However, only Kabia won selection for the final eight. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, one of the fastest of the season, pulled up with an injury.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
In the last day round of the competition, Rodgers and Bailey made quick starts to lead the final. However, Chambers hit his top speed to pull ahead of his rivals and leant at the line for the victory. The final saw a number of career firsts for athletes: Chambers won the race in 6.48 seconds (a world-leading time) to become the oldest ever winner of the event at 31, which was also his first ever world title after winning silver in 2008.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
Mike Rodgers was the next athlete home and his silver was his first ever medal on a global stage. Daniel Bailey had become the first ever Antiguan to reach a world indoor final, and he duly improved upon the feat to take the bronze to become the island nation's first ever medallist. Trell Kimmons, who was only a last minute replacement for Ivory Williams, took fourth place.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles competition at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The competition was set to be one of the highlights of the competition from the very beginning: it was the first major competition for 2004 Olympic champion Liu Xiang's after a long period out through injury and it was the first time that he, Dayron Robles and Terrence Trammell – the best of their generation – had faced each other since the 2007 World Championships.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
Only ten athletes were eliminated in the first round in which American hurdlers David Oliver and Trammell ran the fastest times. The majority of athletes gave conservative performances and Ladji Doucouré of France (a former world champion) was the only unexpected elimination, as he suffered an injury at the beginning of heat four. The no false-start rule claimed two victims in the first semi-final in which Liu and Trammell progressed. Former European Indoor champion Gregory Sedoc was eliminated in the second of the three semis while Petr Svoboda won the last semi-final; all the favourites progressed to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The final turned into a head-to-head between Trammell and Robles, with the Cuban pulling alongside the American in the latter part of the race and dipping at the line for the victory. In spite of a slow reaction time, Robles ran a Championships record of 7.34 seconds to win his first indoor title. A perennial silver medallist outdoors, Trammell equalled the American record of 7.36 seconds for another silver, although his time would have been enough for the gold at any of the 12 championships preceding this edition. Oliver ran a personal best of 7.44 seconds to take the bronze while Liu finished in seventh, clearly lacking complete race fitness.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12, 13 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Qualification standards
Eight (8) athletes will be invited by the IAAF in the Heptathlon and  in the Pentathlon as follows:


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Qualification standards
In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions. Members whose athletes are invited as above will receive additional quota places accordingly


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 8.00 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 16.95 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4x400 metres relay at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Jamaican team came third and was awarded the bronze medals, but was later disqualified after Bobby-Gaye Wilkins was found to have been doping. A sample of hers collected at the championships was found positive for andarine.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres competition at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The race was expected to be a duel between LaVerne Jones-Ferrette and Carmelita Jeter who had run some of the fastest times for many seasons at 6.97 and 7.02 seconds, respectively. In the first round of competition Myriam Soumaré was the surprise winner of the first heat, Jones-Ferrette clocked the fastest of the day in her heat with 7.14 seconds, while Veronica Campbell-Brown and Jeter topped their qualifiers comfortably. Ruddy Zang Milama of Gabon was another surprise in the final heat as she beat the more experienced Sheri-Ann Brooks and Mikele Barber.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
On the second day of competition, Campbell-Brown placed herself in contention for a medal with a 7.07 second run in the first semi-final, although Jones-Ferrette's time in the second semi was faster still. Brooks ran a personal best to beat Jeter in the last semi-final of the day. Among the other qualifiers, Zang Milama surprised further with 7.13-second national record to become the first Gabonese athlete to reach an indoor final in any event. Barber and reigning European 60 m champion Yevgeniya Polyakova were among the casualties of the round.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
In the final, Campbell-Brown ran a personal best of 7.00 seconds – the fastest winning time for 11 year – to upset the pre-race favourites. Finishing just after in 7.03 seconds, Jones-Ferrette settled for silver – the first global athletics medal for the United States Virgin Islands. Jeter rounded out the top three with a run of 7.05 seconds, continuing her bronze medal run from the World Championships in Athletics. Zang Milama and Brooks shared fourth place having made significant career progressions over the distance. Chandra Sturrup's sixth-place finish was notable in that, at the age of 38 years, she was almost a decade older than the next oldest athlete to reach the final (Jeter).


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
Jones-Ferrette was later disqualified due to a doping infraction and banned for six months. The positions and medals were redistributed, with Jeter receiving the silver and Zang Milama taking the bronze medal.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q)  advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 13 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon, Qualification standards
Eight (8) athletes will be invited by the IAAF in the Heptathlon and  in the Pentathlon as follows:


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon, Qualification standards
In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions. Members whose athletes are invited as above will receive additional quota places accordingly


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.60 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 13 and 14 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.50 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.


2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.20 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 15 and 16 May 2010 in the streets of Chihuahua, Mexico.


2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.


2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 264 athletes (169 men/95 women) from 42 countries is reported.


2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship
The 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship is a blind football tournament and the fifth World Blind Football Championship. The competition was staged in the United Kingdom between 14 August and 22 August 2010, and involved ten teams of visually impaired players from around the world competing to be crowned world champion. It was won for the third time by Brazil, who defeated Spain 2-0 in the final.


2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship, The tournament
The championships, which took place at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford, was the first to have been held in the United Kingdom. The draw for the 2010 World Blind Football Championship was held on Monday 12 April 2010 at Wembley Stadium in London and overseen by Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's Director of Football Development, and George Cohen, who was part of England's winning team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.


2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship, The tournament
The tournament got under way on the afternoon of Saturday 14 August with the opening match between England and Spain. Brazil won the tournament after beating Spain 2-0 in the final on 22 August. It was the third occasion on which Brazil have won the competition, and their team's striker, Jefferson Goncalves, was named Player of the tournament for what was described by the Hereford Times as an outstanding performance.


2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship, The tournament
Host nation England achieved their best result to date, coming fourth overall, but missing out on a medal after losing 5-1 to Brazil in the semi-final, then to China in the third place play off. Feng Ya Wang of China was named Young player of the tournament, while Antonio Martin of Spain won the Golden Boot. Martin's Spanish team-mate, Alfredo Gonzalez, was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Japan was presented with the Fair Play trophy by Mayor of Hereford, Councillor Anna Toon.


2010 IBSA summit
The 2010 IBSA summit took place in Brasilia, Brazil on April 15, 2010. The meeting took place between the three heads of government from the IBSA states. This was the fourth such meeting.


2010 IBSA summit, Overview
The IBSA grouping was a result of the need for South-South co-operation as envision by the bigger players for the each region in the hemisphere. This year's summit marked the return to the founding location of the grouping.


2010 IBSA summit, Overview
This meeting to place on the sidelines of the larger BRIC gathering also in Brasilia.


2010 IBSA summit, Overview
Trade between the IBSA grouping went from US$2.6 billion in 2002 to US$11.9 billion in 2009.


2010 IBSA summit, Leaders at the summit
The heads of state and heads of government of the three countries participated.


2010 IBSA summit, Issues
The leaders discussed various issues including the Iran and nuclear weapons, the Middle East conflict, the furtherance of IBSA, reconstruction of Haiti through the IBSA Fund for Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger, and cooperation in science and technology.


2010 IBSA summit, Issues
Additionally, other meets occurred on the side between April 12 to 15 such as: the IBSA Academic Forum; the 15th IBSA Focal Points Meeting; a meeting between IBSA Focal Points and the United Nations Development Program; the IBSA parliamentary forum; a round table on local governance; the IBSA Women’s Forum; the IBSA Editor’s Forum; the IBSA Small Business CEOs meeting; and an exhibition on the IBSA Fund.


2010 IBSA summit, Issues, Iran
The IBSA leaders called for more talks on the Iranian nuclear weapon issue.


2010 IBSA summit, Issues, Palestine
The IBSA took rhetorical steps on such international issues as the Middle East conflict. Indian PM Singh called the group "a strong moral force in today's unsettled world," saying the significance of the group of "three major democracies" extended beyond the bilateral ties between its members. IBSA also invited representatives of the Palestinians for the first time. The three countries were to jointly fund sports facilities in Ramallah. The leaders also expressed strong disappointment over the continued construction of settlements by Israel and committed IBSA to "pro-actively" support the formation of a viable Palestinian state. IBSA members said they were "convinced that a comprehensive peace in the Middle East is crucial, not only for the peoples and countries of the region, but also for the international peace and security."


2010 IBSA summit, Issues, Palestine
The IBSA states, who said they have good relations with both the Arab-Palestinians and the Israelis, also reiterated a willingness to contribute to the peace process. They elucidated that the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territories was a subject of joint interventions at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2009. The group were also "convinced that a comprehensive peace in the Middle East is crucial, not only for the peoples and countries of the region, but also for the international peace and security." They further called for an "urgent resumption of negotiations" along the lines of "UN Resolutions, the Madrid principles, the Road Map and the Arab Peace Initiative.


2010 IBSA summit, Issues, Palestine
Furthermore, the IBSA Fund said it would build a sports center in the city of Ramallah. The group also supported the need for youth sports leagues. An additional US$2 million would be granted for projects in the Occupied Territories.


2010 IBSA summit, Issues, Furtherance of IBSA
India took the initiative to call for improving the importance of the BRIC and IBSA groups. Indian PM Singh also called for closer cooperation in the fields of energy and food security, as well as tapping into the potential of other sectors such as trade and investment, science and technology and infrastructure. He added that pooling together the experiences of each can lead to more inclusive growth. "We are four large countries with abundant resources, large populations and diverse societies... We aspire for rapid growth for ourselves and for an external environment that is conducive to our development goals. [


2010 IBSA summit, Issues, Furtherance of IBSA
Our people] expect us to work together so as to bring the benefits of inclusive social and economic development to them. Our grouping includes two of the largest energy producers and two of the largest consumers in the world. We can cooperate in both upstream and downstream areas, and in the development of new fuels and clean energy technologies."


2010 IBSA summit, Reactions
During the conference a new book, the IBSA Women’s Forum – Elaborating an Inclusive Macroeconomic Structure: a South-South feminist approach was launched.


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships
The 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships or 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers were two cricket events organised by the African Cricket Association. The championships were played over two divisions and provided African U-19 teams with the chance to qualify for the 2012 U-19 World Cup. The second division was held from 26–30 July in Big Bend, Swaziland and the first division from 29 August-5 September in Windhoek, Namibia.


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division two
This was only the second playing of Division Two and it followed the same round-robin format as the previous year. The venue and dates were confirmed in May to be at Big Bend, a small village in the Lowveld region of Swaziland, from 26–30 July. All matches were played on three fields at and around the Ubombo Country Club. The winners would be promoted to the Division One Tournament.


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division two, Teams
Ghana, who took part the year before, were originally included in the line up, but did not end up participating.


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Teams
Eight African affiliate nations are participating in this competition and these are:


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Each team will play every other team in a round-robin format. Final placings will be decided by wins and then run rate. Points are allocated: 2-Win, 1-Tie/No Result, 0-Loss.


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
The top two teams will progress to the U19 CWC Global Qualifiers


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Day 1 - Uganda def Nigeria, Namibia def Botswana, Kenya def Zambia, Sierra Leone def Tanzania


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Day 2 - Uganda def Tanzania, Namibia def Zambia, Nigeria def Botswana, Kenya def Sierra Leone


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Day 3 - Namibia def Sierra Leone, Kenya def Tanzania, Botswana def Uganda, Zambia def Nigeria


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Day 4 - Namibia def Tanzania, Uganda def Kenya, Sierra Leone def Nigeria, Botswana def Zambia


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Day 5 - Namibia def Kenya, Botswana def Sierra Leone, Zambia def Uganda, Nigeria def Tanzania


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Day 6 - Namibia def Uganda, Botswana def Tanzania, Kenya def Nigeria, Zambia def Sierra Leone


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Matches
Day 7 - Kenya def Botswana, Namibia def Nigeria, Uganda def Sierra Leone, Zambia def Tanzania


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Live Scores
Live scores are available through the WebCricket service provided by Cobitech.


2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, Division One, Live Scores
Live scores are available for mobile phones through the WebCricket.mobi site.


2010 ICC Americas Championship Division Four
The 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division Four was a cricket tournament held in Mexico City, Mexico, which took place between 14 June and 16 June 2010. It gave three Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council from the Americas region experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure. Following on from the 50 over tournament, the three teams played a Twenty20 tournament which ran from 17 June to 18 June 2010.


2010 ICC Americas Championship Division Four, Teams
There were three teams participating in the tournament. These teams are non-Test members of the ICC Americas region. The teams are:


2010 ICC Americas Championship Division Four, Teams
Note: The tournament was set to have four teams, but Cuba "declined the invitation due to travel restrictions by their authorities," ICC Americas Development Manager, Martin Viera, advised CricInfo.


2010 ICC Awards
The 2010 ICC Awards were held on 6 October 2010 in Bangalore, India in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA).


2010 ICC Awards
The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their seventh year. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009) and Dubai (2008).


2010 ICC Awards
The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.


2010 ICC Awards, Selection Committee
Chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, the ICC Selection Committee was charged with two main tasks. Using their experience, knowledge and appreciation of the game, they selected the ICC World XI Teams and provided a long list of nominations to the 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.


2010 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year
MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the Test Team of the Year. Other players are:


2010 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year
Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year, with MS Dhoni also selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2010 ICC Awards, Short lists
The following are the short lists for the 2010 LG ICC Awards:


2010 ICC Awards, Nominations
The following are the nominations for the 2010 LG ICC Awards, initially announced on 18 August 2010:


2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge
The 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge was an international women's cricket tournament held in South Africa during the 2010–11 international season. South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Ireland took part in the tournament, held in Potchefstroom  from 6 to 16 October 2010. The six teams competed in a series of One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20s (T20Is).


2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge
South Africa remained unbeaten in the ODI tournament to win the competition, and rise two positions to fifth in the Women's ODI rankings. The West Indies' Stafanie Taylor finished as the tournament's top scorer, accumulating 390 runs, including the only century of the competition. Sunette Loubser of South Africa claimed the most wickets, taking 13.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament which was held in the West Indies from 5 to 16 May 2010. The group stage matches were played at the Warner Park Sporting Complex on Saint Kitts. It was won by Australia, who defeated New Zealand in the final. Nicola Browne was named as player of the tournament.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Matches, Knockout stage, Final
After captain Alex Blackwell elected to bat, but New Zealand started more effectively. Their opening fast bowler Nicola Browne bowled her quota of four overs straight through, taking 2/11. She removed opener Elyse Villani, for six, caught at cover. Blackwell was then out for 0, cutting into the hands of Devine in the gully. Shelley Nitschke had earlier been trapped leg before wicket by Sian Ruck for three. This was following by a partnership of 30 between Leah Poulton and Jess Cameron, but they were unable to lift the run rate substantially; their stand took 45 balls.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Matches, Knockout stage, Final
Poulton was out trying to loft a ball over cover, and two balls later, Cameron was bowled from Kate Broadmore's first ball, leaving Australia at 5/51 in the 13th over. Only Poulton managed a solitary boundary. Wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy scored 10 from as many balls, but was then run out attempting a second run after being dropped by Sara McGlashan.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Matches, Knockout stage, Final
The total was boosted by Sarah Elliott, who made 19 not out from 20 balls, and Lisa Sthalekar (18 off 13), putting on 27 from 22 balls. Sthalekar was bowled by Sophie Devine after moving across outside off stump and trying to paddle scoop the ball down to fine leg. The innings ended with a one-handed catch by New Zealand captain Aimee Watkins, who leapt high at cover to prevent a drive from Rene Farrell going for four.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Matches, Knockout stage, Final
New Zealand started their chase solidly. Suzie Bates pulled the first ball of the innings for two and hit a six over long-on in the second over, bowled by Rene Farrell. However, in the fourth over, but Watkins' pull from the bowling of Clea Smith was taken by a leaping Blackwell at midwicket. In the next over Blackwell ran out McGlashan for 1, after the latter had been in a mix-up with Bates, leaving New Zealand at 2/19. In the next over Bates tried to pull Ellyse Perry down the ground and was caught by Elliott, who ran across from mid-off. The following over, Perry uprooted Amy Satterthwaite's off stump with a ball that kept low and New Zealand were in trouble at 4/29 in the seventh over.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Matches, Knockout stage, Final
For the next 21 balls, the new batsmen Devine and Rachel Priest struggled to score, accumulating only seven runs in this period. At this time, the spin of Nitschke (1/10) and Sthalekar (0/19) contained the New Zealand batting. During this phase, Priest was given out stumped by Healy after the television umpire Asad Rauf had pressed the wrong button and had to retract his decision. Soon after she hit Nitschke to Blackwell and New Zealand were at 5/36 after 11 overs, leaving them with 71 runs to score from the last 54 balls.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Matches, Knockout stage, Final
This brought Browne to the crease and she put on 41 from as many balls in partnership with Devine, who ended with 38 not out from 35 balls. However, they could not score quickly, with a total of only two fours and one six. In the 18th over, Browne was caught behind for 20 from Perry. Devine hit a four and a six from the last two balls of the 19th over bowled by Farrell to leave New Zealand requiring 14 runs from the last over, which Perry bowled.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Matches, Knockout stage, Final
A single from the first ball put Devine on strike, and she hit four consecutive twos. Devine required five runs from the last ball to win and she struck a powerful straight drive. Perry, who has played football for Australia, stuck out her right foot and the ball deflected to mid-on where Sthalekar stopped the ball and only one run was scored. This sealed an Australian win by three runs. Perry was named the player of the match for her 3/18.


2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads
This is a list of the squads picked for the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament held in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, took place between 23 April and 29 April 2010. It gave six African Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two
Zambia was promoted to 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Teams
There are six teams participating in the tournament. These teams are non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams are:


2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Isaac K.O. AboagyeObed Harvey AgbomodaziePeter Amanya (captain)Moses AnafieLawrence AteakSimon AteakSamson K.A. AwiahKofi BaganenaMark BawaMatthew BawaJulius Horlali MensahRufus Kweku NtiamoahAbdul Karim SumailaJames Kwaku Vifah


2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Brima AnsumanaSolomon FatomaAbass GblaIbrahim KabiaMustapha KallonAbubakarr KamaraAlie John KamaraIbrahim KamaraGeorge KpundehLansana Lamin (captain)Ibrahim MansarayEdward MarahEmmanuel PessimaJulius Quee


2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Gladson KandelaGodfrey KandelaAshraf LulatMohamed MithaMeeth NaikAllan NsenshaTapson NyirongoAbid PatelImran Suleman PatelSarfraz PatelMarkus PieterseSharif YousufSarfarajhusen SopariyaAndrew Toms


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It formed part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Teams
The remaining six teams were determined by the ICC Development Committee based on prior regional results and other factors. They were:-


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Gregory Taylor (c)Jermaine AdderleyAsmeid Allie Jonathan BarryGerron Dean Narendra EkanayakeAndrew Ford Mario FordDereck Gittens Gregory IrvinJulio Jemison Shanaka PereraMarc Taylor Dwight Weakley


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Dampo DorjiThinley Jamtsho Kumar Subba Dorji Loday (c)Manoj AdhikariKencho NorbuJigme SingyeSonam Tobgay Tashi TsheringTandin WangchukTandin WangchukPhuntso Wangdi Lobzang Yonten


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Asif Khan (c)Ehsan LatifFarooq Ahmed Milan FernandoShakeel HassanRana-Javed IqbalKashif HaiderKhalid ButtAndre Leslie Rishi PillaiDilshan Rajudeen Tarun RawatShafraz Samsudeen Srinivas Satyanarayana (wk)James Eggleston


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Christian Rocca (c)	Mark BacareseRichard BuzagloDavid CoramIan FarrellKieron FerraryRoss HarkinsMatthew HunterVikram Khatwani	Iain LatinKabir MirpuriChris PhillipsKayron StagnoSebastian Suarez


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Hisham Mirza (c)Abdullah AkhunzadaAbid Chaudhry Azmatullah NazeerFaisal Boota Haroon ShahidIrfan Bhatti Mohammad AkhudzadaMohammad Murad Midhun PakalapatiJagath RoshanthaSaad KhalidSajid Manzil Saud Qamar


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Shazam Ramjohn (c)	Carlton BakerMohindra Boodram	Troy DudnathArun Gokoel	Giovani GokoelRadjeev Jagroep	Sanjeev MangrooBrahma PrasadTerbhawan RanjitAnthony SeerajDeoraj SewananVishaul SinghPatrick Vishram


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Andrew Mansale (c)Jelany ChiliaJonathon Dunn Patrick HainesAby John Trevor LangaEdy Mansale Patrick MatautaavaLenica Natapei Nalin NipikoSimpson Obed Damian SmithKenny Tari Frederick Timakata (wk)


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Squads
Sarfaz Patel (c)	Abid PatelKafuma BandaGodfrey KandelaGladson KandelaAshraf LulatMohmed MithaIsaac MwabaAllan NsenshaTapson NyirongoHimal PatelImran PatelSarfaraz SopariyaSharif Yousuf


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, Group stage
The ICC development committee confirmed the groups on 10 June 2010.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2010 in Nepal. It formed part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket. The tournament was won by Nepal who defeated the United States by 5 wickets in the final.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Post-tournament
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Post-tournament
The match between USA and Nepal on 26 February was under investigation by the ICC for the crowd trouble and the calculations of the net-run rate which denied Singapore promotion to Division 4. On 9 May, the ICC released a report, which upheld the umpires decisions during the match and retained the outcome of the tournament.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, TV coverage
The tournament was covered live on Nepal Television's second channel NTV2 or NTV Metro. This was the first time that any World Cricket League tournament was being broadcast live on TV. Only the games at Tribhuvan University ground were broadcast live.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was a cricket tournament that took place in August 2010 in Italy. It formed part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket. The tournament was won by the United States who defeated Italy by 8 wickets in the final.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One was a cricket tournament which took place in July 2010 in the Netherlands. It formed part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One
Division One, which is the successor to the now defunct ICC 6 Nations Challenge, is the highest tier of the World Cricket League, and is effectively the second level of one-day cricket for national teams below the 10 Test-playing nations. All teams competing in the 2010 Division One tournament qualified for the climax of the World Cricket League, the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One
The competition was won by Ireland (who as winners of the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier were de facto reigning champions), defeating Scotland in the final, thus ending the tournament unbeaten.


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Squads
Nowroz Mangal (c)Mirwais Ashraf (vc)Aftab Alam Asghar Afghan Dawlat Ahmadzai Hamid Hassan Javed Ahmadi Karim Sadiq Khaliq Dad Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad (wk)Noor Ali Zadran Samiullah Shenwari Shabir Noori Shapoor Zadran


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Squads
Ashish Bagai (c)(wk) Rizwan Cheema (vc)	Harvir BaidwanGeoff BarnettTrevin BastiampillaiUmar BhattiIan BillcliffParth DesaiSunil DhaniramJimmy HansraCalvert HooperKhurram ChohanNitish KumarHiral PatelZubin SurkariSandeep Jyoti*


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Squads
Trent Johnston (c) Andrew BalbirnieAlex CusackGeorge DockrellPhil EaglestoneJames HallNigel JonesRory McCann (wk)John MooneyKevin O'BrienAndrew PoynterPaul StirlingAlbert van der MerweAndrew WhiteCraig YoungAndre Botha*Gary Wilson*


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Squads
Morris Ouma (c)(wk) Jimmy KamandeAlfred LusenoJames NgocheShem NgocheAlex ObandaCollins ObuyaNehemiah OdhiamboNelson OdhiamboThomas OdoyoElijah OtienoFrancis OtienoRakep PatelHiren VaraiyaDominic Wesonga


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Squads
Peter Borren (c) Bas Zuiderent (vc)Adeel RajaWesley BarresiMudassar BukhariAtse Buurman (wk)Tom CooperTom de GroothMark JonkmanAlexei KervezeeBradley KrugerBernard LootsMohammad KashifPieter SeelaarEric SzwarczynskiMaurits Jonkman Nick Statham*Ryan ten Doeschate*


2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Squads
Gordon Drummond (c) Richie BerringtonEwan ChalmersGordon GoudieOllie HairsOmer HussainMoneeb IqbalNeil LaidlawDougie Lockhart (wk) Ross LyonsNeil McCallumGregor MaidenPreston MommsenMatthew ParkerFraser WattsJosh Davey*Majid Haq*


2010 ICC World Twenty20
The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was the third ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies between 30 April and 16 May 2010. It was won by England, who defeated Australia in the final. Kevin Pietersen was named as player of the tournament.


2010 ICC World Twenty20
Although the tournament was held every two years beginning in 2007, the scheduled ICC Champions Trophy One Day International tournament to be held in the West Indies in 2010 was revised to a Twenty20 format because the 2008 Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan was postponed due to security concerns and there was a need to correct the international cricketing tournament calendar.


2010 ICC World Twenty20
This ICC World Twenty20 took place only 10 months after the last one. As before, the tournament featured 12 teams – the Test-playing nations and two qualifiers. Matches were played at three grounds – Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados; Providence Stadium in Providence, Guyana; and Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. The tournament was organised in parallel with the women's tournament, with the men's semi-finals and final each being preceded by the semi-finals and final from the women's event.


2010 ICC World Twenty20
This competition also saw Afghanistan make their first ever appearance in a major ICC international cricket tournament, and was made even more remarkable as at the time they only held Affiliate Membership and subsequently became the only Affiliate member ever to compete in a major ICC international cricket tournament.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Qualification
The ICC World Twenty20 qualifier was won by Afghanistan who defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the final with both sides qualifying for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. This was the first major tournament Afghanistan qualified for, while leading associates the Netherlands and Scotland failed to qualify this time.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Rules and regulations
During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Rules and regulations
In case of a tie (i.e. both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over decides the winner. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Rules and regulations
Within each group (of both group and Super Eight stages), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Groups
The groups were announced on 4 July 2009. The initial four group format is the same as that used at the 2009 tournament. Team seed in brackets.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Fixtures, Super 8s
The Super 8s stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Fixtures, Super 8s
The teams are split into two groups, Groups E and F. Group E will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group F will consist of the top seed from Groups B and D, and the second seed of groups A and C. The seedings used are those allocated at the start of the tournament and are not affected by group stage results, with the exception of if a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seed of the knocked-out team.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Fixtures, Knockout stage, Final
The final, played in Barbados on 16 May 2010, featured the game's oldest rivalry less than six months before the Ashes in Australia. England won by seven wickets with three overs to spare to seal its first International Cricket Council world championship after losses in three World Cup finals – 1979 against the West Indies at Lord's, 1987 against Australia and 1992 against Pakistan – and a loss in the 2004 Champions Trophy final to the West Indies on home soil.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Fixtures, Knockout stage, Final
Australia batted first and scored 147 runs for the loss of six wickets, with David Hussey's top score of 59 proving crucial after England had reduced the Aussies to 8/3 after 2.1 overs and then removed captain Michael Clarke. England bettered Australia's total with 18 balls to spare, reaching 148 runs for the loss of three wickets, with Craig Kieswetter (63 runs) and Kevin Pietersen (47 runs) combining for a 111-run partnership for the second wicket before captain Paul Collingwood hit the winning run. Pietersen was subsequently named Man of the Tournament having scored 248 runs, while Kieswetter was named Man of the Match having scored his first T20 international half-century in the final.


2010 ICC World Twenty20, Legacy
A number of players from both sides in the final were included in the Test teams that played in the 2010–11 Ashes less than six months later – England named Collingwood, Pietersen, Swann, Bresnan and Broad from its World T20-winning team while Australia named Clarke, Watson, Michael Hussey, Johnson, Haddin and Smith from its runner-up team. England won the series 3–1 for its first Ashes series win in Australia in 24 years and went on to rise to the top of the ICC Test Rankings in 2011 after a whitewash of India.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final
The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played between England and Australia at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on 16 May 2010. This was the third ICC World Twenty20. England won the match by 7 wickets, its first World Twenty20 victory, and first ICC world championship for the cricket birthplace. England became the third team to win this title after India in 2007 and Pakistan in 2009


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Background
Prior to this match, England and Australia had played four times against each other in Twenty20s, where Australia won 2 matches and England won one. One match ended with no result. Their most recent meeting was back in August 2009, where match ends no result. In the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, they met in Cape Town on 14 September, where Australia won the match by 8 wickets. The two teams were also less than six months from meeting in Australia, including for the 2010–11 Ashes series.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Background
Following England's group-stage victory over South Africa, Kevin Pietersen was forced to rush back home to England for the birth of his first son, Dylan, before returning to the West Indies for the semi-final against Sri Lanka.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, England
England were placed in Group D with West Indies and Ireland after having made some team selections that had sparked discussion. Among those were Durham all-rounder and two-time Ashes winner Paul Collingwood being named T20 captain over Test and ODI captain Andrew Strauss, while Test and ODI attack leader James Anderson was in the T20 squad, but largely preferred to swing specialist Ryan Sidebottom.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, England
Another decision that became especially controversial was the inclusion of two naturalized South Africans as opening batsmen – Michael Lumb and wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter – in addition to star batsman Kevin Pietersen, born in South Africa but with an English mother. The team also included Eoin Morgan – who, on a previous tour of the West Indies, had been in the Irish team that had upset Pakistan and Bangladesh during the 2007 World Cup and also eventually captained England’s 2019 World Cup triumph on home soil. Two other Ashes-winning bowlers were also included in fast bowler Stuart Broad and off-spinner Graeme Swann.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, England
They began the tournament in disappointing fashion with a defeat to hosts West Indies by 8 wickets on the D/L method. In the next match against Ireland, England batted first and scored 120/8 in their 20 overs. Rain reduced Ireland's innings to 3.3 overs, causing the match to be abandoned. This meant England qualified for the Super 8's with a higher net run rate. In the Super 8s, they found their form and won each of their matches, defeating Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa to top Group E. In the semifinal against Sri Lanka, Pietersen's unbeaten 42 from 26 following a 2–21 from man of the match Broad helped secure a seven-wicket victory.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, Australia
Having reached the semifinals of the first World T20 and won the previous three World Cups, Australia started the tournament as one of the favorites.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, Australia
They fielded a team that included future World Cup-winning captain Michael Clarke as T20 skipper after Test and ODI captain Ricky Ponting had withdrawn from Australia's T20 side, and he was backed up by players who had won Ashes series, World Cups or both, including batsman Michael Hussey (joined by brother David in the team), fast bowler Shaun Tait, all-rounder Shane Watson and Steve Smith, who was still a leg-spinning all-rounder at the time instead of a specialist batsman. Pacer Dirk Nannes was also in the team, having become an Australian citizen after helping his native Netherlands shock England at Lord's during the previous World T20. Stalwart fast bowler Brett Lee had also been named in the squad but was unable to participate.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, Australia
They won Group A after beating both Bangladesh and defending champion Pakistan, and in the Super 8s, they comfortably defeated India, Sri Lanka and the West Indies to progress to the semifinals for a rematch with Pakistan. Pakistan batted first and posted a challenging total of 191. The Australian top order had no mercy for the Pakistani bowlers, but the match looked to be in the defending champions' hands, as Australia was left having to score 18 runs in the final over against touted off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, a member of Pakistan's 2009 World T20 champions.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, Australia
Mike Hussey rose to the occasion, however, hitting three sixes and a four to get Australia to the target for a three-wicket victory with a ball to spare. Man of the match Hussey finished on 60 not out from 24 balls, having hit the most final over runs to complete a T20 international chase (his 22 was not surpassed until the West Indies' Carlos Brathwaite scored 24 off four consecutive sixes with 19 required against England's Ben Stokes to win the 2016 final.)


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match officials
The on-field umpires were Aleem Dar of Pakistan and Billy Doctrove of West Indies, with New Zealand Billy Bowden being the third (TV) umpire. Rudi Koertzen of South Africa was the fourth umpire. Ranjan Madugalle of Sri Lanka was the match referee.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Toss
England captain Collingwood won the toss and chose to field first.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
Australia started the match rather surprisingly. Both openers went for just 2 apiece, as Watson was caught by Swann when Kieswetter parried a chance off Sidebottom's pace bowling followed by a Lumb run-out of fellow opener David Warner. Sidebottom then had Aussie wicketkeeper Brad Haddin caught by Collingwood for Australia's third wicket down for just 8 runs. Captain Clarke paced the innings with David Hussey until Collingwood robbed his opposite number of his wicket with a diving catch off Swann's off-spin to leave Australia at 45/4. However, David Hussey continued his form with middle order batsmen (including Michael Hussey), scoring 59 off 54 as Australia posted 147 for 6 in their 20 overs.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
England's first wicket fell for just seven runs as Lumb was caught by David Hussey trying to drive Tait past mid-on. However, England then took control as Kieswetter and all-time run scorer Pietersen (47 off 31) took the game away from Australia with a 111-run partnership for the second wicket, allowing Morgan and Collingwood to complete the chase with three overs to spare. With his 63 off 49 for his maiden international T20 half century, Kieswetter was adjudged man of the match, while Pietersen was the player of the tournament.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
The win marked England's first ever ICC world championship after losses in the finals of the 1979 World Cup against the West Indies at Lord's, the 1987 World Cup against Australia in Kolkata and the 1992 World Cup against Pakistan in Melbourne, as well as a loss in the 2004 Champions Trophy final against the West Indies at the Oval.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
It also marked England's third world championship in one of their major sports after the 1966 FIFA (Football) World Cup, which England won as hosts, and the 2003 IRB Rugby World Cup, which England had also won against Australia in Sydney. Both England and Australia also named a number of their T20 players who contested the final in their Test squads for the Ashes, which England won 3–1 to not only retain the Ashes but also record its first Ashes series win in Australia for 24 years.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played from  9–13 February 2010 in the United Arab Emirates and a part of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. The top two teams progressed to play in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship of Twenty20 cricket.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The eight competing teams were: Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands, Scotland, UAE and the USA.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The groups were devised by virtue of seedings from the previous ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, which was won jointly by Ireland and the Netherlands and, for the teams not participating in that event (Afghanistan, UAE and USA) on latest one-day rankings.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The tournament winners go into Group C of the ICC World Twenty20 2010 along with South Africa and India while the runners up will join West Indies and England in Group D. The tournament was won by Afghanistan who defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the final. This was the first major tournament Afghanistan qualified for, while leading associates the Netherlands and Scotland failed to qualify this time.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Final
Both finalists qualified for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 — Afghanistan for Group C and Ireland for Group D.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads
This is a list of the squads picked for the men's 2010 ICC World Twenty20. This was the third edition of ICC World Twenty20 tournament and was held in the West Indies from 30 April to 16 May 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Afghanistan
Afghanistan announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 1 April 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Australia
Australia announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 30 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Bangladesh
Bangladesh announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 30 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, England
England announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 31 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, India
India announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 26 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Ireland
Ireland announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 22 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, New Zealand
New Zealand announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 31 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Pakistan
Pakistan announced their 15-man squad on 12 March 2010, but no captain was announced. On 23 March 2010, the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Shahid Afridi as the captain. Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat were included in the original squad but were replaced by Mohammad Sami and Abdur Rehman due to injury.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, South Africa
South Africa announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 31 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 31 March 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, West Indies
The West Indies announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 1 April 2010.


2010 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe announced their 15-man squad for the tournament on 26 March 2010.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held 8–12 September 2010 at Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 33rd edition. Tacen hosted the event previously in 1955 and 1991 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and joins the following cities that have hosted the event three times: Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965, and 1977); Meran, Italy (1953, 1971, and 1983); Bourg St.-Maurice, France (1969, 1987, and 2002); and Augsburg, Germany (1957, 1985, and 2003). Women's single canoe (C1W) events became a medal event after being an exhibition in the previous championships.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Ten nations won medals at the championships, the most since the 2005 championships in Penrith. Slovakia was the big winner with five medals including three golds and two silvers. Men's canoe top medalists were Slovak Michal Martikán and France's Denis Gargaud Chanut and Fabien Lefèvre, each with two medals (one gold and one silver).


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Lefèvre became the first canoeist to medal in both canoe and kayak disciplines at the same championship while Jana Dukátová of Slovakia became the first woman to win gold in the C1 event and the first woman to medal in both canoe and kayak disciplines at the same championship. Dukátová won silver in the K1 women's event the day before. Italy's Daniele Molmenti won two medals in men's kayak with gold in K1 and bronze in K1 team.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Weather conditions forced schedule changes when flow from the River Sava increased water flow fivefold, resulting in course damage that delayed competition for nearly a day on 9 September.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Event's corporate images, Event logo
The logo comprised elements connected to the sport and the event's organization. Main motif of two paddles that made up the letter X, which was the Roman numeral for 10 which is for 2010. It also is for the Roman Empire settlement of Emona, located in present-day Ljubljana, located near Tacen. The paddles in the middle of the boat are not connected deliberately to communicate both canoeing and kayaking.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Event's corporate images, Event logo
Main motif is framed by a crest which comprises two lines. The bottom line is a copy of the boat in the transverse section while the top line is a copy of the boat in the vertical section. The crest carries a sense of nobility and that the sport in the past was connected with both townspeople and aristocrats along with environmental protection. Waves shown flanking the crest link the event's organizer with the ICF.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Event's corporate images, Short name
SLOKA has two names: SLalOm KAyak and Canoe Championships or SLOvene KAyak and canoe. It is acceptable in foreign languages that does not contain any special Slovene characters.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Event's corporate images, Slogan
The slogan Wild water, pure joy (Divja voda, čisti užitek is (in Slovene)) describes the essence of conquering the rapids refers to wild water and pleasure simultaneously. This slogan is in green and blue that combines water pleasures and ecology.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Event's corporate images, Mascot
The crawfish is a symbol of clean water and life in and around that water. It is also an independent and distinctive character to enhance the story of motion and vivacity that also evokes positive motions.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Schedule
This was the schedule listed as of 15 August 2010. All times listed are CEST (UTC+2).


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Schedule
K1 heats for 9 September were postponed due to the River Sava water flows exceeding 250 m3 (8,800 cu ft)/ sec. K1 heats were moved to 10 September at 14:30. Two days earlier, the schedule was also revised for all individual events to flow along the river rising from a level of 50 to 250 m3 (1,800 to 8,800 cu ft)/ sec.


2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Schedule
A revised schedule was issued on 10 September. The C1W team event was canceled as a result of the schedule change.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 19–22 August 2010 in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta. This is the third time that the Polish city will host the championships, having done so previously in 1990 and 2001. Paracanoe (formerly paddleability) and the women's C-1 200 m events that were exhibition events at the previous world championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, became official events at these championships.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Germany and Hungary won the most medals at the championships with twelve each though the Hungarians won six golds, the most of the championships, compared to the Germans' five golds. Brazil, Japan and Tahiti won their first ever championship medals. Ronald Rauhe of Germany became the winningest medalist in men's kayak with his 21st career medal, earning that in a K-1 200 m silver. Rauhe eclipsed that record he had tied at the previous championships with fellow German Torsten Gutsche.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
In women's kayak, Hungary's Katalin Kovács tied Germany's Birgit Fischer for most career medals with 38 with three medals earned though Kovács 29th gold passed Fischer's 28 career golds. For the first time since 1975, a tie occurred in the medals only this time it was for the bronze in the C-1 200 m event between Canada's Richard Dalton and Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban. Canada also won the first gold medal in women's canoe with Laurence Vincent-Lapointe winning gold. Paracanoe's big winners were Brazil and Canada with three medals each.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Explanation of events
Canoe sprint competitions are broken up into Canadian canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in kayaks (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or kayak can hold one person (1), two people (2), or four people (4). For each of the specific canoes or kayaks, such as a K-1 (kayak single), the competition distances can be 200 metres (660 ft), 500 metres (1,600 ft), or 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) long. When a competition is listed as a C-2 500 m event as an example, it means two people are in a canoe competing at a 500 metres (1,600 ft) distance.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Preliminaries to the event
Poznań was awarded the 2010 championships at an ICF board of directors meeting in Madrid, Spain, on 23 October 2003.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Preliminaries to the event, Event format changes
At the 2009 ICF board of directors meeting in Windsor, Berkshire, England, women's C-1 200 m was added for these championships while women's C-2 500 m will remain a demonstration event like it had the previous championships. The relay events, started at the previous championships, and 5000 m events, included for the first time since their discontinuation after the 1993 championships in Copenhagen, will also occur. Paracanoe (formerly referred to as paddleability) will have four events covering three classifications with LTA (Legs, Trunk, and Arms), TA (Trunk and Arms), and A (Arms only). The events were confirmed following successes at the previous world championships on 18 December 2009. The schedule for the championships was released on 10 June 2010.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Preliminaries to the event, Visit from the ICF
During the week of 1 March 2010, the ICF visited Lake Malta to meet with the Host Organizing Committee (HOC) to see how event preparations were progressing. Some items discussed were broadcasting, event promotion, athlete services, and communications. 2.5 hours of live television coverage on a daily basis is planned for the semifinal and final event as provided in the contract to meet the needs of the European market. 61 million people watched last year's championships in Canada. ICF Secretary General Simon Toulson expressed his support of the HOC and his hope that the 2010 championships will be a good one.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Event progress
After opening ceremonies on the 18th, the first round of events took place on the 19th with 1000 m events completing their heats and the semifinals. Paracanoe heats were suspended later that day to high winds and weather conditions.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Participating nations
75 nations were listed on the preliminary entry list. The numbers in parentheses shown are for those who competed for each respective nation.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Participating nations
The media guide listed 75 nations as participating, but four nations listed did not compete (India, Iraq, Malta, Malaysia).


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Results, Men's, Canoe
Russia won the most medals with four. The people with the most medals were two with Ivan Shtyl (Russia), Alexandru Dumitrescu (Romania), Victo Mihalachi (Romania), Vadim Menkov (Uzbeskistan), Dzianis Harasha (Belarus), Ronald Verch (Germany), and Paweł Baraszkiewicz (Poland). For the second time in the history of the championships, a tie occurred for a medal in the C-1 200 m bronze between Canada's Richard Dalton and Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban. The first occurred thirty-five years earlier, in the K-1 1000 m gold between Italy's Oreste Perri and Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Results, Men's, Kayak
Germany and Great Britain were the big medal winners with four each. Germany won the most golds with two. Ronald Rauhe won his record twenty-first world championship medal, eclipsing the record he tied last year with fellow German Torsten Gutsche. Ten canoeists each won two medals from five different countries.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Results, Women's, Canoe
The first women's event was won by Canada's Laurence Vincent-Lapointe.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Results, Women's, Kayak
Hungary was the big medal winner, medaling in all nine events including six golds. The big individual winner was Natasa Janics of Hungary with five (three gold, two silver). Her teammate Katalin Kovács, won three medals to bring her career total to 38, matching that of Germany's Birgit Fischer though Kovacs did break Fischer's career gold medal count to 29, eclipsing Fischer's 28. Japan earned their first medal at the championships with Shinobu Kitamoto's bronze in the K-1 200 m event. Rachel Cawthorn became the first British woman to medal at the championships with her bronze in the K-1 500 m event.


2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Results, Paracanoe
Italy won the most medals with four though none of them were gold. Canada and Brazil each won two golds and three overall. All three of Brazil's medals were the first in the history of the world championships. Tahiti's Patrick Viriamu became the first medalist from his country at the world championships as well.


2010 IF Elfsborg season
IF Elfsborg had another season where they stayed in the top four for the fifth consecutive season. Being tipped for title glory, Elfsborg was nowhere near such a feat, but thanks to Denni Avdić and his sensational season, scoring 19 league goals a European qualification was granted once more. In the 2010-11 edition of UEFA Europa League.


2010 IFAF Women's World Championship
The 2010 IFAF Women's World Championship was the first world championship of American football for women. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 26 June to 3 July 2010.


2010 IFK Göteborg season
IFK Göteborg finished just 7th in Allsvenskan. Just managing to finish on the top half of the table. Starting the season with a loss in Supercupen to AIK, and was then briefly involved in a relegation battle, until the World Cup break offered the squad to regroup and had a stronger autumn season.


2010 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The 2010 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 15 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 7 locations, lead in 6 locations, and speed in 7 locations. The season began on 30 April in Trento, Italy and concluded on 14 November in Kranj, Slovenia.


2010 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.


2010 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The winners for bouldering were Adam Ondra and Akiyo Noguchi, for lead Ramón Julian Puigblanque and Jain Kim, for speed Stanislav Kokorin and Yuliya Levochkina, and for combined Adam Ondra and Jain Kim, men and women respectively.


2010 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season
In bouldering, Adam Ondra of Czech Republic won 3 out of 7 bouldering World Cups and then the overall men's bouldering title of the season, making him the first climber to ever win the overall World Cup titles in lead (2009) and bouldering (2010).


2010 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season
In speed climbing, at the end of the season, Russian athletes, Stanislav Kokorin and Yuliya Levochkina clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double speed titles for Russia.


2010 IHF Super Globe
The 2010 IHF Super Globe was the fourth edition of the tournament. It was held in Doha, Qatar at Aspire Dome from May 17 to May 21.


2010 IHF Super Globe
BM Ciudad Real defeated the hosts Al Sadd SC in the final match by 30 - 25.


2010 IHSAA Boys Basketball Championship
The 2010 IHSAA Boys Basketball Championship was the 100th annual version in Indiana tournament history. High school basketball plays a significant role in the spring phenomenon known as “Hoosier Hysteria”. In 2010, Indiana high schools competed in 4 different classes - class A (the smallest schools), class 2A, class 3A, and class 4A.


2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia took place in Taiwan from 29 March to 4 April. It was the third annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The games were played in the Taipei Arena in Taipei City. Chinese Taipei won the championship, winning four of its five games and defeating United Arab Emirates in the final 3–2.


2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, Group stage
Nine participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the teams move to the preliminary round to decide the final ranking.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. The US team won the final against the Czech Republic 4–3 won their fifth title.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Nations
The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Seeding and groups
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Rosters
Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Preliminary round
Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Playoff round. The last team in each group competed in the Qualification Games.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Preliminary round
All games were played at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Preliminary round, Group B
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 7 PN = 6


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Qualification games
The last team from each group of the Preliminary Round competed in the Qualification Games against the top team from each group of the Division I tournament's Preliminary round. They were placed into two games: teams from Groups A and C played each other in Group A/C, while teams from Groups B and D played each other in Group B/D.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Qualification games
The two winners of these games advanced to the Top Division Playoff Round. In the Top Division Playoff Round, the winner of the A/C game was seeded A4, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded B4.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Qualification games
The two losers of these games were relegated to the Division I Playoff Round. In the Division I Playoff Round, the loser of the A/C game was seeded C1, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded D1.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I was the 8th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Färjestads Ishall in Karlstad, with the medal games played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. Austria won the final against Croatia.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Nations
The following eight nations qualified for the Division I tournament. One nation from Asia, one nation from Australia, four nations from Europe, and two nations from South America were represented.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Seeding and groups
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, and 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Rosters
Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Preliminary round
Eight participated teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top team in each group advanced to the Qualification Games. The last three teams in each group competed in the Playoff Round.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Preliminary round
All games were played at the Färjestads Ishall in Karlstad.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionAsterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to Division I after the qualification games.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsAsterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to Division I after the qualification games. Two asterisks (**) denote that the player's team was promoted to the Championship Division after the qualification games.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification
The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification tournaments were held in the summer of 2009. There were two qualification tournaments; an Americas qualifier and a European qualifier. The winners of these tournaments, Argentina and Croatia, advanced to the next level of the IIHF World Championship, which is the Division I tournament.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification, Americas qualifier
Argentina became the Americas qualifier as the only other active member,  Brazil had already qualified for the 2010 tournament.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification, European qualifier
The 2009 European Qualification tournament was held from July 24, 2009 to July 26, 2009. The winner of this tournament, Croatia, advanced to the next level of the IIHF World Championship, which is the Division I tournament. Games were played at the Winter Palace of Sports in Sofia, Bulgaria.


2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification, European qualifier
Four participating teams were placed in one group. After playing a round-robin, the top team advances to the 2010 Division I tournament.


2010 IIHF University Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2010 IIHF University Challenge Cup of Asia was the first playing of the university section of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia. It was held from May 12 to May 14, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea. Japan won the tournament after winning both of their games and finishing on top of the standings.


2010 IIHF University Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
The 2010 IIHF University Challenge Cup of Asia began on May 12, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. The first game was played between hosts South Korea and China with South Korea winning the game 4–3. Japan won the tournament after winning both their games against China and South Korea. South Korea finished second with three points while China finished third after losing both of their games. Young June Lee of South Korea was named the tournaments best forward, Li Jian of China the tournaments best defenceman and Sung Je Park of South Korea the best goaltender.


2010 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2010 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the inaugural tournament of the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia (CCoA). It was hosted in Shanghai during 10 April to 14 April and was organized and managed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Games were played at the Taipei Arena in Shanghai University City International Ice Hockey Arena. China 1 won the tournament, winning all of its five games and defeating Japan in the final 2–1.


2010 IIHF World Championship
The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannheim, and one game at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen. The Russian team was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.


2010 IIHF World Championship
The Czech Republic, after an early 2–3 upset loss to Norway in the preliminary round, ultimately claimed their sixth world championship title by defeating defending champions, two years running, Russia, 2–1 in the final. Sweden won against Germany 3–1 for the bronze medal.


2010 IIHF World Championship
Canada, which three months earlier, had won the 2010 Winter Olympics Men's Ice Hockey Gold on home-ice in Vancouver, after beating the Russians 7–3 in the Quarterfinals, had a disappointing tournament. They clinched the last spot in the playoff round and lost their quarterfinal 2–5 in a rematch versus Russia. They finished 7th overall, their second-worst finish in tournament history, after their 1992 8th-place finish.


2010 IIHF World Championship
The tournament stands as the most watched IIHF championship in history, with an estimated cumulative audience of over 650 million over the course of the tournament and viewers in over 100 countries and dependencies worldwide. It also was a considerable success regarding attendance for the tournament; it ranked as the second most attended ice hockey world championship of all time, narrowly behind the 2004 edition. In total 548,788 people attended, compared with 552,097 in 2004 in the Czech Republic. It since slipped to the fourth place, behind 2014 and 2015 editions.


2010 IIHF World Championship
The host nation of Germany had their best finish at the tournament since it switched to the current 16 nation format, and a player representing Germany (goaltender Dennis Endras) was named MVP for the first time in the history of the championship.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Preliminary round
Group A saw the higher seeded team win each match, with the exception of the game between Belarus and Slovakia which was won by Slovakia. Russia topped the group with the full nine points, Slovakia qualified in second and Belarus in third. Kazakhstan was sent to the relegation round, after being promoted to the finals tournament for the first time since 2006.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Preliminary round
In Group B the higher seeded team won each match, with the exception of the final group match which saw Switzerland defeat the second-seeded Canadians for the first time in the history of the tournament. This upset led to Switzerland winning the group with nine points, followed by Canada in second and Latvia in third. Italy, back at the finals tournament after missing 2009, lost all its matches and was returned to the relegation round.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Preliminary round
Group C action ended with three teams having a record of two wins and one defeat. Norway's upset defeat of Czech Republic caused a controversy when Jaromír Jágr, a famous member of the Czech team, spoke out against other Czech stars turning down the tournament. This later triggered an international hockey dispute, when a column was posted on IIHF.com regarding these comments and about players' turning down invitations to attend. This article was later taken down and René Fasel, president of the IIHF, noted his concern. Sweden, the Czech Republic and Norway all moved on to the qualification round, while France was sent to the relegation after failing to win any matches.