2002 Scottish Masters, Tournament summary, Final
The final between Higgins and O'Sullivan on 29 September was contested over two sessions as a best-of-17 frames match. O'Sullivan led 5–1 by compiling breaks of 51, 79, 52, 65 and 43 with the solitary reply from Higgins being a 100 break in frame four. Higgins reduced his deficit to 5–4 with breaks of 48, 49 and 59. O'Sullivan then produced breaks of 43, 112, 52 and 91 to claim four frames in a row within 43 minutes and win the tournament with a 9–4 victory.


2002 Scottish Masters, Tournament summary, Final
It was O'Sullivan's third Scottish Masters tournament win after his victories in 1998 and 2000, and equalled a record Hendry had held. He had won his eighth competition in Scotland, his 26th from 34 finals; he earned £65,000 in prize money. Higgins was runner-up for the 15th time in his career from 39 finals, and earned £32,000. Lee won £5,000 for producing the tournament's highest break of 139 in the semi-finals.


2002 Scottish Masters, Tournament summary, Final
O'Sullivan said he had been focused on improving his form by using the golfer Tiger Woods as an example. "He's shown the way to be professional and how hard work pays off." He had gone into the tournament feeling confident because he had accumulated high breaks against his fellow players in practice. He stated he wanted to win approximately 50 to 60 championships to keep him motivated before his retirement and knew that reaching the level of Steve Davis and Hendry would be difficult.


2002 Scottish Masters, Tournament summary, Final
Higgins commented that O'Sullivan deserved to win the tournament, and admitted to have not taken advantage of his opportunities: "Even when I got back to 5–4 I couldn't put any pressure on him. I did well in these invitation events last season and not in the ranking tournaments so it would be nice if I can change that around."


2002 Scottish Masters, Main draw
Numbers given to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top eight players in the tournament. Players in bold denote match winners.


2002 Scottish Masters, Qualifying Event
Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 16 players at Spencer's Leisure, Stirling from 27 August to 1 September. The 16-player tournament included the likes of Graeme Dott, the 2001 British Open runner-up, and the 1995 world championship runner-up Nigel Bond. Drew Henry won the tournament and earned the final wild card spot for the Scottish Masters by defeating Dominic Dale, Robin Hull, Joe Swail and Ali Carter over four rounds. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.


2002 Scottish Masters, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
Two century breaks were made by two different players during the qualifying tournament.


2002 Scottish Masters, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries
The main stage of the 2002 Scottish Masters yielded eight century breaks by six different players. The highest was a 139 by Stephen Lee in his semi-final match against John Higgins, which earned him £5,000.


2002 Scottish Open (snooker)
The 2002 Regal Scottish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6–14 April 2002 at the A.E.C.C in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2001/2002 season.


2002 Scottish Open (snooker)
Stephen Lee claimed his third ranking title by defeating David Gray 9–2 in the final. This was the first all-English final of the Scottish Open and was the first all-English final of this overall competition since 1988, when Steve Davis defeated Jimmy White 12–6 in the International Open. The following year had another all-English final with David Gray defeating Mark Selby 9–7.


2002 Seattle Bowl
The 2002 Seattle Bowl was the second and final edition of the college football bowl game (known for the previous 3 years as the Oahu Bowl, before moving to Seattle), and was played at Seahawks Stadium in Seattle, Washington. The game pitted the University of Oregon Ducks from the Pac-10 and the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons from the ACC. The game was the final competition of the 2002 football season for each team and resulted in a 38–17 Wake Forest victory.


2002 Seattle Mariners season
The Seattle Mariners 2002 season was their 26th since the franchise creation. After their record 116 wins the previous year, they ended the season 93–69 (.574), but finished 3rd in the American League West and missed the postseason. This season began a playoff drought that has lasted for 19 years and is currently the longest in all of the four North American professional sports.


2002 Seattle Mariners season, Regular season
On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.


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


2002 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Starting pitchers, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft
The following is a list of 2002 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in the June regular draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. The Mariners made 50 selections in the 2002 draft, the first being outfielder John Mayberry, Jr. in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 23 pitchers, 12 outfielders, 5 catchers, 3 second basemen, 3 shortstops, 3 third basemen, 3 second basemen, and 1 first baseman.


2002 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2002 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 27th season in the National Football League, the first season in Qwest Field and the fourth under head coach Mike Holmgren. The Seahawks returned to the NFC West for the first time since their inaugural season of 1976 and opened their new stadium, Seahawks Stadium, on the site of their former stadium, the Kingdome.


2002 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Regular season
Divisional matchups have the NFC West playing the NFC East and the AFC West.


2002 Seattle Storm season
The 2002 WNBA season was the third season for the Seattle Storm basketball team. They made to the playoffs for the first time, but losing to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep, who went on to win the WNBA Finals for the second year in a row. The Storm beat the Portland Fire by 1 game for the final spot, which the Fire would later cease operations.


2002 Seattle Storm season, Offseason, WNBA Draft
Sue Bird was among four of the top six draft picks, (along with Swin Cash (#2), Asjha Jones (#4) and Tamika (Williams) Raymond (#6) ) that were from the same team, the 2002 NCAA Champion University of Connecticut.


2002 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2002 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2002 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2001–02 Segunda División B to the 2002–03 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División were relegated to Segunda División B.


2002 Segunda División B play-offs
The teams play a league of four teams, divided into 4 groups. The champion of each group is promoted to Segunda División.


2002 Senior League World Series
The 2002 Senior League World Series took place from August 11–17 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Willemstad, Curaçao defeated Boynton Beach, Florida in the championship game.


2002 Senior League World Series
In addition to being the first SLWS in Bangor; the double elimination format was replaced by round robin pool play.


2002 Senior PGA Tour
The 2002 Senior PGA Tour was the 23rd season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. This was the last season for the tour under its original name; it would be renamed as the Champions Tour for its next season in 2003, and since 2016 has been known as PGA Tour Champions. The season consisted of 35 official money events with purses totalling $58,205,000, including four majors. Bob Gilder and Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


2002 Senior PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2002 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.


2002 Seve Trophy
The 2002 Seve Trophy golf tournament took place 19–21 April at Druids Glen, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.


2002 Seve Trophy, Format
The teams competed over three days with four greensomes matches and four foursomes matches on Friday, four fourball matches and four foursomes matches on Saturday and ten singles on Sunday.


2002 Seve Trophy, Format
Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.


2002 Seve Trophy, Teams
Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players in each team were the top 8 from the Seve Trophy points table, which started with the Open de Espana (19–22 April 2001) and which was finalised on 31 March 2002.


2002 Seychellois parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Seychelles on 6 December 2002. The result was a victory for the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front, which won 18 of the 25 constituency seats and five of the nine proportional representation seats.


2002 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2002 Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) was the 6th SIFF to be held and the second festival to be held on an annual basis. The festival was held between June 8 and June 16, 2002.


2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash
On 22 August 2002,  a Shangri-La Air DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed against a hill 5 kilometers south-east of Pokhara, which was completely clouded following three days of continuous rains.


2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the crash was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Shangri-La Air. Its maiden flight was in 1981 with the LIAT of Antigua and Barbuda.


2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash, Crew and Passengers
All occupants on board died in the crash; they included thirteen German citizens, one Briton and one American as well as three Nepalese crew members.


2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash, Incident
The flight operated as a tourist charter flight and was coming from Jomsom. On approach to Pokhara, it crashed into a hill that was hidden in the clouds.


2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash, Incident
The route out of Jomsom is considered as challenging for pilots, as they have to manoeuvre the aircraft through a deep gorge between Mount Annapurna and Mount Dhaulagiri.


2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash, Incident
By late afternoon on August 23, the wreckage was found near the village of Dopahar. The bodies were recovered and were flown to Kathmandu in army helicopters.


2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash, Aftermath
As there were 13 German victims, Germany was particularly involved in the aftermath of the accident. Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer offered his condolences to the families. The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) sent a team to Nepal to investigate the crash, however, the plane was not fitted with a flight data recorder as this was not required under Nepal laws.


2002 Sharjah Cup
The 2002 Sharjah Cup Triangular Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates in April 2002. It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan. Pakistan won the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka by 217 runs in the final. All matches were held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.


2002 Sharjah Cup, Squads
Lou Vincent was initially named in New Zealand's ODI squad, but withdrawn due to chest injury. Mathew Sinclair was added to the squad for Vincent.


2002 Sheffield City Council election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on 2 May 2002. One third of seats were up for election. Since the previous election, the Liberal Democrats and Labour had each suffered one defection - Ronald Shepherd left the Labour grouping to sit as an Independent and Lib Dem Matthew Dixon defected, firstly as an Independent and then to the Conservatives. In this time an earlier Lib Dem defector, Trefor Morgan, also changed from an Independent to Liberal.


2002 Sheffield City Council election
Following this election, the council returned to no overall control, as the sizable swing from Lib Dem to Labour allowed Labour to gain five seats directly from the Lib Dems, and two from earlier defections, making Labour narrowly the largest party with 43 seats to the Lib Dem's 42. Overall turnout was 30.0%.


2002 Sheffield City Council election, Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2002 Shelkovskaya Mi-8 crash
The 2002 Shelkovskaya Mil Mi-8 crash in Chechnya killed 14 people, including senior Russian officers, among them the deputy Interior Minister Mikhail Rudchenko.


2002 Shelkovskaya Mi-8 crash
On January 27, 2002, a Russian Interior Ministry Mil Mi-8 was shot down and exploded near Shelkovskaya in Nadterechny District, killing 14 people including crew. Among those killed in the crash were Lieutenant-General Mikhail Rudchenko responsible for security in the Southern Federal District, and Major-General Nikolai Goridov, deputy commander of the Internal Troops, as well as Colonels Oriyenko, Stepanenko, and Trafimov.


2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver
The 2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver was the fourteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 1, 2002 on the streets of Denver, Colorado around Pepsi Center. It was the first Champ Car event in Denver since a 1991 street course event in Denver's Civic Center.


2002 Shell Turbo Chargers season
The 2002 Shell Turbo Chargers season was the 18th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2002 Shell Turbo Chargers season, Summary
The Shell Turbo Chargers find it hard to score victories after another for the 2002 season. After winning over Coca-Cola, 90-82 on February 17, the Turbo Chargers lost eight in a row and bowed out of contention in the Governor's Cup, they won their last game against Sta.Lucia, 95-76, on the last day of eliminations on April 21.


2002 Shell Turbo Chargers season, Summary
They lost their first three assignments during the Commissioner's Cup but made it through the quarterfinal round as the 8th seeded team and were ousted by Batang Red Bull. With center Benjie Paras sitting out for most of their games during the season, Shell continued its non-semifinal appearance in the All-Filipino Cup, the Turbo Chargers lost to Sta.Lucia Realtors in a do-or-die game for the 6th spot in the quarterfinal round.


2002 Shimizu S-Pulse season
The 2002 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's eleventh season in existence and their tenth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season eighth in the league.


2002 Shimizu S-Pulse season, International results, Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Shimizu S-Pulse qualified for this tournament as runners-up of the 2000 Emperor's Cup, as the winners (Kashima Antlers) have already qualified to the Asian Club Championship as the league winners.


2002 Shimizu S-Pulse season, International results, AFC Champions League (qualification)
Shimizu S-Pulse entered the qualifying rounds as winners of the 2001 Emperor's Cup.


2002 Short Strand clashes
The 2002 Short Strand clashes, also known as the Siege of Short Strand, was a series of major sectarian violence and gun battles in and around the Short Strand area of east Belfast – a mainly Irish/Catholic enclave surrounded by Protestant communities. Although violence had occurred many times throughout 2002, this article deals with the worst episode in June.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
The violence started as loyalists were celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on the streets around Newtownards Road. On Friday 31 May 2002, Protestants were accused of draping unionist red-white-blue buntings on the rails of St Matthew's church in Short Strand. That evening a blast bomb was thrown at a police Land Rover car, injuring nine officers. Soldiers from three British Army regiments were called in to support the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
On Sunday 2 June, fire bombs were thrown as police, before three Protestants were injured in Cluan Place, a Protestant enclave separated from Short Strand by a peace wall, as loyalists and Irish republicans clashed. Two hours later a Catholic bus driver was wounded when he was attacked by gunmen on Lower Newtownards Road.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
On Monday 3 June, up to 1,000 people were involved in street fighting and rioting in Short Strand and around Albertbridge Road. Five people were shot that day and nineteen police officers were wounded. Assistant chief constable of the PSNI claimed that paramilitaries were involved in the violence. Police constable Colin Cramphorne warned that Northern Ireland was heading for "a fresh nightmare". Both loyalists and republicans blamed each other, whilst the PSNI acknowledged that both the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were orchestrating violence. In Cluan Place three civilians were shot. During the fighting houses were set on fire by petrol bombs, forcing many families out.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
David Ervine, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) said that Short Strand had become a "no-go area" for security forces. Both Ervine and Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams held emergency talks with Northern Ireland secretary John Reid. A councillor of Short Strand claimed that loyalist paramilitaries fired into the Catholic area first.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
Fresh violence broke out on Wednesday. Saint Matthew's church was attacked with bottles and stones, before a stand-off of loyalists with security forces on Lower Newtownards Road in the afternoon. By night time, shots were fired in Short Strand, narrowly missing a group of children and a 22-year-old woman inside her living room in Seaforde Street. Earlier that day, the local Sinn Féin councillor, Joe O'Donnell, blamed loyalists for the shootings. First Minister David Trimble meanwhile blamed the IRA for organising the violence, having told British Prime Minister Tony Blair so in a meeting.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
On Thursday 6 June, loyalist women blocked Lower Newtownards Road in a protest. One of their posters read "No Short Strand nationalists or republicans allowed into east Belfast". One of the women said:


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
"These Fenians in the Short Strand want to take over the houses in Cluan Place. We don't want them shopping on our road anymore. We want the police to go in there and restore order. Our kids musn't go through what we had to endure in the 1970s."


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
On Friday, masked loyalist men raided the Belfast Institute for Further and Higher Education, a few blocks from the scene of the clashes. They checked identifications of students to see who was from Short Strand, and warned them not to enter the area. Councillor Joe O'Donnell said that day:


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
"The people here are cut off from medical facilities, shops and now from places of education. We are trying to set up emergency supplies but the surrounding loyalist areas are trying to strangle us."


2002 Short Strand clashes, Clashes
By the weekend, residents were returning to their homes on both sides as the situation became relatively calm.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Aftermath
Northern Ireland security minister Jane Kennedy called the violence "mindless" and urged both sides to stop. SDLP leader Mark Durkan also condemned the violence and blamed loyalist paramilitaries of exploiting the situation. The violence was compared to the riots of 1969.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Aftermath
On 8 June, Kennedy announced that the peace lines will be raised and high metal screens erected to prevent gunmen from firing over the walls, including between Cluan Place and Clandeboye Drive, the main flashpoint of the clashes. However a previous wall extension on Madrid Street led to Short Strand residents claiming they were cut off from shops living in a "state of siege".


2002 Short Strand clashes, Aftermath
The BBC called the east Belfast clashes as one of the worst instances of street violence in Belfast "in a generation". In the years after the clashes, community workers on both sides of the communities formally met regularly in en effort to reduce tensions.


2002 Short Strand clashes, Aftermath
Sporadic clashes would continue in east Belfast. On 22 August rioting by a loyalist mob injured nine police officers, which was blamed on the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship
The 2002 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 23rd edition of the competition, started on 1 April and finished after fourteen race weekends on 22 September 2002.


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship
The defending champions were Kristers Serģis and his passenger Artis Rasmanis from Latvia who also took out the 2002 championship. The team set a record for number of points scored, 662, and for world championships won, becoming the first-ever team to win five sidecarcross world championships. While Rasmanis permanently retired from the sport after the 2002 season Kristers Serģis continued his career in the sport until 2008, however without being able to win another world title.


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship
The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition. All races, manufacturers and the vast majority of riders in the competition being in and from Europe. Sidecarcross is similar to motocross except that the teams consist of two riders, a driver and a passenger. Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars don't lean. The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out. The coordination between the driver and the passenger are therefore of highest importance.


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
The fourteen races of the season were held in nine countries: Netherlands (2x), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia (2x), Latvia (2x), Germany (2x), France (2x), Sweden and Belgium. In comparison to the 2001 edition, the Grand Prix of Switzerland, Ukraine and Great Britain have been dropped off the calendar while the Bulgarian GP made a return.


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
Events typically consist of a qualifying competition, held in multiple stages on Saturdays of a race weekend while the two race events are typically held on Sundays. One exception to this rule is Easter weekends, when the races are held on Easter Monday. Race weekends can consist of additional motocross or quart support races as well, but the FIM stipulates that the World Championship races have priority. Riders have to be provided with at least one 30-minute free practice season, which will be timed.


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
A race can consist of up to 30 starters and the qualifying modus is dependent on the number of entries. With up to 32 entries, it will be held in one group split into two sessions of 30 minutes each. Above 32 entries, the starter field will be sub-divided into two groups through ballot and the current standings. Each qualifying group can consist of up to 30 racers. Should there be more than 60 entries, a pre-qualifying has to be held. Of the riders in the two groups, the top twelve directly qualify for the races. The remaining teams then go to a second-chance qualifying, in which the best six advance. The riders placed seventh and eighth remain in reserve should one of the qualified teams not be able to participate.


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
The first twenty teams of each race score competition points. It was the first season this points system was used. In the 2001 season, only the sixteen best teams were awarded points. The point system for the season was as follows:


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship, Retirements
At the end of the 2002 season a number of long-term competitors retired from the World Championship, the most successful of those being German Klaus Weinmann, runners-up 1995 and active since 1984.


2002 Sidecarcross World Championship, Classification, Riders
The top ten teams in the final overall standings were:


2002 Siebel Open
The 2002 Siebel Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California in the United States that was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. It was the 113th edition of the tournament and was held from February 25 through March 3, 2002. First-seeded Lleyton Hewitt won the singles title.


2002 Siebel Open, Finals, Doubles
Wayne Black /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  John-Laffnie de Jager /  Robbie Koenig 6–3, 4–6, [10–5]


2002 Siebel Open – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie were the defending champions but only MacPhie competed that year with Nenad Zimonjić.


2002 Siebel Open – Doubles
MacPhie and Zimonjić lost in the semifinals to John-Laffnie de Jager and Robbie Koenig.


2002 Siebel Open – Doubles
Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 6–3, 4–6, [10–5] against de Jager and Koenig.


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


2002 Siebel Open – Singles
The 2002 Siebel Open was a men's international tennis tournament that took place from February 25 to March 3, 2002. Greg Rusedski was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Todd Martin.


2002 Siebel Open – Singles
Australian Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) against American Andre Agassi.


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


2002 Sierra Leonean general election
General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 14 May 2002 to elect a president and parliament. Incumbent President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) was re-elected with more than 70% of the votes in the first round, meaning that a second round of voting was not required. In the parliamentary elections, the SLPP received almost 70% of the vote, winning 83 of the 112 seats. The All People's Congress became the main opposition party, replacing the United National People's Party.


2002 Sierra Leonean general election
The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone was authorised, under Security Council Resolution 1389 (2002), to assist in the electoral process.


2002 Sierra Leonean general election, Campaign
A total of 1,351 candidates contested the parliamentary elections, representing ten parties.


2002 Silicon Valley Football Classic
The 2002 Silicon Valley Football Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Fresno State Bulldogs on December 31, 2002, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. Fresno State won the game 30–21; the victory was the school's first bowl victory since 1992.


2002 Sindh provincial election
Provincial elections were held in Sindh on 10 October 2002 to elect the Provincial Assembly. The elections were held under the military government of General Pervez Musharraf.


2002 Singapore Open (badminton)
The 2002 Singapore Open in badminton was a four-star tournament held in Singapore, from August 19 to August 25, 2002.


2002 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s
The 2002 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the fourth year of the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament. Portugal defeated Kenya 24 - 21 in the final of the Cup.


2002 Six Nations Championship
The 2002 Six Nations Championship was the third series of rugby union's Six Nations Championship, the 108th international championship overall. The annual tournament was won by France, who completed a grand slam.


2002 Six Nations Championship squads, France
*captain in the first game**captain in the second game***captain in the third, fourth and fifth games


2002 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland
*captain in the first three games**captain in the fourth game***captain in the fifth game


2002 Skate America
The 2002 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2002–03 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington on October 23–27. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2002–03 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.


2002 Skate America, Results, Men
Reigning Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin withdrew with injury after the short program in what became the final competition of his amateur career. Brian Joubert went on to win the event for his first international title.


2002 Skate America, Results, Ladies
Yukari Nakano and Ludmila Nelidina both landed a triple Axel in their free skating, together becoming the first female skaters to perform the jump in international competition since Midori Ito landed it at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Nakano landed it first and Nelidina, who skated after her, also performed it successfully.


2002 Skate Canada International
The 2002 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2002–03 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec on October 31 – November 3. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2002–03 Grand Prix Final.


2002 Skyrunner World Series
The 2002 Skyrunner World Series was the 1st edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.


2002 Skyrunner World Series, Results
The World Cup has developed in 7 races from July to October.


2002 Skyrunner World Series, Final ranking
The final ranking of the Championship is done by summing up the four best scores in the World Circuit races. In the event of a former victory, the score is divided and in the case of the same score in the circuit, who has won more victories.


2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Eastern Harps claimed their fifth title in this year, defeating Coolera/Strandhill after a replay, and prolonging the latter's long wait for glory. The participants were expanded from 12 to 14, and relegation playoffs were introduced for this year, with Cloonacool the first to be relegated.


2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Group Stages
The Championship was contested by 14 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the remaining sides facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2003.


2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Playoff
There was one playoff required, in Group D where Grange/Cliffoney eliminated Tubbercurry from the Championship.


2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:P. WalshF. CandonK. PhillipsM. CosgroveP. McGovernB. Phillips (Capt)F. SextonP. GradyM. McCormackM. Doddy (0-1)K. Carty (0-2)P. HenryS. Gallagher (0-2)P. Taylor (0-1)S. Dorrian (0-3)


2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:J. CurranR. DoyleN. Carew (0-1)K. CooneyT. WattersJ. McPartland (Capt)(0-1)S. O'NeillC. O'MearaK. Quinn (0-3)S. Carty (0-1)K. O'NeillB. DoyleC. MullenJ. Joyce (0-1)T. McMahon


2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Replay
Team:P. WalshF. CandonK. PhillipsM. CosgroveP. McGovernB. Phillips (Capt)F. SextonP. GradyM. McCormackM. DoddyK. CartyP. HenryS. Gallagher (0-4)P. Taylor (0-1)S. Dorrian (0-7)


2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Replay
Team:J. CurranR. DoyleK. CooneyK. O'NeillT. WattersN. CarewS. O'NeillK. Quinn (0-3)S. CartyB. DoyleJ. JoyceT. McMahonL. Healy (0-1)J. McPartland (Capt)(0-4)P. Hegarty


2002 Slovak Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Slovak Figure Skating Championships (Slovak: Majstrovstva Slovenska seniorov a juniorov 2002) were figure skating competition for the 2001–02 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level.


2002 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002. The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 36 of the 150 seats. Mikuláš Dzurinda of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union remained Prime Minister, in coalition with the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement, and Alliance of the New Citizen parties.


2002 Slovenian presidential election
EU Member State(Eurozone Member State)(Schengen Area Member State)NATO Member StateCouncil of Europe Member StateOECD Member State


2002 Slovenian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Slovenia in 2002. The first round was held on 10 November, with a run-off held on 1 December after no candidate passed the 50% threshold in the first round. The result was a victory for Janez Drnovšek, who won 56.6% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 72.04% in the first round and 65.24% in the second.


2002 Solheim Cup
The 7th Solheim Cup Match was held between September 20 and September 22, 2002 at Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minnesota, USA. Team USA won the trophy for the fifth time by a score of 151⁄2 to 121⁄2 points. Rosie Jones gained the winning point in her victory over Karine Icher.


2002 Solheim Cup, Teams
The European team was supposed to be made up of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks but there was a tie for seventh position so there were eight automatic qualifiers and only four picks from Captain Dale Reid. The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Patty Sheehan.


2002 Solheim Cup, Format
The match format was slightly changed from 2000. A total of 28 points were available, divided among four periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, was four rounds of foursomes. This was followed in the afternoon by four rounds of fourballs. This schedule was repeated on the Saturday morning and afternoon. The four periods on Friday and Saturday accounted for 16 points. During these team periods, the players played in teams of two. All players had to play in at least one session of the first two days. The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay, in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part.


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


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


2002 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives held 29 seats, compared to 14 for Labour and 8 for the Liberal Democrats, with 17 seats being contested in the election. The Conservatives had held a majority on the council since gaining 4 seats at the 2000 election.


2002 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
Issues in the election included a proposed development by Asda in Shirley, the fate of the Accident and Emergency department at Solihull hospital and new housing developments. Labour also wanted to address a north-south divide in the council area and opposed any transfer of council housing from council control.


2002 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 29 of the 51 seats after only 2 seats changed parties. A couple of former councillors returned to the council, the former Labour leader of the council Michael Corser in Chelmsley Wood and Liberal Democrat June Gandy in Shirley East.


2002 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections :


2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference
The 2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference, sometimes called the Eldoret conference were a series of meetings held in Eldoret, Kenya during November 2002. It was attended by most supporters of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia. The TNG was the predecessor organization of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).


2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference
However, at the time, the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) was still hotly contending with other factions, including warlord Adan Madobe-Habsade, who captured Baidoa. The RRA accused the Juba Valley Alliance of assisting the warlord, an accusation denied by the JVA leader Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale.


2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference
Former President and member of parliament Ali Mahdi Muhammad blamed Ethiopia for interfering in the meetings. He left the conference to return to Mogadishu, saying it was a waste of time.


2002 Somaliland municipal elections
Municipal elections were held across Somaliland on 15 December 2002. Six political associations fielded 2,368 candidates to contest 379 local council seats in nineteen of Somaliland's twenty-three electoral districts.


2002 Somaliland municipal elections
Prior to these elections, local government only consisted of a mayor and a councillor both appointed by the Ministry of Interior by the recommendation of the President. These elections would pave way for the establishment of popularly-elected local governments that were directly responsible to local constituencies.


2002 Somaliland municipal elections, Political associations
The Constitution of Somaliland stipulated that only three political parties could exist at any one time. As a result, the three associations that gained the largest numbers of local council seats would become the official political parties and enjoyed exclusive legitimacy for the next ten years .A political organisation had to achieve 20% of the vote in at least four of Somaliland's six regions in order to become a national party and contest presidential and parliamentary elections.


2002 Somaliland municipal elections, Results
Over 440,000 people took part in the country's first municipal elections. Results were announced a week later by the National Electoral Commission, with UDUB, Kulmiye and UCID finishing as the top three parties.


2002 Somaliland municipal elections, Aftermath
The elections were viewed largely as a success and was an essential step in the transition from a clan-based formed of governance to a democracy.


2002 Somaliland municipal elections, Aftermath
Political associations that ranked fourth or lower ceased to exist. Although Sahan passed the threshold of receiving 20% of the votes in at least four regions and UCID did not, it was decided that UCID's higher national vote share qualified it to become the third party, a controversial decision.


2002 Somaliland municipal elections, Aftermath
Councillors from the associations that were dissolved were subsequently required to join one of the newly appointed national parties, UDUB, Kulmiye or UCID.


2002 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2002 Soul Train Music Awards were held on March 30, 2002 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sport Arena in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall, Yolanda Adams, Faith Evans and Shemar Moore.


2002 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
The 2002 South Africa rugby union tour of France Scotland and England was a series of matches played in November 2002 in France Scotland and England by South Africa national rugby union team. It was a woeful tour, a real nightmare, finished with the worst defeat in the history of the Springboks a 3–53 loss against England.


2002 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe, The Matches
In the first test, Springboks were defeated by a great French team


2002 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe, The Matches
France: 15.Nicolas Brusque, 14.Vincent Clerc, 13.Thomas Castaignede, 12.Damien Traille, 11.Cedric Heymans, 10.Francois Gelez, 9.Fabien Galthie (capt. ), 8.Imanol Harinordoquy, 7.Olivier Magne, 6.Serge Betsen, 5.Olivier Brouzet, 4.Fabien Pelous, 3.Pieter de Villiers, 2.Raphael Ibanez, 1.Jean-Jacques Crenca,  – replacements: 16.Sylvain Marconnet, 17.Jean-Baptiste Rue, 18.Thibault Privat, 19.Sebastien Chabal, 22.Xavier Garbajosa     –  No entry : 20.Dimitri Yachvili, 21.Gerald MerceronSouth Africa: 15.Werner Greeff, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Jean de Villiers, 12.Adrian Jacobs, 11.Brent Russell, 10.Andre Pretorius, 9.Neil de Kock, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.AJ Venter, 6.Corne Krige (capt. ), 5.Jannes Labuschagne, 4.Bakkies Botha , 3.Willie Meyer, 2.James Dalton, 1.Lawrence Sephaka,  – replacements: 16.Lukas van Biljon, 17.Wessel Roux, 18.Marco Wentzel, 19.Pedrie Wannenburg, 21.Butch James, 22.Marius Joubert    –  No entry: 20.Bolla Conradie


2002 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe, The Matches
Scotland: 15.Stuart Moffat, 14.Nikki Walker, 13.Andy Craig, 12.Brendan Laney, 11.Chris Paterson, 10.Gordon Ross, 9.Bryan Redpath (capt. ), 8.Budge Pountney, 7.Simon Taylor, 6.Martin Leslie, 5.Stuart Grimes, 4.Scott Murray, 3.Bruce Douglas, 2.Gordon Bulloch, 1.Tom Smith,  – replacements: 17.Dave Hilton, 18.Nathan Hines, 19.Jason White, 21.Gregor Townsend, 22.Ben Hinshelwood     –  No entry : 16.Steve Scott, 20.Graeme BeveridgeSouth Africa: 15.Werner Greeff, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Adrian Jacobs, 12.Robbie Fleck, 11.Friedrich Lombard, 10.Butch James, 9.Bolla Conradie, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.Pierre Uys, 6.Corne Krige (capt. ), 5.Jannes Labuschagne, 4.Marco Wentzel, 3.Deon Carstens, 2.Lukas van Biljon, 1.Wessel Roux,  – replacements: 17.CJ van der Linde, 18.AJ Venter, 21.Andre Pretorius       –  No entry: 16.James Dalton, 19.Pedrie Wannenburg, 20.Brent Russell, 22.Bakkies Botha


2002 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe, The Matches
England: 15.Jason Robinson, 14.Ben Cohen, 13.Will Greenwood, 12.Mike Tindall, 11.Phil Christophers, 10.Jonny Wilkinson, 9.Matt Dawson, 8.Richard Hill, 7.Neil Back, 6.Lewis Moody, 5.Ben Kay, 4.Martin Johnson (capt. ), 3.Phil Vickery, 2.Phil Vickery, 1.Jason Leonard,  – replacements: 18.Danny Grewcock, 19.Lawrence Dallaglio, 20.Andy Gomarsall, 21.Austin Healey, 22.Tim Stimpson     –  No entry : 16.Mark Regan, 17.Robbie MorrisSouth Africa: 15.Werner Greeff, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Robbie Fleck, 12.Butch James, 11.Friedrich Lombard, 10.Andre Pretorius, 9.Bolla Conradie, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.Pedrie Wannenburg, 6.Corne Krige (capt. ), 5.AJ Venter, 4.Jannes Labuschagne , 3.Deon Carstens, 2.James Dalton, 1.Wessel Roux,  – replacements: 16.Lukas van Biljon, 17.CJ van der Linde, 20.Norman Jordaan, 21.Adrian Jacobs, 22.Brent Russell     –  No entry: 18.Marco Wentzel, 19.Pierre Uys


2002 South African Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 South African Figure Skating Championships were held in Cape Town on 15–18 October 2001. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles at the senior, novice, and pre-novice levels. There was also a junior and juvenile ladies' competition.


2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 April 2002 at the Phakisa Freeway.


2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.


2002 South American Cross Country Championships
The 2002 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 23–24, 2002. The races were held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.


2002 South American Cross Country Championships
Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.


2002 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 72 athletes from 7 countries participated.


2002 South American Games
The VII South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, and Belém; all in Brazil. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR). An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were publishedelsewhere,emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.


2002 South American Games
In Belém, the games were officially opened by the governor of the state of Pará, Almir Gabriel. Torch lighter was bowler Dayse Silva.


2002 South American Games
Originally awarded to Córdoba, Argentina, the Games were moved to Bogotá, Colombia, following an economic crisis in Argentina. Later, violence between the Colombian government and guerrillas caused Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Venezuela to threaten to leave the Games, which resulted in the relocation to Brazil. Colombia did not send a delegation to protest this decision.


2002 South American Games, Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.


2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 34th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Olímpico do Pará  in Belém, Brazil from August 1–3,2002 in conjunction with the 7th South American (ODESUR) Games. Athletes from the Netherlands Antilles competed solely for the South American Games, and were considered as guests for the South American Junior Championships.


2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Doping
Eliane Pereira from Brazil was tested positive for Stanozolol, ananabolic steroid. Consequently, she lost her gold medal in 1,500 m (in4:33.19) and her silver medal in 3,000 m (in 9:52.42), and was banned for twoyears.


2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Doping
Two further cases with enhanced Testosterone/Epitestosterone ratio were discovered (nomedalists involved).


2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 194 athletes (plus an unknown number of guest athletes from the Netherlands Antilles) from about 10 countries:


2002 South American Race Walking Championships
The 2002 South American Race Walking Championships were held in Puerto Saavedra, Chile, on September 14–15, 2002. The event was also known as South American Race Walking Cup.


2002 South American Race Walking Championships
A short note on the event and an appraisal of the results was given by Eduardo Biscayart for the IAAF.


2002 South American Race Walking Championships
Complete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.


2002 South American Race Walking Championships, Participation
The participation of 83 athletes from 9 countries is reported.


2002 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The 2002 South American Rugby Championship was the 24th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


2002 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The tournament was played in Mendoza and Santiago, with four teams participating.


2002 South American Rugby Championship "A", Standings
Three points for victory, two for a draw, and one for a loss


2002 South American Rugby Championship "B"
The 2002 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the third edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.


2002 South American Rugby Championship "B"
The tournament was played in Lima, with four team participating.


2002 South American Rugby Championship "B", Standings
Three point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost


2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics
The 16th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Consejo Nacional de Deportes (CND)  in Asunción, Paraguay from October 19–20, 2002.


2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for boys and girls. A summary is given, and complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 290 athletes from 11 countries:


2002 South Australian state election
State elections were held in South Australia on 9 February 2002. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election, along with half of the 22 seats in the South Australian Legislative Council. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia Rob Kerin was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann. Labor won 23 out of 47 seats, and then secured the one more seat it needed for a majority by gaining the support of independent Peter Lewis.


2002 South Australian state election, Background
This was the first election since Labor narrowly lost as opposition in the 1997 election, doing much better than most analysts predicted, forcing the Liberals to minority government after their comprehensive loss in the 1993 election where Labor were reduced to just ten seats. Coming into the 2002 election, the Liberal Government had faced a number of scandals including the Motorola affair, over which Premier John Olsen was forced to resign in October 2001. He was succeeded by Rob Kerin, who had less than three months to govern before the election was called.


2002 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
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2002 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
Labor won two seats from the Liberals, the districts of Adelaide (Jane Lomax-Smith) and Colton (Paul Caica). This gave Labor 23 seats, Liberals 20 seats, SA Nationals one seat, and three seats to independents. In order to form majority government, a party needed 24 seats out of 47. Most analysts expected Kerin to form a minority government with the support of Nationals MP Karlene Maywald, and the three independents, who were all former Liberal party members.


2002 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
On 13 February, one of those crossbenchers, former Liberal Peter Lewis, announced that he had signed an agreement with Labor leader Mike Rann to support a Labor Government in exchange for holding a constitutional convention, making him speaker of the House of Assembly, and concessions for his electorate including the phasing out of commercial fishing in the River Murray, prioritising the eradication of the branched broomrape weed, changing water rates for irrigation, fast-tracking a feasibility study for a weir and lock at Wellington, and improving rural roads. This agreement effectively made Rann premier-elect by one seat.


2002 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
However, following parliamentary precedent established by Don Dunstan following the 1968 election, Kerin refused to resign until Rann and Labor demonstrated that they had majority support on the floor of the House of Assembly. Kerin claimed to be within this rights to take this course, as longstanding precedent in the Westminster system holds that the incumbent premier should have the first opportunity to form a government if no party has a majority.


2002 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
After three weeks of stalemate, the House of Assembly was called into session several weeks earlier than usual. With Lewis in the speaker's chair, the Kerin Government was defeated on the floor of the House of Assembly on 5 March 2002, after Kerin moved a confidence motion in his own government and lost. Rann then advised Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson that he could form a government, which was duly sworn in the following day.


2002 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
Rann later shored up his government's majority by reaching agreements with crossbenchers Maywald and McEwen, giving them cabinet posts in exchange for their support of the government.


2002 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council
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2002 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council
In the Legislative Council, Liberal won 5 seats (Robert Lawson, Caroline Schaefer, Angus Redford, David Ridgway, Terry Stephens), Labor won 4 seats (Gail Gago, Paul Holloway, Terry Roberts, John Gazzola), Australian Democrats won 1 seat (Sandra Kanck), and the recently formed Family First party won their first ever seat in an Australian parliament (Andrew Evans).


2002 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council
This left the overall numbers in the Legislative Council at: Liberal 9, Labor 7, Democrats 3, Family First 1, No Pokies 1, and 1 independent (Terry Cameron).


2002 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team
The 2002 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games at the new Sarge Frye Field. The team was coached by Ray Tanner in his 6th season at South Carolina.


2002 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team
The Gamecocks lost the College World Series, defeated by the Texas Longhorns in the championship game.


2002 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team, Gamecocks in the 2002 MLB Draft
The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.


2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his fourth season as head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gamecocks did not finish the season bowl-eligible.


2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Mark Sanford, the Republican nominee, beat incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Hodges to become the 115th governor of South Carolina. Hodges became only the third incumbent governor in South Carolina history to lose reelection.


2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
Governor Jim Hodges faced no opposition from South Carolina Democrats and avoided a primary election.


2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Republican primary
The South Carolina Republican Party held their primary on June 11, 2002 and the runoff on June 25, 2002. The contest became a race between Lieutenant Governor Bob Peeler from the Upstate and Mark Sanford, a former representative of the 1st congressional district in the Lowcountry. Sanford received the support of the candidates eliminated from the runoff election and easily defeated Peeler.


2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Polling
The general election was held on November 5, 2002 and Mark Sanford was elected as the next governor of South Carolina. Turnout was higher than the previous gubernatorial election because of the competitive nature of the race between the two parties.


2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2002 to elect a Governor of South Dakota. Republican nominee Mike Rounds was elected, defeating Democratic nominee Jim Abbott.


2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
Rounds' victory was one of South Dakota's greatest political upsets. Until late in 2001, then-Congressman John Thune was the front-runner for the nomination. When Thune passed on the race in order to challenge Senator Tim Johnson, state Attorney General Mark Barnett and former Lieutenant Governor Steve T. Kirby quickly became candidates. Rounds declared his candidacy late, in December 2001 and was out-raised and outspent ten-to-one by each of his opponents.


2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
However, the contest between Kirby and Barnett soon became very negative and "dirty". Barnett attacked Kirby for not investing in companies based in South Dakota and for his involvement with Collagenesis, a company which removed skin from donated human cadavers and processed them for use.


2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
It became the subject of a massive scandal when it was revealed that the company was using the skins for much more lucrative cosmetic surgery like lip and penis enhancements while burn victims "lie waiting in hospitals as nurses scour the country for skin to cover their wounds, even though skin is in plentiful supply for plastic surgeons". Kirby invested in the company after the scandal broke and Barnett attacked him for it in television advertisements. However, the advertisements backfired because "the claims were so outlandish, that people thought for sure that they were exaggerated or completely fabricated."


2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
As the two front-runners concentrated on attacking each other, Rounds insisted on running a positive campaign and was not attacked by his opponents. Rounds' positive image and extensive knowledge of state government won him many supporters who were alienated by the front-runners. On the day of the primary election, Rounds won a stunning victory, with 44.3% of the vote to Barnett's 29.5% and Kirby's 26.1%.


2002 South Florida Bulls football team
The 2002 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the sixth team fielded by the school. The Bulls were led by head coach Jim Leavitt in his sixth year, played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Bulls finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2). However, the Bulls did not participate in a bowl game.


2002 South Korean local elections
The 3rd Local Elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2002. Unlike the 1998 local elections, the ruling Millennium Democratic Party was defeated by the opposition Grand National Party, which they only controlled Gwangju, Jeolla and Jeju.


2002 South Korean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 2002. The result was a victory for Roh Moo-Hyun of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, who defeated Lee Hoi-chang of the Grand National Party by just over half a million votes.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Background
President Kim Dae-jung's National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) re-branded itself to Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) in 2000, but was struggling as it had defeated by the Grand National Party (GNP) both the 2000 parliamentary election and 2002 gubernatorial elections. GNP's then leader and probable presidential nominee Lee Hoi-chang was polling higher than any MDP candidates.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Primaries, Millennium Democratic Party
For the first time in South Korean history, the Democratic Party nominated its presidential candidate through open primaries.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Primaries, Millennium Democratic Party
At the beginning of the primaries, Rhee In-je, the 3-term congressman who ran against President Kim in 1997 but afterwards joined the ruling party, led the other candidates by a considerable margin in every poll. However, fringe candidate Roh Moo-hyun rose to prominence after winning the Gwangju contest, eventually winning his party's nomination and then the presidential election.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Primaries, Democratic Labor Party
Labor activist Kwon Young-ghil of the Democratic Labor Party was nominated for president.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Campaign
Although corruption scandals marred the incumbent government, Lee Hoi-chang's campaign suffered from the wave of Anti-American sentiment in Korea generated by the Yangju highway incident. Public opinion of Lee, who was widely seen as being both pro-U.S. and the preferred candidate of the George W. Bush Administration in Washington, D.C., suffered. After losing to Roh by 2% in the December 2002 elections, Lee subsequently announced his retirement from politics.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Campaign, Roh-Chung coalition
Chung Mong-joon, the 3-term independent congressman from Ulsan and son of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung, became so popular that he began appearing on polls for presidential election after he, as the president of the Korean Football Association, was credited for winning the right to host 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Campaign, Roh-Chung coalition
Chung officially launched his presidential campaign in September, and in many polls beat Roh and came close to beating Lee. Many Democratic politicians that weren't happy with Roh's nomination joined Chung's campaign. However, when it seemed clear that if both Roh and Chung ran, Lee would win easily. The two sides decided to combine forces, instead of competing against each other.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Campaign, Roh-Chung coalition
The two sides agreed on conducting two polls, each by different polling companies, where the winner would run as the unified candidate. The winner had to win both polls, or a second round had to occur.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Campaign, Roh-Chung coalition
So the two poll was conducted on 24 November, but only one validated. The other one was invalidated, as the two sides had agreed that any poll with Lee Hoi-chang polling less than 30.4% must be invalidated, since there could be a chance that Lee's supporters were attempting to manipulate the results by responding with an untrue answer.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Campaign, Roh-Chung coalition
The only poll that was validated was the one conducted by the Research and Research, and it was won by Roh.


2002 South Korean presidential election, Campaign, Roh-Chung coalition
However, Chung later broke his pledge on the night before the election, when he felt that Roh broke the promise to include Chung in for policy decisions and surrounded himself only with Democrats. Chung announced less than eight hours before the election that he was withdrawing his support for Roh and urged people to vote their conscience, but Roh won anyway.


2002 South Lakeland District Council election
The 2002 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2002 South Lakeland District Council election, Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats were the largest group on the council, but no party had a majority. 14 of the seats being contested were in Kendal, with the Liberal Democrats defending 9 of the 18 seats which were up for election. 3 councillors stood down at the election, Liberal Democrat John Sudholme of Kendal Castle ward, Labour's Jim Blamire of Kendal Underley and independent Philip Ball of Kendal Oxenholme.


2002 South Lakeland District Council election, Background
Issues in the election included plans to move council housing from the direct control of the council, with Labour opposing the move and both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats supporting it. Other issues included improving the council finances, increasing recycling, parking and social exclusion.


2002 South Lakeland District Council election, Election result
The results saw little change in the party balance on the council, with the only net change being the Conservatives going up by 1 seat to 19 councillors, at the expense of the independents, who dropped to 3 seats. Close results came in Kendal Nether, where Labour gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats by 7 votes after a recount, and Kendal Highgate, where the Liberal Democrats took a seat from Labour by 13 votes.


2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
The 2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 93rd in the club's history and the 1st since 1999. Coached by Craig Coleman and captained by Adam Muir, Andrew Hart and Jason Death, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2002 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 14th out of 15 teams, failing to reach the finals.


2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Ladder
1 The Bulldogs were deducted 37 premiership points due to gross salary cap breaches.


2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
20 seats were contested in the election with 6 Progressives and 3 independents standing in addition to 20 Labour, 17 Liberal Democrat and 12 Conservative candidates. Meanwhile, 3 sitting Labour councillors stood down at the election, Cathy Brown, Alex Tudberry and Ed Malcolm.


2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
The election saw all postal voting in an attempt to increase voter turnout, along with a trial of an electronic counting system. Postal voting was successful in increasing turnout with over half of voters taking part, at 55% turnout had increased significantly on the 27% seen in the previous election in 2000.


2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour maintain their majority on the council after not losing any seats in the election. Labour held all 3 seats that had been seen as key wards, Beacon and Bent, Westoe and Whiteleas, while the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Jim Selby, was re-elected in Cleadon and East Boldon.


2002 Southampton City Council election
The 2002 Southampton Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seat by 3. The council stayed under no overall control.


2002 Southampton City Council election, Election result
The results saw no party win a majority on the council, with Labour just remaining the largest party. The Conservatives gained 4 seats, but the Conservative group leader, Conor Burns, lost his seat. Burns came fourth in Bassett ward behind his two party colleagues and Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Mizon.


2002 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2002 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 22nd through May 26th. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.


2002 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
The 2002 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign
The election saw a group of 7 campaigners stand as independent candidates in the election. They described themselves as "the magnificent seven" and were standing in protest against plans to widen Prioy Crescent and to move St Laurence Church in Eastwood.


2002 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no seats change hands so the Conservatives kept control as a result with 35 of the 51 seats on the council.


2002 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2002 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 22 through May 25. Fourth seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Eagles third tournament win.


2002 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participate, so East Tennessee State, Appalachian State and VMI were not in the field.


2002 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2002 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28–March 3, 2002 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Davidson Wildcats, led by head coach Bob McKillop defeated the Furman Paladins in the championship game to win their seventh title in school history and receive the automatic berth to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.


2002 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All twelve teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured four games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top two finishers in each division received first round byes.


2002 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 2002 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They were a member of Conference USA.


2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 24, 2002 to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 2002 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Vincent–Beck Stadium, home field of Lamar in Beaumont, Texas. Third-seeded Lamar won their first championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. They played a double-elimination tournament.


2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Clay Hensley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Hensley was a pitcher for Lamar.


2002 Southwark London Borough Council election
The 2002 elections to Southwark Council were held in the London Borough of Southwark, England, on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes since the last election in 1998, reducing the number of seats by one. There were 63 seats in 21 wards. The Council moved from Labour controlled to no overall control, with a minority Liberal Democrat executive. Turnout was 26.2%.


2002 Southwark London Borough Council election
Southwark local elections are held every four years, with the next held in 2006.


2002 Southwark London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Grange
Graham Nash was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor


2002 Southwark London Borough Council election, By-Elections 2002-06
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Margaret Ambrose.


2002 Soweto bombings
The 2002 Soweto Bombings were a string of terrorist attacks that occurred in Soweto in South Africa's Gauteng province. Eight blasts took place on 30 October 2002, leaving one woman dead and her husband severely injured. One of the blasts severely damaged a mosque, while others targeted railways and petrol stations in the area. Police prevented one blast. Another bomb later detonated outside the Nan Hua Buddhist temple in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria. A white supremacist group, the Warriors of the Boer Nation, claimed responsibility for these explosions in a message sent to an Afrikaans newspaper.


2002 Soweto bombings
Two subsequent explosions on 28 November 2002 damaged a bridge in the area, and another damaged a police helicopter in a small airport. In all, at least ten, and possibly twelve, individual bombings made up the 2002 Soweto Bombings attack.


2002 Soweto bombings, Background
Since the end of the apartheid system in 1994, some white South Africans—Afrikaners in particular—felt alienated by black rule and the government of the African National Congress (or ANC). They feared the concurrent violence against whites in Zimbabwe would spill across the border into South Africa. In particular, there were concerns about the rising wave of crime across the country.


2002 Soweto bombings, Background
In the month leading up to the bombings, sixteen members of the Boeremag (a militant far-right organization) had been put on trial for plotting to overthrow the government. This group, and others like it, had been formed in response to the ANC rebellion in the early 1990s—and the resulting violence, described by the then ruling National Party government as terrorism. South Africa has had a history of such events. The AWB were responsible for several assassinations and attacks during the late 1980s and early 1990s, before its leader, Eugene Terre'Blanche, was imprisoned. In 1996, bombs had targeted a Western Cape shopping center, killing four Cape Coloured shoppers, and injuring sixty others.


2002 Soweto bombings, The bombs
Two of the 30 October 2002 explosions targeted the railway lines at Lenasia, which connects Soweto to Johannesburg, causing chaos with public transport networks. Another bomb ripped apart the walls of a mosque, and another explosion (in a residential area) killed a woman, Claudia Mokone, while severely injuring her husband. A petrol station was targeted in one of the attacks. Two other people were injured in other bombings.


2002 Soweto bombings, The bombs
A device placed in the basement of the Nan Hua Buddhist temple was prevented from causing fatalities when it was kicked away by someone at the scene before detonating, although it still injured two people. (At the time, it was not known whether this bomb was related to the attacks. The police later stated that it was.) Police prevented a blast at another petrol station in the area, when they received a tip-off about two white men who were said to be acting suspiciously and "rolling something".


2002 Soweto bombings, The bombs
These terrorist attacks caused horror and grief in the community, where no such violence had occurred throughout its history. Fears were heightened soon after when a power failure struck Soweto, although this was not related to terrorism.


2002 Soweto bombings, The bombs, Later bombings
Almost a month later, on 28 November 2002, another bomb exploded on a bridge near Port Edward in KwaZulu-Natal. Nobody was hurt. A more powerful bomb had exploded the previous weekend at an airport used by police, damaging a helicopter, although authorities could not confirm that either explosion was linked to the previous attacks.


2002 Soweto bombings, Investigation and trial
Thomas Vorster, a senior military intelligence officer under the apartheid regime, was arrested for his alleged involvement into the attacks shortly after they occurred. Twenty white men in the Boeremag organisation, including Vorster, were subsequently charged with: treason for their part in the bombings; the murder of Claudia Makone; attempted murder for a plot to kill Nelson Mandela with a car bomb; and conspiracy to overthrow the government. According to The Namibian, 26 pipe bombs were found in a rural area of Cape Province by police searching for the terrorists responsible for the attacks.


2002 Soweto bombings, Investigation and trial
There was a heavy police presence in the area where the trial of the men took place, to prevent further attacks and escape attempts. There was speculation that several officers in the South African police and military had had links to the attacks. The trial was expected to last more than two years, and is still ongoing at the time of this writing (2005).


2002 Soweto bombings, Investigation and trial
The trial was adjourned several times due to legal arguments. It soon became politicised as Paul Kruger, the defence lawyer, argued that the South African government was illegitimate and unconstitutional, and that the first multi-racial elections in the country had not been valid, as white voters had never been consulted. The defence originally planned to call the former President of South Africa, FW De Klerk, as a witness to prove their case. The court later ruled that he could not be forced to stand.


2002 Soweto bombings, Investigation and trial
At trial, the alleged terrorists claimed that they had been subject to torture in the jail in which they were being held. They had, in fact, been forced at times to listen to very loud rap music and kwaito in the Pretoria prison in which they were being held. The judge presiding over the case, Eberhardt Bertelsmann, forbade the prison authorities from broadcasting Metro FM, the offending radio station. However, the defendants had to buy portable radios and batteries for the inmates who wanted to continue listening to the music.


2002 Soweto bombings, Motivation
The terrorists were said to be motivated by a sense of alienation and frustration with their situation in South Africa, as well as religious beliefs similar to Christian Identity, which asserted their "God-given right to rule the nation". They subsequently issued additional threats, asserting that there would be "further surprises" in store.


2002 Soweto bombings, Motivation
One of the group's stated aims was to assassinate Nelson Mandela and possibly restore apartheid to South Africa, although others have suggested that their aim was to start a race war and "kick the blacks out of the country", while still others have asserted that they aimed to set up an independent white Afrikaner nation.


2002 Soweto bombings, Motivation
A letter to the police sent by the organisation suggested a religious motive to the attacks, accusing those who opposed them of being the enemies of the "God of Blood River," describing themselves as "Soldiers of God" and suggesting that the bombings were "the beginning of the end" of the ANC. The letter declared:


2002 Soweto bombings, Motivation
We also declare that it is the end of suppression of the Boer nation, and for that we honour only God. For this reason the ANC must also know that it is not only dealing with the Boer nation, but with the revenge… of the God of the Boer nation. Here in the Southland we will establish a nation for our God that will honour only Him.


2002 Soweto bombings, Motivation
In what South African intelligence services interpreted as referring to the attacks on the mosque and the Buddhist temple, the letter went on to say that no "heathen temples or places of prayer would be permitted in the Southland". It also vowed to avenge farm murders and rapes carried out by South African criminals.


2002 Soweto bombings, Aftermath
The attacks, although relatively minor, provoked debate in the South African media, as well as the government, about the position of whites in South Africa, especially Afrikaners—who had largely dominated politics before the end of apartheid. Many Afrikaners felt stigmatised that they were unfairly viewed as racists linked to terrorist groups, even though the majority rejected such acts.


2002 Soweto bombings, Aftermath
In their book, "Volk, Faith and Fatherland", researchers Martin Schonteiff and Henri Boschoff argued that "Given the real high levels of violent crime, rising white unemployment and the campaign against white farmers in Zimbabwe, such arguments [i.e., the ones used by the terrorists] may be capable of eliciting widespread sympathy among conservatively-minded Afrikaners".


2002 Soweto bombings, Aftermath
All of the mainstream political parties usually associated with whites, the Democratic Alliance, the New National Party and the Freedom Front, condemned the bombings, and the Defence Minister, Mosiuoa Lekota pointed out that most white South Africans were loyal citizens.


2002 Spa 24 Hours
The 2002 Proximus 24 Spa was the 56th running of the Spa 24 Hours and the seventh round the 2002 FIA GT Championship. This event combined the FIA GT's two classes (GT and N-GT) with cars from smaller national series designated GTN and single-make series designated SMM. An additional class was added for cars confirming to N-GT but with engines under 2000 cc. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on August 3 and 4 2002.


2002 Spa 24 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2002 Spanish Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Spanish Figure Skating Championships (Spanish: Campeonato De España De Patinaje Sobre Hielo 2001-02) took place between 14 and 16 December 2001 in Barcelona. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior and junior levels.


2002 Spanish Formula Three Championship
The 2002 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the second Spanish Formula Three season. It began on 7 April at Albacete and ended on 10 November at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló after thirteen races. Marcel Costa was crowned series champion.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix
The 2002 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLIV Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 2002 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2002 Formula One season and the forty-fourth Spanish Grand Prix. The 65-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second driving for the Williams team, with David Coulthard third driving for McLaren.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix
During the race, Juan Pablo Montoya ran over his front jackman during the pitstops. This would re-occur in the 2004 race.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix
As a consequence of the race, Schumacher extended his lead over Montoya who took over second position in the Drivers' Championship from his team-mate Ralf Schumacher to 21 points. In the Constructors Championship, Ferrari extended their lead over Williams to seven points.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Background
Heading into the fifth race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was leading the Drivers' Championship with 34 points; ahead of Williams driver and brother Ralf Schumacher on 20, and Juan Pablo Montoya on 17. Renault driver Jenson Button was fourth with 8 points and Rubens Barrichello on 6. The Constructors' Championship was closer at the front with Ferrari on 40 points leading Williams who were on 37.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. Each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by the drivers' fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The Minardi of Mark Webber sustained a rear wing failure on the main straight after he completed his 12th lap and the red flag was brought out afterwards.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race
The Stewards of the Meeting received a notice from KL Minardi Asiatech, informing them of their intention to withdraw from the 2002 Spanish Grand Prix due to a number of front and rear wing failures they suffered over the weekend. Having spoken to the Team Manager, the Stewards of the Meeting decided to accept the withdrawal of KL Minardi Asiatech from the event. Michael Schumacher achieved his third Grand Chelem at this race, and his first since 1994.


2002 Spanish Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
- Eddie Irvine was demoted to last place because of a fuel analysis which showed that the fuel was not the same as one of those approved for use by Jaguar prior to the event.


2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 May 2002 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.


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


2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)
The 2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from 23 September until 29 September 2002. First-seeded Serena Williams won the singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.


2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2002 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles
The 2002 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles was the tennis doubles event of the thirteenth edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany.


2002 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but Tauziat chose not to compete in 2002. Likhovtseva partnered with Natasha Zvereva but they were defeated in the semifinals.


2002 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles
Unseeded American pairing Alexandra Stevenson and Serena Williams won the title, defeating Janette Husárová and Paola Suárez in the final, 6–3, 7–5. This title remains the only doubles title won by Serena Williams not partnered with older sister Venus.


2002 Sparkassen Cup – Singles
The 2002 Sparkassen Cup – Singles was the tennis singles event of the thirteenth edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany. Kim Clijsters was the two-time defending champion but lost in the semifinal to Anastasia Myskina.


2002 Sparkassen Cup – Singles
World No.1 Serena Williams beat Anastasia Myskina 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Myskina would go on to win the title the following year.


2002 Sparkassen Cup – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2002 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election
Lubomír Zaorálek was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on 11 July 2002. .


2002 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Background
After the Czech legislative election of 2002, a new Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies was required. The 2002 legislative election resulted in a victory for the ČSSD who formed a coalition with KDU-ČSL and US-DEU. The coalition nominated Lubomír Zaorálek for the office of Speaker. The incumbent Speaker Václav Klaus did not intend to seek reelection because he considered it "a lost fight" but members of ODS persuaded him to participate to show the governing coalition that ODS was prepared to be a strong opposition.


2002 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting and aftermath
No speaker was elected in the first round of voting as Zaorálek received 99 votes and Klaus received 76. The coalition government held 101 seats in the Chamber of Deputies indicating that two coalition MPs did not vote for Zaorálek. In the second round of voting, Zaorálek received 101 votes. Klaus congratulated him on the victory and said he respected the election results.


2002 Speed World Challenge
The 2002 Speed World Challenge was the thirteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. It began on March 15 and ran for eleven rounds. The name was changed from SpeedVision World Challenge due to the network changing its name from SpeedVision to Speed Channel.


2002 Speedway Conference League
The 2002 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.


2002 Speedway Conference League, Summary
The title was won by Peterborough Pumas, the junior club belonging to the Peterborough Panthers.


2002 Speedway Conference League, Summary
On 1 May, David Nix was killed after crashing into the fence during the match between Newcastle and King's Lynn at the Norfolk Arena.


2002 Speedway Conference League, Conference League Knockout Cup
The 2002 Conference League Knockout Cup was the fifth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Buxton Hitmen were the winners.


2002 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix was the 57th edition of the official World Championship and the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.


2002 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format
The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.


2002 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final - there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.


2002 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification for Grand Prix
The 2002 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.


2002 Speedway World Cup
The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 10 August 2002 in Peterborough, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Australia (64 points) and they beat Denmark (58 pts), Sweden (54 pts), Poland (48 pts) and Czech Republic (36 pts) in the Final.


2002 Speedway World Cup Event 1
The 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 1 was the first race of the 2002 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on August 4, 2002 in the Sheffield Sports Stadium in Sheffield, Great Britain.


2002 Speedway World Cup Event 1, Heat details
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2002 Speedway World Cup Event 2
The 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 2 was the second race of the 2002 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on August 5, 2002 in the Poole Stadium in Poole, Great Britain.


2002 Speedway World Cup Event 2, Heat details
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2002 Speedway World Cup Event 3
The 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 3 was the third race of the 2002 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on August 6, 2002 in the Arlington Stadium in Eastbourne, Great Britain.


2002 Speedway World Cup Event 3, Heat details
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2002 Speedway World Cup Final
The 2002 Speedway World Cup Final was the fifth and last race of the 2002 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on August 10, 2002 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough, Great Britain.


2002 Speedway World Cup Final, Heat details
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2002 Speedway World Cup Qualification
The 2002 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was an event of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2002 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top ten nations from the 2001 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified.


2002 Speedway World Cup Race-off
The 2002 Speedway World Cup Race-off was the fourth race of the 2002 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on August 8, 2002 in the Peterborough Speedway Stadium in Peterborough, Great Britain.


2002 Speedway World Cup Race-off, Heat details
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2002 Spengler Cup
The 2002 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland between December 26, 2002 and December 31, 2002. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Eisstadion Davos. The final was won 3-2 by Team Canada over host HC Davos.


2002 Sports Network Cup
The 2002 Sports Network Cup was a college football postseason NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Championship Series. The Dayton Flyers finished ahead of the Duquesne Dukes 20-7 in first places votes to be named the NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Football National Champions.


2002 St Albans City and District Council election
The 2002 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2002 St Albans City and District Council election, Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats were the largest party on the council with 23 councillors, compared to 19 for the Conservatives, 15 for Labour and there was 1 independent. 7 councillors stood down at the election, Liberal Democrats John Henchley, John Peters and Brian Roberts, Conservatives Richard Blossom, Patrick Johnston and Julian Turner, and Labour's David Enright.


2002 St Albans City and District Council election, Background
The Liberal Democrats targeted Labour held seats in Ashley and St Peter's, while Labour aimed to pick up a seat in Cunningham. As well as the 3 main political parties, voters could also vote for the No Candidate Deserves My Vote! party in some wards, which was standing in order to give voters the chance to register their abstention at the polls.


2002 St Albans City and District Council election, Voting trial
A trial took place in Sopwell and Verulam wards under which voters could vote either by internet, phone, post or at the polling station using a touch screen system. The internet voting trial was funded by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions as part of an attempt to get more people involved in elections. As a result of the trial one of the wards set the fastest declaration time at only 4 minutes after the close of polling. However turnout was actually down from 24.1% to 23.3% in Sopwell ward and down from 41.9% to 38.9% in Verulam ward compared to the last election in 2000.


2002 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives gained 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Colney Heath, Harpenden North and Sandridge to become the largest party on the council with 21 councillors. The Liberal Democrats dropped to 20 seats, but did gain an increased share of the votes, while Labour stayed on 15 seats. There also remained 1 independent councillor and one seat was vacant after the death of Verulam Conservative councillor Michael Pugh on 22 April 2002. Overall turnout at the election was 38.22%, up from 33.56% at the 2000 election.


2002 St Albans City and District Council election, By-elections between 2002 and 2003
A by-election was held in Verulam ward on 27 June 2002 after the death of Conservative councillor Michael Pugh. The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Martin Frearson with a majority of 24 votes over the Conservatives, after Frearson had come second to the Conservatives in the seat at the council election in May.