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# Sporting moments of the year
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## From Abu Dhabi to Twickenham, Telegraph writers and columnists look back
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over the snapshots and incidents that will provide the lasting images of sport
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in 2010 .
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![Sporting moments of the year][1]
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Image 1 of 6
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Keeping cool: Graeme McDowell celebrates after holing the putt that won the
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Ryder Cup for Europe Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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![Sporting moments of the year][2]
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Image 1 of 6
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Try time: Chris Ashton's stunning try was the icing on the cake for England
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during their superb win over Australia at Twickenham Photo: ACTION IMAGES
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![The Ashes 2010: Graeme Swann leads 'sprinkler' celebrations as England
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retain urn in Australia][3]
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Image 1 of 6
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Party time: the England team do the 'sprinkler' dance after retaining the
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Ashes with victory in Melbourne Photo: PA
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![Sporting moments of the year][4]
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Image 1 of 6
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He's back: Mark Cavendish silences the doubters with his first stage win at
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the 2010 Tour de France Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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![Sporting moments of the year][5]
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Image 1 of 6
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Power: Manny Pacquiao beats Antonio Margarito to become an eight-division
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world champion Photo: REUTERS
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![Sporting moments of the year][6]
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Image 1 of 6
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Soaked: Sebastian Vettel is soaked after winning the Abu Dhabi grand prix to
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become Formula One's youngest-ever world champion Photo: AP
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8:38PM GMT 30 Dec 2010
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[Comments][7]
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**Alan Smith **- Black day in Bloemfontein
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It will be difficult to ever forget Bloemfontein, because not only did it
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provide the setting for one of the most humiliating days in England's football
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history, it witnessed the most scandalous miscarriage of justice seen in
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recent times.
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When Frank Lampard's shot clearly crossed the line in the World Cup tie with
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Germany, I instinctively grabbed hold of the bloke next to me in the press
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box. 'That's in!' I cried. 'We're back in this now!'
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To be honest, practically everyone thought the same within that stadium. Just
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a pity for England that the match officials didn't.
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## Related Articles
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* [Quotes of the year][8]
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21 Dec 2010
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* [The year in football 2010][9]
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20 Dec 2010
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* [The year in football][10]
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20 Dec 2010
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* [The year in Formula One 2010][11]
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21 Dec 2010
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* [From vuvuzela to snood][12]
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21 Dec 2010
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**Ben Ainslie **- Beating the Aussies
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I spent Christmas in Australia this year and it was great to be here to
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witness and celebrate the English success in the Ashes! You always take a bit
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of stick being a 'Pommy' in Oz, especially when there is cricket on; it's
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great to be able to give it back for once!
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It is a fantastic achievement for the England boys to have retained the Ashes
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down here. They've trained hard, shown themselves to be great team. Andrew
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Strauss and his team have done Britain proud!
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**Sir Chris Hoy **- Mark Cavendish bounces back
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Stage Five of the Tour de France, from Epernay to Montargis, and the moment
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when Mark Cavendish silenced the critics and doubters with his first stage win
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of this year's Tour.
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Things hadn't been going well for Cav in the first week and he had failed to
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feature in either of the first two sprints. His opponents sensed blood. Had
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the Cavenidsh bubble finally burst? Never.
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Back he came with a commanding win after a wonderful gutsy ride and you can
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see the joy, and a little relief, in his celebrations as he crossed the line.
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The tears on the podium a few minutes later also showed just how much it meant
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to him and frankly from that moment onwards he never looked like losing
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another sprint.
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**David Coulthard **- The desert stormer
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My moment of the year -- and I say this unapologetically -- has to be
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Sebastian Vettel's title-winning drive in Abu Dhabi. It was just so
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unexpected.
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Going into the race, Fernando Alonso was the clear favourite and when Mark
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Webber qualified so far back the Spaniard's task was even simpler. For Alonso
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to finish seventh and Sebastian to claim the crown was just plain bonkers.
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Following hard on the heels of the constructors' title win in Brazil, it was a
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hell of a week for Red Bull and I take enormous pride at the role I played in
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their six-year journey to success.
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**Alan Hansen **- Latin lesson
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Having been so eagerly-anticipated, the World Cup proved to be a pretty boring
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spectacle this summer, but my highlight of the year still came from South
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Africa.
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After a disappointing group stage, it was fantastic to watch the South
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American nations go head-to-head with two stunning games in the last 16 when
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Brazil played Chile and Argentina faced Mexico. Both games were full of flair,
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attacking football and positivity - it was exactly what the World Cup is
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supposed to be about.
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I am obviously a big advocate of defensive qualities, and New Zealand
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emphasised how organisation and discipline can work for the smaller nations,
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but the World Cup is about exciting football and those two games were the
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highlight for me.
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**Colin Montgomerie **- McDowell the magnificent
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Never mind the golfing event of the year I think the Ryder Cup was the
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sporting occasion of the year. And within that Graeme McDowell's putt on 16
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was the moment of the year. It was quite amazing.
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He was left on his own with the weight of European golf on his shoulders. And
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then there was the drama on 17. You always want your man to hole the winning
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putt but in the end Hunter Mahan fluffed his chip to hand victory to Graeme. I
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felt for him.
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Sport at this level tests human beings like no other discipline; thousands
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watching live, millions more on TV. Actors can always do another take. Hunter
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couldn't
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**Brian Moore **- Chris Ashton's wonder try
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If you see it end on, you can clearly see he is smiling when he still has over
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75 metres to go. The glorious long-range try by England wing Chris Ashton
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against Australia this autumn had more significance than it being probably the
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best individual finish see at Twickenham.
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That try signalled the end to the nightmare which was last season and
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England's wandering in a wilderness of self-deception: with it came definable
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purpose and cause for optimism. It gave hope where none had seemed possible
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and may yet turn out to be the moment of many a recent year.
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**Will Greenwood **- Australia stun Paris
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My moment of the year was less an image and more a demolition. Australia in
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Paris were wonderful. They scored 46 second-half unanswered points against
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France in the amazing Stade de France. The hosts had come off a Grand Slam
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season were humbled.
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It was such a comprehensive win that even the French fans who normally boo
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poor performances by their team were left silent, unsure of what to do next.
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Australia may not have a pack but that second half in Paris told me that while
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everyone talks about New Zealand and South Africa for 2011, you really can't
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write off those Australians. Everything they touched that day turned to gold.
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Forget canary yellow, it was 24 carat.
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**Geoffrey Boycott **- Pacquiao power
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When Manny Pacquiao beat Antonio Margarito he became an eight-division world
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champion. What I like about Pacquiao is that he fights without hubris.
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There is none of the pre-fight hype or ego. He just gets on with the job and
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beats his opponents with skill and guile. To dominate so many weight divisions
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is a sign of a great fighter and athlete and he is showing no signs of slowing
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down.
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**Michael Vaughan **- Over and out
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England bowling Australia out for 98 on Boxing Day in front of nearly 85,000
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people at the MCG was a terrific effort that will live long in the memory.
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England had been hammered in Perth and it looked like their hopes of retaining
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the Ashes were in serious danger. Andrew Strauss won a crucial toss but the
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bowlers had to respond and they were outstanding.
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Chris Tremlett and James Anderson were quick and swung the ball while Tim
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Bresnan did wonders when the ball was old and soft. It set England up for a
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famous victory.
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**Marcus Armytage **- Arc flight of fantasy
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Workforce winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October was
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the sporting moment of the year I enjoyed most from an armchair rather than a
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saddle.
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He was a brilliant Derby winner who had apparently lost his way in the King
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George V and Queen Elizabeth Stakes when beaten 17 lengths by Harbinger. It is
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essential for the reputation and prestige of the Derby that its' winner goes
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on to great things and it was the training feat of the season for Sir Michael
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Stoute to get him back.
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In Ryan Moore he had an exceptional jockey too and I look forward to seeing
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Workforce in action again at four.
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