2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Tournament structure
10 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Tournament structure
6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualifications
There are two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualifications, First qualifying round
In the first qualifying round 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups. The top two of each group and the best third-place finisher, counting only matches against the top two in the group, advanced.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualifications, Second qualifying round
In the second round the 21 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany, France and England . The 24 teams of this round will be drawn into six groups of four teams. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their group advance to the final tournament. The draw was held at UEFA headquarters on 15 November 2011.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Final tournament
The 7 teams advancing from the second qualifying round will be joined by host nation Turkey. The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semi-finals. Denmark qualified as best runners-up in the second qualifying round. Germany, having been the only team to participate in all final tournaments so far, missed out on qualification for the first time. The draw took place on 24 April in Antalya, Turkey.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First Qualifying Round was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship. They were played in September 2011. 40 teams were split into 10 groups of 4 and teams in each group played each other once. Turkey received a bye to the final as host. The top two teams in each group and the best third-placed team entered the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round to join England, France and Germany.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
The host of each mini tournament is listed in italics.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round, Groups
The draw was made on 16 November 2010 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round, Groups, Group 5
In group 5 Serbia advanced having the better goal difference (+1) over Ukraine (0) and Slovakia (−1) in direct matches.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round, Groups, Group 9
In group 9 Northern Ireland qualified for the Second qualification round as best third-place finishers.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams
In the ranking of the third-place finishers, only the results against the top two teams count. Northern Ireland were the best runners-ups and advanced.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round
The 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round will determine the participating teams at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship held in Turkey.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round, Qualified teams
Seeded nations Germany, France and England were joined by 21 teams from the first qualifying round. Northern Ireland qualified as the best third placed team.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round, Group stage
The draw was held on 15 November 2011 at Nyon, Switzerland. Teams will be drawn in six groups of four. The winners and best runners-up will qualify for the final tournament.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams
In the ranking of the second-place finishers, only the results against the first and third placed teams count.


2012 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
The 2012 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship was the 10th men's UEFS futsal championship, held in Brest (Belarus) from May 14 to 19, with 9 national teams. Belgium won their first ever European championship defeating the Czech Republic 4-1 in the final.


2012 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
European Union of Futsal (UEFS) organizes the European Championship biennially.


2012 UFL Cup
The 2012 United Football League Cup was the fourth edition of the United Football League Cup that ran from September 15 to December 17, 2012. This edition consisted of 28 teams which separated into four groups of five.


2012 UFL Cup
Starting this edition, there were 2 stages in the competition. The first stage competed between UFL Division 2 teams and guest teams, while the second stage included UFL Division 1 teams. The top 10 teams of the Cup moved to the knockout stage of the 2013 PFF National Men's Club Championship.


2012 UFL Cup
On December 17, 2012, Stallion defeated Global with a 2–1 scoreline to win their first ever UFL Cup.


2012 UFL Cup, Stage 1
This edition saw entry of nine clubs: Mondoñedo Internacionale FC, International FC Philippines, General Trias International FC, Sta. Lucia Mustangs FC, Primero Atletico Cavite FC, Blue Guards FC, Bright Star FC, Mendiola FC 1991 and FC Masbate. These clubs must beat UFL 2nd Division clubs twice to advance to Stage 2. Once a Division Two team beats a guest club the latter will be out of the competition.


2012 UFL Cup, Stage 1
Teams advancing from Stage One will join UFL’s Division One teams in the Group Stage draw. The draw was held on September 28, 2012.


2012 UFL Cup, Stage 2, Ranking of group third placed teams
The two best third place teams among all groups qualify for 2013 PFF National Men's Club Championship. They are determined by the parameters in this order:


2012 UFL Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The Third-place playoff and Finals matches were originally scheduled on November 19 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, but were postponed on a later date, since some players playing for the clubs are on national duty as members of the Philippine national team competing in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. The actual date depended on how the national team fared in the international tournament. As the national team only reached the semi-finals, the matches were scheduled on December 17.


2012 UFL Cup, Top goalscorers
Top Goal Scorers starting Stage 2 of the 2012 United Football Cup


2012 UFL season
The 2012 UFL season was the fourth and final season of the United Football League. Four teams began what was originally scheduled to be an eight-game schedule beginning September 26, 2012. The league ceased operations on October 20, 2012, after four weeks, extensive financial problems and dismal attendance figures. At the time of the cessation, the Las Vegas Locomotives had compiled a perfect season to date.


2012 UFL season
The league originally stated it would resume the season some time in spring 2013, but the majority of two teams' players filed legal action against the league that winter to claim unpaid salaries, and the league did not set up the necessary agreements to continue by the time spring 2013 had come along. One of the four teams (the Virginia Destroyers) allowed its business license to lapse and folded; the assets of the other franchises were stored in a warehouse in Florida, with the league being left in limbo since the suspension.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments
The league, which had coerced the resignation of commissioner Michael Huyghue after the 2011 season, had closed all of its offices and remained completely silent throughout most of winter, spring and early summer 2012, raising doubt about a potential 2012 season or even if the league, which had suffered heavy financial losses throughout its existence, would continue at all. League management rested with two of its owners, Bill Mayer and William Hambrecht, while football operations were handled by Las Vegas team president, head coach and general manager Jim Fassel.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments
For the first time in league history, there was no expansion, contraction, or relocation of any UFL franchises, with all four teams and markets returning from the previous season. The Hartford Colonials, which had been officially "suspended" prior to the 2011 season, did not return and were removed from the league's Web site.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments
On September 5, 2012, an anonymous source tipped The Virginian-Pilot that the start of the 2012 season, originally slated for September 19 on the schedule released July 26, would be delayed one week. The league confirmed the news the next day, also indicating that the championship game would be delayed two weeks instead of one. Difficulties in securing workman's compensation insurance prompted the delay. Players began reporting for training camp the week of September 17, with the abbreviated camps running through the following weekend.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments
By Week 2 of the regular season, the league began experiencing severe financial shortfalls, sparked in part by drastically reduced attendances at all three stadiums at which the league had played to that point (the Locomotives' Week 2 attendance at kickoff was only 601 fans), as well as the UFL's continued, systemic delays in payment stemming back to at least the 2010 season. The delayed payments (players were only paid $1,000 of the $7,000 owed to them after their first two games) prompted rumors of possible strike action or walkouts from the league's players beginning in Week 3.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments
One agent who represented three UFL players went so far as to recommend that his clients not practice or play lest they risk injury. Virginia Destroyers owner and UFL president Bill Mayer and Sacramento owner Paul Pelosi in a joint on-air interview with CBS Sports Network on October 5, confirmed that the UFL had indeed not yet issued game checks to its players for 2012, but promised that the league would fulfill its wage obligations to its players and coaches.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments
The Destroyers players again threatened to not play the week 4 contest without a personal guarantee of payment, which the ownership had not yet offered, and that the team's earlier promise of a payment by October 31 would not be sufficient. After the week 4 contests were held, and attendance continued to get even worse (the Virginia Destroyers' Week 4 home game was so poorly attended that the league refused to release an attendance total), the league suspended operations and arranged to pay for all of its players to return to their homes. As of November 3, 2012, the UFL still had not paid the players for their time; several players set a deadline for November 8 before pursuing legal action against the league.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Postseason litigation
On January 16, 2013, a coalition of approximately 70 players from the Nighthawks and Locomotives served papers to league owner William Hambrecht in order to file a class-action lawsuit to claim their pay. The Destroyers players also have not received any additional pay apart from the $1,000 they received during the season; player liaison Chris Greisen lost contact with Destroyers owner Bill Mayer shortly after the season ended. The Mountain Lions' players have been paid in full for their work.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Postseason litigation
Hambrecht later demanded that the lawsuit be thrown out on a contract technicality that stated all pay disputes be resolved through a committee that, according to the players' attorney, does not even exist. A hearing on the lawsuit was scheduled for June 2013, at which point a Nevada judge turned the case over to a third-party arbiter. The players won the lawsuit and were awarded a combined $2.4 million in back pay in 2014, money that as of 2016 remained unpaid.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Postseason litigation
A separate lawsuit involves four assistant coaches of the Las Vegas Locomotives, who are also suing for unpaid salary. That lawsuit was also filed in January and is being handled by the same attorneys.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Postseason litigation
Yet another lawsuit was filed in July 2013, this one against Paul Pelosi. The five litigants in that case include former Mountain Lions defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan, who says he was not paid $250,000. Bresnahan eventually won the lawsuit and was paid for his services.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Rule changes for 2012
Prior to the season, the UFL made two notable on-field rule changes:  The league expanded each team's roster from 50 to 54 players, four of whom were designated as practice squad players. The league also moved its kickoffs back up from the 30-yard-line to the 35-yard-line, consistent with changes made by the NFL (in 2011) and NCAA (also in 2012).


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Stadium changes
The Sacramento Mountain Lions, on August 6, announced that they would be moving to Raley Field, a baseball park in West Sacramento, California. The Mountain Lions, 2011's attendance leader, played their previous two seasons at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento but chose not to extend their two-year lease on that stadium.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Stadium changes
The Virginia Destroyers returned to the Virginia Beach Sportsplex while the Omaha Nighthawks again played in TD Ameritrade Park. The Las Vegas Locomotives (which had previously contemplated a move to Salt Lake City) remained in Las Vegas despite poor attendance for its lone home game in 2011; the team ultimately played its two home games at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney after discussion and negotiations with Cashman Field, a Triple-A baseball stadium currently home to the Las Vegas 51s. Only after the Locos paid back rent from the 2011 season did Sam Boyd Stadium agree to host the team for the 2012 season, but only for the first two games.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Coaching changes
This was Schonert's first ever head coaching position; his prior coaching positions have been almost exclusively at the level of quarterbacks coach.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Media changes
In 2011, the UFL lacked national exposure for its games after two-year deals with Versus and HDNet expired, with the league relying instead on limited regional TV coverage. On July 26, 2012, the league announced a broadcast deal with CBS Sports Network that would see the network carry all of the league's games in 2012.


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Media changes
Though the deal with CBSSN returned the UFL to national TV exposure (albeit generally on less widely distributed premium cable and satellite tiers than the regional sports networks that the UFL had utilized in 2011), the league received no rights fee from the network and in fact paid the network upfront for production costs (roughly $150,000 per telecast).


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Media changes
An additional caveat of the CBSSN deal prevented live games from being simulcast online, in contrast to the previous three seasons where all televised games had been carried on the Internet (the league's Webmaster had left the league after 2011 as well, which may have also been a factor in the discontinuation of both the Webcasts and the league's centralized Web site).


2012 UFL season, Offseason developments, Media changes
Local radio broadcasts were abandoned in Virginia and Las Vegas for 2012; radio deals for Omaha and Sacramento continued, however, with Nighthawks games airing on KOZN and the Mountain Lions being split between KHTK and KTKZ.


2012 UFL season, Schedule
The eight-week 2012 UFL schedule (4 home and away games for each team) was originally announced on August 1, 2012. Due to the above mentioned delay, the league released a revised schedule (shown below) on September 6, essentially moving the original Week 1 games, which would have been played on September 19 and 21, to the end of the schedule (November 14 and 16).


2012 UFL season, Schedule
The Championship Game, which was originally scheduled for November 16, was also moved to December 1, skipping over the crowded Thanksgiving rivalry weekend (which the UFL had not done in 2009 or 2010) and allowing teams to have a two-week break between the end of the regular season and the title game, which would have been a first for the UFL. Two other firsts were also included in the schedule: no bye weeks were scheduled during the regular season, and each team was given an unbalanced schedule (3 games with two teams and 2 games with the third team).


2012 UFL season, Schedule
Because of the suspension of the season on October 20, 2012, no games were played beyond that date. As of that date, each team had played every other team once and one team twice, with two home games and two away games.


2012 UFL season, Schedule
Had the season continued as scheduled, the remaining games would have been played as follows:


2012 UFL season, Schedule
The 2012 UFL Championship Game would have been played on December 1 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. No venue had been chosen for the game at the time of the cessation.


2012 UFL season, Schedule
Attendance figures are based on gate draw, not ticket sales. The Locomotives sold 5,277 tickets for their Week 1 game and 3,500 for Week 2.


2012 UIFL season
The 2012 United Indoor Football League season was  the second season of the league. The league was split into two conferences, and four divisions (two divisions in each conference).


2012 UIFL season
On April 24, the league announced that it had taken over operations of the Mississippi Hound Dogs due to financial difficulty, and modified their schedule to make them a travel-only squad.


2012 UIFL season
On May 14, The UIFL suspended the ownership of Johnstown, Western Pennsylvania The result of the Johnstown suspension leads to the cancellation of the June 2 contest with Erie, and sets the field for the North division. Cincinnati, Erie and Marion will spend the final four weeks of the season fighting for playoff seeding. The Palm Beach Phantoms a former  NIFL team will replace the Sting for its two games in Florida. The Phantoms, who are currently participating in an eight-man outdoor league, are applying for inclusion for the 2013 UIFL season. Johnstown was reinstated on May 30, 2012


2012 UIFL season
On June 11, the UIFL accepted self-imposed penalties of the Eastern Kentucky Drillers. As a reaction to several off-the-field incidents, at home and on the road, by some players, the Drillers are banning themselves from the 2012 season. The resulting ban moves Lakeland into the UIFL South division championship game on June 25 against Florida.


2012 UIFL season
For this season only, the UIFL used the name "United Indoor Football League;" the more widely known (and unrelated) United Football League had suspended its operations during the 2012 offseason. Upon the UFL's resumption of operations in late summer 2012, the UIFL reverted to the "Ultimate Indoor Football League" name it had used in 2011.


2012 UIFL season, 2012 Playoffs
The host for the Ultimate Bowl is determined by the following tiebreakers: overall record, head to head record, record against playoff teams, margin in head to head game, total points allowed, coin flip Due to continued usage of the "United Bowl" name by the Indoor Football League (an issue that also affected the UFL), the UIFL continued to use the "Ultimate Bowl" name for its championship, despite the change in the league's name. N1-CincinnatiN2-ErieN3-MarionS1-FloridaS2-Lakeland Raiders


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 87th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
During May, the GRA announced a bank debt of £49 million under their parent company Risk Capital Partners, Risk had borrowed the money from the IBRC (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) to buy GRA. The on-going profits of all five tracks only serviced the interest on the debt and it then emerged that a partner in the original GRA takeover with Risk was a company called Galliard Homes. This came to light after plans were drawn up by them to build houses on Wimbledon and Oxford Stadium to reduce the debt. The entire scenario was effectively a disaster for the greyhound industry with the leading greyhound track operator showing intent to end their role in the sport.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Oxford Stadium closed on 29 December, a move regarded as an attempt by the GRA to force the local council into passing future planning submissions.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Paschal Taggart owner of Shelbourne Park revealed plans to buy Wimbledon and redevelop it into a super stadium at a cost of £30 million. This was followed by an announcement from GRA Managing Director Clive Feltham supporting rival plans to end greyhound racing there and let AFC Wimbledon rebuild a football stadium with associated housing.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks
Norah McEllistrim left Wimbledon for Hove, the McEllistrim ties with Wimbledon dated back to 1929. Brighton had been seeking a replacement for three time winner of the Trainers Championship Brian Clemenson who had announced his retirement. In addition to McEllistrim, the track would also recruit Dean Childs and Paul Garland. John Mullins returned to Yarmouth and Paul Sallis moved from Hall Green to Monmore.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks
The GRA released the Grand National out of their control allowing Sittingbourne to host it. A bid by the well-known professional gambler and owner Harry Findlay to re-open Coventry finally went ahead after being licensed by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Kevin Boothby took over sole control of Henlow Stadium following Bob Morton's departure.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks
Clonmel and Tralee earned contributions from the Irish Greyhound Board. Mystery surrounded the closure of independent track Westhoughton Greyhound Track near Bolton, just months before it was due to reopen following a £100,000 facelift. The stadium had undergone £30,000 improvements the previous year and a 20-year lease had been secured by a new owner, but work came to a halt and the site closed.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions
The blue riband events, the 2012 English Greyhound Derby and 2012 Irish Greyhound Derby were won by Blonde Snapper and Skywalker Puma respectively; both went on to win the accolade greyhound of the year. Nick Savva claimed a surprise Trainers Championship success at Perry Barr; it was the fourth time he had secured the championship.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions
The youngster Farloe Warhawk impressed during the Laurels winning the event unbeaten before being rested for the winter. The black dog also won the Puppy Derby in August pipping kennelmate Ballymac Eske.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News
The new Racing Post TV channel (RPGTV) started in February when it featured the heats of the Golden Jacket at Crayford Stadium. The channel had been set up in the partnership of Hills, Ladbrokes, Coral, bet365 and Betfair.


2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News
Champion sprinter Jimmy Lollie was retired to stud in June after finishing lame at Hove. Mark Wallis sealed a fourth trainers title.


2012 UK Championship
The 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.


2012 UK Championship
For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break. Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break. John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break. It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven.


2012 UK Championship
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32.


2012 UK Championship
Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final. This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16–9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump.


2012 UK Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2012 UK Championship, Qualifying
These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.


2012 UK Music Video Awards
The 2012 UK Music Video Awards were held on 8 November 2012 at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square, London to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 8 October 2012. English rapper M.I.A. won Video of the Year for "Bad Girls" directed by Romain Gavras.


2012 UK Music Video Awards, Video Genre Categories
Noisses ft. RTKAL, Lady Leshurr and Foreign Beggars - "Run Your Mouth"(Director: Drew Cox)


2012 UK Music Video Awards, Video Genre Categories
The Death Set - "They Come to Get Us"(Director: Guillaume Panariello)


2012 UK Music Video Awards, Video Genre Categories, Technical
Fleet Foxes - "The Shrine/An Argument"(Animators: Sean Pecknold & Britta Johnson)


2012 UK Music Video Awards, Video Genre Categories, Technical
Temper Trap - "Trembling Hands"(TK: James Tillett at Moving Picture Company)


2012 UK Music Video Awards, Video Genre Categories, Music Vision and Innovation
LCD Soundsystem - "Shut Up and Play the Hits"(Director: Thirtytwo)


2012 UK Music Video Awards, Video Genre Categories, Music Vision and Innovation
Kasabian - "Velociraptor! "(Directors: John Paveley, The Lennox Brothers & Ian Dutt)


2012 UK Open
The 2012 Speedy Hire UK Open was a Darts tournament staged in the UK by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the tenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England, between 7–10 June 2012, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.


2012 UK Open
Robert Thornton won the tournament beating Phil Taylor 11–5 in the final to win his first PDC major.


2012 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, 2012 UK Open Qualifiers
There were eight qualifying events staged across England between February and May 2012 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:


2012 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, 2012 UK Open Qualifiers
The tournament featured 178 players. The results of the eight qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players and ties in the Order of Merit, who played a minimum of two events, received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday. A further 64 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.


2012 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Rileys qualifiers
32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.


2012 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Speedy qualifiers
32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at seven venues across Britain from April to May.


2012 UK Open, Prize money
For the fourth consecutive UK Open, the prize fund will be £200,000.


2012 UK Open, Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 10 May.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 1
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 1 was the first of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on Saturday 11 February.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 2
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 2 was the second of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on Sunday 12 February.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 3
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 3 was the third of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the Metrodome in Barnsley on Saturday 24 March.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 4
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 4 was the fourth of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the Metrodome in Barnsley on Sunday 25 March.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 5
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 5 was the fifth of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the Metrodome in Barnsley on Saturday 14 April.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 6
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 6 was the sixth of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the Metrodome in Barnsley on Sunday 15 April.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 7
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 7 was the seventh of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the NIA Community Hall in Birmingham on Saturday 5 May.


2012 UK Open Qualifier 8
The 2012 UK Open Qualifier 8 was the last of eight 2012 UK Open Darts Qualifiers which was held at the NIA Community Hall in Birmingham on Sunday 6 May.


2012 UK meteoroid
The 2012 UK meteoroid was an object that entered the atmosphere above the United Kingdom on Friday, 21 September 2012, around 11pm. Many news agencies across the UK reported this event.


2012 UK meteoroid, Overview
Several theories were made as to the origin of the sightings - from it being a meteoroid to a UFO. Initially, the most prominent theory was that it was an old artificial satellite (i.e. a large piece of space junk) re-entering the atmosphere. However, later analysis showed that it was highly unlikely to be space junk; it travelled too fast, towards the slow end of the range of possible meteor speeds and, in addition, it traversed the sky from east to west while almost all satellites orbit from west to east or north and south.


2012 UK meteoroid, Overview
According to Finnish mathematician Esko Lyytinen, the meteor was captured by Earth's gravity and entered the atmosphere once again above USA and Canada 155 minutes later. If confirmed, this would classify it as an Earth-grazing meteor.


2012 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2012 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team was coached by Charley Molnar and played its home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.


2012 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2012 season was the team's first as a member of the MAC, as they continued their transition to NCAA Division I FBS play. Because of this, they were ineligible to participate in the conference championship.


2012 UMass Minutemen football team
However, according to an August 2, 2012 ruling by the NCAA UMass would have been eligible to participate in a bowl game if they achieved at least 6 wins, and there were not enough spots to fill all bowl games.


2012 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2012 season was Charley Molnar's first as head coach of the Minutemen, previously serving as Offensive Coordinator of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.


2012 UMass Minutemen football team
The team would finish the season with a record of 1–11 overall with a Conference record of 1–7 which placed them in 6th place in the MAC East Division. At the end of the season three players were selected to All-MAC teams. Senior linebacker Perry McIntyre was named to the All-MAC First Team Defense, while senior safety Darren Thellen earned Second Team accolades. Punter Colter Johnson, a junior, was also honored as a Third Team selection.


2012 UNAF U-17 Tournament
The 2012 UNAF U-17 Tournament was the 9th edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament. The tournament took place in Kalâa Kebira, Tunisia, on March 20–24, 2012. Algeria won the competition after finishing first in the round robin stage.


2012 UNAF U-17 Tournament (Morocco)
The 2012 UNAF U-17 Tournament (Morocco) is the 10th edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament and the second one this year after the Tunisian edition. The tournament took place in Rabat from 24 to 27 December 2012.


2012 UNAF U-20 Tournament
The 2012 UNAF U-20 Tournament was the 6th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Dar El Beïda, Algiers, from March 27 to March 30, 2012. Tunisia won the competition after topping the group stage.


2012 UNAF U-20 Tournament (2)
The 2012 UNAF U-20 Tournament (2) is the 7th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament and the 2nd edition on 2012. The tournament took place in Blida and Zéralda (Algiers), from 8 to 13 December


2012 UNAF U-20 Tournament (2), Knockout stage
Normally the final oppose the winners of the two groups, Algeria A and Egypt, however the match was canceled because the two teams are rivals in the next 2013 African U-20 Championship. A new poster was therefore put in place which will see Algeria A face Morocco, as part of a classification game to determine which team will take over second place. Egypt, for its part, is declared the winner of the tournament with his two victories.


2012 UNICEF Open
The 2012 UNICEF Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 23rd edition of the UNICEF Open, and was part of the 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Autotron park in Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, from 17 June until 23 June 2012. David Ferrer and Nadia Petrova won the singles titles.


2012 UNICEF Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Robert Lindstedt /  Horia Tecău defeated  Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Dmitry Tursunov, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)


2012 UNICEF Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Sara Errani /  Roberta Vinci defeated  Maria Kirilenko /  Nadia Petrova, 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]


2012 UNICEF Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 UNICEF Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 UNICEF Open – Men's Doubles
Daniele Bracciali and František Čermák were the defending champions but Bracciali decided not to participate here, instead of 2012 Aegon International. Čermák played alongside Filip Polášek but lost in the Quarterfinals. Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău won the title by beating Juan Sebastián Cabal and Dmitry Tursunov 6–3, 7–6(7–1) in the final.


2012 UNICEF Open – Men's Singles
Dmitry Tursunov was the defending champion but lost in the first round to qualifier Philipp Petzschner. David Ferrer won the title by beating Petzschner 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2012 UNICEF Open – Women's Doubles
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and Klára Zakopalová were the defending champions but Zakopalová decided not to participate. Záhlavová-Strýcová played alongside Dominika Cibulková but were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title by beating Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] in the final.


2012 UNICEF Open – Women's Singles
Roberta Vinci was the defending champion, but lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the quarterfinals. Eighth-seeded Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Urszula Radwańska 6–4, 6–3, in the final.


2012 UNLV Rebels football team
The 2012 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by third year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 2–11, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in eighth place. This is the third straight year and seventh time in the last nine years that UNLV has finished with only 2 wins.


2012 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Northern Arizona
This is the second straight year the Rebels were defeated by a team from the FCS after falling to Southern Utah in 2011.


2012 US Open (tennis)
The 2012 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States. It was played from August 27 to September 10.


2012 US Open (tennis)
As a result of adverse weather conditions on September 8, which included a full evacuation of the National Tennis Center because of an upcoming tornado, another day was added to the schedule for the fifth straight year, with the women's final postponed to the afternoon of Sunday, September 9 rather than the previous evening, the men's semi-final between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer suspended on September 8 and completed on September 9, and the men's final postponed to the afternoon of Monday, September 10.


2012 US Open (tennis)
Djokovic and Samantha Stosur were the defending men's and women's singles champions, respectively. Both were unsuccessful in their title defences; Stosur being narrowly defeated by World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals, and Djokovic defeated in the final by Andy Murray. Murray became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam singles title, and the first man to win both the US Open and the Olympic men's singles gold medal in the same year. In the women's draw, Serena Williams won her fourth US Open title, and first since 2008, by defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final.


2012 US Open (tennis), Points and prize money, Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2012 US Open (tennis), Events, Seniors, Men's singles
Andy Murray defeated  Novak Djokovic, 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2


2012 US Open (tennis), Events, Seniors, Men's doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Leander Paes /  Radek Štěpánek, 6–3, 6–4


2012 US Open (tennis), Events, Seniors, Women's doubles
Sara Errani /  Roberta Vinci defeated  Andrea Hlaváčková /  Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–2


2012 US Open (tennis), Events, Seniors, Mixed doubles
Ekaterina Makarova /  Bruno Soares defeated  Květa Peschke /  Marcin Matkowski, 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10]


2012 US Open (tennis), Events, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Kyle Edmund /  Frederico Ferreira Silva defeated  Nick Kyrgios /  Jordan Thompson, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]


2012 US Open (tennis), Events, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Gabrielle Andrews /  Taylor Townsend defeated  Belinda Bencic /  Petra Uberalová, 6–3, 6–4


2012 US Open (tennis), Events, Wheelchair events
This year there was no wheelchair competitions due to a conflict with the Paralympic Games in London. Wheelchair competitions would return in 2013.


2012 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of August 20, 2012. Rankings and points as before August 27, 2012.


2012 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Men's Singles
The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.


2012 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Women's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2012 US Open (tennis), Wild card entries
Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.


2012 US Open (tennis), Qualifiers entries, Men's singles
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:


2012 US Open (tennis), Qualifiers entries, Women's Singles
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:


2012 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2012 US Open (tennis), Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.


2012 US Open Series
In tennis, the ninth edition of the US Open Series (known as Emirates Airline US Open Series for sponsorships reasons), included twelve hard court tournaments that started on July 9, 2012 in Stanford and concluded in Winston-Salem for the men and in New Haven for the women on August 26, 2012. This edition scheduled four separate men's tournaments and four women's tournaments – the Citi Open and the Western & Southern Open hosted both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events. The series winners were Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitová.


2012 US Open Series, Point distribution for series events
In order to be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player needed to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players who finished in the top three in the series could have earned up to $1 million in extra prize money at the US Open. Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship.


2012 US Open Series, US Open Series standings
The final standings below include all players who received points in at least two tournaments.


2012 US Open Series, Bonus Prize Money
The US Open series gives bonus money to the top three player in the US Open Series, depending on where they finish in the 2012 US Open (tennis) and where they finish in 2012 US Open Series. The bonus money they receive is


2012 US Open Series, Week 1, WTA – Bank of the West Classic
The defending champion, Serena Williams, and last year's finalist, Marion Bartoli, headlined the event. Playing just in the week after her victories in singles and doubles at Wimbledon, Williams advanced to her fourth final of the season conceding just ten games in total. In the other side of the draw, young American, Coco Vandeweghe, who entered the main draw as a lucky-loser, made an impressive run to the final defeating Jelena Janković and Yanina Wickmayer en route. The final was the first all-American final in the WTA Tour since 2009 WTA Tour Championships, and the first on U.S. soil since the Los Angeles in 2004. In the final, Williams successfully defended her title after defeating Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–3.


2012 US Open Series, Week 2, ATP – BB&T Atlanta Open
The three highest-ranked American, John Isner, Mardy Fish, and Andy Roddick headlined the event. Roddick advanced to his second final appearance of the season after a close-fight semifinals encounter against Isner, in which he won in three sets. Gilles Müller of Luxembourg, who was trailing 4–6, 2–3 in his second round match against Fish before Fish retired, advanced to his third ATP final appearance in his career. In the final, Roddick claimed his 32nd career title after defeating Müller 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2.


2012 US Open Series, Week 2, WTA – Mercury Insurance Open
Marion Bartoli, Dominika Cibulková, and Jelena Janković headlined the event. As a qualifier, Chan Yung-jan upset the third seeded Janković in three tight sets in the quarterfinals which lasted for more than three hours with score 6–7(4–7),7–6(10–8), 7–5. First seeded Bartoli battled her way to the final by winning all her three matches en route in three sets. Second seeded Cibulková cruised to the final as well, setting up for the fourth time in 2012 where the first seed met the second seed in the final of a WTA tournament. Cibulková went on to win the title in straight sets, after defeating Bartoli 6–1, 7–5.


2012 US Open Series, Week 3, ATP – Farmers Classic
Benoît Paire, Sam Querrey, Leonardo Mayer, and Nicolas Mahut headlined the event. Coming from the qualifying stage of the tournament, Ričardas Berankis reached the final after taking down the fourth-seeded Mahut and sixth-seeded Marinko Matosevic in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. Having won the tournament twice in 2009 and 2010, Querrey cruised through to his first final appearance since winning the title in 2010. He went on crushing Berankis 6–0, 6–2 for his seventh singles title.


2012 US Open Series, Week 4, ATP – Citi Open
Being held concurrently with the 2012 Summer Olympics, the event was headlined by Mardy Fish, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Kevin Anderson, Tommy Haas, and Los Angeles champion, Sam Querrey. Third-seeded Haas reached his third final appearance of the season after defeating top-seeded Fish in the semifinals in straight sets. Second-seeded Dolgopolov also reached the final after beating Querrey in the semifinals as well. Dolgopolov ended up winning his second career title after defeating Haas 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2012 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA – Citi Open
Being held in the same week as the Summer Olympics, the event was headlined by players who missed the Olympics' qualification. The pack of players was led by first seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, second seeded Chanelle Scheepers, and third seeded Sloane Stephens. As an unseeded player, Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated these top three seeds to win her third WTA title after defeating Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


2012 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA – Citi Open
As an International level tournament, the event did not award any points toward the US Open Series standings.


2012 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP – Rogers Cup (Toronto)
Seven of the world top 10 players headlined the event, with world no.2 and defending champion, Novak Djokovic, recent Olympics gold medalist, Andy Murray led the pack. Just one week after his loss at the Olympics, Djokovic reached his sixth final appearance of the season. Murray withdrew in the third round due to knee injury. Fourteenth-seeded Richard Gasquet beat the likes of fourth-seeded Tomáš Berdych and the top two American players, Mardy Fish and John Isner, to advance to his second final appearance of the season. Djokovic won the final comfortably by 6–3, 6–2 to earn his third title of the season.


2012 US Open Series, Week 5, WTA – Rogers Cup (Montreal)
Nine of the world top 10 players headlined the event, with Victoria Azarenka, Agnieszka Radwańska, and Maria Sharapova led the field. Radwańska had a chance to become the world no.1 after the conclusion of the tournament. The event's schedule was heavily disturbed with rain, causing the final to be played on Monday, August 13. World no. 6, Petra Kvitová advanced to her first final appearance of the season after defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals. In the other side of the draw, Li Na erased Radwańska's chance of overtaking the world no.1 title after defeating her in the quarterfinals. Li eventually advanced to the final after defeating Lucie Šafářová in a tightly-contested semifinals, having to trail from 1–5 in the third set. Kvitová ended up winning the title after defeating Li 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 in the Monday final, for her first title in 2012.


2012 US Open Series, Week 6, ATP – Western & Southern Open
Eight of the world top 10 players entered the tournament, with the pack headlined by three of the top four players: world no.1, Roger Federer, reigning US Open Champion, Novak Djokovic, and the defending champion, Andy Murray. Playing in his first tournament since the final of the Olympics, Federer reached the final of the tournament which ensured his position as the no.1 seed in the upcoming US Open. Murray lost in the third round to lucky loser, Jérémy Chardy and Djokovic advanced to the final from the opposite half of the draw after defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the semifinals. Federer ended up winning his 76th title after defeating Djokovic 6–0, 7–6(9–7).


2012 US Open Series, Week 6, WTA – Western & Southern Open
Eight of the world top 10 players entered the tournament, with the pack led by Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwańska, and recent Montreal champion, Petra Kvitová. Williams' older sister, Venus Williams, who entered the tournament with a wild card, had a breakthrough week where she reached her first semifinals appearance since the 2010 US Open after displaying some of her vintage form when defeating Sara Errani and Samantha Stosur. Montreal runner-up, Li Na, defeated Radwańska and Venus Williams to advance to her second consecutive final appearance.


2012 US Open Series, Week 6, WTA – Western & Southern Open
In the bottom half of the draw, Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams and Kvitová to reach her fourth final appearance of the year, bidding for the biggest title of her career. Li started slowly in the final before regrouping and won her sixth career title after defeating Kerber 1–6, 6–4, 6–1.


2012 US Open Series, Week 7, ATP – Winston-Salem Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomáš Berdych, and the defending champion, John Isner, headlined the event. Tsonga and Isner faced each other in the semifinals where Isner won through a third-set tiebreak. Berdych also advanced to the final for his third final appearance of the season. Isner successfully defended his title after defeating Berdych in a close-fought final by 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9), thus clinching his second singles title of the season and fifth overall.


2012 US Open Series, Week 7, WTA – New Haven Open at Yale
Agnieszka Radwańska, Petra Kvitová, and the defending champion, Caroline Wozniacki headlined the event. Wozniacki was bidding for her fifth straight title at the event. However, she had to retire in her semifinals match due to a nagging knee injury. Radwańska also retired in the second round due to a nagging shoulder injury. Seventh seeded Maria Kirilenko advanced to the final for her second final appearance of the season where she would face Kvitová who cruised comfortably to the final. By winning her quarterfinals match, Kvitová clinched the US Open Series title. Eventually, Kvitová won the final 7–6(11–9), 7–5 for her second title of the year.


2012 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Robin Kern and Julian Lenz were the defending champions, having won the event in 2011. Kyle Edmund and Frederico Ferreira Silva won the title, defeating Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 in the final.


2012 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Due to bad weather the matches of the first three round have been playing at the indoor courts.


2012 US Open – Boys' Singles
Oliver Golding was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete.


2012 US Open – Boys' Singles
Filip Peliwo won the 2012 title defeating Liam Broady in the final 6–2, 2–6, 7–5, claiming his second consecutive and overall junior grand slam title, having previously won the 2012 Wimbledon Boys' title.


2012 US Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 13 (September 8)
Only one completed match was done before the inclement weather, the men's singles semifinal match between David Ferrer versus Novak Djokovic and the women's singles final of Victoria Azarenka versus Serena Williams were scheduled to compete as play has been postponed to Day 14.


2012 US Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (September 9), Women's singles final
The Women's single's final featured the then top ranked Victoria Azarenka against then three-time champion Serena Williams. Williams had beaten Azarenka in the 2012 Wimbledon semifinals and had won her first six matches in the US Open easily without dropping a set.


2012 US Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (September 9), Women's singles final
Williams won the first set 6-2. Azarenka came back with a break in the first game of the second set and won 2-6. In the final set with the set tied 3-3, Williams double-faulted and Azarenka took advantage and won the break. At 3-5, Azarkenka was two points from victory against Williams' serve, and then at 4-5 Azarenka was serving for the match. Azarenka then made three errors and lost the game to go to 5-5. Williams then won the final two games to win the title.


2012 US Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 15 (September 10), Men's singles final
The final featured defending champion Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Murray won in 5 sets 7-6 (12-10) 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2. The match was noted for having several long rallies, with the longest being 54 strokes. The match lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes which tied a record for a US Open final. A tiebreaker of 22 points in the first set also set a tournament record.


2012 US Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 15 (September 10), Men's singles final
Murray became the first British male to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry in 1936.


2012 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Irina Khromacheva and Demi Schuurs were the defending champions, having won the event in 2011.


2012 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Gabrielle Andrews and Taylor Townsend won the tournament, defeating Belinda Bencic and Petra Uberalová in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2012 US Open – Girls' Singles
Grace Min was the defending champion, having won the event in 2011, but did not compete.


2012 US Open – Girls' Singles
Wildcard Samantha Crawford defeated twelfth seed Anett Kontaveit in the final 7–5, 6–3, to win her first junior grand slam title.


2012 US Open – Men's Doubles
Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Jamie Delgado and Ken Skupski. Melzer and Petzschner needed a wildcard to compete because they forgot to sign up.


2012 US Open – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–4 in the final to capture the title.


2012 US Open – Men's Singles
Andy Murray defeated the defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2012 US Open. It was Murray's first major championship, and he became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a major, having been runner-up on four previous occasions. The final lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes, a record-equaling US Open final duration in the Open Era.


2012 US Open – Men's Singles
This event marked the last professional appearance of 2003 champion and former world No. 1 Andy Roddick. He lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the fourth round.


2012 US Open – Men's Singles
The 2012 tournament marked the first time since the 2004 French Open that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal (who withdrew from the tournament due to a knee injury) reached the semifinals of a major.


2012 US Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2012 US Open – Men's singles final
The 2012 US Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2012 US Open. In the final, Andy Murray defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the match. It is the joint longest US Open men's final in history, lasting 4 hours and 54 minutes (equalling the 1988 US Open final played by Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander), and the third-longest men's final in the Open era, only behind the 2012 Australian Open final and the 2019 Wimbledon final.


2012 US Open – Men's singles final
By winning the 2012 US Open, Murray became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam singles title, and the first British man in the Open Era to do so. The match is a significant part of the rivalry between the two players. This match also marked a milestone for Murray, as it was his 100th match win at a grand slam tournament.


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Match
Andy Murray won the first set in what would be the longest tiebreak in a men's championship match, taking 24 minutes to win the tie-break 7–6(12–10). The first set lasted 87 minutes (including the 24-minute tiebreak), featured four breaks of serve in the first four games of the match and a 54-shot rally which Djokovic won in the sixth game. Additionally, the first set tie-break featured two 30-plus shot rallies and Murray needed six set points to finally take out the first set.


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Match
The second set appeared to head in Murray's direction as he went 4–0 up and then 5–2 before Djokovic won the next three games to level the set at 5–all. Murray then held his serve to edge ahead 6–5, then broke Djokovic's serve to win the set 7–5 and go two sets up in the final.


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Match
The third set was the shortest of the final; Djokovic winning the third set 6–2 after breaking Murray twice in the set. He also took the fourth set 6–3 to level the match at two sets all. Thus, he was in a position where he could become the first man since Gastón Gaudio in 2004 to win a championship match after losing the first two sets. On that occasion, Gaudio won the 2004 French Open final over Guillermo Coria after losing the first two sets 6–0 and 6–3.


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Match
The final set was also a short affair, with Murray opening up a sizeable lead and putting himself in a strong position to serve for the championship at 5–2. Murray served out to gain a triple championship point, and after Djokovic saved the first, he emerged victorious on the second after a Djokovic return sailed just over the baseline. Murray claimed his first Grand Slam title after four previous final defeats, emulating his coach Ivan Lendl, who also won his first major title after four previous final defeats. His victory also denied Djokovic the chance to claim the biggest pay day in tennis history, where he could have won $US2.4 million having claimed the 2012 US Open Series after winning the Rogers Cup and finishing runner-up to Roger Federer at Cincinnati.


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Djokovic about the match
Novak Djokovic praised Murray after the match, conceding that he was the better player on the day, and stating that he felt that Murray deserved this championship:


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Djokovic about the match
"He deserved to win this grand slam more than anybody because over the years he has been a top player, he has been so close, lost four finals. Now he has won it so I would like to congratulate him. Definitely happy that he won it. Us four (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray), we are taking this game to another level. It's really nice to be part of such a strong men's tennis era."


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Reaction
Murray's US Open victory was met with a positive reaction around the world. In the United Kingdom alone, up to 1.5 million people had stayed up to watch the match, which started at 9:00pm and ended just after 2:00am British Summer Time. Tim Henman, whose best ever result at a Major tournament was reaching the semi-finals on six occasions (once at the French Open, four times at Wimbledon and once at the US Open), declared:


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Reaction
"I definitely see him going on to win more. How many he can win, only time will tell. The Olympics and this will give him so much confidence. I said the first one would be the hardest but I think it will be the first of many, I really do."


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Reaction
Many fellow players current and former, took to Twitter in order to congratulate Murray, including Rafael Nadal, Pat Cash, Laura Robson, Victoria Azarenka, Jo Durie and Colin Fleming, as well as a host of other sportsmen and celebrities such as Gary Lineker, Sir Chris Hoy, Gordon Reid, Stephen Fry and Sir Alex Ferguson. Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond were amongst British politicians who were quick to praise Murray. Dunblane Conservative councillor Callum Campbell stated:


2012 US Open – Men's singles final, Reaction
"The word proud just doesn't do it any justice. The people of Dunblane have been supporting Andy and his brother Jamie since they were young boys and Andy has repaid their loyalty 10 times over. A lot of young people who live in Dunblane look up to Andy. He is a local hero."


2012 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but were defeated by Sania Mirza and Colin Fleming in the second round.


2012 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Bruno Soares won the title, defeating Květa Peschke and Marcin Matkowski in the final 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10].


2012 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Kim Clijsters played her final professional match before her retirement later this year in this tournament, partnering Bob Bryan. The pair were defeated by Makarova and Soares in the second round. Clijsters would return to professional tennis in 2020.


2012 US Open – Women's Doubles
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but lost to Hsieh Su-wei and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the third round.


2012 US Open – Women's Doubles
Kim Clijsters played her last women's doubles match before retiring at these championships. Playing with Kirsten Flipkens, she lost to Zhang Shuai and Chuang Chia-jung in the first round. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defeated Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the title.


2012 US Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2012 US Open. Azarenka served for the championship and led 5–3 in the third set. It was the first time since 1995 that the final went to three sets. With the victory, Williams became only the third woman in history to win Wimbledon, the Olympics, and the US Open in the same season after Steffi Graf and her sister Venus Williams. Williams lost only one set during the tournament, to Azarenka in the final.


2012 US Open – Women's Singles
Samantha Stosur was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Azarenka.


2012 US Open – Women's Singles
Three-time US Open champion Kim Clijsters, who was on a 22-match winning streak at the tournament, lost to Laura Robson in the second round, her earliest exit at the tournament since 2000 and her first defeat since losing to Justine Henin in the 2003 final. This was also Clijster's last tournament before her second retirement (her first being in 2007), until she returned to the tour in 2020 at the Dubai Tennis Championships.


2012 US Open – Women's Singles
This tournament was the first major main draw appearance for future two-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Garbiñe Muguruza, who lost to Sara Errani in the first round. It was also the first major main draw appearance for future WTA Finals champion Elina Svitolina, who lost to Ana Ivanovic in the first round. This also marked the first time Ivanovic had reached the quarterfinals of a major since winning the 2008 French Open.


2012 US Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2012 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Sixteen players qualified for the women's singles event in the 2012 US Open tennis championship. They were selected from 128 entrants in a three-round knockout qualifying competition.


2012 US-Israel military exercise
The 2012 US-Israel military defense drill, codenamed Austere Challenge 12, was a military exercise between the United States, Israeli military, Germany and U.K., that took place in late October 2012.


2012 US-Israel military exercise
The joint exercises were expected to test Israeli and American air defense systems, particularly Israel's ballistic missile defense against incoming missiles and rockets. A EUCOM commander would be responsible for approving Israeli requests to deploy US missile defense systems in Israel.


2012 US-Israel military exercise
Senior American and Israeli defense officials discussed the possibility of postponing the exercise to late 2012. On January 13, 2012, it was postponed to October. Capt . John Ross, spokesman for the United States European Command, said "It is not unusual for such exercises to be postponed, and leaders of both sides believe that the best participation of all units will be best achieved later in the year." Israeli military officials said the U.S government requested to delay the drill so as "not to heighten tensions" with Iran.


2012 US-Israel military exercise
Security officials have also said the decision was partially related to budgetary concerns. A day prior to the cancellation, senior IAF officers said the drill was scheduled for Spring. The exercise is also expected to be the first time the EUCOM commander James Stavridis will participate in a multilateral drill with Israel.


2012 US-Israel military exercise
Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman said "diplomatic and regional reasons, the tensions and instability" were factors in delaying the exercise. Mark Regev, the spokesman for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel and the United States made the decision to delay the exercise "because it was not the right time.”


2012 US-Israel military exercise
Although a report in August alleged that the number of troops involved was being reduced from 5,000 to about 1,000, in order to reduce the perception that the exercise was a cover for an attack on Iran, it was later reported that the size of the drill and the number of troops participating had not changed. Brigadier General Nitzan Nuriel, said that the matter was one "of logistics," and that the number of troops had hardly changed.


2012 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 2012 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organized by USA Track and Field (USATF), the two-day competition took place on February 25–26, in conjunction with the USA Indoor Combined Events Championships which started the week after, and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States.


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge
The 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was the second edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race. The race took place from August 20–26, and was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI America Tour. The race began in Durango, wound its way through the Rocky Mountains at heights of up to 12,000 feet (3,700 m), and finished in the streets of downtown Denver.


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Americans swept the podium, with Christian Vande Velde winning the race, Tejay van Garderen finishing second, and Levi Leipheimer finishing third.


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Participating teams
Included in the participating team rosters were many of the top 2012 Tour de France riders; Vincenzo Nibali (3rd), Tejay van Garderen (5th), Cadel Evans (7th), Janez Brajkovic (9th), Andreas Klöden (11th), Chris Horner (13th), Levi Leipheimer (32nd), and Christian Vande Velde (60th). The USA Pro Cycling Challenge invited six UCI ProTeams, and UCI Professional Continental Teams; as well as five UCI Continental Teams.


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 1
August 20, 2012 — Durango, to Telluride, 125.6 miles (202.1 km)


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 1
The opening road race for the pro challenge began in Durango.


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 2
August 21, 2012 — Montrose to Crested Butte, 99.2 miles (159.6 km)


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 3
August 22, 2012 — Gunnison to Aspen, 130.5 miles (210.0 km)


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 4
August 23, 2012 — Aspen to Beaver Creek, 97.2 miles (156.4 km)


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 5
August 24, 2012 — Breckenridge to Colorado Springs, 117.9 miles (189.7 km)


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 6
August 25, 2012 — Golden to Boulder, 103.3 miles (166.2 km)


2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage Results, Stage 7
The final stage was an individual time trial held through the streets of downtown Denver.


2012 USA Rugby Men's College 7s National Championship
The 2012 USA Rugby Men's College 7s National Championship was a seven-a-side rugby union tournament. The competition was held from 30 November – 1 December at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and featured 24 college/university teams from across the United States.


2012 USA Rugby Men's College 7s National Championship, Awards
The Tournament MVP was Zac Mizell from Arkansas State University.


2012 USA Sevens
The 2012 USA Sevens was the ninth edition of the USA Sevens tournament and the fifth tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Sam Boyd Stadium.


2012 USA Sevens
Samoa won the title by defeating New Zealand 26–19 in the final.


2012 USA Sevens, Format
The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.


2012 USA Sevens, Television
The 2012 USA Sevens earned strong ratings on TV in the US, with higher ratings than several basketball and hockey games on TV that weekend. The TV ratings for selected sports events on network and cable TV that weekend are below:


2012 USA-Brazil Challenge
The 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge was to be a curling challenge taking place from January 27 to 29 at the Bemidji Curling Club in Bemidji, Minnesota. The challenge round would have determined which nation would qualify to the last Americas Zone spot at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland.


2012 USA-Brazil Challenge
On January 10, the Brazilian team announced that they had withdrawn their challenge to the USA. The Brazilian Ice Sports Federation said in a statement, "It is with great regret that we have to withdraw from the America's Challenge. As a result of recently losing our team coach, the team feels they are not playing well enough to constitute a proper and fit challenge to Team USA for the last remaining place at the 2012 World Men's Championship."


2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, Background
The World Curling Federation allots two spots at the World Men's Curling Championship to the Americas Zone, which are normally taken by Canada and the United States. However, the World Curling Federation allows for other member nations in the Americas Zone (i.e. Brazil) to challenge Canada and/or the United States for berths to the World Championships. As Canada is the defending champion at the World Championships, Canada receive an automatic berth to the 2012 World Championships. Thus, Brazil is allowed to challenge the United States for a berth to the 2012 World Championships. This is Brazil's third challenge of the United States, after challenges in 2009 and 2010 proved to be unsuccessful.


2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, Background
The Brazilian team was training at the Lennoxville Curling Club in Quebec in preparation for the challenge.


2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, Teams
The teams that were scheduled to compete are listed as follows:


2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, Teams
*The positions for the Brazilian team were to be announced.


2012 USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series
The 2012 USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Champ Car Series season was the 41st season of the USAC Silver Crown Series. The series began with the Hall of Fame Classic at Indianapolis Raceway Park on May 19, and ended on October 13 at the Sumar Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track. Levi Jones began the season as the defending champion, and Bobby East was the season champion.


2012 USARL season
The 2012 USARL season was the second season of the USA Rugby League (USARL). The 2012 season was an 8-team competition with the addition of the Baltimore Blues and departure of the New Jersey Turnpike Titans. The season began on June 2, and ended with the Championship Final on August 25 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Jacksonville Axemen completed the USARL's first perfect season, capturing the Axemen's first USARL Championship and second minor premiership.


2012 USARL season, Regular season
The league played a single round-round schedule, plus one additional game per team. Teams qualified for the playoffs based on point differential, with a win counting for 2 points, a draw for 1, a loss for 0, and a forfeit for −2 (or greater). All fixtures sourced from the USARL.


2012 USARL season, Playoffs
The playoffs consisted of a two-round single-elimination tournament in August. The season's top four teams competed in a semi-final round, with the two winners going on to the Championship Final. In the first round on August 11, the first-placed team hosted the fourth-placed, and the second-placed hosted the third-placed.


2012 USASA Region I National Cup
The 2012 USASA Region I National Cup will be a qualifying tournament to determine which clubs from the first region of the United States Adult Soccer Association will qualify for the first round proper of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup. The defending co-champions, New York Pancyprian-Freedoms and Phoenix SC both failed to qualify for the tournament, losing in their respective state/subregional tournaments.


2012 USASA Region I National Cup
Three teams from Region I will qualify for the U.S. Open Cup in April, with the finals held June 17 in Horsham, Pennsylvania. The winner will then qualify for the National Finals which will be July 20–22 in Chicago, Illinois.


2012 USASA Region I National Cup, Results
The semifinal winners, NY Greek American Atlas and Dulles Sportsplex Aegean Hawks, both qualified for the U.S. Open Cup and will meet in the finals in June. The winner of the third place game will also qualify for the Cup.


2012 USASA Region I National Cup, Results
Battery Park Gunners (Mass.) 0–2 NY Greek American Atlas (East NY)


2012 USASA Region II National Cup
The 2012 USASA Region II National Cup was a qualifying tournament that determined which clubs from the second region of the United States Adult Soccer Association qualified for the first round proper of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup. The Region II National Cup's first round matches took place on 14 April 2012 with the 2nd round match taking place on 15 April 2012. The regional tournament was held in Bensenville, IL. A blind draw held before the tournament determined that the winner of the Cincy Saints/KC Athletics match would receive an automatic berth into the 2012 U.S. Open Cup. The winners of the other two matches would play to determine the 2nd and final berth for Region II.


2012 USASA Region III National Cup
The USASA Region III National Cup took place between April 27 and April 29, 2012, and acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 U.S. Open Cup with each group winner securing a place in the Open Cup. The tournament took place at the Houston Amateur Sports Park in Houston, Texas.


2012 USASA Region IV National Cup
The 2012 USASA Region IV National Cup was a qualifying tournament that determined which clubs from the fourth region of the United States Adult Soccer Association qualified for the first round proper of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup. The Region IV National Cup's group stage matches took place on 4–5 May 2012 with the championship match on 6 May 2012. The regional tournament was held at Ontario Soccer Park in Ontario, CA.


2012 USASA Region IV National Cup
The winners of each group joined the 64-team field of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup. The winner of the championship match also advanced to the USASA National Cup final four in Chicago in mid-July.


2012 USASA Region IV National Cup
Though Texas is officially in USASA Region III, El Paso-based EP Elite were given special permission to attempt to qualify through Region IV representing neighboring New Mexico, but then failed to show up to the tournament and forfeited all their matches.


2012 USASA Region IV National Cup, Final
Cal FC will represent Region IV in the 2012 USASA National Cup.


2012 USC Trojans football team
The 2012 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Trojans were led by third-year head coach Lane Kiffin, played their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. USC returned 18 starters and 13 All-Conference performers from a team that finished the 2011 season ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll with a 10–2 record overall, and finished first in the South Division with a 7–2 record in Pac-12 play.


2012 USC Trojans football team
However, as part of a two-year-post-season ban mandated by the NCAA, the Trojans could not claim the 2011 Pac-12 South Division title, participate in the conference championship game or play in a bowl game. The 2012 season was the first year under Kiffin that the Trojans were eligible for post-season play. They started the season ranked #1 in the AP Poll, but finished unranked—the first team to do so since the 1964 Ole Miss Rebels and the first to do so in the BCS-era. The Trojans finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Pac-12 play, tied for second in the Pac-12 South Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they were defeated 21–7 by Georgia Tech.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
On December 22, 2011, All-American quarterback Matt Barkley announced that he would be returning to USC for his senior season to complete some "unfinished business" for the Trojans.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
Along with Barkley, who was a leading Heisman candidate, the Trojan offense returns nine starters, including 2011 All-Conference center Khaled Holmes, a thousand-yard rusher from 2011 in senior running back Curtis McNeal, and two thousand-yard receivers in Robert Woods and Marqise Lee. In addition, former Penn State running back Silas Redd transferred to USC and will be immediately eligible to play during the 2012 season. The addition of Redd means the USC offense now boasts two thousand-yard rushers, two thousand-year receivers, and a 3,500-yard passer from the 2011 season.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
On defense, the Trojans return seven starters and four All-Conference players, including first-team All-Conference performers in safety T. J. McDonald and cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman, senior defensive end Wes Horton, and the team's co-leading tacklers in sophomore linebackers Hayes Pullard and Dion Bailey, who was named the Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year in 2011.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
USC returns 18 starters and thirteen All-Conference performers in 2012. The most significant loss on offense came with the early departure of left offensive tackle Matt Kalil, who was drafted No. 4 overall in the First Round of the NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Kalil is expected to be succeeded at left offensive tackle by true sophomore Aundrey Walker. USC also graduated fullback Rhett Ellison, who was also drafted by the Vikings at No. 128 overall in the Fourth Round. Redshirt freshman Soma Vainuku is the leading contender to start at the fullback position.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
The most significant loss on defense came with the early departure of defensive end Nick Perry, who was drafted No. 28 overall in the First Round by the Green Bay Packers. Perry is expected to be replaced at Right Defensive End by senior Wes Horton. The Trojans also graduated defensive tackles DaJohn Harris and Christian Tupou, who are expected to be replaced in the starting lineup by sophomore George Uko and redshirt freshman Antwaun Woods.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
On July 30, starting Left Defensive End Devon Kennard underwent surgery for a torn pectoralis major muscle. Team doctors told him that it would take approximately four months to fully recover from the surgery, which would make him a redshirt candidate and allow him to return to USC for a fifth year in 2013. Sophomore J.R. Tavai was moved to defensive end from nose tackle in fall camp, and will compete with redshirt freshman Greg Townsend to start at Left Defensive End.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
On July 31, former Penn State running back Silas Redd announced his intent to transfer to USC in the wake of the NCAA sanctions given to the Nittany Lions relating to the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. Redd will be immediately eligible to play at USC during the 2012 season due to those sanctions. On August 5, Redd officially enrolled at USC.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
On August 24, starting cornerback Isiah Wiley was declared academically ineligible by the NCAA. Sophomore Anthony Brown replaced Wiley in the starting lineup.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Before the season
USC was ranked number one in The Associated Press’ preseason college football poll for the seventh time in school history and the first time in five seasons, edging out No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 LSU.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters
USC returns 18 starters in 2012, including nine on offense, seven on defense, and both the starting kicker and punter. Key departures included offensive tackle Matt Kalil, fullback Rhett Ellison, running back Marc Tyler, defensive end Nick Perry, linebacker Chris Galippo, defensive tackle DaJohn Harris, and nose tackle Christian Tupou. Before the season, starting cornerback Isiah Wiley was declared academically ineligible, and starting left DE Devon Kennard suffered a pectoral injury that could force him to redshirt this season.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Recruiting class
Prior to National Signing Day on February 1, 2012, one junior college player and two high school players that graduated early enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice. These early enrollments included: defensive end Morgan Breslin from Diablo Valley Community College, linebacker Scott Starr from Norco High School, and offensive tackle Chad Wheeler from Santa Monica High School. Safety/cornerback Joshua Shaw, who started three games at free safety for Florida in 2011, transferred to USC in the spring.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Recruiting class
USC's recruiting class was highlighted by six players from the "Rivals 100": No. 16 Zach Banner (OT), No. 18 Nelson Agholor (WR), No. 29 Jordan Simmons (G), No. 40 Jabari Ruffin (LB), No. 46 Max Tuerk (OT), No. 53 Leonard Williams (DE), and No. 82 Kevon Seymour (CB). Despite being hampered by a 10-scholarship reduction imposed by the NCAA, USC still signed the No. 8 recruiting class according to Rivals.com, the tenth-consecutive year that USC has had a class ranked in the Top 10.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
USC, ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll, defeated Hawaii, 49–10. Matt Barkley kicked off his Heisman Trophy campaign with 372 yards passing and four touchdowns. Marqise Lee caught 10 passes for 197 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, and returned a kickoff 100 yards for another score. Robert Woods added two touchdown catches.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
1st quarter scoring: USC – Marqise Lee 75 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari Kick); USC: Robert Woods 20 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari Kick); USC: Hayes Pullard 27 Yd Interception Return (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
2nd quarter scoring: USC: Silas Redd 31 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed); USC: Robert Woods 2 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed); USC: Andre Heidari 28 Yd FG


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
3rd quarter scoring: HAW: Scott Harding 18 Yd Pass From Sean Schroeder (Tyler Hadden Kick); USC: Marqise Lee 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Andre Heidari Kick); HAW: Tyler Hadden 36 Yd FG


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
4th quarter scoring: USC: Randall Telfer 11 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari Kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
The game was played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Matt Barkley tied his own school record with six touchdown passes, Marqise Lee caught three touchdown passes, Robert Woods had two, and Xavier Grimble had one. Dion Bailey had two interceptions on defense. At halftime, a line of thunderstorms rolled in, and the game was delayed an hour and nine minutes.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
2nd quarter scoring: USC: Marqise Lee 13 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Alex Wood Kick); USC – Robert Woods 29 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Alex Wood Kick); SYR – Ross Krautman 37 Yd FG


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
3rd quarter scoring: USC – Robert Woods 4 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Alex Wood Kick); SYR – Marcus Sales 3 Yd Pass From Ryan Nassib (Ross Krautman Kick); SYR – Prince-Tyson Gulley 8 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
4th quarter scoring: USC: Xavier Grimble 22 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Alex Wood Kick); USC – Marqise Lee 4 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Alex Wood Kick); SYR – Marcus Sales 17 Yd Pass From Ryan Nassib (Two-Point Conversion Failed); USC – Marqise Lee 3 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Alex Wood Kick); SYR – Ryan Nassib 1 Yd Run (Ross Krautman Kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
The Cardinal have won four of the last five meetings (the Trojans won the 2008 game), with USC seeking to avenge close losses to the Stanford Cardinal over the last two seasons. In 2010, Stanford defeated USC, 37–35, on a last-second field goal that was made possible when the clock operator mistakenly stopped running the clock on Stanford's game-winning drive. In 2011, Stanford defeated USC, 56–48, in triple overtime when USC running back Curtis McNeal fumbled in the red zone. With the game tied, 34–34, at the end of regulation, USC attempted to call a timeout in order to attempt a game-winning field goal, but time had run out.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
1st quarter scoring: USC – Silas Redd 1-yard run (Alex Wood kick); STAN – Stanfan Taylor 59-yard run (J. Williamson kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
2nd quarter scoring: USC – Redd 1-yard run (Wood kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Taylor 23-yard pass from J. Nunes (Williamson kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
4th quarter scoring: STAN – Z. Ertz 37-yard pass from Nunes (Williamson kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Stanford's running back Stepfan Taylor and defensive back Ben Gardner were named Pac-12 Conference Player-of-the-Week following this contest.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
The Trojans have won the past 8 meetings against the California Golden Bears. In 2011, the Trojans defeated the Bears, 30–9.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
1st quarter scoring: USC – Silas Redd 33-yard run (Andre Heidari kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Vincen D'Amato 24-yard field goal; USC – Marqise Lee 11-yard pass from Matt Barkley (Heidari kick); USC – Heidari 40-yard field goal


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – D'Amato 26-yard field goal; CAL – D'Amato 35-yard field goal


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
4th quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 41-yard field goal; USC – Lee 3-yard pass from Barkley (Heidari kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington
In 2011, USC beat Washington by a score of 40–17. USC came out strong in the 1st half with a 24–7 lead at halftime. The Trojans held off the Huskies 24–14 to win the game.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Colorado
USC beat Colorado, 42–17, in 2011 with Matt Barkley setting a school record with six touchdown passes. Both Matt Barkley and Robert Woods had record setting days as the Trojans cruised to a 50–6 victory.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon
1st quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 16-yard pass from Marcus Mariota (Rob Beard Kick); USC – Andre Heidari 39-yard Field Goal; ORE – Josh Huff 21-yard pass from Mariota (Beard Kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 27-yard run (Beard kick); USC – Marqise Lee 75-yard pass from Matt Barkley (Heidari kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 5-yard run (PAT blocked); USC – Robert Woods 7-yard pass from Barkley (Heidari kick); ORE – Daryle Hawkins 14-yard pass from Mariota (Beard kick); USC – Nelson Agholor 76-yard pass from Barkley (Heidari kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon
3rd quarter scoring: USC – Silas Redd 2-yard run (Heidari kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 9-yard run (Beard kick); USC – Silas Redd 3-yard run (Heidari kick); ORE – Josh Huff 36-yard pass from Mariota (Beard kick)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 5-yard run (Beard kick); USC – Randall Telfer 3-yard pass from Barkley (Heidari kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 22-yard run (Beard kick); USC – Lee 3-yard pass from Barkley (Two-point conversion failed)


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
USC seeks to avenge a loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2011.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The matchup was the first time since 2005 that UCLA and USC met as ranked teams. It was also the first time since 2001 that the Bruins entered the game ranked higher than the Trojans.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 1-yard run (Ka'i  Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 23-yard field goal; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 17-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick).


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16-yard run (Fairbairn kick); USC – Nelson Agholor 33-yard pass from Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari kick); USC – Randall Telfer 2-yard pass from Barkley (Heidari kick).


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
3rd quarter scoring: USC – George Uko 0-yard fumble recovery (Heidari kick failed); UCLA – Hundley 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick).


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
4th quarter scoring: USC – Marqise Lee 14-yard pass from Barkley (Robert Woods pass from Barkley); UCLA – Franklin 29-yard run (Fairbairn kick).


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
In 2011, USC defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 31–17. USC has won nine of the last ten meetings against Notre Dame. ESPN's "College GameDay" show was at the game.


2012 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech (Sun Bowl)
Reports surfaced weeks after the game of a postgame altercation in the locker room which may have started over the younger players criticizing Matt Barkley for not playing in the game and his leadership in general, which led to several upperclassmen, including T.J. McDonald, coming to his defense. It was another incident that marked the close of a disappointing season for USC.


2012 USL Pro season
The 2012 USL Pro season was the 26th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and the second season of USL Pro. The season started with 11 teams. FC New York self-relegated to the National Premier Soccer League prior to the release of the schedule. The final weekend of the regular season was August 17–19.


2012 USL Pro season, Teams, Personal and Kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 USL Pro season, Transfers
For full list, see List of USL Pro transfers 2012.


2012 USL Pro season, Playoffs
The 2012 USL Pro Playoffs included the top six finishers in the table, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receiving a first-round bye on August 25. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams was played the following weekend, with the 2012 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 7–9. All playoff rounds featured a single-game knockout format.


2012 USL Pro season, All-League Teams, First Team
F: Dennis Chin (ORL), Jose Cuevas (CHB), Corey Hertzog (WIL)M: J.C. Banks (ROC), Kevin Molino (ORL), Nicki Paterson (CHB)D: Josh Rife (CHE), Troy Roberts (ROC),  Rob Valentino (ORL), William Yomby (RIC)G: Kristian Nicht (ROC)


2012 USL Pro season, All-League Teams, Second Team
F: Bright Dike (LAB), Matt Luzunaris (ORL), Lucky Mkosana (HAR)M: Joel DeLass (DDL), Matt Kassel (PIT), Bryce Taylor (WIL)D: Kieron Bernard (ORL), Erlys Garcia (LAB),  Quentin Griffith (ANT), Jerome Mechack (ORL)G: Miguel Gallardo (ORL)


2012 USL W-League season
The 2012 W-League season was the 18th season of the league's existence, and 9th season of second division women's soccer in the United States. The regular season started on May 11 and ended on July 15.


2012 USL W-League season, Changes from 2011 season, Teams leaving
No teams either folded or left following the 2011 season:


2012 USL W-League season, Standings
As of 7/15/2012 Orange indicates Host Team for W-League ChampionshipPurple indicates division title clinchedGreen indicates playoff berth clinched


2012 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Eastern Conference
F: Kristin Burton (ATL), Grace Hawkins (LIR)*, Mikaela Howell (DCU)M: Yael Averbuch (NJW)*, Ashley Clarke (NJV), Hayley Siegel (DCU)D: Marisa Abegg (DCU), Vaila Barsley (LIR)*,  Sabbath McKiernan-Allen (CHR), Tabitha Padgett (CSC)G: Robyn Jones (CHR)


2012 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Central Conference
F: Nkemjika Ezurike Nathalie (LAV), Kinley McNicoll (TOR), Imen Trodi (QUE)*M: Catherine Charron-Delage (LAV), Katrina-Lee Gorry (OTT), Lisa-Marie Woods (OTT)D: Alyscha Motterhead (TOR), Haillie Price (HAM),  Cindy Walsh (LAV)*, Kathryn Williamson (OTT)G: Jasmine Phillips (OTT)


2012 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Western Conference
F: Edite Fernandes (SCL), Jenna Richardson (VAN), Lynn Williams (PAB)*M: Brittany Bock (COL), Sarah Huffman (PAB)*, Veronica Perez (SEA)*D: Sasha Andrews (PAB)*, Stephanie Cox (SEA)*,  Michelle Pao (PAB), Brooke Spence (COR)G: Anna Maria Picarelli (PAB)*


2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The 2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 75th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2012-2013 began on July 14, 2012 and the host school for the season was National University.


2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers made it back to the finals for the first time since winning the championship in Season 69 after finishing the double–round eliminations at second place with 10 wins against 4 losses. They defeated the NU Bulldogs who had qualified for the final four for the first time in 11 years, and lost to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the best-of-three finals via sweep, making their opponents five-peat champions of the tournament.


2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
UST later won the Philippine Collegiate Champions League title in December after avenging their UAAP finals loss to Ateneo by beating them in a best-of-three series, 2-1.


2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Jeric Teng, who was named PCCL's tournament MVP missed three games in the elimination round of the UAAP due to an MCL injury in August. PCCL Coach of the year Pido Jarencio missed Game One of the finals when he got infected with measles.


2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Preseason tournaments
The Tigers participated in one off-season tournament: the 2012 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup, where they advanced to the quarterfinal round but bid goodbye in the tournament after losing to NU Bulldogs 68–77.


2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule and results
UAAP Season 75 men's basketball tournaments started on 14 July 2012. Games are played in a double round-robin schedule.


2012 UT Martin Skyhawks football team
The 2012 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks football team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jason Simpson and played their home games at Graham Stadium. They are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in a tie for second place.


2012 UTEP Miners football team
The 2012 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by ninth year head coach Mike Price and played their home games at Sun Bowl Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. Head coach Mike Price retired at the end of the season. UTEP averaged 29,374 fans per game.


2012 UTSA Roadrunners football team
The 2012 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second season for football at UTSA and their first as members of the Western Athletic Conference. Larry Coker returned as the team's coach for a second season. The team played its home games at the Alamodome. This was the second of a two-year FCS to FBS transition period for UTSA, so they were not bowl-eligible but will be in 2013. It was UTSA's only season in the WAC. UTSA will join Conference USA on July 1, 2013. They finished the season 8–4, 3–3 in WAC play to finish in fourth place.


2012 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Before the season, Previous season
In 2011, the Roadrunners represented UTSA in its first year of play in a 4–6 season. UTSA started the season with a 2–2 record in the first month of competition with both wins combining for a 75-point advantage and a 3-point loss, with its only decisive loss against ranked FCS Southern Utah. After beating Bacone 54-7, the Runners fell into a three-game slump including eventual undefeated championship contender Sam Houston State and double-overtime loss to fellow FCS move-up South Alabama. UTSA ended its first year with two more wins and yet another 3-point loss.


2012 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Before the season, Previous season
UTSA ended their first year with a losing record, but outplayed their opponents on the statbook due to lopsided wins and multiple close losses.