2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Background, Influx of birth tourism
Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced a four-point plan to hold back the wave of Mainland Chinese 'birth tourists.' Heavy charges were imposed on non-locals who turn up at emergency stops to give birth immediately. The Immigration Department was allotted more resources at border checks to stop suspected mothers looking to give birth in the territory before they cross the border. Local authorities were also asked to crack down on people who assist women who enter the territory for the purpose of giving birth. More raids were to be conducted on unlicensed hotels serving pregnant women. About HK$6.6 million (~US$850,000) of public hospitals' bad debt in 2010–11 was from non-local mothers not paying their bills.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Background, Property investment
Many Hong Kong citizens blame wealthy Mainland Chinese for driving property prices beyond the reach of local citizens. In 2011 Mainland Chinese purchased a third of all residential flats in Hong Kong, according to Nomura research. Home prices also rose as much as 70% since 2009.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Incident, "Child eating on subway" controversy
In January 2012, Ken Wai, a Hong Kong passenger, asked a Mainland Chinese woman and her child to stop eating on an MTR subway in Mandarin Chinese on a train bound for Mong Kok East station. Eating and drinking is prohibited on the MTR. While the kid stopped eating, the mother reacted with hostility towards Wai. This infuriated Mr. Wai, who began to shout at them passionately in Cantonese. The mother of the child argued back in Mandarin. The subway staff was forced to stop the train, and ask both parties to disembark from the train to resolve their dispute. Videos of the dispute were recorded, then uploaded to online video-sharing websites such as YouTube, quickly going viral. On 18 January Mr. Wai conducted an interview with Xinhua News Agency on the issue and expressed his anger.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Incident, "Child eating on subway" controversy, Kong Qingdong's remarks
The incident was seen as the result of wider on-going social tensions between Hong Kong people and mainlanders at the time. It garnered a wide range of responses, of which the most notable came from Kong Qingdong, a professor at Peking University known for his vulgar commentary of political and social issues as well as his firebrand Chinese nationalism. Commenting on video-sharing website v1.cn, Kong remarked, "You Hong Kong'ers are Chinese, right? But as far as I can tell, many Hong Kong people don't think that they are Chinese. They claim that 'we' are Hongkongers, 'you' are Chinese.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Incident, "Child eating on subway" controversy, Kong Qingdong's remarks
They are bastards. Those kinds of people used to be running dogs for the British colonialists. And until now, you Hong Kong'ers are still dogs. You aren't human." Kong then claimed that Hong Kong residents had failed to accept their responsibility to speak the "real Chinese language [i.e., Mandarin Chinese]" because of the "residues of colonialism". He then threatened "If Hong Kong people continue to discriminate against Mainlanders in that way, then we won't provide the territory with water, vegetables, fruit and rice [...] Can you Hong Kong'ers still survive? Go to seek help from your British daddy."


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Incident, "Child eating on subway" controversy, Kong Qingdong's remarks
Kong's remarks were widely publicized and quickly courted controversy; responding to criticism of his remarks, Kong Qingdong claimed that he made the remarks for Hong Kong people's benefit, and that he only called "some" Hong Kong people dogs. According to Ming Pao, Kong claimed that "normal people, educated people should all understand what [he] meant", and that "there are 'dogs' everywhere. Some Beijing people are dogs. If someone really says that all Hong Kong people are dogs, then I agree, that person should apologize. Since the only party claiming that Hong Kong people are dogs is Southern Daily. I demand that they apologize to both the Hong Kong people and me!" The online video network that published Kong's remarks later claimed that Kong's views do not represent those of the network.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Protests
Many Hong Kong citizens were infuriated by Kong's remarks, and Hong Kong's Open magazine openly asked for Kong to banned from entering Hong Kong, as well as suggesting that the Communist Party of China has been supporting Kong Qingdong behind the scenes. Petitions for expelling Kong from Peking University, which was previously called for when he rejected an interview with the liberal Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly with a slew of profanities, was also renewed.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Protests
On 22 January 2012, about 150 protesters gathered at the Central Government's Liaison Office to protest against Kong Qingdong's statement. People brought their pet dogs and carried signs saying "We are not dogs". Some protesters claimed that Hong Kongers dislike the Communist Party precisely because the Party had, in their views, deformed 'true' Chinese culture and tradition.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Reaction, Kong Qingdong
Kong criticised the protest as "an attempt to suppress (his) freedom of speech through government action". Chinese reaction to Kong's remarks had been divided; while some criticised his insult on the Hong Kong people, others have expressed support for Kong.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Reaction, Hong Kong electoral candidates
Both candidates in the running for Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Henry Tang and Leung Chun-ying, criticised Kong's public statement. Henry Tang responded by saying professor Kong needs to be responsible for his own statement and that Hong Kong citizens are not dogs. He emphasised this is how Hong Kong citizens deal with each other in a free society. On the other hand, Leung Chun-ying said that Kong's statement did not actually reflect the views of Mainland Chinese. He added that this is part of the Hong Kong spirit to respect the law, and that Kong Qingdong should not be over-reacting.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Advertisement controversy, Anti-Mainland Chinese advertisements
Members of the Hong Kong Golden Forum raised more than HK$100,000 to purchase a full-page advertisement in Apple Daily. The advertisement was published on Wednesday 1 February 2012 and featured a giant locust overlooking the city skyline of Hong Kong. Locusts stereotypically represent Mainland Chinese. The ad makes the statement "Would you like to see Hong Kong spend HK$1 million every 18 minutes on the children of non-Hong Kongers? Hong Kongers have had enough! We strongly demand a stop to the unlimited infiltration of Mainland couples into Hong Kong."


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Advertisement controversy, Anti-Mainland Chinese advertisements
The advertisement also employs the derogative term "double illegitimacy" (雙非), which refers to residents of Hong Kong with both parents of illegal status within the territory. Protesters also argued against Hong Kong Basic Law Article 24, although Rita Fan have already said these newborns do not qualify for right of abode.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Advertisement controversy, Anti-Mainland Chinese advertisements
Hong Kong protesters also launched anti-Mainland Chinese groups on Facebook that reached high popularity, prompting local media to refer to it as an "Anti- Locusts campaign". At least one entry on Sina microblog has been reposted 97,000 times and received 30,000 comments according to the Global Times.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Advertisement controversy, Anti-Mainland Chinese advertisements
The Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission expressed concern over the full-page advertisement; Chairman Lam Woon-kwong said that vilifying remarks will heighten social tension and hostility and called for tolerance and rational debate.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Advertisement controversy, Mainland Chinese response
Mainland Chinese microblogs launched a retaliatory advertisement against the locust slur, claiming that "if it wasn't the mainland Chinese treating you like a son, you would have died long ago. We must not allow this son (Hong Kong) to ride on our shoulders anymore. Let's temporarily cut off the son's water, electricity and food!"


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Advertisement controversy, Copycat advertisement in Shanghai
A similarly duplicate ad by Shanghai grassroots reused the same picture posted from the HK golden forum, but the words were changed. This copycat ad claims 4 billion RMB is spent each year to subsidise non-locals in Shanghai. In Shanghainese dialect it declares "Shanghainese have had enough. Because you have come for the gold rush, we have to receive 17,566,700 outsiders."


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Additional controversy, Democracy wall
Around 7 Feb, at the Democracy wall of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, large characters appeared inscribing the words in Chinese characters: "Anti- Locusts" (反蝗蟲). The case have been under investigation. Some students believe this type of vandalism on the democracy wall is just a response to Mainland Chinese society not tolerating democracy.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Additional controversy, Tension extends to university
The tension between HK and Mainland China has extended to universities where between 2010 and 2011 Mainland Chinese students were granted 2/3 of the scholarships. There were limited resources available to begin with, now these HK citizens have to compete with Mainland Chinese for education, scholarships and jobs post study. Chinese University of Hong Kong vice-Chancellor Joseph Sung have recognised the uneasiness about the situation. The cultural differences also add to the tension where many students from HK and Mainland China can't live together in some campuses.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Additional controversy, Tension extends to Singapore
A Mainland Chinese student Sun Xu (孫旭) from Jiangsu province under Chinese government scholarship at the National University of Singapore wrote a message "in Singapore there are more dogs than humans" on internet forums. Sun Xu faced disciplinary actions and the Chinese embassy apologised for the comment. Sun Xu's comment is said to be influenced by Kong Qingdong. While the comment has raised many issues, some people have agreed. A comment followed by a Mr. Lin who said "Singaporeans are Descendants of Yan and Yellow Emperor who bleed Chinese blood. There is no need to rename a Chinese into a Singaporean."


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Additional controversy, Conflict between Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese reporters
On 10 March 2012, a press conference on the issue of Mainland Chinese "birth tourism" Kong was held by Guangdong governor Zhu Xiaodan. As the conference was about to end, RTHK reporter Chan Liu-ling asked for Hong Kong reporters to be given a chance to ask questions. Instead the host let reporter Lu Hong-chao from Hong Kong Commercial Daily (owned by the Mainland-Chinese Shenzhen Press Group) ask the last question. As Lu is a Mainland Chinese, some Hong Kong reporters were unhappy and said "He isn't from Hong Kong".


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Additional controversy, Conflict between Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese reporters
After the press conference, a fight broke out between Lu and TVB reporter Cheng Sze-ting. Lu, who thought that Cheng made the comment, reportedly started the fight, pushing her and pulling her journalist pass from her chest. When Lu Hong-chao attempted to leave, Cheng Sze-ting, Chan Miu-ling and other Hong Kong reporters surrounded him and requested an apology. At the time other Mainland Chinese reporters joined the quarrel and questioned whether Cheng was discriminating against Mainland Chinese, despite the Mainland Chinese host of the press conference host picking on Mainland Chinese during the Q&A session.


2012 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2012 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game was the All-Star game for the 2011-12 season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It took place on 20 (Legends Game) and 21 (All-Star Game) January 2012 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.


2012 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters
– F Evgeny Kuznetsov (Traktor Chelyabinsk) – F Alexei Kalyuzhny (Avangard Omsk) – F Jakub Petružálek (Amur Khabarovsk) – D Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan) – D Mikko Mäenpää (Amur Khabarovsk) – G Mikhail Biryukov (Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk)


2012 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters
– F Miķelis Rēdlihs (Dinamo Riga) – F Vadim Schipachev (Severstal Cherepovets) – F Zbyněk Irgl (Dinamo Minsk) – D Jere Karalahti (Dinamo Minsk) – D Maxim Chudinov (Severstal Cherepovets) – G Konstantin Barulin (Atlant Moscow Oblast)


2012 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters
– F Sergei Fedorov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) (C) – F Alexander Radulov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – F Vladimir Tarasenko (Sibir Novosibirsk) – F Roman Červenka (Avangard Omsk) – F Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) – F Brandon Bochenski (Barys Astana) – F Alexander Frolov (Avangard Omsk) – D Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) – D Alexander Riazantsev (Traktor Chelyabinsk) – D Vitali Proshkin (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – D Yevgeny Medvedev (Ak Bars Kazan) – G Michael Garnett (Traktor Chelyabinsk)


2012 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters
– F Sergei Shirokov (CSKA Moscow) – F Tony Mårtensson (SKA Saint Petersburg) – F Mikhail Anisin (Vityaz Chekhov) – F Nikolay Zherdev (Atlant Moscow Oblast) – F Mārtiņš Karsums (Dinamo Riga) – F Vyacheslav Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow) – D Sandis Ozoliņš (Dinamo Riga) (C)  – D Dmitri Kalinin (SKA Saint Petersburg) – D Janne Niskala (Atlant Moscow Oblast) – D Kirill Koltsov (SKA Saint Petersburg) – D Karel Pilař (Lev Poprad) – G Chris Holt (Dinamo Riga)


2012 Kor Royal Cup
The 2012 Kor Royal Cup was the 77th Kor Royal Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Thai Premier League and Thai FA Cup competitions. The match was played at Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, on 11 March 2012, and contested by 2011 Thai Premier League champions Buriram United, and 2011 Thai Premier League runners-up Chonburi, as Buriram also won the 2011 Thai FA Cup.


2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold
The 2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold was the fifteenth badminton tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Lee Yongdae Gymnasium, Hwasun, South Korea from 4 to 9 December 2012 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2012 Korea National League
The 2012 Korea National League season was the tenth season of Korea National League. The 2012 season operated in the same way as the 2011 season. Six teams competed in the postseason play-offs.


2012 Korea National League Championship
The 2012 Korea National League Championship, known as Woori Bank 2012 Korea National League Championship for sponsorship reasons, is cup competition of Korea National League in South Korea. The 9th edition of Korea National League Championship was held from June 1 to 13 in Yanggu, Gangwon. All of Korea National League clubs and Korean Police FC, as invitee, participated.


2012 Korea Open
The 2012 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 17 and 23 September 2012.


2012 Korea Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2012 Korea Open, Finals, Singles
This was Wozniacki's first title of the season which ended a 13-month drought. It was also her 19th career title.


2012 Korea Open Super Series Premier
The 2012 Korea Open Super Series Premier was the first tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea from 3–8 January 2012 and had a total purse of $1,000,000.


2012 Korea Open – Doubles
Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová were the defending champions, but they lost in the semifinals to first seeded and American pair Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears. Kops-Jones and Spears went on to win the title by defeating Akgul Amanmuradova and Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8] in the final.


2012 Korea Open – Singles
María José Martínez Sánchez was the defending champion, but lost to Ekaterina Makarova in the quarterfinals. Caroline Wozniacki won the title, defeating Kaia Kanepi in the final, 6–1, 6–0. This was the first title in 13 months for the former World No. 1 and her first of 2012.


2012 Korea Professional Baseball season
The 2012 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 31st season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series.


2012 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, All-Star Game
On July 21, the best players participate in the Korean All-Star Game. The franchises participating are divided into two regions: Eastern League (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns) and Western League (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes). The titles 'Eastern' and 'Western' do not directly correspond to the geographical regions of the franchises involved, as both SK and Doosan, being from Incheon and Seoul respectively, are clearly based in the Western region of Korea, despite representing the East. Unlike in the MLB, the Korean All-Star Game does not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The most recent Korean All-Star Game was played in Seoul. 2012 Korean All-Star Game won 5-2 by the Eastern League.


2012 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, Postseason
Korea Professional Baseball season culminates in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. Currently, the top four teams qualify for the postseason based on win/loss records. The team with the best record gains a direct entry into the Korean Series, while the other three teams compete for the remaining place in a step-ladder playoff system:


2012 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, Postseason
Any playoff games are no draw playing until the end, so originally scheduled 5 or 7 games.


2012 Korea Professional Baseball season, Foreign players
For the first time since 1997, there are no foreign hitters in the KBO, as all eight teams use their foreign player allotments on pitchers.


2012 Korean FA Cup
The 2012 Korean FA Cup, known as the Hana Bank FA Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th edition of Korean FA Cup. 2012 KFA Cup will begin on 17 March 2011. The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2013 AFC Champions League.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Participants, K-League
All of K-League teams are entered in round of 32. Total 16 teams took part in 2012 edition.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Participants, Korea National League
Nine teams of Korea National League are entered in round of 32, Five of them are entered in second round, respectively. Total 14 teams took part in 2012 edition.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Participants, Challengers League
Only Gyeongju Citizen, the winner of 2011 season, was entered in second round and top nine team of 2010 season are entered in first round. Other Challengers League teams don't take part in 2012 KFA Cup. Total nine teams of Challengers League took part in 2012 edition.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Participants, University
All of university teams are entered in first round. Semifinalists of 2011 U-League and several university football tournament winners took part in 2012 KFA Cup.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary round
Preliminary round consists of two round. First round was held on 17–18 March 2012 and second round was held on 28–29 April 2012.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary round, First round
The draw for the first round will be held on 22 February 2012.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary round, Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 28 March 2012.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 3 May 2012.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 31 May 2012.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarterfinals was held on 2 July 2012.


2012 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Semi-finals
The draw for the semifinals was held on 6 August 2012.


2012 Korean Grand Prix
The 2012 Korean Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was the sixteenth round of the 2012 Formula One season. It was held on 14 October 2012 at the Korea International Circuit near Yeongam in South Korea's South Jeolla Province. The race marked the third running of the Korean Grand Prix.


2012 Korean Grand Prix
Mark Webber started the race from pole alongside Sebastian Vettel, who went on to win the race. With championship rival Fernando Alonso finishing third, Vettel took a six-point championship lead. The organisers of the race invited Korean rapper PSY to wave the chequered flag.


2012 Korean Grand Prix, Report, Background
In the week before the race, the FIA announced that the drag reduction system zone on the circuit would be altered from its 2011 position, bringing the activation point forward by 200 metres (660 ft). The detection point will also be brought forward; in 2011, it was positioned between the first two corners, but for 2012, it was moved to be 90 metres (300 ft) before the first corner.


2012 Korean Grand Prix, Report, Background
Like the 2011 Korean Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.


2012 Korean Grand Prix, Report, Background
Marussia's Charles Pic was given a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding the maximum number of engines that he was permitted to use over the course of the season.


2012 Korean Grand Prix, Report, Background
Several reserve drivers took the place of regular drivers for the first free practice session. Giedo van der Garde drove in place of Caterham's Vitaly Petrov, while Jules Bianchi replaced Nico Hülkenberg at Force India, Valtteri Bottas drove Bruno Senna's Williams and Dani Clos took Narain Karthikeyan's place at HRT.


2012 Korean Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
In contrast to the practice sessions of the 2010 and 2011 races, the first free practice session of the 2012 race took place in dry conditions. Lewis Hamilton ended the session as fastest driver, three tenths of a second ahead of Fernando Alonso — who had led most of the ninety-minute session — with Mark Webber in third place. Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the second session, leading teammate Webber and Alonso in third. Like the first session, the second passed without incident, although Sergio Pérez was forced out after forty-five minutes of running when his Sauber lost all power and ground to a halt at Turn 12. Pérez was able to safely park the car, allowing the session to continue uninterrupted.


2012 Korean Grand Prix, Report, Race
Mark Webber, who qualified on pole, lost his lead at start to teammate Sebastian Vettel at the first turn. Lewis Hamilton lost his third place to Alonso on first lap, while his team mate Jenson Button had to retire after a collision with Kobayashi, who also collided with Nico Rosberg of Mercedes. Felipe Massa moved to 4th place after overtaking Hamilton who was suffering from an anti-roll bar failure on his car, which led him to lose couple of places in the race.


2012 Korean Grand Prix, Report, Race
Massa was quickly gaining on his teammate when he was told to hold his position on his team radio as Alonso was the championship contender. At the end of the race Vettel was continuously told on his team radio to slow down and save tyres as he had a problem with tyre degradation on his right-front tyre. Vettel finished first and took a six-point lead in the Championship over third-placed Fernando Alonso, who had led since the European Grand Prix. Webber finished second, setting the fastest lap. Lewis Hamilton finished 10th after battling for position with the two Toro Rossos of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne, but fell back in the closing laps as a piece of AstroTurf got stuck on one of his car's sidepods.


2012 Korean Series
The Best-of-7 2012 Korean Series began on Tuesday, October 24, at the Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It featured the Samsung Lions, who had claimed homefield advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the regular season, and the SK Wyverns, who finished second during the regular season and defeated the Lotte Giants in a best-of-5 playoff series (3 games to 2) to advance to the Finals. The Samsung Lions won the series in six games to collect their fifth Korean Series championship.


2012 Korean Tour
The 2012 Korean Tour was the second season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 13 events, seven of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 400 million won (approximately US$350,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$900,000) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$2.9 million).


2012 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.


2012 Korean Tour, Order of Merit
The Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.


2012 Korean Tour, Prize money leaders
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.


2012 Košice Open
The 2012 Košice Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Košice, Slovakia between 11 and 17 June 2012.


2012 Košice Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Košice Open – Doubles
Simon Greul and Bastian Knittel were the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2012 Košice Open – Singles
Simon Greul was the defending champion but lost in the final to Aljaž Bedene.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
The 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game held on December 29, 2012 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, United States. The 11th edition of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl began at 1:00 p.m. PST, and was televised on ESPN2. It featured the Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) and the Navy Midshipmen, who were conference independent. It was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The game, won by the Sun Devils 62–28, drew 34,172 spectators.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
In accordance with a 2009 deal with bowl organizers, the Midshipmen accepted their invitation to play in the game on November 3 after winning six of their first nine games of the season. After the Sun Devils achieved bowl eligibility by defeating in-state rival Arizona Wildcats for a 7–5 regular-season record, the team accepted its bowl invitation on December 2.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
The pregame buildup focused on the contest between Navy's triple option offense and the Sun Devils' defense. After a  change in quarterbacks, the Midshipmen's rushing offense had become one of the best in the nation; however, the team's passing offense ranked near the bottom of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Arizona State's balanced offense hinged on its quarterback efficiency, with the potential to set a number of school records for the season.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Defensively the team ranked as one of the best in the nation in sacks and tackles for loss, but its rushing defense ranked 74th in yards allowed per game. Most analysts predicted a victory for the Sun Devils. Navy sold over 10,000 tickets to the game, and Arizona State sold over 5,000.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
The Sun Devils scored the first 21 points of the game in the first quarter, while keeping the Midshipmen scoreless. After Navy scored its first points in the second quarter, Arizona State scored two more touchdowns to bring the score to 34–7 at halftime. The Sun Devils added four more touchdowns in the third quarter, but the only additional points from the Midshipmen came from a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Navy scored the only two touchdowns of the fourth quarter, ending the game with a score of 62–28. The bowl brought both teams' won–lost records to 8–5.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection
In September 2009 organizers of the Emerald Bowl (renamed the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, reflecting its new sponsor) announced that they had renewed their contract with the Pac-12 Conference for four years, with the sixth bowl-eligible team in the conference playing against a team from the Western Athletic Conference in the 2010 and 2013 editions of the game and the Navy Midshipmen in the 2012 game (assuming that Navy was bowl-eligible).


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection
Before the 2012 season college-football analyst Phil Steele projected that Navy would play the California Golden Bears, but changed his projected Pac-12 team in late October to the Sun Devils. On November 3, CBSSports.com writer Jerry Palm projected that Navy would play the Arizona Wildcats in the game, but after the USC Trojans lost to the UCLA Bruins on November 17, both Palm and ESPN.com analyst Kevin Gemmell projected that the Trojans would play in the Fight Hunger Bowl. Navy received $750,000 for its participation, and Arizona State received $950,000. The game's executive director, Gary Cavalli, received $375,176 in compensation. The game was the 18th bowl appearance for the Midshipmen and the 26th for the Sun Devils; it was the first ever meeting between the teams.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection, Navy
The Navy Midshipmen, representing the United States Naval Academy, began their 2012 season with a 50–10 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Emerald Isle Classic in Dublin, Ireland. They accumulated a 1–3 record for their first four games, but began a five-game winning streak with a victory over the Air Force Falcons in overtime on October 6. On November 3, after defeating the Florida Atlantic Owls to raise their season record to 6–3, the Midshipmen accepted the first invitation of the 2012–13 NCAA bowl season to play in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection, Navy
Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk cited the team's positive experiences at the 2004 Emerald Bowl as a primary reason for returning to play in the game. The Midshipmen won that game, against the New Mexico Lobos, by a score of 34–19; it was highlighted by a drive from the Midshipmen in the third and fourth quarters which set an NCAA record for the longest drive in a college-football game.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection, Navy
During the rest of the season the Midshipmen lost to the Troy Trojans and defeated the Texas State Bobcats before playing the final game of the regular season, the 113th Army–Navy Game. After the Sun Devils accepted their invitation, Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo stressed that his team still considered the game against the Army Black Knights for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy more pressing than preparations for the bowl:


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection, Navy
We have played a very tough schedule this year and there is no doubt that Arizona State will be as talented as any team we've faced. However, right now our only focus is on Saturday's game against Army. It's the biggest game of the year and this year it has added significance with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy on the line. We will worry about Arizona State after the Army game.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection, Navy
The Midshipmen won 17–13, their 11th consecutive victory in that series. The 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl was the first postseason game for the Midshipmen since their loss in the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl to the San Diego State Aztecs; Navy had lost four of its last five postseason games.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection, Arizona State
The Sun Devils, representing Arizona State University (ASU), began their first season under head coach Todd Graham by winning four of their first five games; their lone defeat was a 20–24 loss to the Missouri Tigers. They lost to their next four Pac-12 Conference opponents, giving them a 5–5 record in the first 10 games of the season. With two games left the team needed at least one more win for bowl eligibility, and defeated the Washington State Cougars on November 17.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Team selection, Arizona State
On November 23 it defeated the 24th-ranked Arizona Wildcats in its final regular-season game to win the Territorial Cup, finishing the season at 7–5 (its best record since the 2007 season). After the game, bowl organizers announced that one of the two Arizona teams would receive the second invitation to play in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, with the other team probably going to the 2012 New Mexico Bowl. Both schools lobbied heavily for an invitation to the Kraft bowl, with ASU officials saying that the date of the New Mexico Bowl conflicted with the school's final examination schedule. The Sun Devils accepted their invitation on December 2. It was the second straight bowl game for ASU; the Sun Devils lost the 2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas against the Boise State Broncos the previous year.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup
Both teams were allotted 15 extra practices to prepare for the bowl game, and expected to use the game to increase their recruiting presence in the San Francisco Bay Area. After their final regular-season game against Arizona, the Sun Devils had 37 days to prepare for the bowl. Arizona State coach Todd Graham, who attracted criticism in early December when he ranked his team 20th in the nation in the coaches' poll, used part of his extended practice schedule to prepare younger players for the upcoming season.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup
After it defeated Army, the Midshipmen had 21 days to prepare for the bowl game; however, due to the demanding final-examination schedule at the United States Naval Academy and the unusual length of Navy's football season, head coach Ken Niumatalolo gave his team extra recovery time after the Army–Navy game. The team had one-hour practices at 6 a.m. to avoid conflicting with the school's examination schedule. Before the team's game against Army, Vice Admiral Michael H. Miller reinstated linebacker Brye French and slotback Bo Snelson (who had been removed as a team captain before the Emerald Isle Classic).


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup
During pregame walk-throughs the team prepared its new play calling system, which consisted of a number of oversized cards divided into four sections with a variety of colors and symbols. Members of both teams participated in community-service activities in the days before the game; the Midshipmen and Sun Devils served meals at St. Anthony's Dining Room and Glide Memorial Church, respectively, on Christmas Day.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups, Navy offense
Although the Midshipmen scored 10 or fewer points in three of their first four games, they averaged almost 32 points per game in their seven games before facing Army. The team's offense focused on its flexbone-style triple option offensive scheme, ranked sixth in the nation in rushing yards per game. Senior slotback Gee Gee Greene led the team in rushing yards with 765. Greene (who had played in every Midshipmen game since 2009) had earned 1,996 career rushing yards before the Army game, second among Navy slotbacks behind Shun White. Sophomore fullback Noah Copeland ran for 694 yards during the season.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups, Navy offense
Typical of triple-option teams, the Midshipmen rarely threw the ball (attempting 143 passes in their first eleven games). Keenan Reynolds, the third freshman to start at quarterback in the team's history, started every game after the team's win against the Air Force Falcons (rushing for 628 yards on 140 carries during the season). In the win over Army, Reynolds completed 10 of 17 passes for 130 yards and received the game's Most Valuable Player award. With 758 career receiving yards, Gee Gee Greene needed 73 more in the bowl to pass Reggie Campbell's record for most receiving yards by a Navy slotback.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups, Arizona State offense
Using a balanced spread offense system, the Sun Devils came into the game with the third-best scoring offense in the Pac-12 Conference. Sophomore quarterback Taylor Kelly led the team with 2,772 passing yards and 25 touchdowns. He also threw nine interceptions, seven of these during the Sun Devils' four-game losing streak. The team's receiving corps included six players with at least 300vyards for the season. Senior running back Cameron Marshall led the team in rushing yards with 524, but his role in the team's offense had decreased since the previous season. Junior running back Marion Grice ran for 520 yards during the season, receiving 406. Grice's status for the game was in doubt when he took leave from the team after his brother's death, but it was later announced that he expected to play in the game.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups, Arizona State offense
Several Sun Devils had opportunities to set school records. Kelly entered the game with a season 65.9-percent pass-completion rate, and was likely to break the school record held by Brock Osweiler set during the 2011 season. He was also likely to break Rudy Carpenter's single-season passing efficiency record set during the 2007 season. Tight end Chris Coyle was likely to tie (or break) school records for receptions and touchdowns by a tight end in a season, both held by Zach Miller. Punter Josh Hubner also had an opportunity to break the single-season record for average yards per punt.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Navy defense
The Midshipmen came into the game ranking 55th in yards allowed per game and 31st in scoring defense, allowing opponents to score an average of 22 points per game. The team ranked 94th and 102nd in the nation in sacks and tackles for losses, respectively. Immediately after returning from the Army–Navy Game, 11th-year Midshipmen defensive coordinator Buddy Green began preparing his team's 3–4 defensive scheme for the Sun Devils' offense.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Navy defense
Although the Midshipmen had faced similar spread offenses earlier in the season, Green noted the Sun Devils' balance between running and passing plays: "They do some things that are similar to a lot of the teams we play, but I don't think there has been one opponent that incorporates all the elements that [Arizona State] has in its package."


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Navy defense
Linebacker Keegan Wetzel led the team in tackles. Although the team's defensive secondary unit was plagued with injuries early in the season, the squad  found some stability by its final regular-season game. After the team's win against the Texas State Bobcats, cornerback Kwazel Bertrand was named the FBS Independent Defensive Player of Week. After an early-season series of personal issues and injuries depleted the Midshipmen defensive line, Navy had established a rotating system of 11 linemen to keep players fresh during games. The Midshipmen also used unconventional position moves to adapt to opponents: before the bowl game, Greene moved defensive end Danny Ring to nose tackle to better handle opponents' running backs.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Arizona State defense
The Sun Devils' defense ranked 26th in the nation in total defense, second in tackles for loss and second in sacks; however, it ranked 74th in rushing defense (allowing opponents to gain an average of 172 yards per game on the ground). The team's defensive squad was led by players like Keelan Johnson (11th in the nation for interceptions), Carl Bradford (16th in the nation for tackles for loss and 17th for sacks), Brandon Magee (third in the nation for solo tackles) and defensive tackle Will Sutton (fifth in the nation in tackles for loss, and thirteenth in sacks).


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Arizona State defense
Sutton, who forced three fumbles and broke up five passes, was voted the Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference and was named as a consensus All-American player. Before the game, Sutton told reporters he was uncertain if he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2013 NFL Draft after the game.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Arizona State defense
Pregame media attention focused on the ability of Arizona State's defense to stop Navy's triple-option offense. ESPN.com analyst Kevin Gemmell wrote, "Watching Sutton... and the rest of the Sun Devils defense square off with the Navy offense is going to be one of the more fascinating chess matches of the postseason". Terese Karmel wrote for SportsPageMagazine.com, "The key to the game could be the match-up between the Sun Devils' defense (second in the nation in sacks with 48) against the Naval Academy's young quarterback, Keenan Reynolds". After the Sun Devils accepted the invitation, head coach Todd Graham began to prepare the team to face Navy's run-heavy offense. Graham spoke about preparing defensively for Navy's triple-option offense:


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Arizona State defense
Obviously it's completely different and defensively it's tough. You can't underestimate their abilities. We've been working on it for a couple of days and it will take us a while, but it's hard to simulate it in any way, and much more difficult this week. I've spent a lot of time defending that type of offense, so I think we have a pretty god idea of how to do it. It's still not very easy because of the blocking and how they go about it, it's a very difficult scheme to defend. We're preparing for it – it's not easy, but we'll get it done.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups, Arizona State defense
Defensive coordinator Paul Randolph said the team would not focus solely on stopping the run, citing Reynolds' recent passing performance as reasons for emphasizing discipline in the team's defensive secondary.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Predictions
Most sports analysts predicted that Arizona State to win the game. All six college-football commentators surveyed by CBSSports.com predicted an Arizona State victory; of eight analysts surveyed by River Region Sports, six predicted that the Sun Devils would win the game and two favored the Midshipmen. Basing his prediction on the Sun Devils' balanced offensive scheme, NBC Sports writer John Tamanaha predicted that Arizona State would defeat Navy 42–23. The Sporting News predicted that if Arizona State could avoid turnovers, they would win the game.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Predictions
Analyst Will Harris predicted a 42–24 victory for the Sun Devils on ESPN.com, citing Todd Graham's bowl record and Navy's undersized defense as reasons for his confident projection. Phil Steele and Sports Illustrated writer Stewart Mandel also predicted that Arizona State would win, rating the game among their most-confident predictions. Spread bettors favored the Sun Devils by 14+1⁄2 points.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Ticket sales
Each team was required to purchase a minimum of 11,500 tickets for the game. Navy's athletics department began selling tickets priced from $25 to $75 in November. The Arizona State athletics department began selling tickets in December for $50 to $85. As of December 4, tickets were selling on the secondary market for an average of $99. Both schools campaigned to increase fan turnout at the game. Arizona State sold $75 travel packages to students, which included a game ticket, bus transportation and hotel accommodations. Navy allowed donors to purchase tickets to the game for active military personnel and veterans.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Ticket sales
On December 17, bowl director Gary Cavalli said that Navy had sold over 10,000 tickets. Although Arizona State aimed to sell another 10,000, the school sold about 5,000 by December 19. Cavalli estimated that the game would sell a total of about 35,000 tickets. For every ticket sold, bowl sponsors donated a meal to the San Francisco Food Bank, the St. Anthony Foundation, and the Glide Foundation.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary
The 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl began at 1:00 p.m. PST on December 29, 2012 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. Since AT&T Park hosts the San Francisco Giants, the stadium had to be converted for the bowl game. Both teams were on the same sideline. As the designated visiting team, the Navy Midshipmen wore white jerseys, pants, and helmets; the Arizona State Sun Devils wore black jerseys, white pants and white helmets as the home team.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary
The Sun Devils' uniform also included a black-and-white circular helmet sticker with the number 57 to honor Emerson Harvey, the school's first African American student athlete in 1937. In a pregame ceremony, Will Sutton received the 2012 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year award as the best defensive player in the Pac-12 Conference. Before kickoff, the Midshipmen marched onto the field in service dress. The Glide Memorial Church Ensemble performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" with a 100-yard (91 m) American flag. At the end of the national anthem, four United States Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft flew over the stadium. Arizona Senator John McCain performed the game's coin toss with a chocolate and vanilla  Oreo (representing the game's sponsor, Kraft Foods).


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Media coverage
The game was televised on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch providing the play-by-play, Brian Griese providing color commentary and Jenn Brown with sideline coverage. About 1.1 million people watched the game on television, giving it a Nielsen rating of 0.7. Live online streaming was available through WatchESPN. ESPN struck a deal with Twitter to provide game highlights with expanded tweets. The game was also broadcast on many radio stations; Touchdown Radio featured Roxy Bernstein with the play-by-play and Gino Torretta the color commentary. It was also available on Sirius and XM satellite radio on SiriusXM channel 91.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Media coverage
Each school had their own respective radio networks cover the game. Navy's broadcast team consisted of Bob Socci providing play-by-play, Omar Nelson handling analysis, and Pete Medhurst handling sideline coverage and pre- and post-game workings; the coverage was aired on Navy Sports Network. Arizona State's IMG Sports Network covered the game for the Sun Devils. Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, and Doug Franz provided play-by-play, analysis, and sideline coverage, respectively, for ASU. Television coverage began during Arizona State's first play from scrimmage, because a basketball game between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels went beyond its allotted time slot.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The game began when Navy's Colin Amerau hit the opening kickoff into the endzone for a touchback. Beginning at the 25-yard line, Arizona State quarterback Taylor Kelly completed an eight-yard pass to receiver Jamal Miles. Running back Cameron Marshall ran the ball on the following two plays, picking up four and seven yards and the team's opening first down on the latter. Kelly passed the ball to Miles on the following play, picking up five yards. On a third-down and one, running back Marion Grice rushed for 18 yards, picking up the first down.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Grice, whose brother was murdered the previous week and was "playing with a heavy heart" as Sports Illustrated put it, ran the following two plays, picking up a total of 17 yards and another first down. Arizona State scored on the following play, with a 16-yard pass from Kelly to Rashad Ross. Kicker Alex Garoutte converted the extra point, then kicked off to Navy's Gee-Gee Green, who returned it for 18 yards. Navy gained a total of two yards on its first two plays, on runs from quarterback Keenan Reynolds and fullback Noah Copeland. On the following play, Reynolds was sacked by linebacker Carl Bradford, and punter Pablo Beltran came out and punted the ball to Arizona State's 40-yard line. Reynolds landed awkwardly on his elbow during the sack, and afterward conferred with trainers on the sidelines.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Arizona State began their second drive of the game with a nine-yard run when Kelly faked a hand-off and kept the ball. The next play, freshman running back D. J. Foster carried the ball for a one-yard gain, picking up a first down and moving Arizona State to midfield. Kelly ran the ball again the following play, faking a hand-off to Grice before getting to the outside for a pick up 20 yards and another first down.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Following a dropped pass by tight end Chris Coyle, Kelly completed back to back passes to Foster for gains of three and eight yards, respectively. In Navy's red zone for the second time, Grice picked up nine yards for ASU. After Grice's gain, Navy took their first time-out of the half. Grice received the ball again on the next play and took it through a gap in the offensive line for a ten-yard touchdown, his second of the game. Garoutte made the extra point, and Navy's Greene returned the kickoff to the 25-yard line.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Navy began their second drive with a two-yard run by Reynolds, who fumbled the ball when tackled. However, he was ruled down by contact by the side judge. After a six-yard completion from Reynolds to Greene, the former kept the ball again on an option run and picked up only a single yard. Faced with a short fourth down, Reynolds pitched the ball to Greene, who ran it to the outside for an eleven-yard gain, picking up an important first down. The following play, Copeland received the hand-off and rushed for a three-yard gain.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Navy brought in backup sophomore running back Geoffrey Whiteside, who picked up three yards and moved the Midshipmen into ASU territory for the first time. After that, Reynolds attempted a hurried pass to Greene, who dropped the ball. The offense caught a break, however, when Arizona State received a fifteen-yard penalty for roughing the passer due to head contact with Reynolds. With a new set of downs, Copeland again rushed for a three-yard gain. Greene followed him with a one-yard pick-up, but on third down, Reynolds threw a screen pass to Copeland, who was tackled for a one-yard loss. Navy again attempted a fourth-down conversion, but turned the ball over on downs after Greene dropped a pass from Reynolds in the end zone.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The Sun Devils took over possession at their own thirty-one, beginning with an incomplete pass from Kelley to Grice. ASU followed the play with a hand-off to Grice, who took the ball eighteen yards for a first down. Grice ran the ball on the following play, picking up five yards and moving the Sun Devils into Navy territory. T. J. Foster was injured on the next play due to a head-to-head collision while trying to catch a pass from Kelley, and Arizona State accepted a fifteen-yard penalty for the helmet-to-helmet collision.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
However, Foster suffered a concussion on the play, and had to leave for the rest of the game. Following the penalty, Kelley kept the ball and ran for an eleven-yard pickup, again getting his team into the red zone. ASU's following two plays both resulted in gains of two yards, one on a run from Grice and the other on a pass from Kelley to Coyle. Facing a third and long, Kelley threw to Grice, who picked up 14 yards and the first down.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Now two yards from the end zone, Grice was stopped immediately on a run, managing only to fall forward for a yard's gain. Kelley picked up the remaining yard on a keep on the next play, scoring the Sun Devils' third touchdown of the quarter. Garoutte made the extra point and kicked off to Greene, who only managed to return it to his own sixteen. Navy ended the quarter with a two-yard loss on a run by Reynolds.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Navy began the second quarter on their own fourteen-yard line. Faced with a second-and-twelve, Reynolds handed the ball off to Greene, who picked up 15 yards and a first down. The Midshipmen followed the gain with a rush by Copeland, who managed only a single yard. Their next play, another run by Greene, gained 11 yards, and another first down. The Midshipmen went to the air on the following play on a five-yard reception by Copeland from Reynolds.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Navy's biggest play of the half came on the next play, when slotback Chris Swain broke down the sideline for 36 yards, moving the Midshipmen into Arizona State territory for the first time. Reynolds kept the ball on the following two plays, giving Navy gains of eight and one yard, respectively. Facing a third-and-one from the Sun Devils' nine-yard line, Navy used their second time-out, which stopped the game clock at 10:43. Reynolds ran the ball for a third straight time, getting Navy its first down.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
After another rush by Reynolds, ASU took their first timeout of the half, pausing the clock at 9:30. The Midshipmen returned to the air following the timeout; after dodging an unblocked Arizona State defender, Reynolds completed a pass to receiver Matt Aiken in the end zone for a three-yard touchdown. Kicker Nick Sloan converted the extra point.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Navy brought in kicker Colin Amerau for the kickoff; despite a deep kick, back to the ASU four-yard line, the Sun Devils started their next drive with the best field position of the half after Miles managed a 41-yard return. Taking advantage of the situation, Arizona State scored just five plays later. They began the drive with a three-yard rush from Cameron Marshall. ASU went to the air on the following two plays, both of which resulted in major yardage gains.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
The first was a sixteen-yard completion between Kelley and Coyle, while the second went to Marshall, which picked up 20 yards. Already in Navy's red zone, the Sun Devils caught a break on the next play, when Navy was called for a substitution infraction. After accepting the five-yard penalty, Kelley completed a third-straight pass, this time to receiver Alonzo Agwuenu for an eleven-yard touchdown. Now with a 28–7 lead, Garoutte completed the extra point and kicked off to Greene, who returned the ball to the 21-yard line.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Navy began their drive with back-to-back rushes by Geoffrey Whiteside, which went for gains of sixteen and two yards, including a first down on the former. Copeland then received the ball for the following two plays, both of which were also runs. After a short gain on the first, Copeland gave the Midshipmen a first down on the second, an eleven-yard pickup. After that, Reynolds kept the ball and managed eight yards, enough to move Navy into Sun Devils' territory. Swain came in for the next play and took the hand-off for a first down and six yards.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
The ball went back to Whiteside the next play, who picked up two yards, which were lost by Reynolds on a rush the following play. Stuck facing a third-and-ten, Navy gave the ball back to Copeland, who got them the first down on a thirteen-yard rush. In ASU's red zone for the second consecutive time, Navy went back to Copeland, who moved them forward three yards. Aiken received the hand-off on the resulting play and took it for a six-yard gain. Now with a third-and-one, Reynolds attempted to run the ball, on the team's twelfth consecutive rushing play.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
He lost three yards, setting up Navy for a short field goal instead of a touchdown opportunity. However, the Midshipmen mismanaged the clock and were penalized five yards for a delay of game. As a result, Nick Sloan missed the thirty-four yard field goal attempt on the following play, ad Navy turned the ball over to the Sun Devils for the second time.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Arizona State, starting om their own twenty due to Sloan's miss, were again able to capitalize on a mistake from the Midshipmen. Navy was called on a fifteen-yard penalty for pass interference, which the Sun Devils accepted. Now on his own thirty-five, Kelley quickly completed a thirteen-yard pass to Miles for another first down. Almost already in Navy territory, Arizona State's largest play of the game came on a fifty-two yard touchdown reception between Kelley and Rashad Ross. Garoutte came out to convert the extra point, but missed the kick, leaving the score at 34–7.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Navy began their drive after a short kickoff from Garoutte was returned by Whiteside to the twenty-six. Following ASU's three-play, nineteen-second long drive, the Midshipmen were left with just fifty-five seconds left in the half. Reynolds started out Navy's drive with two consecutive throws; the first was for a single yard to Brandon Turner while the second was an incompletion, which at least stopped the play clock. Already stuck with a third-and-nine, Reynolds decided to run the ball, picking up thirteen yards and the first down.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Now with a little time to plan due to the change of downs, Navy decided to return to passing plays. However, both of Reynolds' two attempts fell incomplete. Faced with very little time left in the half and a third-and-ten, the Midshipmen handed the ball off to Greene for six yards, and simply ran out the clock.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Navy received the ball to start the second half. Garoutte hit the kickoff deep into the end zone and Greene simply took a knee, resulting in a touchback. Reynolds kicked off the Midshipmen's drive with a seven-yard run up the middle of the field. On the following play, Reynolds overthrew receiver Brandon Turner while under pressure. Arizona State cornerback Robert Nelson, Jr. intercepted the pass at his own forty and tried to return it, but while avoiding Turner, he collided with a teammate and lost six yards.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Beginning at their own thirty-four, ASU began the drive with a hand-off to Marshall, who ran it down the middle for six yards. The Sun Devils ran the same play again, this time for a first down after Marshall forced his way through several tacklers. Kelley attempted to run the ball on the next play, but was immediately pressured and forced to dump the ball off to Coyle. Now at midfield, Kelley faked a hand-off to Marshall and threw the ball deep to a wide-open Ross, who outran a tackler and scored another ASU touchdown. Garoutte converted the point after, then hit a deep kick to Greene; Navy's return specialist barely managed to get out to the twenty before getting hit by several Arizona State defenders.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Reynolds began the Midshipmen's drive with a five-yard rush after he kept the ball on an option run. Linebacker Brandon Magee, who made the tackle on Reynolds, stayed on the ground after the play, requiring time to be stopped. After he was assisted to the sideline, it was discovered he had severely injured his elbow and was unable to return. The clock was started again, and the following play, Reynolds quickly pitched to Greene, who avoided several tacklers and ran down the sideline for a twenty-yard gain. Copeland took the following hand-off and forced his way forward for six yards.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Reynolds kept it the next play and picked up a first down for the Midshipmen. However, Reynolds was sacked both of the following times, taken down each time by Will Sutton. Facing a third-and-twenty-three, Reynolds simply ran the ball to give the punter better field position. Pablo Beltran punted the ball deep into ASU territory, where it was fielded out of bounds by Jamal Miles on the seven.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
The Sun Devils' next drive added another touchdown to make the score 48–7. Midshipmen Gee Gee Greene returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown; three plays later, Arizona State's Marion Grice ran 39 yards for another Sun Devils touchdown to make the score 55–14. ASU needed one play to reach the end zone again on its next drive, and the third quarter ended with the Sun Devils ahead 62–14.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Arizona State began the fourth quarter with a turnover on downs, its first drive of the game not ending in a touchdown. During the next drive, Keenan Reynolds was tackled hard after pitching the ball and did not play for the rest of the game. Freshman fullback Chris Swain scored Navy's first offensive points of the second half. Using mostly second-string offensive players, the Sun Devils committed their only turnover of the day when quarterback Michael Eubank fumbled the ball when he was injured on a third-down play near midfield. The Midshipmen scored the final touchdown of the game when quarterback Trey Miller threw a 23-yard pass to Brandon Turner with 5:16 left in the game. Arizona State ran out the clock for its final possession, and the game ended with a final score of 62–28.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Final statistics
With five tackles and 2.5 sacks, Will Sutton was named the game's most valuable defensive player. Marion Grice, with 159 yards rushing and two touchdowns, was named the game's offensive MVP. Although the Midshipmen led the game in time of possession, Arizona State's offense needed a little under nine minutes of game time to score five touchdowns in the first half and its first nine touchdowns used a total of 13:38. The Sun Devils set 20 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl records, including most total yards gained and largest margin of victory.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Final statistics
With 36 first downs, the team also tied the NCAA Division I bowl-game record set by the Oklahoma Sooners in the 1991 Gator Bowl and the Marshall Thundering Herd at the 2001 GMAC Bowl. Arizona State quarterback Taylor Kelly completed 17 of 19 passes for 268 yards and four touchdowns, setting a school record for completion percentage in a season; with four receptions, tight end Chris Coyle set a school record for completions by a tight end in a season with 57. Midshipmen running back Gee Gee Greene set a Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl game record with his 95-yard kickoff return, also a Navy bowl-game record.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, After the game
The win brought the Sun Devils' record to 8–5. Coach Todd Graham was pleased with his team's offensive production, praising Kelly and offensive coordinator Mike Norvell. The team's overall success surprised ESPN.com Pac-12 analyst Ted Miller, who called his prediction that ASU finished 11th in their conference his "worst projection" of the spring. Arizona State punter Josh Hubner accepted an invitation to play in the 2013 East–West Shrine Game. In January 2013, Will Sutton announced that he would return to play for Arizona State during his senior season before entering the 2014 NFL Draft.


2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, After the game
The loss brought Navy's record to 8–5. Midshipmen back Gee Gee Greene played in the Raycom All-Star Football Classic on January 19 in Montgomery, Alabama, and receiver Brandon Turner played in the Casino Del Sol All-Star game on January 11 in Tucson, Arizona.


2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship
The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, from March 29 through April 1. It was the 41st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and its 30th year as a women's major.


2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship
On the 72nd hole, I.K. Kim had a one-foot (0.3 m) putt to seal her first major title. The putt lipped out, forcing a playoff with Sun-Young Yoo, who also shot 69 in the final round. Yoo won the sudden-death playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole. Yani Tseng, the 2010 champion, missed the playoff by a stroke; defending champion Stacy Lewis finished two strokes back, in a tie for fourth.


2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Field
The field was 117 players, including 110 professionals and seven amateurs. The 36-hole cut was the top 70 players and ties; it was at 148 (+4) and 82 players advanced to the weekend.


2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Amy Yang shot a six-under 66 to claim the lead after the first round on Friday. Lindsey Wright shot 67 for second place and world number one and 2010 winner Yani Tseng shot four-under 68 for third place. Defending champion Stacy Lewis was tied for sixtieth at 74 (+2).


2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Yani Tseng moved into first place after 36 holes with another 68 and Haeji Kang was one stroke back. The biggest movers into the top five were Karin Sjödin and Na Yeon Choi; both shot 67 and moved into a tie for fifth. The cut was at 148 (+4) and 82 players advanced.


2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Tournament summary, Final round, Playoff
The sudden-death playoff began on the par-5 18th hole; Yoo birdied to win the title.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods
The 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods were floods in southwest Russia in early July 2012, mainly in Krasnodar Krai near the coast of the Black Sea. The equivalent of five months of rain fell overnight in some southern parts of the country according to the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia. One hundred seventy-one people died during the floods. According to the governor of Krasnodar Krai, Aleksandr Tkachyov, "there was nothing of the kind for the last 70 years". The flood was part of the aftermath of an intense storm that hit Krasnodar, dropping almost half a year's worth of rainfall on the region over two days. Close to 30,000 people were affected by the floods.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods
Most of the victims lived in the city of Krymsk, 80 km (50 mi) from Krasnodar and 15 km (9 mi) from Novorossiysk, at the foot of a minor mountain range running along the coast of the Black Sea. Eyewitnesses reported that the flood hit the city around 2 a.m. local time on 7 July 2012 when most residents were asleep. The flood wave reached the height of 7 m (23 ft), submerging many houses to the ceiling and drowning those who could not escape in time. There were also deaths on the coast of the Black Sea in Gelendzhik, a resort, and in Novorossiysk, a port.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Rainfall
According to reports, the rainfall totaled 275 mm (10.83 in) of rain over the region, equivalent to three or four months' worth of precipitation in a typical year.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Response
The Russian government has acknowledged that it was aware of the rising waters at 10:00 p.m. Friday night but failed to adequately notify the residents of Krymsk of the approaching flood, which arrived at 2:00 a.m. Sirens were sounded and warning issued over loudspeakers but most residents were asleep. The head of the Krymsk district council, Vasily Krutko, was dismissed. In August 2013, a Russian investigation convicted Krutko of negligence.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Response
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev set up a commission to help the victims. On 7 July, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the area and held a meeting with the representatives of all the services involved in search operations and tackling the consequences of the disaster, and then left to Gelendzhik which also suffered seriously. Earlier on the same day, Russian Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov said those people whose houses were totally destroyed by the floods will receive 100,000 rubles compensation (about $3,000), and that 50,000 rubles ($1,500) will be paid to the residents whose dwellings were damaged. Approximately 5,200 homes have been affected by the disaster.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Response
On 8 July 2012, Putin signed a presidential decree declaring 9 July a day of mourning in Russia for the victims of a bus crash in Ukraine and the devastating floods. "Cultural organizations, and also state television channels, have been recommended to refrain from demonstrating entertainment programs" the press office said in a statement. Under the presidential decree, state flags in Russia and in its overseas missions will be flown half-mast on 9 July owing to the Day of Mourning.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Response
The head of the liberal opposition Yabloko party, Sergey Mitrokhin, said on his Twitter feed that local activists had blamed the ferocity of the flood on the opening of sluice gates at a reservoir but Krasnodar's regional administration dismissed the allegation as "absolute nonsense", RIA Novosti news agency said. Furthermore, there are no controllable sluice gates in the nearby Neberdzhaevskoe reservoir, thus refuting the allegation.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Response
On 14 July, about 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid had been delivered to Krymsk, according to a spokesman for the local emergencies administration. The humanitarian aid included safe drinking water, foodstuffs, bed linen, hygiene items, and children's clothes. Humanitarian aid arrived from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Adygea, Kalmykia, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, the Astrakhan, Volgograd, Rostov, Moscow and Tula regions, and from the city of Moscow.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Response
A day later, the Krasnodar Krai administration said in a statement posted on its website that Russia's regional and federal governments would allocate almost 9 billion rubles ($280 million) to restore Krymsk.


2012 Krasnodar Krai floods, Effects
Oil pipeline operator Transneft said it halted crude shipments out of Novorossiysk, but that its infrastructure in the port was unaffected by the weather.


2012 Kremlin Cup
The 2012 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men (17th edition for the women) and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 13 October through 21 October 2012. Andreas Seppi and Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title.


2012 Kremlin Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2012 Kremlin Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2012 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
František Čermák and Filip Polášek were the defending champions but Polášek decided not to participate. Čermák plays alongside Michal Mertiňák and won the title, defeating Simone Bolelli and Daniele Bracciali 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2012 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Janko Tipsarević was the defending champion, but decided to participate at 2012 Erste Bank Open instead. Andreas Seppi won the final over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci with the score 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3.


2012 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but King decided not to participate. Shvedova played alongside Katarina Srebotnik, but they lost in the semifinals to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Makarova and Vesnina won the final 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova.


2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Dominika Cibulková was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Caroline Wozniacki.


2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Wozniacki went on to win the title, defeating Samantha Stosur in the final 6–2, 4–6, 7–5.


2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season
The 2012 season was the 34th season in Kuala Lumpur's existence, and their third consecutive year in the top flight of Malaysian football. Kuala Lumpur were subsequently relegated to the 2013 Malaysia Premier League.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season
After losing more than half of their squad from the previous season owing to financial difficulties, Kuala Lumpur begin the 2012 season as relegation battlers. Due to the poor condition of the KLFA Stadium pitch, KL have elected to play their home games at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Malacca.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, Pre-season
Kuala Lumpur began their pre-season schedule by handing trials to a host of players to replace more than half of the squad decimated by player departures. KL failed to score in their first four friendly games which ended in defeats to Police (0-3), touring team Joga Limpo of Brazil (0-3), Johor FC (0-1) and Armed Forces (0-2).


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, Pre-season
Following the close of the pre-season transfer window on December 8, 2011, KL were left with an all-local line up after a FA employee bungled the transfer of Nigerian defender Raimi Ayo Hassan. Results in friendly matches did not improve as KL were beaten by Johor (0-1) and Terengganu (1-2) though KL finally scored through Afiq Azmi. KL ended a run of six defeats by holding Pos Malaysia 1-1 before defeats against Kelantan (0-2) and Sime Darby (0-1) followed. KL wrapped up their pre-season fixtures with a 1-1 draw against FAM League side Malacca.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, January
KL did not have the best of starts, falling to a 2-0 defeat away to Sarawak in the opening Super League match in Kuching. Seven players made their KL debut, including three who were playing in the top-flight for the first time, an indication of the raw material coach Razip Ismail has to work with.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, January
After going down two more defeats to Kuala Terengganu T-Team (0-3) and Singapore LionsXII (1-2), KL finally claimed their first point of the season with a 1-1 home draw against PKNS and ended the month with a 3-0 defeat to Super League champions Kelantan to remain firmly rooted at the bottom of the standings.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, January
In a bid to boost the team's struggle against relegation, KL agreed to a loan deal with Kelantan to bring in foreign players Zakaria Charara and Emmanuel Okine until the end of the season while releasing Raimi Ayo Hassan from his contract.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, February
Charara and Okine made their KL debut on February 8 against Kedah but could not prevent the team from going down 1-0. Things got worst as Okine was sent off in the next match against Johor FC in a 2-0 defeat before another 2-0 loss at Sabah followed. KL finally claimed their first competitive win of the season, and their first clean-sheet, with a 3-0 success over Muar Municipal Council in the FA Cup.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, March
KL's woes in the league continued when they suffered an eighth defeat, a 1-0 loss to Terengganu. KL then exited the FA Cup in the second round after a 3-2 defeat away to Kelantan before losing to Klang Valley rivals Selangor 3-0 in the league. KL ended a seven-match run in the league with a goal from Afiq Azmi, who earned a call-up to the national team for the first time this month, but it was not enough to prevent a 2-1 defeat to Negeri Sembilan.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, April
April began in the same fashion as March ended with KL losing 2-1 at Perak as Emmanuel Okine scored his first goal for the team. KL then suffered their heaviest defeat of the season in a 4-0 city derby loss to Felda United, ending the first round of the league with just one point from 13 games, and setting an unwanted club-record of nine straight league defeats, eclipsing the previous worst of eight-in-a-row set in 1980. The second round began on the same note as KL fell 1-0 to Felda United in the return fixture.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, May
KL began May on a positive note, holding Sarawak to a 1-1 draw for its second point in the league and halting a club-record of 10 consecutive league defeats. But another setback followed when KL went down 2-1 at Kuala Terengganu T-Team in their following match. KL achieved its first clean-sheet in the league in holding Singapore LionsXII to a 0-0 draw at home.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, June
KL returned to action after a three-week break resuming where they left off by holding PKNS 1-1 in Petaling Jaya, KL's first away point in the league. KL's next game was a scheduled home match against Kelantan but chose to play it away to cash in on the gate collection and promptly lost 1-0. The next defeat, 2-1 to Kedah, meant KL could no longer qualify for the Malaysia Cup. A 1-0 defeat to Johor FC in the subsequent game confirmed relegation from the Super League with five matches to spare before ending June with a 4-2 reverse against Sabah.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, July
Entering the final month of competition, KL's quest for a first league win continues after a 2-1 defeat at Terengganu. Selangor dealt KL a 4-0 defeat in the Klang Valley derby before KL claimed just their fifth point in a 1-1 draw at Negeri Sembilan. KL ended the season with a 5-2 loss against Perak and without a league victory for the first time since 1980.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Season review, August
As KL did not qualify for the Malaysia Cup, five players accepted loan offers from teams that did. They are Afiq Azmi (Kelantan), Aslam Najumudeen (Kelantan), Ahmad Dashila Tajudin (Sime Darby), Pritam Singh (Felda United) and Badrul Hisyam Azmi (PKNS). Loan recruits Emmanuel Okine, Zakaria Charara, Azrul Azmi and Khairul Anuar Jamil returned to their respective parent teams.


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Players, First team
*Appearances are from 2009 onwards; Goals are throughout a player's career with KL


2012 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Squad statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012 Kufra conflict
The 2012 Kufra conflict started in the aftermath of the Libyan civil war, and involved armed clashes between the Tobu and Zuwayya tribes in the Kufra area of Cyrenaica, Libya.


2012 Kufra conflict, Background and causes
On 12 and 13 February, 17 people were killed and 22 wounded in fighting between the Tobu and Zuwayya tribes in Kufra. Nine were from the Zuwayya and eight were from the Tobu. Initially, only small-arms fire was used in the clashes, but on the second day the situation escalated, with RPGs and anti-aircraft guns being used. According to the Zuwayya, the fighting started when a young man from their tribe was killed three days before by three Tobu members.


2012 Kufra conflict, Background and causes
A head of the local National Transitional Council (NTC) militia reported that the Zuwayya man was a smuggler and was killed after he opened fire on a Tobu militia, which was charged with combating illegal trafficking, killing five of the militiamen. The Tobu, on their part, stated that they were being attacked by the Zuwayya, who were supported by the NTC, with the intention of exterminating them. The Tobu claimed discrimination by the Zuwayya, due to them being dark-skinned, on an even higher level than during the Gaddafi-era. Farhat Abdel Karim Bu Hareg, the coordinator of social affairs in the local Kufra government said that they will have to declare independence of the region if the NTC does not act against attacks by mercenaries, referring to Tobu fighters.


2012 Kufra conflict, Background and causes
The region already experienced unrest during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. In 2009, an uprising was suppressed by the Libyan army using helicopter gunships.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
On 14 February, clashes continued around Kufra, with the NTC sending reinforcement to help the Zuwayya tribe. Tobu spokesmen said that they were besieged and were being heavily shelled by the Zuwayya, and added that it was an attempt to exterminate the Tobu tribe with government participation. An NTC spokesman stated that it was a low-level fight between revolutionaries and weapons smugglers backed by foreign elements. A Tobu member claimed five of his comrades were killed in the new round of fighting, while another stated that there were no deaths, only injuries.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
The fighting continued, and on 15 and 16 February, another 15 Zuwayya were killed and 45 wounded. The Tobu reported that since the start of the clashes 55 of their members had been killed and 117 wounded, with the wounded not being able to be evacuated via the airport due to it being controlled by the Zuwayya.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
On 18 February, more clashes in Kufra left another two people dead. At this point, it was reported that the military sent reinforcements to the region, in an attempt to stop the tribal fighting.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
On 21 February, a Red crescent worker reported that 50 civilians were killed in the past 24 hours in Kufra due to mortar and rockets being fired on residential area. A spokesman of the Zuwayya tribe said that three people were killed and 25 injured.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
The leader of the Tobu tribe Issa Abdelmajid, stated that 113 Tobu were killed (including six children) and 241 wounded in 10 days of fighting. For their part, the Zuwayya said 23 of their tribesmen were killed and 53 wounded.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
On 22 February, four people were killed and 10 injured in renewed fighting. NTC leader Abdul Jalil said that Gaddafi loyalists were seeding sedition in Kufra but did not elaborate.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
On 23 February, the Libyan National Army was dispatched to Kufra to enforce the peace. Army commandos had reportedly taken control of the airport, city and whole region, according to Zuwayya tribal sources inside the city and both tribes used the renewed peace for evacuation of wounded to Tripoli.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
On 24 February, fighting resumed in Kufra, injuring several people, according to both tribes, with each blaming the other for the renewed fighting. A security official from the Zuwayya tribe stated that the army had not done anything to prevent the clashes. Later during the day, an ICRC medic confirmed that fighting de-escalated but the situation remained tense. The ICRC also evacuated 28 wounded patients from both tribes to Tripoli hospital.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, February 2012
On 25 February, a United Nations team started providing relief supplies. Georg Charpentier, an UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya and chief of UNSMIL mission, confirmed that a ceasefire between the tribes was holding with the Libyan army contingent in place to prevent further clashes. NTC chairman Jalil urged both tribes to make peace.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, April 2012
On 20 April, fighting erupted after Zuwayya tribesmen reportedly killed a Tobu man. Three people were killed and 17 wounded in subsequent fighting, all of them Tobu. Three government soldiers were also wounded. By the evening on 21 April, 12 people had been killed and 35 wounded on the Tobu side.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, June 2012
On 10 June, fighting flared up again in Kufra. Tobu tribesmen were engaged in clashes with former rebels who had become members of the new Libyan National Army. A Kufra official said the Tobu had launched an attack on the city with tanks and other heavy weapons. A Tobu representative said it was the tribe that had come under attack. He said the fighting had erupted after the former militiamen, known as the Libya Shield Battalion, had shelled the tribe's district. But a local security official said an attack on a security checkpoint in the town triggered the violence. The fighting continued into the next day and at least 23 people were killed. Among the dead were 20 Tobu tribesmen, including at least 15 tribal fighters, and three government soldiers.


2012 Kufra conflict, Timeline, June 2012
Six more people, including two soldiers, were killed in renewed fighting in Kufra on 26 June. The fighting died down later in the evening. However, the fighting continued late on 27 June and for the next three days another 47 people were killed and 100 wounded. 32 of the dead were from the Tobu tribe, 14 were from the Zwai tribe and one was a government soldier.


2012 Kufra conflict, Aftermath
According to UNSMIL mission more than 100 people were killed in the fighting, half of Kufra population had fled the fighting and more than 200 foreign migrants were waiting as of 29 February for evacuation. Associated Press journalist on the ground also witnessed at least 160 houses demolished by rocket attacks in one neighbourhood alone with the shelling also hitting a school where civilians were seeking shelter.


2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
The 2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series is an Australian motor racing series for V8 Touring Cars, which are de-registered and superseded former V8 Supercars. Although the series utilised cars built for V8 Supercar racing, it is not an official V8 Supercar series.


2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
It is the fifth running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series took place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. It began at Eastern Creek Raceway on 9 March and finished at Sandown Raceway on 23 November after six meetings held in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.


2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, Points System
In a change from the 2011 season, the points available for the third race at each event was increased by approximately 50%, while the top ten "Time Attack" single lap points session was abandoned.


2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series.


2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis
The 2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis was a professional tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan between 14 and 20 May 2012.


2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis – Doubles
Ayumi Oka and Akiko Yonemura were the defending champions, but Oka chose not to participate. Yonemura partnered up with Maria Abramović, but lost in the first round to Ksenia Lykina and Melanie South 7–5, 4–6, [9–11].


2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis – Doubles
Han Xinyun and Sun Shengnan won the title defeating Ksenia Lykina and Melanie South in the final 6–1, 6–0.


2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis – Singles
Rika Fujiwara was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis – Singles
Zheng Saisai won the title, defeating Monique Adamczak in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2012 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 2012 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne took place on 26 February 2012. It was the 65th edition of the international classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and was won by Mark Cavendish of Team Sky in a bunch sprint. The last escapees were caught by the peloton shortly after the 10 kilometers to go banner.


2012 Kuwait Super Cup
the 2012 Kuwait Super Cup was between league champions Qadsia SC and Crown prince cup champions Al-Arabi SC. This was the first super cup to be between the kuwaiti Classico Clubs, though Al-Arabi Won and set the record of being 100% wins in the Super cup.


2012 Kuwait national football team results
This article details the fixtures and results of the Kuwait national football team in 2012.


2012 Kvalserien
The 2012 Kvalserien was the 38th Kvalserien, which was played between 15 March 2012 and 6 April 2012. It determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2012–13 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season.


2012 Kvalserien
The 12th-seeded Elitserien team Timrå IK defended its spot in the top division, and Rögle BK took over Djurgårdens IF's Elitserien spot. Rögle became the first HockeyAllsvenskan playoff team in history to make one of the two Kvalserien spots for Elitserien.


2012 Kvalserien, Standings
Legend:   Qualified for the 2012–13 Elitserien season;   Play in the 2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season


2012 Kvalserien, Statistics, Scoring leaders
Updated as of the end of the season. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2012 Kvalserien, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. Updated as of the end of the season.


2012 Kvalserien, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2012 Kyoto Sanga FC season
The 2012 Kyoto Sanga FC season sees Kyoto Sanga compete in J.League Division 2 for the second year in a row. This is their 19th nonconsecutive season in the second tier. Kyoto Sanga are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.


2012 Kyoto mayoral election
Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 5, 2012. The incumbent mayor Daisaku Kadokawa won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 31,794 votes. It was considered that his first term was generally appreciated by the voters.


2012 Kyrgyzstan League
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2012 Kyrgyzstan League
The 2012 Kyrgyzstan League season was the 21st edition of the Kyrgyzstan League. It started on 14 April 2012 with participation of eight teams. The new official name of the league was Top-Liga.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series
2012 LATAM Challenge Series season is the fifth season of LATAM Challenge Series. The season started on April 22 in Guadalajara, and will finish on November 25 in Puebla. There will be nine double events, seven in Mexico and two in United States (both in Texas). The defending champion Giancarlo Serenelli migrated to Auto GP and GP2.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Drivers
The car will not have changes in this season. The cars were powered by 2019 cm3 L4 Volkswagen FSI Motors. Tatuus chassis are used. Kumho Tires supplies the tires Kumho Ecsta.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Schedule
The 2012 schedule has two main changes; the Guadalajara and Aguascalientes races will be run, while Monterrey was dropped from the calendar.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Race summaries, Round 1: Guadalajara Grand Challenge
The season started in Guadalajara. Rudy Camarillo won the first event (37:05.531, 121.05 km/h). In the second lap, Gabriel Iemma and Sebastián Arriola have a crash, both failed to continue the race. Francisco Cerullo finished in second place 2.964 seconds behind. Martín Fuentes in third place, 8.230 seconds behind Camarillo. The second race, the Venezuelan driver Francisco Cerullo took his maiden victory in the series (37:01.820, 121.25 km/h). Cerullo suffered a puncture in the last lap, but he drove to finished ahead by 5 seconds. The podium again was conformed by Camarillo and Fuentes. Camarillo and Cerullo shared the lead of the championship with 52 points.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Race summaries, Round 2: San Luis Potosí Grand Challenge
The second race took place in the Autódromo San Luis 400 in Tangamanga Park. Rudy Camarillo started in pole position. He took the lead for more than half of the race, but in the final laps was reversed by André Solano (38:39.519, 117.02 km/h), who finished in first place. Martín Fuentes came in third place, for third time in a row. James Adams had a crash with Francisco Cerullo leaving the Adams' car rear suspension broken. Camarillo accumulated 78 points, 8 ahead of Francisco Cerullo, who set the fastest lap. The second race Martín Fuentes took the lead after yellow flag (39:49.352, 109.68 km/h). Camarillo saw reduced his advantage over Cerullo to only 2 points.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Race summaries, Round 3: Toluca Grand Challenge
The third round will be raced in the Centro Dinámico Pegaso, in Toluca. The Team CSM's driver Rudy Camarillo took the pole with lap record (0:58.965 119.05 km/h). José Carlos Sandoval will start in the front row. Rudy Camarillo won the first race leading all of the race. Juan Carlos Sandoval finished in second place followed by André Solano. Cerullo, the second in the championship, had an accident and lost positions finished in tenth place. In the race two, Martín Fuentes get the reversed pole, led the race until the lap 13.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Race summaries, Round 3: Toluca Grand Challenge
When Fuentes made a mistake, and fell to 7th place. Juan Carlos Sandoval reached the first place and won his first race in the season. Francisco Cerullo finished in second place and André Solano in third. After the third weekend, Rudy Camarillo stays in the top 22 points ahead of Francisco Cerullo.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Race summaries, Round 4: Zacatecas Grand Challenge
The fourth round of the season will be in Zacatecas. The 2.04 km of length will be used.


2012 LATAM Challenge Series, Championship standings
Points are awarded to drivers on the following basis (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):


2012 LEB Oro Playoffs
The 2012 LEB Oro promotion Playoffs is the final stage of the 2011–2012 LEB Oro season. It will start on 4 May 2012, and it will finish on June 8, 10 or 12 if necessary.


2012 LEB Oro Playoffs
All the series will be played in a best-of-5 games format. The best seeded team plays at home the games 1, 2 and 5 if necessary. The winner of the playoffs will promote to 2012–13 ACB season with Iberostar Canarias, the champion of the regular season.


2012 LEB Oro Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals were played on May 4, 6, 11 and if necessary 13 and 15.


2012 LET Access Series
The 2012 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through November 2012 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2012 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2012 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2012 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.


2012 LFL Canada season
The 2012 LFL Canada Season was the fourth season in the Lingerie Football League. LFL Canada features four teams in four cities across Canada. For the 2012 season the League granted three new franchises: BC Angels, Regina Rage and the Saskatoon Sirens. The Toronto Triumph, who began play in the LFL's original U.S. league in 2011, carried over to LFL Canada; they have moved from the Ricoh Coliseum to the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.


2012 LFL Canada season
Unlike previous seasons, for this season the LFL would only play in Canada, with the exception of a handful of exhibition games around the world. The LFL announced in April 2012 that its U.S. teams would not play their 2012 season, anticipating a move to a spring schedule.


2012 LFL Canada season
LFL Canada Lingerie Bowl I was played on November 17, 2012, between the Saskatoon Sirens and the BC Angels at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia, one week before the CFL's Grey Cup. The BC Angels won the inaugural championship game 25-12 with BC Angels' quarterback Mary Ann Hanson the game's MVP.


2012 LFL Canada season, Developments
On February 9, 2012, the LFL announced that Abbotsford, British Columbia, would be the next Canadian city to host a team in the League. The franchise would play its home games at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre and will compete in the Western Division of LFL Canada. On February 20, 2012, the LFL announced that the franchise will be named the BC Angels following the results of an online fan vote. The decision for Abbotsford to host a team sparked some controversy, including expressed concern from at least one city councillor, as "Abbotsford is a deeply religious agricultural community."