2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, September
In their final match of the month, on September 29, Sounders FC returned home face C.D. Marathón in Champions League play. The Sounders recorded their first points in group play as Michael Fucito scored goals in the 21st and 68th minutes. Even though the Sounders earned three points, they were eliminated from the competition due to the 2–2 draw between Monterrey and Saprissa.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, October
The month of October started off with the Sounders needing only two wins to qualify for the playoffs. They would need to win against incoming Toronto FC, whom were looking for one of the final seeds in the playoffs, and then travel out to Kansas City to take on the Wizards, another team longing for postseason action.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, October
On October 2, a 3-2 victory over the Reds gave Rave Green one win closer to post-season action. Seattle would then travel out to Kansas City and nab a 2-1 victory, securing the Sounders playoff action. Goals from Gambian international Sanna Nyassi and Uruguayan international, Álvaro Fernández led the Sounders over the Wizards.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, October
From there, the Sounders would take a comfortable 2-1 victory over Chivas USA before losing their season finale in Houston 1-2.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, October
Finishing 6th overall, Seattle won the fourth-seed in the Western Conference championship in the MLS Cup playoffs going against Supporters' Shield-winners, Los Angeles Galaxy. The Sounders hosted the first game in front of a crowd of 35,000; the highest ever for a quarterfinal match in MLS playoff history. The records were hindered, thanks to a 38th-minute goal from Golden Boot-runner up, Edson Buddle; who scored a volley from a third of the pitch out that caught Kasey Keller off-guard. The Sounders would then head into Los Angeles down a goal in the aggregate series.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, November
On November 7, the Sounders traveled out to Los Angeles to take on the Galaxy. Down 1-0, the Sounders were hoping to salvage this by rallying to overcome the deficit. It seemingly faded off thanks to a pair of early first half goals from the Galaxy's Omar Gonzalez and Edson Buddle, giving the Galaxy a 3-0 aggregate lead over the Sounders.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, November
Throughout most of the game the Sounders continuously pressed the Galaxy hoping to pull close to their lead. Steve Zakuani managed to score a late 85th-minute goal, but it was too little too late as the Galaxy would defeat the Sounders 3-1 on aggregate.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Preliminary round
Seattle earned a preliminary round spot in the 2010–11 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2009 U.S. Open Cup over D.C. United. It was the first time in club's history or in any previous Seattle Sounders franchise, that they entered an international competition such as the Champions League. The draw for the preliminary round took place on May 19, 2010, at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City. Seattle was paired against Isidro Metapán, a Salvadorian club that won the 2010 Salvadorian Clausura.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Preliminary round
The two sides met in Seattle on July 28, 2010. The Sounders set another attendance record of 17,688; which became the highest crowd to watch a preliminary round draw in the Champions League, the number also remained the highest crowd an MLS-side drew for Champions League play for a month. There, a 60th-minute goal from Freddy Montero gave the Sounders a 1-0 win and a goal advantage on aggregate going down to Metapán, El Salvador.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Preliminary round
The second leg of Champions League action saw the Sounders go down 1-0 to Metapán in the match, and level on aggregate, due to an 18th-minute opener from retired Panamanian international Anel Canales. Recently acquired Álvaro Fernández tied the game in the 74th minute, to level the match at one, and to give the Sounders a 2-1 lead on aggregate. Ultimately, the Sounders would win the match and secure a group stage spot in Champions League play.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Group stage
Along with Honduras's Marathón, Seattle was placed into Group C along with 2009 Mexico Apertura champions, Monterrey and 2010 Costa Rican Verano champions Saprissa. On August 19, 2010, the Sounders opened up Group Stage against Marathón at Estadio Rosenthal in San Pedro Sula. There, the Sounders opened up the score sheet with a 17th-minute goal from Roger Levesque. In spite of the early goal, the Sounders could not hold the lead and relinquished it late in the first half, when Marathón's Orvin Paz leveled the game ten minutes later. In first-half injury time, Marathón took the lead with a converted penalty kick from Nicolas Cardozo. The goal ultimately led to the 2-1 victory for the Verdolagas.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Group stage
Chances to earn a quarterfinal berth became slim for the Sounders as they dropped their next two consecutive games, a 2-0 loss at home to Monterrey and an away loss to Saprissa by the same margin. With an 0-3-0 record, the Sounders stood in last place in their group and had the weakest record of all group stage clubs in the Champions League. Needing a win to keep their knockout stage hopes alive, the Sounders would have to travel south to Estadio Tecnológico in Mexico to take on red-hot Monterrey.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Group stage
After Real Salt Lake lost at Cruz Azul 5-4, and Columbus Crew lost 1-0 at Santos Laguna, the Sounders were the last hope for an American team to have a win in Mexico in a meaningful competition. For a while, it seemed like they would accomplish the feat. An own goal from Monterrey's Sergio Pérez gave the Sounders an unlikely lead over the Rayados. The Sounders built upon that lead when Michael Fucito doubled it in the 44th minute, giving the Sounders 2-0 advantage at halftime.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Group stage
However, a pair of quick goals from Mexican international Aldo de Nigris and Chilean-international Humberto Suazo leveled the game at two apiece. Perez avenged his own goal minutes following the stalemate with a converted penalty kick in the 75th minute of play. The game ended in a 3-2 defeat, which ultimately led to the Sounders FC being eliminated from quarterfinal contention. The win gave Monterrey a guaranteed first-place finish in Group C.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Group stage
As a result of being knocked out the championship round in the Champions League, the Sounders began to emphasize more on the U.S. Open Cup final against Columbus and their push for the playoffs. Because of this, the Sounders fielded a primarily second-tier squad in their final two games, both at home against Marathón and Saprissa, respectively. Fucito, who scored against Monterrey on September 22, scored both of Seattle's goals in their 2-0 triumph over visiting Marathon. Seattle would conclude their Champions League campaign by hosting Saprissa on October 19. Nate Jaqua opened the scoring for the Sounders, but just as they opened Group Stage, they would relinquish their lead, falling 2-1 to Saprissa.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, CONCACAF Champions League, Group stage
Last updated: November 16, 2010Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, League table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, League table, Results summary
Last updated: October 23, 2010Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad
As of February 23, 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad, Transfers, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad, Transfers, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Seattle Storm season
The 2010 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Storm won their second WNBA championship.


2010 Seattle Storm season, Transactions, Dispersal draft
Based on the Storm's 2009 record, they would pick 10th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Storm picked Chelsea Newton.


2010 Seattle Storm season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Storm's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft.


2010 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2010 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2009–10 Segunda División B to the 2010–11 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División were relegated to Segunda División B. It also decided the two teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2010–11 Tercera División.


2010 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group winners had the opportunity to promote directly and become the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners were drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners promoted to the Liga Adelante and entered into the final for the Segunda División B champion. The two losing semifinalists entered the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.


2010 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group runners-up were drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams were drawn against each other in a two-legged series. The six winners advanced with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that entered the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club played at home first. Whenever there was a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determined the club to play at home first.


2010 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw were held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 10 May 2010, 16:30 CEST.


2010 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Matches, Semifinals
The aggregate winners will be promoted and qualified to the 2010–11 Segunda División B Final. The aggregate losers will be relegated to the Non-champions Promotion Play-off Second Round.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá
The 2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. This was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2010 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Bogotá, Colombia between 12 July and 18 July 2010.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá, Champions, Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Víctor Estrella /  Alejandro González 7–6(6), 6–4


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá, Champions, Women's Doubles
Andrea Gámiz /  Paula Ormaechea def. Mailen Auroux /  Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte, 5–7, 6–4, [10–8]


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá – Men's Doubles
Sebastián Prieto and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions but chose not to compete. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won the final against Víctor Estrella and Alejandro González 7–6(6), 6–4.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá – Men's Singles
Marcos Daniel was the defending champion, but he withdrew before his match against Sebastián Decoud in the quarterfinals. Robert Farah won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(3), against Carlos Salamanca.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá – Women's Singles
Paula Ormaechea won the title, defeating Julia Cohen in the final, 7–5, 6–1.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga
The 2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia between 25 and 31 January 2010.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, Champions, Doubles
Pere Riba /  Santiago Ventura def. Marcelo Demoliner /  Rodrigo Guidolin, 6-2, 6-2


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Doubles
Diego Álvarez and Carles Poch-Gradin were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate this year. Pere Riba and Santiago Ventura won in the final 6–2, 6–2, against Marcelo Demoliner and Rodrigo Guidolin.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Singles
Horacio Zeballos was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Eduardo Schwank won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Juan Pablo Brzezicki.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali
The 2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cali, Colombia between 27 September and 3 October 2010.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Champions, Doubles
Andre Begemann /  Martin Emmrich def. Gero Kretschmer /  Alex Satschko, 6–4, 7–6(5)


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Doubles
Sebastián Prieto and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich won in the German final, against Gero Kretschmer and Alex Satschko 6–4, 7–6(5).


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Singles
Alejandro Falla was the defending champion, but chose to compete in ATP 250 tournament in Kuala Lumpur instead. Carlos Salamanca defeated Júlio Silva 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
The 2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Medellín, Colombia between 1 and 7 November 2010.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Champions, Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Franco Ferreiro /  André Sá, 6–3, 7–5


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Doubles
Sebastián Decoud and Eduardo Schwank were the defending champions, but Schwank decided not to participate. Decoud partnered with Diego Junqueira, but withdrew before their first round match due to Decoud's back injury. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah defeated 1st seeds Franco Ferreiro and André Sá 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles
Juan Ignacio Chela was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Marcos Daniel won in the final 6–3, 7–5, against Juan Sebastián Cabal.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira
The 2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pereira, Colombia between 12 and 18 April 2010.


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw:


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Champions, Doubles
Dominik Meffert /  Philipp Oswald def. Gero Kretschmer /  Alex Satschko, 6–7(4), 7–6(6), [10–5]


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Doubles
João Souza and Víctor Estrella were the defending champions, but Estrella chose to compete in León instead. Souza partnered up with Leonardo Tavares, but they lost against Sebastián Decoud and Carlos Salamanca in the first round. Dominik Meffert and Philipp Oswald won in the final 6–7(4), 7–6(6), [10–5], against Gero Kretschmer and Alex Satschko


2010 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles
Alejandro Falla was the defending champion but did not compete this year. Santiago Giraldo won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Paolo Lorenzi.


2010 Selangor FA season
Since its inception in 2004, the 2010 Selangor FA Season is Selangor FA's 5th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League.


2010 Selangor FA season
Selangor FA began their season on January 10, 2010. They will also compete in two domestic cups; The FA Cup Malaysia and Malaysia Cup.


2010 Selangor FA season, Malaysia FA Cup, Second round
The first leg matches will be played on 16 February 2010, with the second legs to be held on 20 February 2010.


2010 Selangor FA season, Malaysia FA Cup, Quarter-Finals
The first leg matches will be played on 9 March 2010, with the second legs to be held on 20 March 2010.


2010 Selangor FA season, Malaysia FA Cup, Semi-Finals
The first leg matches will be played on 30 March 2010, with the second legs to be held on 3 April 2010.


2010 Senegalese League Cup
The 2010 Senegalese League Cup (Coupe de la Ligue) was the second ever edition of the League Cup challenge. The format is like a playoff system and features clubs from the country's top two leagues (Ligue 1 and 2). AS Douanes won the first title. Five rounds were featured and 32 clubs competed. The winner competes into the Assemblée Nationale Cup or the National Assembly Cup, the super cup competition in Senegal.


2010 Senegalese League Cup, Final
The first ever final match of the League Cup took place. Casa Sports defeated ASC Diaraf 1-2 and claimed their first title, the second club to win their first title.


2010 Senior Bowl
The 2010 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2009 college football season, and prospects for the 2010 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL), as well as for the United Football League's inaugural draft.


2010 Senior Bowl
The 61st edition of the Senior Bowl was played on January 30, 2010, at 3 p.m. local time at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. Coverage of the event was in high-definition on the NFL Network. Clothing company Under Armour sponsored the event for the fourth consecutive year and provided apparel for the game. The North team won, 31–13.


2010 Senior League World Series
The 2010 Senior League World Series took place from August 15–21 in Bangor, Maine, United States. San Nicolaas, Aruba defeated host Bangor, Maine in the championship game.


2010 Senior Open Championship
The 2010 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 24th Senior Open Championship, held from 22–25 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the eighth Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.


2010 Senior Open Championship
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by one stroke over 1995 U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin. The 2010 event was Langer's first senior major championship victory.


2010 Senior Open Championship, Venue
The 2010 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Carnoustie. Carnoustie hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in 2016.


2010 Senior Open Championship, Field
The field consisted of 144 competitors: 136 professionals and 8 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 19 July for players who were not already exempt.


2010 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Bernhard Langer, Jay Don Blake, and Carl Mason posted four-under-par 67s on day one to share the lead by one stroke.


2010 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Corey Pavin shot a second consecutive 69 (−2) to tie Bernhard Langer for the lead. Langer shot an even-par 71.


2010 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Haag (+6), Simson (+8), Stubbs (+10), Vallis (+15), Gilchrist (+16), Mercier (+17), Lockwood (+25), Rogers (+25)


2010 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Langer shot a third round 69 (−2) to take a three stroke lead into the final round. Corey Pavin shot a one-over-par 72, which included two birdies and three bogies. Nine players finished the third round within five strokes of Langer's lead.


2010 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
After a birdie on the par-4 2nd hole, Corey Pavin cut Bernhard Langer's lead to two strokes with 16 holes to play. Langer birdied the par-4 5th hole to regain a three shot lead, and extended his lead to four strokes after a bogey by Pavin. After bogies on the 8th and 9th holes, Russ Cochran and Pavin were within two strokes of Langer's lead, and Pavin cut the lead to one after birdieing the 11th. After a late bogey by Pavin, Langer carried a two stroke lead into the 72nd hole. After Pavin made par on the 18th hole, Langer secured bogey to win his first senior major championship by one stroke.


2010 Seniors Torneo Godó
The 2010 Seniors Torneo Godó was the fifth edition of the Seniors Torneo Godó and it took place from April 16–18, 2010.


2010 Seniors Torneo Godó
Tie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'Champions Tie-break' (the first player to win at least 10 points or by a margin of two points) would be used.


2010 Seniors Torneo Godó
Félix Mantilla was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2010 Seniors Torneo Godó
Goran Ivanišević won the title by defeating Thomas Enqvist 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Seniors Torneo Godó, Draw
The main draw was announced on 24 March. The order of play was revealed in early April.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident
The 2010 Senkaku boat collision incident (or the Minjinyu 5179 incident) occurred on the morning of September 7, 2010, when a Chinese trawler (Minjinyu 5179) operating in disputed waters collided with Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands. There were several JCG boats involved, including Yonakuni and Mizuki, which collided with Minjinyu 5179, plus Hateruma and other JCG boats.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident
The collision and Japan's subsequent detention of the skipper, Zhan Qixiong (Chinese: 詹其雄), resulted in a major diplomatic dispute between China and Japan. When China's repeated demands for the release of the skipper were refused and the detention of the skipper was extended for ten more days, the Chinese government cancelled official meetings of the ministerial level and above. Though denied by the Chinese government, it was reported that China halted exports of rare earth minerals to Japan.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident
The detained Chinese crew members were released without charge and were allowed to return home. In China the overall event is perceived as a diplomatic victory, while in Japan the Japanese government's "weak-kneed" handling of the issue was criticized.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Background
The Senkaku islands are claimed by Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. In 2008 a sports fishing boat from Taiwan, Lien Ho, was rammed and sunk by JCG patrol ships which led to an official apology and monetary compensation of NT$10 million paid by Japan. Multiple events involving JCG and fishing boats from nearby Chinese provinces and Taiwan have occurred since 1972.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Details of the incident
According to the JCG, the patrol boat Mizuki of the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters encountered Minjinyu 5179 at about 10:15 (JST) on September 7, 2010. Mizuki ordered Minjinyu 5179 to stop for inspection since Minjinyu 5179 was traveling 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of the Senkaku Islands, which is outside the agreed area for Chinese fishing, and within disputed Japanese territorial waters. Minjinyu 5179 refused the order and attempted to flee from the scene. During the chase and interception, Minjinyu 5179 collided with JCG patrol vessels.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Details of the incident
On September 8, 2010, JCG boarded the Chinese trawler and arrested its captain for obstruction of performance of public duty and illegal fishing. The trawler, the captain, and 14 crew members, were transported to Ishigaki Island of Japan for detention. An investigator told the press that he smelled alcohol on the arrested captain but apparently no alcohol test results were ever released.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Details of the incident
In response to the arrest, the Chinese government made a series of diplomatic protests, demanding the immediate release of the trawler and all its crew. China summoned Uichiro Niwa, the Japanese ambassador to China in Beijing, six times, each time with an official of higher diplomatic rank, on one occasion after midnight. The trawler and 14 of the crew members (but not the captain, Zhan) were released after the sixth summons on September 13, 2010. The captain of the trawler remained in Japanese detention and was finally released on September 24, 2010.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in Japan, Government
The Japanese government claims that there is no territorial dispute over the Senkaku islands. On September 14, 2010, then-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Seiji Maehara repeatedly asserted this standpoint.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in Japan, Government
The government decided to set aside 53.3 billion yen for the following measures to reduce dependence on Chinese mineral resources:


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in Japan, Business
The business community thinks that this incident has exposed China's country risks, called "China risks" (ja:チャイナリスク) in Japan. Japanese companies proactively invest into rare earth mining in countries other than China. Examples include Sumitomo Corporation and Toshiba in Kazakhstan, Marubeni in South Africa, Sojitz and Toyota Tsusho in Vietnam, Sojitsu in Australia, and Sumitomo in the United States. Many companies have shifted the focus of investment away from China to India (the top recipient of Japanese investment) and the ASEAN nations.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in Japan, Protests
On October 2, 2010, large-scale anti-Chinese protests occurred in Tokyo and six other cities in Japan.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in Japan, Protests
On November 6, an anti-Chinese demonstration was held in Hibiya Park.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in other countries, United States
On September 23, 2010, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara that Senkaku and nearby waters are covered by the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, which obligates the United States to defend Japanese territory from attacks by third-party countries, and maintained that USA does not have a position regarding the sovereignty of the islands.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in other countries, United States
At a press conference held on the same day, United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that in the event of military conflict over the Senkaku islands, "Washington would honor its military commitment to intervene". A reporter posed the same question to clarify an earlier Kyodo report that "US changed its position", similar statements were made at a US State Department Press Conference a month previously on August 16, 2010: "The U.S. position on this issue is longstanding and has not changed.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in other countries, United States
The United States does not take a position on the question of the ultimate sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands. We expect the claimants to resolve this issue through peaceful means among themselves. But Article 5 of the 1960 U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security states that the treaty applies to the territories under the administration of Japan. There's no change. That (Kyodo) report is incorrect."


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Response in other countries, United States
At the press conference on September 23, 2010, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip J. Crowley stated in response to a question whether Senkaku islands are covered by the security treaty that "We do believe that because the Senkaku Islands are under Japanese jurisdiction, that it is covered by the U.S.-Japan security treaty. That said, we also stress that we don't take a position on the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, but recognize current Japanese jurisdiction stemming back to the reversion of Okinawa to Japan."


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Video of incident, Internal circulation
The Japanese government was unwilling to release the videos, originally stating that the videos may constitute evidence in a future court case. Trying to avoid further provoking China was another reason cited for not releasing the videos. Upon repeated demands from legislators in the Diet from some members of various parties (DPJ and LDP included), a viewing was finally arranged on November 1, 2010. During the viewing, only an edited version of 6'50" duration was seen.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Video of incident, The leak
On November 4, 2010, video footage of the collisions taken by the Japan Coast Guard was leaked on YouTube, and authorities later confirmed authenticity of the video clips. The leaked clips totaled 44 minutes, but were taken down about ten hours later with the original poster sengoku38's account deleted. However, the original video is said to run more than two hours. This is supported by the fact that in some of the videos other crew members were also holding video cameras doing recordings.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Video of incident, The leak
It was later revealed that the leak was done by a Japan Coast Guard Navigator from the Kobe Coast Guard Office, Masaharu Isshiki (ja:一色正春). He first sent a SD memory card with a copy of the footage of the incident to the offices of CNN in Japan, then when CNN did not post the contents of the memory card he uploaded the video to YouTube.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Video of incident, Reactions to the leak and the video clips
The Japanese government views the leak as a breach of confidentiality and security. Contrary to Naoto Kan government's claim/fear that releasing the video might upset China, the Chinese government does not seem to mind the leak, stating that "The so-called video can neither change the facts nor cover up Japan's crime." A few hours later, China Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hong Lei said, "I would like to reiterate that the Japanese patrol boats had disturbed, driven away, intercepted and surrounded the Chinese fishing boat, which led to the collision."


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Video of incident, Reactions to the leak and the video clips
Meanwhile, both Japanese civilians and Chinese civilians and media in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan welcomed the leak citing their right to know. Each group viewed the content of the video as presenting evidence favorable to their own cause in the dispute. Japanese claim the videos show Minjinyu 5179 rammed into JCG boats Yonakuni and Mizuki. Chinese claim that the two JCG boats cut in front of the Chinese trawler abruptly and are equally responsible for the collision, citing the much smaller size and slower speed of the Minjinyu 5179 and the wake of the JCG boats left in front of Minjinyu 5179.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Video of incident, Reactions to the leak and the video clips
Although YouTube is blocked inside mainland China, the videos were quickly reproduced on many Chinese websites.


2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, Aftermath
According to the Asahi Shimbun, since returning to China government authorities have confined Zhan Qixiong to his home. An Asahi reporter who attempted to interview Qixiong at his home in Jinjiang on September 5, 2011 was turned away by Chinese police. Local residents confirmed to the reporter that Qixiong was living at the residence but was not allowed to leave except in rare instances. Two holes in the bow of Minjinyu 5179, apparently caused by the collisions, have been repaired since the boat returned to China, but the boat has not been on any further fishing expeditions. Local Jinjiang fishermen told the Asahi reporter that they have mainly stayed away from the Senkaku Islands since the incident, but would go back, "as long as there were fish in the area."


2010 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season
The 2010 season was Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma's twenty-second season in the K-League in South Korea. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is competing in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup and Champions League as previous season's runner-up.


2010 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Seoul mayoral election
The 2010 Seoul mayoral election was held on 2 June 2010 as part of the 5th local elections.


2010 Serbia Open
The 2010 Serbia Open (also known as Serbia Open powered by Telekom Srbija for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the event. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Milan Gale Muškatirović complex in Belgrade, Serbia, from 3 May through 9 May 2010.


2010 Serbia Open
The singles draw featured the tournament's host, ATP ranked No. 2 and defending champion Novak Djokovic. Other featured stars were 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II champion Stan Wawrinka, 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships champion Sam Querrey and 2010 Heineken Open champion John Isner. Third-seeded Isner won the singles title.


2010 Serbia Open, Finals, Doubles
Santiago González /  Travis Rettenmaier defeated  Tomasz Bednarek /  Mateusz Kowalczyk, 7–6(8–6), 6–1


2010 Serbia Open – Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach were the defenders of title, but Kubot chose not to compete this year and Marach chose to play in Munich instead. Santiago González and Travis Rettenmaier won in the final 7–6(8–6), 6–1, against Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk.


2010 Serbia Open – Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but retired trailing 4-6 in the quarterfinals against Filip Krajinović. Sam Querrey won in the final 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 against John Isner.


2010 Serbia earthquake
The 2010 Serbia earthquake (also referred to as the Kraljevo earthquake) occurred on 3 November in central Serbia just several kilometers from Kraljevo. The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). The shock was felt across the country, including the capital Belgrade, and in neighboring countries. Two people were killed and over 100 suffered light injuries. There were 5,967 structures that sustained some damage, 1,551 declared unsafe for use and require repairment, and 138 were damaged beyond repair. There were more than 350 aftershocks, including a magnitude Mwr 4.3 earthquake on November 4.


2010 Serbia earthquake, Background
The earthquake had magnitude of 5.3 and took place at 01:56 local time (00:56 UTC). The epicenter of the earthquake was located ten kilometers north of Kraljevo near the village of Vitanovac. Following the earthquake electricity, phone lines and water supply were interrupted in Kraljevo region. Emergency situation was declared throughout the region. Schools as well as several dozen other structures have been sealed until the inspection verifies them as safe for use. Most damage was done near the epicenter, where around 70% of buildings in the village of Vitanovac have suffered damage. The Government of Serbia released emergency aid for food and supplies and announced that the aid for reconstruction will be given from budget reserve as the emergency aid budget was already spent on flood recovering during the summer. Most of the damage was to the older structures.


2010 Serbia earthquake, Background
A crack appeared on the northern facade of the 13th-century Žiča monastery. The Serbian government is seeking help from UNESCO for the recovery.


2010 Serbia earthquake, Background
Two people were killed in the village of Grdica near Kraljevo. The victims, a couple aged 67, died in their home when the roof and a concrete slab fell over their bed.


2010 Serbia earthquake, Background
The earthquake was strongly felt throughout the country, including the capital Belgrade, as well as in Bulgaria (damage was caused in Belogradchik) and Romania. The intensity was MM VI in Kraljevo and MM IV in Belgrade.


2010 Serbia earthquake, Aid to Kraljevo
A special account was opened for donations and as of November 25, 225 million RSD were collected.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season
Serena Williams's 2010 tennis season officially began at the 2010 Medibank International Sydney in Sydney. Williams started 2010 as the world no. 1.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Medibank International Sydney
Williams' came into 2010 as the world no. 1 and began her 2010 campaign at Medibank International Sydney. She received a bye in the first round being the top seed and faced María José Martínez Sánchez in the next round, whom she defeated convincingly. In the quarterfinals she faced Vera Dushevina and won in two sets. Her next opponent was Frenchwoman Aravane Rezaï, who took the first set and lead in the second set and was serving the match out.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Medibank International Sydney
However, Williams went on a streak and won the next six games in a row to take the second set and take a lead in the third set. Rezaï broke back at the 2nd and 8th game, but Williams broke again in the 9th game and served it out, beating Rezaï to advance to the final. In the final, Williams fell to Elena Dementieva after being hampered by a troublesome left knee she had strapped for the match.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Williams' then entered the Australian Open as the top seed and favorite to win the title. Her campaign began against Poland's Urszula Radwańska, who she beat comfortably. In the second round she defeated Petra Kvitová. Williams hit 34 winners to Kvitová's 17. Williams then faced Carla Suárez Navarro, Williams won the first set, however, Williams had difficulty closing the first set needing eight set points in a game that went to deuce 13 times and lasted longer than the previous five games combined. But Suarez Navarro could not capitalize on the opportunities and Williams won the set.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Williams then broke Suarez Navarro to win the match. Williams then faced Australia's Samantha Stosur and ended the Australian's hope by winning in straight sets and hitting 10 aces along the way. Williams' next opponent was Victoria Azarenka, whom Williams dropped the opening set to and was trailing 0–4 in the second set. Williams mounted a comeback, taking the next five games in a row, winning the second set in a tie-break; and took the match by winning the third set. Williams won against China's Li Na; Williams won in two straight tie-break sets to advance to the final.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Williams then faced rival Justine Henin in their first match in a slam final. Williams broke in the fourth game, Henin then broke to get back on serve. However, Williams then broke once again to take the first set. Henin saved two break points in a four-game run in the second set, winning 13 of the last 14 points to claim the set. She continued on her streak in the last set, increasing that to 18 of 19 points, but Williams held serve to even the third set.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
The two then traded breaks which saw Williams lead with a break, and never looked back as Williams took the final three games to win the grand slam title. Williams' five Australian singles titles is the most by any woman in the Open Era (since 1968), surpassing the four held by Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Steffi Graf, and Monica Seles. Court holds 11 Australian Open titles overall, most coming before the Open Era. Williams also is the first female player to win consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Jennifer Capriati in 2001–02.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Serena Williams also competed in the doubles with sister Venus. In the first two rounds they defeated wild cards Sophie Ferguson and Jessica Moore, and Raluca Olaru and Olga Savchuk. They then faced the Czech team of Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká and won in two sets. In the quarterfinals they struggled against the pairing of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and  Yan Zi in three tight sets. They also had to fight through against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs. In the final they faced the number 1 team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber and won it in straight sets.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Rest of early hard court
A leg injury then caused Williams to withdraw from five consecutive tournaments, including the Premier 5 Dubai Tennis Championships and the Premier Mandatory Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia
As the world no. 1, Williams received a wild card at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. As the top seed she received a bye into the second round, where she faced Timea Bacsinszky, Bacsinszky lead twice and had three set points, however Williams took it to a tie-break and won the first set. Williams then cruised with the second set. In the third round, she faced Andrea Petkovic, Williams broke Petkovic fifth and seventh and won the first set. Petkovic won the second set. Williams dominated the 3rd set.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia
In the quarterfinals, she faced Russian Maria Kirilenko and Williams won in two sets. In the semifinals, a rematch of the 2008 US Open final, when Williams faced Jelena Janković, with both trading sets. Williams served for the match and had a match point, but the match went to a tie-break. Williams led 5–2 in the tie-break and lost 5 points in a row for Janković to get the win.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
Williams then played the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. She received a first round bye. She faced Vera Dushevina in her first match, Williams had three set point in the first set, but Dushevina came back and won it in the tie-break. In the second set Williams faced a match point on serve but saved it and went on to win the set in a tie-break. In the final set Williams led early, but squandered the lead as the set went to a tie-break, which Williams won despite trailing 4–0 in the tie-break. 73 unforced errors in the match. Williams made 7It was Williams longest match in her career with the match taking 3 hours, 26 minutes. In the next round she faced another Russian Nadia Petrova, however this time the result wasn't in Williams' favor as she lost in three sets.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
In the doubles Williams played with sister Venus. After having a bye in the first round the faced Alicja Rosolska and Yaroslava Shvedova and won in two sets. They then faced Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska and also won in straight sets. In the semifinals they won comfortably over Shahar Pe'er and Francesca Schiavone. In the final, they faced up-and-coming doubles team Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta and won in two sets for their second title of the year.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
Williams entered the French Open as the world no. 1 and top seed. In her first match, she faced Swiss Stefanie Vögele, who was controlling the first set, but Williams hung on to win it in a tie-break. Williams then cruised in the second set. In the second round, she faced German Julia Görges, Williams took nine straight games in the first set and won in straight sets. She then faced Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Williams took the first set, however Williams fell behind and was visited by the trainer, Pavlyuchenkova eventually won the set.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
In the third set, Williams saved 3 break points and won the match. In the fourth round, Williams had a relatively easy win over Israel's Shahar Pe'er. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced Samantha Stosur, Stosur took the first set and served for the match, however Williams came back and won in a tie-break. However Stosur saved a match point at 4–5 on serve and then eventually broke Williams in the deciding set and took the match. Williams was too erratic making nine double faults and 46 enforced errors, while Stosur only made 24 unforced errors. It was the first Grand Slam tournament that Williams had not won or been defeated by the eventual champion since the 2008 French Open. Williams has not been able to get past the quarterfinals since 2003.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
Williams again competed in doubles partnering sister Venus. In the first round they made quick work of Kirsten Flipkens and Tamarine Tanasugarn and then received a walkover over Daniela Hantuchová and Caroline Wozniacki. They then won their next two matches with relative ease defeating the teams of Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, and Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska. In the semifinals, they had a bit of a struggle against Liezel Huber and Anabel Medina Garrigues when they lost the first set, but came back to win the second and third.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
With the win, this assured Williams the no. 1 spot in doubles, making her only the sixth woman to hold the no. 1 spot in singles and doubles. In the final they faced the team of Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik which they won with ease in straight sets. This marked their fourth consecutive doubles slam. They're only the third women's doubles pair to win four major titles in a row. Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver did it in 1983–84, and Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva did it in 1992–93.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
Williams was entering Wimbledon as the world no. 1, defending champion, and 3 time former champion. She started her campaign for a fourth title against a young Portuguese in Michelle Larcher de Brito. Williams won comfortably beating de Brito in straight sets. In the following round, she faced former world no. 5 Anna Chakvetadze, Williams won the first 11 games, before Chakvetadze was able to get a game, and in the end Williams won in two sets. She also hit 27 winners to her opponents 6.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
In the third round, she faced another youngster in Dominika Cibulková, Williams served her third 6–0 set of the tournament in the first in just 18 minutes. The second set went on serve until Williamd broke to take the second set and the match. Williams hit 20 aces to her opponents 1. It was followed by a clash against former world no. 1 Maria Sharapova, the first set went to a tie-break and Sharapova served for the set, but Williams pegged her back and won the tie-break. Williams then took the second set.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
In the quarterfinals, Williams faced China's Li Na, the first set went on served until Williams broke Li late and closed the set. Williams then cruised in the second set. In her following match, Williams took on Petra Kvitová, who has lost in the first round of her previous two appearances at Wimbledon. Kvitová took an early lead breaking Williams in the fifth game, however Williams broke in the eight game and the set went to a tie-break. Williams won the tie-break. As with her previous two matches Williams took the second set with east.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
Competing in her 6th Wimbledon final, Williams took on surprised finalist Vera Zvonareva, the first set went on serve in the 8th game when Williams broke the Russian's serve with a forehand winner and won the set. The American broke Zvonareva's serve in the first and fifth games of the second set, giving her the Wimbledon title. Williams won an astonishing 31 of the 33 first serves she put in play, ripping nine more aces, running her record tournament total to 89. This win also pushed Williams to her 13th slam, getting ahead of Billie Jean King.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
After the match, Martina Navratilova said that Williams is in the top 5 of all the women's tennis players in all of history, which she said that "it's not just about how many Slams you win or how many tournaments you win—it's just your game overall. And she's definitely got all the goods."


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
In the doubles, she once again played with sister Venus as the top seeds. They cruised through their first three matches winning it straight sets, over the teams of Julie Ditty and Renata Voráčová, Timea Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin, and Dominika Cibulková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. However, they were upset by the Russian team of Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals. This ended their 27 consecutive wins in slams and 18 match winning streak. This is also their first loss as a team in the year.


2010 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Asian Swing and WTA Tour Championships
In Munich on July 7, Williams stepped on broken glass while in a restaurant. She received 18 stitches, but the following day she lost an exhibition match to Kim Clijsters in Brussels before a world-record crowd for a tennis match, 35,681 at the King Baudouin Stadium. The cut foot turned out to be a serious injury, requiring surgery and preventing her from playing for the remainder of 2010. As a result, she lost the world no. 1 ranking to Dane Caroline Wozniacki on October 11, 2010.


2010 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season
The 2010 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season was the club's 89th season competing in the League of Ireland and the team's second season under the stewardship of Michael O'Neill. The team finished the season as Premier Division champions, narrowly beating rivals Bohemians to the title by virtue of a better goal difference.


2010 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season
Gary Twigg concluded the season as the league's top goalscorer for the second season in succession. The Hoops reached the 2010 FAI Cup Final, the semifinals of the 2010 League of Ireland Cup, the quarterfinals of the 2010 Leinster Senior Cup and defeated Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League before losing to Juventus in the next round.


2010 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season
The team played a direct style of football throughout the season, with Michael O'Neill generally employing the 4–5–1 formation.


2010 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season, Preseason
The club made a number of signings during the off-season and preseason in an effort to strengthen the squad. Enda Stevens and James Chambers were signed at the end of 2009, the former agreeing to a one-year contract. They were joined by Chris Turner, Craig Walsh and Billy Dennehy in January 2010, while Dan Murray and Danny Murphy signed for the club in February. The signing of Chris Turner was disputed by Sligo Rovers and eventually sanctioned in March. The team played four preseason friendlies, winning three and drawing one.


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


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


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


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony
The 2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony (中国2010年上海世界博览会开幕式) occurred on April 30, 2010 at the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Center in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, a day before the opening of the Expo 2010.The opening ceremony was planned and designed by ECA2's founder, Yves Pepin.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Pre-ceremony
On April 29, 2010 Hu Jintao of the Communist Party of China sat down with Lien Chan of the Kuomintang in a pre-expo meeting.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Pre-ceremony
In the morning of April 30, the flags of 189 nations, 57 international organizations, the World expo bureau flag and the Shanghai expo flag were all raised at the expo venues.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Outdoor opening fireworks
The event began at 8:10 pm with a massive river side display of fireworks and lights.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Indoor ceremony, Leader entrances
Chinese president Hu Jintao enters Expo Culture center with many world leaders. Twenty foreign heads of state or government attended the opening ceremony:


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Indoor ceremony, Leader entrances
In addition, speakers of legislative bodies, deputy heads, and ministers of over 20 other countries also attended the opening ceremony. Just a few hours before the opening ceremony, the Maltese President, George Abela suffered from an accident, which left his second Lumbar vertebrae slightly damaged. He was taken to the Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, and therefore couldn't attend the ceremony. Chinese President Hu Jintao paid him a visit at the hospital the following day. Hong Kong and Macau Special administrative region chief exec Donald Tsang and Fernando Chui both attended with a group of delegates.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Indoor ceremony, Presentations
The song "Harmonious Gathering" (和谐欢歌) was performed by Hong Kong's Jackie Chan and PRC's Song Zuying. The PRC flag was raised, and the March of the Volunteers was played. Then the international bureau exposition flag was raised, and the expo song was played. This was followed by the raising of the Shanghai Expo flag and the playing of the Shanghai Expo song. Then the flag-bearers of 246 participating countries and international organizations paraded out. Wang Qishan, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China and BIE president Jean-Pierre Lafon both gave a speech. Hu Jintao then opened up the expo performances with an official statement.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Performances
The first song (相约上海) was sung by PRC's Mao Amin, Lau Yuan-yuan (刘媛媛) and Taiwan's Wakin Chau. They were also accompanied by dancers. An orchestra featuring PRC pianist Lang Lang played "Jasmine Flower", "The Blue Danube", "New Shanghai concerto" (新上海协奏曲), and "Yangtze river song" (长江之歌).


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Performances
The theme song "Better city, Better life" was followed and sung by United States's Jonathan Buck and Siedah Garrett. An instrumental performance of "Brave Bugle" (勇敢的号角)  is performed by a New Zealand troupe (纽西兰毛利艺术团). Japan's Shinji Tanimura then perform the song "star" (星). Afterwards the song "A type of love" (一种爱) was performed by the South Africa's Soweto Gospel Choir. Italy's Andrea Bocelli then followed up with a performance of "Nessun dorma".


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Performances
The expo theme song (致世博) was performed by PRC's Huang Ying (黄英), Liao Chang (廖昌永), Tan Jing and Sun Nan. Two Tibetan orphans who survived the earlier 2010 Yushu earthquake joins the stage.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Outdoor performances, Fireworks
The 30-minute outdoor ceremony took place along a 3.4-km stretch of the Huangpu River in central Shanghai. It set numerous world records, such as the biggest LED screen, the largest searchlight installation and one of the largest pyrotechnic displays ever created. The outdoor portion was produced by David Atkins enterprise.


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Outdoor performances, Part 1
First music piece was "China welcomes you" (中国欢迎你) accompanied by Spring Festival Overture. First music of that piece was "Civilization" (文明之光), followed by "Better City, Better Life" (城市，让生活更美好), followed by "Urban Rhapsody" (都市协奏曲). In this part was included the track "The Dragon" composed by Vangelis in his conceptual album China


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Outdoor performances, Part 2
Second piece was "Happy at expo" (欢聚在世博) accompanied by Waltz The Blue Danube, Violin concerto, Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto. First music of that piece was "One World, One Home" (同一世界，同一家园), followed by "Water of Life" (生命之水).


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Outdoor performances, Part 3
Third piece was "World celebrate together"(世界同欢庆) accompanied by the piece (在快速机器上的短暂骑行), "Oh, destiny goddess" (哦！命运女神), Ode to Joy (欢乐颂), "Night of fire festival" (火把节之夜), "Good beijing news to mountain village" (北京喜讯到山寨), White jasmine (茉莉花).


2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony, Concerts
In a separate concert Song Zuying performed with Taiwan's Jay Chou in a celebration of the opening ceremony.


2010 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival is the 13th such festival devoted to international cinema to be held in Shanghai, China. It was held from June 12–20, 2010.


2010 Shanghai International Film Festival
2327 movies from 81 countries and regions have entered their names for Golden Goblet Award. Five northern European nations, Canada, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Israel, China and Taiwan showed their films during the Shanghai International Film Festival dedicate for the ongoing Shanghai Expo. In the festival the films echoing with environmental topics because of the World Expo Shanghai's theme "Better City, Better Life." 300 foreign and domestic films were screened in China at 25 cinemas.


2010 Shanghai International Film Festival
The SIFF announced two film projects, CFPC (China Film Pitch and Catch) and Co-FPC (Co-production Film Pitch and Catch) to promote rising filmmakers.


2010 Shanghai International Film Festival
In 2010 SIFFORUM successfully invited Weinstein Company CEO Harvey Weinstein, China Film Group Cooperation chairman Han San Ping, Polybona Films president Yu Dong, plus well-known Chinese directors Feng Xiaogang, He Ping, Wang Xiaoshuai, Leon Dai, Pang Ho-Cheung and Korean director Kang Je-Gyu.


2010 Shanghai International Film Festival
The seven-member jury panel was chaired by Hollywood-based Chinese director John Woo.


2010 Shanghai International Film Festival
Many Chinese actresses and stars attended the open ceremony, like Lin Peng, Gan Tingting, Che Yongli, Zhang Jingchu and actor Huang Xiaoming, Gong Xinliang and Hong Kong actor Kar-Ying, Claire Danes and her husband, actor Hugh Dancy, Barbie Shu, Eddie Peng and Chinese actress Yuan Xinyu, Gong Li and actor John Cusack, Adam Brody, Li Bingbing and Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu, the Korean actress Da-hae Lee, Ruby Lin and actor Mike He, Miss World Zhang Zilin of China, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Hong Kong actress and singer Gillian Chung and director Jeffrey Lau, the Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung, Chinese actress Zhao Wei, Director Feng Xiaogang and his actress wife Xu Fan and artists Wang Ziwen, Li Chen, Zhang Jingchu, Lu Yi and producer Wang Zhonglei, Yvonne Yung, Luc Besson, artists Zhang Yang, Gao Yuanyuan, Li Xiaorang, Ruby Lin, Wang Luodan and Liu Ye, and Malaysian-born international artist, Michelle Yeoh.


2010 Shanghai Masters
The 2010 Roewe Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6–12 September 2010 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China.


2010 Shanghai Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he withdrew due to personal reasons.


2010 Shanghai Masters
Ali Carter won in the final 10–7 against Jamie Burnett.


2010 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2010 Shanghai Masters, Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 6 September 2010.


2010 Shanghai Masters, Qualifying
These matches took place between 2 and 5 August 2010 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters
The 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament  played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. This edition was held from October 9 to October 17, 2010.


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a Lucky Loser into the singles main draw:


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Champions, Doubles
Jürgen Melzer /  Leander Paes def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5].


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles
Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were the defending champions, but Benneteau chose to not participate due to left wrist injury. Tsonga partnered with Michaël Llodra, but they were eliminated by Novak Djokovic and Jonathan Erlich already in the first round. 3rd seeds Jürgen Melzer and Leander Paes won in the final match 7–5, 4–6, [10–5], against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles, Seeds
All seed pairs received a bye to the second round.


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles
Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mischa Zverev. Andy Murray won this tournament by beating Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Rafael Nadal's loss in the third round also ended his record streak of 21 consecutive Masters 1000 quarterfinals.


2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Shanghai fire
The 2010 Shanghai fire was a fire on 15 November 2010 that destroyed a 28-story high-rise apartment building in the city of Shanghai, China, killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 70 others (with at least one source reporting more than 120 others injured).


2010 Shanghai fire
An investigation under the PRC State Council was announced on 16 November, the day after the fire, to determine the cause of the blaze. A preliminary finding by investigators concluded that sparks from welding work being done on the building, undertaken by unlicensed welders, ignited scaffolding around the structure, which led to the apartments' destruction. The municipal government also placed the blame on illegal multi-layered subcontracting, and detained four managers from several construction companies. In all, sixteen individuals have been arrested in connection to the fire, as well as four others accused of being unlicensed welders.


2010 Shanghai fire
The week after the fire, city officials announced a compensation plan for victims of the fire and their families. The fire also prompted the government to pass stricter regulations on the construction industry, as well as increased fire safety inspections. The New York Times reported that China suppressed several building complaints, and several journalists were detained after the fire. The Asia Times wrote that an alleged slow response by the government was criticized.


2010 Shanghai fire, Fire
The fire began at 14:15 local time (06:15 UTC) around the tenth floor. The building, constructed in 1997, was located at the intersection of Jiaozhou Road and Yuyao Road in Shanghai's Jing'an District, and was being renovated at the time of the fire. Witnesses said that the fire started with construction materials and spread throughout the building. It took over 80 fire engines and several hours to contain the fire. Shanghai residents were able to see smoke from the fire several kilometres away. Firefighters were unable to hose water on the top of the 85 metres (279 ft)-tall building from the ground.


2010 Shanghai fire, Fire
China Youth Daily reported that the contractor for the construction said the cause of the fire was probably sparks caused by welding work done on the 20th floor. Qiu Jingshu, a worker on the 18th floor, said sparks from welding being done on another building flew over and caused the scaffolding to catch fire. Afterward, it was "established" that the fire "was caused by unlicensed welders improperly operating their equipment", and several welders were arrested.


2010 Shanghai fire, Fire, Rescue efforts
Firefighters were able to save over 100 people out of the 180 families inhabiting the high-rise apartment building. According to Al Jazeera, the fire began at the scaffolding that surrounded the building, but spread to the complex's main building of around 500 apartments. Xinhua News Agency said the fire was contained at about 6:30 p.m. local time (10:30 UTC), more than four hours after it began.


2010 Shanghai fire, Fire, Rescue efforts
Three helicopters had been called in to assist in the rescue, but were prevented by thick smoke generated by the fire. The upper portion of the building was beyond the reach of fire apparatus; the blaze was brought under control only after firefighters set up hoses atop a nearby building. In all, 25 fire stations and over 100 fire appliances were mobilised in response to the incident.


2010 Shanghai fire, Fire, Rescue efforts
Television coverage of the event showed people holding on to scaffolding around the building, and some were able to climb down to safety. One worker on the 28th floor said that workers were adding insulation to the building when the fire broke out.


2010 Shanghai fire, Fire, Rescue efforts
Victims not in hospitals, as well as evacuees from three surrounding city blocks, were sent to public buildings, including a school and a stadium, until their housing situation could be addressed.


2010 Shanghai fire, Casualties
The building housed around 440 people, mainly retired teachers. An early report showed that the ages of those injured in the fire range from 3 to 85, with the majority (64.5%) over the age of 50. Most of the injured appeared to be elderly residents or children, and it was confirmed that the youngest victim of the fire was 16 months old. A firefighter said that 57 of the 58 killed had died inside the building.


2010 Shanghai fire, Casualties
Earliest reports put the death toll at eight, but Xinhua later revised the count several times, and then confirmed 53 deaths by 16 November. 26 bodies were identified using DNA tests. Some media outlets reported 79 fatalities by adding the number of identified victims to the number of previously reported fatalities, although Xinhua later said that the 26 identified were included amongst the 53.


2010 Shanghai fire, Casualties
As of 24 November 58 people (22 males and 36 females) were officially reported dead while 56 people remained missing. Of the deceased, 57 were identified by DNA tests early on, while one male, from Japan, was still being identified when the official death count was released.


2010 Shanghai fire, Casualties
A doctor at Shanghai's Jing'an Hospital said that over 20 people injured in the fire had been admitted, many suffering from asphyxia caused by smoke inhalation. State media reports said the hospital was treating 55 survivors, including nine in serious condition. At least 70 people, and possibly more than 120 people were reported to have been injured. According to BBC News, people who survived the blaze were searching hospitals for missing family and friends. As of 24 November 66 wounded people, 14 of which were in critical condition, were being treated at seven area medical centers. In all, nine hospitals received victims of the fire.


2010 Shanghai fire, Casualties
The list of the dead was not released as the victims' families wanted privacy. Authorities said more than one-third of the families did not want the names of the deceased published. However, several newspapers listed some of the names of the dead. The artist Ai Weiwei compiled an unofficial list of the victims' names by contacting their relatives, along with officials and journalists. He claimed that the actual death toll was two more than the official count, but authorities did not provide access to the list of casualties.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Investigation
Meng Jianzhu, the Minister of Public Security, went to Shanghai to manage rescue operations. Jing'an officials set up temporary lodging and food at area hotels, and some survivors stayed at a gymnasium overnight. After the flames were extinguished, the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference about the damage caused by the fire. Liu Jinguo, Vice Minister of Public Security, described the firefighting as "a successful model", leading to a dispute by Chinese netizens. Later in the week of the fire, government officials began a drive to increase fire and safety inspections at buildings and construction sites. They also said that improvements would be made to the city's firefighting capabilities.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Investigation
Local residents said that fire safety requirements at the high-rise were lax, and that workers often tossed used cigarettes into the building's hallways. Week-long safety inspections were done on the two other buildings of the apartment complex, both of which were unharmed. The several hundred people living in those buildings were expected to be allowed to move back on 20 December 2010. Until then, the survivors would live in 17 nearby hotels.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Investigation
According to Ming Pao, family members of the victims were dissatisfied with the official investigation and held a sit-in protest, calling for a fair judgement. Some locals blamed the official rescue work by comparing it with a large emergency response exercise on a 330-meter building several days before, and the successful firefighting for a blaze at Shanghai World Financial Center in 2007. Others blamed an ineffective firefighting system for the high death toll, and were dissatisfied that they were not given more details about the fire.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Investigation
In Beijing, authorities halted renovation projects similar to the one being done on the apartment in Shanghai shortly after the blaze. The projects, intended to save energy by installing insulation, were stopped on 19 November, pending safety evaluations of the work. The insulation is still flammable, despite the use of fire retardants. Shanghai officials temporarily stopped such renovations after the fire, but later allowed them to resume.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Investigation
On 20 December 2010, the mayor of Shanghai, Han Zheng, said that the city would crack down on unfair practices of construction companies and contracting firms. Han said that there is little regulation of the construction industry and that certain companies have had advantages over other companies when being awarded contracts. On 11 January 2011, Shanghai authorities placed into effect a new set of regulations aimed at better official supervision of construction companies. The city will also require that such companies will not be permitted to have any non-official relationship with local government offices after one year. Some media organizations had been questioning the connections between Jing'an District's government and the contracting groups involved in the fire, leading to accusations of corruption.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Compensation
On 23 November, it was announced that the families of each victim of the fire would receive 960,000 yuan in compensation for the ordeal. The compensation would include 650,000 yuan for every death and 310,000 yuan in financial assistance from the government and charities. Zhang Renliang, the top official of Jing'an District, said that Shanghai residents and foreign workers would be compensated equally. Survivors of the blaze would be fully compensated for the loss of possessions and property. Some who lost relatives in the disaster, however, were not satisfied with the announcement. They said that the compensation plan was not enough to pay for another apartment in the district, and that they would rather have a new apartment than the money.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Media censorship allegations
Hong Kong-based Sing Tao Daily and Singapore-based Lianhe Zaobao reported that four journalists from Xinjing News (新京报), China Daily, Reuters and a local newspaper were detained for one hour as security forces demanded a guarantee for positive news coverage by the journalists, before they were to interview families of the victims at a funeral parlour. The reporters wrote about their detainment on two websites.


2010 Shanghai fire, Response, Media censorship allegations
A Chinese webmaster said that the authorities demanded for Chinese websites to cut down on their reporting of the fire, and only allowed usage of the official Xinhua news source. The New York Times reported that Chinese website Huasheng Online was blocked by government censors after criticizing the country's real-estate industry.


2010 Shanghai fire, Responsibility
Han Zheng said on 22 November that the city was largely responsible for the disaster. He said, "Poor supervision of the city's construction industry was one of the causes behind the high-rise apartment building fire. And we are responsible for that." Willy Wo-Lap Lam, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said Han was trying "to do some damage control to dispel anger and to comfort the families of the victims and the Shanghai people." Luo Lin, chief of the PRC State Administration of Work Safety, blamed the fire on illegal employment methods, poor project oversight, and incompetent, inexperienced workers.


2010 Shanghai fire, Responsibility
On the day following the fire, Meng Jianzhu said he wanted an investigation into the fire to determine who was responsible for it, so those at fault could be punished appropriately. He told rescue officials to be meticulous in their efforts and that information regarding the fire should be released to the public. He also asked local governments across China to take preventative measures against such fires, including building inspections. A team of investigators, led by the State Administration of Work Safety, was formed under the PRC State Council to look into the incident. Many details about the "November 15 Relief and Rehabilitation Working Team" have not been publicly announced.


2010 Shanghai fire, Responsibility
The investigation into the fire made a preliminary conclusion that negligence by unlicensed welders on the tenth floor caused the bamboo scaffolding and attached nylon netting to catch fire, which subsequently spread to the entire structure. Shanghai authorities detained eight individuals on 16 November, at least four of whom were accused of being unlicensed welders. As of 19 November, a total of twelve individuals were being held by officials in connection to the blaze, including four more who were detained that day. The four were representatives of Jiayi Building Decoration, a part of renovation contractor Jing'an Construction, Shanghai Jing'an Construction Supervision, and the apartment management company.


2010 Shanghai fire, Responsibility
On 24 December 2010, Shanghai officials announced that three government employees had been taken into custody in connection with the fire. Those detained were accused of abusing their authority to permit illicit construction practices to occur. The three were reported to be Gao Weizhong, director of Jing'an's construction and transportation commission; Zhang Quan, of the commission's main office; and Zhou Jianmin, of the organization's construction department.


2010 Shanghai fire, Responsibility, Cause of fire
The fire may have been caused by the accidental ignition of polyurethane foam insulation used on the building's outer walls. In China, the foam is commonly used as insulation material without the addition of flame retardants, and the foam produces toxic gases such as hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide when burned. The Beijing Television Cultural Center was said to have used polyurethane insulation, which magnified the ferocity of a 2009 fire that consumed the center.


2010 Shanghai fire, Responsibility, Cause of fire
In a 24 November press conference, local authorities said that the two apartments next to the destroyed building would be renovated as well, and that foam cladding on their exteriors would be switched out in favor of fire-resistant materials. Chinese citizens have also questioned the lack of an indoor fire sprinkler system in high rise buildings.


2010 Shanghai fire, Public mourning
Local citizens put flowers and wreaths near the site, and offered prayers around the destroyed building. Mourners, including Government officials, came bearing chrysanthemums. At one point, the crowd stretched around 250 metres (820 ft) down the road.


2010 Shanghai fire, Public mourning
According to Xinhua, about 10,000 people attended a public mourning at the site on 21 November, seven days after the fire; mourners left large amounts of flowers surrounding the burnt building. The seventh day after death is the day that Chinese people believe the souls of the dead return to their relatives before departing, and mourners at the site burned paper and made a feast for the deceased, in accordance with Chinese tradition. During the event, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra played "Ave Maria" and monks recited sūtras at a local temple.


2010 Shanghai fire, Public mourning
On 19 December 2010, the 35th day following the fire, authorities were reported to be detaining mourners who were visiting the site. According to Chinese legend, souls of the dead also visit humans 35 days after death, but police were taking mourners away on buses. Local officials did not provide an explanation for the event.


2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series
The 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series is the third running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series takes place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. The Series began at Symmons Plains Raceway on 10 April and finished at Sandown Raceway on 24 October. Entries were hit hard in 2010 with just seven cars appearing across the opening two rounds and only three appearing at both of the first two events. Entries picked up after that, peaking at 14 cars at Winton.


2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series
Experienced V8 Supercar racer Tony Evangelou clinched the championship a round early at Eastern Creek Raceway. Evengelou won eight of the 15 races, including all five rounds. Evangelou dominated the point score, over 200 points ahead of Terry Wyhoon, who moved into second place passing Chris Smerdon at the final round. Wyhoon collected four of the race wins Evangelou did not with the other three won by Dean Neville, Scott Loadsman and Sam Walter.


2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series, Calendar
The 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series will consist of five rounds held across four states:


2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series, Points structure
Points awarded for Time Attack are dependent on number of cars that take part in qualifying, with the winner scoring two points for each car to compete with gaps of two descending from that point.


2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks
The 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks were a series of attacks by sharks on swimmers off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. On 1 December 2010, three Russians and one Ukrainian were seriously injured within minutes of each other, and on 5 December 2010 a German woman was killed, when they were attacked while wading or snorkeling near the shoreline. The attacks were described as "unprecedented" by shark experts.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks
In response to the attacks, beaches in the popular tourist resort were closed for over a week, dozens of sharks were caught and killed, and the local government issued new rules banning shark feeding and restricting swimming. A variety of theories were put forward to explain the attacks. This includes overfishing in the Red Sea or on the illegal or inadvertent feeding of sharks or smaller fish close to the shore, which produced scents that attracted more sharks. Another theory considers the dumping of sheep carcasses in the Red Sea by a livestock transport during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha had attracted the sharks to the shore.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
The first attacks occurred on 1 December, when four people were attacked within minutes of each other in the Ra's Nasrani area. 48-year-old Olga Martsinko suffered wounds to her hands and legs, lower back and buttock while 70-year-old Lyudmila Stolyarova lost her right hand and left leg. Both had to have their injured limbs partly amputated. A 54-year-old Russian man named Yevgeniy Trishkin suffered serious leg wounds, requiring a partial amputation, while 46-year-old Ukrainian Viktor Koliy also suffered leg injuries but was well enough to leave hospital the following day.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
Lyudmilla Stolyarova's husband Vladimir said: "I ran up to her and could hear her gasping 'Shark! Shark! Shark!' She somehow managed to push the shark away from her. The shark bit off her arm, but she managed to swim closer to the shore. Before she got out of the water, the shark attacked again and bit off her foot." Other witnesses described the attack on Olga Martynenko. "The woman managed to swim to the pier, but when people on the pier started pulling her out of the water, the shark bit off the woman's left buttock," one said.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
"She lost a lot of blood. There were tourists on the pier, and they helped to pull the woman out. Some of them were slapping the shark off with rubber fins. There were no rescuers on the pier during the moment when it all happened. A rescuer was running up to us from afar. There were neither cords, nor stretchers at hand. We used a swimsuit to block the blood flow from the gaping wound and grabbed a sun bed to carry the woman to the shore."


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
The attacks on the two men were witnessed from the shore. A barman witnessed one of the victims "running from the sea with blood streaming from gashes in his leg." The other male victim had to be rescued by members of a local diving centre. According to the barman, "the sea went red ... [his foot] was gone".


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
In response, officials closed the beaches and suspended all diving and watersports activities. Specialists from the Egyptian environment ministry were called in to investigate the incidents and caught a 2.25 metres (7.4 ft)-long oceanic whitetip shark weighing 150 kilograms (330 lb) that was claimed to be the one responsible for the attacks. The shark was "identified" by a local diver who claimed to have recognized the fish by its damaged fin. A mako shark that was 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) long and weighed 250 kilograms (550 lb) was also caught. However, divers and conservationists said the captured sharks were not the same as the one that had been seen and photographed in the area shortly before the attacks.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
The attacks had a drastic effect on the local tourist industry. Mohamed Rashad, a bartender at the al-Bahr beach restaurant who was working at the time of the attack, said: "All the people ran away back to the hotel, no one wanted to stay on the beach. Now it's very quiet. People are scared to come to the beach. They are just coming to the bar to have a drink. They don't even want to stay on the sunbeds."


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
The Egyptian authorities reopened the beaches on 4 December following the capture of the sharks. The following day, 5 December, 71-year-old German tourist Renata Seifert, who had visited the resort for 11 years, was killed by a Mako shark while swimming in Naama Bay near the Hyatt hotel. Jochen Van Lysebettens, of the Red Sea Diving College, saw the attack, and told Sky News: "Suddenly there was a scream of help and a lot of violence in the water. The lifeguard got her on the reef and he noticed she was severely wounded." According to local officials, her arm was severed in the attack and she died within minutes.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Attacks
Following the attacks, watersports activities were again suspended, though it was expected that scuba diving—which is considered to be at far less risk from shark attacks—would soon be allowed to resume. The Egyptian authorities engaged international shark experts to assess the situation and propose a solution. The Egyptian ministry of tourism also announced the injured tourists would each be offered $50,000 in compensation, paid for by the local tourist industry. The attacks were widely described as "unprecedented" both in media reports and by Samuel H. Gruber, a marine biologist who studies sharks at the Bimini Biological Field Station in Miami, Florida.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Possible causes
Sharks are commonly seen near Sharm El Sheikh but attacks on humans are very rare, particularly by the two species implicated in the 2010 attacks. Only nine attacks by oceanic whitetips had been reported worldwide in the last 430 years and only one had been previously fatal. However, oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as "the most dangerous of all sharks". Despite the greater notoriety of other sharks habitually found nearer the shore, the oceanic whitetip is believed to be responsible for many casualties as a result of predation on survivors of shipwrecks.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Possible causes
Such incidents are not included in common shark-attack indices for the 20th and 21st centuries, and as a result of this, the oceanic whitetip does not have the highest number of recorded incidents; only 5 recorded attacks as of 2009. The chairman of the Shark Trust, a British charity dedicated to shark conservation, commented: “It is probable that the tragic attacks were triggered by a specific activity or event... Attacks on humans by sharks are extremely rare and this species would normally not be found close to shore on bathing beaches.” Mohammed Salam of the South Sinai Conservation organisation, a government body responsible for environmental protection in the area, said that "usually these kinds of sharks don't attack human beings but sometimes they have trouble with their nervous system and they accidentally go after people."


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Possible causes
The chairman of the Sharm El Sheikh Chamber of Diving and Water Sports (CDWS) suggested that attacks might have been due to overfishing, which is an ongoing problem in the area. In a statement, Hesham Gabr said: "It is clear from our initial discussions with shark behavioural experts that this highly unusual spate of attacks by an oceanic whitetip shark was triggered by an activity, most probably illegal fishing or feeding in the area."


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Possible causes
Other hypotheses for the shark attacks include that cattle ships transporting sheep for slaughter during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha on 16 November dumped sheep carcasses into the Red Sea, bringing sharks unusually close to the shoreline. Unscrupulous diving companies were also blamed for feeding sharks to attract them for their clients.


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Possible causes
On 9 December 2010, an international team of experts announced that it had found that two species—makos and oceanic whitetips—had been involved in the attacks. It listed possible contributory factors as including "one or more incidents of illegal dumping of animal carcasses in nearby waters; depletion of natural prey in the area caused by overfishing; localised feeding of reef fish and/or sharks by swimmers, snorkellers and some divers; and unusually high water temperatures in Sharm El Sheikh."


2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks, Conspiracy theory about Israeli involvement
The attacks also sparked conspiracy theories about possible Israeli involvement. Egyptian television broadcast claims from South Sinai governor Mohamed Abdul Fadil Shousha that Israeli divers captured a shark with a GPS unit planted on its back, allegedly by Mossad. Describing the theory as "sad", Professor Mahmoud Hanafy of the Suez Canal University pointed out that GPS devices are used by marine biologists to track sharks, not to remote-control them. Governor Mohamed Abdel Fadil Shousha himself ultimately said he thought the dumping of sheep carcasses during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha on 16 November was the most likely explanation.


2010 Sheffield City Council election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May 2010. There were 28 seats up for election in 2010, one of the three councillors from each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Frank Taylor had defected to an Independent leaving the Liberal Democrats with 44 councillors. Turnout was up dramatically with it being held alongside the general election, to 62.6%. The higher turnout helped mainly Labour against their electoral rivals, who managed to return the council to no overall control with three gains. This was bolstered by the newly elected Liberal Democrat in Walkley defecting to Labour immediately after being elected.


2010 Sheffield City Council election, Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2010 Sheikh Jassim Cup
The 2010 Sheikh Jassim Cup was the 32nd edition of the league cup competition for football teams from Qatar.


2010 Sheikh Jassim Cup, Round One Groups
14 clubs were drawn into 4 groups of 4 or 5 teams. The winners qualify for the semi-finals.


2010 Sheikh Jassim Cup, Round One Groups
All group games are played in one 'host' location, instead of the common home and away format used in other competitions


2010 Shelby American
The 2010 Shelby American at Las Vegas was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race that was held on February 28, 2010 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada as the third race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup season The race consisted of 267 laps, 400.5 miles (645 km).


2010 Shelby American
The race began with Kurt Busch, from Penske Racing, on the pole. During the race there were ten different leaders, twenty lead changes, and seven cautions. Jimmie Johnson, from Hendrick Motorsports, ended up winning the 2010 Shelby American while Kevin Harvick finished 2nd and Jeff Gordon finished third after leading the most laps (219).


2010 Shelby American, Race report, Practices and qualifying
In the first practice session on February 26, the fastest were Juan Pablo Montoya, Sam Hornish, Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon. During qualifying runs, Kurt Busch ran the fastest lap with a speed of 188.719 miles per hour (303.714 km/h) and a time of 28.614 seconds to be on the pole position, while Casey Mears and Terry Cook failed to qualify. In the second practice session, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, David Reutimann, and Clint Bowyer were the fastest. In final practice Clint Bowyer, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, and Marcos Ambrose were the fastest. Unlike the first two practice sessions, final practice had one red flag because Dale Earnhardt, Jr. spun to pit road.


2010 Shelby American, Race report, Race summary
On February 28, 2010, at 3 p.m. EST, Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Chaplain Joe Freiburger said the invocation. Afterward, America's Got Talent winner Terry Fator sang the national anthem. Carroll Shelby and Kim Kardashian gave the command "Gentlemen, start your engines!" for the race.


2010 Shelby American, Race report, Race summary
On the start, Kurt Busch led the field to the green flag. On the same lap, Jeff Gordon passed Kurt Busch for the lead. On lap 2, Kevin Conway collided with the wall; to cause the first caution. On lap 5, Jeff Gordon led the field to the green flag. After the restart, the field became spread out, but on lap 45, Mike Bliss collided with the wall to bring out the second caution. The restart happened on lap 52, with Jeff Gordon leading. One lap later, Greg Biffle passed Gordon, and the third caution came out. The third caution came out because the caution lights did not turn off. On the lap 56 restart, Greg Biffle led the field to the green flag, but one lap later, Jeff Gordon reclaimed the lead.


2010 Shelby American, Race report, Race summary
The race then experienced a 30 lap run that ended because Sam Hornish, Jr. spun to bring out the fourth caution. All the leaders pitted, but the first one off pit road was Matt Kenseth. On lap 92, Matt Kenseth led them down for the restart. One lap later, though, the fifth caution came out because Jamie McMurray collided with Juan Pablo Montoya. A. J. Allmendinger was also involved in the accident. The restart happened on lap 97 with Kenseth still the leader, but on lap 98, Jeff Gordon passed him. On lap 107, the sixth caution came out because the caution lights inadvertently turned on. Most lead lap cars made their pit stop, but Scott Speed stayed out to become the leader.


2010 Shelby American, Race report, Race summary
On lap 113, Scott Speed led the field to the green flag. Also, on the restart, Scott Speed had a horrible start, that caused Jeff Gordon to pass him. From lap 113 to 228, a long green flag run happened. On lap 158, green flag pit stops began. During the pit stops the leaders were Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart. Afterwards, the top-five drivers were Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, and Kevin Harvick. Then on lap 212, green flag pit stops happened again. After the pit stops the leader was Jeff Gordon.


2010 Shelby American, Race report, Race summary
On lap 228, the seventh caution came out because Kevin Conway collided with the wall. Clint Bowyer stayed off pit road to lead on the restart. Immediately after the start, on lap 233, Jeff Gordon reclaimed the lead. On lap 251, Jimmie Johnson passed Jeff Gordon for the lead. Jimmie Johnson kept the lead to win his second consecutive race in 2010.


2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
The 2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 8 and 14 March 2010.


2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Champions, Doubles
Martin Fischer /  Philipp Oswald def. Divij Sharan /  Vishnu Vardhan, 6–1, 6–2


2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Martin Slanar were the defending champions, but they didn't participate this year.


2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Sergei Bubka was the defending champion; however, he lost 0–6, 6–4 6–7(3–7) to Yuichi Sugita in the second round. Sugita defeated Matthew Ebden in the final (4–6, 6–4, 6–1).


2010 Shimizu S-Pulse season
The 2010 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's nineteenth season in existence and their eighteenth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season sixth in the league.


2010 Shonan Bellmare season
The 2010 Shonan Bellmare season was their first season back in the top flight, J. League Division 1 after 10 seasons, and 25th season overall in the Japanese top flight. It was also the first season in which they participated as an autonomous club and not as a works team of Fujita Engineering, their original parent company until 1999, whose lack of support caused them to be relegated that year.


2010 Showtime Southern 500
The 2010 Showtime Southern 500, the 61st running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race that was held on May 8, 2010 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. It was the eleventh race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The event began at 7:30 p.m. EDT. It was televised live in the United States on Fox and its U.S. radio coverage was broadcast on Motor Racing Network starting at 6 p.m. EDT.


2010 Showtime Southern 500
The 367-lap race was won by Denny Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing after starting seven positions behind polesitter Jamie McMurray. McMurray finished second in a Chevrolet, and Kurt Busch finished third in a Dodge. The race had a total of 11 cautions and 22 lead changes among 11 different drivers. Kevin Harvick remained the points leader after finishing the race in the sixth position.