2010 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, Feature race
Completing the podium was local man Dani Clos of Racing Engineering, who staked his claim to the position with a pass on Pastor Maldonado earlier in the race. Pérez finished just off the podium, but compared to other title rivals, fared well. ART pairing of polesitter Jules Bianchi and Sam Bird were just 2 drivers who suffered at the start. Bianchi led into the first corner, only to collide with Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris.


2010 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, Feature race
Both cars were out of the race, while Bird was forced wide in the melee behind him and had to return to the pits for a new nose. At that point he seemed out of contention, but the Briton produced a stunning drive from the back of the grid, reminiscent of Lewis Hamilton's  drive through the field in Turkey 2006, to haul himself back up to ninth at the finish, falling just 1.6s short of taking the final point and sprint race pole from Ocean Racing's Fabio Leimer. Less fortunate in his progress through the field was Barwa Addax's Giedo van der Garde, who was dealt a 10s penalty for leaving the pit exit after it had closed prior to the race, and then a drive-through for jumping the start.


2010 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, Sprint race
Fabio Leimer survived a late push from Luiz Razia to win the second GP2 Series Race at Barcelona. The Swiss driver, who was making his series debut, started from pole and opened a gap of as much as 4.3 seconds during the middle part of the race. But Razia came back at him over the closing laps, and crossed the line just 0.7s in arrears. It was the second-ever win for the Ocean Racing Technology squad, while third for Razia's team-mate Pastor Maldonado secured a two-three for Rapax.


2010 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, Sprint race
The race was fairly processional at the front, but there was more competition for the minor points placings. ART's Sam Bird echoed his overtaking masterclass of the day before with another excellent performance, the Briton climbing from ninth to fourth, and he could potentially have challenged for third were it not a late excursion into the gravel that cost him six seconds. Oliver Turvey held on to fifth despite lapping around 1.5s off the pace in an unco-operative iSport car, leading a train of cars behind him headed by a frustrated Dani Clos (Racing Engineering).


2010 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, Sprint race
Once again it was a difficult day for some of the series favourites, with Jules Bianchi finishing 12th after banging wheels with Giedo van der Garde and sliding off the track, while Sergio Pérez was unable to make the start after the engine in his Barwa Addax Dallara blew on the formation lap. There could be more bad news ahead for the Mexican, who is facing a post-race investigation for trailing oil around the racing line on two thirds of the lap before finally pulling over, forcing the start to be delayed by 10 minutes while powder was laid down.


2010 Categoría Primera A season
The 2010 Categoria Primera A season was the 63rd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Because of new sponsorship, it was officially called the 2010 Liga Postobón season.


2010 Categoría Primera A season, Format
The Assembly of DIMAYOR established a new system of competition on December 10, 2009.


2010 Categoría Primera A season, Format
AperturaThe First Stage of the Apertura was a single round-robin tournament in 18 dates. The top four teams at the end of this stage advanced to the semifinals an pitted into two ties: 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. The winners of the semifinals contested the finals.


2010 Categoría Primera A season, Campeonato Apertura
The Liga Postobon I was scheduled to begin on January 31, 2010.


2010 Categoría Primera A season, Campeonato Apertura, Semifinals
The four qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two semifinals labelled "Semifinal A" and "Semifinal B". Each semifinal was played on a home and away basis. The teams that made up each semifinal were determined by their first stage standings: Semifinal A was between the teams that finished 1st and 4th; Semifinal B was between the teams that finished 2nd and 3rd. The team in each semifinal that finished higher in the table played the second leg at home. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the Finals.


2010 Categoría Primera A season, Campeonato Finalización
The Liga Postobon II began on July 17 and is ended on December 19.


2010 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation table
Relegation was determined through an average of the points earn in the First Stages of the three season. For the purposes of the table, the 2009 Primera B winner (Cortuluá) entered with the same points as the team that was 16th in the beginning of the season (Real Cartagena). The team with the lowest average was relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the following season, and the team with the next lowest average played a playoff match against the 2010 Primera B runner-up.


2010 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation table
Source: permanent dead link] DIMAYOR (in Spanish)Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals for; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.


2010 Categoría Primera B season
The 2010 Categoría Primera B season is the 21st season since its founding and is officially called the 2010 Torneo Postobón for sponsorship reasons.


2010 Cebu City local elections
Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and eight councilors at-large for each district. There are two legislative districts in the city.


2010 Cebu City local elections, Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections, Mayor
Tomas Osmeña, the incumbent, was term-limited after serving for three consecutive terms. Vice mayor Michael Rama ran for the first time as the Mayor of Cebu City. Rama defeated 9 of his election rivals, including former Mayor Alvin Garcia, Osmeña's sister Georgia Osmeña and former Senator John Henry Osmeña.


2010 Cebu City local elections, Mayoralty and vice mayoralty elections, Vice Mayor
Michael Rama, the incumbent, was term-limited after serving for three consecutive terms. Former city councilor and former PROMDI party-list representative Joy Augustus Young ran for the first time as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City and defeated 7 of his election rivals.


2010 Cebu City local elections, District representatives, 1st District
Raul del Mar, the incumbent, was term-limited after serving for three consecutive terms. His daughter, Rachel Marguerite del Mar, ran for the first time as the representative of Cebu City's 1st congressional district. Del Mar defeated 7 of her rivals including Lahug Barangay Captain Mary Ann de los Santos.


2010 Cebu City local elections, District representatives, 2nd District
Antonio Cuenco, the incumbent, was term-limited after serving for three consecutive terms. Mayor Tomas Osmeña ran for the first time as the representative of Cebu City's 2nd legislative district. Osmeña defeated 4 of his rivals including businessman Jonathan Guardo.


2010 Cebu City local elections, City Council
Number indicates the ballot number assigned for the candidates by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).


2010 Cebu local elections
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2010 Cebu local elections
Local elections were  held in the province of Cebu on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected a mayor, vice mayor, nine district representatives (including two from Cebu City and the newly formed lone district of Lapu-Lapu City, and town and city councilors as well as two provincial board members came from six provincial districts.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC, Provincial & Congressional Elections
Each of Cebu's Six and 3 others legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, 1st District
Incumbent Eduardo Gullas is also supported by Lakas-Kampi-CMD and its affiliate One Cebu.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, 4th District
Celestino Martinez III is the pending incumbent after Benhur Salimbangon was unseated by the Supreme Court due to poll fraud. The case is under a motion for reconsideration. Martinez may not be seated until the last week of January as Congress will adjourn for election-campaigning.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, 5th District
Incumbent Ramon Durano VI is also co-nominated by One Cebu and Lakas-Kampi-CMD


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, 6th District
Incumbent Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz switched from the Lakas-Kampi-CMD to the Nacionalista Party on March 29, 2010. She is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. She will instead run for Mayor of Mandaue City. Lakas-Kampi-CMD and One Cebu nominated Gabriel Luis Quisumbing as their candidate in this district.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, Cebu City, 1st District
Incumbent Raul del Mar (Liberal) is in third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. His daughter, Rachel is his party's nominee as well its affiliate Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, Cebu City, 2nd District
Incumbent Antonio Cuenco is in third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. He was appointed as Secretary-General of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) on February 4, 2010. Two of his three parties, Lakas-Kampi-CMD and the Probinsya Muna Development Initiative (PROMDI) did not nominate a candidate to run in this district. However, the Kugi Uswag Sugbo (Kusug) nominated businessman Jonathan Guardo as their candidate which is affiliated with the Nacionalista Party.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, Cebu City, 2nd District
Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña, who is in his third consecutive as mayor and is ineligible for reelection as mayor, is running for Congress under the Liberal Party and its affiliate Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan.


2010 Cebu local elections, Results, Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City is going to elect their first congressman this election. They were formerly included in Cebu's 6th district.


2010 Cellular South Cup – Doubles
Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Wozniacki were the defending champions, but they chose to compete in 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships instead. Vania King and  Michaëlla Krajicek won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy.


2010 Cellular South Cup – Singles
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion but she chose to compete in 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships instead. Maria Sharapova won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Sofia Arvidsson.


2010 Celtic League Grand Final
The 2009–10 Celtic League Grand Final was the final match of the 2009–10 Celtic League season. The 2009–10 season was the fourth sponsored by Magners and was the first ever Celtic League Grand Final. The final was won by the Ospreys who defeated Leinster by 17–12 at the RDS Arena to win their third Celtic League title, the win ended Leinster's 20-month unbeaten home league record.


2010 Celtic League Grand Final, Match, Summary
First half Ospreys tries from Tommy Bowe after twenty minutes and Lee Byrne after thirty five minutes which were both converted put the Ospreys 3–14 up at half time, with the Leinster score coming from a Jonathan Sexton penalty after twenty three minutes. A further penalty from Sexton brought the score to 6-14 before Dan Biggar kicked over a penalty for the Ospreys after forty eight minutes. Two more penalties from Sexton in the sixty second and seventy first minutes made the score 12–17, but that was enough for the Ospreys to hold and become the first side to win the title for the third time.


2010 Celtic League Grand Final, Reaction
Ospreys head coach Sean Holley reacted to the win saying  "it's a special night, I wouldn't say it was our best performance, but certainly one of our most courageous and determined." "Leinster are pretty outstanding in defence, and it's the end of a long, hard season, I'm not that surprised (we cut through them), because we have some great talent." Departing Leinster coach Michael Cheika reacted to the loss by saying "Ospreys deserved the win but we're disappointed with ourselves. We didn't play well, we tried to fight our way back into the game, but we made too many mistakes. We probably just weren't accurate in the defensive section or where we needed to be in the team."


2010 Central African Republic League
The 2010 Central African Republic League was the top division football competition in the Central African Republic in 2010.


2010 Central American Championships in Athletics
The 21st Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between September 17–18, 2010.


2010 Central American Championships in Athletics
A total of 40 events were contested, 20 by men and 20 by women.


2010 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Men, Note
†: Event with no points for the team trophy contest because of the low number of participants.


2010 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Women, Note
†: Event with no points for the team trophy contest because of the low number of participants.


2010 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal table (unofficial), Note
†: The unofficial medal count is almost in agreement with the published one. The difference of 10 bronze medals for Costa Rica (7 in the unofficial count compared to 17 published) is most probably a typo.


2010 Central American Games
The IX Central American Games (Spanish: IX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 9 and 19 April 2010. The competition featured 23 sports which were contested at various venues, with Panama acting as the primary host country and El Salvador playing a supporting role.


2010 Central American Games, Preparation
The event was delayed twice: it was first set to take place in San Pedro Sula in December 2009, but was cancelled due to the 2009 Honduran political crisis, and a second delay occurred at the request of Panama (one of the replacement host countries), who could not keep to the agreed 2–14 March programme due to delays in the renovation of the Estadio Rommel Fernández (where the athletics events were due to be held).


2010 Central American Games, Preparation
On top of this, in November 2009, El Salvador ruled out the possibility of four sporting events (skating, archery, squash and bodybuilding) as a result of economic problems caused by the extensive flooding in the country that month. Nevertheless, on 10 January 2010, Melitón Sánchez, the president of the Organización Deportiva Centroamericana (ORDECA), announced that the events would go ahead as originally planned.


2010 Central American Games, Preparation
However, the change of the games schedule led the Union Centroamericana de Futbol (the Central American Union for association football) to instruct its member associations not to compete at the event, as it clashed with the more prestigious XXI Central American and Caribbean Games. Following the news, Guatemala – also previously designated as a supporting host country – pulled out of the event in protest of the decision to postpone the games until April. In reaction to this, El Salvador, through the Instituto Nacional de los Deportes de El Salvador, announced that it too would withdraw, although its Olympic Committee reversed the decision.


2010 Central American Games, Preparation
In agreement with the games organisation committee, Panama decided to hold eight of the sports which were initially set to take place in Guatemala. The games' events began on 6 April. The Salvadorian delegation topped the medal table, taking its third victory in the competition's history.


2010 Central American Games, Opening and closing ceremonies
The games were inaugurated by the President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, who emphasised in his speech that this was the first time the event would take place in the country. The duty of lighting the flame for the games was given to the former boxer Roberto Durán, whose role was preceded by a torch relay by César Barría, Ramiro Mendoza, Davis Peralta and Eileen Coparropa.


2010 Central American Games, Opening and closing ceremonies
The games were closed by the presidential minister of Panama Demetrio Papadimitriu. In addition, a thank-you speech was given by the president of the organising committee, Edwin Cabrera. The ceremony was brought to a close by a musical spectacle delivered by Margarita Henríquez.


2010 Central American Games, Criticism
The delegations of Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador voted against the decision to delay the event for a second time. Eduardo Palomo, the president of the Salvadorian Olympic Committee, said that the change would complicate other international commitments that the country's athletes had. Adding to this, the president of the Costa Rica Olympic Committee (Henry Núñez) also asserted that the change of the schedule posed a problem for its sportsmen and women. Acting in its behalf, the Guatemalan Olympic Committee declined its role as a host country and withdrew its participants from the games at the Guatemalan sports federations and athlete did not agree with ORDECA's decision to postpone the competition.


2010 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics
The 2010 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, between May 28–29, 2010. Organized by the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA), it was the 23rd edition of the Junior (U-20) and the 18th edition of the Youth (U-18) competition. A total of 82 events were contested, 43 by boys and 39 by girls. Overall winner on points was  Costa Rica.


2010 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal table (unofficial)
An unofficial medal count is shown below. This medal table differs from published medal tables. This could be explained by the fact that a couple of events might have been treated as exhibition because of the low number of participants.


2010 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Team trophies
The placing table for team trophy awarded to the 1st place overall team (boys and girls categories) was published.


2010 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Participation
A total number of 250 athletes were reported to participate in the event.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010) took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Bid
It was understood that Mayagüez was going to be the only city to ask to hold the games, so that there was going to be no need for a vote in the assembly held in Havana, Cuba in 2004. But the organizers found that Guatemala would present a bid of their own. The vote was held on 15 May 2005 with Mayagüez winning.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Trademark and athletes
"Mayagüez 2010" marks the third (3) time Puerto Rico hosts the Central American and Caribbean Games, the other being San Juan in 1966, and Ponce in 1993. The city of Mayagüez had been selected previously to hold the games in 1982, but economic problems forced the city to quit the organization, and the games were held in La Habana, Cuba. A total of 4,965 athletes participated in 39 sports to be held all across Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, and Guyana.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Symbols
The mascots and the logo for the games were selected unanimously amongst other candidates by a jury in 2007.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Symbols, Mascots
Mayi and Magüe were selected as the mascots for the Games. They are a modern illustration of the Central American flame as a girl and a boy. The colors grant harmony and consistence with Mayagüez 2010's logo. Merchandise including shirts, stuffed animal, stickers and other merchandise has been created with the mascots.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Symbols, Brand logo
The official logo, includes two "M" letters, one in green representing the city's hills and the blue one representing the city's pure waters. The double Ms also serve as a flame cauldron, which on top has a flame representing the Olympic flame and the sunset, which also characterizes the city of Mayagüez. The official logo was designed by Abner Gutiérrez and Mayra Maldonado of IDGroup, San Juan PR.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Symbols, Official sports pictograms
The official sports pictograms were created inspired in the official logo design. These pictograms were designed by Abner Gutiérrez and Jorge Colón of IDGroup, San Juan PR.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Reception
Initial public reaction noted that the organization of the event would be an important economic injection to the municipality, although the costs of organizing it would be higher that originally expected. After the project's original budget failed to cover all of the projects, the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jorge Santini, insisted that the aquatics sports should be moved to San Juan Natatorium. This was supported by the Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, who also suggested branching several other sports, including boxing and football, to other municipalities, most of them led by his political party.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Reception
However, David Bernier, head of Puerto Rico Olympic Committee, decided to not get involved in the controversy, leaving the decision in the hands of Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CASCO). Mayagüez's mayor, José Guillermo Rodríguez, firmly opposed this suggestion, citing that the athletes' quarters are located in that municipality, which would mean more investment in security and transportation. In addition Felipe Muñoz, president of the Mexican Olympic Committee and a former swimmer himself, concurred, commenting that "they must swim in Mayagüez" on behalf of a commission sent to represent CASCO.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Torch relay "Mayagüez 2010"
The Central American and Caribbean flame was lighted on Friday, 25 June 2010, at the Teotihuacán Pyramids in Mexico by indigenous priests. Mexico has the distinction of being the traditional seat of the lighting of the flame for the CAC games since it was the host of the first games in 1926. At the ceremony a Puerto Rican delegation traveled to Mexico, composed of Henry Neumann, secretary of Sports and Recreation, David Bernier, head of Puerto Rico Olympic Committee, Felipe Pérez, president of the organizing Committee and José Guillermo Rodríguez, mayor of Mayagüez.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Torch relay "Mayagüez 2010"
The flame arrived in Puerto Rico and the torch relay went across all 78 municipalities for 22 days and ended its route on 18 July when the games were inaugurated and the fire was placed at the Central American and Caribbean Games cauldron. The governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, received the torch at Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla. The first runner in the relay was Puerto Rican golfer Miguel Suárez. The relay began 27 June and went through Aguada, Rincón, Añasco and Las Marías that day. The next day the relay continued through San Sebastián, Moca, Isabela y Quebradillas.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Torch relay "Mayagüez 2010"
By 6 July the torch reached San Juan, where it was received by Richard Carrion, member of the International Olympic Committee in the Milla de Oro. Accompanying the torch and the different runners was a caravan of different official cars, trucks and buses that followed the torch across the island. On 18 July the flame arrived at the Central American and Caribbean Games in time for the opening ceremony.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Games, Opening ceremony
Cervecera de Puerto Rico organized a pre-opening act on 15 July 2010 at their renovated facilities in Mayagüez. The act had the participation of Dutch DJ and musician Tiësto as well as several local disc-jockeys.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Games, Opening ceremony
The official opening ceremony was scheduled to take place on 17 July 2010 at the Mayagüez Central American Stadium. Artists Olga Tañón, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Wisin & Yandel were among some of the performers for the event.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Games, Opening ceremony
On 17 July 2010, at around 12:00 pm, strong wind gusts in the region caused the collapse of the scaffolding of lights at the Stadium, resulting in property damage and seven people injured. Although witnesses and media reported the event as a tornado or waterspout, the National Weather Service later described it as extremely high winds. Police units, local and state emergency vehicles and paramedics quickly responded to the alert and within minutes had the situation under control. That same afternoon, at 2:30, the organizing committee (COMAZ) of the "Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe – Mayagüez 2010" announced at a press conference the postponement of the opening ceremony for the next day, 18 July 2010.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Games, Opening ceremony
The group Nota sang the Puerto Rico regional anthem in the opening ceremony. After the parade of all delegations, Olga Tañón opened the show with a performance that featured over 30 dancers and a fireworks display. When raising the flag of the city of Mayaguez, the "Mayagüezanos", Chucho Avellanet and Hilda Ramos (soprano-opera singer) sang the anthem of Mayagüez. Jose Guillermo Rodriguez mayor of Mayagüez spoke, followed by Felipe Perez president of the organizing committee, then by Hector Cardona president of ODECABE. Immediately after Hector Cardona finished talking, Luis Fortuño, Governor of Puerto Rico declared the games officially opened. Gilberto Santa Rosa performed, followed by Nestor Torres, then Bernie Williams, and afterward Wisin & Yandel also gave a performance. It was the first time in the history of the Central American and Caribbean Games that athletes parades in an opening ceremony with medals already won.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Games, Closing ceremony
The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games closing ceremony took place on 1 August 2010 on the Estadio Centro Americano. The event began a few hours late because of rain. The event included different musical acts of different musicians. The first musical presentation was by Mayagüezano Chucho Avellanet who performed "Sueño Antillano" with Claudina Brinn. Afterward Ana Isabelle performed her interpretation of the song Wavin' Flag. She was followed by José Nogueras who, accompanied by dozens of dancers sang "Antillano" and "También Centroamericano". Salsa music was also present as Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz performed "Sonido Bestial" and "Mi Bandera".


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Games, Closing ceremony
Tito El Bambino also sang "El Amor" and "Te Pido Perdón" as fireworks illuminated the night sky. At the end of the night, Veracruz, host of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games gave a performance with interpretation of Mexican artists such as the folkloric ballet of Fandango and Olicia. As part of the Veracruz presentation the Papantla Flyers presented their ritual which has its roots in the pre-Hispanic period.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Participant countries
Out of the thirty-two nations that are members of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CASCO), thirty-one countries participated at the games. Cuba decided not to attend.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Venues
Most of the events will be held in the west coast, known as Porta del Sol, with 4 events held elsewhere around the island, five in Colombia, one in Guatemala, and one in Guyana. In order to establish the caliber of the event, Holland Group, the company in charge of the Port of Mayagüez purchased "Birth of a New World", a statue measuring 350 feet in height and depicting Christopher Columbus by Russian-Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. Although bought a decade earlier by the municipality of Cataño, the monument could not be assembled there due to concerns with air traffic.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Venues
Tony Jacobs, the port's administrator, explained that after structural evaluation, the group expects to assemble the statue in time for the Central American and Caribbean Games. In their inform to the ODECABE, the project's technical direction presented the advancements in construction as well as the dates of construction and expected completion. The Press Center for the games will be located in the UPRM College of Business Administration building. Some of the most important projects created for the games are the Olimpic Villa and the Parque del Litoral.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Organizers
Upon the announcement of the celebration of the event in Puerto Rico, David Chafey was selected to preside the organization committee, but Chafey announced his withdrawal from it in January 2008. On 31 January 2008, David Bernier, who at the moment was the island's Secretary of Recreation and Sports, accepted to become president of the committee that was organizing the event. Following his designation, he announced that he would discuss with the mayors of adjacent municipalities. Pedrín Colón was selected to keep the competition's flag in custody during a sailing competition in Mexico. After being certified as president, Bernier began an evaluation stage, measuring the performance of crucial personnel. On 30 June 2008, the committee announced that the Cámara de Comercio del Oeste and Compañía de Comercio y Exportación de Puerto Rico agreed to organize beneficial economic measures for the local establishments.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Organizers
On 18 December 2008, Bernier, who was now the elected president of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR), announced that the project's public budget was expected to descend from 28.8 million dollars to just 19. In this interview, he also noted that the government was lacking the complete funds required for the project. Due to this, Bernier proposed the establishment of a financing plan, which would have an immediate effect but would be paid in a prolonged manner. Five days later, Bernier announced changes in the executive positions within the project, not discarding his own exclusion due to his new office in the COPUR.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Organizers
Meanwhile, the group focused on working with the financial proposals which they expected to present to the organization that oversees the Games: the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CASCO) in January 2009. By this point, the committee was planning meetings with popular representatives and had received moral support from the government. On 30 January 2009, CASCO gave the local organizers committee for the Games 60 days to get an estimated $20 million budget for the Games, or risk losing the hosting rights. The funds for the event were officially secured on 19 March 2009.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Organizers
In March 2009, Bernier abandoned the committee's chair, intending to focus on his role as president of COPUR. His replacement, Felipe Pérez, received unanimous support and took office on 27 April 2009. On 31 January 2008, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá officially announced the construction of several sports facilities, in an activity that counted with music and fireworks.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Global impact
The impact on the economy, social scene and infrastructure of the western region will be staggering and long lasting and that will ultimately be the real legacy of the 2010 Mayagüez Games. The Games closed with a projected gain of $5 million. This money is divided in $2 million that came from the government and will be returned to the General Fund and another $3 million that came from private funds that will be used to create the Mayaguez 2010 Foundation, an organism that will promote Puerto Rico as an important Sport Tourism Destination.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Global impact
The operational budget for the games ascended to $43,321,851. Of this, the government of Puerto Rico contributed $37,918,200, that were divided in $8,918,200 thru the Department of Sports and Recreation and $29,000,000 by concept of the Law 12 that granted 5% of transit fines to the Games, and the Law 74, that created the Special Fund for the presentation of the Games. The Government also supplied $8,178,301 "in kind", that are non-monetary contributions given in services such as water and electricity that were not charged to COMAZ. Of those funds, there are presently in the "Banco Gubernamental de Fomento" an available balance of $4,967,000 with which will be paid debts up to $2,556,000. Over $2 million will be returned to the General Fund of the government.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Global impact
It is the first time that a budget for a multi-national event held in Puerto Rico is made and over $2 million are returned to the general government. In other similar events such as Ponce 93 the government had to give more funds after the games were over. Furthermore, income from the private sector was calculated at $4,553,372 and yet the money gained by the private sector ascended to $8,108,326. These funds came from sponsors, trademark licenses, and donations among other things. The games had an economic impact estimated in $1,500 million of which $500 million were in construction projects.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Global impact
This produced 18,110 jobs, of which 8,400 were direct and 9,710 indirect jobs. Likewise, there was an improvement in the unemployment rate from 9.4% in 2007 to 6.6% in December 2009. An economic study by Jose Almeda says that visitors in the Porta del Sol region invested about $90 million in the days that the games lasted.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games preliminary round
The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Preliminary Round was a preliminary round contested by some CONCACAF teams that determined the qualified teams to the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Six teams were drawn into 3 matchups that were contested in a two-legged tie. The first leg of each of the Preliminary Round matchups was played on March 21, 2010, and the second leg was played on March 27–28.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games preliminary round
Costa Rica did not participate in the first part, being the strongest team, they got an automatic spot into an extra playoff series against the best losing team of the two-legged series. Nicaragua, having the best result, played against Costa Rica. All 7 Central American associations took part of the qualifying process.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Games women's volleyball squads
This article shows all participating women's volleyball squads at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, held from July 18 to July 29, 2010 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
The 18th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, between 2–4 July 2011, and organized by the Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo (FDAA). The event was open for athletes from the invited countries, that are members of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), in two categories:  Junior A Category: 17 to 19 years as of 31 December 2010 (Born between 1991 and 1993), and Junior B Category: 14 to 16 years as of 31 December 2010 (Born between 1994 and 1996). By IAAF standards, Junior A is equal to Junior, while Junior B is equal to Youth.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
In the Junior A category, a lot of athletes were preparing for the 13th World Junior Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on 19–25 July 2010, while in the Junior B category, many athletes were preparing for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore August 14–26.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
The team from Jamaica dominated the games gaining a total of 63 medals (25 gold, 20 silver, 18 bronze), more than twice as much as the next team, Mexico with 28 medals. Moreover, Jamaica won the team trophies in all categories leading the corresponding point classifications.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, Medal summary
The results are published. Events marked as "Exhibition" did not meet the official conditions with respect to the minimum number of participants ("not less than five (5) competitors of three (3) countries"). In the Male Junior B category, there is no information on the originally scheduled events "5000 m race walk" and "octathlon".


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, Medal summary, Female Junior A (under 20), Tiebreaker in High jump
†: Alysbeth Felix from Puerto Rico cleared 1.70m in the first attempt, while Peta-Gaye Reid from Jamaica only in the second attempt. The medal table was corrected accordingly.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, Medal summary, Male Junior B (under 17), Tiebreaker in Long jump
‡: Javari Fairclough from Jamaica had the second best performance of 7.11m, while the second best jump of Juan Mosquera from Panamá was only 6.97m. The medal table was corrected accordingly.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, Team trophies
Team trophies were distributed to the 1st place of the women category, to the 1st place of the men category, and to the 1st place overall (men and women categories). The results were published.


2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, Participation
The published team rostercomprise 532 athletes from 27 countries. Working through the results, an unofficialcount yields the number of about 500 athletes (205 junior, 195 youth)in the start list. Following, the numbers in brackets refer to (athletes in published team roster/athletes in start list):


2010 Central Canada earthquake
The 2010 Central Canada earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 5.0 in Central Canada on 23 June at about 13:41:41 EDT and lasted about 30 seconds. The epicentre was situated in the area of Buckingham, Quebec, approximately 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of Ottawa, Ontario,closest to the settlement of Val-des-Bois, Quebec. Canada's capital, Ottawa, declared this earthquake as being its most powerful in 65 years.


2010 Central Canada earthquake
It was felt across most of Ontario and Quebec, as well as parts of the northeastern United States, in addition to places as far as Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Charleston, West Virginia, and Halifax. It was the first moderate earthquake associated with the Western Quebec Seismic Zone since 20 April 2002, when the area was affected by magnitude 5.1 Mw tremors. Southern Ontario was also affected by the 1998 magnitude 5.2 Mw Pymatuning earthquake, associated with a different seismic region (Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone).


2010 Central Canada earthquake
Although a 5.0 magnitude quake is considered to be moderate, the earthquake's depth (estimates of which vary between 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) and 19.0 kilometres (11.8 mi)) meant that its effects were more widely felt.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Geology
The magnitude 5.0 Mw intraplate earthquake occurred near the southern edge of the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, known for frequent, but minor tremors, occurring, on average, every five days. Far away from the North American tectonic plate's margin, the regional seismicity is controlled by a series of geologic faults formed over the last billion years by the processes of mountain building, including the Grenville orogeny, and subsequent erosion. The processes causing the earthquakes in the zone are not well understood: the tremors are not linked to particular seismogenic structures, nor are the sources of stress definitively identified. The initial focal mechanism of the 2010 earthquake suggests reverse faulting on a fault trending southeast–northwest. However, the size and depth of this earthquake make it uncertain whether the causative fault can be identified.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Geology
Earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or greater are fairly infrequent in the area, occurring at a rate of a few per decade. Some studies suggest, however, that larger earthquakes of magnitude around 7 may have occurred 4550 and 7060 years BP.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Earthquake
The Globe and Mail reported that "Twitter users as distant as Springfield, Massachusetts, Traverse City, Michigan, and Cincinnati, Ohio reported feeling tremors." The blogosphere and other social media sites like Facebook were swamped by posts referring to the "2010 Ottawa earthquake" or the "2010 Toronto earthquake". Places all the way southward to New Jersey reported a disruptive tremor.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Earthquake
This earthquake occurred as Canadian environment minister Jim Prentice was conducting an interview in Ottawa, and he reported that his chair started to move. The offices of The Globe and Mail were evacuated soon after the tremor. Several media outlets also aired video of a press conference by New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Don Davies being disrupted by the quake.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
Part of Quebec Route 307 was closed due to a partial bridge collapse near Bowman that injured a nearby fisherman. Near the epicentre, many of the telephone networks were out. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board evacuated most of its schools, but students were allowed to return when the situation was determined to be safe. A number of schools were damaged, including First Avenue Public School, Churchill Alternative School, Blossom Park Public School, Centennial Public School, Connaught Public School, Elgin Street Public School and Hilson Avenue Public School.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
In Gracefield, Quebec, a state of emergency was declared after several buildings were damaged, including the church, some of the city's administration buildings and a hotel. In the Outaouais, about 1,300 homes lost power. The O-Train Trillium Line in Ottawa was shut down until 5 pm, and the Agence métropolitaine de transport shut down four of five commuter trains in Montreal for a similar period of time in order for lines to be inspected.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
Immediately after the quake, cell phone service in Ottawa was down, possibly overloaded by callers. Several windows in Ottawa City Hall shattered, and a chimney in a nearby solicitors' office collapsed. Minor damage was also reported to several city-owned facilities, including two branches of the Ottawa Public Library and two municipal sports arenas, and power was out in part of the downtown Golden Triangle neighbourhood. Office buildings in Ottawa and Toronto were evacuated, and cracks appeared in the Parliamentary Press Gallery building on Parliament Hill.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
A session of the Senate of Canada was also interrupted, leading to an unprecedented session of the Senate outside on the front lawn of Parliament Hill, in order that a formal adjournment for the day could take place. No serious damage or injuries were reported. In Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission and GO Transit service was uninterrupted, while eastbound Via Rail trains were significantly delayed.


2010 Central Canada earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
On 16 March 2011, a magnitude 3.7 or possibly 4.3 aftershock struck Hawkesbury, Ontario, on the Ottawa River Valley and southwest of the initial magnitude 5.0 epicentre. It was felt in places including Ottawa, Montreal and St. Albans, VT.


2010 Central European floods
The 2010 Central European floods were a devastating series of weather events which occurred across several Central European countries during May and June 2010. Poland was the worst affected. Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia were also affected.


2010 Central European floods
At least thirty-seven people died in the floods and approximately 23,000 people were evacuated. The city of Kraków declared a state of emergency.


2010 Central European floods
The floods forced the closure and relocation of items from the Auschwitz concentration camp museum. On 20 May, aid began arriving to Poland from several European Union countries.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
In Poland, the floods caused the deaths of at least 25 people, the evacuation of approximately 23,000 people, and an estimated economic cost of 2.5 billion euros. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk informed the Sejm that ongoing flooding was "the worst natural disaster in the nation's history ... without precedent in the past 160 years".


2010 Central European floods, Poland
Two months' worth of rain poured down over a 24‑hour period. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was closed and important artifacts were moved to higher ground as floodwaters approached. The city of Kraków announced a state of emergency. Due to the high level of the Vistula river, Kraków's Dębnicki bridge, located in the center of the city, and the Nowohucki bridge were closed on 18 May.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
The flooding lasted for a number of days, and escalated on 20 May when the Vistula River broke its banks. In the town of Sandomierz, residents were stranded in their homes while power outages affected telecommunication. The 2010 flooding was considered more severe than the last major flood, in 1997.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
Wrocław, where the level of the Oder river on 22 May reached 665 cm in Trestno, declared a flood alert. The Kozanów district of Wrocław was flooded after a temporary sandbag wall was breached.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
On Sunday 23 May the Wisła river broke a retaining wall and flooded Świniary near Płock, and nearby villages, including Szady, Wiączemin Polski, Nowy Wiączemin and Nowosiodło. Reports stated that 22 villages in the Płock area had sustained flooding or were under imminent threat. Around 4,000 people and 5,000 animals were evacuated. In Płock, Gmury street was submerged.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
In the Lublin Voivodeship, 800 people had to be evacuated after the river Chodelka flooded in the Gmina Wilków. On 23 May, it was reported that 23 villages were already flooded with 4–5 meters of water and the situation continued to worsen.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
During the May floods, at least 6,200 households in the Małopolska region alone were fully or partially flooded and 12,000 people were affected by it. Numerous other places in Poland were flooded too. In the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, another flood alert was announced on 2 June in relation to Kraków, Tarnów, the counties of Bochnia, Brzesko, Dąbrowa, and Sucha, and eight gminas. Twelve rivers exceeded the alarm level in 14 places and eleven rivers exceeded warning levels in 21 places. On 4 June the railway bridge between Nowy Sącz and Stary Sącz was broken by the river Poprad.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
At least three people fell from the bridge into the rushing waters. According to some reports their fate is still unknown while other say they managed to save themselves. The Poprad river also flooded the town of Muszyna. On 5 June the Vistula flooded the Gmina Szczucin and around 3,000 people had to be evacuated.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
In the Silesian Voivodeship, flood alerts were again issued in the Bielsko, Bieruń-Lędziny, Cieszyn, Gliwice, Pszczyna, Racibórz, Wodzisław and Żywiec counties, and in the cities of Bielsko-Biała, Gliwice and Zabrze. In the Lublin Voivodeship, river-side gminas announced flood alerts.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
In the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, the river Ropa flooded the town of Jasło on 5 June.


2010 Central European floods, Poland
From 3 June, the Trześniówka river flooded the part of the city of Sandomierz (located in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) which lies on the right side of the Vistula, and which was already flooded in May. The city was also threatened by the Vistula river which reached 770 cm, over 100 cm past the alarm level.


2010 Central European floods, Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic, the heaviest rain in the region for eight years was reported. A state of emergency was declared in a total of 302 municipalities across the Zlín Region and Moravian-Silesian Region. One death was reported, due to drowning.


2010 Central European floods, Hungary
In Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Northern Hungary eighteen towns and villages were cut from the outside world by the flood of the rivers Sajó, Hernád and Bódva. More than 480 people had to leave their homes. In Miskolc the Szinva flooded the Diósgyőr district of the city during what was described by locals as "the biggest flood since 1975".


2010 Central European floods, Hungary
Several roads became unusable, the border checkpoint of Sátoraljaújhely/Slovenské Nové Mesto was closed on June 1. In Pásztó (Nógrád county), a local reservoir threatened with overflow; the earthen dam was strengthened by sandbags. 2000 people had to leave their homes. Houses would be under 4 m water within seven minutes of the collapse of the dam. A short part of Motorway M1 collapsed near Győr.


2010 Central European floods, Fatalities
On 17 May, the death toll reached five people. Four of these were in Poland and included a fireman. The other, an elderly woman, was in the Czech Republic when she drowned.


2010 Central European floods, Fatalities
On 21 May, the death toll in Poland had reached at least nine people with the whereabouts of three others being unknown. On 24 May there were 15 confirmed dead in Poland.


2010 Central European floods, Fatalities
The flood claimed several casualties in Hungary too: a man, whose house collapsed on him, died in Miskolc, while a woman died and two other persons suffered injuries in a car crash in Fejér county, where a car slipped on the flooded road; also in Fejér county a tree fell during the heavy rain, hitting a man who suffered life-threatening injuries.


2010 Central European floods, Recovery
Poland asked for assistance from other European Union nations. France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia arrived on 20 May, as well as the Czech Republic, despite that country being affected by the floods too. On 25 May 2010, Poland received help also from Russia (including 18 high-power pumps, 34 boats and 5 mobile power stations).


2010 Central European floods, Gallery
The Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland on 18 May


2010 Central Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2010 Central Hockey League All-Star Game was held at the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas. The game was between the teams named The South Texas All-Stars and The CHL All-Stars.


2010 Central League Climax Series
The 2010 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.


2010 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 2010 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chippewas, led by first-year head coach Dan Enos, compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play.


2010 Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team
The 2010 Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team represented the University of Central Oklahoma in the 2010 NCAA Division II football season, the 105th season of Broncho football. The team was led by fourth year head coach Tracy Holland. They played their home games at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Oklahoma. The Bronchos were playing this season in their final year of membership in the Lone Star Conference, because they were changing conference affiliation to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.


2010 Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team
The season began play began with loss to Pittsburg State at home on August 28, and ended with loss on the road to Angelo State on November 13. The Bronchos finished the season 2–9, with a conference record of 2–8 in conference play and 1–5 in the Lone Star North Division. The Lone Star Conference had a separate format for choosing conference champions and division champions.


2010 Centrobasket
The 2010 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2010 Centrobasket, was hosted in the Dominican Republic. This edition was the first time that the Centrobasket featured ten teams in the finals; previously, eight teams had qualified. Puerto Rico won the title with an 89-80 victory over Dominican Republic. Panama captured the bronze medal with a 75-74 victory over Cuba. All four teams qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship 2011. Jamaica finished 5th for their best ever performance at the tournament while Belize finished 7th to match their best performance. The British Virgin Islands finished 8th after qualifying for Centrobasket for the first time in their history.


2010 Centrobasket, Semifinals
The top 2 teams from each group advance to the semifinals, in which the top team of Group A plays against the second place team of Group B and the top team of Group B plays against the second place team of Group A.


2010 Centrobasket, Semifinals
Three-team ties are determined by the point differential in games played between the three teams, not counting the margin of victory or loss against a non tied team.


2010 Centrobasket Women
This page shows the results of the 2010 Centrobasket Championship for Women, which was held in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico from July 10 to July 14, 2010.


2010 Cerveza Club Premium Open
The 2010 Cerveza Club Premium Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Quito, Ecuador between 4 and 11 October 2010.


2010 Cerveza Club Premium Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Cerveza Club Premium Open, Champions, Doubles
Daniel Garza /  Eric Nunez def. Alejandro González /  Carlos Salamanca, 7–5, 6–4


2010 Cerveza Club Premium Open – Doubles
Santiago González and Travis Rettenmaier were the defending champions and did not participate this year. Another Mexican-American pair: Daniel Garza and Eric Nunez won in the final of this year's edition. They defeated Alejandro González and Carlos Salamanca 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Cerveza Club Premium Open – Singles
Carlos Salamanca was the defending champion, but he lost to Júlio César Campozano already in the first round. Giovanni Lapentti, who received wildcard into the singles main draw, won this tournament, by defeating João Souza 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season
The 2010 season for the Cervélo TestTeam, its second and final, began in February with the Étoile de Bessèges and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As they did in 2009, Cervélo TestTeam competed in 2010 as a UCI Professional Continental team with wildcard status, meaning they were eligible to be invited to any UCI ProTour event.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season
Most of the team's riders were retained from 2009, but the team experienced one major offseason change – the replacement of Thomas Campana as team manager with Joop Alberda.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, One-day races, Spring classics
The team entered the spring season with high hopes after having been successful in the classics in 2009. Hushovd's delayed season start meant that he was not at as strong of form for the traditional spring season opener, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, as he was in 2009 when he won it. Though he admitted that repeating his victory would be a longshot, he claimed the team had "four or five guys" who could win the race.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, One-day races, Spring classics
The race was won by Team Sky's Juan Antonio Flecha in a solo breakaway, and Haussler won the 18-man sprint for second place 18 seconds behind him. The next day, the team claimed its first win of the season with Bos in the Clásica de Almería. Though Bos had lost contact with the peloton near the beginning of the race, the work of Cuesta, Deignan, and Wyss brought him back. Along with Bos came Mark Cavendish, who the young Dutchman pipped at the line for the victory.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Stage races
The team's season began at the Étoile de Bessèges. This race was supposed to be Hushovd's season opener, but he pulled out days before it was run, citing illness. They did not get any victories at the event. Their next stage race was the Tour of Qatar, an event in which they were extremely successful in 2009 and thus had high expectations in 2010. In the opening stage team time trial, they originally finished second, 8 seconds behind stage winners Team Sky, but were later assessed a minute penalty because Haussler pushed Rasch at one point.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Stage races
The team protested the penalty. Haussler denied he pushed Rasch at all, and sporting director Jens Zemke stated that the push was for Rasch's safety, to avoid a crash, and not to gain a competitive advantage. Nonetheless, the protest was denied, and the team was put into a distant last place because of the penalty. This effectively eliminated the general classification hopes for Haussler, who had finished second in this event in 2009. Zemke considered withdrawing the team from the race, but decided against it.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Stage races
Haussler vowed the team would continue to be combative, though a mistake made by Haussler in the sprint finish to stage 4 kept them from a possible victory. Just as he had in 2009, Haussler won the event's points classification without winning a stage, finishing eighth or higher (and second twice) in the five road race stages. The team had also recouped the minute penalty after the race's final stage and won the teams classification, also for the second year in a row.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Team leader Sastre announced in December 2009 that he would return to the Giro after winning two stages and finishing fourth overall in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. In pre-race analyses, Sastre was frequently mentioned as a rider who could contend for overall victory.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Sastre was one of a great many riders to crash in the road race stages in the Netherlands which began the Giro. He was caught up in a big crash near the finish line of stage 2, though he did not himself fall from his bike, and lost 34 seconds to other contenders like Cadel Evans and Ivan Basso. Sastre fell in stage 3 and was 46 seconds back of the stage winner, and more importantly, fellow contenders Basso and Alexander Vinokourov.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Before the transfer to Italy, Sastre was in 43rd place in the overall standings, 1'40" behind race leader Vinokourov. The squad rode solidly in the stage 4 team time trial, coming home with six riders in a time that was good for fifth on the day. Sastre's troubles continued in stage 7 in Tuscany. The route for the stage incorporated unpaved roads, and the day on which the stage was run happened to have heavy rainfall. This made the course muddy and very difficult.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Sastre crashed multiple times, and crossed the finish line covered in mud over five minutes behind the other overall contenders. He was speculated to be completely out of overall contention at this point, sitting over seven minutes back of Vinokourov in the standings. Tondó, riding his first Giro, had been near the leaders in stage 7, but had dropped back to help Sastre to the finish. In stage 8, Sastre continued to struggle, and specifically released Tondó to ride his own race. Tondó rode most of the final climb to Monte Terminillo ahead of the pink jersey peloton and took third on the stage, while Sastre lost over a minute to the race's elite and fell to 8'10" back.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Stage 11 into L'Aquila caused major changes in the overall standings. Over 50 riders formed a leading group ahead of the peloton, and this group held at one point an advantage of 20 minutes. Sastre, Tondó, Wyss, and Gustov all made this selection, and Wyss and Gustov joined riders from Caisse d'Epargne, Team Sky, and Team Saxo Bank in driving the leading group, since all four teams stood to have riders highly placed in the overall standings should the group stay away.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The overall contenders took back some of the time from the leaders' biggest advantage, but still ceded nearly 13 minutes to them. The day's results put both Tondó and Sastre in the top ten overall, at fourth and eighth respectively. Both riders finished with the peloton in stage 14, which went over Monte Grappa, conceding over two minutes to race favorites like Basso and Vincenzo Nibali, but moving up to third and sixth overall. Tondó lost out on overall contention in the next stage, losing 25 minutes on Monte Zoncolan. Sastre was sixth on this stage, 2'44" back of stage winner Basso. This put him in fourth overall before the uphill individual time trial to Plan de Corones after the second rest day.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Sastre was unable to capitalize on this position, however. He was just 19th in the time trial, losing over a minute to his rivals. The next day's stage was conquered by a morning breakaway. Konovalovas had made the early split, but was unable to stay with the leaders to the finish in Pejo Terme, finishing ninth on the day. Sastre lost five seconds at the finish line, but maintained fifth overall. In stage 19, Tondó again made a morning breakaway, but this group was not destined for success as were the leaders on the L'Aquila stage.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
They were caught on the Passo del Mortirolo by the Liquigas–Doimo-led main group. Liquigas–Doimo's support riders rode a strong tempo that made others fall from the pace held by Basso, Nibali, and Michele Scarponi. Sastre was among the many riders to fall. Between the Mortirolo and the stage-ending climb of Aprica, Sastre and Vinokourov, Evans, John Gadret, and race leader David Arroyo came together as a chase group, but they lost time throughout the Aprica climb and could not bridge back to the leading Italian trio.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Sastre and Vinokourov briefly held a time gap over race leader Basso in the Giro's final road stage, but both finished well back of him at the finish. Sastre was 60th in the time trial which closed out the Giro, securing eighth overall. The squad finished the Giro without any victories, placing seventh in the Trofeo Fast Team and 19th in the Trofeo Super Team.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
While eighth overall was widely derided as a disappointment for a rider thought to be an overall contender and one gifted 13 minutes, it was revealed shortly after the Giro concluded that Sastre's injuries upon crashing in the Netherlands and Tuscany were much worse than first reported. He was diagnosed with a spinal disc herniation by team doctors, an injury that briefly put his Tour de France participation in doubt.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Sastre stated that the team knew from the time he first crashed that the injuries likely would keep him from overall contention, but they kept quiet about it while the race was being run so as to not make excuses for his performance. The injury has been recognized as changing the perception of his eighth-place finish.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Sastre led the squad sent to the Tour de France. Haussler was supposed to be on the squad as well, but was replaced by Lloyd when his recurrent knee injury required surgery. Hushovd was also present, aiming for a second straight points classification win. Florencio was named to the squad at first, but he was later pulled because he had used a substance for treating saddle sores that contained ephedrine, which is banned.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
The team's stated reason for pulling him was that he had violated internal rules which require riders to secure permission from medical staff before taking any medication or supplement. He was not replaced, and the team began the Tour with a squad of only eight riders instead of the usual nine. Florencio later criticized the decision, after the team's demise later in the year, as hampering his chances to obtain a contract for 2011.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Hushovd took third place behind Alessandro Petacchi and Mark Renshaw in the Tour's first road race stage, as they were three of only five riders to contest the sprint after a massive crash in the stage's final kilometer thinned the field greatly. The next day, a series of crashes took place, felling overall contenders like Lance Armstrong and Andy Schleck among dozens of others.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
With several groups on the road fragmented by the repeated crashes, race leader Fabian Cancellara negotiated a neutralization of the stage finish, wherein no one would sprint for the line and everyone who was together when the crashes began would get the same finishing time relative to solo stage winner Sylvain Chavanel. Hushovd took a meaningless seventh place on the day, but was angered by the decision, since it nullified the team's work on the day.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
All eight Cervélo riders had escaped crashes and Hushovd had several support riders with him for the finish, a finish that the slowdown denied him a chance to contest. The next day's stage incorporated many cobbled sectors known for featuring in the difficult classic cycle race Paris–Roubaix, including perhaps its most difficult, the Arenberg Trench. Thus, the day was expected to feature many crashes, and did. Cancellara led a group of six, working for his team leader Schleck, past a major pileup 40 km (25 mi) from the finish.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Hushovd followed in this group, and since Cancellara was exhausted having worked for Schleck all day, Hushovd easily took the stage win. This result gave him the green jersey as the points classification leader. The next three stages featured more typical field sprints. Hushovd retained his green jersey through these stages, though he did not come close to winning any of them.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Sastre finished with the first group, containing most of the race's top favorites, in the Tour's first mountain stage finishing at Morzine-Avoriaz. The result gained him 16 places in the general classification, moving from 28th to 12th. The next day, however, he finished three minutes behind the main group of the race's top riders (who themselves finished two minutes behind Alberto Contador and Schleck), falling to 17th and never again coming close to cracking the race's top ten.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
After another lackluster performance in a field sprint in stage 11, Hushovd lost the green jersey to Petacchi. In stage 12, Hushovd made the morning's breakaway and got 10 points in intermediate sprints, taking the jersey back. He lost it to Petacchi again after stage 13, when the Italian finished five places better in the sprint for the finish line. Stage 16 included an ascent of the Col du Tourmalet, but Hushovd was able to take tenth place in this stage (first position from the peloton), thanks to work from teammates including Sastre.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
This again put the green jersey on Hushovd's shoulders, but he lost it for good after stage 18 when he was a distant 14th in the sprint. Hushovd took seventh on the Champs-Élysées, but he ended up just third in the points classification, behind both the winner Petacchi and Mark Cavendish. Sastre was the team's best-placed rider in the final overall standings, but he was over 26 minutes behind Tour champion Contador, for 20th place. The squad was 19th in the teams classification.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Sastre had planned at the beginning of the season to ride two of the three Grand Tours, and was unsure after the Giro whether he would ride the Tour or the Vuelta. In an atypical decision, Sastre lined up in Seville for the Vuelta start after starting the Giro and the Tour as well. Hushovd was also on the squad, with the aim of honing his form prior to the world championships road race. Also on the start list was Cuesta, starting the race for the 17th consecutive year, breaking his own record. With reigning Vuelta champion Alejandro Valverde unable to defend his crown due to a doping suspension handed down earlier in the year, race officials gave bib number one to Cuesta in commemoration of this achievement.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Despite the race starting mere days after the team announced it would fold after the season, the squad turned in a solid ride in the stage 1 team time trial, finishing with five riders 13 seconds back of Team HTC–Columbia's winning time, for fourth place. In an unusually early mountain stage two days later, Tondó and Florencio both broke into the top ten overall, at eighth and tenth respectively, by finishing within 30 seconds of stage winner and new race leader Philippe Gilbert.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Both lost time the next day, but Tondó limited his losses to 19 seconds and actually moved up in the overall standings as a result, to seventh. Sastre was 25th on the day, dropping a minute and 34 seconds, and later claimed that his race schedule for the season, riding all three Grand Tours, was beginning to leave him tired. Florencio had finished the stage in the last group on the road, 14 minutes down to drop well out of the overall standings. Bos placed ninth in the field sprint finish to stage 5 in Lorca.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Hushovd finished 43 seconds behind the peloton, opting to preserve himself for the next day. In stage 6, which was mostly flat but featured the second-category Alto de la Cresta del Gallo climb towards the finish, 70 riders made all the day's selections and finished together. Hushovd was present at the front of this group and took a sprint win over Daniele Bennati and Grega Bole. The Alto de la Cresta del Gallo had proved too difficult for sprinters like Tyler Farrar, Alessandro Petacchi, and Mark Cavendish, leaving Hushovd with a smaller field of rival sprinters and a rather easy victory.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Stage 8 was the next mountain stage, and it reshuffled the overall standings somewhat. David Moncoutié won the stage from the morning breakaway, Tondó and Sastre both finished the stage in the top ten, and Tondó moved up to fourth overall, 42 seconds behind new race leader Igor Antón. Sastre moved up from 21st to 17th with the result. The next major stage was stage 11, ending with a short, explosive climb to Vallnord in Andorra.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Tondó finished the stage third, just behind Antón and Ezequiel Mosquera, who had both put in attacks in the final kilometer to try to win the stage. Cuesta and Sastre finished ninth and tenth respectively on the day, which moved Sastre up to 13th. Stage 14 was the first mountain stage in the Vuelta's difficult final week. Tondó again rode with the race's elite for most of the day, finishing seventh and conceding 39 seconds to stage winner Joaquim Rodríguez.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
This result cost him a place in the overall standings, as Ezequiel Mosquera, who had been behind him, finished ahead in the stage. Sastre was 15th, but moved up to tenth overall as a result. The next day ended with a very high climb at Lagos de Covadonga. Tondó lost roughly two minutes to the race's elite riders at the finish, coming home 23rd and slipping to fifth overall as a result. Sastre also lost time, finishing 14th, but he moved up to ninth overall as Rubén Plaza lost considerably more time.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Both lost more time on the Alto de Cotobello the next day, with Tondó falling to eighth in the standings. Both Tondó and Sastre turned in solid rides in the stage 17 individual time trial. Eleventh and thirteenth respectively meant they gained time against most of the race's top riders, as the riders who finished better than them were mostly time trial specialists with no designs on the overall standings. They moved into sixth and eighth overall.


2010 Cervélo TestTeam season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Tondó rode to fifth place on the Bola del Mundo in the race's queen stage, but since Fränk Schleck finished ahead of him in fourth, he was unable to overtake the Luxembourger for fifth overall. Tondó finished the race in sixth place, with Sastre eighth. Cervélo was the only team with two riders in the top ten of the final overall standings. The squad finished fourth in the teams classification, even though they had only five riders (Tondó, Sastre, Florencio, Cuesta, and Pujol) finish the race. For his part, it was the first time in his career that Tondó had finished a Grand Tour.


2010 Chabahar suicide bombing
A suicide bombing incident occurred on December 14, 2010, by two suicide bombers, who blew themselves up in a crowded Shia Muslim mourning procession in the southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, outside Imam Husain Mosque. It took place on the day of Tasu'a, when Shiite Muslims gathered to commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah and his successor Ali ibn Abi Talib. It killed 39 people.


2010 Chabahar suicide bombing, Bombings
The first bomber detonated his explosives outside the Imam Husain Mosque and another one carried out the attacks in the crowd of Shiite worshippers just a day before the Day of Ashura. As per the Governor of Chahbahar, Ali Bateni. The first attacker was killed, however another one was arrested. The arrested suspect was caught after failing to set off his explosives outside the office of Chabahar's governor, according to LA Times.


2010 Chabahar suicide bombing, Casualties
Between 38 and 39 worshippers were killed in the blast, and more than 100 were injured. According to BBC, it is feared that many women and children were among the worshippers that were killed. The number of people who died had reached 41, according to The Guardian.


2010 Chabahar suicide bombing, Suspects
Al Arabiya reported Jundullah, a Sunni extremist rebel group, claimed responsibility for the bombing. Chahbahar's Governor Ali Bateni said the mastermind behind the attacks was arrested. According to France 24, Alaeddin Borujerdi, the parliament's foreign committee head, claimed that the U.S and Britain were sponsors of the attack.


2010 Challenge Bell
The 2010 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 18th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS de l'Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from September 13 through September 19, 2010.


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


2010 Challenge Bell, Entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2010 Challenge Bell, Champions, Doubles
Sofia Arvidsson /  Johanna Larsson def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands /  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, 6–1, 2–6, [10–6]


2010 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Vania King and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová were the defending champions, but King decided not to participate this year.


2010 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Záhlavová-Strýcová partnered with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost to Sofia Arvidsson and Johanna Larsson 6–1, 2–6, [10–6] in the final.


2010 Challenge Bell – Singles
Melinda Czink was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2010 Challenge Bell – Singles
Tamira Paszek won the title, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5 in the final.


2010 Challenge Cup
The 2010 Challenge Cup (also known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th staging of the most competitive European rugby league tournament at club level and was open to teams from England, Wales, Scotland, France and Russia. It began its preliminary stages on 2 January 2010.


2010 Challenge Cup
Warrington Wolves successfully defended their title after beating Leeds Rhinos 30 - 6 in the final.


2010 Challenge Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was divided into two pools, separating amateur teams from university, police, Armed Services and regional champion teams. Lee Briers and Michael Monaghan, who both played for the Warrington Wolves team which won the 2009 Challenge Cup Final, made the draw at Leeds Metropolitan University.


2010 Challenge Cup, Round 1
The draw for Round 1 was made immediately after the draw for the preliminary round. Ties were played on 23 & 24 January 2010.


2010 Challenge Cup, Round 2
The draw for Round 2 was made on 26 January 2010. Ties were played on 13 & 14 February 2010.


2010 Challenge Cup, Round 3
The draw for Round 3 was made on 16 February. Ties were played on 6–8 March.


2010 Challenge Cup, Round 4
The draw for Round 4 was made on 8 March. Ties were played on 16–18 April.


2010 Challenge Cup, Round 5
The draw for Round 5 was made on 18 April. Ties were played on 07 - 9 May. The game between Halifax and Batley Bulldogs was postponed due to Halifax being suspected of fielding an ineligible player - Michael Ostick -  who played for Rochdale Hornets in the third round. Despite being cup-tied, the Rugby Football League found that he played for Halifax in round four against Swinton Lions. The Lions were reinstated and Halifax removed from the competition, with their head coach Matt Calland being suspended by the club.


2010 Challenge Cup, Quarter finals
The draw for the Quarter Finals was made on 9 May. Ties were played on 28–30 May.


2010 Challenge Cup, Semi finals
The draw for the Semi Finals was made on 2 June 2010. Ties were played on 7 and 8 August 2010.


2010 Challenge Cup, Final
On 20 August 2010, the Rugby Football League announced that it had sold its allocation of 72,000 tickets for the match which is set to be one of the most anticipated cup finals of recent years.


2010 Challenge Cup, Final
The final was played at Wembley Stadium on 28 August.


2010 Challenge Cup, Final
Chris Hicks of Warrington Wolves scored the first hat-trick in a Challenge Cup Final in the new Wembley stadium as the Wolves ran away 30-6 winners. It was 14-0 to the Wolves at half-time


2010 Challenge Cup, Final
Warrington: Richard Mathers, Chris Hicks, Matt King, Ryan Atkins, Chris Riley, Lee Briers, Michael Monaghan, Adrian Morley (c), Jon Clarke, Garreth Carvell, Louis Anderson, Ben Westwood, Ben HarrisonReplacements: Paul Wood, David Solomona, Mickey Higham, Vinnie Anderson Coach: Tony SmithTries: Hicks (3), Atkins (2), Anderson. Goals: Westwood (3).


2010 Challenge Cup, Final
Leeds: Brent Webb, Lee Smith, Brett Delaney, Keith Senior, Ryan Hall,  Danny McGuire, Rob Burrow, Kylie Leuluai, Danny Buderus, Chris Clarkson, Jamie Jones-Buchanan,  Ryan Bailey, Kevin Sinfield (c),Replacements: Ian Kirke, Matt Diskin, Greg Eastwood, Carl Ablett Coach: Brian McClennanTries: Smith Goals: Sinfield.


2010 Challenge Cup, UK Broadcasting rights
1 Coverage in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales started half an hour later.


2010 Challenge Cup, UK Broadcasting rights
2 Coverage in Northern Ireland started forty five minutes later.


2010 Challenge Cup Final
The 2010 Challenge Cup Final was the 109th cup-deciding game of the rugby league 2010 Challenge Cup Season. It was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 August 2010, kick off 14:30. The final was contested by Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves. The game saw Warrington beat Leeds by 30 points to 6.


2010 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos were drawn Super League side Hull F.C. in the fourth round, winning the match and progressing to beat third tier side Blackpool Panthers in what would be their final year of existence. The quarter finals saw the Rhinos beat eventual league champions who they had previously lost to both times in the league. The semi-finals also saw Leeds beat St Helens who came second in this season's league.


2010 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves were draw Championship side Featherstone Rovers in the fourth round, progressing to thrash Huddersfield Giants in the fifth round. Warrington faced Bradford Bulls in the quarter finals, winning by four points, before another comfortable victory over bottom of the league Catalans Dragons.


2010 Challenge Cup Final, Pre-match
This game marked the second time these sides had faced each other in the Challenge Cup Final after the 1935–36 edition where Leeds Rhinos won 18–2. At 12:35 the Schools Champions Final between Dowdales School in Dalton-in-Furness and Temple Moor High School in Leeds would occur before the main event. English singer Camilla Kerslake would also perform before the final, having previously performed at the League Cup Final earlier in the year. She sung her own music as well as The National Anthem and Abide with Me, the official anthem of the Challenge Cup and FA Cup Final.


2010 Challenge Cup Final, Post match
Following the match, the RFL announced the game was the first sell out Challenge Cup Final since it return to the new Wembley Stadium following the stadium completion in 2007.


2010 Challenge Tour
The 2010 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.


2010 Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.


2010 Challenge Tour, Tournament schedule
The 2010 schedule is set out below. The Green Challenge, scheduled for 29 July – 1 August, was cancelled. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.


2010 Challenge Tour, Tournament schedule
The 2010 season began in February with the Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia in Colombia, a new tournament to the Challenge Tour schedule. After further tournaments in Kenya and Turkey, the tour visited Europe for the first time in May for the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne, one of four events on the schedule that also formed part of the Allianz Golf Tour, the official tour organised by the French Golf Federation. The season concluded with the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final at the end of October.


2010 Challenge Tour graduates
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2010. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2010 earned their European Tour card for 2011.


2010 Challenge Tour graduates
* European Tour rookie in 2011T = Tied      The player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished inside the top 118, or won). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2012, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-150). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2012 (finished outside the top 150).


2010 Challenge Tour graduates
The players ranked 16th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Alexandre Kaleka improved his status in this way.


2010 Challenge Trophy
The 2010 Challenge Trophy was hosted in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on the 6th-10th of October 2010. Defending champion Hellas SC of Manitoba failed to qualify as they lost to Lucania SC in the semi-final round in the Manitoba play down.


2010 Challenge Trophy, Seeding
The seeding is based on the results from the previous year. New Brunswick will be not sending a team this year so the host gains a second entry.


2010 Challenge Trophy, Teams
Group 11. Winnipeg Lucania FC4. Calgary Dinosaurs5. Gorge FC8. Huskie Alumni9. AEK London FC


2010 Challenge Trophy, Teams
Group 22. Royal Select de Beauport3. 1 Churchill Arms6. Holy Cross Kirby7. Halifax Dunbrack10. 2 PEI Selects


2010 Challenge Trophy, Rosters, Gorge FC
In the provincial final, Karpati's squadNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Challenge Trophy, Rosters, Halifax Dunbrack
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Challenge Trophy, Rosters, PEI Selects
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Challenge Trophy, Rosters, Churchill Arms
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Challenge Trophy, Qualifiers
The following are details of each of the provincial finals that will determine each representative. New Brunswick is serving a suspension, so PEI as host will get 2 teams. List of Challenge Trophy 2010 teams


2010 Challenge de France Final
The 2010 Challenge de France Final was the 9th final of France's female cup competition. The final took place on 23 May 2010 at the Stade Robert Bobin in Bondoufle, a commune in the Île-de-France region. The match was contested between Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier with the latter club coming in as defending champions.


2010 Challenge de France Final
Paris Saint-Germain captured their first Challenge de France title by defeating Montpellier 5–0. Montpellier were attempting to become the third club to defend their Challenge de France title having already done it once before. The 5–0 scoreline gap is the largest in the cup's young history. It is also the first time in French football history that both the male and female sections of a club occupy both the country's national cups. The male section of Paris Saint-Germain won the Coupe de France on 1 May.


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
The 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour, offering totals of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Granby, Quebec, Canada between July 26 and August 1, 2010.


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby, Champions, Doubles
Frederik Nielsen /  Joseph Sirianni def. Sanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana, 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Doubles
Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski were the defending champions; however, they didn't start this year. Unseeded Frederik Nielsen and Joseph Sirianni won in the final 4–6, 6–4, [10–6], against 1st-seeded Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana.


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Singles
Xavier Malisse was the defending champion, but chose to compete in ATP 250: Los Angeles instead. Tobias Kamke defeated Milos Raonic 6–3, 7–6(4) in the final.


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski
The 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour, offering a total of $35,000 in prize money. It took place in Rimouski, Canada between March 22 and March 28, 2010.


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski, Champions, Doubles
Kaden Hensel /  Adam Hubble def. Scott Lipsky /  David Martin, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski – Doubles
Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble won in the final 7–6(5), 3–6, [11–9], against Scott Lipsky and David Martin.


2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski – Singles
Rik de Voest won in the final 6–0, 7–5, against Tim Smyczek.


2010 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil
The 2010 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador between 8 and 14 November 2010.


2010 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Champions, Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Franco Ferreiro /  André Sá, 7–5, 7–6(3)


2010 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Doubles
Júlio César Campozano and Emilio Gómez were the defending champions, but lost to Jorge Aguilar and Paul Capdeville in the first round. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won the final against Franco Ferreiro and André Sá 7–5, 7–6(7–3).


2010 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Singles
Nicolás Lapentti was the defending champion; however, he retired from professional tennis before this tournament. Paul Capdeville won the title, defeating Diego Junqueira 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.


2010 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg
The 2010 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cherbourg, France between 1 and 7 March 2010.


2010 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg, Champions, Doubles
Nicolas Mahut /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin def. Harsh Mankad /  Adil Shamasdin, 6–2, 6–4


2010 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg – Doubles
Arnaud Clément and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but they elected to defend their title with different partners. Clément partnered up with David Guez, but they withdrew before their quarterfinal match against Harsh Mankad and Adil Shamasdin.Roger-Vasselin partnered up with Nicolas Mahut and they won in the final 6–2, 6–4, over Mankad and Shamasdin.


2010 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg – Singles
Arnaud Clément was the defending champion, but he lost to Nicolas Mahut in the semifinals. Mahut defeated Gilles Müller in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso
The 2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Salinas, Ecuador between 11 and 16 January 2010.


2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso, Champions, Doubles
Jonathan Marray /  Jamie Murray def. Sanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana, 6-3, 6-4


2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions, but they lost in the final 3-6, 4-6 against Jonathan Marray and Jamie Murray.


2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso – Singles
Santiago Giraldo was the defending champion, but chose to not participate this year.


2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso – Singles
Brian Dabul won in the final 6-3, 6-2 against Nicolás Massú.


2010 Challenger of Dallas
The 2010 Challenger of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States, between 1 and 6 February 2010.


2010 Challenger of Dallas, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Challenger of Dallas, Champions, Doubles
Scott Lipsky /  David Martin def. Vasek Pospisil /  Adyl Shamasdin, 7–6(9–7), 6–3


2010 Challenger of Dallas – Doubles
Prakash Amritraj and Rajeev Ram were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate this year. Scott Lipsky and David Martin won in the final 7–6(9–7), 6–3 against Vasek Pospisil and Adil Shamasdin.


2010 Challenger of Dallas – Singles
Ryan Sweeting was the defending champion, and he won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Carsten Ball.


2010 Champion Hurdle
The 2010 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 16 March 2010. It was the 80th running of the Champion Hurdle.


2010 Champion Hurdle
The winner was J. P. McManus's Binocular, a six-year-old gelding trained in Berkshire by Nicky Henderson and ridden by A. P. McCoy. The victory was Henderson's fifth in the race, following See You Then (1985, 1986, 1987) and Punjabi (2009) and a third for McCoy, who had won in 1997 on Make A Stand and 2006 on Brave Inca.


2010 Champion Hurdle
Binocular, who had finished third when favourite for the previous year's race, won by three and a half lengths from Khyber Kim. Punjabi was the only previous Champion Hurdler in the field. All twelve of the runners completed the course. Binocular's win was controversial as Henderson had said in February that the horse would not run in the race. Khyber Kim's trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies said in 2014: "We won the Champion Hurdle four years ago but the horse who was taken out of the race, Binocular, turned up again".


2010 Champions League Twenty20
The 2010 Champions League Twenty20 was the second edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. The tournament, which was held from 10 to 26 September 2010 in South Africa, featured 10 domestic Twenty20 teams from India, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, the West Indies and South Africa.


2010 Champions League Twenty20
The Chennai Super Kings emerged the winners of the tournament, defeating the Warriors in the final. Murali Vijay from the Chennai Super Kings won the Golden Bat Award and was declared the Man of the Match of the final, while Ravichandran Ashwin was awarded the Golden Wicket Award and declared the Player of the Tournament.


2010 Champions League Twenty20
The song "I Like It" by Enrique Iglesias was taken as the official song for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20. Enrique performed the song along with "Be With You" at the opening ceremony of the tournament.


2010 Champions League Twenty20, Host selection
In February 2010, Cricket South Africa announced that South Africa was chosen as the host of the tournament. This was later denied by tournament chairman Lalit Modi, who listed South Africa, Australia, England, India and the Middle East all as possible contenders for hosting the tournament. On 25 April 2010, at the conclusion of the 2010 Indian Premier League, it was announced that South Africa was officially chosen as the host of the tournament. South Africa had previously hosted other senior Twenty20 tournaments, including the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2009 Indian Premier League.


2010 Champions League Twenty20, Format
The tournament consisted of the ten top domestic teams from six countries as determined by the domestic Twenty20 tournaments of those countries. The tournament consists of 23 matches, and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner.


2010 Champions League Twenty20, Format
The group stage has the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winner of the competition.


2010 Champions League Twenty20, Format, Prize money
Unchanged from the previous edition, the total prize money for the competition is US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team receives a participation fee of $500,000. The prize money will be distributed as follows:


2010 Champions League Twenty20, Format, Prize money
Controversies arose after the conclusion of the tournament, when teams reported to have not received their tournament prize money, which was due to be paid by the end of January 2011. As of 9 March 2011, the full $6 million has yet to be paid to the teams. The participation fees have also yet to be paid.


2010 Champions League Twenty20, Teams
This tournament had two teams less compared to the previous edition due to the absence of English county teams because the tournament dates clashed with the end of England's domestic season. The England national team also had a One Day International series with Pakistan during the tournament period. The format of the tournament was modified to accommodate this.