2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2 : 22 November 2010
In the last match, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick squared off. The American started brightly winning the first set 6–3. The pair traded breaks early in the second before the set was decided in Nadal's favour on a tiebreaker, 7–6. The third set looked to be heading towards a tie breaker before Nadal broke to win the set 6–4 and the match.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 : 23 November 2010
In the first match of Day 3, Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner defeated Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes in three sets, winning the deciding one 10–8.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 : 23 November 2010
Roger Federer then scored an easy win over Andy Murray.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 : 23 November 2010
The third match of the day saw a surprise, as Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski defeated the Bryans in three sets, with the deciding set also finishing at 10–8.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 : 23 November 2010
Day 3 ended with Robin Söderling defeating David Ferrer 7–5, 7–5, all but eliminating Ferrer from semifinal contention.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4 : 24 November 2010
The lowest ranked doubles couple of the tournament, composed by Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman, were the winners of the first match between Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach losing only four games: 6–1, 6–3.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4 : 24 November 2010
After this Tomáš Berdych redeemed himself from his lost match with Djokovic and defeated Andy Roddick in two sets, and made Roddick hard to qualify to the semifinals.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4 : 24 November 2010
Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbian Nenad Zimonjić defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi with a double tiebreak: 7–5 the first, and 7–1 the second and last one.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4 : 24 November 2010
The last match of the day featured a rematch of the US Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Djokovic had break point in the opening Nadal service game, which was saved. But three two Nadal had broken through. Djokovic though broke back immediately and held to make it four all. Djokovic then started to have an issue with a contact lens, and at four all took an extended break to try to resolve the problem. After a five-minute absence Djokovic returned to court and held serve, Nadal made it five all before gaining the all important break.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4 : 24 November 2010
Nadal then fended off several break points to clinch the set by seven games to five. Djokovic was then allowed to extend the break between the sets to sort the issue out with his contact lens' once again. Nadal seemed irritated that the Serb was allowed to have multiple and lengthy equipment timeouts for the same reason. Upon resumption of play Djokovic was broken twice and finally got a game on the board at 4–0 to a huge reception. Both players then held serve as Nadal wrapped up the set and the match, 7–5, 6–2.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5 : 25 November 2010
The number 1 ranked on doubles Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4, and closed their Round Robin matches for this tournament. Dlouhý and Paes couldn't win any match in the tournament and were eliminated from it. In fact the pairing who were splitting had gone 0–6 in their appearances in the Tour finals together.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5 : 25 November 2010
Then, the four-time winner Roger Federer won his last match of Round Robin to go undefeated, beating Swede Robin Söderling 7–6(5), 6–3, and now their head-to-head is 15–1 for Federer. At the completion of the first set Federer won the group and at the end of the match Söderling was eliminated.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5 : 25 November 2010
The match between Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski against Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner closed the matches for Doubles' Group A. The Polish couple won 6–3, 7–6(7) and qualified.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5 : 25 November 2010
The final match of the day saw Andy Murray take on David Ferrer. Ferrer won the opening two games before Murray won six in a row to book his place in the semi finals. Murray broke early in the second only to hand it back and break again immediately to close out a 6–2, 6–2 win.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6 : 26 November 2010
Polish Łukasz Kubot and Austrian Oliver Marach defeated Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serb Nenad Zimonjić 6–0, 1–6, [10–6], but it was not enough to qualify to semifinals, and contrary Nestor and Zimonjić did it.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6 : 26 November 2010
Then, Rafael Nadal defeated Tomáš Berdych and qualified to semifinals as the first of his group.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6 : 26 November 2010
Closing doubles' matches for Round Robin Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi defeated Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman double 6–4 and they qualified to the semifinals as the second of Group B.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6 : 26 November 2010
Closing Round Robin matches for 2010 edition, Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Roddick 6–2, 6–3 and qualified to semifinals.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7 : 27 November 2010
The semifinals began with a surprise as Nestor and Zimonjić knocked of the top-seeded Bryan double in three sets with a thrilling third one. They also saved a match point when they were down in the third set 9–10 before making three straight points to win.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7 : 27 November 2010
They will face Bhupathi and Mirnyi in the final as they defeated the Polish pair Fyrstenberg and Matkowski in two sets. The Polish were under pressure most of the time saving four match points before giving up the fifth where Mirnyi forced Fyrstenberg into an error.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7 : 27 November 2010
The first singles semi final saw world number 1 Rafael Nadal face home hero Andy Murray. Nadal edged the first set on a tie break after no breaks of serve. The highlight of the set was a 36 shot rally, which Murray won. Murray won the second set 6–3 breaking Nadal twice. Nadal in the third broke Murray before the Scot broke back when the Spaniard was serving for the match. After letting two match points go by, Nadal after 3 hours finally took the match in the final set tie break


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7 : 27 November 2010
Federer defeated Djokovic in straight sets to set up a final with his Spanish rival. This was to be just their second meeting this year after they had met at Madrid where Nadal won in straight sets.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8 : 28 November 2010
The day began with the doubles final between Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić, who beat top seeds and defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan in the semifinals, versus Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi. The 2008 champions lifted their second title in doubles at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after beating 4th seeds in 1 hour and 21 minutes, with 7–6(6), 6–4.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8 : 28 November 2010
Later, second seed Roger Federer beat top seed Rafael Nadal in their second match of the year to clinch his fifth title at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, equaling records of Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl, both with 5 titles. In a match of 1 hour and 37 minutes, Federer completed his unbeatable tournament, winning in three sets, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. Nadal continues to lead head-to-head against Federer, now 14–8, and in the ATP World Tour ranking.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals was US$5 million.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Champions, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić def. Mahesh Bhupathi /  Max Mirnyi, 7–6(8–6), 6–4


2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the semifinals. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won the final 7–6(8–6), 6–4, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 to win the Singles tennis title at the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals. It was his fifth year-end championships title.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles
Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but did not qualify for the event this year.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
The twenty-first edition of the ATP Masters Series. The champion of each Masters event is awarded a 1,000 rankings points.


2010 AU118
2010 AU118 (also written 2010 AU118) is a potential Amor near-Earth asteroid with an observation arc of only 1.4 days and thus a poorly determined orbit. It was announced on 27 May 2010 based on images taken by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) on 13–15 January 2010. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 14 June 2014 as a result of an update to the Sentry software. Another software update restored it to the Sentry Risk Table in 2017. It was again removed from the sentry list on 3 October 2018.


2010 AU118
2010 AU118 was observed 19 times over a very short observation arc of 1.4 days during 13–15 January 2010. On 14 January 2010 the asteroid is estimated to have been 1.8 AU (270,000,000 km; 170,000,000 mi) from Earth with an uncertainty in the asteroids distance of ±300 million km. The asteroid's orbit might not get closer than Mars and/or reach beyond Jupiter.


2010 AU118
WISE estimates the asteroid to be 1,900 meters (6,200 ft) in diameter. In 2018, 2010 AU118 was the largest object listed on the Sentry Risk Table. It has a poorly constrained orbit with an uncertainty parameter of 9. Virtual clones of the asteroid that fit the uncertainty region in the known trajectory, showed a 1 in 770 million chance that the asteroid could impact the Earth on 2020 October 20.


2010 AU118
With a Palermo Technical Scale of −3.14, the odds of an impact by 2010 AU118 in 2020 were about 1400 times less than the background hazard level of Earth impacts, which is defined as the average risk posed by objects of the same size or larger over the years until the date of the potential impact. NEODyS lists the nominal 20 October 2020 Earth distance as 3 AU (450,000,000 km; 280,000,000 mi).


2010 Aaron's 499
The 2010 Aaron's 499 was the 9th race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the first of two Sprint Cup races held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It started at 1 p.m. EDT on April 25, 2010. The race was televised on Fox and was also broadcast on MRN Radio at 12 p.m. After Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman previous crash, officials decided that they would change from the rear wing to the rear spoiler which debuted in the 2010 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500.


2010 Aaron's 499
The race, which was extended by 12 laps, shattered numerous NASCAR records: it marked the first time under the modified green-white-checkered finish rules that a race had gone to the maximum three attempts allowed. There were eight caution flags, a record-setting 29 different leaders and a record-setting 88 lead changes. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race, his first win of the season and his first since the 2007 Daytona 500, while the Earnhardt-Ganassi teammates of Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya finished second and third.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Practices and qualifying
On April 23, there were two practice sessions that began, with David Reutimann, Regan Smith, Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, and Marcos Ambrose posting the fastest times. The fastest in the final practice were Jeff Burton, Brad Keselowski, Mike Bliss, Denny Hamlin, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Practices and qualifying
In the final practice there were two caution flags – one after Ryan Newman spun on the back stretch after being tapped by Mark Martin and received major damage to his car, the other being when spotters noticed a small, black bird near the SAFER barrier, which a member of the safety team was able to grab.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Practices and qualifying
On April 24, qualifying was canceled because of severe weather in the area (which also rained out the Nationwide Series race of the weekend, causing that race to be rescheduled to April 25, right after the Sprint Cup race); Jimmie Johnson, as he was first in the standings, started on the pole. The drivers that failed to qualify were Aric Almirola and Terry Cook.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
To begin pre-race events, Reverend Mark Stokes of Alabama Raceway Ministries gave the invocation. Then, recording artist Brittini Black performed the national anthem. To start the engines, Mal Moore, director of athletics at the University of Alabama, gave the starting command.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
Before the race, NASCAR decided to have a competition caution on lap 20, due to rains in the area the day before that had rained out the Nationwide Series race. Jimmie Johnson began the race with a good start, but Kyle Busch passed Johnson after receiving assistance from Jeff Burton . Joey Logano, Kyle Busch's teammate, became the leader after passing Busch, but on lap 4, Matt Kenseth passed him. Kenseth led only one lap until Kevin Harvick claimed the lead. Harvick's vacated first position was filled by Denny Hamlin after he fell to second. On lap 8, Tony Stewart became the leader, but was passed by Elliott Sadler on the ninth lap. David Ragan became the leader after Sadler fell to the second position.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
After leading three laps, Ragan was passed by Kurt Busch. Two laps later, Joey Logano passed Kurt Busch for the lead. Logano led until lap 19, when Jeff Burton passed him. A lap later, the aforementioned competition caution was thrown. Robby Gordon stayed out of pit road to receive the lead, but two laps later Kurt Busch passed him when he was going to pit road.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
At the restart on lap 24, Kurt Busch led the field to the green flag. Brian Vickers passed Kurt Busch for the lead on lap 26. Vickers led for three laps, until lap 29, when Hamlin passed him for the lead. One lap later, Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Hamlin. Michael Waltrip passed Earnhardt and claimed the lead a lap later on lap 31. Two laps later, on lap 33, A. J. Allmendinger passed Waltrip, but on the next lap Waltrip reclaimed the lead.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
On lap 38, Jimmie Johnson passed Waltrip for the lead, but on lap 39, with a push from Vickers, Earnhardt passed Johnson. On lap 42, Jeff Burton passed Earnhardt, but Earnhardt repassed him on the next lap. On the next lap, Kyle Busch passed Earnhardt Jr. for the lead, but Busch led only one lap until Earnhardt passed him. On lap 46, Kurt Busch passed Earnhardt for the lead. Two laps later, Brad Keselowski passed Busch for the lead. On lap 50, David Ragan passed Keselowski for the lead, but he led only one lap until Jeff Burton passed him.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
Ragan led eight laps until Sam Hornish Jr. passed him. On lap 60, Kyle Busch passed Hornish Jr. for the lead. Two laps later Brian Vickers passed Busch to lead. On lap 64, Jimmie Johnson passed Vickers to lead his first lap of the day. A lap later, Burton passed Johnson for the lead. Laps 65 and 66 saw the field cycle through green flag pit stops. On lap 66, Denny Hamlin moved into the lead. One lap later, Johnson retook the lead.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
On lap 68, Jeff Gordon passed Johnson for the lead, but a lap later Johnson reclaimed the lead. On lap 70, Michael Waltrip repassed Johnson. One lap later, Logano passed Waltrip to lead. Regan Smith, on lap 71, passed Logano for the lead. On lap 72, Kyle Busch passed Smith to lead. On lap 75, Elliott Sadler passed Busch for the lead.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
On lap 77, the second caution happened when Hamlin spun in the tri-oval. He did not receive any serious damage.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
On lap 79, Kurt Busch claimed the lead coming off pit road. On the lap 80 restart, he led the field back to the green flag. A lap later, Kurt was passed by Kyle Busch. On lap 82, Jeff Gordon repassed both Busches. A lap later, Gordon was passed by David Reutimann. On lap 84, the third caution was thrown for a large crash in the tri-oval exit. It started when Kyle Busch, on the highside, turned Johnny Sauter into the side of Kurt Busch, starting a chain reaction as several cars bounced off each other.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
The other cars with damage were Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Max Papis, David Stremme, Paul Menard, Sam Hornish Jr., and Elliott Sadler. Of the cars involved in the crash, Sauter was the only car that was unable to drive back to the pits. Papis, Sauter and Waltrip were the only three drivers who were unable to continue. Under the caution Ryan Newman and Travis Kvapil stayed out to lead a lap, but they ended up pitting anyway.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
On the restart, on lap 89, Jimmie Johnson led the field to the green flag. On the following lap, David Reutimann, with assistance from Jeff Gordon, passed Johnson, but Reutimann, on lap 91, was passed by Gordon. Gordon led until lap 92 when Kyle Busch repassed him. On lap 94, Kasey Kahne passed Busch to become the 25th leader in the race, but two laps later Regan Smith passed him for the lead. Kahne regained the lead one lap later. On lap 100, the fourth caution came out when Regan Smith's engine blew up.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
There were 3 lead changes under caution; the drivers who led were Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin, and Greg Biffle. At the restart on lap 105, Biffle led the field to the green flag. A lead change happened on lap 106 with Hamlin passing Biffle. Two laps later, Joey Logano passed Hamlin, but on lap 111, he was passed by Brian Vickers. On the next lap, Logano reclaimed the lead from Vickers. On lap 113, Kyle Busch passed Logano, but after a lap of leading, he was passed by A.J. Allmendinger. Then, on lap 117, Johnson passed Allmendinger for the lead, but on the next lap Allmendinger reclaimed the lead.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
Four laps later, on lap 122, Allmendinger was passed by Vickers for the lead. Vickers led until lap 130 when Hamlin passed him. On the next lap, Kyle Busch claimed the lead from Hamlin. Kyle Busch led nine laps until giving up the lead back to Hamlin. On lap 144, David Ragan claimed the lead from Hamlin, but Hamlin re-passed him one lap later, which broke the official record for lead changes. On lap 146, another cycle of green flag pit stops began as several drivers pitted. Robby Gordon and Kurt Busch were penalized for speeding during their stops.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
The motorsports record of 28 leaders was broken on lap 147 after Juan Pablo Montoya claimed the lead following pit stops. On lap 152, Denny Hamlin reclaimed the lead, but David Reutimann passed him on the following lap. On lap 157, Jamie McMurray passed Reutimann for the lead. Two laps later, Jeff Gordon passed McMurray, but on lap 160, McMurray reclaimed the lead from him. On lap 161, Jeff Burton passed McMurray for the lead. On lap 176, the fifth caution came out when David Reutimann spun Bobby Labonte out on the back straightaway. Jeff Burton pitted, giving the lead to McMurray on the restart.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
On lap 181, McMurray was leading a single-file line of cars on the outside lanes, duelling with the drafting pair of Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. On lap 182, the sixth caution came out for a three car crash in the tri-oval.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
It started when Jimmie Johnson blocked Jeff Gordon in turn 3, forcing Gordon onto the apron, which bunched up a number of cars, causing Jeff Burton to slow down, at which point Burton was pushed into the SAFER barrier in the tri-oval by Kasey Kahne, taking Gordon and Scott Speed with him as his car came back across the track.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
On the green-white-checkered restart, on lap 189, McMurray led the cars to the green flag. One lap later, the seventh caution and second attempt at a green-white-checkered finish began when a large crash happened in turn 3. It started when Joey Logano turned Ryan Newman loose, which spun him out and collected a group of cars including Bobby Labonte, Elliott Sadler, Brian Vickers, Kasey Kahne, Marcos Ambrose, Sam Hornish Jr., and Brad Keselowski.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
The accident caused a second green-white-checker which began with McMurray still leading. On lap 196, an eighth caution flag and third attempt was carried out, as Jimmie Johnson moved up, was clipped by Greg Biffle, and then smashed into the inside wall on the back straightaway. The race was then set up for the third green-white-checkered with McMurray still the leader on lap 198. At the white flag Harvick was pushing McMurray to the tri-oval.


2010 Aaron's 499, Race report, Race summary
Once they were in the middle of the tri-oval on the last lap, Harvick got McMurray just loose enough to turn left to get below under his car, but unlike the previous year, McMurray gave Harvick adequate room. Harvick pulled ahead and beat McMurray to the line by 11 one-thousandths (0.011) of a second over McMurray, snapping Harvick's 115 race winless streak.


2010 Aaron's 499, Post-race
After the race, Jimmie Johnson remained the point leader; Matt Kenseth, who was in second place before, dropped to fourth while Kevin Harvick moved up to 26 points back in the second position. Greg Biffle maintained third in the point standings after finishing seventeenth in the race. Kyle Busch moved up from sixth to fifth while Mark Martin moved four positions from tenth to sixth.


2010 Aberto Santa Catarina De Tenis
The 2010 Aberto Santa Catarina De Tenis was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Blumenau, Brazil between 12 and 18 April 2010.


2010 Aberto Santa Catarina De Tenis, Single main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Aberto Santa Catarina De Tenis, Champions, Doubles
Franco Ferreiro /  André Sá def. André Ghem /  Simone Vagnozzi, 6–4, 6–3


2010 Aberto Santa Catarina De Tenis – Doubles
Marcelo Demoliner and Rodrigo Guidolin were the defenders of championship title, but they lost to Ricardo Hocevar and Caio Zampieri in the first round. Franco Ferreiro and André Sá were champions after beating André Ghem and Simone Vagnozzi in two sets (6–4, 6–3).


2010 Aberto Santa Catarina De Tenis – Singles
Marcelo Demoliner was the defending champion, but he lost against Ricardo Mello in the first round. Marcos Daniel won in the final 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–4 against Bastian Knittel.


2010 Aberto de Bahia
The 2010 Aberto de Bahia was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first (and to date only) edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Salvador, Brazil between 16 and 22 August 2010.


2010 Aberto de Bahia, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Aberto de Bahia, Champions, Doubles
Franco Ferreiro /  André Sá def. Uladzimir Ignatik /  Martin Kližan, 6–2, 6–4


2010 Aberto de Bahia – Doubles
Franco Ferreiro and André Sá won the title, after won against Uladzimir Ignatik and Martin Kližan 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Aberto de Bahia – Singles
Ricardo Mello won the inaugural event, by defeating Thiago Alves 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Aberto de Brasília
The 2010 Aberto de Brasília was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brasília, Brazil between 9 and 14 August 2010.


2010 Aberto de Brasília, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Aberto de Brasília, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following player received an Alternate entry into the singles main draw:


2010 Aberto de Brasília, Champions, Doubles
Franco Ferreiro /  André Sá def. Ricardo Mello /  Caio Zampieri, 7–6(5), 6–3


2010 Aberto de Brasília – Doubles
Marcelo Demoliner and Rodrigo Guidolin were the defending champions. Demoliner decided not to participate and Guidolin partnered with Marcel Felder. Franco Ferreiro and André Sá won the title, defeating Ricardo Mello and Caio Zampieri 7–6(5), 6–3 in the final.


2010 Aberto de Brasília – Singles
Ricardo Mello did not defend his 2009 title, losing to eventual champion Tatsuma Ito in the semifinals. Ito, the 261st ranked player in the world as of August 2, 2010, defeated Izak van der Merwe 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún
The 2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cancún, Mexico between 15 and 21 November 2010.


2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún, Champions, Doubles
Víctor Estrella /  Santiago González def. Rainer Eitzinger /  César Ramírez, 6–1, 7–6(3)


2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Leonardo Tavares were the defending champions, but decided not to participate this year. Víctor Estrella and Santiago González won the final against Rainer Eitzinger and  César Ramírez 6–1, 7–6(3).


2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún – Singles
Nicolás Massú was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Pere Riba won the tournament after defeating Carlos Berlocq 6–4, 6–0 in the final.


2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon
The 2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in León, Guanajuato, Mexico between 12 and 18 April 2010.


2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon, Champions, Doubles
Santiago González /  Vasek Pospisil def. Kaden Hensel /  Adam Hubble, 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]


2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions, but they chose to compete in Johannesburg instead. Santiago González and Vasek Pospisil won in the final 3–6, 6–3, [10–8], against Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble.


2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon – Singles
Dick Norman was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Monte Carlo instead. Santiago González won in the final 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 against Michał Przysiężny.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
The 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the men's tournament (10th for the women) of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, and was part of the 500 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and was in the International category of tournaments on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco, Mexico, from February 22 through February 27, 2010.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
The men's singles draw included two-time defending champion Nicolás Almagro, Fernando Verdasco - the 2010 SAP Open champion; Juan Carlos Ferrero - the 2010 Brasil Open champion; Fernando González, a semifinalist in the 2010 Movistar Open; the 2010 Movistar Open finalists Thomaz Bellucci and Juan Mónaco; the 2010 Heineken Open champion John Isner and 2010 Medibank International Sydney runner-up Richard Gasquet.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
The women's singles draw included the defending champion and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, 2010 Open GDF Suez semifinalist Melanie Oudin, Gisela Dulko, Carla Suárez Navarro and Alizé Cornet.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Men's doubles
Łukasz Kubot /  Oliver Marach defeated  Fabio Fognini /  Potito Starace, 6–0, 6–0


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Women's doubles
Polona Hercog /  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated  Sara Errani /  Roberta Vinci, 2–6, 6–1, [10–2]


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles
František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year, competing in Dubai instead.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach won in the final 6–0, 6–0, against Fabio Fognini and Potito Starace.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Singles
Nicolás Almagro was the defending champion; however, he lost 1–6, 7–5, 2–6 to Juan Carlos Ferrero in the quarterfinals. David Ferrer won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Juan Carlos Ferrero.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez were the defending champions, but they chose to not participate this year. Polona Hercog and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová won in the final 2–6, 6–1, [10–2] against Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.


2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion, and she won in the final 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 against Polona Hercog.


2010 Abilene Ruff Riders season
The 2010 Abilene Ruff Riders season was the team's fourth season as a professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-five teams competing in the IFL for the 2010 season, the Abilene, Texas-based Abilene Ruff Riders were members of the Lonestar West Division of the Intense Conference.


2010 Abilene Ruff Riders season
Under the leadership of head coach Gerald Dockery, the team played their home games at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, Texas.


2010 Abilene Ruff Riders season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 12, 201021 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally the 2010 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 November 2010 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, an island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It was the nineteenth and final round of the 2010 Formula One season. The 55-lap race was won by Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel after starting from pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second in a McLaren, and teammate Jenson Button completed the podium, in third place.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
A second race win in succession – as well as a second consecutive Abu Dhabi Grand Prix win – for Vettel, coupled with other championship contenders Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber finishing second, seventh and eighth respectively, allowed him to become the youngest World Drivers' Champion, at the age of 23 years, 134 days. Button's third place allowed him to finish fifth in the championship standings, having been eliminated from championship contention at the previous race in Brazil.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Due to injuries sustained in a rally crash prior to the 2011 Formula One season, this was the last Formula One race for Robert Kubica until the 2019 Australian Grand Prix. This was also the last Grand Prix for Lucas di Grassi and Christian Klien.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
This event also notably marked the last race for Bridgestone as the sole tyre supplier for all teams, since their debut in 1997. Pirelli became the sole tyre supplier for all teams in 2011, entering the sport for the first time since 1991.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Background
Heading into the final race of the season, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was leading the Drivers' Championship with 246 points; Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were second and third on 238 points and 231 points respectively. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was also in mathematical contention on 222 points, 24 behind Alonso with a maximum of 25 points available for the final race. As a result, this was the first occasion that four drivers still had a chance of winning the Drivers' Championship at the final event of the season. In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull Racing had already secured their first championship title with a total of 469 points, 48 clear of second-placed McLaren with a maximum of 43 points available. McLaren were themselves not confirmed in second place in the championship, with a 32-point advantage over Ferrari.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Background
To interfere with the drivers was never a possibility for us. The whole world condemned Ferrari after what they did in Hockenheim, but we have turned out as idiots because we did not act in this way. We never even thought about it as long as both our drivers remain in the hunt for the championship. It is not assured that Alonso will always be the lucky one. Abu Dhabi will be incredibly exciting and provide highest tension. Sunday night we will know if we clinched the other 50 percent and have been successful or not. A second place under correct circumstances might be better than a win on grounds of orders and confirmations.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Background
Much of the media coverage occurring before the event was centred upon Red Bull, and the possibility of team orders being used to influence the result of the championship – if the team was in the position to do so – as had been used by Ferrari at the German Grand Prix. During that race, Ferrari had used radio transmissions to organize for Fernando Alonso to overtake teammate Felipe Massa for the race victory and gain seven extra points towards the Drivers' Championship.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Background
Team owner Dietrich Mateschitz and team principal Christian Horner both stated that Red Bull would not impose any team orders in order to benefit one of its drivers in a bid to stop Alonso from winning the championship. Sebastian Vettel himself had stated that he would help his teammate win the championship if required, having trailed Mark Webber by seven points heading into the weekend.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Background
After 242 races since their full-time return in 1997, tyre supplier Bridgestone bowed out of Formula One, having been the sport's single tyre supplier since Michelin pulled out after the 2006 season. Pirelli took over the tyre contract in 2011, returning to Formula One for the first time since 1991.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race; the first on Friday afternoon and the second on Friday evening. Both sessions lasted 90 minutes. The third session was held on Saturday afternoon and lasted an hour. All three sessions were held in dry conditions, although the first session was held on a damp but drying track after a pre-session downpour which had not been anticipated. Vettel was quickest with a time of 1:42.760 in the first session, just over six-tenths of a second faster than Hamilton. Button was another four-tenths off Hamilton's pace, followed by Webber, Robert Kubica, and Alonso.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Michael Schumacher was seventh, the only other driver to be within 1.5 seconds of Vettel's time. In the second practice session, Hamilton was fastest with a time of 1:40.888, around a quarter of a second quicker than second-placed Vettel. Alonso took third place, ahead of Webber, Kubica and Felipe Massa. Schumacher was only quick enough for eleventh position in the session, marginally slower than his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The Saturday afternoon session was held on a much warmer track, which reached temperatures as high as 43 °C (109 °F), compared with 29 °C (84 °F) and 31 °C (88 °F) track temperatures for the Friday sessions. Vettel was again quickest, posting a time of 1:40.696, narrowly faster than teammate Webber. Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Vitaly Petrov rounded out the top six positions.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The qualifying session held on Saturday evening was split into three parts. The first part ran for 20 minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 18th or lower. The second part of qualifying lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 17. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to change tyres before the race, and as such started the race on the tyres that they set their quickest lap on.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
I'm not rapped to be fifth on the grid, it's disappointing, but there's still a long way to go tomorrow – the fat lady hasn't sung yet. I would like to have been further up, but I couldn't get the pace. We need to be there at the end of tomorrow's race and a lot can still happen; I haven't helped things today, but the championship's not decided today. I didn't seem to have the grip the other guys had and I need to have a look where I was losing time. We will just have to do the best job we can tomorrow, it's a long race – we're still in the hunt and that's the main thing.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Mark Webber, following the third qualifying session, in which he qualified the farthest back of the four title contenders, in fifth.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Vettel clinched his tenth pole position for the season, with a time of 1:39.394. As a result, Vettel became only the seventh driver to record ten pole positions in a season, and took his team's 15th pole of the season, equalling McLaren's tally from the 1988 season. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Hamilton. Alonso qualified third, though he was happy with his grid position having outqualified Webber. Button qualified fourth, four-tenths of a second behind Vettel, and Webber qualified fifth. Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Schumacher, Rosberg and Petrov rounded out the top ten.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Kubica only managed 11th – missing out on the top ten for the only time in 2010 – having struggled with overall grip in the session. Kamui Kobayashi was best of the Saubers in 12th, ahead of the German trio of Adrian Sutil, Nick Heidfeld and Nico Hülkenberg, with Vitantonio Liuzzi qualifying 16th. The rest of the grid was made up by the Toro Rossos, the Lotuses, the Virgins and the Hispanias.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
The conditions on the grid were dry before the race, the air temperature at 29 °C (84 °F), track temperature at 33 °C (91 °F); and no rain expected. The race's formation lap commenced at 17:00 local time (UTC+4), with all 24 drivers getting away cleanly. Vettel retained his pole position lead into the first corner, followed by Hamilton, with Button moving into third after Alonso made a slow start. At turn six, Schumacher tried to pass teammate Rosberg around the outside, while battling for eighth position.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
Schumacher spun his Mercedes, which meant he faced the rest of the oncoming field on track and was collected by Liuzzi, causing both drivers to retire on the spot and the safety car to be deployed. In order to aid any losses that a pit stop may have cost under normal racing conditions, six drivers – Rosberg, Petrov, Jaime Alguersuari, Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi and Christian Klien – made pit stops at the end of lap one, and rejoined the circuit between 17th and 22nd. Racing resumed at the end of lap five when the safety car pulled into the pit-lane. The top five remained static until the end of lap eleven.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
Webber – who brushed the armco with the right-hand side of his car three laps previously – pitted after struggling for grip on the super-soft, option tyres. He rejoined the circuit 16th, and behind the early-stopping trio of Rosberg, Petrov and Alguersuari. Four laps later, Alonso also brushed the Turn 19 barrier before pitting. He rejoined just in front of Webber, who had moved up the field steadily, and was running 13th – and set the race's fastest lap at the time – by the time Alonso pitted.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel and Hamilton continued to set quicker lap times than their championship rivals, despite being on heavily worn option tyres compared to the fresher, hard tyres of Alonso and Webber. That pairing caught up with Petrov towards the end of lap 18, a battle that would go on until the race's conclusion, with the Renault driver having already stopped for tyres. Five laps later, Alonso tried to overtake Petrov under braking for Turn 11 but had to back out of the manoeuvre, narrowly avoiding the back of the Renault. On the same lap, Hamilton pitted from second place.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel pitted from the lead on the next lap, and rejoined the circuit comfortably ahead of Hamilton, but in second place behind Button, who had still to stop on track. Hamilton had filtered back into the race in fifth position, behind Kubica and Kobayashi who were running similar strategies to Button out front. After passing Kobayashi, Hamilton closed in behind Kubica but found it hard to pass the Renault, akin to what Alonso had been suffering behind Petrov. Despite having nearly 40 laps on the harder tyre, Kubica's pace was still of a substantial level to hold off the advances of Hamilton.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button pitted on lap 39 to release Vettel back into the lead, holding a lead of nearly twelve seconds over Kubica. Button rejoined in fourth place behind Kubica and Hamilton, with Kubica ever increasing his margin over Petrov and Alonso, who were running inside the points again in seventh and eighth respectively. Kubica finally pitted on lap 46 from second place, and came back on track in sixth place, crucially ahead of teammate Petrov, Alonso and Webber; the latter pair seeing their championship chances dwindling with every passing lap.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
In clean air, Hamilton set the race's fastest lap on lap 47 – 1:41.274 – as he closed slightly on Vettel. No further passing attempts were made on track, and thus, Vettel led the race to the end, to take his fifth win of the season. The McLarens of Hamilton and Button completed the podium ahead of Rosberg, the Renaults of Kubica and Petrov, Alonso and Webber. Rounding out the points were Alguersuari and Massa, the Ferrari driver having never got ahead of his rival in 40 laps of battling.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race
With the poor results of Alonso and Webber, Vettel claimed the championship to become the youngest Championship winner in the sport and became the first driver to simultaneously lead the championship for the first time, and as a result win the championship since James Hunt in 1976. His championship-winning margin was four points over Alonso, with Webber a further ten points behind in third.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
After the race it is always very easy to see the best strategy. As I said now you need to cover from someone and if we didn't stop I think Webber probably would have overtaken us, if we stopped we cover from Webber but let Petrov and Rosberg in front so it was a very difficult call I think. It was obviously a tough difficult race. I lost a position at the start and then when the first safety car came out Petrov and Rosberg came in so...


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
We saw some problems with the soft tyres, Webber pitted and then we tried to cover from him. When you cover someone probably you give something away to the others. So it was then a choice between covering Vettel or Petrov and Rosberg, so we covered Webber and then it was difficult to overtake Petrov. The Renault is very quick on the top speed so it was a frustrating race behind him. But this is a sport, this is motor racing. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Championship runner-up Fernando Alonso, summing up his race and his chances of his third championship disappearing.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
The top three finishers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference. Vettel's victory had left him "speechless", and expressed his delight at winning the Championship. He also stated:


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
To be honest I didn't know anything until I crossed the chequered flag. The last 10 laps I was wondering as my race engineer every lap was trying to give some advice and trying to help me carry the car home. I was thinking why is this guy nervous, we must be in a bloody good position. Then crossing the line he came on the radio very silently and said 'it is looking good, but we have to wait until the cars finish'. I was thinking 'what does he mean' and I hadn't seen the screens. I just wanted to make sure, not get any distraction, just focus on myself. Then he came on the radio and screams at me that we have won the World Championship.


2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Hamilton praised his team for all their work during the season, stating that "we pushed very hard throughout the year, so a big thank to all the guys back home at the factory for not giving up. Next year will be a better year." Button echoed Hamilton's comments about the work of his McLaren team, and summed up his first season with the team: "I would like to say a big thank you to the team. This is my first year with the team and I have had a great season. I really feel at home and I think the experiences we have gained this year, Lewis and myself, with working closely with the engineers and everyone in the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team means we can really build on this season for next year."


2010 Acre gubernatorial election
The Acre gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010 to elect the next Governor of Acre. The PT's Tião Viana narrowly won the election and barely avoided a runoff.


2010 Acre time zone referendum
The 2010 Acre referendum consisted in decide for the maintenance or not the time zone change for the Brazilian state of Acre, as the state had an 1-hour difference from Brasília Time (UTC-03:00) in 2008, when the original time zone had minus 2 hours from Brasília.


2010 Acre time zone referendum, History
In 1913, Executive Order 2,784 was signed, which instituted for the first time the time zones in Brazil. According to paragraph d, in joint interpretation with paragraph c, Acre and the area west of the line which connects the municipalities of Tabatinga and Porto Acre, began to be part of the "fourth zone", characterized by GMT-5 (current UTC-05:00).


2010 Acre time zone referendum, History
Almost a century after the change, Federal Law no. 11,662 of 2008 was signed, which, along with another change in the state of Pará (inserting it totally in the Brasília Regional Time), made the state of Acre and southwest Amazonas advance the time in one hour, to the UTC-04:00 time zone, on 23 June 2008.


2010 Acre time zone referendum, Reasons for change
The time zone change was a proposal by then Senator Tião Viana (PT-AC), who defended the change stating that the time difference between Acre and nearby states jeopardized the state economic and culturally. After the referendum, the Abert (Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters) manifested themselves against the return to the previous time, specially due to necessary adjustments in the scheduling after the institution of the Brazilian advisory rating system by the Ministry of Justice in 2007.


2010 Acre time zone referendum, The referendum and its effects
The referendum was held on 31 October 2010, on the same day of the second round of the 2010 presidential election. The majority of the population decided to choose to return to the previous time zone, which had a 2-hour difference from Brasília Regional Time.


2010 Acre time zone referendum, The referendum and its effects
However, the reestablishment of the old time zone wasn't a fast or automatic process: there were political maneuvers against the validity of the referendum, opposite pressure from TV broadcasters, in a way that, almost 3 years after the referendum, its decision hadn't been put in effect, only approved by the Federal Senate committees in September 2013.


2010 Acre time zone referendum, The referendum and its effects
As consequence, the Federal Law no. 12,876/2013 reestablished the previous time in Acre and southwest Amazonas, repealing the Federal Law no. 11,662/2008. The regions covered by the change returned to the old time zone at midnight on Sunday, 10 November 2013.


2010 Acre time zone referendum, Result
As officially published by Electoral Justice, the result of Acre referendum was the following:


2010 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
The 2010 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships was the 22nd edition of acrobatic gymnastics competition and were held in Wrocław, Poland from 16 to 18 July 2010, at the Hala Orbita.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
The Acropolis International Tournament 2010 was a basketball tournament held in OAKA Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, from August 17 until August 19, 2010. This was the 24th edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The four participating teams were Greece, Serbia, Canada, and Slovenia.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Standings, Tiebreaker
Slovenia, Serbia and Canada all had 1 win and 2 losses. Since each team had won one of the two games with the other teams (excluding Greece, who had a 3–0 record), a second tiebreaker was used to determine the second, third, and fourth place. Compared among the other tied teams, Slovenia had an overall 14 point difference, Serbia had a -3 point difference and Canada had a -11 point difference. The teams were ranked by the point difference from highest to lowest. Thus, Slovenia won the silver medal, Serbia won the bronze, and Canada was left with fourth place.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Canada
The Greeks completely thrashed Canada in game one of the Acropolis tournament, winning 123–49. The team set a new record for the highest point difference in an Acropolis tournament, 74 points. Canada's head coach blamed the long trip from Canada to Greece, and a lack of energy as a result. The Greeks' Schortsanitis put down 24 points, before sustaining an injury late in the third quarter, while Calathes had 10 assists.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Serbia
Serbian head coach Dušan Ivković was ejected with 6:00 remaining in the fourth quarter after receiving his second technical foul of the game.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Serbia, Bench clearing brawl
With 2:40 left in the game and Greece up by one point, the home team had possession. Receiving a back pass from driving Dimitris Diamantidis who drew a double team, wide-open Greek power forward Antonis Fotsis attempted a three-point shot, while Serbian point guard Miloš Teodosić ran over to cover him and got called for a foul in the process.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Serbia, Bench clearing brawl
Within seconds, as Teodosić began complaining to the referee over the call, an agitated Fotsis came over and interrupted Teodosić's attempt at talking to the ref by getting in Teodosić's face with a raised hand and a pointed finger, seemingly lecturing and/or threatening him over what had just occurred. Due to a considerable size advantage, the 2.09 m and 113 kg Fotsis easily imposed himself onto the 1.96 m and 95 kg Teodosić, pushing him back as Diamantidis and Novica Veličković, as well as one of the referees, quickly joined in an attempt to separate the two.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Serbia, Bench clearing brawl
With three people now holding Fotsis and Teodosić apart, Fotsis managed to grab a hold of both of Teodosić's arms to which Teodosić reacted by trying to free himself, moving his hand towards Fotsis' face. Already well agitated, Fotsis reacted by spitting in Teodosić's face as Marko Kešelj now also joined the group holding the two. Fotsis followed by grabbing the back of Teodosić's head with the left hand and attempting to punch him with the right, but couldn't throw the punch because of being held back by the people around him. Fotsis' spitting and attempted punching of Teodosić drew more players into the fight as Serbian captain Nenad Krstić jumped in from the back, grabbing Fotsis' face with an open hand while Veličković proceeded to do the same, managing to wrestle Fotsis away from Teodosić.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Serbia, Bench clearing brawl
Mayhem then engulfed the entire court as both squads - including the benches and team officials - became involved. The pack moved to the bench where Krstić threw a chair that hit Ioannis Bourousis in the head; Bourousis was not scheduled to appear on the court due to injury and was watching the game on the bench.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Serbia, Bench clearing brawl
After the brawl, for safety reasons, the game was abandoned with the final score standing at 74-73 for Greece, while Krstić was arrested and held overnight for assaulting Bourousis.


2010 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, Games, Greece vs. Serbia, Bench clearing brawl
For their involvement in the brawl, Krstic was suspended for the first three games in the 2010 FIBA World Championship tournament and fined CHF 45,000 (€42,800/USD $46,000), while Teodosic, Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis were suspended for the first two games. Both teams were also fined CHF 20,000 (€19,000/USD$20,500) by FIBA.


2010 Adelaide Football Club season
The 2010 AFL season was the Adelaide Crows 20th season in the AFL on the back of a 5th place and a semi-final exit in the 2009 AFL season. It was Neil Craig's 7th season at the helm after taking over from Gary Ayres as coach in 2004. The captain for this season was Simon Goodwin and the leadership group consisted of Brad Symes, Scott Stevens, Nathan van Berlo, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty, Brett Burton and Tyson Edwards.


2010 Adelaide Football Club season, Squad for 2010
Statistics are correct as of start of 2010 season. Flags represent place of birth.


2010 Adelaide Football Club season, NAB Cup
The 2010 NAB Cup was disappointing for the Crows, being eliminated in the first round by rivals Port Adelaide. Adelaide never threatened and went down by 56 points, in line for a hot country warm-up via the NAB Challenge route. The Crows travelled to Traeger Park in Alice Springs and were welcomed by torrential downpours. Collingwood defeated the Crows by 20 points, 11.10 (76) – 8.6 (54).


2010 Adelaide Football Club season, NAB Cup
Adelaide came back to South Australia for a clash with last seasons wooden spooners Melbourne. The game was played at Elizabeth Oval, home of local club Central District, and Adelaide prevailed by two points for their first win of the new season.


2010 Adelaide Football Club season, NAB Cup
The last match of Adelaide's pre-season was played against Carlton at Visy Park. It was another close affair, with the Crows prevailing by a point.


2010 Adelaide Sevens
The 2010 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2010, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2009–10 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held between 19 and 21 March at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.


2010 Adelaide Sevens
Samoa picked up their second consecutive Cup win, following on from their victory in the USA Sevens. In a major surprise, their opponent in the final was the United States, who advanced to their first-ever Cup final. Samoa's 38–10 win enabled them to narrow the gap behind series leaders New Zealand to only 2 points.


2010 Adelaide Sevens
New Zealand, who were knocked out of the Cup competition by Samoa, gained the consolation prize of the Plate, defeating reigning series champions South Africa in the final. The Bowl was won by England and the Shield by Japan.


2010 Adelaide Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.


2010 Adelaide Sevens, Pool stage
The tournament started on the Friday night and Saturday with matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.


2010 Adelaide Sevens, Knockout
Play on the last day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.


2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds season
The 2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds season saw Adelaide Thunderbirds compete in the 2010 ANZ Championship. After winning nine games, Thunderbirds finished second, behind New South Wales Swifts, during the regular season. However, after defeating Swifts in the major semi-final, Thunderbirds defeated Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 52–42 in the grand final to win their third premiership. The 2010 season was the last season that Thunderbirds played in black, white, teal and silver, the colours of their sponsors, Port Adelaide Football Club. Ahead of the 2011 season, Thunderbirds announced they were changing their team colours to pink.


2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds season, Players, 2010 roster
Manager: Catherine ForemanPhysiotherapist: Julie KnightsFiona BlackStrength and conditioning: Brenton HayNatalie WilsonPerformance Analyst:Catherine ForemanDoctor: Roger OakeshottSport Psychologist:Gary Haseldine Guest Coaches:Vicki WilsonJenny Borlase


2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds season, Regular season
After winning nine games, Thunderbirds finished second, behind New South Wales Swifts, during the regular season. One of the highlights of Thunderbirds' season came in the Round 5 away match against Central Pulse when they achieved a 35-goal winning margin, a club and league record win. Carla Borrego also equalled Romelda Aiken's record for most goals scored in an ANZ Championship match.


2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds season, Gallery
11 July 2010; Carla Borrego playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the 2010 ANZ Championship grand final.


2010 Adria Superleague Formula round
The 2010 Adria Superleague Formula round was a Superleague Formula round held on September 5, 2010, at the Adria International Raceway circuit, Adria, Italy. It was Superleague Formula's first visit to the circuit after visits in previous years to Italy's Vallelunga and Monza circuits. It was the eighth round of the 2010 Superleague Formula season.


2010 Adria Superleague Formula round
Only sixteen clubs took part, a record low for the series, including Italian clubs A.C. Milan and A.S. Roma. Sporting CP and GD Bordeaux cited "technical problems" as reasons for not competing.


2010 Adria Superleague Formula round, Report
María de Villota did not compete in qualifying or the races having aggravating an old neck injury during the second free practice session. "It was in my hands", she said, "it was just so painful". María joined the regulars in the commentary box on SF's live feed for the Sunday races. That left only fifteen cars to compete, SF's smallest ever grid.


2010 Adur District Council election
The 2010 Adur District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Adur District Council in West Sussex, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2010 Adur District Council election, Results
The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council after winning 12 of the 15 seats which were contested. They regained seats in Buckingham and Southlands wards which had been lost when the sitting councillors Gavin Ayling and Carl English had defected to the Liberal Democrats. However the Conservatives also lost a seat to the Liberal Democrats in Eastbrook, where Gavin Ayling was elected as a Liberal Democrat.


2010 Aegon Championships
The 2010 Aegon Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 108Th edition of the Aegon Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 7 to 13 June 2010. The field was headlined by the 2008 champion and current world number one Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick and defending champion Andy Murray.


2010 Aegon Championships, Finals, Doubles
Novak Djokovic /  Jonathan Erlich defeated  Karol Beck /  David Škoch 7–6(8–6), 2–6, [10–3]


2010 Aegon Championships, Entries, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Aegon Championships – Doubles
Wesley Moodie and Mikhail Youzhny are the defending champions, but Youzhny chose to compete at Halle instead. Moodie teamed up with Dick Norman, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Novak Djokovic and Jonathan Erlich.Djokovic and Erlich won in the final 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–3] against Karol Beck and David Škoch.


2010 Aegon Championships – Singles
Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Mardy Fish. Sam Querrey won in the final 7–6(7–3), 7–5 against Fish.


2010 Aegon Championships – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Aegon Classic
The 2010 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 29th edition of the event. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 7 June until 13 June 2010. First-seeded Li Na won the singles title.


2010 Aegon Classic, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Lisa Raymond defeated  Liezel Huber /  Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–3, 3–2, RET


2010 Aegon Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the two-time defending champions but did not compete together. Black partnered up with Lisa Raymond and Huber with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Black and Raymond won in the final after Huber and Mattek-Sands retired.


2010 Aegon Classic – Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Sesil Karatantcheva.


2010 Aegon Classic – Singles
Li Na won the title defeating Maria Sharapova in the final 7–5, 6–1. This was the only title Li won on grass throughout her career.


2010 Aegon Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Aegon International
The 2010 Aegon International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 36th edition of the event for the women and the 2nd edition for the men. It was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series on the 2010 ATP World Tour. The event took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from 13 June until 19 June 2010.


2010 Aegon International, Finals, Men's doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski defeated  Colin Fleming /  Ken Skupski 6–3, 5–7, [10–8]


2010 Aegon International, Finals, Women's doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 2–6, [13–11]


2010 Aegon International – Men's Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions and they won in the final 6–3, 5–7, [10–8] Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski.


2010 Aegon International – Men's Singles
Dmitry Tursunov was the defending champion, however he chose to not participate this year. Michaël Llodra won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Guillermo García-López.


2010 Aegon International – Women's Doubles
Akgul Amanmuradova and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, however Sugiyama retired at the end of 2009 and Amanmuradova teamed up with Renata Voráčová and they lost in the first round to Cara Black and Daniela Hantuchová. Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 6–2, 2–6, [13–11], against Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik.


2010 Aegon International – Women's Singles
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion but lost to Aravane Rezaï in the first round.


2010 Aegon International – Women's Singles
Ekaterina Makarova won the title, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–4.


2010 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough
The 2010 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Loughborough, Great Britain between 8 and 14 November 2010.


2010 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough, Champions, Men's Doubles
Henri Kontinen /  Frederik Nielsen def. Jordan Kerr /  Ken Skupski, 6–2, 6–4


2010 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough, Champions, Women's Doubles
Jocelyn Rae /  Jade Windley def. Jana Jandová /  Petra Krejsová, 6–3, 5–7, [10–4]


2010 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough – Men's Doubles
Henri Kontinen and Frederik Nielsen won the final against Jordan Kerr and Ken Skupski 6–2, 6–4.


2010 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough – Men's Singles
Matthias Bachinger won the inaugural event by defeating Frederik Nielsen 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 in the final.


2010 Aegon Trophy
The 2010 Aegon Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nottingham, Great Britain between May 31 and June 6, 2010.


2010 Aegon Trophy, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Aegon Trophy, Champions, Doubles
Colin Fleming /  Ken Skupski def. Eric Butorac /  Scott Lipsky, 7–6(3), 6–4


2010 Aegon Trophy – Men's Doubles
Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky were the defending champions; however, Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski defeated them 7–6(7–3), 6–4 in the final.


2010 Aegon Trophy – Men's Singles
Brendan Evans was the defending champion, but he failed to qualify for the event. Ričardas Berankis won in the final 6–4, 6–4, against Go Soeda.


2010 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships
11th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rodez, France June 15 to June 17, 2010.


2010 Aesthetic Group Gymnastics World Cup series
The 2010 IFAGG World Cup series in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan on 18 September 2010 to elect members of the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga). The Afghan Independent Election Commission - established in accordance with the article 156 of the Constitution of Afghanistan for the purpose of organizing and supervising all elections in the country - postponed the poll from its original date of 22 May to September 18.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election
The results were delayed on several occasions, but were finalized on October 31. The Taliban issued a direct threat to all those involved in the House of the People elections.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Campaign
The campaign period kicked off on June 23 and ran until September 16. On June 23, 2010, the full list of candidates was announced; 2,577 candidates filed to run, 405 of them women.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Campaign
On July 7, 2010, the Electoral Complaint Commission announced that it had disqualified 36 candidates because of ties to illegal private militias. However, according to critics "the net caught a few small fish while the sharks swam around it". Sima Samar, who heads the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, said she was concerned that there were alleged war criminals on the candidate lists.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Security
"We urge people not to participate in the election. Everything and everyone affiliated with the election is our target -- candidates, security forces, campaigners, election workers, voters are all our targets," said Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Security
Three candidates were killed during the campaign period while there were several attempts on the lives of others, some of which have resulted in the deaths of campaign workers.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Security
In a tally kept by the Free Election Foundation of Afghanistan, at least eleven campaign workers were killed.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Polling centres
On August 18, Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission announced it would open 5,897 polling centers for the 2010 Wolesi Jirga elections. This was 938 fewer than the original plan to have 6,835 centers opened.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Polling centres
The decision on whether to open or close polling centers was a matter of debate but the IEC said decisions on the polling centers were made in conjunction with the country's security agencies and on September 5 said it was too late to open more. This view was supported by the United Nations and Democracy International.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Polling centres
On September 8, the IEC said a further 81 polling centers would remain shut in eastern Nangarhar province. This brought to 1,019 centers closed, which is almost 15 per cent of the preliminary list of 6835.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Voting system
The voting system used for House of the People elections is single non-transferable vote. The system allows for candidates with as little as less than one percent of the first-choice vote to be elected, something that happened with a number of candidates in the 2005 election. There have been calls to review the use of SNTV as it impedes the development of political parties and prevents fair and accurate representation of Afghanistan's diverse population.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Candidates
There were 2,584 candidates on the ballots for the 2010 Wolesi Jirga elections, across 34 provinces and a country-wide electorate for the nomadic Kuchi tribe.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Candidates
Some 406 candidates were women, who are allocated at least 68 seats.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Candidates
Notable incumbent candidates include: Ramazan Bashar Dost, who came third in the 2009 Afghan Presidential election; Younus Qanooni, runner-up to President Hamid Karzai  in the 2004 presidential election and the inaugural Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga; Shukria Barakzai, a vocal supporter of women's rights; and Mullah Abdul Salaam Rocketi, a former jihadist who earned his name from his skill in shooting rocket-propelled grenades during the Soviet occupation. All three of them stood for one of the 33 seats assigned to Kabul province. Fatima Aziz, an Afghan physician who was elected in 2005, was also re-elected.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Candidates
Other candidates for Kabul included: comedian Zamir Kabuli, who is famous for ridiculing politicians and Farida Tarana, a 29-year-old former female contestant on Afghan Star, the local equivalent of American Idol.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
Reflecting on the disputed previous presidential election, in December 2009 representatives of donor states expressed worries and even suggested that voting should be postponed. Since the violence and the accusations of fraud that accompanied the 2009 election, another round of voting was expected to do more harm than good. The planned election might lead to a new campaign of violence by the Taliban to intimidate voters. The United Nations, the US and election observation missions, including one representing the European Union, had asked the Afghan government to refrain from further elections until it had written a new election law and created a list of registered voters.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
United States congressmen visiting Kabul that month also urged President Karzai to delay until electoral reforms were in place. Otherwise, Afghanistan could risk American financial support. Karzai insisted that the elections had to be held in May,  despite concerns about their credibility.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
On January 24, the election authorities in Afghanistan decided to postpone the elections until September 18, due to "security concerns, logistical problems, and insufficient funds". Using a loophole in the Constitution, the Karzai administration unilaterally rewrote the election law, and Karzai put it into effect by a decree on February 13, 2010. Under this new version, the five members of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), would be chosen by the president after consultation with the parliamentary leadership. Previously, three of the seats were held by foreigners appointed by the United Nations and the other two members were Afghans. On March 31, 2010, the Lower House of the Afghan parliament rejected this change.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
In a speech at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on May 17, 2010, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah warned that another rigged election would be catastrophic, even more than the discredited presidential election in August 2009 from which he dropped out.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
On August 13, 2010, Staffan de Mistura, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative for Afghanistan, called upon the Afghan security forces to show heightened vigilance, referring to widespread intimidation of female candidates, the killing of three candidates and other violence directed against candidates. The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) stated that observers were based in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan to observe the campaigns at the provincial level, and volunteer observers in many districts as well.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
Starting June 2010, FEFA published monitoring reports into the election campaign, in which it cataloged examples of violence against candidates or misuse of government resources. FEFA called on the Afghan government and Afghan and international security forces to take action against individuals perpetrating electoral violations and act decisively to protect voters and candidates and voters ahead of the parliamentary elections. In the report about the launch of the 2010 election campaigns, the FEFA detailed illegal actions of candidates, increasing attacks against candidates and campaign workers, and widespread intimidation of women.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
Warlords, the Taliban and rival candidates were blamed for the intimidation and already at least eight people had been assassinated in relation to the upcoming elections, including three candidates. According to some candidates the security situation was worse than with the 2009 elections, despite the arrival of the reinforcement of 30,000 American troops. Nader Nadery, Commissioner at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and director of FEFA, said that there was more intimidation, more attacks on female candidates and other candidates. "Areas in the south are becoming more and more insecure and areas in the north are becoming more and more intimidating for the weaker candidates." According to Mirwais Yasini, former deputy speaker of the Lower House and a candidate in Nangahar Province, in several districts it was impossible to campaign.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
There were also reports of thousands of fake voter registration cards in circulation that threatened the credibility of elections.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy
Following the 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy, the UN's top diplomat in the country said the ensuing protests could force the delay of parliamentary elections.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy, Fraud prevention
The Independent Election Commission endeavored to prevent the massive fraud that marred 2009's presidential elections, in which one million ballots for President Hamid Karzai were ruled invalid.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy, Fraud prevention
The IEC sacked 6,000 election workers and tightened the security measures surrounding ballot boxes by introducing a computerized tracking system.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Controversy, Fraud prevention
However, it was expected that fraud would still occur and would be hard to spot, according to election observers Democracy International.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct
On election day, at least fourteen people were killed amid UN and US warnings that security and fraud were major concerns at the election. The Taliban also fired rockets in several cities including Kabul and set off bombs at a polling station and by the governor of Kandahar's convoy.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct
A Taliban website said that upwards of a hundred attacks had been carried out, though these claims were not confirmed; election authorities, however, said that the elections as a whole had been safe. The organization that monitored the elections, the Free and Fair Elections Foundation, said that "[t]hough there were numerous attacks, none were severe enough to disrupt voting on a wide scale."


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct
Fraud was also a concern, as some people were discovered trying to cast over a thousand illegitimate votes on behalf of candidates. Some officials were accused of taking bribes; and permanent ink was used to mark the fingers of those who had voted so as to identify and prevent multiple votes.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct
The total turnout of voters was estimated to be almost 3.6 million out of a total of more than 10 million eligible voters. The United Nations said that if five million people voted, the vote could be considered a success, given the difficulties of holding an election during a war. The head of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission said that he would consider the election a success if more than three million people voted, a tally that came to pass. Out of a planned 5,816 open voting locations, authorities said that 92% had opened as scheduled, while the remainder had not opened due to security concerns. The turnout was reported to be light due to Taliban threats. However, the violence was also a lot less than expected.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results
On September 26, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) ordered recounts at locations in seven provinces, but left open the possibility of ordering recounts in other provinces. The recounts were ordered in Kunduz, Balkh, Takhar, Badakhshan and Parwan provinces in the north and northeast, Logar and Khost. At least five polling centres in eastern Khost province were declared invalid.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results
Preliminary results for all 34 provinces were originally due on October 8, but were unexpectedly put off citing the need to be "more accurate and precise." However, they would still be subject to confirmation after the Electoral Complaints Commission adjudicates on its legality. Final, certified results were released on October 31.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
The MPs are made up of: (38.5%) 96 Pashtuns, (24.5%) 61 Hazaras, (21%) 53 Tajiks, (6%) 15 Uzbeks, (3%) 8 Aymāq, (3%) 8 Arab, (1%) 3 Turkmen, (1%) 2 Nuristanis, (1%) 1 Baloch, (0.5%) 1 Pashai and (0.5%) 1 Turkic.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Pre-result reaction
President Karzai responded to the allegations, saying "[i]t is early for us to make concrete judgment ... as far as the quality of the election is concerned, and organization, this is too early to judge. The president and government will make judgment after the relevant organisations have concluded their work."


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Fraud allegations
Additionally, more than 100 complaints of fraud were filed in the first weekend, with another 1,300 complaints  submitted orally, though the election commission said that they would not be reviewed unless they were put into writing. By September 26, 3,460 complaints had been received by the Electoral Complaints Commission.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Fraud allegations
Many candidates demanded a suspension of the vote because of allegations of fraud and vote-rigging.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Fraud allegations
The election commission voided more than 20%, or 1.3 million, of the ballots, after fraud investigations.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Fraud allegations
Twenty-one elected parliamentarians were also disqualified due to fraud. A spokesman of the electoral commission said that 19 of the candidates were winning or leading their races, while two others had failed to win seats.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Fraud allegations
Despite ongoing allegations of fraud and disqualifications, Karzai agreed to open parliament if the said controversies were not brought up.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Fraud allegations
On 23 June 2011, a special tribunal led by Sidiquallah Haqiq and set up by Karzai to probe election irregularities declared the election of 62 MPs void and others elected in their stead, about a quarter of the races in the election. The MPs have the right to appeal to the Afghan Supreme Court


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Fraud allegations
On August 21, 2011, The Afghanistan Independent Election Commission announced at a news conference that nine members of Parliament would be removed and that nine candidates, previously disqualified over electoral irregularities, would have their seats restored.


2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Results, Party results
Only a minority of candidates contested the election on a party ticket, whilst a number of elected MP's were loosely associated with certain parties. Below is a table detailing the NDI's assessment of formal party strength. Due to the often unclear nature of Afghan party politics the figures given are not exact, and do not include unofficial party supporters, but are instead limited to the candidates who openly declared their party allegiance.


2010 Afghanistan earthquake
The 2010 Afghanistan earthquake  occurred on April 18 with a moment magnitude of 5.6. The earthquake could be felt in Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul, and elsewhere in Afghanistan, as well as in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Eleven people were killed and more than 70 were injured. More than two thousand houses were destroyed.


2010 Africa Cup
The 2010 Africa Cup was an incomplete edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition was arranged expecting the participation of twelve teams that were divided into three pools. The winner of each pool was admitted to the final stage.


2010 Africa Cup
The tournament was not completed and the title not assigned.


2010 Africa Cup
After that the pool B was cancelled due to the withdrawal of three of four teams participating; the final stage was not played after Morocco withdrew from hosting the final.


2010 Africa Cup, Pool A
The pool A was regularly played in Tunisia and won by Morocco.


2010 Africa Cup, Pool B
The tournament was originally scheduled in Youndé, but there was the withdraw of Kenya, Namibia and Uganda.


2010 Africa Cup, Pool C
The tournament was played in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and won by hosting team.


2010 Africa Cup, Final Stage
The final stage was originally scheduled for beginning of November in Morocco. After an initial proposal of Madagascar federation, the tournament was cancelled.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa (CAF). It was held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2010 and concluded on 31 January.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations
In the tournament, the hosts Angola were to be joined by 15 nations who advanced from the qualification process that began in October 2007 and involved 53 African national teams. The withdrawal of Togo after a terrorist attack on their bus upon arriving for the tournament reduced the number of participating nations to 15. A total of 29 games were played, instead of the scheduled 32 games. Egypt won the tournament, their seventh ACN title and an unprecedented third in a row, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection
On 4 September 2006, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved a compromise between rival countries to host the Africa Cup of Nations after it ruled out Nigeria. CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively. They assigned Angola in 2010, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which submitted a joint bid in 2012, and Libya for 2014.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection
This edition was awarded to Angola to encourage the country to move towards peace after the Angolan Civil War.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection
Two-time former host Nigeria is the reserve host for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 tournaments, in the event that any of the host countries fails to meet the requirements established by CAF.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection
The 2014 tournament was pushed forward to 2013 and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid year-clash with the FIFA World Cup.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Qualification
The Confederation of African Football announced that the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification would also be the qualification for this tournament. Despite the fact Angola were the host of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, they also needed to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. A similar situation was true for South Africa. Although they would be the hosts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, they still needed to compete in the qualification tournament in order to qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Draw
The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 November 2009 at the Talatona Convention Centre in Luanda, Angola. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Angola were seeded as hosts and Egypt as reigning holders. The remaining 14 teams were ranked based on their records in the three last editions of the competition. Cameroon and Ivory Coast had the two strongest records and so completed the top seeded Pot 1. The four seeded teams were placed into their groups in advance of the final draw.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Match officials
Mohamed Benouza Hélder Martins de Carvalho Coffi Codjia Noumandiez Doué Essam Abdel-Fatah Koman Coulibaly Rajindraparsad Seechurn Khalil Al Ghamdi Badara Diatta Eddy Maillet Daniel Bennett Jerome Damon Khalid Abdel Rahman Kokou Djaoupe Kacem Bennaceur Muhmed Ssegonga


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Match officials
Inácio Manuel Candido Desire Gahungu Evarist Menkouande Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi Angesom Ogbamariam Ayuba Haruna Hassan Kamranifar Fooad El Maghrabi Moffat Champiti Redouane Achik Peter Edibe Mohammed Al Ghamdi Enock Molefe Celestin Ntagungira Bechir Hassani Kenneth Chichenga


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Awards, Best XI
The following players were selected as the best in their respective positions, based on their performances throughout the tournament. Their performances were analysed by the tournament's Technical Study Group (TSG), who picked the team.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Statistics
* ** indicates the team played only two matches in the group stage, due to the withdrawal of Togo from the tournament.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Mascot
The Mascot for the Tournament is Palanquinha, which was inspired by the Giant Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), a national symbol and a treasured animal in Angola. In Angola, this animal is found only in the Cangandala National Park in Malange Province.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Match ball
The official match ball for the tournament is the Adidas Jabulani Angola, a modified version of the Adidas Jabulani to be used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with the colours of the flag of Angola.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Marketing
Tournament had seven sponsors, Doritos, MTN Group, NASUBA, Orange, Pepsi, Samsung and only African corporate sponsor Standard Bank.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Attack on the Togo national team
On 8 January 2010, the team bus of the Togo national football team was attacked by gunmen in Cabinda, Angola as it travelled to the tournament. A spokesman for the Togolese football federation said assistant coach Améleté Abalo and press officer Stanislaud Ocloo had died as well as the driver. The separatist group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Military Position (FLEC-PM) claimed responsibility for the attack. The Togolese team withdrew from the competition the following day. The players initially decided to compete to commemorate the victims in this way, but were immediately ordered to return by the Togolese government.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Attack on the Togo national team
Following their departure from Angola, Togo were formally disqualified from the tournament after failing to fulfil their opening Group B game against Ghana on 11 January.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Attack on the Togo national team
On 30 January 2010, CAF banned Togo from participating in the next two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and fined the team $50,000 due to "government involvement in the withdrawal from the tournament". Togo were unable to compete until the 2015 tournament, but that ban was lifted on 14 May 2010 by a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations Final
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 31 January 2010 at the Estádio 11 de Novembro in Luanda, Angola, to determine the winner of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).


2010 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Egypt won the title for the seventh time by beating Ghana 1–0.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group A
Group A was one of four groups of national teams competing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The group's first round of matches began on January 10 and its last matches were played on January 18. Most matches were played at the Estádio 11 de Novembro in Luanda and featured the host Angola, joined by Mali, Algeria, and  Malawi. The opening day saw an extraordinary game which saw Mali come four goals down to tie Angola 4-4, although it was Angola that made it to the second round.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group B
Group B was one of four groups of national teams competing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The group's first round of matches began on January 11 and its last matches were played on January 19. Most matches were played at the Estádio Chimandela in Cabinda and featured Ivory Coast, joined by Ghana and Burkina Faso. Togo pulled out before the opening game because of the attack on their team bus.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group C
Group C was one of four groups of national teams competing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The group's first round of matches began on January 12 and its last matches were played on January 20. Most matches were played at the Complexo da Sr. da Graça in Benguela and featured the defending champions Egypt, joined by Nigeria, Benin, and  Mozambique.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group D
Group D was one of four groups of national teams competing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The group's first round of matches began on January 10 and its last matches were played on January 18. Most matches were played at the Estádio Alto da Chela in Lubango and featuring Zambia, Mali, Tunisia, and  Cameroon. This was a very tight group with three teams being level on four points and the Tunisians being undefeated but eliminated.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations squads
Below is a list of squads used in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations squads, Group B, Togo
Togo withdrew before the competition began following the attack on their team bus that left three people dead and others injured.


2010 African Championships in Athletics
The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 28 July to 1 August 2010.


2010 African Championships in Athletics, Background
The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time. Previously two major athletics events have been held in Kenya, namely 1987 All-Africa Games and 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.


2010 African Championships in Athletics, Preparations
The championships were awarded to Kenya at the April 2007 Confederation of African Athletics Congress in Dakar, Senegal.


2010 African Championships in Athletics, Preparations
The event was originally scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 2, 2010, but due to delayed preparations the event was moved forward. The Moi International Sports Centre was initially set to become the host venue, but it was later changed to the smaller Nyayo Stadium.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 28.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 28–29.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 30–31.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 31 – August 1.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 1.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 31–August 1.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 30.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held on July 29–30.


2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.