2002 Harrogate Borough Council election
The 2002 Harrogate Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 5. The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2002 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Liberal Democrats had a majority on the council with 39 councillors, compared to 19 Conservatives and 1 Labour councillor. Boundary changes meant that every seat was being contested for the first time since 1974. The changes reduced the number of councillors by five from 59 to 54, while increasing the number of wards from 32 to 35.


2002 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign
As well as candidates from the 3 main political parties, there were also 5 independents. However Wathvale ward saw the Conservative former group leader Chris Brown elected after no other candidates were nominated for the ward.


2002 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign
Car parking charges in Ripon were an issue in the run up to the election, with the Conservatives attacking them, but the Liberal Democrat council announced that they would end the charges in the market place in the month before the election.


2002 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council, after winning exactly half the seats on the council. The results came down to the final ward to declare in Bilton, with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives winning one seat each in the ward. This meant the Liberal Democrats has 27 seats, compared to 26 for the Conservatives and 1 independent, Andrew Williams.


2002 Hart District Council election
The 2002 Hart Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2002 Hart District Council election, Campaign
The election saw 10 sitting councillors decide not to seek re-election including 3 former chairmen of the council. 6 Conservatives were unopposed in the election in the wards of Crondall, Eversley, Long Sutton and Odiham, while several Independents stood for the council. The independents included Archie Gillespie, a former Liberal Democrat standing as an independent after being deselected, former councillor Stephen Gorys and an "anti roadblock campaigner" Denis Gotel.


2002 Hart District Council election, Campaign
During the campaign a Conservative candidate in Hartley Wintney, Andrew Davies, withdrew meaning only one Conservative would be standing in the ward against Independent Susan Band and 2 Liberal Democrats.


2002 Hart District Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives gain a majority on the council after winning 22 seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats were reduced to only 10 seats concentrated in their strongholds of Yateley and Hawley. Meanwhile, 3 independents were successful in being elected, 2 in Fleet and 1 in Hartley Wintney. Overall turnout in the election was 29.89%.


2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election
Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. At the same time an election took place for a directly elected mayor, which was won by independent candidate Stuart Drummond.


2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election, Mayoral election, Campaign
Five candidates stood in the election for mayor, one each from the three main political parties and two independents. The Labour candidate for mayor was Leo Gillen, a local businessman who had led the campaign in favour of introducing a directly elected mayor. The Liberal Democrats selected the leader of the council since 2000, Arthur Preece, as their candidate for mayor, while the Conservatives chose councillor Stephen Close. The first independent candidate, Stuart Drummond, was better known as H'Angus the Monkey the official mascot for the local football team Hartlepool United F.C.. The other independent candidate was Ian Cameron, another local businessman.


2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election, Mayoral election, Campaign
Drummond campaigned on a pledge to give free bananas to all school pupils under 11 in Hartlepool. He received backing from the football club who paid his deposit and he promised that he would attempt to keep a local sports centre open, improve sporting facilities, tackle crime and reduce the number of councillors. His candidacy began as something of a joke but became more serious as he attracted support during the campaign.


2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election, Mayoral election, Campaign
A supplementary voting system was used in the mayoral election with second preferences being used if no candidate received over half of the vote. A local bookmaker initially made Drummond a 100–1 outsider in the mayoral election but soon had to suspend betting after receiving a lot of bets from local people.


2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election, Mayoral election, Results
Stuart Drummond won the mayoral election defeating the Labour candidate Leo Gillen on second preferences. Drummond said that his victory was due to disillusionment with local politicians and said that he was serious about doing a good job for Hartlepool as mayor. Local Member of Parliament Peter Mandelson praised Drummond on his victory and described him as being "very committed". However other political opponents described the results as having made Hartlepool "a laughing stock".


2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election, Council election
In the previous election in 2000 the Labour party had lost control of the council which since then had been run by a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. Elections took place in 16 of the 17 wards with only Greatham ward not holding an election. Most attention was on the mayoral election but there was a large swing of 14.2% to Labour in the council election. However they were only able to gain one seat in Seaton ward from the Conservatives.


2002 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2002 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson finished second in the Ivy League.


2002 Harvard Crimson football team
In their ninth year under head coach Timothy Murphy, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 267 to 230. Neil Rose was the team captain.


2002 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 6–1 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 190 to 154.


2002 Harvard Crimson football team
The Crimson appeared briefly, twice, in the national Division I-AA rankings: they were ranked No. 23 in the preseason poll, but dropped out of the top 25 before playing a game; and after opening the year with two wins, they were ranked No. 25 in the first poll of October. After their record dropped to 2–1, they again fell out of the national rankings, and did not reappear in 2002.


2002 Harvard Crimson football team
On November 16, the annual Harvard–Penn game was the first Division I-AA matchup to host an episode of ESPN's "College GameDay", which had only visited Division I-A sites in its first nine years of remote broadcasts. The Ivy League had called ESPN to suggest highlighting the matchup of two teams with 5–0 conference records.


2002 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


2002 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
The 2002 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy is the first edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 16 to 26 August 2002. Ten teams from the ASEAN Football Federation participate in the tournament for under the age of 22.


2002 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Indonesia emerged as the champion after beating Thailand by 2–0 in the final, while both Myanmar and Malaysia shared the third place.


2002 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:


2002 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Team statistics
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2002 Hastings Borough Council election
Elections to Hastings 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 kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.0%.


2002 Havant Borough Council election
The 2002 Havant Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2002 Havant Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives won a majority on the council, taking 23 of the 38 seats on the council. Labour dropped from 11 to 9 seats, while the Liberal Democrats fell to 6 seats from 8 previously. The 3 Independent councillors had stood down at the election, while the boundary changes were reported to have cost Labour 4 seats. Turnout was up on the 2000 election, but dropped to a low of just 14.6% in Warren Park ward.


2002 Havering London Borough Council election
Elections for Havering London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002.


2002 Havering London Borough Council election
In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year for three of the four years. Gains or losses of seats are not applicable in this election due to the reduction of seats from the last election in 1998.


2002 Hawaii Bowl
The 2002 ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl was the inaugural Hawaii Bowl game and matched the Tulane Green Wave with the hometown Hawaii Warriors. Hawaii came into the game 10–3 and Tulane came into the game 7–5. The game was sponsored by ConAgra Foods, a packaged foods company.


2002 Hawaii Bowl
Hawaii opened the scoring with a 1-yard Thero Mitchell touchdown, to lead the game 7–0. In the second quarter, Josh Galeai scored on a 2-yard touchdown run giving the Warriors a 14–0 lead. Seth Marler kicked field goals from 22 and 37 yards before the end of the first half to cut the lead to 14–6. In the third quarter, Lynaris Elpheage scored on a 60-yard punt return to cut the lead to 14–12. Tulane went for two but failed, and the score remained 14-12 Hawaii.


2002 Hawaii Bowl
Later, Tulane quarterback J. P. Losman scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak. He ran in the two-point conversion, giving Tulane a 20–14 lead. Mewelde Moore later scored on a 25-yard touchdown run for Tulane. Tulane went for two again, but were denied, leaving the score 26–14 Tulane. Shawn Withy-Allen, subbing for an injured Timmy Chang, threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Justin Colbert in the third quarter to cut the lead to 26–21.


2002 Hawaii Bowl
Losman scored on a 3-yard rushing touchdown. He then threw a pass to Damarcus Davis for the two-point conversion and a 34–21 lead. Wide receiver Colbert caught a 31-yard touchdown pass from Withy-Allen to cut the lead to 34–28. On Hawaii's next drive, Withy-Allen was sacked in the end zone for a safety, making the final margin 36–28.


2002 Hawaii Warriors football team
The 2002 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach June Jones, the Warriors compiling an overall record of 10–4, finished second in the WAC with a mark of 7–1. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl, where they lost to Tulane.


2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election
The 2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to select the Governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Hawaii Ben Cayetano was term-limited and therefore could not run for re-election. Former Maui Mayor Linda Lingle, who had narrowly lost the 1998 election, was nominated once again by the Republicans while Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono earned the Democratic nomination in a tight race. Lingle and Hirono duked it out in a hard-fought campaign, with Hirono's campaign crippled by allegations of corruption within the Hawaii Democratic Party and many voters desiring a change.


2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election
Ultimately, Lingle defeated Hirono in a close election, making her the first Republican Governor of Hawaii since 1962 and the state's first ever female governor. Ten years later, there would be a rematch between the two when they were both nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat in 2012, which Hirono would win by a landslide.


2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Lingle was critical of the way that Hirono had handled education and economic issues as lieutenant governor; in a TV spot premiered by the Lingle campaign in September, the Republican noted that "Reading scores are now among the worst in the nation. We rank last jobs creation and first in poverty increase" and argued that Hirono bore part of the blame. Hirono responded that low reading scores could be attributed to the fact that many Hawaiian students — such as Hirono, herself an immigrant from Japan — were learning English as a second language. She also pointed to legislation which she had supported to "improve teacher quality" and boost test scores, and commented that "I'd like to know what Linda has done" to further the cause.


2002 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 2002 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 78th season in the Australian Football League and 101st overall.


2002 Hebron ambush
The 2002 Hebron ambush took place in the Wadi an-Nasara neighborhood in Hebron in the West Bank on 15 November 2002. Israeli forces were subjected to a double attack by fighters from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The battle was referred to in Israel as "The attack in the worshipers route",Hebrew: הפיגוע בציר המתפללים. The place where the attack took place became known as the "Alley of Death" both in Hebrew and Arabic. The ambush was initially dubbed as the "Sabbath massacre" (Hebrew: טבח השבת) by official Israeli spokespersons.


2002 Hebron ambush
The attacks were carried out in a narrow alley, off the passage from Tomb of the Patriarchs to the south gate of Kiryat Arba, by three Palestinian fighters. Twelve Israeli soldiers and security guards, including three high-ranking officers, were killed in the battle, as were all three of the Palestinian fighters.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
One of the fighters positioned himself near the front of the entry gate of Kiryat Arba from Hebron. The remaining two fighters positioned themselves near the a narrow alley, off the road used as a passage by Jewish worshipers heading to Kiryat Arba from  the Tomb of the Patriarchs.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
Four Nahal Brigade soldiers on patrol, accompanied by Border Police jeeps were heading out of the "Worshippers Way" after patrol that area. In addition, two additional Nahal soldiers were positioned in an observation post located nearby and several more IDF soldiers were located near the exit gate of Kiryat Arba.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
A group of settlers from Kiryat Arba had visited the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron for a Sabbath eve service and were escorted back to the settlement by Israeli military. A few minutes after the all clear signal rang, signaling that all the settlers had safely returned to Kiryat Arba, the first bullets were fired.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
At 6:55 pm the Palestinian fighters opened fire simultaneously on a group of soldiers guarding the south gate of Kiryat Arba and a patrol passing through a narrow alley leading from the Tomb of the Patriarchs to Kiryat Arba. Two soldiers in the alley were wounded. One IDF paramedic was killed trying to evacuate the wounded.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
The Palestinian fighters moved positions frequently during the more than 4 hours of fighting creating the impression that many more fighters were involved. They lured Israeli forces off the "Path of Worshipers" into the narrow alley, later known as the "Alley of Death".


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
Minutes later Border Police Superintendent Samih Sweidan arrived at the scene and drove immediately into the alley to engage the Palestinian fighters and evacuate the wounded. He and his driver were shot to death, apparently at point-blank range, as they stepped out of their jeep. Meanwhile, one of the wounded trapped in the alley died of his wounds. The attack had hardly lasted five minutes and already four Israeli soldiers were dead. A few minutes later a fifth soldier was shot and killed. The killed and wounded soldiers remained in the exposed alley.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
Around 7:15 pm the Palestinian fighters ceased fire, creating the impression that they had run away. At this time the commander of the IDF Hebron Brigade, Colonel Dror Weinberg arrived at the scene. He quickly organized a force of three jeeps and entered the alley. When Weinberg reached Sweidan's jeep he was hit by a bullet and severely wounded. After being evacuated he died from his wounds, becoming the highest ranking Israeli casualty of the Second Intifada.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
Before being hit Col. Weinberg had contacted the settler's security service, the Kiryat Arba Emergency Response Team. Around 7:40 pm the head of the response team, Yitzhak Buanish, entered the alley together with a force consisting of his own men and Border Police soldiers. As in the previous rescue attempts, they were ambushed. Buanish and two of his colleagues were killed and another five wounded. Two Border Police officers were also killed in the incident. The first Palestinian fighter was probably killed in this incident as well.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
At 7:50 pm the IDF entered the alley with armored personal carriers and started engaging the Palestinians. Firing continued until 8:15 pm when the Palestinians stopped firing back and the dead and wounded soldiers could be evacuated. But fighting flared up again.


2002 Hebron ambush, The attack
Control over the situation was gradually restored with the arrival of reinforcements and commanding officers. Lieutenant Colonel Eran, head of the Nahal Brigade in Hebron, and soldiers from the Duvdevan elite unit, rushed to Hebron from Ramallah, outflanked the two remaining gunmen and killed them. That was close to 11:30 pm, more than four hours after the attack started.


2002 Hebron ambush, The Islamic Jihad fighters
The attack was carried out by three members of the Jerusalem Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. According to a statement by the Jerusalem Brigades the attack was intended as a revenge for Israel's killing of the regional Islamic Jihad leader Iyad Sawalha in Jenin earlier in the week as well as "other crimes against our people". According to Israel, Sawalha was responsible for two suicide bombings that killed 31 Israelis.


2002 Hebron ambush, The Islamic Jihad fighters
The three fighters were all in their early 20s and enrolled as engineering students at the Hebron Polytechnic. According to Palestinian sources they had prepared the ambush for more than two months, scouting the area of the attack thoroughly and especially studying Israeli security arrangements along the road between the Cave of the Patriarchs and Kiryat Arba. The operation was planned as a suicide attack and the participants had written their customary wills.


2002 Hebron ambush, The hunt for "Muhannad"
Muhammad Sidr was a gifted student at the [[Hebron University]], where he became active in the Islamic Jihad student organization. After graduation he went underground and adopted the cover name "Muhannad". After the killing of a settler in Givat Harsina, Shin Bet realized that Sidr was an important figure in the Jerusalem Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In fact, Sidr was the military head in Hebron. Sidr was steadily building a network of cells of four-five members each.


2002 Hebron ambush, The hunt for "Muhannad"
Dror Weinberg early noticed Sidr and made a lot of efforts to catch or kill him. Somehow Sidr always managed to slip away. In December 2001, Sidr was the target of an assassination operation. An Israeli Helicopter fired a missile at the car Sidr was riding in, but it missed its target and hit a another car with a civilian family inside, killing two children. "Sidar (sic) is always one step ahead of us", Weinberg complained.


2002 Hebron ambush, The hunt for "Muhannad"
Instead of Weinberg ambushing Sidr, it would be Sidr ambushing his nemesis. One of Sidr's cells would stage the Hebron ambush, in which Weinberg was killed. A month later another of Sidr's cells would kill two soldiers outside the Abraham mosque. Two weeks later, a third cell would attack the military yeshiva near Hebron.


2002 Hebron ambush, The hunt for "Muhannad"
Eventually, The Shin Bet would catch up with "Muhannad". In 2003, he was cornered in a building in Hebron and killed in the shoot-out.


2002 Hebron ambush, The hunt for "Muhannad"
A month later Majid Abu Dosh was killed in similar circumstances outside Hebron. According to Haaretz Abu Dosh was "considered the "operations officer" of Islamic Jihad in the Hebron area, and the right-hand man of Islamic Jihad leader Mohammed Sidr. Abu-Dosh is said to have planned the attack on Worshipers' Way in Hebron."


2002 Hebron ambush, Israeli responsive actions
The Palestinian-administered part of Hebron was re-occupied by Israeli forces and a curfew was declared throughout the city. The curfew remained in force for more than six months. Four Palestinian houses were demolished by the IDF.


2002 Hebron ambush, Israeli responsive actions
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told IDF commanders in Hebron two days after the incident that a territorial continuity between the settlement of Kiryat Arba and the Jewish section of Hebron must be created and the safety of the Jews living in the divided city be ensured, reducing to a minimum the presence of Palestinians in the area in which the settlers live.


2002 Hebron ambush, Israeli responsive actions
The mayor of Kiryat Arba, Zvi Katsover, called on the government to "clean up the area" by destroying Palestinian buildings along a road connecting Kiryat Arba to Hebron. The Kiryat Arba Council and the council of settlers in Hebron's Jewish enclave requested building of 1,000 housing units between Kiryat Arba and the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Housing and Construction Minister Natan Sharansky supported the plan and ordered his ministry's workers to review the possibility of expropriating lands in the city and using them for Jewish residential purposes.


2002 Hebron ambush, Israeli responsive actions
On 29 November 2002 the Israel Defense Forces issued the "Decree Number 61/02/T to Expropriate Property" with the purpose to expropriate an 8.2 dunam large area in Hebron and to create a 6 to 12 meter wide corridor linking the Jewish settlement in Hebron with Kiryat Arba. According to the American administration and Israeli sources close to the planning, the aim of the expropriation of the land and the building of the promenade was to create territorial contiguity between Kiryat Arba and Hebron. The military order was appealed to the High Court of Justice.


2002 Hebron ambush, Israeli responsive actions
The petition was rejected by the High Court after the IDF declared that they intended to demolish only two houses. In August 2004, three of the 22 buildings originally considered for demolition were destroyed. On 30 December a Palestinian teenager Imran Abu Hamadiya (17 years old) was apprehended by a Border Police patrol from his home near the Cave of the Patriarchs and found dead near the Hebron Industrial zone 20 minutes later. After an investigation four border policemen were arrested. Apparently the young man had been beaten and then thrown out of the patrol car at full speed.


2002 Hebron ambush, Reports and reactions
Official Israeli spokesmen initially described the battle as a massacre of civilian Israeli settlers returning from Sabbath prayers. Gilad Millo, spokesman of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, originally called the attack as the "Sabbath massacre," and Israel's Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement, calling the event "The cold-blooded attack on civilians whose only 'sin' was to go to a holy place of worship on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath and on those people assigned to protect them".International media outlets initially reported that the Palestinian ambush had targeted both settlers and soldiers.


2002 Hebron ambush, Reports and reactions
The following day army officials said that only soldiers or security personnel were hurt in the ambush. Matan Vilnai a former general and a leading Labour Party politician admitted that "[i]t wasn't a massacre, it was a battle." On 15 November, the Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned "the despicable terrorist attack... that today killed 10 Jewish worshippers on their way to the Sabbath eve prayers... [ a] terrorist act against Israeli civilians".


2002 Hebron ambush, Reports and reactions
but on 19 November, the Spokesman for Secretary-General said, "The information available to us when the statement was issued was that the victims were Israeli civilians returning from religious service...Subsequently, it now appears that the Israeli victims were in fact soldiers and security personnel" and urged "a broad approach to resolving the Middle East conflict".


2002 Hebron ambush, Aftermath
The IDF conduct during the Hebron ambush was exposed to a lot of bitter criticism. Many settlers blamed the death of the three Kiryat Arba security men on the "cowardice" of IDF soldiers. Three Israeli officers were dismissed from their posts in December 2002 for their personal failures in the Hebron ambush. The death of several high-ranking officers created a "command vacuum" that the remaining officers proved unable to fill, creating "a situation in which the decision-making fell into the hands of civilians (local settlers)", that is the Response Team members. "When civilians command the army - this is not an acceptable situation as far as we are concerned."


2002 Hebron ambush, Aftermath
In the site where the battle took place the "Giborim outpost" (מאחז הגיבורים) was constructed which originally included a small number of temporary structures and tents housed by the number of young people and families who demanded to build a neighborhood in the site in memory of the fallen. 30 days after the incident the outpost was evacuated by the Israel military forces. Since then the area has been declared as a 'closed military area' by the local IDF commander.


2002 Hebron ambush, Aftermath
The three Response Team members, who all worked full-time in the security service, were accorded military ceremony funerals "due to their involvement in Hevron security". A month after the incident, the three killed civilian security men were formally recognized by the Ministry of Defense as "fallen soldiers." The Israeli Chief of Staff posthumously granted the Chief of Staff Medal of Appreciation to Yitzhak Buanish, Alexander Zwitman and Alexander Dohan - the Kiryat Arba Emergency Response Team, as well as to Elijah Liebman, the chief of security of the Jewish community in Hebron. After his death, Sgt. Gad Rahamim was granted the Medal of Courage for his part in the battle.


2002 Hebron ambush, Aftermath
On 12 December, a Palestinian fighter from Hamas walked up to two Israeli Military Policemen, from the Sahlav unit, doing guard duty outside the Cave of the Patriarchs and shot them point-blank. The two soldiers were identified as Cpl. Keren Ya'akobi, and Sgt. Maor Kalfon. The former was the first female operational fatality of the IDF in the Second Intifada.


2002 Hebron ambush, Aftermath
On 27 December four yeshiva students, two of them IDF soldiers, were killed in the Yeshivat Otniel shooting attack in the settlement of Otniel, south of Hebron. The attack was carried out by the same unit of the Islamic Jihad that carried out the Hebron ambush.


2002 Heineken Cup Final
The 2002 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2001–02 Heineken Cup, the seventh season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 May 2002 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff; this was the third time the final had been played in Cardiff after the 1996 and 1997 finals, but the first since the opening of the Millennium Stadium, which was built on the site of the old Cardiff Arms Park for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.


2002 Heineken Cup Final
The match was contested by Leicester Tigers of England and Munster of Ireland. Munster were appearing in their second final after losing the 2000 Heineken Cup Final to Northampton Saints. Tigers were the defending champions having beaten Stade Français in the 2001 Heineken Cup Final and were appearing in their third final after losing the 1997 final to Brive.


2002 Heineken Cup Final
Leicester Tigers won the match 15–9, becoming the first team to successfully defend the trophy. In the first minute, Tigers had a try by Freddie Tuilagi ruled out for illegal blocking on Munster wing John Kelly. Munster took a 3–0 lead from Ronan O'Gara's penalty before Tigers had a second try ruled out inside the first 10 minutes, Martin Johnson had pounced on a Frankie Sheahan over throw but referee Joël Jutge was not ready and the throw re-taken. After 20 minutes O'Gara slotted his second penalty for a 6–0 lead after Lewis Moody had been ruled offside.


2002 Heineken Cup Final
Geordan Murphy scored Tigers first try after a sweeping break from Tim Stimpson and dummy before finding Murphy to make it 6–5 when the conversion was missed. A scrum penalty against Darren Garforth gave O'Gara his third penalty goal for a 9–5 lead. However, once Harry Ellis, a try scorer in the semi final, was introduced on 52 minutes, the game swung into Leicester's favour. Tigers turned down kicks at goal in search of the try that came when Austin Healey darted over, Tim Stimpson's conversion gave Leicester a 12–9 lead.


2002 Heineken Cup Final
O'Gara missed an opportunity to level the scorers, and seconds later Stimpson slotted the last points of the game for a 15–9 final score. More drama was to come, though, as Munster wing Kelly thought he had scored in the corner, only to be denied by a last-ditch cover tackle by man of the match Healey.


2002 Heineken Open
The 2002 Heineken Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 7 January through 13 January 2002. Sixth-seeded Greg Rusedski won the singles title.


2002 Heineken Open, Finals, Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Todd Woodbridge defeated  Martín García /  Cyril Suk 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)


2002 Heineken Open – Doubles
Marius Barnard and Jim Thomas were the defending champions at the doubles event of the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but only Barnard competed that year with David Adams.


2002 Heineken Open – Doubles
Adams and Barnard lost in the first round to Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach.


2002 Heineken Open – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge won in the final 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7) against Martín García and Cyril Suk.


2002 Heineken Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2002 Heineken Open – Singles
Dominik Hrbatý was the defending champion of the singles event at the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but lost in the first round to Gilles Elseneer.


2002 Heineken Open – Singles
Sixth-seeded Greg Rusedski won in the final 6–7(0–7), 6–4, 7–5 against Unseeded Jérôme Golmard.


2002 Heineken Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2002 Hel van het Mergelland
The 2002 Hel van het Mergelland was the 29th edition of the Volta Limburg Classic cycle race and was held on 6 April 2002. The race started and finished in Eijsden. The race was won by Corey Sweet.


2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election
The 2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 22 seats, compared to 10 for Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. Since the 2000 election 2 Labour councillors, husband and wife Martin and Jean Heywood, had left the party and became independents.


2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Background
13 of the 15 wards had seats contested in 2002, with only Aldenham East and Aldenham West having no election. The Conservative and Labour parties both had 5 seats up for election, while the Liberal Democrats defended 4 and the independents had 1 seat being contested.


2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives increased their majority after gaining 2 seats from Labour to have 24 councillors, compared to 9 for Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. The Conservatives gained Borehamwood Hillside by 74 votes, with the winning candidate, Sandra Parnell, becoming the first Conservative councillor for Borehamwood since 1976. The other Conservative gain came in Shenley, where Rosemary Gilligan took the seat by 154 votes, after the Conservatives had gained the other seat in the ward at the last election in 2000.


2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result
Despite losing 2 seats Labour did gain a seat in Borehamwood Cowley Hill by 193 votes defeating independent Jean Heywood. Heywood had left Labour to sit as an independent in 2001 and both she and the Labour candidate Joe Goldberg accused the other of dirty tricks during the campaign. Overall turnout at the election was 32.6%, an increase from 30.6% in 2000.


2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election the remaining independent councillor, Martin Heywood, joined the Conservatives, taking the Conservatives to a then record 25 seats on the council.


2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing
The 2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing took place on June 11, 2002 when a Palestinian suicide bomber set off a bomb at the Jamil (Mifgash Ha'Sharon) restaurant in the Israeli beach suburb of Herzliya. The event resulted in the death of one teenager, Hadar Hershkowitz, and the injury of 15 people. The attack led Israel to lodge a formal complaint with the UN security council, citing it as evidence for a "campaign of Palestinian terrorism" against Israeli civilians.


2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, The attack
At about 7:30 PM, a Palestinian suicide bomber set off a pipe bomb in the Shawarma restaurant "Mifgash Ha'Sharon" (AKA "Jamil"), where about 30 people were sitting. The pipe bomb used in the attack was said to have been "relatively small." A rescue worker said that one of the explosive devices the bomber was wearing did not detonate. According to Israel, the explosives had been packed with nails and ball bearings. A 14-year-old girl was killed in the attack and 15 additional people were injured in the attack.


2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, The attack
According to Israeli sources, earlier that day, three Israeli high school students were injured when Palestinian militants attacked their school bus. One student was seriously injured. That same day, a Palestinian militant stabbed an Israeli policeman in Jerusalem.


2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, The perpetrators
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a military wing of Fatah,  claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was "in retaliation for the daily incursions by the occupation forces against the cities, towns, villages and refugee camps". The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades spokesman stated that the suicide bomber was a 30-year-old Palestinian named Omar Zayadeh who originated from the Palestinian village of Ma'adama in the West Bank.


2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, Aftermath
According to Palestinian Media Watch, an Israel-based media watchdog organization, in 2010 the Palestinian Authority built a monument honoring the bomber in the town square of the West Bank  town of Madama. The monument, in the form of a pyramid, features portraits of Yasser Arafat and of the bomber. Below the bomber's portrait are the words, "The heroic Shahada – Seeker (Martyrdom- Seeker) Omar Muhammad Ziyada (Abu Samed) who carried out the heroic Herzliya operation on June 11, 2002."


2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, Official reactions
Israel: David Baker, an official in Sharon's office, condemned the attack as "another example of the Palestinians' intention to commit murder for the sake of murder".


2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes
The 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes struck in northern Afghanistan during the month of March. At least 166 people were killed with a very large and intermediate-depth mainshock on March 3. Three weeks later, at least a further thousand were killed during a large, but shallow aftershock that had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The M7.4 and M6.1 reverse events were focused in the Hindu Kush mountain range area.


2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes, Tectonic setting
Northern Afghanistan lies within the broad zone of continuing collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The area is seismically active, particularly as a result of faulting at just over 200 km depth within the descending slab. Many large events of M ≥ 7 have been observed in the Hindu Kush, all with similar epicenters, with an approximate periodicity of about 10–15 years. These events have reverse fault focal mechanisms, which for the near-vertical slab indicates active extension. It has been proposed that these earthquakes are a result of "necking" of the downgoing slab, a process that may eventually lead to break-off.


2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes, Tectonic setting
Smaller shallow focus earthquakes are also observed in the region, particularly associated with north–south trending zones of right lateral strike-slip, such as the Chaman Fault, with an increasing degree of shortening to the north, together accommodating the highly oblique convergence between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.


2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes, Earthquakes
The earthquake on March 3 had a magnitude of 7.4 Mw , with a hypocentral depth of 225.6 km. The focal mechanism is consistent with reverse faulting within subducting oceanic crust. Comparison with similar earthquakes in 1993 and 2015, which have very similar depths and epicenters, suggests that the major component of the slip in all three events occurred on the same part of the fault.


2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes, Earthquakes
The earthquake on March 25 had a magnitude of 6.1 Mw , with a hypocentral depth of 8.0 km. It had a reverse fault mechanism that occurred on one of two possible moderately-dipping north–south trending faults.


2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes, Damage, March 3 event
At 12:08:19 UTC a 7.4 tremor hit an area 65 km (40 mi) S of Feyzabad, Afghanistan. At least 150 people were killed, several injured and 400 houses damaged or destroyed by a landslide that dammed and flooded Surkundara Valley, Samangan Province. At least 13 people were killed at Kabul and Rostaq and 3 people killed in Bajaur, Pakistan. At least 300 houses were destroyed in Badakhshan and Takhar Provinces. A 45 meter wide fissure opened in Xiker Reservoir in Xinjiang, China. This was a deep focus event and was felt in much of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Felt also in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and India.


2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes, Damage, March 25 event
At 14:56:33 UTC a 6.1 tremor hit an area 160 km (99 mi) SW of Feyzabad, Afghanistan. At least 1,000 people were killed, several hundred injured and several thousand homeless in Baghlan Province. At least 1,500 houses were destroyed or damaged at Nahrin and several hundred more in other areas of Baghlan Province. Landslides blocked many roads in the epicentral area. This was a shallow focus event and was felt strongly in much of northern Afghanistan. Also felt in the Islamabad-Peshawar area, Pakistan and at Dushanbe, Tajikistan.


2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco
The 2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco was the third running of the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, a motor racing event for heritage Grand Prix, Voiturettes, Formula One, Formula Two and Sports cars.


2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report
The event was characterised by heavy rain during practice sessions on Saturday, resulting in some damaged cars, and dry races on Sunday.


2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report
Charles Dean overtook Julian Majzub at the start of Race A, and the two raced hard until Majzub hit the wall at St Devote, slightly injuring himself and damaging the car enough to end his race. Bart Rosman ran third but engine problems forced him to retire after 7 laps.


2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report
Race C featured Simone Stanguellini, grandson of Stanguellini founder Vittorio, at the wheel of a Stanguellini Spyder 750. He would return to the event in 2004 and 2008 driving a Formula Junior car from the marque owned by his family. Phil Hill was entered in an Alfa Romeo 3000 CM but did not take part in any sessions; he would return with the same car in 2004. Stirling Moss gave a spirited drive to twelfth, which the crowd acknowledged with a standing ovation after the finish. Richard Wills qualified third but crashed in the tunnel and was a non-starter.


2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report
Duncan Dayton led Race E for 6 laps before retiring, and led Race F but retired early with a damaged suspension.


2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report
Race G featured, for the only time in the event's history, two current F1 drivers: Alex Yoong and Takuma Sato, both seeking to gain experience of the unique circuit before their first Monaco Grand Prix. Sato crashed his Lotus 49B during a wet practice session and did not start the race; Yoong took the race lead and seemed destined for victory until his car became stuck in fifth gear during a late safety car period and Martin Stretton passed him on the final lap.


2002 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report
Three more F1 drivers were slated to take part: Henri Pescarolo in a Matra MS120 similar to that which he'd driven to third place in the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix, Tom Belsø in a Williams FW03 similar to his car from the 1974 Formula One season, and Danny Sullivan in a Lola Mk4. Neither would feature in the event; Sullivan's car was driven by American Howard Cherry.


2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament New Hampshire received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2002 Holiday Bowl
The 2002 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 27, 2002 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Arizona State Sun Devils against the Kansas State Wildcats. Kansas State won the game by a 34–27 final score.


2002 Holiday Bowl
After a scoreless first quarter, Arizona State scored first following a 6-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Andrew Walter to wide receiver Justin Taplin for an early 7–0 lead. Arizona State added to the lead when Matt Barth drilled a 26-yard field goal to put Arizona State up 10–0. Kansas State finally got on the board when running back Darren Sproles rushed 41 yards for a touchdown making it 10–7. Running back Hakim Hill answered for ASU by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown, making it 17–7. Matt Barth later connected on a 39-yard field goal, increasing ASU's lead to 20–7. Before halftime, quarterback Ell Roberson rushed 32 yards for a touchdown, pulling Kansas State to within 20–14.


2002 Holiday Bowl
The defenses held in the third quarter, and the score remained 20–14 heading into the fourth quarter. Kansas State's Ell Roberson scored on a 3-yard touchdown run, but a missed PAT left the score tied at 20. Andrew Walter threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Williams to give Arizona State a 27–20 fourth quarter lead. Ell Roberson scored the tying touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with just 7 minutes left in the game. With only 75 seconds left in the game, Roberson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Evans for the winning score.


2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished second-to-last in the Patriot League.


2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
In their seventh year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 4–8 record. David Dugan, Brian Hall, Nick Soivillien and Ross Sullivan were the team captains.


2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The Crusaders were outscored 344 to 292. Their 2–5 conference record placed seventh in the eight-team Patriot League standings.


2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross began the year unranked, but after two wins to start the season -- including a road win over Army, a Division I-A team -- the Crusaders entered the national Division I-AA top 25. They were ranked No. 25 in the poll released September 10, and No. 23 the following week. The loss to Harvard dropped them out of the top 25, and Holy Cross remained unranked for the rest of 2002.


2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


2002 Honda Indy 300
The 2002 Honda Indy 300 was the seventeenth round of the 2002 CART World Series season, held on 27 October 2002 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.


2002 Honda Indy 300
The race was marred by extremely wet conditions. The initial start resulted in a multi-car crash injuring Fernandez and Takagi. CART officials allowed teams to repair their cars or pull out backups. Postponing the race was not an option due to international travel, limited TV window, and logistics of the street course circuit. The race restarted on lap 3 with slightly improved conditions, but went back under yellow at lap 10 where it would remain until the race was called at lap 40.


2002 Honda Indy 300
Michael Andretti's team believed the race would be called once the race passed official race status of the full lap past the halfway point (35 laps plus one) of the original distance (70 laps, but the race was shortened to 50 laps by officials after the start crash), but officials instead waited until lap 40 to force each car to make two pit stops. This gave Domínguez his first career win in the slowest race in CART history. For 2003, rules were changed to allow the race to be called prior to halfway with only half points being awarded. This rule was not implemented by IndyCar after the 2008 reunification.


2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
The 2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was to select the second term of the Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Incumbent Tung Chee-hwa was nominated by the 800-member Election Committee (EC) without competition.


2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
The Election Committee (EC) was responsible for electing the Chief Executive (CE). Before the Chief Executive election, a by-election was held on 6 January 2002 to fill the four vacancies in the Election Committee.


2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
Incumbent Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa was supported by Chinese leaders for his re-election as early as 2001. Speaking in Myanmar in December 2001, Chinese paramount leader Jiang Zemin stated, "I wish that Mr. Tung will get elected. I am convinced he will get elected." Given the support and certainty of Tung's re-election, many observers argued that not only would it have been futile to oppose Tung or to support another candidate potentially harmful to their business interests in Hong Kong and mainland China.


2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
Tung started his campaign in 2001 by setting up an office in the Central District and constructing a website to release news of his campaign. His campaign manager like Leung Chun-ying, the Convenor of the Unofficial Members of the Executive Council tried to project a more communicative and high-tech image of Tung.


2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Nomination
The nomination period lasted for two weeks from 15 to 28 February 2002. On 19 February, only four days after the nomination period opened the Asian Wall Street Journal first reported Tung's de facto victory, as more than 695 Election Committee members had nominated him for a second term, which made it mathematically impossible for anyone else to nominated as the threshold of required for nomination was 100 members. At the end of the nomination period, Tung garnered 712 nominations from the Election Committee and thus was the only validly nominated candidate with the boycott of the pro-democracy camp.


2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Nomination
The pro-democracy camp argued that the electoral process was deliberately designed to obstruct any challenge to Tung. Although there were voices that pro-democrats might have made it possible to nominate an alternative candidate, legislator and The Frontier chairperson Emily Lau was against supporting an alternative candidate: "As it is not a fair, open and democratic election, we should not participate in it and give it any legitimacy." Lau formed the Coalition Against Second Term (CAST) to draw attention to the flawed process of choosing the Chief Executive, the lack of competition and the need for real democracy.


2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Aftermath
In his second term, Tung Chee-hwa increasingly faced difficult challenge of governing without a democratic mandate. With the SARS epidemics and the controversies over the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 in 2003 drew a massive anti-government protest on 1 July 2003. As Jiang Zemin retired from as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (de facto leader), Tung gradually lost his main patron in Beijing and eventually stepped down in 2005.


2002 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections
The 2002 Election Committee subsector by-elections were held on 6 January 2002 to update the membership of the Election Committee for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the following Chief Executive election in March.


2002 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections, Results, General outcome
Statistics are generated from the Report on the 2002 Chief Executive Election.


2002 Hong Kong Open
The 2002 Hong Kong Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Hong Kong in the People's Republic of China and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from September 23 through September 29, 2002.


2002 Hong Kong Open, Champions, Men's Doubles
Jan-Michael Gambill /  Graydon Oliver defeated  Wayne Arthurs /  Andrew Kratzmann 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


2002 Hong Kong Open – Doubles
Karsten Braasch and André Sá were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2002 Hong Kong Open – Doubles
Jan-Michael Gambill and Graydon Oliver won in the final 6–7 (2–7), 6–4, 7–6 (7–4) against Wayne Arthurs and Andrew Kratzmann.


2002 Hong Kong Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2002 Hong Kong Open – Singles
Marcelo Ríos was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2002 Hong Kong Open – Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero won in the final 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 (7–4) against Carlos Moyá.


2002 Hong Kong Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2002 Hong Kong Sevens
The 2002 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between 22–24 March 2002. It was the 27th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was the seventh tournament of the 2001–02 World Sevens Series. Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament and were separated into six groups of four with the top eight teams qualifying through to the cup tournament.


2002 Hong Kong Sevens
After winning their three group matches, England went on to win their first Hong Kong title defeating Fiji in the final by a score of 33–20. In the plate-final, South Africa defeated Scotland while Morocco took home the bowl defeating Chinese Taipei.


2002 Hong Kong Sevens, Teams
Compared to other tournament of the series, the Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams compete for the title instead of the regular sixteen teams that usually competed in a World Series event. The official announcement of teams was revealed on the 22 January 2002. Almost a month later, Italy withdrew from the Hong Kong Sevens and was replaced by Thailand.


2002 Hong Kong Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with three points awarded for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals.


2002 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
The 58th Hong Kong Macau Interport was held in Macau on 21 April 2002. Both Hong Kong and Macau sent their Olympic teams. Hong Kong captured the champion by winning 2-0.


2002 Hopman Cup
The 2002 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis championship won by Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Tommy Robredo. Sánchez Vicario and Robredo defeated the United States (Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill) in the final at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia.


2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2001–02 regular season. The tournament was hosted by Cleveland State University.


2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Notably, this was the first men's basketball tournament that the conference held under its current identity as the Horizon League; the conference was originally known as the Midwestern City Conference and later as the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. It was also the last Horizon League tournament for more than a decade to be held at a single, predetermined site. From 2003 through 2015, the tournament was played at campus locations. The next tournament to take place at a neutral site was the 2016 edition, held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.


2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2001–02 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 7 teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of higher seedsSecond round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed


2002 Hornsby state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Hornsby on 23 February 2002 because Stephen O'Doherty (Liberal) resigned.


2002 Houston Astros season
The 2002 Houston Astros season was the 41st season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.


2002 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Overview
From August 10–24, first baseman Jeff Bagwell produced a season-high 15-game hitting, marking the 12th consecutive season with at least one double-digit hit streak, a club record, and second to Roberto Alomar with 14 among all then-active players. In September, he batted .343 with 11 multi-hit games.


2002 Houston Bowl
The 2002 Houston Bowl was the third edition of the college football bowl game (known in its first two years as the "Galleryfurniture.com Bowl"), and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game pitted the Oklahoma State Cowboys from the Big 12 Conference and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from Conference USA (C-USA). The game was the final competition of the 2002 football season for each team and resulted in a 33–23 Oklahoma State victory.


2002 Houston Comets season
The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Houston Comets. They made their best record in two years at 24-8. Despite with that, they eventually lost in the first round to the Utah Starzz.


2002 Houston Cougars football team
The 2002 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 57th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Dana Dimel, who was fired after the season. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.


2002 Houston Cougars football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 2002, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


2002 Houston Texans season
The 2002 season was the Houston Texans' debut season in the National Football League and the first NFL season for the city of Houston since the Oilers moved to Tennessee to become the Titans in 1997. Their coaching staff was headed by Dom Capers, who previously coached the expansion Carolina Panthers when they debuted in 1995. The divisional realignment also placed the Texans and Titans in the same division.


2002 Houston Texans season
The Texans won their inaugural regular season game against the Dallas Cowboys 19–10 on Sunday Night Football. They were the first to do this since the 1961 Minnesota Vikings won their inaugural game. The Texans finished their debut season with a 4–12 record.


2002 Houston Texans season, Football returns to Houston
In June 1997, Bob McNair and Chuck Watson's plans for a National Hockey League expansion team fell apart due to the lack of an arena in the Houston area. Afterward, the Houston Oilers moved to Nashville to become the Tennessee Titans. The discussion eventually began to create a new NFL expansion team, with the 31st being awarded to the reformed Cleveland Browns. Houston and Los Angeles were the two finalists, and on October 6, 1999, the league's owners voted unanimously to award Houston the 32nd franchise. In 2000, the new team, tentatively known as "Houston NFL 2002", decided on five potential team names: Apollos, Bobcats, Stallions, Texans and Wildcatters. This shortlist was eventually reduced to Apollos, Stallions and Texans. On September 6, the team name was officially revealed as the Houston Texans.


2002 Houston Texans season, Football returns to Houston
On January 19, 2000, the team hired former Washington Redskins general manager Charley Casserly to serve in the same position. In the search for a head coach, Miami coach Butch Davis was involved in discussions with McNair, but elected to stay with the university. In January 2001, the Texans hired Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Dom Capers as head coach; Capers had previously worked with the expansion Carolina Panthers as their HC. On January 20, Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Vic Fangio joined the staff in the same role, followed by former Cleveland Browns head coach Chris Palmer as offensive coordinator on February 3.


2002 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Free agency
On November 5, 2001, the Texans held workouts for defensive backs at the Reliant Astrodome. On December 29, the team signed ten players: running back Michael Basnight, safety Leomont Evans, tackles Robert Hicks and Jerry Wisne, defensive tackle Jason Nikolao, quarterback Mike Quinn, fullback Matt Snider, cornerback Jason Suttle, linebacker Casey Tisdale and safety Kevin Williams. On March 6, 2002, Colts offensive lineman Steve McKinney became the first unrestricted free agent to be signed by the Texans.


2002 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Expansion draft
To fill the Texans roster, the NFL held an expansion draft on February 18. The team was permitted to select 42 players from the other 31 teams, each of which allowed five players to be drafted. Houston were required to select 30 players or spend 38 percent ($27.24 million) of the $71.7 million salary cap.


2002 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Expansion draft
The first player that the Texans selected was Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Tony Boselli; however, the five-time Pro Bowler had been suffering from shoulder injuries during the 2001 season and never played a snap for the Texans. Houston also selected 18 more players.


2002 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Expansion draft
On February 26, quarterback Danny Wuerffel was traded to the Washington Redskins for defensive tackle Jerry DeLoach. The Texans had intended to draft DeLoach, but the Redskins replaced him with Matt Campbell.


2002 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. New York Giants
The Giants entered the game at 6–4 looking for an easy victory over the expansion Texans. The first quarter was scoreless with miscues from both teams. Houston received the opening kickoff, but went three-and-out, punting the ball to end the drive. On the second play of the following drive, New York running back Tiki Barber fumbled the ball at the Giants 27-yard line with the ball being recovered by Houston linebacker Jamie Sharper.


2002 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. New York Giants
On the next drive, Texans' running back James Allen fumbled the ball and it was recovered at the New York 30-yard line by linebacker Dhani Jones for the Giants. The two teams would trade punts with the first points being scored by Houston kicker Kris Brown on a 40-yard field goal in the second quarter. The Giants would respond a few drives later with Barber scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run. The game's next scoring play would come late in the second quarter. New York long snapper Bob Jones fumbled the snap with the ball being recovered by punter Matt Allen, who was tackled in his own end zone for a safety with the Texans trailing 5–7 at halftime.


2002 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. New York Giants
Houston's first touchdown of the game came in the 3rd quarter, with a 1-yard run from Jonathan Wells. The Texans went for two, with Allen catching a pass from David Carr to put Houston up 13–7 with 6:57 left in the 3rd quarter. The Giants' following drive ended with Matt Bryant missing a 33-yard field goal. New York would score on its next possession with a 31-yard pass from Kerry Collins to receiver Amani Toomer to the Giants up 14–13 with 13:18 left in the game.


2002 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. New York Giants
Houston responded on the next drive with a 50-yard field goal to take a 16–14 lead with 6:57 left. The Giants had three drives to respond, but Collins was picked off twice on back-to-back possessions with the last play of the game being a failed Hail Mary to give the Texans a 16–14 upset victory.


2002 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Texans had one of the worst offensive performances ever in an NFL game, only having 47 total yards of offense while the Steelers had 422 yards. The Texans' defense forced five turnovers and scored three touchdowns. Pittsburgh quarterback Tommy Maddox threw two interceptions, both of which were returned for touchdowns by Houston cornerback Aaron Glenn; Maddox also lost a fumble that was recovered by Texans cornerback Kenny Wright for a touchdown.


2002 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans
This was the Titans' first game to be played in Houston since December 15, 1996 when the team was known as the Houston Oilers.


2002 Houston Texans season, Statistics
Despite being in their first season, Football Outsiders calculated that the Texans were, play-for-play, the least successful team in the NFL in 2002. FO also stated that the 2002 Texans had the worst offense and third-worst run offense they have ever tracked.


2002 Hull City Council election
The 2002 Hull City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2002 Hull City Council election, Campaign
Hull was seen as one of the key contests in the 2002 local elections with the Liberal Democrats seen as the main challengers to Labour. Labour had run Hull continuously since 1945, apart from a brief period from 1969 to 1971 when the Conservatives had taken control, but they were seen as vulnerable in this election. As well as the Liberal Democrats, who with 10 seats were the main opposition before the election, the Conservatives stood in 31 of the 59 seats that were being contested. Divisions within the local Labour party also meant some councillors stood in the election as independents.


2002 Hull City Council election, Campaign
The Labour administration received criticism from the opposition and by the district auditor for the poor quality of services provided in Hull. The opposition also attacked Labour for their use of the £255 million recently gained by Hull council after the part sale of Kingston Communications.


2002 Hull City Council election, Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with Labour falling from 44 seats before the election to only 24 afterwards.


2002 Humanitarian Bowl
The 2002 Humanitarian Bowl was the 6th edition of the bowl game. It featured the Boise State Broncos and the Iowa State Cyclones.


2002 Humanitarian Bowl
Iowa State got on the board first after a 30-yard field goal from Adam Benike, taking a 3–0 lead. In the second quarter, Boise State's Brock Forsey scored from 4 yards out for Boise State to jump ahead 7–3. Iowa State quarterback Seneca Wallace threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jamaul Montgomery, and Iowa State took a 10–7 lead to halftime.


2002 Humanitarian Bowl
In the third quarter, Brock Forsey gave Boise State the lead again, as he rumbled in from 2 yards out to place the Broncos in front 14–10. Quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie later scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak to make it 21–10. In the fourth quarter, Brock Forsey added his third touchdown of the game, a 9 yarder, as Boise State built a 27–10 lead, and pulled away from Iowa State. Lane Danielson scored on a four-yard run making it 27–16, but Ryan Dinwiddie threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Lou Fanucchi to cap the scoring, and give Boise State a 34–16 win.


2002 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2002 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2002 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).


2002 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2002 Lumberjacks were led by third-year head coach Doug Adkins. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season with a record of one win and ten losses (1–10, 0–3 GNAC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 182–376 for the 2002 season.


2002 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft.


2002 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships (Hungarian: Senior Országos Bajnokság 2002) were the national championships of the 2001–02 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2002 World Championships, and the 2002 European Championships.


2002 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2002 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 18 August 2002. It was the thirteenth race of the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship and the last race on this layout, before the circuit was modified in 2003.


2002 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 77-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello, driving a Ferrari. Barrichello's German teammate Michael Schumacher finished second, thus enabling Ferrari to clinch their fourth consecutive Constructors' Championship. Schumacher's brother Ralf finished third in a Williams-BMW.


2002 Hungarian Grand Prix
British driver Anthony Davidson made his F1 debut at this race for the Minardi team. Davidson replaced Malaysia's Alex Yoong, who going into the race had failed to qualify for a Grand Prix on three separate occasions in 2002. The Arrows team did not arrive due to ongoing financial troubles.


2002 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 7 April 2002, with a second round of voting in 131 of the 176 single member constituencies on 21 April. Although Fidesz remained the largest party in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the Socialist Party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats.


2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election
The 2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2002 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough 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 12. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.


2002 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Election result
Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election. The number of councillors was reduced from 45 to 35 but the number of wards remained similar but not exactly the same.


2002 Hypo-Meeting
The 28th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on June 1 and June 2, 2002 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2002 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.


2002 IAAF Golden League
The 2002 IAAF Golden League was the fifth edition of the annual international track and field meeting series, held from 28 June to 6 September. It was contested at seven European meetings: the Bislett Games, Meeting Gaz de France, Golden Gala, Herculis, Weltklasse Zürich, Memorial Van Damme and the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF).


2002 IAAF Golden League
The Golden League jackpot consisted of one million US dollars' worth of gold bars. The jackpot was available to athletes who won all seven competitions of the series in one of the twelve specified events (divided equally between the sexes) and participated at the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final. The jackpot events for 2002 were: 100 metres for men and women, women's 400 metres, 1500 metres for men and women, 3000 metres/5000 metres for men and women, women's 100 metres hurdles, men's 400 metres hurdles, men's pole vault, men's triple jump and women's javelin throw.


2002 IAAF Golden League
The prize was shared between four athletes who won all seven events: Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, Felix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic, American Marion Jones and Mexico's Ana Guevara. Marion Jones's results were later annulled after she admitted to doping. Gail Devers came close to winning the jackpot, taking 100 m hurdles victories at all competitions except for Zurich, where she was beaten by Glory Alozie.


2002 IAAF Grand Prix
The 2002 IAAF Grand Prix was the eighteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series was divided into four levels: 2002 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meetings, Grand Prix I featured 9 meetings from 5 May to 23 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 7 March to 8 September, making a combined total of 27 meetings for the series. An additional 10 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.


2002 IAAF Grand Prix
Compared to the previous season, the meeting schedule remained mostly unchanged, with the exception of the dropping of the Nikaia meeting in Nice and the British Grand Prix II meeting being moved from Gateshead to Sheffield.


2002 IAAF Grand Prix
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 14 September in Paris, France. The honour of points leader for the series was shared between three athletes on 92 points: Hicham El Guerrouj and Félix Sánchez topped the men's side while Marion Jones topped the women's side.


2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final
The 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the eighteenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 14 September at the Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, France. Paris became the third city to host the event for a second time, following Rome and Fontvieille.


2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Hicham El Guerrouj (1500 metres) and Marion Jones (100 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament. Both athletes took their second career win in the series, El Guerrouj becoming the third man to achieve the feat and Jones the second woman. A total of 18 athletics events were contested, ten for men and eight for women.


2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final
This was the last IAAF Grand Prix Final to be staged, the competition being replaced by the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2003.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald,  and for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women,  for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (11.998 km)
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2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 664 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from  Angola,  Nigeria,  Palestine, and  Sierra Leone did not show.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 122 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports onf the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Complete results for individuals,  for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 110 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
The Men's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 124 athletes from 38 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from  Burundi,  Nigeria,  Sudan, and  Uganda did not show.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Race results, Senior men's race (11.998 km), Individual
†: Hamid El Mouaziz from  Morocco finished 44th in 36:57 min, but was disqualified.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 141 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from  Angola,  Palestine,  Sierra Leone, and  Tajikistan did not show.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results for individuals, for senior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 83 athletes from 21 countries participated in the Senior women's race. The announced athletes from  Austria,  Burundi, and  Tajikistan did not show.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
The Women's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 107 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from  Gibraltar,  Nigeria, and  Sierra Leone did not show.


2002 IAAF World Cup
The 9th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was hosted by Madrid, September 21–22, 2002, in the Estadio La Peineta. The IAAF world cup event is currently held every four years.


2002 IAAF World Cup
The team winner of the men's competition was Africa, while the Russian team took the women's cup.


2002 IAAF World Cup, Overall results, Men
1 Great Britain originally finished eighth, but were disqualified in August 2003 after Dwain Chambers admitted to using THG between the beginning of 2002 and August 2003. All other individual results were allowed to stand, but the IAAF ruled these athletes received no score.


2002 IAAF World Cup, Men
1 The United States originally finished second in 2:59.21, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.


2002 IAAF World Cup, Women
1 Marion Jones originally won this event in 10.90, but she was disqualified in 2007 after she admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002. 2 The United States originally finished second in 42.05, but were disqualified in 2007 after Marion Jones admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002. 3 The United States originally finished second in 3:24.67, but were disqualified in 2004 after Michelle Collins admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002.


2002 IAAF World Cup – Results
These are the results of the 2002 IAAF World Cup, which took place in Madrid, Spain on 21 and 22 September 2002.


2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 11th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on May 5, 2002 in the city of Brussels, Belgium. A total of 198 athletes, 123 men and 75 women, from 60 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race and for the women's race.


2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.


2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Race results, Men's
†: Mohammed Mourhit from  Belgium was initially 23rd(1:03:08), but tested positive for EPO.


2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation
The participation of 198 athletes (123 men/75 women) from 60 countries is reported.


2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The 2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 12 and 13 October 2002 in the streets of Turin, Italy. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.


2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 298 athletes (203 men/95 women) from 51 countries is reported.


2002 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2002 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa. China team won the overall titles after clinched the mixed team, boys' and girls' singles, and also the girls' and mixed doubles titles. The boys' doubles title goes to Korean pair.


2002 IBF World Junior Championships, Team competition
A total of 23 countries competed at the team competition.


2002 IBF World Junior Championships, Team competition, Final team ranking
1. China2. South Korea3. Indonesia4. Thailand5. Chinese Taipei6. Germany7. Malaysia8. England9. India10. Denmark11. Sweden12. Canada13. Netherlands14. Russia15. Bulgaria16. South Africa17. Hong Kong18. Nigeria19. Czech Republic20. Zambia21. Finland22. Australia23. Kenya


2002 ICC Americas Championship
The 2002 ICC Americas Championship was a cricket tournament in Argentina, taking place between 12 March and 16 March 2002. It gave six North and South American Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket.


2002 ICC Americas Championship, Teams
There were 6 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the Americas Cricket Association. The teams that played were:


2002 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was a cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka in 2002. It was the third edition of the ICC Champions Trophy – the first two having been known as the ICC Knock Out Tournaments. The tournament was due to be held in India, but was switched to Sri Lanka when an exemption from tax in India was not granted. Fifteen matches were to be played in the tournament including two semi-finals and a final match. All the matches were played in Colombo at two grounds: R. Premadasa Stadium and Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. It was the first time that the teams of all International Cricket Council (ICC) member nations visited Sri Lanka to participate in a cricket tournament.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy
Twelve teams competed: the 10 Test-playing nations plus Kenya who has full One Day International (ODI) status and the 2001 ICC Trophy winners the Netherlands. The teams were split into four pools of three teams each. Each team played the other two teams in its pool once, and the four teams that led in each pool proceeded to the Semi Finals. Australia lost to Sri Lanka in the first semi-final whereas India defeated South Africa in the second semi final. The Final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out twice, to leave no result. Virender Sehwag was the highest run-scorer of the tournament and Muttiah Muralitharan was the highest wicket-taker.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Prize money
The total prize money for the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was $100.15 million, and in addition, the 12 teams received $165,000 each for taking part in the tournament. The winning team of the tournament collected $525,000: $100,000 for winning both of its Pool matches, $125,000 for winning semi-final and $300,000 for winning the final.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Tournament structure
The 12 teams—10 Test playing nations (plus Kenya and Netherlands)—were divided into four pools of three teams each, with every team playing two matches. Australia, Bangladesh and New Zealand were placed in Pool 1 whereas England, India and Zimbabwe were allotted Pool 2. Kenya, South Africa and West Indies were put together in Pool 3, and Netherlands, Pakistan and Sri Lanka played each other in Pool 4. The semi finals were played between the winners of Pool 2 and the winners of Pool 3, and Pool 1 and Pool 4.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Points Table
Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka topped their respective Pools by winning their Pool matches, and qualified into the semi-finals. Australia faced Sri Lanka in the first semi-final while in the second semi-final India played South Africa.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Pool matches
The first match of the tournament was played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on 12 September 2002. Sri Lanka won the match by eight wickets with Sanath Jayasuriya scoring his thirteenth ODI century. He reached 8,000 runs in ODI during his innings. Sri Lanka reached into the semi-finals by winning their next match against the Netherlands by 202 runs. Australia, from the Pool 1, qualified for the semi-finals after defeating Bangladesh by nine wickets at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo. In their first Pool match, Australia had defeated New Zealand by 164 runs. They played Sri Lanka in the second semi-final of the tournament.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Pool matches
South Africa, who had defeated the West Indies in their opening match, made their place into the semi-finals from Pool 3 by winning over Kenya. They defeated Kenya by 176 runs with man of the match Herschelle Gibbs scoring 116 runs. The fourth semi-finalist of the tournament was India, who defeated Zimbabwe and England in the Pool matches. Virender Sehwag scored 126 runs against England. India faced South Africa in the first semi-final of the tournament.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Knockout matches, Semifinals
The first semi-final was played between India and South Africa on 25 September 2002 at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. India batted first and scored 261 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs. Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid scored 62, 59 and 49 runs respectively. South African fast bowler Shaun Pollock took three wickets for 43 runs. Chasing the target of 262, South Africa collapsed after reaching 192 runs for one wicket with Herschelle Gibbs scoring 116 and Jacques Kallis 97 runs in 37 overs. Gibbs could not continue his inning due to heat exhaustion. Sehwag got three wickets for 25 runs, and was given the man of the match award for his performance. India won the match by 10 runs and qualified for the final of the tournament.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Knockout matches, Semifinals
The second semi-final was played between Sri Lanka and Australia on 27 September 2002 at the same ground. Australia batted first and scored 162 runs all out. Tail-ender Shane Warne scored 36 runs followed by Adam Gilchrist and Damien Martyn scoring 31 and 28 runs respectively. Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took three wickets for 26 runs. Aravinda de Silva, who was awarded Man of the Match, conceded only 16 runs in 10 overs and took Matthew Hayden's wicket. Sri Lanka, in their innings, reached the target of 163 runs in 40 overs losing only three wickets. Opener Marvan Atapattu scored 51 runs followed by wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya scoring 48 and 42 runs respectively. Glenn McGrath took two wickets for 41 runs in 10 overs.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Knockout matches, Final
The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final was played on 29 and 30 September 2002 at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. On 29 September, Sri Lanka scored 244 runs including Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara scoring fifties, and Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took three wickets for 27 in 10 overs. In reply, India started their batting and scored 14 runs without any loss in two overs before the match was abandoned due to heavy rain; the match was finished in no result. It was decided that the new match would be played on the reserve day.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Knockout matches, Final
On the reserve day the Sri Lankans again batted first, scoring 222 runs including Mahela Jayawardene and Russel Arnold scoring 77 and 56 runs respectively, and Indian Zaheer Khan took three wickets for 44 runs. India scored 38 runs in 8.4 overs and the match was abandoned due to rain without result. According to ICC rules, an ODI match is only official after 25 overs bowled to the side batting second. A Man of the Series award was not made.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Criticism
The International Cricket Council's (ICC) rule for One Day International (ODI) cricket at that time, "a minimum of 25 overs have to be bowled to the side batting second to constitute a match", was criticized by former Indian cricketers. Former Indian wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer rejected the rule saying that it "doesn't make any sense". Another former Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said that the ICC "should look at that rule straight away and change it", and the "obvious thing is to continue from where they left off".


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Tournament statistics
Indian opener Virender Sehwag was the highest run-scorer of the tournament. He scored 271 runs from four innings at the average of over 90, including a century and a fifty. His highest score was 126 runs against England. Followed by Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 254 runs. Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa scored two centuries in the tournament. He also had the highest average of 120 from three innings. Zimbabwean Andy Flower's score of 145 against India was the highest individual score in a match.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Tournament statistics
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was the most successful bowler of the tournament. He took ten wickets in three innings, while his best bowling figures were four wickets for 15 runs against the Netherlands at the R. Premadasa Stadium. The only five-wicket haul of the tournament was taken by Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath. He took five wickets for 37 runs against New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Tournament statistics
Zimbabwean Alistair Campbell took five catches in two matches, and Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara had the most dismissals with seven—five catches and two stumpings.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final
The final of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was rained-out twice, on 29 and 30 September 2002 at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The final was scheduled to play between Sri Lanka cricket team and the India cricket team on 29 September 2002. Sri Lanka batted first and scored 244 runs for five wickets in 50 overs. Indian had played only two overs before the match was stopped by the rain.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final
On 30 September, the Sri Lankan again batted first and scored 222 runs for seven wickets. The match was abandoned as India reached 38 runs in 8.4 overs. Man of the Match and Man of the Series were not awarded, and both the team were declared as joint winners.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Background, First Semi-final
The first semi-final was played between India and South Africa on 25 September 2002. After winning the toss, India decided to bat first and score 261 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs. Sehwag scored 59 runs from 58 balls, including 10 fours; Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid scored 62 and 49 runs respectively. Shaun Pollock took three wickets for 43 runs in nine overs. Chasing the target of 262, South Africa collapsed after reaching 192 runs for one wicket with Herschelle Gibbs scoring 116 and Jacques Kallis 97 runs in 37 overs. Gibbs could not continue his inning due to heat exhaustion. Sehwag got three wickets for 25 runs in five overs. India won the match by 10 runs and qualified for the final of the tournament.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Background, Second Semi-final
The second semi-final was played between Sri Lanka and Australia on 27 September 2002. Australia won the toss, decided to bat first and score 162 runs in 48.4 overs. Shane Warne scored 36 runs followed by Adam Gilchrist and Damien Martyn scoring 31 and 28 runs respectively. Muttiah Muralitharan took three wickets for 26 runs in 9.4 overs. Aravinda de Silva, who was awarded Man of the Match, conceded just 16 runs in 10 overs and took Matthew Hayden's wicket. Sri Lanka, in the reply, reached the target in 40 overs losing only three wickets. Marvan Atapattu scored 51 runs followed by Kumar Sangakkara's 48 and Jayasuriya's 42 runs. Glenn McGrath took two wickets for 41 runs in 10 overs.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Final
The final of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was washed out twice, on 29 and 30 September 2002 at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The matches were scheduled to play between the Sri Lanka cricket team and the India cricket team, captained by Sanath Jayasuriya and Sourav Ganguly respectively. Both the teams shared the Trophy.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Final, 29 September
On 29 September, Sri Lanka batted first after Jayasuriya winning the toss and scored 244 runs. Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara scored fifties—74 and 54 runs respectively, and Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took three wickets for 27 in 10 overs. In reply, India started their batting and scored 14 runs without any loss in two overs before the match was abandoned due to heavy rain; the match was finished in no result. It was decided that the new match would be played on the reserve day.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Final, 30 September
On the reserve day—30 September—the Sri Lankans again batted first, scoring 222 runs for seven in 50 overs. Mahela Jayawardene and Russel Arnold scored fifties—77 and 56 runs respectively, and Indian left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan took three wickets for 44 runs in nine overs. India scored 38 runs in 8.4 overs and the match was abandoned due to rain without result.


2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Final, 30 September
In both matches, Man of the match and Man of the Series were not awarded. Both the teams, India and Sri Lanka, were declared joint winners sharing the trophy and a prize money of $300,000. West Indian Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd of England stood umpires of the matches. Daryl Harper  of Australia was the TV umpire and the Zimbabwean Russell Tiffin was the reserve umpire for the matches. Match referee for the finals was former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd.