The most popular sports picture galleries of 2010
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Your support makes all the difference.From South Africa 2010 to the incredibly competitive Formula One season and The Ashes to Tiger Woods' apology, from a sporting perspective it's been a year to remember.
We've cast our eye back over the past 12 months and in true John Motson fashion studied The Independent Online's statistics to see which picture galleries have been your favourite.
The funniest football chants was as convincing a winner as David Haye was when he fought Audley Harrison. After that things turn more negative than Rafa Benitez with the worst transfer deals and the worst football kits. Other favourites among the top ten are the best insults in cricket and the 100 greatest World Cup moments.
Simply click on the links below to see the most popular sports galleries of the year...
1. The funniest football chants
The wittiest and funniest football chants from around the grounds.
2. The worst transfer deals in Premier League history
From Alberto Aquilani to Sergei Rebrov, these are the deals managers would rather forget.
3. This season's worst football kits
Everton's pink ensemble was one of our favourites.
4. The 50 best rugby players in the world 2009
Our selection of the best rugby players on the planet from the end of last year.
5. The best transfer deals in Premier League history
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Alan Shearer were snapped up for nothing, seeing them feature prominently in this gallery.
6. Howzat! The best insults in cricket
"Why are you so fat?" - "Because every time I make love to your wife, she gives me a biscuit."
7. 'Send me something very naughty...': The most scandalous sports quotes of the year
From Tiger’s text messages to Graeme Swann’s Twitterings.
8. The 100 greatest World Cup moments
England's triumph in '66, Maradona's 'hand of god', the Cruyff Turn, Baggio's miss (and Diana Ross') - they're all here.
9. Qatar's incredible stadium plans for 2022 World Cup
The shock winners of the vote to host the 2022 World Cup have audacious plans.
Once the domestic season came to an end we rounded up the teams and individuals for whom things didn't go to plan.
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