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Deaths in February
[edit]- 3: Dick McGuire
- 4: Bill Dudley
- 10: Eduard Vinokurov
- 12: Nodar Kumaritashvili
Current sporting seasons
[edit]- Sprint Cup
- World Rally Championship
- Nationwide Series
- Camping World Truck Series
- V8 Supercar
- GP2 Asia Series
- Rolex Sports Car Series
- NBA
- NCAA Division I men
- NCAA Division I women
- Euroleague
- Eurocup
- EuroChallenge
- Australia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Philippines
- Russia
- Spain
- Turkey
- National teams competitions
- International clubs competitions
- UEFA (Europe) Champions League
- Europa League
- UEFA Women's Champions League
- Copa Libertadores (South America)
- AFC (Asia) Champions League
- CAF (Africa) Champions League
- CAF Confederation Cup
- CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League
- OFC (Oceania) Champions League
- Domestic (national) competitions
- 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying
- Heineken Cup
- European Challenge Cup
- English Premiership
- Celtic League
- LV Cup
- Top 14
- Super 14
- Sevens World Series
- Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Biathlon World Cup
- Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
- Freestyle Skiing World Cup
- Nordic Combined World Cup
- Ski Jumping World Cup
- Snowboard World Cup
- Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month
[edit]
February 28, 2010 (Sunday)
[edit]- Tokyo Marathon:
- Men:
Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN) 2:12:19 - Women: Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS) 2:34:39
- Men:
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
- Shelby American in Las Vegas, Nevada:
- (1)
Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) (3) Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) - Drivers' standings (after 3 of 36 races): (1) Harvick 506 points (2)
Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) 459 (3) 
Mark Martin (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 457
- Drivers' standings (after 3 of 36 races): (1) Harvick 506 points (2)
- (1)
- Shelby American in Las Vegas, Nevada:
- Women's World Championship in Drammen, Norway:
- Australia in New Zealand:
- 2nd T20I in Christchurch:
New Zealand 214/6 (20 overs, BB McCullum 116*); 
Australia 214/4 (20 overs). Match tied; New Zealand win the Super Over. 2-match series drawn 1–1.
- 2nd T20I in Christchurch:
- England in Bangladesh:
- 1st ODI in Mirpur:
Bangladesh 228 (45.4 overs, Tamim Iqbal 125); 
England 229/4 (46 overs). England won by 6 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.
- 1st ODI in Mirpur:
- Zimbabwe in West Indies:
- Only T20I in Port of Spain, Trinidad:
Zimbabwe 105 (19.5 overs); 
West Indies 79/7 (20 overs). Zimbabwe win by 26 runs, win 1-match series 1–0.
- Only T20I in Port of Spain, Trinidad:
- Football League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London:
- Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester United
- Manchester United win the trophy for the fourth time.
- Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester United
- PGA Tour:
- Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona:
- Winner: Hunter Mahan (USA) 268 (−16)
- Mahan wins his second PGA Tour title.
- Winner: Hunter Mahan (USA) 268 (−16)
- Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona:
- LPGA Tour:
- HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore:
- Winner: Ai Miyazato (JPN) 278 (−10)
- Miyazato completes a sweep of both events in the tour's opening Asian swing, giving her three LPGA Tour titles in her career.
- Winner: Ai Miyazato (JPN) 278 (−10)
- HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore:
- Superbike:
- Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round in Phillip Island (Victoria), Australia:
- Race 1: (1) Leon Haslam (UK) (Suzuki GSX-R1000) (2) Michel Fabrizio (ITA) (Ducati 1098R) (3) Noriyuki Haga (JPN) (Ducati 1098R)
- Haslam wins the race by 0.004 seconds, the closest-recorded finish in the history of the Superbike World Championship.
- Race 2: (1) Carlos Checa (ESP) (Ducati 1098R) (2) Haslam (3) Fabrizio
- Rider's standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Haslam 45 points (2) Fabrizio 36 (3) Checa 34.
- Race 1: (1) Leon Haslam (UK) (Suzuki GSX-R1000) (2) Michel Fabrizio (ITA) (Ducati 1098R) (3) Noriyuki Haga (JPN) (Ducati 1098R)
- Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round in Phillip Island (Victoria), Australia:
- Supersport:
- Phillip Island Supersport World Championship round in Phillip Island (Victoria), Australia:
- (1) Eugene Laverty (IRL) (Honda CBR600RR) (2) Joan Lascorz (ESP) (Kawasaki ZX-6R) (3) Kenan Sofuoğlu (TUR) (Honda CBR600RR)
- Rider's standings (after 1 of 13 races): (1) Laverty 25 points (2) Lascorz 20 (3) Sofuoğlu 16.
- (1) Eugene Laverty (IRL) (Honda CBR600RR) (2) Joan Lascorz (ESP) (Kawasaki ZX-6R) (3) Kenan Sofuoğlu (TUR) (Honda CBR600RR)
- Phillip Island Supersport World Championship round in Phillip Island (Victoria), Australia:
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Cross-country skiing – Men's 50 kilometre classical: Petter Northug (NOR) 2:05:35.5
Axel Teichmann (GER) +0.3 
Johan Olsson (SWE) +1.0 - Northug wins his second title and fourth medal of the Games, and becomes the most decorated male athlete.
- Olsson wins his third medal of the Games and the fourth medal of his career.
- Ice hockey – Men:
- Gold medal game: United States
2–3 (OT) 
Canada - Sidney Crosby's goal after 7:40 minutes in overtime gives Canada their fourteenth gold medal of the Games, the most earned by a country in a single Winter Olympics.
- Team Canada becomes the fourth team, after the United States men in 1960 and 1980 and Canada's women in these Games, to win the gold medal on home ice.
- Team Canada player Eric Staal and coach Mike Babcock become the newest members of the Triple Gold Club, consisting of individuals who have won an Olympic gold, a World Championship gold, and the Stanley Cup. Babcock becomes the first coach in history to win all three competitions.
- The USA win their 37th medal, the most by any country in a single Winter Olympics.
- Gold medal game:
- General records:
- Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen is the most decorated athlete of the Games, with five medals, including three gold. Her teammate Petter Northug is the most decorated man, with four medals (2 gold).
- Chinese short track speed skater Wang Meng is the only other triple gold medallist.
- Cross-country skiing – Men's 50 kilometre classical:
- ATP World Tour:
- Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
- Final: Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7–5, 5–7, 6–3
- Djokovic wins his 17th career title and his second successive title at this event.
- Final: Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7–5, 5–7, 6–3
- Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, United States:
- Final: Ernests Gulbis (LAT) def. Ivo Karlović (CRO) 6–2, 6–3
- Gulbis wins his first career title.
- Final: Ernests Gulbis (LAT) def. Ivo Karlović (CRO) 6–2, 6–3
- Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
- WTA Tour:
- Malaysia Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
- Final: Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) def. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 6–3, 6–2
- Kleybanova wins her first career title.
- Final: Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) def. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 6–3, 6–2
- Malaysia Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
February 27, 2010 (Saturday)
[edit]- Nationwide Series:
- Sam's Town 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada:
- (1) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet, Kevin Harvick Incorporated) (2)
Denny Hamlin (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) 
Carl Edwards (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) - Drivers' standings (after 3 of 35 races): (1) Edwards 505 points (2)
Brad Keselowski (Dodge, Penske Racing) 464 (3) 
Brian Vickers (Toyota, Braun Racing) 457
- Drivers' standings (after 3 of 35 races): (1) Edwards 505 points (2)
- (1)
- Sam's Town 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada:
- V8 Supercars:
- Desert 400 in Sakhir, Bahrain
- Race 4: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Ford Falcon)
- Drivers' standings (after 4 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 600 points (2) Winterbottom 543 (3) Van Gisbergen 471
- Race 4: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Ford Falcon)
- Desert 400 in Sakhir, Bahrain
- South Africa In India:
- 3rd ODI in Ahmedabad:
South Africa 365/2 (50 overs, JH Kallis 104*, AB de Villiers 102*); 
India 275 (44.3 overs). South Africa win by 90 runs. India win 3-match series 2–1.
- 3rd ODI in Ahmedabad:
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – men's slalom: Giuliano Razzoli (ITA) 1:39.32 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) +0.16 André Myhrer (SWE) +0.44
- Kostelić wins his second medal of the Games (both silver) and the third medal of his career.
- The Austrian men fail to win a medal in alpine skiing for the first time since 1936.
- Bobsleigh – four-man: Steven Holcomb/Steve Mesler/Curtis Tomasevicz/Justin Olsen (USA) 3:24.46 André Lange/Kevin Kuske/Alexander Rödiger/Martin Putze (GER) +0.38 Lyndon Rush/David Bissett/Lascelles Brown/Chris le Bihan (CAN) +0.39
- Team United States win their first gold medal in bobsleigh since 1948.
- Lange and Kuske both win the fifth medal of their career, but fail to win the four-man title for the third successive time.
- Cross-country skiing – women's 30 kilometre classical: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1:30:33.7 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +0.3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +1:05.0
- Kowalczyk wins the fourth medal of her career, and becomes the first ever woman from Poland to win gold medal at the Winter Olympics, and only the second Polish champion in Winter Olympics history.
- Bjørgen wins her fifth medal of the Games, and the seventh medal of her career. She is the most decorated athlete of the Games, with three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
- Saarinen wins the third medal of her career.
- Curling – men's tournament:
- Bronze medal final: Sweden (Edin) 4–5 Switzerland (Stöckli)
- Gold medal final: Canada (Martin) 6–3 Norway (Ulsrud)
- The Canadian team, led by skip Kevin Martin, win the title for the second successive time, and become the first unbeaten winner in Olympic curling history.
- Bronze medal final: Sweden (Edin) 4–5
- Snowboarding – men's parallel giant slalom: Jasey-Jay Anderson (CAN) Benjamin Karl (AUT) Mathieu Bozzetto (FRA)
- Speed skating – men's team pursuit:
- Final A: Mathieu Giroux/Lucas Makowsky/Denny Morrison (CAN) 3:41.37 def. Brian Hansen/Chad Hedrick/Jonathan Kuck/Trevor Marsicano (USA) +0.21
- Final B: Jan Blokhuijsen/Sven Kramer/Simon Kuipers/Mark Tuitert (NED) 3:39.95 OR def. Håvard Bøkko/Henrik Christiansen/Fredrik van der Horst (NOR) +0.55
- Hedrick wins the fifth medal of his career.
- Kramer wins the fourth medal of his career.
- Tuitert wins the third medal of his career.
- Final A:
- Speed skating – women's team pursuit:
- Final A: Daniela Anschütz-Thoms/Stephanie Beckert/Anni Friesinger-Postma/Katrin Mattscherodt (GER) 3:02.82 def. Masako Hozumi/Nao Kodaira/Maki Tabata (JPN) +0.02
- Final B: Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś/Katarzyna Woźniak/Luiza Złotkowska (POL) 3:03.73 def. Catherine Raney-Norman/Jennifer Rodriguez/Jilleanne Rookard (USA) +1.57
- Beckert wins her third medal of the Games.
- Friesinger-Postma wins the third title and the fifth medal of her career.
- Poland win its first medal in speed skating since 1960.
- Final A:
- Ice hockey – men's tournament:
- Alpine skiing – men's slalom:
- Six Nations Championship, week 3:
- 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
- European Nations Cup First Division, matchday 8: (teams in bold qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, teams in
strikeare eliminated from qualifying contention)
- European Nations Cup First Division, matchday 8: (teams in bold qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, teams in
- ATP Tour:
- Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico:
- Final: David Ferrer (ESP) def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
- Ferrer wins the eighth title of his career.
- Final: David Ferrer (ESP) def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
- Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico:
- WTA Tour:
- Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico:
- Final: Venus Williams (USA) def. Polona Hercog (SLO) 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
- Williams wins her second title in successive weeks and the 43rd title of her career. She also wins this event for the second straight year.
- Final: Venus Williams (USA) def. Polona Hercog (SLO) 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
- Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico:
February 26, 2010 (Friday)
[edit]- V8 Supercars:
- Desert 400 in Sakhir, Bahrain:
- Race 3: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore)
- Drivers' standings (after 3 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 450 points (2) Winterbottom 405 (3) Lowndes 378
- Race 3: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore)
- Desert 400 in Sakhir, Bahrain:
- Australia in New Zealand:
- 1st T20I in Wellington:
- New Zealand 118 (20 overs); Australia 119/4 (16.0 overs). Australia win by 6 wickets, lead 2-match series 1–0.
- 1st T20I in Wellington:
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – Women's slalom: Maria Riesch (GER) 1:42.89 Marlies Schild (AUT) +0.43 Šárka Záhrobská (CZE) +1.01
- Riesch wins her second title of the Games.
- Záhrobská wins the first ever medal for the Czech Republic in alpine skiing.
- Biathlon – Men's relay: Halvard Hanevold/Tarjei Bø/Emil Hegle Svendsen/Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 1:21:38.1 (0 penalty loops + 7 missed shots) Simon Eder/Daniel Mesotitsch/Dominik Landertinger/Christoph Sumann (AUT) +38.6 (1 + 9) Ivan Tcherezov/Anton Shipulin/Maxim Tchoudov/Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) +38.8 (0 + 4)
- Bjørndalen wins the sixth title and the 11th medal of his career.
- Hanevold wins the third title and the sixth medal of his career.
- Svendsen wins his second title and third medal of the Games.
- Austria win its first ever medal in the men's relay.
- Curling – Women:
- Bronze medal final: China (Wang) 12–6 Switzerland (Ott)
- China win the first ever medal in curling.
- Gold medal final: Canada (Bernard) 6–7 Sweden (Norberg)
- The Swedish team of Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl and Anna Le Moine win the title for the second successive time.
- Bronze medal final:
- Short track speed skating – Men's 500 metres: Charles Hamelin (CAN) 40.981 Sung Si-bak (KOR) +0.359 François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) +6.385
- Hamelin sets a new Olympic record of 40.770 in the quarter-final.
- Short track speed skating – Women's 1000 metres: Wang Meng (CHN) 1:29.213 Katherine Reutter (USA) +0.111 Park Seung-hi (KOR) +0.166
- Wang wins her third title of the Games, and the fourth title and sixth medal of her career.
- China win all four women's events.
- Zhou Yang (CHN) sets a new world record of 1:29.049 in the semi-final, but is disqualified in the final.
- Short track speed skating – Men's 5000 metre relay: Charles Hamelin/François Hamelin/Olivier Jean/François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) 6:44.24 Kwak Yoon-gy/Lee Ho-suk/Lee Jung-su/Sung Si-bak (KOR) +0.202 J. R. Celski/Travis Jayner/Jordan Malone/Apolo Ohno (USA) +0.274
- Charles Hamelin wins his second title of the Games and third medal of his career.
- Tremblay wins the second title and fifth medal of his career.
- Ohno wins his third medal of the Games, and the eighth medal of his career.
- Lee Ho-suk wins the fifth medal of his career.
- Lee Jung-su wins his third medal of the Games.
- Snowboarding – Women's parallel giant slalom: Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED) Ekaterina Ilyukhina (RUS) Marion Kreiner (AUT)
- Sauerbreij wins the first medal for Netherlands in a winter sport other than speed skating or figure skating.
- Bobsleigh – Four-man:
- Standings after 2 runs: (1) Steven Holcomb/Steve Mesler/Curtis Tomasevicz/Justin Olsen (USA) 1:41.75 (2) Lyndon Rush/David Bissett/Lascelles Brown/Chris le Bihan (CAN) +0.40 (3) André Lange/Kevin Kuske/Alexander Rödiger/Martin Putze (GER) +0.44
- Ice hockey – Men:
- Semifinals:
- United States 6–1
Finland - Canada 3–2
Slovakia - USA and Canada will meet in a repeat of the 2002 Olympic final.
- United States
- Semifinals:
- Alpine skiing – Women's slalom:
February 25, 2010 (Thursday)
[edit]- Euroleague Top 16, matchday 4 (teams eliminated from quarterfinal contention in
strike):- Group E:
Panathinaikos Athens
67–70 
Regal FC Barcelona- Partizan Belgrade
79–76 Maroussi Athens - Standings: Barcelona, Partizan 3–1; Maroussi 2–2; Panathinaikos 0–4.
- Group F: Real Madrid 77–69
Montepaschi Siena - Standings: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Real Madrid, Efes Pilsen, Montepaschi 2–2.
- Group G: Žalgiris Kaunas
89–84 Unicaja Málaga - Standings: CSKA Moscow, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 3–1; Unicaja, Žalgiris 1–3.
- Group H: Khimki Moscow Region
83–94 Caja Laboral Baskonia - Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 4–0; Caja Laboral Baskonia, Khimki Moscow Region 2–2; Cibona Zagreb 0–4.
- Group E:
- Premier League round 3 in Belfast, Northern Ireland:
- Mervyn King (ENG) 6–8 Ronnie Baxter (ENG)
- Adrian Lewis (ENG) 6–8 Terry Jenkins (ENG)
- Simon Whitlock (AUS) 8–5 Raymond van Barneveld (NED)
- Phil Taylor (ENG) 8–2 James Wade (ENG)
- High Checkout: Ronnie Baxter 164
- Standings (after three rounds): Taylor 6 points, King, Jenkins 4, Baxter, Whitlock 3, Lewis, van Barneveld 2, Wade 0.
- High Checkout: Ronnie Baxter 164
- UEFA Europa League Round of 32, second leg:
- Anderlecht
4–0 (1–1) Athletic Bilbao. Anderlecht win 5–1 on aggregate. - Marseille
3–1 (3–1) 
Copenhagen. Marseille win 6–2 on aggregate. - Roma 2–3 (2–3) Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos win 6–4 on aggregate.
- Galatasaray
1–2 (1–1) Atlético Madrid. Atlético Madrid win 3–2 on aggregate. - Shakhtar Donetsk
1–1 (1–2) Fulham. Fulham win 3–2 on aggregate. - Unirea Urziceni
1–3 (0–1) Liverpool. Liverpool win 4–1 on aggregate. - PSV Eindhoven
3–2 (0–1) 
Hamburg. 3–3 on aggregate, Hamburg win on away goals. - Wolfsburg 4–1 (2–2) Villarreal. Wolfsburg win 6–3 on aggregate.
- Red Bull Salzburg
0–0 (2–3) Standard Liège. Standard Liège win 3–2 on aggregate. - Werder Bremen 4–1 (0–1) Twente. Werder Bremen win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Fenerbahçe 1–1 (1–2) Lille. Lille win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Sporting CP
3–0 (1–2) Everton. Sporting win 4–2 on aggregate. - Juventus 0–0 (2–1) Ajax. Juventus win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Valencia 3–0 (0–1) Club Brugge (after extra time). Valencia win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv
0–0 (0–3) Rubin Kazan. Rubin Kazan win 3–0 on aggregate.
- Anderlecht
- Copa Libertadores second stage:
- Group 2: Once Caldas
2–1 
São Paulo - Group 4:
- Blooming
1–4 
Lanús - Universitario
0–0 
Libertad - Standings (after 3 matches): Libertad, Universitario 7 points, Lanús 3, Blooming 0.
- Blooming
- Group 2: Once Caldas
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – Women's giant slalom: Viktoria Rebensburg (GER) 2:27.11 Tina Maze (SLO) +0.04 Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) +0.14
- Rebensburg's title is her first ever win as a senior.
- Cross-country skiing – Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay: Vibeke Skofterud/Therese Johaug/Kristin Størmer Steira/Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 55:19.5 Katrin Zeller/Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle/Miriam Gössner/Claudia Nystad (GER) +24.6 Pirjo Muranen/Virpi Kuitunen/Riitta-Liisa Roponen/Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +30.4
- Bjørgen wins her third title and fourth medal of the Games, and the sixth medal of her career.
- Sachenbacher-Stehle wins the fifth medal of her career.
- Figure skating – Ladies' singles: Kim Yuna (KOR) 228.56 WR (Free skating 150.06 WR) Mao Asada (JPN) 205.50 Joannie Rochette (CAN) 202.64
- Kim wins the first ever medal for Korea in figure skating, and smashes her own world record by 18 points.
- Rochette wins the first medal for Canada in the women's event since Elizabeth Manley in 1988, just few days after the sudden death of her mother.
- The United States fail to win a medal in the women's event for the first time since 1964, the Olympics that followed the airplane crash that decimated the entire US figure skating world team.
- Asia emerge as the leading continent in figure skating for the first time with two titles and five medals.
- Russia or the Soviet Union, and the entire European continent, fail to win any title in figure skating for the first time since 1960.
- Freestyle skiing – Men's aerials: Aleksei Grishin (BLR) 248.41 Jeret Peterson (USA) 247.21 Liu Zhongqing (CHN) 242.53
- Grishin wins the first ever gold medal for Belarus in the Winter Olympics.
- Nordic combined – Individual large hill/10 km: Bill Demong (USA) 25:32.9 Johnny Spillane (USA) +4.0 Bernhard Gruber (AUT) +10.8
- Demong becomes the first American Olympic champion in any Nordic skiing discipline, while Spillane wins his third silver medal of the Games. The United States, that never won a medal in Nordic combined before these Games, finished as the most successful team in this sport.
- Ice hockey – Women:
- Bronze medal game: Sweden
2–3 (OT) Finland - Gold medal game: Canada 2–0 United States
- Canada win the title for the third successive time and extend its winning streak to 15 games.
- Bronze medal game: Sweden
- Curling – Men:
- Semifinals:
- Sweden (Edin) 3–6 Canada (Martin)
- Switzerland (Stöckli) 5–7 Norway (Ulsrud)
- Semifinals:
- Curling – Women:
- Semifinals:
- Canada (Bernard) 6–5 Switzerland (Ott)
- China (Wang) 4–9 Sweden (Norberg)
- Semifinals:
- Alpine skiing – Women's giant slalom:
February 24, 2010 (Wednesday)
[edit]- Euroleague Top 16, matchday 4:
- Group F: Efes Pilsen Istanbul 63–56 Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Standings: Montepaschi Siena 2–1, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Efes Pilsen Istanbul 2–2, Real Madrid 1–2.
- Group G: Asseco Prokom Gdynia
88–81 CSKA Moscow - Standings: CSKA Moscow, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 3–1, Unicaja Málaga 1–2, Žalgiris Kaunas 0–3.
- Group H: Cibona Zagreb
94–97 Olympiacos Piraeus - Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 4–0, Caja Laboral Baskonia 2–1, Khimki Moscow Region 1–2, Cibona Zagreb 0–4.
- Group F: Efes Pilsen Istanbul
- South Africa In India:
- 2nd ODI in Gwalior:
- India 401/3 (50 overs, Sachin Tendulkar 200*); South Africa 248 (42.5 overs, AB de Villiers 114*). India win by 153 runs, lead the 3-match series 2–0.
- Tendulkar hits the highest individual score in the history of One Day International cricket, and becomes the first batsman to score a double century.
- 2nd ODI in Gwalior:
- UEFA Champions League Round of 16, first leg:
- CSKA Moscow 1–1 Sevilla
- Internazionale 2–1 Chelsea
- CSKA Moscow
- Copa Libertadores second stage:
- Group 1: Corinthians 2–1
Racing - Standings (after 1 match): Corinthians 3 points, Independiente Medellín, Cerro Porteño 1, Racing 0.
- Group 2: Monterrey
2–1 Nacional - Standings: Once Caldas, São Paulo 3 points (1 match), Monterrey 3 (2), Nacional 0 (2)
- Group 3: Juan Aurich 2–0 Bolívar
- Standings (after 2 matches): Alianza Lima 6 points, Estudiantes, Juan Aurich 3, Bolívar 0.
- Group 7: Cruzeiro 4–1
Colo-Colo - Standings (after 2 matches): Vélez Sarsfield 6 points, Cruzeiro, Colo-Colo 3, Deportivo Italia 0.
- Group 8: Flamengo 2–0 Universidad Católica
- Standings (after 1 match): Flamengo, Universidad de Chile 3 points, Caracas, Universidad Católica 0.
- Group 1: Corinthians
- AFC Champions League, Round 1:
- Group C:
- Al-Ain
0–1 
Pakhtakor Tashkent - Al-Shabab
1–1 
Sepahan
- Al-Ain
- Group D:
- Al-Sadd
0–3 Al-Hilal - Mes Kerman 4–2 Al-Ahli
- Al-Sadd
- Group G:
- Group H:
- Group C:
- International friendlies
- Under-17 men's match at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, United States: United States 4–1 Mexico
- Men's match at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, United States: United States 2–1
El Salvador - Men's match at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Mexico 5–0 Bolivia
- Under-17 men's match at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, United States: United States
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Bobsleigh – Two-woman: Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse (CAN) 3:32.28 Helen Upperton/Shelley-Ann Brown (CAN) +0.85 Erin Pac/Elana Meyers (USA) +1.12
- Canadian women win their first medals in bobsleigh.
- Cross-country skiing – Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay: Daniel Rickardsson/Johan Olsson/Anders Södergren/Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:45:05.4 Martin Johnsrud Sundby/Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset/Lars Berger/Petter Northug (NOR) +15.9 Martin Jakš/Lukáš Bauer/Jiří Magál/Martin Koukal (CZE) +16.5
- Hellner wins his second title of the Games.
- Northug wins his third medal of the Games.
- Olsson wins the third medal of his career.
- Sweden win its first gold medal in the men's relay since 1988.
- Czech Republic win its first ever medal in any relay event.
- Freestyle skiing – Women's aerials: Lydia Lassila (AUS) 214.74 Li Nina (CHN) 207.23 Guo Xinxin (CHN) 205.22
- Li, the three-time reigning world champion in this event, has to settle for Olympic silver for the second time.
- Short track speed skating – Women's 3000 metre relay: Sun Linlin/Wang Meng/Zhang Hui/Zhou Yang (CHN) 4:06.610 WR Jessica Gregg/Kalyna Roberge/Marianne St-Gelais/Tania Vicent (CAN) +2.527 Allison Baver/Alyson Dudek/Lana Gehring/Katherine Reutter (USA) +7.471
- South Korea initially win the race but disqualified, and thus has its four-time winning streak in this event ended.
- Wang wins her second title of the Games, and the third title and fourth medal of her career.
- Zhou also win her second title of the Games.
- Speed skating – Women's 5000 metres: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 6:50.92 Stephanie Beckert(GER) +0.48 Clara Hughes (CAN) +4.82
- Sáblíková wins her second title and third medal of the Games.
- Hughes wins the fourth medal of her career in speed skating and her sixth medal overall (she also won two Olympic medals in cycling).
- Alpine skiing – Women's giant slalom:
- Standings after 1 run: (1) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) 1:15.12 (2) Taïna Barioz (FRA) +0.02 (3) Kathrin Zettel (AUT) +0.16
- The second run is postponed due to bad weather and rescheduled to February 25.
- Standings after 1 run: (1) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) 1:15.12 (2) Taïna Barioz (FRA) +0.02 (3) Kathrin Zettel (AUT) +0.16
- Ice hockey – Men:
- Quarterfinals:
- United States 2–0
Switzerland - Russia 3–7 Canada
- Finland 2–0
Czech Republic - Sweden 3–4 Slovakia
- United States
- Quarterfinals:
- Curling – Men:
- Tie-breaker: Sweden (Edin) 7–6 Great Britain (Murdoch)
- Bobsleigh – Two-woman:
February 23, 2010 (Tuesday)
[edit]- ULEB Eurocup Last 16, matchday 4 (teams clinching a quarterfinal berth in bold; teams eliminated in
strike):- Group I:
- Aris BSA 2003 80–67 ALBA Berlin
- DKV Joventut 80–73 Le Mans
- Standings: Joventut 3–1; Aris, ALBA 2–2; Le Mans 1–3.
- Aris BSA 2003
- Group J:
- Hapoel Jerusalem 82–73 UNICS Kazan
- Power Elec Valencia 98–95
Galatasaray Café Crown(OT)- Standings: Hapoel, Valencia 3–1; UNICS 2–2; Galatasaray 0–4.
- Hapoel Jerusalem
- Group K:
- Bizkaia Bilbao Basket 76–66 Brose Baskets
Benetton Basket 81–85 Panellinios BC - Standings: Bilbao 4–0, Panellinios 3–1, Brose 1–3, Benetton 0–4.
- Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
- Group L:
- ČEZ Nymburk 79–71 Gran Canaria 2014 (OT)
- Crvena zvezda 76–78 Türk Telekom
- Standings: Crvena zvezda 3–1; Gran Canaria 2014, Nymburk 2–2; Türk Telekom 1–3.
- ČEZ Nymburk
- Group I:
- West Indies in Australia:
- 2nd T20I in Hobart:
- West Indies 138/7 (20 overs); Australia 142/2 (11.4 overs). Australia win by 8 wickets, win the 2-match series 2–0.
- 2nd T20I in Hobart:
- ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 4:
- Canada 566 (151.5 overs) and 191/4d (40.0 overs);
Afghanistan 264 (79.0 overs) and 494/4 (106.4 overs, Mohammad Shahzad 215*) in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan win by 6 wickets. - Netherlands 385 (105.1 overs) and 367/6d (91.0 overs);
Kenya 433 (110.0 overs) and 320/5 (62.0 overs) in Nairobi. Kenya win by 5 wickets.
- UEFA Champions League Round of 16, first leg:
- Stuttgart 1–1 Barcelona
- Olympiacos 0–1 Bordeaux
- Stuttgart
- UEFA Europa League Round of 32, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
- Benfica 4–0 (1–1) Hertha BSC. Benfica win 5–1 on aggregate.
- Benfica
- AFC Champions League, Round 1:
- Group A:
- Al-Jazira 1–2 Al-Gharafa
- Al-Ahli 1–2 Esteghlal
- Al-Jazira
- Group B:
- Bunyodkor 3–0 Al-Ittihad
- Zob Ahan 1–0 Al-Wahda
- Bunyodkor
- Group E:
- Group F:
- Group A:
- Copa Libertadores second stage:
- Group 5: Internacional 2–1
Emelec - Group 6: Morelia 0–0 Nacional
- Standings (after 2 matches): Banfield 6 points, Nacional 4, Morelia 1, Deportivo Cuenca 0.
- Group 7: Deportivo Italia
0–1 Vélez Sarsfield
- Group 5: Internacional
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – Men's giant slalom: Carlo Janka (SUI) 2:37.83 Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) +0.39 Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) +0.61
- Biathlon – Women's relay: Svetlana Sleptsova/Anna Bogaliy-Titovets/Olga Medvedtseva/Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 1:09:36.3 (5 penalties) Marie-Laure Brunet/Sylvie Becaert/Marie Dorin/Sandrine Bailly (FRA) +32.8 (10) Kati Wilhelm/Simone Hauswald/Martina Beck/Andrea Henkel (NED) +37.1 (5)
- Wilhelm wins the seventh medal of her career.
- Beck and Henkel both win the fourth medal of their career.
- Freestyle skiing – Women's ski cross: Ashleigh McIvor (CAN) Hedda Berntsen (NOR) Marion Josserand (FRA)
- Nordic combined – Team large hill/4 x 5 km: Mario Stecher/David Kreiner/Bernhard Gruber/Felix Gottwald (AUT) 49:31.6 Brett Camerota/Todd Lodwick/Bill Demong/Johnny Spillane (USA) +5.2 Tino Edelmann/Johannes Rydzek/Björn Kircheisen/Eric Frenzel (GER) +19.5
- Gottwald wins the third title and seventh medal of his career.
- Speed skating – Men's 10000 metres: Lee Seung-hoon (KOR) 12:58.55 OR Ivan Skobrev (RUS) +3.52 Bob de Jong (NED) +8.18
- Figure skating – Women's short program: (1) Kim Yuna (KOR) 78.50 WR (2) Mao Asada (JPN) 73.78 (3) Joannie Rochette (CAN) 71.36
- Kim sets a world record for the short program, improving her previous mark of 76.28.
- Bobsleigh – Two-woman:
- Standings after 2 runs: (1) Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse (CAN) 1:46.20 (2) Helen Upperton/Shelley-Ann Brown (USA) +0.13 (3) Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch (GER) +0.40
- Ice hockey – Men:
- Qualification playoffs:
- Switzerland 3–2 (SO)
Belarus - Canada 8–2 Germany
- Czech Republic 3–2 (OT)
Latvia - Slovakia 4–3
Norway
- Switzerland
- Qualification playoffs:
- Curling – Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics secure tie-breakers)
- Draw 12:
- China (Wang) 3–10 Canada (Martin)
- Sweden (Edin) 7–6 Denmark (Schmidt)
- Great Britain (Murdoch) 5–9 Norway (Ulsrud)
- Switzerland (Stöckli) 6–2 France (Dufour)
- Final standings: Canada 9–0, Norway 7–2, Switzerland 6–3, Great Britain, Sweden 5–4, Germany 4–5, France 3–6, China, Denmark, United States 2–7.
- Draw 12:
- Curling – Women: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Draw 11:
- Japan (Meguro) 6–10 Sweden (Norberg)
- Switzerland (Ott) 4–2 Germany (Schöpp)
- United States (McCormick) 5–6 China (Wang)
- Canada (Bernard) 6–5 Great Britain (Muirhead)
- Draw 12:
- Switzerland (Ott) 10–3 United States (McCormick)
- Canada (Bernard) 7–3 Russia (Privivkova)
- Japan (Meguro) 4–7 Denmark (Jensen)
- Sweden (Norberg) 8–7 Germany (Schöpp)
- Final standings: Canada 8–1, Sweden 7–2, China, Switzerland 6–3, Denmark 4–5, Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain 3–6, United States 2–7.
- Draw 11:
- Alpine skiing – Men's giant slalom:
February 22, 2010 (Monday)
[edit]- ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 3:
- Canada 566 (151.5 overs) and 191/4d (40.0 overs); Afghanistan 264 (79.0 overs) and 40/0 (13.0 overs) in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan require another 454 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
- Netherlands 385 (105.1 overs) and 178/0 (53.0 overs); Kenya 433 (110.0 overs) in Nairobi. Netherlands lead by 130 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 2nd innings.
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Cross-country skiing – Men's team sprint: Øystein Pettersen/Petter Northug (NOR) 19:01.0 Tim Tscharnke/Axel Teichmann (GER) +1.3 Nikolay Morilov/Alexey Petukhov (RUS) +1.5
- Cross-country skiing – Women's team sprint: Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle/Claudia Nystad (GER) 18:03.7 Charlotte Kalla/Anna Haag (SWE) +0.6 Irina Khazova/Natalya Korostelyova (RUS) +4.0
- Figure skating – Ice dancing: Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) 221.57 points Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) 215.74 Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin (RUS) 207.64
- Virtue/Moir are the first non-European dance couple to win the Olympic title, and also the youngest ever champions in this event.
- Ski jumping – Large hill team: Wolfgang Loitzl/Andreas Kofler/Thomas Morgenstern/Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 1107.9 Michael Neumayer/Andreas Wank/Martin Schmitt/Michael Uhrmann (GER) 1035.8 Anders Bardal/Tom Hilde/Johan Remen Evensen/Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 1030.3
- Schlierenzauer wins his third medal of the Games.
- Morgenstern wins the third title of his career.
- Kofler wins the second title and third medal of his career.
- Ice hockey – Women:
- Seventh place game:
- Fifth place game:
- Switzerland 2–1 (SO) Russia
- Switzerland
- Semifinals:
- Sweden 1–9 United States
- Finland 0–5 Canada
- Sweden
- Curling – Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics secure at least tie-breakers, teams in
strikeare eliminated from semifinal contention)- Draw 10:
France(Dufour) 2–9 Norway (Ulsrud)- Canada (Martin) 7–2
United States(Shuster) - Germany (Kapp) 7–6
China(Wang) - Switzerland (Stöckli) 7–3 Sweden (Edin)
- Draw 11:
Germany(Kapp) 2–8 Great Britain (Murdoch)France(Dufour) 6–5Denmark(Schmidt)China(Wang) 11–5United States(Shuster)- Standings (after draw 11): Canada 8–0, Norway 6–2, Switzerland, Great Britain 5–3, Sweden 4–4, Germany 4–5, France 3–5, Denmark, China 2–6, United States 2–7.
- Draw 10:
- Curling – Women:
- Draw 10: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics secure at least tie-breakers, teams in
strikeare eliminated from semifinal contention)- Russia (Privivkova) 7–4 China (Wang)
- Japan (Meguro) 4–10 Switzerland (Ott)
- Sweden (Norberg) 2–6 Canada (Bernard)
- Great Britain (Muirhead) 8–9 Denmark (Jensen)
- Standings (after draw 10): Canada 6–1, Sweden 5–2, China 5–3, Switzerland 4–3, Japan, Germany 3–4, Russia, Great Britain, Denmark 3–5, United States 2–5.
- Draw 10: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics secure at least tie-breakers, teams in
- Cross-country skiing – Men's team sprint:
February 21, 2010 (Sunday)
[edit]- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
- Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California:
- (1) Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) (3) Jeff Burton (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing)
- Drivers' standings (after 2 of 36 races): (1) Harvick 331 points (2) Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) 312 (3)
Greg Biffle (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) 304
- Drivers' standings (after 2 of 36 races): (1) Harvick 331 points (2)
- (1)
- Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California:
- ASEAN Basketball League Finals:
- Philippine Patriots
75–67 
Satria Muda BritAma, Patriots win series 3–0.
- Philippine Patriots
- Spanish Cup Final in Bilbao:
- FC Barcelona 80–61 Real Madrid
- Barcelona win the Cup for the 21st time.
- FC Barcelona 80–61 Real Madrid
- Italian Cup Final in Casalecchio:
- Montepaschi Siena 83–75 Virtus Bologna
- Siena win the Cup for the second straight time and second time overall.
- Montepaschi Siena 83–75 Virtus Bologna
- Turkish Cup Final:
- Mersin 68–72 Fenerbahçe Ülker
- Fenerbahçe Ülker win the Cup for the second time.
- Mersin 68–72 Fenerbahçe Ülker
- Serbian Cup Final:
- Semaine des As Cup Final:
- ASVEL Villeurbanne 70–69 Orléans
- ASVEL win the trophy for the first time.
- ASVEL Villeurbanne 70–69 Orléans
- Polish Cup Final:
- Turów Zgorzelec 75–80 AZS Koszalin
- South Africa In India:
- 1st ODI in Jaipur
- India 298/9 (50.0 overs); South Africa 297 (50.0 overs). India win by 1 run, lead the 3-match series 1–0.
- 1st ODI in Jaipur
- West Indies in Australia:
- 1st T20I in Hobart
- Australia 179/8 (20.0 overs); West Indies 141/8 (20.0 overs). Australia win by 38 runs, lead the 2-match series 1–0.
- 1st T20I in Hobart
- ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 2:
- Canada 566 (151.5 overs, S Dhaniram 130); Afghanistan 110/3 (40.0 overs) in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan trail by 456 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- Netherlands 385 (105.1 overs, RN ten Doeschate 212*); Kenya 235/2 (56.0 overs, DO Obuya 115*) in Nairobi. Kenya trail by 150 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- World Golf Championships:
- WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona, United States:
- Final: Ian Poulter (ENG) def. Paul Casey (ENG) 4 & 2
- Poulter collects his first WGC title, which is also his first on the PGA Tour and ninth on the European Tour.
- Consolation Match: Camilo Villegas (COL) def. Sergio García (ESP) 5 & 4
- Final: Ian Poulter (ENG) def. Paul Casey (ENG) 4 & 2
- WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona, United States:
- PGA Tour:
- Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya in Cancún, Mexico:
- Winner: Cameron Beckman (USA) 269 (−15)
- Beckman wins his third PGA Tour title.
- Winner: Cameron Beckman (USA) 269 (−15)
- Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya in Cancún, Mexico:
- LPGA Tour:
- Honda PTT LPGA Thailand in Chonburi, Thailand:
- Winner: Ai Miyazato (JPN) 267 (−21)
- Miyazato wins her second LPGA Tour title.
- Winner: Ai Miyazato (JPN) 267 (−21)
- Honda PTT LPGA Thailand in Chonburi, Thailand:
- Champions Tour:
- Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Florida:
- Winner: Bernhard Langer (GER) 199 (−17)
- Langer wins his ninth Champions Tour title.
- Winner: Bernhard Langer (GER) 199 (−17)
- Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Florida:
- UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia:
- Preliminary Card:
- Light Heavyweight Bout: James Te-Huna (NZL) def. Igor Pokrajac (CRO) via TKO (strikes) in round 3
- Middleweight Bout: C.B. Dollaway (USA) def. Goran Reljic (CRO) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
- Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle (USA) def. Brian Foster (USA) via submission (kneebar) at 1:41 of round 1
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Krzysztof Soszynski (POL) def. Stephan Bonnar (USA) via TKO (cut) at 1:04 of round 3
- Main Card:
- Heavyweight Bout: Mirko Filipović (CRO) def. Anthony Perosh (AUS) via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Ryan Bader (USA) def. Keith Jardine (USA) via KO (punch) at 2:10 of round 3
- Lightweight Bout: George Sotiropoulos (AUS) def. Joe Stevenson (USA) via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
- Middleweight Bout: Wanderlei Silva (BRA) def. Michael Bisping (ENG) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
- Heavyweight Bout: Cain Velasquez (USA) def. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (BRA) via KO (punches) at 2:20 of round 1
- Preliminary Card:
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – Men's combined: Bode Miller (USA) 2:44.92 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) +0.33 Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) +0.40
- Miller wins his third medal of the Games and the fifth of his career.
- Biathlon – Men's mass start: Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) 35:35.7 (0 penalties) Martin Fourcade (FRA) +10.5 (3) Pavol Hurajt (SVK) +16.6 (0)
- Biathlon – Women's mass start: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 35:19.6 (2 penalties) Olga Zaitseva (RUS) +5.5 (1) Simone Hauswald (GER) +7.3 (2)
- Neuner wins her second title and third medal of the Games.
- Bobsleigh – Two-man: André Lange/Kevin Kuske (GER) 3:26.65 Andre Florschütz/Richard Adjei (GER) +0.22 Alexandr Zubkov/Alexey Voyevoda (RUS) +0.86
- Lange and Kuske win their fourth Olympic titles – two each in two-man and four-man.
- Freestyle skiing – Men's ski cross: Michael Schmid (SUI) Andreas Matt (AUT) Audun Grønvold (NOR)
- Ski cross is a new event on the Olympic program.
- Speed skating – Women's 1500 metres: Ireen Wüst (NED) 1:56.89 Kristina Groves (CAN) +0.25 Martina Sáblíková (CZE) +1.07
- Figure skating – Ice dancing:
- Standings after Original Dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) 111.15 points (2) Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) 108.55 (3) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin (RUS) 106.60
- Ice hockey – Men: (teams in bold advance to the quarter-finals)
- Group A:
- Canada 3–5 United States
- Final standings: United States 9 points, Canada 5, Switzerland 3, Norway 1.
- Canada
- Group B:
- Russia 4–2 Czech Republic
- Final standings: Russia 7 points, Czech Republic 6, Slovakia 5, Latvia 0.
- Russia
- Group C:
- Preliminary standings: 1. United States 2. Sweden 3. Russia 4. Finland 5. Czech Republic 6. Canada 7. Slovakia 8. Switzerland 9. Belarus 10. Norway 11. Germany 12. Latvia
- Group A:
- Curling – Men:
- Draw 9: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- United States (Shuster) 2–4 Great Britain (Murdoch)
- Norway (Ulsrud) 7–8 Sweden (Edin)
- Switzerland (Stöckli) 4–6 Canada (Martin)
- Denmark (Schmidt) 9–5 Germany (Kapp)
- Standings (after draw 9): Canada 7–0, Norway 5–2, Switzerland, Great Britain, Sweden 4–3, Germany 3–4, France 2–4, United States, Denmark 2–5, China 1–5.
- Draw 9: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Curling – Women:
- Draw 8:
- Great Britain (Muirhead) 6–10 Switzerland (Ott)
- Germany (Schöpp) 5–6 Denmark (Jensen)
- Canada (Bernard) 9–2 United States (McCormick)
- Russia (Privivkova) 9–12 Japan (Meguro)
- Draw 9:
- China (Wang) 6–5 Canada (Bernard)
- Japan (Meguro) 6–7 Germany (Schöpp)
- United States (McCormick) 3–9 Sweden (Norberg)
- Standings (after draw 9): Canada, Sweden 5–1, China 5–2, Japan, Switzerland 3–3, Great Britain, Germany 3–4, Denmark, Russia, United States 2–5.
- Draw 8:
- Alpine skiing – Men's combined:
- ATP World Tour:
- Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, United States:
- Final: Sam Querrey (USA) def. John Isner (USA) 6–7(3), 7–6(5), 6–3
- Querrey wins the third title of his career.
- Final: Sam Querrey (USA) def. John Isner (USA) 6–7(3), 7–6(5), 6–3
- Open 13 in Marseille, France:
- Final: Michaël Llodra (FRA) def. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6–3, 6–4
- Llodra wins the fourth title of his career.
- Final: Michaël Llodra (FRA) def. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6–3, 6–4
- Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires, Argentina:
- Final: Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. David Ferrer (ESP) 5–6, 6–4, 6–3
- Ferrero wins the 14th title of his career.
- Final: Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. David Ferrer (ESP) 5–6, 6–4, 6–3
- Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, United States:
- WTA Tour:
- Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia:
- Mariana Duque Mariño (COL) def. Angelique Kerber (GER) 6–4, 6–3
- Duque Marino wins her first career title.
- Mariana Duque Mariño (COL) def. Angelique Kerber (GER) 6–4, 6–3
- Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia:
February 20, 2010 (Saturday)
[edit]- Nationwide Series:
- Stater Bros 300 in Fontana, California:
- (1)
Kyle Busch (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Greg Biffle (Ford, Baker-Curb Racing) (3) Brad Keselowski (Dodge, Penske Racing) - Drivers' standings (after 2 of 35 races): (1) Carl Edwards (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) 335 points (2)
Joey Logano (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) 311 (3) Busch 304
- Drivers' standings (after 2 of 35 races): (1)
- (1)
- Stater Bros 300 in Fontana, California:
- V8 Supercars:
- Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
- Race 2: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Ford Falcon)
- Drivers' standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 300 points (2) Winterbottom 267 (3) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore) 249
- Race 2: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Ford Falcon)
- Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
- Greek Cup Final in Ellinikon, Athens:
- Olympiacos 68–64 Panathinaikos
- Olympiacos, runner-up to arch rival Panathinaikos in previous two finals, win the Cup for the eighth time.
- Olympiacos 68–64 Panathinaikos
- England v Pakistan in UAE:
- ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 1:
- Canada 350/6 (98.0 overs); Afghanistan in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Netherlands 276/6 (74.0 overs, RN ten Doeschate 129*); Kenya in Nairobi.
- OFC Champions League Group stage, Matchday 4:
- Group A: Waitakere United 4–1
AS Magenta - Standings (after 4 matches): Auckland City FC 10 points, Waitakere United 8, AS Magenta 2, AS Manu-Ura 1.
- Group A: Waitakere United
- African Men's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold qualify for 2011 World Championship)
- African Women's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold qualify for 2011 World Championship)
- Bronze medal match: Ivory Coast
32–28 
Algeria - Gold medal match: Angola
31–30 
Tunisia - Angola win the title for the seventh straight time and the tenth time overall.
- Bronze medal match:
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – Women's super-G: Andrea Fischbacher (AUT) 1:20.14 Tina Maze (SLO) +0.49 Lindsey Vonn (USA) +0.74
- Cross-country skiing – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit: Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:15:11.4 Tobias Angerer (GER) +2.1 Johan Olsson (SWE) +2.8
- Angerer wins the fourth medal of his career.
- Short track speed skating – Women's 1500 metres: Zhou Yang (CHN) 2:16.993 OR Lee Eun-byul (KOR) +0.856 Park Seung-hi (KOR) +0.934
- Short track speed skating – Men's 1000 metres: Lee Jung-su (KOR) 1:23.747 OR Lee Ho-suk (KOR) +0.054 Apolo Ohno (USA) +0.381
- Lee Jung-su wins his second title of the Games.
- Ohno wins his seventh Olympic medal and becomes the most decorated American in Winter Olympics.
- Ski jumping – Large hill individual: Simon Ammann (SUI) 283.6 points Adam Małysz (POL) 269.4 Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 262.2
- Ammann wins his second title of the Games and becomes the first ski jumper in history to win four individual Olympic gold medals.
- Małysz wins the fourth medal of his career.
- Speed skating – Men's 1500 metres: Mark Tuitert (NED) 1:45.57 Shani Davis (USA) +0.13 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) +0.22
- Davis wins the fourth medal of his career.
- Bobsleigh – Two-man:
- Standings after 2 runs: (1) André Lange/Kevin Kuske (GER) 1:43.31 (2) Andre Florschütz/Richard Adjei (GER) +0.11 (3) Alexandr Zubkov/Alexey Voyevoda (RUS) +0.50
- Ice hockey – Men:
- Ice hockey – Women:
- Fifth place semifinals:
- Switzerland 6–0
China - Russia 4–2 Slovakia
- Switzerland
- Fifth place semifinals:
- Curling – Men:
- Draw 7:
- Norway (Ulsrud) 6–3 Denmark (Schmidt)
- France (Dufour) 4–9 Germany (Kapp)
- China (Wang) 4–9 Great Britain (Murdoch)
- Sweden (Edin) 7–8 United States (Shuster)
- Draw 8:
- Switzerland (Stöckli) 9–5 China (Wang)
- Sweden (Edin) 4–5 France (Dufour)
- Canada (Martin) 7–6 Great Britain (Murdoch)
- Standings (after draw 8): Canada 6–0, Norway 5–1, Switzerland 4–2, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden 3–3, France, United States 2–4, China, Denmark 1–5.
- Draw 7:
- Curling – Women:
- Draw 7:
- Sweden (Norberg) 1–10 Russia (Privivkova)
- United States (McCormick) 6–5 Great Britain (Muirhead)
- Denmark (Jensen) 7–8 Switzerland (Ott)
- Germany (Schöpp) 7–9 China (Wang)
- Standings (after draw 7): Canada 4–0, Sweden 4–1, China 4–2, Great Britain 3–3, Japan 2–2, Germany, United States, Switzerland 2–3, Russia 2–4, Denmark 1–5.
- Draw 7:
- Alpine skiing – Women's super-G:
- WTA Tour:
- Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
- Final: Venus Williams (USA) def. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 6–3, 7–5
- Williams wins the 42nd title of her career, and her second consecutive title at the event.
- Final: Venus Williams (USA) def. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 6–3, 7–5
- Cellular South Cup in Memphis, United States:
- Final: Maria Sharapova (RUS) def. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6–2, 6–1
- Sharapova wins the 20th title of her career.
- Final: Maria Sharapova (RUS) def. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6–2, 6–1
- Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
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[edit]- V8 Supercars:
- Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
- Race 1: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (3) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon)
- Drivers' standings (after 1 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 150 points (2) Lowndes 138 (3) Winterbottom 129
- Race 1: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (3) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon)
- Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
- Bangladesh in New Zealand:
- Only Test in Hamilton, day 5:
- New Zealand 553/7d (135 overs) and 258/5d (71.0 overs); Bangladesh 408 (97.3 overs) and 282 (76.0 overs, Shakib Al Hasan 100). New Zealand win by 121 runs, win the 1-match series 1–0.
- Only Test in Hamilton, day 5:
- West Indies in Australia:
- 5th ODI in Melbourne
- Australia 324/5 (50.0 overs); West Indies 199 (36.5 overs). Australia win by 125 runs, win the 5-match series 4–0.
- 5th ODI in Melbourne
- England v Pakistan in UAE:
- Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold qualify for 2011 World Championship)
- Bronze medal match: Saudi Arabia 30–33 (OT)
Japan - Gold medal match: Bahrain
25–32 
South Korea - South Korea win the title for the second straight time and the eighth time overall.
- Bronze medal match: Saudi Arabia
- African Men's Championship in Egypt:
- Semifinals: (the winners qualify for 2011 World Championship)
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – Men's super-G: Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1:30.34 Bode Miller (USA) +0.28
- Alpine skiing – Men's super-G: