It has long been believed that cricket also descended from such games, though evidence uncovered in early 2009 suggests that the sport may have been imported to England from Flanders .< ref >

* Cessna 162 – high-wing, single piston engined, two-seat light sport aircraft in production since 2009

On January 27, 2009, in a lawsuit involving an accidental injury sustained during a cheerleading practice, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that cheerleading is a full-contact sport in that state.

In January 2009, the IFF and the sport of floorball received recognition from the Special Olympics.

In 2009, in the 121th IOC ( International Olympic Committee ) voting, karate did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority vote to become an Olympic sport.

In 2009 the International Federation of Poker was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, becoming the official governing body for poker and promoting the game as a mind sport.

Wang was inducted into the U. S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2009, and was honored for her contribution to the sport as a costume designer.

Davenport announced her intention to play in the 2009 Australian Open in January, ending speculation that she would be retiring from the sport.

In 2009, Red Bull added mainstream sport athletes to its roster of sports endorsements.

The game is traditionally played on grass, although as of 2009 the sport may be played on artificial turf.

De La Hoya officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference held in Los Angeles on April 14, 2009.

Baseball is also an important sport to Aggie fans and in both 2009 and 2010 the Aggies won the Division IV State Championship.

Rowing has also traditionally been a strong sport at the Hall, with the men attaining Headship in the Summer Eights of 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964 and 1965, and the women achieving the same feat in 2006, a title retained through 2007, 2008 and 2009.

They finished first in the highest football league in 1999, 2002 and 2011 and won the Belgian Cup in 1998, 2000 and 2009 Because of this success, the Cristal Arena ( formerly known as Fenix stadium ) of KRC Genk ( place for 25 500 supporters ) has become an important centre of both sport and non-sport activities in recent years.

The sport did not return to the town until 1970, when it was introduced to Derwent Park by local entrepreneur Paul Sharp and Ian Thomas who is the present team manager ( 2009 ).

In 2009 the SMMAF was accepted into the Association of Swedish Budo and Martial Arts Federation, thus granting MMA “ national sport ” status and making its approved clubs eligible for partial government subsidization.

The Basque Government promotes jai alai as " the fastest sport in the world because of the balls " and once held the world record for ball speed with a 125g – 140g ball covered with goatskin that traveled at, performed by José Ramón Areitio at the Newport Jai Alai, Rhode Island, until it was broken by Canadian long drive champion Jason Zuback on an episode of Sport Science in July 2009 with a golf ball speed of.

Today, dragon boat racing ( sport and festival ) is among the fastest growing of team water sports, with scores of thousands of participants in various organisations and clubs in over 60 countries – 62 of which are IDBF members ( as of 8 Jan 2009 ).

In 2009 the club added a Sledge Hockey team to ensure that it was able to offer a fully inclusive sport to the NE Lincolnshire area.

Organised on an alternating comedy / sport theme and televised live in March, McCall has co-hosted Red Nose Days in 2005, 2007, 2009 & 2011, and for Sport Relief in 2006, 2008, 2010 & 2012.

* BMW 7-Series ( 2009 onwards, part of sport package )

Thoroughbred horseracing is an important spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horseraces is a popular pastime with A $ 14. 3 billion wagered in 2009 / 10 with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board ( TAB ).

Thoroughbred racing is the third most attended spectator sport in Australia, behind Australian rules football and rugby league, with almost two million admissions to 360 registered racecourses throughout Australia in 2009 / 10.

Until 2009, when it ceased for financial reasons, Gillingham hosted an annual 10 day festival of music and sport.

Further speculation began on 21 October 2009 as Larsson discussed the possibility of taking up floorball on a full-time basis, as he had previously played floorball with FC ( Floorball Club ) Helsingborg during the football close season.

An increase in Armenia ’ s exports to the US in 2009 and 2010 has been due to shipments of aluminum foil.

His successor President Barack Obama has expressed his desire to recognize the Armenian Genocide during the electoral campaigns, but after being elected, has not used the word genocide in his first annual April 24 speech in 2009.

Although, as of 2009, none of the extrasolar planets detected by ground-based astrometry has been verified in subsequent studies, astrometry is expected to be more accurate in space missions that are not affected by the distorting effects of the Earth's atmosphere.

In addition, Sirius has been played in a variety of TV shows and movies including the episode " Vanishing Act " of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and the 2009 film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance.

As of 2009, construction has been postponed indefinitely due to the global economic crisis.

Namco Bandai has purchased a 34 % stake in Atari Europe on May 14, 2009, paving the way for its acquisition from Infogrames.

On 22 May 2009, Dirk Scheringa announced a cooperation with Bayern Munich ; the club has first-option rights for the AZ contracted players.

Aon has sponsored the British Touring Car Championship team run by Arena Motorsport since 2009.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 4. 174, ranking it first among 255 journals in the category " Mathematics ".

Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has enjoyed professional productions in the West End, by opera companies, in a 2009 Broadway revival, and elsewhere, and it is a popular choice for regional groups.

He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

In 2009 Belgium has 20 major media companies active in numerous telecommunications media subsectors.

:* Orlando has a boutique Bastille Day street festival that began in 2009 in the Audubon Park Garden District and involves champagne, wine, music, petanque, artists, and street performers.

It has, since March 2009, also provided the mechanism by which the Bank's policy of quantitative easing ( QE ) is achieved, under the auspices of the MPC.

It has been stressed that debt advice, a supervised rehabilitation period, financial education and social help to find sources of income and to manage household expenditures better need to be equally provided during this period of rehabilitation ( Reifner et al., 2003 ; Gerhardt, 2009 ; Frade, 2010 ).

On June 26, 2009, Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, called for the U. S. to increase its manufacturing base employment to 20 % of the workforce, commenting that the U. S. has outsourced too much in some areas and can no longer rely on the financial sector and consumer spending to drive demand.

Over the last 10 years ( 1999 – 2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of-0. 3 %.

In the UK, since 2009, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has the authority to overrule and unify decisions of lower courts.

However, by 2009, it has been reported that $ 21 billion had been lost from the pension system to the global financial crisis.

Since 2009, Cuba has imported sedans from Chinese automaker Geely to serve as police cars, taxis and rental vehicles.