2013 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
This proved to be the only goal of the game and Celtic progressed to the fifth round, against Raith Rovers. Played on a heavy and bumpy Starks Park pitch, Celtic eventually overcame a defensive performance by Raith to win 3–0, with Kris Commons, Charlie Mulgrew and James Forrest scoring the goals.


2013 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
In the quarter-finals, Celtic were drawn away to St Mirren, who had eliminated Celtic from the 2012–13 Scottish League Cup a month beforehand. Early goals by Joe Ledley and Anthony Stokes, either side of an equaliser by St Mirren, gave Celtic a 2–1 victory at St Mirren Park. In the second semi-final at Hampden Park, Celtic won a thrilling match by 4–3 after extra time against Dundee United. A Kris Commons goal gave Celtic an early lead, but United scored twice midway through the first half to lead 2–1. Victor Wanyama scored an equaliser almost immediately and Commons scored another goal after 60 minutes to give Celtic a 3–2 lead. Jon Daly scored his second goal of the game to equalise and force extra time. Soon after Daly had hit the post, Anthony Stokes scored the winning goal.


2013 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
This was Hibs 13th appearance in the Scottish Cup Final. They had previously won two Scottish Cups (in 1887 and 1902), and been beaten in ten finals. Celtic appeared in their 55th Scottish Cup Final and had won the Scottish Cup on 35 previous occasions, most recently in 2011. The clubs had previously met in five Scottish Cup Finals, most recently in 2001. Hibs won the first Scottish Cup Final meeting in 1902, with Celtic winning the four subsequent meetings in 1914 (after a replay), 1923, 1972 and 2001.


2013 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
For the first time in its history, the Scottish Cup Final was played on a Sunday. This was done to comply with UEFA regulations which prohibit televised matches being played on the same day as the UEFA Champions League Final. The 2012 Scottish Cup Final was played on the same day as the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, but this was done under a one-year waiver offered by UEFA. Fixture congestion meant that the 2013 Scottish Cup Final could not be moved to an earlier weekend.


2013 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
Both clubs received an allocation of approximately 20,000 tickets, out of a total capacity at Hampden Park of 52,063. The remaining seats were accounted for by Hampden Park debenture holders, hospitality, sponsors, media and segregation areas. Tickets cost £35 in the North and South Stands, with prices set at £28 for adults and £10 for concessions (adults aged over 65, matriculated students and children under 16 years old) in the West and East Stands.


2013 Scottish Cup Final, Match
Willie Collum was appointed to referee the match, with Willie Conquer and Martin Cryans as his assistants. For the first time in a competitive Scottish match, additional assistant referees were appointed.


2013 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Report
Celtic opened the scoring in the 8th minute; a poor clearance from Hibs defender Alan Maybury was intercepted by Anthony Stokes who sent a cross from the left beyond the reach of goalkeeper Ben Williams and was side-footed into the goal by Gary Hooper. Despite the conceding of an early goal, Hibs did not crumble but it was Celtic who continued to create the better goalscoring chances. On 31 minutes, Celtic doubled their lead. Stokes sent in another cross from the left, and Hooper ran in between two Hibs defenders to shoot past Williams in goal.


2013 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Report
The second half was a quiet affair, but Celtic sealed their victory with a third goal on 80 minutes. Mikael Lustig set up Hooper with an excellent chance to complete his hat trick, but the Celtic striker mis-kicked. The ball broke to Joe Ledley, who fired a powerful shot into the top corner of Williams' goal to put Celtic 3–0 ahead.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final
The 2013 Scottish League Cup Final was the 67th final of the Scottish League Cup. The final took place on 17 March 2013 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The clubs contesting the 2013 final were SPL clubs, St Mirren and Hearts.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final
As Hearts finished in the top five of the SPL, they entered the League Cup in the third round. They made a convincing start, defeating Livingston in third round. A much tougher test awaited the Jambos in the shape of Dundee United in the quarter-finals, although they defeated the 2008/09 semi-finalists on penalty kicks. Hearts came up against Inverness CT in the semi-finals at Easter Road and were again victorious on penalties.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final
St Mirren finished 8th in the SPL and entered the League Cup in the second round. They too made a fantastic start, thrashing Ayr United. Hamilton were the Buddies' opponents in the third round and Danny Lennon's men sneaked through after a goal in stoppage time. The quarter-finals saw the Saints take a trip up to Pittodrie to face Aberdeen, and after a 2–2 draw after extra time, the men from Paisley won on penalties. A trip to Hampden Park for the semi-finals saw St Mirren run out 3–2 winners against Celtic and set up a final against Hearts. St Mirren won the final 3-2 against Hearts. It was their first major trophy since the 1987 Scottish Cup victory.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final
Hearts were one of the five Scottish Premier League sides who entered the League Cup in the third round. St Mirren finished 8th in the Scottish Premier League the previous season and entered the League Cup in the second round.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, St Mirren
In the second round St Mirren faced a home tie against Second Division team Ayr United. Five different players got on the scoresheet for the Saints and saw them through comfortably.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, St Mirren
In the next round St Mirren faced First Division team Hamilton at St Mirren Park. Lee Mair's goal in the 92nd minute gave the home side victory.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, St Mirren
St Mirren drew with Aberdeen in the quarter-finals, but were victorious on penalty kicks.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, St Mirren
St Mirren beat Celtic in the semi-final with a magnificent display. Paul McGowan, formerly of Celtic, was one of the Saints' three goalscorers.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Hearts
In the third round Hearts faced a home tie against First Division team Livingston. Two goals from Marius Žaliūkas and one from Danny Grainger saw the Jambos through comfortably. In the next round Hearts faced fellow Scottish Premier League team Dundee United at Tannadice. Callum Paterson opened the scoring for Hearts before Johnny Russell equalised for the home side.


2013 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Hearts
Hearts beat Inverness CT on penalties in the semi-final. Andrew Shinnie put the Highlanders ahead shortly after half time, but debutant Michael Ngoo struck the equaliser for the Gorgie club.


2013 Scottish Open Grand Prix
The 2013 Scottish Open Grand Prix was the sixteenth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland November 20–24, 2013 and had a total purse of $50,000.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel rallies and one tarmac event. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion


2013 Scottish Rally Championship
David Bogie begins the year as defending champion after winning five out of the eight events in 2012.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship
For season 2013, the championship will be sponsored by ARR Craib Transport Ltd, an Aberdeen based road haulage and logistics company. This is a one-year deal announced in December 2012.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship
The 2013 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 16 February, with the season finale taking place around Perth on 5 October.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship
Following the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally in October, David Bogie and his regular co-driver Kevin Rae were declared 2013 Scottish rally champions. This represents a record breaking fifth title in a row for the pair. The award ceremony took place on 30 November 2013 at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship, Thistle Snowman Rally
The opening event of the season, the Thistle Snowman Rally was abandoned due to an accident involving a competing car, which left the road and killed a 50-year-old spectator.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship, Thistle Snowman Rally
On 12 March 2013, series organisers announced that the Galloway Hills Rally – a reserve event when the championship calendar was first announced – would be included as the championship finale.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship, 2013 Calendar
For season 2013 there are to be 8 events held on a variety of surfaces.


2013 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers' championship standings (Top 10)
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered driver on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the Championship, competitors will nominate their best 6 scores out of the 8 events as their final overall Championship score.


2013 Scottish Women's Cup
The 2013 Scottish Women's Cup is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and Premier League are eligible to enter. Caithness Ladies who do not play in national league competition also enter for the second time.


2013 Scottish Women's Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was announced on 4 April 2013.


2013 Scottish Women's Cup, First round
The draw for the first round was announced on 25 April 2013.


2013 Scottish Women's Cup, Second round
The draw for the second round was made on 28 May 2013.


2013 Scottish Women's Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 9 September 2013.


2013 Scottish Women's Premier League
The 2013 Scottish Women's Premier League was the twelfth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 17 March 2013.


2013 Scottish Women's Premier League
A total of twelve teams are contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions.


2013 Scottish Women's Premier League
Buchan Ladies and Kilwinning SC Ladies were promoted from the SWFL First Division after finishing 3rd and 4th respectively and both appeared in the Premier League for the first time. First Division champions Hibernian Reserves and runners-up Celtic Reserves were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League.


2013 Scottish Women's Premier League
The SWPL continued in the format adopted in 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.


2013 Scottish Women's Premier League
Glasgow City won their seventh consecutive championship title on 29 September 2013.


2013 Scottish Women's Premier League, Teams, Stadia and locations
The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season.


2013 Scottish Women's Premier League, Results, Matches 12–21
After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs played every other club in their section twice (home and away).


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire
A large fire occurred on September 12, 2013 on the boardwalks and at the Funtown Pier of Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, New Jersey, on the Jersey Shore destroying more than 50 businesses.


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire, Fire
The fire was first reported at 2:05 p.m. EDT, underneath Kohr's Frozen Custard and Biscayne Candies on the boardwalk. The fire, driven by 30-40 mile per hour winds and tar roofing material, quickly spread to other businesses, including those recently rebuilt in the year since Hurricane Sandy. The fire destroyed more than 50 businesses on Seaside Park's end of the boardwalk, including the Funtown Pier amusement park, which resided on the border of Seaside Park and Seaside Heights. Embers blew for at least 8 blocks, igniting fires at the Casino Pier as well the Royal Sands Condominium complex at Sumner Avenue and Ocean Terrace, both of which were quickly extinguished.


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire, Fire
At 6:39 p.m. EDT, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie arrived at the scene. The six-alarm fire was fought by over 400 firefighters from multiple counties, as well as crews from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Crews from Union County arrived with one of the state's three high-powered water cannon systems, originally purchased using Homeland Security funds to use in the event of a terrorist attack on oil tank fields. Firefighting efforts were hindered due to a lack of water from pipes damaged during Hurricane Sandy.


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire, Fire
Firefighters drew water from the Barnegat Bay across the island to fight the fire, as the ocean was deemed too rough to pump water. Emergency crews destroyed 25 feet of the boardwalk at Lincoln Avenue to create a fire line to help stop the fire from spreading north. Though wind created a challenge for firefighters and there were explosions in the buildings, it was brought under control by 7:45 p.m. EDT.


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire, Fire
No injuries were reported from the fire, however, three police officers were injured after falling off the back of a truck operated by Seaside Park Emergency Management. All roads leading into Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, including Route 35 and the Mathis and Tunney Bridges were closed into the following morning. Residents in towns as far north as Long Branch could smell the smoke from the fire.


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire, Investigation and cause
On September 17, 2013, authorities said the fire was accidental and linked it to electrical wiring under the boardwalk and subfloor, and equipment they say was compromised by Hurricane Sandy's floodwaters. Investigators said the fire originated under a building that housed a candy store and an ice cream stand.


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire, Demolition and cleanup
Seaside Park and Seaside Heights officials agreed in October 2013 to hire Eagle Paving Corp. to demolish and clean up the areas affected by the fire. The towns agreed to pay $4.7 million for the recovery work, which began in October 2013 and took around 60 days to complete.


2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire, Re-building
The boardwalk was re-opened for the summer 2014 season. In July 2016, plans were scrapped for the rebuilding of Funtown Pier due to concerns from citizens over and the planning board refusing to allow structures over 100' tall to be built.


2013 Seattle Mariners season
The 2013 Seattle Mariners season was the 37th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 14th full season (15th overall) at Safeco Field. They finished with a record of 71–91 and 4th place in the AL West.


2013 Seattle Mariners season, Players stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average


2013 Seattle Mariners season, Players stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV=Saves; SVO = Saves Opportunity; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR= Home Run allowed; BB = Walks allowed;  SO = Strikeouts


2013 Seattle Reign FC season
The 2013 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's first season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Background
In November 2012, it was confirmed that a Seattle-based women's professional soccer team owned by Bill Predmore (founder and president of Seattle-based digital marketing agency, POP) had been accepted into a new women's professional soccer league, later named National Women's Soccer League. Former general manager of the Seattle Sounders Women and  Seattle Sounders FC Director of Youth Programs, Amy Carnell, was named General Manager.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Background
On December 21, 2012, the team announced Laura Harvey as their first head coach. Harvey was head coach of Arsenal L.F.C. from 2010-2012 after serving as an assistant for two years, assisted and then coached Birmingham City L.F.C. from 2002-2008, and served as an assistant coach for England's U-17, U-19 and U-23 women's national teams from 2005-2011.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Review, Drafts and signings
On January 11, 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Kaylyn Kyle (CAN), Teresa Noyola (MEX), Megan Rapinoe (USA), Amy Rodriguez(USA), Jenny Ruiz (MEX), Hope Solo (USA), and Emily Zurrer (CAN) were named to the Seattle team. On January 18, the Reign selected Christine Nairn, Mallory Schaffer, Kristen Meier, and Haley Kopmeyer at the 2013 NWSL College Draft. On February 4, 2013, it was announced that the team had signed four free agents: Kate Deines, Jessica Fishlock, Tiffany Cameron, and Lindsay Taylor. During the February 7, 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft, the team selected Nikki Krzysik, Lauren Barnes, Laura Heyboer, Liz Bogus, Michelle Betos and Kaley Fountain.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Review, Preseason
Leading into the preseason, it was learned that the Reign would be without all of their U.S. national team allocated players for almost half of the season. National team forward, Amy Rodriguez, announced she was pregnant with her first child and would not be playing during the inaugural season. U.S. national team goalkeeper, Hope Solo, would be away for the first part of the season after recovering from wrist surgery and Megan Rapinoe had signed with French side, Olympique Lyonnais, from January to June and would miss at least nine games.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Review, Regular season
After traveling to Japan in the preseason to play matches against defending L. League champion INAC Kobe Leonessa, Fukuoka J. Anclas, and Nojima Stella Kanagawa, the Reign faced their first regular season match against the Chicago Red Stars at Benedictine University, in which Seattle's first college draft pick, Christine Nairn, scored the Reign's first goal of the season via a header off an assist from Liz Bogus. The Red Stars later tied the game 1-1, but the point that Seattle earned in the game would be its only for the next nine games. Without the U.S. national team players or a veteran goalscorer up front, the team struggled to win games. Although the losses were for the most part consistently low-scoring games, it was apparent that the Reign was missing some final ingredients for success.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Review, Regular season
In June 2013, head coach Laura Harvey began making some trades and signing new players. Forward and Canadian international, Tiffany Cameron was waived, later to be picked up by FC Kansas City and former U.S. national team defender, Stephanie Cox was added to the roster. Mexican allocated player and former Stanford Cardinal standout, Teresa Noyola, was traded to FC Kansas City for Renae Cuellar, and Noyola's fellow former Stanford Cardinal goal-scorer, Lindsay Taylor was traded to the Washington Spirit.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Review, Regular season
After a brief stint on the team by Tobagonian international, Kennya Cordner who was later waived and replaced by Australian national team co-captain, Emily van Egmond due to the league's restriction on only having two international players on a team (in addition to allocated players), and the return of U.S. national team players, Solo and Rapinoe, the Reign began to turn the season around with a 1-1 tie against the Western New York Flash. The game would be the first of a six-game undefeated streak for the Reign with two ties and four wins. After losing to regional rival, Portland Thorns FC, 2-1 in the season finale in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,855, the Reign ended the 2013 NWSL season seventh in the league with a 5-14-3 record.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Club, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Seattle Reign FC season, Competitions, Regular season, Results summary
Last updated: August 18, 2013Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2013 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2013 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 38th in the National Football League and their fourth under head coach Pete Carroll. With the Seahawks 10th win only 11 weeks into the season, the team secured double-digit victories in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history. Their 13–3 regular season record is tied with the 2005 season for the best in franchise history. Seattle’s defense in 2013 is regarded by many to be one of the best in NFL history.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season
Seattle entered the 2013 season at 17/2 odds to win Super Bowl XLVIII, just short of the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers at 6/1. This was despite placing second in the NFC West and dropping its divisional round game against the Atlanta Falcons the previous year. The Seahawks were, by power ranking, ranked the strongest team by an NFL.com analyst before the season and by ESPN analysts after the regular season. The defense led the league in points allowed (231), yards allowed (4,378), and takeaways (39), the first team to lead all three categories since the 1985 Chicago Bears. Their +186 point differential is the best in franchise history.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season
The Seahawks clinched the NFC's No. 1 seed and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with their 13–3 record. The Seahawks defeated the New Orleans Saints 23–15 in the Divisional round and the San Francisco 49ers 23–17 in the NFC Championship. In Super Bowl XLVIII, they defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8 for their first Super Bowl victory in franchise history. Of Seattle's thirteen wins, eight of them were decided by eleven points or more, with their season best margin being a 45-17 win against the Jaguars. There were eight instances of the Seahawks allowing two touchdowns or less. The 2013 Seahawks' 14.4 points allowed per game in the regular season is the lowest in franchise history.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Carolina Panthers
The Seattle Seahawks kicked off their 2013 campaign with a hard-fought, ugly win over the Carolina Panthers, 12–7. This game marked Russell Wilson's first 300-yard passing game, and Cam Newton's worst career performance, posting 125 yards through the air, a career low.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Carolina Panthers
The first quarter was scoreless, with both sides exchanging a couple of punts. On their third possession of the game, in the second quarter, Seattle drove into the red zone, capping it with a Stephen Hauschka 27-yard field goal. Carolina responded immediately, taking advantage of a couple of Seattle penalties and some big runs by DeAngelo Williams. Cam Newton hit Steve Smith for a 3-yard TD. Seattle responded with a drive to around the Carolina 27 yard line, but Charles Godfrey sacked Russell Wilson and stripped the football, which Carolina recovered. So the first half ended 7–3, in favor of Carolina.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Carolina Panthers
The second half began with a defensive battle. Hauschka made a 40-yard field goal, after a drive that lasted over 4 minutes, cutting the lead to 7–6. After forcing Carolina to punt midway through the fourth quarter, Seattle's offense produced its finest drive of the day. A couple of Russell Wilson passes, followed by a Robert Turbin 15-yard scamper, set up Seattle at the Panthers' 43 yard line.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Carolina Panthers
Russell Wilson overthrew receiver Stephen Williams on first down, but on second down and 10, using exactly the same play, Wilson connected with second-year man Jermaine Kearse for a 43-yard score, with 10 minutes left to play. They failed on the two-point conversion however, so Seattle clung to a 12–7 lead. DeAngelo Williams made some big runs. Inside the Seattle 35 yard line, Williams took off for 24 yards and looked like he was going to score, but Earl Thomas caused him to fumble inside the 10 yard line.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
In week 2, the Seahawks took on their division rivals, the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to the season, NFL analysts rated this rivalry as the top upcoming rivalry, as well as the top rivalry of the decade. Both teams proved that point, when they had an arms race in the off-season, Seattle picking up Percy Harvin and San Francisco picking Anquan Boldin in the off-season, among others. Last season, the teams were 1–1 against each other, Seattle being the better team, as they blew out the Niners 42–13 in the last meeting in Seattle, coincidentally, also on Sunday Night Football. It was also a day that Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick appeared to bet an eyebrow, with the loser shaving his eyebrow; this was later revealed to be a publicity stunt. Finally, it was a day where former Seahawk Shaun Alexander would raise the 12th man flag.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The game began quietly though, as both sides failed to establish a rhythm. The game was delayed midway through the first quarter due to lightning in the vicinity of the stadium, the second such case in the 2013 season (Ravens-Broncos kickoff game in week 1 was the first). After getting back onto the field, the 49ers blocked a Seahawks punt and got the ball in Seattle territory. However, Seattle claimed a whistle was heard from the crowd, which confused the linemen and the punter. That claim was later justified by NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth. The Niners took advantage and drove to the Seattle 10-yard line. However, on third down, Earl Thomas intercepted a Colin Kaepernick pass, and Seattle regained possession. A few plays later, Russell Wilson was intercepted by rookie Eric Reid, and the tug of war continued into the second quarter.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
All was quiet until midway through the second quarter, where fullback Bruce Miller was caught holding in the endzone, the result of which was a safety, and a Seattle 2–0 lead. Later on, defensive end Cliff Avril strip sacked Kaepernick and K. J. Wright recovered for Seattle, the result of which was a Stephen Hauschka 30-yard field goal. Halftime came with a small 5–0 Seahawks lead. The game was pretty dark and messy at that point, the only bright side being Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
In the third quarter, the Seahawks came out roaring. On third and 12, Wilson connected with receiver Doug Baldwin for a 51-yard gain to inside the 49ers 25 yard line. A few plays later, Lynch took it to the house on a 14-yard run, 12–0 Seattle. The 49ers responded with a drive to the Seattle 6-yard line, capped of by Phil Dawson 21-yard field goal, that included a 28-yard scramble by Kaepernick, 12–3 Seahawks. However, that would be it for the Niners, and the third quarter.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks demolished the Niners on all phases of play. It started with Wilson hitting Lynch for a 7-yard score on third down. A few plays into the Niners next drive, Kaepernick was intercepted by Richard Sherman, who took it to the 49ers 25-yard line. That resulted in a 37-yard Hauschka field goal. On the ensuing Niners drive, Kaepernick was intercepted again, this time by safety Kam Chancellor, who had signed a contract extension earlier in the year. Lynch scored on a 2-yard run on the next play. Seattle led 29–3. The 49ers fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Seattle recovered.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Seattle won, in convincing style, silencing any critics. The 12th man also broke a Guinness world record, for the loudest outdoor stadium. Yet again, Seattle dominated on SNF, and Pete Carroll improved to 3–4 overall against the Niners, and 2–3 against bitter rival Jim Harbaugh. Seattle was now 2–0, and still unbeaten at home.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Seahawks entered week 3 on top of the NFC to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars who were on the opposite end of the AFC. This game did not garner much attention, considering the fact that it was a "best vs worst" game. However, that didn't change Seattle's positive "1–0" mentality to the game.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Seattle opened up the game with a punt. After forcing a Jacksonville three and out, on a drive which included a Clinton McDonald sack, Russell Wilson marched the Seahawks right down the field, on a drive that included a 27-yard run by Marshawn Lynch, and on third and goal from the 1-yard line, hit tight end Zach Miller for a touchdown, and an early 7–0 lead.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Picking up from where they left off in the first quarter, Seattle took their first drive of the second quarter, where Wilson connected with Miller for a 4-yard touchdown pass, the duo's second of the day. After a Stephen Hauschka 21-yard field goal on the next drive, the game got quiet until the Jaguars final drive of the half, where Chad Henne was intercepted by linebacker Bobby Wagner, with under a minute left to play. Wilson then made some beautiful completions to receivers Golden Tate and Sidney Rice in lightning fast succession, the latter of whom caught an 11-yard pass for a touchdown with 10 seconds left on the clock, to send Seattle up 24–0 at the half.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
On the Seahawks first drive of the second half, they picked up were they left off, as Wilson hit rice for a 23-yard score, marking Wilson's fourth TD pass of the day, tying a career-high, and putting the Hawks up 31–0. On the ensuing drive, however, Wilson was picked off by linebacker Paul Posluszny, who returned it to the Seattle 2-yard line, where Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew punched it in on the next play, 31–7 Seattle. That was the last time Wilson touched the ball. Backup Tarvaris Jackson took over and drove Seattle to the Jaguars 35-yard line, not missing a single completion on the drive. He then threw a TD pass to Doug Baldwin, adding to the lead, 38–7 Seattle.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Seattle then shut its system off, which allowed Henne to hit receiver Cecil Shorts III for a couple of long completions on the Jaguars next couple of drives, racking up 10 points, including a fourth-quarter run by Jordan Todman, his first career TD, 38–17 Seattle. Jackson led the Seahawks downfield, scoring on a 5-yard scramble, re-establishing a big lead, 45–17.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Seattle started 3–0 for the first time since 2006, and the first time in the Pete Carroll era. Seattle is still unbeaten at home, with a 10–0 record including last year.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at Houston Texans
The Seahawks led 3-0 after the first quarter, but the Texans scored 20 unanswered points in the second quarter, building a 20-3 halftime lead. However, the Seahawks outscored the Texans 17-0 in the third and fourth quarters. With less than three minutes to go, and the Texans leading 20-13, Matt Schaub's pass on 3rd down was picked off by Richard Sherman and returned 58 yards for a pick six, allowing the Seahawks to tie the game and force overtime. The Seahawks would go on to win the game in overtime by a final score of 23-20. With the win, the Seahawks would open the season with a 4-0 record for the first time in franchise history.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts
This would be the first meeting between quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Andrew Luck, who were both selected in the 2012 NFL Draft. Though Wilson and the Seahawks maintained a lead throughout the first three quarters, Luck led the Colts back, taking the lead and never letting go in the 4th. It would be the first loss for the Seahawks in the season, dropping their record to 4-1. The Colts punted and the Seahawks drove down the field and scored a field goal to go up 3-0.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts
After another Indy three-and-out, Russell Wilson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate to take a 10-0 lead. Then another Indy punt was blocked and bounced out of the endzone to extend the lead to 12-0. Seattle punted to Indy when Andrew Luck threw a 73-yard touchdown to T.Y. Hilton to make the score 12-7. Seattle drove into field goal range but a 48-yard field goal was blocked and returned for a touchdown by the Colts. Indy led 14-12 until Wilson found Jermaine Kearse to give Seattle a 19-14 lead.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts
Luck led the Colts downfield and they kicked a field goal to make it 19-17 at the half. Seattle kicked another field goal to make it 22-17. Indianapolis fumbled and led to a 25-17 Seahawks lead. Luck then found Hilton in the endzone but the two-point-conversion failed leaving  the score at 25-23. Seattle then kicked a 4th field goal to extend their lead to 28-23. Indy scored a touchdown to make it 31-28 and then a field goal to make it 34-28 final.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Tennessee Titans
Following their loss to the Colts, the Seahawks returned to CenturyLink field to host the Tennessee Titans. The Seahawks allowed a field goal from Titans kicker Rob Bironas, but a second quarter touchdown from running back Marshawn Lynch caused the Seahawks to retake the lead. The Seahawks attempted to extend their lead at the end of the quarter with a field goal. With usual holder Jon Ryan in the locker room with a potential injury, reserve safety Chris Maragos was asked to hold the ball for the field goal attempt. Maragos however fumbled the snap, which was recovered by Titans special teamer Jason McCourty and run back 77 yards for a touchdown. The Seahawks then entered halftime behind 7-10.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Tennessee Titans
During the 3rd quarter, the Seahawks held the Titans scoreless while scoring a field goal of their own, tying the game. An additional field goal during the 4th put the Seahawks ahead again. On the first play of the next drive, Fitzpatrick threw an interception to Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. The Seahawks capitalized by with another touchdown from Lynch. The Seahawks would only allow another field goal from the Titans, and the win brought their record to 5-1.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Arizona Cardinals
Playing on Thursday Night Football, the Seahawks easily defeated their division rival behind quarterback Russell Wilson's 235 throwing yards, running back Marshawn Lynch's 91 running yards, and two interceptions from secondary members Brandon Browner and Earl Thomas.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at St. Louis Rams
The Seahawks defeated the Rams 14-9 in a Monday Night Football thriller. The Rams were successful at limiting the Seahawks offense, holding running back Marshawn Lynch to a season low of only 23 yards and sacking quarterback Russell Wilson seven times. After holding the Rams to a field goal in the first quarter, the Seahawks went ahead with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at St. Louis Rams
The Rams responded in the third quarter with another field goal, cutting down the Seahawks' lead to 1. After an incomplete pass to Jermaine Kearse on the first play of the next drive, Wilson threw an 80-yard touchdown to Golden Tate. It was the longest play of either player's career. On his way towards the end zone, Tate turned and sarcastically waved towards Rams safety Rodney McLeod. Though the touchdown would count, the Seahawks would be penalized for taunting during the kickoff. Carroll chastised Tate after the penalty occurred, and Tate was fined $7,875 after the game.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at St. Louis Rams
After the Seahawks allowed an additional Rams field goal, the game came down to the final drive. The Rams, in possession of the ball with 5:42 left in the game, managed to drive the ball all the way to the 6 yard line with less than 1:20 left on the clock. A missed throw from Rams quarterback Kellen Clemens and a 4-yard run from Rams running back Daryl Richardson allowed the Rams a 3rd and Goal at the 2-yard line, but a defensive offsides call on Seahawks defensive end Chris Clemons cut the distance in half. The Seahawks stopped an additional run from Richardson, and Rams head coach Jeff Fisher called a timeout with only 4 seconds left in the game. Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner successfully defended Clemens's final pass towards Brian Quick, sealing the Seahawks victory and bringing their record to 7-1.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The top-ranked Seahawks hosted the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers in what many believed would be a blowout. However, the Buccaneers marched to a 21-0 lead during the 2nd quarter, which included a trick play from running back Mike James. Despite giving up a field goal later in the game, the Seahawks came roaring back, tying the game during the fourth quarter and forcing overtime. The Seahawks narrowly avoided an upset with a 27-yard field goal from Stephen Hauschka.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons
This was a rematch of the NFC Divisional matchup from the 2012 postseason. The Seahawks jumped out to a 23-3 halftime lead and never looked back, routing the Falcons 33-10. The Seahawks won their fifth consecutive game as their record improved to 9-1.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
At the beginning of this game, Doug Baldwin flew the Philippines flag in memory of the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Free agent signee Percy Harvin saw his first minutes of playing time of the season during the game, incidentally against the team that drafted him. He would catch one pass for 17 yards and return one kickoff for 58 yards. The Seahawks entered the bye week with a 10-1 record, the best in the NFL at the time.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints
The Seahawks dominated from start to finish, routing the Saints 34-7. The Seahawks won their 7th consecutive game as their record improved to 11-1. They became the first team to clinch a berth for the 2013 postseason.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers
In week 14 the Seahawks traveled out of their stadium to San Francisco where they took a loss to the 49ers. Russell Wilson was intercepted to end the game and continued the Seahawks' losing streak in Candlestick Park in which they last won in 2008. It was their last appearance at Candlestick, as the 49ers moved to Levi's Stadium for the 2014 season.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers
With the loss, the Seahawks' record dropped into 11-2. This would be the last time they lost to the 49ers until 2018.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Giants
In what many pundits dubbed a "Super Bowl dress rehearsal", the Seahawks faced the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium, where the Super Bowl would be held at the end of the season. The Legion of Boom intercepted Giants quarterback Eli Manning five times and held the team scoreless throughout the entire game.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Arizona Cardinals
In Seattle's first loss at home since the 2011 season, the team record dropped to 12-3. Amazingly, this would also be Russell Wilson's first home loss in football since his college season with North Carolina State University.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. St. Louis Rams
With the win, the Seahawks' record improved to 13-3 as they clinched the NFC West and the NFC's #1 seed. The Seahawks would hold homefield advantage for the entirety of the 2013 postseason.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #1 seed in the NFC.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Championship Game: vs. #5 San Francisco 49ers
This was the Seahawks' first conference Championship game appearance since 2005 and only the third ever for the franchise, after 2005 and 1983. The Seahawks overcame a 10-3 deficit at the end of the half and finished strong, outscoring San Francisco 20-7 in the 2nd half. With Seattle leading 20-17 in the 4th quarter, Colin Kaepernick tried to rally his team, but fumbled once and threw 2 interceptions in the final three drives in the game for San Francisco.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Championship Game: vs. #5 San Francisco 49ers
In the fourth quarter, NaVorro Bowman suffered a major knee injury on a tackle and forced fumble near the goal line, but the 49ers forced another fumble on the next play on 4th down. On the second play following fumble recovery, Kaepernick threw an interception to Kam Chancellor. Kaepernick again had the 49ers in position to try for a win, but his pass to Michael Crabtree in the end zone was deflected by Richard Sherman and intercepted by Malcolm Smith, locking up the win for Seattle.


2013 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, Super Bowl XLVIII: vs. #A1 Denver Broncos
In dominating fashion, the Seahawks would win their first championship in the history of the franchise. This was also the first football team since the 1990 Buffalo Bills to not have any players on the roster with Super Bowl experience. It was Seattle's first major championship in 35 years since the 1979 Seattle SuperSonics. Linebacker Malcolm Smith would end up earning the Super Bowl MVP award for his 69-yard interception, 1 fumble recovery, and 6 tackles.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season
The 2013 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's fifth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. For the Sounders FC organization, it was their fifth year of existence, and including all previous clubs, it was the 33rd season of soccer in Seattle.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Players, Squad information
Major League Soccer team are limited to seven players without U.S. citizenship, a permanent resident (green card holder), or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status). Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of November 19, 2013.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Players, Transfer summary
Seattle finished its 2012 season by releasing Mike Seamon and Andrew Weber on the 4th December. Three days later, the club traded Jeff Parke to the Philadelphia Union in exchange for the fifth pick in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Season overview, Preseason
On October 11, during the tail end of the 2012 regular season campaign, it was announced that Seattle Sounders FC would be participating in the 2013 Desert Diamond Cup with the dates of the matches announced.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, MLS regular season, Standings
Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2014 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, MLS regular season, Standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, MLS regular season, Results summary
Last updated: October 27, 2013Source: MLS ResultsPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, U.S. Open Cup, Heritage Cup
The competition began in 2009 when the expansion Seattle Sounders FC began play, becoming the second MLS team named after their NASL counterpart — the San Jose Earthquakes having been the first.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Top assists
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Captains
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when games are equal.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Starting XI
Last updated: November 7, 2013Source: Squad statistics and Start formations Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, Allocation ranking
Seattle is in the No. 3 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. It swapped its natural position, No. 15, with Chivas USA in the Shalrie Joseph trade. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.


2013 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, International roster slots
Seattle has eight MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2013 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots and Seattle traded an international spot to Montreal Impact in return for Lamar Neagle.


2013 Seattle Storm season
The 2013 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2013 Seattle Storm season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Storm's selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.


2013 Seattle mayoral election
The 2013 Seattle mayoral election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the mayor of Seattle. Incumbent Mayor Michael McGinn ran for re-election to a second term in office.


2013 Seattle mayoral election
Municipal elections in Washington are officially non-partisan. A non-partisan primary was held on August 6, 2013. The top two finishers, State Senator and Ed Murray, who received 30% of the vote, and incumbent Mayor McGinn, who received 29% of the vote, advanced to the November general election.


2013 Seattle mayoral election
Murray won the general election with 52% of the votes.


2013 Seddon earthquake
The 2013 Seddon earthquake measured 6.5 on the Mww scale and was centred in New Zealand's Cook Strait, around 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the town of Seddon in Marlborough. The earthquake struck at 5:09:30 pm on Sunday 21 July 2013 (05:09 UTC) at a depth of 13 kilometres (8 mi), according to Geonet. The United States Geological Survey also measured the quake at 6.5, at a depth of 17 kilometres (11 mi). The quake caused moderate damage in the wider Marlborough area and Wellington, the nation's capital city 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the epicentre. Only minor injuries were reported. Several aftershocks occurred during 21–29 July.


2013 Seddon earthquake
The Seddon earthquake is considered the first of an earthquake doublet, with a second earthquake of similar magnitude occurring on 16 August 2013.


2013 Seddon earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshocks
The earthquake was preceded by a series of foreshocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 5.7.


2013 Seddon earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshocks
Below is a list of all foreshocks magnitudes 5.0 and above that occurred in the region between 19 July 2013 and 21 July 2013.


2013 Seddon earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
The earthquake generated a series of aftershocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 5.4.


2013 Seddon earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
Below is a list of all aftershocks magnitudes 5.0 and above that occurred in the region between 21 July 2013 and 2 August 2013.


2013 Seddon earthquake, Damage
The quake resulted in varying degrees of damage to thirty-five buildings within the Wellington CBD with glass from broken windows falling onto the main thoroughfares of Lambton Quay, Featherston Street, and Willis Street. Damage was also caused in Paraparaumu, Wainuiomata, Porirua and the Hutt Valley in the North Island.


2013 Seddon earthquake, Damage
The Wellington Region emergency management office was activated on the evening of 21 July, as were those in the lower part of the North Island. On 22 July parts of Wellington's central business district were closed to the public to allow for inspections to buildings with damaged and potentially dangerous façades.


2013 Seddon earthquake, Damage
Four people were injured in the quake, which lasted for 20 seconds, blowing out windows, cracking concrete and swaying buildings.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2013 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2012–13 Segunda División B to the 2013–14 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División were relegated to Segunda División B. It also decided the three teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2013–14 Tercera División.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group winners have the opportunity to promote directly and become the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners will be drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners will be promoted to the Segunda División and will enter into the final for the Segunda División B champion. The two losing semifinalists will enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group runners-up will be drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams will be drawn against each other in a two-legged series. The six winners will advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club will play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 20 May 2013, 16:30 CEST.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Matches, Semifinals
The aggregate winners were promoted and qualified to the 2012–13 Segunda División B Final. The aggregate losers advanced to the second round promotion play-off for non-champions.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, First round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 20 May 2013, 16:30 CEST.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Second round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 3 June 2013, 17:00 CEST.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Third round, Qualified teams
Regulations determined the ties and were confirmed in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 17 June 2013, 16:30 CEST.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 20 May 2013, 16:30 CEST.


2013 Segunda División B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Matches, Semifinals
The losers of this tournament will be relegated to the 2013–14 Tercera División.


2013 Segunda División play-offs
The 2013 Segunda División play-offs took place in June 2013. The Segunda División promotion phase (known as Promoción de ascenso) was the second phase of 2012–13 Segunda División and was to determine the third team which promoted to 2013–14 La Liga. Teams placed between third and sixth position (excluding reserve teams) took part in the promotion play-offs.


2013 Segunda División play-offs
Regulations were the same that previous season: the fifth placed faced the fourth, while the sixth positioned team faced the third. In case of an eliminatory competition tie, extra time would be played but there would not be a penalty shoot-out; the winner would be the best positioned team. The first leg of the semi-finals were played on 12 June, and the second leg on 15 June at home of the best positioned team.


2013 Segunda División play-offs
The final was also be two-legged, with the first leg on 19 June and the second leg on 22 June, with the best positioned team also playing at home the second leg. Almería and Girona played the final phase where Almería was winner and promoted to La Liga after two years of absence. Alcorcón and Las Palmas were eliminated in semi-finals.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Almería
Almería qualified for this phase on the last matchday after failing to secure promotion to La Liga directly after they lost 1–0 at El Madrigal in the decisive last match was against the already promoted Villarreal.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Almería
Almería's last participation in La Liga was in 2010–11. The club had spent four seasons in a row in the top division, where they debuted in 2006–07. It ranked 41st in the all-time La Liga table. This was the second season in the second division since their relegation in 2011.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Girona
Girona was the only known team to qualify for the play-offs before the last matchday, assuring fourth place in the 41st round. They made a spectacular performance and spent all season in promotion places, some of them in direct promotion.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Girona
Girona had never been in La Liga. This was the fifth season in the second division since their return in 2008–09 after 50 years in lower categories.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Alcorcón
Alcorcón was one of the teams which they spent almost all season in promotion places, most of them in the play-offs zone, but they qualified for this phase in the last matchday. They were fighting together with Las Palmas and Ponferradina for the remaining two places (fifth and sixth) for play-offs, and eventually repeated the play-off appearance from the previous season.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Alcorcón
Alcorcón had never been in La Liga. This was the third season in the second division since their debut in 2010–11.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Las Palmas
Las Palmas made a regular season and was in play-offs zone in the last part of the season.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Las Palmas
Las Palmas last participation in La Liga was in 2001–02. Las Palmas spent 31 seasons in the top division: the first in 1951–52, and from 1954–88 except periods 1960–64 and 1983–85, and lately from 2000–02. It ranked 19th in the all-time La Liga table. They were in the category since 2006–07.


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, First leg
Assistant referees:Javier Martínez Nicolás (Region of Murcia)Juan José López Mir (Region of Murcia)Fourth official:Alfonso Melgares de Aguilar Fernández (Region of Murcia)


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, First leg
Assistant referees:Francisco Javier García Sabuco (Navarre)Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín (Navarre)Fourth official:David Jesús Pinto Herrera (Tenerife)


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, Second leg
Assistant referees:Juan Manuel Sánchez Fernández (Extremadura)Alberto Romera Durán (Extremadura)Fourth official:Francisco Javier Hernández Maeso (Extremadura)


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, Second leg
Assistant referees:David Canales Cerdà (Valencian Community)Sergio Chinchilla Ortega (Valencian Community)Fourth official:Miguel Bosch Domènech (Valencian Community)


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Final, First leg
Assistant referees:César de Juana González (Cantabria)Mateo Nicolás Vaquero Agama (Extremadura)Fourth official:Adrián Cordero Vega (Cantabria)


2013 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Final, Second leg
Assistant referees:Jorge Bueno Mateo (Aragon)José Antonio Garrido Romero (Community of Madrid)Fourth official:Andrés Manuel Ceballos Silva (Extremadura)


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla
The 2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barranquilla, Colombia between 8 and 14 April 2013.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Doubles
Nicholas Monroe and Maciek Sykut were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Facundo Bagnis and Federico Delbonis defeated Fabiano de Paula and Stefano Ianni 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the title.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Singles
Alejandro Falla was the defending champion but chose not to compete. Federico Delbonis defeated Facundo Bagnis 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the title.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga
The 2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia between 23 and 29 January 2013.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, Singles main draw Entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Doubles
Ariel Behar and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Marcelo Demoliner and Franko Škugor won the final 7–6(10–8), 6–2 against Sergio Galdós and Marco Trungelliti.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Singles
Wayne Odesnik was the defending champion but lost in the final to Federico Delbonis 6–7(4–7), 3–6.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali
The 2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cali, Colombia between 9 and 15 September 2013.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah were the two-time defending champions, but chose not to compete. The Argentinian team of Guido Andreozzi and Eduardo Schwank defeated Carlos Salamanca and João Souza 6-2, 6-4.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Singles
João Souza was the defending champion, but lost to eventual champion Facundo Bagnis. Bagnis defeated compatriot Facundo Argüello 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
The 2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Medellín, Colombia between July 22 and 28 2013.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Doubles
Nicholas Monroe and Simon Stadler were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Emilio Gómez and Roman Borvanov won the final 6–3, 7–6(7–4) against Nicolás Barrientos and Eduardo Struvay.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles
Paolo Lorenzi was the defending champion, but chose to compete at the 2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag instead.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles
Alejandro González won the title, defeating Guido Andreozzi in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira
The 2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pereira, Colombia between 25 March and 31 March 2013.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Doubles
Martín Alund and Guido Pella were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Nicolás Barrientos and Eduardo Struvay defeated Facundo Bagnis and Federico Delbonis 3–6, 6–3, [10–6] in the final to win the title.


2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles
Carlos Salamanca was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Teymuraz Gabashvili. Santiago Giraldo won the final 6–2, 6–4 against Paul Capdeville.


2013 Selangor FA season
The 2013 season is Selangor FA's 8th season playing in Malaysia Super League. They also competed in two domestic cups, Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.


2013 Selangor FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Super League, Selangor FA Results
Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2013 season. Win  Draw  Loss


2013 Selangor state election
The 13th Selangor state election was held on 5 May 2013. The Selangor State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 22 April 2013, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution; on or before 22 June 2013, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission of Malaysia, unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State, Sultan of Selangor on the advice of the Head of Government, Menteri Besar of Selangor.


2013 Selangor state election
The incumbent unofficial coalition Pakatan Rakyat won a supermajority of 44 seats and was able to formed a government, securing a second term while the opposition Barisan Nasional won 12 seats.


2013 Selangor state election, Background
The state election is the 13th state election in Selangor since the independence of Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1957. The governing Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will seek to secure their second consecutive term in office since 2008. According to the Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959, the maximum term of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of Selangor, is five years from the date of the first sitting of Assembly following a state election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law. The Assembly would have been automatically dissolved on 22 April 2013, the fifth anniversary of its first sitting on 22 April 2008.


2013 Selangor state election, Background, Electoral system
Each state constituencies of Selangor will elect one member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly using the first-past-the-post voting system. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the State Government, with its leader as Menteri Besar. If the election results in no single party having a majority, there is a hung assembly, of which will be dissolved under the royal prerogative of the Sultan.


2013 Selangor state election, Background, Voting Eligibility
To vote in the state election, one had to be:


2013 Senate of the Philippines funds controversy
The Senate of the Philippines was stirred in a political controversy over the use of the operating expenses of senators, known as the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE). A report on the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 9, 2013, which noted that Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile authorized the release of additional operating expenses of almost PHP 30 million during the Christmas season. The controversy has led to the auditing of the finances of the Senate by the Commission on Audit and abrupt motion to declare the vacancy of the Senate leadership by Enrile himself.


2013 Senate of the Philippines funds controversy, Philippine Daily Inquirer report
A report made by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 9, 2013, stated that Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile authorized the dispersal of additional operating expenses as a cash bonus to senators amounting to PHP30 million. Although all senators were to receive PHP 1.6 million, the authorization applied to all but four senators, namely Senate Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Miriam Defensor Santiago and Antonio Trillanes IV who received PHP 250,000. According to Enrile, the additional operating expenses came from the funds designated to the current vacant seat of then Senator Benigno Aquino III who assumed the presidency in 2010.


2013 Senior Bowl
The 2013 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2012 college football season, and prospects for the 2013 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The 64th edition of the Senior Bowl was won by the South team, 21–16.


2013 Senior Bowl
The game was played on January 26, 2013, (4 p.m. ET), at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The coaching staff of the Detroit Lions, led by head coach Jim Schwartz, coached the South team. The coaching staff of the Oakland Raiders, led by head coach Dennis Allen, coached the North team. Schwartz had previously coached in the 2010 Senior Bowl.


2013 Senior Bowl
Coverage of the event was provided on the NFL Network. Clothing company Nike was the sponsor for the second consecutive year, and provided apparel for the game. The referee for the game, David Smith of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), had been a quarterback for Alabama and MVP of the 1988 Sun Bowl.


2013 Senior Bowl, Rosters, South Team
Andre Ellington was injured in practice and did not play; his roster spot was filled by Mike James.


2013 Senior League World Series
The 2013 Senior League World Series took place from August 11–17 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Chitré, Panama defeated Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in the championship game.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round
The 2013 Sepang GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 23 and 24 March 2013 at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia as part of the one-make single seater GP2 Series. It was the first round of the 2013 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix. The first event, a 30-lap feature race, was won by Racing Engineering driver Fabio Leimer from a fourth position start. James Calado finished second for ART Grand Prix and Rapax's Stefano Coletti took third. Coletti won the 22-lap sprint race held the following day. Carlin's Felipe Nasr took second and Mitch Evans of Arden International was third.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round
Coletti won the first pole position of his career in the GP2 Series by posing the fastest lap in qualifying and he led the race until he made a pit stop for the hard compound tyres at the conclusion of lap six following pressure by Leimer. Coletti retook the lead after all drivers made their pit stops but he lost the position to Leimer on lap 25 because of tyre degradation.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round
Leimer held the lead for the rest of the race to achieve his first victory in the GP2 Series since the 2011 Catalunya sprint race and the third of his career. Stéphane Richelmi began the sprint race from pole position but he lost the lead to Coletti at the second corner on the first lap. Although Nasr caught him in the closing laps, Coletti kept the lead to take his third GP2 Series career win.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round
The results of the first round of the season gave Coletti the early lead in the Drivers' Championship with 36 points and Leimer's victory in the feature race put him eleven points behind in second. Nasr was third and Calado fourth. In the Teams' Championship, Rapax took the lead with 42 points, 7 points ahead of Racing Engineering in second. Carlin in third were a further three points behind with ten rounds left in the season.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Background
The 2013 Sepang GP2 Series round was the first of eleven scheduled one-make, single seater motor racing events of the 2013 GP2 Series. It was held on 23 and 24 March 2013 at the 5.543 km (3.444 mi) long Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor and was run in support of the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix. It was the second time in GP2 Series history that a race meeting was held in Malaysia after the 2012 round.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Background
The track is considered by drivers to be the toughest challenge of the season due to hot and unpredictable weather and the track's abrasive asphalt surface making tyre management necessary. As in the 2012 round, tyre supplier Pirelli brought the yellow-banded soft compound tyres and the orange-banded hard dry compound tyres to Malaysia. There were 26 drivers divided into 13 teams each entered for the round and every entrant utilised the Dallara GP2/11 vehicle.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
One practice session lasting half an hour was held on the Thursday before the two races. James Calado set the fastest lap time for ART Grand Prix ten minutes in hot weather conditions at 1 minute, 45.403 seconds. Simon Trummer was second-fastest for Rapax and Russian Time's Tom Dillmann placed third. 2012 GP3 Series champion Mitch Evans of Arden International was the best-placed rookie in fourth and Marcus Ericsson in the faster of the two DAMS cars was fifth. The rest of the top ten were Felipe Nasr, Johnny Cecotto Jr., Stefano Coletti, Rio Haryanto and Stéphane Richelmi. While the session passed relatively peacefully, Julián Leal went into a gravel trap at turn four and Kevin Ceccon had to drive onto the run-off area to avoid hitting Sergio Canamasas.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
Friday afternoon's qualifying session ran for half an hour. The drivers' fastest lap times determined the starting order for the first race. The pole position winner scored four points in the Drivers' and Teams' Championships Rain during the second practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix created a wet track but it completely dried up before the GP2 qualifying session began. Sam Bird, in his first GP2 Series qualifying session since the 2011 season, was the early pace setter and held pole position until Nasr went faster.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
It was taken by Fabio Leimer midway through the session, until Coletti set a time of 1 minute, 48.850 and improved it by more than four seconds to a 1 minute, 44.280 seconds which was never bettered despite a small error putting him into the grass. Coletti took his first GP2 Series career pole position. He was joined on the grid's front row by Calado who was prevented from taking pole position because of a minor mistake late on his lap.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
Nasr started from third after locking his tyres entering the turn 15 hairpin and had an oversteer leaving the corner. Leimer did not improve on his second timed lap and was fourth. Bird was provisionally fifth as Evans continued to be the highest-placed rookie in sixth. In positions seven through ten were Haryanto, René Binder, Trummer and Dillmann. Leal was the fastest driver not to enter to the top ten. Behind him the rest of the provisional field was Canamasas, Ericsson, Johnny Cecotto Jr., Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Richelmi, Conor Daly, the Trident duo of Nathanaël Berthon, Ceccon, Ma Qinghua, Daniël de Jong, Daniel Abt, Jolyon Palmer, Jake Rosenzweig, Pål Varhaug and Kevin Giovesi.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying, Post-qualifying
After qualifying, Berthon and Canamasas physically remonstrated about on-track etiquette as they waited in the weighbridge area for undisclosed reasons. The stewards deleted Cecotto's lap times because they deemed him to have made an "unacceptable" reaction and Bird was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Cecotto. With five minutes left of qualifying, Bird delayed Cecotto at turns five and six because he was warming his tyres. He turned off the racing line to allow Cecotto through leaving turn six. Cecotto drew alongside Bird and retaliated for the latter's earlier impediment by swerving to his right into turn seven. putting Bird into the outside grass area.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races
The first race was held over 170 km (110 mi) or 60 minutes (which ever came first) and all drivers were required by regulations to make one pit stop. The first ten finishers scored points, with two given to the fastest lap holder. The grid for the second race was determined by the finishing order of the first but the first eight drivers were in reverse order of where they finished. It was run for 120 km (75 mi) or 45 minutes (which ever came first). In contrast to the prior race drivers were not required to make pit stops. The top eight finishers earned points towards their respective championships.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
The feature race began in hot weather at 11:15 Malaysian Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 23 March. Leimer made a fast start from fourth place to slalom straight past Calado and Nasr. He drew to the outside of Coletti to contest the lead into the first corner but lost the duel. Evans, ill with food poisoning, took over fourth as an overtake from Calado on Nasr at turn four put both drivers wide. The first retirement came on lap one as the field braked for turn nine and Ericsson misjudged his braking point and ran into the rear of Palmer's car.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
Ericsson's vehicle stopped in the barrier alongside the circuit. Once a rhythm was established, it became apparent that tyre wear would become a factor as Leimer put race leader Coletti under heavy pressure but he withstood all of his challenges, giving Calado, Nasr and Evans, who were duelling over third, the opportunity to draw closer. On lap three, Quaife-Hobbs mistimed an pass on his teammate de Jong at turn 15 and two retired following a collision with each other.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
Coletti struggled as his soft compound tyres degrading and he made a pit stop for the hard compound tyres as soon as drivers were permitted by series officials to do so at the end of lap six. That allowed Leimer into the lead who immediately began setting a series of consecutive fast laps in clear air in the hope of providing himself with a small lead over Coletti after his pit stop. However Leimer's tactic greatly slowed him compared to Coletti.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
In the meantime, Abt triggered localised yellow flags on lap ten when he spun off the track and marshals were required to move his car. Leimer emerged close behind Coletti after he made his pit stop on the 11th lap. The yet-to-pit Bird became the new leader when Leimer made his pit stop but his opportunity of claiming a strong result was diminished when he received a drive-through penalty for overtaking under yellow flag conditions. Palmer took the lead on lap 12 and held it until his lap 21 pit stop for the soft compound tyres. On lap 23, Evans and Richelmi ran wide at turn one and Bird overtook them for seventh. Leal overtook Cecotto for fifth on the next lap.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
Coletti re-took the lead but began to struggle on the hard compound tyres, allowing Leimer to close up as his tyres degraded and frequently locked his wheels. However, Leimer could not immediately overtake Coletti because he lacked the straightline speed on the straight linking turns 14 and 15. Leimer's awareness of Calado getting closer grew more as the race progressed and he knew he had to pass Coletti as soon as possible. He tried doing this leaving the final corner on lap 25 but was unsuccessful despite exiting faster than Coletti.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
On the next lap, Coletti put Leimer onto the outside but Leimer overtook him on the racing line at the exit of turn four for the lead. By this point, Calado got close to Coletti and out-braked him at the final corner in attempting to pass but ran deep. Coletti got back through but Calado then tucked into his slipstream and had the grip to overtake him on the inside at the first corner for second place.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
Further down the order, Haryanto hit Varhaug while battling for position and Dillmann swerved to avoid getting involved in the duel. Evans locked his tyres, allowing Trummer to pass him for ninth place. At the front, Leimer set a series of lap times under the 1 minute, 50 seconds range in clear air to grow his lead over Calado to two seconds. Leimer crossed the start/finish line at the end of lap 30 to achieve his third victory in the GP2 Series and his first since the 2011 Catalunya sprint race.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Feature race
Calado was second and Coletti completed the podium in third. Off the podium, Nasr took fourth, Leal had the best series result at the time in fifth, Palmer finished sixth and Bird recovered from his penalty to finish seventh. Richelmi finished eighth and took the pole position for the sprint race. Completing the top ten were Trummer and Evans. The final classified finishers were Binder, Cecotto, Daly, Dillmann, Varhaug, Giovesi, Ceccon, Rosenzweig, Canamasas, Haryanto and Ma. After the race, the stewards deemed Quaife-Hobbs responsible for the collision with his teammate de Jong on lap three and imposed a five-place grid penalty on him for the sprint race.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint race
The second race began in cloudy weather at 12:15 local time on 24 March. Ma was ruled unfit to compete after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile medical doctor diagnosed him with gastroenteritis which led to extreme dehydration. At the start of the formation lap, Palmer stalled his car and was required to start from the pit lane. As a result, Nasr used the vacant spot left by his teammate Palmer to pass the slow-starting Bird and Leal on the inside line going into the first turn.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint race
However it was the sixth-placed Coletti who took the lead away from Richelmi because he made a strong getaway and steered onto the outside to pass him leaving the second corner. Going into the braking zone for turn four, Calado got caught out by Leimer and mistimed an pass on him and hit the right-rear corner of his car. The impact dislodged Calado's front wing, which folded under his car. This rendered Calado unable to steer and had limited braking capabilities since he could not control his vehicle which launched over the grass on the inside. He struck Leal and Bird at high speed and all three drivers instantly retired in the turn four gravel trap.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint race
Richelmi was overtaken by Nasr at turn one at the start of the second lap and made it stick at the turn two switchback. Coletti, Nasr and Richelmi pulled out a one-second lead over Evans in fourth place with Cecotto in fifth and sixth-placed Leimer who continued to circulate the track despite the first lap contact with Calado. From then on Coletti opened his lead over Nasr to 21⁄2 seconds with a series of fastest laps.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint race
However, he put himself a risk of putting his tyres under excess stress and creating an identical situation of him losing the chance of victory to a driver who better conserved their tyres. With the lead now stabilised, attention focused on Palmer further down the order as he moved his way through the field and got to 14th midway through the race while Ericsson gained two places to be in 16th. On lap 16, Richelmi out-braked himself and ran deep onto the run-off area at the turn 15 hairpin.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint race
Evans had conserved his tyres in the laps beforehand and overtook Richelmi for third. He then repelled a counter-attack from Richelmi into the first corner. On lap 17, Leimer found the damage to his car from the first lap incident with Calado caused too much rear tyre wear and a sudden loss of grip put him into the turn 11 gravel trap and out of the top ten.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint race
Tyre degradation became a factor in the final laps as Nasr lowered Coletti's lead to 1.2 seconds and then to six-tenths of a second by the start of the final lap. It was not enough for Nasr to get close enough to challenge Coletti who managed the gap and his tyres to achieve his third career series victory. Nasr followed 4⁄5 of a second later in second and Evans became the youngest driver to claim a podium in the GP2 Series in third. Off the podium, Richelmi finished fourth and Cecotto benefited from the first lap crash to take fifth.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint race
Cecotto was ahead of Trummer and Daly who were separated by just 2⁄5 of a second in sixth and seventh. Binder finished sixth-tenths of a second ahead of Palmer for eighth. The final classified finishers were Giovesi, Dillmann, Leimer, Ericsson, de Jong, Canamasas, Abt, Quaife-Hobbs, Haryanto, Varhaug, Rosenzweig, Berthon and Ceccon. After the race, the stewards imposed a ten-place grid penalty on Calado for the next feature race of the season in Bahrain.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Post-round
The top three drivers in both races appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in separate press conferences. Leimer commented on his satisfaction over winning his first race for almost two years and said his goal was to win the opening race of the season, "I think it was important for me and the team that we’re already at the front. Everything worked really well today. Mentally, this win is a real boost for me and the team. We’ve worked really hard during the winter and it’s paid off."


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Post-round
Calado stated his slow start was caused by cold tyres and him starting on the circuit's dirty side. Nevertheless, he congratulated Leimer on his victory and said he was still happy to finish in second. Third-placed Coletti said he was happy with the result despite problems with his tyres, "I scored good points. The championship is long and we have the time to find a solution to make sure the car is even better during the race. I’m pretty confident." He revealed his tyres began to degrade from the fourth lap which prompted him to make an early pit stop for the hard compound tyres because he feared losing time and Leimer overtaking him.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Post-round
After the sprint race, Coletti said work put into his car overnight helped him and emphasised the importance about racing in Malaysia's hot weather, "It was really hot out there and very difficult especially when you have to think about the tyres and concentrate on doing everything right because any little mistake can destroy your tyres and the race can be over. So it’s really not easy in the heat!"


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Post-round
Nasr said he was happy to finish second and revealed that was his goal for the sprint race before discussing his duel with Coletti, "What I could see from the car was that Stefano built a gap and was safe from there. After that I was mainly trying to save my tyres as best as I could. When it was eight laps to go, I started to push to try and catch up with him, but my rear tyres did not last long enough. I think that’s something we need to work on, but I’m still pleased with second place.


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Post-round
I’ve scored good points for the championship." Third-placed Evans said his team adjusted his car to improve its balance for the sprint race and stated he did not try to get second because of the high level of tyre wear, "I was hoping maybe Felipe would have caught Stefano and maybe made contact with him but that did not happen (Laughs). I am satisfied with third in my debut. I think we’re in a good position for the rest of the championship."


2013 Sepang GP2 Series round, Post-round
Since Sepang was the first round of the season, Coletti became the early leader of the Drivers' Championship with 36 points. Leimer's feature race victory put him eleven points behind in second and Nasr was a further point behind in third. Calado's second place in the feature race put him fourth and Richelmi was fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Rapax assumed the lead with 42 points, seven points ahead of Racing Engineering in second with Carlin another three points behind in third place. ART Grand Prix were fourth with Arden International fifth with ten rounds left in the season.


2013 Serbian local elections
A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2013. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local governments had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2009.


2013 Serbian local elections
All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold to win representation in the local assembles in 2013, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.


2013 Serbian local elections, Results
Note: The first percentage column in the results section refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list. The second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive five per cent of all votes to cross the electoral threshold.


2013 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
An election was held in Voždovac on 15 December 2013 due to the expiration of the term of the previous municipal assembly, which was elected in 2009.


2013 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Aleksandar Savić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2013 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
An election was held in Zemun on 2 June 2013 due to the expiration of the term of the previous municipal assembly, which was elected in 2009.


2013 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Dejan Matić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.


2013 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
An election was held in Vrbas on 13 October 2013 due to the expiration of the term of the previous municipal assembly, which was elected in 2009.


2013 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Bratislav Kažić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election. Kažić resigned in July 2016 and was replaced by Milan Glušac of the same party. Glušac, in turn, resigned in January 2017 to prompt new local elections ahead of schedule and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority the governed the municipality in advance of the vote.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season
The 2013 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 30 December with the start of the 2013 WTA Tour, and follows on from a 12-match winning streak which began at the end of the 2012 Season. Williams produced the most consistent season in her career reaching 13 finals and winning 11 titles, the most since 12 titles from Martina Hingis in 1997. She also won her second French Open, her first since 2002, as well as her fifth US Open.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season
She also dominated the clay season winning 5 titles and having a 28–0 record on the surface and produced her longest winning streak at 34. Williams also had the best winning percentage of 95.1%, the highest since 1990 and became the first women's player to eclipse the $10 million mark at $12,385,572, beating the previous single-season prize money record of $7.9 million set in 2012 by Victoria Azarenka. Williams finished the year at no. 1, this the third time that Williams ended as the number 1 player in the year. Based on her performance in 2013, she was named 'World Champion' for the fourth time and the second time in a row.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Brisbane International
Williams began her 2013 campaign at the Brisbane International. In her first match, she faced compatriot and second-ranked American Varvara Lepchenko and won in straight sets in 59 minutes. In the second round, she faced Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet and took the match, winning both sets at two in exactly an hour with the help of 6 aces. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced another American in Sloane Stephens and defeated her younger foe, breaking Stephens once in each set, while holding her serve at each time.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Brisbane International
In the semifinals Williams was bound to face world no. 1 Victoria Azarenka; however, the Belarusian withdrew before the match with a toe injury, giving Williams a free bye into the final. In the final, Williams faced Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova; the match started with holds in the first four games but Williams then took seven games in a row before Pavlyuchenkova took another game. Williams then closed out the match, losing only three games.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Williams came into the Australian Open as the heavy favorite to win the title; she was coming in with a 17-match winning streak that stretched from the 2012 US Open and a 21-set winning streak stretching from the third set of the US Open final. In the first round, she faced Edina Gallovits-Hall, where Williams suffered a health scare when she twisted her right ankle in the fifth game of the first set, however it did not hamper her as she won without dropping a game.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
In the next round she faced Garbiñe Muguruza and suffered another incident, when Williams's hit smacked her mouth with her racket following through on a defensive lob. Williams broke in the first game and also in the seventh game to win the first set; she then cruised through the second set with a bagel. In the third round, against Japanese Ayumi Morita, she served her second 207 km/h serve of the tournament. Williams roared through the first set losing only one game, Morita then took the first three games, Williams then won the last six games to win the match.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Williams then faced 14th seed, Russia's Maria Kirilenko. Williams broke in the fourth and eighth games of the match to take the first set; she served 95% of first serve in the set. Williams stormed past the second set with a bagel to advance to the quarterfinals. Williams at one point won 23 straight service points. Williams also made 22 winners with 6 aces to Kirilenko's 7 winners with 1 ace, she also only made 6 unforced errors to Kirilenko's 15 In the quarterfinals she faced compatriot Sloane Stephens; Williams took the first set by breaking in the eighth game.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Williams then suffered a back spasm in the middle of the second set, where she led by a break but eventually lost the set 5–7. In the third set, Williams led by a break by the seventh game but eventually lost the next 3 games, losing to Stephens. Both women, made 23 winners; however, Williams made more unforced errors with 48 to Stephens 39. She also ended her 20-match winning streak and her 30 sets won in a row.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Serena Williams also played doubles with sister Venus. In the first three rounds, they faced Camila Giorgi and Stefanie Vögele, Vera Dushevina and Olga Govortsova, and fifth seeds Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik winning in straight sets in all three victories. In the quarterfinals, they faced top seeds Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani, they took the first set and served for the match at 6–5, until they eventual lost the seconds set in a tie-break. They also had many chances in the third but lost it in the end 5–7.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Qatar Total Open
Williams during her on court interview after defeating Kvitova and reclaiming the world no.1 status.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Qatar Total Open
Williams then played at the Qatar Total Open in Doha for the first time. Williams, being seeded second, received a bye in the first round. In the second round, she faced a lucky loser in Russian Daria Gavrilova. Williams from the fifth game racked in nine straight games, Williams served out the match, she hit 25 winners to Gavrilova's 9, and both hit 14 unforced errors. In the second round she faced the younger Radwańska Urszula, Williams won the first eight games, before being broken by Radwańska. Williams closed it out in the ninth game of the second set.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Qatar Total Open
Williams had a 20–15 winner-unforced error to Radwańska's 6–20. In the quarterfinals she faced world no. 8 Petra Kvitová, Kvitová took the first break in the sixth game and took advantage, winning the set, the first set Williams has lost to Kvitová. The second set went Williams' favor as she broke in the eighth game closed it out. In the deciding set Kvitová took a break lead by the fifth game. However Williams came back to win the set 7–5. Williams made 14 aces to Kvitová's 9, both served 8 double faults.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Qatar Total Open
Williams made 37 winners to Kvitová's 35, but she also made more unforced errors 31 to 28. This win gave Williams the WTA number 1 ranking, becoming the oldest to hold it. In the semifinals, Williams faced world no. 3 Maria Sharapova. Williams took the first set after breaking in the sixth game. Williams then dominated the second set, breaking the Russian twice to win it. In the final, Williams faced the top seed Victoria Azarenka, Williams went down by a break, but came back, eventually lead to a tie-break.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Qatar Total Open
Williams had set point on serve at 6–5, but lost the next three points to lose the breaker. Williams then took control of the second set winning it with two breaks. In the third set, Williams started slowly, losing the first three games, and it was enough for Azarenka as they both held serve until the end of the match. This loss was the first to Azarenka since the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open and ended Williams' 9-match winning streak against Azarenka.


2013 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Dubai Tennis Championships
Williams withdrew 45 minutes before she was due to play Marion Bartoli at the Dubai Tennis Championships with a back injury. This withdrawal will count as a zero-pointer in her allotted year-end rankings.