Sporting Events on August 10
1568 : Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish
1645 : Battle at Langport Somerset: Cromwell's New Model-army beats Royalists
1932 : 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job
1934 : 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York
1951 : 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1956 : 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash DC
1962 : 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
1990 : 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1997 : Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a NY Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
2002 : Konstantinos Kenteris (Greece) sets new season record by covering Men's 200m final in 19.86 seconds in European Athletics Championship
2002 : Muriel Hurtis (France) wins Women's 200m final by completing in 22.43 seconds in European Athletics Championship.
2002 : Stephane Diagana (France) wins 400m hurdles in European Athletics Championship.
2002 : Steve Backley (Britain) wins Jabelian in European Athletics Championship.
2002 : Glory Alozie (Spain) wins Women 100m hurdles in European Athletics Championship.
2002 : Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) wins Pole Vault in European Athletics Championship.
2002 : Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) wins Hammer throw in European Athletics Championship.
2002 : Carolina Kluft (Sweden) wins Heptathlon events in European Athletics Championship.
2002 : England makes 341/5 at the end of the IIIrd Day of first test match. M Vaughan makes 197, M Butcher makes (53)
2002 : Jamal A Al Saffar (KSA) wins 100m Men's in 14th Asian Athletic Championships.
2002 : Sushanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) wins 100m Women's in 14th Asian Athletic Championships.
2002 : India beats Vietnam 3-2 to win LG Cup 2002
2002 : Chanda Rubin beats Serena Williams, Ai Sugiyama beats Jennifer Capriati, Lindsey Davenport beats Eleni Daniilidoe in WTA Los Angles Open Tennis.