2013 Dow Corning Tennis Classic, Women's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:


2013 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions but chose not to compete.


2013 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
Melinda Czink and Mirjana Lučić-Baroni won the title, defeating Maria Fernanda Alves and Samantha Murray in the final, 5–7, 6–4, [10–7].


2013 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
Olga Govortsova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2013 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
Lauren Davis won the title, defeating Ajla Tomljanović in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–2).


2013 Down county football team season
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2013 season.


2013 Down county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup
Down made a strong start to their 2013 campaign with McKenna Cup group victories over Cavan and neighbouring county Armagh. Queens University withdrew from the competition over a row regarding player availability and the fixture was simply written off. Down progressed into the latter stages of the McKenna Cup but fell sort of a place in the final at the hands of Monaghan.


2013 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 1
Down looked deserving relegation favourites in the National Football League Division 1, as they lost their first 3 games, two of which were at home. Down looked close to beating Cork at home but fell to a very late goal. A comeback looked on the cards as Down went out and beat Mayo at Páirc Esler, however defeats to Kerry and Dublin sealed Down's fate and relegation was a certainty despite an impressive 3–13 to 1-12 hammering of Kildare in Newry.


2013 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 1, Table
Compete in Division 1 semi-finals  Automatic relegation to Division 2


2013 Down county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship, Fixtures
The draw for the 2013 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 4 October 2012.


2013 Down county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship, Fixtures
Having got to the 2012 Ulster final, Down started their Cup run away to Derry at Celtic Park. In what was regarded as one of the games of the summer, Down came out victors having been 5 points down at half time. The semi final paired last year's finalists again in what would be a closely fought affair. Donegal maintained a 2-point lead throughout the match and eventually won 12 points to 9.


2013 Down county football team season, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down entered the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in the round 2 qualifier stage. The draw for the second round took place on Monday 1 July 2013 and once again had Down travelling to Celtic Park, Derry. Down produced a poor display in this repeat fixture as they failed to score from open play in the entire second half and lost the game by 5 points.


2013 Down county football team season, O'Fiaich Cup
On 27 November 2013, it was announced that the O'Fiaich Cup would return for the first time since the late 1990s.


2013 Dr McKenna Cup
The 2013 Dr McKenna Cup was a Gaelic football competition played under the auspices of Ulster GAA. The tournament features the 2012 All-Ireland Champions, Donegal, whose first game (away against Fermanagh) was put back for several days due to Donegal's team holiday in Dubai. Ahead of the tournament Queen's announced they were quitting in a controversy over their players being poached by other teams, though Ulster Council President Aogan Farrell had appealed for this practice to stop.


2013 Dr McKenna Cup, Format, Later rounds
The semi-finals were contested by Monaghan, Fermanagh, Down and Tyrone. Monaghan defeated Down, while Tyrone defeated Fermanagh.


2013 Dr McKenna Cup, Format, Later rounds
Tyrone beat Monaghan in the final, held at Armagh's Athletic Grounds on 26 January 2013. Ronan McNally was shown a straight red card on the stroke of half-time.


2013 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 2013 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Chris Creighton and played their home games at Drake Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2013 Drake Bulldogs football team
At the end of the season, head coach Chris Creighton resigned to become the head coach at Eastern Michigan.


2013 Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
The 2013 Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo was the 7th running of the women's Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo, a women's bicycle race in the Netherlands. It was held on 7 March 2013 over a distance of 141.2 kilometres (87.7 miles), starting and finishing in Dwingeloo. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.


2013 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
The 2013 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a first entry in the new World Series of Darts. The tournament featured the top 8 players according to the Order of Merit, competing in a knockout system. The tournament was held at the Dubai Tennis Centre in Dubai over 23–24 May 2013.


2013 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen won the title, defeating fellow Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld 11–7 in the final.


2013 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The top eight on the PDC Order of Merit after the 2013 World Championship qualified for the event, with the top 4 seeded. These were:


2013 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Broadcasting
This event was shown live in the United Kingdom and Europe by Eurosport


2013 Dubai Sevens
The 2013 Dubai Sevens was the second tournament within the 2013-2014 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 29–30 November 2013 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2013 Dubai Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2013 Dubai Sevens, Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 13 October 2013.


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2013 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place February 18 to 23, while the men's tournament took place from February 25 to March 2.


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Bopanna played alongside Rajeev Ram, while Bhupathi partnered up with Michaël Llodra. The two teams met in the semifinals, with Bhupathi and Llodra winning. Bhupathi and Llodra went on to win the title, defeating Robert Lindstedt and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6).


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was eliminated by Tomáš Berdych in the semifinals. Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Berdych in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Huber played with Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza. Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova. Mattek-Sands and Mirza won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7].


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Petra Kvitová. Kvitová went on to win the title, defeating Sara Errani in the final, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1.


2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2013 Dubai Women's Sevens
The 2013 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2013-14 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 28–29 November 2013 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai.


2013 Dubai Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.


2013 Dubai Women's Sevens, Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 23 October 2013.


2013 Dubai World Cup
The 2013 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 30 March 2013. It was the 18th running of the Dubai World Cup.


2013 Dubai World Cup
The winner was Team Valor, Arrowfield Stud & Darley Stud's Animal Kingdom, a five-year-old chestnut entire horse trained in the United States by Graham Motion and ridden by Joel Rosario. Animal Kingdom's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, trainer and owners.


2013 Dubai World Cup
Animal Kingdom had been the American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse in 2011 when his wins included the Kentucky Derby but injury problems restricted him to only five races in almost twenty-three months before he competed in Dubai. In the World Cup he started the 11/2 third favourite and won by two lengths and four and three quarter lengths from the British-trained challengers Red Cadeaux and Planteur. The 5/2 favourite Hunter's Light finished seventh of the twelve runners.


2013 Dublin Senior Football Championship
The 2013 Dublin Senior Football Championship was the top club championship competition on the Dublin GAA calendar for 2013. The championship was changed since 2012, with a backdoor system no longer in place, meaning that the championship was played on a knockout basis. All teams knocked out in the first round of the Dublin championship were entered into a new Dublin Senior B Championship.


2013 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round one
The first round tie between Raheny and Naomh Maur finished on a draw after extra time and therefore the 16th team in the second round was to be decided with a replay. The shock of the round was a victory for Dublin minnows Ballinteer St. John's against a strong Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh side. Raheny defeated Naomh Maur in the first round replay at Parnell Park.


2013 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round two
The following teams qualified for the last 16 of the Dublin Senior Football Championship: St. Jude's, Parnell's, Ballyboden St. Enda's, Fingal Ravens, Templeogue Synge Street, Thomas Davis, UCD, St. Vincent's, Ballinteer St. John's, St. Sylvester's, Na Fianna, Kilmacud Crokes, Ballymun Kickhams, St. Brigid's, Raheny and Erin's Isle. * All winning teams from the second round progressed to the quarter finals of the Dublin championship and the losing sides will return in the 2014 Dublin Senior Football Championship.


2013 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Quarter-finals
St. Vincent's, St. Jude's, St. Brigid's, Raheny, St. Sylvester's, Ballyboden St. Enda's and Ballymun Kickhams all qualified for the quarter finals of the Dublin championship.


2013 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Senior B Championship, First round
The eight winning teams in the first round progress to the second round of the senior B championship. The eight losers must enter a relegation championship.


2013 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Relegation Championship
The relegation championship is the opposite of the usual format of a championship. The winner of each game leaves the competition when they lose their game, the losers go on to the next stage. The team that loses all their games will get relegated if the Dublin Intermediate champions are a non senior championship club. The relegation championship was cancelled as St. Mark's opted to be relegated and rebuild their team in the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship in 2015.


2013 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
The 2013 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship is the 124th staging of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. The championship is scheduled to end on 10 November 2013.


2013 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
Kilmacud Crokes were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the quarter-final stage. Lucan Sarsfields and Ballyboden St. Enda's will contest the final.


2013 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 2013 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division.. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his sixth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.


2013 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 2013 season was one of the best for Duke in its 125-year history. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with a 10–2 record and the most wins in team history. They also won their first ACC Coastal Division title and a berth in the 2013 ACC Championship Game against Florida State. Duke lost to Florida State, 45–7, and earned a bid to the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl against Texas A&M, where they were defeated 52–48.


2013 Dundalk F.C. season
Dundalk entered the 2013 season having spent the 2012 season rooted in the relegation play-off spot. The club had been put up for sale, and, with the assistance of a Supporters Trust, it was taken over by local businessmen Andy Connolly and Paul Brown (owners of the team's official sponsors, Fastfix). They subsequently managed to remain in the top-flight by winning a promotion/relegation play-off. With the takeover complete and the club saved, the new owners turned to Stephen Kenny - out of work since being sacked by Shamrock Rovers - to become the new manager ahead of the season. 2013 was Dundalk's fifth consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 78th in all, and their 87th in the League of Ireland.


2013 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
When the 33 round League programme commenced on 8 March 2013, neither supporters nor pundits were sure what to expect, and Dundalk failed to win any of the first five home matches. But with Kenny's team clicking into gear as his ideas took hold, they rose up the table to mount an unexpected title challenge, eventually finishing second - a defeat to eventual champions St. Patrick's Athletic ultimately costing them the title.


2013 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
In the cup competitions, they exited in both the second round of the League Cup, and the quarter-final of the Leinster Senior Cup, to Shamrock Rovers. They reached the semi-final of the FAI Cup and were defeated 1–0 away to 'Louth Derby' rivals, Drogheda United, in a tempestuous game - referee Anthony Buttimer sent off two Dundalk players inside half an hour, and Drogheda took the lead from the penalty spot after the second red card. But the nine men of Dundalk prevented Drogheda scoring again.


2013 Dunedin mayoral election
The 2013 Dunedin mayoral election was held on Saturday, 12 October 2013 and was conducted under the single transferable voting system. Dave Cull, Dunedin's 57th mayor, was re-elected after seeing off eight challengers.


2013 Dunedin mayoral election, Candidates
First-term incumbent Dave Cull was the first to enter the contest, announcing his candidature in January 2013. He faced eight challengers, including one sitting councillor and one former Member of Parliament.


2013 Dunedin mayoral election, Candidates
Councillor Lee Vandervis, who placed third in the previous local body elections, announced on 21 May that he would contest his fourth mayoralty; he had stood in every mayoral election since 2004. Aside from Cull, Vandervis was the only current councillor seeking the mayoralty.


2013 Dunedin mayoral election, Candidates
For the first time, the Green Party stood a candidate for the Dunedin mayoralty. Although former mayor Sukhi Turner was a member of the Green Party, she did not run for mayor on the party ticket. Broadcaster Aaron Hawkins was confirmed by the Green Party on 24 May as their candidate. Hawkins contested the 2010 mayoralty as an independent, when he came fourth.


2013 Dunedin mayoral election, Candidates
Former ACT Member of Parliament Hilary Calvert declared her candidacy, as an independent. She also contested a seat on the City Council. Former United Future candidate and blogger Pete George also declared an independent bid for the mayoralty.


2013 Dunedin mayoral election, Candidates
The other mayoral candidates were two 2010 mayoral hopefuls Olivier Lequeux and Kevin Dwyer, as well as Steve McGregor and Andrew Whiley.


2013 Dunedin mayoral election, Results
Cull was re-elected, beating Calvert and Vandervis to second and third place. Both Calvert and Vandervis were elected to Council, as were fourth-placed Aaron Hawkins and fifth-placed Andrew Whiley.


2013 Dunfermline by-election
The Dunfermline by-election, 2013 is a by-election that was held for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Dunfermline on 24 October 2013. It followed the resignation of its MSP, Bill Walker after he was convicted of 23 charges of assault.


2013 Dunfermline by-election
It was won by Cara Hilton of the Labour Party, gaining the seat from the SNP.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Background
Bill Walker was elected as a SNP candidate in the 2011 election. In March 2012 a Scottish newspaper, the Sunday Herald, claimed that his first three marriages had ended with allegations of violent behaviour towards his wives. The SNP suspended Walker in March, and then expelled him in April, for allegedly not declaring similar claims cited in uncontested divorce proceedings during their MSP vetting process.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Background
On 22 August 2013, Walker was convicted of 23 offences of assault and one of breach of the peace in relation to three ex-wives and a stepdaughter, and sentencing was set for 20 September. The maximum sentence he could receive was 12 months, but only a longer sentence would see him automatically expelled from Parliament. This led to considerable political and media discussion about the situation; a majority of MSPs backed a motion calling on him to resign. As a result, Walker resigned on 7 September 2013. He was subsequently jailed for 12 months.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
On 9 September, 22-year-old local resident James Reekie announced that he would stand as the Scottish Conservative candidate. He centred his campaign around job creation and regeneration of Dunfermline city centre.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
The SNP announced Shirley-Anne Somerville as their candidate on 16 September 2013, having chosen her from a shortlist of two, defeating Fife councillor Karen Marjoram. At the time she was director of communities at Yes Scotland, the campaign group supporting Scottish independence in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum . Somerville failed to win a seat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, but was appointed as a Regional List MSP for the Lothians later in 2007 (following the resignation of another SNP MSP) and served until the 2011 election. Somerville and SNP party leader Alex Salmond apologised for Walker's tenure.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
On 15 September 2013 Labour selected Cara Hilton, a councillor for Dunfermline South ward on Fife Council since May 2012. She defeated Fiona Yates and Fife councillor Lesley Laird, Labour having chosen an all-woman shortlist to improve the gender balance in the Scottish Parliament. Hilton is the daughter of former Labour MSP Cathy Peattie.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
On 17 September, it was announced that UKIP would field Peter Adams, who lives in Fife and was treasurer of Kirkcaldy West Community Council.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Democrats chose Susan Leslie as their candidate on 18 September, a university lecturer and a councillor on Fife Council for the Burntisland, Kinghorn, Auchtertool and Western Kirkcaldy ward, a seat she retained in the 2012 elections.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
The Scottish Greens chose Zara Kitson, a 27-year-old pro-independence campaigner.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
John Black, the leader of the Scottish Jacobite Party, was nominated as an independent.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates
Nominations closed on 23 September, with no further candidates nominated.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates, UKIP controversy
Adams was an elected member of the NHS Fife Board when he submitted his nomination, despite some interpretations of guidance being taken to mean board members cannot stand as candidates from the Scottish Parliament unless they resign. However, UKIP noted other guidance reading: "An elected member vacates office on becoming … (d) a member of the Scottish Parliament ...


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Candidates, UKIP controversy
As a result, it will not be necessary for such members who wish to stand for election to resign prior to doing so, but if they are elected, they will automatically and immediately cease to be a member of the NHS board." However, Adams resigned his board position after the issue came to light, and NHS Fife intended to reconvene meetings attended by Adams after his nomination. No complaint was registered with Police Scotland.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Election campaign
A live debate between the SNP, Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat candidates was aired by STV's Scotland Tonight programme on 14 October 2013. The debate drew "online criticism" for the absence of the Scottish Green Party's candidate.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Election campaign
The SNP, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, UKIP, and Scottish Green candidates took part in a televised debate on Newsnight Scotland on 21 October 2013, hosted by Gary Robertson.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Result
Labour's Cara Hilton was elected, defeating the SNP's Shirley-Anne Somerville with a majority 2,800 votes (11.9%), overturning a previous SNP majority of 590 on a 6.9% swing. This was the first time ever that Labour had won a parliamentary seat from the SNP at a by-election.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, Result
In her victory speech, Hilton praised the courage of preceding MSP Bill Walker's ex-wives.


2013 Dunfermline by-election, 2016 election
Labour's Cara Hilton stood for re-election in the 2016 election, however was ousted by Shirley-Anne Somerville, the SNP candidate whom she had previously defeated in the by-election.


2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
The 2013 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the fourteenth running of a V8 Supercar Development Series, with all rounds held in support of 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship events.


2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
The introduction of the "New Generation V8 Supercar" regulations to the V8 Supercar Championship resulted in a number of rule changes which affected the Dunlop Series. Teams were only allowed to compete with one model of the cars raced in V8 Supercars. All teams competing with Fords upgraded to the FG Falcon, whilst the Holden teams continued to use the VE Commodore. With all V8 Supercar teams building brand-new chassis for the 2013 season to comply with the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations, many of the cars they used in the 2012 Supercars Championship were sold to Dunlop Series teams.


2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Dale Wood won the 2013 series driving a Ford FG Falcon for MW Motorsport.


2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Dunlop Series:


2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, Calendar
The 2013 Dunlop Series comprised nineteen races within seven rounds at seven circuits, all in support of the International V8 Supercars Championship. The calendar remains unchanged from the 2012 season, with only the Winton event being brought forward, reflecting the change in the V8 Supercar Championship calendar.


2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, Points system
Points were awarded to the driver of a car that had completed 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the final lap. Two different points scales were applied to rounds having two or three races to ensure that a driver would be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.


2013 Dunlop World Challenge
The 2013 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit and the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Toyota, Aichi, Japan, on 18–24 November 2013.


2013 Dunlop World Challenge, Men's Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Dunlop World Challenge, Men's Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw:


2013 Dunlop World Challenge, Women's Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles
Philipp Oswald and Mate Pavić were the defending champions, but Oswald chose not to compete. Mate Pavić partnered with Marin Draganja, but they lost in the semifinals.


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles
Chase Buchanan and Blaž Rola won the title, defeating Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–4].


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Singles
Michał Przysiężny was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Singles
Matthew Ebden won the title, defeating Yūichi Sugita in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Doubles
Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both players decided not to compete in 2013.


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Misaki Doi won the tournament, defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the all-Japanese final, 7–6(7–1), 2–6, [11–9].


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Singles
Stefanie Vögele was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but decided not to participate in 2013.


2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Singles
Luksika Kumkhum won the tournament, defeating Hiroko Kuwata in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3.


2013 Duquesne Dukes football team
The 2013 Duquesne Dukes Devils football team represented Duquesne University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth year head coach Jerry Schmitt and played their home games at Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 4–2 in NEC play to share the conference title with Sacred Heart. Due to their loss to Sacred Heart, they did not receive the conference's automatic playoff bid and did not receive an at-large bid.


2013 Durand Cup
The 2013 Durand Cup was the 126th season of the Durand Cup, the third oldest football tournament in the world, which is a knock-out competition held in India. Air India were the current holders, having beaten Mumbai Tigers 3-2 on penalties after the match ended 0-0 after 120 minutes in the 2012 Final.


2013 Durand Cup
The tournament is held from 2 September to 19 September with all matches at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.


2013 Durand Cup, Quarter-Finals
The Quarter-Finals of the Durand Cup shall be played between 12 teams. Four of the teams currently played in 2012–13 I-League and four played in the 2013 I-League 2nd Division. The other four spots would have been taken up by the top two teams from the preliminary round plus two services team.


2013 Durand Cup, Scorers
All goals from tournament proper. Goals from qualifiers are not counted in this list.


2013 Durand Cup Final
The 2013 Durand Cup Final was a football match between Mohammedan and ONGC on 19 September 2013 at Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi. It was the final match of the 2013 Durand Cup, the 126th season of the Durand Cup, a football competition for Indian football system. Mohammedan were appearing in their third final and whereas ONGC were appearing in their first final.


2013 Durand Cup Final, Route to the final, Mohammedan
Mohammedan entered the Durand Cup at the 2013 Durand Cup Quarter-Finals and was paired in Group A with Army Green FC and Kalighat MS. They played their first match on 12 September 2013 against Army Green FC in which Mohammedan won 4–2 with 2 goals from Tolgay Özbey, one goal each from Collin Abranches and Penn Orji. Then on 14 September 2013 the club played their second match of the tournament against Kalighat MS in which they won 3–1 with 2 goals from Ajay Singh and one goal from Penn Orji. That victory managed to push Mohammedan through to the semi-finals in which they faced Mumbai Tigers on 16 September 2013. Mohammedan won the match 3–1 with goals from Collin Abranches, Penn Orji and Anthony Soren to move on to the final of the Durand Cup.


2013 Durand Cup Final, Route to the final, ONGC
ONGC also entered the Durand Cup via Group Stage. They won their first match on 11 September 2013 against Army Red FC 4–1 with 2 goals from Asim Hassan, and one goal each from Henry Ezeh and Parwinder Singh. Then they played their second match on 13 September 2013 against Pune and won 2-1 with 2 goals from Henry Ezeh to qualify for semi finals. In the semi-final ONGC played against Indian Navy on 17 September 2013, beating them 1–0 with goal from Henry Ezeh to qualify for the final.


2013 Durand Cup Quarter-Finals
The group stage features 12 teams: the 10 automatic qualifiers and the 2 winners of the preliminary stage.


2013 Durand Cup Quarter-Finals
The teams are drawn into four groups of three, and play each once. The matchdays are between 9 September to 15 September.


2013 Durand Cup Quarter-Finals
The top teams in each group advanced to the Semi-Finals.


2013 Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
The 2013 Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria was the twelfth running of the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, a women's bicycle race in Spain. It was held on 4 June over a distance of 113.1 kilometres (70.3 miles). It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.


2013 Durham County Council election
An election to Durham County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. Following a boundary review, 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The previous election took place in 2008 in advance of the council becoming a unitary authority after the 2009 changes to local government. The election saw the Labour Party increase their majority on the council.


2013 Durham County Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2013 Durham County Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2013 Durham County Council election, Summary
The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 8 April 2013. In total 362 candidates stood in the election. The Labour Party had the most candidates, with 125 standing out of a possible 126 and only one candidate standing in the two member Weardale electoral division. The Conservative Party stood 59 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 40, the United Kingdom Independence Party 31 and the Green Party 15 candidates. A number of local independent groups stood, including 16 Derwentside Independents and 11 Wear Valley Independents.


2013 Durham County Council election, Summary
Nine candidates stood for the Free Association for Independent Representation (FAIR) around Peterlee and Ferryhill, and four for the Spennymoor Independents in Spennymoor and Tudhoe. There were 50 other independent candidates, including two candidates with no description. The British National Party stood two candidates, having fielded 30 in the previous election.


2013 Durham County Council election, Summary
The Labour Party gained 27 seats, increasing their majority on the council to 62. The Liberal Democrats lost 18 seats compared to the 2008 results, with their representation on the new council limited to the city of Durham and the division of Consett North. The Conservative Party lost six seats, winning only in the two Barnard Castle divisions.


2013 Durham County Council election, Summary
Turnout across the county was 27.8%, having fallen from 36.4% in the 2008 elections.


2013 Durham mayoral election
The 2013 Durham mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013 to elect the mayor of Durham, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bill Bell.


2013 Dutch Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2013 Dutch Championships were held in Rotterdam. It was a smaller competition than usual, as it was held after the 2012 Summer Olympics.


2013 Dutch Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Most memorably, Eythora Thorsdottir, who is now a European medallist, won every event but the floor exercise in the Junior competition.


2013 Dutch Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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2013 Dutch Basketball Supercup
The 2013 Dutch Basketball Supercup was the 3rd edition of the Dutch Basketball Supercup. The game was played between ZZ Leiden, the winner of the 2012–13 Dutch Basketball League, and SPM Shoeters Den Bosch, the winner of the 2012–13 NBB Cup.


2013 Dutch Darts Masters
The 2013 Dutch Darts Masters was the eighth of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2013 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Koningshof Hotel in Veldhoven, Netherlands, between 25–27 October 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.


2013 Dutch Darts Masters
Kim Huybrechts won his first European Tour title by defeating Brendan Dolan 6–3 in the final.


2013 Dutch Darts Masters, Qualification
The top 32 players from the  on 30 September 2013 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Dublin on 4 October), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in Veldhoven on 24 October).


2013 Dutch Darts Masters, Qualification
Robert Thornton withdrew from the event the day before it started due to personal reasons and was replaced by an additional European Qualifier.


2013 Dutch National Road Race Championships – Women's road race
The Women's road race of the 2013 Dutch National Road Race Championships cycling event took place on 22 June 2013 in and around Kerkrade in the province Limburg, the Netherlands. The race consisted of 13 laps of 8.8 km making a total distance of 114.4 km. 28 of the 133 women's finished the race.


2013 Dutch National Road Race Championships – Women's road race
Lucinda Brand (Rabobank–Liv Giant) rode away from the bunch in the second lap. After losing many riders in the chasing group due to many attacks of the other Rabobank–Liv Giant riders, only the Specialized–lululemon rider Ellen van Dijk, Argos-Shimano rider Amy Pieters and two Rabobank–Liv Giant riders Marianne Vos and Annemiek van Vleuten were together in the front. With a few laps to go also Pieters could not keep up the pace. Despite the fact that Van Dijk rode really strong in the chasing group, she had to abandon the race due to a broken derailleur in the second last lap. From then on Vos and Van Vleuten stopped chasing and so Brand won the race.


2013 Dutch National Time Trial Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial of the 2013 Dutch National Time Trial Championships (NK tijdrijden) cycling took place in and around Winsum, nearby the city Groningen, in the Netherlands on 19 June 2013. Winsum got the event due to the success of the 2012 Energiewacht Tour. The individual time trial at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour took place on the same course. Ellen van Dijk was the defending champion, who won the national title at the 2012 Dutch National Time Trial Championships.


2013 Dutch National Time Trial Championships – Women's time trial
Ellen van Dijk won the time trial in a time of 33’ 56", 39 seconds ahead of Loes Gunnewijk and 61 seconds of Annemiek van Vleuten.


2013 Dutch National Time Trial Championships – Women's time trial, Preview
Ellen van Dijk, the 2012 Dutch national champion, was the main favourite for the title. She was the best Duch rider in all the 2013 time trials (stage 3a 2013 Energiewacht Tour, 2013 EPZ Omloop van Borsele, prologue and stage 2 2013 Gracia-Orlová, GP Leende, 2013 Emakumeen Euskal Bira) and won them almost all. The best Dutch riders in the time trial at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour on the same course behind Van Dijk were Loes Gunnewijk and Kirsten Wild. One of the other favourites was Annemiek van Vleuten, the runner up of the 2012 edition.


2013 Dutch National Time Trial Championships – Women's time trial, Schedule
Wednesday 19 June10:30 First block of 20 cyclists11:30 Second block of 20 cyclists12:45 Victory Ceremony


2013 Dutch Open Grand Prix
The 2013 Dutch Open Grand Prix was the thirtieth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands October 8 until October 13, 2013 and had a total purse of $50,000.


2013 Dutch TT
The 2013 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 29 June 2013.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
This race was most notable for Valentino Rossi's comeback ride to win the race and Jorge Lorenzo's excellent ride to fifth place after a heavy crash in one of the free practice sessions where he badly injured his left collarbone.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On Thursday, reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo crashed heavily during free practice in wet conditions and fractured his left collarbone as a result. After surgery he was able to take part in the race on Saturday.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
After six rounds, Dani Pedrosa narrowly leads the title hunt with 123 points. Close second is Jorge Lorenzo with 116 and further back is rookie Marc Márquez with 93 points.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On Friday, Cal Crutchlow scored his first ever pole position with a time of 1:34.398. +0.357 seconds behind is Marc Márquez in second and +0.480 seconds behind is Stefan Bradl. The second row of the grid consists out of Valentino Rossi in fourth, Dani Pedrosa in fifth and Bradley Smith in sixth place. Iván Silva replaces Hiroshi Aoyama who is still recovering from a crash in free practice on the Saturday of the Catalan round, losing a part of his finger as a result. Michele Pirro also replaces Ben Spies who is still recovering from chest pains which caused him to miss multiple races since the Americas race.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
All riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. As the lights go out, Pedrosa has the best start and manages to get up into first place entering the Haarbocht (Turn 1). Close behind him is Bradl who managed to jump Márquez and go up into second. Third is the Spaniard as he has to fight off Rossi in fourth. Crutchlow gets a bogged down start and has to settle for fifth position. Behind him is teammate Smith in sixth.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
At Strubben (Turn 5), Márquez goes up the inside of Bradl and takes second. Further back, Nicky Hayden gets passed by Aleix Espargaró who takes a tighter line at Ossebroeken (Turn 4) for seventh spot. Lorenzo then uses the opportunity to quickly move past the American on the outside of Strubben as well for eighth place on the opening lap. Rossi has a look up the inside of Bradl at De Bult (Turn 9) but isn't able to get past. Before De Bult, Lorenzo has already overtaken Espargaró and is now up into seventh position. At the entrance of the Geert Timmer Bocht (Turn 16), Rossi dives down the inside of Bradl and manages to take third.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap two, Lorenzo makes a lunge up the inside of Smith at the end of start/finish straight to pass the Briton for sixth position entering the Haarbocht. Entering Strubben, Crutchlow takes a tight line and goes side-by-side upon exit but managing to take fourth from Bradl. Espargaró also takes a shorter line at the hairpin and overtakes Smith for seventh spot. At the Veenslang (Turn 6), Smith retakes seventh from the Spaniard however. The fighting between Bradl and Crutchlow has allowed Lorenzo to close up to them significantly. At the straight before Stekkenwal (Turn Turn 8), Espargaró has retaken seventh place from Smith again. Lorenzo goes up the inside of Bradl at De Bult, promoting him up to fifth place. Pedrosa's gap back to Márquez is +0.649 in sector three.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap three and Rossi sets the fastest lap of the race. Pedrosa's gap back to Márquez is +0.565 seconds at the start/finish straight, increasing to +0.733 seconds in sector one. In sector two, the gap decreases to +0.630 before decreasing again to +0.708 seconds in sector three.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap four, the gap Pedrosa has to Márquez has decreased to +0.491 seconds at the start/finish straight. Rossi closes up to second place Márquez as Crutchlow sets the fastest lap. In sector one, the gap increases to +0.698 seconds as Lorenzo also closes up on Crutchlow in fourth. The gap decreases slightly to +0.659 seconds in sector two. At the run up to Duikersloot (Turn 11), Crutchlow goes a bit wide and Lorenzo makes good use of this by taking a shorter line an passing the Briton for fourth position. In sector three, the gap increases again to +0.876 seconds.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap five and Rossi dives down the inside of Márquez entering Haarbocht, taking second from him as the fans in the main grandstands cheer him on. Rossi is now opening a gap in pursuit of Pedrosa, Lorenzo doing likewise on Crutchlow to chase down Márquez.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap six, Rossi sets the fastest lap of the race. Pedrosa's gap at the start/finish straight was +0.405 seconds, decreasing to +0.339 seconds in sector one, dropping again to +0.288 seconds in sector two. In sector three, the gap diminishes again slightly to +0.227 seconds. At the Geert Timmer Bocht, Rossi goes up the inside of Pedrosa and takes over the lead of the race at the exit.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap seven and Rossi now leads the race for the first time. The top six is as follows: Rossi, Pedrosa, Márquez, Lorenzo, Crutchlow and Bradl. Márquez's gap back to Lorenzo is +0.824 seconds at the start/finish straight, decreasing to +0.717 seconds in sector one. It decreases again to +0.688 seconds in sector two and in sector three it drops once more to +0.546 seconds.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap eight, Márquez's gap back to Lorenzo increases to +0.754 seconds at the start/finish straight. At the entrance to De Bult, Márquez has a moment trying to stop his bike but doesn't lose any significant time over it.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap nine and Pedrosa is still relatively close to Rossi in second as third Márquez now starts to come under pressure from Lorenzo in fourth. Exiting Strubben, Lorenzo has now fully closed up to Márquez and at the short straight before De Bult, he closes up so much that he almost makes a move on his inside at the corner but thinks better of it at the last moment.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap ten, Crutchlow's gap back to Bradl is +3.601 seconds and Bradl's gap back to Álvaro Bautista is +3.867 seconds. No overtakes happen at the front.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap eleven and Rossi starts to open up a gap to Pedrosa. The front is stable for now.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap twelve, Lorenzo is now losing ground to Márquez as Crutchlow is right behind him also.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap thirteen - the halfway point of the race - and Márquez is closing the gap to teammate Pedrosa. Rossi is still out in front as Crutchlow is still right behind Lorenzo. At the Geert Timmer Bocht, he tries a move up the inside but isn't able to pass.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap fourteen, Rossi's gap back to Pedrosa is +0.372 seconds at the start/finish straight. Crutchlow is still right behind Lorenzo and attempts a move at Strubben but misses the speed to get past as the Spaniard also closes the door on him.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap fifteen and Rossi's gap back to Pedrosa is +0.522 seconds at the start/finish straight. In sector one, the gap increased to +0.655 seconds, then decreased to +0.478 seconds in sector two. In sector three, the gap widened again to +0.563 seconds in sector three. At the Geert Timmer Bocht, Crutchlow finally manages to get past by diving down the inside of Lorenzo at the entrance of the chicane, taking fourth as a result.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap sixteen, Rossi's gap back to Pedrosa has decreased slightly to +0.534 seconds at the start/finish line. Márquez's gap back to Crutchlow was +1.796 seconds at the start/finish line, decreasing to +1.491 seconds in sector one and increasing to +1.578 in sector two. In sector three, the gap drops again slightly in sector three to +1.451 seconds.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap seventeen and Márquez's gap back to Crutchlow has increased to +1.655 seconds at the start/finish straight. No overtakes happened at the front.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap eighteen, Márquez closes up to Pedrosa. At the end of the Veenslang, Márquez carries a lot more speed at the new, quick right-hand kink but runs wide entering the Ruskenhoek, allowing Pedrosa to get back at him exiting the turn. At the Geert Timmer Bocht, Márquez makes his move by going up the inside of his teammate and taking second place.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap nineteen and Rossi's gap back to Márquez is +1.044 seconds, showing that he has increased it since the pair were fighting. Crutchlow has also been able to close up as a result. In sector one, the gap has widened to +1.246 but has decreased in sector two, now only being +1.073 seconds. The gap increases again to +1.107 seconds in sector three.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap twenty, Rossi increases his gap back to Márquez again to +1.149 seconds. Meanwhile, Crutchlow in fourth is also slowly gaining on Pedrosa In sector one, the gap widens to +1.231 seconds. Entering Strubben, Crutchlow dives too deep and goes wide, giving some breathing room to Pedrosa. The gap increases again to +1.326 seconds in sector two, then decreases to +1.252 seconds in sector three.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap twenty-one and Rossi's gap back to Márquez has increased to +1.550 seconds. The gap widens again to +1.707 seconds in sector one, decreasing to +1.660 seconds in sector two. In sector three, the gap increases once more to +1.864 seconds as Crutchlow is right behind Pedrosa. At the Hoge Heide (Turn 13), the Briton is right behind Pedrosa and shadows him throughout the Ramshoek (Turn 15), going side-by-side with him and passing for third spot at the entrance of the Geert Timmer Bocht.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap twenty-two, Rossi's gap back to Márquez has decreased slightly to +1.825 seconds at the start/finish straight. Crutchlow is slowly opening up a gap to Pedrosa and is hunting down Márquez in second place.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap twenty-three and Márquez's gap back to Crutchlow was +0.633 seconds at the start/finish straight, decreasing slightly to +0.585 seconds in sector one. In sector two, the gap increased to +0.664 seconds, only to decrease to +0.381 seconds in sector three.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On lap twenty-four, Márquez's gap back to Crutchlow increased to +0.462 seconds at the start/finish straight. Crutchlow closes up even further but is not yet able to pass Márquez.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Lap twenty-five, the penultimate lap, and Crutchlow is still all over the rear of Márquez. At Strubben, the Spaniard blocks the inside line, preventing Crutchlow from attempting a move.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Rossi crosses the line to start the final lap - lap twenty-six - and Crutchlow has still not been able to pass Márquez. Entering the Haarbocht, Crutchlow makes a mistake and almost runs into Márquez but just manages to avoid him, ending his hopes for a second place.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Rossi has no problems throughout the lap, exits the last corner, looks back to see how far back Márquez is and as the near entire grandstand stand on their feet to cheer and congratulate him, he raises his arm and crosses the line to win the race - his first and only of the season and the first since the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix. Behind him is Márquez is second and Crutchlow in third place. Fourth is Pedrosa and Lorenzo comes home a superb fifth after struggling with a broken left collarbone only 36 hours earlier. Further back is Bradl who finishes in sixth spot.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
On the parade lap back to parc-fermé, Rossi waves gleefully at the fans after winning a race in nearly three years. Lorenzo is seen suffering visibly with his left hand as a delighted Rossi shakes hands with Márquez while still on the bike. Rossi then raises his arm in the air multiple times as Lorenzo does so once as well. He then rides off the track to some of his fans that invaded the track as many of the fans in the grandstands wave the fluorescent yellow flags with the number 46 on it in pride.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Some of the fans congratulate him as the photographers also surround him to make photo's. He steps off his bike and one of the fans offers him to sit on his shoulders, which he duly accepts. He lifts him up and walks him over to the grandstand here his fanclub sits. Márquez meanwhile calmly waves at the fans, as does Crutchlow. He claps his hands, then instructs the fans to stand up for him, the fans doing so in return. On his to the pit lane, Rossi then gets briefly stopped again by two of his fans before going again.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Crutchlow is the first to arrive at parc-fermé, the Briton removing his gloves as he has already stepped off the bike. Rossi is still riding back, throwing his arm in the air as Márquez also arrives at parc-fermé. As Lorenzo arrives at the pits, he is seen visibly in pain and even cries as he needs help from his team to push the bike back inside. Rossi - still riding back - briefly waves at the crowd, then puts his arm up in the air multiple times.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
By now, Márquez takes off his helmet as Rossi finally enters the pits, still with his arm up in the air as a salute to his fans. A happy Márquez talks and shakes hands with an equally delighted Crutchlow as Rossi finally arrives at parc-fermé, steps off his bike and immediately goes to celebrate with his team. When he's done, he looks at the camera happily, then kisses his number 46 and hugs one of the Factory Yamaha crewmembers. Lorenzo in his garage is still seen struggling as Rossi celebrates with Uccio and other members of his team. Both Rossi and Márquez then get interviewed by the media, after that Márquez goes and talks with his brother Álex Márquez and the Repsol Honda crewmembers.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
All the riders make their way onto the podium, first one being Crutchlow followed by Márquez and a very happy Rossi, the crowd erupting in delight as he steps onto the podium. He symbolically kisses the top step of the podium before stepping onto it. The trophies get handed out: First Arjan Bos, President of the Board of the TT Circuit Assen, hands the constructors trophy out to Jeremy Burgess and Crutchlow. Next up is the second place trophy handed out by Lorenzo Sistino, Iveco brand President, which is handed out to Márquez.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
He raises the trophy happily up in the air as the crowd applauds him. Then it is Jacques Tichelaar, the King's commissioner of Drenthe, to present to Rossi the winner's trophy. He accepts the trophy, kisses it and then displays it for everyone to see. The crowd cheers and applauds as he does so, then the Italian national anthem plays for him. After it stops, the champagne gets handed out by the podium girls as Crutchlow immediately sprays Rossi, with Rossi cheekily spraying one of the podium girls instead. Márquez sprays Rossi, with 'The Doctor' returning the favour before also spraying it on Crutchlow, then into the crowd before drinking some of it. He toasts with the bottle afterwards with the other two before taking a group photo together.


2013 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report
Rossi's victory, Márquez's second and Crutchlow's third place has shaken up the championship. Pedrosa still leads the title with 136 points but the gap has now been reduced to 9 points as Lorenzo has been able to close up thanks to his ride to fifth and Pedrosa's fourth position. Lorenzo now sits second with 127 points while Márquez closes up to Lorenzo with 113 points.


2013 Dutch TT, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.


2013 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The 2013 Dwars door Vlaanderen was the 68th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 20 March 2013. The race started in Roeselare and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Oscar Gatto.


2013 E3 Harelbeke
The 2013 E3 Harelbeke was the 56th running of the E3 Harelbeke single-day cycling race. It was held on 22 March 2013, over a distance of 211 kilometres (131.1 miles) and was the sixth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.


2013 E3 Harelbeke
The race was won for the third time by RadioShack–Leopard rider Fabian Cancellara, after he made a solo attack with around 35 km (21.7 mi) remaining of the race. Second place went to Peter Sagan of the Cannondale team, while third place went to the BMC Racing Team's Daniel Oss; both of those riders finished 64 seconds behind Cancellara.


2013 E3 Harelbeke, Teams
As E3 Harelbeke was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with six other squads given wildcard places, and as such, would have formed the event's 24-team peloton. Team Katusha subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. With Team Katusha not originally invited to the race, race organisers announced their inclusion to the race, bringing the total number of teams competing to twenty-five. Each of the 25 teams entered eight riders to the race, making up a starting peloton of 200 riders.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 5th edition of this regional competition, the football championship of East Asia. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2012. Mongolia were suspended from the EAFF and could not compete in any EAFF competition until March 2014, whilst Australia accepted an invitation to take part.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Preliminary round 1
The first round of the Preliminary Competition was hosted by Guam between 18–22 July 2012. The winner of the group advanced to the second round.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Preliminary round 2
The second round of the preliminary competition was held in Hong Kong between 1 December and 9 December 2012. The winner of the group advanced to the final tournament.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Final tournament, Matches
The final stage of the tournament was played in South Korea between 20 and 28 July 2013.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
At the final match between South Korea and Japan on 28 July, South Korean fans booed the start of the Japanese anthem and later upped the political sloganeering with a banner that covered most of the width of one end of the ground that read, in Korean, "The nation that forgets history has no future.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
"(Korean: 역사를 잊은 민족에게 미래는 없다), apparently aiming at the Japanese leaders' reluctance to admit to wrongdoings during its militaristic and colonial past, after they displayed huge pictures of Ahn Jung-geun, who assassinated the first Prime Minister of Japan and then-Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi back in 1909, and Yi Sun-sin, a Korean naval commander who is famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty back in the 16th century.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
The banner was not removed until Korea Football Association (KFA) directed supporters to do so after the first half of the match. After the banner was taken down, "Red Devils," a group of South Korean football supporters, refused to cheer on the national team in the second half. On its Facebook page, the Seoul sector of the Red Devils wrote that its members would not bang drums or chant songs for South Korea in protest of the decision by the KFA to remove the banner.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
Kuniya Daini, President of Japan Football Association, said "We ask the East Asian Football Federation to thoroughly investigate the matter and act in the appropriate fashion," and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the incident was "extremely regrettable" and the Japanese government "will respond appropriately based on FIFA rules when the facts are revealed. ", while KFA said "We are still investigating the matter. We have no official statement now".


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
Japanese Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura went further on Tuesday, saying the style of the banners called into question "the nature of the people" in South Korea.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs then responded with a statement deploring Shimomura's "rude comments".


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
On 31 July, KFA issued a statement insisting that Japanese fans waving a large "rising sun" Japanese military flag had incited South Korean supporters.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Controversies
Australia commitment to the ASEAN Football Federation is questioned due to its participation in this tournament while having not participated in a single edition of the AFF Championship, the top level competition in the sub-confederation Australia which later became a member of in 2013.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Final squads
Below are the squads for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup tournament, held in Korea Republic. There were 23 players in each squad, including 3 goalkeepers.


2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2 squads
Below are the squads for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2 in Hong Kong.


2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
The 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup was the fourth edition of EAFF Women's East Asian Cup. There were three competition rounds. The final round was won by North Korea. In August 2012, Australia accepted an invitation to take part.


2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup Preliminary squads
Below are the squads for the 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup tournament, held in South Korea on from 20 to 27 July 2013.


2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship
The 2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 18 March to 22 March 2013 in Bor Serbia  It was the 17th edition of the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by 14th seed James Cahill who defeated fellow Englishman Ashley Carty 6–0 in the final, becoming the only player to win the final by a whitewash in the tournaments history. As a result, Cahill was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons.


2013 EC
2013 EC is a near-Earth asteroid that passed Earth just inside the orbit of the Moon, with its closest approach on March 4, 2013 at 07:35 UTC. 2013 EC was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, United States, on March 2, 2013. Asteroid 2013 EC is estimated to be equal in size to the Chelyabinsk meteor that impacted on February 15, 2013. Its measurement is about 10 to 17 meters (33 to 56 ft) wide.


2013 EC
2013 EC was one of four asteroids that passed in the vicinity of Earth during one week in early March 2013. The other asteroids in this group besides 2013 EC, included  2013 ET (2.5 lunar distances), 2013 EC20, and 2013 EN20.


2013 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2013 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 8 and March 23, 2013 at campus locations and at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Union College was the winner of the tournament for the second year in a row and received the ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2013 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2013 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2013 EMF miniEURO
The 2013 EMF miniEuro was the fourth edition of the EMF miniEURO for national Small-sided football teams. It was hosted in Rethymno, Greece, from 10 to 13 October 2013.


2013 EMF miniEURO
The final tournament was contested by 24 teams. The matches were played in one venue in the city of Rethymno, at an especially built stadium.


2013 EMF miniEURO
The defending champions, Romania, kept their title by overcoming Croatia  2–0 in the final.


2013 EMF miniEURO, Group stage
In the group stage, the 24 teams were divided into 6 groups of 4 teams, with each team playing 3 matches. the teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the six groups progressed to the knockout stage, along with the best four third-placed teams.


2013 EMF miniEURO, Knockout stage
The knockout stage matches were played on 12–13 October 2013. If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.


2013 EPZ Omloop van Borsele
The 2013 EPZ Omloop van Borsele is the 11th running of the Omloop van Borsele, a women's cycling event in 's-Heerenhoek, the Netherlands. For women's there was an individual time trial over 19.5 kilometres (12.1 miles) on 19 April and a road race over 120 kilometres (74.6 miles) on 20 April 2013. The race was rated by the UCI as 1.2 category race.


2013 EPZ Omloop van Borsele
Ellen van Dijk won for the second consecutive year the individual time trial. Due to illness Van Dijk did not start in the road race which she also won in the 2012 edition. Vera Koedooder was this year the fastest.


2013 EPZ Omloop van Borsele, Time trial
The individual time trial was held on 19 April over a distance of 19.5 kilometres (12.1 miles).


2013 EPZ Omloop van Borsele, Road race
The road race was held on 20 April over a distance of 120 kilometres (74.6 miles).


2013 ESF Women's Championship
The 2013 ESF Women's Championship was an international European softball competition that was held in Prague, Czech Republic from July 7 to July 13, 2013. Prague hosted Championships for the 4th time.


2013 ESPY Awards
The 2013 ESPY Awards were announced from the Nokia Theatre on July 17, 2013 and were live on ESPN. ESPY Award is short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award. The awards show was hosted by Jon Hamm.


2013 ET
2013 ET is a near-Earth asteroid that was first observed on March 3, 2013, six days before its closest approach to Earth. It is estimated to be around 100 meters (330 feet) wide. The orbit of 2001 SY169 has been connected to 2013 ET extending the observation arc to 11 years.


2013 ET
Its closest approach to Earth was 0.0065207 AU (975,480 km; 606,140 mi) on March 9, 2013 at 12:09 UT. The asteroid also makes close approaches to Mars and Venus. The asteroid was imaged by Goldstone radar on March 10, 2013.


2013 ET
2013 ET was one of four asteroids that passed in the vicinity of Earth during one week in early March 2013. The other asteroids in this group besides 2013 ET, included  2013 EC, 2013 EC20, and 2013 EN20.


2013 EU Cup Australian rules football
The 2013 Euro Cup of Australian rules football was a 9-a-side Footy tournament held in Bordeaux, France on September 21, 2013, with 12 national men's teams and two women's teams. The men's tournament was won by England who defeated France in the Grand Final by 77 points. The women's match was won by the European Crusaders who defeated France 45-26.


2013 East Africa Cup
The 2013 East Africa Cup was the third edition of Cricket Kenya's  East Africa Premier League competitions. The competition took place at the Nairobi Club Ground and Simba Union Club Ground 7–11 September 2013. It featured several significant changes from the first two editions,


2013 East Africa Cup, Squads
Collins Obuya (c), Harrison Angila, Boniface Anjere, Irfan Karim (wk), Rajesh Khetiya, Alfred Luseno, David Maina, Martin Mworia, Martin Okoth, Joseph Owino, Kirtan Patel, Henry Rudd, Vishal Shikotra, Subham Patel, Tarandeep Singh, Hiren Varaiya


2013 East Africa Cup, Squads
Rakep Patel (c), Gautam Bhudia, Kavi Dosaja, Gurdeep Singh,  Ikreeth Kenth, Peter Kituku, Peter Koech, Maninder Singh,  Nikul Patel, Lucas Oluoch, Paresh Gami, Abdul Rehman, Mitesh Sanghani, Paramveer Singh, Abraham Vadada, Dominic Wesonga


2013 East Africa Cup, Squads
Tanmay Mishra (c), Josephat Ababu, Abdulqadir Najmi, Ibrahim Akello, Nick Oluoch, Hamza Malik (wk), Jimmy Kamande, Karan Kaul, Krutarth Rao, James Ngoche, Alex Obanda, Elijah Otieno, Emmanuel Bund, Willam Rudd, Raj Savala, Waqas Aslam


2013 East Africa Cup, Squads
Morris Ouma (c), Stephen Biko, Dhiren Gondaria,	Bhargab Goswami, Nadeem Ahmed, Shem Ngoche, Eugene Ochieng, Nelson Odhiambo, Kennedy Owino, Harsh Patel, Narendra Patel, Gagandeep Singh, Gurmanjot Singh,  Taaha Sulemanjee, Siddhant Taneja, Bhavya Thaker


2013 East Africa Cup, Squads
Davis Arinaitwe (c), Hamza Saleh, Asadu Seiga, Nicholas Kebba, Arthur Kyobe, Deusdedit Muhumuza, Benjamin Musoke, Frank Nsubuga, Faruk Ochimi,	Jackson Ogwang, Richard Okia, Raymond Otim, Danniel Ruyange, Ivan Thawithemwira, Arthur Ziraba


2013 East Africa Cup, Squads
Lawrence Sematimba (c), Abdulah Lubega, Hamu Bagenda, Fred Isabirye, Jeremy Kibukamusoke, Brian Masaba, Mohammed Akmal, Roger Mukasa, Naeem Bardai, Martin Ondeko, Arnold Otwan, Jonathan Ssebanja, Shamu Mukaaya, Abu Sseguya, Henry Ssenyondo, Charles Waiswa


2013 East Africa Premier League
The 2013 East Africa Premier League was the third edition of Cricket Kenya's  East Africa Premier League competitions. The competition took place at the Nairobi Club Ground and Simba Union Club Ground from the 7th to 11 August 2013. It featured several significant changes from the first two editions, including the massive overhaul of the identities of the Kenyan franchises participating as well as the participation of several high-profile Pakistani cricketers such as Kamran Akmal and Imran Nazir. The tournament was won by Rising Stars Chuis who defeated Ruwenzori Warriors by 9 wickets in the final.


2013 East Africa Premier League, Squads
Collins Obuya (c), Harrison Angila, Boniface Anjere, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal (wk), Irfan Karim, Rajesh Khetiya, Alfred Luseno, David Maina, Martin Mworia, Martin Okoth, Joseph Owino, Kirtan Patel, Henry Rudd, Vishal Shikotra, Subham Patel, Tarandeep Singh, Hiren Varaiya


2013 East Africa Premier League, Squads
Rakep Patel (c), Gautam Bhudia, Kavi Dosaja, Gurdeep Singh, Imran Nazir, Ikreeth Kenth, Peter Kituku, Peter Koech, Maninder Singh, Mohammad Sami, Nikul Patel, Lucas Oluoch, Paresh Gami, Abdul Rehman, Mitesh Sanghani, Paramveer Singh, Abraham Vadada, Dominic Wesonga


2013 East Africa Premier League, Squads
Tanmay Mishra (c), Josephat Ababu, Abdulqadir Najmi, Ibrahim Akello, Nick Oluoch, Hamza Malik (wk), Jimmy Kamande, Karan Kaul, Krutarth Rao, James Ngoche, Alex Obanda, Elijah Otieno, Emmanuel Bund, Willam Rudd, Raj Savala, Waqas Aslam


2013 East Africa Premier League, Squads
Morris Ouma (c), Stephen Biko, Dhiren Gondaria,	Bhargab Goswami, Nadeem Ahmed, Shem Ngoche, Eugene Ochieng, Nelson Odhiambo, Kennedy Owino, Harsh Patel, Narendra Patel, Gagandeep Singh, Gurmanjot Singh,  Taaha Sulemanjee, Siddhant Taneja, Bhavya Thaker


2013 East Africa Premier League, Squads
Davis Arinaitwe (c), Hamza Saleh, Asadu Seiga, Nicholas Kebba, Arthur Kyobe, Deusdedit Muhumuza, Benjamin Musoke, Frank Nsubuga, Faruk Ochimi,	Jackson Ogwang, Richard Okia, Raymond Otim, Danniel Ruyange, Ivan Thawithemwira, Arthur Ziraba


2013 East Africa Premier League, Squads
Lawrence Sematimba (c), Abdulah Lubega, Hamu Bagenda, Fred Isabirye, Jeremy Kibukamusoke, Brian Masaba, Mohammed Akmal, Roger Mukasa, Naeem Bardai, Martin Ondeko, Arnold Otwan, Jonathan Ssebanja, Shamu Mukaaya, Abu Sseguya, Henry Ssenyondo,	Charles Waiswa


2013 East Asian Games
The 2013 East Asian Games, officially known as the VI East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 events in 24 sports.


2013 East Asian Games
Tianjin 2013 is the last edition of East Asian Games before replaced by East Asian Youth Games.


2013 East Asian Games, Organisation, Bid
In 2007, China and Mongolia entered the bidding process as potential host cities for the 6th East Asian games.


2013 East Asian Games, Participation, Sports
2013 East Asian Games featured 258 events in 24 sports (including 16 Olympics sports), a new record of East Asian Games history.


2013 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 2013 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of Conference USA. This was their final season in C-USA before joining the American Athletic Conference in 2014.


2013 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, at Marshall
This was the fifteenth time these two teams have faced each other. East Carolina leads the overall win-loss record 10–5.


2013 East Coast Music Awards
The 2013 East Coast Music Awards were held on March 10, 2013 to honour achievements in Atlantic Canada's music industry in 2012. The ceremony, the event's 25th anniversary, was held at the Cunard Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was hosted by singer-songwriters Rose Cousins and David Myles.


2013 East Coast Music Awards
Cousins herself was one of the event's big winners, winning three awards for her album We Have Made a Spark and its single "Go First". The rock band The Stanfields won two awards, Group Album of the Year and the Fan's Choice Entertainer of the Year.


2013 East Coast Music Awards
The event also featured a video tribute to country music legend Stompin' Tom Connors, who died just a few days before the event.


2013 East Sussex County Council election
The East Sussex County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. All 49 councillors of East Sussex County Council were elected from 44 electoral divisions, which return either one or two councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Brighton and Hove, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council.


2013 East Sussex County Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2013 East Sussex County Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2013 East Sussex County Council election, Summary
At this election, the Conservative Party was seeking to retain overall control of the council, previously having a majority of four seats, and the Liberal Democrats to maintain or better their position of 13 seats.


2013 East Sussex County Council election, Summary
The Conservatives were reduced to 20 seats on the 49-member council, producing no overall control. UKIP made strong gains, winning 7 seats (their first ever seats on the council), and Labour also gained seats (its gain of three seats being wholly at the expense of Conservatives). The number of Independent members increased to 5. Overall, the Liberal Democrats lost three councillors.


2013 East Sussex County Council election, Summary
Since the election the Conservatives have decided to form a minority administration.


2013 East Sussex County Council election, Results by electoral division
East Sussex includes five districts: Eastbourne borough, Hastings borough, Lewes district, Rother district and Wealden district, and the results are grouped by those districts.


2013 Eastern China smog
The 2013 Eastern China smog was a severe air pollution episode that affected East China, including all or parts of the municipalities of Shanghai and Tianjin, and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, and Zhejiang, during December 2013. A lack of cold air flow, combined with slow-moving air masses carrying industrial emissions, collected airborne pollutants to form a thick layer of smog over the region. Levels of PM2.5 particulate matter averaged over 150 micrograms per cubic metre; in some areas, they were 300 to 500 micrograms per cubic metre.


2013 Eastern China smog
It was one of the worst bouts of air pollution in the area, cutting visibility and causing major disruption in transportation and daily activities. Airports, highways, and schools were closed.


2013 Eastern China smog, Background
In January 2013, China experienced massive fog and haze outbreak affecting about 600 million people and covering seventeen provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, a fourth of China's territory. On 12 September 2013, the State Council announced the "Air Pollution Prevention Plan". China limited the fine particulate matter level, and the Chinese government officials' assessment index included improving the environment for the first time.


2013 Eastern China smog, Background
On 4 November 2013, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the China Meteorological Administration jointly released the "Green Paper on Climate Change: Addressing Climate Change (2013)". It stated that the fog and smog in China had increased in the past 50 years with the number of fog-free days significantly reduced, while that of the smog days were significantly increasing with the phenomenon of persisting smog days. The fastest growing fog and smog days occurred in the Pearl and Yangtze River Delta regions, which are the most industrialized areas. The report also indicated that the main reason of increased fog and smog days is the yearly increase in fossil fuel consumption in China. The report calls for urgent implementation of regional joint prevention and control measures to effectively solve the air pollution crisis.


2013 Eastern China smog, Background, Weather
The mixture of natural fog and unnatural smog started accumulating over the first weekend of December 2013. In Shanghai, the Air Quality Index (AQI) crossed the threshold of 300 on 2 December. The lingering smog also left the air qualities in neighboring cities, such as Nanjing, Jiaxing, at seriously polluted levels. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued yellow alert for smog and fog, the third most serious alert in China's four-tiered system. PM2.5 particulate levels reached their highest point on 6 December 2013, with Shanghai reaching a high of 507. The U.S. Embassy categorizes air quality readings over 300 as hazardous to all humans, not just those with heart or lung ailments.


2013 Eastern China smog, Background, Weather
According to a NASA Terra Satellite image, the thick haze stretches over Eastern China, across a distance of around 1,200 kilometres (750 mi). The polluted air appears gray on the image and most of the pollution is trapped in the lower boundary layer of a few hundred meters.


2013 Eastern China smog, Background, Causes
Coal burning is a primary source of fine particle air pollution. It increased as the weather worsened during winter months and residents burned more coal to keep warm. This increased the amount of sulphate and nitrate (results of coal combusting), which led to higher PM2.5. Research suggests that 41% of the carbon that made up these high PM2.5 levels in Shanghai were also from coal burning.


2013 Eastern China smog, Background, Causes
Additionally, there were pollution from industrial sources. Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan and many eastern provinces are heavy coal-burning regions. Research shows that prevailing winds blew low-hanging air masses of factory emissions (mostly SO2) towards the east coast of China. Regional transportation also had a significant impact on air quality.


2013 Eastern China smog, Background, Causes
The State Environmental Protection Administration investigates tens of thousands of polluters every year, shutting down thousands of the worse offenders, but has failed to reach its target of reducing emissions by 2 percent. In 2011, a factory manufacturing solar panels in Zhejiang province had been shut down because of toxic emissions of fluorine polluting air and water, sickening nearby residents.


2013 Eastern China smog, Effects on major cities and provinces, Shanghai
Air in Shanghai was reported to have strange taste – astringent and smoky, with an aftertaste of earthy bitterness. It was possible to feel the dust-like particulate matter on tongues.


2013 Eastern China smog, Effects on major cities and provinces, Shanghai
With such a high concentration of air pollutants, government authorities warned residents of health symptoms, such as coughing and headaches. Citizens were advised to wear protective masks and use air purifiers. Many sanitation workers were required to wear dust masks during work early in the morning. Schools were closed as the government ordered children to stay indoors, and reduce outdoor activities as much as possible.


2013 Eastern China smog, Effects on major cities and provinces, Shanghai
Construction work was halted and authorities pulled nearly one-third of government vehicles from the roads. A majority of inbound flights were cancelled and more than 50 flights were diverted at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.


2013 Eastern China smog, Effects on major cities and provinces, Nanjing
The heavy smog greatly polluted central and southern Jiangsu Province, especially around Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province. AQI remained at "severely polluted" for five straight days, "heavily polluted" for nine, and hit a record-breaking value of 331. PM10 also went over 500 at times. On 3 December 2013, levels of PM2.5 particulate matter averaged over 943 micrograms per cubic metre, decreasing to over 338 micrograms per cubic metre on 4 December.


2013 Eastern China smog, Effects on major cities and provinces, Nanjing
Between 3:00 pm, 3 December and 2:00pm, 4 December local time, several expressways from Nanjing to other Jiangsu cities were closed, stranding dozens of passenger buses in Zhongyangmen bus station. From 5 to 6 December, Nanjing's air pollution stayed at red alert, suspending classes in all middle and primary schools and kindergartens. Experts say these figures indicate high levels of dust on construction sites. Children's Hospital outpatient services increased by 33 percent; the general incidence of bronchitis, pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infection increased significantly. The smog dissipated 12 December. Officials blamed the dense pollution on lack of wind, automobile exhaust emissions under low air pressure and coal-powered district heating system in North China.


2013 Eastern China smog, Effects on major cities and provinces, Jiangxi
Visibility was reduced to less than 50 meters. Many highways in East China's Jiangxi province were closed.


2013 Eastern China smog, Environmental impacts
The severe smog is raising awareness in re-assessing China's air pollution. On 12 February 2014, China's cabinet announced that government will implement a series of measures aimed at shifting the primary energy source from coal to natural gas and renewables. Pricing mechanisms will be used to favor cleaner alternatives to coal. Financial incentives will be offered to encourage green energy companies. The government will place tougher controls over emissions and better support for developing clean technologies. It will also set up a 10 billion renminbi (US$1.7 billion) fund to help companies to meet new environmental standards.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants
PM2.5, a particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less, is one of the major components of the air pollution in Eastern China, contributing to the growing smog problem in large areas across cities.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants
The composition of PM2.5 particles varies, and they are often made of heavy metals and various toxic compounds, such as lead and sulfate. Small particles can be suspended in the air for long periods of time due to their low masses. While some particles such as large-size carbon may be seen as soot and smoke, most of them can only be detected with a microscope. The Chinese Academy of Sciences indicated that smog in Beijing is a combination of both artificial factors and natural factors. While various causes such as coal burning and car emissions come from human activity, natural causes such as the humid weather and a lack of wind also contributed to the smog.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants
A study in 2005 in Beijing showed that PM2.5 is mostly composed of carbon, SO2−4 salts, NO−3 salts, and NH+4 salts. PM2.5 is a byproduct of the process of coal burning from power stations and produces significant amounts of sulfate, black carbon, ammonium, and nitrate. In 1989, 32.7% of PM2.5 particulates in Beijing came from burning of coal, which decreased to 16.4% in 2000, as people started to use cleaner energy such as natural gas. Automobile exhaust also significantly contributed to the smog problem. More importantly, such chemicals, along with organic carbon released from coal burning, may react with each other in the air, creating more toxic, harmful particles made of SO2−4 and NO−3.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants
PM2.5 particles are small enough to pass through the human respiratory system and reach the lung, causing problems like heart attacks and asthma attacks. In northern China, people live, on average, 5.5 years fewer than those in southern China, because of the over-reliance on burning coal for heating systems, which produces huge amounts of PM2.5 pollutants in winter.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants
Pollution from China has already affected other countries, and some ozone-forming particles have travelled across the Pacific Ocean to the United States, contributing to a relatively high level of ozone on the American West Coast. While these particles, along with other ozone-related chemicals, can be carried up to 30,000 feet above the ground, researchers in the United States predict that these pollutants may play a bigger role in the near future.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants, Bacteria in PM2.5
Scientists are still trying to understand the microorganisms within PM2.5 particles and how they are spread through pollutants. Research indicated that many kinds of pathogens and bacteria can be spread through PM2.5 smog and cause diseases. For example, Chinese researchers have found that smog in Beijing contains significant amounts of inhalable microbial allergens and pathogenic species, which increase the risk of respiratory diseases. The same study also reported that among all the microorganisms within PM2.5 particles, 86.1% are bacteria, 13% eukaryota, 0.8% archaea, and 0.1% viruses. The smog contains a variety of microorganisms such as Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Euryarchaeota. Many of these are not harmful to humans, but some pathogenic microorganisms are carried through smog, and their numbers increase as the pollutant level increases.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants, Bacteria in PM2.5
More than 1,300 kinds of microorganisms have been detected on PM2.5 particles. Because PM2.5 particles have relatively large surface area, many microorganisms from the soil easily attach to them, spreading them quickly through wind. For example, scientists detected that Aspergillus fumigatus var. fumigatus, a fungus which triggers allergic reactions in the respiratory system, are 1% to 8% of microorganisms found on PM2.5 particles.


2013 Eastern China smog, Pollutants, Index
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed an Air Quality Index that is used to report air quality. This AQI is divided into six categories indicating increasing levels of health concern. A PM2.5 concentration lower than 12 µg/m3 indicates good air quality and between 12 and 35 µg/m3 the airquality is moderate. An AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality and below 50 the air quality is good. In December 2013, huge areas of Eastern China reached "hazardous" level for multiple days.


2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 12–2 overall and 8–0 in OVC play to win the conference championship. They received an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Tennessee State in the second round before losing to Towson in the quarterfinals.


2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
On December 18, Babers resigned to become the head coach at Bowling Green.


2013 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2013 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Dean Hood and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Kentucky had an overall record of 6–6 with a mark 4–4 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2013 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
The 2013 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Rynearson Stadium and were a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. The team was led by fifth year head coach Ron English through the first nine games of the season (posting a 1–8 record). English was fired mid-season and replaced on an interim basis by Stan Parrish, previously the team's offensive coordinator.


2013 Eastern Province Kings season
In 2013, the  Eastern Province Kings in the Currie Cup and the Vodacom Cup.


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Players, Movement matrix
1 Ross Geldenhuys joined  Western Province during the 2013 Currie Cup. 2 Daniel Adongo joined the Indianapolis Colts during the 2013 Currie Cup. 3 Wesley Dunlop joined the US Montauban during the 2013 Currie Cup. (did not play) indicates a player was included in a squad, but made no appearances in the competition. (not in squad) indicates a player was not included in the squad, remained at the EP Kings and was in previous and future squads, usually due to a long-term injury. (SR) indicates a player was not included in the squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup, but did represent the Southern Kings in the 2013 Super Rugby season.


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Vodacom Cup, Player Statistics
The following table shows players statistics for the 2013 Vodacom Cup season:


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup, Player Statistics
The following table shows players statistics for the 2013 Currie Cup season:


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21 Provincial Championship, Players
The following players played during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship Division B season:


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21 Provincial Championship, Player Statistics
The following table shows players statistics for the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship season:


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19 Provincial Championship, Players
The following players played during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship Division B season:


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19 Provincial Championship, Player Statistics
The following table shows players statistics for the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship season:


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Awards, SARU Awards
The Kings received the following nomination for the SARU awards:


2013 Eastern Province Kings season, Awards, EP Kings Awards
The following awards were given to players for the 2013 season:


2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his sixth season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished with a record of 11–3, 8–0 in Big Sky play to win the capture the Big Sky Regular season title. They qualify for the FCS playoffs which they defeated South Dakota State in the second round, Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals before losing to Towson in the semifinals.


2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Oregon State
The Eagles upset of AP #25 Oregon State is only the fourth time ever that a ranked FBS team has been beaten by an FCS program.


2013 Eastleigh by-election
The Eastleigh by-election, 2013 was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 February 2013 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire.


2013 Eastleigh by-election
The election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting MP, Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne, which took effect on 5 February 2013. The resignation coincided with his guilty plea on the eve of a court case in which he and his ex-wife were to be prosecuted for lying to police about a historical speeding offence (committed in 2003 but which only came to light in May 2011). Huhne had already stood down from his position as the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in February 2012 when first charged.


2013 Eastleigh by-election
Mike Thornton retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats, though with a reduced majority compared with the 2010 general election. UKIP came second with a greatly increased share of the vote, the Conservatives came third, and Labour fourth. Following the election result, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Conservative candidate Maria Hutchings each blamed the other party for splitting the vote and allowing the Liberal Democrats to win.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 13 February and confirmed 14 candidates for the by-election. The defending party, the Liberal Democrats, nominated Eastleigh Borough Council councillor Mike Thornton.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
Maria Hutchings, the Conservatives' candidate at the General Election, was chosen as the candidate for the by-election on 7 February. Hutchings came to prominence in 2005 when she interrupted a live television phone-in with the then Prime Minister Tony Blair. She said that she would vote for Britain to leave the EU and would have voted against gay marriage. She also identified as pro-life and says that she is not a "Tory toff".


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
The Labour Party chose author and broadcaster John O'Farrell as its candidate on 12 February. Having received during the campaign negative coverage of selected quotations from a book he wrote in 1998, in which he recalled the Brighton bomb attacks against the Conservative Party and then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, O'Farrell reflected after polling day that the experience was enough to put him off electoral politics for good.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
UKIP Eastleigh selected candidate Diane James, a Councillor from Ewhurst in Waverley, Surrey, who was elected there as an independent and subsequently joined UKIP. The party's leader, Nigel Farage, previously contested the seat at a by-election in 1994. While he initially said he would consider standing again, he decided not to after much media speculation.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
The English Democrats fielded Michael Walters, the South East Area Secretary of the party.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
The Christian Party candidate was Kevin Milburn. He said "I am standing in this election to allow voters the opportunity to show their disapproval of this Government over many issues, including their attack on marriage. The Government has upset vast swathes of the population with this ill-conceived Bill."


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
The Monster Raving Loony Party, which stood in the 1994 by-election, selected its leader Howling Laud Hope as its candidate.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
On 8 February, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition announced that it had chosen Darren Procter, secretary of the Southampton Shipping branch of the RMT union, as their candidate. Procter also serves on the National Executive Committee of RMT. He stood on an anti-austerity platform.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
The National Health Action Party, a new party founded in 2012 in response to the Coalition Government's healthcare reforms, selected Dr Iain Maclennan, a local doctor and former Royal Navy medical officer, as their candidate.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
Independent candidate Danny Stupple stood in protest at gay marriage and what he describes as the party "machine" pushing it through Parliament.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Selection of candidates
The Wessex Regionalist Party fielded the party's president, Colin Bex, as its candidate.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Result
The Liberal Democrats' win was their first in a by-election since Dunfermline and West Fife seven years earlier. It was also their first by-election win under the leadership of Nick Clegg. The UKIP vote was their highest yet in any parliamentary election (in both share and number of votes), and was the fourth time the party had come second in a by-election. At the time, it was also the closest UKIP had come to winning a Westminster seat.


2013 Eastleigh by-election, Result
With less than 7% of the vote separating the top three candidates, it was the closest three-way result in an English by-election for over 90 years (in Penistone in 1921 there was 6% between the top three). It was also the first time since the 1989 Richmond by-election that Labour had come fourth while in opposition.