2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Ravens' sixteenth game was a division rivalry rematch against the Bengals at home. The Ravens led the game as kicker Billy Cundiff hit a 25 and a 47-yard field goal. This was followed by Ray Rice getting a 7-yard TD run. The lead was narrowed with QB Carson Palmer throwing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Jerome Simpson, but the Ravens held on for the win, closing out the regular season with a 12–4 record. The Ravens entered the game with a guaranteed playoff spot but knowing that if they won and the Steelers lost, they would improve their playoff position in the conference from #5 to #2. While it was presumed Pittsburgh would probably beat the Browns, they were determined to play well.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Ravens took advantage during the game on turnovers, having forced five in the game. After winning the coin toss and electing to defer, Carson Palmer threw an early interception to Ed Reed, giving the Ravens possession. This resulted in a field goal, giving the Ravens an early 3–0 lead. In the second quarter, Cundiff kicked a second field goal, making it 6–0. At the closing of the first half, the Bengals were driving toward the end zone when Reed made his second interception of the half, thereby preventing the opposition from scoring and sealing a first-half shutout.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
In the third quarter, the Ravens recovered a fumble from deep within Bengals territory, leading to a Ray Rice touchdown run, making the score 13–0. The only Bengals score was a touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Bengals had some chances toward the end. One drive in the final minutes ended as a turnover on downs, another when Palmer fumbled. But the Cincinnati's defense forced three-and-outs each time.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals' final chance came with no timeout and 45 seconds from deep within their own territory, when they were able to play hurry-up offense and drive the ball to within a few yards of the end zone. But they failed to score, resulting in another turnover on downs with just 10 seconds remaining.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
With Pittsburgh winning, the Ravens did not gain anything in the playoff standings. Nevertheless, they finished the season 12–4, tied for their second best season (the other being their 2000 Super Bowl winning season) just a game behind their winningest season in 2006 when they finished 13–3.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Kansas City Chiefs
Entering the postseason as the AFC's #5 seed, the Ravens began their playoff run at Arrowhead Stadium for the AFC Wild Card Round against the #4 Kansas City Chiefs. Baltimore delivered the game's opening strike with a 19-yard field goal from kicker Billy Cundiff, but the Chiefs answered with running back Jamaal Charles getting a 41-yard touchdown run. The Ravens regained the lead in the second quarter as quarterback Joe Flacco found running back Ray Rice on a 9-yard touchdown pass.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Kansas City Chiefs
Baltimore added onto their lead in the third quarter with a pair of 29-yard field goals from Cundiff, followed by Flacco connecting with wide receiver Anquan Boldin on a 4-yard touchdown pass. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens pulled away with a 25-yard touchdown run from running back Willis McGahee. This occurred on an offensive drive that burned more than 10 minutes from the clock, nearly sealing a victory.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Kansas City Chiefs
On Kansas City's final offensive drive, an incomplete pass was followed by two sacks of Matt Cassel. On fourth down, Cassel threw an interception, allowing Baltimore to gain one more first down and then run out the clock.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Kansas City Chiefs
With the win, Baltimore improved their overall record to 13–4.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Coming off their win over the Chiefs, the Ravens flew to Heinz Field for the AFC Divisional Round against their AFC North rival, the #2 Pittsburgh Steelers, for the third time in the season. Baltimore trailed early as Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Ravens took the lead with a 14-yard touchdown run from running back Ray Rice, followed by a 13-yard fumble return for a touchdown from defensive end Cory Redding. Baltimore added onto their lead in the second quarter as quarterback Joe Flacco found tight end Todd Heap on a 4-yard touchdown pass which gave the Ravens a 21–7 lead at the half.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh struck back and tied the game taking advantage of a few Ravens turnovers. Two quick touchdowns were scored as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end Heath Miller, followed by an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Hines Ward. The Steelers retook the lead with kicker Shaun Suisham making a 35-yard field goal, yet the Ravens tied the game with a 24-yard field goal from Cundiff. On the Steelers final possession, they converted on a crucial 3rd and 19 with the game tied at 24 to keep their drive alive. Eventually, Pittsburgh got the last score with Mendenhall's 1-yard touchdown run.


2010 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers
With the loss, Baltimore's season came to an end with an overall record of 13–5.


2010 Baltimore beating
In 2010 an African-American teenager in Baltimore, Maryland was beaten by two white Orthodox Jewish men in the neighborhood of Upper Park Heights. Authorities accused two brothers from Cheswolde, Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim, respectively 24 and 22 years of age, of beating the teenager after receiving reports of suspicious behavior from an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group. Eliyahu received convictions of false imprisonment and second degree assault. He was acquitted of the charge of carrying a deadly weapon with intent to injure. Avi was acquitted of all three charges.


2010 Baltimore beating
Several observers compared this beating to the Trayvon Martin shooting case in Florida. Because of the publicity of the Martin case, the Werdesheim brothers had put forward a motion to move the trial, because of fears that it would be difficult to find an impartial jury. The brothers withdrew the motion and instead selected a bench trial.


2010 Bamberg Super Cup
2010 Bamberg Super Cup was a mini-tournament held between 4 European national basketball teams in preparation for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 13 until August 15 in Bamberg, Germany. Lithuania won the tournament with a 3–0 record.


2010 Bancolombia Open
The 2010 Bancolombia Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor red clay courts. It is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bogotá, Colombia between 5 and 12 April 2010.


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


2010 Bancolombia Open, Champions, Doubles
Franco Ferreiro /  Santiago González def. Dominik Meffert /  Philipp Oswald, 6–3, 5–7, [10–7]


2010 Bancolombia Open – Doubles
Sebastián Prieto and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, but Zeballos chose to participate  at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships instead. Prieto chose to play with Giovanni Lapentti. They lost to Dominik Meffert and Philipp Oswald in the semifinals. Franco Ferreiro and Santiago González won in the final 6–3, 5–7, [10–7], against Meffert and Oswald.


2010 Bancolombia Open – Singles
Horacio Zeballos was the defender of championship title, however he chose to participate  at Houston.João Souza won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Alejandro Falla.


2010 Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship 2010 was held between 24 and 31 January 2010, in Moscow, Russia. Men's teams from 11 countries participated in the 2010 competition: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States (group A) and Canada, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia and the Netherlands (group B).


2010 Bandy World Championship
The tournament was won by Sweden, beating Russia with 6–5 after sudden death. The standing was 5–5 after full-time and the match winning goal was conceived by Daniel Mossberg, scoring in the 110th minute. This was Sweden's tenth Championship victory in this the XXIXth Bandy World Championship. Russia won silver medals and Finland won bronze medals.


2010 Bandy World Championship
All matches were played in the indoor venue Ice Palace Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia.


2010 Bandy World Championship, Participating teams, Division B
Belarus had qualified for play in this year's Division A during the 2009 Bandy World Championship, but since they did not take part in 2010, the USA, which had lost the qualifier to Belarus in 2009, was promoted to Division A instead.


2010 Bandy World Championship, Relegation playoffs
The team that finished last in Division A, the United States, and the winner in Division B, Canada, met in a qualifying match for the vacant seat in next year's WC Division A. The match was won by 9–6 by the USA, thus secured another year in Division A.


2010 Bandy World Championship squads
Below are the squads for the 2010 Bandy World Championship final tournament in Russia.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing
2010 Bangalore stadium bombing occurred on 17 April 2010 in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India. Two bombs exploded around a heavily packed Cricket stadium in which fifteen people were injured. A third bomb was found and defused outside the stadium. According to the Bangalore City Police, the blasts were caused by low-intensity crude bombs triggered by timers.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Background
Bengaluru is the information technology hub of India with more than 40% of the country's IT and software industry based there. Earlier in 2008, Bangalore had suffered serial blasts. India already suffered from a series of blasts in Jaipur, in May 2008.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Background
A day before the explosions, the US State Department had issued a travel alert in which it said: "The US government continues to receive information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India".


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, The bombings
The stadium was packed with people who had come to watch a match in the popular cricket tournament. An hour before the start of the match two bombs had exploded and a third bomb was found and defused outside the stadium. According to the witness there was a loud sound and people started running. As a result of the blasts portions of an outer wall of the stadium was blown off.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, The bombings
After the bomb blast police secured the area following which the Twenty20 cricket match between the home team Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, started an hour late at (1700 IST).


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Casualties
Initial reports indicated that ten people have been injured. The number of injured later increased to fifteen. Five security men were also among the injured.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Investigations
Preliminary investigations soon after the event showed that a timer device had been used for the bombings. The police commissioner of Bangalore Shankar Bidari said the two bombs that exploded may have been hidden behind a plastic board. He said "It is a minor bomb blast, but investigations are in full swing to find out who is responsible,"


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Investigations, Abdul Naseer Madani
In Aug 2010, People's Democratic Party chairman Abdul Naseer Madani's interrogation had admitted his involved in the twin blasts. Karnataka home minister VS Acharya had said "We are likely to ask for extension Madani's custody. There is an indirect involvement in blast outside Chinnaswamy stadium blast. A clearer picture will emerge in a couple of days. More arrests are likely and inquiry may reveal more names."


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Investigations, Abdul Naseer Madani
Madani was arrested on 17 August at Kollam in Kerala in connection with the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. He was listed as the 31st accused in an additional chargesheet filed by the police in July after confessions by suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba operative T Nazir linked him (Madani) to the 2008 Bangalore blasts.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Investigations, Yasin Bhatkal
In 2010, the Karnataka investigators had said that the attacks were likely to have been carried out by a jihadist cell led by Karachi based jihadist, Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri's key lieutenant Yasin Bhatkal. Yasin Bhatkal (which is a code name) has been identified by the Central Bureau of Investigation as the 1973 born Bhatkal resident Ahmad Zarar Siddibapa. He is wanted by Interpol for multiple terrorism-related crimes. Soon after the arrest of several of Mr. Siddibapa's alleged associates from Darbhanga, in Bihar police began investigating Mr. Mehmood's possible role in the cell.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Investigations, Fasih Mehmood
Some of the suspects were later arrested from Darbhanga, in Bihar state. Based on their statements given to the local police, the Central Bureau of Investigation was asked to seek an Interpol Red-corner notice for the arrest of Saudi Arabia based engineer Fasih Mehmood, who is sought by India for his alleged role in the bomb attacks at the cricket stadium.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Investigations, Fasih Mehmood
Mehmood, originally from Bihar's Madhubani district had moved to Saudi Arabia in 2007 after obtaining his Bachelor's in technology degree from a college in the coastal Karnataka town of Bhatkal. According to his family, he knew Karachi based jihadist, Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri, one of the Indian Mujahideen's three top commanders, as a student, but denies he had any knowledge of or association with terrorist activities.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Investigations, Fasih Mehmood
So far police have made seven arrests linked to the cricket stadium bombing.


2010 Bangalore stadium bombing, Impacts
The Bangalore stadium blasts had necessitated the shifting of two IPL matches from Bangalore to Mumbai.


2010 Bangkok Glass F.C. season
The 2010 season was Bangkok Glass's 2nd season in the top division of Thai football. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the season.


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


2010 Bangkok Glass F.C. season, Squad, Transfers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Bangkok Glass F.C. season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Bangkok United F.C. season
The 2010 season was Bangkok United's 7th season in the top division of Thai football. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the season.


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


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


2010 Bangladeshi protests
The 2010 Bangladeshi protests is a wave of garment worker's demonstrations and strikes across Bangladesh that began on 19 June, when hundreds of workers took to the streets for an 8-day strike over wages and low salaries in Ashulia and lasted for 11 days, smashing windows and burning tyres and trucks. Violent protests and street demonstrations occurred again on 30 July, when thousands rioted against low wages. 15,000 took part in the rioting and demonstrations and was mainly beaten and arrested, including 10 children.


2010 Bangladeshi protests
The protesters overturned vehicles, burned tyres, smashed shop windows and blocked traffic in the Bangladeshi capital's Mahakhali and Gulshan districts. Several people were injured with scores detained. On 16 August, protesters again marched and held rallies over low pay for workers, 21 were arrested and in Dhaka, demonstrators clashed with the security forces.


2010 Bani Yas International Tournament
The Bani Yas International Tournament is a yearly football tournament that takes place in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates that began in 2010.


2010 Banja Luka Challenger
The 2010 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 13 and 21 September 2010.


2010 Banja Luka Challenger, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Banja Luka Challenger, Champions, Doubles
James Cerretani /  David Škoch def. Adil Shamasdin /  Lovro Zovko, 6–1, 6–4


2010 Banja Luka Challenger – Doubles
Dustin Brown and Rainer Eitzinger were the defending champions, but decided not to start this year. James Cerretani and David Škoch defeated Adil Shamasdin and Lovro Zovko 6–1, 6–4 to win the tournament.


2010 Banja Luka Challenger – Singles
Daniel Gimeno-Traver was the defending champion but chose not to compete. Marsel İlhan defeated Pere Riba 6–0, 7–6(7–4) in the final. Due to rain this match was played on Monday, 20 September 2010 at 11:00 local time.


2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy
The 2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament to be played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from October 23 through October 31, 2010.


2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser into the singles main draw:


2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski, 7–5, 3–6, [10–5]


2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach were the defending champions, but they lost to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the semifinals. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won the final against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7–5, 3–6, [10–5].


2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy – Singles
Jürgen Melzer was the defending champion. He successfully defended his last year's title by beating Lucky Loser and his compatriot, Andreas Haider-Maurer 6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–4), 6–4 in the final match.


2010 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2010 Bank of America 500
The 2010 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 16, 2010, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-first race during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the fifth race in the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Jamie McMurray, for the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team. Kyle Busch finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started tenth, clinched third.


2010 Bank of America 500
Pole position driver Jeff Gordon maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Carl Edwards, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. Soon after, Busch became the leader of the race and would maintain a total of 218 laps in first place. After the final caution, Busch led on the restart, but McMurray passed him. McMurray held the lead through the end of the race, becoming the first driver not in the 2010 Chase to win a race during the Chase.


2010 Bank of America 500
There were nine cautions and 27 lead changes among 19 different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was McMurray's third win in the 2010 season, and the sixth of his career. The result moved him up to 13th in the Drivers' Championship, 75 points ahead Ryan Newman in 14th. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 45 ahead of Toyota and 85 ahead of Ford, with five races remaining in the season. A total of 103,000 people attended the race, while 5.345 million watched it on television.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Background
Charlotte Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at Charlotte Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch also has a five degree banking. The racetrack has seats for 140,000 spectators.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Background
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 5,673 points, and Denny Hamlin stood in second with 5,637 points. Kevin Harvick followed in third with 5,619 points, thirty-one ahead of Jeff Gordon and fifty-one ahead of Tony Stewart in fourth and fifth respectively. With 5,533 points, Kurt Busch was in sixth, twenty-two points ahead of Carl Edwards, as Jeff Burton with 5,496 points, was thirteen ahead of Kyle Busch, and forty-one in front of Greg Biffle who rounded out the top ten. Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer were eleventh and twelfth with 5,432 and 5,426 respective points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 220 points, forty-one points ahead of their rival Toyota. Ford, with 141 points, was twenty-two points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. Johnson was the race's defending champion.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the Saturday race—one on Thursday, and two on Friday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, while the second session lasted 45 minutes. The final session lasted 65 minutes. During the first practice session, Stewart-Haas Racing's Ryan Newman was fastest ahead of Joey Logano and Kyle Busch in second and third respectively. Mark Martin placed fourth, and David Reutimann finished fifth. Stewart, Reed Sorenson, Scott Speed, David Ragan, and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Forty-nine cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three were allowed to race due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Gordon clinched his 69th career pole position with a time of 28.192 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Edwards. A. J. Allmendinger qualified third, Martin took fourth, and Paul Menard started fifth. The six drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Joe Nemechek, Casey Mears, Mike Bliss, Jason Leffler, Kevin Conway and Johnny Sauter.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Once the qualifying session completed, Gordon commented, "We used to qualify so well here, but competition and cars and different things changing over the years, we just sort of lost our way here, and I'll be honest, [Thursday], the way it was going, I didn't think we had any shot at this pole."


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
On the next evening, Kasey Kahne was quickest in the second practice session, ahead of Reutimann and Biffle in second and third. Kurt Busch was fourth quickest, and Martin Truex Jr. took fifth. Brad Keselowski, Allmendinger, Newman, Logano, and Ragan followed in the top-ten. Other drivers in the chase, such as Johnson, was fifteenth, and Harvick, who was twentieth. During the final practice session, Edwards was fastest with a time of 29.031. Sorenson and Kurt Busch followed in second and third with times of 29.133 and 29.135 seconds. Kahne managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Jamie McMurray and Kyle Busch. Speed was scored seventh, Menard took eighth, Truex was ninth, and Biffle took tenth.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
The race, the thirty-first out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 7:30 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on ABC. Prior to the race, weather conditions were sunny with the air temperature around 71 °F (22 °C). Car owner Joe Gibbs began pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. Next, Big Machine Records recording artist Danielle Peck performed the national anthem, and NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees gave the command for drivers to start their engines.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
Gordon accelerated faster than Edwards off the line, getting ahead of him down the front straightaway. On the following lap, Newman spun sideways and collided into the wall, prompting the first caution to be given. Gordon initially maintained the lead on the restart, though Edwards passed him at the end of the eighth lap. Kyle Busch and Gordon both passed Edwards one lap later. On lap 11, Menard moved to third, as Newman drove to the garage for repairs. Four laps later, Menard took over second, after passing Gordon. After starting tenth, Johnson was scored in fifteenth on the nineteenth lap. On lap 24, the second caution was given because Kurt Busch spun sideways. All the front runners made pit stops during the caution. Gordon was the leader during the restart, as Joey Logano moved to second.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
On the following lap, Kyle Busch moved into the first position. The third caution came out on lap 33, after Johnson spun sideways. On the restart, Kyle Busch was first, ahead of Gordon and Logano. After being involved in the first caution, Newman remained in the garage forty laps later. Hamlin, who started twenty-third on the grid, had moved to eleventh by lap 45. By lap 48, Kyle Busch had a 1.9 second lead over Gordon. Harvick had moved nineteen positions to fifth, after 55 laps.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
On the following lap, Johnson took over twenty-eighth, after spinning on lap 33, as Hamlin claimed the ninth position. On lap 61, Jeff Burton moved to seventh while Travis Kvapil went a lap down to the front runners. Afterward, Burton moved to fifth after passing Menard. The second round of pit stops began on lap 75, when Stewart and Harvick made pit stops. Gordon and Kyle Busch made pit stops two laps later, resulting in Juan Pablo Montoya receiving the lead.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
Once Montoya made his pit stop, Kenseth became the leader, but after one lap he chose to make a pit stop, giving the lead to Patrick Carpentier. Carpentier made a pit stop on lap 84, which resulted in Kyle Busch reclaiming the lead. Kyle Busch had a 3.6 second lead by lap 87. Five laps later, Menard took over the seventh position, after passing Harvick. Then, on lap 95, Kyle Busch reported his throttle was sticking. To fix this problem, Busch used the cut-off switch (a switch on the back of the steering wheel to slow the car).


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
Four laps later, Menard fell to the eighth position. On the following lap, Regan Smith was passed by Kyle Busch, putting him a lap behind. Busch reported to his crew that his throttle was improving on lap 105. On the following lap, debris caused the fourth caution. All the front runners made pit stops during the caution, and Johnson reported to his crew that he and Bowyer had collided on pit road. Kyle Busch led the drivers on the restart, ahead of Gordon, Montoya, Biffle, and Logano. One lap later, Biffle moved to second, as Hamlin claimed fifth.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
On lap 119, Speed went a lap down after being passed by Busch. The fifth caution was given four laps later because Kahne spun sideways and collided into Sam Hornish Jr., which resulted in the two colliding with the wall. Some front runners made pit stops during the caution. On the restart, Martin was the leader, ahead Truex, McMurray, Montoya, and Johnson. On the following lap, McMurray took over second, as Johnson and Kyle Busch moved past Montoya. Afterward, Hamlin passed Gordon for the eighth position, as McMurray became the leader.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
By lap 144, McMurray had a 1.25 second lead over Martin. After 146 laps, Newman remained in the garage for repairs. Six laps later, Johnson claimed third, as Hamlin took over the fifth position. On lap 168, Johnson, McMurray, and Martin made their pit stops, seven laps ahead of Kyle Busch.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
Once pit stops concluded, Jamie McMurray was the leader. Johnson took over the second position on lap 180. After passing Gordon two laps later, Allmendinger moved to the tenth position. Johnson became the leader on lap 189 after passing McMurray. On the following lap, Gordon's car lost power, which resulted in him making unscheduled pit stop. By the 195th lap, Johnson had a 1.36 second lead over the other drivers, though Kyle Busch began to catch Johnson shortly thereafter. On lap 203, the sixth caution was given because Marcos Ambrose spun near pit road.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
All the front runners made pit stops during the caution. During the pit stops, Kyle Busch became the leader, after passing Johnson on pit road. On the restart, Busch was first, while Johnson fell to fifth. Hamlin took over the fifth position from Johnson. Afterward, Gordon reported that he had alternator problems on lap 211. Four laps later, Johnson moved to fifth, as McMurray maintained the second position.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
By lap 221, Kyle Busch had a 1.30 second lead over McMurray. Hamlin moved to third five laps later. On lap 239, Robby Gordon spun sideways, prompting the seventh caution to be given. During the caution, the front runners made pit stops, which resulted in Busch maintaining the lead ahead of Hamlin, McMurray, Johnson, and Biffle on the restart. On the following lap, Johnson moved to second. On lap 246, Burton spun sideways, after colliding with Bowyer. Burton was the only one to pit during the caution. Afterward, Kyle Busch led Johnson on lap 250.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
Five laps later, Harvick passed Truex for the seventh position. On lap 261, Logano passed Martin for tenth, as Kenseth moved into eighth. By lap 262, Busch had a 0.74 second lead over Johnson. Six laps later, Speed moved into twelfth, after passing Edwards. Busch expanded his lead to 2.01 seconds by lap 278. Six laps later, McMurray took over the second position from Johnson.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
Once Kahne's race car was repaired, J. J. Yeley was put in his car to finish the race for the team, after Kahne became ill. On lap 289, the final pit stop set began. Busch and Johnson made pit stops on lap 294, one lap earlier than McMurray. During the pit stop cycle, Montoya, Sorenson, and Allmendinger briefly held the lead. While on pit road, Gordon received a pass-through penalty for speeding. On lap 299, Kyle Busch became the leader, as pit stops concluded. Three laps later, his lead shrunk to 1.3 seconds.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Race
On lap 308, the caution was given because of debris on the track. On the restart Busch led ahead of McMurray, Johnson, and Hamlin. On the following lap, McMurray became the leader. By lap 320, McMurray had a 1.02 second lead over Busch, as a battle for second place began between Busch and Johnson. McMurray crossed the finish line on lap 334 to take his third win of the season, two seconds ahead of Busch, who led the most laps (218). Johnson was third, ahead of Hamlin, Biffle, Kenseth, Logano, Harvick, Reutimann, and Ragan, who rounded out the top ten.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Post-race
McMurray appeared in victory lane to celebrate his sixth win of the season in front of 103,000 people who attended the race. McMurray also earned $266,129 in race winnings, and later stated that his car performed best towards the end of the race: "We had a better car than Kyle at the end. He was better at certain stages during the race but at the end of the race, we had the best car."


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Post-race
Busch was rather disappointed with his second-place run: "Jamie got a good restart. I don't know if he got pushed from Jimmie or not, but he had a good run, good momentum getting into Turn 1. Then I got there and my car pushed up the race track ... and he was already gone. There was nothing I could do. I couldn't even stay to his outside. His car turned better than mine. Mine plowed right up the race track and he went right by me. ... It's very, very frustrating.


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Post-race
I gave it all I had, but McMurray was better than me." After finishing fourth, Hamlin remained optimistic about his chances in his championship battle with Johnson: "He's a champion, and I'm not. ... He's figured this stuff out, and he's got a great team, as well as we do, but I haven't hit the 'go' button yet, and I feel like there's still more left with our team. I'm minimizing my risk right now, and I feel like, if I'm going to have a shot to win this thing when we get to Homestead [the season finale], I've got to minimize those risks."


2010 Bank of America 500, Report, Post-race
The race result left Johnson leading the Drivers' Championship with 5,843 points. He was followed by Hamlin, who remained 41 points behind Johnson, though 36 and 115 points ahead of Harvick and Jeff Gordon respectively. Kyle Busch and Stewart were tied for fifth with 5,666 points, followed by Edwards, Biffle, Kurt Busch, and Burton in seventh through tenth. Kenseth and Bowyer were scored 11th and 12th with 5,587 and 5,543 points respectively. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained the lead with 230 points. Toyota held second with 185 points, 40 ahead of Ford and 63 ahead of Dodge. 5.345 million people watched the race on television.


2010 Bank of the West Classic
The 2010 Bank of the West Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the Bank of the West Classic, and is a part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, United States, from July 26 through August 1, 2010. It was the first women's event on the 2010 US Open Series. Victoria Azarenka won the singles title.


2010 Bank of the West Classic, Champions, Doubles
Lindsay Davenport /  Liezel Huber defeated  Chan Yung-jan /  Zheng Jie, 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 10–8.


2010 Bank of the West Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2010 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but chose not to compete. Lindsay Davenport and Liezel Huber won in the final against Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie, 7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8].


2010 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.


2010 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Azarenka went on to win the title, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final 6–4, 6–1.


2010 Bank of the West Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place in Portorož, Slovenia, from July 19 through July 25, 2010. Anna Chakvetadze won the singles title.


2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Champions, Doubles
Maria Kondratieva /  Vladimíra Uhlířová defeated  Anna Chakvetadze /  Marina Erakovic, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]


2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open – Doubles
Julia Görges and Vladimíra Uhlířová were the defending champions, but Görges chose to participate in Bad Gastein. Uhlířová partnered up with Maria Kondratieva and won in the final against Anna Chakvetadze and Marina Erakovic 6–4, 2–6, [10–7].


2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open – Singles
Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate.


2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open – Singles
Anna Chakvetadze won the title, defeating Johanna Larsson in the final, 6–1, 6–2. This was the final WTA singles title that Chakvetadze won before her retirement in 2013.


2010 Baqubah bombings
The 3 March 2010 Baqubah bombings were a series of three bombings in Baqubah, Iraq, on 3 March 2010 that killed at least 33 people and injured 55 others. Baqubah, a mixed Sunni and Shia town, is the capital of Diyala Governorate, approximately 40 miles (64 km) north of the country's capital, Baghdad.


2010 Baqubah bombings
The bombings occurred in the lead-up to the parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 March 2010. At 9:45 am local time, a car bomb was detonated near a police station in the western part of the city. A few moments later, approximately 100 yards (91 m) away, another car bomb was detonated near the provincial building. A suicide bomber later detonated a bomb at the hospital where some of the wounded were being treated. The hospital bomber posed as a police lieutenant and rode an ambulance to the hospital. A fourth bomb was found near the hospital and defused.


2010 Baqubah bombings
After the bombings, a full curfew was imposed on the city of Baqubah, barring even pedestrians. Among the dead were ten policemen, and Dr. Ali al-Timimi, head of Diyala Governorate's health department.


2010 Baqubah bombings
The perpetrator of the bombings has yet to be identified, but Al-Qaeda in Iraq had previously promised to disrupt the elections on 7 March. Authorities, both American and Iraqi, have reportedly warned that more attacks could occur before, and even after the elections. Despite the concerns, early voting began, as scheduled, the morning of 4 March.


2010 Baqubah bombings, United States response
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said "It's disgraceful, it's deplorable. We strongly condemn it, that said, neither this attack nor any of the previous attempts to derail the electoral process and to destabilise the government have been or will be successful."


2010 Barbados Premier Division
The 2010 Barbados Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premiere League for sponsorship reasons) was the 64th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. The season began on 15 February and concluded on 25 June. The league champions were Notre Dame SC.


2010 Barcelona Ladies Open
The 2010 Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the Barcelona Ladies Open, and an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the David Lloyd Club Turó in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 10 through April 17, 2010.


2010 Barcelona Ladies Open, Champions, Doubles
Sara Errani /  Roberta Vinci def. Timea Bacsinszky /  Tathiana Garbin, 6–1, 3–6, [10–2]


2010 Barcelona Ladies Open – Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez are the defending champions. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won in the final 6–1, 3–6, [10–2] against Timea Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin.


2010 Barcelona Ladies Open – Singles
Roberta Vinci was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Francesca Schiavone, 6–1, 6–1.


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
The 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 58th edition of the event known this year as the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 19 through April 25, 2010.


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
Defending champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament this year citing fatigue.


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Lleyton Hewitt /  Mark Knowles, 4–6, 6–3, [10-5]


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Entrants, Notable Withdrawals
The following players withdrew from the tournament for various reasons:


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić defend their 2009 title. They defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Knowles in the final (4–6, 6–3, [10-5]).


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles
Fernando Verdasco defeated Robin Söderling in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, to claim his first Barcelona Open title.


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles
Rafael Nadal was the five-time defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to fatigue.


2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Barcelona Sporting Club season
Barcelona Sporting Club's 2010 season was the club's 85th year of existence, and the 53rd in the top level of professional football in Ecuador. The club participated in their 52nd Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol, and their third Copa Sudamericana.


2010 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Serie A
2010 will be Barcelona's 52nd season in the Serie A.


2010 Barclays New York Challenge
The 2010 Barclays New York Challenge was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition which  featured football club teams from Europe and North America, and was held in July 2010. All matches were played in Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey in the United States. The tournament is part of the World Series of Soccer. Sporting CP emerged as the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winners. Robbie Keane was named the Barclays Player of the Tournament with two goals and one assist.


2010 Barclays New York Challenge, Stadium
The newly built Red Bull Arena hosted all four games. Owned by Red Bull GmbH, the stadium has 25,189 seats. The record attendance was during a match between the Red Bulls and Brazilian club Santos FC in March 2010 with 25,000.


2010 Barclays New York Challenge, Players
Manchester City's newest signing Yaya Touré made his club debut against Sporting while Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls also made his club debut against Tottenham Hotspur. Henry scored his first ever goal for New York from a cross by Joel Lindpere.


2010 Barclays New York Challenge, Players
Other notable players in the tournament included Roman Pavlyuchenko, Robbie Keane, Maniche, Patrick Vieira and Matías Fernández.


2010 Barclays New York Challenge, Rules
Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation. Clubs earned three points for a win. Total goals scored was the first tiebreaker, than fewest goals conceded, then fastest goal scored. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winner.


2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council winning all of the seats. The British National Party lost all the seats they had gained in 2006. The Conservatives lost their only remaining seat and the Liberal Democrats failed to regain any seats they had lost four years earlier.


2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
The 2010 General Election was held on the same day, which increased turnout. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections in 2010.


2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
In the 2006 election, Labour won 38 seats, the BNP 12 and the Conservatives 1.


2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Background
188 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (51) and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran 41 candidates , the Liberal Democrats ran 20 and the BNP ran 34 whilst there were 20 Independent candidates.


2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2010 and 2014, Goresbrook
The by-election was called following the voiding of the election of Cllr. Louise Couling as she was ruled ineligible.


2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2010 and 2014, Goresbrook
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Louise Couling.


2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2010 and 2014, Longbridge
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Nirmal Gill.


2010 Barnet London Borough Council election
The 2010 Barnet Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2010 Barnet London Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 36 seats, compared to 20 for Labour and 6 for the Liberal Democrats, with one seat vacant in Golders Green ward. A total of 251 candidates stood in the election including a full slate of 63 each from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. The Green party stood 51 candidates, a record for the party in Barnet, while there were 11 candidates from the new Residents Association of Barnet, 1 from the British National Party and 2 independents.


2010 Barnet London Borough Council election, Background
The Conservative councillors Mike Freer and Matthew Offord stood down at the election, as they were standing in the constituencies of Finchley and Golders Green and Hendon respectively in the general election, which took place at the same as the council election.


2010 Barnet London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after making a net gain of 2 seats to have 39 councillors. The Conservatives lost 1 seat to Labour in Coppetts ward, but gained 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats. This left Labour on 21 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were reduced to 3 seats in Childs Hill, after losing 2 seats in Mill Hill and 1 seat in High Barnet to the Conservatives. Neither the Green party nor the Residents' Association of Barnet managed to win any seats.


2010 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2010 and 2014, East Finchley
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Andrew McNeil on 22 February. At the previous election, the Green Party candidate had polled 8.5% of votes cast.


2010 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2010 and 2014, Brunswick Park
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Lynne Hillan on 5 April.


2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background
The previous election in 2008 saw Labour's majority reduced to just one seat. The Barnsley Independent Group formed the main opposition with 22 seats compared to 32 for Labour, with Conservatives, a couple of other independents and 1 Liberal Democrat making up the council.


2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour increase their majority from 1 to 11 seats after making 5 gains from the Barnsley Independent Group.


2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election
The 2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, Background
The 2010 election was the last where only a third of the council was contested. This meant 12 seats were up for election, with only Barrow Island ward not having an election. From the 2011 election Barrow-in-Furness moved to having full council elections every 4 years.


2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservative party had 16 councillors, compared to 8 for Labour, 7 independents, 4 Socialist People's Party and 1 Liberal Democrat. However, in the lead up to election independent councillor John Millar joined the Conservatives and defended Dalton South as a Conservative in the election.


2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, Background
The Conservatives hoped to win a majority on the council, defending their record as the council administration by pointing to a list of achievements and saying they had kept council tax levels low. However Labour were only defending 2 seats and attacked the Conservative record, while calling for more council apprenticeships and the return of a scheme of lower bus fares for pensioners.


2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour gain 8 seats to double the number of councillors the party held on the council to 16. The gains came at the expense of all the other groups on the council, with only the Conservatives holding 2 seats in Hawcoat and Roosecote.


2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Jack Richardson, was re-elected and Conservative Rory McClure became mayor. This came after all 5 independents backed the Conservatives in the vote and the 2 Socialist Peoples Party councillors abstained.


2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
The 2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín was the ninth round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season and also a round of the European Rally Championship. The seventeen stage asphalt rally took place on 27 – 29 August 2010. Other than the opening stage on Friday night all stages were run in daylight.


2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín, Introduction
The rally, which was being run for the 40th time, was based in the Moravian town of Zlín. Friday saw the ceremonial start and opening super-special stage running through the streets of Zlín. On Saturday a further eight stages covering 138.88 km (86.30 mi) were run on asphalt with the final eight stages (126.38 km (78.53 mi)) being completed on the Sunday. A record-breaking 28 Super 2000 cars started the rally, including six of the top seven drivers in the championship. New entries to the series included Keith Cronin and Niall McShea from the Proton R3 Rally Team.


2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín, Results
The early part of the rally was dominated by Kopecký, who won the first, second and third stage and lead the rally at the end of the day. Day one saw a total of five different drivers take a stage win. Day two also saw five different stage winners and the overall lead change three times. Kopecký, while in the lead, crashed out of the rally on stage 14 handing the lead to Bouffier only for Loix to take the lead on stage 16 and win the rally. The result was the fourth 1–2–3 for Škoda in this year's championship.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2010 proceeded according to rules enacted in 2001 and revised in 2007. As always, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recent players; one player was elected, Andre Dawson.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
In keeping with the 2007 reform, one Veterans Committee convened to consider a ballot of managers and umpires, another to consider a ballot of executives. One manager and one umpire were elected: Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey, respectively.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
An induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 25, 2010.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
A Veterans Committee election to select from older players had been held in the 2009 cycle. The next election for players whose careers began in 1943 or later was scheduled for the 2011 class of inductees while the next for pre-1943 players was scheduled for the 2014 class. However, a reform of the Veterans Committee(s) was announced in July 2010. Per the announcement, long-retired players and all non-playing personnel would be considered on a single ballot, with the ballot restricted by the "Era" in which candidates made their greatest contributions.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
The next Veterans Committee elections, held in December 2010 as part of the 2011 induction cycle, considered only figures from what the Hall deemed the "Expansion Era", 1973 and later. Candidates from the "Golden Era" (1947–1972) were considered in the balloting for 2012, and candidates from the "Pre-Integration Era" (1871–1946) were considered in the balloting for 2013. These committee meetings were planned to be held in rotation thereafter, one each balloting.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA was again authorized to elect players active in 1990 or later, but not after 2004; the ballot included candidates from the 2009 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 2004. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Results of the 2010 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 6. The ballot consisted of 26 players, including 11 candidates returning from the 2009 ballot (a record low, displacing the previous year's record of 13).


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
539 ballots were cast (including five ballots which supported no candidates), with 405 votes required for election. A total of 3,057 individual votes were cast, an average of 5.67 per ballot. Those candidates who received less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated with a dagger (†). The candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The newly-eligible candidates included 11 All-Stars, who were selected a combined total of 51 times – a notable decrease from 2009, when 22 All-Stars became eligible. Among the first-ballot candidates were 12-time All-Stars Roberto Alomar and Barry Larkin, 7-time All-Star Edgar Martínez, and 5-time All-Stars Andrés Galarraga and Fred McGriff. With respect to major end-of-season awards, the new field contained one Cy Young Award winner (Pat Hentgen), one MVP (Larkin) and one Rookie of the Year (Eric Karros). Alomar won ten Gold Gloves at second base (the most for any second baseman). Robin Ventura received six at third base. Larkin holds the record for most Silver Slugger Awards by a shortstop (nine). Edgar Martínez is tied for the record for most Outstanding Designated Hitter Awards (with David Ortiz) at five (the award has since been renamed the Edgar Martínez Award).


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Players who were eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Paul Abbott, Andy Ashby, Danny Bautista, Darren Bragg, Brian Boehringer, Dave Burba, Greg Colbrunn, Mike Fetters, Brook Fordyce, Karim García, Tom Goodwin, Ricky Gutiérrez, Jimmy Haynes, Sterling Hitchcock, Curt Leskanic, Josías Manzanillo, Brent Mayne, Mark McLemore, Scott Service, Chris Stynes, Scott Sullivan, Todd Van Poppel, John Vander Wal, Fernando Viña, and Turk Wendell.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
For the first time in the history of BBWAA voting, two players fell shy of election by fewer than 10 votes. Blyleven, on the ballot for the 13th time, fell 5 votes shy; he gained 62 votes from his 2009 total. Alomar fell 8 votes short in his first appearance on the ballot, and received the highest percentage ever for a first-time candidate who was not elected at that time. Both would be elected in 2011.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections
The Veterans Committee election process was revised in July 2007. With the 2007 rules changes, the composite ballot was split into two separate ballots—one for managers and umpires and the other for executives. Also, the voting membership of the Committee, which previously included all living members of the Hall, was reduced to include just a handful of those members, plus additional executives and sportswriters. Voting for both the managers/umpires and executives ballots, which now takes place prior to inductions in even-numbered years, began with the 2008 class of inductees, when two managers and three executives were elected. To be eligible, managers and umpires must be retired for at least five years, or for at least six months if they are age 65 or older, while executives must be either retired or at least age 65.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections
A Historical Overview Committee of sportswriters appointed by the BBWAA's Board of Directors met to develop a ballot of 10 managers and umpires. The managers/umpires list was then submitted to a panel composed of Hall of Fame members, executives and veteran media members for a final vote. A separate ballot of 10 executives was developed by a panel including executives, players and writers, which was the same committee which finally voted in that area. The final ballots were released in November 2009.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections
Each panel member was allowed to vote for up to four individuals on each ballot, and each candidate who received 75% of the vote from either panel was elected; therefore, a maximum of five inductions were possible from each ballot. Voting was conducted at baseball's winter meetings in Indianapolis on December 6, 2009, with the results announced the next day; as was the case with the 2008 class of inductees, the Committee met to discuss the candidates, although the previous three elections had been conducted by mail.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot
The ballot for managers and umpires included eight managers (designated M) and two umpires (designated U), with 12 votes required for election. Candidates who received at least 75% of the vote were elected. Those that were inducted are indicated in bold italics.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot
In contrast with the 2008 election, voters made less of an effort to vote for as many candidates as they were allowed. While at least 58 of the permitted 64 individual votes were cast in 2008, the number of known individual votes cast in this election was 48 of the possible 64. (Vote totals for the five trailing candidates were announced as "less than 3", or 0 to 2.) Seven of the candidates had been on the preceding ballot in 2008, with Grimm, Kelly, and O'Neill appearing for the first time and umpire Cy Rigler dropping off the ballot. Four candidates were living when the final results were announced—Harvey (age 79), Herzog (78), Johnson (66), and Kelly (59).


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot
The election committee, which was announced on the same day as the ballot, included:


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot
Of the 16 members of the election committee, 11 voted for the class of 2008. The five new voters were all Hall of Famers—Murray, Roberts, Sandberg, Smith, and 2008 inductee Dick Williams. Because of the changes announced for future elections, this was the last meeting of this particular committee.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot
Of the ten candidates for election, Doug Harvey and Whitey Herzog received the 75% needed to garner induction.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot
On the executives ballot, 9 votes were required for election; no candidates were elected.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot
As with the other committee, voters in this election made less of an effort to vote for as many candidates as allowed than in the 2008 election. The number of individual votes cast went down to a greater degree than in the managers/umpires balloting—only 28 of the possible 48 individual votes were known to have been cast in this election, compared to 44 in the 2008 voting. (Vote totals for the six trailing candidates were announced as "less than 3", or 0 to 2.)


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot
Of the 10 candidates, six (Fetzer, Howsam, Kauffman, McHale, Miller, and Paul) were holdovers from the 2008 ballot. Autry, Breadon, and Ruppert appeared on the ballot for the first time; White, who was on the 2007 composite ballot but was not on the 2008 ballot, returned for 2010. Buzzie Bavasi, who died in the intervening period, was on the 2008 ballot but not the 2010 ballot. Two candidates were living when the results were announced—Miller, age 92, and White, age 75.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot
The election committee, which was announced on the same day as the ballot, included:


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot
Of the 12 members of the election committee, eight voted for the class of 2008. The new voters were Hall of Famers Roberts and Seaver, executive Schuerholz, and sportswriter Pepe. As with the managers/umpires voting committee, this was the final meeting for the executives voting committee because of the voting changes announced in July 2010.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
The J. G. Taylor Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962. It recognizes a sportswriter "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing". The recipients are not members of the Hall of the Fame, but instead are featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Three final candidates, selected by a three-member BBWAA committee, were named on July 14, 2009 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis in conjunction with All-Star Game activities: Bill Madden, national baseball columnist for the New York Daily News, Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun and Joe Giuliotti, retired from the Boston Herald. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to cast ballots in voting conducted by mail in November.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
On December 8 at baseball's winter meetings, Bill Madden was announced as the recipient. Madden, who started his career in 1969 with United Press International before joining the Daily News in 1978, received 226 votes out of the 452 ballots cast, with Elliott receiving 149 votes and Giuliotti receiving 76; one blank ballot was submitted.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
The Ford C. Frick Award has been presented at the induction ceremonies annually since 1978 to a broadcaster. Recipients are not considered to be members of the Hall, but are permanently recognized in an exhibit at the museum. After the 2007 changes to the Veterans Committee, the winner (if living) is no longer an automatic member of that body. To be eligible, an active or retired broadcaster must have a minimum of 10 years of continuous major league broadcast service with a ball club, a network, or a combination of the two.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
Ten finalists were announced in January 2010. In accordance with guidelines established in 2003, seven were chosen by a committee composed of the living recipients, along with additional broadcasting historians and columnists. Three additional candidates were selected from a list of candidates through results of voting by fans conducted in December 2009 on the Hall's Facebook page. The recipient was announced in February following a vote by the same committee which selected the first group of finalists. They based the selection on the following criteria: longevity; continuity with a club; honors, including national assignments such as the World Series and All-Star Games; and popularity with fans.


2010 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
Jon Miller, radio announcer for the San Francisco Giants, television play-by-play announcer for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball and regular-season and postseason announcer on ESPN Radio, was announced as the 2010 Ford C. Frick Award winner on February 2, 2010. Beginning his career in 1974 with the Oakland Athletics, he is best known for his radio work with the Baltimore Orioles from 1983 through 1996, and the Giants from 1997 to the present. Before joining ESPN in 1990, he worked with NBC from 1986 through 1989. He also worked with The Baseball Network.


2010 Basel Summer Ice Hockey
The 2010 Basel Summer Ice Hockey is an ice hockey tournament that was held in Basel, Switzerland between 18 and 22 August 2010. All matches were played at host EHC Basel's home St. Jakob Arena. Six teams, split into two groups of three, once again took part.


2010 Basel Summer Ice Hockey, Teams participating
The list of teams that were confirmed for the tournament are as listed:


2010 Basel Summer Ice Hockey, Knockout stage
Key: * – final in overtime. * * – final in shootout.


2010 Basildon District Council election
The 2010 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2010 Basildon District Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning half of the votes cast. This enabled them to win 11 seats, compared to 2 for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats. With the election having taken place at the same time as the general election, turnout was 64%, a rise from the 29% recorded at the 2008 election.


2010 Basildon District Council election, Election result
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2006 election.


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


2010 Basilicata regional election
The incumbent President Vito De Filippo of the Democratic Party (PD) was elected for a second-consecutive term by a landslide, thus becoming the most voted candidate in 2010 regional elections.


2010 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election
The 2010 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. It was part of the wider English Local Elections, which were postponed from their usual date of the first Thursday of May so that they could coincide with the General Election of that year. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2010 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Background
Between the 2008 election and 2010, 2 Conservatives councillors left the party. Husband and wife Phil and Christine Heath split from the Conservatives in 2008 and formed the Basingstoke First Community Party, which would contest the 2010 election.


2010 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council from 5 to 7 seats, after making 1 gain to have 34 councillors. They retook Kempshott, which had formerly been held by the leader of the Basingstoke First Community Party, Christine Heath. Heath did not defend the seat which she had held for the previous 7 years, instead she stood in Hatch Warren and Beggarwood ward, which was held by the Conservatives. The other parties retained all the seats they had been defending, meaning the Liberal Democrats remained on 14 seats, Labour 9 and independents 2, while the Basingstoke First Community Party was left with 1 seat which was not contested at the election. Overall turnout in the election was 67.5%.


2010 Basque Pelota World Championships
The 2010 Basque Pelota World Championships were the 16th edition of the Basque Pelota World Championships organized by  the FIPV.


2010 Basque Pelota World Championships, Events
A total of 14 events were disputed, in 4 playing areas.


2010 Bassetlaw District Council election
The 2010 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2010 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election. After the election, the composition of the council was:


2010 Batangas local elections
Local elections was held in the Province of Batangas on May 10, 2010 as part of the 2010 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Batangas. The list below are the candidates as of May 2010.


2010 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections
Each of Batangas's four legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives.


2010 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
Incumbent Eileen Ermita-Buhain is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her father Eduardo is her party's nominee for the seat.


2010 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
Eduardo Ermita placed the result of the election under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.


2010 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Victoria Hernandez-Reyes is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her husband Rodrigo is her party's nominee for the seat.


2010 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.


2010 Batangas local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections
All 4 Districts of Batangas will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.


2010 Batangas local elections, Mayoralty elections
All municipalities of Batangas, Batangas City, Lipa City and Tanauan City will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.


2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic
The 2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Baton Rouge, United States between 12 and 18 April 2010.


2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic, Champions, Doubles
Stephen Huss /  Joseph Sirianni def. Chris Guccione /  Frank Moser, 1–6, 6–2, [13–11]


2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic – Doubles
Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds were the defending champions, but Ram chose not to compete in doubles. Reynolds chose to play with Robert Kendrick, but they lost against Treat Conrad Huey and Harsh Mankad in the first round. Stephen Huss and Joseph Sirianni won in the final 1–6, 6–2, [13–11] against Chris Guccione and Frank Moser.


2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic – Singles
Benjamin Becker was the defending champion but chose to compete in Monte Carlo instead. Kevin Anderson won in the final 6–7(7), 7–6(7), 6–1 against Tobias Kamke.


2010 Batu Sapi by-election
The 2010 Batu Sapi by-election in the Malaysian state of Sabah was held on 4 November 2010. The nomination of candidates was done on 26 October 2010. The Batu Sapi parliamentary seat fell vacant when its Member of Parliament; Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah of United Sabah Party or Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), was killed after his 750cc motorcycle accident in Sabah on 9 October 2010. Previously PBS won the seat during the 2008 General Election by a 3,708-vote majority over Independent candidate Chung Kwong Wing. A total 25,720 registered voters eligible to vote in this by-election. The electorate is made of 50.61% Bumiputera, 40.22% Chinese and 3% others.


2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup
The 2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Eckental, Germany between 1 and 7 November 2010.


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


2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, Champions, Doubles
Scott Lipsky /  Rajeev Ram def. Sanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana, 6–7(2), 6–4, [10–4]


2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Doubles
Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Peya were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram won the title, defeating Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana 6–7(2), 6–4, [10–4] in the finals.


2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles
Daniel Brands was the defending champion, but decided not to participate. Igor Sijsling won this tournament, by defeating Ruben Bemelmans 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2010 Bayern–Rundfahrt
The 2010 Bayern–Rundfahrt was the 31st edition of the Bayern–Rundfahrt cycle race and was held on 26 May to 30 May 2010. The race started in Erding and finished in Fürstenfeldbruck. The race was won by Maxime Monfort.


2010 Baylor Bears football team
The 2010 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big 12 play and were invited to the Texas Bowl, their first bowl appearance since 1994, where they were defeated by Illinois 14–38. This season featured BU's first win over the University of Texas since 1997, and the first in Austin since 1991 (12 straight losses, the most recent 11 losses all by at least 21 points).


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season
The 2010 season for Bbox Bouygues Telecom began in January with La Tropicale Amissa Bongo and ended in October at the Japan Cup. It is the team's first season as a UCI Professional Continental team, after being relegated from UCI ProTour status after the 2009 season. The team had been part of the ProTour since the ProTour's inception in 2005. The team carries wildcard status in 2010, meaning they are eligible to be invited to any ProTour event should the organizers wish to include them.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season
The team's manager is former cyclist Jean-René Bernaudeau, who has led the team since its origination. The team nearly folded at the end of 2010, after a search for a title sponsor to replace the outgoing Bouygues group proved very difficult. Europcar came forward at the last moment to save the team.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Stage races
The team opened their season in Africa, at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, in the nation of Gabon. After first taking the overall lead in stage 3, Charteau backed it up with a stage win from a breakaway the next day, padding his lead. Gène and Bernaudeau finished in the top two positions in a mass sprint finish to stage 5 a day later. Charteau won the race overall the next day by finishing with the peloton in a stage conquered by a breakaway.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Bbox was one of 22 teams in the Giro d'Italia. They sent a squad headed by Voeckler and there with the express goal of trying for stage wins. The team was not competitive in the Giro's opening stages in the Netherlands. They did not have any riders contesting the sprint finishes to the first two road race stages, and their highest-placed man in the overall standings prior to the transfer to Italy was Bonnet in 40th place. Their fortunes changed little in the stage 4 team time trial, when they finished 17th.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
In stage 5, Arashiro instigated the day's principal breakaway 25 km (16 mi) into the stage. He and two of the three riders who first broke away with him stayed away to the finish line, coming home 4 seconds ahead of a fast-charging peloton that had just mistimed the catch. Arashiro was last of the three in the sprint for the stage win, but received much praise for his combativity on the stage in starting the break and in his pacemaking, which helped them stay away. The next day's stage featured a depleted group sprint for the high stage placings available to the peloton after a two-man breakaway stayed away to the finish. Bonnet took sixth in this stage.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The team was then quiet until stage 12. With a field sprint seemingly shaping up as the stage neared its conclusion, a counterattack made as the day's principal breakaway was caught got ten riders to the finish line 10 seconds ahead of the peloton. Voeckler made this split, but just missed out on the stage win, finishing second to Filippo Pozzato in the sprint. Voeckler said after the stage that he was satisfied with his ride even though he narrowly missed a victory, stating that Pozzato is simply the better sprinter. The next day's stage featured a winning morning breakaway. Claude was part of this group, though he was only seventh out of nine in the sprint for the stage win.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The team claimed their only win of the Giro in the queen stage, stage 20. Tschopp and Gilberto Simoni were the day's principal escape group. After Tschopp beat Simoni to the top of the Passo di Gavia for the prize money that went along with winning the Cima Coppi, the Giro's tallest climb, he rode an aggressive descent of the mountain and was out front for the entirety of the stage. Tschopp climbed the Passo del Tonale alone en route to victory 16 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans in second place. He was the first Swiss rider to win a stage at the Giro since Alex Zülle in 1998. The team's highest-placed rider in the final overall standings was Voeckler in 23rd. They finished tenth in the Trofeo Fast Team standings and 15th in the Trofeo Super Team.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Voeckler led the squad sent to the Tour de France, again seeking stage wins. The squad was combative in the Tour's early flat stages, making morning breakaways in stages 2, 3, 4, and 6. Turgot took fifth place in back-to-back field sprints, in stages 5 and 6. After taking mountains points in morning breakaways in several previous stages, Charteau took the polka-dot jersey after stage 9, again making the breakaway. This one stayed away to decide the stage, though Charteau did not contest the sprint, finishing in fifth place two seconds behind Sandy Casar, Luis León Sánchez, and Damiano Cunego.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
He lost it to Jérôme Pineau the next day, but took it back again after stage 12. From this point on, there was not much competition in the mountains classification. The race's elite riders took some of the more difficult climbs, like the Col du Tourmalet, while other breakaways involving riders who had not yet scored many points took place on other climbs.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Christophe Moreau came close to challenging Charteau for the jersey, but Charteau clinched it after stage 17 when he and Moreau both failed to score further – none of the stages after 17 had any categorized climbs, so Charteau needed only to finish the race to win the classification, which he did.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
The team also had consecutive stage wins in the race's final week. Voeckler soloed to victory in stage 15 up the Port de Balès and arrived in Bagneres-de-Luchon with a comfortable margin of a minute and a half over the remnants of the morning breakaway he had left behind and nearly three minutes over the race's elite riders. The next day, Fédrigo won in Pau on a stage that had been targeted by Lance Armstrong.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Eight of nine riders from an early breakaway, Fédrigo and Armstrong among them, finished together after riding over the hors catégorie Col du Tourmalet and Col d'Aspin climbs. Charteau was the team's highest-placed rider in Paris, finishing the Tour in 44th place, at a deficit of 1 hour, 24 minutes, and 12 seconds to Tour champion Alberto Contador. The squad was tenth in the teams classification.


2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Bbox attended the Vuelta a España, but was shut out of any noteworthy results. Tschopp's third place from a breakaway in stage 8 on the Xorret del Catí was the only time they so much as finished in the top ten of a stage. The squad's highest-placed rider in the final overall standings was Sprick in 54th, at a deficit of an hour and 45 minutes to Vuelta champion Vincenzo Nibali. The squad was 19th in the teams classification, better only than the small Spanish teams Andalucía–Cajasur and Footon–Servetto–Fuji.


2010 Beach Handball World Championships
The 2010 Beach Handball World Championships was a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Antalya in Turkey from 23 June 2010 to 27 June 2010. It was the fourth edition of the event. Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets was the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.


2010 Beach Handball World Championships, Format
The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. After playing a round-robin, the three top-ranked teams advanced to the main round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had three games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The three bottom-ranked teams from each preliminary round group were packed into one group. The points won against the teams who were also in this group would be valid. Every team had three games and after those rounds there were placement matches from 7th to 12th.


2010 Beach Soccer Worldwide Tour
The Beach Soccer Worldwide tour is a series of competitions in beach soccer. The competitions allow national teams to compete in beach soccer in a round-robin format over the summer months.


2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
The 2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl was the third edition of the college football bowl game formerly known as the  St. Petersburg Bowl. This was the first edition of the bowl named after the Beef O'Brady's restaurant franchise. It was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 8 p.m. (ET). The game was telecast on ESPN and featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from Conference USA (C-USA) versus the Louisville Cardinals from the Big East Conference.


2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Teams
The two teams were not strangers to one another, having both played in the same conference, as Louisville was a member of C-USA from 1996 through 2004. Southern Miss entered the game with an 18–9–1 series lead. The teams had played each other in a non-conference matchup during the 2009 season, with Louisville winning at home, 25–23. This was the first time that the two schools had played each other in a bowl game.


2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Teams, Southern Miss
The Golden Eagles went to their ninth straight bowl game, the league's second longest active bowl streak. This was their first bowl trip to Florida in 29 years since playing Missouri in the 1981 Tangerine Bowl in Orlando. Although the 2010 season proved to be a successful one on the field for the Golden Eagles, sadly the most memorable public event was when three players were shot after a fight at a club spilled outside to the parking lot. Linebacker Martez Smith suffered the most serious injury, and is paralyzed from the waist down. The Golden Eagles went 1–1 following the tragic events, winning over Houston but losing a shootout to Tulsa.


2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Teams, Louisville
Under first year coach Charlie Strong the Cardinals returned to their first bowl game since the end of the 2006 season when they appeared in the Orange Bowl. Louisville entered the contest with a 6–6 record after defeating Rutgers to become bowl eligible. The Cardinals' defense ranked 12th in the nation in total defense during the regular season. Louisville had gone to eight bowl games in nine years but had been absent from bowl play for the three seasons immediately preceding 2010.


2010 Beijing Guoan F.C. season
The  2010 Beijing Guoan F.C. season  was the 7th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in 2004, and 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed at the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League.


2010 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Beijing International Challenge
The 2010 Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 BTV Cup) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 25 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.


2010 Beijing International Challenge
Tian Pengfei won the title by defeating Ryan Day 9–3 in the final.


2010 Beijing International Challenge, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2010 Beijing International Challenge, Qualifying
The qualifying tournament for the Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 Chinese Classic) took place  between 16 and 18 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, in Beijing, China.


2010 Beijing International Challenger
The 2010 Beijing International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Beijing, China between 2 and 8 August 2010.


2010 Beijing International Challenger, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Beijing International Challenger, Champions, Men's Doubles
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos /  Artem Sitak def. Sadik Kadir /  Purav Raja, 7–6(4), 7–6(5)


2010 Beijing International Challenger, Champions, Women's Doubles
Sun Shengnan /  Zhang Shuai def. Ji Chunmei /  Liu Wanting, 4-6, 6-2, [10-5]


2010 Beijing International Challenger – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos and Artem Sitak defeated Sadik Kadir and Purav Raja 7–6(4), 7–6(5) in the final.


2010 Beijing International Challenger – Men's Singles
Franko Škugor won the final against Laurent Recouderc 4–6, 6–4, 6–3.


2010 Beijing International Challenger – Women's Singles
Junri Namigata won the final against Zhang Shuai 7-6(3) 6-3.


2010 Beijing Superleague Formula round
The 2010 Beijing Superleague Formula round was a Superleague Formula round  held on October 10, 2010, at the Beijing International Street Circuit, Beijing, China. It was Superleague Formula's second visit to China, after previously visiting the  Ordos International Circuit the week before. It was also the first time the championship raced on a street circuit. It was a non-championship event, after the track failed to gain the required FIA Grade 2 status in order to host a championship event. It was originally scheduled to be the eleventh round of the 2010 Superleague Formula season.


2010 Beijing Superleague Formula round
Nineteen cars took part including Chinese outfits Beijing Guoan and Team China.


2010 Beijing Superleague Formula round
Support races for the event were from the China Touring Car Championship.


2010 Belarusian First League
The 2010 Belarusian First League is the 20th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 17 and ended on November 13, 2010.


2010 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2009 season
The winners of last season (Belshina Bobruisk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to reduction of Premier League, the promoted team was replaced by three teams that finished at the bottom of 2009 Belarusian Premier League table (Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi and Smorgon). The First League was expanded from 14 to 16 teams.


2010 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2009 season
One team that finished at the bottom of 2009 season table (Spartak Shklov) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by one best team of 2009 Second League (Rudensk).


2010 Belarusian First League, League table, Promotion play-offs
The 11th placed team of 2010 Premier League Torpedo Zhodino played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2010 Belarusian First League SKVICH Minsk for one spot in the 2011 Premier League. Torpedo Zhodino won the play-off 3–1 on aggregate and both teams retained their spots in respective leagues.


2010 Belarusian Premier League
The 2010 Belarusian Premier League was the 20th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 3 and ended on 20 November 2010. BATE Borisov are the defending champions.


2010 Belarusian Premier League, Teams
Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi and Smorgon were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2009 season in the last three places. Due to the league reduction from 14 to 12 teams, only 2009 First League winners Belshina Bobruisk were promoted to the Premier League.


2010 Belarusian Premier League, League table, Relegation play-offs
Torpedo Zhodino played a two-legged relegation play-off against SKVICH Minsk, the runners-up of 2010 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2011 Premier League. Torpedo Zhodino won the play-off 3–1 on aggregate and retained their spot in the top flight.


2010 Belarusian Super Cup
The 2010 Belarusian Super Cup was held on 8 March 2010 between the 2009 Belarusian Premier League champions BATE Borisov and the 2008–09 Belarusian Cup winner Naftan Novopolotsk. The match was drawn at the end of regulation time and BATE went on to win the match 3–2 in penalties.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections
2010 26th convocation local councils of Republic of Belarus elections were held on 25 April.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, General information
Elections to rural, as well as district, urban and regional Councils of deputies were held in a single day 25 April under plurality vote.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, General information
Under legislation any citizen of age 18 and older, living or working on the territory of municipal unit or connected with it is entitled to participate in municipal elections as a candidate.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Elections preparations
According to preliminary information, 25 033 candidates are to participate in municipal elections, at least 513 of whom are candidates nominated by parties. In total, under some estimations, 700–800 candidates are to represent registered and unregistered opposition parties and movements. At the same time, United Civic Party of Belarus in its summit on 21 March decided not to participate in the elections.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Elections preparations
On 2 April representatives of "For free entrepreneurship development" movement gave up participation in the elections, however candidates from "Entrepreneurs bloc" continued their participation in the elections, as well as many young candidates, participating in the elections for the first time. However, there was no mass boycott of the elections иand even UCP candidates participated in the elections till the end, with only a few of them withdrawing their nominations or were removed for electoral agitation rules violations.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Elections preparations
Average competition rate in Minsk City Council of Deputies was 3.9 candidates per seat, while in regional councils – 1.8 candidates per seat. On average there were 1.2 candidates per deputy seat. Only 12 out of 40 electoral districts were alternative in Vitebsk City Council elections, in Gomel Regional Council — 36 out of 60, only in case of Minsk-city Council candidates nominated and actively participated, and there was no non-alternative district in Minsk.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Elections preparations
Only 0.1% of polling site commissions staff was formed of opposition representatives.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Elections preparations
On 20 April preliminary voting started; as of 23 April 15% of total number of voters had voted. Total turnover of the preliminary elections was 29,3 %. At the same time, high numbers of preliminary voters provided by Central Electoral Committee are under doubt. There are also many evidences of university students being forced to vote preliminary.


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Elections preparations
However, according to CEC representatives high turnover on preliminary elections is observed and explained due to «not only informational work, but also organizational stimulation for citizens, wishing to vote preliminary in the cities», also they stated such reasons as high discipline of Belarusians and elderly people's desire to «realize their right to vote in a fine weather».


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Opinion polls
According to poll, conducted by Information and Analytics Center of President Administration of Republic of Belarus,


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Opinion polls
…for most of citizens the most appropriate is deputy candidate to Local Council aged 30–49, willing to help his region, working as manager or specialist of an enterprise or organization, representative of state authority and supporting current government


2010 Belarusian municipal elections, Results
Out of 79 candidates of Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" 5 became local councils deputies, informed Valeriy Ukhnalev, deputy head of the party. (see source )


2010 Belarusian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 December 2010. The election was originally planned for the beginning of 2011. However, the final date was set during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of Belarus on September 14, 2010.


2010 Belarusian presidential election
Of the ten candidates, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner by the Central Election Commission with 79.67% of the votes. Andrei Sannikov received the second-highest percentage. After a protest was violently suppressed by riot police the night after the election, hundreds of protesters and seven presidential candidates were arrested by the KGB – including runner-up Sannikov.


2010 Belarusian presidential election
Western countries decried the election as a farce and an egregious affront to democracy and human rights. The United States and the European Union called for the release of all imprisoned former candidates, but took no further action except a travel ban on Lukashenko. By contrast, countries such as Syria, China, Vietnam, and Russia congratulated the re-elected incumbent.


2010 Belarusian presidential election, Background
During protests in the aftermath of the 2004 referendum and simultaneous 2004 parliamentary election, there were several arrests of protesters against the election and referendum results and reports of opposition candidates being beaten by police. More demonstrators were arrested during further protests in the aftermath of the 2006 presidential election, the so-called "Jeans Revolution". During Lukashenko's presidency Belarus has never held a poll seen as fair by Western monitors.