2013 Kobalt Tools 400, Report, Background
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 90 points, while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Brad Keselowski stood in second and third with 82 points each. Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer followed in fourth and fifth with 72 points each, and was six ahead of Greg Biffle in sixth. Mark Martin with 65 was five points ahead of Jeff Gordon, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., and Aric Almirola, as Carl Edwards with 59 points was seven ahead of Marcos Ambrose. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet and Ford were leading with fourteen points, four points ahead of their rival Toyota.


2013 Kobalt Tools 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
As a result of Friday afternoon rain, qualifying was canceled for the first time in track history. With the field being set by the previous year's points standings, Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole position. Mike Bliss was the only driver not to qualify.


2013 Kolkata market fire
The 2013 Kolkata market fire was a fire accident that occurred in a five-storeyed marketplace in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, India, on 27 February 2013. An estimated 19 people, who were mostly labourers working in the market were killed in the accident. Initial reports indicate the fire might have been initiated by a short circuit in the first floor of the market. The other major fire accidents in Kolkata are the 2011 AMRI hospital fire accident that killed 90 people and 2018 Bagri Market fire in which no people were killed but lasted for 4 days which destroyed nearly 1000 shops.


2013 Kolkata market fire, The accident
The Surya Sen street market was an illegal market operating in the area of Surya Sen street. An estimated 19 people, who were mostly labourers working in the market were killed in the accident, and 17 people were admitted to the hospital in critical condition. Most of the people who were killed in the accident were shopkeepers and labourers who stayed overnight in the market. The accident occurred at around 3:50 in the morning. The rescue operations took nearly 3 hours for the 20 fire tenders who fought the fire.


2013 Kolkata market fire, The accident
The rescue operations were hampered by smoke in the narrow lanes leading to the fire and in the only exit available in the building. Eyewitness have alleged that the fire brigade were late and the rescue operations were delayed as gas masks and gas cutters were not brought along. Initial reports suggest that fire might have been initiated by a fire in the eatery.


2013 Kolkata market fire, The accident
The market fire is the second major one in Kolkata after the 2011 AMRI hospital fire accident that killed 90 people. The Hon'ble Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, admitted lapses on implementing the fire safety steps from the 2011 incident. The Chief Minister of the state, Mamata Banerjee visited the site afterwards.


2013 Kolkata market fire, Post accident
In the aftermath of the fire, the market was closed for entry for days. The shop owners were allowed to set up temporary shops on the pavements adjoining the market. While the exact value of losses of the shop owners are not known, it is inferred that many of the small shop owners have lost their lifetime savings in the fire. Many of them were reported to be on the lookout for alternate employment and seeking relief from the state government.


2013 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2013 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game was the All-Star game for the 2012–13 season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It took place on 13 January 2013 at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and resulted in Team East, captained by Aleksey Morozov, winning 18–11 over Team West, captained by Ilya Kovalchuk.


2013 Kor Royal Cup
The 2013 Kor Royal Cup was the 78th Kor Royal Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Thai Premier League and Thai FA Cup competitions. The match was played at Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, on 23 February 2013, and contested by the 2012 Thai Premier League champions Muangthong United, and Buriram United, the winner of the 2012 Thai FA Cup.


2013 Kor Royal Cup, Details
Assistant referees: Lee Jung-Min (South Korea) Seong Mu-Hee (South Korea)Fourth official: Chaiya Mahapab


2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold
The 2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold was the fifteenth badminton tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Jeonju Indoor Badminton Court, Jeonju, South Korea November 5–10, 2013 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2013 Korea National League
The 2013 Korea National League season was the eleventh season of the Korea National League. The 2013 season operated with ten clubs because four clubs were dropped out from the league. Goyang KB Kookmin Bank FC had merged with Ansan H FC. Ansan H FC moved to Goyang and changed club name to Goyang Hi FC at a time. Ansan H FC, Suwon City FC and Chungju Hummel FC participated in the newly-formed 2013 K League Challenge. The postseason playoff consisted of four teams. The league began on 9 March 2013 and ended on 23 November 2013 with the final playoff game.


2013 Korea National League Championship
The 2013 Korea National League Championship, known as Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power 2013 Korea National League Championship for sponsorship reasons, is cup competition of Korea National League in South Korea. The 10th edition of Korea National League Championship was held from June 1 to 14 in Yanggu, Gangwon. All of Korea National League clubs participated.


2013 Korea Open
The 2013 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 16 and 22 September 2013.


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


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


2013 Korea Open Super Series Premier
The 2013 Korea Open Superseries Premier was the first super series tournament of the 2013 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea from January 8–13, 2013 and had a total purse of $1,000,000. A qualification was held to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.


2013 Korea Open – Doubles
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Chan Chin-wei and Xu Yifan, 5–7, 3–6.


2013 Korea Open – Singles
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate this year. Agnieszka Radwańska won the title, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 6-7(6-8), 6-3, 6-4


2013 Korea Professional Baseball season
The 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series.


2013 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, Regular season
For the 2013 season, due to the admission of the NC Dinos as the KBO's ninth team, each team's schedule was reduced from 133 games to 128 games during the regular season with the new schedule arranging for each team to play every other team 16 times.


2013 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, All-Star Game
On 19 July, the best players in the KBO participated in the Korean All-Star game at Pohang Baseball Stadium. The franchises participating were divided into two regions: Eastern League (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns) and Western League (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The titles 'Eastern' and 'Western' do not directly correspond to the geographical regions of the franchises involved, as both SK and Doosan, being from Incheon and Seoul respectively, are based in the Western region of Korea, despite representing the Eastern League. Unlike in Major League Baseball, the Korean All-Star Game does not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The 2013 Korean All-Star Game was won by the Eastern League, 4–2.


2013 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, Postseason
The 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season culminated in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. The top four teams qualified for the postseason based on their records. The team with the best record gained a direct berth into the Korean Series, while the other three teams competed for the remaining spot in the Korea Series in a step-ladder playoff system:


2013 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, Postseason
Unlike the regular season, no playoff game can result in a draw so each series can be completed as it was intended to be, whether it be a best-of-five-game or best-of-seven-games series.


2013 Korea Professional Baseball season, Foreign players
For the second straight year, there are no foreign hitters in the KBO, as all nine teams use their foreign player allotments on pitchers.


2013 Korean FA Cup
The 2013 Korean FA Cup, known as the Hana Bank FA Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th edition of Korean FA Cup. It began on 10 March 2013. The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2014 AFC Champions League.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Participants, K League Classic
All of K League Classic teams are entered in round of 32. Total 14 teams took part in 2013 edition.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Participants, K League Challenge
Two teams related from 2012 K-League are entered in round of 32, Six newly joined 2013 K League Challenge clubs are entered in second round, respectively. Total 8 teams took part in 2013 edition.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Participants, Korea National League
All of Korea National League are entered in second round. Total 10 teams took part in 2013 edition.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Participants, Challengers League
Top twelve clubs of 2012 season are entered in first round. Other Challengers League teams don't take part in 2013 KFA Cup. Total twelve teams of Challengers League took part in 2013 edition.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Participants, University
All of university teams took part in 2013 edition are entered in first round. Total 20 teams of U-League took part in 2013 KFA Cup.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary Round
Preliminary round is consist of two round. First round will be hold on 9 & 10 March 2013


2013 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary Round, First round
The draw for the first round was held on 22 February 2013.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary Round, Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 13 April 2013.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 18 April 2013.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 29 May 2013.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Quarter-finals
The draw for the Quarter Finals was held on 18 July 2013.


2013 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 August 2013.


2013 Korean Grand Prix
The 2013 Korean Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 6 October 2013 at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea. The race was the fourteenth round of the 2013 season, and marked the fourth and final running of the Korean Grand Prix.


2013 Korean Grand Prix
The race which was contested over 55 laps was won by Sebastian Vettel, driving for Red Bull Racing. He dominantly won the race to claim his fourth consecutive victory of the year. He achieved a Grand Slam for the second race in a row, becoming the first driver since Jim Clark in 1963 to achieve the feat in consecutive race weekends.


2013 Korean Grand Prix
The result meant that Vettel extended his lead to 77 points over Alonso and could seal his fourth consecutive championship in the next race in Japan if results went his way. Räikkönen leapfrogged Hamilton to go third, 28 points behind Alonso while Hamilton's result meant he was six points behind Räikkönen's score. Behind them, Mark Webber, who retired after a fire due to a collision with Adrian Sutil, kept fifth while Rosberg also stayed in sixth. On lap 38 a fire truck appeared on track on its driver's own accord during a safety car period after Webber's car caught fire.


2013 Korean Grand Prix
Despite major circuit renovations including a complete modification to the exit of the pit lane, this was the last Korean Grand Prix in Formula One to date.


2013 Korean Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
Notes:  — Mark Webber received a ten-place grid penalty after receiving his 3rd reprimand of the season, for hitching a ride back to the pits on Fernando Alonso's Ferrari at the previous race.


2013 Korean Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
— Jules Bianchi received a three-place grid penalty and a reprimand after impeding Paul di Resta while on an out-lap.


2013 Korean Grand Prix, Classification, Race
This was the last Korean GP. The race was on the 2014 provisional calendar, scheduled for 25–27 April, but the Jeolla government cut funding to the circuit. Another reason was the very low number of spectators because the circuit was about 400 km from Seoul, the capital of South Korea.


2013 Korean Series
The Best-of-7 2013 Korean Series began on Tuesday, October 24, at the Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It featured the Samsung Lions, who had claimed homefield advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the regular season, and the Doosan Bears, who finished second during the regular season and defeated the LG Twins in a best-of-5 playoff series (3 games to 2) to advance to the Finals. The Samsung Lions won the series in seven games to collect their fifth Korean Series championship.


2013 Korean Tour
The 2013 Korean Tour was the third season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 14 events, five of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$270,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$900,000) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$2.9 million).


2013 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.


2013 Korean Tour, Order of Merit
The Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.


2013 Korean Tour, Prize money leaders
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.


2013 Korfball European Bowl
The 2013 Korfball European Bowl was the qualifying competition for the 2014 European Korfball Championship, split into two divisions: Central, in Prievidza (Slovakia), and Eastern, in Papendrecht (Netherlands). 3 best teams of each division will join the 10 qualified-teams-by-ranking for competing in the European Championship.


2013 Korfball European Bowl, Central division
The Central Division took place in Prievidza (Slovakia) from 8 to 9 June and the winners were Slovakia. Serbia and Scotland were qualified for European Championships too.


2013 Korfball European Bowl, Eastern division
The Eastern Division took place in Papendrecht (Netherlands) from 18 to 19 October, and the winners were Turkey. Wales and Ireland were the other teams qualified for the European Championship.


2013 Kosovan local elections
Local elections were held in Kosovo on 3 November 2013, with a second round on 1 December. These were the first elections which the Serbs of Northern Kosovo participated in since the Republic of Kosovo declared independence in 2008; polls were monitored by the OSCE. There were violent reactions in Serb-majority areas of northern Kosovo.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Incidents in Northern Kosovo
In August 2013, members of the "Interim Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija" voted on a statement that said the election would violate Serbian law. This statement was rejected by the governments of Kosovo and of Serbia. Since Kosovo declared independence in 2008, government in these Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo has been funded by Serbia, and they have been dominated by organised crime and paramilitaries.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Incidents in Northern Kosovo
In the predominantly Serb area of Northern Kosovo, local Serb hardliners campaigned for a boycott of the elections. Voter intimidation was reported. Right before the election day, on Saturday night, a group of people attacked and severely injured the G.I.Srpska candidate for northern Mitrovica Krstimir Pantić in front of his house in Koloshin street; he was taken to hospital. The entire political spectrum condemned the attack. Though the perpetrators were not found, Pantić pointed to the pro-boycott groups, who were not interested in official representation of Serbs within Kosovo.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Incidents in Northern Kosovo
On election day, there were incidents and clashes with police, after extremists raided several polling stations and spoiled votes. Staff were assaulted, ballot boxes smashed, and tear gas canisters set off. This disruption caused the elections to be annulled in three polls in northern Mitrovica, repeated on November 17. The government of Serbia had encouraged Serbs in North Kosovo to participate in the elections, but this violence undermined attempts to normalise relations between the two governments. According to the OSCE the voter turnout was 22% in Leposavić, 22% in Zubin Potok and 11.21% in Zvečan.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Incidents in Northern Kosovo
Oliver Ivanović called for the results in the northern four municipalities to be annulled. Following Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj declarations that "the mayors in the north should be of Serbian ethnicity", the Albanian opposition accused the government and DPK for having intentionally facilitated the defeat of Albanian candidates for the sake of stimulating the Serbian citizens in the north, despite their low voter turnout.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Partial repetition in Northern Mitrovica
The partial revoting in three polls of Northern Mitrovica on 17 November was quiet without any notable incident. The result reconfirmed G.I.Srpska had the plurality, pushing the municipality elections into the second round on 1 December.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Results 2nd round
The media reported a turnout of 41.5%, while the official statement after the closing of polls from the Central Election Commission chairwoman Valdete Daka gave a turnout of 39.87%.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Incidents during the Second Round
Incidents similar to Northern Mitrovica during the first round we reported in Partesh during the second round, where groups of persons entered the voting polls and destroyed the materials. The Central Election Commission reordered re-voting in three polls to be held in December 15, 2013, before finalizing the results for this municipality.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Incidents during the Second Round
Other controversies sprang in Prishtina, where a video of Isa Mustafa's son trying to buy votes were registered and distributed to the media from a VV! activist.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Partial repetition in Partesh
The repetition took place in Pasjan village on December 15. 1304 voters (68.78%) participated. G.I.Srpska won over SLS with 52.4%.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Incidents in overall
The official statement from the Prosecution Office during the fourth press conference within December 1, stated that the office received material regarding 44 cases involving 81 persons. Out of these, 16 charges were pressed towards 21 persons. In addition, 8 persons were arrested during the same day for various offenses related to the election process.


2013 Kosovan local elections, Oaths controversy, Pantić resignation and 3rd election
All candidates who won elections had to sign a swearing in and oath paper that contained symbols of the Republic of Kosovo. In Serbian areas, a piece of paper was taped over the symbols so that Serbs would sign them without incident. Krstimir Pantić, mayor-elect of North Mitrovica, took the paper off the symbols, declared he would never sign them and resigned. A new election for North Mitrovica was scheduled for February 23, 2014. Goran Rakić won the election on February 23. He campaigned that he would sign the oath and pledge loyalty to Pristina unlike Pantić.


2013 Košice Open
The 2013 Košice Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the eleventh edition of the tournament which is part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in Košice, Slovakia between 10 and 16 June 2013.


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


2013 Košice Open – Doubles
Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk was the defending champions, but Bednarek chose not to compete. Kowalczyk decided to participate in Strabag Prague Open instead.


2013 Košice Open – Doubles
Kamil Čapkovič and Igor Zelenay defeated Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko in the final.


2013 Košice Open – Singles
Aljaž Bedene was the defending champion but chose to compete in the 2013 Aegon Championships instead. Mikhail Kukushkin won the title defeating Damir Džumhur in the final, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2.


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship
The 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 42nd Kraft Nabisco Championship, held April 4–7 at the Dinah Shore  Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. In its 31st year as a major championship, Inbee Park won her second major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up So Yeon Ryu.


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship
It was the first of Park's three consecutive major victories in 2013; the first to win the opening three majors of a season since Babe Zaharias in 1950.


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship
For the first time as a major, a defending champion missed the cut: Sun-Young Yoo was at 153 (+9).


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Round summaries, First round
Na Yeon Choi, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, and Suzann Pettersen shot 68 (−4) to hold a three-way tie for the lead, with Anna Nordqvist and Amy Yang a stroke back. Defending champion Sun-Young Yoo was tied for 90th place after a 77 (+5). World number one Stacy Lewis, the 2011 champion, had a triple bogey on the 14th hole leading to a 73, five strokes behind the leaders.


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Round summaries, Second round
The cut came at 149 (+5) with 73 players continuing to the weekend, including five of the nine amateurs. Reigning Vare Trophy winner Inbee Park shot 67 (−5) to move into first place with a one-stroke lead over Lizette Salas. Round one co-leaders Shadoff, Choi, and Pettersen fell to three, six, and six strokes back, respectively. Defending champion Yoo missed the cut—the first time in Kraft Nabisco Championship history. Two players, Jeong Jang and Yi Eun-jung, withdrew before completing round two.


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Hedberg (E), Ko (+2), Meadow (+2), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+4), Duncan (+6), Chen (+7), Hall (+10), Lendl (+29).


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Park and Salas retained their first and second place positions, with Park opening up the lead to three strokes after shooting a bogey-free 67 (−5) and 204 (−12). Six players were tied for third, three shots behind Salas at 210, including Angela Stanford, with a round-low 66 (−6) on Saturday.


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Again in the final pairing, Park birdied the first hole while Salas double-bogeyed to double the lead to six strokes. Playing nearly an hour ahead, So Yeon Ryu shot a bogey-free 65 (−7) to climb the leaderboard into solo second place. Park finished with a 69 (−3) to finish with a four-stroke margin over Ryu. Salas shot a 79 (+7) and fell to a tie for 25th place at 286 (−2).


2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Amateurs:Ko (−2), Meadow (+1), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+5), Hedberg (+13).


2013 Kremlin Cup
The 2013 Kremlin  Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men (18th edition for the women) and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2013 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2013 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 12 October through 20 October 2013. Richard Gasquet and Simona Halep won the singles titles.


2013 Kremlin Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Kremlin Cup, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Kremlin Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Kremlin Cup, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2013 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák were the defending champion, but they decided not to participate together. Čermák played alongside Filip Polášek, but lost in the first round to Rameez Junaid and Philipp Marx. Mertiňák teamed up with André Sá, but lost in the quarterfinals to Victor Baluda and Konstantin Kravchuk. Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin won the title, defeating Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski in the final, 6–2, 1–6, [14–12].


2013 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Andreas Seppi was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Mikhail Kukushkin. Richard Gasquet won the title, defeating Kukushkin in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.


2013 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2013 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Makarova withdrew due to injury. Vesnina partnered up with Daniela Hantuchová, but they retired in the quarterfinals due to Hantuchová's injury. Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur won the title, defeating Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova in the final, 6–1, 1–6, [10–8].


2013 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but she chose to participate in Luxembourg instead.


2013 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Simona Halep won the title, defeating Samantha Stosur in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–2.


2013 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2013 Kroger 200
The 2013 Kroger 200 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held on October 26, 2013 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 200 laps, the race was the nineteenth of the 2013 season. Bubba Wallace of Kyle Busch Motorsports won the race. Brendan Gaughan finished second and Jeb Burton finished third.


2013 Kroger 200, Race
Bubba Wallace led 96 laps in winning the race, becoming the first African American driver to win in the Camping World Truck Series, and the first African American driver to win in a NASCAR national touring series since Wendell Scott won a Grand National Series race, the 1964 Jacksonville 200, at Speedway Park in Jacksonville on December 1, 1963.


2013 Kuala Besut by-election
A by-election was held for the Terengganu State Assembly seat of Kuala Besut on 24 July 2013 with nomination day on 12 July 2013. The seat of Kuala Besut fell vacant after the death of incumbent assemblyman, A. Rahman Mokhtar on 26 June 2013 from lung cancer. Dr. Mokhtar was an assemblyman from the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, which holds a 1-seat majority into the by-election. The by-election was contested by Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman from UMNO and Azlan Yusof, who hails from the Pakatan Rakyat component Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party.


2013 Kuala Besut by-election
This by-election is viewed as critical by both the government and opposition. A win by Pakatan Rakyat would have resulted in a hung parliament with both coalition holding 16 seats, and potentially a fresh state election.


2013 Kuala Besut by-election
The by-election was won by BN's Tengku Zaihan with a slightly increased majority, thus keeping the government's wafer-thin 2-seat majority. Turnout in this by-election dropped by 7% compared to the turnout during the general election two months before.


2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
The 2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Touring Cars, which are de-registered and superseded former V8 Supercars. Although the series utilised cars built for V8 Supercar racing, it was not an official V8 Supercar series.


2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
It was the sixth running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series took place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. It began at Sydney Motorsport Park on 22 March and finished at Sandown Raceway on 17 November after six meetings held in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.


2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
Shae Davies was the eventual series winner, holding off at late charge from Ryan Simpson. Simpson now holds the record for the most race wins in one V8 Touring Car Season, as well as the most round wins in a row.


2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series


2013 Kunming Challenger
The 2013 Kunming Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kunming, China between 6 and 12 May 2013.


2013 Kunming Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Kunming Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2013 Kunming Challenger, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Kunming Challenger – Doubles
Samuel Groth and John-Patrick Smith won the first edition of the tournament by defeating Go Soeda and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2013 Kunming Challenger – Singles
Alex Bogomolov, Jr. won the first edition of the event by defeating Rik de Voest 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–2) in the final.


2013 Kuomintang chairmanship election
The 2013 Kuomintang chairmanship election (Chinese: 2013年中國國民黨主席選舉) was held on 20 July 2013 in Taiwan with Ma Ying-jeou as the sole candidate. This was the fifth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.


2013 Kuomintang chairmanship election, Aftermath
In his victory speech, Ma promised to enhance cooperation between Kuomintang and the government, cultivate talent and boost the party's momentum for future elections. He would be inaugurated as the Chairman of Kuomintang in the upcoming party congress scheduled to be held on 29 September 2013.


2013 Kuomintang chairmanship election, Reactions
Mainland China - CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping congratulated Ma immediately after the election.


2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election
The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2013 took place on 21 September 2013. It was the fourth legislative election in Kurdistan Region since 1992. The candidates were competing for a total of 111 seats out of which 11 seats were reserved for minorities. According to the Iraqi High Electoral Commission, there were 366 female and 736 male candidates for the elections. A total of 2,653,743 people were eligible to vote throughout the three provinces of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk of which 74% cast their ballots.


2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, Run-up
The legislative elections together with presidential and provincial were originally planned for September 21. However, in the months leading to the elections the parliament extended Massoud Barzani’s term for another two years. Meanwhile, IHEC delayed the provincial elections until November 21. Under Kurdish Election law political parties were allowed to campaign from August 28 until September 17th, four days before voting. The Peshmerga and police voted on September 19, in order for them to be able to guard the voting polls on September 21.


2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, Run-up
The election marked the first time the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan were running as individual parties since 1992. The Kurdistan Democratic Party was expected to win the most votes. The party has had a strong backing in the provinces of Duhok and Erbil and no challengers. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan meanwhile was facing competition from the Movement for Change. The Movement for Change had in the previous elections secured a surprising 25 seats in Sulaymaniyah, which had until then been a stronghold for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan also faced uncertainty due to internal conflicts and the absence of its leader Jalal Talabani who was recovering from a stroke.


2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, Run-up, Clashes
On 5 September, a gunman opened fire on a campaign rally by the Movement for Change in the city of Sulaymaniyah, wounding one person. In the same week, clashes broke out between the opposition Movement for Change and PUK and KDP supporters that led to 12 people, mostly policemen, being wounded.


2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, Results
No party won enough votes to form a government outright. The Kurdistan Democratic Party won the most votes in Erbil and Duhok. The province of Sulaymaniyah was heavily divided. The Movement for Change won the second most votes which made it the prime partner for the Kurdistan Democratic Party to form a coalition with. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, unexpectedly, lost more than a third of its seats.


2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, Results
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan announced that it respected the results. Soon after the announcement high-ranking member of the party resigned accepting responsibility for the bad results. Both Islamists and socialists made gains. A total of 77 men and 34 women were elected.


2013 Kurume Best Amenity Cup
The 2013 Kurume Best Amenity Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Kurume, Japan, on 13–19 May 2013.


2013 Kurume Best Amenity Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Doubles
Han Xinyun and Sun Shengnan were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but Han chose not to defend her title. Sun partnered up with Hsu Chieh-yu, but withdrew in the semifinals.


2013 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Doubles
Kanae Hisami and Mari Tanaka won the title, defeating Rika Fujiwara and Akiko Omae in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2).


2013 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Singles
Zheng Saisai was the defending champion, but she lost to An-Sophie Mestach in the quarterfinals.


2013 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Singles
Ons Jabeur won the title, defeating Mestach in the final, 6–0, 6–2.


2013 Kuwait Emir Cup
The Kuwait Emir Cup is the premier cup competition involving teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwaiti Division One league.


2013 Kuwait Emir Cup
The 2013 edition is the 50th to be held and has been moved back to its original place in the footballing calendar and played at the back end of the season.


2013 Kuwait Emir Cup
Defending Emir Cup champions Al Qadsia and Kuwaiti Premier League runners up Al Kuwait received byes to the Quarter-Final round.


2013 Kuwait Super Cup
The 2013 Kuwaiti-Supercup was the sixth Kuwait Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Kuwaiti Premier League and Kuwait Emir Cup competitions. It featured AL Kuwait, winners of the 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwait Emir Cup runner-up Al Qadsia at Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium.


2013 Kuwaiti general election
Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 27 July 2013. The elections were required after the Constitutional Court dissolved Parliament and annulled the results of the December 2012 elections. Voter turnout was an estimated 52.5%, which was higher than expected despite an opposition boycott, and only 7% lower than the non-boycotted February 2012 elections.


2013 Kuwaiti general election, Background
Early elections had been held in December 2012 after the National Assembly elected in February 2012 was dissolved by the Constitutional Court, as the dissolution of the previous Assembly elected in 2009 by Emir Sabah Al-Sabah was deemed to be unconstitutional. Six weeks before the December 2012 elections, the electoral law was changed to reduce the number of votes voters could cast from four to one. The changes were rejected by opposition groups, claiming that it would allow the government to manipulate the elections.


2013 Kuwaiti general election, Background
According to the constitution, elections had to be held within 60 days of the dissolution on 16 June. They were originally scheduled for 25 July, but were later postponed due to delays in the candidate registration process; the electoral law required registration had to start a month before the election, but the cabinet put process on hold whilst it waited for the Constitutional Court to publish the reasons for ruling that dissolved the previous National Assembly.


2013 Kuwaiti general election, Campaign
The secular National Democratic Alliance announced that it would contest the elections after boycotting the December 2012 elections. However, other liberal parties, together with nationalist groups said they would boycott the July elections.


2013 Kuwaiti general election, Results
According to the Associated Press, liberal lawmakers gained at least six seats. The Congressional Research Service reported that liberals won 9 seats, making them the largest political bloc in the parliament after pro-government Independents. Fox News reported that the tribal bloc won at least 10 seats in the 50-member parliament. Two women were elected. Sunni Islamists won 3 seats. The Shia group was initially reduced to eight seats after winning 17 seats in December 2012. Following a parliamentary by-election in 2014, the Shia group increased their share to 10 seats in the parliament. Overall, there were 36 Independent MPs.


2013 Kuwaiti general election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Marzouq Al-Ghanim was elected Speaker with 36 of the 65 votes, defeating Ali Al-Rashid (18 votes) and Roudhan Al-Roudhan (8).


2013 Kvalserien
The 2013 Kvalserien was the 39th Kvalserien, consisting of two Elitserien (SHL) teams and four HockeyAllsvenskan teams. It began on 14 March 2013 and ended on 5 April 2013. The 2013 Kvalserien determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2013–14 SHL season and which four teams would play in the 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season.


2013 Kvalserien
For the first time since 2006, neither of the two Elitserien teams – Timrå IK and Rögle BK – managed to defend their spot in the top-tier league. Instead, HockeyAllsvenskan teams Örebro HK and Leksands IF took the two available spots for the 2013–14 SHL season. Örebro went undefeated in regulation time throughout the ten games and secured promotion in the seventh round (of ten), while Leksand secured their SHL spot in the following round.


2013 Kvalserien
Örebro promoted to the SHL for the first time in club history (another Örebro team, Örebro IK, last played in the Elitserien in 1978–79), while Leksand returned to the SHL for the first time since the 2005–06 season. Timrå were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan for the first time since 2000, while Rögle's return to Elitserien lasted for only one season.


2013 Kvalserien, Standings
Legend:   Qualified for the 2013–14 SHL season;   Play in the 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season


2013 Kvalserien, Statistics, Scoring leaders
Updated as of the end of the season. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2013 Kvalserien, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who have played at least 40% of the team's minutes. Updated as of the end of the season.


2013 Kvalserien, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2013 Kwale local elections
Local elections were held in Kwale to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected.


2013 Kwale local elections, Prospective candidates
The following are some of the candidates who have made public their intentions to run:


2013 Kyrgyzstan Cup
The 2013 edition of the Kyrgyzstan Cup was the annual Kyrgyzstan football competition between domestic clubs.


2013 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Play-off round, 1/16 Round
The 1/16 round matches were played on 7, 8, 9 and 11 June 2013.


2013 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Play-off round, 1/8 round
The 1/8 round matches were played on 2, 3 and 4 July 2013.


2013 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Play-off round, 1/4 Round
The 1/4 round matches were played on 23 July 2013.


2013 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Play-off round, 1/2 Round
The 1/2 round matches were played 1st leg on 17-18 August and 2nd leg on 21-24 August 2013.


2013 Kyrgyzstan League
The 2013 Kyrgyzstan League was the 22nd season of Kyrgyzstan League, the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic's top division of association football. Dordoi Bishkek are the defending champions, having won the previous season. Due to sponsorship reasons the league was known as the Shoro Top League.


2013 Kyrgyzstani protests
The 2013 Kyrgyzstani protests started on May 30, 2013 when as many as 3,000 people stormed the Kumtor Gold Mine demanding it be nationalized or provide more social benefits. The mine - owned by Canada's Centerra Gold - contributes to almost 12% of Kyrgyzstan's national GDP. The protests blocked a road to the mine and cut off electricity. Riot police responded when protesters tried to storm the mine's office; 50-55 people were injured in resulting clashes and 80-92 were arrested. Supporters of the protest also besieged the local governor's office in Jalal-Abad later in the evening.


2013 Kyrgyzstani protests
In response the President of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, declared a state of emergency until June 10. The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Zhantoro Satybaldiyev, stated that the government would get more money from the mine, either through taxes or otherwise. Centerra Gold responded by calling the protests and occupation of the mine illegal. The road to the mine was unblocked on June 1, though the protests in Jalal-Abad continued demanding the release of protesters in previous in unrest. Protests have continued through the month of June, resulting in the death of at least one person.


2013 Kyrgyzstani protests
Other factors that exacerbated the protests included a nitric acid spill into a nearby river in 1998, which the locals had been fighting for compensation in court.


2013 LA2
2013 LA2 is a centaur and damocloid on a cometary-like and retrograde orbit from the outer Solar System, suggesting that it is an extinct comet. It was first observed on 1 June 2013 by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, in the United States. The object measures approximately 1.8 kilometers (1.1 miles) in diameter. It holds the record for having the highest orbital inclination of any known minor planet.


2013 LA2, Orbit and classification
2013 LA2 orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.0–12.0 AU once every 20 years and 7 months (7,519 days; semi-major axis of 7.51 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.59 and an inclination of 175° with respect to the ecliptic.


2013 LA2, Orbit and classification
It has the highest orbital inclination of any known minor planet which gives it a retrograde orbit. The objects's orbit takes it from the outer region of the asteroid belt to between the orbit of Saturn (9.5 AU) and Uranus (19.2 AU). The body's short observation arc of less than a month begins with its first observation on 1 June 2013. It has not since been observed.


2013 LA2, Physical characteristics
Johnston's archive assumes an albedo 0.09 and calculates a diameter of 1.8 kilometers.


2013 LEB Oro Playoffs
The 2013 LEB Oro promotion Playoffs is the final stage of the 2012–13 LEB Oro season. They will start on 26 April 2013, and they will finish on May 31 or June 2 or 4.


2013 LEB Oro Playoffs
All the series will be played in a best-of-5 games format. The best seeded team plays at home the games 1, 2 and 5 if necessary. The winner of the playoffs will promote to 2013–14 ACB season with Ford Burgos, the champion of the regular season.


2013 LET Access Series
The 2013 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through November 2013 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2013 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2013 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2013 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.


2013 LFF I Lyga
The 2013 I Lyga (also known as LFF I Lyga) is the 24th season of the I Lyga, the second-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season started on 8 April 2013 and end is planned for 24 September 2013.


2013 LFF I Lyga, Changes from 2013
The league changed its number of teams, increasing it from 10 teams in 2012 I Lyga to 12 teams in 2013. Two teams of 2012 resigned – FK Granitas Vilnius and NFA Kaunas (replaced by FM Spyris Kaunas), and another two were relegated – FK Venta Kuršėnai and FK Kėdainiai. From LFF II lyga were admitted 5 teams – 3 from zone South (FK Žalgiris-3 Vilnius, FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda and FM Spyris Kaunas) and 2 from zone West (FK Lokomotyvas Radviliškis and FK Klaipėdos Granitas). A newly created team of FK Baltija Panevėžys was also allowed to start at I lyga in 2013.


2013 LFL Canada season
The 2013 LFL Canada Season would have been the second season of LFL Canada and the sixth season of the combined history of the Legends Football League and its predecessor, the Lingerie Football League. LFL Canada intended to feature four teams in four cities across Western Canada, with the Calgary Fillies to replace the suspended Toronto Triumph; Calgary was to join the BC Angels, Regina Rage and the Saskatoon Sirens.


2013 LFL Canada season
The 2013 season never transpired, and LFL announced, in July 2014, that LFL Canada had been terminated and the teams would fold into a (never formed) LFL North America.


2013 LFL Canada season, Aborted developments
On June 27, 2013, the 2013 LFL Canada schedule was released. The 2013 regular season was scheduled to begin on September 13, 2013 and conclude on November 9, 2013, with the Legends Cup championship scheduled to be played on November 16, 2013 at Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta.


2013 LFL Canada season, Aborted developments
It was announced that a Calgary, Alberta team would join the LFL and be known as the Calgary Fillies, playing home games at the Stampede Corral. As well, the LFL announced that the Toronto Triumph would suspend operations for the 2013 season, ostensibly due to arena concerns.


2013 LFL Canada season, Aborted developments
On September 11, 2013, Ticketmaster began notifying ticket holders in Saskatoon that the team's first home game against Calgary has been cancelled. No reasons were given for the cancellation, nor a rescheduled date provided.


2013 LFL Canada season, Aborted developments
Legends Football League then moved the season opener to October 5th, then cancelled the 2013 Season before that revised start date. The LFL first blamed a lack of preparation time for the teams due to three new coaching staffs (all except Saskatoon), then confirmed that the league office was not prepared, the stated the inability of USA players to be available to practice with Canadian teams.


2013 LFL Canada season, Aborted developments
The LFL stated that it would be properly prepared for the 2014 season, but in July 2014 announced that LFL Canada had been terminated, with plans to fold the teams into a (never formed) LFL North America, joining teams from the US and Mexico.


2013 LFL US season
The 2013 LFL US Season was the fourth season of LFL United States, the first in the rebranded Legends Football League, and the fifth in the combined history of that league and its predecessor, the Lingerie Football League. The season featured 12 teams in various cities across the United States. In 2012, the league decided to move to a spring and summer schedule, beginning in March, 2013. For the 2013 season the league granted two new franchises: Omaha Heart and Atlanta Steam. The Toronto Triumph was, as scheduled, realigned into the league's Canadian division, LFL Canada, for the 2012 season. The Orlando Fantasy officially suspended operations, while the Tampa Breeze relocated to Jacksonville, Florida to become the Jacksonville Breeze.


2013 LFL US season
For the 2013 season, the LFL released a new division structure, splitting the twelve teams into four divisions. Opening night of the 2013 was on March 30, 2013, between Atlanta Steam and Jacksonville Breeze, while Chicago Bliss and Green Bay Chill ended the regular season on August 10, 2013.


2013 LFL US season
For the first time, Conference division playoffs were held on August 17, 2013 at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois between the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds of both the Eastern and Western Conferences, with the winners playing the No.1 seeds in the Conference Championship games on August 24, 2013 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. The 2013 LFL US Legends Cup (formerly the Lingerie Bowl) was played at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 1, 2013 between the Philadelphia Passion and Chicago Bliss. The Chicago Bliss won the Legends bowl 38–14, its first championship in the LFL.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
In 2012, the league decided to officially move the next LFL United States season to April 2013. The league stated the reasoning behind the postponement of the schedule was to move the league to a spring and summer schedule, mirroring every other indoor American football league of the past decade, as the commissioner felt that there was greater opportunity for success in the spring; the league also stated the hiatus would allow the league offices to focus on the introductory world tours scheduled for late 2012.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
LFL Canada was not affected by the change and continues to play its fall 2012 schedule as originally announced. The commissioner denied the suggestion that the move was a suspension of operations. On January 10, 2013, the league announced it was abandoning its original premise as the Lingerie Football League and would rebrand as the Legends Football League, with more conventional sportswear replacing the lingerie for uniforms.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
The LFL announced its first expansion team for the 2013 season would be the Omaha Heart, located in Omaha, Nebraska, playing at the Ralston Arena. This was followed by a new expansion team in Saint Charles, Missouri (serving the St. Louis metropolitan area), playing in the St. Charles Convention Center, to be known as the St. Louis Saints. However, negotiations to play at the arena fell through, with the league suspending operations of the franchise indefinitely.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
St. Charles officials cited the league's refusal to guarantee fixed dates and money, while the league argued that the arena did not meet requirements of a top-tier facility. On October 2, 2012, the LFL announced that Atlanta had been granted an expansion franchise to play in the 2013 LFL US season. The Atlanta Steam played its home matches at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
On May 24, 2012, the LFL officially temporarily suspended operations of the Orlando Fantasy franchise for the 2013 season.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
For the 2013 season, the Tampa Breeze moved to Jacksonville, Florida to become known as the Jacksonville Breeze. The move was primarily driven by the owners of the Tampa Bay Times Forum, who also own the Arena Football League team the Tampa Bay Storm, deciding not to compete with the Tampa Breeze for tickets sales now that the LFL shifted its regular season schedule to coincide with the Arena Football League schedule. The team played its home matches at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, which previously hosted the 2011 LFL US Conference Playoffs.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
The Philadelphia Passion announced that it will play its home games at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania for the 2013 season. PPL Park is an outdoor soccer stadium, a venue that would have not been viable in the fall given eastern Pennsylvania's weather during that season. Chicago Bliss returned to playing at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
Due to a new divisional structure, the league expanded its playoff series to include the top three teams in each conference. The best team in each conference was awarded a first round bye, while the other divisional champions played off against the third best teams in the conference in the Divisional Playoff round. The Conference Division Playoffs were played at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on Saturday, August 17. The matches were originally scheduled to be played at 1stBank Center in Denver, Colorado. The Conference Championship games were played on August 24, 2013 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
The 2013 Legends Cup (formerly the Lingerie Bowl) was played at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 1, 2013. The game was originally awarded to the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the match to be played at Highmark Stadium. Pittsburgh has been named as an LFL expansion city for the 2014 season.


2013 LFL US season, Developments
However, due to higher ticket sales than the 3,000 seat Highmark could accommodate, an announcement was made June 1, 2013 that the championship game would move to PPL Park in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania On July 5, 2013 the game was once again moved to Las Vegas after the LFL and Las Vegas partners negotiated a multi-year agreement to keep the LFL US Legends Cup in Las Vegas for at least the next 3 years.


2013 LFL US season, Standings, Western Conference
* conference champion, " division winner, ^ clinched playoff berth


2013 LKL All-Star Game
The annual 2013 LKL All-star game, was held in Šiauliai Arena, in Šiauliai, on March 17th.


2013 LKL All-Star Game, Coaches
"Lietuviai" was coached by Lithuanian Virginijus Šeškus, of Prienai, who acquired 4,866 votes. "Time Team" was coached by Spaniard Joan Plaza, of Žalgiris, who acquired 8,672 votes.


2013 LKL All-Star Game, Game
In the third quarter, singer Donatas Montvydas stepped on the court, wearing a "Lietuviai" jersey. In 5 minutes of action, he scored 6 points, and dished out 2 assists.


2013 LPGA Championship
The 2013 LPGA Championship was the 59th LPGA Championship, held June 6–9 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2013 season. This was the fourth consecutive year the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.


2013 LPGA Championship
Inbee Park, number one in the world rankings, won her third major title in a sudden-death playoff, defeating runner-up Catriona Matthew on the third extra hole, their 39th of the day. The third and fourth rounds were played on Sunday after play was washed out by heavy rain on Thursday.


2013 LPGA Championship
The win was the second consecutive major for Park; she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship in April and became only the third to win both in the same year, joining Pat Bradley (1986) and Annika Sörenstam (2005).


2013 LPGA Championship
It was the eighth playoff at the LPGA Championship and the first since 2008.


2013 LPGA Championship, Field
The field included 150 players from 24 countries, with the 36-hole cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.


2013 LPGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
Play was washed out on Thursday due to heavy rain, course flooding, and occasional lightning. Chella Choi shot a 67 (−5) on Friday on a soggy course to take the first round lead; major winners Morgan Pressel and Jiyai Shin were one stroke back at 68.


2013 LPGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Pressel grabbed the lead with a 70 (−2) for 138 (−6), and world number one Inbee Park shot 68 to move into tie for second place with first round leader Choi, two strokes back at 140 (−4). The cut was at 150 (+6) or better, with 77 players advancing to play the final two rounds on Sunday.


2013 LPGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round
One-over for the round after the first eight holes, Park then made five birdies and five pars for another 68 (−4) to total 208 (−8), one stroke ahead of Pressel.


2013 LPGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Following the third round in the morning, the groupings were kept the same for the afternoon's final round. The top three players after 54 holes, Park, Pressel, and Shin, all shot 75 (+3) and came back to the field. Matthew recorded a 68 (−4) without a bogey for a 283 (−5), which tied Park and forced a sudden-death playoff. Suzann Pettersen, the champion in 2007, started the round eleven strokes back, in a tie for 31st. She carded a tournament best 65 (−7), but finished one stroke back at 284 (−4), tied with Pressel for third place.


2013 LPGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff
The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole and alternated with the 10th hole, both par fours. Both players parred the first two holes, with Matthew scrambling for par on the second after finding the rough and pitching out to the fairway. She drove into the rough again on the third hole while Park hit the fairway. Matthew failed to chip in for par from 50 feet (15 m) and Park sank her 18-foot (5.5 m) birdie putt for the championship.


2013 LPGA Tour
The 2013 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in Australia on February 14 and ended on November 24 in Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2013 LPGA Tour
Inbee Park of South Korea won the most tournaments, six, including three majors. She also led the money list for the second straight year and won the Rolex Player of the Year award. Stacy Lewis won the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, the first American to win since 1994. Three players, Lewis, Park, and Suzann Pettersen had scoring averages below 70, for the first time in LPGA Tour history. Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand won the Rookie of the Year award.


2013 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names is the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.


2013 LPGA of Japan Tour
The 2013 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 46th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 36 golf tournaments, all played in Japan. Rikako Morita and Sakura Yokomine each won four tournaments and Morita was the leading money winner with earnings of ¥126,675,049.


2013 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event.


2013 LPGA of Korea Tour
The 2013 LPGA of Korea Tour was the 36th season of the LPGA of Korea Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf' Association. It consisted of 23 golf tournaments, 20 played in South Korea, two played in China, and one played in Taiwan. Jang Ha-na won three tournaments and was the leading money winner with earnings of ₩689,542,549.


2013 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Korea Tour, including that event.


2013 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
LPGA KEB- HanaBank Championship is co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour. Kumho Tire Women's Open and Hyundai China Ladies Open are co-sanctioned with China LPGA Tour. Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters is co-sanctioned with Taiwan LPGA.


2013 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2013 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2013. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium, which opened in 2009. On May 17, 2013, the playing field at Alex Box Stadium was designated Skip Bertman Field, in honor of the LSU coach with the most wins in the program's history. At the end of the game against Ole Miss, the program celebrated the best regular season record in its history with 48 wins.


2013 LSU Tigers baseball team
The team is coached by Paul Mainieri who is in his seventh season at LSU. In the 2012 season, the Tigers failed to reach the College World Series; however, the Tigers did win the regular season and post season SEC championship. Overall, the Tigers finished 47–18, 19–11 in the SEC.


2013 LSU Tigers baseball team, Schedule/Results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.


2013 LSU Tigers baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2013 LSU Tigers baseball team, LSU Tigers in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft
The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2013 MLB Draft.


2013 LSU Tigers football team
The 2013 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Les Miles and played their home games at Tiger Stadium. They were a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference.


2013 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season and offseason
LSU entered the 2012 season as the defending SEC champion. The Tigers accumulated a conference record of 6–2, with losses on the road against the Florida Gators and at home to the eventual national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide. After finishing the regular season with an overall record of 10–2, LSU was selected to play in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl against the Clemson Tigers. LSU was defeated by Clemson on a last second field goal by a score of 25–24.


2013 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season and offseason
Following the end of the season, LSU lost numerous players to the NFL Draft, including ten underclassmen, the most of any other team. Key losses included second-team All Americans Kevin Minter and Eric Reid, third-team All American Sam Montgomery, and second-team All-SEC players Barkevious Mingo and Drew Alleman.


2013 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season and offseason
In February 2013, LSU announced that it had hired former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator, Cam Cameron, for the same position. Cameron served as the Ravens' offensive coordinator for five seasons. Cameron served for a single season as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins prior to joining the Ravens' staff. Prior to that, Cameron was the offensive coordinator for five seasons for the San Diego Chargers. Cameron had also previously spent time as part of the staff for the Michigan Wolverines alongside LSU head coach Les Miles for seven seasons from 1987 to 1993. Cameron will be replacing Greg Studrawa as LSU's offensive coordinator. Studrawa had spent the prior two seasons as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Studrawa was retained as the offensive line coach.


2013 LSU Tigers football team, Depth chart
The official opening day depth chart was released on August 22, 2014.


2013 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
LSU's 2013 schedule was released by the Southeastern Conference and LSU on October 18, 2012.


2013 LX28
2013 LX28, is an asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group that is a temporary quasi-satellite of the Earth, the third known Earth quasi-satellite.


2013 LX28, Discovery, orbit and physical properties
2013 LX28 was discovered on 12 June 2013. As of September 2014, it has been observed 26 times with a data-arc span of 349 days. It is an Apollo asteroid and its semi-major axis (1.0016 AU) is very similar to that of the Earth but it has relatively high eccentricity (0.4521) and high orbital inclination (49.9761°). With an absolute magnitude of 21.7, it has a diameter in the range 130–300 m (for an assumed albedo range of 0.04–0.20).


2013 LX28, Quasi-satellite dynamical state and orbital evolution
2013 LX28 has been identified as an Earth quasi-satellite following a kidney-shaped retrograde orbit around the Earth.


2013 La Défense attack
On the afternoon of 25 May 2013, French soldier Cédric Cordier was attacked and stabbed in the Paris suburb of La Défense by a man who was later ruled by a court not to be criminally responsible for psychiatric reasons.


2013 La Défense attack, Background
In March 2012, French-Algerian Mohammed Merah went on a series of shooting sprees targeting soldiers and Jewish schoolchildren in Toulouse and Montauban, southern France. France was also on a state of high alert due to a threat from al-Qaeda in North Africa. The threat was sent in response to the French campaign to liberate northern Mali from Islamist occupation. Due to the alert, some 450 soldiers were placed on patrol in train stations and other locations in Paris.


2013 La Défense attack, Background
The attack occurred three days after of the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, though President Hollande said there was no evidence to link the two attacks,  despite this there was speculation as to whether it was a copycat attack.


2013 La Défense attack, Attack
In late afternoon, Saturday 25 May 2013, private first class Cédric Cordier was patrolling a busy underground hall in La Défense in uniform with two other servicemen. Around 6 p.m., a man approached Cordier from behind and attacked him with a knife. The attacker stabbed Cordier in the neck and fled into a crowded shopping area before the other servicemen could react. The attacker stabbed the soldier several times, narrowly missing Cordier's jugular vein and carotid artery.


2013 La Défense attack, Attack, Victim
The soldier attacked was 23-year-old private first class Cédric Cordier. He was stabbed in the neck and had lost a considerable amount of blood; however, his injuries were not life-threatening. He was in a stable condition and was treated at a nearby military hospital. He was released by 29 May.


2013 La Défense attack, Attack, Victim
Some sources described Cordier as 25 years old; others identified him as Cédric Cordiez.


2013 La Défense attack, Attack, Suspect
The suspected attacker was then-21-year-old Alexandre Dhaussy, a recent Christian convert to Islam. He turned 22 on 30 May. Dhaussy, unemployed and homeless, was already known to police since 2009 for petty crimes. He was known as becoming more radicalized in February, but had not been considered dangerous. Prosecutor François Molins said that Dhaussy's attack was believed to be motivated by his Islamic belief. In 2012, the police stopped him when he acted suspiciously as he did not want to wait for a bus with women; in 2011, he refused a job that involved working with women.


2013 La Défense attack, Investigation
French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian said Cordier was targeted "because he was a soldier". The case was assigned to a counter-terrorism prosecutor. The attacker, a "tall, athletic, bearded man", was recorded on security cameras wearing a light-colored robe called djellaba. He was seen saying a Muslim prayer before the attack. The attacker took off his robe and fled in European clothing.


2013 La Défense attack, Investigation
On Wednesday 29 May, Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls stated that a man—later identified as Alexandre Dhaussy—was arrested in the morning in Yvelines. The suspect was traced from DNA found on a plastic bag left at the scene and was identified by fingerprint. He admitted the attack to the police who arrested him. Prosecutor François Molins said that Dhaussy "wanted to attack a representative of the state" and "acted in the name of his religious ideology", considering the character and timing of the attack. Molins also stated that Dhaussy stabbed Cordier with a "fairly clear intent to kill".


2013 La Défense attack, Legal proceedings
On Friday 31 May 2013, Dhaussy appeared before anti-terrorism judges Thierry Fragnoli and Gilbert Thiel, who determined there was enough evidence to proceed with an investigation. He was placed under formal investigation for "attempted murder linked to a terrorist enterprise". In November 2015, the court declared him not criminally responsible for psychiatric reasons.


2013 La Défense attack, Reactions
Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian said he was determined to lead "an implacable fight against terrorism". Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls warned of growing radicalization of young French Muslims online and by extremist imams.


2013 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2013 La Flèche Wallonne was the 77th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 17 April 2013 over a distance of 205 kilometres (127.4 miles) and it was the twelfth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.


2013 La Flèche Wallonne, Teams
As La Flèche Wallonne is a UCI World Tour event, all 19 UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.


2013 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The 2013 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is the 16th running of the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, a women's single-day cycling race held in Belgium and is the fourth race of the 2013 UCI Women's Road World Cup season. The race was held on 17 April 2013 over a distance of 131.5 kilometres (81.7 miles).


2013 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, Course
The 131.5 km event started in Huy, where the riders rode two laps of a tough circuit including the steep Mur de Huy (The wall of Huy) climb, with several sections steeper than 15% and up to 26% on one section. The finish was at the top of the Mur after the second ascent.


2013 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, World Cup standings
Standings after 4 of 8 2013 UCI Women's Road World Cup races.


2013 La Manga Cup
The 2013 La Manga Cup was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe, which was held in February 2013. All matches were played in La Manga Stadium in La Manga Club, Spain. This was the sixteenth La Manga Cup.


2013 La Manga Cup, Standings
With only six teams entered, the 2012 version of the Cup was contested in a Round Robin style format, wherein each participating team played against three of the other seven teams entered in the competition, with the winner determined by points earned.


2013 La Route de France
The 2013 La Route de France was an Elite Women's road  race, rated at 2.1 by the UCI, which ran from 3 August to 10 August covering approximately 831.8 km. The race was won overall by Linda Villumsen of Wiggle-Honda, marking her first overall win for the new British based team. The race is also noted due to the record breaking efforts of Villumsen's team mate, Giorgia Bronzini who won six consecutive stages (1 – 6) breaking the all-time record for consecutive stage wins in a women's stage racing. The Wiggle-Honda team won all seven of the road stages, with Emma Johansson of Orica-AIS winning the prologue earlier in the race.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection
In 2013, Eric Joyce, Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for Falkirk, resigned from the Labour Party and announced he would not seek re-election. The process of nominating a replacement candidate for the 2015 General Election led to a dispute between the party and its major financial backer Unite the Union, causing the suspension of two local party members, the resignation of Tom Watson MP as Labour's 2015 election strategist, and the forwarding of an internal report into the situation to Police Scotland.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Background
Eric Stuart Joyce was selected as the Labour Party candidate and subsequently voted in as Member of Parliament for Falkirk at the 2010 general election. After a series of alcohol-related incidents, including a drink-driving conviction and two fights in a House of Commons bar, Joyce resigned from the Labour Party, saying that he intended to complete his term as an MP but not seek re-election.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
The selection process for a new Labour prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for Falkirk began in late 2012. Until Joyce had resigned his membership of the Labour Party in February 2012, the membership of Falkirk West Constituency Labour Party (CLP), which makes-up 70% of the total electoral constituency, stood at fewer than 100 members.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
Soon after Joyce's resignation, Stephen Deans - a local shop steward who had risen to become chairman for Unite in Scotland - became chair of the Falkirk West CLP. In line with the then Unite policy, and also within the Labour Party rules in force at the time, Deans began recruiting Unite members, mainly from the local Ineos Grangemouth Refinery, where Unite had been involved in a pensions dispute in 2008, as new members of the Falkirk West CLP, and paying their membership fees.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
By January 2013, membership of the Falkirk West CLP stood at over 200 members, all of whom were entitled to vote in the process to select a new parliamentary candidate. Although he was now no longer a member of the Labour Party, Joyce, whose own actions had been at the root of the need to select a new candidate, blogged about allegations arising from unnamed persons, supposedly, he claimed, to "flood" the CLP with Unite members. Joyce was threatened with legal action via a solicitor's letter from Unite.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
It became clear that the recruitment efforts of Unite were in support of a particular potential candidate, Karie Murphy. A leaked Unite document from December 2012 detailed its activity in Falkirk as "exemplary" for the way in which "we have recruited well over 100 Unite members to the party in a constituency with less than 200 members. 57 came from responses to a text message alone, (followed up face to face). A collective effort locally, but led and inspired by the potential candidate".


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
The constituency decided to adopt the process provided by the national Labour Party for an all-women's shortlist, with the CLP Executive Committee agreeing, by consensus, to consult on this question, but two of the other prospective candidates, Linda Gow, a former leader of Falkirk Council, and Gregor Poynton, UK political director at communications firm Blue State, publicly wrote to all constituency members asking for an open contest.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
In February 2013, the selection process for the new PPC was deferred to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC). In March, the NEC proposed that the process be scrutinised by the Labour Party organisation sub-committee, and that an internal NEC report on allegations be completed, covering the perceived promoting of Karie Murphy (a former Chair of the Scottish Labour Party, and Unite's preferred candidate), as PPC, and the mass recruitment of Unite members to the constituency, with their membership fees being paid en bloc by the union. Joyce commented after the National Executive Committee (NEC) report was handed to the police that -


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
The amateur, hubristic and irresponsible actions of a small number of Unite officials at the top of the organisation will require some rules to be changed to prevent another Falkirk.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Selection process
As a result of the NEC investigation, Murphy withdrew her name from the selection process. Stephen Deans, who was still the chair of both Unite Scotland and the Falkirk West CLP, said the suspension of the PPC selection process by the NEC was an attack on the union by a "Blairite rump", and that "the decision taken is purely an attack on the work Unite has been doing in the constituency to recruit its members into the Labour Party". Both Murphy and Deans were later briefly suspended by the Labour Party in light of the contents of an NEC internal report in June 2013.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
In May 2013 whilst speaking at the annual Progress conference, former MP and business secretary Lord Mandelson claimed that a cabal at the top of the NEC were trying to exert influence, and warned Labour Party leader Ed Miliband that he "was storing up danger for himself and for a future Labour government over parliamentary selections".


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
On 25 June 2013, in the light of allegations claimed to be contained within the completed NEC internal report, Labour Party Central Office in London implemented "special measures" under the Labour Party constitution, and took direct control of candidate selection in Falkirk. A spokesperson commented:


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
After an internal inquiry into the Falkirk constituency we have found there is sufficient evidence to raise concern about the legitimacy of members qualifying to participate in the selection of a Westminster candidate. As a result, NEC officers today decided a series of measures are needed to uphold the integrity of the Labour party.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
The NEC later concluded that anyone who had joined the Labour Party in Falkirk after 12 March 2012, when Eric Joyce announced he was stepping down, would not be allowed to take part in the selection process. The NEC then suspended provisional candidate Karie Murphy and Falkirk party chairman Stephen Deans, a decision which Unite the Union criticised.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
On 27 June, Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey wrote to his members with regards to the NEC special measures process:


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
These decisions have been taken on the basis of an 'investigation' into the CLP (Constituency Labour Party), the report of which your union has not been allowed to see. As a result, not only are the rights of Falkirk CLP members being ignored, Unite is being subjected to a behind-the-scenes smear campaign. We will be challenging this procedure and this campaign through all proper channels within the party, publicly and by legal action if necessary.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
On 2 July former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett MP speaking on BBC Two's Daily Politics said the party had "taken the right step by having an investigation" and said he hoped the NEC would "deal with it decisively". Blunkett went on to say he thought the party should publish the internal report, adding that Labour "should be as transparent as possible". However, a Labour Party spokesperson later said that it was standard practice not to publish the NEC's internal reports.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
On 4 July, Tom Watson MP resigned as Labour's 2015 general election campaign co-ordinator, though he remained in place as Deputy Chair of the Labour Party. Watson confirmed that provisional Falkirk candidate Karie Murphy had been his office manager prior to her selection.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
After the NEC had been briefed by the party solicitor on 4 July, on 5 July Ed Miliband announced that the party was to refer the NEC internal report into allegations of irregularities in the selection of a PPC in Falkirk to Police Scotland, after confirming that the NEC internal inquiry had shown irregularities in the Falkirk Labour Party's candidate selection process.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Investigation
The Conservative member of parliament Henry Smith then wrote to the Chief Constable of Scotland, Sir Stephen House, asking for an investigation, suggesting that Unite might have committed fraud. On 25 July Police Scotland concluded that there were insufficient grounds to support an investigation. A spokesman for Police Scotland told the BBC: "Following a comprehensive review of all material submitted, Police Scotland has concluded there are insufficient grounds to support a criminal investigation at this time. However, should further information come to light this will be looked into."


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Consequences
Murphy and Deans were suspended by the Labour Party in the light of submission of the NEC internal report in June 2013. Murphy had withdrawn her candidature for the PPC position and was later reinstated as a party member after having her name cleared of any wrongdoing. The Labour Party immediately changed its rules, to prevent affiliated unions from paying the Labour Party membership fees for their members to be individual members of constituency Labour parties.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Consequences
The Guardian reported in July 2013 that the row had also led to a former cabinet minister and other "senior party figures" calling for the Labour Party to break its formal links with the trade union movement. The incident fuelled calls for reforms to Labour's selection system and lead to the 2014 Collin's Report which was adopted by the party and changed the system for both leadership elections and candidate selection.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Consequences
A re-selection was held on 8 December 2013. Karen Whitefield, who had not been involved in the controversy, was chosen as the prospective candidate for Falkirk.


2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection, Consequences
At the general election of May 2015, Labour's share of the vote in the Falkirk constituency fell by 20.6%, with the Scottish National Party gaining the seat on a 24.1% swing, which was typical of the swing from Labour to the SNP in Scotland.


2013 Ladies European Tour
The 2013 Ladies European Tour is a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which takes place from February through December, 2013. The tournaments are sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2013 Ladies European Tour
At present, the tour is scheduled to feature a total of 24 events, including the return of the Ladies Italian Open, which hasn't been on the tour since 2009. It also features the bi-annual Europe vs. USA Solheim Cup, which will rotate its turn to the United States for 2013. Also added to the tour is the Helsingborg Open in Sweden.


2013 Ladies European Tour
Leaving the tour for 2013 are the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open (Switzerland), the Ladies Irish Open (Ireland), and the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open (Austria).


2013 Ladies European Tour
The tour has chronologically moved some of the events. Moving upwards on the calendar are the South African Women's Open by three months, and the Open de España Femenino by three months. Moving back on the calendar are the Honma Pilsen Golf Masters by two months, The Evian Championship by two months, and the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open by three months.


2013 Ladies European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2013 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar
The 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar is the 5th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It is organised by the Qatar Cycling Federation with technical and sports-related assistance from Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (category 2.1). It took place from Tuesday 29 January until Friday 1 February 2013 and consisted of 4 stages, one more stage than the former editions. 15 teams of 6 riders took part.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar
All stages of the 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar were live broadcast on TV station Al Jazeera.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Teams
Fifteen teams competed in the 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar. These included eleven UCI teams and four national teams. The teams participating in the race were:


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 1
The 88 riders of the 5th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar took off this in front of the Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha. Facing the wind, the pack remained bunched during the first half of the stage. The packed bunch covered 36.8 kilometres in the first hour. As the wind started blowing sideways on the pack, several riders failed to keep up with the pace. At km 55, twenty young ladies powered away while former World champion Giorgia Bronzini was left stranded behind. At km 65 the front group could enjoy a 27” lead.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 1
The gap started growing as the kilometres went by: 55" on the Bronzini group and 1’45" on the main pack at km 70, and then 2’ with 15 kilometres to go. At km 85, three riders managed to break away: Chloe Hosking, Gracie Elvin and Lisa Brennauer. They were soon to be caught by Liesbet De Vocht. The four escapees managed to stay put all the way to the finish line in Masaieed. Used to battling it out in bunched sprints, Hosking powered to her first stage success in Qatar, outsprinting Elvin and Brennauer to the line. The Aussie captures the overall lead and the first Golden jersey of this edition. With three stages to go, Hosking has a 6" lead over Elvin and also leads the points and best young rider standings that she had won last year.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 2
The 88 riders took off in windy conditions from the Camel Race Track just outside Doha. After just 6.5 kilometres, China's Jiang broke away and was rapidly caught by two other eager riders: Jasinska and Cordon. While the pack had to deal with a strong head wind, the gap increased from 2 minutes at km 20 to a maximum 8’ 50" at the first intermediate sprint (km 38.5) won by Jiang.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 2
As the wind started blowing sideways on the race, nine riders powered away from the pack at km 39 including event leader Chloe Hosking, as well as former winners of the race Ellen van Dijk and Kirsten Wild. At km 46, the leading three could still enjoy a 4’ 40" advantage on the golden jersey group and 5’ 15" over a bunch including Giorgia Bronzini, Rochelle Gilmore and Lisa Brennauer. The second bonus sprint (km 60) was again claimed by Jiang while the favourites’ group moved closer, 1’ 30" adrift. The escapees were eventually caught at km 63.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 2
Twelve competitors continued powering to the finish, enjoying a 1’ lead with 20 kilometres to go. After Cordon and Jiang dropped out of the front group, nine ladies could start considering the stage win. One after the other, the five Orica-AIS girls tried to break away but were caught on each attack. It came down to a sprint, captured by Wild, ahead of Trixi Worrack and Ellen van Dijk. Chloe Hosking captured a fine fourth spot on the line, keeping command of the overall standings. The Australian however remains under the pressure of Elvin, 6" adrift and Wild, only 9" behind. Hosking also leads the points and best young rider standings.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
The 86 riders remaining in the race took off from the Al Thakhira harbour. It would be another day across the peninsula under the influence of strong winds. Despite several attempts, the pack remained bunched all the way to Al Zubara, north-west of Qatar. The first hour had an average speed of 48 kilometres per hour. The first bonus sprint was won by Kirsten Wild As the pack headed up north and the wind started blowing sideways, several riders failed to keep up with the pace.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
While a crash occurred in the peloton, a group of 18 ladies pulled away including race leader Chloe Hosking, Ellen van Dijk, Wild, Gracie Elvin, and Trixi Worrack. The front group enjoyed a 40” lead at km 83 on a group of 22 including Cromwell, Gilmour and Bronzini. With 25 kilometres to go, as the riders entered the final circuit, the first two groups bunched up together again.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
8 riders gave it a go but where rapidly caught before reaching Madinat Al Shamal for the second bonus sprint won by Lisa Brennauer ahead of Chantal Blaak, who had both broken away just before crossing the line. Wild powered to third spot ahead of the pack, 5” adrift. With 10 kilometres to go, Brennauer and Blaak could still enjoy a 10” lead. Both were first caught by Fahlin and Cantele and then by the whole golden jersey group with 5 kilometres to go. Just under 40 riders moved closer to the finish line.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
With under 3 kilometres to go, race leader Hosking suffered a puncture. Despite being eventually given the winner's time, she could no longer hope for stage victory and extra bonus seconds. Well helped out by her Team Argos-Shimano teammates, Wild powered to a second consecutive stage win, beating Ellen van Dijk and Giorgia Bronzini.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
The Dutch lady claimed her fifth victory in Qatar and took command of the overall standings, with a 3” lead over Gilmour and 16” over Elvin, while she also leads the points’ standings. Hosking remains best young rider of the event and will carry the White Pearl jersey during the 4th stage.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 4
The 80 riders remaining in the race took off at 1:07 PM to the Doha Corniche where they would have to cover five laps of the traditional final circuit. Facing the wind, the pack remained bunched until the first intermediate sprint in Al Wakra (km 38.5) won by Kirsten Wild ahead of Chloe Hosking and Ellen van Dijk. Just after the sprint, nine ladies managed to break away: MacLean, Rowney, Small, Guderzo, Brand, Longo Borghini, Valsecchi, Cordon, Olds and Glaesser. Their lead grew to 1’10" at km 55 before dropping down once on the final circuit.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 4
The second bonus sprint at the 2nd crossing of the line (km 62.5) was claimed by Glaesser ahead of Cordon and Olds, while the pack remained 48” adrift. The front riders were eventually all caught with just over two laps to go. The pack remained bunched all the way to the finish where a sprint was to take place.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 4
Like on the two previous stages, Wild powered to victory, outsprinting Lucinda Brand and Marta Tagliaferro. The Dutch rider captured her sixth success on Qatar soil and comforted her overall lead. Wild indeed wins the Ladies Tour of Qatar for the third time after 2009 and 2010 and shows that she really is the Queen of the event. In the final overall standings, she can enjoy a lead of 14” on Chloe Hosking and 29” on Ellen van Dijk.


2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 4
Added to her Golden Jersey, Wild also wins the points classification's Silver Jersey while, like last year, Hosking finishes best young rider.


2013 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2013 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by 14th year head coach Frank Tavani and played their home games at Fisher Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 5–7, 4–1 in Patriot League play to finish win the Patriot League championship. They received the league's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to New Hampshire.


2013 Laghman earthquake
The 2013 Laghman earthquake occurred with magnitude of 5.6, with an epicenter 11 km (seven miles) from Mehtar Lam, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman Province near Jalalabad, Afghanistan at 09:25 UTC on April 24. The quake took place 6.6 km down the surface. The tremors were also felt in the neighboring Pakistan and India. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or injury.


2013 Laghman earthquake
Earthquake tremors were felt across Pakistan including in Parachinar, Mohmad Agency, Shabqadar, Swat, Peshawar, Islamabad, Chiniot and Lahore. On April 16, a 7.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Iran was also felt across Pakistan. At least 40 people were killed in Mashakhel a town located on in Balochistan near the Pak-Iran border.


2013 Laguna local elections
Local elections was held in the Province of Laguna on May 13, 2013 as part of the 2013 general election. Voters elected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Laguna.


2013 Laguna local elections, Provincial elections, Gubernatorial election
E.R. Ejercito is the incumbent, incumbent 4th district Rep. Edgar San Luis is his primary opponent.


2013 Laguna local elections, Provincial elections, Vice-gubernatorial election
Caesar Perez is the incumbent and is running for Mayor of Los Baños, Laguna.


2013 Laguna local elections, Congressional elections, 2nd District
Incumbent Timmy Chipeco is term limited; his father, Calamba City mayor Jun Chipeco, Jr., is his party's nominee. His opponent is former governor Teresita Lazaro.


2013 Laguna local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Maria Evita Arago is the incumbent. She will oppose former ABS-CBN News anchor/reporter Sol Aragones and campaign coordinator Celia Lopez.


2013 Laguna local elections, Congressional elections, 4th District
Incumbent Edgar San Luis is running for governor. His party, the Liberal Party, nominates former Rep. Benjamin Agarao.


2013 Laguna local elections, Provincial Board elections
All 4 Districts of Laguna will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.


2013 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections
All municipalities of Laguna, Biñan City, Cabuyao City, Calamba City, San Pablo City, and Santa Rosa City will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.


2013 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Los Baños
In a bid for the mayoralty,Incumbent Vice Governor Caesar Perez faces off against Incumbent Mayor Anthony Genuino, Former Mayor Francisco Lapis, Marcelino de Guzman and Juan Leron


2013 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, Santa Cruz
Incumbent Mayor Domingo Panganiban seeks for reelection against Councilor Ramon Tan and Former Mayor Ariel Magcalas


2013 Laguna local elections, Aftermath
In September 2013, the Commission on Elections ruled that Ejercito was disqualified for overspending during the election, later in May 2014, the En Banc of COMELEC ordered Ejercito to step down from office, but the latter appealed on the Supreme Court to null the COMELEC decision. On May 27, 2014, Ramil Hernandez assumed as Governor of Laguna, while Board Member Atty. Katherine "Karen" Agapay of the 3rd District assumed as Vice Governor. Three days later, Ejercito's uncle, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada convinced his nephew to step down at the capitol.


2013 Lahad Datu standoff
The 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, also known as the Lahad Datu incursion or Operation Daulat (Malay: Operasi Daulat), was a military conflict that started on 11 February 2013 and fully ended on 24 March 2013. The conflict began when 235 militants, some of whom were armed, arrived by boats in Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia from Simunul island, Tawi-Tawi, in southern Philippines. The group, calling themselves the "Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo", was sent by Jamalul Kiram III, one of the claimants to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu.