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With an upcoming general election, the release of the last Harry Potter movie, and news that Chris Evans will be back on air only this time on Radio 2, for the sports fanatic, the 2010 schedule of global sports events should make the other events of the year quite dull actually. With an amazing Winter Olympics already over, there’s plenty more to look forward to.

What to look out for this year

Sport stars are busy this year, travelling all around the world to compete in many events, some of which stand out a bit more than others, like the football World Cup hosted in South Africa. Kicking off on 11 June with a match between the host nation and Mexico (England take on America the following day), the event is set to be one of the highlights of the 2010 schedule especially when it comes to global sports.

Though football has naughty sports stars, it seems the more gentlemanly game of golf has started to acquire its own bad boy in Tiger Woods. All eyes will be on Tiger Woods’ swing – on the golf course of course, not at the parties, because all signs show he’s back on his game. It’s a big year for golf with: The Masters Cup in Augusta in April; The Players Championship in Sawgrass in May; The US Open in Pebble Beach; The British Open in St. Andrews in July; The PGA Championship at Whistle Straights in August; The Fed Ex Cup playoffs in August and of course the much anticipated Ryder’s Cup in October.

This year’s BT Paralympic World Cup in May has introduced a new sport to its predominantly swimming, wheelchair, basketball and athletic disciplines. This year 7-a side football will also be on the cards at the event taking place at Manchester Regional Arena and Manchester Aquatic Centre.

Then on top of that there’s the Cricket World twenty20 among others, Champion’s League football, the Common Wealth games in New Dehli, India, and the WBC super middle weight title fight between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler with plenty more.

With an upcoming general election, the release of the last Harry Potter movie, and news that Chris Evans will be back on air only this time on Radio 2, for the sports fanatic, the 2010 schedule of global sports events should make the other events of the year quite dull actually. With an amazing Winter [...]

The year 2009 brought to our fields, courts, tracks and screens many edge-of-the seat moments charged with anxiety, amazement, and triumph. We cheered on as world records were smashed and sporting history was written. Never before seen feats of human endurance, athletic ability and performance filled our hearts and memories. Here is a countdown of [...]

Six Nations Rugby is in full swing, and fans are eager to get tickets for the finals which will be taking place on March 20 2010. So far England has had two victories and one agonising loss to date, and fans are wondering whether or not they will be able to beat Scotland and challenge [...]

Summer sports in 2010 will have fans glued to their screens. With South Africa hosting the Fifa World Cup for the first time, the Tour de France seeing the return of Lance Armstrong, and Spanish Rafael Nadel taking the tennis world by storm, there’s going to be solid action from the beginning of June to [...]

Roger Federer believes his 6-3 6-4 7-6(11) win at the 2010 Australian Open against Andy Murray is one of his finest accomplishments yet. His hard work, tactical aggression, dedication and focus definitely paid off in the tennis final, which was watched by a capacity crowd at Rod Laver Arena on 20 January 2010. This was [...]