2010–11 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
The following day, after failing to reach a new deal, Krystian Pearce left the club after playing just 45 minutes for the Terriers. He eventually joined Notts County. On 6 July, midfielder James Berrett left the club to join fellow League One side Carlisle United on a free transfer. Later that day, midfielder Michael Collins joined Football League Championship side Scunthorpe United for an undisclosed fee. On 14 July, young Irish winger Graham Carey signed on a 6-month loan from Scottish Premier League runners-up Celtic.


2010–11 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
He returned to Celtic on 13 January 2011, after Town failed to agree terms on an extension to his deal. On 21 July, striker Joe Garner signed on a 6-month loan from Nottingham Forest. He returned to Forest on 4 January 2011. On 28 July, two of Town's youngsters, Jack Hunt and Leigh Franks, were sent out on 6-month loans to Chesterfield and Oxford United respectively. On 5 August, midfielder Damien Johnson was signed on a season-long loan from League One rivals Plymouth Argyle. The following day, striker Robbie Simpson joined Brentford on a season-long loan.


2010–11 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
On 25 August, striker Alan Lee joined the club for an undisclosed fee from Crystal Palace. On 31 August, Jim Goodwin left the club my mutual consent. He would join Scottish Premier League side Hamilton Academical on 6 September. On 8 September, Theo Robinson joined Championship side Millwall on an emergency 3-month loan deal, but he returned in November, after picking up an injury. He then rejoined the club on a permanent deal on 13 January, for an undisclosed fee. On 15 October, Town brought in experienced keeper Nick Colgan on a one-month loan from Conference National side Grimsby Town.


2010–11 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
He returned a month later, after making no appearances for Town. On 21 January 2011, he signed for Town on a permanent deal, after being released by Grimsby. On 1 January 2011, as the transfer window reopened, Town signed the experience Ireland international Kevin Kilbane on loan from Hull City for the rest of the season. On 10 January, Town signed Newcastle United's Hungarian international defender Tamás Kádár on loan. On 27 January, Town stalwart Nathan Clarke joined Town's League One rivals Colchester United on loan.


2010–11 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
On 31 January, as the transfer window was about to shut, Danny Cadamarteri returned to the Terriers on a short-term contract following his release by Scottish Premier League side Dundee United. On 26 February, Town signed left-back Stephen Jordan on an emergency one-month loan from Sheffield United, following injuries to Gary Naysmith and Liam Ridehalgh. On 15 March, a week after the sickening injury that curtailed Anthony Pilkington's involvement in the season, Town increased their attacking options by bringing in winger Danny Ward on loan from Premier League side Bolton Wanderers for the rest of the season. They then bolstered their defensive options by signing centre-back Sean Morrison on loan from Reading on 23 March. Just as the transfer window shut, young midfielder Aidan Chippendale was sent on loan to Conference National side York City


2010–11 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
On 16 June, Town were drawn away to Carlisle United in the first round of the Carling Cup. The following day, the new fixtures were released, with Town's first league game being against Football League Two champions Notts County on 7 August.


2010–11 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
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2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season
The 2010–11 season is Hull City's first season back in the Championship after relegation from the Premier League in the 2009–10 season.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Players, Current squad
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2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Players, Transfers
This section only lists transfers and loans for the 2010–11 season, which began 1 July 2010. For transactions in May and June 2010, see transfers and loans for the 2009–10 season.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Awards
Anthony Gerrard was named as player of the year. Liam Rosenior came second and Matty Fryatt came third.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Awards
John Bostock's goal against Swansea in the first match of the season being voted goal of the season.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Championship
Hull City's return to the Championship after two seasons in the Premier League.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Championship, August–December
Pearson brought several transfers and loans into the club in his bid to strengthen the squad for the season's campaign. One of those efforts yielded quick results on the season's opening day, as loanee John Bostock from Tottenham Hotspur supplied the first of two winning goals over Swansea City. Team captain Ian Ashbee, returning from injury that kept him sidelined much of the preceding season, supplied the second.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Championship, August–December
After weeks of speculation about a local business man looking to be interested in investing in Hull City, it was confirmed on 18 October 2010 that Assem Allam, along with his son Ehab had entered negotiations with Hull City owner and chairman, Russell Bartlett. Allam confirmed at the time that he felt the need to pay back to the area, and that Hull City were important to the area. On 10 November 2010, it was confirmed by the Allams that a deal had been agreed for a controlling interesting in the club, and that the Allams would assume control once the relevant requirements had been met.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Championship, August–December
Whilst it was originally reported that Allam intended to only purchase a majority shareholding in the club, and would continue to work with Russell Bartlett, a protracted period of due diligence indicated that the investment required would be substantially higher than originally planned; this resulted in a move to completely seize control of the club. The deal was formally completed at 10.45 pm on 16 December 2010, with the club exchanging hands for the nominal fee of £1, but with Allam, and his son, Ehab committing to invest £30 million, as well as providing assurances for a further £10 million.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Championship, August–December
Following the takeover, it was confirmed on the official club website that Assem Allam would take up the roll of chairman at the club.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Championship, August–December, January–June
On Saturday 12 March 2011, Hull set a new record for the club, with 14 away matches unbeaten, breaking a record stretching back over 50 years.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, FA Cup
Hull City were drawn at home against Premier League club Wigan Athletic in the third round draw of the FA Cup that took place on 28 November 2010.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, League Cup
Hull City received a bye in the first round of the League Cup drawn on 16 June 2010. For the second round, Hull City drew League One side Brentford for an away game played on 24 August, which they lost by a score of 2–1.


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Kits
Hull City's kits for the 2010–11 season are manufactured by German sports apparel company Adidas. The away kit was revealed on 3 July 2010 to be all white with amber trim. The home kit, revealed on 10 July 2010, comprises:


2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season, Kits
The sponsor for the front of the jerseys remained The Tote, its trademarks totesport.com printed on the front of the home jersey and totesport on the front of the away jersey. On 3 August 2010, the club announced two additional sponsorship agreements:


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season
The 2010–11 season is Hyderabad cricket team's 77th competitive season. The Hyderabad cricket team is senior men's domestic cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad, India, run by the Hyderabad Cricket Association. They represent the region of Telangana in the state of Andhra Pradesh in domestic competitions.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads
Rayudu moved to the Baroda from the Hyderabad ahead of the 2010–11 season. Sridhar replaced Raju as the Hyderabad coach on 8 November 2010 for the rest of the season.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads
Suman got selected to the India Green squad for the 2010-11 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, a List-A cricket tournament in India.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads
Ojha and Sandeep got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2010-11 Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads
Ojha and Ravi Teja got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2010-11 Deodhar Trophy, a List-A cricket competition in India.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads
The local franchise, Deccan Chargers got Ojha while the newly formed franchise, Kochi Tuskers got Laxman in the IPL Auction. Among uncapped players, Suman got picked by the Mumbai Indians while the Deccan Chargers picked Ashish, Bhandari, Ravi Teja and Arjun Yadav for the 2011 Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
The Hyderabad team, led by Dwaraka Ravi Teja, began their campaign in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 tournament in India, with a win against the Andhra at Hyderabad on 14 October 2010. The half-century from Paramveer Singh led the Hyderabad to 148 before their bowlers, Pagadala Naidu, Ashish Reddy and Alfred Absolem bowled out the Andhra for 58. In the second match, the half-century from Raiphi Gomez who added an unbeaten 94-run partnership with Robert Fernandez helped the Kerala register an eight wicket win before Prasanth Parameswaran's two-wicket haul held the Hyderabad to 148.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
The Hyderabad registered their second loss in three matches as the unbeaten half-century from Subramaniam Badrinath helped the Tamil Nadu chase the revised target of 102 in 15 overs. Earlier, the Tamil Nadu were able to put pressure on the Hyderabad by taking regular wickets and restrict them to 104. In a rain-reduced five-overs-a-side encounter, Tirumalasetti Suman's knock of 38 in 16 balls, Naidu's three-wicket haul in a single over and Amol Shinde's tight last over helped the Hyderabad defeat the Goa by 14 runs in their fourth match.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
The collective effort from the Karnataka's batsmen, Mayank Agarwal, Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey helped their team register a four-wicket victory over before Aditya Sagar's four wicket haul restricted the Hyderabad to 148 in their final zonal match. This loss knocked the Hyderabad out from the tournament as they finished fourth in the South Zone with two wins and three losses.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji Trophy
The Hyderabad team, led by Dwaraka Ravi Teja, began their campaign in the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India, against Rajasthan at Jaipur on 1 November 2010. They were bowled out for 21, the lowest-ever total in the Ranji Trophy, in their first innings of the match against Rajasthan. In the aftermath of the batting collapse and humiliating defeat against Rajasthan, Hyderabad's head coach, Venkatapathy Raju and their batting coach, Vivek Jaisimha were sacked from their roles while the batsmen for the Hyderabad, Arjun Yadav, Anirudh Singh, Anoop Pai and Mungala Arjun were dropped from the team.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji Trophy
The Hyderabad appointed M. V. Sridhar as the head coach for the rest of the season and promoted their U-22 batsmen, Parth Jhala, Hanuma Vihari, Bavanaka Sandeep and Abdul Basheer into the senior team. They finished fourth in Group B of the Plate League and failed to advance to the knockout stage with a win, a loss and three draws.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Vijay Hazare Trophy
The Hyderabad team, led by Dwaraka Ravi Teja, began their campaign in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List-A cricket tournament in India, with a loss against the Andhra at Palakkad on 11 February 2011. An all-round performance from the Andhra bowlers led by Shankara Rao and Tekkami Atchuta Rao restricted the Hyderabad to 115 while their batsmen completed the chase with six wickets to spare. In the second match, the half-centuries from Ravi Teja and Akshath Reddy eased the Hyderabad chase as they register their first win of this tournament by seven wickets against the Kerala.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Vijay Hazare Trophy
Earlier, the Kerala batsmen were troubled by the Hyderabad spinners, Amol Shinde and Pragyan Ojha to restrict them to 222. In the third match, Goa spinners shared eight wickets between them as they bowled out the Hyderabad to 158 while an unbeaten half-century from Rohit Asnodkar completed the chase with a seven-wicket win for the Goa. The Karnataka opener, Ganesh Satish completed the chase with more than 16 overs to spare while their seamers, Abhimanyu Mithun and Vinay Kumar, earlier troubled the Hyderabad top-order to restrict them for 120 and hand their third loss in four matches.


2010–11 Hyderabad C.A. season, Vijay Hazare Trophy
Dinesh Karthik's unbeaten knock of 154 in just 83 balls supported by the century from Abhinav Mukund helped the Tamil Nadu score 376 against the Hyderabad in the last zonal match. The Hyderabad started the chase strongly with a century from Ravi Teja but no support from the other end led the Hyderabad lose the match by 88 runs as they finished sixth in the South Zone and failed to qualify for the knockout stage with a win and four losses.


2010–11 Hércules CF season
The 2010–11 Hércules CF season is the club's 88th in existence and his first season after 13 years without playing in the top flight of Spanish football, La Liga. In the existing Hércules season returns to Primera trained by Esteban and paying transfers by Nelson Valdez (€4M), Abel Aguilar (€1.5M) or Piet Velthuizen (€0.8M), all cornered by signing star David Trezeguet and transfer of Royston Drenthe.


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Team kit
The team kits for the 2010–11 season are produced by Nike, first in its history. For the first time since 1983, the Hércules will not have sponsor on their shirts. Only in a friendly match against Real Madrid, the Hércules wore the sponsor Cívica. On 29 July 2010, the new shirts were officially presented. The first kit, maintains its traditional colors of blue and white vertical stripes with historic characterized by its thickness. The black color of his pants is the same as in its 88-year history. The socks are blue with some white details.


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Team kit
New for this season, is the second kit, which for the first time in his life, will have horizontal stripes on his shirt. Pants and socks are still black for the second kit. The socks and pants will be white, so that these items are not confused with those of a rival team.


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Players, From youth system
As of 1 September. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Club, Coaching staff
Source: Wikipedia articles, Guía Marca de la Liga 2011 (ISSN ), Especial Liga BBVA 2010-2011 de El Mundo Deportivo


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Club, Health and Medical staff
Source: Wikipedia articles, Guía Marca de la Liga 2011 (ISSN ), Especial Liga BBVA 2010-2011 de El Mundo Deportivo


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Club, Auxiliary staff
Source: Wikipedia articles, Guía Marca de la Liga 2011 (ISSN ), Especial Liga BBVA 2010-2011 de El Mundo Deportivo


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Club, Executive and Administrative staff
Source: Wikipedia articles, Guía Marca de la Liga 2011 (ISSN ), Especial Liga BBVA 2010-2011 de El Mundo Deportivo


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Statistics, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Notes:Fritzler in Round 1 was sent off for two yellow cards, but the competition committee annulled the second caution, as computed only a yellow.


2010–11 Hércules CF season, Competitions, Overall
Hércules is going to be present in two national competitions: La Liga and the Copa del Rey.


2010–11 I liga
The 2010–11 I liga was the 63rd season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 3rd season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).


2010–11 I liga
The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2011–12 Ekstraklasa. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up would receive promotion. The bottom four teams were automatically demoted to the II liga.


2010–11 I-League
The 2010–11 I-League is the fourth season of the I-League, the highest football league competition in India. It ran from 3 December 2010 to May 2011. Dempo are the defending champions. On May 30, 2011 Salgaocar SC won the title by beating JCT FC 2–0 in the final match of the season.


2010–11 I-League, Teams
Sporting Clube de Goa and Shillong Lajong FC were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2010 Second Division champions ONGC FC and runners-up HAL SC.


2010–11 I-League, Teams
In other team changes, Mahindra United were disbanded at the end of the 2009–10 season to concentrate on youth football. They were replaced by Indian Arrows, a newly founded team under the auspices of the AIFF.


2010–11 IFA Championship
The 2010–11 IFA Championship (known as the Ladbrokes.com Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the third season since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland. The Championship was divided into two divisions, with the clubs in both divisions having intermediate status. Championship 1 served as the second tier of Northern Irish football, with Championship 2 as the third tier. Loughgall were the defending champions of Championship 1.


2010–11 IFA Championship
In Championship 1, Carrick Rangers secured the title and promotion to the Premiership on 2 May 2011, after Limavady United failed to beat Ballymoney United, leaving them 7 points behind with only two games left to play. Limavady United finished as runners-up but were ineligible for promotion as they did not gain the required licence from the IFA. As a result, the promotion/relegation play-off did not take place. Ballymoney United and Ballyclare Comrades finished in the bottom two, and were relegated to next season's Championship 2.


2010–11 IFA Championship
In Championship 2, Warrenpoint Town were playing their first ever season as an intermediate club, and they went on to win the Championship 2 title after only one season in the division. With the title came promotion to next season's Championship 1. Also promoted were Tobermore United, who finished as runners-up.


2010–11 IFA Championship
Chimney Corner finished bottom of Championship 2 for the second successive season, but avoided relegation when Dollingstown, playing in the Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate A division (one tier below Championship 2), finished as league champions but were denied promotion to Championship 2 when they were later found to have fielded an ineligible player in eight league matches. As a result, Dollingstown were deducted all the points that they had gained in the matches the player had taken part in, demoting the club to 4th place in the final league table.


2010–11 IFA Championship
The club appealed the decision and took their case all the way to the High Court, but it was dismissed. Tandragee Rovers were crowned champions of the division instead, but did not apply for entry to Championship 2. If Dollingstown had won their case they would have been promoted to Championship 2, with Chimney Corner being relegated.


2010–11 IFA Championship, Championship 1, Results
Each team plays every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 26 games.


2010–11 IFA Championship, Championship 2, Results
Each team plays every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 30 games.


2010–11 IFA Premiership
The 2010–11 IFA Premiership (known as the Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the third season since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland, and the 110th season of Irish league football overall. The season began on 7 August 2010, and concluded on 30 April 2011.


2010–11 IFA Premiership
Linfield were crowned champions for the second successive season, after a 4–0 win over Lisburn Distillery on 26 April 2011. This was Linfield's 50th Irish League title.


2010–11 IFA Premiership
The same day, Newry City were relegated to IFA Championship 1 after a 4–0 loss to Glenavon.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, Teams
After a two-legged play-off against 2009–10 Championship 1 runners-up Donegal Celtic, Institute were relegated to the 2010–11 IFA Championship after an aggregate 1–0 loss, with Donegal Celtic taking their place for this season's IFA Premiership.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, Teams
2009–10 IFA Championship 1 winners Loughgall were not eligible for promotion as they were not awarded the required domestic licence by the IFA.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, Results, Matches 1–22
During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away).


2010–11 IFA Premiership, Results, Matches 23–33
During matches 23–33 each team played every other team for the third time (either at home, or away).


2010–11 IFA Premiership, Results, Matches 34–38
During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once. As this was the fourth time that teams played each other this season, home sides in this round were chosen so that teams had played each other twice at home and twice away.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, Promotion/relegation
The promotion/relegation play-off was not played this season, because Championship 1 runners-up Limavady United were not eligible for promotion as they did not hold a domestic licence. This meant that Newry City were automatically relegated, with Championship 1 winners Carrick Rangers replacing them in next season's Premiership.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, IFA Premiership clubs in Europe 2010–11, UEFA coefficient and ranking
For the 2010–11 UEFA competitions, the associations were allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2004–05 to 2008–09. In the 2009 rankings used for this season's European competitions, Northern Ireland's coefficient points total was 2.165. After earning a score of 0.333 during the 2008–09 European campaign, the league was ranked by UEFA as the 47th best league in Europe out of 53 - falling one place from 46th the previous season. This season Northern Ireland earned 1.125 points, which was added to the points total for the 2011 rankings used in 2012–13 UEFA competitions.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, IFA Premiership clubs in Europe 2010–11, UEFA Champions League
After winning the league last season, Linfield were the league's sole representatives in the UEFA Champions League. They entered in the second qualifying round, and were drawn against Norwegian side Rosenborg. Despite being massive underdogs, Linfield recorded an unexpected 0–0 draw in the first leg at Windsor Park. However they were beaten 2–0 in the return leg in Norway, and exited the competition.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, IFA Premiership clubs in Europe 2010–11, UEFA Europa League
Portadown earned a place in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League because Irish Cup winners Linfield had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League as league champions. They entered the first qualifying round with 2009–10's third placed team, Glentoran. Portadown were drawn with Latvian side Skonto Riga, who were knocked out by League of Ireland side Derry City in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Glentoran were handed a tie with Icelandic club KR Reykjavik. The first legs gave mixed results, with Portadown getting a creditable 1–1 draw at home while Glentoran being defeated 3–0 in Iceland. Glentoran were knocked out in the second leg despite a battling 2–2 draw. Portadown got one of the best European results in the league's recent history when they beat Skonto Riga 1–0 in Latvia, thus putting them through 2–1.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, IFA Premiership clubs in Europe 2010–11, UEFA Europa League
After beating Skonto Riga in the last round, Portadown faced Qarabag from Azerbaijan. They almost produced another shock in the first leg before ending up losing 2–1. In the second leg they earned a creditable 1–1 draw, but exited the competition 3–2 on aggregate. As second-placed finishers in last season's domestic league, Cliftonville entered in the second qualifying round, where they played HNK Cibalia from Croatia. In the first leg in Belfast they came out on top following a 1–0 win. In the second leg they held out for a 0–0 draw, going through 1–0 on aggregate.


2010–11 IFA Premiership, IFA Premiership clubs in Europe 2010–11, UEFA Europa League
In the third qualifying round, Cliftonville were drawn against Bulgarian giants CSKA Sofia. In the first leg in Sofia, Cliftonville were defeated 3–0, and were then defeated 2–1 in the second leg back in Belfast, losing the tie 5–1 on aggregate.


2010–11 IIHF Continental Cup
The Continental Cup 2010–11 was the 14th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup. The season started on September 24, 2010, and finished on January 16, 2011.


2010–11 IIHF Continental Cup
The Super Final was played in Minsk, Belarus on the 14-16 January, 2011.


2010–11 IIHF Continental Cup
The points system used in this tournament was: the winner in regular time won 3 points, the loser 0 points; in case of a tie, an overtime and a penalty shootout is played, the winner in penalty shootouts or overtime won 2 points and the loser won 1 point.


2010–11 IIHF Continental Cup, Second Group Stage, Group C standings
Note: HSC Csíkszereda qualifies for the next round based on their win over Saryarka Karaganda.


2010–11 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
The 2010–11 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup was the seventh holding of the IIHF European Women Champions Cup (EWCC). Ilves Tampere Naiset of the Naisten SM-sarja won the tournament for the first time, the first Finnish team to claim the title.


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series
The 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series was the 12th annual IRB Sevens World Series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000.


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series
Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, was played over three days, largely because it involved 24 teams instead of the normal 16.


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Itinerary
The IRB announced dates for the 2010–11 events on 1 June 2010, only two days after the final event of the 2009–10 series, the Edinburgh Sevens. The stops remained unchanged from recent years; the only scheduling change for 2010–11 was that the Adelaide event, which moved from its traditional slot of one week after Hong Kong to one week before in 2010, returned to its prior slot for 2011.


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Itinerary
This was the last season for the South Africa leg in George and the Australia leg in Adelaide. On 13 April 2011, both countries' national unions announced that their respective legs of the series would  move to new sites for 2011–12. The South Africa Sevens will move to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. The Australia leg will move to Skilled Park in the Gold Coast; it was initially known as the "International Rugby Sevens Gold Coast", but later rebranded simply as the "Gold Coast Sevens".


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Core teams
Before each season, the IRB announces the 12 "core teams" that received guaranteed berths in each event in that season's series. The core teams for 2010–11 were:


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Points schedule
The season championship was determined by points earned in each tournament. The points allocations for all events were identical to those in the 2009–10 series, reflecting changes that the IRB made starting with that season:


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournament structure
In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participated. Due to its place as the sport's most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament had 24 teams. In each 16-team tournament, the teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker was the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournament structure
Four trophies were awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they were the Cup, whose winner was the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. The Shield was contested in Hong Kong for the first time in 2010. Each trophy was awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournament structure
In a 16-team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.


2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournament structure
The Hong Kong Sevens adopted a new structure effective with its 2010 edition. As in previous years, the 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with the competition points system and tiebreakers identical to those for a 16-team event. Also as in the past, the six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition.


2010–11 ISAF Sailing World Cup
The 2010–11 ISAF Sailing World Cup was a series of sailing regattas staged during 2010–11 season. The series featured boats which feature at the Olympics and Paralympics.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series of the 2010–11 season. It was a series of six international invitational competitions in the fall of 2010 that built to the Grand Prix Final. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. At each event, skaters earned points based on their placement toward qualifying for the Grand Prix Final. The top six scoring skaters or teams at the end of the series competed at the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final, held in Beijing, China.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2011 European, Four Continents, and World Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on October 22, 2010 and ended on December 12, 2010.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The Grand Prix was organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters competed for prize money and for a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2010 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters/teams from the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships were seeded and then guaranteed two events. Skaters/teams who placed 7th through 12th were also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying
Skaters and teams who were ranked in the top 24 in the world at the end of the 2009-10 season and those who had an ISU personal best in the top-24 on the season's best list for the 2009-10 season were also guaranteed one event.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying
Skaters/teams who medaled at the 2009–10 JGP Final or the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were guaranteed one event. Skaters who medaled at both the Junior Grand Prix Final and the World Junior Championships were guaranteed only one event.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying
The host country was allowed to assign three skaters/teams of their choosing from their country in each discipline.


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying
The spots remaining were filled from the top 75 skaters/teams in the 2009-10 season's best list. Skaters could not be given a Grand Prix invitation without having been on the season's best list, with the following exceptions:


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix Final qualification points
After the final event, the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The point system is as follows:


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix Final qualification points
There are seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:


2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix Final qualification points
If there is still a tie, the tie is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all qualify for the Grand Prix Final.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 14th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Competitions
The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2010–11 season, the series was composed of the following events:


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Competitions
For the third time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the senior Grand Prix Final.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2010 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
For the 2010–2011 season, in singles, the three best placed member nations at the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all seven events. Member nations who placed fourth through sixth were allowed to enter one skater in all seven events. Member nations who placed seventh through twelfth were allowed to enter one skater in six of the seven events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at the World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in four of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 31st and lower in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in three of the events. Member nations who had not participated in the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one skater in two events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
In pairs, member nations who placed in the top five at the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter three entries in all four events in which pairs were contested. Member nations who qualified for the free skate at the World Junior Championships were allowed to enter two entries in all four events. All other member nations were allowed to enter one entry in all four events. The host nation was allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wanted.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
In ice dance, the multiple spots allowance was the same as for singles, through one entry in five events. Member nations who qualified for the original dance but not the free dance at the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one team in four of the events. Member nations who placed 31st and lower in the compulsory dance segment were allowed to enter one team in three of the events. Member nations who had not participated in the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one team in two events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance in their event, and there was no limit to the number of pairs teams.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
The general spots allowance for the 2010-2011 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying
All other member nations had one entry per discipline in two of the seven events in singles and ice dance and one entry in all four events in pairs.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Prize money
The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix events in the 2010/2011 season was $22,500. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Prize money
The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix Final in the 2010/2011 season was $105,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers, Qualification rules
At each event, skaters/teams who place high enough earn points towards qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top-8 highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement was as follows:


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers, Qualification rules
There were 7 tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers, Qualification rules
If there is still a tie, the tie is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advance to the Junior Grand Prix Final.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers, Qualifiers
The following skaters qualified for the 2010–2011 Junior Grand Prix Final.


2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Medals table
The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2010–2011 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall. The table is numbered by number of total medals.


2010–11 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
The 2010–11 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 22 October 2010 and ended on 19 February 2011. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2010–2011, was a series of  international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 12 November 2010 in Heerenveen, Netherlands, and ended on 6 March 2011, also in Heerenveen. In total, eight competition weekends were held at seven different locations, ten cups were contested (five for men, and five for women), and 70 races took place.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Calendar
Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, World records, Women
At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 18 February 2011, Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic set a new world record on the women's 5000 metres with a time of 6:42.66.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres
The 1000 metres distance for men in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over eight races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres
Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands won the cup, while Lee Kyou-hyuk of South Korea came second, and the defending champion, Shani Davis of the United States, came third.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres
The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres
Shani Davis of the United States successfully defended his title, while Håvard Bøkko of Norway repeated his second place from the previous season, and Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands came third.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres
The 500 metres distance for men in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres
Lee Kang-seok of South Korea won the cup, while his countryman Lee Kyou-hyuk came second, and Joji Kato of Japan came third. Defending champion Tucker Fredricks of the United States finished in 4th place.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres
The 5000 and 10000 metres distances for men in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres
Bob de Jong of the Netherlands won the cup, while Ivan Skobrev of Russia repeated his second place from the previous season, and Bob de Vries of the Netherlands came third. The defending champion, Håvard Bøkko of Norway, came fourth.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion involving the distance taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 19–21 November 2010, and the final occasion involving the distance taking place in Moscow, Russia, on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
Norway successfully defended their title, while Russia came second, and the United States came third.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres
The 1000 metres distance for women in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over eight races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres
Heather Richardson of the United States won the cup, while defending champion Christine Nesbitt of Canada came second, and Margot Boer of the Netherlands came third.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
The 1500 metres distance for women in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
The previous season's runner-up, Christine Nesbitt of Canada, won the cup, while Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands came second, and Ireen Wüst, also of the Netherlands, came third. The defending champion, Kristina Groves of Canada, ended up in 22nd place.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres
The 3000 and 5000 metres distances for women in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres
Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Stephanie Beckert of Germany repeated her second place, and Jilleanne Rookard of the United States came third.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres
Sábliková set a new world record on the 5000 metres in the Salt Lake City event on 18 February 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres
The 500 metres distance for women in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres
Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea came second, and Margot Boer of the Netherlands came third.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit
The women's team pursuit in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion involving the distance taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 19–21 November 2010, and the final occasion involving the distance taking place in Moscow, Russia, on 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit
The Netherlands won the cup, while Germany came second, and Norway came third. The defending champions, Canada, came fifth.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit, Standings
Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1
The first competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 12 November, until Sunday, 14 November 2010.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2
The second competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany, from Friday, 19 November, until Sunday, 21 November, 2009.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3
The third competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar, Norway, on 27–28 November 2010.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4
The fourth competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink in Changchun, China, on 4–5 December 2010.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 5
The fifth competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Obihiro, Japan, on 11–12 December 2010.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 6
The sixth competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Krylatskoye Skating Hall in Moscow, Russia, on 28–30 January 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 7
The seventh competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Salt Lake City, United States, on February 18–19, 2011.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 7
Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic set a new world record on the women's 5000 metres.


2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 8
The eighth and final competition weekend of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 4–6 March 2011.


2010–11 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking
The 2010–11 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking, are the World Standings and Season's World Ranking published by the International Skating Union (ISU) during the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking
The 2010–11 ISU World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, are taking into account results of the 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.


2010–11 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking
The 2010–11 ISU Season's World Ranking is based on the results of the 2010–11 season only.


2010–11 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking
The 2010–11 ISU World standings for synchronized skating, are based on the results of the 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.


2010–11 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking, World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, Season-end standings
The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, published by the ISU.


2010–11 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking, Season's World Ranking
The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, published by the ISU.


2010–11 Icelandic Hockey League season
The 2010-11 Icelandic Hockey League season was the 20th season of the Icelandic Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Iceland. Four teams participated in the league and Skautafelag Akureyrar won the championship.


2010–11 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played the first part of their season at Memorial Gym while waiting for the football season to end, and then played at the Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho. They were members of the Western Athletic Conference and were led by third-year head coach Don Verlin. They finished the season 18–14, 9–7 in WAC play. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to San Jose State. They were invited to the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, where they lost in the first round to San Francisco.


2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's eighth season at Illinois. They played their home games at Assembly Hall and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Michigan. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they beat UNLV in the second round before falling to Kansas in the third round.


2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Pre-season
Illinois welcomes back all five starters and its top seven players from last season. The Illini return 89.4 percent of its points, 79 percent of its rebounds, and 85 percent of its minutes played from the 2009–10 campaign. In addition to the returning players, Illinois adds a top-15 ranked recruiting class to its roster. Three true freshmen join the squad this season in guard/forward Jereme Richmond, center Meyers Leonard, and guard Crandall Head. The 2010 recruiting class is ranked No. 11 by Scout.com and No. 13 by both Rivals.com and ESPNU.


2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Pre-season
Richmond earned Illinois Mr. Basketball honors and was selected to play in the 2010 McDonald’s All-American Game, becoming Illinois’ 13th McDonald’s All-American and first since Dee Brown. A top-25 recruit, Richmond averaged 21 points, 11.5 rebounds, three assists and three blocks as a senior. Leonard was a consensus first-team all-state selection who led Robinson High School to the 2010 Illinois state title in Class 2A. A top-50 recruit, Leonard averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4.5 blocks as a senior. Head is the younger brother of former Illini All-American Luther Head. Crandall missed his senior season after having surgery to repair a torn ACL. He is a top-75 recruit who earned all-state honors as a junior, averaging 21 points, seven rebounds and four steals.


2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, National rankings
Various publications and news sources released their preseason rankings prior to the start of the 2010–11 season. Illinois has been ranked by the publications below. The Fighting Illini were ranked 13th in the AP Poll and 16th in the Coaches Poll in their respective pre-season polls.


2010–11 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth year head coach Tim Jankovich, played their home games at Redbird Arena and competed as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.


2010–11 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
They finished the season 12–19, 4–14 in conference play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They were the number nine seed for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. They were defeated by Southern Illinois University in their opening round game.


2010–11 Indian cricket season
The 2010–11 Indian cricket season was from late September 2010 to March 2011.


2010–11 Indian cricket season, International Cricket, World Cup
India Co-hosted the 2011 ICC Cricket world cup with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.


2010–11 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Crean, in his third season with the Hoosiers. The team played its home games at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 3–15 in Big Ten play to finish in 11th place and lost in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to Penn State.


2010–11 Indiana Pacers season
The 2010–11 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 44th season as a franchise and 35th season in the NBA. With a victory over the Washington Wizards on April 6, 2011, the Pacers clinched their first playoff berth since 2006.


2010–11 Indiana Pacers season
However, a first round loss to eventual league MVP Derrick Rose and the top-seeded Chicago Bulls ended the season for the Pacers.


2010–11 Indiana Pacers season
On January 30, head coach Jim O'Brien was fired. Replacing him was interim head coach Frank Vogel, who would be named as permanent during the lockout following the season.


2010–11 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by first year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 12–6 in Missouri Valley play and won the 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost in the second round to Syracuse.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League
The 2010–11 Indonesia Super League (also known as Djarum Indonesia Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Indonesia Super League, a fully professional football competition that replaced the Premier Division as the top-tier of football competition in the country. The competition began on 26 September 2010 and ended on 19 June 2011.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League
The league was won by Persipura Jayapura, who finished with an eight-point lead over runners-up and 2009–10 champions Arema Malang.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League, Teams
Persik Kediri, Persebaya Surabaya and Persitara Jakarta Utara were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2009–10 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Persibo Bojonegoro, Deltras Sidoarjo and Semen Padang.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League, Teams
Pelita Jaya Karawang retained their Super League spot after winning the relegation/promotion play-off against fourth-placed Premier Division sides Persiram Raja Ampat by 4–2 on penalties; the score after 120 minutes was 1–1.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League, Promotion/Relegation play-off
NB:(O) = Play-off winner; (P) = Promoted to Indonesia Super League; (R) = Relegated to Indonesian Premier Division.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League, Attendance
Updated to games played on Juny 19, 2011Source: Notes:† Team played previous season in Premier Division.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21
The 2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 season will be the third edition of Indonesia Super League U-21 (ISL U-21), a companion competition Indonesian super league that are intended for footballers under the age of twenty-one years.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21
Persib U-21 is the defending champion in this season. Djarum, an Indonesian tobacco company will continue its participation as the competition's main sponsor.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21, Format
The competition is divided into three acts consist of two round the group and knockout round. The first round is divided into three groups each containing six clubs, two top teams of each group advanced to the second round. The second half consisted of two groups containing three teams in each group intended, the two best teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. The winner advanced to the final semi-final, while two teams who defeated third-ranked fight. Final winner becomes the champion.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21, Round and draw dates
All draws held at PSSI headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia unless stated otherwise.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21, First round
PSM Makassar U-21, Persema U-21 and Persibo U-21 withdrawn after the main team of the three U-21 team was withdrawn from Indonesia Super League. Group winners and runners-up advanced to the second group stage.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21, Second round
Qualify teams: Persib Bandung U-21 and Semen Padang U-21 (Group 1), Pelita Jaya U-21 and Persela U-21 (Group 2), Persisam Putra U-21 and Persiwa Wamena U-21 (Group 3).


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21, Second round
All match play in GMSB Stadium. The draw for this Round took place on 21 April 2011 with ties to be played on the weekend of 26–30 April 2011. Group winners and runners-up advanced to the knockout round.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 group stage
The 2011 Indonesia Super League U-21 group stage matches took place between 19 January - 17 April 2011 for first group stage and between 26–30 April 2011 for second group stage.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 group stage, First round
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the second group stage.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 group stage, Second round
All match play in Soemantri Brodjonegoro Stadium. The draw for this Round took place on 21 April 2011 with ties to be played on the weekend of 26–30 April 2011. Group winners and runners-up advanced to the knockout round.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 knockout stage
The knockout phase of the 2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 began on 4 May 2011 and will conclude on 8 May 2011 with the final at Soemantri Brodjonegoro Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The knockout phase involves the four teams who finished in the top two in each of their groups in the second group stage.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 knockout stage
Starting times up to end of May are WIB (UTC+7).


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 knockout stage, Semi-finals
The 2011 Indonesia Super League U-21 Semi-final will be played on 5 May 2011 at Soemantri Brodjonegoro Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 knockout stage, Third placed
The 2011 Indonesia Super League U-21 Third placed will be played on 8 May 2011 at Soemantri Brodjonegoro Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.


2010–11 Indonesia Super League U-21 knockout stage, Final
The 2011 Indonesia Super League U-21 Final will be played on 8 May 2011 at Soemantri Brodjonegoro Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.


2010–11 Inter Milan season
The 2010–11 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 102nd in existence and 95th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.


2010–11 Inter Milan season
The team took part in the Serie A, UEFA Champions League and the Coppa Italia, as titles holders of all these competitions. Internazionale won the Supercoppa Italiana against Roma, and Club World Cup against TP Mazembe, but lost the UEFA Super Cup to Atlético Madrid.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
Less than a week after winning the Champions League, on 28 May, Inter manager José Mourinho left the club and joined Real Madrid. On the 10 June, Inter signed Rafael Benítez from Liverpool on a two-year contract, ending a six-year stint as manager of the English side.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
During the summer transfer window, Inter signed Luca Castellazzi from Sampdoria, and also bought the entire rights to Jonathan Biabiany from Parma. After spending his last two seasons with Vasco da Gama in Brazil, Philippe Coutinho returned to Inter. Inter sold Ricardo Quaresma to Beşiktaş and Mario Balotelli to Manchester City, as well as also sold half of the rights to Rene Krhin to Bologna, Andrea Mei to Piacenza, and sent on one-year loan Vid Belec to Crotone, Victor Obinna to West Ham United and Andrea Ranocchia to Genoa after brought the half of his contract.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
Meanwhile, during 2010 World Cup in South Africa ten players from Inter were included in their national teams, these players were Walter Samuel and Diego Milito with Argentina; Rene Krhin with Slovenia; Dejan Stanković as a captain of Serbia; Sulley Muntari with Ghana; Wesley Sneijder with the Netherlands; Samuel Eto'o as a captain of Cameroon; and Júlio César, Maicon, and Lúcio as a captain with Brazil. The Netherlands, including Wesley Sneijder, reached and lost the final match of the tournament against Spain after extra time.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
Inter starts their season with a win over Roma in Supercoppa Italiana, to secure their first trophy of the season. Six days later Inter lost to Atlético Madrid in UEFA Super Cup, this defeat meant Inter lost their chance to collect six trophies in the same year, as Barcelona had done the year before. In December, Inter claimed the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time after a 3–0 win against TP Mazembe in the final. Inter completed The Quintuple, becoming the fourth team in the world after Liverpool in 2001, Al-Ahly in 2006 and Barcelona in 2009.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
After this win, however, on 23 December, due to his poor performance in Serie A and separated by 13 points from the leader Milan, Inter announced on its website the departure of Rafael Benítez to be replaced by Leonardo the following day.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
Leonardo has huge impact on the team even with the absence of Samuel Eto'o due to suspension, and Wesley Sneijder and Júlio César due to injury. Inter won their match against Napoli with two goals from Thiago Motta and another one form Esteban Cambiasso. Inter continues their good start with Leonardo with five wins in row in all competitions, until they lost against Udinese, but Inter got in their feet quickly by qualifying to the semifinal of Coppa Italia and winning against Palermo after great comeback from 0–2 to win with 3–2 and two goals from new signing Giampaolo Pazzini.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
Meanwhile, the winter transfer window for Inter was busy with transfers. Due to the long-term injury of Walter Samuel, Inter bought the remainder of Andrea Ranocchia's contract from Genoa to become Leonardo's first signing. On 13 January, Mancini left the club to join Atlético Mineiro. On 28 January, Inter announced the signing of Giampaolo Pazzini from Sampdoria, as part of the deal that saw Jonathan Biabiany join Sampdoria. The next day, Houssine Kharja joined Inter on a loan deal from Genoa with option to sign permanently, while Sulley Muntari joined Sunderland on loan.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Season overview
On the last day of winter transfer window, Inter sent Nelson Rivas to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on loan, and brought Yuto Nagatomo from Cesena as part of the deal that sent Davide Santon in the opposite direction, also on loan. Both Joel Obi and Nwankwo Obiora signed co-ownership by Parma, however Obi will remain with Inter and Nwankwo will spend the rest of the season with Parma. Inter also signed Marco Andreolli from Chievo in co-ownership, and will remain at Chievo the rest of the season.


2010–11 Inter Milan season, Players, Squad information, From youth squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament
The 2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament will be the third season of the official Limited overs domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It will be a shorter tournament compared to the previous one with only 13 matches, and all group matches being held at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and all three finals at the newly upgraded R. Premadasa Stadium also in Colombo. This edition featured the Uva cricket team's debut in the limited overs tournament of the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, having previously featured in the Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament. This season also saw the introduction of the Basnahira cricket team with the merger of Basnahira North and Basnahira South cricket teams. It will be the first time that the five teams represent five different provinces in the tournament.


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament
This season comprised ten regular matches, two semifinals and a grand final.


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament, Rules and regulations
Teams received 4 points for a win, 2 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the regular matches the teams ranked two and three play each other in the preliminary final. The winner of the preliminary final earns the right to play the first placed team in the final at the home venue of the first placed team. In the event of several teams finishing with the same number of points, standings are determined by most wins, then net run rate (NRR).


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament, Statistics, Most Runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament, Statistics, Most Wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament, Statistics, Highest Team Totals
The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament, Statistics, Highest Scores
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.


2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament, Statistics, Best Bowling Figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.


2010–11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season
For the 2010–11 season, Inverness Caley Thistle compete in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division in 2009–10. They reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup, and the third round of the League Cup, before being eliminated by Celtic in both competitions.


2010–11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, Captains
Last updated: 25 March 2011Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2010–11 Iona Gaels men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Iona Gaels men's basketball team represented Iona College during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gaels, led by first year head coach Tim Cluess, played their home games at Hynes Athletics Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 25–12, 13–5 in MAAC and lost in the championship game of the 2011 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament to Saint Peter's. They were invited to the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they advanced to the championship game before falling to Santa Clara.


2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2010–11 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which has been their home since 1983. They were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in 10th place and lost in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan State.


2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
The 2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference and finished 21-7 (10-6) during regular season play. They were eliminated from the Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament in the second round and were invited to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.


2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament
Iowa went into the 2011 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament with a 22-7 (10-6) record and was seeded 4th.


2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team, Postseason, NCAA Basketball Tournament
Iowa was invited to the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 6 seed in the Spokane division.


2010–11 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Fred Hoiberg, who was in his 1st season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and competed in the Big 12 Conference.


2010–11 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season
The Cyclones finished 15–17, and 4–12 in Big 12 play to finish tied for 9th in the regular season conference standings. They lost to Texas in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.


2010–11 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season
On April 26, 2010, Greg McDermott announced he was resigning as head coach at Iowa State to take the same position at Creighton.


2010–11 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season
On April 27, 2010, it was announced that former player Fred Hoiberg would take over as head coach. After his standout collegiate playing career Hoiberg played 10 years in the NBA. Prior to his hiring by Iowa State he was most recently an executive with the Minnesota Timberwolves.


2010–11 Ipswich Town F.C. season
The 2010–11 season is Ipswich Town's ninth consecutive season in The Football League Championship, the second-highest division in the English football league system. In addition to competing in The Championship, Ipswich Town are also competing in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Manager Roy Keane was sacked after the defeat to Nottingham Forest in January after a season-and-a-half in charge. First-team coach Ian McParland presided over the FA Cup defeat at Chelsea and the League Cup semi-final 1st leg win over Arsenal before Paul Jewell took over the managerial role on a permanent basis.


2010–11 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Under-23 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Competitions, Football League Cup
Ipswich Town reached the semi-final of the League Cup for the first time in 10 years.


2010–11 Iraklis F.C. season
The 2010–11 season is Iraklis 30th consecutive (and 51st in total) season in the Super League Greece.


2010–11 Iran 2nd Division
The following is the standings of the 2009–10 2nd Division football season. This is the 3rd rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League and Persian Gulf Cup.


2010–11 Iran 2nd Division
It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from October 2010 to March 2011, and the Second round from March to June 2011.


2010–11 Iran 2nd Division
The league will also be composed of 32 teams divided into two divisions of 16 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 30 matches each.


2010–11 Iran 2nd Division
In each division, two teams are promoted to Azadegan League, and four teams are relegated to  3rd Division and plus one relegation playoff losers from each division will be relegated to 3rd Division. In total, the league promotes 4 teams to Azadegan League and relegates 10 teams to 3rd Division.


2010–11 Iran Football's 3rd Division
The following is the standings of the 3rd Division's 2010/11 football season started from 15 October 2010 and ended on 15 Juni, 2011. This is the 4th rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League, Persian Gulf Cup and 2nd Division.


2010–11 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Teams
In total, 70 teams will compete in 6 groups. From the First Round 12 teams go through the Second Round.


2010–11 Iran Futsal's 1st Division
The 2010–11 Iranian Futsal 1st Division will be divided into two phases, the regular season, played from 11 November 2010.


2010–11 Iran Futsal's 1st Division
The league will also be composed of 16 teams divided into two divisions of 8 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 14 matches each.


2010–11 Iranian Basketball Super League
The following is the results of the Iran Super League 2010/11 basketball season, Persian Gulf Cup.


2010–11 Iranian Futsal Super League
The 2010–11 Iranian Futsal Super League will be the 12th season of the Iran Pro League and the 7th under the name Futsal Super League. Foolad Mahan are the defending champions.


2010–11 Iranian Volleyball Super League
The following is the results of the Iranian Volleyball Super League 2010/11 season.


2010–11 Iraqi Premier Division
The 2010–11 Iraqi Premier Division was the 37th edition of the competition. The season began on 26 November 2010, and ended on 15 August 2011. Duhok were the defending champions.


2010–11 Iraqi Premier Division
The season's final was won by Al-Zawraa after defeating Erbil on penalties. This was their 12th title.


2010–11 Iraqi Premier Division, Awards
Muthana Khalid of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya was chosen as the Player of the Season. Mohammed Saad of Al-Zawraa came in second place and Mahdi Karim of Erbil came in third.


2010–11 Irish Cup
The 2010–11 Irish Cup (known as the JJB Sports Irish Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the cup's 131st edition since its introduction and the 89th time that the trophy was presented to the winners of the annual knock-out competition in Northern Ireland. The competition began on 18 September 2010 with the First Round and ended on 7 May 2011 with the Final.


2010–11 Irish Cup
Linfield were the champions, winning their fifth Irish Cup in the last six seasons, by defeating Crusaders 2–1 in the final, who were appearing in their second final in the last three seasons. Crusaders qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League because Linfield had already qualified for the Champions League via the league.


2010–11 Irish Cup, First round
The draw for the first round was held on 28 August 2010. Matches were scheduled to be played on 18 September 2010.


2010–11 Irish Cup, Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 24 September 2010. Games were played on Saturday 23 October 2010.


2010–11 Irish Cup, Third round
Matches were played on 20 November 2010 and 27 November 2010.


2010–11 Irish Cup, Fourth round
The fourth round draw took place on 25 November 2010. All 30 clubs from IFA Championship 1 and 2 entered the competition at this stage. As well as the 10 intermediate clubs that had progressed through the previous rounds. Matches were played on 11 December 2010 and two re-arranged ties were played on 15 January 2011.


2010–11 Irish Cup, Fifth round
The fifth round draw took place on 15 December 2010. All 12 clubs from the IFA Premiership entered the competition at this stage, as well as the 20 winners of the previous round of matches. Matches were played on 15 January 2011. Replays were played on 25 January 2011.


2010–11 Irish Cup, Sixth Round
The sixth round draw took place on 15 January 2011. Matches were played on 12 February 2011. During the draw ball 16 was mistakenly named as number 10, leaving confusion when 10 was read out a second time.


2010–11 Irish Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-finals were played on 5 March 2011. The replays were played on 14 March 2011.


2010–11 Irish League Cup
The 2010–11 Irish League Cup (known as the Co-operative Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. For this season all matches reverted to a one-legged basis having previously been two-legged ties up until the semi-final stage. The competition was also opened up to include more clubs. It was contested by the 12 members of the IFA Premiership, as well as the 14 members of IFA Championship 1 and for the first time, the 16 members of IFA Championship 2 (the third tier). Glentoran were the defending champions.


2010–11 Irish League Cup
Lisburn Distillery were the eventual winners, winning the competition for the first time with a 2–1 victory over Portadown in the final.


2010–11 Irish League Cup, First round
The games were played in a one-leg format on 21 August 2010.


2010–11 Irish League Cup, Quarter-finals
These matches were played on 5 December 2010, 11 and 18 January 2011.


2010–11 Isle of Man League
The 2010–11 Isle of Man League was the 102nd season of the Isle of Man Football League on the Isle of Man.


2010–11 Israel State Cup
The 2010–11 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 72nd season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 57th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. It began on 3 September 2010, while the final was held in Ramat Gan Stadium on 25 May 2011.


2010–11 Israel State Cup
The competition was won by Hapoel Tel Aviv, who had beaten Maccabi Haifa in the final.


2010–11 Israel State Cup
By winning, Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, entering in the third qualifying round.


2010–11 Israel State Cup, Results, Seventh Round
The 16 winners from the previous round of the competition join the 16 Liga Leumit clubs in this stage of the competition. These matches were played on 4 January 2011.


2010–11 Israel State Cup, Results, Eighth Round
The 16 winners from the previous round of the competition join the 16 clubs from the Israeli Premier League in this stage of the competition. These matches were played on 1–2 February 2011.


2010–11 Israel State Cup, Results, Round of 16 to the Final
Games were played from March 1 to May 25, 2011.


2010–11 Israel State Cup, Results, Round of 16 to the Final, Round of 16
The 16 winners of the previous round entered this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 1–2 March 2011.


2010–11 Israel State Cup, Results, Round of 16 to the Final, Quarter-finals
The draw took place on 3 March 2011. The 8 winners of the previous round entered this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 19–20 April 2011.


2010–11 Israel State Cup, Results, Round of 16 to the Final, Semi-finals
The draw took place on 26 April 2011. The 4 winners of the previous round entered this stage of the competition. These matches toke place on 11 May 2011 in Ramat Gan Stadium.


2010–11 Israeli Basketball State Cup
The 2010–11 Israeli Basketball State Cup was the 51st edition of the Israeli Basketball State Cup, organized by the Israel Basketball Association. 26 teams took part in the competition. The semifinals and finals was played at the Yad Eliyahu Arena in Tel Aviv.


2010–11 Israeli Basketball State Cup, Main draw
Following IBA's rules, the current champions, Hapoel Gilboa Galil, and the cup holders, Maccabi Tel Aviv, have been drawn straight into the quarterfinals, into different halves of the draw. Two other random teams, Bnei HaSharon and Barak Netanya, have been drawn straight into the second round.


2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League
The 2010–2011 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) was the 57th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 17 October 2010 and ended on 26 May 2011.


2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League, Format
Each of the 10 participating teams play 18 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. After that, there is 3rd round in which every team play against each other team once. The top eight teams advance to the playoff, where they play best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on). The series winners play in the Final Four to determine the championship. The two 9th and 10th ranked teams compete in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, and the loser will be relegated to Liga Leumit 2010–2011.


2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League, Regular season
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.


2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League, Regular season, Rounds 1-2
The home team is listed on the left-hand column. The rightmost column and the bottom row list the teams' home and away records respectively. 1The match between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Rishon LeZion was postponed because of the Mount Carmel forest fire. It was played on January 13. 2The match between Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Holon was postponed at Maccabi Haifa's request. It was played on January 27.


2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League, Playoff
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).


2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League, Relegation Playoff
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).


2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League, 2011 BSL All-Star Game
On December 8, the BSL League Administration announced the re-establishment of the BSL All-Star Game, which played on January 12, 2011. The main event was the game between the Israeli All-Stars (coached by Effi Birnbaum and Oded Kattash) and the International All-Stars (coached by David Blatt and Dan Shamir). The players were chosen by online voting.


2010–11 Israeli Futsal League
The 2010–11 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 5th season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 11th overall. The regular season started on 8 February 2011 and was concluded on 5 June 2011.


2010–11 Israeli Futsal League
Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv were the defending champions, but lost their title by losing in a deciding match to ASA Ben-Gurion University.


2010–11 Israeli Futsal League, Format changes
For this season, the 10 clubs registered to play in the league, played each other in a double round-robin tournament, with the top club winning the championship. As two teams finished equal on points and number of victories, a deciding match was needed to set the league champions.


2010–11 Israeli Hockey League season
The 2010–11 Israeli Hockey League season was the 20th season of Israel's hockey league. Eight teams participated in the league, and HC Metulla won the league title.


2010–11 Israeli Noar Leumit League
The 2010–11 Israeli Noar Leumit League was the seventeenth season since its introduction in 1994. It is the top-tier football in Israel for teenagers between the ages 18–20. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 28 May 2011.


2010–11 Israeli Noar Leumit League
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title, whilst Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Ramat Gan were relegated.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League
The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League
Maccabi Haifa secured the title with a 2–0 win against Ironi Kiryat Shmona on 16 May 2011. This was their twelfth Israeli league title, This win gave Maccabi Haifa a 6-point advantage over the second-place team Hapoel Tel Aviv with one more round to go.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Teams
A total of sixteen teams compete in the league, including fourteen sides from the 2009–10 season and two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Teams
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra'anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two bottom places.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Teams
Two teams were directly promoted from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit. These were champions Ironi Kiryat Shmona and the runners-up Hapoel Ashkelon.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Teams
The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements. The Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium was demolished. Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva are hosting their home games in alternative stadia until the new Petah Tikva Stadium will be fully constructed. Both Hapoel and Maccabi chose to host its games in Ramat Gan Stadium.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Playoffs
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Playoffs, Top playoff
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Haifa started with 35 points, Hapoel Tel Aviv with 33, Maccabi Tel Aviv with 25, Ironi Kiryat Shmona with 24, Bnei Yehuda with 24 and Maccabi Netanya started with 22.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Playoffs, Middle playoff
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Haifa started with 22 points, Maccabi Petah Tikva with 21, Hapoel Acre with 21 and Hapoel Be'er Sheva started with 19.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Playoffs, Bottom playoff
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Beitar Jerusalem started with 19 points, Hapoel Petah Tikva with 17, F.C. Ashdod with 17, Hapoel Ashkelon with 13, Bnei Sakhnin with 13 and Hapoel Ramat Gan started with 4.


2010–11 Israeli Premier League, Playoffs, Bottom playoff, Relegation playoff
The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Petah Tikva faced the 3rd-placed Liga Leumit team Hapoel Kfar Saba. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on 24 and 27 May 2011.


2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup
The 2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה נשים, Gvia HaMedina Nashim) was the 13th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition.


2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup
The competition was won by ASA Tel Aviv University who had beaten Maccabi Holon 3–2 in the final.


2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup
Starting with this season, the IFA organized a league cup competition for the League’s second division. The winner of this cup was Hapoel Be’er Sheva, who had beaten Maccabi Kishronot Hadera B 7–1 in the final.


2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup, Gvia Ligat Nashim Shniya, Format
The five second division teams were split into two groups, north and south. The two regional winners met in the final. As Hapoel Acre forfeited its matches in the northern group, there was only one match in each regional group, acting as a semi-final.


2010–11 Isthmian League
The 2010–11 season was the 96th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.


2010–11 Isthmian League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:


2010–11 Isthmian League, Premier Division
Sutton United won the division and were promoted back to the Conference South at the third attempt after two play-off defeats, along with play-off winners Tonbridge Angels. Maidstone United, Croydon Athletic, and Folkestone Invicta were relegated while Aveley were reprieved due to Rushden & Diamonds and Ilkeston Town folding in the Football Conference.


2010–11 Isthmian League, Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:


2010–11 Isthmian League, Division One North
Leyton withdrew from Division One North on 14 January 2011, but expressed a wish to retain a team in the Youth League. At a meeting on 20 February this proposal was rejected and the club was expelled from the League. The club's record of P19 W1 D6 L12 GF13 GA45 Pts9 was expunged on 24 February.


2010–11 Isthmian League, Division One North
East Thurrock United won the division and were promoted back to the Premier Division after two seasons of absence along with play-off winners Wingate & Finchley. Waltham Forest were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up the pyramid, so no teams were relegated from the division this season.


2010–11 Isthmian League, Division One South
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:


2010–11 Isthmian League, Division One South
Metropolitan Police won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Leatherhead. Bognor Regis Town missed out on the title by a single goal after a draw against Chatham Town on the final day of the season. The draw was not enough for Chatham Town to escape the relegation zone although they were later reprieved due to clubs folding higher up the pyramid. So, Horsham YMCA were the only club relegated from the Isthmian League this season.


2010–11 Isthmian League, League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2010–11 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 37th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part.


2010–11 Isthmian League, League Cup, First round
Four clubs from division Ones participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.


2010–11 Isthmian League, League Cup, Second round
The two clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season
The 2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season marks the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members that began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season, continuing from the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902. Following the annual 14-game round robin home & home schedule, Harvard and Princeton tied as co-champion. Princeton earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in a one-game playoff. Harvard was invited to the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. Both teams lost their first tournament games.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Preseason
Entering the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, four of the eight teams had coaches entering their first full season as head coach:  Columbia's Kyle Smith, Cornell's Bill Courtney, Dartmouth's Paul Cormier and Penn's Jerome Allen (previously interim). Most preseason publications predicted Princeton would finish in first place and Harvard would finish in second place, although the Sporting News projected that Cornell would finish in first followed by Princeton and Harvard.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Preseason
Breaking a three-year streak by Cornell, the Ivy League media poll selected Princeton as the top team with twelve first place votes, Harvard second with four first place votes and Cornell third with one first place vote. It was the first Princeton team to be the preseason selection since the 2004–05 Princeton team.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season
Non -conference play began on November 12, 2010. The first conference game took place on January 8, 2011. Although no Ivy League teams appeared in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, for a few weeks during the season Harvard received a vote in the AP Poll. When Harvard earned its 20th win on February 19, against Columbia, it marked the eighth time that two Ivy League teams totalled 20 wins. On March 7, Harvard received a vote in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Then, in the final regular season poll on March 13, Princeton received 3 points in the Coaches' Poll.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season
The conference had two players recognized as Academic All-Americans: Brown senior guard Garrett Leffelman and Cornell junior guard Chris Wroblewski.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season
Harvard's Oliver McNally concluded his season with a 100 for 108 (92.6%) Free throw percentage mark second to Chris Warren of the Ole Miss Rebels who led with a 168 for 181 (92.8%) mark.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season
On March 5, Harvard clinched a share of the league championship for the first time since the Ivy League was formed. On March 8, Princeton defeated Penn to force a one-game playoff at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The matchup was widely anticipated in the press.