2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Round 1
Taylor used Peter Manley's misses at the double rings to win 6–2, while 2009 finalist Robert Thornton lost 6–3 to Kevin Painter after being 5–0 down but stopped a whitewash by winning three successive legs on checkouts of 121 and 77. Lewis overturned a 3–1 deficit to defeat Brendan Dolan 6–5 with a 100.49 three-dart average.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Round 1
Wayne Jones beat the unwell Andy Smith 6–2 on checkouts of 68 and 74. Wes Newton used Peter Wright's errors to win 6–2 and attain a three-dart average of 97.59. Osborne led 3–1 and finished on the double 4 and 16 rings to beat Co Stompé 6–3 and requite his loss to the latter in the first round of the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic. Walsh led Steve Hine 3–0 before the latter took four of the next six legs to go 5–4 ahead. Walsh twice threw on an 84 checkout to win 6–4.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Round 1
Both Jelle Klaasen and Gary Anderson shared the first two legs of their match before Klaasen took five consecutive legs to win 6–1. Anderson said he practised well but did not perform during the game. Mervyn King beat James Wade 6–5. Trailing 5–2, checkouts of 130 and 96 allowed King to force a final leg decider, which he won on a 106 checkout after two errors from Wade. After coming from 4–1 down, Ronnie Baxter defeated Mark Dudbridge 6–5 in a final leg decider forced by Dudbridge and won by Baxter on a double 8 ring finish. Baxter failed to complete a nine-dart finish after missing the double 12 ring on his ninth throw. The final first round match saw Michael van Gerwen defeat Jamie Caven 6–2.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Round 2
The second round consisted on best-of-15 legs on 30 January. Beaton became the second world champion to be eliminated from the tournament when he lost 8–5 to Nicholson. The two players twice shared the lead in the first eight legs before Nicholson led by two legs en route to earning the first quarter-final spot on a 70 checkout in leg 13. Lloyd came from 4–2 down to win six successive legs on checkouts of 106 and 108 with a three-dart average of 102.36 in an 8–4 victory over Painter.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Round 2
Jones came from 5–2 behind Walsh to secure six legs in a row and win 8–5. The afternoon's final match saw Newton defeat Baxter 8–7 on a final leg decider. He led 5–2 from checkouts of 99, 124 and a 13-dart finish before Baxter's 116 checkout and finish on the double 20 ring saw him win three of the next five legs. Five misses for Newton allowed Baxter to win the next two legs on finishes on the double 6 ring to force a final leg decider won by the former on the double 4 ring.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Round 2
The evening session commenced with Lewis achieving 8–7 victory over Hamilton. Lewis established a 6–3 advantage on checkouts of 120 and 84 as well as finishes of 13 and 15 darts to which Hamilton came back to reduce the deficit to a single leg. Lewis took leg 12 and Hamilton the 13th after the former missed the double 16 ring. Hamilton's finish on the double 8 ring moved the match to a final leg decider, which Lewis won on a 56 checkout.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Round 2
King made finishes on the double 4, 8 and 18 rings and a ninth-leg match-winning checkout of 61 to defeat Klassen 8–1; the one leg Klassen took came on a 96 checkout in leg six. King expressed sympathy for Klassen and called it "an awkward match." Taylor and Jenkins were never separated by more than a single leg in their game, which Taylor won 8–7 on a 14-dart finish. Taylor made a 160 checkout in the ninth leg. In the last second-round game, Osborne achieved a 160 checkout in his 6–2 defeat of Van Gerwen, saying afterwards: "Michael wasn't at his best but I can only worry about my own darts and that's what I did."


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The four best-of-19 leg quarter-finals took place on the afternoon of 31 January. Lewis and Nicholson played the first quarter-final. Nicholson led 3–1 from finishes on the double 20 and 2 rings as well a checkout of 101 in leg two. Both players shared the following nine legs to tie at 7–7 score before Nicholson achieved a 13-dart finish and a double 8 ring finish to win the match 9–7 and qualified for his first televised semi-final. The second quarter-final was between Osborne and Newton.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Osborne, the 2009 Championship League Darts champion, opened up a 6–3 lead from errors made by Newton in the first nine legs. He was unable to complete a nine-dart finish when his seventh throw at the triple 20 ring was unsuccessful, allowing Osborne to claim two more legs on a 70 checkout and a finish on the double 20 ring to put himself a leg away from entry to the semi-finals. Checkouts of 96 and 124 from Newton forced the game to end with a 17th leg, which Osborne clinched on a finish on the double 8 ring for a 9–8 victory following errors by Newton.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The third quarter-final was between Lloyd and Taylor. Lloyd led 5–3 as both players exchanged the lead. Taylor took the lead on a 112 checkout in the 9th leg, a 15-dart finish in the 10th, a finish on the double 8 ring in the 11th and a 76 checkout in the 12th. Lloyd won two more legs on checkouts of 130 and 121 as Taylor sealed a 9–7 victory on a 14-dart finish in leg 15 and a three-dart average of 106.44.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Taylor said Lloyd "seemed to take the darts off me" and commented that Nicholson would be a difficult opponent. King and Jones played the last quarter-final. Finishes on the double 5 and 16 rings and checkouts of 72 and 64 put King 6–1 ahead before Jones achieved an 11-dart finish in the eighth leg for a second leg. King subsequently took the next three legs on a 64 checkout and a finish on the double 16 ring for the last semi-final spot in a 9–2 win. King said post-match he was doubtful in one leg but would accept the result.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Semi-finals and final
Both of the best-of-21 leg semi-finals were held later that evening. The first semi-final was played by King and Osborne. King took four of the first five legs with finishes on the double 2, 8 and 16 rings. Osborne won the next two with finishes in 13 and 14 throws respectively before his errors allowed King to claim the next three legs on a checkout of 101 and the double 20 ring.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Semi-finals and final
Both players shared the following four legs, which saw King be within a leg of victory, until Osborne produced finishes on the double 16 and 8 rings and an 81 checkout. King struck the double 20 ring in the 18th leg to end the match an 10–8 winner and earn a spot in the final. King expressed his surprise to lead at the first interval but was delighted to qualify for the final. Osborne said the beginning of the match was when he became aware of what he was confronted with and conceded "it wasn't good enough at the end of the day."


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Semi-finals and final
Nicholson and Taylor contested the second semi-final. Taylor led 3–1 from checkouts of 61 and 79 as well as a 14-dart finish. Nicholson made checkouts of 121 and 130 in legs five and six to draw level. The two players exchanged the next two legs before Nicholson took a 6–4 lead on a checkout of 76 completed on the double 16 ring in leg eight and a tournament-high checkout of 170 in the ninth. Nicholson moved two legs ahead with a 13-dart finish in the 10th leg, which Taylor nullified by winning legs 11 and 12.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Semi-finals and final
Two misses from Taylor at the double 16 ring allowed Nicholson to obtain a three-leg advantage and go within one leg of taking the second berth in the final. But Taylor used errors from Nicholson to win the next two legs on the double 4 ring and a subsequent 64 checkout to force a final leg decider. Nicholson took the lead on two scores of more than 100 and hit the double five ring to win 10–9. Post-match, Nicholson said his finishing was the key to victory and Taylor felt the latter was a deserved winner due to Nicholson playing better.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Semi-finals and final
The best-of-25 legs final between King and Nicholson commenced at 21:30 local time that same evening. Nicholson took the first leg on a 105 checkout and King the second to level at 1–1. Both of the following two legs were shared, which saw a 96 checkout from Nicholson in leg four, before King took the lead on the double 16 ring at the first interval. Nicholson returned to the lead by securing another two legs until King's finishes on the double 16 and 10 rings regained him the lead.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Semi-finals and final
Nicholson restored the score to a tie with a finish on the double 12 ring, but King clinched four of the next six legs to go 9–7 in front. Checkouts of 76, 90 and 68 won Nicholson back the lead and King took the 20th leg. Nicholson achieved finishes of 14 and 11 throws to be within a leg of victory until King made an 80 checkout to secure an 11th leg. The match was won by Nicholson 13–11 on the double 8 ring.


2010 Players Championship Finals, Tournament summary, Semi-finals and final
Nicholson won his first major PDC tournament, earning £60,000 prize money for doing so; he progressed to 16th in the PDC Order of Merit. Nicholson commented on the effect of his victory: "It's absolutely incredible and means a massive amount to me, I had a lot of my energy sapped from the semi-final against Phil, but I was desperate to win the final." He added his play was receding following a Players Championship event in Barnsley in June 2009 and that advice from King helped him. Although King lost to Nicholson, he moved to fourth in the PDC Order of Merit. He said he was upset to lose because he felt the final was his worst performance of the competition but hoped to win the tournament in the future.


2010 Players' Championship
The 2010 Grey Power Players' Championship was the last Grand Slam event of both the World Curling Tour and Women's World Curling Tour for the 2009-10 season. This was the eighteenth time the event took place, and the fifth time since it was switched to joint men's/women's format. The event was held at the EnCana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, British Columbia April 13-18. It was the first Players' Championship since 2006 to feature international teams, as Canadian Olympic qualifying points were not on the line. The total purse for each event was $100,000.


2010 Players' Championship
Many of the top teams declined participation, due strain of the Olympic season. Only one international team participated, that being Sweden's Niklas Edin. Russia's Liudmila Privivkova was set to play in the women's event, but was unable to secure a travel visa.


2010 Plymouth City Council election
The 2010 Plymouth City Council election was held on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.


2010 Plymouth City Council election
The Conservative Party remained in control of the council with a reduced majority.


2010 Plymouth City Council election, Background
Plymouth City Council held local elections on 6 May 2010 along with councils across the United Kingdom as part of the 2010 local elections. The council elects its councillors in thirds, with nineteen being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.


2010 Plymouth City Council election, Background
Councillors defending their seats were previously elected in 2006. In that election, twelve Conservative candidates and seven Labour candidates were elected. This election followed a by-election in Ham, which resulted in a Labour hold.


2010 Plymouth City Council election, Background
The Conservative Party had control of the council ahead of this election, with 37 councillors and a majority of eight seats.


2010 Plymouth City Council election, Background
The Conservatives were defending 12 seats, the Labour Party 6 and the former Labour candidate, Andy Kerswell, was defending his seat in Efford and Lipson as an independent.


2010 Plymouth City Council election, Background
If the Labour Party was to regain the majority they held on the council until 2006, they needed to gain 11 seats, which they failed to do, although made two gains (one against a Conservative and the other against Andy Kerswell) despite a national swing against them.


2010 Plymouth City Council election, Overall results
Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2006 election.


2010 Plymouth City Council election, Seats up for election in 2010
Gains are shown by highlighting in the winning party's colours, comparing them to when these councillors were last up for election in 2006.


2010 Plzeň municipal election
Plzeň municipal election in 2010 was held as part of Czech municipal elections, 2010. It was held on 16 and 17 October 2010. The Civic Democratic Party has won the election ahead of the Czech Social Democratic Party. Both parties received 14 seats in 47-seat assembly and formed grand coalition. Martin Baxa became the new Mayor. The incumbent Mayor Pavel Rödl was a former member of ODS. He left the party prior election and contested as a leader of  Citizens.cz.


2010 Pohang Steelers season
The 2010 season is Pohang Steelers' 28th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup, AFC Champions League.


2010 Pohang Steelers season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Pohang Steelers season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2010 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the San Diego State Aztecs and the Navy Midshipmen on December 23, 2010 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The sixth edition of the annual Poinsettia Bowl, which the Aztecs won 35–14, began at 5:00 PM PST and was broadcast on ESPN.


2010 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams, Navy Midshipmen
The 2010 game marked Navy's third appearance in the Poinsettia Bowl. Previously, they had defeated the Colorado State Rams 51–30 in the inaugural 2005 Poinsettia Bowl and lost 35–32 to the Utah Utes in the 2007 game. At the end of the 2009 season, the Midshipmen upset the Missouri Tigers in the Texas Bowl with a score of 35–13. The 2010 game was the eighth straight bowl game appearance for the Midshipmen.


2010 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams, San Diego State Aztecs
This was San Diego State's first bowl appearance since the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl. Under second year head coach Brady Hoke the Aztecs posted an 8–4 regular season record. Although this is SDSU's first appearance in the Poinsettia bowl the game was the second time that the Aztecs played a bowl game at Qualcomm Stadium. They were defeated by Iowa in the 1986 Holiday Bowl, 39–38. The Midshipmen and the Aztecs had previously played each other twice, in 1994 and 1997, with San Diego State winning both contests with scores of 56–14 and 45–31.


2010 Poinsettia Bowl, Navy
Leading the Midshipmen were quarterback Ricky Dobbs, wide receiver Greg Jones, and linebacker Tyler Simmons.


2010 Poinsettia Bowl, San Diego State
Statistical leaders for the Aztecs were running back Ronnie Hillman, quarterback Ryan Lindley, and wide receiver DeMarco Sampson.


2010 Poinsettia Bowl, Game Summary
Following seven straight days of rain in Southern California (often referred to as a Pineapple Express), the San Diego River overflowed and the stadium and surrounding parking lot were flooded. Thanks to external pumps, the field was cleared the morning of the game.


2010 Poinsettia Bowl, Final statistics
Hillman set a new bowl game record of 228 yards rushing, previously held by Navy's Adam Ballard since 2005.


2010 Pokka GT Summer Special
The 2010 Pokka GT Summer Special was the sixth round of the 2010 Super GT season and was the 39th running of the 1000 km Suzuka event, although like 2009, the race was only 700km in length. It took place on August 22, 2010.


2010 Polaris Music Prize
The 2010 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 20, 2010. The gala presentation was held at Toronto's Masonic Temple, and was hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 and Sarah Taylor of MuchMusic.


2010 Polaris Music Prize
The winning album, Karkwa's Les Chemins de verre, was the first French language album to win the award.


2010 Polaris Music Prize, Jury
The grand jury for the 2010 award included Rob Bowman (York University), Jenny Charlesworth (The Georgia Straight), Leah Collins (Dose.ca), Del Cowie (Exclaim! ), Jonathan Dekel (Spinner.ca), Amanda Farrell (Monday Magazine), Jian Ghomeshi (CBC Radio), Marc Xavier Leblanc (freelance journalist and DJ), François Marchand (Vancouver Sun), André Peloquin (BangBang) and Philippe Rezzonico (Rue Frontenac).


2010 Polaris Music Prize, Longlist
The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 17.


2010 Police United F.C. season
The 2010 season was Police United's 8th season in the top division of Thai football. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the season.


2010 Police United F.C. season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Polish Domestic Qualifications to World and European Speedway Championships
The Polish Motor Union (PZM) determined Polish riders to World and European Championships in several domestic qualifications meetings.


2010 Polish Domestic Qualifications to World and European Speedway Championships, European Championship
Main Commission of Speedway Sport nominated eight riders to championships:


2010 Polish Domestic Qualifications to World and European Speedway Championships, Under-19 European Championship
Przemysław Pawlicki is a defending Under-19 European Champion. Maciej Janowski (draw 7) after crashed on 1 May in Ekstraliga match (Wrocław vs. Leszno) decided about resigned from this competitions. and was replaced by Łukasz Cyran. Janowski was second in 2009 championship. Patryk Dudek was started in last year European final also (was fifth), and Kacper Gomólski was track reserve.


2010 Polish Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 Polish Figure Skating Championships (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski w łyżwiarstwie figurowym 2009/2010) were held in three parts:


2010 Polish Figure Skating Championships, Senior results
The Three National Championships were held simultaneously and the results were then split by country. The top three skaters from each country formed their national podiums.


2010 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship
The 2010 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski Parl Klubowych, MPPK) is the 2010 version of Polish Pairs Speedway Championship organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM).


2010 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship, The Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2010 Polish Senate by-elections
Three by-elections to the Senate were held in Poland on 20 June 2010, at the same time as the presidential election. They were held to replace Krystyna Bochenek in Katowice (Civic Platform), Janina Fetlińska in Płock and Stanisław Zając in Krosno (both Law and Justice), who died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash on 10 April 2010.


2010 Polish Super Cup
The 2010 Polish Super Cup was held on 1 August 2010 between the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa winners Lech Poznań and the 2009–10 Polish Cup winners Jagiellonia Białystok. Jagiellonia Białystok won the match 0-1, winning the trophy for the first time in their history.


2010 Polish local elections
The 2010 Polish local elections were held in two parts, with its first round on 21 November and the second on 5 December. The first round included elections of deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks, as well for gmina and powiat councilors. The second round of elections were marked for mayors, borough leaders, and other positions decided by runoff elections. The local elections were seen as a test to the ruling Civic Platform and Polish People's Party coalition government under Prime Minister Donald Tusk.


2010 Polish local elections, Background
As the first polls since the July presidential elections, which saw Civic Platform candidate Bronisław Komorowski defeat Law and Justice MP and former Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, the 2010 local elections were characterized as a test to the administration of Donald Tusk. In the weeks prior to the elections, polls conducted by the CBOS Institute showed the ruling Civic Platform party with a comfortable lead over its rivals. The opposition Law and Justice electoral campaign faced multiple challenges prior to the elections. Polls published in the days leading up to the first round indicated low support for the party.


2010 Polish local elections, Background
In a related addition, a severe internal party crisis regarding Kaczyński's leadership and the party's ideological direction, simmering among several of the party's more moderate MPs in the Sejm for several months prior, exploded into the open days before the election. The rebel MPs, led by expelled party member Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, formed the Poland Comes First parliamentary group on 16 November. The party split further undermined confidence to the government's opposition.


2010 Polish local elections, Background
Due to mandates in Polish law, all electioneering, poll surveys, and campaigning ceased on 20 November, in the period known as the "election silence."


2010 Polish local elections, Results, Analysis
Following the tabulated results of the election's first round, Civic Platform emerged with a victory, increasing its profile across provincial, county, and municipal councils. In voivodeship sejmiks, Civic Platform won control of 12 voivodeships, and tied for first place in another. The party's national junior coalition partner, the Polish People's Party, won outright in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Law and Justice received a majority in two voivodeships. Following the results, Prime Minister Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak agreed to extend their coalition into local administrations. Civic Platform performed well in county powiat councils, and also significantly raised its electoral profile in municipal gmina councils.


2010 Polish local elections, Results, Analysis
The Polish People's Party also emerged as a winner following the elections, capturing a strong 16 percent of the vote, exceeding previous expectations from pre-election polling. In powiat councils, the party particularly increased its share thanks to its strong connections to local politics. In gmina elections, the party expanded gains from the previous 2006 local elections.


2010 Polish local elections, Results, Analysis
Law and Justice suffered defeats in all vovoideship, powiat and gmina council tiers of government. While the defeat did not signify a total collapse  as survey polls previously suggested, the results pointed towards a general trend of decline for the rightist party, with critics pointing to the perceived aloofness of its party leader, Jarosław Kaczyński.


2010 Polish local elections, Results, Analysis
The center-left Democratic Left Alliance also benefited during the elections. Although pushed to fourth place by the surprising gains of the Polish People's Party, the Democratic Left Alliance increased their numbers in provincial voivodeship sejmiks and powiat councils, though the party suffered losses in gmina council elections.


2010 Polish local elections, Results, Analysis
While Civic Platform achieved considerable success in the outright reelection of Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz as Mayor of Warsaw without a second round, the electorate continued to lean for nonpartisan independent mayors. Independent candidates led in over half of the country's 18 largest cities against mainstream party candidates. Civic Platform's attempts to unseat independent mayors in Kraków, Katowice, Poznań, Toruń and Wrocław all ended in defeat.


2010 Polish local elections, Results, Analysis
In the county and municipal levels, independent candidates and local political committees captured the most votes, retaining 38 percent of all county councilor seats and over 71 percent of all municipal councilor seats.


2010 Polish local elections, Results, Turnout
The turnout in the first round was 47.32%, and in the second round - 35.31%.


2010 Polish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 20 June 2010. As no candidate received a majority of votes in the first round, a second round was held on 4 July 2010. Bronisław Komorowski, the acting President of Poland and vice-chairman of the Civic Platform, defeated Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of recently deceased President Lech Kaczyński and chairman of Law and Justice. The global financial crisis, flooding in Poland and the Smolensk disaster were the main themes in the last months of the election campaign.


2010 Polish presidential election, Background
The 2010 presidential election was expected to be a rematch of the 2005 election between Lech Kaczyński and Donald Tusk. Since the last presidential election, Polish politics had become centered around the rivalry between Law and Justice and the Civic Platform. President Kaczyński and Prime Minister Tusk were constantly battling each other over who should represent Poland on the international stage. Tusk was leading Kaczyński in all the opinion polling (as he did in 2005 before he ultimately lost) and the election was expected to be a dirty one. However, this rematch never came to be. Donald Tusk announced in January 2010 that he will not run for President because he wants to remain Prime Minister. Lech Kaczyński was set to declare his candidacy for re-election on 23 May but he died on 10 April in the Smolensk air disaster.


2010 Polish presidential election, Background
After Donald Tusk declined to run for president, the Civic Platform organized a presidential primary. The primary was won by Bronisław Komorowski who defeated Radosław Sikorski receiving 68.5% of the vote to Sikorski's 31.5%. Bronisław Komorowski consistently lead Lech Kaczyński by double digits in the first round and by a 2-to-1 margin in the second round. No other candidate registered support in the double digits.


2010 Polish presidential election, Background
After President Lech Kaczyński's death in a plane crash on 10 April 2010, the Constitution required the Marshal of the Sejm to declare the date within two weeks, with the election to take place on a weekend within the following 60 days, i.e. 20 June at the latest. On 21 April, the Marshal, Bronisław Komorowski, announced the election date as 20 June 2010. Candidates were required to register by 26 April 2010 (with 1,000 signatures of voters in support) and submit 100,000 signatures by 6 May 2010.


2010 Polish presidential election, Background
Originally, Kaczyński was up for re-election between 19 September and 3 October; the exact date would have been announced between 23 May and 23 June, before the end of his first five-year term of office.


2010 Polish presidential election, Background
Two candidates for the election died in the crash. Incumbent Lech Kaczyński was nominated as the Law and Justice party candidate (he had yet to accept the nomination, but it was widely believed that he would do so), and Jerzy Szmajdziński was to have run for the Democratic Left Alliance. Jarosław Kaczyński ran for president as the replacement for his deceased twin brother. Jerzy Szmajdziński's replacement was Grzegorz Napieralski.


2010 Polish presidential election, Background
Senate by-elections to fill the three seats whose senators died in the crash – Krystyna Bochenek (PO), Janina Fetlińska (PiS) and Stanisław Zając (PiS, himself elected in a by-election on 22 June 2008 to replace Andrzej Mazurkiewicz) – were held on the same day.


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
In total, 23 candidates registered with the Polish National Electoral Commission on, or just following, the 26 April deadline. 17 of the 23 candidacies were accepted by the commission, whilst the remaining 6 were rejected because they had not gathered the required 1000 signatures.


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Only ten candidates collected the required 100,000 signatures and were eligible to run for president.


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Marshal of the Sejm Marek Jurek (Right of the Republic), 49


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Prime Minister and Party Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński (Law and Justice), 60


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Marshal of the Sejm and Acting President Bronisław Komorowski (Civic Platform), 58


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Member of the Sejm Janusz Korwin-Mikke (Liberty and Lawfulness), 67


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper (Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland), 55


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Founder and leader of Fighting Solidarity Kornel Morawiecki (Independent), 69


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Party Chairman and Sejm Member Grzegorz Napieralski (Democratic Left Alliance), 36


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Prime Minister and current Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak (Polish People's Party), 50


2010 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Chairman of Free Trade Union "August '80" Bogusław Ziętek (Polish Labour Party), 45


2010 Polish presidential election, Campaign
Bronisław Komorowski's campaign slogan was "Unity builds" (Zgoda buduje) and his strategy was to portray himself as an independent politician ready to work with everyone to fix the nation's problems. He pledged to work closely with the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to adopt the euro in about five years, end the unpopular military mission in Afghanistan and promote pro-market reforms.


2010 Polish presidential election, Campaign
Jarosław Kaczyński's campaign slogan was "Poland is the most important" (Polska jest najważniejsza) and he aimed to soften his own image and present himself as someone ready for compromise. He praised his late twin brother's legacy and promised to continue his policies as President. He made it a priority to fight crime and corruption, scale back market reforms to preserve a strong welfare state and promote Roman Catholic values


2010 Polish presidential election, Results
There were 10 candidates in the first round of voting. Bronisław Komorowski of Civic Platform received 41.5% and Jarosław Kaczyński of Law and Justice received 36.5%, causing a second round of voting between the two. The other eight candidates were eliminated.


2010 Polish presidential election, Results
Soon after exit polls were released in the second round, Jarosław Kaczyński conceded that he had been defeated. Bronisław Komorowski appeared to tentatively claim victory, stating: "Tonight we will open a small bottle of champagne and tomorrow we will open a big bottle." The exit polls put Komorowski ahead of Kaczyński by 53% to 47%. On the following day, Komorowski was declared the winner of the election. The final result put Komorowski with 53.01% of the vote, and Kaczyński with 46.99%. Komorowski's win resulted in Civic Platform holding both the Presidency and the government (under Prime Minister Donald Tusk). Correspondents in US and British business newspapers suggested that Komorowski's win would mean closer engagement with the European Union, and such domestic economic reforms as deficit reduction.


2010 Polsat Warsaw Open
The 2010 Polsat Warsaw Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Warsaw Tournament, and was part of the Premier-level tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw, Poland, from May 17–23, 2009. Alexandra Dulgheru won the singles title.


2010 Polsat Warsaw Open, Finals, Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Meghann Shaughnessy defeated  Cara Black /  Yan Zi, 6–3, 6–4


2010 Polsat Warsaw Open – Doubles
Raquel Kops-Jones and Bethanie Mattek-Sands were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands chose not to participate this year. Kops-Jones partnered up with Sarah Borwell, but they lost in the quarterfinals against Cara Black and Yan Zi. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Meghann Shaughnessy won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Black and Yan.


2010 Polsat Warsaw Open – Singles
Alexandra Dulgheru was the defending champion, and won in the final 6-3, 6-4 against Zheng Jie.


2010 Polsat Warsaw Open – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
The 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 25th German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 25 April at Hockenheim and finished on 17 October at the same circuit, after nine races. It ran as a support championship for the 2010 DTM season. Frenchman Nicolas Armindo won the championship despite runner-up Nick Tandy winning more races. He also became the first non-German to win the championship.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
The 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the eighth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain series. The series again featured on the same package as the British Touring Car Championship, and as such benefited from live coverage at each round on ITV4 in the United Kingdom.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Reigning champion Tim Bridgman will not be back to defend his title in 2010 as he will be taking part in the Porsche Supercup. 2008 Champion Tim Harvey has announced his intention to return to the series for another year after losing out on the championship in 2009.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Entry list
On 17 March 2010, the championship was officially launched at Silverstone, with the organisers unveiling a capacity entry list of 28 cars.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Calendar
On 7 October 2009, the British Touring Car Championship announced the race calendar for the 2010 season for all of the series competing on the TOCA package. Each meeting will take place over a weekend. The Porsche Carrera Cup will feature Saturday races at the second meeting at Rockingham and the season finale at Brands Hatch. All other meetings will see the series race twice on Sunday. All races were held in the United Kingdom.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
The 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia season was the fourth Porsche Carrera Cup Italy season. It began on 24 April in Misano and finished on 24 October in Monza. Alessandro Balzan won the championship driving for Ebimotors, which won the teams' championship.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, Championship standings, Teams' Championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, Championship standings, Silver Cup
The Silver Cup is the trophy reserved to the gentlemen drivers.


2010 Porsche Supercup
The 2010 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 18th Porsche Supercup season. It began on 13 March in Bahrain, and finished on 12 September at Monza, after ten races. Once again, the series was on the support package of the Formula One World Championship at all European rounds except Turkey.


2010 Porsche Supercup
The series was won by German René Rast, who won four out of first five races. Briton Nick Tandy was a runner-up with three wins.


2010 Porsche Supercup, Championship standings
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2010 Porsche Supercup, Championship standings
‡ Nick Tandy was awarded the two points for pole position in Germany after qualifying second behind guest driver Nicolas Armindo, who was ineligible to collect points.


2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 33rd edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 24 April until 2 May  2010. Seven of the top ten ranked women and four former world number ones participated in the event. Justine Henin won the singles title.


2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Flavia Pennetta defeated  Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5]


2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions; however, they chose not to compete this year.


2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles
Justine Henin defeated Samantha Stosur in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2010 Stuttgart Open. This was Henin's first title since 2008, the year she first retired from professional tennis. Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but she lost to Li Na in the second round.


2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill
The 2010 Port Arthur oil spill was the result of a collision between two vessels in the Sabine-Neches Waterway at Port Arthur, Texas on January 23, 2010. The two vessels were the oil tanker Eagle Otome and a barge being pushed by the towboat Dixie Vengeance.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill, Collision
The barge collided with the tanker at about 09:30 local time on January 23, 2010, in the Sabine-Neches Waterway as the tanker, chartered by Exxon-Mobil from AET Incorporated to move oil to Exxon's refinery in Beaumont, Texas, moved upstream, and the barge was being maneuvered out of the harbor. The collision tore a 15 × 8-foot (2.4 m) hole in the side of the tanker, through 450,000 US gallons (1,700,000 L), or 1,500 tonnes, of crude oil, escaped.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill, Collision
According to statements from the tanker's crew, the tank that was damaged contained 80,000 barrels (13,000 m3) of oil, of which 69,000 had been transferred to another tank, leaving 11,000 barrels (1,700 m3), or 450,000 US gallons (1,700,000 L) unaccounted for. According to local officials, however, there did not appear to be that much oil in the water, and some said that as little as a thousand barrels, or 42,000 US gallons (160,000 L), of oil had spilled. Coast Guard officials acknowledged that this might be the case, and that oil could have remained in the damaged tank. Referring to the size of the spill, a Coast Guard officer said, "This is a big one." In response to the spill, emergency crews evacuated about 28 blocks of buildings around the site of the collision, but by the evening of the 23rd, residents had been allowed to return.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill, Aftermath
A perimeter was established around the affected area, and none of the oil had harmed local wildlife. The collision occurred in a still part of the channel, which helped to limit the flow of oil both upstream or downstream. AET activated their OPA 90 response plan and called upon Resolve Marine to lighter and refloat the damaged vessel while contractors worked to contain the oil spilled. While the section of the waterway the collision occurred in is largely industrial, there are marshes along shorelines in other parts that are susceptible to damage from oil spills.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill, Aftermath
The collision closed the Port Arthur waterway, and Coast Guard personnel couldn't immediately comment on how long it would take to clean the spill or reopen the channel. The only statement made regarding the time it would take to reopen the waterway was that "We're working as quickly as possible to clean up the spill," according to a Coast Guard officer. By the day after the incident, about 1,100 barrels (170 m3) of spilled oil had been recovered, and most of the unrecovered oil was contained.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill, Aftermath
However, according to both the Coast Guard and local officials, the possibility of currents in the channel picking up remained, and with it the potential for oil to flow downstream into marshes. Four oil refineries operate in the Port Arthur area, with a total capacity of about 1.1 million barrels (170,000 m3) of oil a day. In statements, neither Exxon or Valero, which operate two of the refineries, said they expected operations to be disrupted by the collision. Neither Motiva Enterprises or Total, which operate the other two refineries, initially publicly responded to the spill.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill, Aftermath
In its response to the incident, the tanker's operator, AET Inc. said it was cooperating with investigators, and was prepared to bear the costs of cleanup, but noted that responsibility for the incident had not been determined. The company also refused to name the pilots in charge of the ship at the time of the collision. On January 27, the tanker was removed from the waterway, and soon after, limited traffic through the channel was allowed to resume. In a statement on January 29, the Coast Guard said they hoped to allow full operations in the waterway to resume within a week.


2010 Port Arthur oil spill, Effect on industry
The collision entirely closed the waterway for four days, with limited ship traffic allowed to resume January 27, with operations planned to return to normal by February 5. A total of 26 oil tankers were affected by the collision, with eight vessels waiting at the mouth of the channel by the time it was partially reopened. An officer from the Coast Guard said that their intent was to allow the largest tankers through the channel first. In response to the incident, the oil refinery operated by Motiva Enterprises reduced production by 110,000 barrels (17,000 m3) per day, although whether other refineries reduced production was not clear, as further statements were not released from the operators of the refineries.


2010 Portimão Superbike World Championship round
The 2010 Portimão Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2010 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of March 26–28, 2010 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve.


2010 Portimão Superleague Formula round
The 2010 Portimão Superleague Formula round was a Superleague Formula round  held on September 19, 2010, at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve circuit, Portimão, Portugal. It was Superleague Formula's first visit to the circuit after visits in previous years to the country's Estoril circuit. It was the ninth round of the 2010 Superleague Formula season.


2010 Portimão Superleague Formula round
Eighteen clubs took part including Portuguese clubs F.C. Porto and Sporting CP.


2010 Portimão Superleague Formula round
Support races included the prestigious FIA GT1 World Championship as well as the FIA GT3 European Championship and GT4 European Cup.


2010 Portland State Vikings football team
The 2010 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Vikings were led by first year head coach Nigel Burton and played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium as PGE Park was under renovation. They finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 1–7 Big Sky)


2010 Portland Timbers season
The 2010 Portland Timbers season was the tenth and final season for the club in the USL Conference of the USSF Division-2 Professional League (D-2 Pro League), the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid. The D-2 Pro League was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in 2010 to last just one season, as a compromise between the feuding United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL). An expansion club retaining the Timbers name began play in Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011.


2010 Portland Timbers season
The first competitive game of the 2010 season was played on April 17 at PGE Park in Portland, Oregon against the Rochester Rhinos. The Timbers won 1–0 on a Ryan Pore penalty in the 85th minute in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,418.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Background
The Portland Timbers started shaping the squad for the 2010 season on December 7, 2009 when they announced the signing of Quavas Kirk from the Minnesota Thunder while also naming nine players from the 2009 squad who would not be returning.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Background
On January 15, head coach Gavin Wilkinson was named the 2009 FieldTurf USL Division 1 Coach of the Year for the second time. Three days later, the Timbers appointed Wilkinson Technical Director of the Portland Timbers MLS club which was scheduled to begin play in 2011.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Background
Also in January, Portland held an open tryout followed by an invite-only combine for potential new players. Major League Soccer rules allow the organization to sign several players from the 2010 2nd division squad for the 2011 MLS squad, bypassing the league's complicated allocation process, so many ex-MLS players and prospects turned out for the tryouts.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Background
Although not taking part in the tryouts, Haitian national team midfielder James Marcelin and Canadian defender Ross Smith were signed by the Timbers in early February. The club also revealed that defender Takuro Nishimura had been transferred to Crystal Palace Baltimore.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Preseason, Trialists and training
The Timbers began their preseason schedule on February 17 against the Portland Pilots men's team at Merlo Field in a match to benefit Mercy Corps and their relief efforts in Haiti. The match featured mostly trialists for the Timbers including Doug DeMartin who scored both goals to lead the Timbers to a 2–0 victory over the off-season university squad. DeMartin, as well as former St. Pauli defender Ian Joy, rookie goalkeeper Matt Pyzdrowski and midfielder Derek Gaudet, were signed to contracts by the Timbers after featuring in the match.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Preseason, Trialists and training
Although just coming off of foot surgery, former U.S. national team goalkeeper Adin Brown was signed on February 23. After serving as a consultant with the Timbers for the past year, former Portland Trail Blazers executive Mike Golub was named Chief Operating Officer of the Portland Timbers MLS club on March 1.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Preseason, Trialists and training
The returning players from the 2009 season saw their first action in a training match versus the Oregon State Beavers men's team in Corvallis on March 6. On March 11 it was announced that Alex Nimo would once again be acquired on loan from Real Salt Lake for the season.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Preseason, Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield
Five days after their first game action together, the team traveled to Seattle on March 11 for the inaugural Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield. Trialist O. J. Obatola scored the only goal as the Timbers defeated Seattle Sounders FC of MLS, who were also in their preseason, in front of 18,606 spectators at Qwest Field.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Preseason, Final preparations
On March 20, the Timbers went on the road to play the San Jose Earthquakes, their second MLS opponent in succession. The match ended in a 1–1 draw with long-time Timbers defender Scot Thompson scoring the 80th-minute equalizer. After winning two closed-door training matches on back-to-back days in different states versus Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Portland Pilots men's team once again, Portland signed former FC Dallas defender Steve Purdy on April 2.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Preseason, Final preparations
On April 3, Portland were on the road once more in Bremerton, Washington to face the Kitsap Pumas of the Premier Development League. Kitsap defeated Portland 3–2 in a competitive match which saw Rodrigo López sent off by receiving two yellow cards in rapid succession after coming on as a substitute.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Preseason, Final preparations
The Timbers made their final preseason player additions on April 7 when forwards O. J. Obatola and Bright Dike were signed to contracts. The preseason culminated with another closed-door training match versus the Seattle Redhawks men's team in Seattle which the Timbers won thanks to goals from Obatola and returning first team midfielder Ryan Pore.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, April
The Portland Timbers began their 10th and final season in 2nd division soccer on April 17 by hosting the Rochester Rhinos at PGE Park. A sell-out crowd of 15,418 watched as a Ryan Pore penalty in the 85th minute was enough to earn Portland an opening day victory. The club continued their positive start to the season by downing expansion club AC St. Louis 3–0 in a match which saw Pore score two goals and new signing O. J. Obatola get his first competitive goal for the Timbers.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, April
After earning a 1–1 draw with Montreal Impact in Portland's first road game of the year, the Timbers rounded out a successful April with a 2–1 victory over Cascadia Cup rivals Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Pore scored all three Timbers goals in the final two matches of April to give the midfielder six goals in four games as the Timbers stood atop the league.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, May
Portland's four league matches in May were flanked by exhibition games featuring top Latin American competition. On May Day, Puntarenas of Costa Rica came to Portland and handed the Timbers a 3–1 loss. League play continued on May 13 with a loss at home to Crystal Palace Baltimore, a club in its first year in the 2nd division after moving up from the 3rd division following the 2009 season. That loss would be the start of an eight-game winless streak in the league for the Timbers.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, May
Mandjou Keita, Portland's leading scorer from 2009 and recently returned from a loan spell in India, scored the opening goal against AC St. Louis in a rematch at PGE Park on May 15, but a stoppage time goal from Mike Ambersley meant the Timbers had to settle for a draw. Montreal Impact then traveled to Portland and took all 3 points from the suddenly struggling Timbers.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, May
A disappointing May in the league was concluded when Crystal Palace Baltimore hosted the Timbers on May 22. Portland lost to Baltimore 2–1 after giving up another goal in second half injury time. The club's fortunes seemed to take a turn for the better when storied Argentinian club Boca Juniors came to town on May 29. In an exciting, back-and-forth game, the Timbers rallied to pull out a 3–2 victory thanks to a 91st minute free kick goal from Rodrigo López.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, June
Hoping to build on their exhibition win versus Boca Juniors, the Timbers returned to league play as they hosted Carolina RailHawks FC on June 6. Ryan Pore again continued his scoring streak but Portland were thwarted by yet another stoppage time goal as Carolina earned a draw in the dying seconds of the match. The Timbers then traveled to Texas where they drew 0–0 with league leading Austin Aztex FC.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, June
Forward O. J. Obatola, who started six of the first seven league games and scored just one goal, had not played since the May 19 loss to Montreal and was released from his contract by mutual consent on June 10. Portland concluded their road trip on June 12 at Miami FC but lost 1–0 as their league winless streak was extended to seven games.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, June
The second half of June would prove to be a congested affair as the 2010 edition of the U.S. Open Cup kicked off on June 15 with the Timbers hosting amateur side Sonoma County Sol of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in the first round. The teams had met previously in the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open Cup and Portland were again victors by the same 3–0 scoreline.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, June
Just two days later, the Timbers were back in league play as they welcomed expansion club NSC Minnesota Stars to Portland for the teams' first ever meeting. Former Los Angeles Galaxy and University of Washington midfielder Ely Allen opened the scoring for the visitors in the 20th minute and Timbers midfielder James Marcelin was sent off in the 52nd minute helping Minnesota to the surprise victory. Portland had an immediate opportunity for payback as they traveled to Minnesota to face the Stars again two days later. An early penalty goal from Pore and the first career goal for defender Josh Cameron in the 89th minute were enough for the Timbers to record a 2–0 victory. This halted a nearly two month stretch in the league without a win for the Timbers, a span covering eight games.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, June
A busy June continued as Portland made the trip to face PDL side Kitsap Pumas in the second round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 22. Rookie forward Bright Dike recorded a hat-trick as the Timbers defeated the Pumas 4–1, ensuring Portland would meet long-time rival Seattle Sounders FC in the third round. Returning to league play on June 27, Portland continued its new-found momentum as the Timbers hosted expansion club FC Tampa Bay and came away 1–0 winners.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, June
Cup play resumed for the Timbers on June 30 as Portland played host to Seattle Sounders FC of MLS in the third round of the competition once again. A sold-out crowd of 15,422 watched as the Timbers played the Sounders to a 1–1 draw. In extra time, Seattle defender Taylor Graham was sent off for bringing down Dike just outside the penalty area. Portland failed to capitalize on the man advantage, however, and the match would be decided by penalty kicks. Sounders FC and former U.S. national team goalkeeper Kasey Keller made two saves during the shootout to help Seattle win 4–3 on penalties and knock the Timbers out of the cup for the second year running.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
The Timbers had little time to rest after playing a draining 120 minutes against Seattle Sounders FC in the Open Cup as fellow Pacific Northwest rivals Vancouver Whitecaps FC returned to PGE Park for league play just three days later. Due to fatigue, head coach Gavin Wilkinson made eight changes to the side that faced Seattle and the reserves were able to earn a 0–0 draw to maintain their lead over Vancouver in the 2010 Cascadia Cup standings.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
After their first full week without a game for over a month, a refreshed Portland team played host to struggling Miami FC on July 10. Canadian defender Ross Smith scored his first league goal for the club and Ryan Pore got his tenth goal of the season to lead the Timbers to a 2–0 win. After the match, while celebrating on the way out of PGE Park, two long lost elementary school chums were reacquainted. Three-and-a-half years later they married and now are expecting a child.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
A twelve-day break in league play allowed the Timbers to schedule back-to-back exhibition games versus foreign opponents. Just one day after defeating Miami, Mexican club Atlas visited Portland. A 77th minute George Josten goal seemed to be enough for the Timbers to grab a narrow victory until Quavas Kirk brought down an Atlas player in the penalty area, earning the Mexicans a penalty. Luis Robles converted the kick in the 91st minute meaning the match would be decided by a penalty shootout. Portland Timbers U23's goalkeeper Jake Gleeson made two saves during the shootout as the Timbers defeated Atlas 4–2 on penalties.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
Due to PGE Park being unavailable because of a Portland Beavers baseball game, Portland faced English Premier League club Manchester City at Merlo Field on the campus of the University of Portland on July 17. A sold-out crowd of Timbers season ticket holders watched as Portland matched up well against the famous club during most of the first half. However, City closed out the half with two quick goals from Steven Ireland and Emmanuel Adebayor to take a 2–0 lead. Both teams made wholesale changes at the half and the Timbers again started well. An individual goal by Brazilian Jô in the 68th minute would finish off the scoring, however, as Portland lost to Manchester City 3–0.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
The Timbers played the first game of a four-game road trip in Burnaby, British Columbia against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Vancouver came into the game with a nine-game unbeaten streak and sitting atop the NASL Conference standings. The Whitecaps took the lead in the 51st minute as Nizar Khalfan beat Timbers goalkeeper Steve Cronin near post. Momentum swung Portland's direction as Pore was taken down inside the penalty area by Vancouver defender Greg Janicki. Janicki received a straight red card for the foul. Pore converted the ensuing penalty kick to level the game at 1–1.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
Portland took advantage of being a man up when Timbers defender Mamadou Danso found the back of the net after a 72nd minute scramble in the penalty area. Portland was able to hold on for the 2–1 victory—only their 2nd win in Vancouver since the Timbers reformed in 2001. With the win, Portland secured the Cascadia Cup for the second year in a row.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
The second game of the road trip saw the Timbers in Fenton, Missouri to take on last place AC St. Louis. Earlier in the day, head coach Gavin Wilkinson was in Houston, Texas at the MLS All-Star Game in his role as Technical Director of the MLS club to take part in a coin toss between the 2011 MLS expansion clubs, Portland and Vancouver. Vancouver won the toss and the right to choose first between several player acquisition mechanisms for each team's first season in Major League Soccer, including the MLS SuperDraft and MLS Expansion Draft. Portland took the field against AC St. Louis without their head coach. In a disappointing game for the Timbers, St. Louis midfielder Mike Ambersley scored a hat-trick to lead AC to a 3–0 win over Portland, bringing an end to a five-game unbeaten streak in the league for the Timbers.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, July
Portland closed out the month of July by visiting FC Tampa Bay. Bright Dike opened the scoring for the Timbers in the 16th minute but Tampa Bay equalized eleven minutes later. In the second half, a free kick goal by Ricardo Sánchez in the 57th minute gave Tampa Bay the lead. They were unable to hold off the Timbers, though, as forward Takayuki Suzuki tallied his first league goal of 2010 in the 81st minute to give Portland a hard-fought 2–2 draw on the road.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
Portland traveled to Rochester, New York for the fourth and final game of their road trip on August 4. Before the game, the Timbers announced the signing of Dutch forward Ibad Muhamadu for the remainder of the season. The team was to end the road trip on a sour note, however, as an early goal by Rochester was enough to defeat Portland 1–0.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
On August 10, former Rangers and Chelsea forward John Spencer was named head coach of the Portland Timbers MLS club. Spencer had long been rumored to be the front-runner for the job after leaving his job as assistant coach for Houston Dynamo.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
Spencer was in attendance as the Timbers were back at PGE Park to host NSC Minnesota Stars on August 11. A sold-out crowd watched as Minnesota took an early lead, but a third league goal from Bright Dike meant the score was tied 1–1 at halftime. In the second half, Ryan Pore was brought down inside the penalty area by a Stars defender and the Timbers were awarded a penalty. Pore scored with the penalty kick in the 63rd minute for his league-leading twelfth goal of the season. The celebrations were short-lived as one minute later Portland captain Ian Joy received a straight red card after a tackle on Stars midfielder Geison Moura. The Timbers, playing a man down, were unable to hold off Minnesota who equalized in the 73rd minute to draw with Portland 2–2.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
After the game, it was revealed that Portland forward Mandjou Keita failed to show up for the game and had also missed two previous practices without notice. Keita last played a league game for the Timbers in the July 10 win over Miami, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute. After missing a third practice, the Timbers placed Keita on personal leave to give the forward time to decide his future.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
Hoping to avenge a July 28 3–0 loss in Missouri, the Timbers faced AC St. Louis for the fourth and final time of the season on August 14. Ibad Muhamadu made his first start for Portland but it was Bright Dike that got the only goal of the game in the 41st minute to give the Timbers a much-needed 1–0 victory on the road.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
Head coach Gavin Wilkinson's scouting trip to Ghana earlier in the season proved fruitful as the Timbers announced the signing of Ghana U-20 national team member Kalif Alhassan from Ghanaian club Liberty Professionals on August 19. Alhassan had also been a member of the Ghana U-17 national team.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
The Timbers enjoyed a rare week-long break between games as they prepared to face NSC Minnesota Stars for a fourth time with the series between the two teams even at 1–1–1. Reserve goalkeeper Matt Pyzdrowski made his first start of the year for Portland. A fairly even contest was decided when, in the 66th minute, Stars goalkeeper Joe Warren brought down Dike inside the box. A penalty kick was awarded to the Timbers and Warren was shown a straight red card for the foul. Pore stepped up and buried the penalty for his 13th goal of the season. With a man advantage, Portland's defense closed out the game and Pyzdrowski was credited with his first professional win and clean sheet as the Timbers won 1–0 in Minnesota.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
On August 25, Portland announced the signing of defender Kevin Goldthwaite, who had recently been released by New York Red Bulls, for his second stint with the Timbers after a loan spell in 2005. The next day, the Timbers hosted second place Austin Aztex at PGE Park. A quick goal from Bright Dike gave Portland the lead in the 4th minute but the Aztex equalized 22 minutes later. Portland seemed to gain the upper hand in the second half when Austin's Kieron Bernard was sent off in the 56th minute. However, the Timbers failed to capitalize on the man advantage and had to settle for a 1–1 draw.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, August
Revenge was on the mind of the Timbers players as they hosted Crystal Palace Baltimore, the only team in the league to defeat Portland twice, on August 29. In front of another sold-out crowd in a game thoroughly dominated by the Timbers, Ryan Pore scored his first non-penalty goal since July 10 and Bright Dike scored a brace on either side of halftime to give the emerging striker six goals in his last seven games. Baltimore played the last minutes of the game with 10 men as Portland recorded a comfortable 3–0 victory over their unlikely new rivals.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, September
The Timbers entered September on a five-game unbeaten streak, having not lost since August 4. Due to scheduled renovations of PGE Park for the 2011 Major League Soccer season, Portland would have to finish out the season on the road making the September 2 game versus Puerto Rico Islanders the last ever 2nd division soccer game for the Timbers in Portland. On the morning of the game, the Timbers announced they had reached a deal with Alaska Airlines to be the MLS shirt sponsor for the 2011 season.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, September
The team would be without starting defender Mamadou Danso as he was called into camp with the Gambian national team for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier versus Namibia. On a special night, in which the Timbers Army presented each player with sunflowers and a personalized banner, the Timbers left it to a late Ryan Pore goal in the 83rd minute to record a 1–0 victory over the Islanders in front of a sold-out stadium. After the game, the Timbers announced that attendance for the 2010 season set a new modern-franchise record which included a record five sell-outs of PGE Park.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, September
With the win against Puerto Rico — and help from other results around the league — Portland secured a playoff berth for the second year in a row. In the first game of their season-ending road trip and without leading scorer Ryan Pore, the Timbers extended their unbeaten streak to seven games as they earned a 0–0 draw with the Carolina RailHawks.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, September
One week later, Portland traveled to Puerto Rico to face the Islanders for the second time during the month. In his first start for the Timbers, new signing Kalif Alhassan chipped the ball over Islanders keeper Bill Gaudette in the third minute of second half stoppage time to record his first goal for the club and ensure the Timbers came away with a 1–0 victory.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Regular season, September
On September 25, Portland were in Maryland for their fourth meeting of the season versus last place Crystal Palace Baltimore. Forward Bright Dike scored his eighth and ninth league goals of the season and forward George Josten added a third as the Timbers defeated Baltimore 3–1 to finish undefeated for the month of September.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USSF Division-2 Professional League
The D-2 Pro League consisted of twelve teams from the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The league was divided into two conferences of six teams each. At the conclusion of the regular season, eight teams qualified for the playoffs—a seeded knockout tournament to determine the league champion. The 2010 regular season ran from April 10 to October 3. The Portland Timbers competed in the USL Conference along with five other teams. The NASL Conference contained the league's remaining six teams. The league schedule was weighted so that each team played more games against the three teams in their geographical region (called a pod), regardless of conference affiliation. Each team was also paired with one other team outside their pod for additional games.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USSF Division-2 Professional League
The teams in the same pod as the Portland Timbers were NSC Minnesota Stars, AC St. Louis and Vancouver Whitecaps FC and faced the Timbers four times each (two home and two away) during the regular season. The Timbers were also paired with Crystal Palace Baltimore, who were outside of Portland's pod, for four games. The remaining seven teams were played two times each (one home and one away). This resulted in a thirty-game league schedule.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USSF Division-2 Professional League, Results summary
Last updated: October 2, 2010Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2010 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, D-2 Pro League Playoffs
The 2010 D-2 Pro League playoffs were a seeded knockout tournament to determine the 2010 D-2 Pro League champion. Eight teams from the twelve team league qualified for the playoffs. The top team in each conference automatically qualified while the next 6 teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also qualified.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup, Cup bracket
Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournamentHome teams listed on top of bracket


2010 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants. Since 2009, when Seattle joined Major League Soccer, the cup has been contested between Portland and Vancouver only. In 2011, when the Timbers and the Whitecaps joined the Sounders in MLS, all three Cascadia rivals again vied for the cup.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Cascadia Cup
The Timbers secured the 2010 Cascadia Cup—the club's second—on July 22 after defeating Vancouver 2–1 in a league match at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia.


2010 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Final roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Portland car bomb plot
The 2010 Portland car bomb plot involved an incident in which Mohamed Osman Mohamud (born 1991), a Somali-American student, was arrested in an FBI sting operation on November 26, 2010, after attempting to set off what he thought was a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Oregon. He was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. An attorney for Mohamud argued that his client was entrapped. On January 31, 2013, a jury found Mohamud guilty of the single charge against him.


2010 Portland car bomb plot
He was scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, 2013, however the sentencing was cancelled in anticipation of the filing of new motions by the defense. In September 2014, Mohamud was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison with credit for time served, as well as lifetime supervision upon release in 2040.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
Mohamud was born in Somalia, came to America as a refugee, and grew up in Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of the Portland metropolitan area. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Mohamud graduated from Westview High School in Beaverton. He attended Oregon State University, but dropped out on October 6, 2010, without ever having declared a major. At the time of the incident, he was a resident of Corvallis, Oregon.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
Under the pen name Ibnul Mubarak, Mohamud had written articles on physical fitness for the English-language publication Jihad Recollections as part of his earlier attempts to be associated with violent jihad ideology. He maintained contact with a former American student living in Pakistan.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
Mohamud had been monitored by the FBI for months. He reportedly attracted the interest of the FBI after agents intercepted e-mails he was exchanging with a man who had returned to the Middle East, and whom law enforcement officials described as a “recruiter for terrorism.” The man had previously lived in Oregon, where Mohamud reportedly met him, before moving first to Yemen and then to Pakistan.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
A year prior to his arrest, he was accused but not charged with date raping an intoxicated woman on the Oregon State University campus.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
Prior to Mohamud's arrest, an undercover FBI agent, posing as a terrorist, had been in contact with him since June 2010. The FBI put him on a no-fly list, preventing him from traveling to Kodiak, Alaska from Portland International Airport on June 10, 2010. Prosecutors said he was instead interviewed by the FBI, whom he told he wanted to earn money fishing and then travel to join "the brothers," and that he had earlier hoped to travel to Yemen but had not obtained a ticket or visa.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
In preparation for the planned bombing of a public gathering, Mohamud and undercover FBI operatives drove to a remote area of Lincoln County, Oregon, where they conducted a test run on November 4 by detonating a real bomb Mohamud believed to have been hidden inside a backpack.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
The attempted main bombing took place at Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square at the corner of Southwest Yamhill Street and Sixth Avenue, as tens of thousands of people gathered for the city's annual Christmas tree lighting. The fake bomb was in a white van that carried six 55-gallon drums with what appeared to be real detonation cords and plastic caps. Mohamud tried to detonate the bomb by dialing a cell phone that was attached to it. When the device failed to explode, the undercover agent suggested he get out of the car to obtain better reception.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Background and incident
When he did so he was arrested. Because the FBI ensured that the device had no explosive components—even the detonating caps were inert—the public was never in any danger. According to an affidavit, Mohamud told the agents, "I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave either dead or injured."


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Analysis
Early analysis questioned whether entrapment by FBI operatives was involved, an Oregonian columnist asking "how far would Mohamud have traveled down that road without the help of those very operatives?" Noting "astonishing similarities" to a simultaneous case near Baltimore, Maryland, The Oregonian quoted a New York University expert that such cases were "a strategy the FBI set upon years ago." Presumably aware of legal defenses based on issues of entrapment, FBI agents reportedly offered Mohamud multiple alternatives to a bombing with mass casualties, including prayer.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Analysis
Mohamud reportedly insisted he wanted to play an "operational" role, and even wanted to pick the target for the bombing. He had also been told several times that his planned bomb could kill women and children, and was given multiple opportunities to back out, but he told agents: "Since I was 15 I thought about all this... It's gonna be a fireworks show... a spectacular show." Christopher Dickey of Newsweek said the FBI "took no chances with the court of public opinion" to make sure that Mohamud did not appear to be a victim of entrapment.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Analysis
Noting that key evidence from an alleged July 30 meeting may already be missing, a court ordered the FBI to preserve remaining media and recording equipment. Noting past behavior by the FBI in similar cases, New York lawyer Martin Stolar asserted the absence of such recordings was intentional. "Once somebody's been induced, and they agree to do the crime, that's when the recording starts.... He's already been induced to commit the crime, so everything on the tape is shit."


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Analysis
A The Washington Post feature traced the radical roots of the ideology held by young Somalis such as Mohamud to the Islamicization of Somalia following the collapse of the socialist government of Mohamed Siad Barre.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Analysis
Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omar said "Mohamud's attempt is neither representative nor an example of Somalis. Somalis are peace-loving people," adding that the Somali government was "ready and willing" to assist in preventing future attempts.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Trial
Mohamud was charged with a single count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. His trial began on January 10, 2013 and concluded on January 31 with the jury finding him guilty. He faced up to life in prison and was initially scheduled to be sentenced on June 27, 2013. However, in a motion filed on June 17, federal prosecutors requested that sentencing be delayed two to three months because the government needs more time to prepare its sentencing recommendations. Mohamud's sentencing was subsequently rescheduled for December 18, 2013, then cancelled in anticipation of defense motions.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Trial
In October 2014, Mohamud was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison along with credit for time served since his arrest, as well as lifetime supervision upon his scheduled release in 2037. He is being held at the Federal Correctional Institution, Victorville, a medium-security federal prison in San Bernardino County, California.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Mosque arson
The Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis, Oregon, where Mohamud occasionally attended services, was set on fire on November 28, 2010. Police determined that arson was the cause and investigated it as a possible hate crime. In response, the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on authorities to increase their presence in Muslim communities in Oregon.


2010 Portland car bomb plot, Mosque arson
On August 24, 2011, federal agents arrested Cody Seth Crawford, 24, on a federal hate crimes indictment in what they stated was a racially motivated arson at the mosque. A federal judge ordered that Crawford be detained as a danger to the community due to his prior arrest history. Crawford's court-appointed attorneys stated that he suffers from alcohol and mental illness issues. Crawford was convicted of a federal charge of damaging religious property and sentenced to 5 years probation.


2010 Portsmouth City Council election
The 2010 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2010 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. The election took place on the same day as a parliamentary general election, and one third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Liberal Democrats won a majority of the seats being contested, and remained in overall control of the council, which they had achieved following a series of defections to the party in 2009.


2010 Portsmouth City Council election, Election result
NB: All comparisons are to the 2006 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.


2010 Portsmouth City Council election, Ward results
NB: All comparisons are to the 2006 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.


2010 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2010 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place in the weekend of 29–31 October 2010 at the Autódromo do Estoril located in Estoril, Portugal.


2010 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, 125 cc classification
The 125cc race was red-flagged after 7 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 9 laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.


2010 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.


2010 Power Snooker Masters Trophy
The 2010 Power Snooker was a cue sports tournament. The inaugural event took place on the 30 October 2010 at The O2, London, United Kingdom. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 572–258 on points in a 30 minute time based unlimited racks final.


2010 Power Snooker Masters Trophy, Venue, entrants and prize money
Power Snooker's inaugural tournament was a one-day event hosted at The O2 in London, held on 30 October 2010. Each match lasted a total of 30 minutes with the balls constantly being reracked at the end of each rack until the 30 minutes was up. Two thousand spectators watched the eight hours of tournament play in the indigO2 sub-venue. The players in the inaugural tournament competed for a £35,000 first prize.


2010 Power Snooker Masters Trophy, Venue, entrants and prize money
O'Sullivan was the first player to be confirmed as participating in the inaugural tournament, which was announced during the official launch. It was stated during the launch that the inaugural tournament would feature the four top ranked players in the world, alongside four wild card entrants. The other seven entrants were confirmed on 24 September, matching the players who were mooted by the organisers during the launch as possible entrants. The tournament draw took place on 12 October, with O'Sullivan facing Brecel in the opening game.


2010 Power Snooker Masters Trophy, Draw
Play occurred over two sessions in a knock-out format. The first round of eight games took place in an afternoon session, producing four semi-finalists. The semi-finals, third place play off and final then took place in an evening session.


2010 Power Snooker Masters Trophy, Match referees
The tournament was refereed by two female professional cue-sport referees, Michaela Tabb from Scotland and Patricia Murphy from Ireland. Tabb was head-referee at most Matchroom Sport pool events (including the World Pool Championship and Mosconi Cup), and the first woman to referee a world ranking match and, in 2009, a World Snooker Championship final; while Murphy began refereeing professional snooker matches at the 2005 UK Championships.


2010 Power Snooker Masters Trophy, Match referees
Tabb said on the eve of the tournament that "Power Snooker is an entirely new game with a totally new set of rules and will provide many exciting challenges to both the referees and the players. The game will be played at a faster pace than the traditional game, it's going to be very exciting to watch", while Murphy said "It'll be great to see how the audience react and join in with the action".


2010 Power Snooker Masters Trophy, Broadcast
The 2010 tournament was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on ITV4 for the whole eight hours of play. Talksport provided radio coverage. In addition to ITV4, the tournament was  broadcast to 25 other countries in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, China, Latin America and Oceana.


2010 Poznań Porsche Open
The 2010 Poznań Porsche Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour and the Tretorn SERIE+ tour. It took place at the Park Tenisowy Olimpia in Poznań, Poland from 17 to 25 July 2010, including the qualifying competition in the first two days.


2010 Poznań Porsche Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Poznań Porsche Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2010 Poznań Porsche Open, Champions, Doubles
Rui Machado /  Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava def. James Cerretani /  Adil Shamasdin, 6–2, 6–3


2010 Poznań Porsche Open – Doubles
Sergio Roitman and Alexandre Sidorenko were the defending champions. Roitman retired in 2009 and Sidorenko chose to not participate this year. Rui Machado and Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava defeated 1st-seeded James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2010 Poznań Porsche Open – Singles
Peter Luczak was the defending champion, but he was eliminated by Dušan Lojda in the quarterfinal. Denis Gremelmayr won in the final 6–1, 6–2, against Andrey Kuznetsov.


2010 Prague municipal election
The 2010 Prague municipal election was held as part of 2010 Czech municipal elections. It was held on 15 and 16 October 2010. Prague was divided into 7 electoral districts with 9 mandates allocated for each district. It created a "natural threshold."


2010 Prague municipal election
Election was won by TOP 09 ahead of Civic Democratic Party. Czech Social Democratic Party came third. Civic Democrats then formed coalition with Social Democrats and Bohuslav Svoboda became Mayor of Prague.


2010 Preakness Stakes
The 2010 Preakness Stakes was the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 15, 2010, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. Lookin At Lucky, who was jockeyed by Martin Garcia, won the race. Approximate post time was 6:18 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 96,760, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 2010.


2010 Preakness Stakes
In 2010 the Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky proved to be the best three-year-old in training by winning the Eclipse Award as division champion being named American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse. He dominated the voting that year; Lookin At Lucky, 224 votes; Eskendereya, 5 votes; Paddy O'Prado, 1 vote.


2010 Prefontaine Classic
The 2010 Prefontaine Classic was the 36th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Held on Saturday July 3, 2010 at Hayward Field, it was the sixth leg of the inaugural IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. Previously the Prefontaine Classic had been a part of the now defunct IAAF World Athletics Tour, but not in the IAAF Golden League which consisted of the top-tier meets in the tour.


2010 Prefontaine Classic
The meet's debut in the Diamond League resulted in 12 new meeting records being set out of 19 contested events, with yearly world leading marks being set on top of five of the meeting record performances. In the men's events the 200 meters had been most anticipated, which Walter Dix won with a meeting record in 19.72 seconds, defeating second fastest man in history Tyson Gay who had recently returned to competition from groin surgery. Ethiopian Tariku Bekele ran a 5000 m meeting record in 12:58.93, also the best time ever run on American soil.


2010 Prefontaine Classic
David Oliver matched the American record in the 110 m hurdles with a world leading time and meeting record in 12.90 s, just 0.03 s slower than the world record. The shot put saw Christian Cantwell win by more than a meter, with a world leading mark and meeting record of 22.41 m. In the non-scoring 1000 m, Sudanese athlete Abubaker Kaki Khamis set a world leading time, national record, and meeting record in 2:13.62.


2010 Prefontaine Classic
In the women's competition, Veronica Campbell-Brown defeated reigning Olympic and world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser over 100 m in 10.78 s, a world leading personal best time and a meeting record. Mariya Savinova set a world leading time and meeting record in the 800 m with a personal best time in 1:57.56. Though she did not win the triple jump, Canadian Tabia Charles set a national record with a mark of 13.99 m.


2010 Prefontaine Classic, 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.


2010 Premier League Darts
The 2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the sixth such running of the tournament.


2010 Premier League Darts
The tournament began at The O2 Arena in London on 11 February, and finished at the Wembley Arena on 24 May.


2010 Premier League Darts
Phil Taylor won in the final 10–8 against defending champion James Wade, where he also became the first player to hit two nine-dart finishes in a single match.


2010 Premier League Darts, Qualification
The top six players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship were confirmed on 5 January. Simon Whitlock and Adrian Lewis were named as the two Sky Sports wild card selections; Whitlock being announced on 4 January and Lewis on 13 January.


2010 Premier League Darts, Prize money
The prize money increased again with the total prize fund rising to £410,000, as a third place play-off was introduced, earning the winner of that an extra £10,000 to their £40,000 for reaching the play-offs.


2010 Premier League Darts, Results, League stage, 29 April – Week 12
The Premier League's second nine-dart finish occurred, when Raymond van Barneveld hit one during the second leg of his match against Terry Jenkins, checking out with T20, T19 and D12. Barneveld had also hit the first Premier League nine-dart finish in 2006 against Peter Manley.


2010 Premier League Darts, Results, Play-offs – 24 May, Nine dart finishes
The finals night saw the second and third nine-dart finishes of the 2010 Premier League Darts, and the third and fourth in Premier League Darts overall, in the final between Phil Taylor and James Wade.


2010 Premier League Darts, Results, Play-offs – 24 May, Nine dart finishes
Trailing 1–0 after losing the throw in the first leg, Taylor responded with a 174 (T20, 2 T19s), 180 (3 T20s), and 147 (T20, T17, D18) to take the second leg against throw. This was Taylor's first nine-dart finish in the Premier League, having only been achieved previously by Raymond van Barneveld. This was also the first nine-dart finish in a televised final.


2010 Premier League Darts, Results, Play-offs – 24 May, Nine dart finishes
In the 15th leg he hit the second nine dart finish of the night with two 180s and checked out on 141 (T20, T19, D12). This was the first time that the same player achieved two nine dart finishes in one match. After the second nine darter, Taylor made it 17 consecutive perfect darts, needing only T17 D18 for a 3rd nine darter and second on the trot, he missed the T17 by an inch, but still went on to win that leg in 10 darts, after then hitting T18, then returning to hit the D8 with his first dart.


2010 Premier League Darts, Table and Streaks, Table
Top four qualified for Play-Offs after Week 14.NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.


2010 Premier League Darts, Player statistics
The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.


2010 Premier League Knock-Out Cup
The 2010 Premier League Knock-Out Cup was the 43rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. It was contested throughout the Premier League season. The reigning champions were the Kings Lynn Stars. The 2010 champions were the Newcastle Diamonds after beating the Edinburgh Monarchs 91–88 over a two legged final.


2010 Premier League Knock-Out Cup, Round 1
The draw for the 2010 Premier League KOC was taking at the 2009 AGM. 12 teams were drawn against each other, with 2 teams receiving 'byes' into the quarter-finals. These two teams that received a bye were the Redcar Bears and the Somerset Rebels.


2010 Premier League Knock-Out Cup, Quarter finals
8 Teams qualified for the quarter-finals of the PLKOC. These included the Somerset Rebels and the Redcar Bears who received 'byes' through to the quarter finals. The other six teams were Berwick Bandits, Birmingham Brummies, Edinburgh Monarchs, Kings Lynn Stars, Newcastle Diamonds, and Workington Comets. All 6 qualified through being victorious in Round 1 of the competition


2010 Premier League Knock-Out Cup, Semi finals
4 Teams qualified for the semi-finals of the PLKOC. These were Birmingham Brummies, Edinburgh Monarchs, Newcastle Diamonds and Workington Comets. All were victorious in there quarter final ties.


2010 Premier League Knock-Out Cup, The final
The Final was competed between the Edinburgh Monarchs and the Newcastle Diamonds. It was raced over two legs on 29 October and 31 October.


2010 Premier League Snooker
The 2010 PartyCasino.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 2 September to 28 November 2010.


2010 Premier League Snooker
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated him 7–1 in the final.


2010 Premier League Snooker, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2010 Premier League Snooker, League phase
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)


2010 Premier League Snooker, Play-offs
* (61) 74–34, 8–91 (65), (82) 90–0, (139)–0, (102)–0, (77) 78–52 (51)** (83)–0, 70–5, 0–116 (103), 0–(81), 0–(97), 0–97 (69), 0–72 (68)*** (74) 81–12, (123)–0, (59) 82–34, 84–32, 67–35, 43–68, (68) 77–0, (51) 83–28


2010 Premier League Snooker, Qualifiers
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 4 January to 25 March 2010.


2010 Premier League speedway season
The 2010 Premier League Season was the second division of British speedway. The regular season league was won by the Edinburgh Monarchs but Newcastle Diamonds won the play offs. The first fixtures of the season took place on 5 April, and the season ended on 31 October 2010. The King's Lynn Stars were the defending champions from 2009. The Newcastle Diamonds won most of the other awards.


2010 Premier League speedway season, Season Overview
The 2010 Premier League campaign was a successful campaign for the both Edinburgh Monarchs and Newcastle Diamonds. The Monarchs finished the season as Premier League Champions, having amassed 74 points, 16 points clear of the nearest rival (The Diamonds). However, although the Monarchs dominated the League, it was the Diamonds that took the most silverware of the season by winning the Premier League play-offs (against Sheffield Tigers), the Premier Trophy (against Birmingham Brummies), and the Premier League Knockout Cup (against Edinburgh Monarchs).


2010 Premier League speedway season, Season Overview
For the other competitions, the Sheffield Tigers were victorious in the Premier League Pairs, with Ricky Ashworth and Josh Auty taking the crown ahead of the Brummies pair. However, the Brummies were victorious in the Premier League Fours, with them dominating the event throughout. The Dane Kenni Larsen then finished off a remarkable season for the Diamonds by being crowned PLRC champion and only narrowingly missing out on the Highest CMA for the season, with the Monarchs' American Ryan Fisher achieving 9.69 average for the season.


2010 Premier League speedway season, Fixtures & Results
Colours: Blue = home win; Red = away win; White = draw


2010 Premier League speedway season, League table
Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 pointsAway: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or lessM = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points


2010 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Play-Offs, Promotion / Relegation Playoff
The Promotion/Relegation Playoff was contested between the Newcastle Diamonds and the bottom Elite League team, Ipswich Witches. The Diamonds narrowly lost the first leg, by 44-46, despite leading at one point by 34-26 and missing regular riders Jason King, Mark Lemon and in-form reserve Dakota North. The Diamonds were heavily defeated at Ipswich by 64-32, leading to an aggregate defeat of 110-76.


2010 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Riders Championship
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2010 Premier Trophy (speedway)
The 2010 Premier Trophy was contested prior to the start of the Premier League season. The Reigning champions were the Kings Lynn Stars. The 2010 champions were the Newcastle Diamonds after beating the Birmingham Brummies 104-80 over a two legged final. The 2010 campaign was the last Premier Trophy campaign as it was dropped for the 2011 season.


2010 Premier Trophy (speedway), North Group
The North Group was contested between Berwick Bandits, Edinburgh Monarchs, Glasgow Tigers, Newcastle Diamonds and Workington Comets. Newcastle topped the group and qualified for the Premier Trophy Semi Finals.


2010 Premier Trophy (speedway), North Group, Fixtures & Results
Colours: Blue = home win; Red = away win; White = draw


2010 Premier Trophy (speedway), Midland Group
The Midland Group was contested between Birmingham Brummies, Redcar Bears, Scunthorpe Scorpions, Sheffield Tigers and Stoke Potters. Birmingham topped the group and qualified for the Premier Trophy Semi Finals. They also remained unbeaten throughout the group stage becoming the first team in the Premier Trophy to achieve this feat.


2010 Premier Trophy (speedway), Midland Group, Fixtures & Results
Colours: Blue = home win; Red = away win; White = draw


2010 Premier Trophy (speedway), South Group
The South Group was contested between Kings Lynn Stars, Newport Wasps, Rye House Rockets, and Somerset Rebels. Rye House topped the group and qualified for the Premier Trophy Semi Finals. Kings Lynn also qualified to the semi finals been the best placed 2nd place team from the 3 groups.


2010 Premier Trophy (speedway), South Group, Fixtures & Results
Colours: Blue = home win; Red = away win; White = draw


2010 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
The 2010 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2010 J.P Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series) was the inaugural Rugby Union 7-a-side competition for the twelve 2010–11 Aviva Premiership Clubs. It took place during the months of July and August, was sponsored by J.P Morgan Asset Management, and the final was held at the Recreation Ground on 6 August 2010.


2010 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Format
The twelve Premiership Clubs were split into three Groups – A, B and C – with each group playing on a consecutive Friday in July. Each team in the group played each other once, to the International Rugby Board Laws of the Game - 7s Variations. Based on the result, teams would receive: