2002 Prague municipal election, Background, Campaign
Campaign started in October 2002. Parties filled the city with billboards. ODS focused on safety. Freedom Union promised easily available housing. ČSSD promised "City for Living." Leader of ČSSD Paroubek held many meeting with voters to be as visible as possible.


2002 Prague municipal election, Results
Civic Democrats led by Pavel bém won the election. Bém then formed coalition with Czech Social Democratic Party and became the Mayor of Prague.


2002 Prague summit
The 2002 Prague summit was a NATO summit held at the Prague Congress Centre where the heads of state and government of the NATO member states met. Seven states were at this summit invited to begin accession talks with NATO: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. NATO's post-Cold War Open Door Policy was also reaffirmed at this meeting. A NATO Response Force was considered and planned at this moment, a force which would be officially declared ready at the 2006 Riga summit.


2002 Prague summit
At a press conference, then-President of the United States George W. Bush declared to "disarm" Saddam Hussein together with a "coalition of the willing".


2002 Preakness Stakes
The 2002 Preakness Stakes was the 127th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 18, 2002, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. War Emblem, who was jockeyed by Victor Espinoza, won the race by three quarters of a length over runner-up Magic Weisner. Approximate post time was 6:12 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:56.36. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 117,055, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 2002.


2002 Premier League Snooker
The 2002 Daily Star Premier League was a  professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 12 May 2002.


2002 Premier League Snooker
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9–4 against John Higgins.


2002 Premier League Snooker, League phase
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.


2002 Premier League Snooker, Play-offs
*(77) 93–6, 37–67, (62) 70–20, (57) 79–0, (91) 108–17, 69–9, (60) 62–9**(65) 75–33, 68–55, 59–23, (126)-0, 0-(81), (85) 112–6, 1–76 (72), (60) 73–0***(60) 109–6, 45–56, (72) 75–42, 5–78 (55), (68) 73–0, (109) 115–19, 43–66, (110) 111–14, (70)-0, 38–89 (76), (95)-30, 63–14, (62) 106–16


2002 Premier League speedway season
The 2002 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).


2002 Premier League speedway season, Season summary
The League consisted of 17 teams for the 2002 season with the addition of two teams, the Rye House Rockets and the Somerset Rebels from the Conference League.


2002 Premier League speedway season, Season summary
The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Sheffield Tigers.


2002 Premier League speedway season, Season summary
On 14 April, Lawrence Hare was paralysed after crashing while riding for Exeter Falcons.


2002 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup
The 2002 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 35th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Sheffield Tigers  were the winners of the competition.


2002 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup, Final
Sheffield were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97–83.


2002 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election
An election of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic was held on 4 December 2002. Petr Pithart was re-elected as the President of the Senate.


2002 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting
2002 Senate election was won by the Civic Democratic Party. Independent candidates made gains. Candidates of governing coalition were heavily defeated.


2002 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party decided to nominate the incumbent President Petr Pithart. He was also supported by the Czech Social Democratic Party, Freedom Union – Democratic Union and Independents. The Civic Democratic Party decided to not support Pithart but also didn't nominate its own candidate.


2002 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting
Election was held on 4 December 2002. Pithart received 50 votes of 81 and was elected.


2002 President's Cup (tennis)
The 2002 President's Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Tashkent in Uzbekistan and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from September 9 through September 14, 2002.


2002 President's Cup (tennis), Champions, Doubles
David Adams /  Robbie Koenig def. Raemon Sluiter /  Martin Verkerk, 6–2, 7–5.


2002 President's Cup – Doubles
Julien Boutter and Dominik Hrbatý were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2002 President's Cup – Doubles
David Adams and Robbie Koenig won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Raemon Sluiter and Martin Verkerk.


2002 President's Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2002 President's Cup – Singles
Marat Safin was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Paradorn Srichaphan.


2002 President's Cup – Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 7–6 (8–6), 7–5 against Vladimir Voltchkov.


2002 President's Cup – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash
On 4 July 2002 a Boeing 707-123B operated by Prestige Airlines and owned by New Gomair, crashed during an emergency landing at Bangui Airport. 28 people on board were killed and two survived. The flight was bound to Brazzaville, but the crew decided to divert to Bangui when the landing gear had not retracted.


2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash, Background
The international flight was carrying passengers and a load of onions and garlic from Chad to the Central African Republic. There were 17 Chadian passengers on board. The Boeing belonged to a small airline New Gomair, owned by local businessmen, but was chartered by Prestige Airlines at the time of the accident.


2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash, Crash
On final approach to Bangui, the aircraft descended until it contacted the ground. The crash occurred in clear weather at about 11:15 a.m. in the Guitangola neighborhood, two miles short of the Bangui Airport's runway. The aircraft exploded upon touchdown, scattering wreckage and reportedly causing the roof of an empty house to collapse.


2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash, Crash
The two survivors were engineer Laurent Tabako and a woman from Chad, both were admitted to a hospital. According to Tabako, the engines stopped before landing and the crew may have dumped too much fuel before an emergency landing. The witnesses reportedly did not hear the usual engine noise during the crash and saw no flames when the aircraft disintegrated. The aircraft's flight recorder and voice recorder were recovered and an investigation was launched by the government of the Central African Republic.


2002 Preston Borough Council election
Elections were held for Preston Borough Council in North West England, in May 2002. Held prior to the town being awarded city status, these elections took place following a boundary review which introduced new electoral wards as a consequence of population increase. Therefore, all councillors were up for election in the new wards for the first time.


2002 Preston Borough Council election
For other elections to Preston Town Hall, both as a Borough and City council, see Preston local elections.


2002 Primera B de Chile
The 2002 Primera B de Chile (known as Campeonato Nacional BancoEstado de Primera B for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd completed season of the Primera B de Chile.


2002 Primera B de Chile
Deportes Puerto Montt (tournament’s champion) alongside Universidad de Concepción were promoted to top-tier after finishing in the first and second places respectively from the promotion playoffs, whilst Deportes Iquique lost the category, relegating for first-time since its foundation to the third-tier.


2002 Primera División of Chile
The 2002 Primera División season was the 71st season of top-flight football in Chile. It was the second season in which the Apertura and Clausura format was used, and the first since 1997.


2002 Prince Edward Island Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2002 Prince Edward Island Scott Tournament of Hearts was held February 1–5  at the Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The winning team was Team Kathy O'Rourke who represented Prince Edward Island, finished with a 3-8 round-robin record at the 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts in Brandon, Manitoba.


2002 Princeton Tigers football team
The 2002 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Tigers tied for third in the Ivy League.


2002 Princeton Tigers football team
In their third year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 6–4 record, though they were outscored 236 to 226. Drew Babinecz and Chisom Opara were the team captains.


2002 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 176 to 154 by Ivy opponents.


2002 Princeton Tigers football team
The Tigers played their home games at Princeton Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.


2002 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2002 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 6 October 2002. It was the 81st running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


2002 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winner was Marienbard, a five-year-old horse trained in Great Britain by Saeed bin Suroor. The winning jockey was Frankie Dettori.


2002 Pro Bowl
The 2002 Pro Bowl was the NFL's all-star game for the 2001 season. The game was played on February 9, 2002, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The final score was AFC 38, NFC 30. Rich Gannon of the Oakland Raiders was the game's MVP.


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
The 2002 Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election was a leadership election called in the fall of 2001 when Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Premier Mike Harris announced his intention to resign.


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
The candidates to succeed Harris were Elizabeth Witmer, Tony Clement, Ernie Eves, Jim Flaherty and Chris Stockwell. Eves was not initially a candidate, but was persuaded to join the race by senior Tories who felt none of the other candidates could win a provincial election.


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
Witmer and Eves sought to distance the party from Harris's "Common Sense Revolution" agenda. Eves began his campaign with a speech in which he said he was neither left wing nor right wing. He later said that the government should not be giving tax credits to parents who send their children to private schools unless the schools teach the government curriculum. This policy had been introduced by Flaherty as Minister of Finance.


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
These and other comments led Harris loyalist Jim Flaherty to launch a number of publicity stunts against Eves, whose de facto rejection of the Common Sense Revolution had made him the early front-runner. Flaherty referred to Eves as a "serial waffler" and as "a pale-pink imitation of Dalton McGuinty." Eves was dogged on the campaign trail by a pink waffle and a pink panther, courtesy of the Flaherty campaign. Flaherty, for his part, caught flack in the media for proposing to take the homeless off the streets by force on cold winter nights. During the campaign, Clement effectively blamed Flaherty for bringing to the fore news about Clement's wife, a lawyer, who was alleged to take a pro-choice view of abortion. Eves - who had the backing of almost all PC Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) - won the campaign.


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
For the vote a modified "One Member One Vote" system was used in which all ridings in the province were accorded 100 points which were distributed among the candidate in proportion to the number of votes each received in that riding. If no candidate won a majority on the first ballot, a second ballot would be held later the same day with balloting continuing until one candidate had a majority.


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
Stockwell, having the fewest votes, was forced to withdraw. Clement and Witmer announced their withdrawal to support Eves, however, their announcement came too late to remove their names from the ballot.


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
(44,188 party members voted on the first ballot, 34,608 on the second.)


2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
One problem with the procedure was that voters were expected to remain in voting centres throughout the province for hours if they wanted to cast ballots in both rounds of voting. Many did not wish to do so, or could not do so, and left after casting their first ballot vote. As a result, in the 2004 PC leadership election, voters voted only once using a preferential ballot, in which they ranked the candidates by preference, rather than vote in separate rounds.


2002 Proximus Diamond Games
The 2002 Proximus Diamond Games was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor s at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier II category of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 11 February until 17 February 2002. First-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.


2002 Proximus Diamond Games, Finals, Doubles
Magdalena Maleeva /  Patty Schnyder defeated  Nathalie Dechy /  Meilen Tu, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3


2002 Proximus Diamond Games – Doubles
In the inaugural edition of the tournament, Magdalena Maleeva and Patty Schnyder won the title by defeating Nathalie Dechy and Meilen Tu 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 in the final.


2002 Proximus Diamond Games – Singles
In the inaugural edition of the tournament, Venus Williams won the title by defeating Justine Henin 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the final.


2002 Proximus Diamond Games – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2002 Pulitzer Prize
A listing of the Pulitzer Prize award winners for 2002:


2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 2002, to elect 117 members to the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Indian National Congress gained majority of the seats. Amarinder Singh was elected as the Chief Minister.


2002 Punjab provincial election
Provincial elections were held in Punjab, Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the Provincial Assembly. The elections were held under the military government of General Pervez Musharraf. The elections saw an end to the two-party system between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N), with the right-of-centre Pakistan Muslim League (Q) emerging as a third main party supporting Musharraf.


2002 Purbeck District Council election
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Tiller and played its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium. Purdue played thirteen games in the 2002 season, finishing with a 7–6 record and a victory in the Sun Bowl to Washington.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Illinois State
The Boilermakers raced out to 27–0 lead early in the second quarter and never looked back vs. the overmatched Redbirds. The Purdue offense rolled up 500+ total yards in the first-ever August game at newly refurbished Ross–Ade Stadium.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
With the help of 3 non-offensive TDs (2 Defense, 1 Special Team), Tyrone Willingham won his first Home game as coach of the Fighting Irish. The Boilermakers got a 76-yard punt return TD from Anthony Chambers, RB Joey Harris ran for 125 yards, and WR John Standeford had 5 catches for 110 yards in the loss.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan
Thanks to Western Michigan's potent dual-QB passing attack, the Boilermakers found themselves in a dogfight with the Broncos deep into the fourth quarter. John Standeford (7 catches for 143 yards, 2TDs) caught game-winning TD with 5:26 to go. Stuart Schweigert established Purdue interception record with his 12th career pick in the 4th quarter.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest
The ACC's Demon Deacons rolled up almost 250 yards rushing to pull off the mild upset. Chris Barclay had three rushing TDs for the Deacs, who forced/benefitted from 5 turnovers and 3 missed 4th-quarter field goals that would have tied the game. For Purdue, Kyle Orton had a productive passing day (24–43; 331 yds), Joey Harris ran for 120 yards, and John Standeford had a terrific performance (6–191) with 2 long TD receptions.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
The Boilermakers improved to 3–2, using a strong third quarter performance to defeat previously unbeaten Minnesota in an evening tilt on ESPN2. On the first play of the second half, strong safety Ralph Turner returned an interception for a TD. Later, after linebacker Gilbert Gardner returned a fumble to the Gophers' 9-yard-line, defensive end Shaun Phillips lined up at tight end and caught a touchdown pass from Kyle Orton (19–32; 190 yds) in a goal-line situation. Joey Harris ran for another 100+ yards in the win, while the Purdue defense limited Gophers' QB Asad Abdul-Khaliq to 33% passing on 48 attempts.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Reserve DB Adolphus Shelton thwarted a promising final drive by intercepting backup QB Brandon Kirsch in the final seconds to preserve a thrilling win for the Hawkeyes that dropped Purdue to 3–3. Amazingly clutch Iowa QB Brad Banks had just led the Hawkeyes on an 87-yard drive, culminating with a 4th down TD pass to TE Dallas Clark for what turned out to be the winning points.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
The Purdue passing game moved the ball well with 400+ passing yards combined between Kyle Orton and the freshman Kirsch, who replaced the injured Orton and rallied the Boilermakers from a 24–14 deficit with two 4th quarter TD drives before Banks' heroics. Ultimately, the Boilermakers were undone by big plays – two special teams miscues (blocked FG returned for TD, blocked punt returned for TD), and a 95-yard TD catch-and-run by Dallas Clark.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Illinois
After overcoming a 24–0 first half deficit, the Boilermakers fell to 3–4 in spectacular – and controversial – fashion in an exciting non-televised game. The Illini (2–5) built their lead by returning the opening kickoff for a TD, then getting an 83-yard run from Antoineo Harris (who narrowly avoided a safety on the play), getting a 47-yard TD run from Harris (23 carries, 195 yards) and finally a Dustin Ward TD pass to Brandon Lloyd. Freshman QB Brandon Kirsch relieved starting QB Kyle Orton for the second straight week with much success, rallying Purdue to a 31–24 lead in the 4th quarter. Redshirt freshman RB Brandon Jones was a big part of the rally as well with 127 rushing yards and a 36-yard TD catch.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Illinois
After Purdue's go-ahead score, Illinois mounted a long drive that came to a 4th and goal from the Purdue 1 yard line with 7 seconds left. Despite protest from the Purdue coaching staff, officials ruled Antoineo Harris had crossed the goal line for a tying TD with 3 seconds remaining. After downing a short squib kick, Kyle Orton re-entered to complete a "Hail Mary" pass to WR John Standeford, who made the catch near the end zone before being pushed back. Officials ruled him down at the 1 yard line (despite further protest from the Purdue coaching staff), sending the game into overtime. Illinois then won the game in OT, getting a TD catch from WR Greg Lewis, and then stopping Purdue at the 7 yard line on 4th down.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Illinois
Purdue compiled almost 600 yards of offense, and LB Niko Koutouvides had 14 tackles in the painful loss.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
The Boilermakers fell to 3–5, losing by a close margin again, this time to the ninth-ranked  Wolverines. In his first start QB Brandon Kirsch was effective throwing (172 yards) and running (81 yards), but 2 interceptions by QB Kyle Orton plus 2 missed FGs by Berin Lacevic proved fatal to the Boilermakers' upset bid. Purdue closed the margin to 2 with RB Jerod Void's TD run with 8 seconds left in the game, but then Michigan recovered the ensuing onside kick.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
WR Taylor Stubblefield had 11 catches for 104 yards for the Boilers in defeat.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
The Boilermakers improved to 4–5 by running all over a young and undersized Wildcats' defense for a Joe Tiller-era record 407 yards. RBs Joey Harris and Brandon Jones combined to run for nearly 300 yards, while QB Brandon Kirsch completed 8 of his 10 passes for 144 yards and 2 TDs.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
As with all of their 2002 losses, Purdue suffered its 6th of the season to eventual national champion Ohio State in excruciating fashion. It was a defensive struggle throughout, as the teams went into the half tied at 3 (Purdue' points were set up by a Niko Koutouvides interception). In the 4th quarter, Purdue took a 6–3 lead thanks to a Berin Lacevic field goal after a 58-yard pass to freshman WR Ray Williams.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
With less than 2 minutes remaining, the Buckeyes offense was given a short field after a Chris Gamble punt return. QB Craig Krenzel overcame a second down sack to complete a 3rd down and 14 pass to TE Ben Hartsock, setting up a 4th and 1 from Purdue's 36 yard line. Under a heavy blitz, Krenzel threw deep for WR Michael Jenkins who caught the ball over the outstretched arm of CB Antwaun Rogers for the winning TD. Purdue's final drive ended when 2-way player Chris Gamble intercepted a deep pass thrown by Kyle Orton, Orton's 3rd interception of the game.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
This game has been dubbed the "Holy Buckeye" game, named for the Brent Musburger call of the winning play.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
Two teams desperate to remain in the hunt for a bowl selection played a wild game that featured 7 lead changes. In the end, Purdue (5–6) prevailed when QB Kyle Orton relieved an injured Brandon Kirsch on a late drive to throw a deep 4th down TD pass to WR John Standeford with just over 3 minutes left. The defense then sealed the game by stopping a scrambling QB Damon Dowdell short of a first down near midfield in the closing minute.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
Purdue had a terrific day on the ground, running for over 300 yards as a team thanks to QB Brandon Kirsch and RBs Joey Harris and Brandon Jones (125, 89, and 88 yards respectively).


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
Two all Big Ten WRs had phenomenal days. Purdue's Standeford had 5 catches for 136 yards and 2 scores, while the Spartans' Charles Rogers had 8 catches for 161 yards and 2 TDs.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The Boilermakers qualified for their 6th bowl game in 6 years under Joe Tiller by reclaiming the Old Oaken Bucket from a depleted Indiana Hoosiers team in a decisive 34–10 win. (Per the ESPN telecast, less than 50 players dressed for IU.) The Purdue offense again shined, piling up 500+ yards behind another strong O-Line performance that enabled both Joey Harris and Brandon Jones to exceed 100 yards rushing. After an early long TD pass to John Standeford, QB Brandon Kirsch was replaced by Kyle Orton, who had a very efficient passing day with a 22–28; 173 yard performance. Fifth year senior SS Ralph Turner capped his final home game with a game-clinching interception.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl
The Boilermakers finished a difficult but rewarding 2002 campaign by defeating their 2001 Rose Bowl opponent Washington Huskies by the same score of that contest 2 seasons prior, 34–24.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl
Purdue dug a big first quarter hole by committing numerous gaffes on offense (bad snap returned for TD) and special teams (punter mishandled the snap, turned into a short TD drive for the Huskies). After that, however, the Boilermakers found a rhythm and took control of the game. QB Kyle Orton had his best overall game of the season (25–37; 283 yards), backed by 17 combined catches from WRs John Standeford and Taylor Stubblefield as well as 93 rushing yards from Joey Harris. Purdue's final TD game on a forced fumble for TD by LB Gilbert Gardner, and their final points came on a Berin Lacevic FG after a time-killing drive.


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl
The 2002 Purdue Boilermakers, though they finished 7–6, nonetheless accomplished a rare feat; they finished ranked #1 in the Big Ten in total offense AND total defense yards per game.


2002 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season
The 2002 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 15th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2002 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season, Championship
The Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs celebrated their sixth PBA championship and the first in five years by winning the Governor's Cup title over the Alaska Aces in a seven-game series after losing the first two games. Purefoods' finals victory was the first for the team under the new company owner in San Miguel Corporation. Interim coach Ryan Gregorio won his first title as a mentor.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre
The 2002 Qasim Nagar massacre was the killing of 29 Hindu labourers in Qasim Nagar on the outskirts of Jammu (city) in Jammu and Kashmir by Islamic militants on 13 July 2002.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Background
Killings of civilians had been intermittent but regular feature of the Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. Several prior incidents like Gawkadal massacre, Handwara massacre, Hawal Massacre are some of the brutal ones.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, The attack
On 13 July 2002, around 8 pm, up to eight suspected militants walked into the Qasimnagar slum on the outskirts of Jammu Disguised as Hindu holy men. They then threw three or four grenades before opening fire with automatic weapons (AK-47s). Within minutes 24 people, all Hindus were dead. Three more died later in hospital and at least 30 were injured, some critically. The dead included 13 women and a child. The gunmen escaped into the thickly wooded hills nearby. The victims were listening to the commentary of Indian-England cricket match.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, The attack
There was a power cut at that time and many had gathered around a radio to listen to cricket commentary being broadcast live from Lord's Cricket Ground. Most of those killed were very poor labourers who lived in makeshift sheds fabricated from discarded apple crates. The dead included two blind beggars, 13 women and one child.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Aftermath
On 15 July, a complete bandh was observed in Jammu in protest against the incident.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Aftermath
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned the massacre saying "Terrorism be it in Jammu, Kashmir or anywhere else only serves to renew the determination of the free world to fight this evil. My thoughts are with the families and friends of those who suffered". United States, Britain, and France also condemned the weekend attack.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Aftermath
US Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha and condemned the massacre which he described as a "terrorist act". The State Department also released one-para statement on behalf of Mr Powell saying:


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Aftermath
I condemn the vicious killing of over 20 persons in Jammu yesterday. The people of this region deserve peace and development, not the suffering imposed upon them by terrorist thugs who are beyond the pale of the civilised world. The perpetrators of this heinous act are proving once again that they do not have the interest of the Kashmiri people at heart, but rather seek to undermine efforts to ease tensions in the region.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Aftermath
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a communication with the Ministry of External Affairs here, said:


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Aftermath
The present terrorist act in Jammu and Kashmir like yesterday's attack on a group of foreign tourists in the north of Pakistan form part of the same chain of international terrorism which present today a major threat to peace and security, including in South Asia. We emphasise that the first step in ending terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is the consistent implementation of commitments given by the Government of Pakistan for preventing activities of terrorist groups on the territory under its control.


2002 Qasim Nagar massacre, Arrests
The Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police said that "Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba" is responsible for the attack. Subsequently, Indian Police arrested Mohammad Abdullah alias Abu Talah of Lashkar-e-Taiba in connection with this massacre. Seven more militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba were arrested later.


2002 Qatar Open
The 2002 Qatar Open, known as the 2002 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons,  was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 31 December 2001 through 5 January 2002. Sixth-seeded Younes El Aynaoui won the singles title.


2002 Qatar Open, Finals, Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Jared Palmer defeated  Jiří Novák /  David Rikl 6–3, 7–6(7–5)


2002 Qatar Open – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Rainer Schüttler and Mikhail Youzhny.


2002 Qatar Open – Doubles
Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–5) against Jiří Novák and David Rikl.


2002 Qatar Open – Singles
The Men's Singles tournament of the 2002 Qatar Open tennis championship took place in Doha, Qatar, between 31 December 2001 and 6 January 2002. 32 players from 17 countries competed in the 5-round tournament. The final winner was Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco, who defeated Félix Mantilla of Spain. The defending champion from 2001, Marcelo Ríos, did not compete.


2002 Quebec municipal elections
One hundred and seventy-two municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held mayoral and council elections in late 2002. Most held their elections on November 3, although a small number chose alternate dates.


2002 Quebec municipal elections, Results
Source for results: "Election 2002 Eastern Townships," Sherbrooke Record, 4 November 2002, p. 4.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections
Provincial by-elections were held in Quebec in 2002, on the following dates:


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, April 15
The Quebec by-elections of April 15, 2002 were held in the Quebec provincial electoral districts of Anjou, Saguenay and Viger. They resulted in the election of two Liberals and one ADQ Member to the National Assembly of Quebec.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, April 15
The Liberals unsurprisingly won clear victories in two Montreal-based districts:


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, April 15
For the first time ever, an ADQ candidate other than Mario Dumont was sent to the National Assembly of Quebec: François Corriveau won the election in the district of Saguenay, one of the Parti Québécois's traditional strongholds. Corriveau's showing temporarily boosted the ADQ's poll numbers and led to another series of ADQ by-election victories two months later, on June 17, 2002.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, June 17
The Quebec by-elections of June 17, 2002 were held in the Quebec provincial electoral districts of Berthier, Joliette, Lac-Saint-Jean and Vimont in Canada. They resulted in the election of three ADQ and one PQ Member to the National Assembly of Quebec.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, June 17
For the first time ever, the ADQ, which received 45% of the popular vote saw its representation at the provincial legislature increased to five MNAs, with the addition of François Gaudreau (Vimont), Marie Grégoire (Berthier) and Sylvie Lespérance (Joliette) to their delegation.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, June 17
PQ candidate and BQ MP Stéphan Tremblay won a slight victory over ADQ candidate Jocelyn Fradette in Lac-Saint-Jean.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, June 17
His colleague Michel Belhumeur lost the election to Lespérance in Joliette.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, June 17
The PQ candidates received 29% of the total vote; the Liberals, 24%.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, June 17
The by-elections took place at a time when the ADQ was enjoying a high level of popularity throughout Quebec.


2002 Quebec provincial by-elections, June 17
By 2003 however, the ADQ had sunk in the polls and none of their three newly elected MNAs were re-elected.


2002 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 10 June 2002 by the office of the Governor-General.


2002 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


2002 Queens rape
On December 19, 2002 a gang of five men living in an encampment along a railroad track in Queens, New York violently raped a 42-year-old mother of two who had been sitting on a bench with her husband when she was dragged away by the group of perpetrators. Four of the five perpetrators were in the United States illegally; three of these had been arrested multiple times.


2002 Queens rape, Crime
On December 12, 2002 five young men surrounded a couple as they sat on a bench, grabbed the woman, dragged her  down two staircases, down a path between two lethal third rails, and into their hideout, adjacent to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, a subway line and a commuter rail line. The hideout was so well concealed that it took police searching with trained dogs two hours to locate it. It consisted of two areas, one "little more than a mattress and a refrigerator box," the other a "piece of plywood leaning on a pole and draped with a deli awning" sheltering a mattress and sundry discarded objects.


2002 Queens rape, Crime
The man was left with a concussion and a broken nose.


2002 Queens rape, Crime
The woman was brutally raped repeatedly by the five perpetrators. The woman was badly beaten and the bone of her left eye socket was cracked.


2002 Queens rape, Perpetrators
The five perpetrators were Carlos Rodriguez, 22, Victor Cruz, 22, Jose Hernandez, 18, Luis Carmona, 20, and Armando Juvenal, 20. Three of the perpetrators had police records.


2002 Queens rape, Perpetrators
Hernandez, described as the ringleader by police, pled guilty to attempted third degree assault in 2000. He had grabbed a woman by the wrists and forced her to a building, pushed her into the basement and into a bedroom. The court granted the woman a protective order.


2002 Queens rape, Perpetrators
The following month Hernandez and Juvenal were arrested and charged with threatening a woman with a steak knife. Juvenal allegedly said, "I'm going to do something to you if you don't bring your brother to talk to us". Both men pled guilty to misdemeanor menacing and harassment charges.


2002 Queens rape, Perpetrators
In 2002, Hernandez pled guilty top a July 9 assault on a man; he was sentenced to 90 days in jail.


2002 Queens rape, Perpetrators
Juvenal had a record of minor violence. On March 11, 2001, he was one of about 20 men who chased two men into a restaurant, ordering them to "give us everything you've got". He pled guilty to disorderly conduct. In 2000, he pled guilty to felony robbery in the mugging of a man for a watch and was sentenced to probation.


2002 Queens rape, Perpetrators
Luis Carmona, the sole member of the gang who was in the United States legally, had previously been arrested "on charges of possessing stolen property, possessing marijuana, fare-beating and disorderly conduct."


2002 Queens rape, Perpetrators
New York Authorities did not notify the INS about any of the crimes prior to the 2002 rape.


2002 Queens rape, Legal proceedings
Each of the five suspects pled guilty to reduced charges in exchange for lesser sentences. Accepting the pleas enabled the court to keep the name of the victim private.


2002 Queens rape, Legal proceedings
The victim attempted to sue the railroad for negligence in allowing the encampment to exist, but was denied on appeal.


2002 Queens rape, Impact
In May 2003, Mayor Michael Bloomberg rescinded an executive order by Mayor Ed Koch that had blocked New York City police from reporting the immigration status of individuals who came in contact with the law to immigration authorities. He rescinded the order on September 17, 2003, replacing it with  Executive Order 41 instructing city employees not to ask nor to disclose information about immigration status unless required by law or organizational mission.


2002 Queens rape, Impact
Senator Frank Padavan cited this crime as an argument for passing a bill in the New York State legislature requiring police department in New York to check the legal status of arrested persons.


2002 Queensland Cup
The 2002 Queensland Cup season was the 7th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition featured 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.


2002 Queensland Cup
The Redcliffe Dolphins defeated the Ipswich Jets 34–10 in the Grand Final at Dolphin Oval to claim their third premiership. Easts halfback Scott Thorburn was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.


2002 Queensland Cup, Teams
The Queensland Cup returned to a 12-team format in 2002 with the inclusion of the North Queensland Young Guns, who served as the North Queensland Cowboys feeder club.


2002 Queensland Cup, Teams
Along with the Cowboys using the Young Guns as their affiliate, the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm were again affiliated with the Toowoomba Clydesdales and Norths Devils, respectively.


2002 Queensland Cup, Grand Final
Redcliffe finished the regular season with the minor premiership, their third, and cruised through the finals. After earning a first round bye, they defeated Ipswich by a point in the major semi final, qualifying for their sixth overall and fourth consecutive Grand Final. Ipswich qualified for the finals for the first time after finishing third, and defeated the East Coast Tigers in the first week of the playoffs. The loss to Redcliffe saw them face Norths in the preliminary final, in which they won 29–26 to set up a rematch with the Dolphins in the Grand Final. In the regular season, Redcliffe defeated Ipswich on both occasions (20–18 in Round 2 and 24–12 in Round 12).


2002 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half
It took just 10 seconds for tensions to flare in the decider after Jets' prop Danny McAllister was hit with a high tackle from the kick off by Dolphins' captain Luke Scott. An all-in brawl erupted, with both teams coming together in a melee. Moments after the referees had finally regained order, the fight erupted again between Scott and McAllister. Both players were subsequently sent to the sin bin. In the 12th minute, Redcliffe opened the scoring through winger Aaron Barba. It was a dominant first half for the Dolphins, who led 22–0 at half time after tries to Bara (his second), Damien Richters and Barry Berrigan added tries.


2002 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
Three minutes into the second half, Redcliffe pushed their lead to 28 when winger Phil Shilvock scored, the try all but wrapping up the game. Ipswich finally got on the scoreboard in the 49th minute when winger Steven West latched onto a Ricky Bird grubber. Redcliffe scored again in the 61st minute, when a pinpoint Shane Perry chip kick found Trent Leis, who scored in his third Grand Final. Jets' centre Aaron Bulow scored seven minutes later but the game was well out of reach for Ipswich, as Redcliffe secured their third premiership. Dolphins' hooker Barry Berrigan was named man of the match.


2002 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
The victorious Redcliffe side featured two players who would play in the Brisbane Broncos 2006 NRL Grand Final win over the Melbourne Storm, with Shane Perry starting at halfback and David Stagg starting at centre in the victory.


2002 R League
The 2002 edition of R League was held from April 4 to November 7, 2002. It was the first year in which Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo participated.


2002 R League
Anyang LG Cheetahs won the competition for the second time by defeating Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in final on 7 November 2002.


2002 RCA Championships
The 2002 RCA Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and ran from August 12 through August 18, 2002.


2002 RCA Championships, Champions, Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Max Mirnyi 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4


2002 RCA Championships – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Knowles with Daniel Nestor and MacPhie with Nenad Zimonjić.


2002 RCA Championships – Doubles
MacPhie and Zimonjić lost in the semifinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi.


2002 RCA Championships – Doubles
Knowles and Nestor won in the final 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4 against Bhupathi and Mirnyi.


2002 RCA Championships – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


2002 RCA Championships – Singles
Patrick Rafter was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2002 RCA Championships – Singles
Greg Rusedski won in the final 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4 against Félix Mantilla.


2002 RCA Championships – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


2002 RCSL season
The 2002 Rugby Canada Super League season was the fifth season for the RCSL.


2002 RCSL season, Championship Final
The Vancouver Island Crimson Tide (Western Division champions) defeated the Newfoundland Rock (Eastern Division Champions) 6-3 in the Championship Final, played in St. John's, Newfoundland on 27 July 2002.


2002 RN109
2002 RN109 is a trans-Neptunian object and damocloid on a highly eccentric, cometary-like orbit. It was first observed on 6 September 2002, by astronomers with the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Lab's ETS near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States. The unusual object measures approximately 4 kilometers (2 miles) in diameter. It has the second highest orbital eccentricity of any known minor planet, after 2005 VX3.


2002 RN109, Description
2002 RN109 may be a dormant comet that has not been seen outgassing. In the past it may have made closer approaches to the Sun that could have removed most near-surface volatiles. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–1,091 AU once every 12783 years (semi-major axis of 546.7 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.9951 and an inclination of 58° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery observation at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site on 16 August 2002, or three weeks prior to its first observation. The observation arc only spans over 80 days. The object has not been observed since November 2002 about 2 months before it came to perihelion 2.7 AU from the Sun. During perihelion passage the object was 2.9 AU from Earth.


2002 RN109, Description
2002 RN109 belongs to the dynamical group of damocloids due to its low Tisserand parameter (TJupiter of 1.0820). It is also a Jupiter-, Saturn-, Uranus-, and Neptune-crosser. The object has the seventh-largest heliocentric semi-major axis and aphelion of all known minor planets, while its extreme eccentricity brings it well within the orbit of Jupiter when at perihelion.


2002 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
The 2002 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: 2002年度十大中文金曲得獎) was held in 2002 for the 2001 music season.


2002 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大中文金曲) of 2002 are as follows.


2002 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, Other awards
The top 10 outstanding artist was also extended to 15 artists.


2002 Race of Champions
The 2002 Race of Champions took place on November 29 to December 1 at Gran Canaria. It was the 15th running of the event, and the 11th at Gran Canaria.


2002 Race of Champions
The vehicles used were the Peugeot 206 WRC, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Group N, the SEAT Córdoba WRC and the ROC Buggy.


2002 Race of Champions
The individual competition was won by Marcus Grönholm, whilst the Nations' Cup was won by USA with Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Colin Edwards.


2002 Race of Champions, Race of Champions
Participation in the main Race of Champions was awarded primarily on the basis of having the best times in the Nations' Cup. There were several exceptions to this rule however - Harri Rovanperä, as the defending champion, was guaranteed a spot, whilst Colin Edwards, despite having the best time among motorcyclists in the Nations' Cup, did not participate. François Duval secured his place by winning the Junior event, Luis Monzón won the Spanish Masters event, and Stig Blomqvist was an invited 'seeded' driver. Jimmie Johnson received a 'wild-card' entry, replacing Nations' Cup teammate Jeff Gordon who was sidelined by food poisoning.


2002 Racquetball World Championships
The  11th Racquetball World Championships were held in San Juan (Puerto Rico) from August 3 to August 10, 2002, with 32 men's national teams and 19 women's national teams; and several players in the Singles and Doubles competition.


2002 Radio Disney Music Awards
The 2002 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on November 16, 2002, at the Radio Disney studios. It was the second edition of the award.


2002 Radio Disney Music Awards, Production
At that time the Radio Disney Music Awards was not an official ceremony. It was a special feature on Radio Disney held on November 16, 2002. The Radio Disney Music Awards contained 6 categories, with 3 nominees for votes in 4 weeks.


2002 Raghunath temple attacks
2002 Raghunath Temple bombings  refers to two fidayeen attacks in 2002 on the Raghunath Temple in Jammu in India. Built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1860, the Raghunath temple is dedicated to Hindu God Rama.


2002 Raghunath temple attacks, March attack
The first attack occurred on 30 March 2002 when two suicide bombers attacked the temple. Eleven persons including three security personnel were killed and 20 were injured. The attack occurred around 10:20 AM when the muslim terrorists arrived and fired at the guards killing them on the spot. They then stormed the temple, threw a grenade and fired indiscriminately at the worshippers. After expending his ammunition one of the attackers who was wearing a suicide vest blew himself up. Then Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Omar Abdullah, blamed Pakistan for the terrorist attacks on the Raghunath temple in Jammu and ruled out withdrawing troops from the border, saying Islamabad had done nothing to warrant it.


2002 Raghunath temple attacks, November attack
The fidayeen suicide squad attacked the temple second time on 24 November 2002 when two suicide bombers stormed the temple and killed fourteen devotees and injured 45 others. Witnesses said terrorists hurled grenades and fired indiscriminately on the heavily guarded Raghunath temple. India blamed a Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, for the attack. Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani of India blamed the recent release by the government of Pakistan of the chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed for the attack.


2002 Raghunath temple attacks, November attack
The personnel of Central Reserve Police Force Yatindra Nath Rai, Assistant Commandant, Dev Singh, Head Constable, E.G. Rao, Head Constable, T.A.Singh, Constable, and Late K.K. Pandey, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order. Late K K Pandey was posthumously awarded President's Police Medal for Gallantry. Yatindra Nath Rai, Dev Singh, E.G.Rao and T.A. Singh were awarded Police Medal for Gallantry.


2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
The 2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 75th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup. Four matches were played between 2 November 2002 and 3 November 2002 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.


2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
On 3 November 2002, Leinster won the Railway Cup after a 4-15 to 3-17 defeat of Munster in the final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny. It was their 22nd Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1997. In the Railway Shield final, Connacht defeated Ulster by 0-19 to 0-16.


2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
Leinster's Eddie Brennan (2-06) and Henry Shefflin (0-12) were the Railway Cup joint top scorers.


2002 Raliul Brasovului
The 2002 Raliul Brasovului was the first round of the Romanian Rally Championship. It took place between March 22–24, 2002. The Rally consisted of 12 special stages.


2002 Redditch Borough Council election
The 2002 Redditch Borough Council election of 2 May 2002 elected members of Redditch Borough Council in the West Midlands region, England. One third of the council stood for re-election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control for the first time in many years.


2002 Redditch Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election only a small swing would have seen the Labour party lose its majority on Redditch council, with the opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats only needing to pick up three seats between them for this to happen. The Labour party was defending seven of the eleven seats to be decided and campaigned on its success over the previous years in eliminating all council debt. There was an extra seat in West ward where the Conservative leader on the council, Carol Grandy, stood down.


2002 Redditch Borough Council election, Election results
Labour lost its majority but remained the largest party. Labour had held control of the council for the previous 20 years but lost this after the other parties gained three seats in the election. Among Labour losses was its leader on the council, Albert Wharrad, who lost in Winyates ward to the Liberal Democrats. One of the closest results was in Lodge Park ward where Labour held on by 22 votes and Mohammed Nasir became the first Asian councillor on Redditch council.


2002 Redditch Borough Council election, Election results
The results meant no party had a majority on the council for the first time in over 50 years, and the Conservative party claimed that the results would have been sufficient for them to have gained Redditch constituency in a general election. Turnout in the election was higher than in the last few years at 29.8%.


2002 Redditch Borough Council election, Election results
Following the election the Labour and Conservative parties on the council elected new leaders and attempted to gain Liberal Democrat support to control  the council. However the Liberal Democrats said that they would not form an agreement with either Labour or the Conservatives on their own. In the end at the council's annual general meeting on 15 May all parties joined the executive of the council, which was formed with four Labour, three Conservative and one Liberal Democrat members. The Conservatives had wanted an executive in which both they and Labour had the same number of seats and accused the Liberal Democrats of backing Labour to prevent this. The new Labour leader, David Cartwright, was elected leader of the council and retained the chairman's casting vote.


2002 Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the Republic of the Congo on 20 January 2002, with results showed over 87% voted in favour with a voter turnout of 77.5%.


2002 Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum, Background
The proposed new constitution would make the country a presidential republic. It had been written in 2001 and approved by a National Transitional Council in 2002 before being put to a referendum. Changes from the old constitution increased presidential terms to seven years and abolished the post of Prime Minister. It established a bicameral legislature and instituted several requirements in order to be able to stand for President.


2002 Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum, Background
The government described the referendum as paving the way for elections and welcomed the results. However the opposition urged that voters boycott the referendum as they said that the new constitution would give too much power to the President. Human rights groups said that the referendum, which took place without international observers, had seen irregularities.


2002 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo in 2002; the first round was held on 26 May and the second round on 20 June. The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) and its allies won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.


2002 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign
A total of 1,239 people registered to stand as candidates in the election. On 11 May 2002, the Interior Ministry published the official list of candidates; 1,199 candidacies were validated, while 40 were rejected. The number of independents standing in the election was about equal to the number of party candidates. 51 candidates were elected in the first round. Twelve candidates were disqualified by the National Electoral Commission (CONEL) shortly after the first round due to various allegations, including fraud.


2002 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results
Voting was postponed in eight seats in the Pool Department due to militant activity.


2002 Republic of the Congo presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 10 March 2002. They followed the country's second civil war (1997-1999), which returned Denis Sassou Nguesso to power, and a subsequent transitional period, in which a new constitution was written and approved by referendum in January 2002.


2002 Republic of the Congo presidential election
The election lacked meaningful opposition participation, as the main opposition leaders—particularly former President Pascal Lissouba of the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) and former Prime Minister Bernard Kolélas of the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI)—were in exile, prevented from returning to Congo by legal convictions and sentences that were handed down in absentia. The only important opposition figure left to contest the election was former Prime Minister André Milongo of the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR), but he withdrew a few days before the election, claiming that it would be fraudulent.


2002 Republic of the Congo presidential election
Sassou Nguesso, standing as the candidate of his own Congolese Labour Party (PCT) and a coalition, the United Democratic Forces (FDU), was overwhelmingly elected, receiving nearly 90% of the vote against a field of minor challengers. He was sworn in on 14 August 2002 in a ceremony at the Palace of Congress in Brazzaville in the presence of seven other African heads of state.


2002 Republic of the Congo presidential election, Results
Provisional results were announced by the Minister of the Interior, Pierre Oba, on 13 March 2002; final results, which were only slightly different from the provisional results, were proclaimed by the Supreme Court on 29 March. There were 1,733,943 registered voters at the time of the election, 1,295,319 of whom voted. 92,706 votes were invalid, leaving 1,202,611 valid votes. 1,075,247 of those votes went to Sassou Nguesso.


2002 Republika Srpska general election
General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 5 October 2002, as part of the general elections across Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dragan Čavić of the Serb Democratic Party was elected president.


2002 Rhein Fire season
The 2002 Rhein Fire season was the eighth season for the team in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his second year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl X, Rhein lost to the Berlin Thunder 26–20.


2002 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 2002 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third season under head coach Tim Stowers, the Rams compiled a 3–9 record (1–8 against conference opponents) and finished last out of eleven teams in the conference.


2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican Governor Lincoln Almond was term-limited. Republican Donald Carcieri won the open seat, defeating Democrat Myrth York.


2002 Rice Owls football team
The 2002 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.


2002 Richmond Spiders football team
The 2002 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), and played their home games at the University of Richmond Stadium.


2002 Richmond Spiders football team
The Spiders were led by eighth-year head coach Jim Reid and finished the regular season with a 4–7 overall record and 4–5 record in conference play.


2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 September 2002 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.


2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing
The 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on 7 May 2002 at a crowded game club located in the new industrial area of Rishon Lezion. 16 people were killed in the attack and 55 were injured.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing
The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, The attack
On Tuesday, 7 May 2002 at 11:03 pm, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a hidden explosive device within a crowded game club full of people located in the new industrial area of Rishon Lezion, only 10 km south of Tel Aviv, killing 16 civilians and injuring 55 people, 10 of them in critical condition.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, The attack
After the attack the Israeli police stated that the suicide bomber was carrying a briefcase full of explosives and in addition was also wearing an explosive belt. The police estimated that the total weight of explosives were between 7 and 8 kilograms, and stated that the briefcase contained also metal fragments and bolts in order to maximize the number of casualties in the attack.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, The perpetrators
The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, Aftermath
The attack was condemned by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, Aftermath
After the attack Irina Polishchuk, a Ukrainian illegal prostitute married the Palestinian-Arab Ibrahim Sarahne, was caught and convicted of participating in the 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing for her part in delivering the bomber to the site of the attack.


2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, Aftermath, Release of attack collaborator
On 18 October 2011 Irina Polishchuk, who was originally sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, was released to the West Bank as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.


2002 Road America 500
The 2002 Road America 500 presented by the Chicago Tribune was the fourth round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Wisconsin, on July 7, 2002.


2002 Road America 500, Official results
† - #31 Petersen Motorsports was disqualified during the race for receiving outside assistance while still on the track.


2002 Robert Morris Colonials football team
The 2002 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonials were led by 9th-year head coach Joe Walton and played their home games at Moon Stadium on the campus of Moon Area High School.


2002 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.


2002 Rochford District Council election
Elections to Rochford Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2002 Rogers AT&T Cup – Doubles
Kimberly Po-Messerli and Nicole Pratt were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Po-Messerli partnered with Corina Morariu, but lost in the quarterfinals to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez. Pratt partnered with Alicia Molik, but withdrew before their second round match against Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová.


2002 Rogers AT&T Cup – Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 6–4, 7–6(4), against Rika Fujiwara and Ai Sugiyama.


2002 Rogers AT&T Cup – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2002 Rogers AT&T Cup – Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a left knee injury.


2002 Rogers AT&T Cup – Singles
Amélie Mauresmo won in the final 6–4, 6–1, against Jennifer Capriati.


2002 Rogers AT&T Cup – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2002 Rolex Sports Car Series
The 2002 Grand American Road Racing Championship was the third season of the Rolex Sports Car Series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. The season involved five classes: Sports Racing Prototype I and II (SRP-I and SRP-II), Grand Touring Sport (GTS), Grand Touring (GT), and American GT (AGT). 10 races were run from February 2, 2002 to November 10, 2002. Mont-Tremblant replaced Trois-Rivières. California Speedway replaced Lime Rock. Virginia International replaced Road America. The season also was marred by the death of Jeff Clinton during the Nextel 250 race weekend.


2002 Romania rugby union tour of British Isles
The 2002 Romania rugby union tour of British Isles was a series of matches played in September and November 2002 in Ireland, Scotland and Wales by the Romania national rugby union team. It was a tour in two phases with the first match in September against Ireland, and the remaining three matches in Wales and Scotland during November. After the Irish match Romania played two qualification matches for 2003 Rugby World Cup against Italy and Spain.


2002 Romania rugby union tour of British Isles, First test: Ireland
Ireland:15.Girvan Dempsey, 14.John Kelly, 13.Brian O'Driscoll, 12.Kevin Maggs, 11.Denis Hickie, 10.Ronan O'Gara, 9.Peter Stringer, 8.Anthony Foley (capt. ), 7.Keith Gleeson, 6.Simon Easterby, 5.Malcolm O'Kelly, 4.Gary Longwell, 3.John Hayes, 2.Shane Byrne, 1.Reggie Corrigan  – replacements: 18.Leo Cullen, 19.Victor Costello, 20.Guy Easterby – No entry : 16.Paul Shields, 17.Paul Wallace Romania:15.Gabriel Brezoianu, 14.Cristian Sauan, 13.Valentin Maftei, 12.Romeo Gontineac (c), 11.Mihai Vioreanu, 10.Ionut Tofan, 9.Lucian Sirbu, 8.Alin Petrache , 7.Alex Manta, 6.George Chiriac, 5.Cristian Petre, 4.Marius Dragomir, 3.Marius Tincu , 2.Razvan Mavrodin, 1.Mihai Dumitru, – replacements: 16.Marius Picoiu, 17.Roland Vusec, 18.Petrisor Toderasc, 19.Dan Tudosa, 20.Augustin Petrechei – No entry:


2002 Romania rugby union tour of British Isles, Second Test : Wales
Wales:15.Rhys Williams, 14.Mark Jones, 13.Tom Shanklin, 12.Sonny Parker, 11.Gareth Thomas, 10.Neil Jenkins, 9.Dwayne Peel, 8.Scott Quinnell, 7.Colin Charvis, 6.Michael Owen, 5.Steve Williams, 4.Robert Sidoli, 3.Martyn Madden, 2.Mefin Davies, 1.Gethin Jenkins – replacements: 16.Andrew Lewis, 17.Ben Evans, 18.Gareth Llewellyn, 19.Gavin Thomas – No entry : 20.Ryan Powell Romania:15.Dan Dumbrava, 14.Vasile Ghioc, 13.Gabriel Brezoianu, 12.Romeo Gontineac (c), 11.Marius Picoiu, 10.Ionut Tofan, 9.Petre Mitu, 8.Ovidiu Tonita, 7.Alin Petrache , 6.Florin Corodeanu, 5.Cristian Petre, 4.Sorin Socol, 3.Silviu Florea, 2.Razvan Mavrodin, 1.Petrisor Toderasc, – replacements: 16.Nicolae Dragos Dima, 17.Marian Constantin, 18.Marcel Socaciu, 19.George Chiriac – No entry: 20.Cristian Podea


2002 Romania rugby union tour of British Isles, Third Test : Scotland
Scotland:15.Stuart Moffat, 14.Nikki Walker, 13.Andy Craig, 12.Brendan Laney, 11.Chris Paterson, 10.Gordon Ross, 9.Bryan Redpath (cap), 8.Simon Taylor, 7.Budge Pountney, 6.Martin Leslie, 5.Stuart Grimes, 4.Scott Murray, 3.Bruce Douglas, 2.Gordon Bulloch, 1.Tom Smith – replacements: Steve Scott, Matthew Stewart, Nathan Hines, Jon Petrie – No entry : Graeme Beveridge Romania:15.Gabriel Brezoianu, 14.Ion Teodorescu, 13.Valentin Maftei, 12.Romeo Gontineac (cap), 11.Vasile Ghioc, 10.Ionut Tofan, 9.Petre Mitu, 8.Alin Petrache, 7.George Chiriac, 6.Florin Corodeanu, 5.Cristian Petre, 4.Augustin Petrechei, 3.Nicolae Dragos Dima, 2.Marius Tincu, 1.Petru Balan, – replacements: Petrisor Toderasc, Marcel Socaciu, Stefan Dragnea, Costica Mersoiu – No entry: Cristian Podea


2002 Romanian Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Romanian Figure Skating Championships were the national championships of the 2001–02 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles. The results were used to choose the Romanian teams to the 2002 World Championships and the 2002 European Championships.


2002 Rome summit
The 2002 Rome summit was an exceptional (and thus unnumbered) NATO summit of NATO and Russia at the level of Heads of State and Government. NATO Allies and the Russian Federation created the NATO–Russia Council, which replaced the NATO–Russia Permanent Joint Council. The summit was held in the Pratica di Mare Air Base outside Rome because of outstanding security requirements soon after the 9/11 attacks.


2002 Ronde van Nederland
These are the results for the 42nd edition of the Ronde van Nederland cycling race, which was held from August 20 to August 24, 2002. The race started in Utrecht and finished in Landgraaf.


2002 Rose Bowl
The 2002 Rose Bowl, played on January 3, 2002, was a college football bowl game. It was the 88th Rose Bowl game and was the BCS National Championship Game of the 2001 college football season. The game featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, marking the first time since the 1919 Rose Bowl, and only the third time in the game's history, that neither the Big Ten nor the Pac-10 Conferences had a representative in this game. The Hurricanes won the game, 37–14, for their fifth national title. Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey and wide receiver Andre Johnson were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.


2002 Rose Bowl, Teams
Because the Rose Bowl was hosting the BCS Championship game, as part of the agreement begun in the 1998 season, the Tournament of Roses committee would get the number one and number two ranked teams in the Bowl Championship Series system. However, this was actually the third Rose Bowl number one versus two pairing, with the first two in the 1963 and 1969 games.


2002 Rose Bowl, Teams
Nebraska became the first team from outside the Southern United States to play in a BCS title game, as the previous three title games were all-Southern affairs.


2002 Rose Bowl, Teams, Nebraska Cornhuskers and Miami Hurricanes
In yet another controversial season for the BCS, No. 4 Nebraska was chosen as a national title contender despite not having played in the Big 12 championship game. The Huskers went into their last regularly scheduled game at Colorado undefeated, but were beaten by Colorado 62–36. The Huskers dropped from No. 2 to No. 6 in the wire service polls. In the ensuing days, No. 2 Florida lost to Tennessee, the Colorado Buffaloes went on to win the Big 12 Championship Game over No. 3 Texas, and in the SEC Championship Game, No. 2 Tennessee was stunned by LSU.


2002 Rose Bowl, Teams, Nebraska Cornhuskers and Miami Hurricanes
This left Miami as the undefeated and undisputed No. 1 team in the country but a host of other teams vying for #2. The BCS computers did not take into account at which point a team's loss came during the season. There were also components for strength of schedule, quality win, and margin of victory. With this calculation, one-loss Nebraska came out ahead of two-loss Colorado and one-loss, second-ranked Oregon.


2002 Rose Bowl, Teams, Nebraska Cornhuskers and Miami Hurricanes
Previously, Nebraska had appeared in the 1941 Rose Bowl in a 21–13 loss to Stanford. This was the first appearance for the Miami Hurricanes in the Rose Bowl.


2002 Rose Bowl, Teams, Pac-10 and Big Ten
Oregon was the champion of the Pacific-10 Conference and was ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll. They were selected for the 2002 Fiesta Bowl, where they faced No. 3 ranked Colorado, who was No. 4 in the BCS poll. The Illinois Fighting Illini, ranked No. 8 in the BCS, won the Big Ten Conference championship and were picked for the 2002 Sugar Bowl.


2002 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
Oregon defeated Colorado in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl. In the final AP poll, Miami was the unanimous No. 1 team, Oregon was #2. The next time that the Rose Bowl hosted the BCS championship, the 2006 Rose Bowl, the USC Trojans would be a participant. The 2002 contest was the last one not to feature a team from either the Big Ten or Pacific-10 until the 2018 Rose Bowl, which was a component of the College Football Playoff and pitted Georgia against Oklahoma.


2002 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The game, which was played on a Thursday night, two days after the parade, has been remembered as a low point for the Rose Bowl. University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler remarked, "Didn't watch it," when asked what he thought of the 2002 Rose Bowl.


2002 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The 2002 Rose Bowl was the first broadcast not set at the traditional 2:00pm West Coast time. The visual of the afternoon sun setting on the San Gabriel Mountains on New Year's Day is recognized as an important part of the tradition of the game.


2002 Rossendale Borough Council election
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2002 Rossendale Borough Council election
Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour party took overall control of the council from the Conservative party.


2002 Royal Bank Cup
The 2002 Royal Bank Cup is the 32nd Junior "A" 2002 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.


2002 Royal Bank Cup
The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and a host city.


2002 Royal Bank Cup
The tournament will be hosted by the Halifax Oland Exports in Halifax, Nova Scotia.


2002 Royal Bank Cup, The Playoffs, Round Robin
Note: x- denotes teams who have advanced to the semi-final.


2002 Rugby Borough Council election
Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election as a result of the boundary changes that had taken place since the last election in 2000. The council stayed under no overall control.


2002 Runnymede Borough Council election
Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election
The 2002 Rushmoor Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 3. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Candidates
Due to the boundary changes all 42 seats on the council were contested with 119 candidates standing in the election. Among the candidates from the main political parties was Paul Bourke, formerly a Conservative, who stood for the Liberal Democrats in Wellington ward and a former parliamentary candidate John Card for Labour in Mayfield. As well as the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, there were also 9 Green Party candidates contesting the election in Aldershot wards.


2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Candidates
Independents standing in the election included the sitting councillor, Patrick Kirby, who was joined by another 2 independent candidates in Knellwood. Other independents were campaigner Peter Sandy in Heron Wood, poet Derek Asker in Empress ward and the many times candidate Arthur Uther Pendragon.


2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Candidates
One sitting councillor who did not stand in the election however was John Debenham, who stood down after having served on the council since it was created in 1974.


2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives maintain control of the council after winning 25 of the 42 seats. The Liberal Democrats stayed on 10 seats after regaining a seat in Cove and Southwood, but losing a seat in Manor Park where the deputy mayor George Papresti was defeated. Labour was reduced to 6 seats after losing their last seats in Farnborough, while the only independent elected was Patrick Kirby, who was re-elected in Knellwood.


2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Election result
Split ward results occurred in Knellwood where two Conservatives were elected as well as Patrick Kirby and in St Marks where one Liberal Democrat and two Conservatives won election. The two successful Conservative candidates in Knellwood had to toss a coin to decide which of them would serve 1 or 2 years after they finished with the same number of votes. Roland Dibbs won the coin toss and was elected to 2 years on the council.


2002 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2002) took place in Moscow from December 27 through 29th, 2001. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results were one of the criteria used to pick the Russian teams to the 2002 World Championships and the 2002 European Championships.


2002 Russian First Division
The 2002 Russian First Division was the 11th edition of Russian First Division. There were 18 teams.


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 2002) was the 11th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 12–14 February at the VGAFK Stadium in Volgograd. A total of 28 events (14 for men and 14 for women) were contested over the three-day competition. It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships.


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
Two indoor events were contested in Moscow, separately from the main championships. An indoor 6-hour run was held on 1–2 February and the combined events were held from 3–5 February.


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
Natalya Cherepanova set a world indoor best for the women's 3000 metres steeplechase with 9:38.30. Vyacheslav Shabunin set a championship record of 3:40.88 to win the men's 1500 metres. Yekaterina Puzanova won an 800 metres/1500 m double on the women's side. Sergey Ivanov broke the championship record with a time of 7:57.53 minutes in the men's 3000 metres.


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, Results, Men
On July 30, 2002, the IAAF in its monthly newsletter announced the disqualification of Russian hurdler Evgeny Pechonkin for 2 years. In his doping sample, taken as part of out-of-competition control on February 10, 2002, the prohibited drug norandrosterone was found. In accordance with the rules, all the athlete's results from the moment of sampling were annulled, including his win at the Russian Indoor Championship with a result of 7.63.


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, Russian 6-Hour Run Indoor Championships
The Russian 6-Hour Run Indoor Championships was held over 1–2 February in Moscow at the Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome. The competition was held as part of the second Moscow Night Supermarathon. 42 athletes (30 men and 12 women) from 16 regions of the country started the race. Aleksey Belosludtsev and Marina Bychkova set new Russian records of 91,017 metres and 74,475 metres, respectively.


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships
The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held from 3 to 5 February at the Znamensky Brothers Olympic Center in Moscow.


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, International team selection
As a result of the championships, the following athletes were selected for Russia at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships:


2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, International team selection, Women
† Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships


2002 Russian Premier League
2002 was the first season of the Russian Premier League. While the structure of the competition did not change, the top level clubs gained independence from the Professional Football League.


2002 Russian Premier League
Spartak's six-year dominance in the league was broken by Lokomotiv.


2002 Russian Premier League, Teams
As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2002 season, with the name of the league changing from the 'Top Division' to the 'Premier League'. After the 2001 season, Fakel Voronezh and Chernomorets Novorossiysk were relegated to the 2002 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Uralan Elista and Shinnik Yaroslavl, the winners and runners up of the 2001 Russian First Division.


2002 Russian Premier League, Standings
As CSKA and Lokomotiv finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.


2002 Russian Premier League, Standings
Torpedo qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Spartak winning the Russian Cup in 2003.


2002 Russian Premier League, Awards
On December 10 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Sergei I. Ovchinnikov (31). Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (29 / 1), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (29), Vadim Evseev (24 / 7), Dmitri Sennikov (24 / 1), Oleg Pashinin  (24), Jacob Lekgetho  (23 / 2), Yuri Drozdov (18), Milan Obradović  (17). Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (30 / 7), Vladimir Maminov  (29 / 4), Narvik Sirkhayev  (15 / 4), Marat Izmailov (14 / 2), Bennett Mnguni  (4). Forwards: James Obiorah  (23 / 5), Maksim Buznikin (23 / 2), Ruslan Pimenov (19 / 7), Júlio César  (11 / 3), Nemanja Vučićević  (9), Baba Adamu  (8 / 1), Giorgi Demetradze  (6), Sergei V. Ovchinnikov (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
One own goal scored by Dmytro Semochko  (FC Uralan Elista).


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Giorgi Demetradze  (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz).


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (15), Veniamin Mandrykin (13), Dmitriy Kramarenko  (3). Defenders: Denis Yevsikov (29), Deividas Šemberas  (28), Andrei Solomatin (26 / 3), Vyacheslav Dayev (22 / 1), Bohdan Shershun  (18 / 1), Aleksei Berezutski (16), Aleksandr Berketov (8), Yevgeni Varlamov (2), Vasili Berezutski (2). Midfielders: Rolan Gusev (30 / 15), Elvir Rahimić  (30 / 2), Igor Yanovsky (29 / 4), Juris Laizāns  (27 / 3), Sergei Semak (24 / 6), Aleksei Triputen (9), Artur Tlisov (3). Forwards: Denis Popov (28 / 7), Dmitri Kirichenko (26 / 15), Spartak Gogniyev (21 / 2), Roman Monaryov  (12), Igor Piyuk (1).


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
One own goal scored by Martin Hyský  (FC Dynamo Moscow).


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Igor Piyuk (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow).


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi  (19), Stanislav Cherchesov (7), Dmitri Goncharov (6). Defenders: Igor Mitreski  (27), Ibra Kébé  (24 / 3), Moisés  (23 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (21), Dmytro Parfenov  (16 / 2), Yuri Kovtun (16 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé  (12), Valeri Abramidze  (6), Dmitri Khlestov (6), Andrei Streltsov (4), Samuel Ogunsania  (1).


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
Midfielders: Vasili Baranov  (24 / 1), Dmitri Kudryashov (22 / 5), Yegor Titov (20 / 4), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk  (20 / 2), Maksym Kalynychenko  (11 / 1), Artyom Bezrodny (6 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (5), Dmitri Torbinski (3), Marcelo Silva  (2), Pyotr Nemov (2), Aleksandr Sheshukov (2), Aleksei Rebko (1), Aleksandr Samedov (1), Robert Scarlett  (1). Forwards: Vladimir Beschastnykh (30 / 12), Aleksandr Danishevsky (21 / 4), Dmitri Sychev (18 / 9), Okon Flo Essien  (9 / 1), Aleksandr Sonin (8 / 2), Pavel Pogrebnyak (2), Raman Vasilyuk  (1).


2002 Russian Premier League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Ananko (to  AC Ajaccio), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk  (to  FC Metalurh Donetsk), Dmitri Sychev (to  Marseille), Dmitri Goncharov (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz), Raman Vasilyuk  (to  FC Dinamo Minsk).


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections
Gubernatorial elections in 2002 took place in twelve regions of the Russian Federation.


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Background
From June 1998, Alexander Lebed was the governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai. On 22 April 2002 he died in a helicopter crash. Nikolai Ashlapov became interim governor until the new gubernatorial elections were held in September 2002.


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Background
A total of 32 people submitted documents, 16 of them were registered. Later, the Head of Khakassia and the brother of the late governor, Alexei Lebed, withdrew and another candidate was removed from the ballot by the election authorities. Thus, 14 candidates participated in the elections.


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Background
The elections were held in two rounds. In the first round, none of the candidates managed to gain more than 50% of the vote. Alexander Uss came the first, gaining 27.6% of the votes, Alexander Khloponin was second with 25%. Sergei Glazyev and Pyotr Pimashkov received fewer votes and did not qualify for the second round.


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Aftermath
On 29 September 2002, a week after the second round, the electoral commission of Krasnoyarsk Krai declared elections invalid following numerous complaints from the headquarters of the losing candidate Alexander Uss. The commission considered that the free vote was impeded by the use of administrative resources by candidates, bribery and deception of voters, spread of fake agitation materials and spending the campaign funds for another purposes. It was also announced at the meeting that it is not possible to determine the vote of about 200,000 people.


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Aftermath
Alexander Uss said that for him "the election is over" and he does not intend to participate in re-vote, scheduled on March 2003, he is not going to go to court and advises Khloponin to do the same. Uss also stated that "it is high time to stop electing governors by open ballot and henceforth appoint them directly from the Kremlin".


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Aftermath
On the same day, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, came up with a similar idea, even saying that LDPR was recalling their representative from the Central Election Commission, stating that the entire Russian electoral system is so rotten that a decent person will no longer get involved with it.


2002 Russian gubernatorial elections, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Aftermath
On 1 October the court ruled that the decision of the regional electoral commission to annul the results was unauthorized and, in fact, officially recognized that Khloponin became the winner. Two days later, the regional election commission complied with the court's decision, however, filing a cassation appeal against it. On the same day, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree, appointing Khloponin the acting governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai. His inauguration was held on October 17. Month later, on November 19, 2002 the Supreme Court of Russia rejected the cassation appeal of the election commission of Krasnoyarsk Krai and confirmed the legality of the election of Alexander Khloponin as the governor.


2002 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 2002 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Scarlet Knights were led by second-year head coach Greg Schiano and played their home games at Rutgers Stadium. They are a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 0–7 in Big East play to finish in last place.


2002 Ryder Cup
The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held 27–29 September 2002 in England, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire (near Sutton Coldfield).


2002 Ryder Cup
The European team won the competition by a margin of 151⁄2 to 121⁄2, the largest margin of victory in the Ryder Cup since the European team won 161⁄2 to 111⁄2 in 1985, also played at The Belfry. Both teams were tied at 8 points going into the Sunday singles matches. Sam Torrance had put most of his best players out early while Curtis Strange had opted to do the opposite. Momentum swung for Europe and after Phillip Price defeated Phil Mickelson 3 & 2, Europe needed 1⁄2 point for victory. The decisive 1⁄2 point was secured by Paul McGinley in his match against Jim Furyk after he holed a 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole.


2002 Ryder Cup
The victory prompted Tony Blair, then British Prime Minister to joke in his speech at the following week's Labour Party conference: "What about the Ryder Cup, eh? Britain in Europe at its best. Me and George Bush on opposite sides".


2002 Ryder Cup
The event was originally scheduled for 28–30 September 2001 but was postponed for a year on 16 September following the September 11 attacks. "The PGA of America has informed the European Ryder Cup Board that the scope of the last Tuesday's tragedy is so overwhelming that it would not be possible for the United States Ryder Cup team and officials to attend the match this month." The manager of Phil Mickelson and Mark Calcavecchia had earlier announced that the two players would not travel to Europe. Other American players were said to be concerned about attending the event. It was agreed that the same captains and players would participate in the 2002 event.


2002 Ryder Cup
It was later decided to thereafter play matches in even-numbered years instead of odd-numbered, shifting the already-scheduled 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013 editions to 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014, respectively. This in turn caused a corresponding change in schedules for the Presidents Cup, Solheim Cup, and Seve Trophy (all of which are played in years the Ryder Cup is not played). The Presidents Cup was in turn delayed by a year, while both the Solheim Cup and Seve Trophy played their 2002 matches as scheduled then subsequently started playing in odd-numbered years in 2003.


2002 Ryder Cup
The Junior Ryder Cup, which was also scheduled for 2001, was rescheduled for 2002. In a case of anachronism, the display boards at The Belfry still read "The 2001 Ryder Cup", and U.S. captain Curtis Strange deliberately referred to his team as "The 2001 Ryder Cup Team" in his speech at the closing ceremony. 18 years later, these changes would be reverted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which postponed the 2020 Ryder Cup to 2021.


2002 Ryder Cup
This was the second of six consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2018.


2002 Ryder Cup, Television
Domestic television coverage was provided by BBC and Sky Sports.


2002 Ryder Cup, Television
In the United States, coverage of the first day was presented on tape-delay by USA Network, but was recorded live. Bill Macatee and Peter Kostis hosted from the 18th tower. On the weekend, NBC Sports presented Saturday's coverage on tape, but recorded live. NBC aired the singles live on Sunday. Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller hosted from the 18th tower, Bob Murphy called holes, while on-course reporters were Gary Koch, Mark Rolfing, Roger Maltbie, and Ed Sneed. To provide a European perspective, NBC used former European team captain Bernard Gallacher and former European team player Nick Faldo as guest analysts. Gallacher had performed the same role for NBC at the previous Ryder Cup in 1999.


2002 Ryder Cup, Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used from 1991 to 2002 was as follows:


2002 Ryder Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.


2002 Ryder Cup, Teams
Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2002 Ryder Cup. The numbers in brackets are the world rankings in 2001 when the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled.


2002 Ryder Cup, Teams
As vice-captains, the European captain Sam Torrance selected Joakim Haeggman, Mark James and Ian Woosnam, to assist him during the tournament.


2002 Ryder Cup, Teams
As vice-captain, the United States captain Curtis Strange selected Mike Hulbert, to assist him during the tournament


2002 Ryder Cup, Teams
This was the first Ryder Cup in which U.S. citizens born outside the country were eligible for selection on Team USA. More specifically, two categories of U.S. citizens became eligible:


2002 Ryder Cup, Teams
However, this change has yet to have any effect; all Team USA players through the 2018 Ryder Cup have been born in the country.


2002 Ryder Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2002 S.League
2002 S.League was the seventh season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their fourth league title.


2002 S.League, Foreign players
Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.


2002 SANFL Grand Final
The 2002 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw Sturt defeat and upset the premiership favorites, Central District Bulldogs by 47 points to claim the clubs thirteenth premiership victory.


2002 SANFL Grand Final
The match was played on Sunday 6 October 2002 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 35,187.


2002 SANFL season
The 2002 South Australian National Football League season was the 123rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


2002 SASF season
The South Australian Soccer Federation 2002 season consisted of two divisions of twelve teams each, across the State of South Australia.


2002 SASF season, 2002 SASF Premier League
The 2002 South Australian Premier League season was the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia for 2002. It was contested by 12 teams in a single 22 round league format, each team playing all of their opponents twice.


2002 SASF season, 2002 SASF State League
The 2002 South Australian State League season was the second highest domestic level association football competition in South Australia. It was contested by 12 teams in a single 22 round league format, each team playing all of their opponents twice.


2002 SCCA ProRally season
The 2002 SCCA ProRally Season was the 30th season of the SCCA ProRally and won by Manxman David Higgins, who beat elder brother Mark, and title defender Mark Lovell in a British 1-2-3. Ten rounds were held from January 2002 to October 2002. The co-driver title went to Lovell's co-driver Steve Turvey because David Higgins had Calvin Cooledge, Chris Patterson and Daniel Barritt whilst Mark Higgins had Michael Gibson, Claire Mole and Bryan Thomas and Turvey scored more points. The manufacturer's title went to Hyundai.


2002 SEAT Open
The 2002 SEAT Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg which was part of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from 21 October until 27 October 2002. First-seeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title, her second consecutive title at the event and third in total, and earned $35,000 first-prize money.


2002 SEAT Open, Finals, Doubles
Kim Clijsters /  Janette Husárová defeated  Květa Peschke /  Barbara Rittner, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5


2002 SEAT Open – Doubles
Elena Bovina and Daniela Hantuchová were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Bovina decided to focus on the singles tournament, while Hantuchová competed in Linz at the same week.


2002 SEAT Open – Doubles
Kim Clijsters and Janette Husárová won the title by defeating Květa Hrdličková and Barbara Rittner 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2002 SEAT Open – Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, by defeating Magdalena Maleeva 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2002 SEAT Open – Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2002 SEC Championship Game
The 2002 SEC Championship Game was won by the Georgia Bulldogs 30–3 over the Arkansas Razorbacks. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on December 7, 2002 and was televised to a national audience on CBS.


2002 SEC Championship Game
The 2002 championship game was unusual in the fact that team in first place in the Western Division did not play in the game. The Alabama Crimson Tide finished with the best SEC record in the Western Division, but could not participate in the conference championship game due to an NCAA probation stipulation which banned the team from any post season play. Instead, the Arkansas Razorbacks who finished in a three way tie for second represented the Western Division after winning the tie breaker over Auburn and LSU. This was not the first time the SEC West leader was excluded from the game. Auburn also finished atop the West in 1993, but was banned from post season play as well by NCAA probation.


2002 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2002 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 7–10, 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Dome. The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by Raycom/LF Sports, and the SEC Championship Game was televised by CBS.


2002 SFA Season
The 2002 SFA season was the fourth regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.


2002 SFA Season
2002 continued the tradition of expansion for the SFA adding 1 new team and bringing in a veteran team under a new banner after losing another.


2002 SFA Season, Teams
The Seminoles and Wolf Pack both returned for their fourth seasons of the SFA. The Mean Machine, Red Raiders and Rhinos continued for their third seasons. The Bandits(previously Sharks), Bucs, Mad Dogs, Rage, Thunder and Wolverines are all in their second year of competition. The Longhorns of the 2000 season re-entered the league as the Outlawz for their second season and the Six-Pack joined for their rookie season.


2002 SFA Season, Teams
The Northern Conference consisted of the Bandits, Bucs, Mean Machine, Outlawz, Six-Pack, Thunder and Wolf Pack. The Southern Conference consisted of the Mad Dogs, Rage, Red Raiders, Rhinos, Seminoles and Wolverines.