2010 in sports

**2010 in sports** will describe the year's events in world sport.

Overview of the events of 2010 in sportsTemplate:SHORTDESC:Overview of the events of 2010 in sports

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* 2011
* 2012
* 2013 →

* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
	+ Sumo
* Cricket
	+ 2009–10
	+ 2010
	+ 2010–11
* Cycling
* Darts
* Equestrianism
* Esports
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Ice sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Racquetball
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Shooting
* Snooker
	+ 2009–10
	+ 2010–11
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
* Weightlifting

## Events by month

### January

* 24th-31st Bandy World Championship in Moscow, Russia. **Winner**: Template:Bandy

### February

* 7 American football, File:Flag of Florida.svg.png,  Super Bowl XLIV. **Winner:** File:Flag of Louisiana.svg.png New Orleans Saints.
* 12 – 28: Olympics, Template:Country data IOC/ 2010 Winter Olympics. **Winner:**  Canada.

### April

* 25: Marathon,  London Marathon. **Winners:**  Tsegaye Kebede,  Liliya Shobukhova

### May

30: IndyCar Series, USA 2010 Indianapolis 500 Winner: Dario Franchitti

### June

* 3 - 17: Basketball, / 2010 NBA Finals. **Winner:**  Los Angeles Lakers.
* 11–11 July: Association football,  2010 FIFA World Cup. **Winner:**  Spain.

### August

* 28–12 September: Basketball, File:Flag of Turkey.svg.png 2010 FIBA World Championship. **Winner:** Template:Bk.

### September

* 23–3 October: Basketball,  2010 FIBA World Championship for Women. **Winner:** Template:Bkw.
* 26: Formula One, File:Flag of Singapore.svg 2010 Singapore Grand Prix. **Winner:**  Fernando Alonso.
* 26: Marathon,  Berlin Marathon. **Winners:** File:Flag of Kenya.svg.png Patrick Makau,  Aberu Kebede.

### October

* 3 - 14: Multi-sport event, File:India-flag-a4.jpg 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India. **Winner:** Australia
* 10: Marathon,  Chicago Marathon. **Winners:** File:Flag of Kenya.svg.png Samuel Wanjiru,  Liliya Shobukhova.
* 24: Formula One,  2010 Korean Grand Prix. **Winner:**  Fernando Alonso.

### November

* 7: Marathon,  New York City Marathon. **Winners:**  Gebregziabher Gebremariam, File:Flag of Kenya.svg.png Edna Kiplagat.
* 12 - 27: Multi-sport event,  2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou, China. **Winner:**  China

## Association football

Main article: 2010 in association football
### January

* 10th—31st – Africa Cup of Nations, Angola. Winner – File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
* Pachuca win the CONCACAF Champions League.
* PRK Hekari United win the OFC Champions League.
* Atlético Madrid win the UEFA Europa League.
* Internazionale win the UEFA Champions League.

### June/July

* June 11 – July 11 – FIFA World Cup, South Africa. Winner –  Spain

### July/August

* July 13 – August 1 – FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Germany.

Winner –  Germany

* Internacional win the Copa Libertadores

### September

* 5th—25th – FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Trinidad and Tobago –  Korea Republic
* LDU Quito win the 2010 Recopa Sudamericana
* Seongnam Ilhwa win the AFC Champions League
* TP Mazembe win the CAF Champions League
* Internazionale win the FIFA Club World Cup

## Athletics

Main article: 2010 in athletics (track and field)
### March

* 12th–14th – IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar.
* 27th – IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

### May

* May 14 – August 27 – IAAF Diamond League, worldwide track and field meeting series.
* May 15–16 – IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Chihuahua, Mexico.

### July/August

* July 27 – August 1 – European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

### October

* October 16 – IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, China

## Australian rules football

### September

* 25th – 2010 AFL Grand Final – Template:AFL Col drew with Template:AFL StK in the first Grand Final, 9.14 (68) – 10.8 (68). Collingwood won the replay by 56 points on October 2, 16.12 (108) – 7.10 (52). It was the first drawn AFL Grand Final since 1977.

## Bandy

Main article: 2010 in ice sports
* 24–31 January Bandy World Championship in Moscow, Russia – Template:Bandy wins
* Bandy World Cup, October –  Dynamo Kazan wins

## Baseball

Main article: 2010 in baseball
See also: 2010 Major League Baseball season and 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season
### April

* 2nd – Target Field in Minneapolis, the first stadium built specifically for the Minnesota Twins, opens with the Twins losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 8–4 in a spring training game.
* 12th – Target Field hosts its first regular-season game, with the Twins defeating the Boston Red Sox 5–2.

### May

* 9th – Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitches the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 4–0 home win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
* 29th – Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches the 20th perfect game in MLB history in a 1–0 road win over the Florida Marlins. This marks the first time in the modern era that two perfect games have been thrown in the same MLB season.

### June

* 2nd – Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers loses out on a perfect game when the 27th batter, the Cleveland Indians' Jason Donald, is called safe on an infield grounder. Immediately after the game, umpire Jim Joyce admitted that he had blown the call. The Tigers won 3–0.

### July

* 13th – The 81st Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California is won by the National League for the first time since 1996. Brian McCann, whose three-run double in the seventh inning gives the NL all of its runs in the 3–1 game, is named MVP.

George Steinbrenner owner of the New York Yankees dies of a heart attack at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa Bay, Florida.

### September

* September 7 – Trevor Hoffman, closing pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers become the first closing pitcher in the history of the MLB to record 600 career saves, at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin against the St. Louis Cardinals.

### October

* 6th – In Game 1 of the National League Division Series, Halladay no-hits the Cincinnati Reds in the Phillies' 4–0 win. Halladay becomes only the second pitcher to throw a no-hitter in postseason play, after Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
* 22nd – The Texas Rangers defeat the New York Yankees in the ALCS to advance to their first World Series.
* 23rd – The San Francisco Giants defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS to advance to their fourth World Series since relocating to San Francisco.

### November

* 1st – The San Francisco Giants defeat the Texas Rangers to win the 2010 World Series 4–1.
* 7th – The Chiba Lotte Marines defeat the Chunichi Dragons to win the 2010 Japan Series 4–2–1.

### December

* 2nd – Ron Santo former 3rd baseman of the Chicago Cubs dies due to complications from bladder cancer and diabetes in a Scottsdale, Arizona hospital.
* Legendary Milwaukee Brewers baseball announcer and former Milwaukee Braves catcher Bob Uecker, who played on the Braves during the 1957 World Series in which the Braves won, undergoes two successful heart surgeries, one during the baseball season, and one following it, and gets inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
* The Milwaukee Brewers reveal a statue in honor of Baseball Commissioner Allen H. "Bud" Selig a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and who helped bring the Brewers to Milwaukee (formerly the Seattle Pilots) after the departure of the 1957 World Series champions, Milwaukee Braves.

### February

* 14th – A crowd of 108,713, the largest in the sport's history, packs Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. The East defeats the West 141–139, with the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, representing the East, being named MVP.
* NCAA men's tournament — Duke defeats Butler 61–59 at Lucas Oil Stadium, 6 miles (9.7 km) from Butler's campus in Indianapolis. It is the fourth national title for both Duke and its head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Duke's Kyle Singler is named Most Outstanding Player.
* NCAA women's tournament — Connecticut completes their second consecutive 39–0 season with a 53–47 win over Stanford at the Alamodome in San Antonio. It is the seventh national title and fourth unbeaten season for both the Huskies and their head coach Geno Auriemma. The Most Outstanding Player award goes to UConn's Maya Moore.
* Euroleague — Regal FC Barcelona wins the title in Paris.

### June

* NBA Finals — The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Boston Celtics in seven games for the Lakers' 16th NBA title.

### August/September

* August 28 – September 12 – 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey — File:Gold medal icon.svg Template:Bk File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Bk File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Bk. MVP: Kevin Durant (USA)
* September 23 – October 3- 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic — File:Gold medal icon.svg Template:Bkw File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Bkw File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Bkw. MVP: Hana Horáková (Czech Republic).

### December

* 21st — The University of Connecticut women's team wins its 89th consecutive game, surpassing the NCAA Division I record previously held by the UCLA men's team of 1971–1974.
* 30th – UConn's record winning streak ends at 90 when the Huskies lose 71–59 to Stanford.

## Boxing

Main article: Boxing in the 2010s
* March 13 – Manny Pacquiao defeats Joshua Clottey by controlling the fight from start to finish, leading to Pacquiao winning by a unanimous decision. The fight was the first boxing match held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas in front of over 41,000 people. This was Pacquiao's first defense of his newly awarded WBO welterweight title.
* March 20 – Wladimir Klitschko knocks out Eddie Chambers with a fierce left that hits Chambers in the temple with only five seconds left in the fight. The punch knocked Chambers out nearly instantly, with him collapsing to the canvas and hanging off the last rope. This was Klitschko's first defense of his *Ring* magazine heavyweight title, his fourth defense of his WBO heavyweight title, and his eighth defense of his IBF and IBO heavyweight titles.
* March 27 – Pongsaklek Wonjongkam defeats Kōki Kameda by a majority decision to win the WBC flyweight title and vacant Ring magazine flyweight title. This is the second time Wonjongkam has become the WBC flyweight champion, after first winning the title in March 2001. Wonjongkam defended the title seventeen times, until he lost to Daisuke Naito in July 2007. This fight is later named the best flyweight fight of 2010 by *Ring* magazine.
* April 17 – Kelly Pavlik loses to Sergio Martínez in a close fight for Pavlik's WBC, WBO, and *Ring* magazine middleweight titles. Martínez controlled the early rounds with quick in and out movements, refusing to heavily engage with Pavlik. Martínez managed to cut Pavlik's left eyebrow in the first round. Pavlik then started to mount a comeback in the middle rounds by blocking Martínez's punches more effectively. Pavlik spent most of his time headhunting trying to land a hard right, which did help Pavlik get a knockdown in the seventh round. In the late rounds Martínez came back and started to open up Pavlik's cuts more, making his face extremely blood. In the post fight interview Pavlik said he couldn't see due to the blood. Martínez ended up winning the fight with a unanimous decision.
* April 24 – Mikkel Kessler upsets Carl Froch by a unanimous decision to win Froch's WBC super middleweight title. The fight was part of the second-group stage of the Super Six World Boxing Classic. Following the fight, Froch complained about a judging bias, seeing how the fight was held in Kessler's country of origin, Denmark. This fight was later named the best super middleweight fight of 2010 by Ring magazine.
* April 30 – In a stunning upset, Fernando Montiel knocksout Hozumi Hasegawa ending his five-year, 10 title defense streak and taking his WBC bantamweight title. The knockout came as a surprise due to Hasegawa seeming to be clearly leading until the end of the fourth, when Montiel landed a left punch that stunned Hasegawa and pushed him back to the ropes, where he unloaded on him until the referee stopped the fight.
* May 1 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Shane Mosley to continue his undefeated career streak. Mosley came out strong for the first two rounds—at one point making Mayweather's knees buckle—but Mayweather went on to control the fight.
* May 8 – Making his comeback after roughly 15½ months of being suspended, Antonio Margarito defeated Roberto Garcia to win the vacant WBC international super welterweight title.
* May 15 – Amir Khan dominates Paul Malignaggi to win by TKO in the eleventh round to retain his WBA light welterweight title for the second time. This was Khan's debut in the United States.
* May 22 – In their fourth fight against each other Rafael Márquez evens the series to two wins for each man by stopping Israel Vázquez by TKO in the third round.
* June 5 – Miguel Cotto defeats Yuri Foreman by a ninth round stoppage due to a leg injury Foreman suffered during the fight. In an amazing display of will, Foreman refused to quit despite being in what he later called a "very sharp pain". A towel was thrown in the ring, but it was ruled to have come from an outside source, and the fight continued for another minute until being stopped officially. This was Cotto's debut at light middleweight. The fight was the first boxing match in the new Yankee stadium built in 2009, and the first match in either Yankee stadium since Ali/Norton 3 in 1976.
* July 31 – In a rematch of 2009's fight of the year, Juan Manuel Márquez defeats Juan Díaz for a second time to retain his WBO lightweight title and to win the WBA super world lightweight title.
* August 14 – Jean Pascal upsets Chad Dawson by a technical decision due to an accidental headbutt that caused a major cut over Dawson's right eye and the fight was stopped by the ringside doctor. However Pascal easily won the fight according to the judge's scorecards. Pascal defended his WBC light heavyweight title for the third time, won Dawson's IBO light heavyweight title, and filled the vacant Ring magazine light heavyweight title.
* August 28 – Giovanni Segura upsets Iván Calderón by a knockout in the eighth round to win the WBO and WBA super world light flyweight titles. Segura ends Calderón's undefeated 34-fight winning record. This fight would later be named both the best light flyweight and overall fight of the year of 2010 by Ring magazine.
* September 11 – Yuriorkis Gamboa defeats Orlando Salido to unified the WBA world and vacant IBF featherweight titles. Gamboa was knocked down in the eighth round and was docked two points in the twelfth round. While Salido was knocked down twice in the twelfth round.
* November 6 – Juan Manuel López defeats Rafael Márquez by TKO, in an exciting fight that was stopped early due to Márquez suffering a shoulder injury following the eighth round. López defends his WBO featherweight title and improves his record to 30–0. This fight is later named the best featherweight fight of 2010 by Ring magazine.
* November 13 – Manny Pacquiao destroys Antonio Margarito to the WBC super welterweight title, making Pacquiao the first and so far only boxer to win world titles in eight different weight classes. Following the fight, Margarito is sent to a hospital with a fractured orbital bone, which requires surgery. This was Margarito's first major fight in over 21 months, following a knockout loss to Shane Mosley in January 2009.
* November 20 – In a highly anticipated rematch, Sergio Martínez knocks out Paul Williams in the second round to retain his WBC and Ring magazine middleweight titles. This fight was later named knockout of the year by Ring magazine.
* November 27 – Juan Manuel Márquez defeats Michael Katsidis by ninth-round TKO. Katsidis was competitive throughout the fight and even scored a knockdown on Márquez in the third round. While Márquez fought a more solid fight, landing many combinations. Márquez defends his WBO, WBA, and Ring magazine lightweight titles. This fight is later named the best lightweight fight of 2010 by Ring magazine.
* December 11 – Amir Khan defeats Marcos Maidana in a relatively close decision. Khan came out strong in the early part of the fight, by applying heavy pressure on Maidana and getting a knockdown late in the first round. However, in the later parts of the fight Khan spent much of his time avoiding Maidana trying to endure through rounds. At one point Maidana appeared to have almost finished Khan in the tenth round, when he landed a huge punch. However Khan absorbed the punishment and did enough in the early rounds to win by a unanimous decision. Khan defended his WBA world light welterweight title for the third time. This fight is later named the best light welterweight fight of 2010 by Ring magazine.
* December 11 – Abner Mares defeats Vic Darchinyan by a spit decision, to start Showtime's second boxing tournament based on the Super Six World Boxing Classic. However instead featured only four fighters, a single elimination format, and was focused on the bantamweight division at 118 lbs (54 kg) under the title, *The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All*. This fight was later named the best bantamweight fight of 2010 by Ring magazine.
* December 18 – After twelve rounds of boxing, Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal ends in a controversial majority draw.

## Floorball

* Men's World Floorball Championships
	+ Champion: Template:Flb
* Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships
	+ Champion: Template:Flw19
* EuroFloorball Cup
	+ Men's champion:  Storvreta IBK
	+ Women's champion:  IKSU Innebandy

## Futsal

* UEFA Futsal Championship, Hungary – Spain
* 2010 Grand Prix de Futsal, Brazil – Brazil

## Gymnastcs

* 2010 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
* 2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
* 2010 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
* 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
* 2010 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

## Handball

* European Men's Handball Championship – France

## Motorsport

Main articles: 2010 in motorsport and List of 2010 motorsport champions
## Volleyball

* Women's CEV Champions League 2009–10 December 1, 2009 – April 4, 2010. Final Four in Cannes, France
	+ Champions File:Simple cup icon.svg  **Volley Bergamo**, File:Med 2.png File:Flag of Turkey.svg.png Fenerbahçe Acıbadem, File:Med 3.png  RC Cannes. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* Men's CEV Champions League 2009–10 December 1, 2009 – May 2, 2010. Final Four in Łódź, Poland.
	+ Champions File:Simple cup icon.svg  **Trentino BetClic**, File:Med 2.png  Dynamo Moscow, File:Med 3.png File:Flag of Poland.svg.png PGE Skra Bełchatów. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino February 12 – May 12, in Puerto Rico
	+ Champions File:Simple cup icon.svg **Pinkin de Corozal**, Season MVP: Template:Flagathlete, Final Series MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, May 20–31, in Puerto Rico
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vb**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vb and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vb. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 Montreux Volley Masters, June 8–13, in Montreux, Switzerland
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 Women's European Volleyball League, June 5 – July 25, Final Four in Ankara, Turkey
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 Men's European Volleyball League, June 4 – July 17, Final Four in Guadalajara, Spain
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vb**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vb and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vb. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* FIVB World League 2010, June 11 – July 25, 2010, in Córdoba, Argentina
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vb**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vb and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vb. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, June 16–27, in Rosarito and Tijuana, Mexico
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* Men's Volleyball at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, July 24–29, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vb**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vb and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vb. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* Women's Volleyball at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, July 18–23, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* FIVB World Grand Prix 2010 August 6–29, Final Round in Ningbo, China
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup, September 19–26, Chiapas, Mexico
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship, September 24, 2010 to October 10, 2010
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vb**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vb and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vb. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship October 29, 2010 to November 14, 2010
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw. MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* Men's Volleyball at the 2010 Asian Games, November 18–27 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vb**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vb and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vb.
* Women's Volleyball at the 2010 Asian Games, November 13–27 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
	+ File:Gold medal icon.svg **Template:Vbw**, File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Vbw and File:Bronze medal icon.svg Template:Vbw.
* 2010 FIVB Men's Club World Championship December 15–21, 2010 in Doha, Qatar.
	+ Champions File:Simple cup icon.svg  **Trentino BetClic**, File:Med 2.png File:Flag of Poland.svg.png PGE Skra Bełchatów, File:Med 3.png Template:Country data IRI Paykan Tehran, MVP: Template:Flagathlete
* 2010 FIVB Women's Club World Championship December 15–21, 2010 in Doha, Qatar.
	+ Champions File:Simple cup icon.svg File:Flag of Turkey.svg.png **Fenerbahçe Acıbadem**, File:Med 2.png  Sollys Osasco, File:Med 3.png  Bergamo, MVP: Template:Flagathlete