2010 Desert 400
The 2010 Desert 400 was the second event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of February 25–27 on Bahrain International Circuit, in Manama, Bahrain. This was first time the event was held since 2008, and for the first time the V8 Supercars used the full Grand Prix Circuit, as used for the Bahrain Grand Prix, rather than the previously Paddock Circuit the Australian sedans used from 2006–2008.


2010 Desert 400
Defending series champion Jamie Whincup made a clean sweep of the V8 Supercar Middle-East branch of the championship. Whincup followed his two wins at the 2010 Yas V8 400 with two more wins to hold a perfect 600 points from the first four races of the season. Mark Winterbottom was best of the rest throughout the weekend with a pair of second positions and Craig Lowndes and Shane van Gisbergen shared the third places.


2010 Detroit Lions season
The 2010  Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 81st season in the NFL. It was Jim Schwartz's second season as head coach. The Lions spent most of the season at the bottom of their division, but with more division wins than the Vikings (whose overall record was the same), the Lions ended up at 3rd place on the final day of the season with a victory over that team. They were eliminated from playoff contention after their Thanksgiving Day loss, extending their postseason drought to 11 seasons, tied with Buffalo for the longest active streak in the NFL.


2010 Detroit Lions season
High points of the season included two division wins, the first being a 7–3 victory over the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers that snapped a 19-game losing streak against division opponents, and a four-game winning streak which included a victory in Tampa that ended their record 26-game road losing streak. The Lions also sent two players to the 2011 Pro Bowl: wide receiver Calvin Johnson and rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.


2010 Detroit Lions season
The Lions missed the playoffs for the eleventh straight season, tying a record set between 1971 and 1981.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
Denver traded its 2010 fifth-round selection and a 2009 seventh-round selection to Detroit for a 2009 sixth-round selection.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
The Lions traded their original seventh-round pick to Buffalo for S Ko Simpson.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
The Lions traded their 2010 sixth-round pick and a conditional 2011 seventh-round pick to Atlanta for CB Chris Houston.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
The Lions traded a 2010 fifth-round pick (the pick they acquired from Denver) to Cleveland for DT Corey Williams and a 2010 seventh-round pick (214).


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
The Lions traded seventh-round pick 220 to Philadelphia for their 2011 sixth-round selection.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
The Lions traded LB Ernie Sims to Philadelphia, the Broncos received a fifth-round pick from Philadelphia, and the Lions received TE Tony Scheffler and a 2010 seventh-round pick 220 from Denver in a three team trade.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
The Lions traded their second-round pick, their original fourth-round pick and seventh-round pick 214 to Minnesota for their first-round pick and their fourth-round pick.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2010 Draft class
The Lions traded their 2010 fifth-round pick and DE Robert Henderson to Seattle for OG Rob Sims and their 2010 seventh-round pick.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Chicago Bears
The Lions opened the season at Soldier Field against their NFC North foe the Chicago Bears. The Bears took an early lead in the first quarter with a 20-yard field goal by kicker Robbie Gould. The Lions answered with two consecutive touchdowns by rookie running back Jahvid Best: first a 7-yard run, and later in the second quarter with a 4-yard run. The Bears responded with an 89-yard catch and run touchdown by Matt Forté and later with a 31-yard field goal from Gould just before halftime.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Chicago Bears
The only score of the second half was a 28-yard touchdown catch by Forté (with a failed 2-point conversion), giving the Bears a late lead. Late in the game, quarterback Shaun Hill completed what would have been the game-winning 25-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Calvin Johnson. A touchdown was initially signaled, but the officials conferred and ruled that Johnson did not "complete the catch during the process of the catch." The play was reviewed and the ruling on the field of an incomplete pass stood.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
For their home opener, the Lions hosted the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles scored first midway through the first quarter with a 45-yard touchdown catch by DeSean Jackson. The Lions responded a few minutes later with a 14-yard touchdown run by Jahvid Best. Later in the second quarter the Lions broke the tie with a 49-yard Jason Hanson field goal. They increased their lead with a 75-yard touchdown catch by Jahvid Best. The Eagles answered with 4 consecutive touchdowns. First a 14-yard run by LeSean McCoy. Next a 9-yard run by Jeremy Maclin just before halftime.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Midway through the third, Philadelphia added to their lead with 2 touchdowns by LeSean McCoy. First a 4-yard run, then in the 4th quarter one for 46 yards. The Lions then attempted a comeback with 2 consecutive touchdowns late in the game. First a 2-yard touchdown run by Jahvid Best. Then a 19-yard catch by Calvin Johnson with a 2-point conversion tacked on. The Lions completed an onside kick but turned the ball over on downs.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With the loss, the Lions fell to 0–2 for the 3rd straight season.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings
at Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings
In week 3, the Lions traveled to Minneapolis to take on division rivals the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions took an early lead with a 5-yard touchdown catch by Tony Scheffler. The Vikings tied it up 24-yard catch by Percy Harvin. They then took the lead in the second quarter with a 6-yard run by Adrian Peterson. The Lions responded just before halftime with a 33-yard field goal. Midway through the third quarter the Vikings added to their lead with a 31-yard field goal by Ryan Longwell. A few minutes later they sealed their win with an 80-yard run by Adrian Peterson.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Green Bay Packers
In week 4, the Lions traveled across Lake Michigan to Green Bay, Wisconsin to play division rivals the Green Bay Packers. The Packers started the scoring in the first quarter with a 29-yard TD catch by Donald Driver from Aaron Rodgers. The Lions tied it up in the second quarter with a 23-yard TD catch by Calvin Johnson. The Packers took the lead with a 13-yard catch by Jermichael Finley. They added to their lead 17-yard catch by Greg Jennings. The Lions responded just before halftime with a 21-yard catch by Calvin Johnson.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Green Bay Packers
Just after the break, the Packers' Charles Woodson returned an interception for a touchdown. The Lions attempted a comeback with 4 consecutive field goals: from 39 yards and 52 yards in the 3rd quarter, and later from 49 yards and 24 yards in the 4th. With the loss, not only did the Lions fall to 0–4, but it also marked their 19th consecutive loss in Wisconsin.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. St. Louis Rams
In week 5 the Lions hosted the St. Louis Rams. The Lions started the scoring early with a 30-yard Jason Hanson field goal. The Rams tied it up at the end of the first quarter with a 28-yard field goal by Josh Brown. To start the second quarter, the Lions took the lead with a 105-yard kickoff return by Stefan Logan, the longest touchdown run in the NFL this season. The Lions added to their lead a few minutes later with a 1-yard TD catch by Calvin Johnson. The Rams kicked another 28-yard field goal a few minutes later.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. St. Louis Rams
The Lions made it 24–6 just before halftime with a 3-yard TD catch by Brandon Pettigrew. The Lions' defense shut out the Rams in the second half. The only score of the third quarter was a 26-yard TD catch by Nate Burleson. In the fourth quarter the Lions kicked 2 field goals: from 48 then from 47. The Lions capped off their victory with a 42-yard interception return TD by Alphonso Smith. With the win, not only did the Lions improve to 1–4, but it was their largest margin of victory since 1995 and their first win since November 22, 2009.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 6: at New York Giants
In week 6, the Lions traveled east to East Rutherford, New Jersey to take on the New York Giants. The Lions took an early lead midway through the first quarter with a 14-yard TD catch by Nate Burleson. The Giants responded at the end of the 1st quarter with a 4-yard TD run by Brandon Jacobs. In the second quarter, the Giants increased their lead with a 33-yard TD catch by Mario Manningham. The Lions responded with a 50-yard field goal just before halftime. Shaun Hill was also injured before halftime and left the game with a broken left forearm.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 6: at New York Giants
Drew Stanton took over the QB role for the remainder of the game. The only score of the 3rd quarter was a 1-yard TD catch by Travis Beckum of the Giants. The Lions attempted a comeback when Calvin Johnson caught an 87-yard TD. The Giants responded with a 6-yard TD catch by Brandon Jacobs. The Lions ended the scoring with another 50-yard field goal. With the loss, not only did the Lions fall to 1–5 into their bye week, but it increased their road losing streak to 24, tying the NFL record that the team set from 2001 to 2003.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
In week 8, the Lions hosted a Halloween afternoon contest against the Washington Redskins. Neither team scored in the 1st quarter. The Lions took an early lead in the second quarter with a 13-yard TD catch by Calvin Johnson. The Redskins tied it up with a 6-yard TD catch by Ryan Torain. Washington's Graham Gano kicked 2 field goals just before halftime, from 38 and 46 yards out. The only score of the 3rd quarter was a 2-yard TD catch by Brandon Pettigrew of the Lions.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
The Redskins took the lead in the 4th quarter with a 5-yard TD run by Keiland Williams; they went for a 2-point conversion and failed, however. The Lions took the lead back with a 7-yard catch by Calvin Johnson; they also failed to complete a 2-point conversion. The Redskins responded with a 96-yard kickoff return for a TD by Brandon Banks; they again failed to complete a 2-point conversion. The Lions retook the lead with a 10-yard TD catch by Calvin Johnson, and completed a 2-point conversion.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
The Lions added to their lead a few minutes later with a 32-yard field goal by Jason Hanson. The Lions sealed their win with a fumble recovery by Ndamukong Suh which he ran back 17 yards for a touchdown, but the 2-point conversion failed. With the win, not only did the Lions improve to 2–5, but it was the first time since 2007 that the team has won back-to-back home games.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
Curiously, this was the Lions' second consecutive blacked-out home game against the Redskins. The Lions had won the previous season's meeting as well.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. New York Jets
In week 9, the Lions hosted an interconference duel against the New York Jets. The only score of the first quarter was a 10-yard TD catch by the Lions' Brandon Pettigrew. The Jets responded in the second quarter with a 31-yard field goal by Nick Folk and later a 74-yard TD catch by Braylon Edwards just before halftime.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. New York Jets
The only score of the third quarter was a 1-yard quarterback sneak TD by Matt Stafford of the Lions; however the extra point attempt by defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh (an emergency fill-in for injured kicker Jason Hanson, who got run into on the previous field goal attempt which gave them a fresh set of downs) was no good. Early in the fourth quarter, the Lions added to their lead with a Nate Burleson 2-yard TD catch. The Jets responded late in the quarter with a 1-yard TD quarterback sneak by Mark Sanchez. The Jets kicked a field goal to tie it up just before time expired, forcing overtime. The Jets won the toss and kicked a 30-yard field goal for the win as the Lions fell to 2–6.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Buffalo Bills
In week 10, the Lions traveled east to rainy Orchard Park, New York to take on the Buffalo Bills. Neither team scored in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Bills got on the board first with a 1-yard run by Fred Jackson. The Lions responded just before halftime with a 25-yard field goal by newly signed kicker Dave Rayner. The only score of the third quarter was a 16-yard TD catch by Fred Jackson of the Bills. The Lions kicked  a 45-yard field goal midway through the fourth.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Buffalo Bills
Late in the game, the Lions attempted a comeback with a 20-yard TD catch by Calvin Johnson. They went for a 2-point conversion for the tie but failed. With the loss not only did the Lions fall to 2–7, but it was their 25th consecutive road loss, setting a new league record.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Dallas Cowboys
In week 11, the Lions traveled to Arlington, Texas to play the Dallas Cowboys. The only score of the first quarter was a 1-yard TD catch by Dez Bryant of the Cowboys. In the second quarter the Lions got on the board with a 47-yard field goal, and took the lead with a 9-yard TD catch by Nate Burleson. After halftime, Leonard Davis of the Cowboys committed an offensive holding penalty in his own end zone, giving the Lions a safety.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys took the lead though with a 97-yard punt return by Bryan McCann, and added to it with a 3-yard catch by Miles Austin. The Lions responded with a 14-yard catch by Calvin Johnson. In the 4th quarter, Miles Austin caught another TD, this time from 4 yards out. Later, Jon Kitna sealed the Cowboys win with a 29-yard TD run. With the loss, not only did the Lions fall to 2–8, but they added to their already record setting 26 game road losing streak.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New England Patriots (Thanksgiving Day game)
For their 71st annual Thanksgiving Day game, the Lions hosted the New England Patriots. In a rare occurrence, both teams wore the home versions of their throwback uniforms. The Patriots got on the board first with a 19-yard field goal by Shayne Graham. The Lions took the lead late in the first quarter with a 19-yard TD catch by Calvin Johnson. The Lions added to their lead in the 2nd quarter with a 1-yard run by Maurice Morris. The Patriots responded later in the quarter with a 15-yard run Benjarvus Green-Ellis. The Lions answered just before halftime with a 44-yard field goal.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New England Patriots (Thanksgiving Day game)
Detroit area native Kid Rock performed for the halftime show.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New England Patriots (Thanksgiving Day game)
The Patriots tied the game early in the 3rd quarter with a 5-yard catch by Wes Welker. The Lions responded a few minutes later with a 1-yard run by Maurice Morris. The Patriots then scored 4 unanswered touchdowns: a 79-yard catch by Deion Branch, then in the 4th quarter a 22-yard catch by the same, then a 16-yard catch by Wes Welker, and finally a 1-yard run by Benjarvus Green-Ellis.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New England Patriots (Thanksgiving Day game)
With the loss, the Lions fell to 2–9 and were eliminated from playoff contention.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears
In week 13, the Lions hosted a rematch with division rivals the Chicago Bears. The Lions took an early lead when Drew Stanton ran in a 3-yard touchdown. The Bears tied it up near the end of the 1st quarter with a 1-yard run by Chester Taylor. The Lions broke the tie with a 50-yard field goal. The Bears responded with a 14-yard TD run by Matt Forté. The Lions took the lead just before halftime with a 46-yard TD catch by Calvin Johnson.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears
The Lions only points of the 2nd half was a 25-yard field goal by Dave Rayner early in the 3rd quarter. The Bears responded with a 54-yard field goal by Robbie Gould. The Bears took the lead midway through the 4th quarter with a 7-yard TD catch by Brandon Manumaleuna and held off the Lions offense for the remainder of the game for the win.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Green Bay Packers
In week 14, the Lions hosted a rematch with division rivals the Green Bay Packers. Neither team scored in the first half. The only points of the 3rd quarter was a 42-yard field goal by Mason Crosby of the Packers. The only score of the 4th quarter was a 13-yard touchdown catch by Will Heller of the Lions to give them the win. With the win, not only did the Lions improve to 3–10, but it was the first time the team beat the Packers since 2005, snapping a 10-game losing streak. It was also their first division win since 2007, snapping a 19-game losing streak.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In week 15, the Lions traveled south to Tampa, Florida to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Lions took an early lead in the 1st quarter with a 10-yard TD catch by Nate Burleson. Tampa Bay tied it up in the second quarter with a 24-yard TD catch by Mike Williams, and later took the lead with a 39-yard TD run by LeGarrette Blount. The Lions answered just before halftime with a 41-yard field goal. The only score of the 3rd quarter was a 10-yard TD run by Maurice Morris of the Lions.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay had 2 field goals in the fourth quarter, from 30 then 26 yards out. The Lions tied the game just before the end of regulation with a 28-yard field goal, taking it to overtime. In overtime the Lions got the ball first and kicked a 34-yard field goal for the win. With the win not only did the Lions improve to 4–10, but it broke their record 26-game road losing streak. It was also their first back to back wins since 2007.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Miami Dolphins
In week 16, the Lions flew back to Florida, this time to play the Miami Dolphins. The Lions took an early lead with a 39-yard field goal by Dave Rayner. The Dolphins tied it up with a 40-yard field goal by Dan Carpenter. In the second quarter, the Lions took the lead when Brandon Pettigrew caught a 20-yard touchdown pass. The Dolphins tied it up with a 4-yard rush by Lousaka Polite. Miami took the lead with a 13-yard TD catch by Davone Bess. After halftime, the Lions tied it back up with a 5-yard TD rush by Maurice Morris.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins responded with a 1-yard TD run by Ronnie Brown. Miami added to their lead with a 28-yard field goal. The Lions then scored 17 unanswered points. First Jahvid Best caught a 53-yard TD pass. Then Dave Rayner kicked a 47-yard field goal. They sealed their win when DeAndre Levy intercepted a Chad Henne pass and ran it back 30 yards for a touchdown. With the win not only did the Lions improve to 5–10, but it was their first back-to-back road victories since 2004, and first three-game winning streak since 2007.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Minnesota Vikings
To finish the season, the Lions hosted a rematch with division rivals the Minnesota Vikings. Neither team scored in the first quarter; the Vikings were shut out in the first half. The Lions got on the board midway through the second quarter with a 55-yard field goal by Dave Rayner. They added to their lead with a 7-yard touchdown catch by Nate Burleson just before halftime. After the break, Detroit kicked another field goal, this time from 37 yards out.


2010 Detroit Lions season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings finally got on the board midway through the third quarter when Jared Allen intercepted a Shaun Hill pass and ran it back 36 yards for a touchdown. Early in the fourth quarter, Minnesota added more points with a 27-yard field goal by Ryan Longwell. The Lions responded a few minutes later with a 5-yard TD run by Maurice Morris. The Vikings kicked a 48-yard field goal late in the game, and attempted an onside kick to try to tie it but failed, giving Detroit the win. With the win not only did the Lions finish their season 6–10, but it became their first four-game winning streak since 1999 as they snapped the Vikings' 6-game winning streak against them and also became the first time the team has won back-to-back division rival games since 2007.


2010 Detroit Tigers season
The 2010 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 110th season. This year saw the passing of legendary Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, and nearly saw the first perfect game thrown by a Tigers pitcher. The Tigers spent most of the season in 2nd or 3rd place. The third-place Tigers finished 13 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins, with an 81–81 record and failed to make the playoffs.


2010 Detroit Tigers season
Austin Jackson made the Tigers' opening day roster, and was American League Rookie of the Month for April. 2010 also saw the debuts of several rookies from the Tiger farm system, including Brennan Boesch, Scott Sizemore, Danny Worth, Casper Wells and Will Rhymes. Boesch was called up on April 23, 2010, and was named the AL Rookie of the Month for May and June.


2010 Detroit Tigers season
The Tigers sent three players to the 2010 All-Star game. Miguel Cabrera and José Valverde were selected as reserves, and starter Justin Verlander was added to the team when another AL starter who was selected was unable to pitch due to scheduling. At the All-Star break, the Tigers were a half-game out of first place in the AL Central, behind the Chicago White Sox. But a slow start and injuries to key players Magglio Ordóñez, Carlos Guillén and Brandon Inge shortly after the break sent the Tigers into a tailspin.


2010 Detroit Tigers season
Closer Valverde would also suffer a series of nagging injuries down the stretch. The Tigers finished the season with an 81-81 record, good for third place, 13 games back of the division-winning Minnesota Twins. While playing outstanding baseball at home, the Tigers were just 29-52 on the road. Only the Seattle Mariners had fewer road wins than the Tigers among American League teams.


2010 Detroit Tigers season
Among the season highlights were Miguel Cabrera hitting .328 with 38 home runs and an AL-best 126 RBI, earning the American League Silver Slugger Award at first base and finishing second in the AL MVP race (earning 5 of 28 first-place votes). Austin Jackson (.293 average, 103 runs, 181 hits, 27 stolen bases) finished second in the AL Rookie-of-the-Year voting. Justin Verlander enjoyed another strong season (18-9 record, 3.37 ERA, 219 strikeouts). After a slow start and a brief trip to the minors, Max Scherzer showed promise with a 12-11 record, 3.50 ERA and 181 strikeouts.


2010 Detroit Tigers season
On July 26, the Tigers were on the losing end of Matt Garza's no-hitter in Tampa.


2010 Detroit Tigers season, Tributes to Ernie Harwell
On May 4, Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell died at age 92. Two days later, Harwell's body lie in repose at Comerica Park, with over 10,000 fans filing past the casket. In his honor, the Tigers wore patches (shown at right) and flew a flag in the center field of Comerica Park both bearing his initials for the remainder of the season.


2010 Detroit Tigers season, The near-perfect game
In the June 2 game against Cleveland, Armando Galarraga had a perfect game going with two outs in the top of the ninth when first base umpire Jim Joyce made a controversial call, ruling a batter safe at first when video replay showed he was out. Joyce later said "I took a perfect game away from that kid, I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay." After the game, Galarraga told reporters Joyce apologized to him directly and gave him a hug. Despite large fan support for overturning the call, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig let the call stand, but said he would look into expanding replay beyond home run calls for the future.


2010 Detroit Tigers season, The near-perfect game
It would have been the first perfect game thrown by a Tigers pitcher. Two previous Tigers, Tommy Bridges (1932) and Milt Wilcox (1983), had also come within one out of throwing perfect games before having them broken up by the 27th batter.


2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-fourth season of premier German touring car championship and also eleventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season began on 25 April at the Hockenheimring, and ended on 28 November at the Shanghai Street Circuit, after eleven rounds held in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy and China. Having finished second in 2008 and third in 2009, HWA Team's Paul di Resta became champion for the first time, having come out on top of a three-way title battle in Shanghai.


2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
2010 season would be Dunlop's final season as the sole tyre supplier in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters as the company announced on 19 November 2010 that it would not renew its contract at the end of the season. After several months of deliberation, Hankook was chosen as the tyre supplier for the 2011 season at the Hankook Tire company meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 17 January 2011.


2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary
Di Resta had trailed teammate Bruno Spengler – a race winner at Lausitz and the Nürburgring – by as many as fifteen points after four races, but by the ninth race, di Resta had taken the championship lead after five top-two finishes including three wins. A poor finish for di Resta at Adria – ninth after being helped into spins by Audi drivers Mike Rockenfeller and Miguel Molina – coupled with Spengler's third place allowed the Canadian driver to take a three-point lead into the final race.


2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary
Another HWA driver, 2005 season champion Gary Paffett remained in mathematical contention, succeeding in needing a top-two finish at Adria, which left him nine points behind with ten available. Spengler left himself immediately in trouble in Shanghai, crashing during the qualification session which left him 17th on the grid, while di Resta and Paffett lined up on the front row. Spengler could only advance to thirteenth in the race, while his teammates battled for victory. Ultimately, Paffett won the race – ended early due to a collision between Rockenfeller and Susie Stoddart – but di Resta's second place allowed him to take the championship by four points. Paffett's victory also enabled him to overhaul Spengler for second place, by just one point.


2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary
Best of the rest went to the defending two-time champion Timo Scheider, who finished as top Audi in fourth place in the championship standings. Scheider, albeit scoring in each of the first five races, struggled for form in the early running, but recovered towards the end of the season and took a single victory during the season, winning at Adria. Mattias Ekström was the only other Audi driver to win a race during the season, winning the series' inaugural race at Valencia but only returned twice to the podium after that; finishing the season in fifth place. Jamie Green was the season's other race-winner, winning for the third season in a row at the Norisring, each of which had been taken in a 2008-specification car. Green finished three points behind Ekström, in sixth place in the points standings.


2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.


2010 Dhaka fire
The 2010 Dhaka fire was a fire in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 3 June 2010, that killed at least 124 people (117 on spot, others later in hospital). The fire occurred in the Nimtali area of Old Dhaka.


2010 Dhaka fire, Cause
The fire was started when an electrical transformer exploded. The head of the fire department speculated that the fire was fanned by perfumes, chemicals and other flammable products stored in shops. The density of the residential area affected made it difficult for firefighters to quell the blaze. Also, the narrow lanes of Old Dhaka and staircases of old buildings made it difficult for fire service equipment to enter the area.


2010 Dhaka fire, Casualties
The fire affected multiple residential buildings in the Nimtoli area, and trapped residents inside apartments. The fire started at 10.30 pm and lasted for over three hours. At least 117 people were killed and over 100 injured by the fire. The fire affected a wedding party, which exacerbated the casualties. One of the buildings affected by the fire had no fire escapes and its windows were covered by metal grills.


2010 Dhaka fire, Casualties
The injured were treated at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, which struggled to cope with the large number of patients suffering burns and smoke inhalation. According to a doctor at the hospital, most of the deaths appeared to have been caused by smoke inhalation rather than burns.


2010 Dhaka fire, Reactions
Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister, ordered an investigation into the fire. She also offered condolences to the victims and their families. The government announced that 5 June 2010 would be a day of mourning. The Bangladesh cricket team, who took the field the day after the fire during their tour of England, wore black armbands in remembrance.


2010 Dhaka fire, Financial assistance
Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahany the chairman of M.M. Ispahani came up with financial assistance for the victims.


2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour
The 2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour was an endurance motor race for production cars. It was staged on 18 July 2010 at the Eastern Creek International Raceway in New South Wales, Australia and was Round 4 of both the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship and the 2010 Australian Production Car Championship. The race was won by Stuart Kostera and Warren Luff at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, leading a 1–2–3–4 for the manufacturer. Kostera and Luff won by two laps ahead of Ian Tulloch and Steve Jones, with Peter Conroy and Mark Brame finishing a further lap down in third place.


2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour, Classes
As a round of the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, the race featured six classes:


2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour, Results
Note: Driver's name within brackets indicates driver did not actually drive the car in the race.


2010 Diamond Head Classic
The 2010 Diamond Head Classic was a mid-season eight-team college basketball tournament played on December 22, 23, and 25 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the second annual Diamond Head Classic tournament and was part of the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Butler defeated Washington State to win the tournament championship. Matt Howard was named the tournament's MVP.


2010 Diamond League
The 2010 Diamond League season was the first season of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 14 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 27 August in Brussels, Belgium.


2010 Diamond League
Superseding the European-centred IAAF Golden League, the Diamond League was the IAAF's first intercontinental series of one-day track and field meetings. Expanding upon the idea of the former Golden League jackpot, there were 32 separate Diamond Races, involving 16 men's and 16 women's track and field events – each of the events featured seven times only over the course of the fourteen meetings of the 2010 Diamond League, and the best athlete in each event won a Diamond Trophy. The total available prize money for the series was US$6.63 million.


2010 Diamond League
For infrastructure reasons the men's and women's hammer throw events were not included in the IAAF Diamond League. For this reason the IAAF created a Hammer Throw challenge.


2010 Diamond League
For the first time, some of the world's foremost track and field athletes were centrally contracted to an athletics meeting series. For the 2010 series the contracted athletes – called Diamond League Ambassadors – included figures such as Usain Bolt, Kenenisa Bekele, Yelena Isinbayeva and Blanka Vlašić.


2010 Diamond League
Prior to the series, former World Champion Steve Cram stated that he believed that, through greater television exposure, and mutual responsibility between the IAAF and promoters, the 2010 Diamond League would raise the profile of the sport of athletics.


2010 Diamond League, Ambassadors
A total of fourteen athletes were given Diamond League Ambassador status, with the intention of bringing attention to some of the sport's foremost competitors. There are seven male and seven female athletes, and the division between track and field specialists is also evenly divided.


2010 Diamond League, Results, Men, Track
In Oslo, Eugene and London, mile races are counted to the Diamond League standings for the 1500m.


2010 Diamond League, Results, Women, Track
In Lausanne and Monaco, 3000m races are counted to the Diamond League standings for the 5000m.


2010 Dissolution Honours
The 2010 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 28 May 2010 at the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The list was gazetted on 15 June. Keith Hill was offered but declined a knighthood, saying he would find the title "embarrassing".


2010 Division 1 (Swedish football)
The 2010 Division 1 was contested by 28 teams divided into two groups geographically. Västerås SK and IFK Värnamo won their respective groups and were thereby qualified for play in the 2011 Superettan. Qviding FIF who finished second in the southern group were also promoted after winning their playoff.


2010 Division 1 (Swedish football), Stars of Tomorrow all-star game
At the end of each Division 1 season an all-star game is played called "Morgondagens Stjärnor" (English: "Stars of Tomorrow"), contested by the best young players from each of the two groups.


2010 División de Honor de Béisbol
In the 2010 season, the División de Honor de Béisbol – the top-tier league of baseball in Spain – was won by the team from Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia.


2010 División de Honor de Béisbol, Final standings
The top four teams played in a final four for the Copa de su Majestad el Rey Beisbol 2010 with the Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz winning the Spanish cup. The champion and the cupwinner qualified for the European Cup.


2010 Divizia Națională
The 2010 Divizia Națională is the premier Romanian rugby union competition, reserved for club teams. It started in March 2010 and it will end on October 2, 2010. The current champions are CSM Știința Baia Mare. The champions managed to defend their title by defeating Steaua București.


2010 Djurgårdens IF season
Djurgården will in the 2010 season compete in the Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. Tommy Jacobson was selected as new chairman and Lennart Wass became new manager and would work together with the manager from 2009, Andreé Jeglertz, but Jeglertz chose to left the club. Carlos Banda was contracted to work with Wass.


2010 Djurgårdens IF season, Club, Other information
Updated to match played 25 JanuarySource: Djurgårdens IF and Stockholms Stadion


2010 Djurgårdens IF season, Matches, Summer friendlies
Friendly games because of Allsvenskan time-out during 2010 FIFA World Cup.


2010 Djurgårdens IF season, Matches, Allsvenskan, Top scorers Allsvenskan
* Häcken will use Borås Arena as stadium for the season premiere because of weather conditions.


2010 Djurgårdens IF season, Matches, Allsvenskan, Top scorers Allsvenskan
** Will be played without any supporters at the stadium, because of some incidents during the match against Assyriska in last years relegation match for Allsvenskan.


2010 Dominican Republic census
The Ninth National Census of Population of the Dominican Republic was raised from 1–7 December 2010, during the presidency of Leonel Fernández. This census collected information respect on sex, occupation, age, fertility, marital status, nationality, literacy, ability to vote, and housing.


2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2010 to elect the 32 members of the Senate and 183 members of the Chamber of Deputies. Polls forecasted a victory for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) of President Leonel Fernández. Before the election, 96 of the 178 Chamber of Deputies seats and 22 of the 32 Senate seats were controlled by the PLD.


2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election
The elections were held alongside local elections in 155 municipalities and elections for 20 seats in the Central American Parliament. The Central American Parliament representatives were being elected for the first time, having previously been appointed to their posts. More than 6 million people were eligible to vote in the election.


2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election, Conduct
The election was conducted amidst sporadic violence with an opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) supporter being killed and three wounded in a clash between government and opposition supporters in San Cristóbal. The dead man was identified as the bodyguard of a PRD mayoral candidate, who was said to have been shot four times with a submachine gun and died in hospital. One of the injured men was the driver for the present mayor. In addition a PLD leader died on 16 May after being surprised whilst purchasing identity documents. A third person had lost their life on 15 May in clashes between PLD and PRD supporters in Samaná.


2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election, Conduct
Election commission officials and representatives from the PRD and PLD made appeals for calm during the election. President Leonel Fernández said that the violence would not affect the poll results.


2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election, Conduct
An election monitoring mission from the Organization of American States said that it had received complaints of fake or purchased identity documents being used to vote. However, it ratified the election as mostly free and fair.


2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election, Results, Local elections
The PLD had 91 mayors elected of the 155 positions. The PRD and Social Christian Reformist Party won 58 and the Partido Popular Cristiano and the Christian Democratic Union won one apiece. The PRD blamed the 32 single-seat senate constituencies for their poor showing. The single seats led to a lack of proportionality with them failing to take any despite winning 42% of the vote. The PRD increased its overall vote share to 42% whilst the PRSC saw its vote share slump to 2% from 24% in 2002.


2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election, Results, Local elections
The leader of the opposition PRD has alleged fraud and blackmail were carried out by the ruling PLD. It has been alleged that in some constituencies the number of votes cast exceeded the number of registered voters. A press conference in which the PRD were to have presented evidence of fraud was cancelled with no explanation, while leaders of the PRD have called its current party president to step down. The PRD has established a commission to co-ordinate challenges against the results.


2010 Dominican by-election
A by-election was held on 9 July 2010 in Dominica, to fill two seats in the House of Assembly that were declared vacant. The contested seats were both won by significant margins by the incumbent candidates, who were members of the opposition United Workers' Party.


2010 Dominican by-election
Following the results of the 2009 general election conducted on 18 December 2009, the Dominica Labour Party won 18 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly, with the United Workers' Party in the remaining three. Alleging election irregularities, the UWP members boycotted the Assembly. After two of the three UWP members, Edison James of Marigot and Hector John of Salisbury, did not attend three consecutive sessions of the Assembly, Speaker of the House Alix Boyd Knights declared their seats vacant, and a by-election was scheduled to fill the vacancies.


2010 Dominican by-election
The UWP argued that the Speaker had no legal authority to declare the seats vacant and that the by-elections were unconstitutional. James and John nevertheless ran in the by-election to retain their former seats. The Labour Party fielded the same candidates that ran unsuccessfully in the 2009 general election, Bentley Royer in Salisbury and Dayton Baptiste in Marigot. Both Royer and Baptiste had been appointed as senators in the interim and resigned these positions to run in the by-election. No candidates from other parties participated in the by-election.


2010 Dominican by-election
Both James and John won the by-election by even greater margins than in the general election, leaving no change in the distribution of seats in the Assembly. John subsequently became the Leader of the Opposition.


2010 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2010 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect one third of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England as part of the 2010 United Kingdom local elections. The 2010 General Election also took place on the same day.


2010 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
The election resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the council from No overall control for the first time since 2003 after gaining eight seats overall. After the election, the composition of the council was:


2010 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
The results in each ward are shown below. Changes are compared with the previous election in 2006. Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.


2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship was contested by senior Gaelic football clubs under the auspices of Donegal GAA. Naomh Conaill were 2010 Champions, their second ever title.


2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on Saturday 17 July, Saturday 24 July and Sunday 25 July.


2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Final
Naomh Conaill won the final at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. The Donegal Champions went on to reach the final of the 2010 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, knocking out Cavan champions Kingscourt, Monaghan champions Clontibret O'Neills and Tyrone champions Coalisland along the way.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Donegal South-West constituency in Ireland on Thursday 25 November 2010, following the election of Fianna Fáil TD Pat "the Cope" Gallagher to the European Parliament at the June 2009 election. Most voters cast their ballots on 25 November 2010; 754 voters on offshore islands (Arranmore, Tory, Inishbofin, Gola, and Inishfree) were entitled to cast their ballots on 22 November.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election
The government through a vote in Dáil Éireann decides when by-elections for seats in the lower house are called. Possessing a small majority in the Dáil, the government had delayed in calling this by-election. While there is no specific legal requirement on when to hold a by-election in Ireland, they are generally held within six months of a vacancy occurring. The 17-month gap between the seat becoming vacant and the writ being moved is the longest in the history of the state.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election
Sinn Féin senator Pearse Doherty was elected on the fourth count.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Legal challenge
Due to the delay in the Government holding the by-election, a number of attempts to force the by-election were carried out by the Opposition. On 4 May 2010, Sinn Féin attempted to force the holding of the by-election. The next day, the Government narrowly avoided a defeat in the motion calling for the by-election to be held immediately when two of their TDs accidentally voted with the opposition.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Legal challenge
On 12 July 2010, the High Court granted leave to Sinn Féin senator Pearse Doherty for a judicial review into why the by-election was not being held. On 2 November 2010, the High Court ruled that there was an unreasonable delay in holding the by-election. In his ruling, High Court President Justice Nicholas Kearns described the delay as unprecedented and that the delay amounted to a breach of Doherty's constitutional rights. He declared that Section 30 (2) of the Electoral Act 1992 should be construed as requiring that a writ for a by-election be moved within a reasonable time of the vacancy arising. He further stated that:


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Legal challenge
...it is the ongoing failure to move the writ for this by-election since June 2009 which offends the terms and spirit of the Constitution and its framework for democratic representation.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Legal challenge
However, Justice Kearns did not order the Government to set a date for the by-election. The Government announced on 4 November 2010 that the by-election would be held on 25 November. They also stated that they would appeal to the Supreme Court.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Campaign
The election campaign took place during an unprecedented crisis in state finances:


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Campaign
An opinion poll in the week prior to polling gave Pearse Doherty 40% of the first preference vote, with Fianna Fáil's Brian O'Domhnaill with 19%.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Campaign
On 22 November, Taoiseach Brian Cowen announced his intention to call a general election in early 2011, once the budget had been passed. Candidate Anne Sweeney unofficially withdrew on 23 November and advised voters to boycott the by-election, describing it as "a complete farce" given the likelihood of a proximate general election.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Aftermath
CNN noted that support for the three left-leaning candidates, Pearse Doherty, Thomas Pringle and Frank McBrearty, Jnr, added up to 60% of the poll. Doherty said that vote was a rejection of the interference of the IMF in Irish affairs and said he would be voting against the 2011 Budget on 7 December. After negotiations with left-wing Independent TDs Finian McGrath and Maureen O'Sullivan, a Technical Group was formed in the Dáil to give its members more speaking time. The Fianna Fáil vote dropped from 50% at the 2007 general election to 21% at this by-election. The government majority in the Dáil was reduced to two.


2010 Donegal South-West by-election, Aftermath
The by-election served as a preview to the February 2011 general election, which resulted in a meltdown for the Fianna Fáil party. In July 2011 the new Fine Gael–Labour coalition introduced a bill, passed by the Oireachtas as the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011, among whose provisions was a maximum seat vacancy of six months before a Dáil by-election would be obligatory.


2010 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
The 2010 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles was held in Midland, Michigan.


2010 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
In the finals, top seeds Lucie Hradecká and Laura Granville defeated fourth seeds Anna Tatishvili and Lilia Osterloh to win the first edition of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic as a 100K tournament.


2010 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
The 2010 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles was held in Midland, Michigan, USA.


2010 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
Third seed Elena Baltacha defeated the top seed Lucie Hradecká in the finals to win the first edition of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic as a 100K tournament.


2010 Down county football team season
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2010 season.


2010 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2, Table
Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1  Automatic relegation to Division 3


2010 Dr McKenna Cup
The 2010 Dr McKenna Cup was a Gaelic football competition played under the auspices of Ulster GAA. The tournament was won by Donegal. They defeated Tyrone in the final. Tyrone's Stephen O'Neill dislocated his elbow in the final.


2010 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 2010 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 117th year for the football program. The season ended with a 7–4 record. The Bulldogs chose to forgo their normal postseason tie-ins in order to participate in the 2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl, the first college football game played on the continent of Africa.


2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade
The 2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade, organized by the umbrella group Dresden Without Nazis (Dresden nazifrei), an anti-fascist alliance of several German organizations, was a counter-demonstration against a planned march of neo-Nazis in Dresden on February 13, 2010. The Dresden Without Nazis alliance is supported by anti-fascist organizations as well as politicians from the Left Party, the Green Party and the Social Democratic Party and leading members of trade unions. The alliance coordinated large, peaceful blockades consisting of large crowds of people to stop the neo-Nazi demonstration, a strategy that was successful in preventing the neo-Nazis from marching through Dresden.


2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade, Supporters
Supporters of Dresden Without Nazis include local and regional anti-fascist groups, the nationwide anti-fascist associations "No pasarán!" and "VVN-BdA", artists such as Konstantin Wecker and Die Toten Hosen, politicians from the Left Party, the Green Party and the Social Democratic Party and leading members of trade unions.


2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade, Activities
Dresden Without Nazis was set up to mobilize against a planned march of neo-Nazis in Dresden on February 13, 2010, the biggest Nazi activity in Europe. The coalition advocated large, peaceful blockades consisting of large crowds of people as a means to stop neo-Nazi demonstrations. Its consensus on the form of action to be taken against the neo-Nazis reads: "We engage in civil disobedience against the Nazi demonstration. We will not escalate conflicts. Our mass blockades consist of people. We are in solidarity with all those who share with us the goal of preventing the Nazi demonstration."


2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade, Activities
On January 19, 2010, police units searched premises used by the alliance in Dresden and Berlin, and confiscated computers, as well as posters. Politicians of the Left Party and the Green Party criticized the seizure. According to the Prosecutors Office, the slogan "Gemeinsam blockieren" ("Blocking together"), used on the poster, constituted a call to violate the law.


2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade, Activities
On February 13, 2010, neo-Nazi groups gathered in Dresden to stage a "mourning march" on the 65th anniversary of the bombing of the city in World War II, which they describe as a "bombing holocaust". Until 2010, the march, organized by the National Democratic Party and the Junge Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland, was the largest yearly demonstration organized by neo-Nazis in Europe. On February 13, 1945, the city was bombed by Allied planes, resulting in the death of an estimated 25,000 inhabitants, and official ceremonies to commemorate the dead take place in Dresden every year.


2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade, Activities
Coordinated by the alliance Dresden Without Nazis, which organized several rallies that took place in the area, between 10,000 and 15,000 demonstrators surrounded the train station of the Neustadt district of Dresden, where the neo-Nazi demonstration was supposed to begin. In the city center, an additional 10,000 people took part in a human chain that symbolically protected the city against the Nazis. While about 6,000 Nazis held a rally in a confined space adjacent to the Neustadt train station, more than 5,000 police separated the opposing groups. Police then declared the blockades to be intractable, did not allow the neo-Nazis to march, and ordered them to leave the area by train.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour
The 2010 TOYO Tires Dubai 24 Hour was the fifth running of the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race. The race was held at the Dubai Autodrome and was organized by the promoter Creventic. The official event commenced on 14 January and finished on 16 January 2010.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour
The race was won by the A6 class IMSA Performance Matmut team, with Raymond Narac, Patrick Pilet and Marco Holzer piloting the team's Porsche 997 GT3 RSR to a race record distance, covering 608 laps over the 24 Hours.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour
The podium was completed by a pair of A5 class BMW Z4 M-Coupés; the Petronas Syntium Team of Nobuteru Taniguchi, Masataka Yanagida, Fariqe Hairuman, Johannes Stuck and Hiroki Yoshida finished second, behind Narac, Pilet and Holzer, and the Al Faisal Racing team finished third, two laps behind the Petronas team, with a driving quartet of Abdulaziz and Khaled Al Faisal, Marko Hartung and Claudia Hürtgen.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour
Other classes were won by BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics (11th overall, D2 class), Team Black Falcon (12th, SP2 class, and 31st, A4 class), Bovi Motorsport (13th, SP1 class), AUH Motorsports (16th, SP3 class), SUNRED Racing Team (20th, A3T class), Team Sally Racing (30th, A2 class), and Marcos Racing International (34th, D1 class).


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Overview
Practice day for the participants was on 13 January and was split into two segments. The first segment was held at 11:30 a.m. and concluded at 12:30 a.m., giving the entrants 1 hour to prepare for the Qualifying Session. The other segment of practice was held started at 1:25 p.m. and concluded at 2:50 p.m. allowing the entrants another 1 hour 25 minutes to prepare their cars for the Qualifying Session. The Qualifying session was held on the same day as practice and commenced at 3:30 p.m. and concluded at 5:00 p.m.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Overview
The race itself commenced on 15 January at exactly 2:00 p.m. with the weather being Sunny and warm. A total of 75 vehicles made up the grid for the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour which was down from last years number of 78 vehicles. Nonetheless, the Endurance Event lasted for the full 24 Hours and as such finished at 2:00 p.m. on 16 January.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Qualifying
The Qualifying Session for the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour commenced on 13 January at 3:30 p.m. with the session lasting for 1 hour 30 minutes, concluding at 5:00 p.m. Unlike the previous edition of the race in which the Top Ten was dominated by different variants of Porsche 911s, this year saw a mixture of 911s, a Mosler MT900, a number of BMW Z4 Coupes and a GT3-spec Ascari KZ1-R GT. However, Pole position was once again occupied by a Porsche entered by the IMSA Performance Matmut crew with a blistering time of 2:02.701.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Race
The first eight hours saw a lot of action that involved some of the possible contenders for a podium finish. Among the early retirements were the Auto Racing Club Bratislava-Porsche (Miroslav Konopka-Oliver Morley-Sean Edwards-Richard Cvörnjek) and the Besaplast Racing Team-Porsche (Franjo Kovac-Martin Tschornia-Kurt Thiim-Roland Asch-Sebastian Asch). The latter team that finished third in last year's race was out of contention after their car caught fire on the main straight with Martin Tschornia behind the wheel, seven and a half hours into the race. The unfortunate driver escaped unscathed, but the car was damaged beyond immediate repair.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Race
Last year's winners, the No.1 Land Motorsport-Porsche (Gabriel Abergel-Xavier Pompidou-Carsten Tilke-Otto Klohs) were sidelined as well after Tilke had over-revved the engine. Almost at the same time, the number 148-AF Corse Ferrari (Robert Kaufmann-Michael Waltrip-Marcos Ambrose-Rui Águas-Niki Cadei) became involved in a collision with the car of NASCAR-star Michael Waltrip, who was in his first-ever 24-hour race in Dubai. Michael Waltrip couldn't avoid the collision when the other car started swerving in front of him. The Ferrari F430 also incurred considerable damage and retired. Up to the time of the accident, the car had always been in the top ten, running as high as sixth.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Race
In the opening half of the race, the pace was set by the two IMSA Performance Matmut-Porsches and the BMWs of the Petronas Syntium Team and Al Faisal Racing. However, the IMSA Performance Matmut team No.65's hopes were dealt a severe blow when the clutch had to be replaced on the car in the twelfth hour of the race. Later on, the car retired due to gearbox failure.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Race
In the end, the No.66 IMSA Performance Matmut team-Porsche 997 GT3-RSR was able to match its blistering Pole position performance with a solid final hour in the race to pen up a 2 Lap lead over the 2nd placed Petronas Syntium Team-BMW Z4 Coupe and take the victory. Though the Z4 Coupe GT was lapping faster in the final 20 minutes, the Porsche's reliability kept a solid gap between the two vehicles allowing for Porsche to win their third-straight Dubai 24 Hour.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Race
The Japanese Petronas Synthium team also raced in Dubai for the first time. They had their pair of BMW Z4s in the top five for most of the race, but the second car (Tatsuya Kataoka-Manabu Orido-Johan Adzmi-Kosuke Matsuura-Hiroki Yoshida) retired with half an hour remaining. A good performance was shown by the BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics. The BMW 120D driven by Lázlò Palik-János Vida-Csaba Walter-Gábor Weber finished eleventh overall out of the 75 participating cars, winning the D2-class for diesel-powered cars.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Race
The Hungarian Brokernet Silversting sportscar was also successful, winning the SP1 category with Kalman Bodis-Attila Barta-Istvàn Ràcz-Wolfgang Kaufmann driving for the Bovi Motorsport team. Leading the A3T-class, the SEAT Leon of the Spanish SUNRED team (Oscar Nogues-Michael Rossi-Ferran Monje-Borja Veiga) was in the top ten for a long time, but dropped back after a collision. Still, the SUNRED team scored a 1–2 in this class.


2010 Dubai 24 Hour, Race
The German Black Falcon team that has won the title in the German Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring for the past two years also had a very successful debut in Dubai, winning the SP2-class with the BMW M3 (Vimal Metha-Sean Patrick Breslin-Sean Paul Breslin-Christer Jöns-Alexander Böhm) and the A4-class with the BMW Z4 Coupé (Oleg Volin-Andrii Lebed-Marc Colell-Kai Riebetz-Alexander Böhm). There was local success for the AUH Motorsport team that won the SP3-class with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, driven by Humaid Al Masaood-Alex Kapadia-Michael Prophet-Eric Charles. The A2-class brought victory for Team Sally Racing from Denmark, their Renault Clio driven by Anders Maigaard-Dan Brian Träger-Martin Sally Pederson-Brian Borger-Mick Reimerson. Victory in the D1 class, last but not least, went to the Marcos Racing International BMW 120D of Jim Briody-Hal Prewitt-Toto Lassally-Cor Euser.


2010 Dubai Sevens
The Dubai Sevens was played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition was held on December 3 and December 4 at The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series.


2010 Dubai Sevens
This was the third edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground.


2010 Dubai Sevens
This was the final tournament for the host Arabian Gulf team. Following the tournament, the team and its governing body, the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union, disbanded in order to facilitate a major reorganisation of the sport in the region. As announced by the International Rugby Board in 2009, the AGRFU is being replaced by new national governing bodies in each of the union's member countries.


2010 Dubai Sevens, Format
The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competed in cup semi-finals and the losers competed in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competed in bowl semi-finals and the losers competed in shield semi-finals.


2010 Dubai Sevens, Teams
All 16 teams from the 2009 Dubai Sevens were invited to participate in the 2010 tournament:


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 14 to February 20, 2010, while the men's tournament took place from February 22 to February 28, 2010 (it was planned, that the tournament would end on February 27, 2010, but due to rain the final was suspended). Novak Djokovic and Venus Williams won the singles titles.


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Simon Aspelin /  Paul Hanley defeated  Lukáš Dlouhý /  Leander Paes, 6–2, 6–3


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives /  María José Martínez Sánchez defeated  Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik, 7–6(7–5), 6–4


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Rik de Voest and Dmitry Tursunov were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year. Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley won in the final 6–2, 6–3, against Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes.


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, and won in the final 7–5, 5–7, 6–3, against Mikhail Youzhny.


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions; however, they lost in the semifinals 4–6, 6–2, [9–11], against Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez won in the finals 7-6(5), 6-4 against Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik.


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion and defended her title by defeating Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 7–5 in the finals.


2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Dubai World Cup
The 2010 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 27 March 2010. It was the 15th running of the Dubai World Cup. It was the first edition of the Dubai World Cup to be run at Meydan on the synthetic Tapeta surface.


2010 Dubai World Cup
The winner was Stud Estrela Energia's Brazilian-bred Glória de Campeão, a seven-year-old bay horse trained in France by Pascal Bary and ridden by T. J. Pereira. Glória de Campeão's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, trainer and owner and the first for a horse trained in France.


2010 Dubai World Cup
Glória de Campeão had been trained in Brazil in the early part of his career before being transferred to the Bary's French stable in 2007. Although based in France, he was campaigned internationally, racing in Singapore, the United States and Dubai, finishing second in the 2009 Dubai World Cup on dirt and winning the Singapore Airlines International Cup on turf. In the 2010 Dubai World Cup he started a 16/1 outsider and won by a nose from the South African gelding Lizard's Desire, with the Godolphin runner Allybar a short head away in third. The 100/30 favourite Gitano Hernando finished sixth of the fourteen runners.


2010 Dublin Horse Show
The 2010 Dublin Horse Show was that year's edition of the Dublin Horse Show, the Irish official show jumping competition at Dublin. It was held as CSIO 5*. The main sponsor was Fáilte Ireland.


2010 Dublin Horse Show
The first horse show was held in 1864 in Dublin by the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland. Since 1868 it is held by the Royal Dublin Society. In 1926 International Competitions were introduced to this horse show for the first time, it was also the first year the Aga Khan Trophy was held.


2010 Dublin Horse Show
The 2010 edition of the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show was held between August 4, 2010 and August 8, 2010.


2010 Dublin Horse Show, FEI Nations Cup of Ireland
The 2010 FEI Nations Cup of Ireland was part of the 2010 Dublin Horse Show. It was the eight and the last competition of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup.


2010 Dublin Horse Show, FEI Nations Cup of Ireland
The 2010 FEI Nations Cup of Ireland was held on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 2:55 pm. The competing teams were: France, the United States of America, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Great Britain and Spain (the team of Poland did not take part in this competition).


2010 Dublin Horse Show, FEI Nations Cup of Ireland
The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds and optionally one jump-off. The fences were up to 1.60 meters high. Eight of ten (here: eight of nine) teams are allowed to start in the second round.


2010 Dublin Horse Show, FEI Nations Cup of Ireland
(grey penalty points do not count for the team result)


2010 Dublin Horse Show, Land Rover Puissance
The Puissance at 2010 Dublin Horse Show was the main show jumping competition on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the 2010 Dublin Horse Show. It was held at 6:05 pm.


2010 Dublin Horse Show, Land Rover Puissance
The competition was held as Puissance competition with one round and up to four jump-offs. It was endowed with €36,000, the sponsor of this competition was Land Rover.


2010 Dublin Horse Show, The Longines International Grand Prix of Ireland
The International Grand Prix of Ireland, the Show jumping Grand Prix of the 2010 Dublin Horse Show, was the major show jumping competition at this event. The sponsor of this competition was Longines. It was held on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 3:00 pm. The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds, the fences were up to 1.60 meters high.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship
The 2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship is the inter club Gaelic football competition between the top teams in Dublin GAA. The first round draw was announced on 10 March 2010.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, First round
The winners of the first round progressed to the second round, the losers went on to a backdoor round with a chance to progress to the second round.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Backdoor Round
This round is the first knockout round between the losers of the first round of the 2010 Dublin Championship, the losers will enter the relegation round and the winners go on to qualify for the third round against the losers of the second round ties. Thomas Davis, Ballymun Kickham's, Fingallian's, Round Towers (C), Trinity Gaels and Fingal Ravens progressed to the third round of the competition. St. Mark's, Erin's Isle, Clontarf, Naomh Mearnóg, Parnell's and St. Patrick's, Palmerstown went on to contest the relegation championship, with the eventual losers playing in the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship in 2011.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Second round
The winners of the second round went on to qualify for the fourth round of the Championship. The losers played in the third round against the winners of the backdoor round. St. Vincent's, Lucan Sarsfields, UCD, St. Oliver Plunkett's Eoghan Ruadh, Na Fianna, St. Brigid's, Kilmacud Crokes and 2009 champions Ballyboden St. Enda's went to the fourth round. Raheny, O'Toole's, Templeogue SS, St. Sylvester's, Ballinteer St. John's, St. Anne's, St. Maur's and last year's finalists St. Jude got a second chance to progress in the third round of the competition.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Third round
In the third round, the backdoor winners are paired against the losers of the second round. The winners of the third round qualify for the fourth round against the second round winners. Thomas Davis, St Annes, Raheny, Trinity Gaels, St. Maur's, Ballinteer St Johns, Templeogue SS and Round Towers, Clondalkin were eliminated from the championship during this round, their next game will be in the 2011 Dublin championship. St Judes, St Peregrines, Ballymun Kickhams, O'Tooles, Fingallians, Round Towers Clondalkin, Fingal Ravens and St Marys, Saggart have qualified for the fourth round of the 2010 Dublin Championship.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Fourth round
The winners of the fourth round progress to the quarter finals of the Dublin Championship. The losers are eliminated from the competition. St Judes, O'Tooles, St Sylvesters, Ballymun Kickhams, St Peregrines, Raheny, Fingal Ravens and St Marys, Saggart were eliminated from the competition at the fourth round stage. St Brigids, Na Fianna, Kilmacud Crokes, St Vincents, UCD, Ballyboden St Endas, Lucan Sarsfields and St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh all qualified for the semi final of the championship.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Quarter finals
St Brigids, Kilmacud Crokes, St Vincents and St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh progressed to the semi finals of the Dublin Championship. The UCD, Lucan Sarsfields, Na Fianna and lastyear's champions Ballyboden St Endas were eliminated from the competition.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Semi finals
St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh, Kilmacud Crokes, St Brigids and St Vincents are the teams participating in the last four of the Dublin championship.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final
Team:D. NestorC. LambRory O'CarrollRoss O'CarrollB. McGrathC. O’SullivanR. RyanN. CorkeryP. DugganA. MorrisseyD. KelleherL. Ó hEineachainB. O’RorkeB. KavanaghP. Burke


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final
Substitutes:M. Vaughan for O’Rorke (37)C. Dias for Morrissey (50)L. McBarron for Duggan (58)N. McGrath for Corkery (62).


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final
Match rules:60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final
Team:S. SuppleA. DalyPeadar AndrewsG. NortonG. KaneS. MurrayD. LallyC. MullinsB. CahillK.0 MilmurrayK. BonnerMark CahillPaddy AndrewsK. DarcyP. Ryan


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final
Substitutes: D Plunkett for K Kilmurray (40)C. Kilmurray for Lally (45)C Freeman for Murray (57)N Davey for Bonner (61).


2010 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Relegation
These games are the opposite of a knock out competition, with the winners of each game leaving the competition as they win. Naomh Mearnóg, Erins Isle and St Marks are safe from relegation for 2010. In the end, all relegation games were obsolete, as the Intermediate championship winners St Brigids already had a Senior team.


2010 Due Ponti Cup
The 2010 Due Ponti Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rome, Italy between 31 May and 6 June 2010.


2010 Due Ponti Cup, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Due Ponti Cup, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2010 Due Ponti Cup, Champions, Doubles
Santiago González /  Travis Rettenmaier def. Sadik Kadir /  Purav Raja, 6–2, 6–4


2010 Due Ponti Cup – Doubles
Santiago González and Travis Rettenmaier became the first champions of this tournament, after their 6–2, 6–4 win against Sadik Kadir and Purav Raja in the final.


2010 Due Ponti Cup – Singles
Filippo Volandri won the inaugural edition of Due Ponti Cup. He defeated Reda El Amrani 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2010 Dufferin County municipal elections
Elections were held in Dufferin County, Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2010 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 2010 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by third-year head coach David Cutcliffe and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play.


2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy
The 2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy arose from a private 42-page PowerPoint document written by a Duke University senior, Karen Owen, in the format of a thesis about her sexual experiences during her time attending the university.


2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy, The controversy
Shortly before graduating from Duke University in May 2010, Karen Owen wrote a thesis styled document about her sexual experiences during her time attending the university. She privately distributed the document to three friends. In mid-September 2010, during Homecoming weekend, one of these friends decided to forward it onward, and the document went viral. In the faux thesis, titled "An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics", Owen ranked her partners based on her criteria for performance.


2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy, The controversy
The bulk of the controversy surrounded whether she invaded her partners' rights to privacy, and whether the subjects of Owen's faux thesis have a right to sue, as was done in the case of Jessica Cutler when Cutler published details of her sex life on a blog. It also raised questions as to whether double standards exist if the reaction would have been the same had the faux thesis been written by a male. The faux dissertation attracted additional attention because some of the men whom Owen ranked were from the lacrosse team, and there was an unrelated sex controversy surrounding the team a few years prior.


2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy, Reaction
About a month after the faux thesis made headlines, the Duke University History Department held a forum about the long term implications of the faux thesis. A few months after that, The Atlantic published an article discussing this incident in the context of Duke's culture as well as binge drinking by women.


2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy, The author, Background
Karen Owen, the author of the faux thesis, grew up in Branford, Connecticut  and graduated from Branford High School in 2006. She won a scholarship to attend Duke and was a very avid sports fan during her time there.


2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy, The author, Following the controversy
After her faux dissertation went viral, Owen deleted, closed down, or blocked access to her social networking sites. She stated "that fraternities 'make lists like this all the time.'" She also expressed deep regret over the incident, saying that she would have "never intentionally hurt the people that [were] mentioned [in the faux thesis]."


2010 Dunedin local elections
The Dunedin local elections, 2010 were part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Dunedin elections are used to elect the Mayor of Dunedin and to elect councilors to the Dunedin City Council


2010 Dunedin local elections
As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010. Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using the Single transferable Vote system.


2010 Dunedin local elections, Mayor
The candidates for mayor included Peter Chin, the incumbent who is running for a third consecutive term. His contenders included Dave Cull and Lee Vandervis.


2010 Dunedin local elections, Councillors
In 2010 the ward system was changed with there now being just three wards in Dunedin. The Central Ward which would elect eleven councilors, Mosgiel Taieri Ward which would elect two and the Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward which would elect one.


2010 Dunedin local elections, Councillors, Central ward
All eleven incumbent councillors sought re-election, while 28 other people sought election to the council.


2010 Dunedin local elections, Councillors, Central ward
Eight of the eleven councillors returned to the council as councillors, while councillor Dave Cull returned as mayor. Three new councillors were elected: Richard Thomson, Lee Vandervis, and Jinty MacTavish.


2010 Dunedin local elections, Councillors, Central ward
a Dave Cull was already elected mayor, so his votes were immediately transferred to the elector's next preference. Source:


2010 Dunedin mayoral election
The 2010 Dunedin mayoral election occurred on Saturday, 9 October 2010 and was conducted under the Single Transferable Voting system.


2010 Dunedin mayoral election
The candidates for mayor included Peter Chin, the incumbent who contested for a third consecutive term. He faced six other candidates. Of these, three stood in the 2007 mayoral race (former councillor Lee Vandervis, who came second, Olivier Lequeux, who came fifth, and Jimmy Knowles, who finished last). Other candidates include incumbent city councillor Dave Cull, Aaron Hawkins and Kevin Dwyer.


2010 Dunedin mayoral election
Dave Cull won the mayoral election becoming Dunedin's 57th mayor.


2010 Dunlop World Challenge
The 2010 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour and 2010 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Toyota, Japan between 22 and 28 November 2010.


2010 Dunlop World Challenge, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Dunlop World Challenge, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Dunlop World Challenge, Champions, Men's Doubles
Treat Conrad Huey /  Purav Raja def. Tasuku Iwami /  Hiroki Kondo, 6–1, 6–2


2010 Dunlop World Challenge, Champions, Women's Doubles
Shuko Aoyama /  Rika Fujiwara def. Irina-Camelia Begu /  Mădălina Gojnea, 1–6, 6–3, [11–9]


2010 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles
Andis Juška and Alexandre Kudryavtsev were the defending champions, but decided to not participate this year. 1st seeds Treat Conrad Huey and Purav Raja won this tournament, by defeating Hiroki Kondo and Tasuku Iwami in the final.


2010 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Singles
Uladzimir Ignatik was the defending champion, however chose to not compete this year. 3rd seed Tatsuma Ito won in the final match 6–4, 6–2, against his compatriot, 4th seed Yuichi Sugita.


2010 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Doubles
Marina Erakovic and Tamarine Tanasugarn were the defending champions; however, they chose not to compete this year. Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara won in the final 1–6, 6–3, [11–9], against Irina-Camelia Begu and Mădălina Gojnea.


2010 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Singles
Kimiko Date-Krumm was the defending champion, but chose to not compete this year. Misaki Doi defeated Junri Namigata in the final 7–5, 6–2.


2010 Duramed Futures Tour
The 2010 Duramed Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2010 in the United States. The Futures Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. In 2010, total prize money on the Futures Tour was $1,920,000, the highest in the 30-year history of the Tour, and for the first time ever, played outside the USA, with one tournament in La Riviera Nayarit, Mexico.


2010 Duramed Futures Tour, Leading money winners
The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2011 season, with those finishing in the top five positions gaining higher priority for entry into events than those finishing in positions six through ten. Finishers in positions six through ten had the option to attend LPGA Qualifying School to try to improve their membership status for 2011.


2010 Duramed Futures Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Futures Tour including that event.


2010 Duramed Futures Tour, Schedule and results
Tournaments in bold are majors1Tournament shortened to 18 holes due to rain.


2010 Durand Cup
The 2010 Durand Cup is the 123rd edition of the Durand Cup, the third oldest association football competition in the world. United SC won the 2010 Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium with a 0–1 tie-break win over JCT FC. The 2010 Durand Cup Champions were United SC.


2010 Durand Cup, Background, Format
The Durand Cup is scheduled from 17 September to 7 November 2010. The tournament will be conducted in two stages. Stage 1 will be the Qualifying Knock Out Round and Stage 2 will be Quarter Final League round.


2010 Durham Region municipal elections
Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2010 Durham Region municipal elections, Plebiscite
Are you in favour of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Durham passing the necessary resolutions and by-laws to change the method of selecting its Chair from appointment by the members of Regional Council to election by general vote of all electors in the Region?


2010 Durham Region municipal elections, Ajax
The following are the official results for the Town of Ajax.


2010 Durham Region municipal elections, Brock
Larry O'Connor, the incumbent mayor of Brock, was reelected by a margin of just 13 votes over challenger Terry Clayton, who had previously been mayor of the township from 2000 to 2003. The narrow margin resulted in an ongoing judicial recount battle; the township used a mail-in voting system in 2010, and when ballots which were postmarked before election day but arrived late were counted, O'Connor's margin of victory was reduced to just three votes.


2010 Durham Region municipal elections, Brock
O'Connor voluntarily resigned as mayor on March 28, 2011, and the township council subsequently appointed Clayton as the new mayor.


2010 Durham Region municipal elections, Clarington
The following are the official results for the Municipality of Clarington.


2010 Durham Region municipal elections, Clarington, Regional Councillors
Two Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 2 wards.


2010 Durham Region municipal elections, Clarington, Local Councillors
Four Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 4 wards.


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships
2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young Track & Field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. In 2010 there were three island competing. Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Eustatius. They compete in different events and the athlete with the overall most points will be declared the winner. There are two age groups, they are 11–12 years (Pentathlon) and 13–14 years (Heptathlon). This year was the first year that hurdles and baseball throw was added to the event list for the heptathlon. Sint Eustatius did not have a complete team.


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships
They only competed with a full Heptathlon team. Like every year, the hosting island is allowed to have two teams (which was Aruba). There were 32 athletes competing in total and Aruba was declared the overall winner, Curaçao came in second and Sint Eustatius came in third. This would also mark the first Year Aruba defeats Curaçao in the overall points


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Events
The Pentathlon consist of a total of 5 different events. These events are 60 metres, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball throw and 800 metres (for the girls) and 1000 metres (for the boys).


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Events
The Heptathlon consist of a total of 7 different events. These events are 80 metres, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball throw, shot put, 80 metres hurdles (for the girls), 80 metres hurdles and 1000 metres (for the girls) and 1200 metres (for the boys).


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 1
Pentathlon: Jemahl Lucas, Axel Tromp, Margenine Kock and Siljee Feliciana


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 1
Heptathlon: Xavier Boekhoudt, Eugene Bouwer, Jelissa Nedd and Jullianne Dorothal


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 2
Pentathlon: Shadwin Simon, Alec Lacle, Sarahi Sierra and Yasmine Arrindell


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 2
Heptathlon: Reginald Koc, Jonathan Croes, Lixandra Geerman and Chayenne David


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Curaçao
Pentathlon: Ken-Jay Obiana, Jean-Andre Denisa, Tiffany Hurtado and Nadien Martina


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Curaçao
Heptathlon: Genessis Dolorita, Wendymar Martina, Ebony Hodgsons and Naeemah Isidora


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Sint Eustatius
Heptathlon: Junior Saladin, Omar Redan, Danique Martis and Sje Vaughn Flemming


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts
-	This is the first year that Baseball throwing and Hurdles have been included into the Heptathlon since they are also part of the  CAC Age Group Championships


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts
-	Despite winning overall in points, team Curaçao won the most Gold Medals during this event.


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts
-	This being Sint Eustatius' first time, they did not manage to win any medals.


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts
-	In 2010 would be the first year Aruba would win overall points and the first time they won gold in the relays after always coming in second place.


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts
-	Jelissa Nedd, Xavier Boekhoudt and Jean-Andre Denisa are the only 3 athletes to win a medal in all the events this year.


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts
-	This is the first time Aruba won Gold, Silver and Bronze in the female Pentathlon and Heptathlon.


2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts
-	Aruba came in first in both the female Heptathlon and Pentathlon while Curaçao won Gold for both the male Heptathlon and Pentathlon


2010 Dutch Figure Skating Championships
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2010 Dutch Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 Dutch Figure Skating Championships took place between 19 and 20 December 2009 in Eindhoven. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and synchronized skating across the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice level debs.


2010 Dutch National Omnium Championships
The 2010 Dutch National Omnium Championships were the Dutch national track cycling Championships for the omnium discipline. The competitions took place at Sportpaleis Alkmaar in Alkmaar, the Netherlands on February 7, 2010.


2010 Dutch National Omnium Championships, Competition format
The competition consisted both for men and women of five events, with a point-for-place system.


2010 Dutch National Time Trial Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial of the 2010 Dutch National Time Trial Championships cycling event took place on 23 June 2010 in and around Oudenbosch, Netherlands.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships
The 2010 Dutch National Track Championships were the Dutch national Championship for endurance and sprint disciplines for track cycling. The madison discipline took place at 16 October. The other competitions took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands from December 28 to December 30, 2011. The event was organized by the KNWU, and competitions were held of various track cycling disciplines in different age, gender and disability categories.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The women's 500 m time trial at the 2010 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 28, 2010. 14 athletes participated in the contest.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
Willy Kanis won the gold medal, Yvonne Hijgenaar took silver and Laura van der Kamp won the bronze.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial, Competition format
There was no qualification round for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The women's individual pursuit at the 2010 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 29, 2010. 14 athletes participated in the contest.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit
Ellen van Dijk won the gold medal, Kirsten Wild took silver and Vera Koedooder won the bronze.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit, Preview
Ellen van Dijk, absent in 2009 but the national champion of 2007 and 2008 was one of the favourites for the title. The main rival of Van Dijk should be Kirsten Wild, the national champion of 2009.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit, Competition format
The tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit, Race
Kirsten Wild was the fastest in the qualification round with a time of 3:42.036, however Ellen van Dijk, number 2 in the qualification round, rode in the gold medal match more than a second faster (3:41.854 vs. 3:42.999), while Wild rode slower than in the qualification (3:43.233). Ellen van Dijk became so for the third time in her career the Dutch individual pursuit champion.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's madison
The women's madison at the 2010 Dutch National Track Championships took place at Sportpaleis Alkmaar in Alkmaar on October 16, 2010. Seven teams participated in the contest.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's madison
Roxane Knetemann & Amy Pieters won the gold medal, Ellen van Dijk & Vera Koedooder took silver and Nina Kessler & Winanda Spoor won the bronze.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's madison, Preview
Several cyclist didn't participate because the competition took place early in the track cycling season and just after the road cycling season. Besides of that, two days after the competition the six day of Amsterdam started.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's madison, Competition format
Because of the number of teams, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final. The competition was shortened with 20 laps compared to 2009 and consisted on 80 laps, making a total of 20 km. The aim of the madison is to score as many points for intermediate sprints as well as for lapping the pack.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's points race
The women's points race at the 2010 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 28, 2010. 17 athletes participated in the contest.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's points race
Kirsten Wild won the gold medal, Amy Pieters took silver and Ellen van Dijk won the bronze.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's points race, Competition format
There were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's scratch
The women's scratch at the 2010 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 30, 2010. 18 athletes participated in the contest.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's scratch
Winanda Spoor won the gold medal, Roxane Knetemann took silver and Ellen van Dijk won the bronze.


2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's scratch, Competition format
There were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10 km.


2010 Dutch Open (darts)
The 2010 Dutch Open was the 38th edition of the Dutch Open darts competition. Martin Adams won the tournament over fellow Englishman Scott Waites.


2010 Dutch TT
The 2010 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 June 2010 at the TT Circuit Assen.


2010 Dutch TT, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation
Following the Dutch general election of 2010, held on June 9, a process of cabinet formation started, which typically involves 3 phases:


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline
On June 10 and 11 the chairs of parliamentary parties (fractievoorzitters) of the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) gave advice to the Queen on who should be appointed informateur and who should be involved in the first information talks. The leaders of the political parties with most seats indicated that an informateur from the VVD, the largest party after the election, should investigate the possibility of a coalition with the PVV, which achieved the biggest gain of seats.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Rosenthal
On June 12 Queen Beatrix nominated Uri Rosenthal, chairman of the VVD in the Senate (Eerste Kamer), as informateur, in order to investigate, first, the possibility of a coalition containing VVD and PVV.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Rosenthal
On June 14 Rosenthal met with all party leaders individually. Maxime Verhagen (CDA) wanted VVD and PVV to bridge their mutual differences before joining in discussions between those two parties. After two days of joint talks with Mark Rutte (VVD) and Geert Wilders (PVV), and individually with the leaders of VVD, PVV and CDA, on June 17 Rosenthal had to conclude that a combination of these three parties was impossible.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Rosenthal
On June 18 Rosenthal conferred subsequently with Job Cohen (PvdA), Maxime Verhagen (CDA), Alexander Pechtold (D66), Femke Halsema (GroenLinks) and Mark Rutte (VVD). Two coalitions were possible with these parties: Purple-plus (Paars-plus) (VVD+PvdA+D66+GL) and a center-coalition of VVD+PvdA+CDA. Purple-plus was the preference of PvdA, D66 and GroenLinks, while Rutte was in favour of the center-coalition. At the end of the day informateur Rosenthal announced that he would explore the possibilities for Purple-plus, starting on Monday, June 21.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Rosenthal
After one and a half days of discussions with Rutte, Cohen, Halsema and Pechtold, VVD-chair Mark Rutte announced on June 22 to see "no perspective for negotiations" for Purple-plus. Informateur Rosenthal subsequently invited Verhagen (CDA), Cohen (PvdA) and Rutte (VVD) for exploring the center-coalition, though this was ruled out by Cohen.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Rosenthal
Cohen then suggested a rainbow coalition (VVD+PvdA+CDA+D66+GL) that combines both Purple-plus and center-coalition options, but was rejected by the leaders of D66 and GroenLinks, and the proposal was withdrawn.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Tjeenk Willink
On June 26, the Queen replaced Rosenthal with Herman Tjeenk Willink, vice president of the Council of State, as informateur. Willink's appointment was unusual, as it went against the advice of Rosenthal and most party leaders involved in the talks, who preferred two informateurs, one from the VVD and one from the PvdA.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Tjeenk Willink
Rutte extended another invitation to the PVV to join the VVD and CDA in coalition talks, but Wilders rejected the offer on June 29 as the CDA was unwilling to enter negotiations at the onset, instead of waiting for the VVD and PVV to conclude their talks first, extinguishing the likelihood that a right-wing VVD-PVV-CDA cabinet can be formed.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Tjeenk Willink
On July 5, Willink reported to the Queen that the VVD, PvdA, D66 and GroenLinks parties were prepared to enter negotiations to form a Purple-plus government.