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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in October of 2010. Deaths in October
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Sporting seasons
American football 2010
National Football League NCAA Division I FBS NCAA Division I FCS
Auto racing 2010
Formula One Sprint Cup World Rally Championship Nationwide Series Camping World Truck Series GP2 Series WTTC V8 Supercar Superleague Formula FIA GT1 World Championship World Series by Renault Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Super GT
Baseball 2010
Major League Baseball Nippon Professional Baseball
Basketball 2010
NBA Euroleague EuroLeague Women Eurocup EuroChallenge France Germany Greece Israel Italy Philippines Philippine Cup Russia Spain Turkey
Canadian football 2010
Canadian Football League
Football (soccer) 2010
National teams competitions UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification International clubs competitions UEFA (Europe) Champions League Europa League UEFA Women's Champions League Copa Sudamericana AFC (Asia) Champions League AFC Cup CAF (Africa) Champions League CAF Confederation Cup CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League OFC (Oceania) Champions League Domestic (national) competitions Argentina Australia Brazil England France Germany Iran Italy Japan Norway Russia Scotland Spain Major League Soccer (USA & Canada) MLS Cup Playoffs
Golf 2010
PGA Tour European Tour LPGA Tour Champions Tour
Ice hockey 2010
National Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League Czech Extraliga Elitserien Canadian Hockey League: OHL, QMJHL, WHL NCAA Division I men NCAA Division I women
Lacrosse 2010
Major League Lacrosse
Motorcycle racing 2010
Moto GP
Rugby league 2010
Four Nations
Rugby union 2010
2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying Heineken Cup European Challenge Cup English Premiership Celtic League Top 14 ITM Cup Currie Cup
Snooker
Players Tour Championship
Winter sports
Alpine Skiing World Cup Grand Prix of Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Snowboard World Cup AFL Grand Final
Days of the month
October 31, 2010 (Sunday)
American football NFL, Week 8: International Series in London: San Francisco 49ers 24, Denver Broncos 16 Detroit Lions 37, Washington Redskins 25 Jacksonville Jaguars 35, Dallas Cowboys 17 Miami Dolphins 22, Cincinnati Bengals 14 Kansas City Chiefs 13, Buffalo Bills 10 (OT) St. Louis Rams 20, Carolina Panthers 10 Green Bay Packers 9, New York Jets 0 San Diego Chargers 33, Tennessee Titans 25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38, Arizona Cardinals 35 New England Patriots 28, Minnesota Vikings 18 Oakland Raiders 33, Seattle Seahawks 3 Sunday Night Football: New Orleans Saints 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 10 Byes: Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles
Auto racing Chase for the Sprint Cup: AMP Energy Juice 500 in Talladega: (1) Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (3) Juan Pablo Montoya (Chevrolet; Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) Drivers' championship standings (after 33 of 36 races): (1) Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 6149 points (2) Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 6135 (3) Harvick 6111 World Touring Car Championship: Race of Japan: Round 19: (1) Rob Huff (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (2) Yvan Muller (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (3) Norbert Michelisz (Zengő-Dension Team; SEAT León) Round 20: (1) Colin Turkington (Team Aviva–COFCO / WSR; BMW 320si) (2) Muller (3) Huff On November 16, BMW Team RBM drivers Augusto Farfus and Andy Priaulx were excluded from the results due to the revoking of a stewards' decision. (WTCC) Drivers' championship standings (after 20 of 22 rounds): (1) Muller 301 points (2) Gabriele Tarquini (SR-Sport; SEAT León) 246 (3) Priaulx 240 Muller wins his second world title. Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Chevrolet 645 points (2) SEAT Customers Technology 571 (3) BMW 544
Badminton BWF Super Series: Denmark Super Series in Odense: Men's singles: Jan Ø. Jørgensen def. Taufik Hidayat 21–19, 21–19 Women's singles: Wang Yihan def. Liu Xin 21–14, 21–12 Men's doubles: Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen def. Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan 21–13, 21–12 Women's doubles: Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna def. Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito 21–17, 21–14 Mixed doubles: Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl def. Nathan Robertson / Jenny Wallwork 21–12, 12–21, 21–9
Baseball World Series: Game 4, San Francisco Giants 4, Texas Rangers 0. Giants lead series 3–1. Japan Series: Game 2, Chunichi Dragons 12, Chiba Lotte Marines 1. Series tied 1–1.
Cricket Pakistan vs South Africa in UAE: 2nd ODI in Abu Dhabi: 286/8 (50 overs; Colin Ingram 100); 289/9 (49.5 overs; Abdul Razzaq 109*). Pakistan win by 1 wicket; 5-match series tied 1–1. Sri Lanka in Australia: Only T20I in Perth: 133/8 (20 overs); 135/3 (16.3 overs). Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets; win the 1-match series 1–0.
English billiards World Professional Championship in Leeds, England: Final: Dhruv Sitwala 1204–1738 Mike Russell Russell wins the title for the 10th time.
Equestrianism Show jumping: FEI World Cup Western European League: 3rd competition in Lyon (CSI 5*-W): Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Checkmate Gerco Schröder on New Orleans Rene Lopez on Noblesse des Tess Standings (after 3 of 13 competitions): (1) Christian Ahlmann 40 points (2) Kevin Staut 32 (3) Leon Thijssen 27 5th competition in Hanover (CSI 3*): Eva Bitter on Satisfaction Hugo Simon on Ukinda Torben Köhlbrandt on Picadilly Princess Standings (after 5 of 6 competitions): (1) Denis Lynch 45 points (2) Heiko Schmidt 41 (3) Bitter 40
Figure skating ISU Grand Prix: Skate Canada International in Kingston, Ontario: Ice Dance: Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier 154.42 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 149.80 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein 139.05 Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Meryl Davis / Charlie White , Crone / Poirier 15 points (1 event), Kerr / Kerr, Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 13 (1), Chock / Zuerlein, Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 11 (1).
Football (soccer) African Women's Championship in South Africa: Group A: 2–1 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in Cancún, Mexico: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals) Group A: 8–0 2–0 Standings (after 2 matches): Canada, Mexico 6 points, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana 0. CAF Champions League Final, first leg: TP Mazembe 5–0 Espérance ST MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinal, first leg in Seattle: Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy
Golf European Tour: Andalucia Masters in Sotogrande, Spain: Winner: Graeme McDowell 281 (−3) McDowell collects his third European Tour win of the season and seventh of his career. LPGA Tour: LPGA Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea: Winner: Na Yeon Choi 206 (−10) Choi successfully defends her title in the LPGA's annual stop in her homeland for her second LPGA title of the season and fourth of her career. Champions Tour: AT&T Championship in San Antonio: Winner: Rod Spittle 201 (−12)PO Spittle, a Monday qualifier, defeats Jeff Sluman on the first playoff hole to win his first Champions Tour title. Other news: Lee Westwood will become #1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, ending the five-year reign of Tiger Woods , when the rankings are released tomorrow.
Korfball European Championship final round in Rotterdam, Netherlands: 7th–8th places: 15–23 5th–6th places: 21–16 3rd–4th places: 11–18 Final: 21–25 The Netherlands win their fourth successive title.
Motorcycle racing Moto GP: Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril: MotoGP: (1) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) (2) Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) (3) Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) Riders' championship standings (after 17 of 18 rounds): (1) Lorenzo 358 points (2) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 236 (3) Rossi 217 Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Yamaha 379 points (2) Honda 331 (3) Ducati 266 Moto2: (1) Stefan Bradl (Suter) (2) Alex Baldolini (I.C.P.) (3) Alex de Angelis (Motobi) Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 17 rounds): (1) Toni Elías (Moriwaki) 271 points (2) Julián Simón (Suter) 185 (3) Andrea Iannone (Speed Up) 179 Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Suter 306 points (2) Moriwaki 296 (3) Speed Up 212 125cc: (1) Marc Márquez (Derbi) (2) Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) (3) Bradley Smith (Aprilia) Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 17 rounds): (1) Márquez 297 points (2) Terol 280 (3) Pol Espargaró (Derbi) 261 Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Derbi 385 points (2) Aprilia 323 (3) Honda 23
Rugby league Four Nations: (teams in bold advance to the final) Round two: 34–14 in Melbourne Standings (after 2 matches): , Australia 4 points, England, 0.
Short track speed skating World Cup 2 in Quebec City, Canada: Men: 500 m: François-Louis Tremblay Liang Wenhao François Hamelin Standings (after 2 events): (1) Tremblay 1512 points (2) Liang 1440 (3) Simon Cho 1010. 1000 m: Charles Hamelin Travis Jayner Guillaume Bastille Standings (after 3 events): (1) Thibaut Fauconnet 2134 points (2) Anthony Lobello Jr. 1664 (3) Jayner 1440. 5000 m relay: Standings (after 2 events): (1) Canada 2000 points (2) United States 1440 (3) Italy 1050. Women: 500 m: Marianne St-Gelais Arianna Fontana Fan Kexin Standings (after 2 events): (1) St-Gelais 2000 points (2) Fontana 1600 (3) Valerie Lambert 968. 1000 m: Zhou Yang Katherine Reutter Elise Christie Standings (after 3 events): (1) Reutter 1800 points (2) Marianne St-Gelais 1440 points (3) Lana Gehring 1328. 3000 m relay: Standings (after 2 events): (1) China 2000 points (2) Canada, United States 1440.
Snooker Euro Players Tour Championship: Event 4 in Gloucester: Final: Stephen Lee 4–2 Stephen Maguire Lee wins his fifth professional title. Order of Merit (after 10 of 12 events): (1) Mark Selby 19,400 (2) Barry Pinches 17,500 (3) Judd Trump and Mark Williams 16,600
Tennis WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, day 6: Singles Final: Kim Clijsters def. Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 Clijsters wins her third Tour Championships and the 40th title of her career. Doubles Final: Gisela Dulko /Flavia Pennetta def. Květa Peschke /Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–4 Dulko wins her eighth title of the season and 16th of her career, while Pennetta wins her seventh title of the season and 13th of her career. ATP World Tour: St. Petersburg Open: Final: Mikhail Kukushkin def. Mikhail Youzhny 6–3, 7–6(2) Kukushkin wins his first career title. Bank Austria-TennisTrophy: Final: Jürgen Melzer def. Andreas Haider-Maurer 6–7(10), 7–6(4), 6–4 Melzer wins the third title of his career. Open Sud de France: Final: Gaël Monfils def. Ivan Ljubičić 6–2, 5–7, 6–1 Monfils wins the third title of his career.
Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan: (teams in bold advance to the second round) Pool A in Tokyo: 1–3 3–0 0–3 Standings (after 3 matches): Japan, Serbia 6 points, Poland, Peru, Costa Rica 4, Algeria 3. Pool B in Hamamatsu: 0–3 3–0 3–0 Standings (after 3 matches): Brazil, Italy 6 points, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Puerto Rico 4, Kenya 3. Pool C in Matsumoto: 2–3 0–3 0–3 Standings (after 3 matches): USA 6 points, Thailand, Germany 5, Cuba, Croatia 4, Kazakhstan 3. Pool D in Osaka: 3–2 0–3 3–0 Standings (after 3 matches): Russia, South Korea 6 points, Turkey 5, China 4, Dominican Republic, Canada 3.
October 30, 2010 (Saturday)
American football NCAA (unbeaten teams in bold): BCS Top 10: (1) Auburn 51, Mississippi 31 (2) Oregon 53, USC 32 (4) TCU 48, UNLV 6 (18) Iowa 37, (5) Michigan State 6 (14) Nebraska 31, (6) Missouri 17 (8) Utah 28, Air Force 23 (9) Oklahoma 43, Colorado 10 Played earlier this week: (3) Boise State Idle: (7) Alabama, (10) Wisconsin Other games: Virginia 24, (22) Miami 19
Baseball World Series: Game 3, Texas Rangers 4, San Francisco Giants 2. Giants lead series 2–1. Japan Series: Game 1, Chiba Lotte Marines 5, Chunichi Dragons 2. Marines lead series 1–0.
Figure skating ISU Grand Prix: