2010 Liga Indonesia First Division
The 2010 Liga Indonesia First Division is the 16th edition of Liga Indonesia First Division which is scheduled to start in September 2010 and finish in the same year.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division
Participating clubs will be divided 12 groups based on their regions in Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatera and Papua.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division, First stage
Total 57 clubs will participate in this season, divided into 12 groups.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division, Second stage
This stage, which will start on October 28, 2010, involves 12 group winners and 12 runners up qualified from the first stage. Therefore, in total 24 clubs, which are divided into 6 groups will participate in this stage.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division, Second stage
Qualified clubs for the 2nd round: Persas Sabang, Madina Medan Jaya, Siak FC, PSP Padang, PSBL Langsa, PSGL Gayo Luwes, Persip Pekalongan City, Persitema Temanggung, PSBK Blitar, Pesik Kuningan, Persid Jember, Persik Kendal, Madiun Putra FC, Persepam Pamekasan, KSB West Sumbawa, Persebi Bima Regency, Persewangi Banyuwangi, Persewon Wondama, Persbul Buol, Persipal Palu, Persin Sinjai, Persepar Palangkaraya, PSBS Biak, Mountain Star FC.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division, Third stage
Participants are the 6 group winners and 6 runners-up from second stage. Total 12 clubs will participate in this stage, divided into 3 groups. This stage will start on December 2 to December 8, 2010.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division, Third stage
Qualified clubs for the 3rd round : PSGL Gayo Luwes, PSBL Langsa, PS Biak, Persbul Buol, Persitema Temanggung, Persip Pekalongan City, Madiun Putra FC, PSBK Blitar, Persewangi Banyuwangi, Persepam Pamekasan, Persin Sinjai and KSB West Sumbawa.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division, Fourth stage
Participate is 3 grub winner and 1 best runner-up from third stage. Total 4 clubs will participate in this stage.


2010 Liga Indonesia First Division, Fourth stage, Knockout Phase
Participate is 2 Semifinal winner. Schedule held on 12 December 2010


2010 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final
The 2010 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 29 May 2010. Persibo and Deltras was a debutant of the final stage.


2010 Liga Nacional de Ascenso Apertura Final
The 2010 Liga Nacional de Ascenso Apertura Final was the final match of the 2010 Liga Nacional de Ascenso Apertura, the 12th season of the second-highest league competition in Panamanian football.


2010 Liga Nacional de Ascenso Apertura Final, Background
This was the first final match that both teams made it to. Additionally, both teams were created earlier during the year as a result of the expansion project in the Liga Nacional de Ascenso.


2010 Liga Nacional de Ascenso Apertura Final, Background
Neither team had played each other prior to this final match because they both belonged to different groups.


2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final
The 2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final was the final match of the 2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura, the 26th season of the top league competition in Panamanian football.


2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final, Background
San Francisco went into the match as six-time Liga Panameña de Fútbol winners, having previously won in 1994-95, 1995-96, 2006, 2007 (C), 2008 (A) and 2009 (A), while Árabe Unido had won the competition five times previously, having won in 1998-99, 2001, 2004, 2008 (C) and 2009 (C).


2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final, Background
During the 2010 Clausura season, San Francisco drew 1–1 against Árabe Unido at the Armando Dely Valdés in January with goals from Alberto Zapata and Víctor René Mendieta Jr. respectively, and defeated them 2–0 at the Agustín Sánchez in March with goals from Ricardo Phillips and Boris Alfaro.


2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final, Background
San Francisco's Amir White is the only player who missed this final due to a suspension.


2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final, Background, Previous finals
This is the second final between these two clubs, the previous match dates back to December 2, 2007 when San Francisco defeated Árabe Unido in a penalty shoot-out.


2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario
The 2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario is the second football tournament of the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season.


2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario, Relegation table
Relegation is determined by a quotient of the total points earned in the Liga de Ascenso divided by the total number of games played over the past three seasons of the Liga de Ascenso (for clubs that have not been in the Liga de Ascenso all three seasons, the last consecutive seasons of participation are taken into account). The club with the lowest quotient is relegated to the Segunda División Profesional for the next season.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season
The 2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season is the 34th season of Bolivia's top-flight professional football league. The season is split into two championships—the Apertura and the Clausura—and the Torneo de Invierno


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Format
The 2009 season will be divided into two championships and a cup, each with their own format.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Format
The Apertura championship will be divided into two phases. The first phase will have the twelve teams divided into two groups. The teams will play within each group, in addition to a cross-group rivalry (for example: Oriente  vs. Blooming). The best-three teams in each group will advance to the Winner's Hexagonal, while the rest of the teams will play the Loser's Hexagonal. In each hexagonal, each team will play within each group. The winner of the Winner's Hexagonal will be declared the champion and will qualify to 2011 Copa Libertadores with the Bolivia 2 berth. The runner-up will qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana with the Bolivia 1 berth and the winner of the Loser's Hexagonal will qualify to 2010 Copa Sudamericana with the Bolivia 3 berth.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Format
The Torneo de Invierno (English: Winter Tournament) will be what was traditionally known as the Play-Off. The first stage will have the twelve teams play against a local rival over two legs. The winners of each tie and the two best losers will advance to the quarterfinals. The cup will continue on a single-elimination basis with two legs per stage. The winner will qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana as the Bolivia 3 berth.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Format
The Clausura championship will be a double round-robin league format. The team with the most points after the twenty-two rounds will be declared the champion and will qualify to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the Bolivia 1 berth. The runner-up will qualify to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the Bolivia 3 berth and the third placed-team will qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana with the Bolivia 2 berth.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Format
Relegation will be determined after the Clausura. The team with the worst two-year average will be relegated to the Regional Leagues, while the next-worst team will contest a playoff against the runner-up of the 2010 Copa Simón Bolívar.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Teams
The number of teams for 2010 remains the same. Nacional Potosí finished last in the 2009 relegation table and was relegated to the  Bolivian Football Regional Leagues. They were replaced by the 2009 Copa Simón Bolívar champion Guabirá, who last played in the LFPB in 2008.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Campeonato Apertura
The Campeonato Apertura (officially the Campeonato Apertura Entel for sponsorship reasons) is the first championship of this season. The championship began on February 20 and is scheduled to end June 9, two days before the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup at South Africa.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo de Invierno
The Torneo de Invierno (officially the Torneo de Invierno Entel for sponsorship reasons) will be played in the middle of this season, concurrent to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The winner will earn the Bolivia 3 berth for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo de Invierno, First stage
The first phase will be contested over a series of six regional derbies (rivalries). The winners of each tie will be determined in a manner similar to the Copa Libertadores: 1st points, 2nd goal difference; 3rd away goals, 4th penalty shoot-out. The six winners (in bold) and the two best losers (in italics) will advance to the second phase. Team #1 played the first leg at home.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo de Invierno, Second stage
For the second stage, if a tie in points exists after the end of the second leg, the match will go directly into a penalty shootout as per the Laws of the Game.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo de Invierno, Finals
As Oriente Petrolero later qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores through the Clausura, San José qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.


2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season, Campeonato Clausura
The Campeonato Clausura (officially the Campeonato Clausura Entel for sponsorship reasons) will be the second championship of this season.


2010 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino
The 2010 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino was the 42nd official season of Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino (English: Female Superior Volleyball League). The 2010 season was dedicated to Miguel Ángel Nazario Gotay.


2010 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino, Regular Season Awards
Athletes awarded at "Values of th Year Gala", April 24, 2010 in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico.


2010 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino, Final, Best of 7 Series
The 2010 Final series were played at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico.


2010 Ligas Superiores del Peru
The 2010 Ligas Superiores, the fifth division of Peruvian football (soccer), will be played by variable number teams by Department. The tournaments will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. For the 2010, they are nine the Departmental Confederacies that have determined to adopt them: Arequipa, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huánuco, Lambayeque, Pasco, Piura, Puno and Tumbes.


2010 Ligas Superiores del Peru
The Liga Departamental de Ayacucho decided the suspension of the Liga Superior de Ayacucho for this season 2010 by the lack of participants and because the tournament has lost the force of previous seasons due to the good actions of Inti Gas Deportes in the Primera División Peruana.


2010 Ligue 1 (Senegal)
The 2010 Division 1 season was the 45th of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal and the third professional season. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation. The season began earlier on 20 February and finished on 7 August. It was the second season labelled as a "League" ("Ligue" in French). ASC Diaraf won their eleventh and recent title, and a year later would compete in the 2011 CAF Champions League. Touré Kunda who won the 2010 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup. ASC Niarry Tally (2nd place) and ASC HLM (2nd place of Group A) participated in the West African Cup for the last time.


2010 Ligue 1 (Senegal)
The season would feature 18 clubs and as the final season would use the group and playoff system, the winner would be decided again by points in the following season. It had a total of 128 matches (84 each group) and the playoff system, and two final matches that decided the winner with the most goals. The season scored a total of 257 goals, 121 in Group A and 131 in Group B for a total of 252 in the regular season and 5 in the finals. The highest seasonal by club was Casa Sport of Group B, the lowest was Saloum of the same group.


2010 Ligue 1 (Senegal)
ASC Linguère again was the defending team of the title.


2010 Ligue 1 (Senegal), Overview
The league was contested by 18 teams and two groups, each group contained nine clubs and a final match.


2010 Ligurian regional election
The Ligurian regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.


2010 Ligurian regional election
The incumbent President Claudio Burlando of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) faced Sandro Biasotti, backed by The People of Freedom (PdL) and Northern League Liguria. Biasotti was President of the Region from 2000 to 2005, when he was defeated by Burlando. The Union of the Centre (UdC), a traditionally centre-right political force, supported the centre-left candidate Burlando.


2010 Ligurian regional election
Burlando secured a second consecutive term, but the PdL came out as the largest party in the region.


2010 Lillestrøm SK season
The 2009 season was Lillestrøm SK's 20th season in the Tippeligaen, and their 36th consecutive season in the top division of Norwegian football.


2010 Lillestrøm SK season, Pre-season and friendlies
The first pre-season friendly was scheduled on January 15 vs Nybergsund IL.


2010 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 2010 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 116th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


2010 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 3 October 2010, Kilmallock won the championship after a 1-16 to 1-12 defeat of Emmets in the final. It was their ninth championship title overall and their first title since 1994.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season
The 2010 season for Liquigas–Doimo began in January with the Tour de San Luis and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the ProTour.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season
The team won two of the season's three Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia, with Ivan Basso and the Vuelta a España with Vincenzo Nibali. Franco Pellizotti was expected to ride both of the season's first two Grand Tours, but he was sidelined by the team after the UCI identified him as having irregular blood values as part of their biological passport program, values possibly indicative of doping. Pellizotti fought the charges, proclaiming his innocence, and was later cleared to return to racing. However, delays in his case meant that almost all of his 2010 season was wiped out.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Stage races
The team sent a squad to the Tour de San Luis in mid-January, coming away with two stage wins. Chicchi won the mass sprint finish to the first stage, and Nibali followed with an individual time trial win in stage 4. The win put Nibali in the race leader's orange jersey, which he would retain through the conclusion of the event. The team was successful in stage hunting in Asia in February, with Chicchi winning two stages in the Tour of Qatar and Bennati one in the Tour of Oman.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Stage races
Later in February, Kreuziger won the most difficult stage of the Giro di Sardegna en route to the overall victory. The Giro di Sardegna was mostly composed of flat stages; the top three finishers in the hilly second stage (Kreuziger, Chris Horner, and Thomas Voeckler) finished in that same order in the final overall standings, showing how little the standings changed on the other days.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Liquigas-Doimo entered the Giro with Basso a strong favorite for overall victory. Pellizotti was supposed to ride the Giro as a co-captain, but he was forcibly sidelined as a result of his announced irregular blood values as part of the UCI's biological passport program. Nibali, who had been planning to captain the squad sent to the partially concurrent Tour of California, took his place in the Giro.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Sabatini was the best sprinter the team sent to the Giro, and he contested the Giro's first road race stage with the leading sprinters, taking third in the bunch finish. The next day, in another depleted bunch finish, Nibali was eighth. He had made the finishing selection both days, and was fourth in the overall classification prior to the transfer to Italy, five seconds back of race leader Alexander Vinokourov in the standings.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
In the stage 4 team time trial, the squad took a convincing victory, finishing the 32.5 km (20.2 mi) course with six riders together (the seventh, Bodnar, had fallen off the pace only in the final kilometer) in 36'37". Only two other squads finished in under 37 minutes. Vinokourov's Astana team was 38 seconds off the pace. Garmin–Transitions and Team Saxo Bank, who had also had riders ahead of Nibali in the classification prior to the stage, also finished well back on the day, meaning Nibali took the pink jersey.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Nibali stayed out of trouble and retained the jersey over the next two days, but was bound for difficulties in stage 7. This was a long stage, incorporating unpaved roads near the finish, and happened to be run on a day with very heavy rainfall. Nibali crashed on the first section of unpaved road, and needed a bike change. Vinokourov seized the opportunity to take off, and he finished, along with Cadel Evans and Damiano Cunego, sufficiently ahead of Nibali to re-take the pink jersey.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Basso also crashed during this stage; the day's results took them from first and second overall down to fifth (Nibali) and eighth (Basso). The favorites finished together over the next three days. Attrition from other riders moved Nibali and Basso up to third and fourth overall, but their time gaps to Vinokourov were unchanged. In stage 11, a 50-rider group broke away from the peloton. This group contained several noteworthy riders, such as youth classification leader (and eventual winner) Richie Porte and squad leaders Carlos Sastre and Bradley Wiggins.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Liquigas did have Dall'Antonia, Kišerlovski, and Agnoli in the break, but Basso and Nibali were notably left behind and ceded 13 minutes to this group. This moved them both, along with fellow overall favorites like Evans, Cunego, and Michele Scarponi, out of the top ten with more than ten minutes in deficit to new race leader Porte. Kišerlovski and Agnoli both moved into the top ten, though, at third and fifth, respectively.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Liquigas-Doimo, Astana, Acqua & Sapone, and BMC Racing Team had all been mounting a chase of this breakaway group for a time, a chase which brought their advantage from 20 minutes down to 13. The teamwork abruptly stopped when Liquigas-Doimo stopped sending riders to the front of the peloton. The teams blamed each other for the peloton's failure on the day, and there was speculation that Liquigas-Doimo, fielding strong favorites for overall victory, had given away the Giro after the day's result. Basso later admitted that they had made a potentially grave mistake giving this group as much time as they had.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Stage 12 had the makings of a fairly straightforward sprint stage, but in the last kilometers of the stage, a 10-rider group consisting largely of Giro favorites split off the peloton and finished ahead of them. Nibali and Basso both made this selection, safely finishing sixth and tenth respectively on the day. The squad went to work in stage 14, which went over Monte Grappa. Using rider after rider, until each bonked and fell off the pace, the squad set a pace on the climb that eventually whittled the leading group down to just Nibali, Basso, Evans, and Scarponi.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Nibali took the most aggressive descent down the Grappa and soloed to victory 23 seconds ahead of the other three, and 2'25" ahead of the peloton. This result put Nibali back in the top ten overall. Using much the same strategy in the Monte Zoncolan climb the next day, Basso was the last rider left out front as the stage neared its finish. He put in attack after attack to try to shed Evans in the stage's final kilometers, at last succeeding to take the win 1'19" ahead of the Australian.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
This result moved Basso from 11th all the way to third in the overall standings, while Nibali also moved up, to seventh. Both squad leaders turned in solid rides in the uphill time trial to Plan de Corones in stage 16, each moving up a place in the general classification. Stage 18 was the last mass finish in the Giro, and the squad took two of the top ten places in the sprint, with Dall'Antonia coming in third and Sabatini ninth.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The Giro's last two road race stages were very climbing-intensive. The first of them finished at Aprica, where Basso had previously won when he won his first Giro championship in 2006. Much like they had on the Grappa and the Zoncolan, the squad used up its support riders one at a time to set a selective pace. Nibali, Basso, and Scarponi were the last three riders together at the front of the race, topping the Passo del Mortirolo several minutes ahead of race leader David Arroyo and other riders.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Basso rode a conservative descent on the Aprica, with the other two needing to wait for him several times. Arroyo rode a very aggressive descent, catching four riders between him and the leading Italian trio. They coalesced into a five-man chase group before the Aprica climb. Basso, Nibali, and Scarponi held only half a minute's advantage on the Arroyo group when the climb began. Basso and Nibali both took long, strenuous turns on the front of their group, and their time gap over the Arroyo group grew large enough for Basso to become the prospective race leader.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Scarponi did very little work on the climb, and as such was the freshest at the finish and easily took the stage win. Nibali allowed Basso second place in order to maximize his time bonus. Arroyo's group did not cross the finish line until over three minutes had passed, giving Basso the race leadership and putting Nibali in third overall. The squad, by this point the only squad still fully intact, controlled the race effectively on the Giro's final road race stage. Basso, Scarponi, and Evans rode the stage-concluding Passo del Tonale ahead of the other Giro elite, including Nibali.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Scarponi's 18-second gap over Nibali put him one second from taking the third step on the podium from Nibali, but Nibali was a much stronger time trialist, securing his position in the stage 21 time trial in Verona. Basso had over a minute in advantage to Arroyo at this point, so the time trial had a celebratory feel to it for him. He finished the stage in 15th place, but easily won the Giro with this performance, gleefully meeting his family inside the Arena di Verona before taking the final pink jersey. The squad was dominant, winning both the Trofeo Fast Team and Trofeo Super Team classifications. They also won the Fair Play award, avoiding penalty points for minor technical infringements, and were the only squad to have all nine riders complete the race.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Giro champion Basso, along with Kreuziger, led the team's squad for the Tour de France. Basso hoped to pull a Giro/Tour double, which would have been the first since Marco Pantani in 1998, but was happy simply to return to the race for the first time since finishing second overall in the 2005 edition. Kreuziger was to be his lieutenant, and several experienced domestiques rounded the squad.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
There were numerous crashes in the Tour's first two road race stages. Basso crashed in stage 1, and Kreuziger was one of dozens of riders to crash on the Col du Stockeu in Spa in stage 2. At this point, Kreuziger was 17th and Basso 53rd. They both lost further time on the cobblestones in stage 3. In a more typical flat stage in stage 4, Oss took eighth in the bunch finish. Basso and Kreuziger both finished with the group of overall race favorites in stage 8, the Tour's first major mountain stage.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
While they lost ten seconds to Andy Schleck and Samuel Sánchez, the result moved Basso up 14 places in the general classification, going from 27th to 13th, and Kreuziger from 12th up to 7th. Basso finished a minute ahead of Kreuziger in stage 9, moving up to 10th overall while Kreuziger slipped to 11th.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Following stages won by sprinters and breakaways, the otherwise flat stage 12 ended with a short, steep climb to Mende, opening up the possibility for changes to the overall standings. Kreuziger and Basso both lost time in this stage, with Kreuziger ceding 15 seconds to stage winner Joaquim Rodríguez and to Alberto Contador, while Basso lost 31. They switched places in the overall standings as a result, with Basso falling to 11th and Kreuziger moving up to 10th.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
In the high mountain stage 14, Basso was just 21st at the finish, but due to attrition of other riders, he again moved back into 10th place overall with this result. Kreuziger was 28th, and fell to 12th overall. Both leaders rode poorly in stage 15, on the Port de Balès. Kreuziger was 19th on the day, losing a little over a minute to the race's elite. Basso was 32nd, nearly three minutes off the pace. Vandborg, however, was tenth on this stage after having been part of the morning breakaway.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Two stages later, in the summit stage finish at the Col du Tourmalet, Kreuziger again returned to the top ten overall, taking tenth on the day. He finished in that position upon the Tour's conclusion. Basso, for his part, had come down with bronchitis upon the Tour's entry to the Pyrenees, ceding time in each of the mountain stages in the final week. Antibiotics given him by race doctors also weakened his form.


2010 Liquigas–Doimo season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
His most dramatic time loss came in stage 16 to Pau, when he was 35 minutes back of stage winner Pierrick Fédrigo, finishing with the last group on the road. He nonetheless finished the race, coming in 32nd, just under an hour back of Tour champion Contador. The squad was ninth in the teams classification.


2010 Lisbon summit
The 2010 Lisbon summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 19 and 20 November 2010.


2010 Lisbon summit
The member states adopted a new "Strategic Concept", the alliance's new ten-year plan following the expiration of the previous plan adopted at the 1999 Washington summit. In addition to accepting the Strategic Concept that addressed the alliance's modern challenges such as terrorism and cyber attacks, the members agreed to develop a mutual missile defense system. The members met with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai regarding the group's operations in the country. They agreed to gradually withdraw combat forces from the country with a completion date of 2014. NATO reaffirmed their commitment to remain in Afghanistan to provide training and advice to Afghan forces and police.


2010 Lisbon summit, Summit
The summit took place in the Feira Internacional de Lisboa in Parque das Nações (Park of the Nations). It was the first summit presided over by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who began his term as the Secretary General of NATO in August 2009.


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Strategic Concept
Going into the summit, the member states were expected to adopt a new Strategic Concept for the first time since 1999. Prior to the summit, Secretary General Rasmussen personally prepared a draft of the plan. Rasmussen said the goal of the new Strategic Concept "must reconfirm Nato's core task – territorial defence – but modernise how we do it, including cyber defence and missile defence." A group of experts led by former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright drafted a report to help prepare the plan.


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Strategic Concept
At meetings prior to the summit, officials said that the plan was "98% there" and that any additional disagreements would be addressed at the summit. The draft acknowledged that modern threats to the alliance's members come in non-traditional forms such as terrorism, possessing weapons of mass destruction, and cyber attacks that could disrupt power infrastructure.


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Strategic Concept
During the first day of the summit on Friday 19 November, the member states agreed to the new Strategic Concept that will serve as the alliance's mission plan for the next 10 years. The document addressed the importance of evolving threats to international security, and reemphasized the alliance's commitment to cooperation with prospective members and Russia. The 11-page document is titled "Active Engagement, Modern Defence".


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Afghanistan
President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai addressed the summit on Saturday 20 November. Karzai had said that he wants NATO to return control of the country by the end of 2014. Before the summit, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the "NATO Summit in Lisbon is set to mark the starting point for passing responsibility for security progressively to Afghan forces."


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Afghanistan
While meeting with Karzai, the members agreed to a gradual phase-out of combat operations until 2014. After that date, NATO states would continue to contribute to training and advising the Afghan National Army. Secretary-General Rasmussen said "we will launch the process by which the Afghan government will take leadership for security throughout the country, district by district." Though the members set the 2014 target date, many have already stated that their withdrawals will take place outside of any NATO decision.


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Russia
In October 2010, Rasmussen announced that Russian President Dimitry Medvedev would be present at the summit. Medvedev agreed to attend after meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The summit then held the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since it was created in 2002. Relations between Russia and the alliance had been strained following the 2008 South Ossetia war, when Russia supported and recognized the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Russia
Prior to the summit, an article in The Economist noted that Russia may be more willing to cooperate on NATO issues and may pledge to contribute troops to Afghanistan. At the meeting, Russia agreed to cooperate on a missile defense programme that NATO sought to develop. Russia also committed to further support NATO's operations in Afghanistan by permitting more supplies to be transported through Russia and providing Mil Mi-17 helicopters to Afghan forces.


2010 Lisbon summit, Agenda, Missile defense
On the first day of the summit, leaders agreed to establish a missile defense system that would have the capability of covering all member states in Europe, as well as the United States and Canada. The proposed system had previously been a point of debate between NATO and Russia, but Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who attended the summit, indicated more willingness to cooperate with the alliance on the issue.


2010 Lithuania Swimming Championships
The 2010 Lithuania Swimming Championships a long course (50 m) event, organized by the Lithuanian Swimming Federation, was held in Alytus, Lithuania, from July 1–3.


2010 Lithuania Swimming Championships, Events
The swimming program for 2010 had 38 events (19 each for men and women). The following were contested:


2010 Lithuania men's FIBA World Championship team
Lithuania men's national basketball team had its third appearance at the FIBA World Championship at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Despite qualifying only as a wild card invitation by FIBA following an underwhelming performance at EuroBasket 2009, Lithuania had its best performance ever at the World Championship, losing only the semifinal against the United States en route to a bronze medal.


2010 Lithuania men's FIBA World Championship team, 2010 FIBA World Championship Roster, Reserves roster
* denotes players that were placed in the main roster.


2010 Lithuania men's FIBA World Championship team, 2010 FIBA World Championship Roster, Reserves roster
Candidates that did not make it to the final team:


2010 Lithuania men's FIBA World Championship team, FIBA World Championship 2010, Orders, decorations, and medals
National team players, coaches and staff members were awarded with State orders, decorations and medals for their success.


2010 Lithuanian Archery Championships
The 2010 Lithuania Archery Championships national Lithuanian archery championship, organized by Lithuanian Archery Federation, was held in Klaipėda, Lithuania, from July 7–6


2010 Lithuanian Archery Championships, Events
The sailing program for 2010 had a total number of 4 events:


2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships
The 87th 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas on 9–10 July 2010.


2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
The 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl was an NCAA bowl game (previously the Motor City Bowl game) played at 8:30 p.m. EST on December 26, 2010 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan and aired on ESPN. The bowl game matched up the Florida International Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference against the Toledo Rockets of the Mid-American Conference.


2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
The game was the 14th installment of the bowl game played in Detroit.


2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Teams, Florida International
Florida International played in its first bowl game in school history. The Panthers were the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Champions. They came into the game with a 6-6 overall record. They were led by an outstanding defense that had helped them almost pull off upsets against Rutgers and Texas A&M. FIU was invited to play in the bowl as the Big Ten Conference was unable to fill its slot in the contest.


2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Teams, Toledo
Toledo entered the bowl with an 8-4 overall record. The Rockets were making their first bowl appearance since 2005 when they defeated UTEP in the GMAC Bowl. Three of its four losses this season were to bowl-bound teams: Boise State, Northern Illinois and Arizona. This was the fourth time in school history that the Rockets played in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. They played in the game when it was known as the Motor City Bowl in 2001, 2002, and 2004. They were 1-2 in previous matchups with their only win coming in 2001 against Cincinnati.


2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Game notes
The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl marked the first ever bowl meeting between the two schools. However, these two schools have met twice before in 2008 and 2009 with each University splitting the results. FIU leads the series 3-1.


2010 Little League World Series
The 2010 Little League World Series was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 20 and ended on August 29. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 64th edition of this tournament. In the championship game, the international champions from Tokyo, Japan, defeated the United States champions out of Waipahu, Hawaii. It was the seventh LLWS championship for Japan overall, and the first since 2003.


2010 Little League World Series
Activision released a video game in advance of the event, Little League World Series Baseball 2010.


2010 Little League World Series, Tournament changes
On April 14, 2010, Little League announced that starting in 2010, round robin play would be replaced by a double-elimination bracket in each pool. The winners of each pool will advance to single elimination US and International Championship games and the winners of those games will advance to the World Championship game. Every team will play a minimum of three games: the four teams that lose their first two games will cross over and play special US vs. International games.


2010 Little League World Series, Tournament changes
On August 2, 2010, it was announced that instant replay would be expanded. The system, which was first used in 2008, now includes force outs, tags along the base paths, missed bases, and hit batters as plays that are subject to review. Previously, only plays in which a dead ball would have resulted were able to be reviewed. Additionally, team managers are now allowed to challenge plays if the umpires have not already called for a replay.


2010 Little League World Series, Tournament changes
Before losing the right to challenge, managers are allowed only one unsuccessful challenge in the first six innings of a game, as well as one unsuccessful challenge in extra innings. Challenges must be made after the play in question and before the next pitch. A "replay team" located in an office at Howard J. Lamade Stadium will judge all plays under review. The first challenge in LLWS history that resulted in an original ruling being overturned occurred on August 21, the second day of the tournament. Prior to the championship game, instant replay had been used 16 times with 8 calls being overturned while the other 8 were upheld. The average amount of time needed for all reviews was 52 seconds.


2010 Little League World Series, Champions path
The Edogawa Minami LL reached the LLWS with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie. In total, their record was 13–1–1, their only loss coming against Musashi-Fuchu.


2010 Little League World Series qualification
Qualification for the 2010 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2010.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Great Lakes
The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 6–14.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Mid-Atlantic
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut on August 6–16.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest
The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 7–14.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest
Note: The Dakotas are organized into a single Little League district.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, New England
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut on August 6–14.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Northwest
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California on August 6–14.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southeast
The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia on August 7–13.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southwest
The tournament took place in Waco, Texas on August 6–12.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, United States, West
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California on August 6–15.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific
The tournament took place in Surabaya, Indonesia on July 10–15.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific
1 Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball(LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Caribbean
The tournament took place in Humacao, Puerto Rico on July 3–10.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Europe
The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland on July 27–August 4.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Japan
Two rounds each were played on July 3 and 10 to determine a winner.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Latin America
The tournament took place in Guatemala City on July 25–31.


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Mexico
The tournament took place in Monterrey on July 20–29. The 2010 tournament is named "Ramiro Treviño".


2010 Little League World Series qualification, International, Middle East-Africa
The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland on July 21–24.


2010 Little League World Series results
The results of the 2010 Little League World Series were determined between August 20 and August 29, 2010 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into four groups, two with four teams from the United States and two with four international teams each, with both groups playing a double-elimination tournament. In each group, the last remaining team advanced to the single-elimination stage. The last remaining team from the United States faced the last remaining international team for the Little League World Series Championship.


2010 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats)


2010 Liverpool City Council election
As Liverpool Council is elected in thirds, councillors elected in the 2006 elections defend their seats this year, and the vote share changes are compared on that basis.


2010 Liverpool City Council election, Ward results
Changes in vote share are compared with the corresponding elections in 2006.


2010 Liverpool City Council election, By-elections, Croxteth, 18 November 2010
Caused by the death of Councillor Rose Bailey (Labour, elected 1 May 2008) and the resignation of Councillor Phil Moffat (Liberal Democrat, elected 3 May 2007).


2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège monument classic cycling race took place on April 25, 2010. This race was won by Alexander Vinokourov after slipping into a breakaway with Alexandr Kolobnev. Vinokourov attacked on the last hill with under 500m to go to take the victory. Alejandro Valverde, the winner in 2006 and 2008, finished third in the race, but was stripped of the result as a result of a doping suspension applied on May 31, 2010.


2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Results
All riders from third place onwards promoted by one place following the retroactive suspension of Alejandro Valverde


2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Controversy
On December 6, 2011, Swiss magazine l'Illustre published an email correspondence between the winner and runner-up that suggests Vinokourov paid Kolobnev €100,000 not to contest the final sprint. While Kolobnev has not commented on the allegations, Vinokourov has denied them, claiming that the payment was part of his "private life", and that he "makes payments left and right" but "never offered to buy the win from Kolobnev". On December 7, Vinokourov announced legal action against l'Illustre for an "invasion of privacy", and threatened further litigation against "anyone who infringes on [his] integrity".


2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Controversy
On December 8, the UCI, whose rules specifically ban "collusion or behavior likely to falsify or go against the interests of the competition", announced it would investigate the incident.


2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Controversy
Both riders were later charged with bribery by Belgian authorities.


2010 Lombard regional election
The Lombard regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010. The 9th term of the Regional Council was chosen.


2010 Lombard regional election
Roberto Formigoni, who was the longest-serving President of Region in Italy along with Giancarlo Galan of Veneto, obtained a historic fourth consecutive term. His opponent was Filippo Penati, a Democrat, who was President of the Province of Milan from 2004 to 2009. The Lombard League, that is to say the regional section of Northern League in Lombardy, backed Formigoni in return of the support granted by The People of Freedom to Northern League candidates in Veneto (Luca Zaia) and Piedmont (Roberto Cota).


2010 Lombard regional election
Minor candidates who were running were Savino Pezzotta for the Union of the Centre, Vito Crimi for Beppe Grillo's movement, Vittorio Agnoletto for the Communist Refoundation Party and Gianmario Invernizzi for New Force. Marco Cappato for the Italian Radicals did not gain enough signatures to back his candidature.


2010 Lombard regional election, Electoral law
Lombardy uses national Tatarella Law of 1995 to elect its Council, not having written an own legislation. Sixty-four councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes are grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.


2010 Lombard regional election, Electoral law
Sixteen councillors are elected at-large using a general ticket: parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Lombardy. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 8 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 72; if the winning alliance receives less than 50% of votes, special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.


2010 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
According to the official 2001 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Lombard provinces.


2010 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
The allocation is not fixed. Remaining seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment. Only 43 seats were directly assigned at provincial level, and the final distribution between provinces changed in this way.


2010 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
As it can be seen, the landslide victory of Formigoni's Alliance caused the distribution of seven more seats to the oppositions at provincial level. Bergamo and Brescia received two new seats, Lecco and Milan and Sondrio one each.


2010 Lombard regional election, Controversies on Formigoni's candidature
Formigoni's candidature, which allowed him a 4th mandate, has been contested by academics and left-wing politicians, as in disregard of Law n. 165/2004, that put a limit of two subsequent mandates to directly-elected Region Presidents. Formigoni was indirectly elected in 1995, but then directly elected in 2000 and 2005. He defends himself stating that the law was not in action when he was first directly elected in 2000, so he should be allowed a 4th mandate. After re-election, his mandate may be overturned by judges later on.


2010 Lombard regional election, Controversies on Formigoni's candidature
Formigoni also sparked controversies when agreeing to put in his majority-premium list, granting her safe election, Nicole Minetti, former showgirl and actual dental hygienist of Silvio Berlusconi, who asked for a political seat for her.


2010 Lombard regional election, Results
The election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its fourth consecutive term, Communion and Liberation's Roberto Formigoni, supported by the centre-right coalition.


2010 Lombard regional election, Results
If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one speaking about coalitions, the most relevant change was the five new seats conquered by the League, which obtained its best performance ever. More, the League was strangely penalized by the electoral law, having conquered fewer seats than as it would be with a proportional representation.


2010 Lombard regional election, Results
The People of Freedom was confirmed as the largest party in the region with 32% of the vote, despite a decline of three points, while Lega Nord took the 26% and Democratic Party the 23%.


2010 London Conservative Party mayoral selection
The London Conservative Party mayoral selection of 2010 was the process by which the Conservative Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2012 mayoral election. Incumbent Mayor Boris Johnson was selected to stand.


2010 London Conservative Party mayoral selection, Result
Johnson was endorsed as the party's candidate unopposed after a party meeting.


2010 London Grand Prix
The 2010 London Grand Prix was the 58th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in London, England. Held from 13–14 August at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, it was the twelfth leg of the inaugural IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. 40 events were contested with 27 of them being point-scoring Diamond League events.


2010 London Grand Prix
Rain fell both days and temperatures were described as "cold" by the BBC. Despite this, 2008 Paralympics champion Oscar Pistorius for South Africa, running in the men's T44 (below knee amputee) 400 metres event, set a new world record with a time of 47.04 seconds. Though the time was slower than his personal best set in Italy in July of the same year, 46.02 seconds, his personal best had not been run in an International Paralympic Committee sanctioned race, making his 47.04 seconds race on 14 August the official world record.


2010 London Grand Prix
Meet oragnisers hoped to stage a competition between the three fastest men in the world—Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, and Asafa Powell—in the men's 100 metres. However, Bolt declined to participate, claiming he would lose more money than he would make because of British taxes, and Powell withdrew the day before the race with injuries to his hamstring and back. With Bolt and Powell absent, Gay won in a world leading time of 9.78 seconds ahead of Yohan Blake, who finished second behind Gay in a personal best time of 9.89 seconds. Gay's time was also a stadium and meeting record, and his victory made him the top ranked 100 metres sprinter for the season.


2010 London Grand Prix
Other notable records in the men's events included a meeting record by Gerd Kanter in the discus throw with a mark of 67.82 metres, and an equalling of the 110 metres hurdles meeting record of 13.06 seconds by David Oliver, originally set by Colin Jackson in 1992.


2010 London Grand Prix
In the women's events, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won in a world leading time and meeting record of 12.52 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles, making up a metre deficit from the 50 metres mark to pass Sally Pearson who finished second in a time of 12.61 seconds. Milcah Chemos narrowly held off Yuliya Zarudneva in the 3000 metres steeplechase, winning in 9:22.49 to Zarudneva's 9:22.60, both under the previous meeting record. Allyson Felix doubled in the 200 metres and 400 metres sprints, winning the former by half of a second (22.37 seconds to Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie's 22.88 seconds), and narrowly winning the latter in 50.79 seconds ahead of Tatyana Firova who placed second in 50.84 seconds.


2010 London Grand Prix, Diamond League results
Top three placers in each scoring event earned four points, two points, and one point for first place, second place, and third place respectively. The athlete with the most points in a Diamond League event (e.g. women's 100 metres) at the end of the season wins the Diamond Trophy for their event.


2010 London Labour Party mayoral selection
The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2010 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2012 mayoral election. Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London, was selected to stand.


2010 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Selection process
The Labour Party candidate for Mayor was elected by an electoral college composed half-and-half of the votes of Labour members in London and the votes of affiliated organisations. The ballot papers were issued around early September 2010, and the winner was announced on 24 September.


2010 London Marathon
The 2010 London Marathon was the 30th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 25 April. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede in a time of 2:05:19 hours and the elite women's race was won by Aselefech Mergia, also of Ethiopia, in 2:22:38.


2010 London Marathon
In the wheelchair races, Canada's Josh Cassidy (1:35:21) and Japan's Wakako Tsuchida (1:52:33) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.


2010 London Marathon
Around 163,000 people applied to enter the race: 51,378 had their applications accepted and 36,956 started the race. A total of 36,553 runners, 24,423 men and 12,130 women, finished the race.


2010 London Marathon
In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Jack Gray (14:29), Jessica Judd (16:39), Daniel Lucker (12:36) and Hannah Cockroft (15:48).


2010 London Marathon, Summary
The men's event was won by Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia with a time of 2:05:19 and the women's event by Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia with a time of 2:22:38, a position moved up after numerous disqualifications for doping. Kebede became the first non-Kenyan to win the men's event in seven years. The men's wheelchair event was won by Josh Cassidy of Canada with a time of 1:35:21 while Wakako Tsuchida of Japan won the women's wheelchair event.


2010 London Marathon, Summary
The event saw 74 world record attempts, including one involving 34 runners bound together by bungee cord to form a "human caterpillar", among whom was Princess Beatrice of York, the fifth in line to the British throne, who became the first royal family member to participate in the marathon. Of the attempts, 41 were successful. The marathon was sponsored by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, having signed a five-year contract, taking over from previous sponsors, Flora. Branson also ran the marathon for his first time.


2010 London Marathon, Summary
Prior to the marathon, there had been concerns that the air-travel disruption caused by the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull could disrupt the event, though many athletes from outside of the United Kingdom were brought in by an aircraft specially chartered from Spain.


2010 London Marathon, Summary
Both of the 2009 winners, Samuel Wanjiru and Irina Mikitenko, were present to defend their titles. However, neither athlete managed to finish the race as they both stopped around the mid-way point.


2010 London Sevens
The London Sevens (also known as England Sevens) was a rugby union sevens tournament, the seventh of eight Cup tournaments in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. The 2010 competition was held at Twickenham Stadium between 22 May and 23 May. Australia won the tournament with a 19–14 victory over South Africa in the final. South Africa had beaten Samoa in the semifinals, ending a three-tournament winning streak for the Samoans. New Zealand captured the Plate, Canada won the Bowl, and Kenya won the Shield.


2010 London Sevens, Format
The tournament, as in all 16-team IRB Sevens events, 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 competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing 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 competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.


2010 London local elections
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 2010. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.


2010 London local elections
Despite losing 6 Parliamentary seats in London in the General Election conducted on the same day, London Labour's share of the vote, council seats and control of Councils rose substantially. 10 councils swung to Labour control, and the party gained 190 council seats. Support for the London Conservatives in the capital declined by 3%, with the party losing 3 councils and 68 councillors. The London Liberal Democrats increased their vote share slightly but lost 70 councillors, as well as losing control of Richmond upon Thames council to the Conservatives.


2010 London local elections
The success of minor parties in the 2006 elections was not repeated, and the smaller parties were almost wiped out. The British National Party, Christian Peoples Alliance and Socialist Party lost all of their seats, while the London Green Party lost 10 of their 12 seats and Respect lost 14 out of 15. In total, 21 candidates from minor parties were elected, 43 fewer than in 2006.


2010 London local elections
All London borough council seats were up for election. Mayoral contests were also held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham. The previous Borough elections in London were in 2006.


2010 London local elections, Mayoral results
In three London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.


2010 Long Beach, California mayoral election
The 2010 Long Beach, California mayoral election was held on April 13, 2010 to elect the mayor of Long Beach, California. It saw the reelection of Bob Foster.


2010 Long Teng Cup
The 2010 Long Teng Cup (Chinese: 龍騰盃國際足球賽) was an international football competition held in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei from 8 October 2010 to 12 October 2010.


2010 Long Teng Cup
The edition featured three senior national teams and Hong Kong national under-23 football team which was preparing for the 2010 Asian Games.


2010 Lory Meagher Cup
The 2010 Lory Meagher Cup was the 2nd annual fourth-tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The teams competing were Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Longford, South Down, and Warwickshire. The 2009 champions, Tyrone were promoted to the 2010 Nicky Rackard Cup, and did not have the opportunity to defend their title. Due to a disagreement over promotion and relegation from the All-Ireland series, no team was relegated from the 2009 Nicky Rackard Cup for the 2010 season.


2010 Lory Meagher Cup, Structure
The tournament had a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim' 2010 season is the franchise's 50th season and 45th in Anaheim. The Angels began this season as the three-time defending American League West division champions. During the 2010 season, the Angels hosted MLB All-Star Game at Angel Stadium for the third time in franchise history.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had to address four vital free agencies going into the offseason, with right fielder Bobby Abreu, ace John Lackey, leadoff third baseman Chone Figgins and aging slugger Vladimir Guerrero all entering free agency. The offseason challenge for the Angels was one of the toughest in baseball with ESPN saying one of the top ten offseason questions was "Will the Angels be able to keep their team together?"


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
Going into the postseason Angels trimmed roughly $51 million off their payroll with many of the teams highly paid stars becoming free agents: Vladimir Guerrero, Kelvim Escobar, John Lackey, Bobby Abreu, Chone Figgins, Darren Oliver and Robb Quinlan. However, the Angels also had eight player going into salary arbitration: pitchers Jered Weaver and Joe Saunders, catchers Mike Napoli and Jeff Mathis, infielders Erick Aybar, Maicer Izturis and Howie Kendrick and outfielder Reggie Willits.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
On November 5, 2009, the first day eligible players could file for free agency, the Angels signed Bobby Abreu to a two-year deal, with a club option for 2012. Soon after, general manager Tony Reagins stated the team's focus was on re-signing Lackey and Figgins. A few days later, owner Arte Moreno added he wanted to retain both Lackey and Figgins, but with limited payroll options, would have to choose just one of the two stars. "If you look at what they're asking, you can't bring both of them back", Moreno said. Negotiations with Guerrero also stalled, as Moreno added, "We've talked to his agent just recently. We talked to his agent two years ago. We could never get close enough. It's very emotional for us."


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
After signing Abreu, Los Angeles Times reporter Mike DiGiovanna estimated that GM Tony Reagins had roughly $12 million to spend to keep payroll at the same level as the previous year. With about $12 million to work with, Reagins said. "We do have money available to be active in free agency, and there are some areas we can work with that will give us more flexibility. We feel we can take on some payroll, but we're going to have to be creative."


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
The Angels offered arbitration to both Lackey and Figgins on December 2, but not to 39-year-old Darren Oliver, who had just come off a surprisingly good season, enough to earn him Elias Sports Bureau ranking as a Type A Free Agent. This move assured the Angels of receiving first-round draft picks should Lackey or Figgins decided to sign elsewhere.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
On December 8, Figgins finalized a deal with division rival the Seattle Mariners. Sports Illustrated's Cliff Corcoran said the Mariners "might have actually done the Angels a favor" by providing an opening for prospect Brandon Wood to assume third base and free up money to re-sign ace starter John Lackey. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Angels' "reluctance to add a fourth year to their offer was a huge factor in the infielder's decision to sign with Seattle." Because of Figgins' status as a Type A Free Agent, the Angels received a compensatory draft pick from the Mariners.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
The Angels appeared to shift their primary focus on re-signing Lackey or trade for starting pitcher, with many rumors swirling around Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay. While the Angels were considered a front-runner to sign power hitting left fielder Jason Bay, manager Mike Scoscia told the media he would prefer to make a long-term investment in pitching instead of his offense. "I don't think you can ever have too much pitching", Scioscia said. "So if you are going to make a financial commitment, certainly the pitching end of it is something you're going to consider."


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
While Lackey's free agency lingered, the Angels were rumored to have offered Toronto left-handed starter Joe Saunders, shortstop Erick Aybar and outfield prospect Peter Bourjos in exchange for Toronto ace Roy Halladay. However, when Angels GM Tony Reagins was asked about the rumored trade, he had 'no reaction', adding, "It's not worth commenting on. A lot of things get thrown around and aren't accurate." Yet, a few days later on December 14, 2009, sources indicated that Halladay would sign with the Philadelphia Phillies in a trade sending Cliff Lee to the Mariners, and that Lackey would sign with the Boston Red Sox.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
Later, Moreno told the Los Angeles Times that the decision not to bid higher for Figgins and Lackey wasn't based on money 'but on age and contract length, concerns about their long-term health and the availability of cheaper but attractive alternatives.'


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
On the same day however, sources indicated that the Angels had signed Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui to a $6.5 million one-year contract. Matsui would likely only hit as Designated Hitter because of his weak knees, filling the role for the former slugger Vladimir Guerrero, who both manager Scoscia and GM Reagins confirmed wouldn't come back after the signing of Matsui.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, 2009–2010 Offseason
The Angels bullpen also saw turnover. On December 12, the Angels announced they would not offer reliever José Arredondo a contract after learning he would undergo elbow reconstruction and be unavailable in the 2010 season. Soon after, on December 22, veteran reliever Darren Oliver signed with division rival Texas Rangers. The Angels signed closer Fernando Rodney as a possible setup man or as an alternative closer for the Brian Fuentes.


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, All Star Game
The 2010 MLB All Star game will be hosted by the Angels in 2010, for the third time in franchise history. The Angels and the city of Anaheim previously hosted the All Star game in 1967 and 1989, both in different stadium configurations (the 2010 All Star game will feature a different stadium configuration than the previous two as well).


2010 Los Angeles Angels season, All Star Game
The game will be an exhibition between the All Stars of the American League managed by Joe Girardi of the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees and the National League managed by Charlie Manuel of the 2009 National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. The winner of the 2010 All Star Game will determine which league receives home-field advantage for the 2010 World Series.


2010 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election
The 2010 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections were held on June 8, 2010, coinciding with the California gubernatorial election, 2010. Two of the five seats (for the First and Third Districts) of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were contested in this election. None of the incumbents were termed out.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season saw the team failing to defend their back-to-back National League West titles as they played their 53rd season in Southern California, since moving from Brooklyn after the 1957 season. As of 2020, this was the last time Dodgers had an under .500 win percentage for a season.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, McCourt divorce proceedings
Prior to the start of Game 1 of the 2009 National League Championship Series, the Dodgers announced that the team's owner and chairman Frank McCourt and his wife Jamie had separated. Immediately after the team was eliminated from the postseason with a loss in Game 5, Frank McCourt fired Jamie from her position as CEO of the Dodgers. In the termination letter, McCourt claimed his wife was guilty of "insubordination and inappropriate behavior". He also claimed that he was the "sole owner" of the Dodgers and that Jamie had no claim on the club.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, McCourt divorce proceedings
On October 27, Jamie McCourt filed divorce papers with the Los Angeles courts; her filings asked to be reinstated with the Dodgers and that the judge declare "null and void" a marital agreement from 2004 that Frank claims gives him full ownership of the team. The Dodgers responded by filing their own document with the courts on October 28 stating that Jamie had an affair with an employee and that returning her to the team would be an improper interference in team matters. On November 5, the Superior Court ruled that Jamie should not be reinstated as chief executive of the Dodgers.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, McCourt divorce proceedings
The trial itself did not begin until the end of August, and was not resolved during the season.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Front office and coaching staff
On October 20, 2009, the Dodgers announced a long-term contract extension with General Manager Ned Colletti. On December 7, the Dodgers announced that team President Dennis Mannion would oversee all baseball operations. On November 9, the Dodgers announced that the entire coaching staff would be retained for the 2010 season.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Departing free agents
The Dodgers off-season officially got underway on October 16, when the club declined the 2010 option on left-handed reliever Will Ohman, making him a free agent. On November 5, the Dodgers declined the $10 million option on starting pitcher Jon Garland, making him a free agent (the option buyout was paid by the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of the trade deal that brought Garland to the Dodgers). Later on November 5, several Dodgers filed for free agency: starting pitchers Randy Wolf and Eric Milton and infielders Orlando Hudson, Ronnie Belliard and Doug Mientkiewicz.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Departing free agents
The exodus continued on November 6, when five more Dodgers filed for free agency: catcher Brad Ausmus, pinch hitter Jim Thome and pitchers Vicente Padilla, Guillermo Mota and Jeff Weaver. Infielders Mark Loretta and Juan Castro filed for free agency on November 9 and pitcher Jason Schmidt on November 11. The Dodgers chose not to offer arbitration to any of their departing free agents.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Rule 5 draft
On December 10, 2009, the  Rule 5 draft was held. Dodgers outfielder Jamie Hoffmann was selected by the Washington Nationals with the first pick and promptly traded to the New York Yankees. The Dodgers then acquired minor league pitchers Carlos Monasterios and Armando Zerpa. Zerpa was eventually returned to the Boston Red Sox on March 15. On March 22, the Yankees returned Hoffmann to the Dodgers, who promptly assigned him to Triple-A Albuquerque.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Trade activity
On December 15, the Dodgers traded reserve outfielder Juan Pierre to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league pitchers Jon Link and John Ely.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Free agent signings
On December 17, the Dodgers announced that they had signed free agent infielder Jamey Carroll to a two-year deal. On January 21, the Dodgers re-signed starting pitcher Vicente Padilla to a one-year contract. On January 26, they re-signed Ronnie Belliard and Brad Ausmus to  one-year contracts. On February 1, they signed outfielder Reed Johnson to a one-year contract.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
The Dodgers opened their 2010 training camp at Camelback Ranch on February 20, when pitchers and catchers reported to camp. The rest of the position players arrived on February 25 and the exhibition season began on March 5 with an 8–3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. With most of the roster spots set heading into the spring the main competition was expected to be the battle for the Dodgers fifth starter spot among a cast that included Eric Stults, Charlie Haeger, James McDonald, Scott Elbert, Russ Ortiz, Ramón Ortiz and Carlos Monasterios. The Dodgers also needed to pick a starting second baseman from the trio of Blake DeWitt, Ronnie Belliard and Jamey Carroll. Early in the spring, the Dodgers signed veteran outfielder Garret Anderson to a minor league contract and brought him in to compete for a bench role.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
The Dodgers suffered their first injury of 2010 when catcher Russell Martin pulled a groin muscle while stealing a base in the first spring training game. The diagnosis was that he would miss 4–6 weeks, which would cause him to miss the rest of spring training and the start of the season. The Dodgers announced that rookie A. J. Ellis would get the bulk of the playing time in Martin's absence. However, Martin returned from his injury earlier than expected and was back in action before the spring training games ended. Relief pitcher Cory Wade also suffered a recurring of a shoulder injury and underwent arthroscopic surgery on March 17.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
The Dodgers, led by manager Joe Torre,  took a squad of players to Taiwan for a series of three exhibition games against an all-star team from the Chinese Professional Baseball League during the spring. The squad included Manny Ramirez and Taiwanese players Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-lung Hu. Hitting coach Don Mattingly managed the Dodgers split-squad team in Cactus League games while Torre was overseas.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
Setup reliever Ronald Belisario did not show up for spring training as scheduled because of visa problems in his native Venezuela. His visa status was complicated by a driving under the influence charge filed against him in Pasadena. Belisario eventually arrived in camp on March 26 and the Dodgers placed him on the restricted list, meaning he would not be on the opening day roster.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
On March 25, the Dodgers announced that Vicente Padilla would be the opening day starter. On March 30, the Dodgers sold starting pitcher Eric Stults to the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Japanese League. On March 31, they released outfielder Jason Repko. On April 1, the Dodgers announced the knuckleball pitcher Charlie Haeger had locked up the fifth starter position and that Blake DeWitt would be the starting second baseman.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
The Dodgers concluded their Cactus League schedule with a record of 11–13–2.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers opened the regular season on April 5 in Pittsburgh, as opening day starter Vicente Padilla was roughed up in an 11–5 loss to the Pirates. After dropping the second game of the season on a walk-off hit by Ronny Cedeño in the 10th inning, the Dodgers rebounded and avoided being swept by posting a 10–2 rout in the series finale. Ronnie Belliard came up big with a home run, double and triple to back a solid start by Chad Billingsley.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers traveled to Florida to take on the Marlins in their next series and Hiroki Kuroda started things off by allowing only one unearned run and striking out seven in eight innings as the Dodgers won the series opener 7–3. The Dodgers blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning in the next game, as George Sherrill failed in a save opportunity and they lost 7–6. In that game, Manny Ramirez recorded his 2,500th career hit with a fifth-inning infield single. The team concluded its opening road trip on April 11, Charlie Haeger struck out 12 batters in six innings but the bullpen again faltered and the Dodgers fell 6–5 to the Marlins.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers returned to Dodger Stadium for their home opener on April 13. Ramirez, Casey Blake, Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp all hit home runs as Clayton Kershaw picked up his first victory since July 18, 2009 in the Dodgers 9–5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The next day, the Dodgers overcame a shaky start by Billingsley and rallied from two down in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings, only to fall to the Diamondbacks in the 11th.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
In the final game of the series, a throwing error by Stephen Drew helped the Dodgers tie the game in the bottom of the ninth and then they won in the 10th on a walk off hit by Ethier. The Dodgers opened a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants on April 16. Matt Kemp hit his fourth home run in four days and Andre Ethier hit two home runs (including his first career grand slam) as the Dodgers won 10–8.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
In the second game of the series, Charlie Haeger had control problems from the start and Giants ace Tim Lincecum shut down the Dodgers, as the Giants won 9–0. The Dodgers concluded the home stand on April 18. Kershaw engaged in a scoreless duel with Giants pitcher Barry Zito until the seventh when he gave up a home run to Juan Uribe. Manny Ramirez then hit a two-run pinch hit home run off relief pitcher Sergio Romo in the bottom of the 8th to give the Dodgers the 2–1 win. The Homer was the 548th of Ramirez career, tying Mike Schmidt for 14th place on the all-time list.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers traveled to Cincinnati to begin their second road trip of the season. Chad Billingsley only lasted three innings in the series opener against the Reds, as the Dodgers fell behind 9–2 early on. A three-run home run by Matt Kemp keyed a comeback that tied the game at 9, but Ramón Troncoso allowed two runs in the bottom of the eighth and the Dodgers lost 11–9. In the second game against the Reds, the Dodgers won 14–6, led by home runs by Kemp and Ethier and a two-run double by Rafael Furcal.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
Manny Ramirez delivered his 1,800th career RBI with a single in the fifth inning, the 19th player in MLB history to reach that mark. In the series finale, the Dodgers got nine hits and belted two homers (including a pinch-hit two run shot by Garret Anderson) but two costly errors and two blown leads by the bullpen late in the game were too much to overcome, as they lost 8–5 to the Reds. In the series opener against the Washington Nationals, Adam Dunn hit two home runs off Haeger and the Dodgers lost 5–1.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
On April 24,Carlos Monasterios notched his first career victory and Casey Blake hit two home runs in the Dodgers 4–3 win in 13 innings. Chad Billingsley rebounded to turn in his first quality start of the season on April 25, allowing just one earned run in six innings, but the Dodger offense was shut down by Nationals pitching and the team lost 1–0. The Dodgers next traveled to New York to take on the Mets. The scheduled first game of the series was rained out, forcing the Dodgers and Mets to play a doubleheader on April 27.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
In the first game, Johan Santana and two relievers shut out the Dodgers 4–0, the Dodgers second consecutive shut out defeat. The Dodgers also lost Game 2, by a score of 10–5 as Haeger and the bullpen were beaten up. In the series finale, the Dodgers lost 7–3 as AAA pitcher John Ely made his Major League debut. The sweep finished off a disappointing 2–7 road trip for the Dodgers.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers returned home on April 29 to play the Pirates in a four-game series. In the opener, two runs scored for the Pirates in the first inning after Matt Kemp misplayed a ball in center field and that was the extent of the scoring. The Dodgers were shut out 2–0 and their losing streak extended to five games. The Dodgers finally snapped their losing streak on April 30, as Ethier hit a two-run homer and James Loney a three-run blast to back a solid start by Chad Billingsley as the Dodgers won 6–2.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers began the month of May with a 5–1 victory over the Pirates. Andre Ethier hit a three-run home run, rookie Carlos Monasterios started his first game in the Majors and Ramón Ortiz picked up his first win since 2007. The Dodgers concluded their series with the Pirates with a 9–3 victory. Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight solid innings and Ethier hit two home runs in the game. The Milwaukee Brewers came to town for a three-game series starting on May 4.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
In the opener, Clayton Kershaw was pounded for seven runs in the second inning and the Dodgers lost 11–6. The Dodgers again were blown out the following day 11–3 as the Brewers scored four runs in the first off Billingsley and the bullpen gave up seven runs in the eighth. Rookie John Ely allowed only one run in 62⁄3 innings in the series finale and Andre Ethier hit a walk-off grand slam as the Dodgers avoided the sweep with a 7–3 victory. The Dodgers welcomed the Colorado Rockies to town for a three-game weekend series.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
In the opener, Jeff Weaver picked up his 100th career win in relief and Matt Kemp drove in the winning run with a triple in the sixth inning as the Dodgers won 6–5. On May 8, Charlie Haeger allowed five runs in the top of the first without recording an out and was quickly removed from the game. The Dodgers were blown out 8–0. Kershaw out dueled  Rockies ace Ubaldo Jiménez in the series finale, striking out nine in the Dodgers 2–0 victory.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers traveled to Phoenix, Arizona for a three-game series against the Diamondbacks on May 10. In the opener, Chad Billingsley and three relief pitchers allowed just four hits in a 7–3 victory. The following day, John Ely picked up his first career win and the Dodgers scored seven runs in the eighth inning to pull away in a 13–3 win. Hiroki Kuroda struck out nine in 71⁄3 innings as the Dodgers completed the sweep of the Diamondbacks with a 6–3 victory. The Dodgers next went to San Diego to begin a series against the division leading Padres.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
With Haeger and Padilla injured, Ramón Ortiz made his first Major League start since May 26, 2007. The Dodgers won the game 4–3 thanks to a two-run home run by Matt Kemp in the seventh inning to extend the team's winning streak to five games. Ethier injured the little finger on his right hand and was scratched from the lineup on May 15, but the Dodgers extended their winning streak as Clayton Kershaw threw a three-hitter over seven innings and James Loney hit a home run in the 4–1 win. The Dodgers completed the sweep of the Padres as Chad Billingsley out dueled Wade LeBlanc 1–0 in the series finale.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers continued their winning streak when they returned home for a brief series with the Houston Astros. John Ely again pitched well in his fourth career start, allowing one run on five hits and striking out eight in seven innings as the Dodgers won 6–2. On May 18, the Dodgers placed Ethier on the 15-day disabled list, but continued their winning streak by beating the Astros 7–3 to pull to within one game of the division leading Padres. The streak was stopped at nine as the visiting Padres pounded the Dodgers 10–5 on May 19.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Ortiz and Troncoso combined to allow five runs in the fourth inning. The Dodgers returned to the winning ways the following day with a 4–1 victory. Kershaw pitched 71⁄3 innings, allowing the one run, in his third straight terrific start. The Dodgers opened interleague play by welcoming the Detroit Tigers to Dodger Stadium on May 21. Billingsley turned in another solid start, allowing one run in seven innings and Dontrelle Willis was wild in the fourth inning as the Dodgers won 4–1 to move into a tie for first place in the NL West.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
John Ely won his third start of the season the following day, as Kemp and Blake both hit home runs and Jonathan Broxton picked up his tenth save of the season in the 6–4 victory. The Tigers avoided the sweep by beating the Dodgers 6–2 in the series finale, thanks to a two-run first inning homer by Miguel Cabrera.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers went on the road to play the Chicago Cubs next. Rafael Furcal was activated from the disabled list before the game and committed two errors that led to two unearned runs. Clayton Kershaw again pitched well, but Ryan Dempster shut down the Dodgers offense and the road trip started with a 3–0 loss. In the second game of the series,  James Loney had three hits and Chad Billingsley won his fourth consecutive decision as the Dodgers topped the Cubs 8–5.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
In the series closer, Ely took a shutout into the eighth inning only to lose 1–0 as Xavier Paul misplayed two consecutive hits in right field. The next stop for the Dodgers was Denver, Colorado, where they rallied from four runs down to beat the Rockies 5–4. Matt Kemp hit his tenth home run of the season, and Manny Ramirez hit his third. The home run by Ramirez was the 549th of his career, breaking the tie with Mike Schmidt for 14th place on the all-time home run list.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
He also moved into a tie with Frank Robinson for 18th on the all-time RBI list with his 1,812th. Hiroki Kuroda suffered his worst start of the season on May 29 as he gave up seven runs in four innings in the Dodgers 11–3 loss to the Rockies. Clayton Kershaw and four relief pitchers held the Rockies down the following game as the Dodgers won the series with a 4–3 win in the finale.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers concluded the month of May with a home game against the Diamondbacks. Ethier finally returned to the lineup after missing a couple of weeks with his pinkie injury and the Dodgers won the game on a  walk-off balk 5–4.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
June began with a pitchers' duel between John Ely and Dan Haren. The game was scoreless through nine innings and the Dodgers finally won the game 1–0 on a walk-off home run by Matt Kemp in the bottom of the 10th. The following day, the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks 1–0 in 14 innings. Travis Schlichting pitched four scoreless innings of relief for his first Major League victory. Garret Anderson's walk-off single capped the Dodgers third straight victory in their last at-bat. The Dodgers brief winning streak ended when they fell 4–3 to the Atlanta Braves the following day.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
James Loney's tie-breaking RBI single off Braves reliever Eric O'Flaherty helped the Dodgers win the second game of the series, 5–4, and end the Braves nine-game winning streak. In the third game the Braves scored seven runs in the seventh inning to rout the Dodgers 9–3. The series ended with a split when the Dodgers won the finale on a walk-off single by A. J. Ellis in the 11th inning for a 5–4 victory.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
Blake DeWitt's career high five RBIs powered the Dodgers to a lopsided 12–4 victory in the opener of  a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 7. Manny Ramirez's RBI doublein the bottom of the eighth in the second game provided the only offense of the night in a 1–0 victory that pulled the Dodgers into sole possession of first place for the first time all season.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
The Dodgers completed their first home sweep of the Cards in 22 years when Clayton Kershaw struck out 10 in seven innings and Ramirez homered to lead the Dodgers to a 4–3 victory in the series finale. Chad Billingsley allowed a career high seven runs in 52⁄3 innings in the first game of a weekend series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, as the Dodgers lost 10–1. In the second game the Dodgers loaded the bases with one out in the seventh inning but failed to score as they dropped their second straight to the Angels, 4–2. The Angels won the finale 6–5 for their first sweep of the Dodgers since interleague play began.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
The Dodgers opened their next road trip with a 12–0 rout of the Reds in Cincinnati. Rafael Furcal had five hits in the game, which included a rain delay of two hours and 24 minutes in the top of the fifth inning. In the following game, Clayton Kershaw pitched 71⁄3 solid innings and Andre Ethier hit his first home run since coming off the disabled list as the Dodgers won 6–2. In the series finale, the Reds avoided the sweep as pitcher Bronson Arroyo clocked a three-run home run off Dodger starter John Ely in the Reds 7–1 victory.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
The Dodgers next traveled to Fenway Park to open an interleague series against the Boston Red Sox. The series was a bit of a curiosity because it marked the first return to Fenway by Manny Ramirez since his trade from the Red Sox two seasons before. Three of the Red Sox hit home runs off rookie Carlos Monasterios and the Dodgers fell 10–6 in the opener.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
Vicente Padilla  returned to the starting rotation in the second game, his first start since being placed on the DL in late April, but the Dodgers lost 5–4 on a walk-off single by Dustin Pedroia. Hiroki Kuroda pitched well in the finale, but Boston starter Clay Buchholz shut down the Dodgers 2–0 for the series sweep. The Dodgers losing streak reached five when they dropped the opener of their next series 6–3 at Anaheim.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
Bobby Abreu tied the game with a three-run homer off Kershaw in the sixth and Kevin Frandsen put it away with a two-run double in the seventh. The next day, a couple of base running blunders by Kemp and Russell Martin cost the Dodgers a chance to tie the game in the ninth and they dropped their sixth straight, losing to the Angels 2–1. The poor road trip finally reached an end with a 10–6 victory over the Angels, snapping the losing streak. A five-run fifth against Angels starter Scott Kazmir did most of the damage in a game in which every position player, other than Kemp, had at least one RBI.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
The Dodgers returned home on June 25 to conclude interleague play with a series against the New York Yankees. This was the first time manager Joe Torre faced his former team from the opposing dugout. The Dodgers dropped the opener 2–1 as Alex Rodriguez hit a home run and a double and scored both runs. The Dodgers took the middle game of the series 9–4 thanks to four RBIs from James Loney. In the series finale, the Dodgers built a 6–2 lead thanks to another impressive start by Clayton Kershaw but closer Jonathan Broxton lost the lead in the ninth and Robinson Canó hit a two-run blast in the tenth to give the Yankees an 8–6 comeback victory.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
The Dodgers traveled to AT&T Park for a divisional contest against the Giants. In the series opener, Casey Blake hit a two-run homer and the Dodgers turned five double plays in a 4–2 victory. In the second game, John Ely out-pitched Matt Cain and James Loney drove in three runs in the Dodgers second straight 4–2 victory. The Dodgers finished off the sweep with an 8–2 victory in the finale as Vicente Padilla allowed just one run in seven innings to earn his 100th career victory.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers began the month of July in Arizona for a series against the Diamondbacks. The series opener was the first game as Diamondbacks manager for former Dodger Kirk Gibson, who replaced the fired A. J. Hinch for the July 2 game. The Dodgers lost 12–5 as Hiroki Kuroda had his worst outing of the season, lasting less than two innings. The Dodgers rebounded with a 14–1 victory in the next game. Clayton Kershaw was effective, Kemp, Ethier and Furcal homered and the Diamondbacks committed a franchise-record six errors in the game. Kemp homered for the third game in four starts in the series finale as the Dodgers won 3–1.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers returned home to play the Florida Marlins. In the opener, John Ely was unable to make it out of the third inning and the Dodgers lost 6–5, despite a two-run homer by Furcal. In the following game, Vicente Padilla was sharp, striking out nine in 62⁄3 innings as Kemp, Blake and Ethier all hit home runs in the Dodgers' 7–3 win. The Dodgers dropped the finale 4–0 as they were unable to get anything going against the Marlins ace Josh Johnson.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
On July 8, the Dodgers picked up a 3–2 win over the Cubs as Clayton Kershaw pitched a strong eight innings, notching 12 strikeouts. Chad Billingsley pitched well on July 9 against the Cubs, though a shaky bullpen effort almost let the game get away. The Dodgers won 9–7. Ely again pitched poorly in the third game of the series, allowing six runs in 21⁄3 innings as the Dodgers lost 7–3. Ely was optioned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes after the game. In the series finale, Vicente Padilla tossed eight shutout innings in the Dodgers' 7–0 victory. The Dodgers headed into the All-Star break in second place in the National League West.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
Following the All-Star break, the Dodgers opened up a four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Clayton Kershaw struggled in the opener and the Cards won 7–1. The following night, Chad Billingsley also had a poor start and the both Ramirez and Martin had to leave due to injuries as the Dodgers lost 8–4. A shorthanded roster the following day led to a 2–0 shutout at the hands of Adam Wainwright and the Cards. The Cards completed the four-game series sweep as Matt Holliday's RBI single off Broxton gave them a 5–4 walk-off win.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
James McDonald made his first start of the season in the opener of the Dodgers three-game home stand with the Giants. McDonald struggled in the game, allowing nine hits and four runs in five innings as the Dodgers lost 5–2. In the second game of the series, Clayton Kershaw pitched well into the seventh inning before he and the manager were ejected after he hit a batter to start the seventh. The game took an odd turn when the Giants, down by one run, loaded the bases against closer Jonathan Broxton in the ninth.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
Acting manager Don Mattingly inadvertently made an illegal second trip to the mound and Broxton had to be removed. George Sherrill gave up what would be the winning run as the Dodgers lost their sixth straight, 7–5. In the aftermath of the game, Kershaw was suspended for five games and manager Joe Torre and bench coach Bob Schaefer were each suspended for one game. Under acting manager Mattingly, the Dodgers finally ended their losing streak on July 21. Chad Billingsley pitched a complete game, five hit, shutout in the Dodgers 2–0 victory.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The New York Mets visited Dodger Stadium for a four-game series next. In the opener, Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight scoreless innings as the Dodgers picked up their second straight 2–0 victory. Matt Kemp drove in both runs with a homer and a double. In the following game, Padilla pitched seven solid innings but the bullpen struggled, allowing four runs in the eighth inning in the Dodgers 6–1 loss. James Loney hit his first career walk-off home run in the 13th inning to give the Dodgers a 3–2 victory in the third game of the series.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
In the series finale, Russell Martin's RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning as the only score of the game as the Dodgers won 1–0. Clayton Kershaw pitched eight scoreless innings and rookie Kenley Jansen, who made his Major League debut just the night before, picked up his first career save.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers next traveled to San Diego for a series with the division-leading Padres. In the opener, Andre Ethier's two-run pinch-hit single gave the Dodgers a 2–0 victory. The Dodgers offense continued to sputter the next day as they fell 6–1 to the Padres. In an effort to bolster the sagging offensive production, the Dodgers on July 28 acquired outfielder Scott Podsednik from the Kansas City Royals for two minor leaguers.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
However, the new addition went 0 for 3 in his debut and the Padres won a pitching duel 3–2 on a walk-off hit by Scott Hairston in the bottom of the ninth. The loss dropped the Dodgers seven games behind the Padres in the NL West. The Dodgers traveled to San Francisco for a series against the Giants. Despite a three-run rally in the ninth inning, the Dodgers lost the opener 6–5. In the second game, Chad Billingsley was again superb, pitching 62⁄3 scoreless innings, extending his scoreless innings streak to 21. However, the Dodger offense was again anemic and Jonathan Broxton suffered his fourth blown save of the season, allowing a two-run homer to Pat Burrell as the Dodgers lost 2–1.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers were active in trades at the July 31 deadline. To reinforce the starting rotation, the Dodgers on July 31 acquired starter Ted Lilly from the Chicago Cubs, along with infielder Ryan Theriot, in exchange for Blake DeWitt and two minor-league pitchers (Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit). The Dodgers also added to the bullpen by acquiring closer Octavio Dotel from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for James McDonald and minor league outfielder Andrew Lambo.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
The month of August began much the same way July ended. The Dodgers dropped their fifth straight game, being swept by the Giants 2–0 despite a solid pitching performance from Clayton Kershaw, who returned from suspension to allow two runs in seven innings. Manager Joe Torre commented on the team's hitting woes by saying "Right now two runs, unfortunately, is really a very tall mountain for us to climb."


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
The team limped home on August 2 to open a four-game home stand against the Padres. In the opener, Hiroki Kuroda struggled as the Dodgers losing streak hit six with a 10–5 loss. Matt Kemp had four hits in four at-bats in the game. The Dodgers finally snapped the losing streak the next night as Ted Lilly made an impressive Dodgers debut. Lilly retired 20 straight after allowing a 1st-inning home run to Miguel Tejada.


2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
A two-run double by Russell Martin in the 2nd inning was all the offense the Dodgers could muster but it was enough to pick up a 2–1 victory. The victory did not come without a cost however, as Martin suffered a season-ending injury when he tore the labrum in his right knee during a collision at home plate. With backup catcher Brad Ausmus in the lineup, the Dodgers picked up a 9–0 victory on August 4. Vicente Padilla took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and pitched a complete game, two-hit shutout.