2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Negotiations and strike actions
On 1 May 2013, Hutchison Port Holdings group managing director John Meredith published an article in several Chinese-language newspapers said the strike was jeopardising Hong Kong's entrepot status. "The union and its leaders said they would protect the livelihood of workers, but it seems to me that they are more concerned about the political bargaining chip they have gained," he said. Meredith accused Lee Cheuk-yan for ignoring such facts, saying that Lee's "Cultural Revolution-style" banners targeted tycoon Li Ka-shing and even Hutchison businesses, stating making politicised and exaggerated gestures do not help. Lee slammed the company for resorting to delaying tactics and neglecting the problems of pay rises and working conditions.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Negotiations and strike actions
After 40 days of strike action, the union called an end to the dispute, having secured promises of a pay deal of 9.8 percent for all workers including non-strikers and improved working conditions.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Strike consequences
The unions say the striking workers account for some 30%–40% of dock employees serving Hutchison's terminals in the city. HIT said the strike is costing it HK$5 million (US$644,000) in daily losses. According to the chairman of Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics, vessels now need to queue up outside of Hong Kong port for two to four days before being able to berth; the wait was negligible just before the strike. The association estimated 120,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) have accumulated since the strike action began two weeks earlier.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Strike consequences
Although the docks are said to be operating at approximately 80 percent capacity, an insider at one major Japanese shipping line said that the company's cargo traffic via Hong Kong has been delayed by more than three days due to the strikes, prompting the line to consider rescheduling some of their ships to first call at other cities. Several shipping lines, such as Evergreen Marine, Mitsui OSK Lines, are reported to have diverted vessels to other ports, or skipping Hong Kong altogether.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Strike consequences
An industry insider said that Hong Kong ports needed to stay competitive as it was already facing strong competition from other ports in the region such as Shenzhen; the trend, shifting from transshipping to directly importing through a mainland Chinese port, was not in Hong Kong's favour. Hongkong International said that instead of losing HK$5 million, the strike was costing it HK$2.4 million daily from 5 April because an "increasing number" of workers returned to work.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Strike consequences
Shares in Hutchison Port Holdings Trust listed on the Singapore Exchange dropped to US$0.81 on 17 April, which is the lowest since the Kwai Tsing dock strike began after research showed that the strike could have cost the port operator HK$100 million in revenue.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Public response
The workers have attracted many supporters among student unions and pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Federation of Students have organised donation and supply collection points outside major train stations. Hong Kong's pro-democracy Labour Party is also supporting the strike, in which the party's chairman Lee Cheuk-yan is also the leader of the Confederation of Trade Unions and organiser of the strike.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Public response
The union was paying the striking workers (HK)$1,000 per day, and was encouraged to have gained the support of the International Trade Union Confederation. Lee Cheuk-yan expressed confidence that "the strike will not be easily displaced.". Sympathisers have been making donations to support the workers, and union's fund reached US$645,000 on 16 April 2013, sufficient for union members' lost wages only for about 10 days.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Public response
On 7 April, protesters marched from Victoria Park to Central carrying placards and modified images of Li Ka-shing's with devil's horns and the Chinese character for "monster" (妖) written across his forehead. Organisers said that 4,000 demonstrators joined the march; police estimated 2,800 at its peak. The Liberal Party's youth committee chairman criticised the CTU for politicising the dispute.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Media coverage
Next Magazine published on 3 April reported that the managing director of the HIT Gerry Yim Lui-fai, who earlier said that the workers should negotiate with the contractors but not HIT refused to involve in the dispute, was a board member of one of the contractors involved in the pay dispute. HIT denied this; Yim reiterated that no members of top management of Hutchison Whampoa, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust or HIT are board members of any of the contractors. Yim said that the name of Sakoma – the HIT subsidiary that previously dealt with out-sourcing contracts – still appears on the entry passcards, and acknowledged it was a mistake for that name to be there. Yim said the Hutchison Logistics, replacing Sakoma, is now responsible for management of out-sourcing.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike, Media coverage
The programme Scoop on TVB, the dominant terrestrial television channel in Hong Kong, on 1 April drew criticism. The strikers objected to the programme, saying it was biased, misleading and did not give enough airtime to the strikers. The Communications Authority had received 1,800 complaints within four days and TVB said it had received 47 complaints from the audience, and the broadcaster had no particular stance.


2013 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
The 2013 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship was held on 5 November and 8 November 2012. The first leg will be played at Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China PR, with the second leg taken place at Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong.


2013 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
Current defending champions of Hong Kong First Division League South China was selected to represent Hong Kong while Chinese Super League club Shanghai Tellace represents Shanghai.


2013 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
Shanghai Dongya won 2–1 at home but was defeated by 0–1 in Hong Kong. Match ended in 2–2 after 90 minutes and extra time. Liu Stephen Garlock's penalty miss in the seventh round crowned Shanghai Dongya the champions of 2013 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship.


2013 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
The 2013 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season began on Thursday, April 11. Mampaey The Hawks from Dordrecht competed in the Hoofdklasse for the first time. Sparta/Feyenoord was relegated at the end of the 2012 season but was declared bankrupt by a Rotterdam court on November 22, 2012 and did not compete in the Overgangsklasse.


2013 Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup XXV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 25th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 29 December 2012 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.


2013 Hopman Cup
Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progress to the final.


2013 Hopman Cup
Czech Republic were the 2012 champions. In that tournament's final the Czech Republic team of Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych defeated France's Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet 2–0. This was the Czech Republic's second Hopman Cup title. They decided not to defend their title; Berdych instead competed at the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open and Kvitová decided to participate at the 2013 Brisbane International.


2013 Hopman Cup
The 2013 Hopman Cup was won by Spain - Spain's fourth title, defeating Serbia in the final 2–1. Serbia won the men's singles, followed by Spain's winning of the women's singles; then the deciding mixed doubles event was won by Spain in straight sets.


2013 Hopman Cup, Tournament
The 2013 Hyundai Hopman Cup is an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2013 cup has prize money of $1 million and will follow the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualify for the final. All matches are best of three sets with the exception of the doubles match where a match tie break, first to ten points, is played if the match is tied at one set all. All ties are played in this format; women's singles, men's singles and finally mixed doubles. In the event of a tie in the final group standings the following will be used to separate the nations;


2013 Hopman Cup, Entrants, Seeds
The seeds for the 2013 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry, Kim Hames and Terry Waldron.


2013 Hopman Cup, Group stage, Group A, Germany vs. Australia
Scores stand as 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty and 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty/Tomic.


2013 Hopman Cup, Group stage, Group A, Serbia vs. Germany
Score stands as 6–0, 6–0 win for Ivanovic/Djokovic due to Haas' withdrawal before the mixed match.


2013 Hopman Cup, Group stage, Group B, USA vs. Spain
Scores stand as 3–0 win for Spain; 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco; 6–0, 6–0 win for Medina Garrigues and 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco/Medina Garrigues due to John Isner withdrawal before start of USA vs. Spain match.


2013 Horizon League Baseball Tournament
The 2013 Horizon League Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. All five of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Youngstown State University's Eastwood Field. Valparaiso won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2013 Horizon League Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The league's five teams were seeded one through five based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament.


2013 Horizon League Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Karch Kowalczyk was named Tournament Most Valuable Players. Kowalczyk was a pitcher for Valparaiso.


2013 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament began on March 5, 2013, and ended with the championship game on Tuesday, March 12.


2013 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
First round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The second round and semifinals were hosted by the No. 1 seed Valparaiso, while the highest remaining seed hosted the championship game. All Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their regular season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two teams received a bye to the semifinals. With the departure of Butler to the Atlantic 10, there were only three first round games.


2013 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds Second round and semifinals hosted by #1 Seed ValparaisoChampionship game hosted by highest remaining seed


2013 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2012–13 regular season.


2013 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2012–13 Horizon League regular season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 7 teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede
The 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede occurred as crowds departed a New Year's Eve fireworks display in the early hours of 1 January 2013 near the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It resulted in 61 deaths and over 200 injuries, mostly women and children. This was the second time in four years that a fatal stampede occurred at the stadium.


2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede
President Alassane Ouattara declared three days of mourning and promised an investigation.


2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede, Incident
At some time between 1 and 4 am according to sources, following the New Year's Eve celebration and fireworks display, crowds stampeded as they exited the stadium into the Boulevard de la République near the Hotel Tirama. This was the second year that fireworks had been held by the government to commemorate the end of the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis and the Second Ivorian Civil War, following the controversial 2010 presidential election. According to official reports, 61 individuals were killed, with upwards of 200 injured. According to Alain Lobognon, the Minister of Youth, 26 children were among the dead, most of whom were between the ages of 8 and 15, as well as 28 women and six men.


2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede, Investigation and reaction
The cause of the stampede is not yet clear, however a senior police spokesman has confirmed they are investigating. Lieutenant Colonel Issa Sako, the officer in charge of the military responding to the disaster, said that the deaths were caused when "people were walked over and suffocated by the crowd". According to an Ivorian government official, approximately "50,000 people [were] on the streets ... going home" after the New Year's celebrations. Witnesses have alternatively claimed that two large crowds moving in opposite directions collided, and that security forces attempting to break up the crowd leaving the stadium caused a panic.


2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede, Investigation and reaction
Visiting the injured in hospital, President Alassane Ouattara said that the national tragedy would be investigated. Minister of the Interior Hamed Bakayoko stated in a national television broadcast on Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne that "the government extends its condolences to the families of those deceased and assures them of its solidarity" and that the Ivorian government would help by "all means possible." Bakayoko went on to say that "the precise circumstances of this tragic occurrence are being looked into by the security services".


2013 Houston Astros season
The 2013 Houston Astros season was the team's first year as a member of the American League, with them switching from the National League Central division to the American League West. This was also their 52nd season as an MLB franchise, their 49th as the Astros, and their 14th at Minute Maid Park.


2013 Houston Astros season
The Astros continued their exceptionally poor records from 2011 and 2012, winning only 51 games, the fewest by any Major League Baseball team since the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks who finished with an identical record. Perhaps the lowest point of the season came when the Astros finished with a 15-game losing streak.


2013 Houston Astros season
Other lowlights included winning only 12 series (2 of which were sweeps, none outside of the AL West), getting swept 18 times, winning just 2 games against the rival Texas Rangers, getting shut out 18 times (twice in a row against the Rangers and the Rays), and yielding 10 runs or more in 17 games.


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


2013 Houston Astros season, Television coverage
Astros games were televised on the Comcast SportsNet Houston network in 2013. The network broadcasts to about 40% of the households in the Houston area. Writer J. J. Cooper said that a game in September received a 0.0 rating, as "the Nielsen company could not statistically prove that anyone in the Houston market actually watched the game."


2013 Houston Baptist Huskies football team
The 2013 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies, playing their first season of collegiate football, were led by first year head coach Vic Shealy. However, they were not considered a FCS team for scheduling purposes until 2014. They played three home games at Crusader Stadium and one home game at BBVA Compass Stadium. This was an exhibition season for the Huskies. The season did not count against the players academic eligibility, but they also were not eligible for the FCS playoffs. As a result, they played a mixed schedule of schools from the FCS, NAIA, and D-II. They finished the season 3–4.


2013 Houston Baptist Huskies football team
The Huskies joined the Southland Conference for the 2014 season and then became immediately eligible for the Southland Championship and for the FCS Playoffs.


2013 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Audio Streaming
All Houston Baptist games were streamed online by the Legacy Sports Network,


2013 Houston Cougars football team
The 2013 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 68th year of season play for Houston. The season marked the first for the Cougars as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Due to construction of the new TDECU Stadium during the 2013 season, the team played its home games at other locations in Houston.


2013 Houston Cougars football team
The season featured the Cougars’ continued Bayou Bucket Classic rivalry with the Rice Owls. The game again became a non-conference battle due to the departure from Conference USA for the Cougars following the 2012 season. The previous time the two teams met as non-conference foes was during the 2004 season when the Rice Owls was a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The 2013 Bayou Bucket Classic was played at Reliant Stadium.


2013 Houston Cougars football team
They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in American Athletic play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the BBVA Compass Bowl where they were defeated by Vanderbilt.


2013 Houston Cougars football team, Previous season
With a 5–7 overall record, the 2012 season was a step backward for the program, as it compiled only its second losing season since 2005. The team suffered an early season humiliating loss against Texas State in Houston's season opener, and offensive coordinator Mike Nesbitt was forced to resign after only one game. First year head coach Tony Levine promoted Travis Bush to fill the position. It was the final season that the team would play its home games at the on-campus Robertson Stadium, as it was closed and demolished soon after the season finished.


2013 Houston Cougars football team, Preseason, Recruits
For the 2013 recruiting class, Houston attained its highest overall class ranking since 2010, and its second-highest ranking ever by Rivals.com. However, Scout.com only gave Houston its seventh-best overall ranking.


2013 Houston Dynamo season
The 2013 season is the Houston Dynamo's 8th competitive season in Major League Soccer, 8th year of existence as a football club, and their second consecutive season playing at BBVA Compass Stadium. They also competed in the CONCACAF Champions League, participating in the knockout phase of the 2012–13 campaign being eliminated by Santos Laguna in the quarterfinal 3-1 on Aggregate. They will be opening the 2013–14 group stage in late July or early August 2013.


2013 Houston Dynamo season
During the 2013 season Houston suffered their first ever loss at BBVA Compass Stadium against Sporting Kansas City on May 12, 2013.


2013 Houston Dynamo season
The Dynamo are entering the season as the two-time defending MLS Eastern Conference post-season champions and runners-up to the MLS Cup.


2013 Houston Dynamo season, Squads, First team squad
Source (Stats are for Major League Soccer Regular Season Only):


2013 Houston Dynamo season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion


2013 Houston Dynamo season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Supporters' Shield
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2013 Houston Dynamo season, Competitions, MLS Cup Playoffs
Kickoff time for Knockout round is in CDT while rest of games are in CST.


2013 Houston Texans season
The 2013 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 12th season in the National Football League. The Texans failed to improve upon their 12–4 record from 2012, suffering through a season-ending 14-game losing streak following a 2–0 start and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2010. Head coach Gary Kubiak was fired after eight seasons following their eleventh loss (Week 14 vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars). Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was named the interim head coach for the final three games of the season. Their 14-game losing streak is the worst in team history.


2013 Houston Texans season
Coming off a franchise-best 12–4 record just the year before, the Texans tie a league record with the Houston Oilers (who, coincidentally, also went 12–4 in 1993 and 2–14 in 1994) for the biggest season-to-season decline in win total. On January 3, 2014, claiming that "I'm ready to kick 2013 the hell out the door", Texans owner Robert McNair announced that former Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien would be the Texans' third head coach.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers
The Texans won their fourth straight regular season opener and picked up their first franchise victory against the San Diego Chargers, improving to 1–4 against them on the late game of ESPN's Week 1 Monday Night Football doubleheader. San Diego scored 4 times compared to Houston's 1 to take a 28-7 3rd quarter lead before Houston scored 24 straight points to win 31-28.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans
With the OT win, the Texans improved to 2-0 for the 4th straight year. In a hard fought defensive battle, Tennessee built up a lead as big as 24-16 before Houston sent it to overtime behind Arian Foster's TD run and 2-point conversion with 1:53 to go in regulation. DeAndre Hopkins caught his first career touchdown, which was the game-winning touchdown to give the Texans the 30-24 win. If not for this overtime victory, the 2013 Texans would've became the first team since the 2001 Carolina Panthers to win their opener and lose the remainder of their games.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at Baltimore Ravens
The Texans' 14-game losing streak started in Baltimore, where the Ravens pummeled Houston, 30-9. The Texans fell to 2-1. After Houston grabbed a 6-3 lead, the Ravens got a pick-six and a punt return for a touchdown to make it 17-6. Baltimore outscored Houston in the second half 13-3 en route to a 30-9 win.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Seattle Seahawks
After falling behind 3-0 at the end of the first quarter, the Texans scored 20 unanswered to build up a 20-3 halftime lead. But with a 20-6 fourth quarter lead, Houston gave up two touchdowns, including a pick-six by Richard Sherman to tie the game at 20. The Seahawks won in overtime 23-20 on Steven Hauschka's 45-yard field goal with 3:23 to go in OT. With the surprising loss, the Texans fell to 2-2.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: at San Francisco 49ers
Matt Schaub threw another pick-six in a blowout loss to the 49ers. The final was 34-3 and the Texans fell to 2-3.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. St. Louis Rams
St. Louis had 2 straight defensive touchdowns and they dominated Houston 38-13. Houston dropped to 2-4.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs
Case Keenum got the start in a game that ended with Houston losing 17-16 to Kansas City. They would drop to 2-5.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Houston got off to a 21-3 lead, but Indy outscored them 24-3 to win 27-24. Houston dropped to 2-6. At halftime, head coach Gary Kubiak collapsed on the field on his way to the locker room with a Transient Ischemic Attack. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips took over head coaching duties for the remainder of the game.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals
Arizona dominated the second half in a 27-24 win. Houston dropped to 2-7


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New England Patriots
The Texans had a lead as much as 17-7 at the half, but fell 34-31 to the Patriots to match their combined number of losses from the previous two seasons (10).


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With the Texans dropping to 2-11, Houston was swept by the Jaguars for the first time since 2009.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Tennessee Titans
With the loss to Tennessee, Houston lost 14 straight games to close out a disappointing season.


2013 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Tennessee Titans
The Texans 14 game losing streak has matched the 1980 Saints and the 1976 Buccaneers.


2013 Houston mayoral election
The Houston mayoral election of 2013 took place on November 5, 2013. The incumbent Mayor Annise Parker was re-elected to a third, and final, two-year term in office.


2013 Howard Bison football team
The 2013 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by interim head coach Rayford Petty, who was conducting the season after Gary Harrell took a leave of absence for the 2013 season. Petty was previously head coach at Howard from 2002–2006, compiling a 25–30 record in those 5 seasons. Harrell plans to return for the 2014 season. The Bison played their home games at William H. Greene Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.


2013 Howard Bison football team
Howard entered the season having been picked to finish eighth in the MEAC. Howard entered the season with 3 players having been selected to the MEAC-first team and six players having been selected to the 2nd team.


2013 Howard Bison football team
They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar
Matthew and Grace Huang are an American couple who were wrongfully convicted by the judicial system of Qatar in March 2014 of neglecting their daughter (whom they had adopted), thus leading to her death. However, on November 30, 2014, the Appellate Court of Qatar declared the Huangs innocent, and three days later lifted the travel ban allowing them to return home and be reunited with their sons.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Background
The Huangs moved to Qatar with their three young children in 2012. Matthew Huang, a Stanford-trained engineer, was relocated there by his employer, MWH Global, to work for two years on a major infrastructure project related to the 2022 World Cup improvements. Matthew and Grace had adopted all three of their children from Africa. In all of the adoptions, the Huangs used a respected adoption agency and obtained all the proper visas from the State Department. The Huangs’ middle child was Gloria, whom they adopted from an orphanage in Ghana when she was 4 years old in 2009 and who had chronic eating disorders according to the parents.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Gloria Huang
In Ghana, Gloria was born into extreme poverty and grew up in impoverished conditions up through her time in an orphanage. "The Huangs describe her eating issues as a sporadic behavioral problem that resulted in Gloria sometimes going days where she refused to eat. She would then follow such fasting with unhealthy binge eating and attempts to find food from bizarre sources, such as in the trash or from neighbors.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Gloria Huang
The Huangs were aware of their daughter’s eating issues, had educated themselves about the best way to handle those issues, and were attempting to manage the situation and help her grow out of it." Matthew and Grace Huang say that Gloria had eating disorders. The California Innocence Project has said that Gloria died of her eating disorder.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Gloria Huang
On January 15, 2013, Gloria died unexpectedly and suddenly. The death certificate, issued by Qatar’s supreme council of health, listed the causes of death as "cachexia and dehydration". Her parents were subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder and human trafficking.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Matthew and Grace Huang
Prior to moving Doha, Qatar, Matthew and Grace Huang lived in San Gabriel, California. The Huangs have three adopted African children. While the Huangs are detained, their other two children are being cared for by their grandmother.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Matthew and Grace Huang
Matthew Huang graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1998. He graduated from Stanford University with a master's degree in 1999. Matthew has worked for MWH Global since July 1999. Matthew is a licensed civil engineer in California. Matthew moved to Doha with his wife, Grace, and their three children (all of whom were adopted), in 2012 because MWH Global relocated him there to work for two years on a major infrastructure project related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Matthew and Grace Huang
In October 2013, the Huangs two other children left Qatar to live with family back in the United States. Prior to this, their grandmother had flown to Qatar to care for them while Matthew and Grace were in custody. This came as a result of a private negotiations between the Huang's representatives and the Qatar Attorney General Ali bin Fetais al-Marri.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Matthew and Grace Huang
Matthew and Grace Huang were released from custody on November 6, 2013, but still faced charges.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Detainment
Matthew and Grace Huang were detained by Qatar police on January 15, 2013. They were released from custody on November 6, 2013. If convicted, they could face the death sentence, although Qatar has maintained a moratorium on actual executions for more than a decade.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Police investigation
According to the "California Innocence Project" the report filed by the police in the investigation noted that the children were not “good-looking” and did not share the “hereditary traits” of their parents. The CIP reported that investigations also theorize that Matthew and Grace “bought” their children in order to harvest their organs, or perhaps to perform medical experiments on them, allegations arising from the testimony of unnamed sources who claimed that family kept to themselves and did not socialize


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Police investigation
However, friends of the family in Qatar came forward to praise Matthew and Grace’s parenting skills and the way they care for and love their children. One family was even at the Huang's home the night before Gloria's death, where they say that they witnessed Gloria walking around and sitting with the family.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Forensic evidence
While the death certificate indicated that the causes of death as "cachexia and dehydration," an independent review performed by a US pediatric forensic pathologist questioned the determination. The formal definition of cachexia is the loss of body mass that cannot be reversed nutritionally. Cachexia can produce symptoms such as weight loss and muscle atrophy, which often looks similar to starvation, and can be caused by a range of conditions, including congestive heart failure and autoimmune diseases. These causes were not screened in the report by the medical examiner in Doha.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Forensic evidence
One theory of Gloria's death was that she was starved. Eyewitness accounts claim that the last time Gloria was seen eating was four days prior to her death. However, Gloria was witnessed walking around her home the day before she died by a visiting family. Her brothers recounted to the police how they had played with her and that she had appeared normal in the days before she died. While a child can go a few days without eating without risk of starvation, a child would not have the physical strength to walk one day before death due to starvation.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Forensic evidence
As noted in the report by the Qatari medical examiner, Dr. Anis Mahmoud Khalifa, Gloria also lacked other physical hallmarks of a child who was starved to death or abused.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Forensic evidence
There were also several other considerations regarding Gloria's medical history that were not addressed by the medical examiner. Gloria suffered from giardia when she was adopted, an infection which is difficult to completely eliminate. She also had recent blood tests showing severely low levels of a certain type of leukocytes that may have been a sign of an underlying bone marrow condition. In addition, Gloria had a vitamin D deficiency.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Forensic evidence
The medical examiner's report also made no mention of testing the vitreous humour, the clear gel inside the eyes, which is a standard way to diagnose dehydration. Gloria's bodily fluids were tested only for drugs, poison and semen, and all tests were negative.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Forensic evidence
Due to the non-conclusive results of the autopsy, the cause of death for Gloria was never established by the prosecution. Despite lacking this essential evidence for pursuing murder charges, the prosecutor insisted that the parents intentionally harmed their daughter.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
In the court hearing of June 18, 2013, several witnesses testified for the prosecution. A police detective from the criminal investigation department said that according to information gathered from “intelligence sources we knew that the defendant once has taken away a candy off the girl’s hand, and grounded her for eating it.”


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
Pertaining to the issue of adoption, detective Ahmad Issac Hamoudah Abu Zoro told the court, “As you are aware, the deceased child has black complexion, very skinny while her parents are white. Parents who wish to adopt children should be selective so that their kids are supposed to be beautiful.” Adoption outside of biological families does not occur in Qatar or in other Gulf Arab societies.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
The California Innocence Project claims that Qatari police records stated that it was odd that the Asian Huangs had adopted black children who were not “good looking” and who didn’t share their “hereditary traits.”


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
In addition, Dr. Anis Mahmoud Khalifa, the medical examiner who conducted Gloria's autopsy, openly told the court, “I never mentioned in my report or statements the word “starvation” but rather emaciation,” contradicting the prosecution's basis for charging her parents with starving Gloria to death.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
The request to drop the charges against the American couple were rejected and bail was declined.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Judge Abdullah Al-Emady ordered the Huangs to remain imprisoned until at least their next hearing, which is scheduled for November 6, 2013. Officials raised questions about the Huangs paying adoption fees to an adoption agency. After Tuesday's hearing, Matthew proclaimed his innocence.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
On March 27, 2014, Matthew and Grace were each sentenced to three years in prison and fined 15,000 Qatari Riyals. No verdict was read by the judge. The couple was not detained, pending the appeals process, but remained restricted from leaving the country. The travel ban went against the precedent set in the Villagio Mall fire, where 5 Qataris were sentenced to 6 years in prison after being convicted of murder by negligence, but were allowed to travel without restriction during appeals. The U.S. State Department issued a statement following the judicial announcement, noting that they were "surprised and disappointed" by the result.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Trial
Several weeks later, the defendants were notified that they had been found guilty of child endangerment, a different crime from that which they had been originally charged and tried.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
Following two procedural hearings in which the appeals of the defense and prosecution were both heard and accepted, the charges were merged into a single appeals trial on June 16, 2014. In that hearing, the defense argued for the closure of the appeals for judgment and presenting closing arguments and written arguments. The prosecution requested for the forensic pathologist that did the original autopsy to testify again before the appellate court. The judges deliberated and accepted the prosecutor's motion, and set the next trial date for October 20, 2014, spanning over 4 months of waiting for Matthew and Grace, while unable to travel home.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
During this time, the U.S. State Department issued its first public statement of support for the Huangs:


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
"On July 30, 2014, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson met with family and representatives of U.S. citizens Matthew and Grace Huang concerning their ongoing legal proceedings in Qatar following the tragic death of their daughter, Gloria.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
Under Secretary Sherman conveyed concern for the Huang family’s well-being, adding that assisting U.S. citizens in need overseas was among the Department’s highest priorities.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
Senior U.S. Government officials have raised the Huangs’ case with the Government of Qatar on multiple occasions, and the State Department will continue to engage Qatari officials at the highest levels. We seek the Qatari Government’s assistance in providing a fair and expeditious conclusion to the proceedings. We also urge the Qatari Government to lift the current travel ban and allow Mr. and Mrs. Huang to return home to the United States to be reunited with their two sons and the rest of their family."


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
The State Department then issued a follow-up statement on October 6, 2014:


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
"The U.S. Government continues to closely follow the legal proceedings in Qatar of American citizens Matthew and Grace Huang, whose appeals hearing is set for October 20. Mr. and Mrs. Huang have been detained in Qatar since the tragic death of their daughter in January 2013.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
The U.S. Government strongly urges that the Qatari Government immediately lift the travel ban and allow Mr. and Mrs. Huang to return to the United States on a humanitarian basis to be reunited with their children and family, pending the completion of legal proceedings. We continue to call on the Qatari Government to bring the case to an expeditious and just conclusion."


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
On October 20, 2014, the first appeals hearings for the Huang case began. In court, the prosecutor reexamined the forensic pathologist, who read his testimony from a document on his podium. The witness contradicted his previous testimony by stating that there was no food or water in Gloria's intestines, and that it was not his job to determine whether she had died of starvation. As the Huang's attorney began his cross-examination of the witness, he was stopped by the judge, and not allowed to complete his duty to his clients.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Court of Appeals
During the prosecutor's final arguments in which he argued that the children had been purchased and that they had murdered their daughter, Matthew shouted out "You lie! You lie!" at the prosecutor, which shocked the courtroom. The judges then closed the argument portion of the appeals trial and set the verdict hearing for November 30, 2014.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Employer pressure to return to work
The new element is an increasingly bitter legal dispute with Matthew Huang’s American employer, MWH Global, which requested — now that he was out of prison — that Matthew return to work or forfeit further pay and benefits. In what the employer is calling a personnel issue and Matthew Huang is calling an unrealistic demand that amounts to forced dismissal, he resigned.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Representation
Due to the overwhelming medical evidence of Matthew and Grace Huang's innocence, they have been pro bono clients of the  (part of the Innocence Project based at the California Western School of Law in San Diego) since June 2013. The Huangs are also represented by Lewis and Roca.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Representation
The Huang case is being managed by the Los Angeles-based David House Agency, an international crisis resource agency that has handled other notable cases such as the case of American Hikers in Iran, Amanda Knox, and Jason Puracal.


2013 Huang Case in Qatar, Case, Petition to Qatar
An official petition written by Grace's sister has been posted to Change.org. The petition is addressed to the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Susan L. Ziadeh, and Ambassador of the State of QatarMohammed Jaham Al Kuwari. The request is for these individuals to compel the Qatar government to end the imprisonment they consider wrongful of Matthew and Grace, and allow them to be reunited with their sons in the U.S.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident
In early March 2013 over 16,000 dead pigs were found in the Shanghai Songjiang section of the Huangpu River, which supplies the city of Shanghai, China with some of its drinking water. The pigs were dumped by farmers in neighbouring Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, a major pig farming area that is upstream of Shanghai.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident
The BBC reported that some pig corpses were infected by porcine circovirus, in line with comments from Lu Hongzhou, Secretary of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center's Party committee.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, Overview, Before March 11
In early March news stories began to appear online in China regarding the incident. On March 9 it was reported that the pig carcasses had not influenced the water supply for human use. Official sources held that the quality of Shanghai's drinking water remained unchanged. On March 11 reports emerged that the pigs were infected with disease, but none communicable to humans.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, Overview, Before March 11
Some environmentalists claimed that the corpses of pigs were a common sight in the Huangpu River. They said that this had been going on for ten years and that the peak periods were when spring changed to summer and when summer changed to fall.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, Overview, March 12 to 14
As the story developed it became known that the carcasses came from upriver in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Officials claimed that the pigs had frozen to death. Because of the enormous number of dead pigs, the carcasses were dumped into the river rather than being disposed of properly. Some livestock farmers were put under investigation. In other accounts, the farmers had thrown the bodies into the Huangpu River because burying the bodies was too expensive.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, Overview, March 12 to 14
As this story became known to the public the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that the incident was due to high costs of cremation. A few days after this he said that there was no need to burn the bodies as long as they were disposed of in a responsible manner, such as burial. After several days of media reporting, only a few stray corpses remained in the river in Shanghai and the stench faded.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, Overview, Bird flu
During this time, there was an outbreak of H7N9 avian flu in the Yangtze river delta. Regarding a possible link between the two events, Jiang Qingwu, department chair of Fudan University's School of Public Health, said that H7N9 chiefly occurred in birds and had not historically been found in swine. On the same day, Lu Hongzhou, Secretary of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center's Party committee, stated that there were indications that the pigs carried porcine circovirus. Porcine circovirus, he said, was spread among pigs but could not spread to humans. "No matter the strain, avian flu has never had any connection to porcine circovirus." However, the pigs themselves could serve as hosts in which viruses could hybridize.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, Official response, Ministry of Agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture immediately sent investigative teams to Zhejiang and Shanghai on a mission to understand the facts of the matter, oversee its handling, and coordinate response work. Yu Kangzhen, National Chief Veterinarian, led the Ministry of Agriculture's supervisory team in Zhejiang to coordinate local science efforts.


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, Official response, Jiaxing, Zhejiang
The City of Jiaxing held a press release from 10:30 AM to 11:10 AM on March 15. At the conference Deputy Mayor Zhao Shumei described the situation:


2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, In film
The Chinese-American film director Cathy Yan was inspired to make her first film, Dead Pigs, by a story about the incident.


2013 Huddersfield Giants season
This article details the Huddersfield Giants rugby league football club's 2013 season. This was the 18th season of the Super League era.


2013 Huddersfield Giants season, Table
* - Salford deducted 2 points on 14 June 2013 for fielding 14 players during home game against Castleford


2013 Huddersfield Giants season, Table
Source:  and . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2013 Hull FC season
This article details the Hull F.C. rugby league football club's 2013 season. This was the 18th season of the Super League era.


2013 Hull Kingston Rovers season
This article details the Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league football club's 2013 season. This is the 18th season of the Super League era.


2013 Hull Kingston Rovers season, Table
* - Salford deducted 2 points on 14 June 2013 for fielding 14 players during home game against Castleford


2013 Hull Kingston Rovers season, Table
Source:  and . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2013 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2013 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2013 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).


2013 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2013 Lumberjacks were led by sixth-year head coach Rob Smith. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season winless, with a record of zero wins and eleven losses (0–11, 0–10 GNAC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 170–354 for the 2013 season, with none of the losses coming by less than 7 points. This was the first time Humboldt State had been winless since the 1984 season.


2013 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 2014 NFL Draft.


2013 Hun Sen Cup
Hun Sen Cup, the main football knockout tournament in Cambodia. The 2013 Hun Sen Cup is the 7th season of the Hun Sen Cup, the premier knockout tournament for association football clubs in Cambodia involving Cambodian League and provincial teams organized by the Football Federation of Cambodia.


2013 Hun Sen Cup
Preah Khan Reach were the defending champions, having beaten Nagacorp FC 2–1 in the previous season's final.


2013 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage
The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups (highlighted in tables) in group stage progressed to the quarter-finals.


2013 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
The 2013 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships took place on 21–22 December 2012 in Budapest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2013 World Championships and the 2013 European Championships.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2013) was a Formula One motor race which was held on 28 July 2013 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. The race was the tenth round of the 2013 season, and marked the 29th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and the 28th time it had been held as a round of the World Championship.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix
The race, contested over 70 laps, was won by Lewis Hamilton after starting from pole position. It was his first win since joining Mercedes for 2013. Lotus driver Kimi Räikkönen finished second, and Sebastian Vettel finished third for Red Bull Racing. Despite being held in July, the race was the last of the season that was not won by Vettel.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Like the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q1
Eliminated in Q1 were Sauber's Gutierrez, Force India's di Resta, Caterham's Pic and Van der Garde and the Marussias of Bianchi and Chilton.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
Eliminated in Q2 were Force India's Sutil, Sauber's Hülkenberg, McLaren's Button, Toro Rosso's Vergne, and the Williams cars of Maldonado and Bottas.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton took pole position with a time of 1:19.388 narrowly followed by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton led from pole position ahead of Vettel and Grosjean. Rosberg and Massa touched on lap 1 and caused damage to Massa's car. Rosberg twice ran off the road during the first lap and lost several places, but suffered no damage. Hamilton made his first pit stop on lap 10 and that handed the race lead to Vettel. Hamilton came out just behind McLaren's Jenson Button, but was able to get past him quickly and this changed the dynamic of the race.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel would pit and get stuck behind Button for several laps. Webber was the only leading driver to start on the harder compound tyres, giving him the lead after the first round of pit stops. However the harder tyres were to prove less durable than expected under the hot conditions, and he was eventually forced to make three stops. By lap 15 the running order was Webber, Hamilton, Button, Vettel, and Grosjean. Vettel tried to get past Button and damaged his front wing during one attempt. Vettel and Grosjean would eventually get past Button.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Grosjean touched Button going into the chicane at Turn 6 and 7. Grosjean eventually passed Massa into Turn 4 but received a drive-through penalty for leaving the track during the overtake. Sutil suffered an hydraulic leak earlier on and his 100th Grand Prix was over. Shortly after Grosjean's penalty, Estaban Gutierrez who suffered an engine failure in FP3 and was eliminated from Q1 continued to have reliability issues and was wheeled back in the garage with transmission problems. Despite being a potential contender for points, his teammate Hülkenberg picked up a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Valtteri Bottas retired after a smoky engine failure when the race leaders were on lap 45, which was his first retirement in Formula One, it was later confirmed of a hydraulic failure the cause of the smoke.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton retook the lead after the last round of stops ahead of Räikkönen, Vettel, and Webber. Rosberg retired late in the race with a fiery engine failure which lifted Maldonado and Williams into the points for the first time this season. Di Resta, Sutil's teammate also suffered hydraulic failure shortly before the end of the race.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton went on to win the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix followed by Lotus' Kimi Räikkönen and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton had thus won the Hungarian Grand Prix four times, in 2013, 2012, 2009, and 2007, and became tied with Michael Schumacher for the most wins in the Hungarian Grand Prix. He also became the first British driver to win in a Mercedes since Stirling Moss.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Post race
Romain Grosjean received a 20-second post-race penalty for hitting Jenson Button's McLaren while attempting to overtake him at the chicane during the race, but the penalty had no effect on the final standings as Button was more than 20 seconds behind him at the end of the race.


2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Post race
Ferrari was fined €15,000 when FIA's technical officials notified the race stewards after the race that Fernando Alonso had activated his DRS on three occasions during the race when not within one second of another car, as mandated by the regulations. The team was reported to not have switched the DRS enabling system from the pre-race setting to the race setting. As soon as the team became aware of the problem, they informed the driver to only use DRS when told to do so by the team. Stewards concluded that although Alonso gained a small advantage (less than a second), he also suffered a disadvantage by being unable to use DRS on every legitimate occasion. The team was still ultimately responsible for ensuring that the system conformed to the regulations.


2013 Hwaebul Cup
The 2013 Hwaebul Cup was the inaugural edition of the Hwaebul Cup (홰불, Torch) celebrating North Korea's Youth Day. The competition was held between 15 and 28 August 2013, with all matches played at the Kim Il-sung Stadium in P'yŏngyang. The competition was arranged in two phases, a group stage followed by a single-elimination play-off semi-finals, and a single-game final.


2013 Hwaebul Cup, Group stage
Eleven teams took part in the group stage, drawn into two groups, with five teams in Group A and six in Group B.


2013 Hwaebul Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were both held on the same day, probably 26 August 2013. The result of the Sŏnbong–Hwaebul match is unknown; in the other match, April 25 defeated Amrokkang 3-1 on penalties after finishing level at 2-2 after extra time.


2013 Hwaebul Cup, Final
The final was held on 28 August 2013 at Kim Il-sung Stadium. The score was even at 2-2 after extra time, and Sŏnbong won 6-5 on penalties. However, a few days after the match, Sŏnbong was deemed to have fielded an ineligible player, and April 25 were awarded the victory. In addition to being stripped of the title, Sŏnbong were suspended from all competitions for six months.


2013 Hyderabad blasts
On 21 February 2013, at around 19:00 IST, two blasts occurred in the city of Hyderabad, India. The bombs exploded in Dilsukhnagar, a crowded shopping area, within 100 metres (330 ft) of each other. The first explosion occurred outside a roadside eatery named A1 Mirchi, next to the Anand Tiffin Centre and opposite the Konark movie hall, followed by the second one two minutes later near the Route 107 bus stand close to the Venkatadri theatre.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Bombings
The first bomb went off at Anand Tiffins, located opposite Konark Theatre at around 19:02 IST (UTC+05:30). The second bomb went off at 19:06 IST between Venkatadri Theatre and Dilsukhnagar Bus Stand. According to the Hyderabad Police, the bombs were placed on bicycles. Andhra Pradesh's Director General of Police noted that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) had been used in the two blasts to cause maximum damage. The blasts killed 18 people, which included at least three college students and at least 119 injured.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Investigation
A team of forensic experts from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard (NSG) arrived in Hyderabad on a plane provided by the Border Security Force (BSF) for further investigation. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde claimed that the Indian government had intelligence about possible blasts, but the information wasn't specific enough to pinpoint the location of the blast site. Shinde also said that authorities had received intelligence about possible attacks in the country but no specific information as to where or when they might occur.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Investigation
CNN-IBN reported that an Indian Mujahideen operative named Maqbool confessed to carrying out reconnaissance of Dilsukhnagar in 2012 during interrogation by Delhi Police. Initial reports also suggested the involvement of Indian Mujahideen in the blasts. On 22 February, two First Information Reports (FIR) were lodged probing the attack. One FIR was lodged at Cyberabads Saroor police station, while the second was lodged in Hyderabad. As the Hyderabad Police continued investigating in the serial blasts case, they detained six people for questioning. The NIA conducted raids at various places in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra, looking for alleged terror modules.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Investigation
Forensic investigation revealed that the two bombs used were packed with huge amounts of iron nails and bolts and ammonium nitrate, which were held together with a copper string. Closed-circuit television footage collected from the traffic signal near the blast site revealed movements of five men who allegedly had planted explosives at the blast sites. However, the faces of the suspects were not clearly seen.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Investigation
Police sources later said that a Sai Baba temple in the area was the initial target of the criminal activity. However, a visit by Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma eluded them and forced them to change their target. The Andhra Pradesh government claimed that it had obtained vital clues regarding the crime and would crack the case soon. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy sent out 15 special teams of Andhra Pradesh police, consisting of 10–15 personnel each. People lodged in the Chanchalguda Central Jail were also questioned regarding the blasts.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Response
Major cities in India like Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore, along with states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal were put on high alert after the blasts. The police of Andhra Pradesh were confronted with massive traffic jams when they tried to implement relief and rescue operations. Home secretary R. K. Singh stated that officials from the National Investigation Agency were shifted from Delhi to Hyderabad.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Reactions, Domestic
President Pranab Mukherjee offered condolences to the bereaved families and condemned the blasts as "acts of cowardice". Prime Minister Manmohan Singh consoled the next of kin of those killed and seriously injured. The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Kumar Reddy, announced a compensation of ₹600,000 (US$8,400) to the next of kin of those killed in the blasts and promised to bear the medical expenses of the injured. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde visited the blast site on the morning of 22 February and said that an investigation had been launched by a probe team appointed by the Andhra Pradesh government.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Reactions, Domestic
On the next day, speaking in the Lok Sabha, Leader of the opposition and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said political parties must fight non-state terror unitedly while calling out the central and Andhra Pradesh governments for their failure to prevent the twin explosions. "The nation needs to be united, the political parties need to get united.


2013 Hyderabad blasts, Reactions, Domestic
The moment that happens, we will be capable of fighting terror," She controversially linked the twin blasts with a provocative speech made earlier by Akbaruddin Owaisi stating "Do these blasts have a connection with the provocative speeches made by an honourable member of this house?" which Asaduddin Owaisi his brother described "unfortunate" and "irresponsible". The spokesperson for Bharatiya Janta Party Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Several innocent lives have been lost in the Hyderabad blasts. The government should stop playing politics on the issue of terrorism. We want the government to take appropriate action. There should be better coordination between the Centre and the state governments. [ ..] This government should rise above vote-bank politics."


2013 Hønefoss BK season
The 2013 Hønefoss BK season was Hønefoss' second consecutive season in the Tippeligaen and their third season in the top flight of Norwegian football. Hønefoss finished bottom of the league, and therefore were relegated to the Adeccoligaen, whilst they reached the Third Round of the Cup losing to Alta of the 2. Divisjon.


2013 Hønefoss BK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Hønefoss BK season, Squad, On Loan
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2013 Hønefoss BK season, Transfers, Winter
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2013 Hønefoss BK season, Transfers, Winter
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2013 Hønefoss BK season, Transfers, Summer
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2013 Hønefoss BK season, Transfers, Summer
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2013 I-League 2nd Division
The 2013 I-League 2nd Division is the sixth season of the league under its current title. The season will begin on March 9, 2013. The original 21 clubs who would participate in the 2nd Division were officially announced on 25 January 2013, however since then 5 more clubs were accepted into the league. As a result of the tournament, the winner and the runner-up, Rangdajied United and Mohammedan respectively, were promoted to 2013–14 I-League.


2013 I-League 2nd Division Final Round
The 2013 I-League 2nd Division Final Round is the sixth Final Round of the I-League 2nd Division. The tournament began after the group stage was completed on 26 March 2013.


2013 I-League 2nd Division Final Round, Format
The Final Round of the 2013 I-League 2nd Division is taking place between six teams from the group stage.


2013 I-League U20
The 2013 I-League U20 was the fifth season of the Indian I-League U20 competition. The season took place during the I-League break between February and March. The tournament began on 6 March in Jamshedpur at the facilities which are currently used by Tata Football Academy. The stadiums were officially announced on 29 January 2013 as the JRD Tata Sports Complex and the Gopal Maidan.


2013 I-League U20
Then on 6 February 2013 it was announced by I-League club Pune F.C. that the I-League U20 would be played between 15 clubs separated into 3 groups of five each with former I-League 2nd Division clubs SESA Football Academy and Tata Football Academy joining the U20 league while Pailan Arrows would not send an under-20 side to the tournament as they are already a developmental side in the I-League.


2013 I-League U20
Each team played each other once in the group stage and then after 4 games the top 2 teams qualified for the Final Round in which the top team was crowned champion. The final round began on 16 March 2013.


2013 I-League U20, Top scorers, Group stage
Player's team did not have a game in this round.


2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
The 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the fourth edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Paweł Fajdek (244.23 metres) and Anita Włodarczyk (233.83 metres), both of Poland. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.


2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
A total of fifteen meetings featured on the circuit, with nine women's and nine men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format was cumulative – the final standings were decided by the sum of athletes' three best throws on the circuit. Only the best throw by an athlete from each meet was taken into consideration.


2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Calendar
The 2013 edition marked a move away from the series' alignment with the IAAF World Challenge circuit. Instead, the series was expanded and featured nine World Challenge meetings, one IAAF Diamond League meeting (Prefontaine Classic), and four non-IAAF meetings in Europe. Performances at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics were also included in series for the first time. The Rieti Meeting leg spanned two days, with a qualification round and a final the following day.


2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Calendar
New additions to the tour included the Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo, IAAF World Challenge Beijing, Moscow Challenge, Janusz Kusociński Memorial, István Gyulai Memorial, Karlstad Grand Prix and the Athletics Bridge. The Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships meet, Hanžeković Memorial and Meeting de Atletismo Madrid were dropped.


2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Final standings, Men
A total of twelve men recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.


2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Final standings, Women
A total of eleven women recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.


2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
The 2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge was the tenth edition of the annual international racewalking series organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).


2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, Calendar
The following meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2013 Race Walking Challenge. The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories.


2013 IAAF Road Race Label Events
The 2013 IAAF Road Race Label Events were the sixth edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). All six World Marathon Majors had Gold Label status. The series included a total of 74 road races: 36 Gold, 21 Silver and 17 Bronze. In terms of distance, 46 races were marathons, 12 were half marathons, 11 were 10K runs, and 5 were held over other distances.


2013 IAAF World Challenge
The 2013 IAAF World Challenge was the fourth edition of the annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured a total of fifteen meetings – one more than the previous year as the IAAF World Challenge Dakar and IAAF World Challenge Beijing meetings were added to the schedule while the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting was dropped.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2013. The races were held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Kenya topped the medal standings in the competition with 5 gold, and Ethiopia had the most overall medals with 10. Reports of the event were given in the Herald and for the IAAF.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Senior men's race (12 km)
Complete results for senior men and for senior men's teams were published.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Senior women's race (8 km)
Complete results for senior women and for senior women's teams were published.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Junior men's race (8 km)
Complete results for junior men and for junior men's teams were published.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Junior women's race (6 km)
Complete results for junior women and for junior women's teams were published.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 398 athletes from 41 countries participated.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on March 24, 2013. Reports of the event were given in the Herald and for the IAAF.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 113 athletes from 27 countries participated in the Junior men's race.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on March 24, 2013. Reports of the event were given in the Herald and for the IAAF.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 86 athletes from 21 countries participated in the Junior women's race. The announced athlete from  Palestine did not show.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on March 24, 2013. Reports of the event were given in the Herald and for the IAAF.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 102 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Senior men's race.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on March 24, 2013. Reports of the event were given in the Herald and for the IAAF.


2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 97 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Senior women's race.


2013 IAM Cycling season
The 2013 IAM Cycling season was the first season of the IAM Cycling team, which was founded in 2012. The team competed on the UCI Professional Continental level. They began the season on 27 January at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, and finished in October at the 2013 Giro di Lombardia. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2013 IAM Cycling season, New team
The paperwork for the foundation of the IAM Cycling SA company was filed in Geneva on 19 April 2012. The team was founded by Swiss businessman Michel Thiétaz and sponsored by his company IAM Independent Asset Management for three seasons. The team budget for their premiere season was 7 million euros. In August 2012 the team announced a high-profile signing, with 2010 Giro d'Italia stage winner and 2012 Tour of Utah winner Johann Tschopp of BMC Racing Team joining the team. Cofidis rider Mickaël Buffaz was rumoured to sign with the team, but did not receive a contract. IAM Cycling joined the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible in October 2012.


2013 IAM Cycling season, New team
The team was officially launched 14 January 2013 in Geneva, with the goal for the season being invitations to Paris–Nice, Paris–Roubaix, the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Ardennes classics. The following week IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry by race organisers Amaury Sport Organisation for the 2013 Paris–Nice race, but not for the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné.


2013 IAM Cycling season, Staff
Former French champion and Crédit Agricole directeur sportif Serge Beucherie was hired as team manager. Former Swiss rider Marcello Albasini, former French rider Eddy Seigneur and former Finnish rider Kjell Carlström were hired as directeur sportifs along with former Swiss rider Rubens Bertogliati.


2013 IAM Cycling season, One-day races
The team's first ever race was the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise on 27 January, where Wyss and Brändle both finished with the bunch. At the 1.2 race Tour de Berne IAM had five people in the top ten, with Marcel Wyss winning the race 13 seconds ahead of Sébastien Reichenbach and 15 seconds ahead of Rémi Cusin and Matthias Brändle. Reto Hollenstein finished sixth.


2013 IAM Cycling season, Stage races
The 2013 Tour of Qatar was the teams' first ever stage race. Martin Elmiger finished second on the first stage, but lost his place in the general classification the next day. Heinrich Haussler finished fifth on stage three and ninth on stage five. The team did well at the Tour Méditerranéen in February, with Matteo Pelucchi finishing second on the first stage, letting him ride in the white jersey on stage two as the leader of the young rider classification.


2013 IAM Cycling season, Stage races
Thomas Löfkvist finished fourth on the second stage, and sixth on stage four which placed him in the green points jersey and only two seconds behind leader Maxime Monfort of RadioShack–Leopard. On the final stage Löfkvist lost the points jersey to Jürgen Roelandts of Lotto–Belisol but took over the lead and won the overall classification. Gustav Larsson finished eight and Stefan Denifl eleventh overall, and IAM won the teams classification ahead of Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela.


2013 IAM Cycling season, Stage races
At the 2013 Tour of Oman Kristof Goddaert finished eight on the stage one bunch sprint, but was only 11th overall due to intermediate sprints. On stage two Goddaert finished in 63rd place and lost his position in the general classification. Martin Elmiger took part in a late breakaway which led to him finishing third, helping him into third place overall and seventh in the points classification. Marco Bandiera finished seventh, which placed him in ninth place overall. After stage two Jonathan Fumeaux was eighth in the young rider classification, and IAM was second in the team classification.


2013 IAM Cycling season, Stage races
Elmiger finished 16th on stage three, dropping to fourth overall while IAM fell to third place in the teams classification and Fumeaux climbed to sixth in the young rider classification. On stage four Johann Tschopp crossed the finish line in Jebel Akhdar in seventh place, which led to an eighth place in the overall standings and four points in the points classification. Fumeaux dropped one position in the young rider classification and IAM dropped to fourth place in the teams competition.


2013 IAM Cycling season, Stage races
On stage five Tschopp again finished seventh, elevating him into sixth position overall six seconds in front of Vincenzo Nibali (Astana). Fumeaux finished 76th on the stage and dropped to ninth place in the youth classification. On the sixth and final stage Tschopp finished with the bunch, thus retaining his sixth place in the general classification. Elmiger was 15th overall. Fumeaux finished ninth overall in the young riders classification, over a minute behind eighth placed Jens Keukeleire of Orica–GreenEDGE, and IAM finished fourth in the teams classification only twelve second behind third placed FDJ. Elmiger and´Tschopp finished 17th and 20th respectively in the overall points classification, with Marco Bandiera and Goddaert also scoring some points.


2013 IAM Cycling season, Grand Tours
As an UCI Professional Continental team IAM Cycling was not automatically granted the right to participate in any of the three Grand Tours. The team was considered by race organiser Amaury Sport Organisation for a Tour de France invitation, but ultimately was not invited. They did not receive an invitation to the Giro d'Italia or the Vuelta a España either, but were invited to Milan–San Remo and Il Lombardia by Giro race organizer RCS Sport instead.


2013 IAUM World Championships
The 2013 IAUM World Championships were the 24th edition of the International Association for Ultra-Multievents World Championships. They were held at the Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club track in Yeovil, Somerset, from 24-25 August 2013. It was the fourth time that Great Britain had hosted the World Championships.


2013 IAUM World Championships, Event Schedule
The event was made up of two different combined events competitions, an icosathlon for men and a tetradecathlon for women.


2013 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One
The 2013 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Twenty20 Division One was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place between 23 February–1 March 2013. It was the second edition of the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship's Division One. Uganda hosted the event for the second time in a row, with all matches again played in the capital, Kampala.


2013 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.


2013 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One
The 2013 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One was a cricket tournament held in Uganda from 25–31 May 2013. Matches were played at grounds in Entebbe and Kampala, with Kampala's Lugogo Stadium hosting the final.


2013 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One
Namibia won the tournament by defeating Kenya in the final, qualifying for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Two African under-19 sides, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are ICC full members, and thus qualified directly for the World Cup. Ugandan all-rounder Lawrence Sempijja was Player of the Tournament, while Namibian Xander Pitchers and Kenyan Paramveer Singh led the competition in runs and wickets, respectively. Namibia's JJ Smit was named Player of the Final, having taken 4/17 (including a hat-trick).


2013 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One
The tournament was the fifth edition of the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, and the second to be held in Uganda (after the inaugural championship in 2001). Eight teams participated, divided into two pools for the group stages. The five best teams after the tournament's playoffs qualified directly for the 2015 Division One tournament, while the three lowest-placed teams were relegated to the 2014 Division Two tournament, with the winner of that tournament gaining promotion to Division One in 2015.


2013 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One, Teams and qualification
The top seven teams at the eight-team 2010 Division One tournament qualified directly for the 2013 Division One Tournament. The last-placed team, Tanzania, was relegated to the 2013 Division Two tournament, played in Benoni, South Africa, in March 2013. The Division Two tournament was won by Ghana, but that side was unable to attend the Division One tournament, with runner-up Tanzania taking their place.


2013 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One, Statistics, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2013 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2013 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One
The 2013 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One is a cricket tournament that took place between 18–24 March 2013. The United States hosted the event, with all matches played at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.


2013 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Most Runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Most Wickets
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.


2013 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Two
The 2013 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division Two is a cricket tournament that took place between 5–9 February 2013. The Bahamas hosted the event.


2013 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Two, Statistics, Most Runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Two, Statistics, Most Wickets
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.


2013 ICC Awards
The 2013 ICC Awards were broadcast in a special TV show which was aired on 14 December 2013. The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their tenth year. Previous events were held in London (2004, 2011), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009), Dubai (2008), Bangalore (2010) and Colombo (2012). The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.


2013 ICC Awards, Selection Committee
Chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Anil Kumble, the ICC Selection Committee was charged with two main tasks. Using their experience, knowledge and appreciation of the game, they selected the ICC World XI Teams and provided a long list of nominations to the 32 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.


2013 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year
Alastair Cook was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year, with MS Dhoni selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2013 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year
For the third time consecutively, MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year. Other players are:


2013 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy was the seventh ICC Champions Trophy, a One Day International cricket tournament held in England and Wales between 6 and 23 June 2013. Three cities hosted the tournament's matches: London (at The Oval), Birmingham (at Edgbaston) and Cardiff (at Sophia Gardens, known as Cardiff Wales Stadium for the tournament).


2013 ICC Champions Trophy
India won the competition, beating England by five runs in the final after overcoming South Africa, the West Indies and Pakistan in the group stage, followed by a semi-final victory over Sri Lanka. As winners, India earned $2 million in prize money, the largest amount since the tournament's inception. It was due to be the final ICC Champions Trophy, to be replaced by the ICC World Test Championship in 2017, but in January 2014, it was instead confirmed by the ICC that a Champions Trophy tournament would take place in 2017, with the proposed Test Championship being cancelled.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Rules and regulations
The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy was contested by eight teams, which were seeded and divided into two groups. Each team played every other team in its group once. Following the group stage, the top two teams from each group progressed to the semi-finals, where the winner of Group A played the runner-up of Group B and the winner of Group B played the runner-up of Group A.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Warm-up matches
The warm-up matches had rules that were slightly different from normal ODI matches, so they are not recognised as ODIs. A team could use up to 15 players in a match, but only 11 could bat or field in each innings.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Controversy
Australian David Warner was suspended by Cricket Australia until the first Ashes Test after an altercation with English batsman Joe Root following Australia's loss to England.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Controversy
Former England captain Bob Willis accused one English cricketer of tampering with the ball in order to aid reverse swing during their match against Sri Lanka. Umpire Aleem Dar changed the ball midway through Sri Lanka's innings, but England coach Ashley Giles denied the accusations, saying that Dar changed the ball because it had gone out of shape.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Controversy, Pitch invasion incident
The semi-final between India and Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff saw individuals, possibly Tamil Youth activists, running onto the pitch with flags of Tamil Eelam and banners protesting against the Sri Lankan team playing in the United Kingdom. The first invasion occurred in the 50th over of the Sri Lanka innings, but the two interlopers were soon overpowered by the security staff. However, the second invasion saw at least six protesters run onto the field from various angles from the River Taff End of the ground.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Controversy, Pitch invasion incident
The protests continued after the match had finished, and a fight broke out outside the ground between protesters and supporters in a manner similar to the earlier protests at a group stage game at The Oval. Later, hundreds of members of Britain's Tamil community held up the Sri Lankan team bus after the encounter and raised anti-Sri Lankan government slogans. No protests were shown to the Indian team and their bus left as scheduled.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Controversy, Pitch invasion incident
The earlier protest at The Oval allegedly saw several Tamils being harassed by Sinhala cricket fans who were leaving the match.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Team of the Tournament
The team of the tournament was announced by ICC on 28 June 2013. It was selected by a five-person selection panel that comprised Geoff Allardice (ICC General Manager – Cricket, and Chairman Event Technical Committee), Javagal Srinath (former India fast bowler and ICC Emirates Elite Panel match referee), Aleem Dar (ICC Emirates Elite Panel umpire), Scyld Berry (Wisden Editor from 2008-2011 and Sunday Telegraph correspondent) and Stephen Brenkley (correspondent of The Independent and Independent On Sunday).


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final
The final of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy was played on 23 June 2013 between the England and India at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham. This was the 7th ICC Champions Trophy. India won the match by 5 runs England qualified into the final by defeating South Africa in the first semi-final at The Oval, London on 19 June 2013. India  made their way into the final after defeating Sri Lanka in the second semi-final played at SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff on 20 June 2013.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final
The match was delayed almost six hours for rain and started at 16:20 local time, and the match was reduced to 20 overs per innings. So all the rules of this match were the same as a Twenty20 game. It was India's 2nd ICC Champions Trophy championship after the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy. But they had to share the honour with Sri Lanka since this was a joint championship winning. So this was the first time when India won that title individually.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final
In addition India became the second team after Australia to win the ICC Champions Trophy more than one time. Ravindra Jadeja earned the man of the match award for his performance in the match. Shikhar Dhawan was named the man of the series for scoring 363 runs in the tournament. In the stadium, the match was watched by  24,867 spectators.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Background
Prior to this match England and India played 86 times against each other in ODIs, where India had the upper hand with 46 wins and England won in 35 matches. 2 matches were tied and 3 match were ended as No Result. Their latest meeting resulted a six wickets win for England in a bilateral series in India at 2013.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Background
These teams met thrice in the ICC Champions Trophy history where India won all the three games.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Road to the final, India
India had dominated the tournament from the first match to semi final match. They beat South Africa, West Indies and Pakistan in assertive wins to be the group champions of Group B. They brought their strong performance to the semi final match too where they beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to reach the final for the third time after 2000 and 2002. 2 century & 1 half century from Shikhar Dhawan powered the Indian batting line up. Ravindra Jadeja was the leader from the front of the Indian bowling line up. India didn't lose a single match since the start of the tournament with winning both of their practice matches too.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Road to the final, England
England's qualified for the semi finals as the group champions of Group A In the very first match of their tournament they won against Australia by 48 runs but lost to Sri Lanka in the next match. But they beat New Zealand in the last match to qualify for the semi final. In the semi final they beat South Africa with Jonathan Trott scoring an unbeaten 82 run innings, England won the match by 7 wickets. It was the second time after 2004 that England made the final but lost the final of ICC Champions Trophy.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Match Details, Match Officials
The on-field umpires were Kumar Dharmasena of Sri Lanka and Rod Tucker of Australia, with Bruce Oxenford being the third (TV) umpire. Aleem Dar was the fourth umpire. Ranjan Madugalle was the match referee.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Match Details, Toss
England's captain Alastair Cook won the toss in the rain delayed game and chose to field first.


2013 ICC Champions Trophy squads
This is a list of squads selected for the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.


2013 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship
The 2013 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship was played between 3–7 February 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament was a Twenty20 competition with the winner promoted to the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.


2013 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship, Teams
Teams of Philippines and South Korea did not participate due to their implementation of the wrong selection policy, whereas the team from Tonga pulled out due to political squabbles in the board.


2013 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship, Statistics, Most Runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship, Statistics, Most Wickets
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.


2013 ICC European T20 Championship Division One
The 2013 ICC European Twenty20 Championship Division One was a cricket tournament that took place from 8–14 July 2013. It formed part of the European Cricket Championship. England hosted the event.


2013 ICC European T20 Championship Division One, Play-offs
Play-offs are scheduled for 13 July; 14 July is a "Reserve Day", if needed.


2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international cricket tournament held in Dublin, Ireland, from 23 July to 1 August 2013. The tournament was the inaugural edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, with the top three teams advancing to the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.


2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
Eight teams played in the tournament. The host, Ireland, was joined by the two lowest-placed teams from the 2012 World Twenty20, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as five teams from regional qualifying tournaments. Pakistan and Sri Lanka both went on to be undefeated at the tournament, sharing the title after the final was interrupted by rain. Ireland defeated the Netherlands in the third-place playoff to also qualify for the World Twenty20.


2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, Qualification and format
Originally, the ICC had determined that only the winner of the tournament would qualify for the World Twenty20, with that tournament then having only eight teams. This decision was altered at the 2013 International Cricket Council (ICC) annual conference in June 2013, as part of a concerted effort to support women's cricket. The eight teams at the qualifier were divided into two groups based on their ranking, with the four teams that failed to make the semi-finals going on to participate in a repêchage tournament (the Shield).


2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven
The 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was a cricket tournament that took place from 6 to 13 April 2013. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Botswana hosted the event.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven, Teams
The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven, the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six and the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven, Final Placings
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six
The 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six was a cricket tournament that took place from 21-28 July 2013. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Teams
The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five and the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Final and Playoffs
The playoff matches were cancelled after the abandonment of fifth-round group matches led to replays on the day the playoff matches were scheduled.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Final Placings
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
The 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament which took place from 28 April to 5 May 2013 in Bermuda. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
Nepal were the pre-tournament favourites, but they lost against USA and Uganda in their first two matches. On the other hand USA and Uganda made solid starts. Uganda remained unbeaten in their first four matches to comfortably secure one of the two available places in the 2014 World Cup Qualifier.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
In the fifth round of the league, three teams remained in contention for the second qualifying spot, USA having  won 3 out of 4 and Bermuda & Nepal both having won 2 out of 4. USA could guarantee progress by defeating the hosts Bermuda, but for Nepal to proceed, they had to defeat Italy by a heavy margin and also rely on a Bermuda victory over the USA. In the end, exactly that happened and Nepal went through to the 2014 World Cup Qualifier over USA and hosts Bermuda on net run rate.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Teams
The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three and the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Statistics, Most wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.


2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Final Placings
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:


2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and is a part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the top six finishers of the previous edition. The groups were announced by the ICC on 7 August 2013.


2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
Ireland met Afghanistan in the final for the third time with Ireland winning their 2nd title against Afghanistan and 3rd title overall. The top 6 nations (previously 2) qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20: Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong.


2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Format
The tournament runs for 16 days with 72 fixtures amongst 16 teams, divided into two groups of eight. Each group plays a round-robin tournament. The bottom three teams of each group are immediately eliminated from contention for the top six positions but will play matches to determine which teams finish in positions 11 to 16. The top three teams from each group compete in the first place playoffs to determine the teams finishing in the top four positions.


2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Format
The other two teams are relegated to the fifth place playoffs where they compete with the fourth- and fifth-ranked teams from each group for the positions of five to ten. Both the first and fifth place playoffs are played in a six-team, single-elimination format. The bottom four teams play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals compete with the top two teams in the semi-finals. Playoffs follow to determine the finishing positions of the teams. The top six teams qualify for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. They will join the hosts Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the preliminary group stage, from which only two teams will advance.


2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Match officials
Officiating the tournament was three regional match referees and 17 umpires, one of which was of the Elite Panel and three was on the ICC Assiciate and Affiliate Panel of Umpires.