2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at Washington Redskins
Sitting at 1–1, the Bengals traveled to Washington to face the Redskins, with rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III making his home debut. On the first play from scrimmage, Bengals' wide receiver and former college quarterback Mohamed Sanu launched a 73-yard touchdown to AJ Green to give Cincinnati an early touchdown advantage. Bengals third-year quarterback Andy Dalton started his day with a 0-yard interception touchdown by Rob Jackson that tied the game at seven, but soon went on an impressive tear the rest of the game.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at Washington Redskins
Dalton rebounded with a 48-yard touchdown to Armon Binns, part of 17 unanswered points by the Bengals that gave them a 24–7 lead late in the first half. Billy Cundiff added a late field goal that made the score 24–10, Cincinnati, at half time. The Redskins made a run at the Bengals in the third quarter, scoring back-to-back touchdowns on a  touchdown run by Alfred Morris and a two-yard pass from Griffin to Santana Moss, which tied the game at 24.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at Washington Redskins
However, on the first two fourth-quarter drives for Cincinnati, Dalton gave his team the lead back—firing two touchdowns, one to Jermaine Gresham from six yards away, the other to Andrew Hawkins who dashed and weaved his way for a 59-yard score that put Cincinnati once again up 14, 38–24. Robert Griffin III scrambled and dived his way into the end zone with three-and-a-half minutes remaining, but the Redskins' comeback effort fell short as Griffin's hail Mary pass was knocked away on the final play.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With the win, the Bengals improved to 3–1 capturing their 3rd 3–1 start under Marvin.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins
With the loss, the Bengals dropped to 3–2. With the Ravens' win over the Chiefs, the Bengals now sit in 2nd place in the AFC North.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns
With the surprising loss, the Bengals dropped to 3–3 and their 4-game winning streak against the Browns was snapped.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Bengals went home for a divisional game against their longtime rival Steelers. The Steelers came into this stadium 0–3 in road games. Despite the Bengals' 11-point lead in the first half, it was ereased in the 2nd half as the Steelers won the game 24–17. The loss dropped the Bengals to 3–4 and 3rd place in the AFC North.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
The Bengals returned home following their bye week for a week 9 matchup with the Denver Broncos. They entered the game having lost three straight games following their 3–1 start to the season. Entering the game, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had never lost to Cincinnati in his career. The two teams traded field goals early, with Broncos kicker Matt Prater connecting on a 43-yard field goal and the Bengals Mike Nugent successfully booting a 28-yard attempt.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
On the Broncos possession following the Bengals field goal, Peyton Manning masterfully moved the Broncos down the field, dissecting the Cincinnati secondary quickly, leading to an eight play,  eighty yard drive, highlighted by a forty-five yard strike to receiver Demarious Thomas, and culminated with a thirteen-yard pass to Eric Decker for the score. Following the Broncos touchdown, Denver led 10–3.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
The Broncos increased their lead to a score of 17–3 on the opening kickoff of the second half, as receiver Trindon Holliday returned the football 105 yards for the score, dealing a sharp blow to a Bengals team that had previously been sticking close to the Broncos. The score appeared to motivate the Bengals, as they scored the next seventeen points. Second year receiver AJ Green captured a touchdown reception for the seventh straight game, after quarterback Andy Dalton found him on a 10-yard strike.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
Each of the next two Denver possessions were ended by Cincinnati cornerback Terrance Newman intercepting Denver quarterback Peyton Manning. A forty-nine yard Mike Nugent field goal, and a two-yard BenJarvus Green-Ellis touchdown run were the result of the two ensuing Bengal possessions; giving them a 20–17 advantage. Peyton Manning then engineered back-to-back touchdown drives, separated by Andy Dalton throwing an interception of his own. Because the drives took place in the fourth quarter, Manning was officially credited with his forty-eighth career game-winning drive, surpassing Dan Marino for the NFL record. The Bengals attempted a late comeback, scoring three points on a Mike Nugent field goal, but were unable to recover an onside kick attempt to give themselves a chance to tie the game.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
The Cincinnati Bengals entered their week ten matchup with the New York Giants reeling after four consecutive losses, separated by their week 8 bye week. Following their 3–1 start to the season, the Bengals had lost all momentum and fallen heavily in the AFC standings. Despite being heavy underdogs, the Bengals came out and grabbed the momentum of the football game early, scoring on their first possession of the game.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
Playing against a defense that Cincinnati receiver AJ Green remarked “[had] a lot of holes," earlier in the week, Green culminated Cincinnati's first possession with a fifty-six yard touchdown reception, beating a badly blown coverage on the play. The score marked Green's eighth straight contest with a touchdown reception, which tied him with former Bengal TJ Houshmandzadeh for second all-time in Bengals history. The ensuing Giants possession was three-and-out. New York Giant punter Sean Weatherford then looked to have gotten a spectacular punt away, which would have forced Cincinnati to start their possession inside their own twenty yard-line.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
However, a penalty on Giants cornerback Justin Tryon for intentionally leaving the field of play rendered the punt moot, and forced the Giants to re-attempt the play. On the ensuing punt, Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones returned the ball sixty-eight yards to the Giants eleven yard line. The Bengals did not hesitate to take advantage of the large swing in field positioning, as second year quarterback Andy Dalton connected with receiver Andrew Hawkins for an eleven-yard touchdown strike on third-and-ten. The three play drive took only eighteen seconds off of the clock, and gave the Bengals a 14–0 advantage.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
The Giants saw a measure of momentum swing in their favor as following their ensuing possession, which resulted in a three-and-out from New York, Cincinnati receiver Brandon Tate fumbled Weatherford's punt, giving the Giants possession of the football inside Cincinnati territory for the first time in the afternoon. The Giants took advantage of the mistake, turning the fumble into a twenty-three yard field goal by placekicker Lawrence Tynes.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
After both teams traded punts, the Bengals expanded their lead further, putting together a fifteen play drive that took over seven minutes off of the clock and resulted in a twenty-eight yard field goal by Mike Nugent. The score put Cincinnati up by 17–3 with time dwindling in the first half. The ensuing Giants possession took all but eleven second of the 4:17 that remained in the opening half with Lawrence Tynes making a thirty-one yard field goal at its finish.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
The points got the Giants back to within eleven points at the half, with the score 17–6 in favour of Cincinnati. The first five possessions coming out of the half, two of which ended in New York Giant turnovers, did not result in any points being scored by either team. However, following an Eli Manning interception, Cincinnati took advantage of the short field and pick up their third touchdown on the afternoon.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
The Bengals second three-play touchdown drive of the game was capped off by Andy Dalton hitting tight end Jermaine Gresham for a ten-yard receiving touchdown, making the score 24–6 in favour of Cincinnati. New York's next possession resulted in another Manning interception. The result for Cincinnati was the same, with Dalton culminating yet another three-play touchdown drive by hitting first-year receiver Mohamed Sanu for a ten-yard strike. The touchdown was Sanu's first receiving touchdown in the National Football League, though he had already thrown for a touchdown in Cincinnati's week 3 encounter with the Washington Redskins.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
The touchdown, also representing a career-high fourth on the afternoon for Andy Dalton, gave the Bengals their final points of the afternoon, and a 31–6 advantage. The rest of the game was largely uneventful, with both teams accepting the fate of the game as having already been determined. The Giants were able to put up their lone touchdown of the game following a thirteen play, ninety-eight yard possession that was capped by running back Ahmad Bradshaw punching the ball in from two yards away. The lone Giants touchdown of the afternoon was also the last score, making the final 31–13 Cincinnati. With the victory, the Bengals snapped their previous four game losing streak and improved their record to 4–5 on the season. They also improved to 6–0 all time against the Giants at home.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
The Bengals entered their week eleven matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs sporting a 4–5 record coming off an upset victory over reigning the Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants. The Chiefs began the scoring in the game, completing an eight play, fifty-nine-yard drive with a thirty-four-yard Ryan Succop field goal following three-and-outs by both teams one their respective first possessions of the football game. From there however, the momentum swung heavily in the favour of the Bengals, who reeled off the next twenty-one consecutive points.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
The Bengals began their run by completing an eleven play, seventy-eight-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Andy Dalton, to fellow sophomore receiver AJ Green. The drive, highlighted by two different successful fourth down conversions by the Bengals offensive unit, was seen as a catalyst for the momentum swing that took place by Cincinnati running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis. The touchdown marked the ninth straight game with a receiving score for the second year receiver out of the University of Georgia.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
The streak, the current longest in the National Football League, also broke the Cincinnati Bengals single-season franchise record for consecutive games with a receiving touchdown. After the teams traded two possessions each that resulted in points for neither team, Cincinnati manifested a five play, fifty-seven yard drive. The drive appeared to culminate on a ten-yard throw from Andy Dalton to third-year tight end Jermaine Gresham, out of the University of Oklahoma. However, upon booth review, Gresham was deemed to have been tackled just within the 1-yard line.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
Dalton ran the ball in one play later, on a bootleg run to make the score 14–3 in favour of Cincinnati. Following another Kansas City punt, the Bengals continued their onslaught, as their offense engineered an eleven play, seventy-nine yard drive highlighted by runs of twenty-one and seventeen yards respectively by running backs BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Cedric Peerman. The drive was capped off by a one-yard touchdown scamper by Green-Ellis, putting the Bengals ahead by a commanding 21–3 score.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
Just before the half time break, Kansas City showed signs of life, completing several medium-range passes during a quick seven play, sixty-five yard drive. Place kicker Ryan Succop was successful on his second attempt of the afternoon, nailing the thirty-three yard field goal, bringing the Chiefs to within a score of 21–6 at half time. After each team was unsuccessful on their respective two possessions in the third quarter of play, Cincinnati scored the final points of the football game on the opening possession of the fourth quarter.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
Andy Dalton finished off the Bengals twelve play, seventy-two yard drive by hitting rookie receiver Mohamed Sanu. The touchdown gave the Bengals a 28–6 advantage which was the final score on the day. With the victory, the Bengals evened their record at 5–5 on the season, pulling to within one game of both the Indianapolis Colts and the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Wildcard playoff race.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders
In Carson Palmer's long-awaited return to the Queen City after departing following the 2010 season, the Bengals set the tone from the beginning of the contest, with Geno Atkins slamming a play-action Palmer to the turf on the game's first play from scrimmage. After a BenJarvus Green-Ellis one-yard touchdown run opened the scoring for Cincinnati, quarterback Andy Dalton tossed back-to-back red zone scores to wide receiver Mohamed Sanu to give Cincinnati a 21-point advantage.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders
Kicker Mike Nugent added on to that lead with a 55-yard field goal as time expired in the second quarter to give the Bengals a 24–0 lead going into intermission. Oakland responded with a great third quarter, however; following Sebastian Janikowski's own 55-yarder that put Oakland on the board, Palmer lofted a 20-yard touchdown to Denarius Moore that made the score 24–10, Bengals. After a Kevin Huber punt gave Oakland the ball back and a chance to cut the lead into single digits, Palmer was sacked and stripped by Manny Lawson near midfield, and linebacker Rey Maualuga recovered. It was all Cincinnati after that as Nugent knocked his second field goal of the game to extend Cincinnati's lead to three possessions. Dalton added one more touchdown on the day, finding tight end Jermaine Gresham from seven yards away to make the score 34–10, which stood as the final.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders
Coming into the game, A. J. Green had a streak of nine consecutive games in which he scored a touchdown. That streak, however, was snapped in this game, although he did have 111 receiving yards on three catches.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Dan Bailey's clutch field goal to beat Cincinnati dropped the Bengals' record to 7–6. It was the second consecutive game in which A. J. Green did not record a touchdown reception; he had in eight straight before that. This would also be Cincinnati's last home loss until week 10 in 2014 against Cleveland.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Philadelphia Eagles
The Bengals improved to 8–6 by winning in Philadelphia on Thursday Night Football, thus securing their second consecutive non-losing season for the first time since 2003–2006. Cincinnati is now 2–0 at Lincoln Financial Field and hopes to secure a second straight playoff appearance by beating the Steelers (7–7) on the other side of Pennsylvania in Week 16.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: at Pittsburgh Steelers
With the victory over their hated rival in Western Pennsylvania, the Bengals increased their regular season record to 9–6 and finished 6–2 in road games, clinching a winning season and playoff spot for the third time in the last four seasons and also clinching consecutive winning seasons and playoff berths for the first time since 1981 and 1982 seasons. By improving to 5–7 at Heinz Field, Cincinnati defeated the Steelers for the first time since 2009 when they won the AFC North after going 6–0 against their three rivals. This was the first time since 1988 when the Bengals had a successful two-week road trip in Pennsylvania.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Due to the Ravens clinching the AFC North following a victory over the Giants a few hours later, the Bengals were assigned to one of the two wild card seeds along with the Indianapolis Colts (10–5). With the Colts' victory over the Chiefs that day, the Bengals were given the 6th seed since the Colts had a better record than them against common opponents (4–1 vs. 3–2).


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Baltimore Ravens
After a tough road win over the Steelers, the Bengals returned home for a Week 17 duel against the Ravens. Quarterback Andy Dalton left the game to rest up for the playoffs in the second half after completing 10 passes in 15 attempts for 78 yards and one touchdown. The Bengals were able to snap their 4-game losing streak against the Ravens and finish their season 10–6. And with the Patriots and Broncos' wins and the Texans' loss, the Bengals traveled to Houston to take on the #3 seeded Texans in the playoffs.


2012 Cincinnati Bengals season, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoff Game: at #3 Houston Texans
The #6 seed Bengals traveled to Houston to take on the #3 seeded Texans in a defensive showdown. However, the Bengals lost in the playoffs for the second straight year while at the same time losing their fifth straight playoff game dating to 1991, ending their season with an overall record of 10–7 and dropped to 0–4 under Marvin Lewis in the playoffs.


2012 Cincinnati Commandos season
The 2012 Cincinnati Commandos season was the 3rd season for the franchise, and their first as a member of the Northern Conference of the United Indoor Football League (UIFL).


2012 Cincinnati Commandos season
Just one month after their 2011 CIFL Championship Game victory, the Commandos announced they were leaving the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) to join the UIFL. On August 23, 2011, it was announced that Bill Back would return as head coach for a 3rd season with the Commandos


2012 Cincinnati Commandos season
The Commandos finished the regular season 8-2 (7-2 in the Northern Conference), clinching the first round by with the top spot in the Northern Conference. The Commandos advanced to Ultimate Bowl II with a 60-42 victory over the Erie Explosion. The Commandos defeated the Florida Tarpons, 62-44 clinching their third consecutive championship.


2012 Cincinnati Commandos season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated September 19, 201222 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS


2012 Cincinnati Reds season
The 2012 Cincinnati Reds season was the 123rd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their tenth at Great American Ball Park. The Reds improved on their record of 79–83 in 2011 and became the first team to clinch playoff berth in 2012 by defeating the Cubs 5–3 on September 20. They clinched the NL Central division with a 6–0 victory over the Dodgers on September 22. Their final record was 97-65 and they subsequently lost in five games to the San Francisco Giants in the Division Series.


2012 Cincinnati Reds season, Postseason, Series Notes, National League Division Series: vs. San Francisco Giants
Saturday, October 6, 2012 – 9:37 pm (ET) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California


2012 Cincinnati Reds season, Postseason, Series Notes, National League Division Series: vs. San Francisco Giants
Sunday, October 7, 2012 – 9:37 pm (ET) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California


2012 Cincinnati Reds season, Postseason, Series Notes, National League Division Series: vs. San Francisco Giants
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 – 5:37 pm (ET) at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati


2012 Cincinnati Reds season, Postseason, Series Notes, National League Division Series: vs. San Francisco Giants
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 – 4:07 pm (ET) at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati


2012 Cincinnati Reds season, Postseason, Series Notes, National League Division Series: vs. San Francisco Giants
Thursday, October 11, 2012 – 1:07 pm (ET) at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati


2012 Cincinnati Reds season, Player statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2012 Cincinnati Reds season, Player statistics, Pitching
Note: G = Games played; GS = Games Started IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO= Strikeouts; WHIP = Walks and Hits Per Innings Pitched


2012 Circuit of Ireland
The 2012 Circuit of Ireland, officially the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally was the third round of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The fifteen stage tarmac event took place between 6–7 April 2012 with two of the Friday stages taking place at night.


2012 Circuit of Ireland
It was the first time the event had been included in the IRC calendar.


2012 Circuit of Ireland, Introduction
The rally was based in Armagh with the fifteen stages rally covering a total of 220.30 km (136.89 mi) primarily on closed public road. A super special stage started the event at the Titanic Quarter, Belfast on the Friday afternoon.


2012 Citi Open
The 2012 Citi Open (known as such for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition (for the men) and the 2nd edition (for the women) of the event known that year as the Citi Open (previously known on the men's tour as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic), and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 29 to August 5, 2012, running concurrently with the tennis event at the London Summer Olympics.


2012 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP Rankings of July 23, 2012:


2012 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2012 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


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


2012 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the WTA Rankings of July 23, 2012:


2012 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2012 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2012 Citi Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2012 Citi Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Treat Conrad Huey /  Dominic Inglot defeated  Kevin Anderson /  Sam Querrey, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(9–11), [10–5]


2012 Citi Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Shuko Aoyama /  Chang Kai-chen defeated  Irina Falconi /  Chanelle Scheepers, 7–5, 6–2


2012 Citi Open – Men's Doubles
Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but both opted to play at the London Summer Olympics instead. Treat Conrad Huey and Dominic Inglot won the title, defeating Kevin Anderson and Sam Querrey 7–6(9–7), 6–7(9–11), [10–5], in the final.


2012 Citi Open – Men's Singles
Radek Štěpánek was the defending champion, but opted to play at the London Summer Olympics instead. Alexandr Dolgopolov defeated Tommy Haas in three sets for the title, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1.


2012 Citi Open – Women's Doubles
Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but both opted to play at the London Summer Olympics instead. Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai-chen won the title, defeating Irina Falconi and Chanelle Scheepers 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Citi Open – Women's Singles
Nadia Petrova was the defending champion, but opted to play at the London Summer Olympics instead. Magdaléna Rybáriková won the title, defeating top seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–1, in the final.


2012 Città di Caltanissetta
The 2012 Città di Caltanissetta was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Caltanissetta, Italy between 4 and 10 June 2012.


2012 Città di Caltanissetta, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Città di Caltanissetta – Doubles
Daniele Bracciali and Simone Vagnozzi were the defending champions but decided Bracciali not to participate. Marcel Felder and Antonio Veić won the title, defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver and Iván Navarro in the final 5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–6].


2012 Città di Caltanissetta – Singles
Andreas Haider-Maurer was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Tommy Robredo won the title by defeating Gastão Elias 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Città di Como Challenger
The 2012 Città di Como Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Como, Italy between 27 August and 2 September 2012.


2012 Città di Como Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Città di Como Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2012 Città di Como Challenger – Doubles
Federico Delbonis and Renzo Olivo were the defending champions but Delbonis decided not to participate. Olivo played alongside Dane Propoggia. Philipp Marx and Florin Mergea won the title, defeating Colin Ebelthite and Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–4, 4–6, [10–4] in the final.


2012 Città di Como Challenger – Singles
Pablo Carreño-Busta was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Andreas Haider-Maurer won the title by defeating João Sousa 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election
The fifth election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2012. It was preceded by the 2008 election and will be followed by the 2017 election.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, Overview
All council seats were up for election. These were the fifth elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour Party made substantial gains and won back control of the authority, having lost their majority in 2004


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, Candidates
The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Bonymaen (two seats)
Long-serving Labour councillor Mair Gibbs was de-selected and failed to be returned as an Independent.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Clydach (two seats)
Roger Llewellyn Smith has been elected as a Labour councillor in 2008.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Cockett (four seats)
Labour captured all four seats from the Liberal Democrats by a substantial margin. One of the four Lib Dems elected in 2008 stood as an Independent.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Dunvant (two seats)
Lib Dem councilor Nick Tregoning stood unsuccessfully as an Independent, leading to the loss of one seat to Labour who increased their vote significantly compared to 2008.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Gowerton (one seat)
Ron Thomas narrowly failed in his bid to win back the seat he lost in 2008.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, By-Elections 2012-2017, Llansamlet by-election 2013
A by-election was held in Llansamlet on 4 July 2013 following the death of Labour councilor Dennis James. A former Labour MP held the seat.


2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, By-Elections 2012-2017, Uplands by-election 2014
A by-election was held in Uplands ward on 20 November 2014 following the resignation of Labour councillor Pearleen Sangha. A former Liberal Democrat councilor won the seat as an Independent.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
The 2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 3 May 2012. The elections took place shortly after the Bradford West by-election, in which the Respect Party's George Galloway pulled off a shock victory against the incumbent Labour Party. Held alongside was a referendum on directly elected mayors. The Labour Party were one seat short of an overall majority following the election, leaving the council in no overall control.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
Of the council's 90 seats, 30 were up for election.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Bradford Moor ward
Faisal Khan resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, City ward
Ruqayyah Collector resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Craven ward
In 2008, Adrian Naylor stood successfully in this ward as a Conservative Party candidate.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Heaton ward
Mohammad Shabbir resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013. He served as an independent councillor until April 2015 when he joined the Labour Party.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Ilkley ward
Anne Hawkesworth left the Conservative Party in January 2013 and joined The Independents: Adrian Naylor (Craven) and Chris Greaves (Wharfedale).


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Manningham ward
Ishtiaq Ahmed resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Toller ward
163 (3.66%) ballot papers were rejected, compared to 48 (0.96%) in the 2008 election in this ward. Arshad Hussain stood successfully here as a Conservative Party candidate in 2008, before defecting in 2010 following a race row - his vote change corresponds to the 2008 Labour Party candidate, Sobia Kauser.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Referendum result
Mayoral referenda were held in 11 local authorities across England to decide whether to introduce directly elected mayors, as opposed in Bradford to the previous system of Councillors electing a leader of the council. Alongside Birmingham, Coventry, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield, Bradford voted against directly elected mayors. Only Bristol and Doncaster voted in favour.


2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, By-elections between 2012 and 2013 elections, Wharfedale ward
This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Matt Palmer, who had stood successfully for the Conservative Party in this ward in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 council elections, in early October.


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 2012 Scottish local elections. The election was the second using 17 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation system of election.


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
The main feature of the Elections was the near obliteration of the Scottish Liberal Democrats as they collapsed from 17 to just 3 seats on the City Council which sees the party occupying the position as the smallest party. Their leader, and the leader of the Council, Jenny Dawe, lost her seat in Meadows/Morningside, epitomising the poor performance. The Scottish Labour Party replaced the Lib Dems as the largest party as they made 5 gains, winning 20 seats in total. The Scottish National Party became the second largest party gaining 6 seats and 18 seats in total. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained 11 seats on the Council while the Scottish Green Party doubled their seat numbers to 6.


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
After the election a Coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the SNP. This replaced the previous Lib Dem – SNP Coalition which had existed from 2007-2012.


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election, Election result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election, Ward results, Almond
2007: 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem2007-2012 Change: No Change


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election, Ward results, Pentland Hills
2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon2007-2012 Change: No Change


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election, Ward results, Drum Brae/Gyle
2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem


2012 City of Edinburgh Council election, Ward results, Sighthill/Gorgie
2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP;2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem


2012 City of Lincoln Council election
The 2012 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect one-third of the members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, for a 4-year term of office. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.


2012 City of Lincoln Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2012 City of Lincoln Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2012 City of Lincoln Council election, Summary
The Labour Party retained overall control of the council with an increased majority, gaining 7 seats from the Conservatives who retained a single contested seat. No other party won any seats and the Liberal Democrats were out-polled by the UKIP and lost their sole councillor. After the election the party representation was Labour Party 24 and Conservative Party (UK) 8; Others 1.


2012 City of Lincoln Council election, Summary
From the comments of the party leaders, it appears that significant numbers of Conservative voters withheld their support and the Conservatives also blamed the intervention of UKIP candidates.


2012 City of Lincoln Council election, Election results
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2008 election.


2012 City of Melbourne election
Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2012 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, and Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley, were re-elected for a second four-year term.


2012 City of Melbourne election
At the 2012 election, the number of council seats increased from 7 to 9.


2012 City of Melbourne election, Results, Mayoral election
The VEC distributed preliminary preferences until an electoral ticket exceeded 50 per cent of the vote, in this case Independent candidates Robert Doyle and Susan Riley.


2012 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election of 2012 was a part of party's congress. Incumbent leader and Prime Minister Petr Nečas sought re-election. Nečas faced Ivan Fuksa who announced his candidacy only a day prior the election.


2012 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
592 delegates were allowed to vote. Nečas received 351 votes and thus won the election. Fuksa received only 178 votes.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries
Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2012 were held for 2013 Czech presidential election from 30 April to 28. June 2012. They were the first presidential primaries in the Czech Republic. Přemysl Sobotka on the primaries with 61% of votes against 39 votes for the other candidate, Evžen Tošenovský. Primaries suffered for low voter turnout as only 6,203 from 27,000 party members voted.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries
There were members of ODS who were of  opinion that the party should support Miloš Zeman instead of having its own candidate as neither Tošenovský or Sobotka is a strong candidate that can win. It was one of the reasons for a low turnout.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Debates
The first debate was held on 3 May 2012. Debate was very calm and without confrontation. Sobotka only criticised presidential front-runner Jan Fischer. He said that Fischer is popular because he wasn't brave to make any important decision as Prime Minister. Tošenovský said that wants to be a similar president to Václav Klaus.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Voting took place in 9 election regions (each consisted of one or two Regions). Every member of Civic Democratic Party could participate if he joined party at least 60 days prior the beginning of primaries.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Voting started in Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region. Sobotka received 404 votes and Tošenovský 141. Přemysla Sobotka was reported to be surprised by results. Sobotka commented results: "Competition has only just started, but this victory is a good impulse to me for other rounds of primaries." Voter turnout was low with 30%.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Another voting took place in Olomouc Region and Zlín Region. Sobotka narrowly won in Olomouc region by 1 vote while Tošenovský narrowly won Zlín region by two votes. Overall results in Central Moravia were victory for Evžen Tošenovský who won by 1 vote. Sobotka considered this result a success as the voting took place in Tošenovský's territory. Sobotka was still ahead after voting in Central Moravia.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Another round took place in South Bohemia and in Vysočina Region. Sobotka won when he received 409 votes while Tošenovský received only 215 votes. Sobotka overall received 1,101 votes and Tošenovský 654 votes by the moment.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Sobotka also won voting in West Bohemia. More decisive victory was in Karlovy Vary region where Sobotka received 75% of votes. Voter turnout in region was only 19.3%. Sobotka was leading the overall primaries with 1,523 votes (66%) while Tošenovský had only 794 votes (34%).


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Next voting took place in North Bohemia - in Sobotka's home region. Sobotka decisively won the voting  with 722 votes while Tošenovský had only 170 votes. Sobotka widened his lead to more than 70% of votes in overall voting. Some reported that the most populous regions were ahead so the battle might not be over.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Moravian-Silesian Region where another voting took place is home region of Evžen Tošenovský. Tošenovský admitted that he is more nervous in this region than he was in the previous ones as there are more people who know him. Tošenovský won the region with 895 votes while Sobotka received only 229 votes. Voter turnout was higher than in other regions (46%). Sobotka was still leading with 2,474 votes (57%). Tošenovský had 1,895 votes (43%)


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Sobotka won primaries in Central Bohemia. He received 425 votes while Tošenovský only 168. Sobotka widened his lead. He was winning nationally with 2,899 votes (59%).


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Sobotka received 543 votes in Prague while Tošenovský only 181 votes. Sobotka was nationally winning with 3,442 votes, while Tošenovský had 2,208. Prague primaries also suffered of low turnout.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voting
Last primaries were held in South Moravia. Sobotka received 329 votes and Tošenovský only 224. Sobotka won whole primaries and won party's nomination for president. Party's leader Petr Nečas praised the result and called Sobotka qualified and honest candidate who has clear opinion and isn't populist.


2012 Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, Aftermath
Sobotka participated in 2013 Czech presidential election but received only 2.46% of votes. It was considered a devastating defeat. Some Journalists called the result "Blue Waterloo."


2012 Clackmannanshire Council election
Elections to Clackmannanshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the five wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 18 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.


2012 Clackmannanshire Council election
The election saw the Scottish National Party gain a seat and increase their vote share on the Council to have the same number of seats as Labour. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their single seat on the Council and there remains a single Independent. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out losing their single seat.


2012 Clackmannanshire Council election
After the election a SNP minority administration was formed with the support of the Independent Councillor. The Conservatives abstained on the vote.


2012 Clackmannanshire Council election, Election result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2012 Clackmannanshire Council election, Changes since 2012
† On 11 September 2016, Clackmannanshire North Cllr Archie Drummond joined the SNP and ceased to be an Independent.


2012 Clarkson Cup
The 2012 Clarkson Cup is a women's ice hockey tournament that was contested in Niagara Falls, Ontario to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League from March 22, 2012 to March 25, 2012. The Montreal Stars defeated the Brampton Thunder by a 4-2 tally to claim their third title in four years. Over 5,000 spectators attended the games at the Gale Centre.


2012 Clarkson Cup, Promotion
Burlington Barracudas players Christina Kessler and Shannon Moulson were part of an event at Power Play Sports in Niagara Falls, Ontario on December 20, 2011, to promote the 2012 Clarkson Cup (to be held in Niagara Falls). After the event, they met players from the NFGHA (Niagara Falls Girls Hockey League) for photographs and autographs.


2012 Clash of Continents Exhibition
The 2012 Clash of Continents Exhibition is a men's and women's tennis exhibition tournament, held 24 - 25 November 2012 in Singapore. The previous event had been a women's only event, called the Singapore Women's Tennis Exhibition. The men's event is in a round robin format, with the women's event pitting the two players against each other.


2012 Clemson Tigers football team
The 2012 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Dabo Swinney in his fourth full year and fifth overall since taking over midway through 2008 season. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium, also known as "Death Valley". They were members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. On November 10, Clemson set a school record with their 12th straight home win at Death Valley.


2012 Clemson Tigers football team
They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in ACC play to be Atlantic Division co–champions with Florida State. Due to their loss to Florida State, they did not represent the division the ACC Championship Game. They were invited to the Chick-fil-A Bowl where they defeated LSU. The Tigers had their first 11-win season since 1981.


2012 Clemson Tigers football team, 2013 NFL draft
Clemson had four players selected in the 2013 NFL draft. DeAndre Hopkins went in the first round as the 27th overall pick.


2012 Cleveland Browns season
The 2012 Cleveland Browns season was the franchise's 64th season as a professional sports franchise and its 60th season as a member of the National Football League. Although the team improved on its record to 5–11 this 2012 season from its 4–12 finish in 2011, the team still placed fourth in the AFC North. The team also failed to break its 9-year playoff drought, the longest in franchise history. The 2012 season was the third season under the leadership of team president Mike Holmgren and general manager Tom Heckert and the second season under head coach Pat Shurmur. The Browns also had Jimmy Haslam as their new owner, after buying the team from Randy Lerner. The Browns played all of their home games at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Ownership change
On August 2, team owner Randy Lerner sold the controlling interest of the Browns to Tennessee businessman Jimmy Haslam. Haslam is the owner of Pilot Flying J travel centers and was previously a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The amount of the sale was in excess of US$1 billion.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching changes
On January 11, defensive backs coach Jerome Henderson left the Browns to take the same position with the Dallas Cowboys.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching changes
On January 18, the Browns hired Nolan Cromwell as a senior offensive assistant. Cromwell replaces Keith Gilbertson, who retired following the 2011 season.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching changes
On January 23, the Browns hired former Tennessee Titans' assistant secondary coach Tim Hauck to replace Henderson as defensive backs coach. Hauck was on the Titans' staff from 2009 to 2010, and served as an assistant at the collegiate level prior to that.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching changes
On January 27, the Browns hired former Minnesota Vikings' head coach Brad Childress as offensive coordinator. Childress coached the Vikings from 2006 to 2010. From 2003 to 2005, he was the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, where he worked with current Browns' head coach Pat Shurmur.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes, 2012 Draft Class
The draft occurred from April 26–28. The Browns had an NFL-high eleven selections.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes, Supplemental Draft
On July 12, the Browns selected WR Josh Gordon of Baylor with a second round pick in the supplemental draft. The Browns will forfeit their second round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. Gordon became only the second player drafted by the Browns in the supplemental draft, the other being QB Bernie Kosar in 1985.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Other news and notes, LB Fujita suspension
On May 2, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced a three-game suspension for LB Scott Fujita for his role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal in 2009. Fujita was suspended along with former Saints teammates Jonathan Vilma, Anthony Hargrove, and Will Smith for what the commissioner called "conduct detrimental to the NFL as a result of their leadership roles."


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Other news and notes, LB Fujita suspension
Fujita and the three other players have appealed the suspensions, however on July 3 Goodell upheld the suspensions.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Other news and notes, LB Fujita suspension
On September 7, two days before the Week 1 game, the suspensions against Fujita and the other players were overturned. Fujita started the Week 1 contest.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Other news and notes, DT Taylor injury
On May 10, starting DT Phil Taylor tore his left pectoral muscle while doing bench presses in the weight room. Taylor, the Browns' 1st round draft choice in 2011, will be out for several months and may miss the entire season.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Suicide of grounds crew member
A member of the Browns' grounds crew killed himself at their practice facility in Berea, Ohio, a team spokesman said Sunday, December 2, 2012. The man's body was found Saturday morning, December 1, 2012, at the facility in suburban Cleveland, the same day Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide after killing his girlfriend. Browns spokesman Neal Gulkis confirmed to The Associated Press that a team employee died of a suicide, but provided no other details. He released a statement calling the man a good friend and an outstanding employee and saying the team's heartfelt condolences go out to his family.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, LB Gocong injury
On August 4, starting LB Chris Gocong tore his right Achilles tendon during morning practice. He will likely miss the entire season.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, QB Weeden named starter
On August 6, coach Pat Shurmur named Brandon Weeden as the starting QB. Weeden, 28, was picked 22nd overall by the Browns in the 2012 NFL Draft.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, First roster cuts
All NFL teams were required to cut their rosters from 90 players to 75 by August 27. One day earlier, the Browns released nine players, most  notably WR veteran WR Carlton Mitchell.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, First roster cuts
The Browns also placed LBs Emanuel Acho and Chris Gocong on injured reserve, waived/injured DEs Marcus Benard and Austin English and CB Antwaun Reed. The team also placed DT Phil Taylor on the physically unable to perform list.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, First roster cuts
With one open roster spot, the Browns claimed DE Ernest Owusu off waivers from the Minnesota Vikings.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, Second roster cuts
All NFL teams were required to cut their rosters from 75 players to 53 by August 31. The Browns cut quarterback Seneca Wallace; running back Adonis Thomas; fullback Brad Smelley; wide receivers Josh Cooper and Rod Windsor, tight ends Dan Gronkowski and Evan Moore; offensive linemen Dominic Alford, Stanley Daniels, Garth Gerhart, Jerrod Shaw, and J.B. Shugarts; defensive linemen Ronnie Cameron, William Green, Ernest Owushu, Brian Schaefering, and Kiante Tripp; linebackers Benjamin Jacobs and Quinton Spears; and defensive back James Dockery. In addition, DT Phil Taylor remained on the physically unable to perform list.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, Second roster cuts
Cameron, Cooper, Gerhart, Jacobs, Shaw, Shugarts, and Smelley were added to the Browns' practice squad.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, Captains elected
On September 2, the Browns elected offensive tackle Joe Thomas, linebacker D'Qwell Jackson, and kicker Phil Dawson as captains.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Browns opened their season against the Philadelphia Eagles. They got their first points of the 2012 season when Phil Dawson kicked a 43-yard field goal to make the score 3–0 for the only points of the opening quarter. The Eagles responded to tie the game at 3–3 when Alex Henery kicked a 42-yard field goal followed by Michael Vick finding Jeremy Maclin in the end zone on an 18-yard touchdown pass to make the halftime score 10–3.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Heading into the third quarter and extending into the 4th, the Browns scored 13 unanswered points starting with Dawson's field goals from 42 (for the only score of the quarter) and 22 yards out shortening the Eagles' lead from four to just a point from 10–6 to 10–9. And then, the Browns retook the lead when D'Qwell Jackson ran for a 13-yard touchdown for a 16–10 game. However, the Eagles were able to complete the comeback as Vick found Clay Harbor on a 4-yard pass making the final score 17–16.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Browns started their season 0–1 for the eighth straight year.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals
After a tough home loss to the Eagles, the Browns traveled on the road to take on the Bengals for Round 1 of the Battle Of Ohio. With less than 90 seconds played, the Bengals scored as Pacman Jones returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown making the score 7–0. The Browns responded with Phil Dawson's 50-yard field goal to come within 4 at 7–3. In the 2nd quarter Andy Dalton found A.J. Green on a 10-yard touchdown pass making the score 14–3 for an 11-point lead.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals
The Browns followed up with Trent Richardson running for a 32-yard touchdown making the score 14–10 but the Bengals pulled away as Mike Nugent nailed a 39-yard field goal for a 17–10 halftime lead. In the 3rd quarter, the Bengals went right back to work when Dalton found Brandon Tate on a 44-yard touchdown pass to increase their lead to 24–10. Again, the Browns tried to rally by coming in just a touchdown short with Brandon Weeden's first NFL career touchdown pass, a 23-yard pass to Richardson to make the score 24–17.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals pulled away in the 4th quarter as Dalton found Andrew Hawkins on a 50-yard pass making the score 31–17 but again, the Browns tried to rally by coming within a touchdown as Weeden found Greg Little on a 24-yard pass making the score 31–24. After this, the Bengals moved ahead by double digits for the first time since leading by 14 in the 3rd quarter with Nugent's 37-yard field goal for a 34–24 lead. The Browns tried to rally a comeback but could only come away with 3 points as Dawson nailed a 25-yard field goal for a final score of 34–27.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–2. Also, with the Steelers' victory over the Jets, the team now sits in sole possession of last place in the AFC North as well as losing by a certain number of points increasing as the weeks go by from losing to the Eagles by a point in Week 1 to losing to the Bengals by 7 points in Week 2.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Buffalo Bills
The Browns returned home for a home game against the Bills. Again, the Browns fell behind and for the second straight week never held the lead as Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick found T. J. Graham on a 9-yard touchdown pass for a 7–0 lead followed up by Fitzpatrick finding C. J. Spiller on a 32-yard touchdown pass for a 14–0 lead. The Browns got on the board in the 2nd quarter when Trent Richardson ran for a 6-yard touchdown to make the score 14–7 at halftime.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Buffalo Bills
However, the Bills went back to work in the 3rd quarter as Rian Lindell nailed a 37-yard field goal to take a 10-point lead of 17–7. The Browns tried to rally coming within 3 points of the Bills when Brandon Weeden found Travis Benjamin on a 22-yard pass at 17–14. However, the Bills pulled away and wrapped this game up as Fitzpatrick found Stevie Johnson on a 9-yard touchdown pass for a final score of 24–14.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Buffalo Bills
With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–3 with their loss by a certain number of points worsened to 10.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens
The Browns traveled to Baltimore to take on the Ravens on Thursday Night Football. After a scoreless first quarter, the Ravens scored first in the second quarter as Joe Flacco found Torrey Smith on an 18-yard touchdown pass (with a failed PAT) for a 6–0 lead. The team increased their lead as Justin Tucker made a 45-yard field goal to make the score 9–0. Finally, the Browns scored not long before halftime when Trent Richardson ran for a 2-yard touchdown, making the halftime score 9–7.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens
After the break, the Ravens went right back to work as Flacco used a QB sneak 1-yard run for a 16–7 lead. However, The Browns drew within 6 points as Phil Dawson nailed a 51-yard field goal, making the score 16–10. But then, the Ravens pulled away as Cary Williams picked off Weeden and returned the ball 63 yards for a touchdown, making the score 23–10. In the fourth quarter, the Browns tried to come back as Dawson nailed two field goals from 50 and 52 yards out making the score 23–13 and then 23–16, respectively. However, the Ravens took control of the game and the Browns' record dropped to 0–4 on the season, losing their 13th straight game against a division rival and their 9th straight game against the Ravens.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants
After a tough road loss to the Ravens, the Browns went to face against the Giants on the road. They drew first blood taking a 7–0 lead as Trent Richardson ran for a 15-yard touchdown followed by Brandon Weeden finding Josh Gordon on a 62-yard touchdown pass leaving the Browns with a 14–0 lead. Finally, the Giants were able to get on the board when Eli Manning found Victor Cruz on a 3-yard pass to shorten the lead 14–7.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants
In the 2nd quarter, the Browns moved ahead by double digits again as Phil Dawson kicked a 32-yard field goal for a 17–7. The Giants then again responded by scoring 17 unanswered points before halftime starting by coming within a touchdown off of Lawrence Tynes' 29-yard field goal making the score 17–10. Then the Giants were able to tie it as Ahmad Bradshaw ran for a 4-yard touchdown for a 17–17 score before the Giants took the lead as Manning found Cruz again on a 7-yard pass making the score 24–17.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants
Tynes made the score 27–17 with a 40-yard field goal not long before halftime. The Giants went right back to work in the third quarter as Manning found Cruz a 3rd time on a 28-yard pass increasing their lead to 34–17. Then the Browns tried to rally a comeback but only came away with Dawson nailing a 41-yard field goal making the score 34–20. Then in the fourth quarter, David Wilson ran for a 40-yard touchdown making the score 41–20. The Browns wrapped up the game scoring with Weeden finding Gordon again on a 20-yard pass for a final score of 41–27.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants
The Browns dropped to 0–5 on the season. And with the Saints' win over the Chargers on Sunday Night, they remain the league's only winless team.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Browns returned home for Round 2 of 2012's Battle of Ohio. The Bengals got off to a fast start in the first quarter as Andy Dalton found Jermaine Gresham on a 55-yard touchdown pass making the score 7–0 for the only score of the period. The Browns then managed to tie it as Brandon Weeden found Josh Gordon on a 71-yard touchdown pass for a 7–7 game before the Bengals moved back into the lead with Dalton's 4-yard pass to A. J. Green making the score 14–7 at halftime.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Browns went into a frenzy of points in the 2nd half starting scoring 13 unanswered points starting in the 3rd quarter when Phil Dawson nailed two field goals from 41 and 38 yards out making the score 14–10 and then 14–13 respectively. And in the fourth quarter, they took the lead as Montario Hardestly ran for a 1-yard touchdown for a 20–14 lead. The Bengals came within three points as Mike Nugent kicked a 44-yard field goal making the score 20–17.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
But the Browns increased their lead with two straight touchdowns as Weeden found Benjamin Watson on a 4-yard pass followed by Sheldon Brown who returned an interception 17 yards for a touchdown making the score 27–17 and then 34–17. The Bengals tried to rally a comeback as Dalton found Green again on a 57-yard pass. But the Bengals failed to rally and therefore lost this game by a final score of 34–24 as the Browns managed to snap their four-game losing streak to the Bengals as well as their 13-game losing streak to division rivals as they improved to 1–5 with the win.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Indianapolis Colts
The Browns traveled to Indianapolis to take on an Andrew Luck-led Colts offense. The Colts were able to score in the first quarter as Andrew Luck ran for a 3-yard touchdown making the score 7–0 for the only score of the game. The Browns responded in the 2nd quarter coming within a point when Brandon Weeden found Greg Little on a 14-yard pass (with a failed PAT) making the score 7–6. Then, Luck ran for another touchdown this time from 5 yards out to make the score 14–6 at halftime.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Indianapolis Colts
The Browns came within a point again in the 3rd quarter as Weeden found Josh Gordon on a 33-yard pass making the score 14–13 but the Colts wrapped things up with Adam Vinatieri's 38-yard field goal followed by a scoreless 4th quarter making the final score 17–13 as the Browns' road record at this point of the season was 0–4 while their record overall was 1–6.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers
In rainy and windy conditions, Trent Richardson scored the game's only touchdown, running from 26 yards out for a 7–0 lead. The Chargers managed to get on the board as Nick Novak score a 43-yard field goal before halftime making the score 7–3. The Chargers then scored the only points of the second half in the third quarter, with Novak scoring a 31-yard field goal making the score 7–6. There were no further scores and the Browns increased their record to 2–6 and their home record to 2–2.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens took a 14–0 lead after the first quarter, but the Browns took the lead with five consecutive field goals from Phil Dawson. However, the Ravens retook the lead for good in the fourth quarter. With their 10th-straight loss to the Ravens, the Browns went into their bye week at 2–7.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Dallas Cowboys
The Browns came into Cowboys Stadium leading 13–0 at halftime. However, the lead was blown as the Browns were outscored 20–7 in the 2nd half with the Cowboys kicking a late field goal to tie the game at 20–20 and send it into overtime. There, the Cowboys kicked the game-winning field goal, dropping the Browns to 2–8 and 0–3 against the NFC East.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Although the Steelers scored first on a 53-yard interception return by Lawrence Timmons, the Browns benefited from eight Pittsburgh turnovers and the Browns defeated the Steelers 20–14. This was the first Browns victory over the Steelers since Week 14 of the 2009 season, and only the fifth time the Browns beat the Steelers since returning to the NFL in 1999. The Browns became the only AFC North team on the season to successfully defend their home territory against the Steelers. After the game, it was announced that team president Mike Holmgren would leave the Browns with immediate effect.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Oakland Raiders
Behind Brandon Weeden's career high passing day (364 yards), the Browns defeated the Oakland Raiders 20–17, snapping a 12-game road losing streak, and their first consecutive wins since Weeks 2 and 3 of the 2011 season.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Helped by a 93-yard punt return by Travis Benjamin (the longest punt return for a touchdown in franchise history), the Browns defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 30–7 for their first three-game win streak since 2009, improving their current season to 5–8 and 3–0 against the AFC West. With losses by the Bengals and Steelers (both 7–6), the Browns still remain in playoff contention moving up to only two games behind their two longest rivals. This remained the Browns' only December victory until a 24–10 win over the San Francisco 49ers in 2015.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Washington Redskins
With the loss, the Browns fell to 5–9 and were eliminated from the postseason contention. This loss clinched the team's fifth straight losing season and 12th in the 14 years since rejoining the NFL. The Browns were 4–4 in home games.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Denver Broncos
With the loss, the Browns dropped to 5–10 on the season, and as a result they officially clinched fourth place in the AFC North for the second straight season since they still remained two games behind the third-placed Steelers (7–8), who got booted from the playoff race by the Bengals earlier that day.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Denver Broncos
Next week the Browns look to win in Pittsburgh for the first time since 2003, and sweep the Steelers for the first time since 1988.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers
After a tough loss at the Broncos, the Browns traveled to Pittsburgh for game 2 of the 2012 series. The Browns were able to tie the game at 3–3 and then 10–10. However, they were overpowered by the Steelers as they scored 14 unanswered points to make the final score 24–10. The Browns went on to lose the game, finishing 5–11 for the season. They finished 1–7 in games away from home.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The day after the game, the Browns fired head coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert. In two seasons as Browns head coach, Shurmur posted a record of 9–23, including a disappointing 2–10 mark within the division (1–3 vs. the Bengals and Steelers and 0–4 vs. the Ravens).


2012 Cleveland Browns season, 2013 Pro Bowl
On December 26, T Joe Thomas and K Phil Dawson were recognized for their individual accomplishments by being named to the AFC Pro Bowl roster. Thomas, who will be the starting left tackle, is making his sixth consecutive appearance in the Pro Bowl, while this is the first Pro Bowl appearance for Dawson in his 14-year career.


2012 Cleveland Browns season, 2013 Pro Bowl
KR Joshua Cribbs, LB D'Qwell Jackson, and C Alex Mack were named first alternates at their respective positions.


2012 Cleveland Gladiators season
The 2012 Cleveland Gladiators season was the 13th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and the fourth while in Cleveland. The team was coached by Steve Thonn and played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena. The Gladiators finished the season with an 8–10 record and did not qualify for the playoffs. In this season, the Gladiators became the first team in the history of the league to forfeit a game. They did so on June 8 when the players went on strike prior to a matchup against the Pittsburgh Power in week 14.


2012 Cleveland Gladiators season, Schedule
The Gladiators began the season on the road against the Georgia Force on March 12. Their first home game was on March 26 against the Kansas City Command. They hosted the Chicago Rush on July 21 in their final regular season game.


2012 Cleveland Gladiators season, Final roster
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2012 Cleveland Indians season
The 2012 Cleveland Indians season was the 112th season for the franchise. The team attempted (but failed) to improve on its 2011 campaign in which was 80-82 and finished 2nd in the American League Central division. The team was also looking to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2007. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field, which will be in its 19th season.


2012 Cleveland Indians season
The Indians were in playoff contention for much of the first four months of the season. The team had a record of 44-41 at the All Star Break, and were just a few games back in both the AL Central and Wild Card races. However, the team struggled through the second half, going just 24-53 after the break, for a final record of 68-94, placing 4th in the division.


2012 Cleveland Indians season
This marked the third and final season under the leadership of manager Manny Acta. Acta was fired on September 27 with six games remaining. Bench coach and former Indians' catcher Sandy Alomar, Jr. was named the interim manager for the team's final six games.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Spring training
The Indians had a 7–22 win–loss record in spring training, their .241 winning percentage being the worst among all MLB teams during pre-season. Three of their games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, April
For the fourth straight season, the Indians would lose the season opener, in record fashion. The Indians played host to the Toronto Blue Jays and had a 4–1 lead before allowing the Blue Jays to even the score in the ninth-inning. The game would last 16 innings before the Indians fell 7–4 in what would be the longest season-opener in Major League history, besting the previous record of 15 innings (done in 1926 and 1960). The next day when the clubs had finished their second meeting, a 7–4 win for Toronto in 12 innings, it was the first time since 1969 that two games to open the season had gone 12 innings or more.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, April
On the road against Seattle, the Indians had their largest comeback win since May 25, 2009 when they rallied from a 7-run deficit before eventually winning 11–10. The Indians won two of three against the Oakland Athletics and thus for the first time since the 1988 won their first three road series on the year.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, April
After a 13–7 win over the Kansas City Royals, the Indians had for the first time in the club's 111-year history scored at least 8 runs in their first 3 road games of the season. The team failed to hit a home run in 11 straight games to end April, the franchise's longest homer-less streak since the 1983 season when they went 14 games.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, April
The Indians would go 11–9 in the month, finishing with a 1⁄2 game lead over the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. The team was 7–2 on the road.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, May
The Indians started May with a stretch of 21 games in 20 days. The Indians went 13-8 in this stretch. The Tribe started the month on the road and when they won the third game of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox, it was their fourth road series win in a row to start the season, which was last done by the 1961 Indians (although the 1961 club opened the season with a one-game "series" at Detroit).


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, May
They would lose their next road series to stop the streak, losing to the Boston Red Sox in three of four games. The club would have their first day off of the month on the 21st, and continued their good play with a home sweep over Detroit that would give the Indians a 31⁄2-game lead over second place Chicago and a 6-game lead over Detroit. However, this lead was short-lived as the Indians were immediately swept by Chicago in a three-game road series en route to ending May with losses in five of their last six games. Injuries contributed to this poor performance, as shortstop Asdrúbal Cabrera (hamstring), designated hitter Travis Hafner (knee), and catcher Carlos Santana (concussion) all suffered injuries late in the month. Despite being in first place during most of May, the attendance at Progressive Field was last in the majors.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, June
The team started June at a 6-9 clip. The poor start was highlighted by a sweep at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati June 12–14. However the Tribe would return the favor and sweep their in-state rivals at home, earning a split in the year's Ohio Cup. The rest of interleague play did not fare well as the Indians went 8-10 against the Senior Circuit. Near the end of the month, the Indians lost five straight games including being swept by the New York Yankees.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, June
The Indians ended the month recording a season-high 19 hits in an 11-5 road win over the Baltimore Orioles to keep them from going below the .500 mark. The Indians went 12-15 in June and entered July with an overall record of 39-38, good for second in the Central, 21⁄2 games behind Chicago. Asdrúbal Cabrera led the team with 6 HR and 18 RBI in the month, while right fielder Shin-Soo Choo recorded a team-high 34 hits. Also during the month, center fielder Michael Brantley had a 22-game hitting streak, the longest in the MLB to that point in the season.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, July
Shortstop Asdrúbal Cabrera and closer Chris Perez were named to the American League All Star Team on July 1. Cabrera participated in the game as a reserve infielder. Perez did not pitch in the game.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, July
The Indians as a team struggled offensively for much of July, as the team scored three or fewer runs eight times in the first 13 games of the month. Cabrera and catcher Carlos Santana had the greatest slumps. Between July 1 and 22, Cabrera's average fell 28 points, from .300 to .272. Between May 15 and July 17, Santana was hitting .168 with no home runs. After a July 17 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the team batting average with the bases loaded fell to .193, the third lowest in the AL. Second basemen Jason Kipnis, who had 46 RBIs heading into July, recorded 9 for the entire month while designated hitter Travis Hafner had 6.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, July
However, the Indians' pitching staff, specifically the back end of the bullpen kept them in most games. The club has been able to rely on Perez and set-up man Vinnie Pestano to hold the lead in close games. To the July 17-point in the season, Cleveland held a 27-3 record in games which both Perez and Pestano saw action. The Indians' woes continued in the latter half of the month, however, and ended July on a four-game losing streak, including losses to the Twins and Royals, both below them in the Central standings. The Indians' record fell three games under .500 for the first time since April 11. Starting pitcher Josh Tomlin, who went 2-5 with a 7.02 ERA in his last eight outings, was moved to the bullpen at the end of the month to take on relief pitching duties.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, August
The Indians ended a nine-game road trip with a loss on August 5, failing to win during a road trip of 9 games or more for the first time in franchise history. The losing streak continued for two more home games and ended with a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on August 8. The 11 straight losses was one short of a franchise record. After the Indians lost a ninth-straight game on August 24, it marked the first time in franchise history two losing streaks of nine games or more had occurred within the same season. Following a 5-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on August 31, the Indians finished the month at 5-24, tying a franchise record for the most losses in a month, originally set in July 1914.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, September/October
After a disastrous August, the Indians had a decent start to September, beginning the month 3-2 against eventual playoff teams Texas and Detroit. The Indians' struggles would continue, however. On September 27 the team fired manager Manny Acta and promoted bench coach Sandy Alomar, Jr. to interim manager for the team's final six games. Alomar, who was in contention for the Indians' managerial job in 2013, but lost the job to Terry Francona, led the Indians to a 3-3 record in these games.


2012 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, September/October
The Indians wrapped up the season on October 3 with a shutout 9-0 loss at the hands of the visiting Chicago White Sox. The Indians finished 68-94, which was 4th place in the American League Central Division.


2012 Clifford Cup
The 78th Clifford Cup tournament was held between the 28 September and 7 October 2012.


2012 Clifford Cup
The cup final was held on the same day, 7 October 2012, as the final of the 2012 T20 World Cup (which was played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, between Sri Lanka and West Indies), this resulted in lower crowds than normally experienced at previous Clifford Cup finals. The game was played at Bogambara Stadium instead of Nittawela Rugby Stadium. Havelock SC came into the final after securing the 2012 Rugby League title, having edged out Kandy SC.


2012 Clifford Cup
Kandy SC were the current cup holders, having had won the cup for the previous five years, while Havelock SC's last win was 31 years earlier, in 1981. Kandy SC applied constant pressure during the first half, with a momentary lapse allowing Havelock SC to score before half time, resulting in a 7-5 scoreline. After the break both sides fought hard with only Kandy SC making a dent on the scoreboard eventually winning the game, 10 points (1 converted try and one penalty) to 5 (one unconverted try).


2012 Clifford Cup, Seedings
The seeding is based upon the teams standings at the end of the 2012 Dialog Rugby League season. The first four seeds represent the four teams in the cup section of the league and the remaining four seeds are the first four teams in the plate section of the league.


2012 Clipsal 500
The 2012 Clipsal 500 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the first event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fourteenth running of the Clipsal 500. It was held on the weekend of 1–4 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit, in Adelaide, South Australia.


2012 Clipsal 500, Report, Race 1, Qualifying
Triple Eight Race Engineering driver Craig Lowndes qualified on pole position for the first race — his pole at the Adelaide parklands circuit — ahead of Garth Tander and Will Davison. Lowndes' team-mate and reigning series champion Jamie Whincup qualified fifth, having started on the front row of the grid at every race since 2007.


2012 Clipsal 500, Report, Race 1, Race
Garth Tander took an early lead in the race, but was re-passed by Craig Lowndes after three drivers — James Courtney, Jason Bright and Taz Douglas — crashed heavily at Turn 8. Shortly after the accident Jamie Whincup switched from a two-stop to a three-stop strategy as Will Davison took the lead of the race, leading team-mate Mark Winterbottom. David Reynolds also crashed at Turn 8 just before lap 50, prompting an early round of pit stops and forcing the leaders to enter fuel-saving mode. Whincup used his shorter fuelling window and a brand-new set of tyres to catch the leaders, passing Davison at the hairpin on the final lap when Davison ran out of fuel. Tander finished third after Winterbottom was forced to pit for fuel himself.


2012 Clipsal 500, Report, Race 2, Qualifying
After missing pole position for Race 1, Jamie Whincup claimed his first pole of the season, beating Garth Tander by one-tenth of a second. The twenty-minute qualifying session saw a heavy collision between Greg Murphy and Jonathon Webb when Webb slowed on the approach to the final corner, attempting to create a window of clean air for a flying lap. Murphy, already on a flying lap himself, came around the penultimate corner at speed and was unable to move aside in time, rear-ending Webb's car. The accident was heavy enough to remove both cars out of the race.


2012 Clipsal 500, Report, Race 2, Race
Garth Tander lead the race away once again, but was caught and passed by Jamie Whincup before the first round of stops, and then the Fords of Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom after the stops. Whincup's car was reported to develop a misfire and was soon caught by Davison and Winterbottom, who also went on to pass Tander. The race was uninterrupted by safety cars, and Davison and Winterbottom went on to claim a one-two finish for Ford Performance Racing.


2012 Cloverdale Cash Spiel
The 2012 Cloverdale Cash Spiel is an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 14 to 16 at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Surrey, British Columbia as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The purses for the men's and women's events were CAD$8,050 for both events, with the winning teams of Brent Pierce and Wang Bingyu taking home the prize.


2012 Club Universitario de Deportes season
Universitario de Deportes' 2012 season is the club's 84th season in the Primera División of Peru and 47th in the Torneo Descentralizado. The club's under-20 team will compete in the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores as defending champions.


2012 Club Universitario de Deportes season, Competitions, Torneo Descentralizado
The ADFP ruled that Universitario will play in the Estadio Monumental "U" behind closed doors for the first two home games of the 2012 season as punishment for the death of a supporter in the last Peruvian Clásico of the 2011 season.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season
The 2012 season is the 117th year in the club's history, the 101st season in Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's football existence, and their 42nd in the Brazilian Série A, having never been relegated from the top division.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Club, First-team squad
As of 9 December 2012, according to combined sources on the official website.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Club, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Club, Flamengo Youth Team, Professional players able to play in the youth team
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2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Club, Flamengo Youth Team, Youth players with first team experience
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Club, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Transfers, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Transfers, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Copa Libertadores squad
As of 13 February 2012, according to combined sources on the official website. In Conmebol competitions players must be assigned numbers between 1 and 25.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Copa Libertadores squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, First stage, Second stage
The Second Stage, played in home-and-away round-robin format, began on 7 February and will end on 19 April. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Round of 16.


2012 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, IFFHS ranking
Flamengo position on the Club World Ranking during the 2012 season, according to IFFHS.


2012 Clydesdale Bank 40
The 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the third season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Unicorns, a team of players who did not have first-class contracts.


2012 Clydesdale Bank 40
The competition consisted of three groups of seven teams, from which the top team from each group, plus the best second-placed team, progressed to the semi-finals. The groups were allocated randomly.


2012 Clásica de Almería
The 2012 Clásica de Almería was the 27th edition of the Clásica de Almería cycle race and was held on 26 February 2012. The race started and finished in Almería. The race was won by Michael Matthews.


2012 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 2012 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 32nd edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 14 August 2012, over a distance of 234 km (145.4 mi), starting and finishing in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. It was the twenty-first event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.


2012 Clásica de San Sebastián
The race was won for the second time in three years by Rabobank rider Luis León Sánchez after making a late-race attack on the descent from the Alto de Arkale. Second place went to Orica–GreenEDGE's Simon Gerrans, while Gianni Meersman rounded out the podium placings for Lotto–Belisol.


2012 Clásica de San Sebastián, Teams
As the Clásica de San Sebastián was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Two other squads – Andalucía and Caja Rural – were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 20-team peloton.


2012 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team
The 2012 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They are a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–1 in Big South play to be conference co–champions with Liberty and Stony Brook. They received the Big South's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Bethune-Cookman in the first round before falling in the second round to Old Dominion.


2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300
The 2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the eighth event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 3–5 August at Queensland Raceway, in Ipswich, Queensland.


2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300
Craig Lowndes clean-swept the event, leading to five-straight victories at this circuit and this event. The results of the two races were remarkable similar with Lowndes, Mark Winterbottom and Jamie Whincup completing the podium in order in both races. Fabian Coulthard, Will Davison and Russell Ingall shared fourth to sixth in different orders. Shane van Gisbergen was seventh in both races while Michael Caruso and Tim Slade shared eight and ninth. With Lowndes winning and Winterbottom finishing ahead of Whincup the top four positions in the championship chase tightened will pulling further away from the rest of the field.


2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300
Canadian Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve again performed a fill-in role, substituting for Greg Murphy for the second time while Murphy recovered from back surgery.


2012 Coca-Cola 600
The 2012 Coca-Cola 600, the 53rd annual race, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 27, 2012, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps, it was the twelfth race of the 2012 season. Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports took his first win of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Kyle Busch finished third.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Background
Charlotte Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at Charlotte Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also had a five degree banking. The racetrack has seats for 140,000 spectators.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Background
Before the race, Greg Biffle led the Drivers' Championship with 411 points, while Matt Kenseth stood in second with 409. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third in the Drivers' Championship with 397 points, three points ahead of Denny Hamlin and twenty-five ahead of Jimmie Johnson in fourth and fifth. Martin Truex Jr. with 372 was three points ahead of Tony Stewart, as Kevin Harvick with 361 points, was twelve ahead of Kyle Busch, and twenty-four in front of Carl Edwards. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 72 points, eight ahead of Toyota. Ford, with 57 points, was eight points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. Harvick was the race's defending race winner after winning it in 2011.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Background
The Coca-Cola 600 was conceived by race car driver Curtis Turner, who built the Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was first held in 1960 in an attempt by NASCAR to stage a Memorial Day weekend race to compete with the open-wheel Indianapolis 500; the two races were held together on the same day starting from 1974. The race is the longest in terms of distance on the NASCAR calendar and is considered by several drivers to be one of the sport's most important races alongside the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400 and the Southern 500.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Background
The long distance makes it the most physically demanding event in NASCAR, and teams adapt to changing track conditions because the race occurs between late afternoon and evening. It was known as the World 600 until 1984 when The Coca-Cola Company purchased the naming rights to the race and renamed it the Coca-Cola World 600 in 1985. It has been called the Coca-Cola 600 every year since 1986 except for 2002 when the name changed to Coca-Cola Racing Family 600.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race; the first on May 24, 2012, which lasted 120 minutes. The second and third took place on Saturday, May 26, 2012. The first Saturday practice lasted 55 minutes, while the second was 60 minutes. Marcos Ambrose was quickest with a time of 28.539 seconds in the first session, five-thousandths of a second faster than Landon Cassill. A. J. Allmendinger was third quickest, followed by Biffle, Clint Bowyer, and Aric Almirola. Joey Logano was seventh, still within two-tenths of a second of Ambrose's time.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Practice and qualifying
Forty-seven cars were entered for qualifying on May 24, 2012, but only forty-three could qualify for the race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Almirola of Richard Petty Motorsports clinched the first pole position of his Sprint Cup Series career, with a time of 27.988 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by his teammate Ambrose. Johnson qualified third, Biffle took fourth, and Bowyer started fifth. Mark Martin, Kasey Kahne, Hamlin, Paul Menard and Regan Smith rounded out the top ten.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Practice and qualifying
Kurt Busch failed to finish his qualifying lap after colliding into the SAFER barrier, but will remain on the grid as his team is in the Top 35 in owner's points. The four drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Mike Bliss, David Reutimann, J. J. Yeley and Scott Riggs.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Practice and qualifying
Once the qualifying session was completed, Almirola stated "It's a huge honor just to see it in victory lane (for the pole celebration). I'm driving probably the most iconic car in history of the sport. It's just qualifying, but that's a start." Afterward, Johnson, who won the week before in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXVIII, commented about their recent performances, "I'm real proud of where our equipment is going." He continued, "I've been able to race better than where we qualify."


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Practice and qualifying
In the second practice session, Hamlin was fastest with a time of 28.995 seconds, less than two-hundredths of a second quicker than second-placed Menard. Edwards took third place, ahead of Truex Jr., Johnson and Brad Keselowski. Bowyer, Harvick and Ryan Newman completed the ten quickest drivers in the session. In the third and final practice, Keselowski was quickest with a time of 29.397 seconds. Edwards followed in second, ahead of Martin and Johnson. Logano was fifth quickest, with a time of 29.521 seconds. Stewart, Kenseth, Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, and Jeff Burton rounded out the first ten positions. Hamlin, who was quickest in the second session, could only manage 20th.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Race
The race, the twelfth in the season, began at 6:00 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on Fox. The conditions on the grid were dry before the race, the air temperature at 80 °F (27 °C);  mostly clear skies were expected. Darrell Waltrip began pre-race ceremonies, by giving the invocation. Next, Charlotte Fire Department Pipe Bag played "Amazing Grace", then  Darius Rucker performed the national anthem. Afterward, retired U.S. Navy admiral, Frank Thorp and director of the United States Army Wounded Warrior Program, Gregory Gadson, with the addition of actress Brooklyn Decker gave the command for drivers to start their engines.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Race
Following the traditional three pace laps, Phoenix Racing's Kurt Busch dropped to the rear of the grid due to changing to a backup car after crashing in qualifying. Richard Petty Motorsports teammates Almirola and Ambrose led the 43-car field to the green flag, the teammates swapped the lead for the first 8 laps until Roush Fenway Racing's Biffle assumed the top spot on lap 9 from Ambrose. While Ambrose retook the lead from Biffle on lap 15, Almirola steadily fell back to 5th place. By lap 23, Biffle retook the lead from Ambrose and moved out to a 1-second lead. On lap 41, Allmendinger was the first driver to pit in a series of green-flag pit stops. Biffle made his stop along with Johnson on lap 47 and was able to hold the lead after pit stops were completed.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Race
The race continued under green, and drivers stopped for another round of pit stops between laps 87 and 97. Once again, Biffle was one of the last cars to pit, and came out with the lead, extending it to 4 seconds. On lap 111, the first caution of the race came out when debris was sighted on the backstretch. The leaders pitted, and Ambrose and Jamie McMurray took two right side tires on their stops to claim the top two spots. However, McMurray was forced back into the pits after the restart for a loose wheel.


2012 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Race
On lap 125, Kyle Busch grabbed the lead from Biffle, who took it back two laps later after Busch dipped the tires below the white line. Debris was spotted in turn 1, forcing the second caution of the race. All the leaders pitted except for Jeff Gordon. On the restart on lap 139, Busch, Johnson, and Biffle easily dispatched Gordon to take the top three spots. Kasey Kahne scores a victory in his 300th career start.