2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Rice
UCF scored the first touchdown of the game 1:23 after kickoff with two plays completed and held Rice's offensive line from completing a first down until the second quarter of the game. The Knights scored on their first 5 drives and didn't punt until 2:58 left in the 3rd quarter. Jeff Godfrey rushed for 41 yards, and went 13-for-18 for 178 yards. L.D. Crow, the Knight's new second-string quarterback to replace Rob Calabrese, went 5-for-6 for 91 yards. Ronnie Weaver rushed for 53 yards on 15 carries. DE Darius Nall won Conference USA co-defensive player of the week honors for the second time this season with 2.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass pressure.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Rice
With the defeat of the Owls, the Knights now ride a 9-game conference winning streak, tied for the fourth longest in the nation. UCF is now 21–10 all time on Homecoming weekend and 17–7 (12-3) at home. UCF's defense ranks atop Conference USA in all categories and is ranked seventh nationally. After the game, the Knights received two votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll, 3 votes in the Harris Poll and was ranked 41st in the BCS Standings.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
The Knights proved dominant both offensively and defensively throughout the game, garnering their first win against East Carolina in 5 years. The game marked the latest that two undefeated Conference USA teams had played since the conference expanded to 12 teams and started divisional play in 2003. UCF proved so dominant on the field that for the first time since a 48–0 win over Eastern Illinois in 1998, the Knights did not punt the ball. For the entirety of the second half of the game UCF held at least a 14-point advantage.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
Jeff Godfrey rushed for 43 yards, and went 8-for-12 for 159 yards. Ronnie Weaver earned Conference USA offensive player of the week honors, rushing for a career-high 180 yards on 30 carries for 2 touchdowns. Latavius Murray had 7 carries for 47 yards with 3 touchdowns, and Brian Waters had 2 receptions for 55 yards.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
The Knights have now won 4 consecutive games, and own a 10-game conference winning streak, the third longest in the nation. With the defeat of East Carolina the Knights are the only team still undefeated in conference play, and they hold a commanding lead in the Eastern Division. After the game, the Knights received five votes in the AP Poll, 13 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll, 7 votes in the Harris Poll and was ranked 32nd in the BCS Standings.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Houston
In a game with 1,054 yards of total offense, the Knights true freshman quarterback Jeff Godfrey led the team to a 40–33 victory over the Cougars with three late scoring drives. Godfrey went 15-for-19 for 294 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, and 105 yards rushing. Latavius Murray rushed for 78 yards on 11 carries for a touchdown. Ronnie Weaver had 19 carries for 45 yards, and Jamar Newsome had 5 receptions for 123 yards. The Knights only trailed for six-and-a-half minutes the entire game, and dominated the time of possession 36 minutes to the Cougars 24 minutes. UCF has only punted twice in the last eight quarters. QB Jeff Godfrey earned Conference USA offensive player of the week honors, and LB Josh Linam took defensive player of the week honors for their performances.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Houston
The Knights now own an 11-game conference winning streak, the third longest active streak in the nation behind Boise State and TCU. With the defeat of the Cougars, the Knights remain the only team undefeated in conference play, and they now hold home-field advantage over Houston in a possible Conference championship game. Following the game, for the first time in school history, UCF received top 25 rankings; #23 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, #25 in the AP Poll and #25 in the Harris Poll.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
The Knights started out fast against the Golden Eagles, storming out to a 14–0 lead by the middle of the 1st quarter. Jeff Godfrey ran for the first TD, then threw a 4-yard pass to Brian Watters for the second. From there the offense faltered, as the Knights defense was worn out by facing their third straight no-huddle offense. Southern Miss scored 31 unanswered points, to jump out to a 31–14 lead halfway through the 4th quarter.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
With four minutes left Godfrey threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Jamar Newsome to cut the lead to 10, but the Knights failed to recover an on-side kick. Godfrey 16-of-25 for 190 yards, and threw 2 interceptions. Ronnie Weaver had 12 carries for 112 yards, and Jamar Newsome had 5 receptions for 100 yards and a TD.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
The loss dropped the Knights from the polls, but they continued to control their own destiny for the chance to host the 2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game for the third time.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Bouncing back from their lost the previous week, the Knights jumped out to a quick lead with a 95-yard kickoff return by Quincy McDuffie. UCF held a 31–0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter, which set a school record for points in a first quarter. The Knights only allowed Tulane two net yards in the first quarter, and at halftime led 38–14. The final play of the game, a Tulane hail mary pass, was intercepted and returned 100-yards by freshman cornerback Jordan Ozerities. Jeff Godfrey went 6-for-8 for 133 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Latavius Murray rushed for 146 yards on 11 carries for a touchdown. Ronnie Weaver had 9 carries for 58 yards, and Kamar Aiken had 2 receptions for 70 yards and an interception. KR Quincy McDuffie earned Conference USA special teams player of the week honors for his performance.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Tulane
The 61 points scored are the most of Coach George O’Leary's seven-year tenure at UCF. With the win against the Green Wave, and the loss by East Carolina, the Knights continued to control their own destiny for the chance to host the Conference USA Championship Game.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Despite the loss by Southern Miss the previous night to lock up the Eastern Division and home-field for the conference championship game for UCF, the Knights played as if they still needed to win. Jeff Godfrey had a signature performance, throwing 14-of-17 for 252 yards and 2 touchdowns, and rushing for a third touchdown. Sophomore running back Latavius Murray added 75 rushing yards with 2 touchdowns. Jamar Newsome had 4 receptions for 118 yards and two touchdowns. In the game, senior defensive end Bruce Miller recorded two sacks against the Tigers, becoming the schools career leader with 32.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Memphis
With the win, the Knights returned to the national rankings, placing 25th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. UCF finished the regular season with a 9–3 overall record, and a 7–1 record in C-USA. It is the third time in six years that UCF has dropped only one conference game, all three times appearing in the league title game.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship Game
UCF hosted the Conference USA Championship for the third time in its six years of existence. The Knights jumped out to a quick lead with a 13-play, 73-yard drive that ended with a 5-yard TD pass from Jeff Godfrey to Latavius Murray. UCF would score again as the first-half ended with a 29–yard field goal by Nick Cattoi, which led to a 10–0 Knight lead at the half. The Knights would stretch the lead to 17–0, by scoring on a 36–yard run by Latavius Murray.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship Game
The UCF defense proved dominant, with five sacks, six quarterback hurries and two interceptions, and did not allow an SMU score until the fourth quarter. UCF defeated SMU 17–7 to capture their second C-USA title. The seven points allowed by the Knights is a C-USA title game record for fewest points allowed to an opponent. The Knights now lead the all-time series against SMU 3–0. Jeffrey Godfrey went 15-for-19 for 167 yards and a touchdown. Godfrey's 78.9% completion percentage is a record for a C-USA championship game.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship Game
Latavius Murray rushed for 94 yards on 20 carries for a touchdown, and had 2 receptions for 21 yards with a touchdown. Ronnie Weaver had 8 carries for 35 yards, and Kamar Aiken had 4 receptions for 52 yards. For his performance, RB Latavius Murray earned the C-USA Championship Game MVP award.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship Game
The Knights tied the school record for wins, 10, and will be playing in the Liberty Bowl for the second time in four years. UCF has now won three-straight games, and 8 of the last 9. Following the game, the Knights placed 24th in the Coaches Poll, 25th in the Harris poll, and in the AP Poll were first in the 'others receiving votes' category, ranking them unofficially at number 26. With the rankings, UCF earned its first appearance in the BCS Standings, ranking 25th overall, and becoming the 83rd team to be represented in the rankings.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship Game
Due to the tendency for fans to shake "The Bouncehouse," ESPN2 for their television production set up a camera position outside the stadium to eliminate camera bounce caused by the crowd.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl
The Knights faced the Georgia Bulldogs in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. It was UCF's second trip to the bowl in four years, and marked the second meeting between the two schools. The Knights lost the previous meeting, 23–24, in 1999, in a game sometimes known as the "Burglary Between the Hedges." The game marked UCF's first ever bowl win, and their third win over an AQ opponent. UCF had one previous win over an SEC team–a 40–38 win over Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 2000. The win in Tuscaloosa was the Knights' first win over an opponent from an AQ conference.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl
The Knights started fast out of the gate, with Quincy McDuffie returning the opening kickoff 95-yards for a touchdown, but the play was called back to UCF's 11-yard line due to a holding penalty. After the penalty the drive fizzled, and Blake Clingan would punt the ball, giving Georgia their first possession at their two-yard line. The Bulldogs would drive 95-yards in 9:13, ending with a Blair Walsh 20-yard field goal to give Georgia a 3–0 lead. The Knights would tie the game with a Nick Cattoi 22-yard field goal with 33 seconds left in the first half.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl
The drive started with an interception and 13-yard return by Josh Linam. To open the second-half, Georgia would launch a 13-play, 61-yard drive that ended with a Blair Walsh 41-yard field goal, giving the Bulldogs a 6–3 lead. Behind quarterback Jeffrey Godfrey, who was injured in the first quarter, the Knights drove down the field with a 65-yard drive in the fourth quarter. With 9:01 left, Latavius Murray scored on a 10-yard touchdown run to give the Knights a 10–6 lead that they would not relinquish.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl
Jeffrey Godfrey went 16-for-29 for 116 yards, and threw two interceptions. Latavius Murray rushed for 104 yards on 18 carries for a touchdown, earning him Liberty Bowl MVP honors. Nick Cattoi was 1-for-1 with a 22-yard field goal, and Reggie Weams and Josh Linam both had interceptions in the game, for 22-yards and 13-yards respectively. DE Bruce Miller recorded 1.5 sacks against the Bulldogs, his 36th career sack. Miller now ranks second in Florida history in sacks, and 5th all-time in the FBS.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl
With the victory, the Knights set a school record with 11 wins, and earned their first win as a nationally ranked BCS squad, cementing the best season in school history. UCF also finished the year with more wins than any other FBS team in Florida, and was the only team in the state to be nationally ranked in both the BCS and the AP men's basketball poll. The UCF senior class ended their careers with 33 total victories, the most of any UCF senior class.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl
In addition, George O'Leary for the first time achieved an over .500 record at UCF. With the win, his record is 45–44 with the Knights, and he now sits only three shy of 100 career wins. The win gives him a career record of 4–5 against the Bulldogs.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Awards & Milestones
In addition to winning the Conference USA title, UCF and its players won several other awards. Head coach George O'Leary was named C-USA Coach of the Year for the third time. Having twice won ACC Coach of the Year, O'Leary has now been awarded coach of the year five times, trailing only South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier (six) and Utah’s Dennis Erickson (six) among active FBS coaches. Jeff Godfrey was named C-USA Freshman of the Year, joining Kevin Smith as the only Knights to win the honor.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Awards & Milestones
Godfrey ranks eighth in the nation in passing efficiency at 165.28, completing 68.4% of his passes, tops among all FBS quarterbacks. Godfrey also became the first true freshman quarterback to lead his team to an FBS conference championship. Defensive end Bruce Miller was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row, becoming only the second conference player to earn the award more than once.


2010 UCF Knights football team, Offseason, NFL Draft
Two former players were selected in the 2011 NFL Draft:


2010 UCI BMX World Championships
The 2010 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX. For the first time, there were no titles awarded in the Cruiser class


2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships took place in Tábor, Czech Republic on the weekend of January 30 and 31, 2010. As in 2009, four events were scheduled.


2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race
This race was held on January 31, 2010 as the main and closing event of the 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tábor, Czech Republic. Zdeněk Štybar got his first title in the Men's Elite category. The length of the course was 28.06 km (0.16 km + 9 laps of 3.10 km each).


2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race
This event was held on Saturday 30 January 2010 as part of the 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tábor, Czech Republic. The length of the course was 15.66 km (0.16 km + 5 laps of 3.10 km each).


2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's under-23 race
This event was held on Saturday 30 January 2010 in Tábor, Czech Republic as a part of the 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. The length of the course was 21.86 km (0.16 km + 7 laps of 3.10 km each).


2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's under-23 race
At first, the brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak (from Poland) occupied the gold and silver medals, respectively. However, in March 2010 they were found guilty of doping and thus disqualified.


2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race
This event was held on Sunday 31 January 2010 as part of the 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tábor, Czech Republic. The length of the course was 15.66 km (0.16 km + 5 laps of 3.10 km each).


2010 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships was the 21st edition of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships and was held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada from 1 to 5 September 2010.


2010 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's downhill
The women's downhill mountain biking event at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Mont Sainte-Anne took place on 5 September.


2010 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships was the 8th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships held in Sankt Wendel, Germany. Both the men's and women's races were 107.93 kilometres (67.06 mi).


2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup includes three disciplines: cross-country, downhill and four-cross.


2010 UCI ProTour
The 2010 UCI ProTour is the sixth series of the UCI ProTour: a series of 16 races in which the ProTour teams, considered the elite teams of the sport, participate alongside a number of invited "wildcard" teams. As in 2009, there is no competitive element to the ProTour of itself, but all its events contribute towards the 2010 UCI World Ranking.


2010 UCI ProTour
The first race was the 2010 Tour Down Under on 19–24 January, and the series will end with two new events, bringing the tour to North America for the first time, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal on 10 September and 12 September respectively.


2010 UCI ProTour
Two newly formed teams, the American Team RadioShack and British based Team Sky, joined the ProTour, while the licenses of Bbox Bouygues Telecom and Cofidis were not renewed. The Lampre–Farnese Vini team, although it has a ProTour Licence from the UCI valid until 2013, had its annual registration refused, and missed the first event of the tour while the matter remained unresolved. It subsequently received a temporary licence until 31 March, at which stage the full licence was restored.


2010 UCI ProTour
A number of teams have had name changes: Fuji–Servetto became Footon–Servetto–Fuji, a second name sponsor saw Garmin–Slipstream rename as Garmin–Transitions, and the name of the company, rather than one of its products, is featured in the change from Silence–Lotto to Omega Pharma–Lotto. Immediately before the Tour de France in July, two more teams altered their names: Française des Jeux simplified their name to FDJ, while Lampre–Farnese Vini became Lampre–Farnese.


2010 UCI Road World Championships
The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 83th UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event. Coincidentally, the title's defender at the road race was an Australian, Cadel Evans, who has a home in Barwon Heads, only 20 km from Geelong.


2010 UCI Road World Championships
The time trial and most of the road race elements of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships were staged in Geelong, while the final event, the men's road race, started in Melbourne and went to Geelong, where it finished after 11 laps of the road-race circuit.


2010 UCI Road World Championships
The events were spread over five days, allowing recovery time for those riders wishing to take part in both the time trial and the road race. The first event, the men's under-23 time trial resulted in a win for Taylor Phinney, who went on to share third place in the U-23 road race, which was won from a group sprint by Michael Matthews of Australia. In the women's events, Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley became the first British rider to win the time trial, and Giorgia Bronzini, bronze medallist in the 2007 championships, won from a three rider chase group.


2010 UCI Road World Championships
Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara successfully defended his men's time trial title, achieving a record fourth win: and in the final, showpiece event, Thor Hushovd became the first Norwegian winner, and a bronze for Allan Davis clinched top place in the medal table for the hosts.


2010 UCI Road World Championships, Participating nations
444 cyclists from 49 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 3 October in Melbourne and concluded in Geelong, Australia. Thor Hushovd claimed the World Championship in a sprint finish, to become the first Norwegian to win the World Championship road race.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Route
The race started at Federation Square at Melbourne. For the first time, the World Championship route started and finished in different locations, with the riders traveling to Geelong before entering the finishing circuit. The route followed the West Gate Freeway and Princes Freeway, passing the Werribee River. Exiting at Bulban Road, the riders passed the You Yangs Regional Park, continued via Bacchus Marsh Road, then entered the Geelong circuit at Bell Parade. There were eleven laps around a 15.9 kilometre course through the Geelong suburbs, including South Geelong, Belmont, Highton, Queens Park, Newtown and Geelong West. The profile included two steep climbs, the first between 5 and 7 kilometres, the second between 9 and 11. The finish had a moderate uphill gradient.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Route
Circuit practice, training and racing took place in Geelong from Thursday 23 September to Sunday 3 October.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Race Report
The early breakaway consisted of 5 riders and was given a lead of up to 23 minutes by the peloton. In the break were Oleksandr Kvachuk, Mohammed Said Elammoury, Jackson Rodríguez, Diego Tamayo and Matt Brammeier. In between the break and the peloton rode Esad Hasanovic, who was chasing the lead group for several kilometres. He rode around 5 to 6 minutes behind them for some time. The breakaway almost lapped the peloton on the closing circuits, but the American and Belgian teams would increase the pace of the peloton and the gap began to fall. Elammoury was dropped by the other four with about 10 laps to go.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Race Report
Kvachuk dropped Brammeier, Tamayo, and Rodriguez but by the end of the seventh lap the gap had fallen to about 5 minutes. Somewhat like the previous year's race, a large escape group went away, this time with 5 laps to go. The group contained 31 riders, including the previous year's champion Cadel Evans, his teammates Stuart O'Grady and Simon Gerrans, Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway, Belgian Philippe Gilbert, Dane Matti Breschel and 5 Italians including Vincenzo Nibali and Filippo Pozzato.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Race Report
The group survived until lap nine although the peloton, led on by Spain, never let them get much of a gap. On the ninth lap Nibali attacked which decimated the breakaway and the peloton behind. Evans, Gilbert, and Pozzato were chasing behind at the end of the 9th lap, with the peloton 49 seconds behind Nibali. However, the peloton kept the pressure high and had pulled back all the attackers, including the early breakaway at the beginning of the last lap.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Race Report
On the final ascent of the Montpelier climb, Gilbert made an attack and Evans immediately tried to jump into his slipstream. However, Gilbert got away from Evans, who was absorbed by a chase group containing Paul Martens of Germany, Alexander Kolobnev of Russia, Koos Moerenhout of The Netherlands, and Fränk Schleck of Luxembourg. The group was not well organized and was brought back by the remnants of the peloton and Gilbert was also caught with 2 kilometers to go.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Race Report
Russian Vladimir Gusev and Slovenian Janez Brajkovic attacked just before the 1 kilometer to go banner and were joined by Dutchman Niki Terpstra. Terpstra attacked with about 800 meters to go as the Danes tried to set up a sprint for Breschel. However, as soon as Terpstra was caught Belgian Greg Van Avermaet launched the sprint. Breschel passed Van Avermaet on the left-hand side but Thor Hushovd of Norway passed Breschel and held on to the finish line for the victory. Breschel would settle for 2nd while Allan Davis of Australia passed Van Avermaet for the bronze medal.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, National qualification
Nations in the top ten places of the UCI World Ranking on 15 August were permitted up to nine riders, although they were not permitted more than six unless they had at least seven riders in the rankings on that date. This happened to Kazakhstan, and as a result, one additional spot was awarded to Luxembourg, Slovenia and France (10th to 12 respectively in the rankings), although this concession had not been in the original documentation describing the allocation of places.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, National qualification
27 other qualifying nations were permitted no more than six riders. After allowing for the top ten in the world rankings, the continental rankings are to be used to identify sixteen further European nations, two countries from the UCI Africa Tour, five from the Americas, three Asian countries, and one representative of the Oceania tour.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, National qualification
Riders on teams that are members of a UCI ProTeam, but whose nation did not qualify, were eligible for additional places.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's time trial of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 30 September in Melbourne (Geelong), Australia, the first time in the event's 77 times that it has been held in Australia.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
Fabian Cancellara defended his title, and in doing so, clinched a record fourth time trial world championship, recording a time more than a minute faster than any of his rivals. Great Britain's David Millar took silver, with Germany's Tony Martin claiming bronze. The two Australian entrants, Richie Porte and Michael Rogers, came in fourth and fifth respectively in their home country.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Route
The riders completed two laps on an up-and-downhill 22.7 km course for a total length of 45.6 km.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
The Men's under-23 road race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 1 October in Melbourne, Australia.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
Home rider Michael Matthews claimed Australia's first gold medal of the championships by winning the sprint finish at the end of the race, outsprinting Germany's John Degenkolb, who took silver. Time trial champion Taylor Phinney and Guillaume Boivin of Canada shared the bronze medal after Tissot's photo finish system could not split the riders. Phinney became the sixth rider to medal in both the time trial and the road race in the under-23s category.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
The Men's under-23 time trial of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 29 September in Melbourne, Australia.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
Taylor Phinney took the United States' first gold medal in the event, since Danny Pate won in Lisbon in 2001, denying Australia's Luke Durbridge by 1.9 seconds, who had been on top for the majority of the event, while Marcel Kittel of Germany took bronze.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The Women's road race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 2 October in Melbourne, Australia.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
For the third time in four years, an Italian rider claimed the gold medal, with Giorgia Bronzini edging out her rivals in a sprint finish. Dutch rider Marianne Vos finished second for her fourth consecutive silver medal in the event, with Emma Johansson of Sweden taking the bronze.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 29 September in Melbourne, Australia.


2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
Emma Pooley became Great Britain's first gold medal winner in the discipline, recording a time 15 seconds quicker than Germany's Judith Arndt – finishing second for the third time – with New Zealand's Linda Villumsen finishing marginally behind Arndt in third, taking her second consecutive third place in the time trial.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2010. They took place at the Ballerup Super Arena in Ballerup, Denmark from 24 to 28 March 2010.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The men's 1 km time trial was one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
25 Cyclists from  17 countries participated in the contest. The Final was held on 26 March.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The Men's Individual Pursuit was one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark on 25 March 2010.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
Twenty-seven cyclists from 20 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the two fastest riders advanced to the final and the 3rd- and 4th-best riders raced for the bronze medal.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The qualification took place on 25 March and the finals later the same day.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The Men's Keirin is one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in  Ballerup, Denmark  on 25 March 2010.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
27 Cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round. The remaining ones face a first round repechage


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The riders that did not advance to the second round race in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advance to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advance to the Final and the remaining will race a consolation 7-12 final.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison
The Men's Madison is one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison
18 teams, each of two riders participated in the contest. The Final was held on 27 March.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium
The Men's Omnium is one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium
This was the fourth time a men's omnium event had ever been included in the World Championships. Eighteen from 18 countries participated in the contest. The omnium consisted of five events, which were all contested on 28 March: a sprint 200 m time trial with a flying start, scratch race, 3 km individual pursuit, points race and a 1 km time trial.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
The Men's Points Race is one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
21 Cyclists participated in the contest. The Final was held on 24 March.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
The Men's Scratch was one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark on 25 March 2010.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
24 Cyclists participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 60 laps, making a total of 15 km.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The Men's Sprint was one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in  Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
46 Cyclists from  20 countries participated in the contest. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders were to advance to the 1/16 finals.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The first rider in each of the 12 heats advanced to the second round. There was no repechage for this round.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The first rider from each of the six Second Round heats advanced to the Quarterfinals and the second placed riders from a repechage to determine the other two riders that competed the quarterfinals.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The first rider in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals and the 4 losing athletes faced a race for 5th-8th place.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The qualifying, first round, second round, second round repechages and quarterfinals took place on 27 March. The Semifinals and Finals took place on 28 March.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's Team Pursuit is one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
Seventeen teams of 4 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Qualifying and the Finals were held on March 25.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
The Men's Team Sprint is one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
Sixteen teams of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
The Qualifying and the Finals were held on the evening session on March 24.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's 500m Time Trial is one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
21 Cyclists from 15 countries participated in the contest. The Final was held on 24 March.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The Women's Individual Pursuit was one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in  Ballerup, Denmark on 24 March 2010.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
22 cyclists from 17 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th best riders raced for the bronze medal.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The qualification took place on 24 March and the Finals later the same day.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The Women's Keirin is one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in  Ballerup, Denmark  on 28 March 2010.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
21 Cyclists from 15 countries participated in the contest. After the 3 qualifying heats, the fastest 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round. The remaining ones face a first round repechage


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The riders that did not advance to the second round race in 3 repechage heats. The first 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round along with the 6 that qualified before.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advance to the Final and the remaining will race a consolation 7-12 final.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium
The women's omnium is one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium
This was the second time a women's omnium event had ever been included in the World Championships. 17 cyclists from 17 countries participated in the contest. The omnium consisted of five events, which were all contested on 27 March: a sprint 200 m time trial with a flying start, scratch race, 2 km individual pursuit, points race and a 500 m time trial.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's Points Race is one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
24 Cyclists participated in the contest. The Final was held on 28 March.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's Scratch was one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark on 26 March 2010.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
24 Cyclists participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 40 laps, making a total of 10 km.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The Women's Sprint was one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in  Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
27 Cyclists from  14 countries participated in the contest. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders were to advance to the 1/16 finals.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The first rider in each of the 12 heats advanced to the second round. There was no repechage for this round.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The first rider from each of the six Second Round heats advanced to the Quarterfinals and the second placed riders from a repechage to determine the other two riders that competed the quarterfinals.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The first rider in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals and the 4 losing athletes faced a race for 5th-8th place.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The qualifying, first round, second round, second round repechages and quarterfinals took place on 26 March. The Semifinals and Finals took place on 27 March.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's Team Pursuit is one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
Fifteen teams of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Qualifying and the Finals were held on March 25.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's Team Sprint is one of the 9 women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
Twelve teams of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
The Qualifying and the Finals were held on March 25.


2010 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 2010 UCI Women's Road World Cup is the 13th edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. Although using most of the same races as the 2009 edition, there are some changes. The Tour de Berne has been dropped and replaced with the introduction of the new Tour of Chongming Island World Cup (which stands alongside the Tour of Chongming Island stage race and Tour of Chongming Island Time Trial) to World Cup status. Also new to the calendar is the GP Ciudad de Valladolid.


2010 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The Montréal World Cup was originally planned for a late May slot, but later cancelled due to a loss of sponsorship. The Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt was planned as the season finale, but was later downgraded to non-UCI status. Marianne Vos won the series, leading from the first round through to the finish. By winning two races, Emma Pooley won the most races.


2010 UCI Women's Road World Rankings
The 2010 UCI Women's Road Rankings is an overview of the UCI Women's Road Rankings, based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2010 women's road cycling season.


2010 UCI Women's Road World Rankings, UCI Teams Ranking
This is the ranking of the UCI women's teams from 2010.Final result.


2010 UCI World Ranking
The 2010 UCI World Ranking was the second edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009; the following year it would be merged with the UCI ProTour to form the UCI World Tour. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 19 January, and consisted of 13 stage races and 13 one-day races, culminating in the Giro di Lombardia on 16 October. Two new races, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal were added to the ProTour series, and consequently to the ranking schedule. These two Canadian events, and the Tour Down Under, were the only races in the series to take place outside Europe.


2010 UCI World Ranking, Events
All 16 events of the 2010 UCI ProTour were included in the series calendar, along with the three Grand Tours, two early season stage races, and five one-day classics.


2010 UCI World Ranking, Events
†: Riders promoted after removal of the results of Alejandro Valverde or (in the Tour de France) of Alberto Contador


2010 UCI World Ranking, Final standings
On 31 May, the UCI annulled all results obtained by then rankings leader Alejandro Valverde, and removed his points, as he received a suspension due to his involvement in the Operación Puerto doping case. The two-year suspension was in part retroactive, dating from 1 January 2010. His points were also removed from his team, Caisse d'Epargne, and the Spanish national score, both of which had previously been at the top of their rankings. Valverde's points for final position were reallocated: his points gained in individual stages of stage races were deleted.


2010 UCI World Ranking, Final standings
In February 2012, Alberto Contador had all his results from the 2010 Tour de France annulled, and these points were retrospectively reallocated in the 2010 rankings. Contador dropped from second place to thirteenth as a result.


2010 UCI World Ranking, Final standings, Team
Team rankings are calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders of a team in the table. Teams with the same number of points are ranked according to their top-ranked rider.


2010 UCI World Ranking, Final standings, Team
It had been said that the top 17 teams at the end of the season would be guaranteed a place in the three Grand Tours in 2011, although with one race remaining, the UCI announced the launch of the WorldTour, meaning that teams of ProTour status would have the right to participate in all ranking events in 2011, including the Grand Tours, regardless of position in this table. Androni Giocattoli, despite finishing 17th, were not granted a place in the 2011 Tour de France.


2010 UCI World Ranking, Final standings, Nation
National rankings are calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders registered in a nation in the table. Nations with the same number of points are ranked according to their top-ranked rider. The top ten nations as of 15 August were permitted up to nine riders at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships in Australia in October.


2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team
The 2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA finished the regular season as the #2 team in the Pacific-10 Conference behind the Arizona State Sun Devils. The UCLA Bruins were selected to play in the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the #1 seed in the Los Angeles, CA Regional and the #6 national seed. UCLA went 5–1 in the Regionals and beat UC Irvine in the finals to advance to the Super Regionals. The Bruins beat the Cal State Fullerton Titans in three games to win the Los Angeles Super Regional and advance to the 2010 College World Series.


2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team
Before the 2010 College World Series, the Bruins had never won a single game in the CWS. The team broke that 0-4 all time CWS record by defeating the #3 ranked Florida Gators in the first round, 11 to 3. The 2010 baseball team improved on their first ever CWS win by beating TCU 6 to 3 in the second round. Due to the double elimination format of the CWS, UCLA played TCU again in the semifinals. After losing the first game 6 to 2, the Bruins advanced to the Championship Series by defeating TCU 10 to 3 in the decisive second game. The South Carolina Gamecocks became the 2010 national champions after beating UCLA in two consecutive games, 7-1 and 2–1.


2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season
The Bruins completed the 2009 season with a 27–29 overall record, tying Oregon State for third place in the Pac-10 Conference behind #1 Arizona State and #2 Washington State. The Bruins were not invited to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament since Oregon State had a better overall record.


2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team, UCLA Bruins in the 2010 MLB Draft
The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2010 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Coached by third-year head coach Rick Neuheisel, they opened the season on the road against the Kansas State Wildcats on September 4, 2010. The next three games were against ranked opponents, and after a road win at #7 (AP) Texas, expectations for the Bruins dampened by their 0–2 start began to rise again.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team
However, the season turned for the worse and included two three-game losing streaks against Pac-10 opponents, the latter to end the season on a three-game skid. The Bruins, coming off a bowl win the year before, found themselves ineligible for bowl play with their 4–8 overall record and finished ninth in the Pac-10.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team
Player injuries and other attrition depleted UCLA of its roster depth, while true freshmen were forced into action and seniors who were previously reserves became starters; a quarterback who had attempted only 17 passes in his career became the starter.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Recruitment
The first Wednesday in February was the start of signing day in college football, February 3, 2010 – April 1, 2010. For midyear junior college transfer, the period was December 16, 2009 to January 15, 2010.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Last year, the Bruins defeated the Wildcats 23-9 at the Rose Bowl.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
1st quarter scoring: KSU – Daniel Thomas 1 yd. run (A. Cantele kick).


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Kevin Prince 11 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick); Kai Forbath 44 yd. field goal.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
3rd quarter scoring: KSU – William Powell 28 yd. run (Cantele, A. kick);  UCLA – Kai Forbath 35 yd. field goal; KSU – A. Cantele 35 yd. field goal.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Kai Forbath 42 yd. field goal; KSU – Brodrick Smith  5 yd. pass from Coffman; KSU – Carson (A. Cantele kick); UCLA – Ricky Marvray 29 yd. pass from Prince; UCLA – Kevin Prince (Kevin Prince pass failed); KSU – Daniel Thomas 35 yd. run (A. Cantele kick).


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
This game was the first time the Cardinal defeated the Bruins at the Rose Bowl since 1996. This was the first shutout UCLA had suffered in the twenty-first century, since a 17–0 loss to California on October 16, 1999. This was the first time Stanford had achieved a road shutout against an opponent since 1974. This was the first time since 1941 that Stanford shutout UCLA.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
UCLA upset No. 23 ranked Houston in front of the home crowd in the Rose Bowl. Matt Hogan kicked a 29-yard field goal to give the Cougars the first quarter lead. Johnathan Franklin answered with an 11-yard run for a Bruins 7-3 lead. The Bruins scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. Kevin Prince ran for a 2-yard touchdown and Franklin added a 1-yard run touchdown.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
In the third quarter, UCLA had a 42-yard field goal by Kai Forbath, the 2009 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award winner, and a touchdown again by Franklin (12 yards). Houston scored twice in the fourth quarter, on James Cleveland's 10-yard pass from quarterback Terrance Broadway and on Matt Hogan's 31-yard field goal. There were seven turnovers, including interceptions by UCLA's Rahim Moore and Akeem Ayers.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
Two Houston quarterbacks, Case Keenum and Cotton Turner, were injured in the game and are out for the season.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
Patrick Larimore, who had a career-high and team-high 11 tackles (10 solos), including three for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the game was named Pac-10 Conference defensive player of the week. He was also named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Texas
Thirteen years after beating Texas on "Rout 66", the Bruins upended the No. 7 ranked Longhorns 34-12 with touchdowns by Johnathan Franklin and Kevin Prince in front of a stadium-record crowd of 101,437 in Austin, Texas. Franklin scored an 11-yard touchdown on his 118-yard day, while Prince had two touchdowns, a 38-yard run and a 1-yard pass to Ricky Marvray. Kai Forbath kicked two field goals, 39 and 49 yards, and missed one for the Bruins. The final touchdown was made by UCLA's Derrick Coleman on a 29-yard run.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Texas
Justin Tucker kicked two field goals, 31 and 34 yards, and James Kirkendoll scored on a 5-yard pass from Garrett Gilbert for Texas. Now the Bruins have beaten two teams from the State of Texas in consecutive weeks. The Longhorns turned the ball over to the Bruins five times during the contest.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
The Bruins came from behind to score the final three touchdowns, one by quarterback Richard Brehaut (1-yard run) and two by running back Derrick Coleman (1 and 4-yard runs) to defeat the Cougars at home.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Quarterback Brehaut played in place of injured Kevin Prince and made 12 of 23 passes for 128 yards in his first career start. Coleman had a banner game, scoring three rush touchdowns and a 73-yard long run in the fourth quarter. Franklin accounted for 216 of UCLA's 437 rushing yards, his first. Kicker Kai Forbath now has kicked 80 field goals, including the 33-yard and 20-yard field goals in this game.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Winning with 565 total offense yards, UCLA has a 38-18-1 record on Washington State.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
Cal has a record of 8-6 coming off a bye week in Jeff Tedford's years at Cal and the Bears have beaten UCLA five consecutive times at home.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
The Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 51-yard field goal by Kai Forbath with one second left in the game to give UCLA a 17-14 victory over the visiting Beavers. With 1:17 left in the game, Forbath missed a 46-yard field goal, which went wide left. Originally, the field officials had ruled that UCLA had no time left, but the challenge gave the Bruins one more second left to set up the field goal try.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
Richard Brehaut scored for UCLA in the first quarter with a seven-yard run and Joe Halahuni did the same for Oregon State with a 28-yard pass from Ryan Katz.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
In the third quarter, Markus Wheaton ran for 22-yard touchdown for the Beavers lead and Johnathan Franklin scored from the 1-yard line for a Bruins touchdown to tie the game.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Arizona State quarterback Brock Osweiler threw 4 touchdown passes while UCLA quarterback Richard Brehaut had three. The defeat ended UCLA's hope of a bowl game in December.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
Jonathan Franklin ran for 109 yards and one touchdown in a loss to USC. The Bruins ended the season losing six of their last seven games.


2010 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
Before kickoff, fans of both teams were involved in a fight which eventually led to two participants being stabbed. Violence occurred outside Rose Bowl in 2008 as well, when nearly 50 were arrested.


2010 UCLA Bruins softball team
The 2010 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2010 college softball season. The Bruins were coached by Kelly Inouye-Perez, in her fourth season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 50–11. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished second with a 14–7 record.


2010 UCLA Bruins softball team
The Bruins were invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the Los Angeles Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eleventh Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2004. The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.


2010 UEC European Track Championships
The 2010 European Track Championships were the inaugural elite European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the BGŻ Arena in Pruszków, Poland, between 5 and 7 November.


2010 UEC European Track Championships
All ten Olympic events (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium all for both men and women) and a men's madison championship were held as part of the championships. The Championships were the first European event for qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid, on Saturday, 22 May 2010, to determine the winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League. It was the first Champions League final to be played on a Saturday, rather than the traditional Wednesday. The match was won by Inter Milan, who beat Bayern Munich 2–0 to complete the treble, a feat never before achieved by any team from either Italy or Germany. The refereeing team came from England and was led by Howard Webb.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final
The win gave Inter their third European Cup title, and their first since 1965; moreover, it was their first appearance in the final since 1972, and they were the first Italian team to appear since A.C. Milan won the competition in 2007. Meanwhile, Bayern had won the competition as recently as 2001 – their most recent final appearance – although they were the first German side to reach the final since Bayer Leverkusen in 2002. The 2010 final was the first not to feature an English side since Porto beat Monaco in 2004, due to Manchester United being knocked out by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals on away goals. The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium had previously hosted three European Cup finals: in 1957, 1969 and 1980.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final
As the winners, Inter played against 2009–10 UEFA Europa League winners Atlético Madrid in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup, and also entered the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Prior to the 2010 final, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan had previously met four times in European competition. In those four matches, Bayern held the edge with two wins to Inter's one; the other match finished as a draw. The first meeting between the two sides took place in the third round of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup; Inter won 2–0 the first match at the Olympiastadion in Munich, but Bayern responded with a 3–1 win at the San Siro two weeks later to go through on the away goals rule. They were next drawn together in Group B of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, along with Spartak Moscow and Sporting CP. The first match between Bayern and Inter was played at the San Siro, where Bayern won 2–0; the return match finished as a 1–1 draw.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Both teams went into the final chasing the treble, an achievement never before reached by teams from their respective countries; Inter came closest in 1965, when they won the Serie A and the European Cup but lost 1–0 to Juventus in the Coppa Italia final. Bayern Munich claimed their 22nd Bundesliga title on the last day of the season with a 3–1 win away to Hertha BSC on 8 May 2010, before claiming their eighth domestic Double with a 4–0 win over Werder Bremen in the 2010 DFB-Pokal Final on 15 May.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Meanwhile, Inter beat Roma 1–0 for their sixth Coppa Italia on 5 May, and then won their fifth Serie A title in a row and their second Double on 16 May with a 1–0 win away to relegated Siena. With both teams having secured domestic Doubles going into the final, it was guaranteed that the Treble would be won for the second year in a row, following Barcelona's success in 2008–09.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The managers of both teams had won the Champions League before: Bayern manager Louis van Gaal won the competition with Ajax in 1995, while Inter's José Mourinho was manager of Porto's 2004 side. The winning manager would therefore become only the third in European Cup history to win as manager of two clubs, following in the footsteps of Ernst Happel (Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983) and Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001).


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium had previously hosted three European Cup finals: in 1957, 1969 and 1980. Real Madrid themselves won the 1957 final – their second of five consecutive wins – beating Fiorentina 2–0 in front of 120,000 spectators, the second highest attendance in a European Cup final. A.C. Milan won the next final at the stadium, beating Ajax 4–1 in 1969, and Nottingham Forest won 1–0 against Hamburg in the most recent final in Madrid in 1980.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The stadium was opened in 1947 following the election of Santiago Bernabéu as the president of Real Madrid. Upon construction, the stadium had a maximum capacity in excess of 75,000, but this was increased to 125,000 with the addition of a fourth stand in 1954. The stadium was chosen as one of two venues for matches at the 1964 European Nations' Cup, hosting both of the Spain team's matches, including their 2–1 win over the Soviet Union.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
In preparation for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, FIFA requirements forced renovations to the stadium, adding a canopy to three of the four stands and reducing the capacity to 90,800. The stadium hosted all three Group B matches and the final of the 1982 World Cup. Conversion to an all-seater stadium in 1998 further reduced capacity to just over 75,000, but the most recent expansion in 2006 increased capacity to just over 80,000. Only around 75,000 seats, however, were available for the 2010 final.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid was selected as the venue for the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, on 28 March 2008. The committee – who selected the venue for the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final at the same meeting – based their decision on a number of key criteria, including stadium capacity, facilities and security. It had previously been decided that the final would be played on a Saturday for the first time in Champions League history at the UEFA Executive Committee's meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 30 November 2007.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
The unique visual identity of the 2010 final was revealed at a special ceremony at Madrid's Ciudad del Fútbol Español on 20 November 2009. In attendance at the ceremony were final ambassador Emilio Butragueño, Royal Spanish Football Federation president Ángel María Villar Llona and UEFA's competitions director Giorgio Marchetti. UEFA has given the Champions League final a unique visual identity every year since 1999, in order to give "a distinctive flavour of the host city". The logo features the UEFA Champions League trophy at its core, surrounded by elements of the Champions League "starball" logo, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Puerta de Alcalá. The logo was designed to capture "the cultural and 'fiesta' aspects which Madrid is famed for".


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
A trophy handover ceremony was held at the Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid on 16 April 2010, when Johan Cruyff and Joan Laporta – as representatives of the 2009 champions, Barcelona – returned the UEFA Champions League Trophy to UEFA president Michel Platini. Platini then handed the trophy to Royal Spanish Football Federation president Ángel María Villar Llona and Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, the mayor of Madrid, so that it might be put on display in the city until the day of the final. Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, players Raúl, Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo, and final ambassador Emilio Butragueño were also present at the ceremony.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Although the usual capacity of the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was over 80,000, the net capacity for the 2010 Champions League final was around 75,000. The two finalists were each allocated 21,000 tickets, with a further 11,000 tickets being made available to the general public. Applications for those tickets were opened on 8 March 2010 and ran until 19 March; recipients were determined by a random lottery.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
These figures included a certain number of tickets set aside specifically for children; 2,000 tickets from each club's allocation went to children and their accompanying adults, as did 1,000 tickets from the general public's allocation. Finally, 500 tickets were reserved for children taking part in the activities at the UEFA Champions Festival in the week leading up to the final.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
A ticketing launch event was held in Madrid on 5 March 2010, at which the ticketing concept for the final was announced. The event was also used to promote the start of ticket sales for the match, and was attended by the ambassador for the final, Emilio Butragueño, the president of the Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, and representatives from UEFA, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the host club, Real Madrid. At the event, Aguirre was presented with the first ticket for the final by Real Madrid players Cristiano Ronaldo and Raúl.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Match ball
The official match ball for the 2010 Champions League Final, the Adidas Finale Madrid, was unveiled on 9 March 2010. It was the tenth ball to use the "Starball" design that had become synonymous with the UEFA Champions League. Each of the stars on the ball featured an element of the logos of each of the last 10 Champions League finals, drawn in gold. In reference to the colours of the Spanish flag, each gold star has a red border, while the base colour of the ball referred to the white of Real Madrid's kit. The ball retained the "goosebump" texture of the previous two versions, but the panel configuration was changed for the Finale Madrid, with the panels following the star pattern on the ball.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Officials
The referee for the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final was Howard Webb, representing The Football Association of England. Webb became an international referee in 2005, and took charge of his first UEFA Champions League match in the August of that year, when he officiated the match between Haka and Vålerenga in the second qualifying round. His first appointment in the Champions League proper came a year later with the group stage encounter between Steaua București and Lyon on 26 September 2006. Prior to the 2010 final, he had refereed a further 17 Champions League matches and nine UEFA Cup matches. He was also a referee at UEFA Euro 2008, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and he was selected to be England's representative at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Officials
As usual, the referee was supported by assistant referees and a fourth official from the same country; in the 2010 final, Howard Webb was assisted by Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey, with Martin Atkinson as the fourth official.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Broadcasting
For the first time in the United States, television coverage of the Champions League final was broadcast on a nationwide terrestrial network. Affiliates of Fox picked up coverage, beginning with a pre-game show at 14:30 EDT/11:30 PDT.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
The 2010 Champions League Final officially opened with the UEFA Champions Festival on 15 May 2010. The festival was held at Madrid's Parque del Retiro and ran for the entire week leading up to the final. It featured several events and exhibitions for fans to take part in; as well as being able to play on public-use mini-pitches, fans were able to meet famous faces from European football and explore the history of the Champions League. On the day of the final, the festival culminated with a match between former Spanish players and other European ex-professionals.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
The UEFA Champions League Anthem was performed by Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
The Inter team that began the game featured no Italian players in the starting line-up, while Bayern started the game with five Germans, all internationals named in the provisional German squad for the 2010 World Cup. Franck Ribéry was a notable absence for Bayern, serving a three-match suspension after being sent off in the first leg of the semi-final against Lyon for a foul on Lisandro López, while Inter were without midfielder Thiago Motta, who was serving a two-match suspension.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
The match was won 2–0 by Inter. Inter employed a counter-attacking strategy that saw them have less possession than Bayern, but Inter were able to comfortably defend their lead. Both goals were scored by Diego Milito, in the 35th and 70th minutes. Milito's first was scored following a long clearance by Inter goalkeeper Júlio César flicked down by Milito to Wesley Sneijder, who returned the pass to Milito to score. Milito's second goal came after he collected a pass from Samuel Eto'o and beat Daniel Van Buyten with the ball.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Milito was substituted shortly before the end of the match, allowing him to be applauded by the Inter supporters. After the match, Milito stated the win brought "incredible happiness" and claimed his side deserved its victory. Bayern captain Mark van Bommel conceded Inter was the "most effective team", referring to the success of Inter's counter-attacking tactics. José Mourinho revealed after the match that he would likely resign from Inter to pursue the goal of being the first manager to win the Champions League with three clubs. Reports had linked him with a move to Real Madrid.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
UEFA Man of the Match: Diego Milito (Inter Milan)Fans' Man of the Match: Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan)


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Mike Mullarkey (England)Darren Cann (England)Fourth official:Martin Atkinson (England)Reserve official:Peter Kirkup (England)


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
As a result of Inter's victory, Italy held onto its position in the top three of the UEFA country coefficient rankings and would therefore retain its fourth berth in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. If Bayern had won or the match had gone to penalties, Germany would have overtaken Italy and received an extra entry in 2010–11. Having beaten Roma both in the 2010 Coppa Italia Final and to the 2009–10 Serie A title, Inter won the treble for the first time in Italian football history.


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Despite winning the treble, José Mourinho resigned as manager of Inter on 28 May to take over from Manuel Pellegrini as manager of Real Madrid, citing a desire to become the first manager to win the Champions League with three clubs. However, he was unable to accomplish this feat, being eliminated in three successive semi-finals before returning to his former club Chelsea in June 2013, with Carlo Ancelotti replacing him at Real Madrid (who went on to win the club's tenth title in his first season).


2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
As winners of the Champions League, Inter played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against 2009–10 UEFA Europa League winners Atlético Madrid. They lost the match 2–0, with goals from José Antonio Reyes and Sergio Agüero. They also took part in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the semi-final stage. There they beat 2010 AFC Champions League winners Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–0 to reach the final against 2010 CAF Champions League winners TP Mazembe, whom they also beat 3–0 to take the title.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final
The 2010 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, the first season of the revamped European football competition formerly known as the UEFA Cup. Played at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Germany, on 12 May 2010, the match was won by Spain's Atlético Madrid, who, after extra time, beat England's Fulham 2–1.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final
The win gave Atlético their second major European title, following the 1961-1962 European Cup Winners Cup. Having beaten defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk on the way, Fulham were playing in their first final in only their second season of European football, and their second major final overall in the club's history.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final
As the winners, Atlético qualified automatically for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League by finishing third in their group. They also played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup in Monaco on 27 August 2010, where they took on Italy's Inter Milan, the winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League; Atlético won 2–0.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Atlético Madrid and Fulham had never played against each other before this match, and Atlético were Fulham's first ever Spanish opponents. Atlético, on the other hand, had played 19 previous matches against English opposition, winning six and losing five; the most recent of these was against Liverpool in the semi-finals.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Fulham were playing in only their second season of European football; in 2002–03, they negotiated the Intertoto Cup and reached the third round of the UEFA Cup before being knocked out by Hertha BSC. Atlético, however, had played in four previous European finals, including the 1974 European Cup Final, which they lost to Bayern Munich, and three Cup Winners' Cup finals. Their only European title came in 1962, when they beat Fiorentina 3–0 in a replay at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, after the original match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, finished as a 1–1 draw.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
The final was Fulham's last chance at qualification for European football in the following season. The Premier League season had finished the previous weekend with Fulham finishing in 12th place, 17 points away from the Europa League places. Earlier in the season, they had been knocked out of the League Cup in the third round and in the sixth round of the FA Cup.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Atlético were also unable to qualify for Europe via the league; they went into the match in ninth place in the Priméra División, eight points away from the league's Europa League places with one game left to play. However, they had a chance at qualification through the Copa del Rey; they played against Sevilla in the final on 19 May, but lost 2–0.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Before 2010, only two European cup finals had ever been played in the city of Hamburg, both of them at the Volksparkstadion (English: the People's Park Stadium), when the finals of certain competitions were played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The first was the 1982 UEFA Cup Final second leg where hosts Hamburg lost 3–0 to hand the UEFA Cup to IFK Göteborg of Sweden following a 1–0 defeat in the first leg at Ullevi in Gothenburg. The second one was the 1983 European Super Cup first leg where the 1983 European Cup winners Hamburg drew 0–0 with the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup winners Aberdeen.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
A total of six European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals and three UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals have been played in German cities, as well as one UEFA Cup final since it became a single-legged match.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
The HSH Nordbank Arena was opened in 2000 on the site of Hamburg's previous stadia: the Bahrenfelder Stadium and the Volksparkstadion. The Bahrenfelder Stadium was built in 1925, but after a two-year renovation, it was replaced by the 75,000-capacity Volksparkstadion in 1953. Hamburger SV moved into the Volksparkstadion from their previous home at Rothenbaum in 1963. The stadium then played host to three Group 1 matches at the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
14 years later, UEFA Euro 1988 was held in West Germany and the Volksparkstadion was chosen to host the semi-final between West Germany and the Netherlands. By the late 1990s, plans were laid down for a complete renovation of the stadium; the playing surface was rotated by 90 degrees to take advantage of the natural angle of sunlight and the stadium was rebuilt to hold more than 57,000 spectators. Building work began in 1998 and Hamburger SV returned to the ground in 2000. The stadium was used as a venue for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, playing host to four group stage matches and the quarter-final between Italy and Ukraine.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
The 'hosts' for the final, Hamburger SV were only eliminated from the tournament by Fulham at the semi-final stage. The disappointment of coming so close to playing a final at home was doubled for the Hamburg fans as this was the second consecutive year in which they had been knocked out at the same stage in the UEFA Cup/Europa League – in 2008–09, they lost out to local rivals Werder Bremen. Two recent finals had involved a team playing at their usual stadium: Feyenoord defeated Borussia Dortmund in Rotterdam in 2002, while Sporting CP lost to CSKA Moscow in Lisbon in 2005.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Venue
The HSH Nordbank Arena was chosen as the venue for the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, on 28 March 2008. The committee – who selected the venue for the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final at the same meeting – based their decision on a number of key criteria, including stadium capacity, facilities and security.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Venue
Like the recent finals of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup, the 2010 Europa League final was given its own unique visual identity. The design concept is intended to give the public a distinctive impression of the host city and will be used on all media associated with the event.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Venue
The logo for the 2010 final was revealed at the EAST Hotel Cinema in Hamburg on 30 November 2009 – to coincide with the opening of ticket sales for German residents on 1 December – and the ceremony was attended by Karin Von Welck, the regional officer for sport and culture, German Football Association general secretary Wolfgang Niersbach, Hamburger SV chairman Bernd Hoffmann and Germany Under-19 coach Horst Hrubesch. The logo features an artistic impression of two footballers competing for a ball, set against a modern drawing of various elements of the Hamburg skyline.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Venue
A trophy handover ceremony was held at the Fischauktionshalle in Hamburg on 13 April 2010, at which a delegation from holders Shakhtar Donetsk – including chief executive Serhiy Palkin, coach Mircea Lucescu, defender Mariusz Lewandowski and midfielder Jádson – returned the trophy to UEFA President Michel Platini. Platini then presented the trophy to the mayor of Hamburg, Ole von Beust, for it to be put on display in the city until the day of the final. Also present at the ceremony were the presidents of Hamburger SV and the German Football Association: Bernd Hoffmann and Theo Zwanziger.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
Former Hamburg player Uwe Seeler was appointed as ambassador of the final.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
The regular capacity of the HSH Nordbank Arena was just over 57,000; however, for the 2010 Europa League final and other international matches, the standing area in the north stand was converted to seating, reducing the capacity to around 51,500. Approximately 25% of the available tickets were allocated to each club for distribution to their own fans, while approximately 5,100 tickets were retained for the international general public.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Following the ticket application process for German residents – which ran from 1 December 2009 to 15 January 2010 – applications were opened to the international general public on 24 February 2010 and closed on 19 March. As demand exceeded the number of tickets available, successful applications were determined by a ballot at the end of March.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Officials
The referee for the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final was Nicola Rizzoli, representing the Italian Football Federation. Rizzoli had been an international referee since 2007, and took charge of his first UEFA Champions League match in the August of that year, even before his first UEFA Cup match. Since then, he refereed a further 10 Champions League matches and nine UEFA Cup/Europa League matches. His only Europa League assignment in 2009–10 – other than the final – was the second leg of Liverpool's round of 16 tie against Lille at Anfield on 18 March 2010. Rizzoli had previously refereed quarter-finals in both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Officials
The refereeing team was entirely made up of officials from the same country; Rizzoli was joined by assistant referees Cristiano Copelli and Luca Maggiani, and the fourth official was Gianluca Rocchi. As part of an ongoing experiment throughout the entire 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, there were also two additional assistant referees with the task of monitoring each penalty area; the extra officials for the 2010 final were Paolo Tagliavento and Andrea De Marco.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Team selection
For Atlético, only Sergio Asenjo was unavailable through injury; the Spanish back-up goalkeeper started Atlético's match away to Sporting de Gijón on 8 May after manager Quique Sánchez Flores rested his regular number 1, David de Gea, ahead of the Europa League final, but he tore ligaments in his right knee after 13 minutes and was ruled out for six months. As well as De Gea, Flores rested a further six regular first-team players for their penultimate league match: Luis Perea, Paulo Assunção, Simão, Raúl García, Diego Forlán, and Sergio Agüero.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Team selection
In the Fulham camp, the most severe injury concerns related to top-scorer Bobby Zamora and winger Damien Duff; Zamora strained his Achilles tendon in the second leg of Fulham's semi-final against Hamburg on 29 April and missed the last three league games of the season, while Duff picked up a calf injury in the penultimate league game against Stoke City on 5 May. Other players with minor injuries included Paul Konchesky (ankle), Brede Hangeland (knee), Aaron Hughes (groin), John Paintsil (muscle strain), and Bjørn Helge Riise (stomach cramps).


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Team selection
Neither team had any players missing through suspension, so the final team selections were largely as expected; the biggest surprise was from Fulham manager Roy Hodgson, who named Chris Baird at right-back ahead of Ghanaian international John Paintsil.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
Atlético started the stronger side and had a chance to take the lead in the 12th minute when Sergio Agüero latched onto a backpass from Danny Murphy and played the ball into Diego Forlán, whose shot struck the post. The sustained pressure from the Spanish club was eventually rewarded when a mistimed shot from Agüero fell to Forlán, who struck the ball past Mark Schwarzer to give Atlético a 1–0 lead. The lead, however, only lasted for five minutes, before Simon Davies struck Zoltán Gera's cross into the net on the half-volley to level the scores at 1–1.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
In the second half, Fulham began to gain a foothold in the game and went close to taking the lead after an hour when Simon Davies struck a shot following a poor clearance, which required a save from Atlético goalkeeper David de Gea. In the 55th minute, Bobby Zamora, who had been a fitness doubt prior to the game, was replaced by Clint Dempsey, who became the first American to appear in a major European football final. Atlético finished the 90 minutes as the stronger side, but with neither team able to score, the game went into extra time.


2010 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
In extra time, it was again Atlético who looked the more likely to score, with both Forlán and Agüero having opportunities to hit the net. As the tie approached 120 minutes, however, the Spanish side scored a winner, when Agüero turned Fulham defender Aaron Hughes and crossed the ball to Forlán, who flicked the ball into the goal. Forlán was subsequently named man of the match for his performance.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the ninth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship, held in Liechtenstein from 18 to 30 May 2010. The hosts decided not to field a team, fearing it would not be competitive enough for the tournament's prestige; their place was occupied by France, the best runner-up in the qualification's elite round. Germany was the 2009 title holder, but failed to qualify. In the final, England defeated Spain by 2–1, and achieved their first ever under-17 European title.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification
The final tournament of the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the eight teams.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Participants
Despite being hosts, Liechtenstein did not participate in the finals. They withdrew from the competition after raising concerns with UEFA that their U-17 side would not be competitive, and devalue the tournament.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of six referees, eight assistant referees and two fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials
The match officials were observed by Markus Nobs and Andreas Schluchter from Switzerland.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round
2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship (Elite Round) was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2010. The Elite round was played between March 17 and April 1, 2010. The 28 teams advancing from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group being contested in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group games. The seven group-winning teams automatically qualified for the final tournament in Liechtenstein. The host nation was guaranteed one of the eight final tournament spots, but since Liechtenstein withdrew, the eight team to qualify was chosen from the second-placed teams with the best record against the first and third placed teams in its group.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round
Each team was placed in one of four drawing pots, according to their qualifying round results. The seven sides with the best records were placed in Pot A, and so forth until Pot D, which contained the seven teams with the weakest records. During the draw, each group was filled with one team from every pot, with the only restriction being that teams that played each other in the first qualifying round could not be drawn into the same group again. The draw was conducted December 7, 2009.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round
The hosts of the seven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round, Stages, Group 4
Spain advances due to a +3 goal difference in games among tied teams (Belgium 0, Northern Ireland −3)


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round, Stages, Second-placed qualifiers
At the end of the elite round, a comparison was made between the second placed teams from all groups. The best second-placed team advanced to the final round, with only the results against the first- and third-ranked teams from each group used to classifying the teams.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship (qualifying round) was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2010. Of the 52 countries contesting in the qualifying round, 28 would advance to the elite round.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
The qualifying round was played between 5 September and 31 October 2009. The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 13 group winners and 13 group runners-up automatically advanced to the Elite round. If two or more teams were tied in points, a tie-breaking procedure applied according to the following criteria:


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
Alongside the 26 winner and runner-up teams, the two best third-placed teams also qualified. These were determined after considering only their results against their group's top two teams, and applying the following criteria in this order:


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
The host team of each group's mini-tournament are indicated in italics in the tables below.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, Stages, Group 5
Note: Turkey, Germany and Finland are ranked by the goal difference resulting from the group matches played among them: Turkey +1 (3–2), Germany +0 (2–2), Finland −1 (1–2).


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, Stages, Third-placed qualifiers
At the end of the first stage, a comparison is made between the third placed teams from all groups. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the next round, with only the results against the top two teams from each group to be used for classifying the teams.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Below are the rosters for the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship tournament in Liechtenstein. Players whose names are marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.


2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Players' ages as of the tournament's opening day (18 May 2010).


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the ninth edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship since it was renamed from the original under-18 event, in 2001. France hosted the championship during July. Ukraine were the title holders, but failed to qualify for the finals. The host country won the tournament. The top six teams qualified for the 2011 Under-20 World Cup.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages:


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
The final tournament of the Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the already qualified host nation France.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
The qualifying round was played between 1 September and 30 November 2009. The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 13 group winners and 13 group runners-up advanced to the Elite round. Alongside the 26 winner and runner-up teams, the two best third-placed teams also qualified.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage
Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2011 Under-20 World Cup.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (Elite Round) was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. The 28 teams that advanced from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group contested in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group games. The seven group-winning teams automatically qualified for the final tournament in France.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification
The hosts of the seven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification, Tiebreaker rules for qualification groups
Per uefa.com the criteria used to rank two or more teams even on points are:


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2010 UEFA U-19 Championship (Qualifying Round) was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. The final tournament of the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship is preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that will join the already qualified host nation France.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The first qualifying round was played between 1 September and 30 November 2009. The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches have been played, the 13 group winners and 13 group runners-up advanced to the Elite round. Alongside the 26 winner and runner-up teams, the two best third-placed teams also qualified.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Third-placed qualifiers
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams from all groups. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the next round, with only the results against the top two teams from each group used for classifying the teams.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round
The Elite round was set to be played before the end of May 2010. The 28 teams advancing from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams, with each group being contested in the same format as in the qualifying round. The seven group-winning teams will qualify for the final tournament in France.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round
Each team was allocated to one of four drawing pots, according to their qualifying round results. The seven sides with the best record were present in Pot A, and so forth until Pot D, which contained the seven teams with the weakest record. During the draw, each group was filled with one team from every pot, meaning that no team from the same pot could be drawn together. In the same way, teams who played each other in the qualifying round could not be drawn together.


2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to participate in the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Players' age as of 18 July 2009 – the tournament's opening day. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship
The 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship was the seventh official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Hungary, between January 19 and January 30, 2010, in two venues located in Budapest (Papp László Sportaréna) and Debrecen (Főnix Arena). For the first time, twelve teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where eleven teams managed to join the Hungarian hosts.


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship
Having won against Portugal in the group stage, the title holders Spain defeated them again in the final, 4–2, to claim a third consecutive and fifth overall title.


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship, Bids
The Hungarian bid was selected during a meeting of UEFA's Executive Committee, on November 30, 2007, in Lucerne, Switzerland. The bid was picked ahead of three other entries from Belgium (Charleroi and Antwerp), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) and Turkey (Istanbul).


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship, Qualification
Thirty-eight nations took part in the qualifying round, with hosts Hungary  automatically qualified for the expanded 12-team final tournament.


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship, Qualification
Qualifying was played in two stages, with 16 sides competing in the preliminary round between 14–22 February 2009. The winners of the four groups and two best runners-up progressed to join the other 22 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which took place between 19–22 March, there was seven groups of four with the first-placed teams and four best runners-up advancing to the final tournament.


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship, Squads
Each nation had to submit a squad of 14 players, at least two of which had to be goalkeepers. However, Azerbaijan were an exception, since they took part in the tournament with only 12 players.


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship Final
The final of UEFA Futsal Championship 2010 was a futsal match played on 30 January 2010 at the Főnix Arena in Debrecen, Hungary to determine the winner of 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship. The match was contested by Portugal and Spain, and won by Spain by 4 goals to 2 goals.


2010 UEFA Futsal Championship squads
This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship tournament held in Hungary, between January 19 and January 30, 2010.


2010 UEFA Super Cup
The 2010 UEFA Super Cup was the 35th UEFA Super Cup, between the reigning champions of the two club competitions organised by the European football governing body UEFA: the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It took place at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 27 August 2010. It was contested by Inter Milan, who won the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, and Atlético Madrid, who won the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Neither side had previously competed in the UEFA Super Cup. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, two extra officials – one on each goal line – were used in this match.


2010 UEFA Super Cup, Background
For the first time since Chelsea played Real Madrid in 1998, both teams were playing in their first UEFA Super Cup. Inter Milan reached the Super Cup as winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, having beaten Bayern Munich 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, while Atlético Madrid beat Fulham 2–1 in the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg to claim their first major European honour since the 1962 Cup Winners' Cup and their place in the Super Cup.