2010 Skyrunning World Championships, Results, Men, SkyMarathon
The race took place in Premana on 25 July 2010.


2010 Skyrunning World Championships, Results, Women, Vertical Kilometer
The race took place in Canazei on 16 July 2010.


2010 Skyrunning World Championships, Results, Women, SkyMarathon
The race took place in Premana on 25 July 2010.


2010 Slamdance Film Festival
The 2010 Slamdance Film Festival took place in Park City, Utah from January 21 to January 28, 2010. It was the 16th iteration of the Slamdance Film Festival, an alternative to the more mainstream Sundance Film Festival.


2010 Slamdance Film Festival
For the 2010 Festival, Slamdance received a record number of over 5,000 submissions and programmed 91 films and concluded with an Awards Ceremony at Red Banjo Pizza on Main Street.


2010 Slamdance Film Festival
New for 2010, a new distribution partnership with Microsoft was announced where four films that screened at the festival would go live on both Zune and Xbox LIVE platforms. Documentary Features “American Jihadist” and “Mind of the Demon: The Larry Linkogle Story,” and Narrative Features “The Scenesters” and “The Wild Hunt” will be available for a seven-day period for movie fans to rent though their computers or on Xbox LIVE until February 2, 2010.


2010 Slamdance Film Festival, Awards
There are three competitive divisions at this year's festival, the Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by Kodak, Dos Equis and Lonely Seal Releasing. The Grand Jury and Audience Award winning films will be screened in several domestic venues throughout the year, including the IFC Center in New York City. The Feature competitions are limited to first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of $1 million or less.


2010 Slough Borough Council election
An election for the Borough Council in Slough, England, was held on 6 May 2010. This was the 124th Slough general local authority election (including both whole council elections and elections by thirds) since Slough became a local government unit in 1863.


2010 Slough Borough Council election
The regular 2010 election was to fill thirteen seats, one from each ward except Colnbrook with Poyle, for the 2010–2014 term. These thirteen seats were last contested in the Council election of 2006.


2010 Slough Borough Council election
The remaining twenty-seven Slough Councillors will continue in office, for seats which will be next contested in 2011 or 2012.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough
Between 2004 and 2008, Slough council had no party in overall control. A coalition of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrats Group (BILLD) and the Conservative Group formed a joint administration. In the 2008-2010 period the Labour Group had a majority and was in control of the council.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough
The BILLD Group is itself a local coalition, containing members from four parties or groups of independents. The organisations represented in the group, as at April 2010, were the Slough Liberal Democrats, the Slough Liberals, the Independent Britwellian Residents and Independents from Wexham Lea ward. The existing members of the Group have an electoral pact for the 2010 election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the 2001 Slough Council election.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough
The Slough Party and a number of Independents, not affiliated with any of the three existing council groups, are also contesting the 2010 election.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough
At the time of the 2008 election there were twenty councillors each supporting the joint administration and the Labour opposition, with one vacancy. After the election count Labour secured four net gains, to give the party a 23:18 margin and a majority of five for the start of the 2008-2009 municipal year.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough
Shortly after the 2008 election, following some rapid defections and re-defections (see 2008 Slough Council election for additional details), a newly re-elected Labour Councillor (Pervez Choudhry who represents Central Ward) joined the Conservative Group. As a result, the Labour majority fell to three.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough
For the 2010-2011 municipal year, Councillor Choudhry was named as the Conservative group leader. The former Tory leader (Derek Cryer representing Langley St Mary's ward) left the Conservative council group, but remained a member of the Conservative Party.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Election result 2010
The plus/minus figure is the change in votes percentage from the 2008 Slough Council election.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Election result 2010
New Council by group: Labour 24, BILLD 9 (Liberal Democrats 3, Independent 2, Independent Britwellian Residents 2, Liberal 2), Conservative 8. Total 41.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Summary of Election results by party from 2004
Note: The 2004 election was for the whole Council. Other elections are for a third of the Council. For them the overall totals, after the election, are given in brackets.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results
Candidates nominated for the 2010 election are named in this section, using the version of their name to be used on the ballot paper.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results
A candidate who was an incumbent Councillor for the ward being contested has an * following their name.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results
Figures for the total published electorate are given, at 1 March 2010. The number given is derived from the full register, not the edited register available to the general public. The spoilt votes and turnout figures were taken from the Slough Council website.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results
The change columns record alterations from the previous local election results.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results
Swing figures are only calculated when the same two parties shared the first two places in both the 2007 and 2008 elections. The swing given is two party or Butler swing, ignoring votes for other candidates. Swing is not calculated for Central Ward, for the same reasons why changes are not calculated. Contrary to the usual convention a positive swing figure is towards Labour and a negative swing towards Conservative (or other party as specified in the result).


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results
Total eligible electorate for the Borough (including Colnbrook with Poyle): 88,967


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Britwell (2010: Labour gain from Independent Britwellian Residents)
Paul Janik is a former Independent Britwellian Residents Councillor for this ward, serving from 2003 to 2006.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Central (2008-2012 term: Labour gain from Conservative; 2008-2011 term: Labour gain from vacant)
As two seats were filled at the 2008 election, the bloc vote electoral system was used. Each elector was entitled to cast up to two votes. The candidate with most votes was elected to the four-year term and the one in second place was returned for three years.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Central (2008-2012 term: Labour gain from Conservative; 2008-2011 term: Labour gain from vacant)
Councillor Pervez Choudhry was an incumbent councillor for the Chalvey ward, at the time of the election. A.S. Dhaliwal had represented the ward from 2000 until the 2004 Slough Council election.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Colnbrook with Poyle (2008: Labour gain from Conservative)
This ward has no election in 2010. The total published electorate, at 1 March 2010, was 3,893.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Colnbrook with Poyle (2008: Labour gain from Conservative)
Councillor Smith was, at the time of the 2008 election, the leader of the Conservative group on Slough Council.


2010 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Farnham (2010: Labour hold)
Councillor Anderson was the leader of the Labour group on Slough Council. Sumander Khan represented Central ward from 2004 to 2006.


2010 Slovak Cup Final
The 2010 Slovak Cup Final was the final match of the 2009–10 Slovak Cup, the 41st season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Zemplin Stadium in Michalovce on 11 May 2010 between Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. Slovan Bratislava won after the match ended 6–0.


2010 Slovak Super Cup
The 2010 Slovak Super Cup was a football match played by the Corgoň Liga 2009–10 champions MŠK Žilina and the 2009–10 Slovak Cup winners ŠK Slovan Bratislava on July 4, 2010. The match was played in Štadión Pasienky, Slovakia. MŠK Žilina won 4-2 in penalties and earned their fourth Super Cup.


2010 Slovak Super Cup
The match was attended by 1,237 viewers. Referee was Pavol Chmura, who was assisted by Erik Weiss and Gabriel Ádám.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament. Despite the incumbent Smer of Prime Minister Robert Fico winning a plurality, the new government consisted of a coalition led by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party's Iveta Radičová and included KDH, SaS and Most-Hid. However, her government fell on 11 October 2011 following a vote of no confidence with a new election called for 10 March 2012.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, Background
A total of 2,401 candidates applied to contest the 150 seats.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, Background
Polls in February 2010 had indicated that the current governing party Smer-SD (Direction – Social Democracy) would win a plurality with a margin of 25%. However the five opposition right-wing parties – the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ-DS), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), the Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK-MKP), Most–Híd, and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) – could together gain a majority. There were conflicting reports during the campaign as to whether some of these parties would consider joining with Fico.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, Background
During pre-election campaigning, reports indicated that the "Christian Democrats and the two ethnic Hungarian parties had not ruled out working with Fico." Rumours were reported that prime minister Robert Fico might have secretly agreed not to enter a coalition with the Slovak nationalists again, unless he had no other choice. A later poll by of the Czech News Agency suggested that the governing coalition would lose its majority, and that one of Fico's allies (HZDS) would struggle with the 5% barrier.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, List of political parties
Below is the list of parties participating in 2010 Slovak parliamentary election


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, Campaign
During the parliamentary elections the SDKÚ-DS ran on a platform of fiscal discipline and pledging to reinvigorate the economy.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, Opinion Polls
According to polling agency Focus, in May 2010, eight parties would cross the 5% threshold needed for participation in parliament.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, Opinion Polls
According to a poll of the Institute of public affairs (IVO) the voter participation will be about 50 to 60%.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government
Incumbent Prime Minister Robert Fico's Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) party increased its seat share by 12 to 62. However, Fico faced an uphill battle to remain prime minister, as his coalition partners were decimated. The Slovak National Party barely passed the 5% vote threshold required for parliamentary representation while losing 11 of their 20 seats, while the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia was shut out of the chamber altogether.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government
Despite the setback, Fico said that he wanted to try to form a cabinet even though his leftist coalition could only command 71 of the 150 parliament seats and would thus force the need for at least one of the opposing centre-right parties. This has been described as an unlikely, but possible, occurrence, because opposition parties stated during the election that they would not enter government with Fico. One analyst said that he "strictly rule[d] out that any of the centre-right parties could team up with Smer."


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government
The Slovakian President, Ivan Gasparovic, asked Fico to attempt to form a government stating that "I believe that the party that won such support from the people deserves the chance."


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government
The second placed Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party had coalition talks with the Christian Democratic Movement, Freedom and Solidarity and Most–Híd. On 16 June it was reported that the four opposition parties which had won seats in the parliament had agreed to form a government under the leadership of Radičová.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government
An agreement on the distribution of ministries was reached on 28 June 2010. Radičová was then sworn in as PM on 8 July 2010, after her coalition (comprising SDKU, KDH, SaS and Most-Hid) secured a majority of 79 seats in the 150-seat parliament and Fico and his cabinet tendered their resignations. The new government pledged to cut state spending and the budget deficit and to attract more foreign investment, while steering clear of tax rises.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government
"We are ready to take responsibility over the country at a time when it is coping with the impact of a deep economic crisis and the irresponsible decisions of our political predecessors." They have also sought, through Most-Hid, to rebuild links with Hungary that were badly damaged by the adoption of contentious language and citizenship laws.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government, Fall of government
On 11 October 2011, parliament voted to approve the expansion of the European Financial Stability Fund on the grounds, according to the Freedom and Solidarity, that Slovakia, the second poorest eurozone country, should not bailout richer countries such as Greece and for bank re-capitalisation. As Slovakia was the last eurozone country to vote on the measure, Radičová made it a no confidence vote. The measure then failed by 21 votes after both Freedom and Solidarity and Smer abstained. However, another vote was expected with Smer rumoured to support it should there be a new election and more stringent terms.


2010 Slovak parliamentary election, New government, Fall of government
Smer came to an agreement with the governing coalition to support the measure in what Fico called "the most important document of this period." He also explained the first round rejection of the measure as "saying 'no' to a rightist government, but we're saying 'yes' to the rescue fund." As per the agreement between the two parties Minister Mikulas Dzurinda said that a snap election has been called: "We decided that as the first point of [Thursday's] parliamentary session, we will work on a proposal to shorten the voting period, with the goal of organising an election on 10 March. Immediately after [13 October or 14 October] we will debate proposals related to the EFSF."


2010 Slovak political reform referendum
A referendum on political reform was held in Slovakia on 18 September 2010, following a successful petition started as a civil activity along with foundation of the classical liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), which later became the third-largest party in the National Council. 401,126 signatures were collected, with 386,000 found valid.


2010 Slovak political reform referendum
The referendum failed to meet the turnout threshold required under the Constitution of Slovakia, with only 22.8% of the electorate voting: far below the 50% required. Large majorities voted in favour of all six proposals, with between 70% and 95% supporting each proposal.


2010 Slovak political reform referendum, Referendum
The referendum asked six questions, which had been promoted collectively by SaS as 'Referendum 2009' under their plan to hold such a referendum in 2009:


2010 Slovak political reform referendum, Referendum
The latter four demands had already been included in the new coalition agreement of the government formed after the 2010 election, which includes SaS.


2010 Slovak political reform referendum, Election
A turnout of 50% or more was required for the referendum to be valid. Only one referendum in Slovak history has ever crossed this threshold: the 2003 vote on EU membership (51.5% turnout).


2010 Slovenia floods
The 2010 Slovenia floods, on the weekend of 17–19 September 2010, were caused by heavy rains in Slovenia, resulting in one of the worst floods in the country's history. Among the regions affected were the capital Ljubljana, the Central Sava Valley, Laško, the Slovene Littoral and Lower Carniola. Initial damage was estimated to reach €15 million. Three people died.


2010 Slovenia floods
In Ljubljana, the river Gradaščica – together with the Mali Graben stream – flooded several parts of the Vič District, and record water levels were reached. Several transformers were shut down to prevent accidents, leaving some 3,000 people without electricity.


2010 Slovenia floods
In Zagorje ob Savi, a great part of the town was flooded by the Sava river and several landslides were reported.


2010 Slovenia floods
The town of Laško was flooded by the Savinja river and road connections were cut by the flood waters.


2010 Slovenia floods
In the Littoral region, the Rižana and Dragonja rivers flooded several roads, closing all three border crossings with Croatia in the region. Parts of Portorož Airport and the Sečovlje salt fields were flooded as well. The Vipava River was flooding in the northern Littoral.


2010 Slovenia floods
The Sava, Krka and Kolpa rivers flooded in the Lower Carniola. The towns of Krško, Brežice and Otočec were partially flooded.


2010 Slovenia floods
In Upper Carniola, the town of Žiri was affected by the Poljane Sora. In Železniki, a town that was most affected in the floods exactly three years before, no bigger problems were reported.


2010 Slovenia floods
Some parts of Croatia along the Sava river were also flooded, around 20 people were evacuated around Zagreb.


2010 Slovenia floods
By Monday, 20 September, the water levels began to decrease, although landslides in some regions remained a threat. Four days after the flooding, the area of the Municipality of Dobrepolje was still 6 meters above the usual water-level.


2010 Slovenia floods, Gallery
Slovenia was extensively flooded on the morning of 18 September 2010


2010 Slovenia floods, Gallery
Many settlements were so flooded that people used boats as transport


2010 Slovenian Supercup
The 2010 Slovenian Supercup was a football match between the 2009–10 PrvaLiga champions Koper and the 2009–10 Slovenian Cup winners Maribor. Usually the supercup final is played at the stadium of the league champions, however, in this edition it was played at the Ljudski vrt stadium in Maribor, because the Bonifika Stadium in Koper was closed at the time due to renovations.


2010 Slovenian Supercup, Match details
Man of the Match: Ermin Hasić (Koper)Assistant referees:Anton ŠinkovecMarjan Tompa


2010 Slovenian border dispute agreement referendum
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2010 Slovenian border dispute agreement referendum
A referendum on resolving the border dispute with Croatia was held in Slovenia on 6 June 2010. Voters were asked whether the dispute should be brought before an international arbitration tribunal. The results showed 51.54% of voters in favour, with a voter turnout of 42.66%.


2010 Slovenian border dispute agreement referendum, Background
The referendum was officially requested in parliament on 26 April 2010, with the date for the election to be decided within seven days, i.e. by 3 May 2010. The election was called in the evening on 3 May 2010 for 6 June 2010 as had been expected.


2010 Slovenian border dispute agreement referendum, Background
Do you support the implementation of the Law on the Ratification of the Arbitration Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Croatia, which was adopted by the Slovenian Parliament at its session of 19 April 2010, becoming valid?


2010 Slovenian border dispute agreement referendum, Polling
Before the referendum, polls constantly showed a majority of the population in favour of the agreement:


2010 Slovenian public broadcaster law referendum
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2010 Slovenian public broadcaster law referendum
A referendum was held in Slovenia on 12 December 2010 on a new public broadcaster law.


2010 Slovenian public broadcaster law referendum, Issues
The reform was an attempt to reverse the reform of 2005 proposed by the conservative Prime Minister Janez Janša, which was widely seen as an attempt to move the public broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija to the right of the political spectrum. The RTVS referendum held that year narrowly approved the reform; polls indicated that the 2010 referendum would also see a close result at low turnout, with only 55.3% of voters interested in the referendum (28.4% to 26.9% in favour of the reform).


2010 Slovenian public broadcaster law referendum, Results
The referendum failed clearly, but at a very low turnout, which was interpreted as the Slovenian voters being fed up with the large amount of referendums being held.


2010 Sobeys Slam
The 2010 Sobeys Slam was the third women's Grand Slam event of the 2010–11 curling season. It took place from November 11 to 14 at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.


2010 Sobeys Slam
It was the third ever Sobeys Slam event, and the first held since the event was put on hiatus during the 2009–10 season. The total prize pool of the event is CAD $60,000, and the winner of the event, Jennifer Jones, received CAD $12,000.


2010 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election
An election for the leadership of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) was held 5–7 February 2010. Margaret Ritchie defeated her only challenger, Alasdair McDonnell, by 222 votes to 187.


2010 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, Background
The former SDLP leader, Mark Durkan, announced his intention to stand down as leader of the SDLP in September 2009, citing that he did not want to continue to lead the party past his 50th birthday, and also to allow him to concentrate on his parliamentary career. Subsequently, a leadership election was scheduled for the SDLP annual conference in February 2010.


2010 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, Results
Below is a table summarising the result of the leadership election:


2010 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, Results
Margaret Ritchie was duly named the new SDLP leader on 7 February 2010.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
The 2010 season was the 96th season in Palmeiras's existence, and their 95th in Brazil's first division. Palmeiras also played the usual Campeonato Paulista, the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Sudamericana.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
Palmeiras started the campaign under management of Muricy Ramalho, who was dismissed on 18 February 2010 after some bad results. Manager Antônio Carlos Zago took over Palmeiras at the same day.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
On 18 May 2010, at exactly 3 months as the club's manager, Antônio Carlos Zago was dismissed after a discussion with Palmeiras's Direction office. After a small period without a permanent manager, Palmeiras squad was coached by interim Jorge Parraga.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
On 13 June 2010, during the season's 1-month break for the World Cup in South Africa, Luiz Felipe Scolari agreed to manage the team, where he had previously worked between 1997 and 2000. The manager won important titles with the team, such as Copa do Brasil and Copa Mercosur in 1998, the Copa Libertadores in 1999 and the Torneio Rio – São Paulo in 2000.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Friendlies
Palmeiras played a friendly match against Boca Juniors from Argentina, marking the club's last match in Palestra Itália. Palmeiras lost the match by 0–2.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Paulista
Palmeiras started the campaign in the Campeonato Paulista 2010 under Manager Muricy Ramalho, who in the beginning of the tournament had some bad results with the team. Antônio Carlos Zago took over Palmeiras in February, and in his first match with the team, he defeated rival São Paulo by 2–0 in the Choque-Rei. Antônio Carlos managed Palmeiras with high-class wins against rivals, however Palmeiras didn't play well along the Championship and preferred to give more focus in the Copa do Brasil. After a bad campaign, on 7 April, Palmeiras finished the competition in 11th place with 25 points.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Paulista
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Copa do Brasil
In the beginning of the year, Palmeiras appointed the Copa do Brasil as the club's primary objective of the season. Palmeiras begun the campaign in the Copa do Brasil 2010 playing against Flamengo-PI, winning comfortably in the aggregated score. In the 2nd Round, Palmeiras faced Paysandu and won both matches easily, qualifying to play against Atlético Paranaense in the Round of 16. Palmeiras won the first match by 1–0 at Palestra Itália and in the second match, drew by 1-1, winning by 2–1 in the aggregated score.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Copa do Brasil
In the Quarter-Finals, Palmeiras faced champions from Goiás, Atlético Goianiense and won the first match in the final minutes, from Cleiton Xavier's 94-minute penalty. A week later, Palmeiras lost by 1–0 to Atletico Goianiense in Serra Dourada, sending the decision to penalties. Although the goalkeeper, Marcos, saved three penalty kicks, Palmeiras players missed four shots and was eliminated by Atletico Goianiense by 2–1 in the penalty kicks. The elimination was a serious disappointment to Palmeiras, that tried hard to win the title and qualify to Copa Libertadores in 2011.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
Palmeiras started the campaign in the 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A playing against Vitória at home, achieving a 1–0 victory at the final minutes. In the 2nd Round, Palmeiras faced Vasco da Gama away and got a single point by a draw, in a very bad fixture by both clubs. After the draw, Palmeiras manager Antônio Carlos Zago and striker Robert, discussed with each other and both of them were dismissed by the club's direction.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
The following week, the fixture was against Grêmio for the 3rd Round of the competition. Palmeiras won it easily by the score of 4–2 in a very active match by both sides. After the win Palmeiras secured the 4th position in the League table, the match will be remembered by Palmeiras as the last match played in the old home, Palestra Itália, as the stadium will be demolished for construction of the new Arena Palestra Itália.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
On 26 May, rival São Paulo was the next opponent for the 4th Round, the final score was of 0–1 to the Morumbi team in a very disputed game, with Palmeiras's striker, Ewerthon, losing a penalty at the 87th minute. The next match was against Grêmio Prudente at the club's former stadium, the Arena Barueri, but this time the ground was used to serve as a home match for Palmeiras, although the game wasn't bad, the final score was 0-0.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
On 2 June, Palmeiras faced Flamengo playing at home again and the venue was the São Paulo municipal stadium, the Pacaembu, due to the construction of the Arena. The match was dominated by Palmeiras, but unfortunately the team failed to score again, hitting the opponents crossbar three times and conceding a goal two minutes before the end of the match, the goal was scored by Vágner Love, the club's former player. The following round saw Palmeiras face Internacional away from home and Palmeiras managed to score with Lincoln in the beginning of the first half, after that Inter equalized and the game finished 1–1.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
This was the last match of the Série A before the FIFA World Cup, stopping the league in the seventh round and Palmeiras in the mid-table position. During the pause for the World Cup, Jorge Parraga, the team's interim manager was replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari, who previously managed Palmeiras from 1997 to 2000, winning the Copa do Brasil and the Libertadores. Scolari agreed to manage the team even with proposal from other four Brazilian clubs.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
The league continued on 15 July and Palmeiras faced State rivals, Santos FC, in the eighth round with some new players in the squad, such as the forwards Tadeu and Kléber, a club's former player and idol, and the midfielder Tinga who scored the winner in the second half. The match finished 2–1 for Palmeiras. Avaí was the next opponent, the match saw Palmeiras equalize with the home team at 2–2 in the beginning of the second half with Kléber, but Avaí scored two late goals to win a pretty two-sided match.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
In the league's 10th round, Palmeiras played against Botafogo and was winning the match until the middle of the second half by 2–0, when Marcos Assunção committed a tough foul and was dismissed, after the dismissal the club from Rio de Janeiro reacted and equalized in the final minutes. The following week, Palmeiras faced Ceará the league's 2nd placed, away from home, the match was good but the ball didn't cross the line in any of the both halves, the final result wasn't bad for Palmeiras, that stopped in the 10th place of the Série A.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
After the end of the round, Palmeiras signed former Chilean idol, Jorge Valdivia, for 5 years from the Arabian side Al Ain. The signing of Valdivia left the club and especially the fans really glad. In the beginning of the 12th round, Palmeiras faced old rivals Corinthians, in the so-called Paulista Derby, and drew at home by 1–1. Although the bad result, Palmeiras attacked Corinthians almost every time in the match. Jorge Henrique scored for Corinthians at the 11th minute and Edinho equalized for Palmeiras at the 33rd minute, after that, Palmeiras scored three times, with Ewerthon twice and with Lincoln, but the referee pointed off-side in all of them.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
For the League's 13th Round, Palmeiras drew with Goiás away from home by the score of 1–1. Ewerthon opened the score after just 12 minutes from the beginning with a long range shot. Palmeiras played extremely well during the first half, but in the second half, the team didn't make a good appearance, trying to hold a 1–0 lead until the end, when a dubious foul was committed by Palmeiras defence, and after the kick, Goiás drew with a header from Amaral. The result was disappointing for the team who was almost certain to win 3 points in the league. Despite of the bad result, the team continued 11th in the table awaiting the return of some important players to the squad. In the following round, Palmeiras won the match against Atlético-PR by 2–0 in a very good appearance from all the players.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
On 22 August, the team faced Guarani in Campinas. The match was marked by the return of Palmeiras chilean idol, Jorge Valdivia, who came as a substitute in the second half, in the end both teams played well and the score ended 0–0. In the 16th round of the Série A, Palmeiras lost by a surprising 3–0 against the league's last placed team at home. The match was a terrifying display from the home players who could not stop Atlético-GO. After the game, manager Scolari stated that Palmeiras still needed to fix the squad for the following matches.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
On 29 August, after some hard training determination from the players, Palmeiras took on Atlético Mineiro in Ipatinga instead of Belo Horizonte, because of the reconstruction of the Mineirão stadium for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and begun losing by 1–0 after an early second half goal by Neto Berola chipping the ball past goalkeeper Marcos, but equalised with Marcos Assunção minutes later. At the end Kléber turned the score for the away team, who deserved the 3 points after a well played match with many goal chances being created. Palmeiras reached the 9th position of the league table after the triumph.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
After the victory over Atlético Mineiro, the clube saw colombian left wingback, Pablo Armero, leave to join Udinese from Italy.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
At midweek, Palmeiras faced Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, the League's 1st placed team. After conceding a goal from Emerson in the 15th minute and playing a reasonable first half, Palmeiras was better in the second half and managed to equalise with Ewerthon at the 93rd minute. Palmeiras lost its next match, played against Cruzeiro in Pacaembu, where the team started winning by 2–0 after a great first half, but suffered 3 dramatic goals in the second period, the last of them was scored from an irregular position in the 85th minute. On 8 September, Palmeiras drew with Vitória in Salvador, with substitute Tadeu scoring for the away team in the second half. The match was the first of the second part of the Série A, the 20th Round.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
The 21st Round saw Palmeiras face Vasco da Gama at home. The match was equal for both sides with Palmeiras making most of the shots in the game. At the end it was a goalless draw. The next match was played against Grêmio in Porto Alegre, Palmeiras dominated the rival for most of the match and scored with Marcos Assunção, from a free kick, and with a header by Ewerthon after a cross from the scorer himself. Grêmio scored with Jonas in the stoppage time after a corner kick, but Palmeiras secured 3 points.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
After the win Palmeiras was awaited by the Choque-Rei derby with São Paulo on the next Sunday. The 1st half of the match was bad for both teams, but in the second half São Paulo scored from two counterattacks, in the first one the new boy, Lucas, made a wonderful finish past Deola and the second was a great assist from the boy to Fernandão make 2–0. Palmeiras was unlucky in the 2nd half, where the team almost scored 4 times.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Copa Sul-Americana
After the disappointing performance in the 2009 Série A, when Palmeiras almost won the league and after some bad results in the end of the championship, finished in 5th qualifying only to the Copa Sudamericana and not to the major South American tournament, the Copa Libertadores, the team started the competition playing against Brazilian rivals, Vitória in Salvador. Palmeiras played well but couldn't stop Vitória from scoring two goals, one of them a good free-kick by Ramon, the club's captain, and the other in the stoppage time.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Season, Copa Sul-Americana
The final result was not good, because the team had to win by a 3-goal margin to qualify to the Round of 16, or face the penalties if a 2-goal win happened to come. The 2nd leg in São Paulo, saw a marvelous 3–0 win with very good performances from the whole squad, mainly from Tadeu, who scored twice and Marcos Assunção who commanded the team's victory with an outstanding match and a beautiful free-kick goal from 35 meters in the dying minutes, assuring a qualification to the next round with the aggregate score of 3–2.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Players, Sul-Americana squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the council was run by the Conservatives, but without an overall majority after Castle Bromwichcouncillor, Ian Hillas, had defected to independent in 2009. 2 sitting councillors stood down at the election, Liberal Democrat Bob Reeves from Lyndon ward and the British National Party's George Morgan from Chelmsley Wood ward. 17 seats were contested in the election with candidates from the Conservative party, Liberal Democrats, Labour Party, Green Party and British National Party.


2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
There was also a new party contesting 15 of the 17 seats, the Solihull and Meriden Residents' Association. This was formed by a number of independents in response to a council tax rise of 2.5% and to address what they saw as a loss of democracy in local council politics. Among the candidates for the Solihull and Meriden Residents' Association was Trevor Eames a former Independent Ratepayer councillor for 18 years, who had resigned from the council after being jailed for 7 years, but who said he wanted to serve as councillor as "recompense". The only independent candidate Neil Watts was on the ballot paper and described in the press as an independent, but was endorsed as a candidate for the Solihull and Meridan Residents Association.


2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
The Solihull and Meriden Residents' Association wanted to have local referendums, reduce councillors pay and have local council officers deal with graffiti and flytipping. Other issues in the election included the removal of maternity services from Solihull, preserving green space and the future of Jaguar Land Rover.


2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Conservatives lost 2 seats to have 23 councillors. The Liberal Democrats had 19 seats after gaining Elmdon from the Conservatives defeating cabinet member Ken Hawkins by 128 votes. Labour gained Kingshurst and Fordbridge ward from the Conservatives by 110 votes and also took Chelmsley Wood from the British National Party finishing ahead of the Green Party candidate by just 22 votes. Chelmsley Wood had been the British National Party's only seat, while the results meant Labour held 7 seats after the election. The Solihull and Meriden Residents' Association failed to win any seats, with their most high-profile candidate Trevor Eames coming third in Shirley South.


2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties formed a coalition to run the council, with Liberal Democrat Ian Hedley being elected leader of the council with 26 of the 51 votes on 25 May.


2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections :


2010 Solomon Islands earthquake
The 2010 Solomon Islands earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.1 on January 3 at 22:36:28 (UTC). A tsunami measuring approximately 10 feet (3.0 meters) affected some parts of the islands, while a maximum run-up height of 23.0 feet (7 meters) was recorded. The earthquake was the largest in a series of quakes to strike the Solomon Islands over the preceding days. The 7.1 mainshock was preceded by a 6.6 magnitude foreshock some 48 minutes previous. As many as 1,000 people were left homeless on the island of Rendova after the earthquake and tsunami destroyed approximately 200 homes.


2010 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake
The shock was located 105 km (65 mi) southeast of Gizo, 210 km (130 mi) south west of Dadali, Santa Isabel and 295 km (183 mi) north west of Honiara, Guadalcanal. The earthquake was centered under the sea floor near the town of Gizo, which was heavily damaged in the 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake.


2010 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Characteristic
Analysis of trench deformation, tsunami run-up heights and wave height data from the ocean revealed that the earthquake was a slow-rupturing "tsunami earthquake". Such earthquakes rupture the upper 20 km portion of a subduction zone, while releasing less energy compared to an ordinary subduction zone earthquake.


2010 Solomon Islands earthquake, Effects
Landslides and tsunamis on the islands of Rendova and Tetepare. A tsunami measuring up to 10 feet (3 meters) struck Rendova, destroying as many as 200 homes and leaving one-third of Rendova's population homeless.


2010 Solomon Islands earthquake, Effects
Approximately 1,000 residents have lost their residences, out of the total Rendovan population of just 3,600 people. The village of Retavo, which has a population of approximately 20 people, was hit by a 10-foot tsunami wave. Another village, Baniata, reported that sixteen homes were destroyed and thirty-two were damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.


2010 Solomon Islands general election
A general election was held in Solomon Islands on 4 August 2010. In May 2010, Prime Minister Derek Sikua announced that the election would be held on 4 August; however, this announcement was deemed to be premature, as only the Governor General has the authority to announce the election date upon the advice of the Electoral Commission. In the end, this date was used, however.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Candidates
There were a total of 509 candidates, including 25 women.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Election
On 11 August 2009, lobbying was reported in progress, as several political groups jockeyed to form a coalition government. No candidates for the Solomon Islands leadership post of Prime Minister had yet been announced; however, it appears that three main camps have formed.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Election
The first camp is built around the outgoing government led by Derek Sikua. One of its spokespeople, Matthew Wale, claimed on 13 August that the group has the support of five parties and 30 MPs including the Democratic Party (SIDP, 14 MPs), the National Party (or Nasnol Pati, 3 MPs), the Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA, 3 MPs), the Liberal Party (2 MPs), the People's Congress Party (PCP, 2 MPs), and six independents. This camp is based at the Heritage Hotel.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Election
A second camp is based around three parties: the Ownership, Unity and Reconciliation (OUR, 4 seats) party, which is led by a former Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare; the Direct Development Party (DDP, 2 MPs), which is led by former Director of the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education (SICHE); and the Reform and Democratic Party (RDP, 2 seats), which is led by a former Deputy Prime Minister Danny Philip. This camp is based at the Pacific Casino Hotel.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Election
A third camp is led by the newly established Independent Democratic Party (IDP), led by Snyder Rini and is based at Honiara Hotel. The IDP's party secretary Leonard Kaitu'u explained that the IDP was the successor to a previous party, the Association of Independent Members. Kaitu'u has suggested that their camp will also get support from the People's Alliance Party (PAP) and the Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA). However, it is not clear whether the PAP won any seats in the new parliament and it is possible that SIPRA will decide to join with the Heritage Hotel camp. A spokesman for the group denied that cash incentives were being used to secure members for the coalition.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Results
The event was overseen by international election observers connected with the United Nations International Election Observation Coordination Team. The elections were described as peaceful, although strong concerns were expressed about voter registration irregularities.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Results
25 incumbents were returned and 25 were replaced (including three seats where the incumbent chose not to recontest and one seat that was vacant due to the death of Edward Huni'ehu). Of the 50 MPs, most are relatively inexperienced: 45 have served less than two terms in office. The five long-serving MPs are Job Dudley Tausinga (entering his 7th consecutive term), Danny Philip (5th term), Snyder Rini (4th term), Manasseh Sogavare (4th term) and Gordon Darcy Lilo (3rd term).


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Results
OUR = Ownership, Unity and Responsibility (OUR) Party, SIDP = SI Democratic Party, RDP = Reform Democratic Party, SIPRA = SI Party for Rural Advancement, SINP = SI National Party, DDP = Direct Development Party, RUPP = Rural and Urban Development Party, IDP = Independent Democratic Party, SILP = SI Liberal Party, PCP = People's Congress Party, PFP = People's Federation Party, Ind. = independent (or affiliation unknown)


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Results
*Note that returning MPs are marked with an asterisk (*) and that party affiliations are based on the affiliations recorded by the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) and as reported in various news reports. In some cases, MPs have been assigned dual party affiliations where the available reporting is unclear.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Results, Prime Minister
Danny Philip was narrowly elected the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands on 24 August 2010, with 26 votes compared with 23 for his rival, the SIDP's Steve Abana.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Results, Prime Minister
In a victory speech following the Prime Ministerial election, Philip stated that his first priority would be to form a new government. He said his government would actively support the country's Constitutional Reform process. This had been one of his central campaign pledges, and the reason why he had formed the Reform Democratic Party.


2010 Solomon Islands general election, Results, Prime Minister
Upon naming his Cabinet, he appointed Manasseh Maelanga as his deputy.


2010 Somaliland presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 26 June 2010. The elections were originally scheduled for August 2008 and numerous delays, endangered political stability in the country. On 1 July 2010, the Somaliland National Election Commission announced that opposition candidate Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud had won the elections, defeating incumbent President Dahir Riyale Kahin.


2010 Somaliland presidential election, Background
The elections were originally scheduled for 31 August 2008, but the instability in the eastern Sanaag and Sool regions led the Guurti to extend the incumbent's term for a year in early April 2008, setting the election for 15 March 2009. This was heavily criticised by the opposition—in the end, a compromise led to the date of 6 April 2009, which was later changed to one week before that (29 March). On 3 March, it was announced that the elections were postponed by two more months, to be held on 31 May.


2010 Somaliland presidential election, Background
On 6 September 2009, the electoral commission announced that the election could not be held on the day planned, 27 September, due to "current political, economic and technical conditions". A new date was not announced. President Dahir Riyale Kahin subsequently asked the Guurti for yet another term extension since it would expire on 29 September, but was denied this. On 28 September however, it was reported that on a second vote, the term extension was granted, provided that the government adheres to a six-point proposal to organise the next elections.


2010 Somaliland presidential election, Background
Somaliland politicians then expected the election to be held in January 2010 at the earliest. Later, April 2010 was mentioned, but it soon became clear this date would also be missed. The elections were then expected for June 2010, as the preparations for the elections were underway. The first ballot boxes for the election arrived from Denmark on 19 April, and new voter registration cards will be issued from the second week of May. Somaliland's electoral commission backed a June election on 28 April 2010, stating the voters list had been updated and now contains 1.1 million people.


2010 Somaliland presidential election, Conduct
After a two-year delay, voting for the presidential elections finally took place in late June 2010. A team of international observers led by Progressio, a UK-based development agency (formerly known as the Catholic Institute for International Relations) that has long been an advocate for independence movements, described the process as "free and fair", although they noted violence in the disputed eastern Sool region that led to the death of an election official.


2010 Somaliland presidential election, Conduct
The International Republican Institute asserted that "Somaliland’s election was peaceful, without major incident and generally met international standards. Hundreds of thousands of Somalilanders turned out to vote in their fourth election, and although wanting international recognition, did not wait to continue to build their nascent democracy. The international community should credit such democratic progress and the example it sets for others."


2010 Somaliland presidential election, Results
The Somaliland National Election Commission announced the results on 1 July 2010, the fiftieth anniversary of independence from Britain. They showed that Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo had won the presidential election with just under 50% of the vote, defeating incumbent president Dahir Riyale Kahin, who received 33%.


2010 Somaliland presidential election, Aftermath
After the results were announced, Kahin congratulated Silanyo and reiterated that he would step down. Silanyo was sworn in on 27 July at a ceremony.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2010 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as the 2010 Miami Masters), was a tennis tournament for men and women held from March 22 to April 4, 2010. It was the 26th edition of the Miami Masters event and is played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami. The tournament is a part of 2010 ATP World Tour and 2010 WTA Tour, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and a WTA Premier Mandatory event respectively.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Prize money
Th total commitment prize money for this year's event is $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
All seeds receive a bye into the second round. 14th seed Gaël Monfils withdrew before the start of the tournament and was replaced by Nicolás Almagro as the 33rd seed. Mardy Fish, David Nalbandian and Taylor Dent all progress to the second round in straight sets as James Blake grinded in three sets to advance, while Richard Gasquet was the upset of the round. The second round recorded major upsets as 2nd seed and 2009 finalist Novak Djokovic fell to Olivier Rochus 6−2, 6−7(6), 6−4 and 3rd seed and defending champion Andy Murray fell to Mardy Fish 6−4, 6−4.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
Other seeds that fell were Albert Montañés, Janko Tipsarević, Sam Querrey and Viktor Troicki who lost to David Nalbandian. The 2010 BNP Paribas Open Ivan Ljubičić retired due to back injury leading 6−4, 1−0. In the Third Round the top seeds Roger Federer struggled against Florent Serra in closing out each set but eventually won 7−6(2), 7−6(3) and 4th seed Rafael Nadal survived against David Nalbandian 6−7(8), 6−2, 6−2. The other seeds went through a rough patch as they needed to overcome a 1st set loss but eventually advance namely Mikhail Youzhny, Fernando González and Fernando Verdasco. Juan Carlos Ferrero overcame a second lapse against John Isner winning 6−2, 3−6, 6−3, while compatriots Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López fell. Top ten players Andy Roddick, Robin Söderling and Marin Čilić cruised through.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
In the fourth round action Jo Wilfried Tsonga cruised over Juan Carlos Ferrero 6−2, 6−2 to set up a clash against Rafael Nadal who downed compatriot David Ferrer 7-6(5), 6-4. Andy Roddick also made through the quarterfinals recovering from a 1−4 (0−40) scoreline in the first set to defeat Benjamin Becker 7−6(4), 6−3 and is scheduled to face Nicolás Almagro who grinded out a 3 set win over Thomaz Bellucci. The other Quarterfinal showdown is between Mikhail Youzhny who defeated Mardy Fish taking on Robin Söderling who won over Fernando González.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
Fernando Verdasco also made through with a 6-4 7-6(3) coming back from a break down in the second set over Marin Čilić. He is now scheduled to face Tomáš Berdych who upset Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(6) saving a match point en route to the victory. In the first of the battle for the semi-finals Andy Roddick made quick work of Nicolás Almagro with a 6−3, 6−3 in just 80 minutes breaking the Spaniards serve 3 times and saving the only two break points he faced in the second round.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
The American defeated 4−6, 6−3, 6−3 Rafael Nadal who also had had an easy victory over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga breaking the Tsonga serve 4 times and saving all 8 break points he faced to earn a 6−3, 6−2 victory. Following Nadal and Roddick in the semifinals was Tomáš Berdych who survived against Fernando Verdasco two days after defeating Roger Federer 4−6, 7−6(5), 6−4 with both players saving 7 of 9 break points. Berdych defeated Swede Robin Söderling who had cruised over Mikhail Youzhny with a 6−1, 6−4.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
In the first semifinal saw Andy Roddick taking on Rafael Nadal with leading the head-to-head 5−2 with a 3 match winning streak and 7 straight sets. However the American was able to upset Spaniard 4−6, 6−3, 6−3 with Roddick changing strategies in the middle of the second set and being more agrresive and breaking the Spaniard 3 times with himself getting broken once. Nadal reacted on Roddick' change of tactics he said "I started the match playing pretty well in the beginning.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
Later in the second set Andy was serving well; I didn't have a lot of chances on the return. He started to play more aggressive in the game where he broke me. It was a change, and it was surprise for me.". In the second semifinal saw Tomáš Berdych continue his marvelous run and upsetting Robin Söderling with a 6−2, 6−2 crushing victory over the Swede breaking the Swede 4 times and saving the only break point he faced.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
In the finals it was Roddick's 10th Masters final and the 2nd for Berdych. In their head-to-head Roddick is above Berdych 5−2, and Roddick has won their 3 previous encounters including 2 this year. In the match, it was completely even as both players did not face a single break point up until 5-5, where Berdych save a break point but double faulted and went long to give Roddick the break, and serve out the first set at love.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's singles
In the second set Roddick got to an early start as he broke for a 2−0 lead and even had match points at 5−3 but BErdych fend it off, but Roddick serve it out to win the set 6−4 and the match. Asked what most pleased him about the title run, Roddick said: "I won in different ways. I changed it up against Rafa and today I was smart with chipping and mixing paces, which kept him guessing. I held onto my serve well throughout and played a pretty smart tournament.". "He was just too strong today," Berdych said. "He's not just serving the big bombs. His variations of the serve are a really big improvement. … I was really looking for maybe to get one chance, but he held pretty well. I didn’t get any chance during whole match. ".


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
All seeds receive a bye into the second round. With Serena Williams withdrawal sister Venus Williams replaced her to open up the 2nd round. In the second round several seeds fell with Alyona Bondarenko, Sabine Lisicki, Alisa Kleybanova, María José Martínez Sánchez, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Aleksandra Wozniak and Aravane Rezaï. 2010 Australian Open Chinese semifinalists Li Na, Zheng Jie and Elena Dementieva were also ousted. In the third round most of the higher seeds progress with the exceptions of Francesca Schiavone who fell to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Nadia Petrova falling to Daniela Hantuchová and Justine Henin progress over Dominika Cibulková.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
The fourth round began with a major upset as Marion Bartoli won convincingly over top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-0 as the Russian struggled with a shoulder injury. Third seed Venus Williams also struggled as she rallied to defeat Daniela Hantuchová 1−6, 7−5, 6−4 in the only three set affair in the fourth round and overcoming a 2−0 deficit in the second set. Three Belgians advance to the Quarterfinals with relative ease Yanina Wickmayer defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6−0, 6−1, Justine Henin dominated Vera Zvonareva with a 6-4, 6-0 victory and Kim Clijsters prevailed over defending champion Victoria Azarenka 6−4, 6−0. world no. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwańska and Samantha Stosur also won in straight sets.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
In the first day of the Quarterfinals Venus Williams recorded her 5th straight victory over Agnieszka Radwańska convincingly 6−3, 6−1 breaking the Radwańska serve five times, with her serve getting broken once. Venus was followed by Marion Bartoli who edged out one of three Belgians in the quarterfinals Yanina Wickmayer 6−4, 7−5 the match featured 12 breaks of serve 7−5 to Bartoli as both players struggled on serve. The meeting between Bartoli and Venus is their first match that is not a final. Bartoli and Venus was joined in by the Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin in the Semifinals.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
Kim Clijsters had an easier victory as she dispatched Australian Samantha Stosur 6-3, 7-5 in just over 70 minutes, while Justine Henin needed twice as more time to grind over world no. 2 Caroline Wozniacki with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 victory. In the Semifinals Venus Williams made a quick work of Marion Bartoli winning 6−4, 6−3. Bartoli made four double faults in the sixth and stated that "It was all terrible. The more I was thinking, okay, just put your first serve in, the worse it was getting. I think it's also the part that she's so inside the baseline.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
I would just put the first serve in, and she would just get over it and kill me on the return of serve. That really put a lot of pressure on [me]." she then added "I think that's also what sets her apart from the other players. Like Serena, when you get her in front of you, it's not like an average player returning your serve. If you're not serving perfectly, she gonna hit a great return and [you will] be on defense." This is Venus' 15th straight win. In the 2nd semifinals in a Belgian encounter saw Kim Clijsters outlasted compatriot Justine Henin 6−2, 6−7(3), 7−6(6) to even their head-to-head 12−12.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
In the finals the head-to-head was 6−5 in favor of the American. However it was the Belgian Kim Clijsters who dominated her most fancied opponent American Venus Williams 6−2, 6−1, thus breaking the Americans 15 match winning streak and the Belgian returning to the top 10. "It took a lot of hard work to get back into shape and I have a few people to thank, including my fitness coach and husband", Clijsters said during the on-court ceremony. "It feels really good to be back here, having won the title in 2005.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
It's always nice to come back to a place you have done well before, and to such a beautiful stadium." The Belgian added. The older Williams stated that "Sometimes when you hit a few bad shots it's not as easy to reel it in, and things start to go a little bit quicker. Every now and then it happens to the best of us. I think this happened to Kim in Australia, so I think she knows what it's like. Wasn't the best day, but that's, I guess, sport sometimes."


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's singles
and added "Obviously against a player like Kim, if you make too many errors, the match can go quickly. I mean, I think she hit eight winners, so it wasn't she played extremely solid; it's not like I was blown off the court. Unfortunately I was my own worst enemy today.". Clijsters then said "What has changed for me now is whatever I do at the courts, it's almost like my time off", Clijsters said. "I get to come here, work out and play my matches. It's like Mommy time. When I’m done, I’m really focused on my family life, and I like the balance. ".


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's doubles
In the first round all seeded players progress with the exception of 5th seed Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach fell to the German team of Benjamin Becker and Michael Kohlmann. They were joined by half of the defending champion Andy Ram who partnered Michaël Llodra who fell to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco. The second round action saw top seeds Daniel Nestor - Nenad Zimonjić and 6th seeds Simon Aspelin - Paul Hanley falling to the Spanish teams of Nicolás Almagro - Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López - Fernando Verdasco respectively.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's doubles
7th seeds František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák also fell to Arnaud Clément and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while 4 seeds also advance to the Quarterfinals. In the Quarterfinals Spanish team of Nicolás Almagro and Tommy Robredo won over compatriots Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco, while 3rd seed Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes, and 4th seed Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi occupied their rightful semifinal slots. For the final slot were Polish team of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski who upset 2nd seeded Americans Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's doubles
In the semifinals the two higher seeds remaining both won their matches comfortably with 3rd seeds Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes winning 6-3, 6-0 over unseeded Spaniards Nicolás Almagro and Tommy Robredo, while 4th seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi also won in straight sets over 8th seeded Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7-6(4), 6-4.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's doubles
In the final it was the pair of Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes who came through and thus winning their first Miami title as a team and as individuals with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi in the process halting Mirnyi's quest for a record 5th doubles title.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Men's doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý /  Leander Paes defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Max Mirnyi, 6–2, 7–5.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's doubles
In the first round three seeded teams fell with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Yan Zi who fell to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska, Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei falling to Klaudia Jans and Vladimíra Uhlířová, and the biggest upset as top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber was upset by Natalie Grandin and Abigail Spears. Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova partnered with Alicia Molik losing to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta. In the second round remaining seeded teams all made it through with the exception of the no. 2 seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez who fell to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's doubles
In the quarterfinals 4th seeds Rennae Stubbs and Lisa Raymond advance with a comfortable win over Alisa Kleybanova and Francesca Schiavone, while Stubbs former partner Samantha Stosur also advance with Nadia Petrova with a win over Julie Coin and Vania King. In the semifinals Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur defeated the team of Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in a 6-1, 7-5 final score, and the team of Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta also advanced to the final defeating Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs double 6-4.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's doubles
In the semifinals saw Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur advancing to the finals in a convincing fashion with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie. In the second semifinals saw Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta upsetting 4th seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs in a straight set 6-4, 6-4 victory.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's doubles
In the final it was the pair Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta who produce another upset as they defeated 3rd seeds Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur, thus defeating 3 of the top 4 seeds after upsetting 2nd seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez in the second round and 3rd seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs in the semifinals. THis is Dulko and Pennetta's first Mandatory level doubles title as a team and as individuals.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Events, Women's doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Flavia Pennetta defeated  Nadia Petrova /  Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 4–6, [10–7].


2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Attendance
A record total of 312,386 visited the Crandon Park Tennis Center including a sellout crowd of 14,119 for the men's final on Sunday, April 4. The men's final sold out on March 8, marking the quickest sellout for a men's final in tournament history.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Doubles
Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram were the defending champions. Both were present, but chose not to compete together this year. Ram partnered with Michaël Llodra, but they lost to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in the first round. Mirnyi partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, reaching the final, where they were defeated by Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes (6–2, 7–5).


2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles
Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Mardy Fish in the second round.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles
Andy Roddick beat Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–4 to win his first Masters 1000 event since 2006. It was his second title at the Sony Ericsson Open and his second title of 2010.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo were the defending champions, but Mauresmo retired from the sport on December 3, 2009. Kuznetsova chose to compete with Alicia Molik, but they lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta. The unseeded pair Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won in the final 6–3, 4–6, [10–7], against Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but lost to Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.


2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Singles
Clijsters won her second title in Miami by defeating Venus Williams in straight sets.


2010 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2010 Soul Train Music Awards were held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia on November 28, 2010. The show was hosted by Oscar nominated actor Terrence Howard and  Oscar nominated actress Taraji P. Henson. Performers included El DeBarge, R. Kelly, Erykah Badu, Ron Isley, Lalah Hathaway, Bilal, Cee Lo Green. Tributes were made to artists Ron Isley, and Anita Baker.


2010 Soul Train Music Awards, Telecast
The Soul Train Awards aired on BET and Centric on November 28, 2010. It was also broadcast on BET UK.


2010 South Africa Sevens
The South Africa Sevens was played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition was held on 10 December and 11 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape. It was the second of eight events in the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series.


2010 South Africa Sevens
This was the 12th edition of the South Africa Sevens, and also the ninth and last to be held in George. In April 2011, the South African Rugby Union announced that future editions of the tournament would be held at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.


2010 South Africa Sevens, Format
The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.


2010 South Africa Sevens, Teams
These 16 teams were invited to participate in the 2010 tournament:


2010 South African Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 South African Figure Skating Championships were held at the Kolonnade Pretoria in Pretoria from 12 through 13 October 2009. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles. Skaters competed at the senior, novice, pre-novice, and juvenile levels. There was also a junior ladies' competition.


2010 South African Figure Skating Championships, Junior results, Ladies
* Anette Lande of Norway finished 2nd place after the short program (23.36), free skating (39.02), and overall with a score of 62.38, but is not included with the results.


2010 South Alabama Jaguars football team
The 2010 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Joey Jones and played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium.


2010 South Alabama Jaguars football team
Continuing the Jaguars' slow immersion into Division I football, the Jaguars increased their schedule to ten games (up from seven in their inaugural season), dropped all of their prep school opponents and played three of their ten contests on the road. The Jaguars completed their second season with an undefeated record of ten wins and zero losses (10–0).


2010 South American Basketball Championship
The 2010 South American Basketball Championship was the 44th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Neiva, Colombia from 26 to July 31 in the Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva. Argentina was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Brazil. The first three places qualified for the basketball tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games and to the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the FIBA Americas qualifier for the 2012 Olympics.


2010 South American Basketball Championship
Because Argentina, which automatically qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship as host, finished in an automatic qualifying spot, the fourth-place team was also invited to that competition. The fifth-place team did not initially qualify for that competition, but was later invited once the United States withdrew from that event because it had qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship.


2010 South American Basketball Championship for Women
The 2010 South American Basketball Championship for Women was the 32nd edition of the FIBA South America Championship for Women. Seven teams featured the competition, held in Santiago, Chile from 10 to August 14. Brazil was the defending champion and retain the title.


2010 South American Cross Country Championships
The 2010 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 27, 2010. The races were held at the Campus La Salle in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.


2010 South American Cross Country Championships
Complete results and results for junior and youth competitions were published.


2010 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 82 athletes from 7 countries participated. The announced athlete from  Bolivia did not show.


2010 South American Footballer of the Year
The 2010 South American Footballer of the Year, given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Andrés D'Alessandro of Internacional on December 30, 2010.


2010 South American Footballer of the Year
Andrés D'Alessandro won the award for the first time ahead of two-time holder Juan Sebastián Verón. D'Alessandro became the second Inter player to win the award.


2010 South American Games
The IX South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) was a multi-sport event held between 19 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR), who awarded the Games to the city with 8 votes over the bid by previous host Santiago, Chile (6 votes).


2010 South American Games, Medal count
The medal count for these games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.


2010 South American Race Walking Championships
The 2010 South American Race Walking Championships were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on March 6–7, 2010. The track of the championship runs in the Paseo El Prado (Avenida Ballivián). A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given by Eduardo Biscayart for the IAAF.


2010 South American Race Walking Championships
Complete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.


2010 South American Race Walking Championships
Results (both individual and team) as well as medal tables were also published elsewhere.


2010 South American Race Walking Championships, Participation
The participation of 66 athletes from 8 countries is reported.


2010 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2010 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 18–23, 2010. The competition was organized by the Bolivian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.


2010 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The 2010 South American Rugby Championship was the 32nd edition of the two tiered competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


2010 South American Rugby Championship "A"
In the first phase ("Copa Atilio Rienzi") four teams play to qualify to the final pool, with Argentina (holder) admitted directly. The first two were qualified, keeping the results of their matches, also for second round. Uruguay won the pool and Chile was the runner-up.


2010 South American Rugby Championship "B"
The 2010 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the 11th edition of the second tier competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America. Division B was organised in Medellin (Colombia) from 24 to 31 October 2010. Participating nations were Colombia, holder, Peru, Venezuela and Costa Rica.


2010 South American Summit
The 2010 South American summit (officially the 4th Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Heads of State and Government of the Union of South American Nations), took place in Georgetown, Guyana on November 26, 2010. Eight heads of state and four foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations attended the summit. During the summit, the leaders signed an additional protocol to the Constitutive Treaty, adding a democratic clause to the charter of the organization. The Georgetown summit ended with the Ecuadorian president handing the UNASUR pro-tempore presidency for the next twelve months to his Guyanese counterpart, Bharrat Jagdeo.


2010 South American Summit, Leaders at the summit, Heads of State and Government
The heads of state and heads of government of eight countries participated. The heads of state from Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Bolivia could not attend.


2010 South American Summit, Leaders at the summit, Foreign ministers
The foreign ministers of Bolivia (David Choquehuanca), Chile (Alfredo Moreno), Peru (José Antonio García Belaúnde) and Uruguay (Luis Almagro) represented their respective governments.


2010 South American Summit, Issues, Regional integration
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advocated for the elimination of the asymmetries stopping the integration of South America, in his speech during the summit. "None of our countries will really be prosperous, without all of us being also prosperous," said the Brazilian president.


2010 South American Summit, Issues, Secretary-General
The name of the new secretary-general of the organization will remain unknown until the next presidential meeting in Mar del Plata, Argentina.


2010 South American Summit, Issues, Guyanese presidency
Guyana, which took over the Unasur rotating presidency from Ecuador, is one of South America's poorest countries and for this reason, President Lula has already announced that Brazil will provide assistance for Georgetown's efforts in presiding over the regional bloc.


2010 South American Summit, Issues, Falklands/Malvinas
The summit addressed the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Several articles of the final declaration state that all Unasur ports will be closed to vessels operating under the "illegal flag of Malvinas (Falkland Islands)".


2010 South American Summit, Accomplishments, Democratic clause
The leaders adopted an additional protocol to the organization's Constitutive Treaty, which added a democratic clause to the charter. The democratic clause imposes sanctions on any member country of UNASUR that breaks or attempts to break constitutional rule or the democratic system. The clause establishes sanctions, such as shutting down borders and the suspension of trade, against the country that suffers an attempted coup. The decision to include a democratic clause was made after the recent upheaval in Ecuador that briefly threatened the administration of President, Rafael Correa.


2010 South American Summit, Accomplishments, Georgetown Declaration
At the end of the summit, the heads of state and foreign ministers issued the "Georgetown Declaration". In the declaration, the leaders reiterated their commitment expressed in the “Declaration of Bariloche” of August 28, 2009, to strengthen South America as a zone of peace, upholding the decision to refrain from resorting to the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of another UNASUR State. The leaders expressed their willingness to continue working toward the consolidation of a common space for the political, economic, social, cultural, energy, environmental and infrastructure integration of the region, in order to achieve sustainable development.


2010 South American U-17 Women's Championship
The 2010 South American Under-17 Women's Championship was the second instance of the South American Under-17 Women's Championship. It was held from 28 January to 11 February in São Paulo, Brazil. As the top 3 teams, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago.


2010 South American U-17 Women's Championship, Knockout stage
The winners of the two semifinal matches will qualify directly to the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago. The losers of the semifinal matches will contest in a third-place match to determine who receives the last qualifying spot for the 2010 World Cup.


2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship
The 2010 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 4th instance of the South American Under-20 Women Championship. It was held from March 3 to 17 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. All matches were played at the Estadio Alfonso Lopez. The winners, Brazil, and the runners-up, Colombia, qualified for 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Germany.


2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship, Knockout stage
The winners of the two semifinal matches will qualify directly to the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Germany.


2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship, Top scorer
Alanna from Brazil won the top-scorer award with 7 goals. She led Paraguay's Ana Fleitas who scored 6 goals.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics
The 4th South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque at the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot on March 20–23, 2010. The championships, organized by CONSUDATLE, were held as a part of the South American Games (organized by ODESUR). A detailed report on the results was given. The most prominent result was achieved in the heat of the women's 100 metres by Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva. Her time of 11.17 (wind: 1.4 m/s) equaled the South American and Brazilian record, and set a new championships and games record.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Participation
13 countries participated in the Under-23 Championships. 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Perú, Suriname, Uruguay, and  Venezuela competed in both the South American Games and in the Under-23 Championships. Panamá competed only in the Under-23 Championships, but did not register for the athletics section of the South American Games. The Netherlands Antilles are only member of ODESUR, but not of CONSUDATLE. Their athletes participated in the South American Games, but acted as guest athletes in the South American Under-23 Championships.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published. Detailed results can be found on the website of Todor Krastev, and on the Tilastopaja website.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Men
* Jhamal Bowen from Panamá, won the silver medal in the men's long jump event of the South American Under-23 Championships. However, he was not eligible for gaining a medal at the South American Games, because Panamá did not register for the athletics section of the games.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Women
†: The women's 10.000 metres competition was not part of the South American Games, because the minimum number of 4 participating nations was not reached.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Doping
* *Karina Villazana from Perú who initially was listed as winner of the women's 10,000 metres event (in 36:48.53) and as silver medalistin the women's 5,000 metres event (in 17:24.31) was disqualified for violating the doping rules by being tested positive for cocaine abuse.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Doping
* **Alison Sánchez from Bolivia was tested positive for nandrolone. Therefore, the Bolivian 4 x 400 metres relay team where she competed together with Lindy Carla Cavero Garcia, Marysabel Romero Lea Plaza, and Leslie Fernanda Arnez Rivero, lost its bronze medal (in 3:51.04) to Argentina.


2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Team trophies
Brazil won the overall team trophy of the South American Under-23 Championships for the 4th time in the role, and additionally the team trophy in the women category. Colombia won the team trophy in the men category for the first time. The number of points from the unofficial count from below based on the published results settled, i.e. by the disqualifications, differ somewhat from those published, without any influence on the order.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship
The 2010 South American Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino – Copa América de Selecciones) was the sixth edition of the South American Women's Football Championship, and acted as a qualifier for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Ecuador from 4 November to 21 November 2010, after originally being scheduled for 28 October to 14 November 2010.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship
The top two teams from the final group, Brazil and Colombia, qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Additionally, the top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 Pan American Games.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship, First stage
Matches were played in Latacunga, Ambato and Riobamba (Group A) and Loja, Cuenca and Azogues (Group B).


2010 South American Women's Football Championship, First stage
The tournament features a first round, where the ten teams are divided into two groups of five teams each. The top two teams in the groups advance to a final round, instead of a knockout stage.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship, First stage
The final round was set up in a round-robin format, where each team played one match against each of the other teams within the group. The top two teams in the group qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and the 2012 Olympic Games football tournament in London. The first-placed team won the tournament.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship, First stage
Three (3) points were awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw, and zero (0) points for a loss.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship, First stage
When teams finish level of points, the final order determined according to:


2010 South American Women's Football Championship, Second stage
Brazil won the tournament and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Olympic Games tournament along with runners-up Colombia.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship squads
The 2010 South American Women's Football Championship squads consisted of 20 players (2 goalkeepers and 18 outfield players) per team.


2010 South American Women's Football Championship squads, Group A, Chile
The final 20-player squad was announced on 20 October 2010.


2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics
The 20th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were heldin Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos from October 9–10, 2010. A detailed report on theresults was given.


2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published, andcomplete results can be found on the Fedachi, on the Fecodatle, and on the "World Junior Athletics History"website.


2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Men salto triplo
†: This is the relay team announced to compete by CBAt. Neither the order nor whether there were any substitutions is known. The announced Carlos Eduardo Pereira did not appear in the start lists.


2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Women
†: This is the relay team announced to compete by CBAt. Neither the order nor whether there were any substitutions is known.


2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Team trophies
The placing tables for team trophy (overall team, men and women categories) were published.


2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 278 athletes from about 13 countries:


2010 South Asian Games
The 2010 South Asian Games, officially the XI South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event that took place from 29 January to 8 February 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was the third time that the Bangladeshi capital hosted the South Asian Games, thus becoming the first city to hold the games three times.


2010 South Asian Games
Roughly 2000 athletes from eight countries competed at the games in 23 different sports. The sporting giant of the region, India continued its dominance in the game's medal tally with a staggering 175 medals including 90 gold medals. Pakistan narrowly beat the host country in gold medals count with 19, while the host Bangladesh captured 18 golds including the region's most popular and prestigious football and cricket titles. Bangladesh, however, earned second spot in total medal count beating out Pakistan. Sri Lanka's Shehan Abeypitiya becomes the fastest man while Pakistan's Naseem Hamid was crowned the fastest woman of the region winning 100 meter sprint.


2010 South Asian Games, Organization
The 11th South Asian Games were originally scheduled to take place in November 2009. However, the host country (Bangladesh) faced difficulties due to general elections. As a result, the South Asian Association Council (SAOC) held the 39th Executive Meeting and decided against hosting the Games in 2009, postponing the games to early 2010.


2010 South Asian Games, Organization
The estimated budget of the 2010 Games was about BDT 160 million (US$2.3 million).


2010 South Asian Games, Organization
The South Asian Games Organizing Committee (SAGOC) approved the formation of 20 sub-committees to look after the needs of each aspect of the Games, and also to ensure that work proceeded continuously. These sub-committees included the ceremonious committee, the co-ordination committee and the security committee.


2010 South Asian Games, Logo and mascot
The logo of the 11th SAF Games was Kutumb: a doel, known in English as the Oriental magpie robin. It is the national bird of Bangladesh. The logo was designed by Bangladeshi artist Moniruzzaman. The mascot of the games also featured a magpie robin, which was holding the torch to begin the games.


2010 South Asian Games, Participating nations
A total of eight countries participated in the 2010 South Asian Games.


2010 South Asian Games, Sports
A total of 23 sports competitions were held at the 11th SAF Games.


2010 South Asian Games, Sports
For the first time, Twenty20 cricket was included in the Games. Except India all participating nations sent under-21 teams for the cricket tournament.


2010 South Asian Games, Sports
Despite early rumours that hockey, volleyball, rowing, and wrestling were to be excluded from the Games, of the four only rowing did not make the final list of sports.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India won all 4 gold medals in the men's and women's events. Host Bangladesh was a distant second with two silvers.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India and Sri Lanka dominated the event with India taking 10 gold and 11 silver while Sri Lanka followed with 7 gold and 8 silver. Pakistan won 4 gold while Nepal won a solitary gold.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India won all 7 gold medals, dominating in both men's and women's events.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Afghanistan won the gold medal by beating India in the final while Bangladesh claimed the Bronze in the Men Basketball event.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India won 3 gold medal followed by host Bangladesh with 2 gold and a silver. Pakistan won 1 gold and 1 silver.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Under-21 Cricket T20 was introduced for the first time in the SA Games, with Bangladesh emerged victorious beating Sri Lanka in the closely contested final. Pakistan won the bronze by beating Maldives. India, the other test playing nation of the region, did not participate in the event.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India dominated with 3 gold and a silver while Sri Lanka won 1 gold and 1 silver.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Host Bangladesh reclaimed the regional supremacy by winning gold medal in the most one-sided final in the history of the game. They beat the surprise package Afghanistan in the final by 4–0. Bangladesh won each of their matches without conceding a single goal in their 5 matches including the final. Afghanistan, who rushed into the final for the first time in this regional showpiece, was unbeaten till the final registering wins against the likes of India, Maldives and the defending champion Pakistan. Maldives won the bronze by beating India.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
In the women football, India won the gold medal beating Nepal in the final while Bangladesh claimed the bronze.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Host Bangladesh made a clean sweep in both team and individual event. Team Bangladesh won the gold beating India and Sri Lanka who won silver and bronze respectively. In the Individual event, Bangladesh bagged all the three medals.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Pakistan won the Handball gold beating India in the final. Bangladesh won the bronze.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Pakistan beat their arch-rival India in the final through tie-breaker to win the gold medal in hockey. After the teams ended the regular and extral time with 1–1 draw, Pakistan comes superior through penalty strokes by 4–3. Bangladesh edged past Sri Lanka to win the bronze.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India won 5 gold and 1 silver while Pakistan won 3 gold and 3 silver in Judo. India won both the gold medals in women's category while the men's glory were shared equally between India and Pakistan each winning 3 gold each.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India maintained their supremacy in this regional sports by winning gold in both men and women event. Pakistan won the silver in men's category while Bangladesh bagged the silver in the women's Kabadi.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Bangladesh won 4 gold and 1 silver followed by Nepal with 3 gold and 2 silver. Afghanistan won two gold while Pakistan and Sri Lanka won 1 each. In men's event Nepal and Afghanistan won two gold each while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have 1-a piece. In the women's event, host Bangladesh dominated with 3 gold while Pakistan and Nepal shared the remaining two.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India dominated in both men's and women's event bagging 19 out of 22 gold medals along with 8 silver medals. Host Bangladesh won the remaining 3 gold medals with 6 silvers.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India and Sri Lanka dominated the pool with India winning 11 out of 12 gold in men's event, while 5 out of 7 in women's event. They also won 5 silvers in the men's and 2 in the women's category. Sri Lanka won 3 gold and 6 silver.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Pakistan maintained their supremacy in Squash winning both gold and silver in individual event and gold in the team event. India and Bangladesh won silver and bronze respectively in team event.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India made a clean sweep by winning all the 7 gold medals in this sports. They also won 5 silver medals. Sri Lanka claimed silver in both men and women team event.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
Afghanistan won 3 gold in men's event and 1 silver in women's while Nepal won 1 gold and 1 silver each in men's and women's event. India won two gold in men's event, while Bangladesh won equal number of gold in women's event. Sri Lanka won 1 gold in women's event.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka won the gold, silver and bronze respectively in Volleyball.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India won 3 gold and 1 silver followed by Pakistan, who won 2 gold and 3 silver. Sri Lanka won 2 gold and 2 silver while Bangladesh won 1 gold and 2 silver.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India won 3 gold and a silver in Wrestling while Pakistan won 2 gold and a silver. Afghanistan won 1 gold and 2 silver.


2010 South Asian Games, Highlights
India won 4 gold and 3 silvers, followed by Nepal with 2 gold and 2 silver. Bangladesh and Pakistan won 2 gold each.


2010 South Asian Games, Incidents, Reduced marathon
Due to preparations for the closing ceremony at the National Stadium (which was the actual finishing point for marathon ) in a last moment decision, the finishing line was relocated to outside of the National Stadium. However, the distance was not properly re-calculated and, after a Nepali athlete completed the race with 12 minutes less than the world record, it was noticed that the course only measured 35 km; over 7 km less than the required distance. The results of competition were allowed to stand but the times were deemed ineligible for record purposes.


2010 South Asian Games, Incidents, Lift accident
Six Nepali athletes were slightly injured when a hotel lift crashed just hours before the launching of the games.


2010 South Asian Games, Incidents, Cycling incident
One of the host nation's cyclists, Fatema Chingby Marma, was disqualified as she was being pushed by an enthusiastic local motor cycle rider from behind during the cycling event at Khulna - Gopalganj.


2010 South Australian state election
The 2010 South Australian state election elected members to the 52nd Parliament of South Australia on 20 March 2010. All seats in the House of Assembly or lower house, whose current members were elected at the 2006 election, and half the seats in the Legislative Council or upper house, last filled at the 2002 election, became vacant.