2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 13: Toronto (Sun.)
Scott Dixon swept the second race of the doubleheader, as well as winning his third consecutive race overall. After waving off the previous day, the Sunday race utilized a standing start, the first American Indycar race to utilize a standing start in modern times.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 14: Mid-Ohio
Charlie Kimball became the fourth first-time winner of the season, and the 9th different winner in 14 races. Kimball took the lead for good on lap 73 of 90, and won even after crashing his primary car earlier in the weekend. Some drivers in the field were attempting to execute a two-stop strategy, but in doing so, fuel-saving measures were needed. In a race that went without a caution, Kimball's race strategist made the call to switch to a three-stop run, which allowed a much faster pace, and Kimball pulled away to a commanding victory.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 14: Mid-Ohio
On the final lap, 6th place Hélio Castroneves held off Scott Dixon at the line, allowing him to leave the weekend with a 31-point lead in the championship standings.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 15: Sonoma
Lucas Luhr made his IndyCar Series debut, driving the #97 Honda for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. J. R. Hildebrand drove the #98 car for Barracuda Racing. Dario Franchitti won the pole. Will Power and Scott Dixon battled most of the race, but when Dixon hit one of Power's crew members, Dixon received a drive-through penalty. Power led the final sixteen laps to take his first win of the season, and as a result, Power became the tenth different winner of the 2013 season.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 16: Baltimore
Simon Pagenaud won his second race of the season. Hélio Castroneves finished 9th, and maintained the points lead.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 17: Houston (Sat.)
The first race of the Houston doubleheader saw Scott Dixon win, and points leader Hélio Castroneves struggle. Castroneves suffered mechanical problems and came home 18th. Dixon closed the championship deficit to 8 points with two events remaining.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 18: Houston (Sun.)
The second race of the Houston doubleheader was marred by a major crash involving Dario Franchitti, Takuma Sato and E. J. Viso. On the final lap, Franchitti touched wheels with Sato and his car was launched up into the catch fence. Debris injured thirteen spectators, while Franchitti was hospitalized with a concussion, fractured ankle, and two spinal fractures; these injuries forced him to retire from racing. Sato and Viso were uninjured.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 18: Houston (Sun.)
Will Power took the race victory, and Scott Dixon came home second. For the second day in a row, Hélio Castroneves suffered gearbox troubles, which relegated him to a 23rd-place finish. Dixon took the points lead for the first time, holding a 25-point advantage with one race left.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 19: Fontana
A. J. Allmendinger returned to Team Penske, driving the #2 car. J. R. Hildebrand drove the #98 Honda for Barracuda Racing. Will Power, from the pole, quickly lost the lead to a faster Sébastien Bourdais who dominated the first quarter of the race. Meanwhile, Castroneves rises from 10th to 5th place and watched the battle for the lead between Kanaan, Hunter-Reay, Bourdais and a fast Carlos Muñoz while Dixon keep the pace in 15th place.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 19: Fontana
At lap 111, Justin Wilson lost the rear of his car and was avoided by Josef Newgarden who collected Oriol Servià in the process. Then Wilson was hit by Tristan Vautier involving also James Jakes and Simona de Silvestro on the accident. Wilson was sent to the local hospital with minor fractures.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 19: Fontana
At the checkered flag Will Power finally grabbed the win at Fontana, followed by Ed Carpenter and Tony Kanaan. Dixon finished at 5th place, which was enough to give him the season title, while Castroneves had a tough night and finished 6th. Dixon become the new three time Indycar Series Champion, winning previously in 2003 and 2008.


2013 Ingush Head election
Indirect elections for the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia were held on 9 September 2013. Incumbent Head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was re-elected for another 5 year term.


2013 Ingush Head election, Background
Since 1992, Ingushetia has been a Republic of the Russian Federation. It held direct presidential elections until 2004 when Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin abolished direct elections. He replaced them with indirect elections in which the People's Assembly elected a Head. However, amid growing anti-Putin protests in 2011-2012, President Dimitry Medvedev reintroduced them. However, when Putin returned to power, he signed a decree that abolished direct elections in Dagestan and Ingushetia, and some saw it as an attempt to keep unpopular leaders in power.


2013 Ingush Head election, Candidates
It was rumored that former, but highly controversial Head Murat Zyazikov may be a candidate.


2013 Ingush Head election, Results
On 9 September Yanus-Bek Yevkurov was declared the winner. He will serve as Head unless he loses the next election or is dismissed by the President of Russia.


2013 Inter-Provincial Championship
The 2013 Interprovincial Championship was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic multi-day cricket competition of Ireland. The competition was between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.


2013 Inter-Provincial Championship
The inaugural Inter-Provincial Championship was won by the Leinster Lightning, who clinched the title with one match to spare. Despite falling just four runs short of victory in their opening match, they then won their next two games before closing with a hard-fought, high-scoring draw against Northern Knights (cricket team) in the last game of the year at Waringstown.


2013 Inter-Provincial Championship
The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.


2013 Inter-Provincial Cup
The 2013 Inter-Provincial Cup was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic 50-over one-day competition of Ireland. The competition was played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.


2013 Inter-Provincial Cup
The Northern Knights were the inaugural winners of the competition, following a surprise last day defeat of Leinster Lightning by North West Warriors by 71 runs in Strabane. That result meant the Northern Knights finished top of the table with 10 points from four matches.


2013 Inter-Provincial Cup
The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.


2013 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship
The 2013 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2013 M Donnelly Hurling Inter-Provincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, will be the 84th series of the Inter-provincial Championship. The annual hurling championship between the four historic provinces of Ireland is contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.


2013 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship
Leinster were the reigning champions but Munster won the title after defeating Connacht in the final by 1-22 to 0-15.


2013 Inter-Provincial Trophy
The 2013 Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup was the first season of the Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup, the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition of Ireland. The competition was played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.


2013 Inter-Provincial Trophy
The competition was won by Leinster Lightning, who won the last game of the competition, against North West Warriors at Bready CC, to draw level with Northern Knights on 6 points, but finish top of the table on Net Run Rate.


2013 Inter-Provincial Trophy
The Interprovincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.


2013 Intercity Football League
The 2013 Intercity Football League (known as the MediaTek Intercity Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Intercity Football League since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 11 May 2013 and will end on 16 November 2013. Taiwan Power Company were the defending champions, having won the league for the 4th time last season.


2013 Intercity Football League, Clubs
A total of 8 clubs will contest the league, including five sides from the 2012 season and three new clubs.


2013 Intermediate League World Series
The 2013 Intermediate League World Series took place from July 30–August 5 in Livermore, California, United States. Osaka, Japan defeated Collier Township, Pennsylvania in the championship game.


2013 International Bernese Ladies Cup
The 2013 International Bernese Ladies Cup was held from January 11 to 13 at the Curlingbahn Allmend in Bern, Switzerland as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format, and the purse for the event was CHF20,000, of which the winner, Silvana Tirinzoni, received CHF6,000.


2013 International Challenge Cup
The 2013 International Challenge Cup was held from February 21 to 24, 2013 at the Uithof in The Hague. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles on the senior, novice, and pre-novice "Debs" levels, and pair skating at the senior level only.


2013 International Champions Cup
The 2013 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was an exhibition association football tournament played in the United States and Spain. It began on Saturday, July 27 and culminated on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. This tournament replaced the World Football Challenge and was staged mainly throughout the United States, and with one match in Valencia, Spain. The participating teams were LA Galaxy of the United States, Real Madrid and Valencia of Spain, Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan of Italy, and Chelsea and Everton of England. In the United States, Fox Soccer televised 11 of 12 matches live, and Fox Sports broadcast one match live on August 3. ESPN Deportes televised all matches live on TV and on WatchESPN in Spanish.


2013 International Champions Cup
Real Madrid won the tournament, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final.


2013 International Champions Cup, Format
The tournament had two groups of four: an "Eastern" and a "Western" group. The groups were not played as a round-robin; rather, the winners of the first round matches played each other in the second round, and the first round losers also played each other in the second round. The two teams with two wins from the first two matches advanced to the final. For the other teams, positions in the final round were determined by their position in their group, with the following rules:


2013 International Champions Cup, Format
In other words, though the team placing first (two wins) in each group would be apparent, the determination of second, third (both teams: one win, one loss) and fourth place (two losses) was based on the above tiebreakers.


2013 International Champions Cup, Official song
The official song of the 2013 International Champions Cup "Exotic" was performed by the Indian Bollywood actress turned singer Priyanka Chopra, and was sung in both English and Hindi.


2013 International Championship
The 2013 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 October and 3 November 2013 at the Chengdu Eastern Music Park in Chengdu, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.


2013 International Championship
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Alan McManus in the last 64.


2013 International Championship
Ding Junhui won his ninth ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 10–9 in the final. Ding became the first player to win three consecutive ranking titles since Stephen Hendry in 1993. This was also the third consecutive all-Asian ranking final, after Ding defeating Xiao Guodong at the Shanghai Masters and Aditya Mehta at the Indian Open.


2013 International Championship, Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £625,000 from the previous year's £600,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2013 International Championship, Wildcard round
These matches were played in Chengdu on 27 October 2013.


2013 International Championship, Qualifying
These matches took place on 1 and 2 October 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 11 frames.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election
A special election for one judge of the International Criminal Court was held during the 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which took place in The Hague from 20 to 28 November 2013.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election
The election became necessary after one judge elected in the 2011 election was unavailable: Anthony Carmona had been elected President of Trinidad and Tobago and had resigned from the bench on 18 March 2013.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election
Geoffrey A. Henderson, also from Trinidad and Tobago, was elected in the first ballot after his only opponent had withdrawn.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Background
The judge elected at this election was chosen to complete the term, until 10 March 2021, of the judge he replaces.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Background
The election is governed by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Its article 36(8)(a) states that "[t]he States Parties shall, in the selection of judges, take into account the need, within the membership of the Court, for:


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Background
Further rules of election were adopted by a resolution of the Assembly of States Parties in 2004.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Nomination process
Following these rules, the nomination period of judges for the 2013 special election was scheduled to last from 28 August to 8 October 2013 and could have been extended up to three times if there had been a lack of candidates from a group for which a minimum voting requirement is in place. As of 13 October, the following persons were nominated:


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements
Minimum voting requirements governed part of the election. This was to ensure that article 36(8)(a) cited above is fulfilled. For this election, the following minimum voting requirements existed; they could have been adjusted once the election was underway.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements
Regarding the List A or B requirement, there was no minimum voting requirement.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements
Regarding the regional criteria, there was a voting requirement for one judge from the Latin American and Caribbean States.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements
Regarding the gender criteria, there was no minimum voting requirement.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements
The regional criterion could have been adjusted even before the election depending on the number of candidates. Paragraph 20(b) of the ASP resolution that governed the elections states that if there are less than double the number of candidates required for each region, the minimum voting requirement shall be a (rounded-up) half of the number of candidates; except when there is only one candidate which results in no voting requirement.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements
The regional criterion could have been dropped if after four ballots the seat had not been filled.


2013 International Criminal Court judges election, Ballots
The ballot took place on 23 November 2013. The voting totals were as follows:


2013 International Cup of Nice
The 2013 International Cup of Nice (French: 2013 Coupe Internationale de Nice) was the 18th edition of an annual international figure skating competition held in Nice, France. It was held on October 23–27, 2013. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level, and in singles on the junior level.


2013 International GT Open
The 2013 International GT Open season was the eighth season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 27 April at Le Castellet and finished on 10 November, at Barcelona after eight double-header meetings.


2013 International GT Open
The season was won by Scuderia Villorba Corse driver Andrea Montermini, who raced on the Ferrari F458 GT Italia. He also won the Super GT standings. Giorgio Pantano, who raced behind the wheel of Bhai Tech Racing's McLaren MP4-12C GT3 won the GTS class.


2013 International GT Open, Entry list
On 23 April 2013, was released the provisional entry list for the first round at Paul Ricard.


2013 International GTSprint Series
The 2013 International GTSprint Series season was the fourth year of the International GTSprint Series. The season began at Monza on 6 April and finished at Vallelunga on 13 October. Thomas Schöffler won the championship, driving an Audi.


2013 International GTSprint Series, Championship Standings, Drivers' championship
† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.


2013 International German Open
The 2013 International German Open (also known as the bet–at–home Open – German Tennis Championships 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 107th edition of the event known that year as the International German Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany, from 14 July through 22 July 2013. Twelfth-seeded Fabio Fognini won the singles title.


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


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


2013 International German Open – Doubles
David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco were the defending champions, but withdrew from the semifinals against Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski won the title, defeating Peya and Soares in the final, 3–6, 6–1, [10–8].


2013 International German Open – Singles
Juan Mónaco was the defending champion but lost to Nicolás Almagro in the quarterfinals. Fabio Fognini defeated qualifier Federico Delbonis 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–2 to win his first ATP World Tour 500 event and second career title in as many weeks.


2013 International Origin series
The 2013 International Origin series is the third time the rugby league International Origin has been played. This series was just a one off match between England and Exiles RL to give England a good opposition mid-season in preparation for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup in November. It was announce on 11 January that the match will be played on 14 June 2013 at the home of the Warrington Wolves, the Halliwell Jones Stadium.


2013 International Origin series, International Origin Match
The first 15 minutes were very even as both teams probed each other's try line and each team made a couple of breaks but good cover defence soon rubbed out any threat of a try. However, in the 19th minute a break from James Roby (from a Chris Hill offload) set England up in a good position.


2013 International Origin series, International Origin Match
First they tried a sweeping move to the right only for Gareth Ellis to be shut down, then a sweeping move to the left saw Sam Tomkins place a delicate grubber kick through the defence for Zak Hardaker to pounce on to score the game's first try. Captain Kevin Sinfield converted to make it 6–0. Another try for England soon followed as the Exiles tried to attack the England line only for Leroy Cudjoe to shoot up and shut Brett Hodgson down who lost the ball.


2013 International Origin series, International Origin Match
Sinfield picked the loose ball up and offloaded to James Roby who then sprinted 80m to score under the posts. Sinfield converted to make it 12–0. The first half was dominated by England and they showed their dominance as Rangi Chase made a break down the left before being tackled. Then a few passes to the right saw Richie Myler put Gareth Ellis through a gap, he then offloaded to Cudjoe who produced an outrageous dummy to Exiles fullback Hodgson which left Cudjoe to stroll over for a try. Sinfield converted to make it 18–0. Sinfield made a break from dummy half in the 34th minute and found Sam Tomkins in support who sprinted 50m to score under the sticks. Sinfield converted to give his team a 24-0 advantage at half time.


2013 International Origin series, International Origin Match
England came out after half time and continued to dominate through excellent kicking and field possession. This dominance nearly paid off as Sam Tomkins jinked his way over the line only for the video referee to disallow it due to an obstruction. This resulted in a penalty and the Exiles got themselves into a good position through great runs from Steve Menzies and Michael Dobson before hooker Lance Hohaia ran across the England line and gave a drop off to Mickey Paea who powered over the line to score. Winger Pat Richards converted to make it 24–6.


2013 International Origin series, International Origin Match
A few minutes later Hohaia made a break up the middle and the Exiles took advantage of the lack of defence as Travis Burns found Menzies on the right hand side who simply drew in the defender and gave Joel Monaghan a walk in try. Richards missed the conversion to make it 24–10. The game was wrapped up in the 77th minute as the Exiles tried some off the cuff rugby on the last tackle and Harrison Hansen's pass was intercepted by Leroy Cudjoe who sprinted 50m to score. Josh Charnley converted to ensure that England won 30–10.


2013 International Origin series, Teams, England RL
England RL announced their team on the day of the match. Wigan Warriors key man Sam Tomkins was selected at fullback with his teammate Josh Charnley on one wing. The centre partnership was between Huddersfield Giants player Leroy Cudjoe and Leeds Rhinos fullback Zak Hardaker who beat out the likes of Ryan Atkins and Kallum Watkins for the position. Richie Myler was selected at Scrum Half to partner captain Kevin Sinfield in the halves instead of regular England choice Rangi Chase who was demoted to the bench. Youngster Liam Farrell also received a call up to the starting line-up after an impressive season and veteran Gareth Ellis started his first Origin game after returning from Australia. McNamara also handed a debut to Brett Ferres who started on the bench.


2013 International Origin series, Teams, Exiles RL
The Exiles 2013 squad included a lot of players who had previously played in the International Origin. Australian Brian McLennan (who previously coached Leeds Rhinos) was once again selected as the Exiles coach after leading them to victory in the inaugural 2011 International Origin. Brett Hodgson was also named the captain for the 2nd series in a row. The initial squad featured several players who had played International Origin before however the coach has added some new players into the camp such as Blake Green, Manase Manuokafoa and Jarrod Sammut to name a few. Ever presents Francis Meli, Iosia Soliola and Willie Manu are also included.


2013 International Origin series, Teams, Exiles RL
On 13 June Brian McLennan announce his match day 17 for the game. He handed debuts to Hull Kingston Rovers trio Travis Burns, Michael Dobson and Mickey Paea. He also handed a debut to Catalans Dragons second-row Zeb Taia and London Broncos forward Chris Bailey. The coach also promoted Bradford Bulls hooker Heath L'Estrange to the starting line-up after Michael Monaghan was ruled out through injury.


2013 International Rugby Union matches
2013 consisted of 340 Rugby union matches that included an international nation, with 295 of the matches being classed a test match. 126 international teams played at least one test either at home, away or at a neutral venue. On 154 occasions, the home side won, 118 away sides won, 5 draws and 63 neutral venue matches. 2013 marked two years to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, meaning for most tournaments; Africa Cup, Asian Five Nations, European Nations Cup, Oceania Cup and South American Rugby Championship acted as Rugby World Cup qualifiers.


2013 International Rugby Union matches
The Americas playoffs saw the first team to qualify for the World Cup, with Canada winning 40–20 on aggregate against the United States, to join Pool D as Americas 1. The fourteenth edition of the Six Nations Championship took place in February and March with Wales retaining the championship with a 30–3 record winning margin against England, while in August, September and October, the second edition of the Rugby Championship took place with New Zealand completing the sweep winning 6 from 6 to retain the championship.


2013 International Rugby Union matches
June 2013, the busiest month of the year at 87 matches or 73 test matches, marked 125 years of the British & Irish Lions, as the Lions embarked on a 3-test tour against Australia, finishing with a historic 41–16 victory to seal a 2–1 test series win for the first time in 16 years. To end the year, November 2013 saw the number one test side the All Blacks win their fourteenth from fourteenth test match of the year, the first team to win every match in a calendar year in the professional era.


2013 International Rugby Union matches
The IRB World Rankings changed very little from the end of 2012 to the end of 2013. New Zealand remained ranked number one a position they have held since 2010, South Africa stayed in second and Australia in third. England moved up to fourth from fifth where they were in 2012, while Samoa remained the highest tier 2 side despite falling one place to eighth in 2013. Japan slowly climbs the rankings ahead of their home Rugby World Cup in 2019 following a successful year.


2013 International Rugby Union matches
They earned their first win over Wales in Tokyo in June, before hosting the All Blacks for the first time in Japan. They scored the most tries than any other team at 75, 18 of which came in their 121–0 win over Philippines. Spain drew more matches than any other team this year, while Benin, Brunei and Burundi failed to score a single point in all their international matches.


2013 International Rugby Union matches
The 340 matches below all contain an international team, some of which are not members of the International Rugby Board:


2013 International Rules Series
The 2013 International Rules Series (officially the 2013 Irish Daily Mail International Rules Series) was the 17th International Rules Series contested between Gaelic footballers from Ireland and Australian footballers from Australia. Ireland entered the 2013 series as defending champions, whilst Australia were, for the first time in the series, represented by an exclusively Indigenous team, known as the Indigenous All-Stars.


2013 International Rules Series
The series was played over two Test matches, with Ireland winning both Test matches to take the series 2–0 and achieve a record aggregate win of 173–72 points. The Gaelic Athletic Association announced the schedule for the series in February 2013, with Breffni Park in Cavan chosen for the first Test match and Croke Park in Dublin chosen to host the second Test match. It marked just the second time that an international rules match was played in Cavan, or for that matter at a venue situated in the jurisdiction of the Ulster GAA. Breffni Park had previously hosted the first Test in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.


2013 International Rules Series, Broadcast and sponsorship
The GAA announced as part of their management team selection in March 2013 that the Irish Daily Mail newspaper would return as Irish team and series sponsor whilst Irish language TV network TG4 would again be the official broadcaster of the series in Ireland. In making the announcement, GAA President Liam O'Neill stated that “TG4 [and the Irish Daily Mail] are...valued long term partners of the GAA and we are looking forward to working with them to bring the games to the widest audience possible.” As part of their live coverage of the two Test matches, TG4 announced they would also provide replays of previous international rules matches in September and October for Irish audiences.


2013 International Rules Series, Broadcast and sponsorship
The AFL announced as part of their extended squad selection in August 2013 that Australian supermarket chain Coles and Indigenous health and wellbeing group National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) would be the official partners of the Indigenous All-Stars. Both groups are featured on the newly designed team guernsey. Australian free-to-air TV network 7mate was the exclusive broadcaster of the series in Australia, showing both matches on a slight delay and replaying them as well.


2013 International Rules Series, Background, Irish management and captain
In February 2013, the GAA confirmed that former Roscommon footballer Paul Earley would succeed Anthony Tohill as manager of the Irish team. GAA President Liam O'Neill said the Association was "delighted that someone of the standing and calibre of Paul Earley will lead the Irish challenge" and praised his extensive experience in both international rules and Australian football, Earley having represented Ireland in the 1987 series and played briefly for the Melbourne Football Club in 1984.


2013 International Rules Series, Background, Irish management and captain
Earley announced his management team in March, appointing Séamus McCarthy (Tipperary), Jarlath Fallon (Galway) and Tony Scullion (Derry) as selectors and former Cavan footballer and current GWS Giants high-performance manager Nicholas Walsh as conditioning coach. On October 3, Earley announced that former All-Ireland Donegal captain Michael Murphy would be captain of the Irish side for the series. This created a headache for young Murphy, as the Series was scheduled to clash with the final of the 2013 Donegal Senior Football Championship, which his club Glenswilly contested.


2013 International Rules Series, Background, Irish management and captain
On October 8, Earley announced an Irish squad of 29, with 15 of the national counties being represented in the side. This number of counties represented was reduced to 11 when Earley named his final 23-man match-day squad for the first Test in Cavan. Despite having a club county final scheduled the following day, captain Michael Murphy was named as a starting player. Ahead of the second test, former Irish vice-captain Ciaran McKeever and veteran Kildare footballer John Doyle were included in the squad, replacing the injured Finian Hanley and Mayo footballer Aidan O'Shea, who had club commitments.


2013 International Rules Series, Background, Australian Indigenous team
In May 2013, AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou confirmed to Channel 9's The Footy Show that the AFL was considering the possibility of sending an all-Indigenous team made up of exclusively Aboriginal footballers to Ireland for the 2013 series. Previously, an all-Indigenous team made up of some of the best such players in the AFL has competed in pre-season exhibition matches in the Northern Territory to relatively little public exposure.


2013 International Rules Series, Background, Australian Indigenous team
In late May, respected sports journalist Caroline Wilson penned an article in The Age claiming that the plan now "seemed certain" as a result of support from star Indigenous players Adam Goodes and Lance Franklin. The decision was made official in July, when the AFL announced that the Indigenous All-Stars would indeed represent Australia, with Deputy CEO Gillon McLachlan justifying the move by contending that the series needed reinvigoration and that the commitment of senior indigenous players had been significant in forming the new concept.


2013 International Rules Series, Background, Australian Indigenous team
The AFL announced a 33-man extended squad on 29 August, which included high-profile names such as Daniel Wells and Shaun Burgoyne alongside multiple All-Australian winners Franklin and Goodes; however, on October 8, the squad was trimmed to a touring party of 21 and featured a rather makeshift lineup of both high-profile Indigenous players and several lesser-known players who were not included in the original squad Lance Franklin, who would otherwise have been captain, was ruled out of the second Test due to commitments in Australia. Paddy Ryder may be a late inclusion in the team. – including two players who had never previously played a senior level AFL game.


2013 International Rules Series, Background, Australian Indigenous team
Daniel Wells was the Australian captain; Aaron Davey was vice-captain. Former Sydney Swans and Indigenous player Michael O'Loughlin coached and managed the team, with former Australian coach Rodney Eade, former senior AFL and GAA player Tadhg Kennelly, and ex-Adelaide Crows and Indigenous player Andrew McLeod joining him on the panel. Prior to the opening Test, the Australian side defeated a combined Dublin universities team by a score of 62–23.


2013 International Rules Series, Squads
†These players have never played a senior AFL game prior to this series **These players participated in only one of the two test matches


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship (often simplified to the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship) was a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars that was based in Australia. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the seventeenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship was contested over thirty-six races, starting with the Clipsal 500 Adelaide on 2 March 2013, and finishing with the Sydney 500 on 8 December. The series' calendar also expanded, travelling to the United States for the first time for a race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
The 2013 season saw the introduction of the "New Generation V8 Supercar", a revision to the regulations which were designed to cut costs and to make the series more attractive to new manufacturers. Nissan and Mercedes-Benz entered the series, with four Nissan Altimas being prepared by Kelly Racing and three Mercedes-Benz E63 W212s being run by Erebus Motorsport — who purchased Stone Brothers Racing during the off-season – respectively. Holden teams competed with the new VF Commodore, which replaces the VE model, whilst Ford continued to use the FG Falcon, which had been raced since 2009, but built to New Generation V8 Supercar specifications for the 2013 season.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
Jamie Whincup started the season as the defending drivers' champion. The team for which he drives, Triple Eight Race Engineering, are the defending teams' champions. Whincup successfully defended his title, winning eleven of the season's thirty-six races and scoring a record-breaking thirteen pole positions. His team-mate Craig Lowndes finished second in the championship for the third consecutive season, giving Triple Eight Race Engineering its fourth consecutive Teams Championship win. Lowndes, with Warren Luff, won the inaugural Enduro Cup for the best performing drivers across the three endurance races. Ford Performance Racing driver Will Davison finished the season in third place. Rick Kelly finished the highest of the Nissan drivers, in fourteenth place, while Lee Holdsworth ended the season in twentieth to be the highest placed Erebus Motorsport driver.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed during the 2013 championship:


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Season calendar
The 2013 calendar was released on 15 October 2012. The season consisted of thirty-six races to be held at fourteen venues in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, plus an additional non-championship event that was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in support of the 2013 Australian Grand Prix.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, New Generation V8 Supercar
The New Generation V8 Supercar (originally Car of the Future) project was first announced in 2008, when a working group was established to explore options for the long-term future of the category. The study found that in the fifteen years since the category had been restricted to a two manufacturers, the costs of building and racing with a competitive car had doubled, with some estimates putting the cost as high as A$600,000 per car, per season.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, New Generation V8 Supercar
The Car of the Future program was created to address this, aiming to reduce running costs to $250,000. This was achieved through the use of "control" parts; where teams had previously been charged with designing and developing their own parts, the Car of the Future regulations called for these parts to be built independently and to a set specification. The basic chassis and roll cage, differential, brakes, cooling and fuel systems and rear suspension were all changed to control parts.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, New Generation V8 Supercar
The category also introduced a larger fuel tank to combat the phenomenon of "economy racing" whereby drivers would be forced to drive conservatively late in the race so as to preserve enough fuel to reach the finish. The larger tanks and a restructuring of event formats to include more compulsory pit stops instead allowed drivers to push as hard as they pleased until the end of the race.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, New Generation V8 Supercar
Manufacturers were free to develop their own aerodynamic aids to suit their cars, which were then put through a rigorous system of parity testing so as to refine the aerodynamics of each model of car so as to prevent one model from having a distinct advantage over the others.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, New Generation V8 Supercar
Finally, manufacturers were also given the option of using "generic" engines developed by the category and re-badged to reflect the manufacturer using them—though as the season started, no manufacturers had elected to do so—or developing their own engines, which would be built to specifications and then be subject to a process of homologation to ensure that all engines developed by the manufacturer would be identical. In order to ensure the cars can remain competitive, the process of homologation only applies to the basic engine platform, which teams will be free to develop over the course of the season.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, New Generation V8 Supercar
With the requirement that all teams build brand-new cars for the 2013 season, most of the cars that were raced in 2011 and 2012 were sold to teams competing in the V8 Development Series, the second-tier category for V8 Supercars.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, New Generation V8 Supercar
In November 2013 the Car of the Future was officially renamed the New Generation V8 Supercar.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Clipsal 500 Adelaide
The first race of the season took place on the streets of Adelaide and saw Triple Eight Race Engineering emerge with a firm hold on the championship lead. Craig Lowndes won the first of the two races after pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen made a poor start and ultimately retired from the race. Will Davison finished second, with reigning drivers' champion Jamie Whincup completing the podium. Van Gisbergen claimed pole in the second race and went on to win by two seconds ahead of Whincup.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Lowndes recovered from a poor qualifying session to finish third, giving him a twelve-point championship lead over Whincup, and a thirty-one point lead over Davison in third place. Rick Kelly achieved a best finish of eleventh place for Nissan in the first race, whilst the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs prepared by Erebus Motorsport struggled throughout the weekend, with Tim Slade recording a best result of fifteenth place.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Tasmania Microsoft Office 365
Brad Jones Racing won all three of the races at the next event of the championship in Tasmania. Fabian Coulthard secured his maiden V8 Supercars race win in the first race, while Jason Bright took his first race win since the 2011 Winton 300 when he won the second race. Coulthard took a second win in the third and final race.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Tasmania Microsoft Office 365
Craig Lowndes lost the championship lead after an altercation with Shane van Gisbergen in the first race that saw Lowndes spin and puncture a tyre, leaving him to finish the race in twenty-sixth position, and Whincup gained the championship lead by finishing on the podium in the first race. David Reynolds and Scott Pye were involved in separate accidents over the course of the meeting, the latter of which ruled Pye out of the next event in New Zealand.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, ITM 400 Auckland
The next event in New Zealand saw four different winners in four races. Scott McLaughlin became the youngest person to win a V8 Supercar race when he took his maiden victory in the first race as pole-sitter Jamie Whincup struggled with tyre problems at the start. Whincup survived a chaotic second race—in which Fabian Coulthard jumped the start; Shane van Gisbergen, Jason Bright and James Courtney all left the circuit at high speed; and Mark Winterbottom collided with Whincup whilst trying to pass for the lead on the last lap—to take his first win of the season.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, ITM 400 Auckland
A rare mistake from Whincup saw him run wide in the third race, which was won by Will Davison, also in his—and Ford's—first win of the season. Jason Bright won the fourth race, and with it the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy, as he scored the most points over the four races. Whincup's tyre problems in the first race and off-track excursion in the third meant that he lost the lead of the championship to Will Davison, whose lead was further established when Whincup was penalised fifteen points for an unsportsmanlike pass in the third race.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Chill Perth 360
Triple Eight Race Engineering performed a clean sweep of the fourth event of the series at Barbagallo Raceway, with Craig Lowndes winning the 60/60 sprint race on Saturday. This was Lowndes' ninety-first career race win, breaking Mark Skaife's record of ninety wins. Jamie Whincup went on to win the following two races, and also took pole position for the first and third races; Jason Bright qualified on pole for the second.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Chill Perth 360
Whincup's wins, coupled with a second place in the first race, allowed him to take the championship lead back from Will Davison, who suffered a puncture in the first race. James Moffat provided Nissan Motorsport with three top ten results, continuing the team's strong form from New Zealand. Engine upgrades for Erebus Motorsport saw the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs find pace, with Maro Engel giving the team its first top ten qualifying result. Chaz Mostert, replacing Jonny Reid at Dick Johnson Racing, made a strong championship debut, finishing in the top fifteen in all three races.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Chill Perth 360
The Saturday race saw a major incident involving Scott Pye, who was launched into the air sideways and landed heavily in the infield after he made contact with Rick Kelly and Garth Tander coming onto the back straight during the first race. Pye was uninjured and the car undamaged and the team was able to continue racing throughout the weekend.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Austin 400
Triple Eight Race Engineering dominated V8 Supercars' first foray into the United States, with Jamie Whincup winning three of the four races at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. Fabian Coulthard denied Whincup a clean sweep of the event when he won the third race. Whincup later caused controversy when he claimed that "external factors" had inspired an unorthodox penalty that he, Coulthard and Craig Lowndes were given for breaching safety car regulations in the third race, implying that the penalty had been applied to allow a different driver to win the race.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Austin 400
Elsewhere, Rick Kelly demonstrated the Nissan Altima L33's development by securing four top-ten finishes, whilst James Moffat claimed an extra top-ten finish for the marque in the second race. Erebus Motorsport, on the other hand, continued their difficult introduction to V8 Supercars, spending most of the weekend outside the top twenty.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Skycity Triple Crown
David Reynolds took the second pole position of his career at Hidden Valley Raceway and despite leading the 60/60 Sprint race at the halfway mark, contact with Mark Winterbottom robbed him of the chance to take his maiden victory. Jamie Whincup went on to win the race ahead of Shane van Gisbergen, who had spent most of practice struggling with mechanical problems, and James Courtney. Courtney claimed his first pole position since the Winton event in the 2010 season for the second race, whilst Reynolds bounced back from his difficulties in the sprint race to take pole again.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Skycity Triple Crown
Winterbottom recovered from the Saturday incident to win the second race from Courtney and Craig Lowndes, while Lowndes would win the third race ahead of Winterbottom and Reynolds. Whincup was given a drive-through penalty in the third race for spinning his wheels while the car was in the air, allowing Lowndes to close the points gap in the championship. James Rosenberg Racing's Tim Slade demonstrated a reversal of fortunes for the Mercedes AMG E63 teams, finishing in the top ten in the first race and qualifying inside the top ten for the second and third races.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Skycity Triple Crown
However, his luck ran out on the first lap in the third race when he was involved in a multi-car accident which caused a red flag and eliminated himself, Lee Holdsworth, Alex Davison, Dean Fiore, David Wall, Alexandre Prémat and James Moffat. Scott McLaughlin, Jason Bright, Fabian Coulthard and Russell Ingall were also involved in the crash but were able to take part in the restarted race. German driver Maro Engel scored a career-best ninth place in the third race, capitalising on the first lap crash.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Sucrogen Townsville 400
The seventh event in Townsville saw mixed results. Series veteran Russell Ingall made his 226th championship event start, breaking John Bowe's record of 225, and used the number 226 in celebration of the achievement. Shane van Gisbergen continued his strong street circuit form from Adelaide, taking pole position for the Saturday race. However, a penalty from a pit lane infringement dropped him down the order. The Ford Performance Racing duo of Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom were able to capitalise on this and take a one-two finish ahead of Brad Jones Racing's Fabian Coulthard.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Sucrogen Townsville 400
Winterbottom took pole for the second race on Sunday but lost out on strategy, after many drivers pitted during an early safety car to do a double stint on soft tyres. The Holden Racing Team utilised this strategy to finish first and second, their first win since the 2011 Bathurst 1000, with Garth Tander leading James Courtney. Van Gisbergen rounded out the podium while Winterbottom finished fourth. Championship leaders Triple Eight Race Engineering endured a difficult weekend, with both Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes qualifying outside of the top ten for the first race.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Sucrogen Townsville 400
Lowndes was able to recover to fourth using an alternative strategy while Whincup finished seventh. The team was not able to recover over night, with Lowndes and Whincup finishing seventh and eleventh respectively on Sunday. Lowndes was able to take 48 points out of Whincup's championship lead, bringing it down from 159 to 111 points. Erebus Motorsport again finished in the top ten, with Tim Slade finishing eighth on Sunday. The Sunday race also saw Tony D'Alberto equal his career-best result with a sixth place while Ingall returned to the top ten with a fifth.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Coates Hire Ipswich 360
Triple Eight Race Engineering returned to form at Queensland Raceway, with Jamie Whincup winning the 60/60 Sprint race from pole position ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Mark Winterbottom. The race featured several incidents, firstly with Whincup's teammate Craig Lowndes touching the rear of Winterbottom's car on the first lap and causing both Winterbottom and Fabian Coulthard to lose positions. Todd Kelly had separate altercations with David Wall and Chaz Mostert, with Wall and Mostert coming off worse in each incident. Lee Holdsworth was forced out of the race after contact with Dean Fiore and Michael Caruso.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Coates Hire Ipswich 360
Whincup again took pole for the second race but was beaten by McLaughlin for the race win, with James Courtney finishing third. The final race featured tyre problems which affected many drivers: Whincup, McLaughlin, Courtney, Garth Tander, Alex Davison and David Wall all had punctures which dropped them down the order. In just his fifteenth race, Chaz Mostert of Dick Johnson Racing won the race from second on the grid, ahead of pole-sitter Will Davison and Winterbottom. It was the first victory for Dick Johnson Racing since November 2010.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Winton 360
James Moffat took his first win and the maiden victory for Nissan Motorsport in the 60/60 Sprint race at Winton, Nissan's first win in an Australian Touring Car Championship or V8 Supercar race since 1992. His teammate Michael Caruso, who led the first half of the race, finished in second with Jason Bright completing the podium for Brad Jones Racing.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Winton 360
Controversy surrounded Moffat's victory, however, as the two Nissans used an E70 fuel blend (compared to the usual E85) in an effort to evaluate its potential in balancing fuel economy between the engines used by Nissan and Erebus Motorsport and those used by Ford and Holden. Championship leader and pole-sitter Jamie Whincup encountered a gearbox problem while leading, forcing his retirement. Whincup's troubles continued in the second race, involved in a first lap crash after qualifying poorly. The crash also affected Caruso, Alex Davison, Russell Ingall, Alexandre Prémat and Garth Tander.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Winton 360
Mark Winterbottom won the race for Ford Performance Racing, ahead of pole-sitter Bright and James Courtney. Courtney started on pole for the final race and went on to win ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Chaz Mostert. The race saw differing strategies with many drivers pitting for fresh tyres during a late safety car period and then making their way through the field.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Wilson Security Sandown 500
Jamie Whincup and Triple Eight Race Engineering recovered from their troubles at Winton to win the Sandown 500, with Paul Dumbrell co-driving the winning car. The win came despite a drive-through penalty for spinning the rear wheels while the car was jacked up during a pit stop. The pair finished ahead of their teammates Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff and the pole-sitting Ford Performance Racing car of Will Davison and Steve Owen. Erebus Motorsport achieved its best result of the season, with Lee Holdsworth and Craig Baird taking their E63 AMG to fourth place. Ashley Walsh, driving with Tim Blanchard for Dick Johnson Racing, had a major accident at the end of the back straight on lap 35, significantly damaging the car.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
An intense finish to the race saw Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards win the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for Ford Performance Racing. It was Winterbottom's and the team's first victory in the race, while Richards won his third and Ford won their first since 2008. The winners of the Sandown 500, Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell, finished second after Winterbottom and Whincup fought for the lead in the final stint, with their Triple Eight Race Engineering teammates Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in third.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Scott Pye achieved his best result of the season, finishing sixth with Paul Morris, while the wildcard entry of Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekström performed strongly to finish in tenth. The race was the quickest in history at six hours, eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds with only two safety car periods. The first was to allow the clean-up of debris after David Russell struck a kangaroo at Griffins Bend while a heavy crash for Greg Murphy at Reid Park brought about the second safety car period. Despite finishing second, Whincup extended his championship over Lowndes by eighteen points, while Winterbottom overtook teammate Will Davison for third in the standings.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Armor All Gold Coast 600
The twelfth event on the Gold Coast saw Craig Lowndes take the championship lead from Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Jamie Whincup after Whincup and co-driver Paul Dumbrell failed to finish the Saturday race, with Dumbrell causing a heavy crash for Greg Murphy before suffering a drive-train failure. Lowndes and co-driver Warren Luff won the race from pole ahead of Shane van Gisbergen and Jeroen Bleekemolen, the first Dutchman to stand on a V8 Supercar podium, and Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Armor All Gold Coast 600
David Reynolds won the first race of his career in the Sunday race, with he and co-driver Dean Canto winning from pole. Fabian Coulthard and Luke Youlden finished second ahead of Russell Ingall and Ryan Briscoe, Briscoe's first podium finish and Ingall's first since 2009. James Courtney and Murphy looked set to take victory until a steering problem put them out of the race. Whincup and Dumbrell finished fourth while Lowndes and Luff were eighth, leaving Lowndes with a six-point championship lead. Lowndes and Luff won the Endurance Cup ahead of Whincup and Dumbrell and Winterbottom and Richards.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Sargent Security Phillip Island 360
The Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander took his second win of the season in the 60/60 Sprint race at Phillip Island, ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Alex Davison, who scored his first podium of the season. The race included on a controversial incident between Craig Lowndes and Mark Winterbottom, who came together while battling for the lead on the last lap of the first half of the race, resulting in the pair dropping to fifteenth and fifth places respectively. Other incidents during the first half allowed Jamie Whincup, who had qualified poorly, to move up to sixth place.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Event summaries, Sargent Security Phillip Island 360
Whincup would go on to finish fourth in the race to retake the championship lead while Winterbottom finished fifth and Lowndes recovered to eighth. The race was marred by a major accident involving Alexandre Prémat and James Courtney. Prémat had a tyre failure going into turn three before sliding across the damp grass and hitting the driver's door of Courtney's car, causing significant damage to both cars while Courtney also suffered slight tissue damage on his right leg. Triple Eight Race Engineering dominated Sunday's races, with Lowndes winning the first race ahead of teammate Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen. Whincup went on to win the final race ahead of Winterbottom and Lowndes. This left Whincup with a 20-point lead over Lowndes in the championship heading into the final round, with Winterbottom 124 points off the lead.


2013 International V8 Supercars Championship, Championship standings, Points system
Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.


2013 International Women's Club Championship
The 2013 International Women's Club Championship was the second worldwide international women's football club tournament, and was held in Japan from 30 November–8 December 2013. Five teams, comprising representatives from Europe, Australia, South America, and Asia took part in the competition.


2013 International Women's Club Championship, Participating teams
The invited teams were the champions of Europe, Australia, South America, Japan, and the Nadeshiko League Cup. As INAC Kobe Leonessa won both the Japanese Cup and league, the runner-up of the league was also invited. An unidentified team from the United States was also invited but ultimately declined. Wolfsburg, the champions of Europe, also apparently declined, and they were replaced by Chelsea.


2013 International Women's Football Tournament of Brasília
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2013 International Women's Football Tournament of Brasília
The 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino (also known as the 2013 International Tournament of Brasilia) was the fifth edition of the Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino, an invitational women's football tournament held every December in Brazil. It began on 12 December and ended on 22 December 2013. The tournament had previously been held in São Paulo but was moved to Brasília in 2013 at the instigation of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).


2013 International Women's Football Tournament of Brasília, Format
In the first phase, the four teams play each other within the group in a single round. The two teams with the most points earned in the respective group, qualify for the next phase.


2013 International Women's Football Tournament of Brasília, Format
In the final stage, the first and second teams placed in the Group contest the final. Should the match ends in a tie, the team with the best record in the first phase is declared the winner.


2013 International Women's Football Tournament of Brasília, Format
The third and fourth teams placed in the group contest the third place play-off. Should the match ends in a tie, the team with the best record in the first phase is declared the winner.


2013 International Women's Football Tournament of Brasília, Venues
All matches took place at Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília.


2013 International child pornography investigation
Project Spade, an international police investigation into child pornography, began in October 2010 in Toronto, Canada. The investigation started when Toronto Police Service officers made on-line contact with a man who was alleged to have been sharing pornographic videos via the Internet and by mail. The investigation eventually covered over 50 countries. Almost 350 people were arrested internationally, and 386 children were said to have been rescued.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation
Following numerous complaints received by the website cybertip.ca about Azov Films, the investigation began in October 2010 when undercover police made online contact with Brian Way, a 42-year-old man from Toronto and the owner of Toronto-based Azov Films, a firm that distributed DVDs and streaming videos of naked children which it marketed as "naturist."


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation
In May 2011 Way's home and office were raided, and he was arrested. Toronto law enforcement authorities and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service recreated Way's customer records and shared them with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Interpol. Investigations involved more than 50 countries. Way is alleged to have earned more than $4 million from his website.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation
Apart from Canada, Australia and the United States, authorities in Hong Kong, South Africa, Spain and Sweden were involved. Investigations also spread to Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation
The Canadian arm of the operation was "Project Spade", in Australia it was "Operation Thunderer". Up to 45 terabytes of images and videos were seized.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation
Inspector Joanna Beaven-Desjardins, of the TPS' Sex Crimes Unit, said, "It's a first for the magnitude of the victims saved" and "the amount of arrests internationally, also a first." Beaven-Desjardins also spoke about materials seized from Way's home: "Officers located hundreds of thousands of images and videos detailing horrific sexual acts against very young children, some of the worst that they have ever viewed." The materials distributed commercially by Azov featured nude athletic and recreational scenes, but not explicit sexual acts.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation
The nudity-only nature of the Azov material caused it to be classified in the UK as level 1 on the COPINE scale for rating images of children, i.e., generally beneath the threshold of legal interest. This standardized rating caused controversy, as politicians and members of the UK press later accused the National Crime Agency of negligence.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation
The investigation was officially made public in November 2013. Alternative news sources had disclosed its existence as early as December. 2012


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation, Germany
The German Federal Criminal Police Office was informed in October 2011, but investigations only started in October 2012, with the list of customers being distributed to the German states' authorities in November 2012. During 13 months of holding back any investigations it should have been obvious for Federal Criminal Police Office that within the list there were IP-numbers of Deutscher Bundestag with at least several downloads of nude material of boys of the age between 9 and 14 towards the German Bundestag IP-numbers range.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation, Germany
Five hundred of the 800 listed persons had purchased unambiguous child pornography according to German legal standards; the rest had bought material not considered to be illegal. A German MP appeared on the list; since the material he purchased wasn't categorized as clearly illegal, the case was held back pending further investigations, until 10 February 2014, when his house was raided.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation, Germany
According to Jörg Fröhlich, public prosecutor in Hannover, Lower Saxony, the raid took place for reason of a higher count of other public prosecutor agencies handling similar cases this way against the account of agencies favoring not to do so when found material would need to be categorized as so-called "II" instead of "I". The passing of secret information regarding the investigation to the MP's party leader resulted in the resignation of the former German Interior Minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation, Germany
The home raid on Edathy when he had only purchased materials classified as legal was criticized in a national newspaper, Die Zeit, in a guest editorial by Thomas Fischer, Chief Judge of the German Federal Court. He stated, "Law exists in clear boundaries between permitted and forbidden behavior. Justice dares not follow he who does nothing illegal. In the Edathy case, this rule has been violated."


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation, Germany
In contrast, however, Mick Moran, head of Interpol's Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation unit, issued a public warning on Twitter to "MAPs" ("minor-attracted persons") that any sign they were acting upon their sexual orientations, whether the actions were legal or illegal, "demonstrates an escalation of activity by 'MAPs' that must be interpreted as an increased risk to children regardless of the illegality" and that "must result in action by public safety officials."


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation, Germany
Public discussion about nude pictures of children being legal in Germany, when not categorized as sexual in nature, led within hours to a published consent from all parliamentary parties, as well as from Germany's Minister of Justice Heiko Maas, for a prompt change of the relevant law.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Investigation, Germany
On a 19 February 2014, a non-public meeting of the federal home affairs committee where BKA president Jörg Ziercke was reporting on this affair—Ziercke admitted, according to MP Bosbach—who leads that committee—towards reporters, that he had not seen any reason to publish the involved MP's name any earlier, since at that time Sebastian Edathy was head of the NSU-murderseries committee doing inquiries against the BKA and therefore himself, Ziercke, so to prevent the obviously wrong public image of a nonexisting act of revenge.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Children
Apart from the children involved in the production of the Azov films, 386 children were said to have been rescued from exploitation by purchasers of the films. In Canada alone, 24 were rescued while six were rescued in Australia. "More than 330 children" were stated to have been rescued in the US.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Children
This high number has been questioned, since full details of the charges for 54 of the total of 76 arrests in the US had been publicly released as of 14 November 2013, and these details account for fewer than 15 persons exposed as children to current or historical sexual contact. An additional 75 to 100 children were surreptitiously indecently photographed, mostly by two arrested men who were school employees. The definition of "rescued child" used was that "the children were either being sexually abused or they were being sexually exploited by having videos taken of them in exploitative positions." The 'exploitative positions' always included nudity or genital exposure.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Arrests
As of 14 November 2013, 348 people were arrested internationally. Those arrested included priests or pastors, teachers, foster parents, doctors and nurses. A police officer and a youth baseball coach were also arrested. A Richmond, Virginia, man was sentenced to 70 months in prison on 11 April 2013, for receipt of child pornography.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Arrests
In Canada alone 108 people were arrested. In the US 76 were arrested. In Australia arrests began in August 2013 and 65 persons aged from 25 to 72 were arrested. In Spain 28 were arrested in December 2012.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Charges
Way has been charged with 24 offenses. The charges include "instruction of a criminal organisation" and "making, possessing, distributing and exporting child exploitation ... ", which had "explicit images of boys ranging in age from toddlers to teens." Way's mother, Sandra Waslov, is still sought by authorities. Waslov changed her name on 21 May 2010 in Orchard Park, Erie County, New York.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Charges
The 65 Australian suspects face 399 charges involving child exploitation. The charges include " ... accessing, possessing, producing and distributing online child exploitation material".


2013 International child pornography investigation, Suicide of a US government official
One of the high-impact arrests resulting from Project Spade was that of Ryan Loskarn. The 35-year-old was chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander at the time of his arrest. An investigation of Loskarn's electronic equipment was prompted in part by the appearance of his name on the Azov Films customer list. It uncovered graphic child pornography that had been obtained over the Gnutella peer-to-peer network Loskarn was charged with possessing and intending to distribute child pornography and released on his own recognizance five days after his arrest on 11 December 2013.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Suicide of a US government official
On 23 January 2014, he committed suicide by hanging himself at his parents' home. In his suicide note, published on the internet by his family, he stated that "I found myself drawn to videos that matched my own childhood abuse." The incident provoked wide discussion in Washington, with The Washington Post opinion writer Ruth Marcus suggesting that "we should use this sad episode to call attention to the need for mental health services—although Loskarn's problem was not lack of access but lack of willingness to accept the help available . . . But we should also use the moment to remind ourselves that reality is more complex than our cursory assumptions acknowledge, and that before we rush to condemn we might pause to consider the possibility of compassion."


2013 International child pornography investigation, Suicide of Martin Goldberg
Martin Goldberg, a deputy headteacher in Essex, hung himself after being investigated following information uncovered in Canada. Approximately 75 indecent images of children were found in his possession from his schools' changing rooms; 465 were taken at the swimming pools of his local leisure centre and 38 from other locations.


2013 International child pornography investigation, Suicide of Martin Goldberg
The headteacher of the school that he worked at said that he felt "utter shock and betrayal" about Goldberg's behavior, which had been brought to the attention of Essex Police in 2013.


2013 Internationale Jänner Rallye
The 30. Internationale Jänner Rallye 2013 was the first round of the 2013 European Rally Championship. The eighteen stage asphalt, snow and ice rally took place over 3–5 January 2013. Jan Kopecký won the rally with an amazing recovery, after being in third place at almost 30 seconds from the lead, with just three stages until the end of the rally.


2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne
The 2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Poitiers, France, on 21–27 October 2013.


2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:


2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne – Doubles
Catalina Castaño and Mervana Jugić-Salkić were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both players decided not to participate in 2013.


2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne – Doubles
Lucie Hradecká and Michaëlla Krajicek won the tournament, defeating Christina McHale and Monica Niculescu in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne – Singles
Monica Puig was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but decided not to participate this year.


2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne – Singles
Aliaksandra Sasnovich won the tournament, defeating Sofia Arvidsson in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4.


2013 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie
The 2013 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia between 31 December 2012 and 6 January 2013.


2013 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Samuel Groth and Toshihide Matsui won the final 7–6(8–6), 1–6, [10–4] against Artem Sitak and Jose Statham.


2013 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles
Jérémy Chardy was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Adrian Mannarino defeated Andrej Martin 6–4, 6–3 in the final to win the title.


2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg
The 2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Strasbourg, France between 18 and 25 May 2013.


2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Doubles
Olga Govortsova and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Kimiko Date-Krumm and Chanelle Scheepers won the title, defeating Cara Black and Marina Erakovic, 6–4, 3–6, [14–12].


2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles
Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles
Alizé Cornet won the title, defeating Lucie Hradecká in the final 7–6(7–4), 6–0.


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de BLOIS
The 2013 Internationaux de Tennis de BLOIS is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in Blois, France between 10 and 16 June 2013.


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de BLOIS, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de BLOIS – Doubles
This is the first edition of the event. Jonathan Eysseric and Nicolas Renavand defeated Ruben Gonzales and Chris Letcher in the final and take the title.


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de BLOIS – Singles
Julian Reister won the first edition of the event against Dušan Lajović 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2).


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
The 2013 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It is taking place in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France between 14 and 20 October 2013.


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée – Doubles
Fabrice Martin and Hugo Nys won the title over Henri Kontinen and Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 3–6, 6–3, [10–8].


2013 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée – Singles
8th seed Michael Berrer won the first edition of the event against Nicolas Mahut in three sets 1–6, 6–4, 6–3.


2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
The 2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy between 8 and 14 July 2013.


2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles
Renata Voráčová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová were the defending champions, but they lost in the semifinals to Karolína Plíšková and Kristýna Plíšková. Kristina Mladenovic and Katarzyna Piter won the title, defeating the Plíšková sisters in the final, 6–1, 5–7, [10–8].


2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles
Sara Errani was the defending champion, but lost in the final to her long-term doubles partner Roberta Vinci, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6.


2013 Internazionali di Tennis Castel del Monte
The 2013 Internazionali di Tennis Castel del Monte was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Andria, Italy between 18 and 24 November 2013.


2013 Internazionali di Tennis Castel del Monte, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Internazionali di Tennis Castel del Monte, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players entered as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2013 Internazionali di Tennis Castel del Monte – Doubles
Philipp Oswald and Andreas Siljeström won the title, defeating Alessandro Motti and Goran Tošić in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2013 Internazionali di Tennis Castel del Monte – Singles
Márton Fucsovics won the title, defeating Dustin Brown in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2013 Intersport Heilbronn Open
The 2013 Intersport Heilbronn Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Heilbronn, Germany between 23 and 29 January 2013.


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


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


2013 Intersport Heilbronn Open – Doubles
Johan Brunström and Frederik Nielsen were the defending champions but Nielsen decided not to participate. Brunström played alongside Raven Klaasen and successfully defended the title by defeating Jordan Kerr and Andreas Siljeström 6–3, 0–6, [12–10] in the final.


2013 Intersport Heilbronn Open – Singles
Björn Phau was the defending champion but he retired in the first round. Michael Berrer defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 7–5, 6–3 in the final to win the title.


2013 Invercargill mayoral election
The 2013 Invercargill mayoral election finished on Saturday, 12 October 2013 and was conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2013 New Zealand local elections.


2013 Invercargill mayoral election, Background
The candidates for mayor included the incumbent Tim Shadbolt who contested a seventh consecutive term. Other candidates included Shadbolt defeated challengers Lindsay Dow and Kevin Middleton. Shadbolt was re-elected with a decreased majority.


2013 Iowa Barnstormers season
The 2013 Iowa Barnstormers season was the 13th season for the franchise, and the ninth in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Mike Hohensee and played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena.


2013 Iowa Barnstormers season, Regular season schedule
The Barnstormers began the season on the road against the Chicago Rush on March 23. Their first home game was April 5 against the Spokane Shock. They closed the regular season against the Arizona Rattlers at home on July 27.


2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250
The 2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Presented by DEKALB, the seventh annual running of the event, was an IndyCar Series race held on June 23, 2013 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The race was the tenth round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season, and was won by James Hinchcliffe of Andretti Autosport.


2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Report, Background
Iowa Speedway is the shortest track on the IndyCar schedule, being .875 miles long. Four of the first nine races in the season were dominated by Andretti Autosport drivers James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay, each winning two races. The defending race winner was Hunter-Reay.


2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Report, Qualifying
Hélio Castroneves of Team Penske set the one-lap track record in qualifying with a time of 17.3324 seconds and a speed of 185.65 mph (298.77 km/h), breaking the record set in 2008 by Ryan Briscoe. Castroneves also won the pole position after winning the qualifying heat race, but IndyCar officials ruled that Castroneves and his team had an improper engine change, changing engines before it ran the minimum 2,000 miles (3,218 km).


2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Report, Qualifying
Because of this, Penske teammate Will Power was given the pole, with James Hinchcliffe in second, Marco Andretti in third and Ed Carpenter in fourth, taking Scott Dixon's spot, who was also penalized for improperly changing engines. Defending race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay failed to advance out of the preliminary heat. The starting grid for the race was decided by three 50-lap heat races. Dixon won the first race, Graham Rahal won heat 2, and Castroneves won the final heat.


2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Race
On lap one, James Hinchcliffe passed pole-sitter Will Power for the lead, and proceeded to dominate the race, leading all but 24 laps, a track-record 226 laps; he had led only 33 laps on ovals prior to the race. Hinchcliffe's teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay fell behind with early right front car damage early in the race, and was in 21st, but was able to reach second, but was slowed by lapped cars. Hinchcliffe beat Hunter-Reay to the finish by 1.5009 seconds, giving Andretti Autosport its second consecutive 1-2 finish at the track, and the team's fifth win at the track.


2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Race
The win was Hinchcliffe's third of the season, making him the first three-race winner of the season, and was also his first on an oval. Tony Kanaan finished third, Ed Carpenter and Graham Rahal finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Simon Pagenaud, Oriol Servia, Hélio Castroneves, Marco Andretti, and E. J. Viso closed out the top ten.


2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Race, Race results
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 15th year head coach Kirk Ferentz and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium. They were a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the Legends Division. They were invited to the Outback Bowl where they lost to LSU.


2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Regular season, at Nebraska
Iowa won for the first time in the series since 1981 and for the first time in Lincoln since 1943.


2013 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 2013 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team was led by head coach Paul Rhoads, in his fifth year and played its home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.


2013 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The Cyclones played in record setting temperatures: the hottest Jack Trice Stadium game at 92 °F vs. Northern Iowa on August 31, 2013, and the coldest Jack Trice Stadium game at 8 °F for kickoff and 3 °F by the start of the second half vs. Kansas on November 23, 2013.


2013 Iowa State Cyclones football team
On December 1, 2013, offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham and running backs coach Kenith Pope were fired from their positions.


2013 Iran Futsal's 2nd Division
The 2013 Iranian Futsal 2nd Division will be divided into two phases.


2013 Iran Futsal's 2nd Division
The league will also be composed of 20 teams divided into two divisions of 10 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 18 matches each.


2013 Irani Cup
The 2013 Irani Cup, also called 2013 Irani Trophy, was the 51st season of the Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India. It was a one-off match which was played from 6 February 2013 to 10 February 2013 between the 2012–13 Ranji champions Mumbai and the Rest of India team. Wankhede Stadium, the home ground of Mumbai, hosted the match. The match was drawn and Rest of India retained the Irani Cup by virtue of their first innings lead.


2013 Irani Cup, Lead-up
Mumbai captain Ajit Agarkar was ruled out of the Irani Cup due to a groin injury. Allrounder Abhishek Nayar was named the captain of the side.


2013 Irani Cup, Lead-up
A stomach bug forced the RoI captain Virender Sehwag to sit out for the match, and Harbhajan Singh lead the team instead.


2013 Irani Cup, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–144 (Dhawan, 38.1 ov), 2–222 (Tiwary, 58.6 ov), 3–231 (Vijay, 62.6 ov), 4–309 (Rayudu, 83.2 ov), 5–330 (Saha, 88.5 ov), 6–352 (Harbhajan, 94.4 ov), 7–505 (Mithun, 122.4 ov), 8–506 (Ojha, 123.6 ov), 9–512 (Raina, 124.4 ov), 10–526 (Pandey, 130.1 ov)


2013 Irani Cup, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–14 (Tare, 3.3 ov), 2–146 (Jaffer, 39.2 ov), 3–161 (Thakur, 44.1 ov), 4–234 (Rahane, 64.5 ov), 5–254 (Sharma, 70.4 ov), 6–257 (Nayar, 73.4 ov), 7–360 (Chavan, 99.4 ov), 8–399 (Kulkarni, 110.4 ov), 9–409 (Khan, 113.5 ov), 10–409 (Dabholkar, 114.1 ov)


2013 Irani Cup, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–0 (Dhawan, 0.6 ov), 2–55 (Sreesanth, 17.6 ov), 3–67 (Vijay, 23.1 ov), 4–207 (Tiwary, 72.2 ov), 5–352 (Raina, 106.5 ov)


2013 Irani Cup, Scorecard
Fall of Wickets:1-36 (Tare, 13.3 ov), 2-89 (Rahane, 27.3 ov), 3-104 (Sharma, 30.3 ov), 4-123 (Nayar 41.5 ov)


2013 Irani Cup, Scorecard
Result: Match Drawn; Rest of India won on 1st innings


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping
Nour Ahmad Nikbakht, an administrative staff member of the Iranian Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the Yemeni capital on 21 July 2013. He was held hostage for two years and released in March 2015 in exchange for five al-Qaeda leaders. Nikbakht was abducted while leaving his home in Sana'a by a gunman who was a member of al-Qaeda. He returned home safely on March 5, 2015.


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Abduction
On 21 July 2013, Nikbakht left his house in Sana'a and went to work. On his way to the embassy, unidentified gunmen blocked the road, forced him out of his car and abducted him, taking him to an unknown location. After he was liberated, Nour-Ahamd stated: "I was kidnapped by unknown gunmen and terrorists as I left my home to go to work."


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Abduction
According to the Yemeni tribunal, Nour-Ahmad Nikbakht was held by al-Qaeda militants in an area between the southern provinces of Shabwa and Baida. Nour-Ahmad described his ordeal: "I was in an extremely difficult situation and I did not know what was happening in the outside world."


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Officials statements, Before release
On 14 August 2013, foreign ministry of Yemen claimed that it had no clues as to the whereabouts of the abducted Iranian diplomat.


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Officials statements, Before release
Hossein Amirabdollahian, deputy of foreign minister, mentioned that a special group was formed at the Iran and Yemen foreign ministry to solve this issue. Also, he said: "the Yemeni government is responsible for the Iranian diplomat's safety and his safe return to the country."


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Officials statements, Before release
The Iranian foreign ministry summoned the Yemeni chargé d'affaires at the Tehran twice and announced that Yemen was responsible for Nikbakht's safety.


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Officials statements, After release
One day before the release Iranian officials announced that Nikbakht is healthy.


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Officials statements, After release
Hossein Amirabdollahian, deputy of foreign minister, explained that intelligence officers did a difficult and complicated rescue operation in a very special area in Yemen. He did not give more details about the operation.


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Officials statements, After release
Mahmoud Alavi, intelligence minister of Iran, declared that the rescue operation occurred with the fewest casualties. Also, Alavi said: "Tehran had refused the conditions set by the terrorists" for the diplomat's release."


2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping, Return
On March 5, 2015, he moved to Mehrabad international airport and returned to his family, where he was greeted by his family and some Iranian officials.


2013 Iranian local elections
The Iranian local elections took place on 14 June 2013 to elected members of the fourth council of the City and Village Councils of Iran. This election was held by a general election with the presidential election. The original date of the election was in June 2010 but Parliament of Iran voted to increase age of the councils from 4 to 7 years. The councils began their work one month after the election to elect the new mayors.


2013 Iranian local elections, Background
The city and village councils are local establishments that are elected by public vote in all cities and villages across the country. Council members in each city or village are elected for a four-year term. The councils are tasked with helping the Islamic Republic’s social, economic, cultural and educational advancement by encouraging public participation in social affairs. The city councils also elects city mayors.


2013 Iranian local elections, Registrations
The registration of candidates was toke place from 15 to 20 April 2013. The Guardian Council was announced the final candidates on 16 May 2013. The candidates that failed to enter to the election had a four days timeout for protest.


2013 Iranian local elections, Members
The councils have 124,700 original members; with the allowance members, it reaches to 207,587 members. This is different from the previous election.


2013 Iranian local elections, Election summary
Ministry of Interior have announced that election will be held by electoral vote in fourteen provinces. The candidates can began their publicity from 6 June and it will be end 24 hours before the election. According to Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar a number of 352,165 persons have enrollment.


2013 Iranian local elections, Results, Provincial capitals
Khabar Online published the results of the election in 9 major cities, according to electoral lists. Those who did not count as Principlist or Reformist, were Independents:


2013 Iranian local elections, Results, Provincial capitals
Fars News Agency also published a detailed report for province capitals, with the results as following:


2013 Iranian local elections, Results, Provincial capitals
Province capital seats won by political factions according to Fars News Agency report.


2013 Iranian local elections, Highlights
For the first time in Iran, Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian citizen was elected to the city council of Yazd.


2013 Iranian local elections, Highlights
In another unprecedented event, Samiyeh Balochzehi, a Baloch Sunni woman was elected as a mayor in Iran, by the council of Kalat in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.


2013 Iranian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 14 June 2013. Hassan Rouhani won with a landslide victory, elected in the first round of voting with 50.71% of the vote. Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 16.56% of the vote. Over 36.7 million Iranians voted, 72.71% of eligible voters.


2013 Iranian presidential election
The Guardian Council screened 680 registered candidates, approving eight to run in the election; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Ali Akbar Velayati, Saeed Jalili, Mohsen Rezaee, Mohammad Gharazi, Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Reza Aref. Haddad-Adel and Aref later withdrew from the race in the days leading up to the election. Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not able to run for re-election as he was limited to two terms or 8 years in office under the Iranian constitution.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Iran is the country's highest directly elected official, the chief of the executive branch, and the second most important position after the Supreme Leader. Duties are similar to heads of governments in other countries, except that the armed forces, Chief judiciary system, state television, and other key governmental organizations are under the control of the Supreme Leader of Iran. It is also an informal custom that cabinet ministers for sensitive departments like foreign relations and intelligence are coordinated with the Supreme Leader.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Electoral system
Any Iranian citizen born in Iran, believing in God and the official religion of Iran (Islam), who has always been loyal to the Constitution and is above 21 years of age may register as a presidential candidate. An institution called the Election Monitoring Agency (EMA) and managed by the Guardian Council vets registered candidates (in the 2009 election 36,000 people signed up as candidates) and selects a handful to run in the election. The Guardian Council does not announce publicly the reason for rejections of particular candidates although those reasons are explained to each candidate. Females who register as candidates have invariably been excluded from standing for election by the council.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Electoral system, Electoral law
One of the issues that has been raised in the pre-election debate over electoral reforms, especially regarding enforcement, situations of candidates. Executive of elections under previous law was ministry of interior (Government) and there were statements about changing of maintaining law. In addition, the law provided that the candidates must be political men and the meaning of men was not known. The changes began after the protests to the previous election. According to Iranian law, candidates more than 75 years old are eligible to run but their health issues must be checked by the Guardian Council.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Electoral system, Electoral law
The new act of the elections was approved by the parliament on 17 December 2012 and was signified by speaker of the parliament, Ali Larijani, to the president for official implementation. Some of the changes are explained:


2013 Iranian presidential election, Electoral system, Electoral Commission
For the first time in the history of Iranian presidential elections, a commission of eleven persons (three legal, seven experts, and one from parliament) supervised the elections.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Candidates
Registration for candidates took place from 7 to 11 May 2013. Registered candidates' qualifications were then reviewed by the Guardian Council. On 21 May 2013 eight candidates were approved for placement on the ballot. BBC News commented that all eight approved candidates were "considered hardline conservatives," with reformist candidates, notably former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, having been barred from standing. In contrast, Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper described attempts by former presidents Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami to unite behind one or the other of two "reformist candidates," Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Reza Aref. Two of the eight, Aref and Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, withdrew from the race on 10 and 11 June.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Candidates, Withdrawn, During the electoral campaign
The following two candidates registered for the election and their nominations were approved by the Guardian Council, but withdrew their candidacies during the electoral campaign.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Candidates, Withdrawn, Before the electoral campaign
The following candidates registered for the election campaign but withdrew their candidacies before the electoral campaign.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Candidates, Rejected
The following candidates registered for the election but their nominations were rejected by the Guardian Council. All thirty registered female candidates were promptly disqualified on constitutional grounds.


2013 Iranian presidential election, Candidates, Declined
The following people did not register for the election and declined to enter the race.