By David OwenJanuary 6 - The Vancouver Winter Olympics were one of very few events to challenge the National Football League's (NFL) dominance of a new table outlining the United States's most-viewed sports events of 2010.

with an audience of 106.5 million.A total of 18 Olympic broadcasts made the list, with the Canada v USA

January 4 - USA Luge's 30-year relationship with Verizon, one of the country's biggest telecommunications

sponsorship contract with luge's national governing body expire on December 31.The company began assisting USA

sports sponsorship, a company's marketing direction is influenced by its changing business goals," said USA

team sponsor through the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.During the course of the sponsorship with Verizon, USA

champion Erin Hamlin (pictured), whose father is a current Verizon employee.With Verizon as team sponsor, USA

January 1 - Gregg Troy and Teri McKeever (pictured) have been named by USA Swimming as the coaches

USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus announced that Troy would guide the men and McKeever would

December 31 - American Express has signed a multi-year marketing agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) that will include supporting the United States teams' preparing for the London 2012 Olympics, where the men and women will both be defending their titles.

performers.Although American Express' relationship with the NBA will grant its cardmembers access to USA

Partner of the NBA to provide our Cardmembers with access to tickets and unique experiences with the NBA, USA

December 31 - Florida's Steve Geffrard and Detroit's Andrecia Wasson (pictured) have been named USA

Geffrard followed his May victory with a  second gold medal at the 2010 USA Boxing National Championships

in Colorado Springs.The then 19-year-old earned the top spot in the nation with his victory at the USA

birthday on the trip prior to earning an 11-9 win over Italy's Biagio Imbesi in the opening night of the USA

The 18-year-old boxer won her second straight national title at the USA Boxing National Championships

December 27 - South Korea's Kim Yu-Na has been named the Female Athlete of the Year by the United States Sports Academy with Spanish footballer David Villa taking the men's award.

public cast hundreds of thousands of votes thanks to distribution through the websites of NBC Sports and USA

December 25 – An important USA Triathlon event has earned the FitPlanet Verified Pledge of Sustainability

The 2010 USA Triathlon Age Group/Sprint/Elite National Championships featured such initiatives as:Providing

Triathlon blanketThe moves by USA Triathlon delivered on a commitment to implement programs that preserve

taking the Pledge of Sustainability for the Age Group/Sprint/Elite National Championships in Tuscaloosa, USA

By verifying the pledge, USA Triathlon is proving it takes sustainability seriously."

FitPlanet looks forward to working with USA Triathlon in 2011 to green all of its events."

ATHLETICS Roald Bradstock (USA) Ben Challenger (GBR) Linford Christie (GBR) Bryan Clay (USA) Tasha

December 19 - Tony McCoy tonight became the first jockey to be named the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in the 57 years of the award but was overshadowed by former England captain David Beckham, who received a lifetime achievement award.

award was won by the European Ryder Cup team for their achievement in regaining the trophy from the USA

By Tom DegunDecember 15 - C K Wu (pictured), the International Boxing Association (AIBA) President, has claimed he is extremely happy the World Series of Boxing (WSB) has got off to a successful start.

The teams in the USA also need to learn to take into account an external factor - competing at over 2000

December 15 – Up to five new members could join the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) board of directors, it has been announced.

generation, who was Visa USA's chief marketing officer; and Dave Ogrean, the executive director of USA

December 14 - Horst Georg Schreiber, secretary general of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), has died aged 82 in Munich, it was announced today.

federations.Schreiber trained as a lawyer at the University of Munich and Harvard University in the USA

By Tom DegunDecember 14 - The United States and Canada have praised the decision to include Paratriathlon and Paracanoe at the Rio 2016 Games following the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) governing board's vote to increase the number of sports from 20 to 22.

physical and visual disabilities to be active in sport and we look forward to working closely with both USA

Triathlon and USA Canoe/Kayak to ensure the United States fields competitive teams for the 2016 Games

December 14 - British Basketball performance director Chris Spice says the women's team is full of confidence and has nothing to lose after seeing the line-up for the 2011 Eurobasket.

team in Europe, the Czech Republic, who won the silver medal at the World Championships behind the USA

December 9 - Raffaella Cinti (pictured) has been appointed director of operations at the sports tour company Ludus Tours, with specific responsibilities for hospitality and operations at the London 2012 Games.

Games in Sochi, and Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, among others.Related storiesNovember 2010: USA