2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May
The White Sox started the month of May losing two of three against the Indians, losing two of three to the Tigers and then lost a doubleheader in Cleveland on May 7. The Sox then came back and won the next two games against Cleveland to split the four games series. The White Sox came home from May 11–15, they lost two of three to the Royals and split a two-games series with the Tigers. Then the White Sox travelled to Los Angeles for a two games series against the Angels.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May
The Sox lost the first game of the series and at that point, through May 16, the White Sox had an overall record of 17-21 and were four and a half games back from the first place Indians. The Sox then beat the Angels in the second game and split the two-game series. The Sox then came back to Chicago for a road series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field for the Crosstown Classic. In the first game of the series, Paul Konerko hit a home run in his first at bat off of Jeff Samardzija.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May
The next time Konerko came up, Samardzija hit Konerko in the face with a pitch and knocked him out for the rest of the series. Samardzija stated that it was not intentional and a breaking ball just got away from him. A few innings later, Sox pitcher Philip Humber threw a pitch behind the Cubs first baseman Bryan LaHair. Both teams were warned and no other problems came about during the series. The Sox went on the sweep the Cubs winning 2-1, 7-4 and 6-0.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May
It was the third time the White Sox had sweep the Cubs and the second time they did it at Wrigley Field. The Sox then lost the first game of a three games series against the Twins. The Sox took the next two games against the Twins to win the series. The Sox then swept the Indians at home by the scores of 9-3, 14-7 and 12-6. The Sox then traveled to Tampa Bay to face the Rays for three games.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May
On May 28, in the first game of that series, the Sox won 2-1 as Chris Sale struck out 15 Rays which tied him with Eddie Cicotte, Ed Walsh and Jim Scott for second most strikeouts in a single game in franchise history. Jack Harshman holds the team record with 16 strikeouts in a single game. The Sox swept the Rays and finished the month on an 8-game winning streak and won 12 of their last 13 games to finish the month of May. The White Sox went from four and a half games back on May 17 to first place and a game and a half over the Indians by the end of the month. The Sox finished the month with a good record of 18-11 and outscored their opponents 156-122.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June
The Sox started the month winning two of three against the Mariners and then losing two of three against the Blue Jays. The White Sox then went into their interleague play part of the season. The Sox started interleague play by facing the Astros. The Astros won the first and third game to win the series. The Sox then traveled to St. Louis to face the defending World Series Champion Cardinals where the Sox won the first game of the series and then lost the next two. The White Sox then traveled to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June
At the time the Sox played Los Angeles, the Dodgers had the best record in baseball at 40-24. The Sox managed only one win during the three-game series and the Sox went back home after a 2-4 road trip. The Sox then faced their Crosstown rivals for the second time this season. The White Sox lost the first two games to the Cubs but avoided a sweep by winning the final game of the series, 7-0. The Sox then fell out of first place for the first time since May 28.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June
The Sox wrapped up interleague play by winning two of three against the Brewers to finish the interleague season at 9-9. On June 24, during the final game against the Brewers, the White Sox acquired Kevin Youkilis and cash from the Red Sox for Brent Lillibridge and Zach Stewart. The White Sox then finished the month on the road winning two of three against the Twins and winning two of three against the Yankees. A rare occurrence happened during the second game against the Yankees. Going into the top of the ninth inning, the White Sox led the Yankees 10-7.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June
The Yankees had Cory Wade on the mound for the third inning in a row. He had already given up two runs in the seventh and then gave up four more in the 9th while only recording one out. Yankees manager, Joe Girardi, decided to let outfielder DeWayne Wise pitch because the teams bullpen had been so over used the past few days. Wise had not pitched since his sophomore year of high school. Wise is well known by White Sox fans by making "The Catch" that preserved Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009. Wise then went on to retire Paul Konerko on a fly ball to center field and got Alex Ríos to ground out to finish out the 9th. The Sox finished the month of June with a record of 13-14, but outscored their opponents 124-116.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July
The White Sox started the month losing the final game of a four-game series against the Yankees. The Sox then swept the two-time defending American League Champion Rangers and took two of three against the Blue Jays. In the opener of the series against the Rangers, the Sox scored a season high 19 runs. The Sox then went into the All-Star break with a three-game lead over the Indians. They were well represented at the All-Star Game with four players making the squad (Adam Dunn, Paul Konerko, Jake Peavy and Chris Sale).


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July
The Sox then came out of the break taking two of three against the Royals. The Sox then hit a rough patch which saw them lose 6 of their next 7 games. They lost three of four against the Red Sox and then were swept in Detroit by the Tigers. On July 21, the Sox acquired RHP Brett Myers from the Houston Astros and cash for minor league prospects RHP Matthew Heidenreich and LHP Blair Walters. Also on the same date, the Sox fell out of first place for the first time since June 23.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July
After sweeping the Twins at home, the Sox took the division lead back from the Tigers. On July 28, the Sox acquired LHP Francisco Liriano from the Minnesota Twins for Eduardo Escobar and Pedro Hernández. The Sox took two of three in Texas and then finished the month splitting two games in Minnesota. On July 31, the Sox stated that John Danks would have season ending surgery on his shoulder. The White Sox finished the month with a record of 14-11 (8-1 at home) and outscored their opponents 124-108.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August
On August 3, the Sox brought back DeWayne Wise, who was released from the Yankees on July 30. The Sox started August by beating the Twins 3-2 to secure their series win in Minnesota. Then the Sox had a nine-game homestand as they hosted the Angels, Royals, and the eventual AL West Champion A's. The Sox took two out of three from the Angels, two games went into extras where each club won one. The Sox lost two of three from the Royals and bounced back to win two of three from Athletics.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August
The Sox lost the first game of the series in Toronto via walk-off in extras, and then the Sox went on to win last three in a row to finish the series winning three of four. That was the first series win in Toronto since 2006. The Sox went to KC where they were swept in a three-game set, but not without a historical moment. During the second game of the series on August 18, Adam Dunn hit his 400th career home run.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August
With Konerko also hitting his milestone number 400 back in April, they became the first pair of teammates to hit 400th home runs in the same season in MLB history. The Sox came back home to face the eventual AL East Champion Yankees for three games and the eventual last place finish in AL West Mariners for three games. The Sox swept the mighty Yankees and Mariners to secure their perfect 6-0 homestand.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August
In the opener of the series against the Mariners, the Sox were up five runs going to the ninth inning only to give up six runs to blow that comfortable lead. Then in the home half of the ninth inning, the Sox scored two runs to take the lead back and win it on a walk-off single by Paul Konerko that center fielder Michael Saunders missed the flyball against the wall. The Sox traveled to their tough seven-game road trip to Baltimore and Detroit that stretches into September. Not surprisingly, the Sox lost three out of four in Baltimore and lost the first game in Detroit to close out the month with a respectable record of 16-12 and outscored their opponents 128-118.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September/October
The Sox opened September by losing final two games of the series in Detroit. They were swept in Detroit for the second consecutive time. The Sox hosted the ten-game homestand that was actually reduced to nine because of a rainout. The Sox took two of three from Minnesota but in the only loss of that series, Sox pitching allowed a season high 18 runs. Also in that game, DeWayne Wise pitched for the second time in his career as he pitched a scoreless ninth, he induced a double play and a flyout.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September/October
The Sox proceeded to host three games to Kansas City when they dropped two of three including one in the extras. The Sox won the opener of the series against Detroit 6–1 thanks to the performance by José Quintana. The Sox went on to lose two in a row against Detroit. The Sox supposed to play one more game to complete the four-game set but it was rained out and made up on a day that was supposed to be an off day for both clubs.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September/October
It was scheduled for Chris Sale to battle Justin Verlander if not for a rainout but instead it was Quintana versus Doug Fister for a makeup game. Before the make up game after the rainout, the Sox swept the Twins in Minnesota. In the fifth inning of that makeup game, Sox trailed 4–3, Dayán Viciedo grounded into what would otherwise have been a routine double play to end the inning, but Detroit second baseman Omar Infante threw away past first baseman Prince Fielder and two runs scored.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September/October
The Sox went on to win the makeup game 5–4 after neither clubs scored runs after that play. They went right back on the road trip after just one game at home. They traveled down to Kansas City where they won the first game and lost the last two and went west to L.A. where they were swept by Angels. They went back home to play for seven games, three against the Indians and four against the Rays. They won the opener of the series against the Tribe and then lost the last two to close out that series.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September/October
After the loss of that finale game, the Sox were not in first place for the first time since July 23. The Sox went on to lose three of four to the red-hot Rays. The playoff hopes for Sox had been diminishing fast as they lost 10 out of their last 12 games, dropping their elimination number to just one as they enter the 10th month of the year.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September/October
It is now a must situation when the Sox must sweep the Indians and Tigers must get swept in Kansas City, both clubs were playing the final three games of the season. In the opener of the series in Cleveland, the Sox won 11-0, but Tigers also won 6-3, thus eliminating Sox from going to the playoffs. Anyway, the Sox dropped the second game of the series 4–3 on a walk-off single by Jason Donald in the 12th inning. The Sox won the final game of the season by beating the Indians 9–0. The Sox finished September/October with a 13–18 record, but they still outscored their opponents 130–128. They finished 2012 campaign at 85–77, three games back of the Detroit Tigers. The Sox spent 126 days in first place.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2012 Chicago summit
The 2012 Chicago summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), held in Chicago, Illinois, on 20 and 21 May 2012. This was the first time ever that a NATO summit was held in the United States outside of the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The event was originally scheduled to coincide and be held after the 2012 G8 summit in Chicago as well, but the G8 summit was later rescheduled to be held at Camp David.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda
The previous summit was the 2010 summit in Lisbon, Portugal. The summit in Chicago discussed the impact of recent events since then, such as the Arab Spring, Libyan Civil War, as well as the global financial crisis, and transition for NATO forces in Afghanistan, and a missile shield system for Europe to seek routes out.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Middle East
NATO is planning to craft specific resolutions concerning the Middle East. Issues to address include the organization's continuing military support of active insurrections in the region, as well conflict with Iran. The group is going to make plans for defending certain areas, such as the Strait of Hormuz.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Nuclear weapons
NATO will also discuss missile defense and nuclear deterrence more generally.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Nuclear weapons
NATO's secretary general Rasmussen has confirmed plans to proceed with ballistic missile defense, a system that would alter the longstanding balance of mutually assured destruction between the United States and Russia, but yet protect NATO-member nations from missile attacks from nations such as Iran or North Korea. Many years prior, NATO member the United States had informed Russia on several occasions that if Russia didn't limit its cooperation with the Iranian missile program, the defense shield would be necessary.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Nuclear weapons
Rasmussen announced that a successful test had been conducted in April 2012 of the missile defense system, and that further details about existing "interim capability" would be announced at the Chicago summit. This position has been changed since the Lisbon Summit, during which NATO powers ordered the creation of a "Deterrence and Defense Posture Review" (DDPR)—a document expected to express and discuss conflicts some of the wide-ranging conflicts on the topic within NATO.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Nuclear weapons
The United States is also planning to upgrade 180 tactical nuclear weapons currently positioned in Europe. The upgrade would improve guidance systems on the missiles, rendering them able to hit targets more precisely.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Nuclear weapons
Russia has requested that the NATO countries declare "adherence to the rules of international law" in the nuclear policy they agree upon at the Chicago summit. Russia has also announced that it may retaliate against the deployment of NATO's defense system by using Iskander theater ballistic missile weapons or by striking weapons sites in Europe, although experts believe Russia will not risk war with the United States and its NATO allies by attacking such targets.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Russia
Russia worries that its own nuclear arsenal could be rendered useless with the full activation of a missile shield by the United States. Russia's nuclear deterrent maintains a 'strategic balance' between the two major powers. But the United States insists that a defense system is necessary to mitigate any threat from Iran. In previous years, Russia had been invited on several occasions to work with NATO on defense systems, but declined. The organization also plans to review its collective relationship to Russia. Indeed, NATO has stated that Russia's attendance at the Chicago event will depend upon accession to a system of European missile defense.


2012 Chicago summit, Agenda, Afghanistan war
The Afghanistan issue in particular faces a public relations timeline due to a declaration by Barack Obama that NATO activities in Afghanistan would be concluded by 2014, but 28-nation military bloc was clearly divided, as the new French President, Francois Hollande, indicated that he will pull out all 3,400 French troops at the end of 2012 or 2 years ahead of NATO's timetable.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Afghanistan war
The leaders of the NATO-member countries endorsed on 21 May 2012 an exit strategy for the War in Afghanistan and declared their long-term commitment to Afghanistan. The NATO-led ISAF forces will hand over command of all combat missions to Afghan forces by the middle of 2013, while shifting at the same time from combat to a support role of advising, training and assisting the Afghan security forces and then withdraw most of the 130,000 foreign troops by the end of December 2014.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Afghanistan war
A new and different NATO mission will then advise, train and assist the Afghan security forces including the Afghan Special Operations Forces. The pace of withdrawal will be determined by each country individually, but coordinated with coalition planners. According to a Western official, nations with troops in Afghanistan pledged roughly $1 billion to fund Afghan security forces after 2014, while the majority of the funding will come from the United States.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Afghanistan war
This was confirmed by a report of the Los Angeles Times which stated that according to British Prime Minister David Cameron, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Estonia and others had made pledges that added "almost" $1 billion.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Afghanistan war
However, these figures changed later as in June 2012 news media like The Globe and Mail, The Herald Sun, Al Jazeera English, The Washington Post, Shanghai Daily and BBC News Online published that at the NATO Chicago summit an annual aid of 4.1 billion U.S. dollars was pledged to pay for ongoing training, equipment and financial support for Afghanistan's security forces after 2014.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Smart Defense
As consequence of shrinking defense budgets the NATO leaders agreed to share the costs of weapons and equipment as part of a so-called "Smart Defense" initiative. The NATO leaders approved 20 projects for this initiative.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Smart Defense
These projects cover the funding for remotely controlled robots used to clear roads of homemade bombs or mines, the creation of a pool of maritime patrol planes from a number of nations, the creation of a joint management of munitions for buying and storage of munitions, maintenance of armored vehicles, sharing of medical facilities, common management of fuel handling, cooperation in the use of surveillance aircraft with joint training for intelligence specialists and purchase of Global Hawk surveillance drones operated by NATO in the name of all its member states.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Smart Defense
"Together, we will keep NATO capable of responding to the security challenges of tomorrow, because no country, no continent can deal with them alone," Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the leaders ahead of the discussion about budget cuts. "We can find common solutions to common problems." Rasmussen explained the reason behind the "Smart Defense" initiative is that the military must do more with less in a time of budget cuts due to NATO members need to save money in the time of the Great Recession.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Smart Defense
Anders Fogh Rasmussen's "Smart Defense" initiative, which advocates "pooling and sharing resources, setting better priorities and encouraging countries to specialize in things they are best at," was inspired after the remarks made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in June 2011, who stated that NATO faced "the real possibility [of] a dim, if not dismal future" because of chronically underfunded defense apparatuses in Europe. Only four European countries—Great Britain, France, Albania, and Greece—have committed to the alliance's agreed benchmark of committing two percent of their GDP to defense.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Smart Defense
The United States, which contributes three-quarters to NATO's operating budget, is experiencing severe budgetary problems while simultaneously re-balancing military commitments to the Pacific, further straining the Atlantic alliance. "Current projections show the U.S. defense budget shrinking by $487 billion in the decade to come, with another half trillion in cuts possible depending on the outcome of the highly partisan negotiations over future reductions to the federal deficit."


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Smart Defense
Smart Defense is intended to make Europe more responsible for European security and the European periphery as the United States military withdraws from the continent. NATO's Libya operation may be a model for such engagement: "The United States will do what it must—playing roles and providing surge capabilities that only it can provide—and Europe will bear the rest of the burden for operations that are more in its own interests than those of the United States." Because Europe is not experiencing an existential threat like it did during the Cold War, the preponderance of U.S. assets for military campaigns that do not fall under Article 5 will diminish.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Smart Defense
Skepticism of Smart Defense is plenty. Francois Heisburg, chairman of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy says that governments typically choose "jobs in defense companies at home over [the] military logic" of pooling resources. Former Ambassador to NATO and Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, R. Nicholas Burns recognizes the structural troubles facing NATO but is nonetheless optimistic, stating "Investment in an alliance that in large measure denationalizes defense, and contains or resolves old antagonism through family arguments around NATO's kitchen table, provides a remarkable rate of return."


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Missile defence
During the 2010 Lisbon summit NATO members agreed to establish a missile defense system that would have the capability of covering all member states in Europe, as well as the United States and Canada. In Chicago NATO leaders declared that this system has reached interim capability. Interim capability means that a basic command and control capability has been tested and installed at NATO's Headquarters Allied Air Command in Ramstein, Germany, while NATO Allies provide sensors and interceptors to connect to the system.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Missile defence
It also means that US ships with anti-missile interceptors in the Mediterranean Sea and a Turkey-based radar system have been put under NATO command in the German base. "Our system will link together missile defence assets from different Allies – satellites, ships, radars and interceptors – under NATO command and control. It will allow us to defend against threats from outside the Euro-Atlantic area", NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.


2012 Chicago summit, Main topics and results, Missile defence
The NATO missile defense system was expected to have limited capability by 2015 and to be fully operational by 2018. NATO's long-term goal is to merge missile defence assets provided by individual allies into a coherent defence system so that full coverage and protection for all NATO European populations, territory and forces against the threats posed by proliferation of ballistic missiles is ensured. This goal is expected to be realised sometime between the end of the 2010s and the beginning of the 2020s. To this end Spain will host four US Aegis warships at its port in Rota while Poland and Romania have agreed to host US land-based SM-3 missiles in the coming years.


2012 Chicago summit, Protests
Several thousand protestors marched through downtown Chicago until they reached as close as they could to the buildings where the NATO leaders were meeting. There, in a historic throwback to Vietnam War protesters, 50 members of Iraq Veterans Against the War threw medals they had received during missions in Afghanistan and Iraq in a symbol of resistance and denunciation. Each veteran expressed their reasons for leaving the army and their experiences in the wars as they hurled their medals in the direction of where the summit was taking place.


2012 Chicago summit, Protests
Representing the voices of the Afghan civilians impacted by the war, Samira Sayed-Rahman, Suraia Sahar and Sabz Maher of Afghans for Peace attended the week of actions and spoke to the crowd following the veterans ceremony. The three women are Toronto and U.S. based-activists who consulted with organizers during the planning of the protests and collaborated with the soldiers and veterans on how best to conduct the medal ceremony so as to respect the victims of the wars.


2012 Chicago summit, Protests
Planners expected the NATO summit to draw protesters from the Occupy movement, as well as the anti-globalization movement, and many protesters from around the world. Some parochial schools -only those near the downtown meeting site- had considered closing for the event. However, no Chicago Public Schools closed for the event -not even those near the downtown site.


2012 Chicago summit, Protests, Citizen journalism
A range of groups were in the city for an organize citizen journalism centers to provide independent media coverage of the summit.


2012 Chicago summit, Protests, Citizen journalism
Alderman Rick Munoz has proposed legislation for the City Council that prohibits police from interfering with online media and cell phones during the event. However, that legislation was not passed.


2012 Chicago summit, Security, Police forces
The summit was designated a National Special Security Event (NSSE) by the Department of Homeland Security. Final authority over law enforcement thus belonged to the Secret Service of the United States. The NSSE steering committee, which also included representatives from the Chicago Police Department and has 24 subcommittees, began meeting in October 2011.


2012 Chicago summit, Security, Police forces
Local security forces were trained by an Illinois company, Controlled F.O.R.C.E., which specializes in subduing crowds if necessary. Police are being trained in "Mechanical Advantage Control Holds", as well as the use of tasers.


2012 Chicago summit, Security, Police forces
The city signed a $193,461 contract for the procurement of new face shields that fit over gas masks; the shields were intended to protect police officers from liquids. The Chicago Police Department also prepared its mounted unit with riot gear: armor for horses along with "crowd control training".


2012 Chicago summit, Security, New Chicago rules
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed and passed new ordinances. These ordinances are permanent, remaining in effect after the summits are over. The new measures include:


2012 Chicago summit, Security, New Chicago rules
These new ordinances drew protests from the ACLU, Amnesty International, and the Occupy Movement (particularly Occupy Chicago). Some local business owners have asked for more retail security during the summit.


2012 Chicago summit, Security, HR 347
HR 347, a federal law also known as the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act, was also modified at this time—essentially a Washington, DC update on an already existing law. The law already protected those under the Secret Service's protection, except in Washington, DC where these protections fell under the local law for trespassing. The Secret Service requested the change because it was not a federal violation to jump the White House fence and run across the lawn, but the modification now makes it a federal violation. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, contends the modification can somehow be used against protesters and has argued that this law only plays a small part in a larger campaign against free speech.


2012 Chicago summit, Summit costs
The city of Chicago presented on 29 June 2012 a bill for nearly $15.6 million in expenses for the May NATO summit – in part to one of its own agencies – and said more bills are coming. In a series of letters, the city formally requested that units of the state and federal governments and World Business Chicago, the public/private group that served as the summit host committee, reimburse it for $15,578,267.33 in expenses. Almost all of that was for the police department, which wracked up millions of dollars in overtime, training and related costs.


2012 Chicago summit, Summit costs
The city seeks payment of $14.6 million for police services. The remainder of the bill, a little less than $1 million, is for fire department services. Sarah Hamilton, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's communications director, described the bill as "our first reimbursement request," with more to come. "We will make others and plan to have all reimbursements submitted within the month," she said in an email, but added that the 29 June bill represent most of what eventually will be requested.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl
The 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl was a college football bowl game held on December 31, 2012, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 45th edition of the game known throughout most of its history as the Peach Bowl. The game began at 7:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It featured the Clemson Tigers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) against the LSU Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. Both Tigers accepted an invitation to the game after achieving a 10–2 regular season record.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl
This was not the first time the two Tigers have met in the Chick-fil-A Bowl; the 1996 game also pitted them against each other, with LSU topping Clemson by a score of 10–7. Their first meeting was the 1959 Sugar Bowl, which LSU won in a 7–0 shutout after being named the 1958 national champion in the end-of-season AP Poll and Coaches Poll.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl
Clemson won the game in a 25–24 upset. Despite out-gaining LSU by 445–219 in total yards, Clemson trailed for much of the game. Clemson was able to win after placekicker Chandler Catanzaro made a 37-yard field goal as time expired. Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, who completed 36 of 50 passes for 346 yards, was named the game's most valuable player.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Teams
The 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl marked the third meeting between Clemson and LSU, with LSU holding a 2–0 advantage coming into the game. The previous meeting was a 10–7 victory for LSU in the 1996 Chick-fil-A bowl.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Teams, Clemson
Coming off an ACC Championship, the Tigers kept their success going, actually finishing with a better record (both overall and in conference play) than their previous season, with their 7–1 conference record leading to an Atlantic Division Co-Championship. However, they would lose the tiebreaker to the other co-champion, the Florida State Seminoles, keeping the Tigers out of the 2012 ACC Championship Game.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Teams, Clemson
Clemson entered the game averaging 42.3 points per game and 518.3 yards of total offense per game. Leading Clemson's offense was quarterback Tajh Boyd, who came into the game with 3,550 passing yards and 34 touchdown passes. The offense was also led by running back Andre Ellington and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Clemson was less impressive on the defense, however, allowing more than 27 points in half of its games.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Teams, Clemson
This was Clemson's eighth Chick-fil-A Bowl; they had previously appeared in the 2007 game against Auburn, where they lost the game, 20–23. Clemson held a 2–5 record in the bowl game coming into the game.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Teams, LSU
Coming off an SEC Championship and a heartbreaking shutout loss in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, the Tigers were early favorites to return to the national title game. However, despite a stellar 6–2 record in conference play, the Tigers finished one game behind the same Alabama Crimson Tide which had defeated them for the national title the previous January, being denied even a secondary BCS bowl game because of the two-team limit as well as the Florida Gators occupying that second spot.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Teams, LSU
LSU entered the game with a defense that allowed only 16.9 points per game and 297.8 total yards per game. Leading LSU's defense was led by linebacker Kevin Minter, who led LSU's defense with 111 tackles.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Teams, LSU
This was LSU's sixth Chick-fil-A Bowl; they had previously appeared in the 2008 game against Georgia Tech, where they won the game 38–3. LSU held a 5–0 record in the bowl game coming into the game.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Clemson fumbled on the second play of the game after LSU's Barkevious Mingo forced Clemson's Sammy Watkins to fumble. Watkins suffered a right ankle injury on the fumble and sat out the rest of the game. Taking advantage of the fumble, LSU jumped to a 7–0 lead on a 17-yard touchdown run from Jeremy Hill. Clemson was able to respond on its next drive, tying the game 7–7 on an 11-yard touchdown run from Tajh Boyd. The rest of the first quarter remained scoreless as the two teams exchanged punts.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
LSU opened the second quarter with a 3-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Zach Mettenberger to Spencer Ware to go up 14–7. Clemson was able to respond with an 11-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tajh Boyd to DeAndre Hopkins. The point after attempt was blocked, however, making the score 14–13. The score remained 14–13 in LSU's favor going into halftime.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Clemson was held scoreless in the third quarter as LSU was able to further extend their lead. LSU opened the third quarter with a 57-yard touchdown run from Jeremy Hill to make the score 21–13. After forcing Clemson's Andre Ellington to fumble, LSU was able to extend their lead 24–13 on a 20-yard field goal from Drew Alleman.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Clemson's defense dominated the fourth quarter, as Clemson held LSU to only 1 yard of offense. Clemson was able to cut into LSU's lead early in the fourth quarter on a 26-yard field goal from Chandler Catanzaro to make the score 24–16. After forcing LSU to punt, Clemson was able to once again cut into LSU's lead on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Tajh Boyd to DeAndre Hopkins. The subsequent two-point conversion was unsuccessful, however, making the score 24–22 with 2:47 left in regulation. On LSU's next possession, LSU was unable to run out the clock or force Clemson to use any timeouts, thanks to a couple of incomplete passes from Zach Mettenberger. LSU punted the ball away, giving Clemson the ball back with only 1:39 left in regulation at Clemson's own 20-yard line.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Clemson's drive started poorly, as Tajh Boyd failed to complete his first two passes of the drive. On the third play of the drive, Tajh Boyd was sacked by Sam Montgomery. Facing a 4th and 16 at their own 14-yard line, Clemson was able to keep the drive alive on a 26-yard pass from Boyd to DeAndre Hopkins. Tajh Boyd was then able to lead Clemson to LSU's 20-yard line to set up a 37-yard field goal attempt for Chandler Catanzaro. Catanzaro was able kick the field goal as time expired, giving Clemson a 25–24 victory over LSU.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Game summary, Game notes
With the victory, Clemson recorded its first 11 win season since its 1981 season. In addition, Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins set an ACC record for most consecutive game with a touchdown catch, at 10. The 2012 Chick-fil-A bowl also marked LSU's first loss to an ACC team since 1955. Hopkins also set Chick-Fil-A/Peach Bowl records for receptions and receiving yards (13 receptions, 191 yards). Clemson also set Bowl records for most total first downs by one team (32), offensive plays by one team (100), and held LSU to a Bowl record low for offensive plays by a team (48).


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Statistical summary
For his game-winning performance, Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd was named the game's Most Valuable Player. He completed 36 of his 50 passes for 346 yards and 2 touchdowns. Both of Boyd's touchdown passes went to DeAndre Hopkins, who had 191 receiving yards in the game. Boyd also led his team in rushing attempts at 29.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Statistical summary
Clemson outgained LSU 445–219 in total yards and Clemson's defense was able to limit LSU to 9 first downs. LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger was sacked 6 times and was held to only 120 passing yards.


2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Statistical summary
LSU's leading rusher was Jeremy Hill, who rushed for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns on 12 carries. LSU's no. 2 rusher was Spencer Ware, who rushed for 9 yards on 3 carries. Clemson's leading rusher was Andre Ellington, who accumulated 50 yards on 11 carries. Clemson's no. 2 rusher was Roderick McDowell, who rushed for 26 yards on 7 carries.


2012 Chiefs season
In 2012, following the disappointing results of previous years, the Chiefs underwent a significant change in personnel. This included the recruitment of new coaches, including Dave Rennie and Wayne Smith, and players, including Aaron Cruden, Ben Tameifuna, Brodie Retallick and Sonny Bill Williams. The changes had an immediate impact as the Chiefs finished at the top of the New Zealand conference, qualifying for a home semi-final, which they won, defeating the  Crusaders 20–17. They subsequently hosted the final for the first time in the teams's history, comprehensively defeating the  Sharks by 37–6, claiming their first title. They also set many club records in the 2012 season, including: most home wins, best home streak, best season winning streak, and most points and tries scored.


2012 Chiefs season, Standings
The final standings of the 2012 Super Rugby season were:


2012 Chiefs season, Results
The results of the Chiefs during the 2012 Super Rugby season were:


2012 Chiefs season, Squad
The Chiefs squad for the 2012 Super Rugby season were:


2012 Chiefs season, Player statistics
The Chiefs players' appearance and scoring statistics for the 2012 Super Rugby season are:


2012 Chilean municipal election
A municipal election took place in Chile on 28 October 2012. The newly elected mayors and councilmen will begin their term on 6 December 2012.


2012 Chilean municipal election
This was the first election carried out under a new law in which all potential voters were automatically enrolled and in which voting was made voluntary.


2012 China League One
The 2012 China League One was the ninth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment. It began on March 17, 2012 and ended on October 28, 2012. The size of the league has been expanded from 14 to 16 teams this season.


2012 China League One, Team changes, Promotion and relegation
Dalian Aerbin as the champion of 2011 season and Guangzhou R&F as runner-up had promoted to the 2012 Chinese Super League. They were replaced by Chengdu Blades and Shenzhen Ruby, who had relegated from the 2011 Chinese Super League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the table.


2012 China League One, Team changes, Promotion and relegation
Guizhou Zhicheng had relegated to the 2012 China League Two after finishing the 2011 season in last place and lost play-off match against 2011 China League Two 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero. Due to the league's expansion, three teams were admitted into the 2012 China League One. These were the two 2011 League Two promotion final winners, Harbin Songbei Yiteng, Chongqing F.C., and the play-off winner, Fujian Smart Hero.


2012 China League One, Team changes, Name changes
Shenyang Dongjin moved to the city of Hohhot and changed their name to Hohhot Dongjin in February 2012.


2012 China League One, Clubs, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CSL.


2012 China League One, Clubs, Foreign players
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)


2012 China League One, League attendance
Updated to games played on Oct. 28th, 2012Source:  (in Chinese)


2012 China League Two
The 2012 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 23rd season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are total 26 teams participating in the league with 13 teams in each group. The league is made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The Group Stage is a double round-robin format. Each team in the group will play the other teams twice, home and away. It will start on April 20 and end on September 28. The Play-off Stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the Play-off will qualify for promotion to 2013 China League One.


2012 China League Two, Team Changes, Promotion and relegation
Harbin Songbei Yiteng as the 2011 season champion and Chongqing F.C. as runner-up earned promotion to the 2012 China League One. The 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero was also promoted to 2012 China League One after winning the play-off match against Guizhou Zhicheng, who finished in last place in the 2011 China League One.


2012 China League Two, Team Changes, Promotion and relegation
Guizhou Zhicheng were relegated from 2011 China League One to 2012 China League Two South Group as the last placed team after losing the play-off match against the 3rd-placed team of 2011 China League Two Fujian Smart Hero.


2012 China League Two, Team Changes, Name Changes
Sichuan Dujiangyan Symbol moved to Xi'an in January 2012 and changed their name to Shaanxi Daqin.


2012 China League Two, Team Changes, New entries
There are 15 new teams participating in 2012 China League Two. They are Beijing Youth, Beijing Sangao, Beijing Yitong Kuche, Hebei Youth, Jiangsu HHU, Qinghai Senke, Shaanxi Laochenggen, Shanxi Jiayi, Xinjiang Begonia, Chongqing Youth, Hubei China-Kyle, Jiangxi Liansheng, Kunming Ruilong, Shenzhen Fengpeng and Shenzhen Main Sports.


2012 China League Two, League Attendance, North Group
Updated to games played on Sept. 2nd, 2012 (Round 21)Source:  (in Chinese)


2012 China League Two, League Attendance, North Group
There is no attendance data for Round 1, 2, 8, 13, 15, 18, 22, 23 and 24.


2012 China League Two, League Attendance, South Group
Updated to games played on Sept. 19th, 2012 (Round 24)Source:  (in Chinese)


2012 China League Two, League Attendance, South Group
There is no attendance data for Round 13 and 23.


2012 China Masters Super Series
The 2012 China Masters Super Series was the seventh super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Changzhou, China from September 11–16, 2012 and had a total purse of $400,000. The draw was released on August 28, 2012.


2012 China Open (snooker)
The 2012 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 March and 1 April 2012 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.


2012 China Open (snooker)
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against Stephen Lee.


2012 China Open (snooker)
Mark Selby withdrew from his second round match against Ding Junhui due to a neck injury.


2012 China Open (snooker)
Peter Ebdon won his ninth and final ranking title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–9 in the final.


2012 China Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2012 China Open (snooker), Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 26 and 27 March.


2012 China Open (snooker), Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.


2012 China Open (tennis)
The 2012 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the China Open for the men (16th for the women), and part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from 1 October till 7 October 2012. Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.


2012 China Open (tennis), ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 China Open (tennis), ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 China Open (tennis), WTA singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 China Open (tennis), WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 China Open Super Series Premier
The 2012 China Open Super Series is a top level badminton competition held from November 13, 2012 to November 18, 2012 in Shanghai, China. It is the eleventh BWF Super Series competition on the 2012 BWF Super Series schedule. The total purse for the event was $400,000.


2012 China Open – Men's Doubles
Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Bob and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Carlos Berlocq and Denis Istomin 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 China Open – Men's Singles
Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships instead. Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6(7–4), 6–2 in the final to win a third China Open title and improve to a 14–0 record.


2012 China Open – Women's Doubles
Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Peschke partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. Srebotnik played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the semifinals to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sania Mirza. Third seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Llagostera Vives and Mirza in the final by the score of 7–5, 7–5.


2012 China Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 China Open – Women's Singles
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka won the 2012 China Open tennis title, defeating Maria Sharapova in the Women's Singles final, 6–3, 6–1. Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost to Li Na in the quarterfinals.


2012 China Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The four Tokyo semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They are as follows:


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations
The China anti-Japanese demonstrations of 2012 or 2012 Anti- Japanese riots and civil unrest in China and Taiwan (Japanese: 2012年中華人民共和国および台湾中華民国における反日暴動と市民不安, Hepburn: 2012-Nen Chūkajinminkyōwakokuoyobi Taiwan Chūkaminkoku ni okeru han'nichi bōdō to shimin fuan) (simplified Chinese: 2012年中国反日示威活动; traditional Chinese: 2012年中國反日示威活動; pinyin: 2012 Nián Zhōngguó Fǎnrì Shìwēi Huódòng) were a series of demonstrations held across more than 100 cities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan during August and September 2012.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations
The main cause of the demonstrations was the escalation of the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands dispute between China and Japan around the time of the anniversary of the Mukden Incident of 1931, which was the de facto catalyst to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, culminating in a humiliating Chinese defeat and a decisive Japanese victory vis-à-vis total consolidation and annexation of Manchuria. Protesters in several cities later became violent and local authorities began arresting demonstrators and banning the demonstrations.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Background
The Senkaku Islands (in Japanese; Diaoyu Islands in Chinese, and Diaoyutai Islands in Taiwanese) are offshore islands near Taiwan, and have been a subject of territorial dispute between the governments of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China and Japan. Prior to the demonstrations, there were many cases of protests over the sovereignty of the islands, most notably those in China in 2005. September 18 marks the anniversary of the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the memories of which fuel anti-Japanese sentiment in China.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Background
After the 2010 Senkaku boat collision incident, China stopped exporting rare earths to Japan.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Background, Incidents leading up to the protests
On 16 April 2012, Tokyo's prefectural governor Shintaro Ishihara publicly announced his decision to let Tokyo Municipality purchase the island from its private owner.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Background, Incidents leading up to the protests
On 4 July 2012, three Japanese coast guard boats made an official inspection of one Taiwanese ship near the disputed island. After the inspection, Japanese coast guard and Taiwanese coast guard stood face to face.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Background, Incidents leading up to the protests
On 7 July 2012, Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda expressed his consideration for the Japanese government to buy the disputed islands. The Chinese government angrily protested; Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin retorted "No one will ever be permitted to buy and sell China's sacred territory".


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Background, Incidents leading up to the protests
On 15 August 2012, activists from Hong Kong sailed to, and landed on one of the disputed islands, but were stopped by the Japan Coast Guard. Seven activists jumped from the ships to swim ashore, five of whom reached the island; the other two turned back to the ships. The activists and their ship were detained by Japanese authorities. The detained activists were deported two days later.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, First wave of protests
After the detainment of Hong Kong activists by the Japanese Coast Guard, Netizens in Mainland China called for a nationwide protest against Japan on 19 August.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, First wave of protests
In Beijing, citizens began protesting in front of the Japanese embassy on 15 August. On the morning of 19 August, a crowd gathered and held placards bearing phrases such as "Return us the Diaoyu Islands" and "Japan must confess her crimes" in protest.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, First wave of protests
In Shenzhen, protesters marched down the streets chanting slogans such as "Defend the Diaoyu Islands" and "Smash Japanese Imperialism", called for the boycott of Japanese goods and for the government to retake the islands. In the process, many protesters tore up Japanese flags and smashed Japanese-branded cars and vandalized shops selling Japanese goods; rocks were hurled at a Ramen shop. The protests lasted till about 2pm. According to Sing Tao Daily, the government sent in large numbers of armed police, who called for an end to the violent protests, began driving the protesters away and detaining several over-reacting protesters. On 14 September, the Shenzhen Police detained 4 protesters for violating private property rights by deliberately smashing roadside cars.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, First wave of protests
The anti-Japanese protests were occasionally exploited by protesters who sought to criticize the Chinese government. Such demonstrations included marching with posters of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong—perceived to be more assertive on issues of sovereignty than current leaders, as well as signs about corruption, food safety, and income inequality. Supporters of the ousted anti-capitalist leader Bo Xilai also had a showing during the protests.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, First wave of protests
There were also protests of varied intensities in other major cities such as Jinan, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Taiyuan, Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin, Chengdu and Hangzhou. There were police officers maintaining order at the scenes to prevent incidents of violence.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Crackdown
On 17 September, police in the city of Xi'an banned large protests and forbade the use of phone and online messages to organize illegal protests. For the duration of the week, paramilitary troops in Shanghai provided round-the-clock protection to the Japanese consulate, stripping demonstrators of projectiles, warning them against violence with megaphones, and limiting demonstrators' time at the site to a few minutes. On September 18, police in Qingdao city arrested six people for violent acts in connection with the demonstrations. Guangzhou authorities arrested 18 people who committed anti-Japanese vandalism and asked the public to submit evidence against other violators. Governments elsewhere in Guangdong Province warned citizens against being present in large crowds.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Crackdown
On 19 September, national authorities deployed riot police to suppress existing protests and to prevent their re-occurrence. Stations near to protest sites were closed by Beijing subway authorities, roads were re-opened to traffic, and Beijing-wide text messages warned citizens against further demonstrations. Outside of minor protests in Shanghai, no demonstrations were reported on the 19th. Police stations across the country vowed retribution against rioters on Weibo, and China's commerce ministry urged foreign companies to report damage to the authorities. The Japanese embassy in Beijing confirmed that there were no longer protests at that location, and Japanese businesses which had shut down during the protests re-opened.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Crackdown
On 21 September, dozens of Japanese coast guard officials and Okinawa Prefecture police officers landed on the Uotsuri island, a largest island of Senkaku islands to prepare for the landing of Taiwanese activists.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Crackdown
On 22 September, the United States Marine Corps and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force proceeded with an amphibious assault drill on the scenario of retaking an island occupied by enemy forces.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Economic impact
During the protests against Japan, there were calls of boycotts of Japanese goods in addition to the destruction of several existing Japanese products. Many Japanese businesses and factories in China were shuttered in reaction to the protests. Some Chinese group tours to Japan were cancelled, dealing a blow to the Japanese tourism industry. The Japanese car manufacturing industry suffered a loss of $250 million between 15 and 21 September due to the production of about 14,000 cars being suspended.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Economic impact
Rioters looted and smashed the windows of several AEON shopping malls, doing $8.8 million of damage to one location; despite this, AEON continued with its expansion into China, but focused on selling Chinese-made goods, and kept Japanese-made ones to about 5%. The Guardian predicted a global slowdown of economy due to the protests.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Economic impact
Chinese authorities asked booksellers in Beijing to ban books by Japanese authors and titles about Japanese topics, and pressured Chinese publishers not to translate and publish Japanese content in response to China-Japan conflict. Then Bookstores got rid of all publications related to Japan or written by Japanese authors. On October 12, the entrepreneur-philanthropist Chen Guangbiao spent over $770,000 of his own money to buy new Geely cars for 172 owners of Japanese cars that were vandalized during the protests.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Reactions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged people to express thoughts "rationally and within the law".


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Reactions
President Ma Ying-jeou remarked the waters surrounding the Diaoyutais are traditional fishing grounds of Chinese fishermen.


2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, Reactions
Japan Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urged China to prevent anti-Japan violence.


2012 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2012 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 8 May to 12 May 2012 in Shanghai.


2012 Chinese FA Cup
The TOSHIBA 2012 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 东芝2012中国足球协会杯) was the 14th edition of the Chinese FA Cup. The first round matches began on 26 May 2012, and the finals took place on 10 November and 18 November 2012.


2012 Chinese FA Cup, Participants, China League Two & amateur team
16 teams from 2012 China League Two, 2011 China Amateur Football League Final stage, Chinese Collegiate Football League and the Vision China Championship were selected to take part in 2012 CFA Cup.


2012 Chinese FA Cup, Results, Final, First leg
Assistant referees: Ashley Beecham (Australia) Nathan MacDonald (Australia)Fourth official:Yao Qing


2012 Chinese FA Cup, Results, Final, Second leg
Assistant referees: Kim Sung-Il  (Korea Republic) Ji Seung-Min (Korea Republic)Fourth official:Wang Di


2012 Chinese FA Super Cup
The 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese: 2012中国足球协会超级杯) was the 10th Chinese Football Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Super League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played at the Guangzhou University City Stadium on 25 February 2012, and contested by league winner Guangzhou Evergrande and cup winner Tianjin Teda. Guangzhou Evergrande won the title 2–1.


2012 Chinese Figure Skating Championships
The 2012 Chinese Figure Skating Championships (Chinese: 2011/2012年度全国花样滑冰锦标赛) were held between September 20 and September 23, 2011 in Changchun. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2012 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 15 April 2012 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was the ninth running of the Chinese Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The 56-lap race was the third round of the 2012 Formula One season.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix
The race was won by German driver Nico Rosberg driving a Mercedes, after he dominated the race to claim his debut Formula One victory and his first race win since leaving GP2 Series six years previously. Rosberg became the first German driver to win a Grand Prix driving a German car in Formula 1 history. The win was also the first win for an official Mercedes-Benz team since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix, after which Mercedes departed from Formula One for 55 seasons. Rosberg led home the McLaren pair of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton by over twenty seconds. The race itself was characterised by intense battling throughout the field and by high reliability with 23 of 24 starters finishing the race. This race was also HRT's thirty-ninth race start, setting the record for most Grand Prix starts without scoring a single point.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix
This was the first race since the 2009 Italian Grand Prix that was not won by Red Bull, McLaren or Ferrari.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
After extended debate over the legality of the Mercedes F1 W03's "front wing F-duct" design in Australia and Malaysia, that ended with the FIA declaring the design to be legal, Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner stated that his team was still seeking clarification on the matter, which he expected to be resolved in Shanghai, despite having previously sought a "final ruling" in Malaysia. On the Thursday before the race, Lotus F1 filed a formal protest against the front wing design, citing Article 3.15 of the technical regulations as the grounds for their challenge. The stewards later unanimously rejected the protest and Lotus has since confirmed that they will not appeal against decision.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
On the Thursday before the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty after the team was forced to change his car's gearbox for the race.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
The FIA confirmed that the Drag Reduction System (DRS) zone will be unchanged from 2011, with the detection point located at Turn 12 and the activation point positioned along the back straight.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Like the Australian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, whereas in 2011, the "prime" compound was the silver-banded hard compound tyre.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying for the third race of the season began at 2 pm local time under cloudy and overcast conditions with an ambient temperature of 21 °C (70 °F) and a track temperature of 26 °C (79 °F) (significantly cooler than the previous Malaysia qualifying session). Prior to the start of Q1, Ferrari spoke with Sky Sports commentator Ted Kravitz and said "they need a miracle to get into Q3 today", highlighting just how far the team thought they were from the front runners.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q1
The first session begun with Force India driver Paul di Resta posting the first timed lap of the session. Other drivers followed soon after; all on the harder medium 'prime' tyre. The difference between the medium and the soft compounds was predicted around 0.8 seconds per lap. Leaving their run late, eight minutes into the session both the Red Bull and Mercedes cars had yet to post timed laps. Sebastian Vettel's engineer was heard saying that the lap time he did of 1:36.9 would be good enough to make Q2, subsequently it was the 15th best time of the session.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q1
With Felipe Massa in 16th after his run on the prime tyre, he was among the first to switch to the grippier soft compound 'option' tyre. His teammate Fernando Alonso followed suit soon after. Surprisingly Jenson Button undertook a lap on the soft tyres during Q1 even though looking like comfortably progressing to Q2. At the end of the session, Jean-Éric Vergne, for the second consecutive race, failed to make Q2 and was 18th ahead of the usual eliminated cars. In fact, all the eliminated cars in Q1 were in identical positions from the Malaysian Q1 qualifying session. Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen led teammate Vitaly Petrov and Timo Glock led the Marussias, while at the rear were the HRTs of Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
For the second session, the two Saubers and Kimi Räikkönen were first to set timed laps. Romain Grosjean was late to post a lap as he made a mistake on his first attempt and pitted for a new set of option tyres. Vettel, in 6th midway through the session, was told on the radio that his current time would probably not make it into Q3. With less than 2 minutes remaining only the Mercedes (P1 and P2), Lewis Hamilton (P3) and Räikkönen (P4) remained in the pits, while everyone else scrambled to get into the top 10 for Q3.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
Vettel was in 7th as the chequered flag fell, however, many cars were still on flying 'hot laps'. Sergio Pérez jumped into Q3 as did Grosjean from P17 (only needing one timed lap). In a huge shock, Vettel who was on pole for the last three consecutive Chinese Grands Prix failed to make Q3. On his final lap, he only improved his time by 0.003 of a second. It was the first time since the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix (where he qualified 16th) that Vettel failed to make the top 10 (and hence the final Q3 session).


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
This brought his streak of 41 consecutive qualifying sessions to make the top 10 to an end. Following Vettel in 11th was Massa in 12th (the same as Malaysia) and the two Williams cars of Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna who were within 0.006 seconds of each other. In 15th and 16th were the two Force India cars led by di Resta, while Australian Daniel Ricciardo was last in the session in a clearly uncompetitive Toro Rosso.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
For the final session, the track was cooling down and German Nico Rosberg was told to think about that in his warm up lap. He was the first to set a timed lap early on with six minutes remaining in the session. The top speed of his car down the long back straight was only 314 km/h as he hit the 7th gear rev-limiter meaning that Mercedes cars didn't have the highest top speed but rather made up time through a better acceleration through the f-duct system as he was one of the quickest past the start/finish line speed trap.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
Rosberg posted a 1:35.121 which was by far the fastest time of the weekend so far. Teammate Michael Schumacher was half a second slower than Rosberg, as was Hamilton, further highlighting how good Rosberg's lap was. Schumacher on his radio was told Rosberg's lap time and in reply said "not bad". After seeing Webber more than a second off his fastest lap time, Rosberg got out of his car with just under two minutes still left in the session.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
After confidently leaving his Mercedes, Rosberg watched everyone else fall short of his time and claimed his first pole position of his 111-race career. Following him was Hamilton half a second off (who lined up 7th on the grid after a gearbox change incurred a 5 place grid penalty) and teammate Schumacher in 3rd. Kamui Kobayashi qualified 4th fastest in his best ever qualifying result of his Formula One career to date. His previous best qualifying result was 7th in his home race at the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
Räikkönen, like in Malaysia, posted the 5th quickest time while Button was more than a second from Rosberg's time in 6th. Webber, in the Red Bull, was 7th while Pérez, in the second Sauber, was an impressive 8th with - like his teammate -  his best ever qualifying result in his Formula One career to date. His previous best was a 9th in the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
Alonso, like Räikkönen, was in the same position as the Malaysia qualifying session and lined up on the grid in 9th, while Grojean in the second Lotus didn't complete a timed lap and hence was 10th. In another milestone, it was the first time that both Saubers had qualified in the top 10 since the 2009 season when team were known as BMW Sauber.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
After qualifying, Jean-Éric Vergne made changes to his car before the race, leading to him starting the race in pit lane.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
In contrast to the previous Malaysian Grand Prix, the race began under mild cloudy conditions with an ambient temperature of 22 °C (72 °F) and a track temperature of 24 °C (75 °F). Massa, Senna, and the two Toro Rossos started on the medium tyre while everybody else had the soft yellow banded tyre fitted for the start. The Rosberg-led Mercedes cars led as they lined up on the grid into turn 1 with relative ease, while behind them Kobayashi starting in P3 was down to 6th by the fourth corner.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button started well and took sixth ahead of Räikkönen in an almost incident-free first lap. Only minor contact was made at the first turn as Bruno Senna ran into the back of Massa's Ferrari slightly damaging his front wing in the process. Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso yet again raced side by side and passed each other three times throughout the first lap - Webber, making a poor start, was scrapping for 9th behind Alonso by lap 5.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
By the time the DRS was enabled (lap 3) the two leading Mercedes were more than one second ahead of their rivals and therefore out of range from DRS attack from cars behind. By lap 6, Vettel was struggling with straight line speed in 14th position and was 19th fastest through the speed trap, complaining to his engineer via radio. On lap 7, Webber made a strategical early pit stop to change to medium tyres and immediately set a fastest lap time. This prompted a flurry of pit stops by the other drivers. Hamilton and Räikkönen pitted and came out side by side. However, Hamilton had his nose in front, allowing him to rejoin ahead of Räikkönen. Mark Webber slotted in between in Hamilton and Räikkönen, leaving Räikkönen the loser during the pit stop phase.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher was forced to retire after a miscommunication resulted in him leaving the pit lane before his right front wheel was properly fitted. The wheel-gun man knew he made an error and immediately tried to call Schumacher back, but it was too late. He was subsequently the only retirement of the race, leaving Mercedes to ponder what could have been at least a podium finish. On lap 14, pole sitter and leader Rosberg pitted for mediums tyres leaving an unpitted Pérez in the lead.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Following the pit stops, Nico Rosberg once again emerged as the leader, followed by Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, and Kimi Räikkönen. Lap 21 saw everyone in their adjusted positions after everyone had completed one pit stop. On lap 22, Webber stopped for fresh medium tyres, and set a new fastest lap upon emerging. Button and Hamilton followed suit soon after. Räikkönen pitted from 2nd on lap 29, dropping him down to 13th.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
At this stage of the race, Jenson Button had great pace and was quickly catching the cars ahead who had only stopped once (Pérez, Vettel, Grosjean, and the leading Rosberg). On lap 30, Rob Smedley was heard telling Felipe Massa, "Fernando on a different strategy", essentially telling him to let his teammate through for 10th place at the time. Soon after Alonso moved ahead of di Resta, justifying Ferrari's radio call to Massa. At this stage it was clear that Rosberg, Vettel, and Räikkönen were on two-stop strategies while Button, Hamilton and Webber were on track for three stops. Pérez was third on lap 35, but under huge pressure from Lewis Hamilton and was locking up his front tyres heavily while defending into the hairpin, turn 14.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Rosberg, having continued running on his hard tyres for 21 laps, finally decided to pit on lap 34 for his second and final stop - meaning he would need 22 laps from this set of medium tyres. This allowed Button to take the lead, followed by Rosberg and Hamilton, who was closely pressed by Alonso for third. At this stage of the race, a 'train' of cars started to form (seen clearly down the back straight).


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
From Massa in 5th, who had only stopped once, the next three cars all had their DRS open, meaning they were all within one second of each other and it appeared Massa was fast enough not to be overtaken, but slow enough to keep everyone bunched up behind him. Replays were shown of Mark Webber, prior to the long DRS back straight, going wide and hitting a bump to ascend both his front tyres off the ground by half a metre. Luckily, he handed the car without damaging the suspension of front wing allowing him to only lose a second of lap time.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
The train continued to grow by lap 38 as Grosjean in 10th joined Massa, Räikkönen, Kobayshi, and Vettel in the battle for 5th. Jenson Button asked his engineer "what time is Rosberg doing? ", to which his engineer replied "Rosberg is seven-tenths slower than us". However, this was before Rosberg pitted for new tyres, and now Rosberg was six-tenths a lap up on Button.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Lap 38 saw Hamilton pit from 3rd, closely followed in by Alonso, dropping them to 10th and 11th respectively. Button's final pit stop while 7 seconds ahead, on lap 39, was delayed due to an error on the left rear wheel and allowed Rosberg back into the lead. Following Button's pit stop, Rosberg now led Massa by 19.1 seconds in clear command and within sight of victory as highlighted by his engineer saying "most important thing is your looking after the tyres". Finally Massa pitted from second place, but he now released a Räikkönen-led train of cars.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 43, eleven cars could be seen from one end to the other of the long back DRS straight. Alonso went wide on turn 7 onto the discarded tyre marbles while trying to overtake Maldonado and nearly collected the Sauber of Sergio Pérez on the way back onto track. Grosjean who was a part of the train went wide in turn 7 (like Alonso) and lost grip on tyre marbles while trying to overtake Vettel, consequently losing some positions. By lap 49 Räikkönen's tyres appeared to hit the 'cliff' and lose effective tyre performance. In the space of 2 laps Räikkönen went from 2nd to 12th.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
The 'train', which was started by Massa and continued by Räikkönen, led to 2nd to 14th positions being separated by just 15 seconds (rare to see so late in a race without a safety car). With 5 laps remaining, Rosberg had a 20+ second lead while Vettel, in 2nd, finally succumbed to the 3-stopped Button. Vettel, who had gone with a two-stop strategy, was now struggling like Räikkönen a few laps earlier. Hamilton and Webber were right on his rear wing now and it was only a matter of time before he dropped back. On lap 54, Hamilton took 3rd position from Vettel at the hairpin and a lap later, Mark Webber did the same for 4th.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
On crossing the chequered flag, Nico Rosberg won his first ever Formula One grand prix from 111 races. He was the 103rd different winner of a Formula One grand prix since 1950, and the 12th different Mercedes powered winner in Formula One. Button finished 20 seconds adrift in 2nd after a pit stop error robbed what little chance he may have had at taking victory (although unlikely given Rosberg's pace and the difficulty seen when overtaking on this track). Locking out an all Mercedes-powered podium was Hamilton, followed by Red Bull's Mark Webber in 4th.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Both Hamilton and Webber have now finished 3rd and 4th respectively for all of the three grands prix this season. Webber's Red Bull teammate, Sebastian Vettel, finished 5th on worn tyres and Romain Grosjean finished 6th in his best ever result in a Formula One race. The Williams cars showed good race pace and earned solid points with Senna in 7th and Maldonado in 8th. Ferrari continued their struggle in dry conditions, with Alonso finishing 9th and teammate Massa in 13th.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Kamui Kobayashi took the final point in 10th ahead of teammate Pérez in a disappointing grand prix for the Sauber team after having such a great qualifying performance. Of note was 2007 world champion Kimi Räikkönen who finished a disappointing 14th after his tyres were too worn. Also, of note was the fact that 17 drivers completed the race on the lead lap, with Daniel Ricciardo in 17th just over one minute behind the leader in a highly uncompetitive Toro Rosso (teammate Vergne was 16th). This race was the first win for the Brackley-based Mercedes GP team since the 2009 Italian Grand Prix when Rubens Barrichello won when the team was known as Brawn GP.


2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Support events
The event took place between 12 and 15 April where throughout the weekend there were support events. Taking part in the Chinese Grand Prix program was the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with 2 races.


2012 Chinese Super League
The 2012 Chinese Super League was the ninth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the nineteenth season of a professional football league and the 51st top-tier league season in China. It began on March 10, 2012 and ended on November 3, 2012.


2012 Chinese Super League
The matches that were intended to be held on September 15 and 16, 2012 were suspended for a later date due to an international dispute between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands. With Hangzhou Greentown F.C. having a Japanese manager and several Chinese demonstrations arising throughout China it was decided that the September 23, 2012 match against Liaoning Whowin F.C. should be played behind closed doors with the Xianghe National Football Training Base used as a neutral venue.


2012 Chinese Super League, Clubs, International players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.


2012 Chinese Super League, Attendance, League Attendance
Updated to games played on 3 November 2012Source:  (in Chinese)Notes:† Teams played previous season in CL1.


2012 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2012 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold was the eleventh grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Hsing Chuang Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan October 2 until October 7, 2012 and had a total purse of $200,000.


2012 Chios Forest Fire
The 2012 Chios Forest Fire was a wildfire that broke out in the southern half of the Greek island of Chios shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday 18 August 2012.


2012 Chios Forest Fire
The blaze threatened the army base near Vessas. By the evening of 20 August it was reported that a total of nine villages had been evacuated as the fire continued to advance.


2012 Chios Forest Fire
By Monday 20 August local authorities reported that 7000 hectares (16,000 acres) of forest and farmland had been destroyed. Official reports on 20 August added that many mastic trees in "Mastichochoria" region had been burned, one of few world sources of mastic resin, used in food, cosmetics and medicines. The beekeepers of Chios had lost 60 percent of their hives.


2012 Chios Forest Fire
About 360 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers were trying to control and extinguish the fires with the use of water-bombing planes and helicopters as well as 50 vehicles. The Greek government had asked for the help of aircraft from Italy and Spain to help not only with this but six other forest fires that broke out elsewhere in Greece on 19 August and five more on 20 August.


2012 Chios Forest Fire
Already on 18 August smoke from the fire was visible as far south as Crete, 350 kilometers (230 miles) away.


2012 Chirirbandar violence
2012 Chirirbandar violence refers to the attack on the minority Hindu community by Islamic Extremists in Chirirbandar Upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh on 4 August 2012.


2012 Chirirbandar violence, Background
There was a temporary mosque in the Balaibajar locality of the Rajapur village under Amarpur union council of Chirirbandar  Upazila . The owner of the land was Professor Hamida Khatun of Chittagong Metropolitan College. She wanted to make the mosque permanent. The foundation stone of the mosque was laid one week before the incident. But there was an old Kali Temple about 200 yards distant from the mosque. Rajapur village is a completely Hindu dominated village. There is no Muslim in the locality. So the Hindus requested Professor Hamida Khatun to build the Mosque 500 yards away. But she denied and with the help of the Chirirbandar Upazila Parishad chairman and a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Aftab Ali Molla gave inflammatory speech to agitate the local Muslims.


2012 Chirirbandar violence, Attacks
The violence is said to have brewed on Saturday 4 August 2012, in spite of Section 144 being imposed there.


2012 Chirirbandar violence, Aftermath
The incident triggered panic among the members of the Hindu community in the locality.


2012 Chirirbandar violence, Aftermath
The Awami League put the incident down to the upazila administration's lack of prompt action and BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's provocation. BNP, however, pointed the finger at the ruling party lawmaker's failure to act responsibly.


2012 Chirirbandar violence, Aftermath
Over 50 important Bangladeshi intellectuals like Shahriar Kabir and Syed Shamsul Haque have condemned the violence.


2012 Chivas USA season
The 2012 Chivas USA season was the club's eighth year of existence. It was the club's eighth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division in American soccer. Chivas USA competed in Major League Soccer's Western Conference.


2012 Chivas USA season, Overview, Allocation ranking
Chivas USA is in the #5 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.


2012 Chivas USA season, Overview, International roster spots
Chivas USA has 9 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and Chivas USA acquired a permanent additional spot from Real Salt Lake in 2004.


2012 Chivas USA season, Overview, Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: None. Future picks traded: *2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 pick to New England Revolution.


2012 Chivas USA season, Competitions, MLS, League table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2012 Chivas USA season, Competitions, MLS, Results summary
Last updated: September 20, 2012Source: 2012 Major League Soccer seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2012 Chonburi F.C. season
The 2012 season was Chonburi's 7th season consecutive season in the top division of Thai football. Chonburi will also be competing in the 2012 AFC Cup after losing the qualifying play-off for the 2012 AFC Champions League.


2012 Chonburi F.C. season, Players, First team squad
As of July 20, 2012Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2012 Chonburi F.C. season, Players, First team squad
Note: The official club website lists the supporters as player 12th man.


2012 Chorley Borough Council election
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party won majority control from the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition. Labour gaining control of this council was notable as David Cameron visited the town in 2006 when the Conservative Party gained control saying "this is the beginning." Nick Robinson of the BBC asked on the election coverage, "then what is it now?"


2012 Chorley Borough Council election, Wards, Chorley North West ward
N.B. Percentage change is taken from when a Snape last faced the electorate.


2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election
The 2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal after incumbent Maxime Verhagen announced his retirement from national politics. Verhagen who had been the acting leader of the party since the resignation of Jan Peter Balkenende on 9 June 2010 did not stand for the leadership election. Sybrand van Haersma Buma the Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives beat the other candidates in the first round with 51.4% of the votes.


2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election, Background
For the Dutch general election of 2010, Balkenende, for a fourth time as Lijsttrekker, resigned his position as leader on 9 June 2010, taking political responsibility for the CDA's disappointing results in the election. He remained as Prime Minister until the new Rutte cabinet I was installed on 14 October 2010. After the formation of the 2010 Dutch cabinet, Maxime Verhagen the unofficial Deputy leader of the CDA, and Mark Rutte the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy agreed on a coalition with the Party for Freedom (PVV). Verhagen became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in the Rutte cabinet I. Verhagen shared some of the party leadership with Ruth Peetoom, the Party chair and Sybrand van Haersma Buma, the Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives.


2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election, Background
The coalition was a minority cabinet, but with the support of the Party for Freedom, it had a small majority in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands until 20 March 2012, the day Hero Brinkman left the PVV. Although Brinkman had stated he would continue supporting the minority cabinet as an independent politician, the PVV withdrew its support on 21 April 2012 after negotiations on new austerity measures collapsed. His withdrawal paved the way for early elections.


2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election, Candidates
Candidates were able to participate until 5 May 2012. The following CDA members announced their candidacy.


2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election, Results
On 18 May 2012 Sybrand van Haersma Buma got 51.4% of the votes, and a second round was not necessary.


2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election, Declined to run
The following people, who were speculated to be potential candidates for the leadership election but publicly denied interest, declared that they would not run, or decided to retire from politics.


2012 Christmas Cup
The 2012 Christmas Cup is the 3rd edition of national football knockout tournament. The tournament beginning on 3 November 2012 and finishes on 1 December 2012. Six clubs are participated. Rangers are a new combination team from the other teams Ha'apai United, FC Niutao and Nui. Defending champions were Lakena United. Tuvalu has a rough and unsuitable sport field to host any international tournament.


2012 Christmas Cup
The winner Manu Laeva A, who 1–0 won against Tofaga A.


2012 Christmas Cup, Top goalscorers, Annual awards, The best player for the tournament
The best player for the tournament was Okilani Tinilau  of Manu Laeva A.


2012 Christy Ring Cup
The 2012 Christy Ring Cup was the eighth season of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment in 2005.


2012 Christy Ring Cup, Teams
A total of eight teams contested the Christy Ring Cup, including seven sides from the 2011 Christy Ring Cup and London, who were promoted team from the 2011 Nicky Rackard Cup.


2012 Christy Ring Cup, Teams
Both Armagh and Mayo failed to win any of their games in the 2011 Christy Ring Cup, however, without a play-off, Armagh were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2012. From these two teams, Mayo had the longest tenure as a Christy Ring Cup member as the team had competed in every season since the inaugural one in 2005. Armagh joined the Christy Ring Cup in 2011 having won the previous year's Nicky Rackard Cup.


2012 Christy Ring Cup, Teams
2011 Nicky Rackard Cup champions London secured direct promotion to the Christy Ring Cup. They last competed in the competition in 2008.


2012 Christy Ring Cup, Structure
The tournament has a double elimination format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.


2012 Christy Ring Cup Final
The 2012 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 9 June 2012 to determine the winners of the 2012 Christy Ring Cup, the 8th season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by London of Britain and Wicklow of Leinster, with London winning by 4-18 to 1-17.


2012 Christy Ring Cup Final
The Christy Ring Cup final between London and Wicklow was the second championship meeting between the two teams, with London failing to beat Wicklow in their previous meeting. London were appearing in their first Christy Ring Cup final while Wicklow were appearing in their second consecutive decider after being runners-up to Kerry in 2011.


2012 Christy Ring Cup Final
The teams were level three times early on but when Burgess native Jonathan Maher scored his first goal in the 20th minute, London opened up a five-point lead. It got even better for London two minutes later, when Dromina man, Martin Finn blasted an unstoppable shot to the roof of the net from a 20-metre free. Enan Glynn kept his side in contention with a close range finish for goal in the 24th minuteHard though they tried after the resumption, the Garden County never got closer than four points. What they really needed was a goal but instead, it was London who pounced via Maher’s nonchalant finish that deceived Joe Murphy in the 49th minute.


2012 Christy Ring Cup Final
Wicklow worked hard after the resumption, however, they never got closer than four points. London pounced for their third goal in the 49th minute when Maher’s nonchalant finish deceived Joe Murphy in the goalmouth. O’Neill and Wayne O'Gorman pointed almost immediately to reduce the margin to five once again but Tommy Williams made two outstanding saves, one from O’Neill’s well-struck penalty that bounced up off the turf. Maher bagged his hat-trick in the fourth minute of injury time after a classy interchange between Finn and Kevin Walsh.


2012 Christy Ring Cup Final
London's Christy Ring Cup victory was their first ever. They became the fifth team to win the Christy Ring Cup. They remain the only team to have won the All-Ireland title and the Christy Ring Cup.


2012 Christy Ring Cup Final
Wicklow's Christy Ring Cup defeat was their second in succession. They remain a team who has contested cup finals but has never claimed the ultimate prize.


2012 Chrono des Nations
The 2012 Chrono des Nations was the 31st edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 21 October 2012. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Tony Martin.


2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcats, led by third year head coach Butch Jones, played their home games at Nippert Stadium and were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 5–2 in Big East play to finish in a four way tie for the conference championship.


2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
Along with Rutgers, Louisville, and Syracuse, the Bearcats were the final football champions of the Big East Football Conference, as the league's original incarnation folded following the loss of the three former programs and others to different conferences. Cincinnati would become a charter member of the American Athletic Conference the following season. They were invited to the Belk Bowl where they defeated Duke.


2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
At the end of the regular season, head coach Butch Jones resigned to take the same position at Tennessee. Defensive line coach Steve Stripling was named the interim head coach for the Belk Bowl.


2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Duke–Belk Bowl
The Bearcats made their first ever appearance in the Belk Bowl and their first ever meeting with Duke. The Blue Devils raced out to an early 16-0 lead in the first quarter after a punt was blocked and recovered for a touchdown. The Bearcats then scored 27 unanswered points capped off by a 46 yard touchdown run by George Winn. The Blue Devils then scored back to back touchdowns to take a 31-27 lead. The Bearcats retook the lead with a 25 yard touchdown pass from Brendan Kay to Chris Moore.


2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Duke–Belk Bowl
The Blue Devils then tied the game with a 52 yard field goal and the game seemed headed to overtime. With under a minute to play TE Travis Kelce took a short pass from Kay and broke several would be tackles in racing 83 yards for the winning score. Insult was added to injury when Nick Temple stripped the ball from Duke QB Sean Renfree and dashed 55 yards with the stolen loaf for a score as time expired. The 48 points is the most points scored by the Bearcats in a bowl game, and would be their largest margin of victory in a bowl game since 1997. The win gave the Bearcats their 4th 10 win season in the past five years. |}


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2012 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 45th season as a professional sports franchise and its 43rd season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). This also marked the 22nd season under the leadership of owner and team president Mike Brown and the 10th season under head coach Marvin Lewis. The team improved on its 2011 season, finishing tied with the Baltimore Ravens for the AFC North division title, but lost the tiebreaker to the Ravens. The Bengals, however, made the playoffs as a wild card team, finishing as the 6th seed in the AFC playoffs, but lost to the Houston Texans for a second consecutive season.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season
2012 was the first non-strike season in Bengals history in which they made it to the NFL playoffs for a second consecutive year.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Draft
The team also traded its seventh-round selection (#228 overall) and cornerback David Jones to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for safety Reggie Nelson.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens
The Bengals started their season on Monday Night Football against the Ravens. The first quarter was all Ravens as they put up a 10–0 lead when Justin Tucker kicked a 46-yard field goal followed up by Ray Rice running for a 7-yard TD. The Bengals got on the board in the 2nd quarter when Mike Nugent kicked a 34-yard field goal shortening the lead to 10–3. The Ravens pulled away when Anquan Boldin caught a 34-yard TD pass from Joe Flacco for a 17–3 game.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens
The Bengals wrapped up the first half scoring with BenJarvus Green-Ellis running for a 6-yard TD for a 17–10 game. After the break, the Bengals came within 4 when Nugent nailed a 19-yard field goal for a 17–13 game. However, from that moment out it was all Ravens as Dennis Pitta caught a 10-yard TD pass from Joe Flacco for a 24–13 game followed by Tucker's 40-yard field goal to put them ahead 27–13 and Ed Reed's 40-yard interception return for a TD for a 34–13 game. In the last quarter, they wrapped the game up with Rice running for a 1-yard TD for a 41–13 game and Tucker's 39-yard field goal for a 44–13 final score.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens
With the loss, the Bengals started their season 0–1, losing their regular season opener for 4 out of the last 5 seasons dating back to 2008.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns
After a tough loss on Monday Night Football, the Bengals returned home for Week 2 against the Browns. The Bengals were able to get the first points on the board with Adam "Pacman" Jones returning a punt 81 yards for a touchdown for a 7–0 lead. The Browns then shortened their lead to 4 points with Phil Dawson's 50-yard field goal to make the score 7–3.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Bengals then moved ahead by 11 points as Andy Dalton found A. J. Green on a 10-yard touchdown pass for a 14–3 lead, however the Browns again came within 4 as Trent Richardson ran for a touchdown from 32 yards out. The Bengals then moved ahead 17–10 with Mike Nugent's 39-yard field goal before halftime. Coming back, the Bengals increased their lead with Dalton finding Brandon Tate on a 44-yard pass for a 24–10 lead. However, The Browns drew closer as Brandon Weeden found Richardson on a 23-yard pass to shorten the game to 24–17.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns
Then the Bengals moved up in the 4th quarter as Dalton found Andrew Hawkins on a 50-yard touchdown pass for a 31–17 lead but the Browns came within a touchdown after Weeden found Greg Little on a 24-yard pass to make the score 31–24. Mike Nugent then nailed a 37-yard field goal to give the Bengals a 34–24 lead then the Browns wrapped things up as Phil Dawson scored a 25-yard field goal for a final score of 34–27.