2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs Arizona Cardinals, Scoring summary
Q1 – ARZ – 2:37 – Neil Rackers 32 yd FG (CHI 7–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs Arizona Cardinals, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 13:55 – 10 yd TD pass from Kordell Stewart to Dez White (Edinger kick) (CHI 14–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs Arizona Cardinals, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 7:46 – Kordell Stewart 8 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (CHI 21–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs Arizona Cardinals, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 3:33 – Brock Forsey 9 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (CHI 28–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 1:46 – 61 yd TD pass from Kordell Stewart to Marty Booker (Paul Edinger kick) (CHI 7–0)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 0:50 – Lance Briggs 45 yd interception return TD (Edinger kick) (CHI 14–0)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q2 – GB – 11:12 – Ryan Longwell 24 yd FG (CHI 14–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q2 – GB – 9:57 – Ryan Longwell 38 yd FG (CHI 14–6)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q2 – GB – 2:43 – 22 yd TD pass from Brett Favre to Javon Walker (Longwell kick) (CHI 14–13)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q3 – GB – 6:52 – Ryan Longwell 35 yd FG (GB 16–14)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q3 – GB – 0:43 – Ryan Longwell 45 yd FG (GB 19–14)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q4 – GB – 9:16 – Mike McKenzie 90 yd interception return TD (2 pt conversion pass from Brett Favre to Bubba Franks) (GB 27–14)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q4 – GB – 2:26 – Ahman Green 2 yd TD run (Longwell kick) (GB 34–14)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 2:13 – Jerry Azumah 88 yd kickoff return TD (Edinger kick) (GB 34–21)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 13:10 – Paul Edinger 38 yd FG (CHI 3–0)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 10:53 – Anthony Thomas 1 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (CHI 10–0)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – MIN – 1:10 – Aaron Elling 22 yd FG (CHI 10–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 4:09 – Paul Edinger 22 yd FG (CHI 13–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q4 – MIN – 10:23 – 16 yd TD pass from Daunte Culpepper to Randy Moss (Elling kick) (CHI 13–10)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q1 – WAS – 10:12 – John Hall 27 yd FG (WAS 3–0)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 9:57 – 59 yd TD pass from Rex Grossman to Marty Booker (Paul Edinger kick) (CHI 7–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 2:45 – Paul Edinger 19 yd FG (CHI 10–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q1 – WAS – 0:48 – 36 yd TD pass from Rod Gardner to Chad Morton (Hall kick) (10–10)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q2 – WAS – 0:16 – 14 yd TD pass from Tim Hasselbeck to Laveranues Coles (Hall kick) (WAS 17–10)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 8:23 – 11 yd TD pass from Rex Grossman to Justin Gage (Edinger kick) (17–17)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 0:34 – Anthony Thomas 3 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (CHI 24–17)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q4 – WAS – 12:52 – 19 yd TD pass from Tim Hasselbeck to Laveranues Coles (Hall kick) (24–24)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 0:05 – Paul Edinger 45 yd FG (CHI 27–24)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17:at Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary
Q2 – KC – 13:40 – Priest Holmes 1 yd TD run (Morten Andersen kick) (KC 7–0)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17:at Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary
Q2 – KC – 7:07 – 6 yd TD pass from Trent Green to Eddie Kennison (Andersen kick) (KC 14–0)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17:at Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 9:24 – Paul Edinger 48 yd FG (KC 14–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17:at Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary
Q3 – KC – 0:58 – Priest Holmes 2 yd TD run (Andersen kick) (KC 21–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17:at Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary
Q4 – KC – 10:03 – Morten Andersen 38 yd FG (KC 24–3)


2003 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17:at Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary
Q4 – KC – 3:40 – Larry Johnson 5 yd TD run (Andersen kick) (KC 31–3)


2003 Chicago Cubs season
The 2003 Chicago Cubs season was the 132nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 128th in the National League and the 88th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Dusty Baker in his first year in Chicago. The Cubs went 88–74 during the 2003 season and won the National League Central Division for the first time since the division's formation in 1994, and the team's first division title since its 1989 NL East title. In the National League Division Series, the Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves three games to two for their first postseason series win since 1908. The Cubs lost to the Florida Marlins four games to three in the National League Championship Series.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Previous season
The Cubs were coming off of a poor year in 2002, finishing 67–95 in fifth place in the NL Central and costing manager Don Baylor his job. The Cubs hired Dusty Baker, fresh off his World Series appearance with the San Francisco Giants, to replace Baylor.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Summary
The team's success can be attributed first and foremost to its starting rotation, which featured Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano, and Matt Clement, each of whom won at least 13 games. The pitching staff as a whole led the National League in strikeouts with 1,404, over 100 more than any other team. While not nearly as dominant in hitting, the Cubs' lineup was bolstered by acquisitions at what was a very active trade deadline, including Aramis Ramírez, Randall Simon, and Kenny Lofton.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Summary
The team started slow but finished September with a 19–8 record to win the NL Central. As the division winner with the third best record, the Cubs faced the Atlanta Braves who had finished the season in a tie for the best record in the majors in a best of five games format. The Cubs won the first game of the series and the teams alternated wins leading to a game 5 at Turner Field to determine the series winner. The Cubs won the game 5–1.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Summary
The series win, their first since 1908, resulted in a matchup against the Florida Marlins for the right to go to the World Series. The Marlins won the first game in Chicago, but the Cubs won the next three to take a three games to one lead. Florida won game five as the series shifted back to Chicago for games six and seven. With Mark Prior on the mound, the Cubs took a 3–1 lead into the 8th inning before a series of errors led to an 8-run inning for the Marlins. The win forced a game seven with Kerry Wood on the mound for the Cubs. In a high-scoring affair that included a Kerry Wood home run, the Marlins shocked the Cubs 9–6 to deny the Cubs a trip to their first World Series since 1945.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Summary
The 2003 season brought a great deal of national attention to the Cubs, both positive and negative. On one hand, their surprising regular season run to first place in the NL Central, and the excellent performances of their top three pitchers, all of whom were age 26 or younger, seemed to suggest that the Cubs would be contenders for the foreseeable future. At the same time, however, the Cubs' squandering of the 3-1 series lead in the NLCS, and the manner in which it occurred, seemed to reaffirm the perceptions of the Cubs as "lovable losers" and a cursed franchise.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 5
With the Marlins facing elimination, Josh Beckett kept them alive by dominating the Cubs, holding them to just two hits and one walk as part of his standout 2003 postseason. The game was scoreless until the sixth inning when Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer. Iván Rodríguez and Jeff Conine homered in the seventh and eighth innings respectively. Even with the loss, the Cubs looked good going back home with their two aces, Mark Prior and Kerry Wood ready to start Games 6 and 7.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
The Cubs held a 3-0 lead going into the top of the eighth inning in Game 6 and, after Mike Mordecai hit a high pop fly to left field for the first out of the inning, had only two outs left in the inning—leaving the team a mere 5 outs away from their first World Series berth since 1945.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
Prior had retired the last eight hitters and had allowed only three hits up to that point. Center fielder Juan Pierre (who was later traded to the Cubs) then hit a double off Prior.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
On the eighth pitch of his at bat, Luis Castillo hit a high foul ball toward the left field wall. Cubs left fielder Moisés Alou headed toward the stands to catch the ball for the potential second out. As Alou reached for the ball, Cubs fan Steve Bartman, along with others near the area, did the same. The ball bounced off Bartman's hand and into the stands. Though the Cubs pleaded for a call of fan interference, the umpire ruled that the ball had left the field of play and was therefore up for grabs. Alou initially said that he would not have made the catch, though he later denied making the statement, saying that if he had, it was only to make Bartman feel better.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
As a result, Castillo remained an active batter at home plate. On the next pitch, Prior walked Castillo on a wild pitch that got away from catcher Paul Bako, also allowing Pierre to advance to third base.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
Next, Iván Rodríguez hit an 0-2 pitch hard into left field, singling and scoring Pierre. Miguel Cabrera then hit a ground ball toward Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez that could have ended the inning on a double play. Gonzalez, who led all NL shortstops in fielding percentage, closed his glove a little too early and the ball landed in the dirt, allowing Cabrera to get on base, loading the bases. On the next pitch, Derrek Lee (a future Cubs' All-Star) drilled a double into left field, scoring Castillo and Rodríguez to tie the game at 3-3.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
Prior was then taken out of the game and replaced by Kyle Farnsworth, who intentionally walked Mike Lowell to load the bases. Jeff Conine then hit a sacrifice fly to right field for the second out of the inning, allowing Cabrera to score from third and the other runners to each advance one base. This gave the Marlins their first lead of the night. Farnsworth intentionally walked Todd Hollandsworth (another future Cub) to once again load the bases.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
The Marlins now having batted around the order, Farnsworth faced Mike Mordecai, who was looking to make up for his earlier out. This time, Mordecai prevailed, hitting a bases-clearing double to left-center field, allowing Lee, Lowell and Hollandsworth to score and making it a 7-3 Marlins lead.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 6
Farnsworth was then taken out of the game and replaced by Mike Remlinger, who gave up a single to Pierre to score Mordecai from second base. Finally, Luis Castillo hit a high pop fly ball to shallow right field for the third out.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 7
The Marlins got off to a quick 3–0 lead in the first inning against Cubs pitching ace Kerry Wood, who hadn't lost at Wrigley Field in nearly six weeks. The Cubs responded by tying the ball game 3–3 in the second inning, which featured a two-run home run by Wood. Moisés Alou's two-run home run the following inning put Chicago up 5–3, but the lead wouldn't last. In the fifth inning, Florida capitalized on a pair of walks and scored three runs to go on top 6–5, a lead they would not relinquish.


2003 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, 2003 NLCS, Game 7
The Marlins added a run in the sixth and two more in the seventh to expand their lead to 9–5. Cubs pinch-hitter Troy O'Leary hit a home run the bottom of the seventh, making the score 9–6. After the Cubs were retired in order in the eighth inning, Florida closer Ugueth Urbina hit Aramis Ramírez with a pitch to lead off the ninth inning and proceeded to retire the following three batters, giving the Marlins their second National League Pennant in their eleven-year existence.


2003 Chicago Marathon
The 2003 Chicago Marathon was the 26th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 12. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Evans Rutto in a time of 2:05:50 hours and the women's race was won by Russia's Svetlana Zakharova in 2:23:07.


2003 Chicago White Sox season
The 2003 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 104th season. They finished with a record 86–76, good enough for second place in the American League Central, four games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.


2003 Chicago White Sox season
The White Sox also hosted the 74th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 15.


2003 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
On April 15, 2003, a fan came out of the stands during the baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox and attacked first base umpire Laz Diaz. After Carlos Lee flied out to right to end the eighth inning, the fan ran on the field and tried to tackle Diaz, wrapping his arms around the umpire's legs.


2003 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2003 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2003 Chicago balcony collapse
On June 29, 2003, the deadliest porch collapse in United States history occurred in Chicago.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse
An overloaded balcony collapsed during a party in an apartment building, killing thirteen people and seriously injuring fifty-seven others. The ensuing investigation was highly critical of the way the balcony was built, finding a large number of errors in its construction which ultimately resulted in the collapse. However, the building's owner, LG Properties, and its president, Philip Pappas, continues to blame overcrowding on the balcony for its complete structural failure, although he has taken steps to strengthen the balconies at other properties to prevent a recurrence of the disaster.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse
The accident resulted in sweeping inspections of  similar structures across Chicago, with 1,260 cases being acted on by the city authorities.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Background
The porch was attached to the rear of an apartment building located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of the city's North Side. The second and third floors were being used as a party venue at the time of the collapse. Most of the party-goers were in their early 20s, and knew each other from their days at New Trier High School and Lake Forest High School of Chicago's North Shore suburbs. One witness says she warned other people in the building that the balconies were unsafe, but another later said that "it looked like it was newly built. It looked sturdy."


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Collapse
About fifty people were on the top wooden balcony at the time of the collapse. According to one witness, the sound of splintering wood was heard immediately before the collapse, which occurred shortly after midnight local time. The collapse started on the third floor, pulling down other balconies below. The first, second, and third floor balconies all collapsed into the basement below, carrying a total of approximately one hundred people among them. Several people were also trapped in a basement stairwell.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Collapse
Survivors helped to pull victims out from under the debris of the balconies, and rescue workers had to use chainsaws to free others. One of the survivors was a nurse, and had started a rescue effort before the emergency services arrived. The Chicago Fire Department supplied the main rescue effort. Eleven people were killed in the collapse, with two more subsequently dying while hospitalized; fifty-seven people were injured.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Collapse
The porch and balconies also had kegs of beer and old refrigerators, an old clothes washer and dryer. As the party-goers rocked the stairs and landings up and down to the music, it all fell all three floors into the basement concrete stairwells. Advocate Hospital ER went on "bypass" and more than 75 people made their way walking and limping south on Halsted to Children's Memorial Hospital, which also went on "bypass".


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Investigation
Initial inquiries suggested that the collapse was probably due to overcrowding. This was backed up by neighbors, who told authorities that the balconies were designed to hold only between twenty and thirty people. Chicago's fire chief said that "It appears to be a case of too many people in a small space." Norma Reyes, the city's building commissioner, said "I have no indication of any substandard problems or insufficiencies with the porch at this time. The buildings are not made for large assemblies and parties."


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Investigation
However, it was ultimately determined that poor construction was to blame. In 1998, a permit was issued to owner LG Properties to install furnaces, air conditioners and water heaters in the building, but not to build the balcony. The balcony jutted out eleven feet from the building, one foot farther than permitted by city codes, and had an area of 231 square feet (21.5 m2), 81 square feet (7.5 m2) larger than permitted. The balcony also had inadequate supports, was floored with undersized lengths of wood, and was attached to the walls with screws that were too short. However, the City of Chicago's Inspectional Services Department visited this site over 5 times and never noticed or cited the code violations noted above.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Aftermath
Three days after the disaster, the city sued the owners and managers of the building in the Housing Court due to a number of breaches in building regulations. Those named in the complaint included LG Properties, the company's president Philip Pappas, and George Koutroumos, the contractor who built the balcony. The city was reportedly seeking $500 per violation for each day the structure was in existence, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a court order for the replacement of the balcony. The apartment block was legally uninhabitable until the balconies were replaced, as they provided mandatory emergency exits. The city's Buildings Department inspected 42 other buildings owned or managed by Pappas and/or LG Properties for similar violations. The city also claimed that 21 other buildings owned by Pappas had similar problems. They did, however, note the fact that he had since made "dramatic improvements" to all 21 porches.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Aftermath
In the aftermath of the disaster, Chicago inspected a large number of similar structures to ensure they were safe, with 500 cases being turned over to the city's Law Department for court action, and 760 cases referred to administrative hearing officers.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Aftermath
Pappas continued to blame overcrowding for the disaster. However, an undercover press investigation discovered all his properties now display notices forbidding parties on the balconies. Pappas also claims that a police report says two unnamed witnesses informed a paramedic that they saw several people "jumping up and down" on the balconies shortly prior to the collapse.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Aftermath
In 2005, the city of Chicago filed a negligence lawsuit against two of the survivors, William Fenton-Hathaway and John Koranda. The city alleged that the  balcony collapse occurred after defendants Fenton-Hathaway and Koranda "intentionally and negligently" began jumping up and down on the porch. Koranda's brother, Robert Koranda, was killed in the collapse. The charges against Fenton-Hathaway and Koranda were later dropped.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, Aftermath
No criminal charges were filed and Pappas was fined a total of $108,000 as a result of the collapse. Twenty-seven families sued Pappas and the city over the accident. The balcony was rebuilt afterwards, this time with metal.


2003 Chicago balcony collapse, In popular culture
The disaster inspired the 2005 season finale of the ER television show, titled "The Show Must Go On".


2003 Chicago mayoral election
The Chicago mayoral election of 2003 saw incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley easily reelected against small and divided opposition, resulting in his best electoral showing of his career, winning by a landslide 64 point margin.


2003 Chicago mayoral election
By winning his fifth mayoral election, Daley tied Carter Harrison Sr. and Carter Harrison Jr. for the second-most mayoral election victories in Chicago history. Daley would subsequently win an additional mayoral election in 2007, thereby surpassing both Harrisons and tying his own father's record for the most mayoral election victories.


2003 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
On December 9, 2002, a spokesperson for Daley confirmed that Daley would be announcing his candidacy for reelection. Daley's candidacy was widely anticipated. A popular incumbent, Daley had won strong victories in the preceding four consecutive mayoral elections.


2003 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
All three of Daley's opponents were African Americans. Both Jakes, and  McAfee were clergy. McAllister was a businesswoman.


2003 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
Also briefly challenging Daley, but withdrawing from the race, had been James Meeks.


2003 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
All of Daley's opponents on the ballot had little electoral experience. They struggled in fundraising and failed to receive backing from black leaders. They also lacked name recognition. Their prospects of unseating Daley were seen as dim.


2003 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
While the election was nonpartisan, all candidates running were Democrats.


2003 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
As was the case in all of his reelection campaigns, Daley did not attend any debates.


2003 Chicago mayoral election, Results
The election saw what was, up to that point, the lowest turnout in Chicago mayoral election history. Daley won a majority of the vote in each of the city's 50 wards.


2003 Chichester District Council election
Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control.


2003 Chichester District Council election, By-Election results
See Chichester local elections for by-election results after this election.


2003 Chilean telethon
The 2003 Chilean telethon (Spanish: Teletón 2003) was the 18th version of the charity campaign held in Chile since 1978, which took place on November 21–22, 2003. As in the previous year the theme of this version was "The Telethon is Yours" (La Teletón es tuya). The amount of money taken during the day suggested the goal would not be achieved, in the end it required a cash assistance by the Government of Chile to meet the goal. The poster boy chosen for the event was Camilo Valverde.


2003 China Open (tennis)
The 2003 Polo Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Shanghai, China. It was the 5th edition of the China Open, and was a Tier II tournament on the 2003 WTA Tour. The tournament was played between 15 – 21 September 2003. First-seeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title.


2003 China Open (tennis)
The tournament was not part of the 2003 ATP Tour, as no male events took place.


2003 China Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2003 China Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2003 China Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:


2003 China Open (tennis), Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2003 China Open (tennis), Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received entry as lucky losers into the doubles main draw:


2003 China Open (tennis), Champions, Women's Doubles
Émilie Loit /  Nicole Pratt def. Ai Sugiyama /  Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–3, 6–3


2003 China Open – Doubles
Anna Kournikova and Janet Lee were the defending champions, but Kournikova did not compete this year. Lee teamed up with Corina Morariu and lost in quarterfinals to Ai Sugiyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn.


2003 China Open – Doubles
Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt won the title by defeating Ai Sugiyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2003 China Open – Singles
Anna Smashnova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2003 China Open – Singles
Top seed Elena Dementieva won the title, defeating Chanda Rubin in the final, 6–3, 7–6(8–6).


2003 China Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2003 Chinese FA Cup
The Pabst Blue Ribbon 2003 China FA Cup  (Chinese: 2003蓝带中国足球协会杯) was the 9th edition of Chinese FA Cup. The cup title sponsor is China Pabst Blue Ribbon.


2003 Chinese FA Cup, Results, Second round
All matches were postponed from 1–2 May to 16–17 August due to SARS outbreak in China.


2003 Chinese Football Super Cup
The 2003 Chinese Football Super Cup (Chinese: 2003中国足球超霸杯) was the 9th Chinese Football Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Super League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played at the Wuhu Olympic Park Stadium on 18 January 2004, and contested by league champions Shanghai Shenhua and cup winners Beijing Hyundai. Beijing Hyundai won the title 4–3.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League
The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season is the tenth season of professional association football and the 42nd top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 15 and ended on November 30, 2003 while in preparation for the rebranded Chinese Super League three teams were relegated at the end of the season.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League
Shanghai Shenhua finished as champions. However, they were later retrospectively stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for match-fixing. Runners-up Shanghai International were also surrounded in their own match-fixing controversy, which saw several of their players taking bribes. Despite the club itself not being implicated in these crimes the season's title was not awarded to any club.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season was the last season before it was rebranded as the Chinese Super League by the Chinese Football Association and had 15 teams, with one team provided a bye for each round. Three teams were relegated at the end of the season. However, relegation was based on an averaging system using the last seasons and this season's final position.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
At the end of the season, Shanghai Shenhua narrowly won the championship against their local neighbours Shanghai International. Critics would dispute the legitimacy of the title win after it was discovered in 2011 that the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang bribed the head of the Chinese Football Association referee arrangements Zhang Jianqiang and referee Lu Jun 350,000 yuan each to be bias towards Shenhua in a vital match against Shanghai International in a game that Shenhua won 4–1.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
While all three men were officially charged with match-fixing, the club was spared any disciplinary action and were allowed to keep the title with the reason provided by the Chinese football association for the leniency being that they would be punishing the individuals who put the game in disrepute and not the club, because Lou Shifang was Shenhua's offending participant and had left the club several years before the allegations were confirmed it would have been harsh to punish the club retrospectively.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
On 18 February 2013, The CFA decided to change its mind on Shenhua and retrospectively decided to punish the club by revoking its 2003 league title, fining the club 1 million yuan and giving a 6-point deduction at the beginning of the 2013 Chinese Super League season after it was discovered that they also fixed another game against Shaanxi Guoli F.C. en route to winning the 2003 league title.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
Shanghai International, however, were not retrospectively awarded the title after it was officially confirmed on June 13, 2012 that the Shanghai International players Shen Si, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming (1975) took a bribe from former Tianjin Teda F.C. general manager Yang Yifeng to lose their November 30, 2003 game, which saw all offending participants fined and jailed for their crimes as well as the Chinese FA deciding that Tianjin should also face a 1 million Yuan and 6-point deduction at the beginning of the 2013 Chinese Super League season.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
Also within the season Chongqing Lifan F.C. were relegated at the end of the campaign. However, they were allowed to remain within the division for next season when they bought Yunnan Hongta's registration and merged the two clubs together. While at the end of the campaign saw the loss of August 1st football club who were relegated and decided to disband at the end of the season.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
The club who were the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army had been in existence for over fifty years and were one of the most successful clubs in Chinese history during the amateur era. However, because all the players had to be active military members and paid accordingly made it impossible for them to compete with the other clubs who were now also paying professional wages to their players, which also saw the club struggle within the professional era and lead to the clubs disbandment.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Relegation
Chinese Super League qualification was based on the average positioning of the teams from the 2002 and 2003 league standings.


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Relegation
(Based on Positions in 2002 (x 0.5) and 2003 (x 1))


2003 Chinese Jia-A League, Awards
Goalkeeper: Jiang Jin (Shanghai International)Defence: Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan), Du Wei (Dalian Wanda), Li Weifeng (Shenzhen Jianlibao), Adilson (Dalian Shide)Midfield: Zheng Zhi (Shenzhen Jianlibao), Zhao Junzhe (Liaoning Zhongshun), Jörg Albertz (Shanghai Shenhua), Shen Si (Shanghai International)Attack: Saul Martínez (Shanghai Shenhua), Li Yi (Shenzhen Jianlibao),


2003 Chorley Borough Council election
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2003 Christchurch Borough Council election
The 2003 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Christchurch Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning 14 of the 24 seats on the council, despite losing three seats. The Liberal Democrats gained three seats to have eight councillors, while two independents were elected.


2003 Christchurch Borough Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2007, Jumpers
A by-election was held in Jumpers ward on 5 May 2005 after the resignation of independent councillor Bob McArthur. The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Jason Viney with a majority of 333 votes over Conservative Trevor Watts.


2003 Christchurch Borough Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2007, Portfield
A by-election was held in Portfield on 5 May 2005 following the resignation of councillor Susan Darch due to poor health. Darch had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003, but together with her fellow councillor for Portfied Lillian Jefferis, she subsequently defected to the Conservatives. The seat was regained for the Liberal Democrats by David Vick with a majority of 222 votes over Conservative Tavis Fox.


2003 Christchurch Borough Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2007, Purewell and Stanpit
A by-election was held in Purewell and Stanpit on 5 May 2005 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Wendy Lloyd. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Alan Wright with a majority of 34 votes over Conservative Nicholas Geary.


2003 Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election
A leadership election for Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) was held on 8 November 2003. The incumbent leader Cyril Svoboda was unexpectedly defeated by Miroslav Kalousek.


2003 Chrono des Herbiers
The 2003 Chrono des Herbiers was the 22nd edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 19 October 2003. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Michael Rich.


2003 Churchill Cup
The 2003 Churchill Cup was held between 14 June and 28 June 2003 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the inaugural year of the Churchill Cup. Three rugby union teams took part in the men's competition: Canada, England A and the USA.


2003 Churchill Cup
A women's event involving the same teams also formed part of the event. This article concerns the men's event.


2003 Churchill Cup, Format
The teams played each other once in a round robin format, before the top two teams played in the Churchill Cup final.


2003 Cienciano season
The 2003 season was one of the most successful seasons of Cienciano because the team won the 2003 Copa Sudamericana, the first Peruvian club international title.


2003 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2003 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Rick Minter, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1924.


2003 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2003 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 34th season in the National Football League, the 36th overall, and the first under head coach Marvin Lewis, who replaced Dick LeBeau, who was fired following the 2002 season after the worst season in Bengals history. The Bengals had the first overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft with which they selected 2002 Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer.


2003 Cincinnati Bengals season
After a slow start, the Bengals got hot winning at midseason, winning four straight games to stand at 7–5, entering a key Week 14 matchup with the Baltimore Ravens with a chance to win the division. However, in the key showdown for first place the Bengals showed they were not quite ready for primetime as they were beaten 31–13. The Bengals would rebound to win their next game against the San Francisco 49ers, but at 8–6 the Bengals could not get that ninth win, losing their last two games to spoil an effort to earn their first winning season in 13 years, finishing at 8–8.


2003 Cincinnati Bengals season
Along with Willie Anderson, Chad Johnson, for the first time in his career, was named to the Pro Bowl at the end of the season.


2003 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason
The Bengals lost fullback Lorenzo Neal and linebacker Takeo Spikes in free agency, while signing cornerback Tory James, safety Rogers Beckett, linebacker Kevin Hardy, defensive tackle John Thornton, tight end Reggie Kelly, quarterback Shane Matthews and defensive ends Duane Clemons and Carl Powell.


2003 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds' 2003 season consisted of the Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League Central division, as they moved their home games from Cinergy Field to their brand new Great American Ball Park.


2003 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
The Reds finished in fifth place in their division, nineteen games behind the division winner, the Chicago Cubs. They finished with a record of 69-93 and a winning percentage of .421. The Reds finished eighteen games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros. They finished sixteen games behind the third place team, the St. Louis Cardinals. They finished six games behind the fourth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and one game ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.


2003 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
In the middle of the season, the Reds fired manager Bob Boone and promoted Louisville Bats manager Dave Miley to interim manager.


2003 Cincinnati Reds 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


2003 Cincinnati Reds 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


2003 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2003 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2003 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2003 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 1 May 2003. Before the election, Wibsey Labour councillor, Keith Thomson, had defected to Independent. One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.


2003 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2003 City of Edinburgh Council election
Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.


2003 City of Lincoln Council election
Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 City of Lincoln Council election
A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election.


2003 City of York Council election
Elections to City of York Council were held in 2003. The whole council was up for election. Boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 53 to 47.


2003 City of York Council election
The election saw York's Labour Party lose control of the council covering central York for the first time since 1984. The Liberal Democrats won control of the council covering central York for the first time since the Liberal Party had last run the York Corporation in 1899.


2003 City of York Council election
The Council was made up of 29 Liberal Democrats, 15 Labour, two Green and one independent.


2003 City of York Council election, Ward results, Rural West York ward
The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Copmanthorpe, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, and Upper Poppleton


2003 Claxton Shield
The Claxton Shield is an annual competition held by the Australian Baseball Federation. The 2003 Shield reverted to its original form for the first time since 1988, due to the folding of the International Baseball League of Australia. The Shield was held in New South Wales at the Blacktown Olympic Park Baseball Stadium between 26 January to 1 February 2003.


2003 Clemson Tigers football team
The 2003 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2003 Cleveland Browns season
The 2003 Cleveland Browns season was the franchise's 55th season as a professional sports franchise and its 51st season as a member of the National Football League. The Browns were unable to replicate the success from the previous season, and they ended up winning only five games. They failed to return to the playoffs. This season would begin a stretch, which was unbroken until the 2020 season, in which the Browns would not make it to the NFL Playoffs in any capacity.


2003 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Schedule
Apart from their AFC North division games, the Browns played against the AFC West and NFC West according to the NFL's conference rotation, and played the Colts and Patriots based on 2002 standings in their respective AFC divisions.


2003 Cleveland Browns season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Baltimore
Browns linebacker Andra Davis telephoned Ravens running back Jamal Lewis before the game and stated he wanted Lewis to carry the ball at least thirty times in their upcoming matchup. “If that happens, it's going to be a career day’, Lewis replied. Lewis then erupted to 295 rushing yards, breaking the record previously held by Corey Dillon in 2000 as the Browns fell 33–13.


2003 Cleveland Indians season
The 2003 Cleveland Indians season was the 103rd season for the franchise. The 2003 Major League Baseball season began on March 30, 2003. The team finished fourth in the American League Central Division behind the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals


2003 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2003 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2003 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2003 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2003 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2003 Cleveland Rockers season
The 2003 WNBA season was the 7th and final season for the Cleveland Rockers franchise. The season saw the team reach the playoffs for the first time in two years. To date, they are the only to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs in their final season of play. The team disbanded after the season after no new ownership was found.


2003 Clipsal 500
The 2003 Clipsal 500 was the fifth running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 21 March until Sunday 23 March 2003. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was the opening round of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series.


2003 Clipsal 500, Format
The format, unique to V8 Supercars and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, split the total distance of 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometre races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.


2003 Clásica de Almería
The 2003 Clásica de Almería was the 18th edition of the Clásica de Almería cycle race and was held on 2 March 2003. The race was won by Luciano Pagliarini.


2003 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 2003 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 23rd edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 9 August 2003. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Paolo Bettini of the Quick-Step team.


2003 Clásico RCN
The 43rd edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from August 24 to August 31, 2003 in Colombia. The stage race with an UCI rate of 2.3 started in Medellín and finished in Bogotá. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional".


2003 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team
The 2003 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Chanticleers were led by first-year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. In their inaugural season, Coastal Carolina competed as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5 with a 1–3 record in conference play.


2003 Coca Cola Tigers season
The 2003 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2003 Coca Cola Tigers season, Championship (Finals stint)
The Coca-Cola Tigers played in the finals in all three conferences of the league's 29th season. In the All-Filipino Cup, the defending champions blew a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-seven championship against Talk 'N Text Phone Pals and lost in six games. Coca-Cola placed runner-up for the second straight conference when they lost to Alaska in the best-of-three finals series of the short Invitational championship.


2003 Coca Cola Tigers season, Championship (Finals stint)
Coca-Cola didn't end up bridesmaid for the third time in the season by winning over San Miguel Beermen in the season-ending Reinforced Conference. The Tigers defeated the Beermen in the deciding seventh game as coach Chot Reyes won his second title for Coca-Cola and fourth overall in his coaching career.


2003 Coca-Cola 600
The 2003 Coca-Cola 600, the 44th running of the race, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 25, 2003, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. The race was the twelfth of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. The race was scheduled for 400 laps but was shortened to 276 laps because of rain. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his first win of the season, and also at Charlotte. Matt Kenseth finished second and Bobby Labonte finished third.


2003 Coca-Cola 600
Failed to qualify: Hermie Sadler (No. 02), Brett Bodine (No. 11), Derrike Cope (No. 37)


2003 Coca-Cola 600
On the day of the race, 0.55 inches of precipitation were recorded around the speedway.


2003 Coca-Cola 600, Background
Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and The Winston, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.


2003 Colchester Borough Council election
The 2003 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2003 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the seats were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2003 Colchester Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party with 24 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 23 seats, Labour had 4 seats, there were 8 independents and 1 seat was vacant after the sitting Labour councillor moved to Scotland. The council was run by a cabinet comprising 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal Democrats and 1 Labour members.


2003 Colchester Borough Council election, Background
21 seats were being contested, with 2 seats available in Wivenhoe Cross due to the vacancy. The remaining 20 seats all had the sitting councillors defending their seats and included the Labour group leader Tim Young in St Andrew's and the Conservative mayor Nigel Chapman in Fordham and Stour. Meanwhile, in High Woods, Ian Ringer, defended the seat as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats earlier in 2003.


2003 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
Prior to the election, 3 Liberal Democrat councillors from Highwoods ward defected and sat as Independents, reducing the Liberal Democrat group to 23 councillors.


2003 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election Bob Newman left the Labour group to sit as an independent, reducing Labour to 4 councillors. Labour then went into opposition after refusing to work with the Conservatives and a new cabinet was formed with 4 Conservative and 4 Liberal Democrat members.


2003 Colchester Borough Council election, Ward results
Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.


2003 Colchester Borough Council election, Ward results
Three of the single-seat wards (Dedham & Langham, East Donyland, Marks Tey) were not up for election this year. Neither were three of the two-seat wards (Harbour, Lexden, St John's).


2003 Colchester Borough Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2004
A by-election took place on 22 April 2004 after the death of the independent councillor Richard Davies.


2003 Colgate Raiders football team
The 2003 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate was undefeated in the regular season, won the Patriot League championship and played in the Division I-AA national championship game.


2003 Colgate Raiders football team
In its eighth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 15–1 record (12–0 in the regular season). John Frieser, Tem Lukabu and Sean McCune were the team captains.


2003 Colgate Raiders football team
The Raiders outscored opponents 480 to 303. Colgate's undefeated (7–0) conference record placed first in the Patriot League standings.


2003 Colgate Raiders football team
Colgate started the year unranked in the Division I-AA national poll, but as the season-long win streak developed, the Raiders steadily climbed in the rankings. They debuted at No. 24 in mid-September and were ranked No. 6 at the end of the regular season.


2003 Colgate Raiders football team
The Raiders were seeded No. 4 in the Division I-AA national playoffs. After three playoff wins, Colgate lost to Delaware in the national championship game. In the final poll of the year, Delaware was ranked No. 1 and Colgate No. 2.


2003 Colgate Raiders football team
Colgate played its home games, including its first two playoff games, at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


2003 Colima earthquake
The 2003 Colima earthquake occurred on 21 January with a moment magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter was located on the Pacific coast in the Mexican state of Colima. The earthquake was felt as far away as Mexico City and in southern parts of the United States.


2003 Colima earthquake, Effects
The 2003 Colima earthquake resulted in the death of 29 people and 300 injured. Additionally, approximately 10,000 were left homeless as the earthquake destroyed 2,005 homes and seriously damaged 6,615. Most of the deaths and damage occurred in Villa de Álvarez, a city which borders the northern part of the city of Colima. Extensive damage (rating VIII) occurred in  the city of Colima and in Tecomán. Some deaths and damage occurred in the states of Jalisco and Michoacán and a few buildings were damaged as far away as Guanajuato and Morelos.


2003 Colima earthquake, Effects
The quake was felt strongly (rating VI) in parts of Mexico City. It was also felt in most of Mexico and in the United States in Corpus Christi, Texas, Dallas, Texas and El Paso, Texas. Occupants of high-rise buildings in Houston, Texas also reported feeling its effects. Landslides closed a segment of the Colima-Guadalajara Highway and the port of Manzanillo. Power and telephone outages occurred in Mexico City. A local tsunami of about 1 m (peak-to-trough) was recorded at Manzanillo. A seiche was observed on Lake Pontchartrain in the US state of Louisiana, and sediment was stirred up in several Louisiana wells.


2003 Colima earthquake, Tectonic summary
This shallow earthquake occurred in a seismically active zone near the coast of central Mexico. The earthquake occurred near the juncture of three tectonic plates: the North American Plate to the northeast, the Rivera Plate to the northwest, and the Cocos Plate to the south. Both the Rivera Plate and the Cocos Plate are being subsumed beneath the North American Plate. The slower subducting Rivera Plate is moving northwest at about 2 cm per year relative to the North American Plate and the faster Cocos plate is moving in a similar direction at a rate of about 4.5 cm per year.


2003 Colima earthquake, Tectonic summary
Several significant earthquakes have occurred near the recent event. In 1932, a magnitude 8.4 thrust earthquake struck about 100 km to the north-northwest. On 9 October 1995, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck about 50 km to the northwest killing at least 49 people and leaving 1,000 homeless. The most deadly earthquake in the region occurred about 170 km to the south-east on 19 September 1985. This magnitude 8.0 earthquake killed at least 9,500 people, injured about 30,000, and left 100,000 people homeless.


2003 Colima state election
An election for governor was held in the Mexican state of Colima on 6 July 2003, simultaneously with federal congressional midterm elections. Gustavo Vázquez Montes of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was initially declared the winner,  with 83,995 votes; second place went to the National Action Party (PAN) with 69,180, with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in third place with 32,042. Following accusations of irregularities, the gubernatorial result was declared void by the state electoral authorities and an extraordinary election was held on December 7, 2003. Meanwhile, Carlos Flores Dueñas of the PRI served as interim governor.


2003 Colima state election
Two candidates stood in the extraordinary election: Gustavo Vázquez Montes, representing an alliance of the PRI, Labour Party (PT), and Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM), and Antonio Morales de la Peña of the PAN standing as the Alianza Todos por Colima candidate (an unusual combination of PAN and PRD, and the local ADC party). The state electoral institute declared Vázquez Montes the winner and he was sworn in on January 1, 2004.


2003 Colima state election
Barely 14 months into his gubernatorial term, however, Vázquez Montes  was killed in an airplane accident over Michoacán on February 24, 2005. Arnoldo Ochoa González of the PRI was appointed acting governor; a fresh election  was held on April 10, 2005, with Silverio Cavazos – the victor in that contest, representing a PRI/PVEM/PT alliance – to be sworn in on May 5.


2003 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2003 College Baseball All-America Team
The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2003 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).


2003 College Football All-America Team
The 2003 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and Rivals.com


2003 College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.


2003 College Football All-America Team
Eighteen players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2003, 12 of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)


2003 Colombian constitutional referendum
A fifteen-part constitutional referendum was held in Colombia on 25 October 2003. Whilst all fifteen proposals were approved by voters, only one question had a sufficient numbers of votes to pass the 25% quorum requirement.


2003 Colombian constitutional referendum, Background
After taking office in August 2002, President Álvaro Uribe put forward several constitutional reforms. The Congress approved the proposals on 20 December 2002, but also suggested several changes, including reducing the size of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate by a fifth rather than creating a unicameral Congress, and forcing parties that received less than 2% of the vote in elections to disband.


2003 Colombian constitutional referendum, Background
Uribe subsequently signed the changes into law, and they were submitted to the Constitutional Court on 22 January 2003. On 9 July the Court passed judgement that the referendum was valid, but that four questions were not acceptable.


2003 Colombian constitutional referendum, Background
Under articles 374 and 378 of the Constitution, proposed amendments to the constitution require a quorum of 25% of registered voters casting a valid vote, and a majority of those who have voted to vote in favour.


2003 Colombian constitutional referendum, Aftermath
Following the referendum, President Uribe objected to the presence of 700,000 voters on the electoral roll, whose removal would have meant nine of the fifteen questions passing the quorum. However, his protests were rejected by the National Electoral Council on 19 December 2003.


2003 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2003 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Coy Tillett, Sr., Memorial Field in Manteo, North Carolina from May 21 through May 25. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2003 season. Top-seeded VCU won the tournament for the second time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2003 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, former member East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Among active members, Old Dominion led with three titles while George Mason had won twice and VCU and William & Mary had each won once.


2003 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The CAA's two division winners received the top two seeds. The next four teams, regardless of division, were selected and seeded by conference winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament.


2003 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Matt Prendergast was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Prendergast was a pitcher for VCU.


2003 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2003 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado missed a bowl berth for just the fourth time since 1984.


2003 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 2003 season was the 11th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 74-88, 4th in the NL West.


2003 Colorado Rockies 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


2003 Colorado Rockies 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


2003 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2003 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2003 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2003 Colorado Springs mayoral election
The 2003 Colorado Springs mayoral election took place on April 1, 2003, to elect the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. The election was officially nonpartisan.


2003 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2003 Colorado State Rams football team  represented Colorado State University in the college football 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado  and were led by head coach Sonny Lubick.


2003 Columbia Lions football team
The 2003 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished sixth in the Ivy League.


2003 Columbia Lions football team
In their first season under head coach Bob Shoop, the Lions compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 283 to 211. Rashad Biggers, Chris Carey and Jeff Roether were the team captains.


2003 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 3–4 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 189 to 135 by Ivy opponents.


2003 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


2003 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
The 2003 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election (Western Isles council) to the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar was held on 1 May 2003 as part of the wider 2003 Scottish local elections.


2003 Commonwealth Bank International – Draw
Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.


2003 Commonwealth Bank International – Draw
Andre Agassi won in the final 6–2, 6–3, against Sébastien Grosjean.


2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 18th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Abuja, Nigeria, between 5 December and 8 December 2003, and hosted by President Olusegun Obasanjo.


2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The Zimbabwean issue was dominant, leading to one of the highest media profiles for a CHOGM in recent times. The dispute over Zimbabwe's suspension led to a dispute over the re-election of Secretary-General Don McKinnon, and, before the end of the meeting, Robert Mugabe's announcement that Zimbabwe was withdrawing from the Commonwealth. The Aso Rock Declaration reaffirmed the Harare Declaration of 1991 and set the 'promotion of democracy and development' as the organisation's priorities.


2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The meeting was attended by representatives of fifty-one countries out of the Commonwealth's fifty-four members (suspended members Zimbabwe and Pakistan were not invited, whilst Antigua and Barbuda sent no representative). Thirty-eight were represented by their Head of State or Head of Government.


2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Zimbabwe
Rather predictably, but despite attempts to the contrary, the issue of Zimbabwe dominated. Some African members had spoken out against what they saw as the 'undemocratic' suspension of Zimbabwe, but were criticised for not respecting the principle of consensus, under which dissenting voices to an issue that had already been decided and voting on are usually only heard privately. Olusegun Obasanjo was seen to have acquitted himself well in the Commonwealth's position of Chairperson-in-Office in the manner in which he addressed this issue.


2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Zimbabwe
The issue was brought to a head in the election of the Secretary-General. The incumbent, New Zealander Don McKinnon, was nominated for another four-year term, and convention stipulates that an incumbent running again is to be unchallenged. However, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa spearheaded a campaign to have Sri Lanka's Lakshman Kadirgamar elected in protest over the handling of the Zimbabwe matter. Nonetheless, African countries were divided, with only five African Heads of Government voting with Mbeki, and the attempt to move the election down the agenda to provide time to develop momentum for the movement was unsuccessful. With Mbeki's tactics failing, and with neither Kadirgamar nor the Prime Minister or President of Sri Lanka in Abuja, the challenge was easily defeated, by forty votes to eleven.


2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Zimbabwe
In response to the failure to overthrow McKinnon or to lift Zimbabwe's suspension, Robert Mugabe announced on 7 December that Zimbabwe was to leave the Commonwealth immediately: marking only the third occasion (after South Africa in 1961 and Pakistan in 1971) that a country had withdrawn voluntarily.


2003 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The 2003 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the eleventh edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Sheriff Tiraspol for the first time.


2003 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2003 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2003 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 21–25. Southern Miss defeated Tulane in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 12–15 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.


2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Louisville defeated upstart UAB in the championship game, 83–78, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship.


2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cardinals, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members Cincinnati, Marquette, and Memphis, all of whom earned at-large bids.


2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
There were no changes to the tournament format from the previous year. The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the next eight teams were placed into the first round. The two teams with the worst conference records were not invited to the tournament. All remaining tournament seeds were determined by regular season conference records.


2003 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2003 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the ninth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of Memphis and the games were played at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex.


2003 Congo air disaster
The 2003 Congo air disaster occurred on 8 May 2003 when a cargo door of an Ilyushin Il-76 owned by Ukrainian Cargo Airways accidentally opened mid-flight while the aircraft was flying over Mbuji-Mayi with more than 160 people on board. The flight was conducting a civilian transport from Kinshasa in the southwest of the country to Lubumbashi in the southeast. Seventeen people were confirmed dead by the Congolese government, while officials estimated that 60 lost their lives. Survivors even claimed a higher number of fatalities, claiming that as many as 200 people were sucked out to their deaths.


2003 Congo air disaster, Incident
The incident occurred above the city of Mbuji-Mayi on the night of 8 May 2003. The aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-76 registered as UR-UCB and was operated by Ukrainian Cargo Airways, a Ukrainian state-owned charter airline company based in Kiev. The two-hour flight was chartered by the military to transport soldiers and their families to Lubumbashi, home to a large Congolese military base and located in the south of the country in Haut-Katanga Province. The cargo compartment was full of passengers; many were sleeping in the middle section and near the cargo door. The aircraft had no proper seating, and there were only folding chairs in the cabin, with people "crammed onto benches and on the floor."


2003 Congo air disaster, Incident
About 45 minutes after takeoff from Kinshasha, at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the cargo door of the Ilyushin Il-76 suddenly opened, sucking many passengers out of the aircraft. Several people were clinging to ropes, bags and netting on the interior wall of the plane. Survivors described the scene as chaotic, with passengers screaming and flying out of the open door. Several people who had been sleeping were awakened by other passengers' screams. They also claimed that the plane suddenly tilted to the left and right, causing more people to be sucked out. Several people who had clung onto ropes lost their grips and were sucked out to their deaths. A secured truck on the cargo hold may have saved many lives as it may have acted like a barrier.


2003 Congo air disaster, Incident
One survivors described the commotion: "I was just next to the door and I had the chance to grab onto a ladder just before the door let loose." Another said, "I saw a soldier cradling a baby and a mother with a baby near the door suddenly just being wrenched into the darkness."


2003 Congo air disaster, Incident
The aircraft managed to return to Kinshasha after the incident. The Congolese government ordered an immediate search for the passengers who had been sucked out of the aircraft. Survivors claimed that many people had disappeared after the incident, and stated that as many as 200 people, including women and children, were killed in the incident. Ukrainian defence ministry spokesman Konstantin Khyvrenko stated that no one was hurt in the accident, but survivors stated that many were injured by flying baggage and cargo. At least two pregnant women experienced miscarriages resulting from shock.


2003 Congo air disaster, Incident
The government only confirmed the deaths of 17 people, while officials estimated that as many as 60 may have been killed and airport officials placed the number of fatalities at 129. Aviation officials and western diplomats in Congo estimated that at least 170 people were killed in the incident. Of the more than 160 passengers in the cargo compartment, only about 40% returned to the airport.


2003 Congo air disaster, Investigation
An investigation was ordered immediately after the disaster. Information minister Kikaya Bin Karubi told Reuters that the Congolese Air Force and Army were investigating to determine whether the accident was the result of human error or a mechanical problem. Sergeant Kabmba Kashala said that the aircraft had taken off with the door improperly fastened and that the door had flung open after three failed attempts to fully shut it mid-flight. The pilot suggested that the door had opened either after one of the passengers tinkered with its controls, or because of a computer glitch. He stated that a passenger could have been "touching the button for special opening device."


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche
The 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche on Saturday, 1 February 2003 killed seven teenagers in the Columbia Mountains at the foot of Mount Cheops east of Revelstoke, following another avalanche which had killed seven adult skiers on 20 January 2003 on the Durrand Glacier, located in the same area and caused by a rain crust formed at the same time.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Background
The 14 scholars and their three adult group leaders, two of whom were experienced skiers and trained in avalanche education, were from Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School near Okotoks. They were on the annual 10th grade class backcountry skiing trip, a four-day trip and a 27-year-old tradition of the school's outdoor education program. The group were hiking along the Balu Pass Trail in the Connaught Creek Valley in British Columbia's Glacier National Park, some 5 km west of the Rogers Pass summit, scene of the 1910 avalanche disaster.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Background
Those on the trip were educated in avalanche and other potential dangers of the area. On the first day while supervised by Andrew Nicholson and Dale Roth, both avalanche-certified teachers, the students dug avalanche pits, did snowpack testing and performed compression tests on every slope.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Incident
On the second day of the trip, the avalanche risk was deemed "considerable" or in the middle of the five-level scale, which proposes that natural avalanches were possible and human-triggered were likely. That day the students were following avalanche protocol of keeping 30 to 50 feet between pairs, and instructors stopped the group early in the trip to quiz each student about avalanche safety protocol. At 11:45 a.m. two mountain guides, who happened to be in the same area, heard a crack signaling the avalanche's start and shouted warnings to the school group below, who were swept away moments later.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Incident
A student survivor claimed that the day was unseasonably warm, and that there was no warning until he heard a shout. He turned and saw the avalanche come down the mountain, and then the group leader removing his back pack and skis, he attempted to do the same but was hit by a wall of powder.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Incident
The guides raced down to the site, freeing those whose hands and legs were showing above the snow, and searching for those buried deeper using the avalanche transceivers which the scholars were all carrying. The first person that was uncovered was the group leader who had the only satellite phone and immediately used it to call for help for aiding in the search. The phone call alerted rescuers five minutes later. 35 rescuers with helicopters soon reached the scene, and within 80 minutes of the avalanche the 10 survivors and 7 fatalities had been located.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Victims
The deceased were six boys and one girl: Ben Albert, Daniel Arato, Scott Broshko, Michael Shaw, Alex Pattillo, Jeff Trickett, and Marissa Staddon. They were all residents of Calgary.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Aftermath
Once the shock had abated, the school reviewed and revised its outdoor education program, and decided to carry on with the backcountry ski program subject to rigorous safety measures. In order for students to be able to engage in the program, parents and students are shown briefings on activities and the different environments, which list potential hazards and measures to protect the students. This was done after an independent report into the avalanche concluded the school did not adequately warn the parents of the risks for the trip and concentrated on the idea of adventure rather than education.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Aftermath
Under a new risk classification system the Connaught Creek area was rated as a Class 3 region, unsuitable for school groups, and therefore off-limits.


2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche, Aftermath
In 2013, the school held a private memorial for the survivors and the family and friends of the victims and survivors, to mark the tenth anniversary of the disaster.


2003 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2003 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.


2003 Connecticut Sun season
The 2003 WNBA season was their fifth season and their first in Connecticut. The Sun made the playoffs for the first time since 2000. They would sweep the Charlotte Sting in the first round, only to get swept to the eventual champion Detroit Shock in the conference finals.


2003 Connecticut Sun season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft
Based on the Sun's 2002 record, they would pick 6th in the Miami Sol/Portland Fire dispersal draft. The Sun selected point guard Debbie Black.


2003 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs
In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Charlotte Sting. Since the Sting had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Connecticut, game 2 at Charlotte, and game 3 (if needed) at Charlotte. The Sun swept the Sting and advanced to the second round. In the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Detroit Shock. Since the Shock had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Connecticut and games 2 and 3 (if needed) at Detroit. The Shock swept the Sun and game 3 was not needed.


2003 Conservative Party leadership election
The 2003 Conservative Party leadership election was caused by the enforced resignation of incumbent leader Iain Duncan Smith after the loss of a confidence vote among his parliamentary party. The causes of Duncan Smith's fall are often cited as his lack of charisma and impact with the public, the uninspired direction of the party under his leadership, and his previous failure to achieve more than a third of support among Members of Parliament  in the 2001 leadership contest. In the event, the Conservative Party coalesced around Michael Howard as replacement leader and there was not a contest to replace Duncan Smith.


2003 Conservative Party leadership election, Fall of Iain Duncan Smith
Duncan Smith's leadership was damaged by his lack of support among many of his MPs and the perception that he was a weak, un-charismatic leader. On 14 February 2003, former MP Barry Legg was selected as Conservative Party Chief Executive. He was from the right of the party and replaced modernizer Mark MacGregor, which led to conflict within the party. On 23 February 2003,  The Daily Telegraph published a story that members of parliament were considering a vote of confidence due to Duncan Smith's perceived un-electability. On 1 May 2003, Crispin Blunt resigned from the Conservative front bench and demanded a no confidence motion in Duncan Smith, the day before local government elections. On 7 May, Barry Legg resigned amid continuing disquiet.


2003 Conservative Party leadership election, Fall of Iain Duncan Smith
On 13 October 2003, the parliamentary watchdog began an investigation into Duncan Smith's past employment of his wife as his diary secretary. There were allegations that she was on the parliamentary payroll for apparently doing no work. On 18 October, backbench MP Patrick Cormack suggested that Duncan Smith should call a vote of confidence in his leadership. On 22 October, major party donor Stuart Wheeler said there was "an overwhelming case" to replace Duncan Smith.


2003 Conservative Party leadership election, Fall of Iain Duncan Smith
For a vote of confidence to occur, 15 percent of Conservative MPs (at the time, 25 MPs) had to write to the Chairman of the 1922 Committee demanding the vote. On 26 October, amid mounting claims that the threshold of 25 was about to be reached, Duncan Smith made an appearance on television and dared his opponents to show their hand by the evening of 29 October, or to withdraw their challenge. He also stated that he would not step down if a vote were called. On 28 October, Sir Michael Spicer, chairman of the 1922 Committee, announced that he had received at least 25 votes and the vote of no confidence was held on 29 October 2003. Duncan Smith lost the vote 75–90.


2003 Conservative Party leadership election, Rise of Michael Howard
As soon as the result of the confidence vote was known, MPs David Davis and Oliver Letwin announced that they were supporting former Home Secretary Michael Howard. Kenneth Clarke and Tim Yeo announced they would not be running. Michael Ancram, deputy leader of the party, gave the qualified statement that he would not stand against Howard so long as no other candidate came forward. The prospect of a sole candidate raised many questions as to whether or not ordinary party members would have the opportunity to decide whether they accepted Howard as leader, and some suggested an all-member ballot. No other candidates came forward, and Howard was elected unopposed on 6 November 2003. The board of the Conservative Party decided not to have that ratified by the party membership. The Tories went on to lose the general election in 2005.


2003 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2003 Continental Cup of Curling was held at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario November 27–30. Europe won its first title, 208-179.


2003 Continental Cup of Curling, Singles
(Each game worth four points, eight bonus points awarded to top aggregate score)


2003 Continental Tire Bowl
The 2003 Continental Tire Bowl  featured the Pittsburgh Panthers, and the Virginia Cavaliers. The game was the second edition to this bowl game. The game was played on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 11:00 AM EST. The win by Virginia made them 2–0 all time in the game.


2003 Continental Tire Bowl
Virginia scored first on a 52-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Schaub to tight end Heath Miller, to take an early 7–0 lead. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh got on board with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Rod Rutherford to wide receiver Princell Brockenbrough to tie the game at 7.


2003 Continental Tire Bowl
Virginia answered with a 1-yard rushing touchdown by running back Wali Lundy to take a 14–7 lead. Rod Rutherford threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Miree, but the failed extra point left the score at 14–13. Virginia's Connor Hughes kicked a 44-yard field goal before halftime to go up 17–13.


2003 Continental Tire Bowl
In the third quarter, Connor Hughes kicked a 30-yard field goal to increase the lead to 20–13. Pittsburgh's J. B. Gibbony kicked a 28-yard field goal to bring the score to 20–16. Connor Hughes closed the scoring with a 39-yard field goal to make the final score 23–16.


2003 Continental Tire Bowl
The 2003 Continental Tire Bowl was the only game in the 2003 season in which Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did not catch a touchdown pass.


2003 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2003 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the thirtieth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Tupapa Maraerenga won the championship, their fifth recorded championship and third in a row, although other sources suggest that their victories in 1992 and 1993 were won by Takuvaine and Avatiu respectively. Nikao Sokattack were runners-up, with Avatiu finishing in third place. This season was the first time in the history of the Round Cup that a team had won three Championships in a row since Titikaveka in 1983.


2003 Copa AT&T
The 2003 Copa AT&T was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. It was the 31st edition of the tournament and was held from 17 February through 23 February 2003. First-seeded Carlos Moyá won the singles title.


2003 Copa AT&T, Finals, Doubles
Mariano Hood/  Sebastián Prieto defeated  Lucas Arnold /  David Nalbandian 6–2, 6–2


2003 Copa AT&T – Doubles
Gastón Etlis and Martín Rodríguez were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Ferrer and Fernando Vicente.


2003 Copa AT&T – Doubles
Mariano Hood and Sebastián Prieto won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Lucas Arnold and David Nalbandian.


2003 Copa AT&T – Singles
Nicolás Massú was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Agustín Calleri.


2003 Copa AT&T – Singles
Carlos Moyà won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 against Guillermo Coria.


2003 Copa Aerosur
Following are the results of the 2003 Copa Aerosur, the Bolivian football tournament held in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, sponsored by AeroSur airline.


2003 Copa Aerosur
The 2003 Edition started in January and ended in February. The final was Buenos Aires, Argentina.


2003 Copa América de Ciclismo
The 3rd edition of the Copa América de Ciclismo was held on 6 January 2003 in São Paulo, Brazil.


2003 Copa América de Futsal
The 2003 Copa América de Futsal was the 8th edition under FIFA rules, 19th edition of the main international futsal tournament of the South America region. It took place in Asunción, Paraguay from 26 August to 1 September 2003.


2003 Copa América de Futsal
The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Taiwan.


2003 Copa América de Futsal, Championship
The ten participating teams are divided into three groups of three in the first two groups and four teams in the last group, which will play each in a single round-robin format. The top team of each group advances to the semi-finals with the second placed team from Group C. The top three teams for the tournament will earn participation at the 2004 Futsal World Championship.


2003 Copa Colsanitas
The 2003 Copa Colsanitas was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia that was part of Tier III of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and ran from 17 February through 23 February 2003. Fourth-seeded Fabiola Zuluaga won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2003 Copa Colsanitas, Finals, Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik /  Åsa Svensson defeated  Tina Križan /  Tatiana Perebiynis 6–2, 6–1


2003 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but Ruano Pascual did not compete this year. Suárez teamed up with Fabiola Zuluaga and lost in semifinals to Tina Križan and Tatiana Perebiynis.


2003 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik and Åsa Svensson won the title by defeating Tina Križan and Tatiana Perebiynis 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2003 Copa Colsanitas – Singles
Fabiola Zuluaga was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, by defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2003 Copa Colsanitas – Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2003 Copa Libertadores
The 2003 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 44th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament.


2003 Copa Libertadores
The tournament was won by Boca Juniors defeating Santos in a rematch of the 1963 Copa Libertadores Finals. Boca Juniors achieved their fifth Copa Libertadores title and third in four years.


2003 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 2003 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2003 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Boca Juniors and Brazilian club Santos. The first leg of the tie was played on 25 June at Boca Juniors' venue, La Bombonera, with the second leg played on 2 July at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo.


2003 Copa Libertadores Finals
During the final, both sides registered all of their local players. Boca Juniors won the series 5–1 on aggregate.


2003 Copa Libertadores Finals, Final summary, First leg
Assistant referees: Jorge Luis Arango Oswaldo DíazFourth official: Fernando Paneso


2003 Copa Perú
The 2003 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 2003), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


2003 Copa Perú
The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.


2003 Copa Perú
The 2003 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) on February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started, on June. The tournament continued with the Departamental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) on July. The Regional Staged followed. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) started on November. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region I
Region I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Piura region.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region II
Region II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca and La Libertad region.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region III
Region III includes qualified teams from Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali region.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region IV
Region IV includes qualified teams from Callao, Ica and Lima region.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region V
Region V includes qualified teams from Huánuco, Junín and Pasco region.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VI
Region VI includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica region.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VII
Region VII includes qualified teams from Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.


2003 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VIII
Region VIII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.


2003 Copa Perú, National Stage
The National Stage started in November. The winners of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.


2003 Copa Sudamericana
The 2003 Copa Nissan Sudamericana was the second edition of CONMEBOL's new international club tournament. It was won by Peruvian club Cienciano, who won the first international trophy for their club and the country. They also qualified to play in the 2004 Recopa Sudamericana.


2003 Copa Sudamericana Finals
The 2003 Copa Sudamericana Finals was a two-legged football match, contested between Argentine club River Plate and Peruvian side Club Sportivo Cienciano to determine the champion of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana.


2003 Copa Sudamericana Finals
In the first leg, held in Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, both teams tied 3–3. In the second leg held in Estadio Universidad de San Agustín in Arequipa, Cienciano won 1–0 and therefore the Peruvian squad crowned champion of the competition after winning 4–1 on points (4–3 on aggregate).


2003 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
The 2003 Copa de S.M. la Reina de Fútbol was the 21st edition of Spain's women's football national cup, and took place from 18 May to 29 June 2003.


2003 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
CE Sabadell, which was celebrating its centennial and was entrusted the final's hosting, became the 11th Copa de la Reina champion by defeating CD Híspalis, Levante UD (which had won the previous three editions) and finally CFF Estudiantes. Superliga champion Athletic Bilbao was defeated by Estudiantes in the first round.


2003 Copa del Rey Final
The 2003 Copa del Rey Final was the 101st final since its establishment. The match took place on 28 June 2003 at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche. The match was contested by RCD Mallorca and Recreativo de Huelva, and it was refereed by Eduardo Iturralde González. RCD Mallorca lifted the trophy for the first time in their history with a 3-0 victory over Recreativo de Huelva.


2003 Copa del Rey Juvenil
The 2003 Copa del Rey Juvenil was the 53rd staging of the tournament. The competition began on May 18, 2003 and ended on June 29, 2003 with the final.


2003 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The Copa del Rey 2002-03 was the 66th edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was held in Valencia at the Pabellón Municipal Fuente de San Luis between 20 and 23 February 2003. The winning team was FC Barcelona after defeating defending champions Tau Cerámica after an overtime.


2003 Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil 2003 was the 15th staging of the Copa do Brasil.


2003 Copa do Brasil
The competition started on February 2, 2003 and concluded on June 11, 2003 with the second leg of the final, held at the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the fourth time with a 3-1 victory over Flamengo.


2003 Copa do Brasil
Nonato, of Bahia, with nine goals, was the competition's topscorer.


2003 Copa do Brasil, Format
The competition was contested by 65 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, with the exception of the preliminary match, which was played in a single match, and in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.


2003 Copeland Borough Council election
The 2003 Copeland Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Copeland Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Copenhagen Open
The 2003 Copenhagen Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen in Denmark and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 24 February until 2 March 2003. Karol Kučera won the singles title.


2003 Copenhagen Open, Finals, Doubles
Tomáš Cibulec /  Pavel Vízner defeated  Julian Knowle /  Michael Kohlmann, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2.


2003 Copenhagen Open – Doubles
Julian Knowle and Michael Kohlmann were the defending champions but lost in the final 7–5, 5–7, 6–2 against Tomáš Cibulec and Pavel Vízner.


2003 Copenhagen Open – Singles
Lars Burgsmüller was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Olivier Rochus.


2003 Copenhagen Open – Singles
Karol Kučera won in the final 7–6 (7–4), 6–4 against Rochus.


2003 Copenhagen Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2003 Coppa Italia Final
The 2003 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 2002–03 Coppa Italia, the 56th season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played over two legs on 20 May and 31 May 2003 between Roma and Milan. This was the 13th Coppa Italia final appearance by Milan and the 11th by Roma. It was the first meeting of these two clubs in the finals. Milan won the first leg 4–1, followed by a 2–2 in the second leg, giving Milan their 5th title on an aggregate score of 6–3.


2003 Corby Borough Council election
The 2003 Corby Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Corby Borough Council in Northamptonshire, England. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1979.


2003 Corby Borough Council election, Results Summary
The overall results, using average ward votes for the total number of votes cast, were as follows:


2003 Corby Borough Council election, Ward-by-Ward Results, Rural West Ward (1 seat)
(Background: Bob Rutt defected from the Liberal Democrats after the 1999 Borough Council elections)