2002 Texas Longhorns football team, Season summary, North Carolina
Mack Brown's first game back at North Carolina since taking the Texas job.


2002 Texas Rangers season
The Texas Rangers 2002 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.


2002 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 9–5 record (5–3 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in Southern Division of the Big 12, defeated Clemson in the 2002 Tangerine Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 537 to 439. The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.


2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
Quarterback Kliff Kingsbury totaled 5,017 passing yards and received the Sammy Baugh Trophy. Lawrence Flugence set the NCAA single-season record for most tackles.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election
The 2002 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry, who had ascended to the governorship after the resignation of George W. Bush to become President of the United States, was elected to his first full term in office, winning 58% of the vote to Democrat Tony Sanchez's 40%.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election
Perry carried 218 out of 254 counties, while Sanchez only carried 36. Exit polls showed Perry easily won among white voters with 72% while Sanchez won the African American vote with 85% and the Latino vote with 65%. His second inauguration for a first full four-year term began on January 21, 2003, on the Texas State Capitol South Grounds.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election
As of 2021, this is the last time the Republican candidate carried Dallas County.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Perry
Incumbent Rick Perry ascended to the governorship of Texas on December 21, 2000, following the resignation of then-Gov. George W. Bush, who had been elected President of the United States. Perry had been elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and previously elected Texas Commissioner of Agriculture in 1990 and 1994 including three terms in the Texas House of Representatives in 1984, 1986 and 1988. He successfully ran for a full four-year term in 2002.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Perry
Perry had an ongoing political feud with Democratic Speaker Pete Laney during the 2001 legislative session, and vetoed several pieces of legislation brought forward by several Democratic state lawmakers. However, rumors about fellow Republican U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison launching a primary challenge against Perry had been swirling for weeks, but Hutchison chose not to run for governor, choosing instead to serve as Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference to avoid a nasty primary battle that would have divided the Texas Republican Party in time for the general election of 2002.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Perry
Perry's campaign received the endorsement of former State Attorney General Dan Morales, who lost the Democratic primary nomination, and he also received endorsements from the Dallas Morning News, Abilene Reporter-News, Midland Reporter-Telegram, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, and the Galveston County Daily News. Public opinion polls from Zogby International, Survey USA, and Scripps-Howard showed Perry leading by double digits, and the Perry campaign was outspent by Sanchez by a margin of 12-to-1, with Perry spending $27 million to Sanchez's $76 million.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Sanchez
Laredo multimillionaire businessman Tony Sanchez, had served as a regent of the University of Texas at Austin, having been appointed to the University of Texas Board of Regents by then-Governor Bush in 1997, and he also served on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission from 1985 to 1991-having been appointed by then-Governor Mark Wells White in 1985.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Sanchez
Sanchez was best known for getting involved in successful battles such as: challenging the architectural plan for a new art museum and to consider a Hispanic candidate for President of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Sanchez started making waves on running for governor back in late 2000, when he was helped by Kelly Fero, who served as a consultant on Jim Mattox's unsuccessful campaign for governor in 1990 and John Sharp's 1998 unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor, and also had discussions with George Shipley, a longtime Democratic strategist and consultant.


2002 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Sanchez
In the Democratic primary, Sanchez easily defeated Morales by a landslide margin of 60 percent to 32 percent in the primary elections on March 12, 2002. However, the bitter primary campaign between Sanchez and Morales resulted in negative campaign attacks including Morales criticizing Sanchez for connections between a failed Sanchez-owned savings and loan and Mexican drug lords. Sanchez pummeled Morales by picking up the questions on the tobacco settlement and suggested the former Texas Attorney General was only running for office to protect himself from federal indictments. Sanchez managed to get the endorsements from the Austin Chronicle, Corpus Christi Caller Times, and the Waco Tribune Herald during the general election campaign.


2002 Thailand Masters
The 2002 Singha Thailand Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–10 March 2002 at the Merchant Court Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the last edition of the tournament as a ranking event.


2002 Thailand Masters
Mark Williams won in the final 9–4 against Stephen Lee. The defending champion, Ken Doherty, was defeated by Lee in the quarter-finals.


2002 Thailand National Games
The 33rd Thailand National Games (Thai:การแข่งขันกีฬาแห่งชาติ ครั้งที่ 33 “นครเชียงใหม่เกมส์”) also known (2002 National Games, Nakhon Chiang Mai Games) held in Chiang Mai, Thailand during 13 to 24 December 2002. Representing were 34 sports and 76 disciplines. This games held in 700th Anniversary Sports Complex.


2002 Thailand National Games, Mascot
The official mascot of the games is the lion named "Nam Chay".


2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts
The 2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 30 December 2001 through 5 January 2002.


2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, Finals, Doubles
Justine Henin /  Meghann Shaughnessy defeated  Åsa Svensson /  Miriam Oremans 6–1, 7–6(7–6)


2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
Giulia Casoni and Janette Husárová were the reigning champions, but did not compete this year.


2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
Justine Henin and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Åsa Carlsson and Miriam Oremans 6–1, 7–6(8–6) in the final. It was the 1st title for Henin and the 3rd title for Shaughnessy in their respective doubles careers.


2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Venus Williams 7–5, 6–2.


2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles
It was the 1st title in the season for Williams and the 22nd of her career.


2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2002 The 500
The 2002 The 500 presented by Toyota was the eighteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on November 3, 2002 at the California Speedway in Fontana, California, United States.


2002 The 500
The race was won by Jimmy Vasser, the final Champ Car victory for the 1996 season champion. The race was completed in 2 hours, 33 minutes, 42.9877 seconds, for an average speed of 195.185 MPH under the common 2.000 mile measuring standard used by NASCAR and INDYCAR. Because of CART's discrepancy in listing the track at 2.029 miles for a 507.25 mile race, they listed the average speed at 197.995 MPH. Regardless, it was the record for the fastest 500 mile race ever contested until it was broken at the 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500 (2:28:13).


2002 The 500
The 500 at Fontana was the final 500 mile race in Champ Car history. A 500-mile race scheduled at the same race track in 2003, the 2003 King Taco 500, was cancelled because of wildfires in Southern California. No further 500 mile races were scheduled by CART for the remainder of its history. Also, other than the famed Indianapolis 500, it was the last 500-mile open wheel race for ten years, when IndyCar Series held the 2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Fontana as the season finale.


2002 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 2002 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Ellis Johnson served as head coach for the second season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.


2002 The Winston
The 2002 edition of The Winston was held on May 18, 2002 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It featured the last multiple-segment Open where only segment winners advanced until 2015, and had a 27-car field, the largest in All-Star race history. Ryan Newman won the race and became the second driver since Michael Waltrip to win the event after coming out from the Open and the only driver from the second segment to win (then known as No Bull Sprint). Newman (Segment 2) and Jeremy Mayfield (Segment 1) advance to The Winston after winning the two segments of the Open races.


2002 The Winston
It was the first of two editions of the all-star event to feature eliminations. Temperatures hovered around the 66.5 °F (19.2 °C) mark throughout the event while winds were gusting in at up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h).


2002 The Winston, Summary, The Winston Open/No Bull 5 Sprint
Jeremy Mayfield won the pole for the event and won the race, thus advancing to The Winston. Jeff Green started the race on the pole but finished in 7th. Ryan Newman who almost made the race in 2001 until losing an engine with just two laps to go during the Open advanced with the win. This was the last Open with multiple segments where only the winners of each segment advanced until the 2015 edition.


2002 The Winston, Summary, Race recap
During the first segment of the race they ran the first 40 laps. On the 14th lap, Sterling Marlin, Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace and Bobby Hamilton were all caught up in a four car crash as the wreck happened in turn two.


2002 The Winston, Summary, Race recap
Jeff Burton had to make a mandatory pit stop and with the strategy of crew chief Frank Stoddard, he made the pit stop on the last lap and their stall was just near the start/finish line and finished 2nd. Jimmie Johnson won the first segment, while the 27-car field would be cut to 20 cars under the first of two eliminations in this format. In addition to the four eliminated in the Lap 14 crash, Mike Wallace, Steve Park and Ward Burton were eliminated on track.


2002 The Winston, Summary, Race recap
Ryan Newman was the last driver to transfer in segment two, but during that segment, he spun out Elliott Sadler and sent him towards the wall. After the accident, Sadler throw his helmet towards Newman's car, then later apologized to his sponsor about his behavior during an interview with Dick Berggren. Later, Jeff Burton also was withdrawn with a clutch problem in this segment.


2002 The Winston, Summary, Race recap
Johnson would win the second segment. The format called for elimination of ten cars at the end of this segment, leaving Jeremy Mayfield, Bobby, Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon and Michael Waltrip eliminated in segment two on the track.


2002 The Winston, Summary, Race recap
In the last segment, only ten cars were left and late in the segment, Kurt Busch spun out Robby Gordon, driving for RCR's #31 chevy. Robby Gordon would finish in 7th place, but was visibly furious with  Kurt who later admitted that he intentionally spun Gordon to make the race "more competitive." Busch was later fined $25,000 for his actions.


2002 The Winston, Summary, Race recap
The caution led to a final 5 lap shootout, and Ryan Newman held off a hard fought Dale Earnhardt Jr. and wins the Winston of 2002 and wins a total of $750,000 and the second driver (Michael Waltrip in 1996) to win The Winston after coming from the Opener and the only driver from the No Bull 5 Sprint.


2002 Thomas & Uber Cup
The 2002 Thomas & Uber Cup was held in Guangzhou, China from May 9 to May 19, 2002. It was the 22nd tournament of World Men's Team Badminton Championships of Thomas Cup and 19th tournament of World Women's Team Badminton Championships of Uber Cup.


2002 Thomas & Uber Cup
It is the only Thomas & Uber Cup that was played in a 7 points / 5 sets scoring system.


2002 Thomas & Uber Cup
Indonesia won the Thomas Cup for the fifth time in a row and China won the Uber Cup for the third time in a row.


2002 Thomas & Uber Cup, Host city selection
Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi and Tokyo were among the cities interested to host the events. However, after a long discussion with Chinese Badminton Association, Guangzhou was confirmed as host in January 2002.


2002 Thomas & Uber Cup, Teams
The following nations from 2 continents, shown by region, qualified for the 2002 Thomas & Uber Cup. Of the 11 nations, defending champions of Thomas Cup, Indonesia, and host nation as well as defending champion of Uber Cup, China and its Thomas Cup team qualified automatically and did not play the qualification round.


2002 Three Days of De Panne
The 2002 Three Days of De Panne was the 26th edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycle race and was held on 2 April to 4 April 2002. The race started in Mouscron and finished in De Panne. The race was won by Peter Van Petegem.


2002 Three Rivers District Council election
Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Thurrock Council election
The 2002 Thurrock Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Thurrock Council election
43 candidates stood in the election, with 16 of the 20 wards being contested. Both Conservative and Labour parties stood in all 16 seats, along with 7 Liberal Democrats, 3 Independents and 1 Green Party candidate.


2002 Tippeligaen
The 2002 Tippeligaen was the 58th completed season of top division football in Norway.


2002 Tippeligaen
Each team played 26 games with three points given for wins and one point for a draw. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the 1. divisjon (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.


2002 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 2002 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 112th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The championship began on 14 September 2002 and ended on 10 November 2002.


2002 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Toomevara were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Mullinahone at the semi-final stage.


2002 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
On 10 November 2002, Mullinahone won the title after a 2-10 to 1-11 defeat of Thurles Sarsfields in a final replay at Semple Stadium. It remains their only championship title.


2002 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Eoin Kelly, Pat Croke, Johnny Enright and Ger O'Grady were the championship's top scorers.


2002 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Format change
The number of participating teams increased from eight to sixteen as all participants in the four divisional semi-finals qualified. Divisional teams entered the county championship at different stages. In round one the eight beaten divisional semi-finalists played off to produce four teams. In round two these four teams played the defeated divisional finalists. The four winners played the four divisional winners in the quarter-finals, from which followed the semis and final.


2002 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Format change
Relegation was also introduced for the first time. Any team that didn't reach the semi-final stage in the respective divisional championships faced the prospect of relegation from senior to intermediate.


2002 Tipperary county hurling team season
In 2002 Tipperary competed in the National Hurling League and the Munster and All-Ireland championships. It was Nicky English's fourth year in charge of the team with Tommy Dunne also in his forth year as team captain. Finches continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA.


2002 Tipperary county hurling team season, Awards
Tipperary won two All Star Awards with Paul kelly winning his first and Eoin Kelly winning his second award. Eoin Kelly also won for the second year in a row the Young hurler of the year award


2002 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 2002 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 37th edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 14 March to 20 March 2002. The race started in Massa Lubrense and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Erik Dekker of the Rabobank team.


2002 Togolese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 27 October 2002. Like the previous elections in 1999, they were boycotted by nine opposition parties (known as the Coalition of Democratic Forces), following the  replacement of the Independent National Electoral Commission by a seven-magistrate committee and a revision of the Electoral Code. The result was a victory for the ruling Rally of the Togolese People, which won 72 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 67%.


2002 Toledo Rockets football team
The 2002 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in the West Division. The Rockets were led by head coach Tom Amstutz.


2002 Tonga Major League
The 2002 season of the Tonga Major League was the 24th season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. Lotohaʻapai United won the championship for the fifth time, the 5th in a record streak of 11 titles in the Tonga Major League.


2002 Tongan general election
General elections were held in Tonga on March 7, 2002 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. Supporters of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement (HDRM) won seven of the nine seats for people's representatives. Voter turnout was 48.9%.


2002 Tongan general election
Following the election, HRDM leader 'Akilisi Pohiva was arrested and charged with sedition over allegations of royal corruption published during the run-up to the election. He was later acquitted by a jury.


2002 Toppserien
The 2002 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 20 April 2002 and ended on 26 October 2002.


2002 Toppserien
18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were relegated, while the two top teams from the First Division were promoted.


2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open
The 2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 19th edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2002 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, from January 29 through February 3, 2002. First-seeded Martina Hingis won the singles title.


2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs  defeated  Els Callens /  Roberta Vinci, 6–1, 6–1


2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Els Callens and Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles
It was the 29th title for Raymond and the 33rd title for Stubbs in their respective careers. It was also the 2nd title for the pair during this season.


2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Martina Hingis won the title, defeating Monica Seles in the final 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3.


2002 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2002 Torneo Apertura (Chile)
The 2002 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado was the 71st Chilean League top flight tournament. The champion was Universidad Católica which won its eight league title.


2002 Torneo Clausura (Chile)
The 2002 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Copa Banco del Estado was the 72nd Chilean League top flight tournament.


2002 Torneo Clausura (Chile)
The champion was Colo-Colo which won its twenty fourth league title during its bankruptcy, so it was the first Chilean champion in this status.


2002 Torneo Descentralizado
The 2002 Torneo Descentralizado was the 86th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.


2002 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
The national championship was divided into two and half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a playoff, but a team had to finish in the top 4 in both tournaments to earn the right to play the final. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.


2002 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to each half-year tournament winner, and the best-placed team in the aggregate table. The two bottom teams on the aggregate table were relegated, but a playoff had to be played between the 10th- and 11th-placed teams since both obtained the same number of points (goal difference did not count as a tie-breaker).


2002 Torneo Descentralizado, Final playoff
No final playoff was played since the Apertura winner Universitario did not finish in the Clausura's top 4, while Sporting Cristal won the Clausura after placing third in the Apertura.


2002 Torneo di Viareggio
The 2002 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.


2002 Torneo di Viareggio, Format
The 40 teams are seeded in 10 pools, split up into 5-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and three best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. The Round of 16 envisions penalties and no extra time, while the rest of the final round matches include 30 minutes extra time with Golden goal rule and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds. Semifinal losing teams play 3rd-place final with penalties after regular time. The winning sides play the final with extra time, noGolden goal rule and repeat the match if the draw holds.


2002 Toronto Argonauts season
The 2002 Toronto Argonauts finished in 2nd place in the East Division of the 2002 CFL season with an 8–10 record. They won the East Semi-Final but lost the East Final.


2002 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, Preseason
The Argonauts were the home team for a neutral site pre-season game in London, Ontario which was played at TD Waterhouse Stadium.


2002 Toronto Blue Jays season
The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 26th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.


2002 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary
The Blue Jays started the 2002 season with slow progress in performance. Buck Martinez was fired about a third of the way through the season, with a 20–33 record. He was replaced by third base coach Carlos Tosca, an experienced minor league manager. They went 58–51 under Tosca to finish the season 78–84.


2002 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary
Roy Halladay, a talented but inconsistent prospect who was no more than a fifth starter who alternated between Toronto and Triple-A during his first three seasons, was relied on as the team's ace and rose to the challenge being the team's top pitcher, finishing the season with a 19–7 record and a 2.93 ERA. The hitters were led once again by Carlos Delgado. Ricciardi was credited for dumping Raúl Mondesí in mid-season to the New York Yankees to free up his salary, which in turn was used for the off-season signing of Mike Bordick, Frank Catalanotto and Tanyon Sturtze.


2002 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary
Promising young players were assigned to key roles, including starting third baseman Eric Hinske (who later won the Rookie of the Year Award for this year) and 23-year-old centre fielder Vernon Wells, who had his first 100 RBI season replacing Mondesi. Another bright young player was Josh Phelps, a former catcher turned designated hitter, who hit 15 home runs.


2002 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2002 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2002 Toronto International Film Festival
The 27th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom Egoyan's Ararat and closed with Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale.


2002 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada's Top Ten
TIFF named its annual Canada's Top Ten list in early 2003.


2002 Toronto Phantoms season
The 2002 Toronto Phantoms season is the 6th season for the franchise, their second season in Toronto. The Phantoms finished the regular season with a 5–9 record, and missed the playoffs.


2002 Toronto Rock season
The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2002 season was the 5th in franchise history and 4th as the Rock.


2002 Toronto Rock season
The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the fourth straight year. The Rock beat the Washington Power in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game against the Albany Attack. Their victory in this game gave the Rock three out of the last four championships.


2002 Toronto Rock season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2002 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2002 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2002 Torrevieja bombing
On August 9, 2002, the Basque separatist organization, ETA, placed an explosive in the toilets of a hamburger restaurant, located a few meters from a tourist office, the Alicante town of Torrevieja. No one died or was injured, although it caused serious material damage.


2002 Torrevieja bombing
ETA claimed responsibility for the attack through a call to the Basque newspaper Gara, which also said it had placed a bomb on the beach in Santa Pola, which was found days later in palm trees.


2002 Tour Down Under
The 2002 Tour Down Under was the fourth edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 15 to 20 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. This edition was won by Michael Rogers, who rode for Team AIS.


2002 Tour Down Under, Route
The route of the 2002 Tour Down Under is centred around the city of Adelaide in South Australia. There were six mass-start road stages and no time trials.


2002 Tour de France
The 2002 Tour de France was a multiple-stage bicycle race held from 6 to 28 July, and the 89th edition of the Tour de France. The event started in Luxembourg and ended in Paris. The Tour circled France counter-clockwise, visiting the Pyrenees before the Alps. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005; the Union Cycliste Internationale has confirmed this verdict.


2002 Tour de France
The favourite was Armstrong, at the time, winner in 1999, 2000 and 2001. The main opposition would probably come from the ONCE team with Joseba Beloki (3rd last year), Igor González de Galdeano (5th last year) and Marcos Serrano (9th last year), and from the Kelme riders Óscar Sevilla (7th last year, 2nd in last year's Vuelta a España) and Santiago Botero (8th last year).


2002 Tour de France
Other riders to keep in account for a high place in the final rankings were Tyler Hamilton (2nd Giro 2002), Levi Leipheimer (3rd Vuelta 2001), Christophe Moreau (4th Tour 2000) and Armstrong's teammate Roberto Heras (4th Vuelta 2001). Important riders who were not present were Jan Ullrich (2nd last year, injury) and Gilberto Simoni (winner 2001 Giro).


2002 Tour de France, Teams
Teams qualified for the 2002 Tour de France by various methods. U.S. Postal Service was selected because it included the winner of the previous edition, Lance Armstrong. Rabobank was selected because it included the winner of the 2001 UCI Road World Cup, Erik Dekker. Alessio, Kelme–Costa Blanca and iBanesto.com were selected because they won the team classifications in respectively the 2001 Giro d'Italia, 2001 Tour de France and 2001 Vuelta a España. A further seven teams qualified based on the UCI ranking in the highest UCI division at the end of 2001, after compensating for transfers.


2002 Tour de France, Teams
Five more teams were given wildcards by the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation. After the wildcards were given, it was announced that Saeco's main rider Gilberto Simoni had tested positive for cocaine on two occasions. In response, the wildcard for Saeco was withdrawn and given to Jean Delatour. In total, 21 teams participated, each with 9 cyclists, for a total of 189 cyclists.


2002 Tour de France, Route and stages
In the first week, the stages were mostly flat in the North of France. The last two weeks had mountain stages in the Pyrenees and Alps. The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,642 m (8,668 ft) at the summit of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 16.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
The Prologue was won by Lance Armstrong with Laurent Jalabert and Raimondas Rumsas coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Armstrong and his incredibly dominant US Postal team were not concerned with defending the Yellow Jersey in the early flat stages and it changed hands a few times. First it went to Rubens Bertogliati who wore it during Stage 2 and Stage 3, where Robbie McEwen defeated Erik Zabel in the sprint gaining enough time for the latter to wear the Maillot Jaune in Stage 4, which was a Team Time Trial.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Team ONCE-Eroski won the TTT and their rider Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano took over the overall lead. At this point in the Tour all of the Top 10 overall riders were either members of team ONCE or US Postal Cycling Team, but with two more ITT's and the Mountain stages to come this meant nothing as far as the overall standings, although it did make clear the fact that these two teams were in command within the Peloton.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
The ensuing flat stages were won by Jaan Kirsipuu, Erik Zabel, Bradley McGee and Karsten Kroon and by the end of Stage 8 places 1-7 were all riders for ONCE with Gonzalez leading his teammate Joseba Beloki by :04 for the overall lead as the next riders from other teams were Armstrong in 8th and Tyler Hamilton of team CSC in 9th.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 9 was an Individual Time Trial won by Santiago Botero and perhaps surprisingly seven riders finished within one minute of the stage winner when it was assumed by pundits that very few riders would keep Armstrong (who finished 2nd) that close and nobody would beat him. Following the ITT Gonzalez was still in Yellow leading the GC with Armstrong in 2nd overall, Beloki in 3rd and because of their strong performances in the ITT Serhiy Gonchar and Botero moved into 4th and 5th place in the General Classification.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 10 was a hilly stage with a sprint finish won by Patrice Halgand of team Jean Latour. In places 2-11 were Jerome Pineau of team Bonjour, Stuart O’Grady of Credit Agricole, Ludo Dierckxsens of Lampre, Pedro Horrillo of Mapei, Andy Flickinger of AG2R, Nicolas Vogondy of FDJ, Nico Mattan of Cofidis, Constantino Zaballa of Kelme, Enrico Cassani of Domo and Unai Extebarria of Euskadel.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Spanish team ONCE with Beloki, Gonzalez and Abraham Olano, and American team US Postal with Armstrong, a young Floyd Landis, Viatcheslav Ekimov and the dominant Spanish rider Roberto Heras, a former Vuelta a Espana champion, would have the battle for the 2002 Tour de France in the mountains.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
In Stage 11 Laurent Jalabert lead the stage from kilometer 6 all the way until kilometer 155 when Armstrong caught and dropped him 3 km from the finish. US Postal controlled the pace of the Peloton for most of the race. Heras lead the way setting such a high pace that most of Armstrong's rivals were dropped before Armstrong even had to put in any work of his own, but when Armstrong finally did attack only his own teammate Heras and Beloki could stay with him, but before long Armstrong was on his own headed for the Yellow Jersey.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
In Stage 12 Jalabert attacked early again with Isidro Nozal and Laurent Dufaux going with him. About halfway through the stage the chase-1 group was about 3:00 behind with Richard Virenque, Eddy Mazzoleni and Alexandre Botcharov while once again US Postal with George Hincapie at the front dictated the pursuit of the main field/peloton just over 4:00 behind Jalabert, who was once again caught less than 10 km from the finish after leading the race for most of the day.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Once again Heras fractured the group of the final ten elite riders left with only Armstrong and Beloki able to match his pace and once again when Armstrong launched his attack neither Heras or Beloki could go with him as they finished 2nd and 3rd to him 1:04 behind. Botero and Gonzalez were able to get within seven seconds of Heras and Beloki while Rumsas and Carlos Sastre finished about a minute and a half behind Armstrong.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 13 was an intermediate stage and in the Green Jersey sprinters competition Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen were only separated by one point. Laurent Jalabert's relentless attacks and combative riding was paying off as not only was he in the Polka Dot Jersey as King of the Mountains but he had also moved into a top 10 position in the overall standings. The stage was won by David Millar as the GC situation remained the same.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Armstrong would only build on his lead as the race progressed and by the time the Tour crossed Mont Ventoux, the Alps and arrived in Paris Beloki was still 2nd more than 7:00 behind as Rumsas completed the podium with Colombian rider Botero in 4th and Gonzalez in 5th. White Jersey winner Ivan Basso would finish 11th overall and would become one of the only serious challengers to Lance Armstrong in the coming Tours.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview
Following the USADA decision ten years later, which was confirmed by the UCI, Armstrong had this, and every result after 1998 vacated. It was also decided it was best for the sport and as an example to riders of future generations that the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place riders would not be moved up to 1st, 2nd and 3rd.


2002 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping
Subsequent to Armstrong's statement to withdraw his fight against United States Anti- Doping Agency's (USADA) charges, on 24 August 2012, the USADA said it would ban Armstrong for life and stripped him of his record seven Tour de France titles. Later that day it was confirmed in a USADA statement that Armstrong was banned for life and would be disqualified from any and all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to 1 August 1998, including forfeiture of any medals, titles, winnings, finishes, points and prizes. On 22 October 2012, the Union Cycliste Internationale endorsed the USADA sanctions, and decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events.


2002 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were several classifications in the 2002 Tour de France. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.


2002 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.


2002 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either hors catégorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.


2002 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
The fourth individual classification was the young rider classification, which was marked by the white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders under 26 years were eligible.


2002 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time.


2002 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass-start stage to the cyclist considered most combative, who wore a red number bib the next stage. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification. Laurent Jalabert won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.


2002 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were also two special awards each with a prize of €3000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 16, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col d'Aubisque on stage 11. Santiago Botero won the Henri Desgrange and Laurent Jalabert won the Jacques Goddet.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10
The 2002 Tour de France was the 89th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Luxembourg City with a prologue individual time trial on 6 July and Stage 10 occurred on 17 July with a flat stage to Pau. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 28 July.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
6 July 2002 — Luxembourg, 7 km (4.3 mi) (individual time trial)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
As usual, the Tour started with a prologue, a short individual time trial, this time one of 7 km in Luxembourg. Armstrong won, which was not a surprise, since he is known as a very good time trialist. What was a surprise, was the second place of Frenchman Laurent Jalabert. Of the favourites, Moreau had a disappointing race, ending only 40th, 24 seconds behind Armstrong.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
Note: Laurent Jalabert got to wear the green jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
7 July 2002 — Luxembourg to Luxembourg, 192.5 km (119.6 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
German sprinter Erik Zabel had his birthday today. He had good hopes of winning both the stage and the yellow jersey: He was 25 seconds behind Armstrong in the general classification, but winning the first intermediate sprint gained him 6 seconds, and winning the stage would have gained an extra 20 seconds bonus. If Zabel would not succeed, Jalabert would have had his chance: A third place in the first bonus sprint gained him 2 seconds, just enough to take the yellow.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
However, either man could easily lose the yellow if an attacker would end before the peloton. Stéphane Berges, Christophe Mengin and Ludo Dierckxsens gave it a try, and had a maximum lead of 4'10". However, the peloton caught them back, and on a short but difficult climb another group with important riders like Armstrong and Botero got away. They were caught back as well, but Moreau lost contact with the peloton during the chase.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
After yet another attack, the peloton came in full to the finish, Zabel's Telekom team preparing what they hoped would be a win for their leader. However, 1 km before the finish the unknown Swiss rider Rubens Bertogliati attacked, and surprisingly was able to hold out until the finish. Zabel won the spurt of the peloton, but Bertogliati gained both the stage and the yellow jersey. Moreau's poor start continued, he crashed twice and lost 3'20", and his chances seem over.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
Note: David Millar got to wear the white jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
8 July 2002 — Luxembourg to Saarbrücken, 181 km (112.5 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
Note: David Millar got to wear the white jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
9 July 2002 — Metz to Reims, 174.5 km (108.4 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
Jacky Durand, always known for his attacking style, often riding ahead of the peloton for a large part of the stage, did it again this time. He attacked after 3 km, and got Franck Rénier with him. In the peloton, the third places in the bonus sprints (gaining 2 seconds) were fought. Ján Svorada took the first one before Zabel, protecting the interests of his teammate Bertogliati, but Zabel won the second and third, thus passing Bertogliati in the general classification.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
The lead of Durand and Rénier grew to a maximum of 11'10", but combined work by the Telekom (Zabel) and Lotto (McEwen) teams finally led to the two being nevertheless caught back. Hushovd tried to win 'Bertogliati-style', but also failed, and Robbie McEwen showed himself the strongest in the sprint. Zabel was second, but nevertheless very happy, since he took over the yellow jersey. Bertogliati, happy to have worn it for three days, is still not without honour: He now carries the white jersey of the best young rider.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
Note: Robbie McEwen got to wear the green jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
10 July 2002 — Épernay to Château Thierry, 67.5 km (41.9 mi) (team time trial)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
The team time trial had been removed from the Tour some years earlier, but in 2001 it had been re-instated. This year's team time trial looked like it was going to be won by CSC Tiscali (Jalabert) in a close fight with ONCE (Beloki, González de Galdeano), with US Postal (Armstrong) not far behind. However, the CSC Tiscali team had to wait when Sandstød had a puncture, and because of that fell to third place.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
In the general classification the result brought a large change, the first 14 places now being taken by ONCE and US Postal riders, with Igor González de Galdeano in the yellow. Several of the main riders from the other teams already are over 2 minutes behind González de Galdeano, Beloki and Armstrong.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
11 July 2002 — Soissons to Rouen, 195 km (121.2 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
Several attacks were made in the early part of the race, but none of these lasted very long until Jaan Kirsipuu, Christophe Edaleine, Stefano Casagranda, Michael Sandstød and Ludo Dierckxsens escaped 85 km from the finish. The ONCE team of yellow jersey González de Galdeano led the peloton, but did not make attempts to catch the five back, since they were enough behind in the general classification (over 4 minutes) not to threaten González de Galdeano. This changed when the teams of the sprinters (with the notable exception of Zabel's Telekom team) took over the lead.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
However, they came too late, and the five got to sprint for the stage win. Kirsipuu showed that he was by far the best sprinter among them, and took the stage. Another sprinter, Belgian's Tom Steels was less lucky and was the first to abandon this year, Marco Pinotti also abandoned on this stage. McEwen won the sprint for sixth place, but Zabel's ninth place gave him just enough points to keep the green jersey.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
12 July 2002 — Forges-les-Eaux to Alençon, 199.5 km (124.0 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
Many attacks came in the first part of the stage, with Karsten Kroon being found among the attackers several times, but none could stay away for long until Steffen Wesemann, Jacky Durand, Paul Van Hyfte, Emmanuel Magnien, Massimo Apollonio and Constantino Zaballa made the attack. However, they too were caught back about 10 km before the finish, and the Tour saw another mass spurt. This time Erik Zabel, whose Team Telekom did not need to ride behind the escapers since Wesemann is also from his team, won the spurt, before Freire and McEwen. The three are clearly the best sprinters in this year's tour. Alexander Shefer and Rik Verbrugghe gave up today.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
13 July 2002 — Bagnoles-de-l'Orne to Avranches, 176 km (109.4 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
As in the previous stages, many attacks were made in the beginning, and one group finally managed to stay ahead - this time Franck Rénier, Léon van Bon and Antony Morin were the ones to try. However, the teams of the sprinters caught them back again. 1 km before the finish, Pedro Horrillo tried to win the race by a late escape. However, Bradley McGee showed his capacities in uphill sprinting, and overtook Horillo during the final sprint. Horillo, in the end, got third place for his attempt. The last few kilometres were hectic, with several crashes.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
Among the casualties were Moreau and Freire, finishing far behind, but also Armstrong. With the help of the rest of the US Postal team he diminished his loss, but at the finish he was still 27 seconds behind, dropping him from third to eighth place in the GC, the first 7 places all being taken by ONCE riders. Interesting detail for this stage is that all 4 participating Australians finished in the top-8. Didier Rous did not finish the stage.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
14 July 2002 — Saint-Martin-de-Landelles to Plouay, 217.5 km (135.1 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
A group of seven escaped this time, consisting of Franck Rénier, Sébastien Hinault, Stéphane Augé, Erik Dekker, Karsten Kroon, Servais Knaven and Raivis Belohvoščiks. This time the work of the teams from ONCE (González de Galdeano and Beloki) and AG2R (Kirsipuu) was not enough to catch them back, and the seven were to decide who would win the stage. Dekker made several breakaway attempts, then had to drop back, but managed to return. Belohvoščiks seemed to have the best form of the seven, but his attacks were also countered.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
In the spurt, Kroon won, partly through excellent help from his teammate Dekker. Although it is known that on July 14; Quatorze Juillet) the French riders always do a bit extra to try to win the stage, today it was the Netherlands that scored the first three places. Robbie McEwen won two points on Zabel in the first sprint, and one more at the finish, but it was not enough to take over the green jersey. Óscar Freire and Aart Vierhouten did not start today's stage.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
15 July 2002 — Lanester to Lorient, 52 km (32.3 mi) (individual time trial)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
As expected, the time trial did a lot to upset the general classification. Hungarian specialist László Bodrogi set an early time that lasted quite long, until Santiago Botero topped it. In the end, Botero's time was not beaten by anyone, Armstrong coming closest, 11 seconds behind. González de Galdeano lost only 8 seconds to Armstrong, and is now 26 seconds ahead in the GC - note that Armstrong lost 27 seconds in stage 7; he would have worn the yellow with 1 second difference otherwise. Riders like Honchar and Beloki also did not lose much time, so Armstrong might well have a harder fight ahead than the previous years.


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
17 July 2002 — Bazas to Pau, 147 km (91.3 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
The last stage before the mountains showed the usual pattern: Many attacks in the early part of the stage, then a group that managed to get away. This time the group was relatively large, consisting of 10 riders. Patrice Halgand apparently was of the opinion that this was too many, and attacked on the final climb with 21 km to go. Only Stuart O'Grady, Ludo Dierckxsens and Jérôme Pineau were able to follow. With 8 km to go, he attacked a second time, and rode alone to the finish for a well-deserved victory. O'Grady, the best sprinter in the group, even missed second place as Pineau managed to escape shortly before the finish. On a sad note, a French boy died after having been hit by a car in the caravan preceding and following the Tour.


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20
The 2002 Tour de France was the 89th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Luxembourg City with a prologue individual time trial on 6 July and Stage 11 occurred on 18 July with a flat stage from Pau. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 28 July.


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11
18 July 2002 — Pau to La Mongie (Col du Tourmalet), 158 km (98.2 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12
19 July 2002 — Lannemezan to Plateau-de-Beille, 199.5 km (124.0 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13
20 July 2002 — Lavelanet to Béziers, 171 km (106.3 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14
21 July 2002 — Lodève to Mont Ventoux, 221 km (137.3 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15
23 July 2002 — Vaison-la-Romaine to Les Deux Alpes, 226.5 km (140.7 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16
24 July 2002 — Les Deux Alpes to La Plagne, 179.5 km (111.5 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17
25 July 2002 — Aime to Cluses, 142 km (88.2 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18
26 July 2002 — Cluses to Bourg-en-Bresse, 176.5 km (109.7 mi)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19
27 July 2002 — Régnié-Durette to Mâcon, 50 km (31.1 mi) (individual time trial)


2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20
28 July 2002 — Melun to Paris Champs-Élysées, 144 km (89.5 mi)


2002 Tour de Hongrie
The 2002 Tour de Hongrie was the 29th edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 6 to 11 August 2002. The race started in Nagykanizsa and finished in Budapest. The race was won by Zoltán Vanik.


2002 Tour de Langkawi
The 2002 Tour de Langkawi was the 7th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 1 February in Putrajaya and ended on 10 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.3 category race.


2002 Tour de Langkawi
Hernán Darío Muñoz of Colombia won the race. Robert Hunter of South Africa won the point classification and Ruber Marín of Colombia won the mountains classification. Mapei–Quick-Step won the team classification.


2002 Tour de Langkawi, Stages
The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,312.6 kilometres.


2002 Tour de Langkawi, List of teams and riders
A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 2002 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 151 riders, a total of 128 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.


2002 Tour de Pologne
The 2002 Tour de Pologne was the 59th edition of the Tour de Pologne cycle race and was held from 9 September to 15 September 2002. The race started in Gdańsk and finished in Karpacz on a route identical to that of the previous edition. The race was won by former world champion Laurent Brochard.


2002 Tour de Romandie
The 2002 Tour de Romandie was the 56th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 30 April to 5 May 2002. The race started in Geneva and finished in Lausanne. The race was won by Dario Frigo of the Tacconi Sport team.


2002 Tour de Suisse
The 2002 Tour de Suisse was the 66th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 18 June to 27 June 2002. The race started in Lucerne and finished in Biel. The race was won by Alex Zülle of the Coast team.


2002 Tour de Suisse, Teams
Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2002 Tour de la Région Wallonne
The 2002 Tour de la Région Wallonne was the 29th edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 29 July to 2 August 2002. The race started in Chaudfontaine and finished in Flobecq. The race was won by Paolo Bettini.


2002 Tour du Haut Var
The 2002 Tour du Haut Var was the 34th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 23 February 2002. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert.


2002 Tour of Flanders
The 86th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 7 April 2002. It was the second leg of the 2002 UCI Road World Cup. Italian Andrea Tafi won the monument classic ahead of Johan Museeuw and Peter Van Petegem. The race started in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).


2002 Tour of Flanders, Race summary
Erwin Thijs was in the front for almost 200 km. After the Koppenberg, 55 km from the finish, eight riders broke away. Five of them, Johan Museeuw, George Hincapie, Peter Van Petegem, Andrea Tafi and Daniele Nardello, stayed ahead after Museeuw attacked on the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Museeuw and Van Petegem tried to break clear, but they thwarted each other's attempts. When Andrea Tafi attacked, 4 km before the finish, the rest hesitated and the Italian pushed on until the finish. Museeuw beat Van Petegem in the sprint for second place. Mario Cipollini won the sprint for ninth ahead of Erik Zabel at 2' 27". French newspaper L'Équipe called the race's finale "the most beautiful breakaway of the year".


2002 Tour of Flanders, Climbs
The edition saw the re-introduction of the Koppenberg, 15 years after its previous appearance in 1987. In total, there were 16 categorized climbs:


2002 Tour of the Basque Country
The 2002 Tour of the Basque Country was the 42nd edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 8 April to 12 April 2002. The race started in Zalla and finished in Elgoibar. The race was won by Aitor Osa of the iBanesto.com team.


2002 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 1. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.


2002 Towson Tigers football team
The 2002 Towson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Towson University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Towson finished fifth in the Patriot League.


2002 Towson Tigers football team
In their 11th year under head coach Gordy Combs, the Tigers compiled a 6–5 record.


2002 Towson Tigers football team
The Tigers outscored opponents 315 to 255. Their 3–4 conference record placed fifth out of eight in the Patriot League standings.


2002 Towson Tigers football team
In August 2002, as the Tigers prepared for their Patriot League football season, the university announced that it would play just two more Patriot seasons before joining the Atlantic 10 Conference for football in 2004. The new conference would give Towson a higher level of competition, more similarly-sized rivals, and the opportunity to award athletic scholarships. By joining the A-10, Towson would also gain football matchups with Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison and William & Mary, all A-10 football members that competed with Towson in other sports in their primary conference, the Colonial Athletic Association. Towson remained a Patriot League football member for 2002 and 2003.


2002 Towson Tigers football team
Between the 2001 and 2002 seasons, Towson renovated and expanded its longtime home field, Minnegan Stadium, and renamed it Towson University Stadium. Towson played its home games at this facility on the university campus in Towson, Maryland.


2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
The 2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 4, 2002, on the streets of Long Beach, California. Michael Andretti won the race, his 42nd and final victory of his career as a driver in CART and IndyCar.


2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Qualifying results
Qualifying times in Italics show that that is the quickest time of that qualifying session.


2002 Toyota Princess Cup
The 2002 Toyota Princess Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan. It was part of Tier II of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the sixth and last edition of the tournament and was held from 16 September through 22 September 2002. First-seeded Serena Williams won the singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.


2002 Toyota Princess Cup, Finals, Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated  Petra Mandula /  Patricia Wartusch, 6–2, 6–4


2002 Toyota Princess Cup – Doubles
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but Huber did not compete this year. Black teamed up with Elena Likhovtseva and lost in semifinals to tournament winners Svetlana Kuznetsova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


2002 Toyota Princess Cup – Doubles
Kuznetsova and Sánchez Vicario defeated Petra Mandula and Patricia Wartusch 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2002 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles
Jelena Dokic was the defending champion, but lost in semifinals to Kim Clijsters.


2002 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles
Serena Williams won the title by defeating Kim Clijsters 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2002 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2002 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 52.3%.


2002 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2002 Trans-Am Series
The 2002 Trans-Am Series was the 37th season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series.


2002 Tri Nations Series
The 2002 Tri Nations Series was contested from 13 July to 17 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the tournament.


2002 Tri Nations Series
South Africa won their first Mandela Challenge Plate in a one-off home test against Australia. Australia made it 5 wins in a row in the Bledisloe Cup, having taken it from New Zealand in 1998.


2002 Tri Nations Series, Results
1 McHugh had to be replaced in the 43rd minute after a drunk South African fan, Pieter van Zyl, ran onto the pitch and tackled him, leaving McHugh with a dislocated shoulder and having to be carried off on a stretcher. He was replaced by Chris White.


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election
Early general elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 October 2002, after People's National Movement leader Patrick Manning had failed to secure a majority in the hung parliament produced by the 2001 elections. This time the PNM was able to secure a majority, winning 20 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 69.6%.


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Background
From 1995–2000, the two major political parties in Trinidad and Tobago, the United National Congress and the People's National Movement competed for political power. Both parties had the same number of representatives in Parliament, however a coalition formed between the UNC and the two-seat National Alliance for Reconstruction allowed the UNC majority status. The 2000 general elections further solidified the UNC's presence in government, as they won a majority of seats. In 2001, early general elections were triggered by a sudden defection of four Representatives from the UNC.


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Background
In the subsequent elections both the UNC and the PNM won 18 seats in the House of Representatives. With a second lack of majority, both UNC leader Basdeo Panday and PNM leader Patrick Manning agreed to respect the decision of President A. N. R. Robinson, who both parties asked to select a new Prime Minister. Despite the UNC having received 49.9% of the vote to the PNM's 46.5%, Robinson, commending his "moral and spiritual values", selected Manning as Prime Minister. However, without a majority of House of Representative Seats, and faced with a hung parliament, Manning was forced to call for new elections the following year.


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Campaign
The lack of political stability in the Trinidad and Tobago government led to a tense election climate. Accusations of ballot box tampering were levied against PNM campaign managers and other political agents. In April 2002 reports indicated that Franklyn Khan, the Minister of Works and Transport and PNM party chairman, along with Eric Williams, the Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, received bribes from a local PNM councilman. Although the reports have not been validated, Khan resigned from his cabinet post in May of the following year.


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Campaign
However, the PNM was not the only political party to face controversy during the nine months between elections. With political control only guaranteed for a short while, the newly established PNM government quickly used political resources to sway the public and taint the reputation of the UNC. Under directives from Manning, several Commissions of Inquiry were established to investigate allegations of UNC corporate and political corruption, bribery, and voter padding. The main focus of PNM investigations was the development of the Piarco Airport.


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Campaign
Manning tasked his Commissions to inquire after the nature of contract acquisition and development of the airport, as well as allegations of corruption and fraud by several high-ranking members of the UNC. While the investigations did lead to several instances of corruption and bribery, the Commissions better served the PNM by "severely tarnishing the image of the UNC".


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Campaign
Capitalizing on theatrical and public investigations into UNC misdeeds, and emphasizing a dynamic effort to increase transparency and end corruption, the PNM were able to frame themselves as the party "you can trust" and handily carried the October elections.


2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Aftermath
The reaction of the government to the process of the 2002 election was irresolute. Historically, elections inflamed otherwise tranquil race relations within Trinidad and Tobago. Immediate reactions to the stymied election were disparate investigations of voter fraud across municipalities. Manning increased the number of parliamentary seats from 36 to 41 in order to prevent any future ties, and also appointed his wife as minister of Education.


2002 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2002 Tro-Bro Léon was the 19th edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 2 June 2002. The race was won by Baden Cooke.


2002 Trophée Lalique
The 2002 Trophée Lalique was the fourth event of six in the 2002–03 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy in Paris on November 14–17. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2002–03 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.


2002 Trophée Lalique
The competition was named after the Lalique company, which was its chief sponsor at the time.


2002 Trophée des Champions
The 2002 Trophée des Champions was a football match held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Cannes on 27 July 2002, that saw 2001–02 Division 1 champions Olympique Lyonnais defeat 2002 Coupe de France winners FC Lorient 5–1.


2002 Troy State Trojans football team
The 2002 Troy State Trojans football team represented Troy State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Trojans played their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The 2002 season was Troy State's first season as a full member of Division I-A.


2002 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 2002 Tulane Green Wave football team represented the Tulane University in the 2002 college football season. Led by J. P. Losman, the Green Wave won the Hawaii Bowl for the first time in the school's history.


2002 Tulane Green Wave football team, Team players in the NFL
No Tulane Green Wave players were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft.


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


2002 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 2002 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Keith Burns, who resigned at the conclusion of the regular season. They played home games at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.


2002 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
The 2002 Tunbridge Wells Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, Results
The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority, while the Labour group leader lost his seat.


2002 Tunisian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Tunisia on 26 May 2002. The amendments to the constitution would abolish the three-term limit for incumbent presidents and raise the age limit of a sitting president from 70 to 75. A second parliamentary chamber (Chamber of Advisors) was introduced.


2002 Tunisian constitutional referendum
The changes were reportedly approved by 99.52% of voters, with a 95.59% voter turnout, but the results were denounced by the opposition as a masquerade.


2002 Turkish Cup Final
The 2002 Turkish Cup Final was a football match played on 3 April 2002 at the Bursa Atatürk Stadium in Bursa. It was the final and deciding match of the 2001–02 Turkish Cup.


2002 Turkish general election
The 15th Turkish general election was held on 3 November 2002 following the collapse of the DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition led by Bülent Ecevit. It was the 15th general election to be held in Turkey. All 550 members of the Grand National Assembly were up for election.


2002 Turkish general election
The election was held during an ongoing economic crisis which followed the 2001 financial crash, which resulted in a deep resentment of coalition governments which had governed the country since the 1980 military coup. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Republican People's Party (CHP) had massive gains, transitioning from the multi-party parliament under a DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition government elected in 1999 to a two-party system ruled by the AKP and CHP, with no other parties winning any seats in parliament, only nine independents being elected, and the AKP and CHP combined winning 98.36% seats of parliament.


2002 Turkish general election
The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which had only been formed in August 2001 by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won the election with nearly two-thirds of the seats. The protest vote was such that every sitting party previously represented in parliament was ejected, with the AKP winning 363 seats with just 34.3% of the vote. The only other party which passed the 10% threshold to gain representation was the Republican People's Party, which came second with 19.38% of the vote and 178 seats. The election produced Turkey's first single party government since 1987 and the country's first two-party parliament since 1961.


2002 Turkish general election
The moderate Islamism advocated by the AKP was at odds with the secular establishment of the Republic of Turkey. While serving as the Mayor of Istanbul, Erdoğan was sentenced to a 10 month prison term in 1998 for reciting a poem in Siirt for which he was accused of inciting racial intolerance. This barred him from initially seeking a seat in parliament, meaning that the AKP's co-founder Abdullah Gül became Prime Minister following their election victory.


2002 Turkish general election
With the help of the CHP, the government overturned Erdoğan's political ban in 2003, after which he was able to seek a seat in a controversial by-election in the Province of Siirt. Erdoğan became Prime Minister in March 2003, with Abdullah Gül concurrently assuming the role of Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.


2002 Turkish general election, Results
Voting ended in the country's 32 eastern provinces at 3pm, having begun an hour earlier in morning, and in the remaining 49 provinces at 4pm. Counting began immediately afterwards.


2002 Turkish general election, Results
A press black-out was placed on all results by the electoral authority so that it could ensure all ballot boxes were secure, but even when it became clear that every box in the country had been sealed, the authority refused to sway from its original deadline of 9pm. With early results being already announced by foreign media outlets, Turkish television switched to a live shot of the Electoral Authority headquarters until an announcement was made at 7.30pm revoking the black-out.


2002 Turkish general election, Results, Total votes and seats for each party
* The Democratic People's Party's result is compared to the People's Democracy Party's result from the 1999 general election^ The Felicity Party's result is compared to the Virtue Party's result from the 1999 general election


2002 Turkish general election, Effects, New government
Although the AKP's victory was indisputable, Erdoğan's appointment as prime minister was delayed owing to his previous criminal conviction, which prevented him from standing for parliament. Another prominent party member, Abdullah Gül, became prime minister (Cabinet Gül) and remained in the position until a constitutional amendment could be pushed through to allow Erdoğan to stand for a freshly vacant seat in a March 2003 by-election. The AKP taking power may have contributed to the Turkish economic boom of the 2000s, though it is unlikely.


2002 Turkish general election, Effects, Party resignations
The result prompted the near-immediate resignations of several prominent figures in Turkish politics:


2002 Turkish general election, Effects, Party resignations
Outgoing prime minister Ecevit was widely expected to resign as leader of his DSP, but did not end up leaving until a party conference in 2004.


2002 Tuvalu A-Division
The 2002 season of the Tuvalu A-Division was the second season of association football competition. FC Niutao won the championship, their second consecutive title.


2002 Tuvaluan general election
General elections were held in Tuvalu on 25 July 2002. All candidates were independents, as there are no political parties in the country. Saufatu Sopoanga was appointed Prime Minister after the election as the previous Prime Minister Koloa Talake lost his seat.


2002 Tuvaluan general election, Campaign
A total of 39 candidates contested the 15 seats. There were 5,188 registered voters.


2002 Tuvaluan general election, Results
Six members of the former parliament lost their seats including Prime Minister Koloa Talake and the Speaker, Tomu Sione.


2002 Tuvaluan general election, Aftermath
On 2 August 2002 Saufatu Sopoanga, who had been Minister of Finance in the previous government, was elected Prime Minister.


2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 6 and 13, 2002 in Los Angeles, California. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.


2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The event determined the U.S. teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 World Championships, 2002 Four Continents Championships, and 2002 World Junior Championships.


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and ran from April 22 through April 28, 2002. Third-seeded Andy Roddick won his second consecutive singles title at the event.


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Mardy Fish /  Andy Roddick defeated  Jan-Michael Gambill /  Graydon Oliver 6–4, 6–4


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions but only Paes competed that year with John-Laffnie de Jager.


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
de Jager and Paes lost in the first round to Robert Kendrick and Brian Vahaly.


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jan-Michael Gambill and Graydon Oliver.


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
Andy Roddick was the defending champion and won in the final 7–6(11–9), 6–3 against Pete Sampras.


2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2002 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2002 United States Open Championship was the 102nd U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at the Black Course of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, east of New York City on Long Island. Tiger Woods was the champion at 277 (−3), three shots ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson. It was Woods' second U.S. Open victory and eighth major championship win of his career.


2002 U.S. Open (golf)
For the first time in thirty years, the winner of the Masters also won the U.S. Open, for the first half of the grand slam. It was last accomplished by Jack Nicklaus in 1972, and also by Arnold Palmer (1960), Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), and Craig Wood (1941).


2002 U.S. Open (golf)
Nick Faldo and Hale Irwin were given special exemptions from the USGA to play in the event.


2002 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Ernie Els (9,10,11,14,17), Retief Goosen (8,10,11,14,17), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite (8), Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods (3,4,5,8,9,11,12,17)


2002 U.S. Open (golf), Field
José María Olazábal (11,17), Mark O'Meara (4), Vijay Singh (5,8,9,11,17)


2002 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Michael Allen, Paul Azinger (17), Mark Brooks, Ángel Cabrera (10,17), Stewart Cink (9,17), Sergio García (9,12,17), Matt Gogel, Rocco Mediate (17), Phil Mickelson (9,11,17), Kirk Triplett


2002 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Robert Allenby (17), Mark Calcavecchia (17), Chris DiMarco (11,17), Joe Durant (17), Bob Estes (12,17), Brad Faxon (17), Jim Furyk (17), Scott Hoch (12,17), Bernhard Langer (10,17), Tom Lehman (17), Frank Lickliter, Steve Lowery, Scott McCarron (17), Billy Mayfair, Kenny Perry (17), Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker, Hal Sutton (17), Scott Verplank (17), Mike Weir (17)


2002 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Thomas Bjørn (17), Michael Campbell (17), Darren Clarke (17), Niclas Fasth (17), Pádraig Harrington (17), David Howell, Robert Karlsson, Paul McGinley (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Adam Scott (17)


2002 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Billy Andrade, José Cóceres, John Cook, John Daly, Dudley Hart, Jerry Kelly, Matt Kuchar, Len Mattiace, Jesper Parnevik, Kevin Sutherland


2002 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Warrick (+9), Kiyota (+12), Barnes (+13), Moore (+15), Tolan (+26).


2002 U.S. Open Cup
The 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a tournament open to all soccer teams in the United States, ran from June through October.


2002 U.S. Open Cup
The Columbus Crew won the Cup with a 1–0 victory over the defending-champion Los Angeles Galaxy in the final at Columbus Crew Stadium. Just three days before, Los Angeles had won MLS Cup 2002.


2002 U.S. Open Cup
Every third-round game featured an MLS team against an A-League squad. Although MLS won seven of the eight games, four went to overtime, including San Jose's memorable 4–3 win over Seattle. The Des Moines Menace turned in the best performance by a PDL team, taking Rochester to overtime in a 3-2 second-round loss.


2002 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.


2002 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule, First round
Seven D3 Pro League, five PDL, and four USASA teams start.


2002 U.S. Women's Open
The 2002 U.S. Women's Open was the 57th U.S. Women's Open, held July 4–7 in Kansas at Prairie Dunes Country Club, northeast of Hutchinson, about forty miles (65 km) northwest of Wichita.


2002 U.S. Women's Open
Juli Inkster won her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the 54-hole leader. Inkster, 42, shot a final round 66 (−4) to gain her seventh and final major title. She joined Babe Zaharias as the only women to win two majors after age 40.


2002 U.S. Women's Open
This was the first purse of $3 million at the U.S. Women's Open, it had tripled in the seven years since 1995, the first seven-figure purse.


2002 UAB Blazers football team
The 2002 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 2002, and was the twelfth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his eighth season as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their seventh season at the I-A level, and fourth affiliated with a conference with a record of 5–7 (4–4 C-USA).


2002 UAW-GM Quality 500
The 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Lowe's Motor Speedway on October 13. Qualifying was canceled because of rain showers, so points leader Tony Stewart started on the pole position. Jamie McMurray, subbing for an injured Sterling Marlin, won his first race in his second career start, setting a new modern era NASCAR record for quickest win. The race would also be the final race for Donlavey Racing.


2002 UAW-GM Quality 500
Rain caused the start of the race to be delayed over 3 hours. After the rain stopped, NASCAR decided to start the race under yellow for the first 5 laps as the track continued to dry. The race began at 3:45 pm Charlotte time (Eastern). Sunset time was 6:51 pm, the race was completed at 7:17, The late finish contributed to a large jump in ratings for the NBC telecast. NASCAR decided to move the fall race at Charlotte from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night for 2003.


2002 UAW-GM Quality 500
McMurray would go on to a modest career in NASCAR's Cup Series, with his 2010 season being the most notable, winning Daytona and Indianapolis.


2002 UAW-GM Quality 500, Background
The race was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Lowe's Motor Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that hosted two other NASCAR Winston Cup Series races during the 2002 season, the Coca-Cola Racing Family 600 and The Winston. Construction of the speedway began in 1959 and finished in 1960 before the inaugural 600-mile race. Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner were the architects of the track, which is now operated by Smith's company, Speedway Motorsports.


2002 UAW-GM Quality 500, Race results
Failed to qualify: Carl Long (#59), Kirk Shelmerdine (#72), Scott Wimmer (#27), Jack Sprague (#60), Kerry Earnhardt (#83), Ron Hornaday (#54)


2002 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2002 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2002 NCAA Division II football season. They played as a Division II independent in 2002. They would stay an independent until 2004 when they became a charter member of the Great West Conference (GWC).


2002 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2002 Aggies were led by tenth-year head coach Bob Biggs and played their home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the regular season with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2). This was the 33rd consecutive year UC Davis finished with a winning record.


2002 UC Davis Aggies football team
At the end of the season the Aggies were ranked #14 and were invited to the Division II playoffs for the seventh year in a row. In the first round they upset previously unbeaten and 5th-ranked Central Washington in Ellensburg, Washington. In the second round (quarterfinal) they were upset by 20th-ranked Texas A&M–Kingsville in Kingsville, Texas. This was the fifth time in seven years the Aggies faced the Javelinas in the Division II playoffs. The loss brought the Aggies final record to nine wins and three losses (9–3). The Aggies outscored their opponents 368–223 for the season.


2002 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft.


2002 UCF Golden Knights football team
The 2002 UCF Golden Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Their head coach was Mike Kruczek, who was in his fifth season with the team. 2002 marked the Golden Knights first season in the Mid-American Conference, in the East Division. This was the first time UCF had joined a conference since ascending to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision in 1996.


2002 UCF Golden Knights football team
On opening day, UCF once again played up to a ranked opponent on the road, but failed to pull off the upset. Trailing 10–9 at halftime against Penn State, a near-disastrous third quarter saw the Golden Knights fall behind 20–9. In the fourth quarter UCF rallied. Quarterback Ryan Schneider capped off an 80–yard drive with a 6–yard touchdown pass to Tavaris Capers with 24 seconds to go. With the score 27–24, a failed onside kick attempt sealed the victory for the Nittany Lions.


2002 UCF Golden Knights football team
UCF's first conference game came on September 20 against eventual MAC champion Marshall. With Thundering Herd quarterback Byron Leftwich faltering throughout the night, UCF largely failed to capitalize. Trailing 21–26 in the final three minutes, UCF intercepted Leftwich, and subsequently drove to the Marshall 26–yard line. Facing 4th & 3 at the Marshall 26, Ryan Schneider was picked off by Terence Tarpley. Marshall ran out the clock, and held on for the victory. The Knights first conference victory in the MAC came at Western Michigan on October 12. Finishing the season with a winning record (7–5 overall, 6–2 conference), UCF did not receive a bowl berth.


2002 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2002 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Zolder, Belgium on Saturday February 2 and Sunday February 3, 2002.


2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
The 2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Kaprun, Austria from 24 August to 1 September 2002. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. This was the first UCI world championship in which four-cross was included, replacing the dual that had been run at the previous two championships.


2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
The event was the 13th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 17th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships. It was also the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships to be held in Austria.


2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Roland Green of Canada successfully defended his world title in the men's cross-country. Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway won her first world title in the women's cross-country.


2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
French riders won three of the four downhill events, including the two elite categories. Nicolas Vouilloz won his seventh world title in the men's downhill. Having won the junior downhill world title three times, this was his tenth world title overall. Anne-Caroline Chausson won her seventh consecutive world title in the women's downhill.


2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Riders from Australia won three of the four world titles in the junior mountain bike (cross-country and downhill) events.


2002 UCI Road World Championships
The 2002 UCI Road World Championships took place in the region of Limburg, Belgium, between October 8 and October 13, 2002. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.


2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 2002 UCI Road World Championships was the 69th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 13 October 2002 based around the Circuit Zolder, Belgium. The race was won by Mario Cipollini of Italy.


2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's Individual Time Trial at the 2002 UCI Road World Championships was the 9th edition of the event. The race took place on 11 October 2002 in Zolder, Belgium. The race was won by Santiago Botero of Colombia.


2002 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial at the 2002 UCI Road World Championships took place over a distance of 23.2 kilometres (14.4 miles) in Heusden-Zolder, in the province of Limburg, Belgium on 9 October 2002.


2002 UCI Road World Cup
The 2002 UCI Road World Cup was the fourteenth edition of the UCI Road World Cup. It was won by Paolo Bettini.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from September 25 to September 29, 2002.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's 500m Time Trial was one of the 6 women's events at the 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
18 Cyclists from 14 countries were due to participate in the race. The Final was held on September 26.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's Points Race was one of the 6 women's events at the 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
20 Cyclists from 20 countries participated in the race. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race, Final
The Final and only race was run at 26:25 on September 28. The competition consisted on 100 laps, making a total of 25 km with 10 sprints.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's Scratch was one of the 6 women's events at the 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
19 Cyclists from 19 countries participated in the race. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch, Final
The Final and only race was run at 15:40 on September 29. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10 km.


2002 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 19 April 2002 to 11 August 2002. The World Cup is organised by the UCI.


2002 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 2002 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the fifth edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. It consisted of nine rounds; compared to 2001, the Liberty Classic and Trophée International were replaced by the GP Castilla y León and the GP de Plouay. German rider Petra Rossner won the series overall.


2002 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2002 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were led by head coach Bob Toledo, who was fired at the end of the regular season.


2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team
The 2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2002 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Bruins won their fourth NCAA title this season, defeating Pac-10 rivals, Stanford, in the championship. To date, this is UCLA's most recent College Cup title. It was the 66th season the Bruins fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and their 11th season playing in the Pacific-10 Conference (now the Pac-12).


2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team, Background
The 2001 UCLA team was coached by Todd Saldana, who finished the 2001 season with a 12-7-4 overall record. Saldana was forced to resign by the university after it was discovered that he had yet to complete his undergraduate degree. Fitzgerald, a former coach of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew was hired to coach the program in February 2002.


2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team, Schedule, NCAA Tournament
No. (#) Rankings from NSCAA Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.


2002 UEC European Track Championships
The 2002 UEC European Track Championships were the European Championships for track cycling, for junior and under 23 riders. They took place in Büttgen, Germany.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2002 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The show-piece event was contested between Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and Real Madrid of Spain at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday, 15 May 2002, to decide the winner of the Champions League. Leverkusen appeared in the final for the first time, whereas Real Madrid appeared in their 12th final.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final
Each club needed to progress through two group stages, and two knockout rounds to reach the final. Real Madrid won their group and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing the defending champions Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the knockout stage. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, before beating the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United to progress to the final.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final
Before the match, a minute of silence was held in honour of Ukrainian manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died two days earlier.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final
Real Madrid were regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead in the eighth minute through Raúl. Lúcio equalised five minutes later, before Zinedine Zidane scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time, a left-footed volley into the top corner that has since gone down as one of the greatest goals in the history of the competition, to secure Real Madrid's ninth European Cup.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
The match pitted Leverkusen, who had beaten Manchester United in the semi-finals to deny Sir Alex Ferguson a homecoming to Glasgow, against Real Madrid. Real Madrid won 2–1, clinching their ninth European Cup title, and their third in five years. However, the match is remembered as a very close one. Real Madrid's Spanish forward Raúl opened the scoring in the eighth minute, but, five minutes later, Brazilian defender Lúcio levelled the scores with a header that beat goalkeeper César.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
But in the 45th minute, one of the greatest goals in UEFA Champions League history was scored; Zinedine Zidane received a high, arcing cross from Roberto Carlos on the edge of the penalty area, volleying a left-footed shot into the top corner. In the 68th minute, César was injured and had to be replaced by 20-year-old Iker Casillas. With the young Casillas between the posts, Real Madrid managed to hold their ground against a very attacking Leverkusen side, until the final whistle from referee Urs Meier.


2002 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Felix Züger (Switzerland)Fourth official: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)


2002 UEFA Champions League Final, Post match
In the 2001-02 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the 2002 DFB-Pokal Final. After the match, Leverkusen manager Klaus Toppmöller expressed his disappointment on finishing this strong season without a title, stating: "the disappointment is huge – you don't always get the rewards you deserve in football, and no-one knows that better than us after what we have been through. "We must seek consolation. Doing what we have done means we have had a very good season – but what has happened to us is difficult and makes us feel bitter."


2002 UEFA Champions League Final, Post match
Five Leverkusen players, Michael Ballack, Hans-Jörg Butt, Oliver Neuville, Carsten Ramelow, and Bernd Schneider went on to add a fourth silver medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, the gold medal-winning Brazil squad also included a Leverkusen player in Lúcio.


2002 UEFA Cup Final
The 2002 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match played on 8 May 2002, between Feyenoord of the Netherlands and Borussia Dortmund of Germany. Feyenoord won the match 3–2 on their home ground, the Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam. It was the 31st UEFA Cup Final and it was also the first time that the final had been played at a finalist's home ground since the introduction of single–match finals in the UEFA Cup in 1998. Previous to this match, Feyenoord had not won a European trophy since 1974, when they beat Tottenham Hotspur to win the UEFA Cup.