SPORTS MAY 2010
- Somdev Devvarman became the first Indian in 13 years to qualify for the men's singles event of the French Open.
- Grandmaster RR Laxman defeated Argentinean Grand Master Pablo Lafuente to bag the gold medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in New Delhi. The women’s title was bagged by Dronavalli Harika.
- Asian champion Pan Qiang of China equalled the World record on way to winning the double trap gold in the shotgun World Cup in Dorset, Britain.
- Mark Webber won the Monaco Grand Prix defeating his teammate Sebastian Vettel.
- England defeated Australia by seven wickets to win its first title in the ICC World Twenty20 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown (West Indies).
- Defending champions India and South Korea were declared joint winners of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament as the summit clash between the two teams was called off due to rain.
- Sushil Kumar notched up his first-ever gold medal in the Asian wrestling championship defeating Korean Dae Sung Kim in Delhi.
- Viswanathan Anand retained the FIDE World Chess Championship, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the final classic game of the series in Sofia (Bulgaria). Anand won the 12-game match with a score of 6.5-5.5 to defend the title he claimed in 2007.
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