2013 Presidents Cup
The selection of Muirfield as the 2013 tournament site was taken as a tribute to golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who designed the course. Nicklaus has said that his involvement as tournament host for the 2013 Presidents Cup "probably will be my last involvement in anything significant in the game of golf". Muirfield was the third U.S. course to host the tournament, and the first course in the world to host Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup, and Solheim Cup international team competitions.


2013 Presidents Cup
In May 2012, Fred Couples and Nick Price were named captains of the U.S. and International teams, respectively.


2013 Presidents Cup
The United States won for the fifth successive time with an 181⁄2–151⁄2 victory over the International team.


2013 Presidents Cup, Format
The first day consists of six matches of fourball. The second day consists of six matches of foursomes. The third day consists of five matches of fourball in the morning and five matches of foursomes in the afternoon. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 34 matches were played in all. All fourball and foursomes matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score 1⁄2 point for each team. All singles matches that are all-square after 18 holes will continue until a winner is determined. The fourball matches being played first is a change from the previous seven Cups.


2013 Presidents Cup, Team qualification and selection, United States team
The United States team featured the top 10 in earnings from September 19, 2011 through September 2, 2013 (the Deutsche Bank Championship), with 2013 earnings weighted double, and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 4, 2013.


2013 Presidents Cup, Team qualification and selection, International team
The International team featured the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking as of September 2, 2013 and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 4, 2013.


2013 Presidents Cup, Thursday's fourball matches
The American team took a one-point lead after the first day of play, winning the final three matches and halving another. Play was delayed for 90 minutes due to rain but all matches were completed.


2013 Presidents Cup, Friday's foursomes matches
A nearly three-hour delay due to severe weather meant that only two of the six matches were completed on Friday. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley defeated Jason Day and Graham DeLaet, 4 and 3, while Brendon de Jonge and Ernie Els defeated Hunter Mahan and Bill Hass, 4 and 3. The Americans led 41⁄2 to 31⁄2 at the close of play Friday. Matches resumed early Saturday morning with both sides winning two matches to tie the session at 3–3.


2013 Presidents Cup, Saturday's matches, Morning fourball
Rain interrupted play for the third straight day. The U.S. team won four of the five matches to open a four-point lead. The matches did not end until late afternoon.


2013 Presidents Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon foursomes
Due to the mornings rain delay, the afternoon foursomes were not completed Saturday. Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson defeated Richard Sterne and Marc Leishman, 4 and 3, in the only match completed Saturday. The other four matches were complete through 9 to 13 holes when play was suspended.


2013 Presidents Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon foursomes
The table below reflects the official order. Match 19 (Sterne/Leishman vs Dufner/Johnson) began first, followed by Match 18 (Mickelson/Bradley vs Day/DeLaet), Match 22 (Simpson/Snedeker vs Oosthuizen/Schwartzel), Match 20 (Haas/Stricker vs Scott/Matsuyama), and Match 21 (Woods/Kuchar vs Els/de Jonge).


2013 Presidents Cup, Sunday's singles matches
The matches are listed in their official order but the first five matches were actually played in this order: Matsuyama/Mahan, Day/Snedeker, DeLaet/Spieth, Els/Stricker, de Jonge/Dufner.


2013 Presidents Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2013 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic
The 2013 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic was held from October 4 to 7 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events was held in a triple-knockout format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$26,000, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$39,500.


2013 Primera División of Chile
The 2013 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season (known as the 2013 Torneo Transición Petrobras for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of top-flight football in Chile. Huachipato was the defending champion.


2013 Primera División of Chile, Format changes
Starting in 2013, the ANFP's Council of Club Presidents approved a change from a season contained entirely within a calendar year to a season that spans two calendar years. To manage this transition, the 2013 season was held with only a single championship instead of the traditional Apertura and Clausura format. The Apertura and Clausura format returned for the 2013–14 season, but without the playoff rounds conducted in the past.


2013 Primera División of Chile, Teams
Eighteen teams will be competing in the Primera División for the 2013 season, fifteen of whom are returning from the 2012 season. Universidad de Concepción, Unión San Felipe and La Serena were relegated last season after finishing 15th, 17th and 18th overall, respectively. They were replaced by San Marcos, Ñublense and Everton, the 2012 Primera B winner, runner-up and fourth place, respectively.


2013 Primera División of Chile, Torneo de Transición
The Torneo de Transición began in January and will end in May.


2013 Primera División of Chile, Torneo de Transición, Classification stage
The Classification Stage began in January and ended in May.


2013 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2013 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Prince Edward Island's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 24 to 27 at the Charlottetown Curling Club in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The winning team will represent Prince Edward Island at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ontario.


2013 Princeton Tigers football team
The 2013 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished with a record of 8–2 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the conference title with Harvard, their first title since 2006.


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 6 October 2013. It was the 92nd running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winner was Treve, a three-year-old filly trained in France by Criquette Head-Maarek and ridden by Thierry Jarnet.


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Treve started second favourite in the race. The field was a strong one, including Orfevre, Ruler of the World, Kizuna, Intello, Al Kazeem and Leading Light. Treve was ridden by Thierry Jarnet as Frankie Dettori had broken his ankle in a fall at Nottingham Racecourse. Treve sweated up badly before the race and started poorly. Treve made ground rapidly on the outside and took the lead in the straight before accelerating clear of the field to win easily by five lengths from Orfevre and Intello.


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Result
Group I - 4 800 000€ - Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Plat - - SOUPLE - 17


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Result
4	Kizuna	M3	11	56	Y. Take	7.6/1	2	lire


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Result
6	Al Kazeem	M5	18	59,5	J.W. Doyle	19/1	2


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Result
7	Ruler Of The World	M3		R.L. Moore	13/1	Courte tête


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Result
9	Going Somewhere	M4	4	59	G. Benoist	103/1	Nez


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Result
10	Very Nice Name	M4	1	59,5	P. Convertino	102/1


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Subsequent breeding careers
Leading progeny of participants in the 2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Subsequent breeding careers, Other stallions
Kizuna (4th) – Maltese Diosa (1st Tulip Sho 2020)Ocovango (14th) – Langer Dan – 1st Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle (2019)Joshua Tree (13th) – Minor flat and jumps winnersLeading Light (12th) – Minor flat and jumps runnersVery Nice Name (16th) – Minor flat runnersFlintshire (8th) – Exported to America – Offspring yet to raceMeandre (10th) – Exported to Czech Republic


2013 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Subsequent breeding careers, Broodmares
Pirika (15th) – Minor winner in JapanHaya Landa (17th) – Minor winner in JapanTreve (1st) – Offspring yet to race


2013 Pro Bowl
The 2013 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's sixty-third annual all-star game which featured players from the 2012 season. It took place at 2:30 pm Hawaii–Aleutian Time (UTC−10:00; 7:30 pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game was televised nationally by NBC in place of CBS. The game was delayed for 30 minutes due to flash flood warnings.


2013 Pro Bowl
John Fox of the AFC West Denver Broncos led the AFC "home team" against a "visiting" NFC team that was coached by the Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy of the NFC North. These coaches were selected for coaching the highest seeded team to lose in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2009 Pro Bowl. Ed Hochuli was the game referee.


2013 Pro Bowl
Players on the winning team (NFC) each earned $50,000, while players on the losing team (AFC) earned $25,000.


2013 Pro Bowl
The Houston Texans and San Francisco 49ers had the most Pro Bowl selections with nine. The Kansas City Chiefs, despite only winning two games, had six selections. Six teams, the Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and San Diego Chargers, had no selections. Three rookie quarterbacks (Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, and Russell Wilson) were selected, which is the most in Pro Bowl history.


2013 Pro Bowl, NFC rosters, Special teams
Indicating he would retire after the Pro Bowl, NFC center Jeff Saturday treated the game as a testimonial match and crossed over to the AFC side for one play in order to reunite with quarterback Peyton Manning; the two had played together as members of the Indianapolis Colts for thirteen seasons.


2013 Pro Bowl, Broadcasting
The game was televised nationally by NBC after Super Bowl XLVII broadcaster CBS declined to exercise their right to air the game, even though that network was using the game as part of the plot of an episode of Hawaii Five-0 to be aired three weeks later. This was the second of three consecutive years that NBC carried the game, since CBS also decided not to broadcast the 2012 Pro Bowl and FOX would later decline to carry the 2014 game. NBC will also broadcast the 2014 game as Super Bowl broadcaster Fox had declined to carry the game.


2013 Pro Duta FC season
Pro Duta Football Club played in Indonesian Premier League in 2013. This season is the first time for Pro Duta FC to compete in the top level of Indonesia's professional league. Their homebase is in Teladan, Medan.


2013 Pro Duta FC season, Players, First team squad 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova
The Pro Europe demonstration took place in the capital of Moldova, Chișinău, on 3 November 2013. The demonstration was organised by three parties of the ruling coalition: Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, Democratic Party of Moldova and Liberal Reformists Party. It's estimated that around 100,000 people participated at the demonstration, at that time being the biggest mass group or collection of groups of people, since Moldovan Declaration of Independence.


2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova, Details
Originally, the organisers said the demonstration involved around 100,000 people, but the police estimated the crowd at 60,000 people. However, the police reevaluated this number and in an official communication declared that around 117,000 people took part. The crowd of people gathered in Moldova's capital Chișinău, on November 3, 2013 to show their support for closer ties with the European Union. It came a few weeks before a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania where Moldova hoped to sign a partnership agreement with the EU.


2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova, Details
The European integration is a chance to rebuild our economy, improve the quality of life and ensure prosperity of all citizens, to build a society with a clear vision.


2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova, Details
The demonstration was organised by the Moldovan government which wants to send a clear message to Brussels. However the country is under pressure from Russia which says closer ties with the EU would have “serious consequences” for Moldovan workers in Russia and the export of its goods.


2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova, Details
At the opening ceremony of demonstration, Moldovan soprano singer Valentina Naforniță, performed the Anthem of Moldova.


2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova, Details
At the end of demonstration, participants have voted the ″Declaration from Chișinău″.


2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova, Aftermath
Along with Ukraine and Georgia, Moldova entered into an association agreement with the EU in June 2014.


2013 Pro Mazda Championship
The 2013 Pro Mazda Championship was the 15th season in series history and first under new promoter Andersen Promotions.


2013 Pro Mazda Championship
Andretti Autosport driver Matthew Brabham won the championship with two races remaining capturing a series-record 11th win in his rookie season. Brabham's championship secured a scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2014. Brabham won 13 of the season's 16 races, shattering the series record. Juncos Racing's Diego Ferreira won the season opener and finished second in points with eleven podium finishes. Brabham's Andretti Autosport teammate Shelby Blackstock won a single race and two poles and finished third in points. Team Pelfrey's Spencer Pigot also won a single race and finished fourth in points.


2013 Pro Mazda Championship
Andretti Autosport also captured the team championship with two races remaining, their first in Pro Mazda.


2013 Pro Mazda Championship
There were no full-time Expert class participants (a class for drivers age 35 and older). American Jay Horak won the championship with eight race starts by a narrow margin over Bobby Eberle, who also completed a partial schedule.


2013 Pro Mazda Championship
While only nine drivers competed in all sixteen rounds of the championship, 27 different drivers made appearances in a Pro Mazda car over the course of the season.


2013 Pro12 Grand Final
The 2013 Pro12 Grand Final was the final match of the 2012–13 Pro12 season. The 2012–13 season was the second with RaboDirect as title sponsor and the fourth ever League Grand Final. Leinster won the game 24–18 against Ulster.


2013 Pro12 Grand Final
The win for Leinster ended a run of three successive league final losses. A Shane Jennings try in the first half helped Leinster to a 16-6 half-time lead, with Jamie Heaslip getting the second try in the second half.


2013 Pro12 Grand Final
It was Jonathan Sexton's final match for Leinster before joining Racing Métro, and also coach Joe Schmidt's last match before taking over as head coach of the Irish rugby team.


2013 Pro12 Grand Final, Route to the final, 2013 Playoffs
The semi-finals were played on the weekend of 10/11 May 2013; these followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system with the games being played at the home ground of the higher placed teams.


2013 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Details
Touch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)Television match official:Dermot Moloney (Ireland)


2013 Prosperita Open
The 2013 Prosperita Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic between 29 April and 5 May 2013.


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


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


2013 Prosperita Open – Doubles
Radu Albot and Teymuraz Gabashvili were the defending champions but Albot decided not to participate. Gabashvili was scheduled to play alongside Lukáš Rosol but they withdrew due to Rosol's right bicep injury. Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus defeated Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk 7–5, 7–5 in the final to win the title.


2013 Prosperita Open – Singles
Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy was the defending champion but decided to participate at the 2013 Tennis Napoli Cup instead. Jiří Veselý won the final by defeating Steve Darcis 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2013 Proton Malaysian Open
The 2013 Proton Malaysian Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 23 and 29 September 2013.


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


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


2013 Proton Malaysian Open – Doubles
Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year. Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen won the title, defeating Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2013 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles
Juan Mónaco was the defending champion but withdrew before the event started.


2013 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles
João Sousa won the title, defeating Julien Benneteau 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 in the final. It was the first ATP World Tour singles title ever won by a Portuguese.


2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship
The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the 19th British Formula Renault Championship organized by the British Automobile Racing Club and the second season as the premier Formula Renault 2.0 championship in the United Kingdom. The season began at Donington Park on 14 April and ended on 29 September at Silverstone Circuit. The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and expanded from fourteen to sixteen rounds at six events all held in England, with four triple header events.


2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship
The series has undergone rebranding after the BARC Championship became the prominent Formula Renault Championship in the United Kingdom. The series took the name Protyre Formula Renault Championship, dropping the BARC tag after its growth into one of the leading national single seater championships in Great Britain.


2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship, Race calendar
The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings and expanded to sixteen rounds at six events, with four triple header events. A championship calendar was released on 14 December 2012, with the final round once again in support of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship. All rounds will held in England.


2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship, Championship standings
A driver's best 15 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.


2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship, Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup
The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup will be the 16th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the second all BARC championship only winter series. The series will be held at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 16 and 17 November. The meeting will take a two-day format with one qualifying and two races held each day, creating a four race championship.


2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship, Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup
It becomes a place of only the 16 November was scheduled for more than changed, the race was changed to three races.


2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship, Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup, Race calendar and results
The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 2 September 2013, with all rounds held at Rockingham Motor Speedway in England.


2013 Provo Premier League
The 2013 Provo Premier League was the 15th season of top-tier football in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It began on 2 February 2013 and ended on 6 April 2013.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens
The 2013 New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament known as the Pub Charity Sevens will be hosted in Queenstown, New Zealand, on the 12 & 13 January 2013. It will be the 10th and final year Queenstown has hosted the event, with matches to be played at the Queenstown Recreational Ground and Jack Reid Park in Arrowtown. Sixteen men's provincial teams have qualified to compete in the annual national tournament following three regional tournaments (Southern, Central and Northern regions) in November and December.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Format
Teams from the 26 Provincial Unions have to qualify to attend at the National Event in Queenstown. The teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Qualifying
2013 Pub Charity Rugby Sevens qualifying began on the 24 November 2012 in Timaru, where 16 teams earned a place in the tournament, this automatically qualified them for the event in Queenstown.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Qualifying, Southern Region
Otago defeated Canterbury 34-21 in the men's Final to claim the Tofa Shield. Canterbury, Tasman, Southland and tournament hosts South Canterbury have all qualified for the men's National Sevens for 2013. Otago are not required to qualify given they host the Nationals in Queenstown but they won the event and so it was down to the other 3 semi-finalists plus the winner of the 5th/6th playoff.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Qualifying, Northern Region
Of the eight men’s teams competing, there are six spots up for grabs for nationals and with the Auckland Barbarians not eligible to qualify it means just one team will miss out. Auckland will host the Northern Region National Sevens Qualifying tournamentat the Waitemata rugby Club.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Qualifying, Northern Region
Waikato, North Harbour, Auckland, Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty and Northland all qualified for 2013. Just one team missed out. That was Thames Valley this year, who lost their 6th v 7th playoff to Northland 15-10.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Qualifying, Central Region
The Men’s competition will follow a cross pool structure with teams being split into two pools of three, each team will play all teams from the opposing pool to develop a ranking system for playoffs. Pools were selected based on official rankings from the 2012 National sevens held in Queenstown.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Qualifying, Central Region
Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wairarapa Bush and Wellington all qualified for the men's 2013 Pub Charity Sevens with Horowhenua Kapiti missing out after finishing 6th.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Pool stage
The first round, or pool stage, saw the 16 teams divided into four pools of four teams. Each pool was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded three points for a win, two points for a draw and one for a defeat.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Pool stage
The teams finishing in the top two of each pool advanced to the cup quarterfinals.


2013 Pub Charity Sevens, Pool stage
Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, TF = tries for, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, +/− = sum total of points for/against, Pts = pool points


2013 Puerto Rico teachers protest
The 2013 Puerto Rico teachers protest is an ongoing protest staged by the teachers of Puerto Rico's public school system which began on December 19, 2013. During the protest, teachers from the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation took over the floor of the Senate of Puerto Rico with the intention of halting an extraordinary session called by Governor Alejandro García Padilla. Padilla was going  to order a reform of the Puerto Rico Teachers Pension System.


2013 Puerto Rico teachers protest
The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate of Puerto Rico stated he could not guarantee the safety of those in the hemicycle of the Capitol of Puerto Rico that houses the Senate. Both the Governor and the President of the Senate of Puerto Rico, Eduardo Bhatia, asked the Puerto Rico Joint Forces of Rapid Action (FURA) and the Puerto Rico Police to not intervene nor attempt to remove the protesters.


2013 Pulitzer Prize
The 2013 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on April 15, 2013 by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2012 calendar year.


2013 Punggol East by-election
A by-election for the Punggol East Single Member Constituency in Singapore was held on 26 January 2013 with Lee Li Lian from the Worker's Party as the winning candidate. This followed due to the resignation of former parliamentary speaker Michael Palmer from the People's Action Party on 12 December 2012.


2013 Punggol East by-election
This was the 17th by-election since the first election, and the second by-election in as many years. The Nomination Day was held on 16 January 2013, while Polling Day was on 26 January 2013. This was also returning officer, Yam Ah Mee's last stint, following his resignation from the People's Association.


2013 Punggol East by-election
On 26 January 2013, Lee Li Lian of the Workers' Party was elected as the Member of Parliament for Punggol East SMC, marking the second by-election victory for an opposition party after 1981. It also marked as a second SMC won by the Worker's Party.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Background
The by-election was called by President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong after the seat of Punggol East was left vacant when then the incumbent, then Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer, resigned from his seat due to him having an extramarital affair.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Background
A local tabloid, The New Paper, reported that they received a tip-off on 8 December 2012, in the form of screengrabs of phone messages that the Speaker of Parliament, Michael Palmer was having an extramarital affair. The messages suggested that the two had close relationship and met regularly on Mondays. The New Paper also stated that they have been in this relationship for a year. On the same Saturday, Palmer met DPM Teo Chee Hean to tender his resignation as speaker and MP. The next day, PM Lee Hsien Loong met Palmer to confirm his resignation.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Background
On 12 December 2012, the PAP called a press conference where Palmer announced that he resigned to "take full responsibility for a grave mistake" for having an improper relationship with a PA staff working in the Pasir Ris West constituency office, Laura Ong. Although Ong did not work under Palmer, Punggol East belonged to the Pasir Ris-Punggol division and Punggol East still works together on constituencies affairs.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Background
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean announced at the press conference announced that Teo Ser Luck will be the interim MP for Punggol East, while Zainal Sapari would be the new chairman for the Pasir Ris-Punggol town council. Deputy Speaker Charles Chong served as the Acting Speaker until 14 January 2013 where Halimah Yacob became the new speaker.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Background, Confirmation of by-election
On 9 January 2013, President Tony Tan Keng Yam issued a writ of election for the electoral division of Punggol East. The nominations was held on 16 January at North Vista Secondary School and voting took place on 26 January.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Candidates
On 10 January 2013, PAP unveiled their candidate to stand in the by-election, Dr Koh Poh Koon, a 40-year-old colorectal surgeon from Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. Four days later, WP unveiled a previously-contested candidate Lee Li Lian.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Candidates
In a press statement to the media on 15 January 2013, the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) announced secretary-general Desmond Lim as its candidates. At a news conference outside Rivervale Plaza later on the evening, the Reform Party (RP) announce that chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam will be the fourth candidate.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Candidates
The Singapore Democratic Party initially expressed interest in contesting the election, even proposing a joint campaign with the WP, but on 15 January, the SDP announced its decision not to contest the by-election and backed WP.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Candidates
There were potential independent candidates who declared their intentions to run. They included former People's Liberal Democratic Party founder Ooi Boon Ewe, retired acupuncturist Zeng Guoyuan and former Singapore People's Party member Benjamin Pwee, who later pulled out of the race, citing the lack of time to run under a party banner as a reason for pulling out.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Results
Before results were announced, SDA's Desmond Lim conceded at about 10.42pm (SGT) thanking his supporters and vowed to 'keep SDA's flame alive' in the next election.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Results
Results were announced on 10.57pm (SGT) where WP's Lee was declared candidate-elect with a 54.52% out of 29,415 valid votes, beating PAP's rival Koh with a 43.71% vote.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Results
Two candidates had forfeited their $14,500 election deposit, namely Kenneth Jeyaretnam and Desmond Lim with 1.20% and 0.57% of the votes respectively, with the latter becoming the second candidate to have his election deposit forfeited twice since Harbans Singh, and setting a record-low vote share surpassing Teo Kim Hoe's former record of 196 votes or 0.81%, in post-independence Singapore; Lim's vote count would later be shattered in the 2015 elections by another candidate, Samir Salim Neji, with 150 votes or 0.60%.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Results
Overseas votes were tabulated four days after the by-election, on 30 January, seeing a 0.02% change in the top two parties after Koh and Lee received 19 and 7 votes respectively (there is only one spoilt and 32 abstained votes). The results are as follows:


2013 Punggol East by-election, Aftermath
The election had seen another setback for the PAP since the formation of the 12th Parliament after the 2011 election where WP won Aljunied GRC. WP subsequently made history with Lee becoming the first female MP in post-independence to helm a SMC and the second female opposition MP to do so after WP's chair Sylvia Lim. It was also the second by-election since 1981 in which PAP lost a parliamentary seat of Anson SMC during the term to the opposition. Lee was sworn-in to parliament a week later on 4 February.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Aftermath
Prime Minister Lee congratulated WP for the victory and respected the voter's decision, and further cited that in a by-election, voters were seen choosing for an MP and not government, and encouraged them to vote for the opposition.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Aftermath
He then announced that the government will now focus on current national issues in Parliament including the Population White Paper and the annual Budget statement, and mentioned that the PAP are prepared for a long term with time to deliver results, and would continue to work to improve the lives of Singaporeans, and present the report card for voters to judge in the next general election.


2013 Punggol East by-election, Aftermath
In the 2015 elections, PAP's Koh would be MP-elect for the Yio Chu Kang division under Ang Mo Kio GRC (and later Tampines GRC in 2020), but Lee was unable to retain the seat for a second term and returning Punggol East to the PAP-fold which was won by Joo Chiat SMC candidate Charles Chong in a narrow winning margin. Punggol East SMC would be defunct on a redistricting of boundaries in the 2020 elections under a new constituency of Sengkang GRC; WP would go on to win the GRC, eventually returning Punggol East (now renamed to Rivervale) back to the WP-fold.


2013 Punjab provincial election
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in the provinces of Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.


2013 Punjab provincial election
The Pakistan Muslim League (N) returned triumphant in this elections, retaining Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab. They obtained 313 out of 371 total seats, giving them a comfortable 4/5 majority in the assembly.


2013 Punjab provincial election, Background
In the 2008 elections, the PML (N) and the PPP formed a coalition government, with PML (N) as the senior party and Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab. However, in 2011, the PPP was expelled from this coalition due to corruption in the Federal Government, (which was led by the PPP at the time).


2013 Punjab provincial election, Campaign
Overall, due to general mistrust with the federal government, the PML (N) was running on a wave of popular support in Punjab on an anti-PPP platform, due to widespread loadshedding, a slow economic growth rate, and general incompetence in the Federal Level.


2013 Punjab provincial election, Campaign
On 30 October 2011, former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan held a rally in Punjab's capital city: Lahore. This rally attracted over 100,000 of his supporters and was a power show of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Following this, the popularity of the PTI rapidly increased and it emerged as the main challenger to the PML (N) in Punjab.


2013 Punjab provincial election, Campaign
Both parties ran on two different platforms: Pakistan Muslim League (N) ran on the issues of tackling the energy conservation crisis, economic reforms and construction of new infrastructure in the country, while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ran on a more welfarist, centrist and anti-establishment platform, claiming to be an alternative to both mainstream parties.


2013 Punjab provincial election, Aftermath
Following the elections, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out with well above a supermajority landslide in the assembly with 313 seats, and were comfortably able to form a government. They were followed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which held only 30 seats.


2013 Punjab provincial election, Aftermath
This election was notable for the downfall of the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), which both held 106 and 79 seats respectively before the election and were reduced to merely 8 seats each, due to the rise of PTI and PML (N), although the sheer numbers that the PML (N) held in the assembly shocked many analysts.


2013 Punjab provincial election, Aftermath
Shehbaz Sharif, brother of PML (N) chairman and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, became Chief Minister for the third time in his life, securing over 300 votes in the assembly.


2013 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2013 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers competed in the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue was led by head coach Darrell Hazell, who was in his first season.


2013 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Purdue finished the season with a 1–11 record, 0–8 in Big Ten play, to finish in sixth place in the Leaders Division, failing to qualify for a bowl game. The team was the first Purdue team to go winless in conference play since the 1993 Purdue Boilermakers football team.


2013 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Recruiting, Recruits
Purdue's recruiting class was ranked No. 57 by Scout No. 56 by Rivals and No. 50 by ESPN. The program received 23 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 6, 2013. On June 13, Purdue signee, TyVel Jemison, decided to not attend Purdue and choose to enroll at Grand Valley State.


2013 Pure Michigan 400
The 2013 Pure Michigan 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 18, 2013, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the 2.0-mile (3.2 km) superspeedway, it was the twenty-third race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Joey Logano of Penske Racing won the race, his first of the season. Kevin Harvick finished second while Kurt Busch, Paul Menard, and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five.


2013 Pure Michigan 400, Report, Background
Michigan International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Opened in 1960, the track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the 3,600-foot-long front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at twelve degrees. The back stretch, has a five degree banking and is 2,242 feet long. Michigan International Speedway has a grandstand seating capacity of 84,000 people. Greg Biffle was the defending race winner after winning the race in 2012.


2013 Pure Michigan 400, Report, Background
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 808 points, while Clint Bowyer stood in second with 733 points. Carl Edwards followed in the third with 728, twenty-one points ahead of Kevin Harvick and thirty-five ahead of Kyle Busch in fourth and fifth. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., with 670, was in sixth; eleven ahead of Matt Kenseth, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Brad Keselowski was seven points ahead of Biffle and nine ahead of Martin Truex, Jr. in ninth and tenth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 156 points, twelve points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third with 111 points.


2013 Pure Michigan 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race. The first session, scheduled on August 16, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third, held a day later on August 17, 2013, were each 55 minutes long. The qualifying for the event was the final ever broadcast for Speed, when Fox NASCAR play-by-play announcer Mike Joy said the final moments of Speed Channel and Fox NFL Sunday host Curt Menefee introduced Fox Sports 1 the following day.


2013 Puskás Cup
The 2013 Puskás Cup was the sixth edition of the Puskás Cup and took place 29 March to 1 April. Budapest Honvéd were the defending champions. Real Madrid won their second title by defeating Panathinaikos 2–0 in the final.


2013 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
The 2013 Qatar Crown Prince Cup will be the 19th edition of the Qatar Crown Prince Cup and will take place from April 27 to May 4. The cup is contested by the top four finishers in 2012–13 Qatar Stars League.


2013 Qatar Open
The 2013 Qatar Open (also known as 2013 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from December 31, 2012 through January 5, 2013.


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


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


2013 Qatar Open – Doubles
Filip Polášek and Lukáš Rosol were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Polášek partnered up Julian Knowle, while Rosol decided not to participate. Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber won the title winning against Knowle and Polášek by 7–5, 6–4.


2013 Qatar Open – Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but chose to compete at the Hopman Cup instead. Richard Gasquet won the 2013 tournament by beating Nikolay Davydenko 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 in the final.


2013 Qatar Total Open
The 2013 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 17 February 2013.


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


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


2013 Qatar Total Open – Doubles
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but decided not to participate together this year. Huber played alongside Hsieh Su-wei, but lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round while Raymond partnered up with Samantha Stosur, but lost to Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in the quarterfinals. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final 2–6, 6–3, [10–6].


2013 Qatar Total Open – Doubles, Seeds
The first four seeds received byes into the second round.


2013 Qatar Total Open – Singles
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka successfully defended her title, beating world no. 2 Serena Williams in the final, 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3.


2013 Qatar Total Open – Singles
All of the top three seeds (Azarenka, Williams and Maria Sharapova) were in contention for the World No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Williams regained the World No. 1 ranking for the first time since October 2010, becoming the oldest No. 1 player in the history of the WTA after she beat Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals. She would remain the world No. 1 for a further 186 weeks until September 12, 2016, when she was replaced by Angelique Kerber, tying Steffi Graf's record for longest consecutive spell at No. 1.


2013 Qatar Total Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2013 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2013 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit near Doha in Qatar on 7 April 2013.


2013 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.


2013 Qingdao oil pipeline explosion
The 2013 Qingdao oil pipeline explosion occurred on 22 November 2013, when an oil pipeline in Chinese city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, China leaked and caught fire and exploded. The blast killed at least 62 people. At least nine people were detained by the police.


2013 Quaker State 400
The 2013 Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race scheduled to be held on June 29, 2013, at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, United States, but was postponed to June 30 because of persistent rain. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval, it was the seventeenth race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Matt Kenseth of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his fourth win of the 2013 season, while Jamie McMurray finished second. Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held on June 28 in preparation for the race. The first session was 60 minutes, while second session was 90 minutes long.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
During the first practice session, Kevin Harvick, for the Richard Childress Racing team, was quickest ahead of Jimmie Johnson in second and Brad Keselowski in third. Kurt Busch was scored fourth, and Jeff Gordon managed fifth. Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers, Juan Pablo Montoya, Paul Menard, and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. In the final practice session for the race, Johnson was quickest with a time of 29.819 seconds. Carl Edwards followed in second, ahead of Kyle Busch and Gordon in third and fourth. Jeff Burton, who was twelfth quickest in second practice, managed fifth.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
During qualifying,  Dale Earnhardt, Jr. clinched his twelfth career pole position, with a record lap time of 29.406 seconds and a speed of 183.636 miles per hour (295.533 km/h). After his qualifying run, Earnhardt, Jr. said, "We thought we had a top-five car in practice, and we got some good cloud cover about six or seven cars in front of us before we went to qualify, and that brought the track temp down to give us a good advantage," Earnhardt said.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
"It gave us a good opportunity to run a bit quicker lap than maybe what the car had in it." He was joined on the front row of the grid by Edwards. Johnson qualified third, Kyle Busch took fourth, and Marcos Ambrose started fifth. Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Keselowski, Vickers, and Montoya completed the first ten positions on the grid.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Start, First half
The race was scheduled to start Saturday at 8:00 p.m., but pushed to Sunday afternoon due to rain, at 12:00 p.m. E.T., This prompted NASCAR to have a competition caution on Lap 30. Carl Edwards led lap 1.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Start, First half
The race ran 29 laps before the first caution, which was the competition caution, The race restarted on lap 36, and four laps later, the second caution of the race came out for a tire blowout on lap 39, The race restarted on lap 48, and the third caution of the race flew on lap 49 for a multi-car wreck in the , Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch and others were involved in the incident, it started with Brad Keselowski spinning in the grass, and took out multiple cars, The red flag was displayed with Jimmie Johnson the race leader, it was lifted after 18 minutes and 34 seconds The race restarted on lap 51. A couple laps later, The fourth caution came out on lap 89 for debris on the track.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Start, First half
David Gilliland blew a tire and brought out the fifth caution, Kasey Kahne won the free pass, The race restarted on lap 94. The fifth caution of the race came out on lap 149, Jeff Gordon won the free pass under caution. The race restarted on lap 154, Jimmie Johnson took the lead, The fifth caution then came out on lap 241 for a tire blowout.


2013 Quaker State 400, Report, Start, Wreck again and finish
The race restarted on lap 243 and the sixth caution came out for a wreck again, on lap 246, the race restarted on lap 250, Matt Kenseth won his first race at Kentucky.


2013 Quebec City municipal election
The 2013 Quebec City municipal election took place on November 3, 2013, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The election is in conjunction with 2013 Quebec municipal elections to be held across the province on the same date.


2013 Quebec City municipal election
Quebec City Council voted to reduce the number of councillors from 27 to 21 in time for the 2013 municipal election.


2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election
The Quebec Liberal Party held a leadership convention in 2013 following Jean Charest's resignation after the party's 2012 election loss. The convention was held March 16–17, 2013, at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal. The choice of venue was in part influenced by a lack of funds due to a recent drop in donations to the party. Philippe Couillard was elected on the first ballot.


2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Procedure
Candidates had until December 14, 2012 to be nominated by gathering the signatures of 500 party members from 50 ridings in 10 regions and submitting a $50,000 deposit. There was a $600,000 spending limit. Liberal riding associations in each of the province's 125 ridings were to select 24 delegates between February 4 and March 10, 2013. The party was unable to afford to pay delegates' travel expenses. Instead, the candidates themselves were allowed to reimburse the delegates. There were 5 debates, including one entirely in English. The rules and timeline were formally adopted on October 21, 2012, the day before the official start of the campaign.


2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Procedure
The election was done in a traditional leadership convention format, in which delegates on the convention floor chose the leader. Each riding's 24 delegates was supposed to include an equal number of men and women and 8 members of the youth wing, although some ridings were unable to send a full delegation. It was the party's first contested leadership convention since 1983.


2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Official candidates, Raymond Bachand
Member of National Assembly for Outremont since 2005. Minister of Finance until 2012, former aide to Parti Québécois Premier René Lévesque.


2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Official candidates, Philippe Couillard
Member of National Assembly for Mont-Royal 2003–2007, Jean-Talon 2007–2008. Minister of Health until 2008.


2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Official candidates, Pierre Moreau
Member of National Assembly for Marguerite-D'Youville 2003–2007, Châteauguay since 2008. Former Minister of Transport.


2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Withdrawn candidates, Jean David
Former Cirque du Soleil marketing vice-president. President of the party's youth wing from 1971 to 1972. Chair of the party's policy commission from 1999 to 2002, when he quit the party. David admitted at the beginning of his campaign he may not be able to meet the requirements to become an official candidate. He withdrew from the race two days before the deadline to submit his nomination papers, after failing to get the requisite 500 signatures in 50 ridings.


2013 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship
The 2013 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship (also known as the Quebec Tankard) was held from January 21 to 27 at the Complexe Sportif Victoriaville in Victoriaville, Quebec. The winning team represented Quebec at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Alberta.


2013 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).


2013 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2013 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from January 22 to 27 at the Centre sportif Victoriaville in Victoriaville, Quebec. The winning team will represent Quebec at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ontario,


2013 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).


2013 Quebec municipal elections
The Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections on November 3, 2013. Below are the results by region.


2013 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Queen's Birthday Honours 2013 were announced on 10 June 2013 by the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce.


2013 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia), Public Service Medal (PSM), Australian Public Service
Australian Government Chief Information Officer and head of the Australian Government Information Management Office.


2013 Queensland Basketball League season
The 2013 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 28th running of the competition. The Rockhampton Rockets won the championship in 2013 to claim their fourth league title.


2013 Queensland Basketball League season
The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Mackay Meteors, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Suncoast Clippers, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat.


2013 Queensland Basketball League season, Standings, Finals
*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.


2013 Queensland Basketball League season, Standings, Finals
* *The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.


2013 Queensland Cup
The 2013 Queensland Cup season was the 18th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.


2013 Queensland Cup
The Mackay Cutters won their first premiership after defeating the Easts Tigers 27–20 in the Grand Final at North Ipswich Reserve. Easts Tigers' five-eighth Cody Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.


2013 Queensland Cup, Teams
In 2013, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year. After partnering with the Gold Coast Titans since 2007, the Ipswich Jets became an affiliate of the Brisbane Broncos.


2013 Queensland Cup, Grand Final
Easts, who finished the regular season in third, qualified for their third Grand Final after upsetting the second-placed Mackay in Week 1 and the first-placed Northern Pride in the major semi final. Mackay, after losing to Easts, defeated Ipswich in the minor semi final and upset the Pride 20–6 in the preliminary final to qualify for their first Grand Final.


2013 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half
Easts were the first team to get on the board in the decided when centre Junior Sa'u scored in the 9th minute. In the 25th minute, they extended their lead to eight when Mackay put a dropout out on the full, kicking a penalty goal from right in front. The Cutters finally cracked the Tigers when winger Bureta Faraimo crossed in the right corner in the 29th minute. They took the lead for the first time when Faraimo scored his second in the 32nd minute, sprinting 50 metres down the sideline after a pass from his centre Michael Morgan. The lead didn't last long, as Easts scored in the 38th minute, when Sa'u latched onto a kick that the Cutters let bounce to score his second try.


2013 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
Mackay levelled the scores at 14-all seven minutes into the second half when winger David Milne scored in the left corner. In the 64th minute, Mackay captured their second lead of the contest when Morgan picked up a loose ball and ran 50 metres to score in the right corner. Again, the lead did not last long, as Easts' prop Mitch Garbutt muscled over to score in the 69th minute. The Cutters took a one-point lead when halfback Matt Minto slotted a field goal from 20 metres out with six minutes left in the game. Mackay sealed the win in the 79th minute when hooker Anthony Mitchell darted from dummy half to score and secure the club's first Queensland Cup premiership. Mitchell was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for Man of Match.


2013 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
A North Queensland Cowboys feeder club, the Cutters' side featured Michael Morgan and Jason Taumalolo, who would both go on to become NRL regulars for the Cowboys and play in the club's 2015 NRL Grand Final win over the Brisbane Broncos.


2013 Queensland Firebirds season
The 2013 Queensland Firebirds season saw Queensland Firebirds compete in the 2013 ANZ Championship. During the regular season Firebirds finished fourth, qualifying for the play offs. In the minor semi-final they defeated  Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 53–50  and in the preliminary final they defeated Melbourne Vixens 50–46. They were then defeated in the grand final by Adelaide Thunderbirds.


2013 Queensland Firebirds season, Melbourne Vixens Summer Challenge
The main pre-season event was the Summer Challenge, hosted by Melbourne Vixens at the State Netball Hockey Centre on 23 and 24 February. Queensland Firebirds were unbeaten, winning all three of their games.


2013 Quezon City local elections
Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 13, 2013 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and six councilors at-large for each district.


2013 Quezon City local elections
Like in the previous election, Mayor Herbert Bautista and his running mate Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte of the Liberal Party garnered huge leads over their rivals. Candidates of the Liberal Party won all the congressional seats in the city.


2013 Quezon City local elections, Mayoral election results
Herbert Bautista is the incumbent. Romeo Acebedo was disqualified by the COMELEC for being a nuisance candidate.


2013 Quezon City local elections, Vice Mayoral election results
Josefina Belmonte is the incumbent. Allan Bantilo and Fermin Idea were disqualified by the COMELEC for being nuisance candidates.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 1st District
Incumbent Vincent "Bingbong" Crisologo is on his last term, having served as Representative of the 1st District from 2004-2013.; his wife Rita is his party's nominee. She  lost to Councilor Francisco Calalay.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 2nd District
The second district of Quezon City was redistricted into three districts. The district that will continue to carry the "second district" name is the one surrounding the Batasang Pambansa Complex, immediately south of the La Mesa Dam watershed.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 2nd District
Winston Castelo, the incumbent 2nd district representative, is running here.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 3rd District
Jorge Banal, Jr. is the incumbent, his opponent is former congressman Matias Defensor, Jr.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 4th District
Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is the incumbent.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 5th District
The 5th district comes from old 2nd district's northernmost area, comprising most of Novaliches.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 5th District
Actor and councilor Alfred Vargas won against former representatives Mary Ann Susano and Dante Liban and broadcaster Gani Oro.


2013 Quezon City local elections, House of Representative Elections, 6th District
The 6th district comprises the old 2nd district's southernmost parts (Balintawak and Tandang Sora areas). Lawyer Christopher "Kit" Belmonte, who ranked second to Winston Castelo in the 2010 polls), is running unopposed.


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


2013 Quezon local elections, Background
Incumbent David Suarez is running for a second term as governor of Quezon under the National Unity Party. Suarez assumed the governorship after defeating Rafael Nantes in the 2010 elections. His running mate is 2nd district board member Romano Franco Talaga.


2013 Quezon local elections, Background
Irvin Alcala, incumbent representative of the 2nd district of Quezon and son of incumbent Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala is running under the Liberal Party. Alcala was elected representative in 2010, as replacement of his father who did not run and was later appointed as Agriculture Secretary. His running mate is Samuel Nantes, son of former governor Rafael Nantes who became governor in 2007 until his death on May 17, 2010.


2013 Quezon local elections, Provincial elections
The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.


2013 Quezon local elections, Congressional elections, 2nd District
Incumbent Irvin Alcala is running for the governorship; his uncle, Vice Governor Vicente Alcala, is his party's nominee.


2013 Quezon local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Incumbent Danilo Suarez is term limited; his wife, former congresswoman Aleta Suarez, is his party's nominee.


2013 Quezon local elections, Congressional elections, 4th District
Incumbent Lorenzo Tañada III is term limited; his brother Wigberto Jr. is his party's nominee.


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Burdeos
Gil Establecida is the incumbent, his opponent is councilor Freddie Aman.


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, General Nakar
Obing Ruzol is the incumbent, his opponent is former mayor Hernando Avellaneda, Sr.


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Infanta
Incumbent mayor Grace America is term-limited and running for vice mayor instead, her party nominate councilor Rodante Potes. his main opponent is vice mayor Ricardo Macasaet III.


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Jomalig
Rodel Tena is the incumbent, his opponents are vice mayor Ruben Belda and Alex Enverga.


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Lucban
Incumbent mayor Moises Villasenor is term-limited, his party nominate his son Marvin Loui Villasenor.


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Pagbilao
Incumbent Romeo Portes is not running; his daughter, councilor Shierre Ann Portes-Palicpic, is running for her position under NUP


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Patnanungan
Danteo Eusebio is the incumbent, his opponents are councilor Ellen Malarasta and Saling Abrazando.


2013 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Real
Incumbent Joel Amando Diestro is running for his reelection independent.


2013 Quicken Loans 400
The 2013 Quicken Loans 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 16, 2013, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, United States. Contested over 200 laps on the two–mile (3.2 km) superspeedway, it was the fifteenth race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Greg Biffle of Roush Fenway Racing won the race, his first win of the 2013 season, while Kevin Harvick finished second. Martin Truex, Jr., Kyle Busch, and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five. It was also Biffle's 19th and final Cup Series win.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Background
Michigan International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Opened in 1968, the track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the 3,600-foot-long front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at twelve degrees. The back stretch, has a five degree banking and is 2,242 feet long. Michigan International Speedway has a grandstand seating capacity of 71,000 people, with 13,000 seats having been removed from turns 3 and 4 since the race weekend in August 2012. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the defending race winner, having won the event in 2012.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Background
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 521 points, while Carl Edwards stood in second with 470 points. Clint Bowyer followed in the third with 452, thirteen points ahead of fourth-placed Earnhardt, Jr. and eighteen ahead of fifth-placed Kevin Harvick. Matt Kenseth, with 418, was in sixth; six ahead of Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Kasey Kahne was two points ahead of ninth-placed Brad Keselowski and five ahead of Greg Biffle, who rounded out the top ten. Jeff Gordon was eleventh with 393, while Paul Menard completed the first twelve positions with 385 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 101 points, thirteen points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third after recording only 70 points before the race.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race. The first session, held on June 14, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third sessions, held a day later on June 15, were 55 and 60 minutes long, respectively. During the first practice session, Kasey Kahne was quickest with a fastest time of 35.889 seconds. Kurt Busch, who was 0.068 seconds slower, followed in second, ahead of Aric Almirola in third and Kevin Harvick in fourth. With a fastest time of 36.014 seconds, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. managed to be fifth quickest.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
During qualifying, forty-four cars were entered, meaning only one car would not obtain a spot in the race per NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Carl Edwards clinched his twelfth career pole position, with a lap time of 35.564 seconds and a speed of 202.452 miles per hour (325.815 km/h). After his qualifying run, Edwards commented on his results, saying, "This is one lap, and it's good. I'm really happy.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
The process that's going to put us out front of Hendrick Motorsports and the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing and the rest of the guys we race against on Sunday, this process is just starting. We can use these positive things, like the pole position, hopefully a win, Greg [Biffle's] run last week, we can move forward. We've just got to keep moving forward. There's not a faster car in the place than our car today, and that's a big deal.” He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kurt Busch. Kasey Kahne qualified third, Paul Menard took fourth, and Aric Almirola ranked fifth. Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, and Juan Pablo Montoya completed the first ten positions on the grid. The driver who failed to qualify for the race was Scott Riggs.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
In the Saturday morning practice session, Kurt Busch was quickest with a fastest lap time of 35.829 seconds, over two-tenths ahead of Carl Edwards in second and Jimmie Johnson in third. Paul Menard and Mark Martin followed in the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, and Aric Almirola rounded out the first ten positions. In the final practice session for the race, Kurt Busch remained quickest with a time of 36.480 seconds, 0.651 slower than his fastest time of the second practice session. Kahne followed in second, ahead of Martin in third and Johnson in fourth. Edwards, who was second-quickest in second practice, could only manage fifth.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Race
The race began with Kurt Busch colliding with pole-sitter Carl Edwards in turn 2 on the opening lap in an attempt to grab the lead. Edwards lost multiple positions as a result, and Kurt Busch emerged in front. The first caution flew on lap 6, after Bobby Labonte got loose and spun in turn 2, collecting Jeff Gordon. A competition caution was thrown on lap 20 for the previous night's rain. Kurt Busch lost the lead to Joey Logano during this caution, and only three laps after the subsequent restart, on lap 29, Busch got loose off of turn two and crashed down the back-straightaway.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Race
Afterward, multiple caution flags and different pit stop strategies gave Joey Logano, Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Kasey Kahne turns at leading the race. At one point, Johnson rebounded to the second position after falling to twelfth as a result of a mistake made on a restart. On lap 104 and while leading the race, Kahne experienced a right-front tire failure and crashed into the outside wall in turn 1, setting his car ablaze and eliminating him from the event. Fortunately, Kahne was not harmed by the impact or the fire.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Race
Johnson took over the lead but lost it to Earnhardt during pit stops. On the restart on lap 113, Earnhardt began to pull away from Kenseth and Biffle as Johnson struggled to battle back to the front. Several laps later, Earnhardt developed engine problems and fell off the pace, giving Johnson (who had successfully passed Kenseth and Biffle) the lead. After a few slow laps, Earnhardt's engine blew up, bringing out another caution on lap 131. After taking four tires in the pits, Johnson fell to 20th and Edwards took the lead ahead of Logano, Kenseth, and Biffle.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Race
Following the restart on lap 136, Biffle worked his way past both Kenseth and Logano into second and proceeded to chase down Edwards, passing him for the lead on lap 150 and quickly pulling away afterward. A caution for a right-front tire failure on the car of McMurray occurred in the middle of the last round of pit stops, trapping Edwards a lap down (although he would immediately receive the free pass). Biffle, who had pitted under the green but did not go a lap down, cycled out as the leader.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Race
On the lap of the restart (lap 174), Kenseth got loose off of turn two, causing him to drop several positions while Johnson, who restarted tenth, began to pass cars. Johnson gradually worked his way through the field, eventually passing Harvick to move into second with eight laps to go. However, as Johnson struggled to catch Biffle, he experienced a right-front tire failure off of turn 2 on lap 198, causing him to make contact with the outside wall and relegating him to a 28th-place finish after having to pit to address the tire.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Report, Race
Biffle sped away to take the victory over Harvick, Martin Truex, Jr., Kyle Busch, and Tony Stewart. Biffle's win was the 615th race victory for the Ford marque and 715th for Ford Motor Company in the Cup Series. It was also the 1,000th race victory for Ford Motor Company in NASCAR's three national touring series.


2013 Quicken Loans 400, Results, Race results
Points include 3 Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led.


2013 Quito Challenger
The 2013 Quito Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Quito, Ecuador between 16 and 22 September.


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


2013 Quito Challenger – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Carlos Salamanca were the defending champions but Cabal decided not to participate. Salamanca partnered with Christopher Diaz-Figueroa.


2013 Quito Challenger – Singles
João Souza is the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Giovanni Lapentti. Víctor Estrella of the Dominican Republic won the title over Argentinian Marco Trungelliti 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.


2013 RA109
2013 RA109, is an extreme trans-Neptunian object discovered on September 12, 2013. This object orbits the Sun between 46.0 and 869 AU (6.9 and 130 billion km), and has an orbital period of 9786 years.


2013 RF98
2013 RF98 is a trans-Neptunian object. It was discovered on September 12, 2013 at Cerro Tololo-DECam.


2013 RF98
It is part of the evidence for the Planet Nine hypothesis because it shares a similar argument of perihelion with other potentially shepherded TNOs.


2013 RF98, Discovery, orbit and physical properties
2013 RF98 was discovered by the Dark Energy Survey on September 12, 2013 observing with the 4 m Blanco Telescope from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Its orbit is characterized by high eccentricity (0.897), moderate inclination (29.57º) and a semi-major axis of 349 AU. Upon discovery, it was classified as a trans-Neptunian object. Its orbit is relatively well determined; as of January 11, 2017 its orbital solution is based on 51 observations spanning a data-arc of 1092 days. 2013 RF98 has an absolute magnitude of 8.7 which gives a characteristic diameter of 50 to 120 km for an assumed albedo in the range 0.25–0.05.


2013 RF98, Discovery, orbit and physical properties
It came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) around October 2009 and was last observed in September 2016. As of October 2016, it is 36.6 AU from the Sun. Of the seven objects whose aligned orbits suggest the existence of Planet Nine, it is currently the closest to the Sun. It will be 18.7 AU from Uranus in 2021. It will be in the constellation of Cetus until 2022. It comes to opposition at the start of November.


2013 RF98, Discovery, orbit and physical properties
2013 RF98's orbit is similar to that of (474640) 2004 VN112, suggesting that they may have both been thrown onto their current paths by the same body, or that they may have been the same object (single or binary) at one point.


2013 RF98, Discovery, orbit and physical properties
2013 RF98's visible spectrum is very different from that of 90377 Sedna. The value of its spectral slope suggests that the surface of this object can have pure methane ices (like in the case of Pluto) and highly processed carbons, including some amorphous silicates. Its spectral slope is similar to that of 2004 VN112.


2013 RFL Championship
The 2013 Rugby Football League Championship, which will be known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2013 season is the first season to consist of a 14-team division. This was achieved by scrapping relegation for the 2012 season and having four teams promoted from the Championship 1.


2013 RFL Championship
Relegation to Championship 1 is restored for the 2013 but as in previous years, there is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2015–17 seasons.


2013 RFL Championship
All of the teams in the 2013 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2013 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2013 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.


2013 RFL Championship, Teams
This year's competition features the same 10 teams as it did in 2012 plus the top four teams from the 2012 Championship 1 season, which are Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town.


2013 RFL Championship, Season Standings
This table is correct as of 1 September 2013. Source:  and .


2013 RFL Championship, Season Standings
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.


2013 RFL Championship, Season Results
The regular league season sees the 14 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) over 26 matches. The top eight teams at the end of the regular season goes through to the play-offs to determine the winners of the Championship.


2013 RFL Championship season results
This is a list of the 2013 RFL Championship season results. The Championship is the second-tier rugby league competition in the United Kingdom. The 2013 season started on 31 January and ends on 29 September with the Grand Final at Leigh Sports Village in Leigh, Greater Manchester, which replaces the previous venue of the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington. 2013 is the first season to consist of a 14-team division, with the league expanding from 10 teams following the promotion of the top 4 teams from the 2012 Championship 1 season, Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town.


2013 RFL Championship season results
The 2013 season consists of two stages. The regular season was played over 26 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition played each other once at home and once away. In the Championship, a win was worth three points in the table, a draw worth two points apiece, and a loss by 12 points or less during the game earned one bonus point. Defeats by more than 12 points yielded no points.


2013 RFL Championship season results
The Championship will be decided through the second stage of the season, the play-offs, which has been re-structured following the expansion. The play-offs now adopts the 8-team play-off, similar to what is used in the  Super League with the top eight teams in the table contest to play in the Grand Final, the winners of which will be crowned champions. A decision whether to use the club-call system, as used in Super League, will be taken during the regular season.


2013 RFL Championship season results, Play-offs
The play-offs will commence following the conclusion of the regular season and includes the top eight sides from the league and uses a top 8 play-off system, similar to Super League and AFL, culminating in the grand final at Leigh Sports Village in Leigh, Greater Manchester, home of Championship sides Leigh Centurions and Swinton Lions. Unlike the Super League playoffs, there is no Club Call in week three.


2013 RFL Championship season results, Play-offs, Play-off ladder
Week 1. Qualifying/Elimination play-offs: Fixtures decided by regular reason finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage. Week 2. Preliminary semi-finals: Fixtures decided by regular season finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage. Week 3. Qualifying semi-finals: Winners of Qualifying play-offs play winners of Qualifying semi-finals. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Winners of Qualifying play-offs receive home ground advantage.


2013 RFL Championship season results, Play-offs, Notes
A. Match re-arranged for August due to Leigh's Challenge Cup Quarter Final tie


2013 RFL Championship season results, Notes
A.  Matches originally postponed on 24 March due to snowB. Match postponed on 14 April due to pitch safety issuesC.  Match re-arranged from 14 July due to Sheffield's Challenge Cup quarter final tieD.  Matches re-arranged from 21 July due to Northern Rail Cup final


2013 RH74
2013 RH74 is an Apollo asteroid and a near-Earth object discovered in September 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey. The asteroid is roughly 300 meters in diameter. It was listed on the Sentry Risk Table in September 2013. It was detected by radar soon after discovery. On 2013-Oct-17 the asteroid passed 0.05258 AU (7,866,000 km; 4,888,000 mi) from Earth.


2013 Race of Champions
The 2013 Race of Champions was due to be the 26th running of the Race of Champions, and was due to take place over 14–15 December 2013 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. However the event was cancelled on 2 December due to political unrest in Bangkok.


2013 Race of Champions, Participants
Champions from numerous series were invited, while also invited was nine-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen.


2013 Race of Champions, Participants
Listed below are drivers who had been announced to compete prior to the event's cancellation.


2013 Race of Champions, The track
A 697 metres tarmac track was constructed in the Rajamangala Stadium. The track had a bridge to connect the outer lane with the inner lane in an 8 shape track. All the races were planned to be 2 laps (1.394 km).


2013 Radio Disney Music Awards
The 2013 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on April 27, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California, after a five-year hiatus after 2007.


2013 Radio Disney Music Awards, Production
On March 15, 2013, The 2013 Radio Disney Music Awards was confirmed at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, in Los Angeles, California. The awards would be held on April 27, at 6:00 pm. Tickets started selling on March 15, on Ticketmaster. The Radio Disney Music Awards contained 11 categories, with 3 to 5 nominees for votes in 4 weeks.


2013 Radio Disney Music Awards, Heroes for Change Award
Mary Dawson, a 15-year-old student from Los Angeles, won the Heroes for Change for her charity work and her involvement with PressFriends, a project which teaches children how to write. Misha Ahmad, Denzell Perry, Dara Reyes and Ben Harowitz were the other honorees.


2013 RadioShack–Leopard season
The 2013 season for the RadioShack–Leopard cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2013 RadioShack–Leopard season
On 21 December 2012, Nissan announced that they would cease to sponsor the team, with immediate effect.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, regarded as one of the greatest comeback seasons of all time, officially began on February 5 with the ATP Tournament in Viña del Mar in Chile. He lost in the final, but rebounded with victories at São Paulo and Acapulco. He then won the first Masters 1000 event of the year at Indian Wells. Nadal skipped Miami, and finished Runner up to Novak Djokovic at Monte-Carlo. He followed that with victories at Barcelona, Madrid, and then Rome.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season
At the French Open, he defeated Djokovic in an epic semifinal that went to 9–7 in the fifth set, before defeating David Ferrer to win his 8th Roland Garros crown. He was then stunned by Steve Darcis in the first round of Wimbledon, in what would be his only defeat prior to the semifinals all season. Limping in the final set, many people thought his season was over, however a strong summer saw Nadal win Montreal, Cincinnati, and then the U.S. Open (def. Djokovic), thus clinching the Emirates Airlines U.S. Open Series.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season
This granted him 3.6 million US dollars in prize money, the most money earned by a tennis player at a single tournament. A few days after the U.S. Open Final, he flew to Madrid to help Spain secure their World Group Playoff spot for 2014, with a victory against Sergiy Stakhovsky. He also scored a victory in doubles with Marc Lopez. These victories gave him a 75–7 (91.46%) record in singles, and 6–1 (85.71%) record in doubles in 2013.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, South American clay court season
Following 222 days injured, Nadal returned on the tennis court on February 5 at the Chile Open. He played both single and double-events and reached the final in both tournaments. At the double-event he partnered up with the Argentine Juan Mónaco.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, South American clay court season
The next event for Nadal was the Brasil Open in São Paulo. He played again both single and double events, in which he partnered up with David Nalbandian who also was his opponent in the final of the single event. Nadal managed to overcome Nalbandian to win his first title in 2013.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, South American clay court season
Two weeks later Nadal played the Mexico Open in Acapulco where he managed to beat David Ferrer in the final to win his second title in a row in 2013. Following the Golden Swing Nadal confirmed his participation for the hardcourt event BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in the USA taking place from March 4 to March 18.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Indian Wells
In Indian Wells Nadal received a Bye in the first round. In the second round he faced Ryan Harrison and managed to beat him in straight sets. Nadal was drawn to face Leonardo Mayer next, but Mayer withdrew from the tournament due to an injury. Nadal's next opponent was Ernests Gulbis who was on a thirteen match winning streak before Nadal defeated him in three tight sets to reach the quarterfinals where he played against his long-time rival Roger Federer. Nadal was able to overcome Federer in two sets.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Indian Wells
In the semifinals he played the World No. 6 Tomáš Berdych and managed again to win in two sets, which helped him to reach the final for the fourth time in his career. His opponent was Juan Martín del Potro who had previously beaten world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Nadal defeated del Potro in three sets, winning his record-breaking twenty-second ATP Masters 1000 event and his third Indian Wells title. Nadal subsequently withdrew from the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami in order to rest and prepare for the clay court season.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European Clay Court Season
At Monte-Carlo Nadal reached his ninth straight final but lost in two sets to Djokovic. He won in Barcelona in straight sets and then won the Madrid title for a record-breaking 23rd Masters 1000 title, before extending the record to 24 with three top 6 wins in a row against Ferrer, Berdych, and then Federer in an easy two set victory at the 2013 Rome Masters. Nadal capped off his streak with a ninth straight final this year at the 2013 French Open, defeating Djokovic in an epic match that finished 9–7 in the fifth set.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European Clay Court Season
Nadal won the first set and led in the second by a break, but Djokovic then took four straight games to win the set. Nadal responded by dominating the third and led twice by a break in the fourth, but Djokovic broke back on both occasions. As a result, Nadal failed to serve out the match and faltered in the subsequent tiebreak. The momentum seemed to be with Djokovic, who broke at the beginning of the fifth and led 4–2 before Nadal made an impressive comeback. The match was reminiscent of their 2012 encounter at the Australian Open final. This time the match time was 4:37. In the final Nadal thrashed an in-form Ferrer in straight sets, breaking his own record and winning an unprecedented 8th French Open Championship.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European Clay Court Season
During the European clay season, Nadal earned a total of 5,100 points, making it (as of 2017) its most successful year in his entire career.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season
Nadal withdrew from Halle and played at Wimbledon. He was on a 22 match winning streak, when for the first time in his career, he lost a first round match at a Grand Slam, losing in three sets to lower-ranked Steve Darcis of Belgium. Many people speculated that this was the end of the year for Nadal, who was limping and visibly uncomfortable in his match.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, American Hard Court Season
Nadal took a break after Wimbledon. He regained his form in Montreal, destroying dangerous server Jerzy Janowicz in the first round. He then put up a strong performance to beat No.1 Djokovic on the hard courts during the semifinal, beating him in the tie-breaker in the final set. He defeated  Milos Raonic in the final in straight sets to win his third title in Montreal and a record 25th masters title.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, American Hard Court Season
Nadal broke his own record yet again and won his 26th ATP Masters 1000 in  Cincinnati Masters, beating Benjamin Becker, Dimitrov, Federer in the QF, Tomas Berdych, and finally John Isner in the final on Sunday 18 August. Nadal entered the final Major of the year having missed the previous edition last year due to injury. Cruising through the first three rounds, he defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in 4 sets in the 4th round, and then reached the final in winning the rest of matches in straight sets. In the final, Nadal yet again faced Djokovic.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, American Hard Court Season
This was their 6th meeting in a Major final. Rafa took the first set, Novak took the second. But Rafa then gained momentum and won the next two sets to win the title. Thus Rafael Nadal won his second US Open Championship, and his 13th Major overall, putting him third on the all-time list behind Federer (17) and Sampras (14). He became the 3rd player after Patrick Rafter and Andy Roddick to win the Summer Slam (Won Canada, Cincinnati, and the US Open in the same year). He remained undefeated so far on Hard Courts in 2013.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Asian Fall & Indoor Hard Court Season
At the China Open Nadal returned to the No.1 ranking by reaching the final. He had a noteworthy comeback in the quarter-finals against Fabio Fognini, where he fought back from a set and break down to secure the victory. In the final he lost to Djokovic in two sets. Nadal was defeated at the Shanghai Masters by del Potro in the semi-finals. Nadal's final tournament of the year before the World Tour Finals was at the Paris Masters.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Asian Fall & Indoor Hard Court Season
In Paris, Nadal reached the semifinals where he was defeated by compatriot David Ferrer for the first time in their last 10 head-to-head meeting. At the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nadal was unbeaten  (3–0) in round robin play and by winning his first 2 matches sealed the Year End ATP World No. 1 Ranking in the process. In the semifinals Nadal faced long time rival Roger Federer, and recorded his first indoor win against the Swiss at the ATP World Tour Finals in straight sets. In the final he faced Novak Djokovic but lost in straight sets.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Tournament schedule, Singles schedule
1 The symbol (i) = indoors means that the respective tournament will be held indoors.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Tournament schedule, Singles schedule
3 Since Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Swiss open in the final part of the season this tournament became countable and the points were eligible for rankings.


2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly records, Exhibition matches
Rafael Nadal took part in the annual BNP Paribas Showdown, where he faced Juan Martín del Potro in a rematch of their 2009 US Open semi-final. Nadal was defeated in straight sets.


2013 Rai Open
The 2013 Rai Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rome, Italy between 15 and 21 April 2013.


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


2013 Rai Open – Doubles
Dustin Brown and Jonathan Marray were the defending champions but Marray decided not to participate. Brown played alongside Jamie Delgado, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Dominik Meffert and Philipp Oswald. Andreas Beck and Martin Fischer defeated Martin Emmrich and Rameez Junaid 7–6(7–2), 6–0 in the final to win the title.


2013 Rai Open – Singles
Roberto Bautista-Agut was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Julian Reister defeated Guillermo García-López 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the title.


2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, 2013 was held in Indian state of Rajasthan on 1 December 2013. Results were announced on 8 December. The incumbent ruling party Indian National Congress, led by the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, lost the elections to Vasundhara Raje-led BJP, who was being touted as the next incumbent.


2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Election
Polling was held on 1 December in 199 assembly seats out of 200 seats. Churu constituency polling was postponed to 13 December due to death of BSP candidate Jagdish Meghwal.


2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Election
Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Rajasthan elections. There were 2,087 candidates including 166 women and one eunuch candidate. INC and BJP contested on all 200 seats while BSP on 195 seats. 38 CPI(M), 23 CPI, 16 NCP, 666 other parties candidates and 758 Independents were also in foray. Over 4.08 crore voters including 1.92 crore women were eligible to exercise their vote. There were 47,223 polling booths. Total voting turnout was 74.38%, the highest ever in state assembly election. The highest turnout (85.52%) was recorded at Jaisalmer and the lowest (55.21%) at Bharatpur.


2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Results
The results were declared on 8 December. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot won from his Sardarpura constituency by a margin of 18,478 votes while Vasundhara Raje won from Jhalarpatan by 60,896 votes. The election also recorded best and worst performances for the BJP and the Congress respectively in the state. Influential Meena leader and MP from Dausa, Kirori Lal Meena received a big setback when his newly formed party, National People’s Party won only four seats.


2013 Rajya Sabha election in Tamil Nadu
Rajya Sabha election in Tamil Nadu was the indirect election to the Rajya Sabha which is the upper house of the Parliament of India to elect members from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The election were held for six seats on 27 June 2013. The elections for which voting was held for the first time in 17 years.


2013 Rajya Sabha election in Tamil Nadu, Background
The term of six members of Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu expired on 27 July. Hence, the Election Commission of India decided to hold a biennial election for the six seats. The candidates were indirectly elected by the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of Tamil Nadu using a single transferable vote with proportional representation.


2013 Rajya Sabha election in Tamil Nadu, Candidates
Each candidate should have 34 number of MLAs. Therefore, the party which has 34 MLAs can elect one member. The party which has less than 34 MLAs can get support from other parties.


2013 Rajya Sabha election in Tamil Nadu, Results
The results to the election were declared on June 27.


2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the event known this year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and part of the 500 Series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 30 till October 6, 2013.


2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and John Peers in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4.


2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles
Kei Nishikori was the defending champion, but lost in the quarter-finals to Nicolás Almagro. First-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the title, defeating Milos Raonic in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–5.


2013 Raleigh mayoral election
The biennial election for the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina was held on October 8, 2013. The election was nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane ran for a second term. She received a majority of the vote on October 8, thus avoiding a runoff, which would have been held on November 5.


2013 Rali Vinho da Madeira
The 54th Rali Vinho da Madeira was the 9th rally of 2013 ERC Cup. The Italian driver Giandomenico Basso in Peugeot 207 S2000, won his 4th title in Madeira. Bruno Magalhães was the best Portuguese, finishing in 2nd place.


2013 Rally America season
The 2013 Rally America Championship is the ninth season of the Rally America Championship. This championship is the premier rally championship in the United States. The season began 25 January in Michigan, and is scheduled to return to Michigan for the Lake Superior Performance Rally on 19 October after seven events.


2013 Rally America season
The championship was won by British driver David Higgins, his third consecutive championship victory. Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew took their Subaru Impreza to wins in the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, Oregon Trail Rally and Lake Superior Performance Rally and finished in the top three placings in all seven rallies. Higgins finished 26 points ahead of Ford Fiesta driver Ken Block who won three of the other four events.


2013 Rally America season, Championship standings
Drivers scoring at least ten points are shown. Lauchlin O'Sullivan scored 16 points, but later received a 20-point penalty. The 2013 Rally America Championship points are as follows:


2013 Rally Argentina
2013 Rally Argentina (officially: 33rd Philips Rally Argentina) was the fifth rally in the 2013 World Rally Championship hold between 1 and 4 May. It had 14 special stages totalling 407.64  competitive kilometres. 24 out of 32 racer finished the rally successfully.


2013 Rally Argentina, Report
After missing the rallies of Mexico and Portugal to compete in the FIA Grand Touring Series, Sébastien Loeb marked his return to rallying with first place in the Rally Argentina. Sébastien Ogier took the lead early on, but made a mistake whilst driving in heavy fog. He lost forty seconds, allowing Loeb to seize the advantage. Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen fought over the final podium position until Hirvonen's Citroën DS3 WRC developed an electrical problem. Latvala could not afford to rest, as he found himself fighting with Evgeny Novikov. A late charge on the final day—including the fastest time on the power stage—was enough for Latvala to secure third place and his first podium in Argentina. Hirvonen recovered to finish sixth overall, finishing third on the power stage to score an additional World Championship point.