2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
It was organized by the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR), headed by Octavian Morariu. 1,465 athletes, aged between 14 and 18, from 45 nations participated in 36 events of eight disciplines. It was the first multi-sport competition hosted by Romania since the 1981 Summer Universiade that took place in Bucharest.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Venues
The budget spent for the organization was €1.15 million, while for the construction of the venues came to a total cost of €60 million.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Venues
The Brașov Olympic Ice Rink raised to a cost of €11 million and was built entirely from public resources, being opened in May 2008. It hosted ice hockey.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Venues
The Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism of Romania spent €28 million on upgrading facilities at Poiana Brașov, which hosted the figure skating, alpine skiing and speed skating events, and €4 million at Predeal. The Râșnov Sports Complex, primarily financed through sponsorships, has also received ministry contribution. The three smaller hills were raised from non-government sources, but the K90 with money from the MDRT.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Venues
The Cheile Grădiştei Arena from Fundata belonged to a private investor, Ovidiu Gârbacea.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Volunteers
The organizing committee was supported by 480 volunteers, divided into several departments, after a selection which consisted in psycho-pedagogical interviews, foreign language knowledge and sportive abilities. Experience accumulated in organizing other events and volunteering activities was also taken into account.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Volunteers
They participated in all scheduled activities at the competition that were held from 17 to 22 February. Most volunteers worked a maximum of 10 hours per day. For this reason, volunteers took shifts in some of the activities. All volunteers were dressed in the same uniform, marked with the logos of the competition.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Marketing, Logo
The logo was designed in the shape of a snowflake in the five Olympic colors. The main idea behind it was that each snowflake is different from another, and while they are so fragile independently, they become together, similarly to how each athlete has their own strengths and qualities, and how team spirit makes them even greater.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Marketing, Mascot
The Carpathian Brown Bear Martin was the official mascot of the festival. Often present in Romanian culture, it inspired songs and tales, this type of bear being considered to be Romanian, due to its large presence in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains. Martin was dressed in red, yellow and blue, representing the colors of the Romanian national flag.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Medals
The medals were produced by a company in Bucharest that has an experience of over 20 years in the field. They were cast in gold, silver and bronze and attached to a multicolor cord having the colors of the Olympic circles.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Applications for IPhone and IPad
Free applications for IPhone, IPad, tablets and smartphones were launched on February 15, also available on iTunes and Google Play. The application contained the schedule of the competition, information about the organizers and sponsors. During the competition, the sport results were updated in 30 minutes after the end of the races.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Official stores
In each location where the festival competitions took place, there was a store with promotional items and souvenirs, such as miniature mascots, magnets, pins, inscriptioned mugs, etc.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Organization, Media coverage
The host broadcaster was the Romanian Television (TVR). It used its own cameras and crews.


2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Festival, Opening ceremony
The event was officially opened by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, who was accompanied by the Mayor of Braşov George Scripcaru and the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge. Approximately 3,000 spectators attended the opening ceremony, which was held outdoors on the Ion Țiriac Arena of the Sports High School, at the foothill of the Tâmpa Mountain. The Olympic torch was carried into the arena by Rareș Dumitrescu and Mihai Covaliu. The latter had the mission to carry the Olympic flame in the last part of the route and to light the torch. The olympic oath followed, uttered by athletes, referees and trainers.


2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
The 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Utrecht, Netherlands, between 14 and 19 July 2013.


2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, Schedule
The competition schedule for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Summer Festival is as follows:


2013 European aflatoxin contamination
In February–March 2013 several European countries, including Romania, Serbia, Croatia reported nationwide contamination of milk for human consumption (and possibly of derivative products) with aflatoxins. The details are still scarce.


2013 European aflatoxin contamination
It was reported in March that feed originating from Serbia and imported in the Netherlands and Germany was contaminated. It was also reported in March that tests revealed contamination in milk produced by two Dutch farms. Milk in Germany was also tested but so far is reported as not tainted. Nevertheless, Russia announced it would ban imports from the German farms that received contaminated feed. On March 20, Romanian farmers dumped milk in protest after the government banned milk from five farms, which remain unnamed. Danone Romania also withdrew some 75 tons of milk products from the shelves.


2013 European aflatoxin contamination
The European Commissions' Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has reported 10 notifications of aflatoxin B1 in maize of European origin since the last maize harvest in autumn 2012. In the 10 years prior to the last harvest—between 2001 and 2011—a total of nine cases of aflatoxins were reported in maize. Aflatoxins have been mainly an "import problem" up to now. However, global warming is increasingly affecting the mycotoxin map in Europe, producing "tropical toxins" within Europe's borders.


2013 European aflatoxin contamination
In Serbia the contamination turned into a political scandal after the government raised the internal milk contamination standards to tenfold of those from the EU. This higher limit however is the one practiced in the United States and two-thirds of the world.


2013 European aflatoxin contamination
On February 22, The Iowa Department of Agriculture found elevated Aflatoxin concentrations in dog food manufactured at a Pro-Pet facility in Kansas City, KS. The corn component of the dog food was reportedly contaminated with aflatoxins, though the contributing corn load passed screening at the facility. There are no reports of milk infestation in Iowa.


2013 European floods
Extreme flooding in Central Europe began after several days of heavy rain in late May and early June 2013. Flooding and damages primarily affected south and east German states (Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg), western regions of the Czech Republic (Bohemia), and Austria. In addition, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary were affected to a lesser extent. The flood crest progressed down the Elbe and Danube drainage basins and tributaries, leading to high water and flooding along their banks.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
The spring weather preceding the flooding had been wet in the region, and May 2013 had been one of the three wettest in the last 156 years in Austria, together with the years 1962 and 1965. Austria saw twice as much rainfall as average during the month, resulting in the ground in the region becoming saturated. Soils in Germany were showing record levels of moisture prior to the rains. The already saturated soils led to greater runoff when the rains began.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
In last ten days of May a low pressure system named "Christoffer" swung up from the Mediterranean across the Black Sea then across Ukraine and Poland to Northern Germany, eventually bringing a very moist, and warm airmass to Central Europe from north-east. Late May saw a blocking high "Sabine" located over the Sole sea area to the west of the UK and France. This split the jet stream over Europe which maintained the weather pattern in Central Europe.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
Spring and summer flooding in Central Europe is commonly associated with the so-called "Zugstrasse Vb" track of low pressure areas, which bring low pressure and moist air from the Mediterranean Sea over Central Europe, and have led to severe flooding in the affected region before. Though later analysis found this flooding did not fit into this type.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
Low pressure areas "Frederik" and "Günther" formed over the northern Adriatic and tracked north towards central Europe. The high pressure "Sabine" and low pressure areas brought an airflow from the north across Germany, which brought the water-laden air from the north east. The air mass was pushed to the south west by the northerly flow, where it was lifted as it moved south from the North European Plain over the Thuringian Forest, Ore Mountains, and Bohemian Forest.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
The air was then lifted along the north side of the Alps in Austria as the air masses were pushed into the Alps by the northerly flow, which led to intense orographic precipitation. Heavy rain was reported in the Austrian states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol and the area of Salzburg, and to the mountains of Upper Austria and Lower Austria and Upper Styria in a short time.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
On 30 May to 1 June, 150 to 200 mm of rain (5.9 to 7.9 in of rain) fell, in places reaching around 250 mm (9.8 in), which in just a few days was the equivalent normally seen over two and a half months on average. The rainfall experienced in Austria has an expected return period of between 30 and 70 years. The bulk of the rain fell in only two days in Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg, which is thought to have a return period of more than 100 years.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
Following the intense rain, sporadic showers and rainfall continued to raise the risk of further flooding but no rainfall of the intensity as that seen on 31 May-2 June occurred. Some Flash flooding occurred in the Polish capital Warsaw on 9 June, as a result of thunderstorms.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history
The flood waters were expected to exceed the levels seen during the disastrous "once in a century" Central European floods of 2002 in some areas. In Bavaria and eastern Germany water levels significantly exceeded those of 2002 in many places on the Danube and Elbe. In Passau, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Inn and Ilz, the highest water level since 1501 was recorded. In Dresden, by contrast, the old city center was largely spared, unlike in 2002. Thanks to better flood control, fewer dykes on the upper reaches of the Elbe broke than in 2002, but this meant that the flood wave further downstream was all the higher. In Magdeburg, the floods reached a record level.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history, Climatological context
Stefan Rahmstorf, a professor of ocean physics at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, stated that a low-pressure system that dumped the rain was locked into place by a disturbance with the global wind pattern. Linking the weather to the concurrent drought conditions in Russia, he said pressure systems stay locked in place, causing a persistent pattern of weather in an area. He also stated that this planetary wave resonance is not a local effect but spread around the whole (northern) hemisphere. When a “resonance” episode occurs, half a dozen peaks and troughs of high or low pressure form around the hemisphere. This explains why some parts of the world become unseasonably hot or cold and others unusually dry or rainy.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history, Climatological context
According to The Inquirer/Agence France-Presse, the resonance hypothesis has been widely discussed among climate scientists, but has met resistance among experts who are wary of associating single extreme-weather events with climate change; the European Environment Agency cautioned that more data were needed to confirm it.


2013 European floods, Meteorological history, Climatological context
Climate scientists have estimated that the flooding regime, which has prior inflicted severe flooding once every 50 years, to become more frequent, and cause severe flooding once every 30 years. The cost of flooding in the European continent, which currently causes an estimated 4.9 billion Euros of damage per year, is expected to increase to 23.5 billion Euros per year.


2013 European floods, Hydrological development
The Austrian meteorological center (ZAMG) said Austria had experienced at the beginning of June as much rain in two days as it normally would in two months. Train lines in many parts of northwest Austria were suspended on 1 June due to landslides according to Austrian Federal Railways. The town of Ettenau was evacuated, while one person in Sankt Johann im Pongau near Salzburg was caught in a mudslide and died. Rail services between Munich and the Austrian city of Salzburg also were suspended. One section of a Swiss motorway was shut down due to flooding, along with many smaller roads throughout the country. Swiss officials said water levels were still rising and landslides remained a risk, although the general situation was under control.


2013 European floods, Elbe basin
The upper areas of the Elbe basin saw heavy rainfall, with the Vltava (Czech Republic) and the Saale (Germany) tributaries flooding.


2013 European floods, Elbe basin, Vltava river
In the Czech capital Prague, floodwaters covered the esplanades along the Vltava, which on 3 June flowed at a rate of 3,200 m3/s (110,000 cu ft/s), compared to the almost 5,000 m3/s (180,000 cu ft/s) in the devastating floods of 2002. Parts of all three city metro lines were closed. The transit authority provided alternative transport in the form of buses and special trams. Heavy machinery was brought in to protect the historic Charles Bridge in the city, as a digger with an extended 17-metre (56 ft) long arm was used to clear debris from accumulating at the bridge. One thousand troops from the Czech Army were called in to help build flood defenses. Fire fighters helped evacuate more than 7,000 people on 2 – 3 June from areas hit by the floods, in the region of central, northern and western Bohemia, including parts of the Czech capital.


2013 European floods, Elbe basin, Vltava river
In Prague, the Hostivař and Záběhlice neighborhoods in the southeast of the city were flooded. Hundreds of homes in Modřany and Zbraslav in the south of the city were also evacuated while some people in Lahovice and Velká Chuchle were rescued by helicopter. The tigers at Prague Zoo were tranquilised and moved out of their enclosure, which was at risk from flooding. The Czech government declared a state of emergency in seven regions of the country including Prague, in response to the floods.


2013 European floods, Elbe basin, Vltava river
Petr Nečas, the Czech prime minister, announced on 4 June that the government will release 4 billion CZK (€ 155m, £ 133m, $ 203m) from the state reserves to repair the damage. More than 19,000 people were evacuated in the Czech Republic (as of 5 June 2013). In Prague the Staropramen Brewery on the river bank was closed as a protective measure, along with several major chemical factories, including Spolana, which had released dangerous toxic chemicals into the Elbe during the devastating floods of 2002.


2013 European floods, Elbe basin, Saale river
In the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the Saale river also caused concern, with officials fearing that it might rise even higher than in 2002. In the area around Halle alone, authorities told some 30,000 people to evacuate their homes, the Saale river, a tributary of the Elbe, had risen 26 feet (7.9 m) above its normal level. In Halle one of the city's main sources of tourist income is the Handel music festival, which was called off.


2013 European floods, Elbe basin, Elbe river
In the state of Saxony, the old town of Grimma, on the Mulde tributary was under meters of water. Authorities were concerned about the Elbe river; in Dresden one of the bridges across the river was closed to traffic. In the city of Magdeburg, authorities declared a state of emergency and said they expected the Elbe river to rise higher than in 2002. In Magdeburg with water levels of five metres (16 ft) above normal about 23,000 residents had to leave their homes on 9 June.


2013 European floods, Elbe basin, Elbe river
In the area surrounding the city of Leipzig, some 6,000 people had to be evacuated on 4 June. In Zwickau, Saxony the Volkswagen factory had to stop its car production, a spokesman said 3 June early shift had been asked to stay at home, with damage done to transport infrastructure raising fears that suppliers would not be able to deliver their products in time. The factory was able to resume production by 4 June. German armed forces were able to protect chemical production facilities in the Middle German Chemical Triangle from the floods.


2013 European floods, Danube basin
The historic center of Passau, where the Danube, Inn and Ilz converge, was underwater on 1 June 2013, with the water levels reaching 12.85 m (42.2 ft), overflowing the highest recorded historic flood level.


2013 European floods, Danube basin
After a dike failed near the town of Deggendorf, water levels rose to a record-breaking eight metres (26 ft). The town flooded and in places buildings were two metres (6 ft 7 in) underwater. In the Fischerdorf area of the town, water lapped at second-storey windows. Some residents refused to evacuate, fearful of looting and not wanting to leave their lives behind. The town's fire station was underwater, with car dealerships holding millions of euros worth of vehicles destroyed.


2013 European floods, Danube basin
Flooding affected German businesses with Krones, a bottling and packaging manufacturing company, shutting down production in two plants in upper Bavaria, as workers were unable to get to work on the inundated roads.


2013 European floods, Danube basin
The entire Austrian stretch of the Danube saw all shipping halted.


2013 European floods, Danube basin
Budapest, Bratislava, and other river cities along the Danube enacted emergency preparations. In Bratislava, the Danube peaked with a volumetric flow rate of 10,530 m3/s (372,000 cu ft/s), which is the highest flow rate ever recorded in Bratislava. In Hungary, the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared a state of emergency in some areas along the Danube, which was expected to peak 5 June in western areas and hit Budapest the following weekend. He announced the government had mobilized 8,000 soldiers, 8,000 emergency personnel, 1,400 water management experts, and 3,600 police officers to deal with the situation.


2013 European floods, Rhine river
Flooding along the Rhine watershed was less severe in terms of flood damage. Shipping was halted on extensive stretches of the Rhine, Main, and Neckar rivers.


2013 European floods, Reaction
The European Commission stated that help would be available to the victims of the current flooding through the European Union Solidarity Fund, which it set up after the last major floods to hit the region in 2002. The floods led to the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters being activated, which provides a unified system of data acquisition and delivery to those affected by disasters. On June 3, the German Federal civil protection authorities triggered the Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service via the European Commission's Emergency Response Centre.


2013 European floods, Reaction
Insurance industry specialists said they expected insurance losses to fall short of the last big floods to hit the region in 2002, some areas experienced higher waters, but investment over the previous ten years has meant that flood defenses in a number of locations worked better than in 2002.


2013 European floods, Fatalities
Twenty-five deaths were recorded as a result of the floods; eleven in the Czech Republic, six in Austria, and eight in Germany.


2013 Euskaltel–Euskadi season
The 2013 season for Euskaltel–Euskadi 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 Evian Championship
The 2013 Evian Championship was played 12–15 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 20th Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The inaugural event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.


2013 Evian Championship
Heavy rain before and during the first day of the tournament forced Thursday's played to be suspended and the scores abandoned. The initial plan was to play the first and second rounds on Friday and Saturday and play the final 36 holes on Sunday. The prediction of more heavy rain on Sunday and several following days forced tournament officials to shorten the event to 54 holes.


2013 Evian Championship
Suzann Pettersen won by two strokes over amateur Lydia Ko.


2013 Evian Championship, Field
The field for the tournament was set at 120, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings.


2013 Evian Championship, Field
There were seven exemption categories for the 2013 Evian Championship.


2013 Evian Championship, Round summaries, First round
Thursday's play began after a two-hour rain delay. Play was suspended after less than an hour due to continuing rain. The scores were annulled and play resumed on Friday. The course had received almost 4 inches (10 cm) of rain since the previous Saturday. The first round was played on Friday with Mika Miyazato of Japan shooting a 6-under-par 65 to take a one stroke lead over Sandra Gal, Se Ri Pak, and Suzann Pettersen.


2013 Evian Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Mika Miyazato shot a 2-under-par 69 to maintain a one-shot lead over Suzann Pettersen and amateur Lydia Ko. The cut was at 146 (+4) and 77 players made the cut.


2013 Evian Championship, Round summaries, Final round
The event was reduced to 54 holes due to heavy rain.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series
The 2013 Extreme Sailing Series was the seventh year of the series and the third year of it being a fully global event. The series started in Muscat, Oman on 5 March 2013 and ended in Florianópolis, Brazil on 17 November 2013 and took place in 8 cities and across 3 continents.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 1: Muscat, Oman
The starting act of the 2013 series was held in Muscat, Oman on the weekend of 5–8 March 2013.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 2: Singapore
The second act of the series was back in Singapore this year, and took place between 11–14 April 2013.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 3: Qingdao, China
The third act of 2013 was held in Qingdao, China on the weekend of 2–5 May 2013.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 4: Istanbul, Turkey
The fourth act took place in Istanbul, Turkey. Originally it was planned to be held between 20–23 June 2013, but had been postponed indefinitely.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 5: Porto, Portugal
Act 5 was held in Porto, Portugal on the weekend of 25–28 July 2013.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 6: Cardiff, UK
The fifth act of 2013 was in Cardiff, Wales, the second of a three-year deal to host the event there. The event was scheduled to be held over the August bank holiday, 23–26 August 2013.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 7: Nice, France
The seventh act took place in Nice, France between 3–6 October 2013.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 8: Florianópolis, Brazil
Act 8, took place in Florianópolis, Brazil between 14–17 November 2013


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, Alinghi
Alinghi is a professional sports team that was created in 2000 by Ernesto Bertarelli in order to compete in the 31st America's Cup.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, Alinghi
Their team consisted of Ernesto Bertarelli (Skipper), Morgan Larson (Skipper/Helm), Stuart Pollard/Anna Tunnicliffe/Ben Lezin (Tactician), Pierre-Yves Jorand (Mainsail Trim), Nils Frei (Headsail Trim) and Yves Detry (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, ChinaSpirit
ChinaSpirit entered the series late, and competed in the Cardiff, Nice and Florianópolis acts.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, ChinaSpirit
Their team consisted of Phil Robertson (Skipper/Helm), Garth Ellingham (Tactician), Llang Wu (Mainsail Trim), James Williamson/Louis Viat (Headsail Trim) and Nick Catley (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, GAC Pindar
GAC Pindar, in its third year sailing Extreme 40's, is a long-time sailing team competing in the World Match Racing Tour and supporting numerous sailors across all levels of the sport. The team this year will be skippered by William Tiller, an experienced match racer from New Zealand with the rest of the team consisting of Matt Steven (Tactician), Harry Thurston/Stewart Dodson (Mainsail Trim), Brad Farrand (Headsail Trim) and Shaun Mason/Ash Hammond (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, Red Bull Sailing Team
Skippered by Roman Hagara, Red Bull is another regular who has been competing in the Extreme Sailing Series for a number of years.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, SAP Extreme Sailing Team
With skippers Rasmus Kostner and Jes Gram-Hansen sharing the duties this year, SAP is in its second year of the series.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, Team Korea
Team Korea was a new team for 2013, skippered by Peter Burling


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, The Wave, Muscat
The Wave, Muscat were the 2012 champions of the Extreme Sailing Series and are back again, with their skipper Leigh McMillan.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Core Teams, Realteam
A new team for 2013, Realteam will be skippered by Jérôme Clerc who led his D35 catamarans team to victory in 2012 and who has now turned his sights to Extreme 40's.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams
As in previous years, host cities have the opportunity to enter their own entry into their home act. This year, all 'wildcard' entries will be amalgamated to give an overall score at the end of the series.


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams, Act 1 team: Team Duqm Oman
Team Duqm Oman is the first invitational team of 2013 skippered by Robert Greenhalgh, the winner of the first-ever Extreme Sailing Series in 2007 (helming Basilica). The rest of the crew are Bleddyn Mon (Tactician), Will Howden (Mainsail trim), Andrew Walsh (Headsail trim) and Nasser Al Mashari (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams, Act 2 team: Team Aberdeen Singapore
Team Aberdeen Singapore's crew consisted of Scott Glen Sydney (skipper/Tactician), Robert Greenhalgh (Helm), Andrew Walsh (Mainsail Trim), Justin Wong (Headsail Trim) and Rick Peacock (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams, Act 3 team: China Team
China Team's crew consisted of Mitch Booth (Co-skipper/Helm), Wen Zijin (Co-skipper/Tactician), Yingkit Cheng (Mainsail Trim), Liu Xue (Headsail Trim) and Zhang Yiran (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams, Act 5 team: ROFF Cascais
This Portuguese team consisted of António Mello (skipper/Tactician), Bernardo Freitas (Helm), João Mello (Mainsail Trim), Ricardo Schedel (Headsail Trim) and João Matos Rosa (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams, Act 6 team: Team Wales Land Rover
Competing for the second year, Team Wales consisted of Dave Evans (Skipper/Helm), Chris Grube/Bleddyn Mon (Tactician), Will Howden (Mainsail Trim), Tudur Owen (Headsail Trim) and Trystan Seal (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams, Act 7 team: ALL4ONE
This French team consisted of Jean-Christophe Mourniac (skipper/Helm), Romain Petit (Tactician), Stéphane Christidis (Mainsail Trim), Arnaud Jarlegant (Headsail Trim) and Julien Cressant (Bowman).


2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Invitational Teams, Act 8 team: Team Brazil Mapfre
Team Brazil's crew consisted of Clínio de Freitas (skipper/Helm) with Cláudia Swan, André Mirsky, André Chang, Daniel Santiago and Bruno di Bernardi.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship
The 2013 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 30th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. For the first time in the championship's history, there was an event held in South America, with the first race of the year taking place in Brasilia on 1 and 2 June. In addition, the series' 250th race since it began in 1981 took place on 2 October at the Grand Prix of China in Liuzhou.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship
Alex Carella, driving for the Qatar Team, successfully defended his world championship for the second year in a row, ensuring he became only the second driver in the history of the championship to win three consecutive world titles, after Guido Cappellini.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes
All nine full-time teams from 2012 continued into the 2013 season, although Team Sweden revisited a title sponsorship agreement with the country of Azerbaijan which saw the outfit rebranded to Team Azerbaijan, a partnership last formed back in 2010. None of the part-time teams that participated in 2012 were present for the opening round in Brazil, however there was speculation that Dragon Racing would at some point rejoin the series, as would Jay Price, the 2008 champion who drove for the other part-time team in 2012, Skydive Dubai. Neither of these teams ultimately entered the championship however.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes
Caudwell Racing were forced to miss the first race of the year in Brazil due to their new boats not being ready in time. After it was initially believed that they would join the rest of the field at the second race of the season in Ukraine, as in Brazil Caudwell were not present. Shortly before the third race at Liuzhou, the South African team made the announcement that they would be returning to the fold in Qatar for the fourth race, citing "unprecedented shipping challenges" for their delay. The delay however allowed the team to design an all-new hull and make major refinements to their revolutionary four-stroke engine.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes
Following his two race ban at the end of the 2012 season, Shaun Torrente returned to the Qatar Team to partner reigning double world champion Alex Carella. Neither Terry Rinker who filled in for Torrente, nor Khalid Al Shamlan, the Qatari who raced for the team for one race in 2012, were announced as drivers.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes
Ahmed Al Hameli was initially expected to miss out on racing in 2013 following surgery on a brain tumour mid-way through the 2012 season which forced his withdrawal, with Rashed Al Tayer, rather than Majed Al Mansoori who had replaced Al Hameli in 2012, taking his place at Team Abu Dhabi.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes
However just a week prior to the first race of the year in Brazil, Al Hameli announced that he had been cleared by doctors to participate in the championship, completing a remarkable recovery that would allow him to challenge for a championship which he had been favourite to win prior to his operation in 2012.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes
After a promising debut in the final two races of 2012, Chinese driver Xiong Ziwei was handed a full-time drive alongside regular Team CTIC China driver Philippe Chiappe, following the retirement of veteran Russian driver Stanislav Kurtsenovskiy. At the F1 Atlantic Team, Phillipe Toure didn't return for 2013, ensuring that the outfit would run with just two full-time boats for the year, with Duarte Benavente and Youssef Al Rubayan continuing on.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes
Jonas Andersson continued at the renamed Team Azerbaijan for 2013, and after having a number of different drivers in the team's second boat in 2012, announced that Norwegian veteran Pal Virik Nilsen would make his debut in F1 at Brazil alongside the Swede. Brazilian Paul Gaiser also entered for Team Azerbaijan in a third boat at his home event having last raced in F1 back in 2001, 12 years previously. Prior to the Brazilian race, Gaiser announced that it would be his last and would retire from racing afterwards, describing F1 as "a sport for the young".


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes
Gaiser was forced to withdraw from the Brazilian event however after injuring his wrist, and subsequently reversed his decision to retire, indicating that he would return to the boat for the next race in Ukraine. This failed to materialise though, and alongside Andersson in Kiev was fellow Swede Tommy Wahlsten, replacing Nilsen. But by China, Andersson had a third driver in as many races in his second boat, with recently crowned 2013 USF1 champion Terry Rinker taking the drive as the American returned to the series after a brief cameo in 2012. Rinker drove the second Azerbaijan boat until the final race of the year where Wahlsten found himself back in as number two to see out the year.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes
Both Francesco Cantando and Valerio Lagiannella stayed on at the Singha F1 Racing Team, and would be joined in a third boat by Polish driver Bartek Marszalek at the second round in Ukraine. Joining Cantando and Marszalek in China was Rhys Coles, the Australian driving Lagiannella's #23 DAC boat having last made an appearance in the series in 2012 in a one-off drive for Team Sweden at the Grand Prix of Qatar. Prior to his involvement with Singha, Marszalek had last raced in the series in 2011, competing in five races in a third boat for Team Nautica. Nautica were one of two teams who had unchanged line-ups for 2013, along with Mad Croc Baba Racing. Caudwell Racing retained Ivan Brigada when they eventually joined the series at the fourth race in Qatar, with South African Paul Shepard making his debut alongside the Italian.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Season calendar
An initial calendar of eight races was released by the UIM at the beginning of 2013, including Brazil, and thus South America for the first time in the history of the F1 Powerboat World Championship. However the Grand Prix of Tartarstan, due to be the third race of the year and held at the end of August, was cancelled on 29 April, with the Russian authorities in Kazan, where the race was to be held, hoping to reintroduce the event for 2014.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Season calendar
This meant the calendar dropped to seven races for the 2013 season, and was the first season that an event wasn't held in Russia since 2007. As part of the seven race calendar, there were to be two back-to-back races in China, and whilst Liuzhou was announced as the second of the two races upon the calendar's release, it took some time for a first race to be confirmed. Eventually Shanghai was announced as the venue at the beginning of May, and would have been the 250th race in the championship's history. However less than three months later towards the end of July, the event was pulled from the calendar, leaving six races to make up the schedule, and Liuzhou to take the title of the historic 250th GP.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.


2013 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings, Teams standings
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.


2013 F1600 Championship Series
The 2013 F1600 Championship Series season was the third season of the F1600 Championship Series.


2013 F1600 Championship Series
Eighteen-year-old Jake Eidson from Littleton, Colorado won the championship driving for Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing. Eidson won seven of the twelve races and captured a race win in all but one of the series' weekend double-headers. Bryan Herta Autosport's Adrian Starrantino captured three wins on his way to runner-up honors in the championship.


2013 F1600 Championship Series
Notably, IndyCar Series rookie Tristan Vautier joined the series for its race weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to gain experience at the track that he had not raced at before and where he would race in IndyCar a few weeks later. Vautier won the pole for race two, but finished just sixth and 13th in the pair of races.


2013 F2000 Championship Series
The 2013 F2000 Championship Series season was the eighth season of competition in the series. It consisted of 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 11 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding August 25 at Summit Point Raceway. The race schedule was largely un-changed from the previous year, as only the round at New Jersey Motorsports Park was eliminated and a second weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was added.


2013 F2000 Championship Series
Tim Minor clinched the championship after the fourth race at Mid-Ohio, becoming the first Masters Class driver to win the overall championship as well as being becoming the first series champion not to drive a Van Diemen chassis. Minor drove a Citation chassis to victory nine times on his way to the championship and finished either first or second in all but one race. 22-year-old Floridian Kyle Connery won four times and finished second in the championship.


2013 F2000 Championship Series, Championship standings
This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship. (M) indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age.


2013 FA Community Shield
The 2013 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st FA Community Shield, played on 11 August 2013 at Wembley Stadium, between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by the champions of the 2012–13 Premier League, Manchester United, and the 2012–13 FA Cup winners, Wigan Athletic. Following Wigan's relegation to the Football League Championship just days after their cup triumph, it was the first time a team from outside the top division featured in the Community Shield since West Ham United in 1980.


2013 FA Community Shield
Manchester United won the Shield for a record 16th time outright and 20th time overall after a 2–0 win over Wigan Athletic, with Robin van Persie scoring both goals. This season's Shield was especially notable for being David Moyes' only honour as Manchester United manager, in what was his first competitive match in charge of the club following the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson at the end of the 2012–13 season.


2013 FA Cup Final
The 2013 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic on 11 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, organised by the Football Association (FA). It marked the 132nd final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest football cup competition. It was Wigan's first FA Cup final and Manchester City's tenth. En route to the final, Manchester City defeated Watford, Stoke City, Leeds United, Barnsley and Chelsea, while Wigan Athletic beat Bournemouth (after a replay), Macclesfield Town, Huddersfield Town, Everton and Millwall.


2013 FA Cup Final
The match kicked off in the early evening in front of 86,254 spectators and was refereed by Andre Marriner. After a goalless first half, Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta was sent off for a second yellow card, becoming the third player to be sent off in an FA Cup final. One minute into injury time, Wigan Athletic won a corner kick which was taken by Shaun Maloney: Watson outjumped Jack Rodwell and headed the ball over Joe Hart, the Manchester City goalkeeper, and into the goal to secure a 1–0 win. The cup was jointly lifted by playing captain Emmerson Boyce and club captain Gary Caldwell. Wigan Athletic's Callum McManaman was named as man of the match.


2013 FA Cup Final
Manchester City and their semi-final opponent Chelsea had already qualified for the following season's Champions League by virtue of the clubs' league positions. Wigan Athletic secured a place in the group stage of the 2013–14 Europa League competition after they had won their semi-final against Millwall. Nine days after the final, Wigan Athletic made an open-top bus tour of the town to celebrate the FA Cup victory. Manchester City sacked manager Roberto Mancini two days later, confirming rumours of the manager's fate before the match. Wigan Athletic failed to avoid relegation from the Premier League, becoming the first club ever to have won the FA Cup and be relegated from the highest tier of English football in the same season.


2013 FA Cup Final, Background
The world's oldest football cup competition, the FA Cup is an annual knockout tournament involving professional and amateur men's football clubs in the English football league system. The final of the 2012–13 FA Cup was the 132nd to be played since the tournament was first held in 1872. Manchester City were making their tenth appearance in an FA Cup final since the club was founded in 1880. They had won the cup five times (in 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969 and 2011) and were runners-up four times (1926, 1933, 1955 and 1981). Conversely, Wigan Athletic were making their first appearance in an FA Cup Final since the club was founded in 1932.


2013 FA Cup Final, Background
Manchester City had won both Premier League games between the sides during the regular season. They secured a 2–0 victory at the DW Stadium in November 2012 with second-half goals from Mario Balotelli and James Milner and a 1–0 win the following April at the City of Manchester Stadium after a late goal from Carlos Tevez. The final was being played before the last two games of the Premier League season, with Wigan Athletic in eighteenth place in the league and Manchester City in second position. Wigan Athletic's leading scorer during the regular season was Arouna Koné who had 13 goals, 11 in the league and 2 in the FA Cup. Sergio Agüero led the scoring for Manchester City with 15 goals during the season, including 3 in the FA Cup.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
As a Premier League team, Manchester City entered the 2012–13 FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn at home against Championship team Watford. Midway through the first half, Tevez gave Manchester City the lead with a free kick from around 25 yards (23 m). Costel Pantilimon then saved a Fernando Forestieri shot for Watford. One minute before half-time, Gareth Barry doubled Manchester City's lead with a header. In second-half stoppage time, Manchester City academy player Rony Lopes scored from close range to secure a 3–0 victory for his side.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
In doing so, he became the club's youngest ever goalscorer at the age of seventeen years and eight days. Manchester City progressed to a fourth round match against fellow Premier League side Stoke City away at the Britannia Stadium. Despite long spells of possession for the visiting team, the first half ended goalless. David Silva struck the Stoke goalpost and Tevez saw shots saved by the Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen, before Pablo Zabaleta converted a cross from Agüero with four minutes remaining. Manchester City won the match 1–0 and progressed to the fifth round where they faced Championship side Leeds United at the City of Manchester Stadium.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Yaya Touré gave Manchester City the lead in the fifth minute, taking the ball past Leeds United goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown and socring after a pass from Tevez. Agüero then doubled his side's lead when he scored from the penalty spot after he had been fouled by Tom Lees. Tevez scored Manchester City's third from close range soon after half-time before Agüero scored 15 minutes from the end of the match to secure a 4–0 victory. In the sixth round, Manchester City's opponents were Championship club Barnsley at home.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Tevez scored the first goal for Manchester City in the eleventh minute after Silva's volley rebounded off the goalpost. Aleksandar Kolarov and Tevez then scored in quick succession to make it 3–0 at half-time. Five minutes after the interval, Tevez completed his hat-trick, scoring from Samir Nasri's pass. Midway through the second half, Silva scored after his initial shot was kept out by Barnsley goalkeeper Luke Steele to make it 5–0, which was the final score.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
In the semi-final, Manchester City faced defending FA Cup champions Chelsea for the first time in the competition since 1971, with the match being held at Wembley, a neutral venue. Ten minutes before half-time, Manchester City took the lead. Agüero's shot bounced off Chelsea's defender César Azpilicueta and the ball fell to Nasri who scored. Vincent Kompany then shot off-target shortly before half-time, and two minutes after the interval Barry's cross found Agüero, who headed the ball into the Chelsea goal off the post while goalkeeper Petr Čech remained motionless. Demba Ba then scored past Pantilimon to reduce the deficit for Chelsea but the match ended 2–1 and Manchester City progressed to the final.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Wigan Athletic
Premier League side Wigan Athletic's FA Cup campaign also began in the third round, in which they faced League One side AFC Bournemouth at the DW Stadium. Roberto Martínez made nine changes to the team that had played in the league four days earlier. Eunan O'Kane scored for the visiting side towards the end of the first half with a strike from distance. Wigan Athletic hit the Bournemouth crossbar twice in the second half before they won a penalty after Simon Francis fouled Maynor Figueroa in the area in the 70th minute.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Wigan Athletic
Shwan Jalal saved Jordi Gómez's penalty kick but Gómez scored from the rebound to make it 1–1, and ensured the tie would need to be settled in a replay. At Dean Court ten days later, the match was settled by a single goal: in the first half, Bournemouth's Harry Arter conceded possession of the ball to Mauro Boselli whose shot from around 20 yards (18 m) flew into the top corner of the goal, securing a 1–0  win for Wigan Athletic. Wigan Athletic were drawn against non-league team Macclesfield Town in the fourth round.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Wigan Athletic
To avoid postponement, snow had to be cleared from the pitch at Moss Rose on the morning of the game. Six minutes into the match, Thierry Audel fouled Callum McManaman in the Macclesfield penalty area and Gómez scored the resulting penalty to give Wigan Athletic the lead. The home side had several opportunities to score, including a header from Audel from 6 yards (5.5 m) which went straight to Wigan Athletic's debutant goalkeeper Joel Robles. Macclesfield's appeals for a penalty late in the match were turned down by the referee and Wigan Athletic won 1–0. Victory gave them their second appearance in the fifth round of the FA Cup since the founding of the club.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Wigan Athletic
In the fifth round, Wigan Athletic were drawn away against Championship team Huddersfield Town. McManaman gave the visiting side the lead in the 31st minute, shooting into the top corner of the goal after a pass from James McArthur. Five minutes before half-time, Koné doubled his side's lead after Gómez had passed from a McManaman cross before McArthur made it 3–0 when he scored in the 56th minute.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Wigan Athletic
Lee Novak scored with a header from a Calum Woods cross to reduce Huddersfield Town's deficit but with a minute of the match remaining, Koné scored his second to secure a 4–1 win for Wigan Athletic. Wigan Athletic's quarter-final opponents were Premier League side Everton whom they faced at Goodison Park. Wigan Athletic scored three goals within four minutes in the first half: just after half an hour, Wigan Athletic's Figueroa opened the scoring when he headed in a corner.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Wigan Athletic
McManaman then doubled the lead when a mistake by Phil Neville allowed him to take the ball past Everton's goalkeeper Ján Mucha and shoot. Gómez then struck a long-range shot into the Everton goal to make it 3–0, the final score. The win ensured Wigan Athletic would play in the first FA Cup semi-final appearance in the club's history.


2013 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic's fifth appearance at Wembley Stadium saw them face Championship side Millwall in the semi-final. In the first half, Koné's cross found Shaun Maloney who volleyed the ball past David Forde in the Millwall goal to give Wigan Athletic the lead. With twelve minutes of the match remaining, Wigan Athletic broke out of defence and Gómez's pass found McManaman who took the ball round Forde to double his side's lead. Wigan Athletic won the match 2–0 and progressed to the first FA Cup final in the club's history.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Before the match, it was reported in The Daily Telegraph that Roberto Mancini's job was under threat after he failed to lead Manchester City to a defence of their league title. It was suggested that the Málaga manager Manuel Pellegrini was to be Mancini's successor. The referee for the match was Andre Marriner who had officiated at Wembley Stadium twice previously, at the 2010 FA Community Shield and the 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final. He was assisted by Stephen Child and Simon Long, Anthony Taylor was the fourth official and Gary Beswick acted as the reserve assistant referee.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Manchester City were considered strong favourites to win the match by the British media. Wigan Athletic wore the club's black away kit for the final,  used the away team dressing room and were allocated the East End of the stadium. Manchester City fans occupied the West End and the team played in their home kit after winning the coin toss to decide who would wear which kit. Ticket prices for the final started at £45 and were available at £65, £85 and £115, with a £10 discount for concessions. Manchester City received an initial allocation of 25,000 tickets, later increased to 31,779, while Wigan Athletic requested 21,000 tickets, later increased to a 25,000 allocation.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Despite expectations in the media that Pantilimon would retain his position as the Manchester City goalkeeper for the final, he was dropped to the substitute's bench in place of Joe Hart. Before the match, Mancini said "I decided this because I wanted this for this game but it doesn't change anything ... We know Costel is a good keeper." Manchester City had no injury problems, with Touré included in the team after suffering from a muscle problem. Antolín Alcaraz returned to the Wigan Athletic starting lineup after recovering from a torn hamstring, while Figueroa was ruled out with a groin injury. Wigan Athletic adopted a 3–4–3 formation while Manchester City played as a 4–2–3–1.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
The kick-off time for the final was 5:15 p.m. as opposed to the traditional 3 p.m. This was controversial, particularly with regard to both sets of supporters facing difficulties in guaranteeing train transport back to the North West of England after the match.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
The secretary of the Manchester City Supporters Club stated that "Not only does it show that [the FA] don't care but it shows that they don't know" while a spokesperson for the Wigan Athletic Supporters Club noted that "The FA don't think about stuff like young children of four or six years old potentially not getting home till 2{{nbsp}a.m. if they are travelling by coach." It was also the subject of a cross-party early day motion in the House of Commons.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan led out his team before kick-off along with manager Martínez. The traditional pre-match anthem, "Abide with Me", was performed by musical quartet Amore alongside the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The national anthem was also performed by Amore with the Band of the Grenadier Guards. Paralympic footballer Dave Clarke and David Bernstein, chairman of the FA, were introduced to the teams prior to kick-off. In the United Kingdom, the match was televised by ITV and ESPN.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
Wigan Athletic kicked off the match around 5:15 p.m. in front of a crowd of 86,254. Two minutes into the game, Zabaleta made a run down the right wing and crossed the ball, which took a deflection before falling to Silva whose volley was blocked by McArthur. Agüero was then fouled by Alcaraz on the edge of the Wigan Athletic penalty area but Tevez's subsequent free kick was blocked with the ball finding Touré whose shot was pushed away by Joel.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
In the ninth minute, Wigan Athletic's McManaman made a run down the right-hand side of the pitch after a pass from Koné. He cut inside and struck the ball from around 8 yards (7 m), but his shot went wide of the Manchester City post. Wigan Athletic then enjoyed a spell of pressure before Silva's 18th-minute shot for Manchester City was blocked. Midway through the half, Maloney's shot from around 30 yards (27 m) was off-target before Matija Nastasić failed to score with a long-range strike for Manchester City.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
In the 29th minute, Silva passed the ball into the Wigan Athletic penalty area and found Tevez who stretched to shoot, with Joel making a save with his boot. Tevez's shot from the corner of the Wigan penalty area was too high before Gomez's strike from 25 yards (23 m) was blocked by Kompany. With nine minutes of the half remaining, Alcaraz ran through the middle of the pitch and passed to McManaman who went round Nastasić, before his shot was blocked by Zabaleta. Nasri's cross was then headed off-target by Silva. In the 41st minute, Zabaleta's shot was blocked but the ball fell to Barry whose curling strike was saved by Joel. Just before half-time, Joel saved Nasri's 20-yard (18 m) shot and the half ended 0–0.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Neither side made any changes to their playing personnel during the interval and Manchester City kicked off the second half. Two minutes in, McCarthy's shot was wide before Agüero's attempt to score was defended by Emmerson Boyce. A corner from Barry was then headed onto the roof of the Wigan Athletic net by Kompany. In the 55th minute, Manchester City made the first substitution of the game with Milner coming on to replace Nasri.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
On the hour mark, Zabaleta became the first player of the match to be shown the yellow card after he committed a professional foul on McManaman who had made a break for Wigan Athletic. In the 64th minute, Gomez's shot from 25 yards (23 m) went over the Manchester City crossbar before Kompany tackled McManaman after the Wigan Athletic player had dribbled past both Silva and Clichy. Five minutes later, Jack Rodwell was brought on in place of Tevez in Manchester City's second change of the game.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
In the 72nd minute, Roger Espinoza fouled Milner who took the resulting free kick himself, from which Rodwell's header was straight at Joel. Nastasić was then booked for a foul on McManaman before Maloney's cross struck the Manchester City crossbar. In the 81st minute, Wigan Athletic made their first substitution, with Ben Watson coming on to replace Gomez. Three minutes later,  Kompany received a poor pass from Clichy in the centre circle which Koné intercepted. He passed to McManaman who was fouled by Zabaleta around 30 yards (27 m) from the Manchester City goal.


2013 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
As a result, Zabaleta was sent off after receiving a second booking, and became the third player to be dismissed in an FA Cup final. Barry was then shown the yellow card for bringing down Maloney. In the final minute of the match, Wigan Athletic won a corner which was played in by Maloney. Watson beat Rodwell to the ball at the near post and headed it inside the far post of the goal to give Wigan Athletic the lead. Three minutes into stoppage time, Joel was booked for time-wasting and Manchester City brought on Edin Džeko for Barry. A minute later, the final whistle was blown and Wigan Athletic had won the match 1–0, securing the FA Cup for the first time in their history.


2013 FA Cup Final, Post-match
The cup was jointly lifted by playing captain Boyce and club captain Gary Caldwell. Wigan Athletic's McManaman was named man of the match. On 20 May, Wigan had an open-top bus tour of the town to celebrate the FA Cup victory. Zabaleta became the third player to be sent off in an FA Cup final, after Kevin Moran (in the 1985 final) and José Antonio Reyes (in 2005). As FA Cup winners, Wigan Athletic received £1.8 million from the FA Cup Prize Fund, while Manchester City earned £900,000.


2013 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Wigan Athletic were also awarded a place in the group stage of the 2013–14 Europa League competition. Because Manchester City and their semi-final opponent Chelsea had already qualified for the following season's Champions League by virtue of their league positions, Wigan had gained a Europa League place by winning their semi-final match. They failed to progress to the knockout stage, finishing bottom of Group D.


2013 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Wigan Athletic lost their next Premier League match, a 4–1 defeat against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, and were consequently relegated to the Championship. In doing so, they became the first club ever to have won the FA Cup and be relegated from the highest tier of English football in the same season. Mancini was dismissed days after the final with the club owners citing that he had "failed to achieve any of the club's targets, with the exception of qualification for next season's Champions League".


2013 FA Cup Final, Post-match
His assistant, Brian Kidd, took temporary charge of the club and they ended the season with a 2–0 victory at Reading followed by a 3–2 home defeat by Norwich City to finish second in the Premier League. Pellegrini was appointed as the full-time replacement for Mancini in June 2013. Defender Joleon Lescott later reflected that "it was a little bit weird on the morning of the final. We were eating breakfast together and the TVs were on with Sky Sports News reporting that Mancini was going to get sacked".


2013 FA Cup Final, Post-match
In early June, Wigan's manager Martínez left the club and joined Everton, being replaced at his former club by Owen Coyle. The final drew a peak television audience of 9.4 million. Despite the criticism of the early evening kick-off time, the BBC confirmed that subsequent finals would be started at a similar time as part of their new deal to broadcast the final from 2014, but did concede to play the fixture as the last game of the domestic season.


2013 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Sporting Life described the win as the "biggest FA Cup final shock" since Wimbledon's defeat of Liverpool in the 1988 final. Other commentators went further with Fox Sports, BBC Sport and FourFourTwo all saying it was one of the biggest shocks in competition's history, and bookmaker William Hill agreeing. In a statistical analysis performed by Forbes, the 2013 final was the tenth biggest "surprise" result in the history of the FA Cup. European newspapers also commented on the shock result, with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Die Welt and Le Figaro all noting the historical significance of the event.


2013 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Wigan Athletic defeated Manchester City again in the sixth round of the following season's FA Cup, winning 2–1 at the City of Manchester Stadium, but failed to retain the trophy after they lost in a penalty shoot-out against Arsenal in the semi-final. The 2013 finalists met for a third FA Cup tie in the 2017–18 tournament where Wigan Athletic won the fifth round tie 1–0 at the DW Stadium, which was described by BBC Sport as "one of the biggest FA Cup giant-killings".


2013 FA Trophy Final
The 2013 FA Trophy Final was the 44th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Grimsby Town and Wrexham. It was Wrexham's first visit to Wembley Stadium in their 149-year history.


2013 FA Trophy Final
Grimsby Town defeated Buxton, Havant & Waterlooville, Welling United, Luton Town and Dartford en route to the Final.


2013 FA Trophy Final
Wrexham defeated Rushall Olympic, Solihull Moors, Sutton United, Southport and Gainsborough Trinity en route to the Final.


2013 FA Trophy Final, Overview
The final of the 2013 FA Trophy played between Wrexham and Grimsby Town ended with Wrexham winning 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out after the teams had drawn in the normal time of 90 minutes. Grimsby Town led over Wrexham with a solitary goal scored by Andy Cook in the 71st minute, but Wrexham equalised as captain Keates was fouled inside the box and Kevin Thornton scored the resulting penalty spot-kick. In the ensuing extra time both the teams failed to score leading to a penalty shoot-out. The spot kicks from Adrian Cieslewicz, Danny Wright, Chris Westwood and finally Johnny Hunt, led to Wrexham's victory. Wrexham became the first Welsh club to win the trophy.


2013 FA Vase Final
The 2013 FA Vase Final was the 39th final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams below level 8 of the English football league system. It was the 30th FA Vase Final. It was contested by Northern Football League team Spennymoor Town and Kent League team Tunbridge Wells. The match was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 4 May 2013.


2013 FA Vase Final, Route to the Final
Spennymoor Town started in the first round against Bridlington Town, winning 5–1. In the second round, they were drawn at home to Newcastle Benfield and winning 5–1. In the third round Spennymoor played fellow Northern Football League team, Billingham Synthonia winning 2–0. They were then drawn against Lordswood in the fourth round, winning 3–1. In the fifth round, they played Bemerton Heath Harlequins winning 4–2. In the quarter finals, Spennymoor drew Gornal Athletic where they won 3–1. In the semi-finals, Spennymoor were drawn against Guernsey. They won 3–1 in the first leg at Footes Lane in Guernsey and won 1–0 in the second leg for a 4–1 win on aggregate.


2013 FA Vase Final, Route to the Final
Tunbridge Wells started in the second round after receiving a bye in the first round, due to having reached the fifth round the previous year, by defeating Hellenic League Premier Division team Wantage Town 2-0 at their Culverden Stadium. In the third round, they were drawn away to Binfield, where they won 2–1 after extra time (aet). In the fourth round, Tunbridge Wells were drawn against the FA Vase holders, Dunston UTS. After the match was postponed four times, Tunbridge Wells won 1–0 at the Culverden Stadium.


2013 FA Vase Final, Route to the Final
In the fifth round, they were drawn away to Larkhall Athletic, where they won 4–3 aet In the quarter finals, they played Hadleigh United. In front of a record home crowd, Tunbridge Wells won 2–0. In the semi-finals, Tunbridge Wells defeated Shildon 4–3 on aggregate after a 2–0 win at the Culverden Stadium in the first leg and a 3–2 aet loss in the second leg. This made Tunbridge Wells the second Kent League team to reach the FA Vase final in its history.


2013 FA Vase Final, Build up
After a meeting at Wembley Stadium the week after the semi-finals, where both teams met with The Football Association to decide the choice of dressing rooms and the kit selections, tickets for the final were released on sale on 2 April 2013, with Tunbridge Wells selling over 2,600 tickets within the first 24 hours comparing with an average home crowd of 138.


2013 FA Vase Final, Build up
Both teams set up shops in their respective towns. On 12 April 2013, Spennymoor Town opened a shop under Spennymoor Town Hall after the space was loaned to them by the Mayor of Spennymoor. On 16 April, Tunbridge Wells opened a temporary shop in the offices of the Kent and Sussex Courier newspaper in Royal Tunbridge Wells. On 27 April 2013, Tunbridge Wells opened a second temporary shop in the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre.


2013 FA WSL
The 2013 FA WSL was the third season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season began on 14 April and ended on 29 September.


2013 FA WSL
Arsenal were the defending champions, having won their ninth consecutive English title last season. The top two teams qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League.


2013 FA WSL
The season was the last before the creation of a second division of the WSL. All teams had to reapply for a place in WSL 1 in the next season. Doncaster Belles were the only current WSL team not granted a WSL 1 place, thus they played in the WSL 2 the following season.


2013 FA WSL
This decision had already been taken before Doncaster finished the season bottom of the WSL with the lowest points tally, as no relegation to the WSL 2 based on points was scheduled until the WSL 2 had completed its inaugural season to produce a corresponding promotion team. The reason for Doncaster's relegation from WSL 1 was a failed reapplication based on financial criteria, which is an aspect of the WSL the FA monitors very closely since it funds the participating teams and the teams must regularly prove they can match the FA funding.


2013 FA WSL
The Belles' place in the top flight the following season was taken by the Manchester City Ladies team from the FA Women's Premier League National Division, but now re-branded as Manchester City Women. Likewise, Lincoln Ladies retained their place in WSL 1 but relocated and re-branded as Notts County Ladies for the following season.


2013 FA WSL, Teams
The same teams as last season returned, as there was no relegation system in place.


2013 FA WSL, Teams
Liverpool, who finished bottom in 2011 and 2012, relocated from Skelmersdale to the Halton Stadium in Widnes prior to the 2013 season as part of an ambitious programme of investment. Lincoln Ladies left Ashby Avenue to return full-time to Sincil Bank.


2013 FA WSL, League Cup
The WSL Continental Cup was played in the same format as last year. Arsenal won their third title in as many editions with a 2–0 win over Lincoln.


2013 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2013 FA Women's Cup Final was the 43rd final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 20th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal Ladies and Bristol Academy on 26 May 2013 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster. Holders Arsenal made its 12th final win. The win marked the first team trophy for new head coach Shelley Kerr.


2013 FAI Cup
The 2013 FAI Senior Challenge Cup, also known as the 2013 FAI Ford Senior Cup, was the 93rd season of the national football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League.


2013 FAI Cup
A total of 40 teams are competing in the 2013 competition, which commenced on the weekend ending on 31 March 2013. The teams entered from the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division and First Division received byes into the second round stage. Four non-league clubs also received byes to the second round. The remaining 12 teams entered at the first round stage. These non-league teams are composed of the sixteen clubs, which reached the fourth round of the 2012–13 FAI Intermediate Cup and the seni-finalists of the FAI Junior Cup 2012-13.


2013 FAI Cup, First round
The draw for this round was conducted by FAI President Paddy McCaul at the FAI headquarters in Abbotstown on 5 March 2013. 16 of the 20 non-League of Ireland clubs are participating in this round, with the remaining 4 clubs earning a bye to the Second round. The matches were played on the weekend ending 31 March 2013.


2013 FAI Cup, Second round
The draw for the second round was made live on Monday Night Soccer on 29 April. The draw was made by FAI President Paddy McCaul and Nicky Byrne, a former international goalkeeper for Republic of Ireland youth sides and former member of the boy band Westlife.


2013 FAI Cup, Third round
The draw for the third round was made live on Monday Night Soccer on 15 July. The draw was made by FAI President Paddy McCaul and Republic of Ireland U19 team manager Paul Doolin.


2013 FAI Cup, Quarter finals
The draw for the quarter finals was made on 26 August on Monday Night Soccer. The draw was made by FAI President Paddy McCaul and former goalkeeper Alan O'Neill who won the FAI Cup with Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk and UCD. Fixtures took place on the weekend of 15 September 2013.


2013 FAI Cup, Semi finals
The draw for the semi finals was made on 16 September on Monday Night Soccer. The draw was made by the Director of the Airtricity League Fran Gavin and former Irish national player Turlough O'Connor. Fixtures took place on the weekend of 6 October 2013. Both matches were shown live on RTÉ Two.


2013 FAI Cup Final
The 2013 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2013 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 3 November 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers contested the match.


2013 FAI Cup Final
The match was shown live on RTÉ Two and RTÉ Two HD in Ireland and was refereed by Paul Tuite, assisted by Damien MacGraith and Michelle O’Neill with Derek Tomney as Fourth Official. The Referee Observer was John Duffy.


2013 FAI Cup Final
Sligo Rovers won the cup for the third time in four years. Rovers substitute Danny North proved the difference between the sides with two goals in the last 15 minutes and assisted in a third for Anthony Elding to win it deep in injury time.


2013 FAI Cup Final
The match was preceded by the 2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, in which Raheny United defeated Castlebar Celtic after extra time.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final
The 2013 FAI Women's Cup Final was the final match of the 2013 FAI Women's Cup, the national association football Cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 3 November 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Raheny United and Castlebar Celtic contested the match.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final
The match was shown live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ2 HD in Ireland and was refereed by Marie Ward, assisted by Deirdre Nolan and Olivia Syned with Natasha Valenti as Fourth Official. The Referee Observer was Victor Loughman.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final
Raheny United won the Cup to retain the trophy they won for the first time the previous year. Underdogs Castlebar Celtic equalised twice to force extra time but were unable to come back a third time after conceding an own goal.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Background
The two managers were already acquainted, as Raheny's Terry Eviston had previously been in charge of Athlone Town when Castlebar's Adrian Carberry had been a player at the League of Ireland club.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Background
Carberry was barred from the technical area at the Aviva Stadium because he was an employee of the Football Association of Ireland. His request for a one-off dispensation was refused, so he took his place in the stand and his assistant Maz Sweeney directed operations from pitch-side.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Background
All the Castlebar Celtic players wore the name Jeremy on the back of their shirts, as a mark of respect to their former manager Jeremy Dee whose untimely death occurred in November 2012.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Background
As Cup holders, reigning Women's National League champions and undefeated League-leaders, Raheny United entered the match as strong favourites. Two weeks previously they had beaten Castlebar Celtic's comparatively youthful team 9–2 in a League fixture.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Background
Castlebar Celtic were without Shauna Jackson due to an injured ankle. Deirdre Doherty had missed recent fixtures while attending college in England, but Castlebar retained her registration and she agreed to come back to play in the match. Seana Cooke had agreed a transfer from Raheny United to Durham in the week leading up to the match.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
As the match was played as a curtain raiser to the 2013 FAI Cup Final between Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers, it began with a "small crowd" of around 200 which expanded to a reported attendance of 17,573 in time for the men's final.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Raheny took control of possession in the early exchanges and forced Castlebar's 16-year-old goalkeeper Caoimhe O'Reilly into action. Raheny took the lead after 37 minutes when Ciara Grant hit a half volley over O'Reilly and into the net.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Castlebar continued to yield the territorial advantage but tried to hit Raheny on the break, usually through their skilful playmaker Emma Hansberry. On 67 minutes Sarah Rowe made a foray up the right wing and found Hansberry, who played the ball inside for substitute Emma Mullin to score the equaliser.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
On 84 minutes Raheny went back ahead when Caroline Thorpe was controversially adjudged to have been fouled by Castlebar's young goalkeeper, and scored the resultant penalty kick herself. Castlebar equalised again in the last minute of normal time, when another substitute Deirdre Doherty fired a powerful long-range shot past Niamh Reid Burke.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
The standard 15-minutes each-way of extra-time was unexpectedly abridged to ten minutes each-way. Five minutes into the additional period Castlebar's centre-back Kim Flood inadvertently headed Siobhán Killeen's cross past O'Reilly and into her own goal. The luckless Flood was later carried off with an injury, replaced by Rachel Kearns.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
During the presentation of the trophy to victorious Raheny captain Becky Creagh, Sligo Rovers players intruded on the pitch to begin their warm up.


2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Experienced midfielder Caroline Thorpe was named Player of the Match by RTÉ summariser Susan Ronan. Thorpe later revealed that she had been bereaved by the death of her brother and was in the grip of anorexia nervosa at the time.


2013 FAM Youth Championship
The 2013 FAM Youth Championship, includes the youth teams of all the Dhivehi League teams and 4 other teams from any part of the Maldives who want to participate (Mahibadhoo Sports Club, Kelaa Naalhi Sports, Eydhafushi Zuvaanunge Club and Club Green Street). The age group of this tournament is Under-21.


2013 FAM Youth Championship, Participated Teams
It was announced that only 10 teams can participate in the competition  but later, the Football Association of Maldives decided to give permission for all the teams who wants to participate, in order to give more young stars to show their capability in the tournament.


2013 FAMAS Awards
The 61st Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held at the AFP Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on April 21, 2013.


2013 FAMAS Awards
El Presidente (English: The President; Filipino: Ang Pangulo), a 2012 biopic film based on the life of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippine Republic is this edition's recipient of the Best Picture Award while its lead star, Jeorge Estregan, got the award for Best Actor. Angel Locsin, the female lead for the film One More Try, won as this year's Best Actress.


2013 FBD Insurance League
The 2013 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and colleges Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. As well as the five county teams, three colleges' teams competed: Institute of Technology, Sligo, NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). Leitrim won for the first time in the competition's history.


2013 FBD Insurance League, Format
The teams are drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners play in the final. The winners were supposed to play a further game against New York, but this game was never played.


2013 FC Aktobe season
The 2013 FC Aktobe season was the 13th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe won the League title for the first time since 2009, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. Aktobe also reached the Semifinal of the Kazakhstan Cup and the Play-off Round of the Europa League.


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


2013 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Astana season
The 2013 FC Astana season was the fifth successive season that Astana played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. They also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup, reaching the Quarter-Finals, and the Europa League, where they were knocked out in the First Qualifying Round.


2013 FC Astana season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Astana season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Astana season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Astana season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Bunyodkor season
The 2013 season was Bunyodkors 7th season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan. Bunyodkor completed first treble in the season. They completed a Domestic double winning both the League and Cup. Also Bunyodkor youth team won 2013 Uzbek Youth League. Bunyodkor also competed in the AFC Champions League, reaching the Round of 16 stage before being knocked out by Buriram United of Thailand.


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


2013 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter 2012-13
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter 2012-13
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Players on Trial
The following players have been on trial during training camps in January–February, 2013


2013 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Players on Trial
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer 2013
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer 2013
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Bunyodkor season, Competitions
Bunyodkor was present in all major competitions: Uzbek League, the AFC Champions League and the Uzbek Cup.


2013 FC Dallas season
The 2013 FC Dallas season is the eighteenth of the team's existence. The team began their preseason by signing three new players to the squad: Stephen Keel, Peter Luccin, and Pipico.


2013 FC Dallas season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Overall standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2013 FC Gifu season
The 2013 FC Gifu season sees FC Gifu compete in J. League Division 2 for the sixth consecutive season as well as competing in the 2013 Emperor's Cup.


2013 FC Gifu season, Players
As of August 8, 2013Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Gifu season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Kairat season
The 2013 FC Kairat season was the 3rd successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat finished the season in 3rd place and reached the Second Round of the Kazakhstan Cup.


2013 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Kansas City season
The 2013 season was FC Kansas City's first season of existence, in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.


2013 FC Kansas City season, Club, Team management
FC Kansas City's ownership group is composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome. Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), was head coach for the 2013 season.


2013 FC Pakhtakor season
The 2013 season was Pakhtakor's 22nd season in the top Uzbek League in Uzbekistan. Pakhtakor competed in the Uzbek League, Uzbek Cup and AFC Champions League tournaments.


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


2013 FC Pakhtakor season, Transfers, Winter 2012-13
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Pakhtakor season, Transfers, Winter 2012-13
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Pakhtakor season, Transfers, Summer 2013
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Pakhtakor season, Transfers, Summer 2013
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Pakhtakor season, Competitions
Pakhtakor is present in all major competitions: Uzbek League, the AFC Champions League and the Uzbek Cup.


2013 FC Seoul season
The 2013 season is FC Seoul's 30th season in the K League Classic.


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


2013 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4–3–3 or 4-2-3-1 formation.


2013 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2013 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2013 FC Shakhter Karagandy season
The 2013 FC Shakhter Karagandy season was the 22nd successive season that Shakhter played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan.


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


2013 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Tokyo season
The 2013 FC Tokyo season is FC Tokyo's 2nd season back in the J. League Division 1 since the unexpected relegation in the 2010 season. They also competed in the 2013 J. League Cup and 2013 Emperor's Cup.


2013 FC Tokyo season, Current squad
As of February 14, 2013Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FC Tokyo season, Match results, J. League
J. League Winner (also qualified for 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage)  2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage  Relegation to J. League 2


2013 FCBL season
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2013 FCBL season
The 2013 FCBL season was the third season of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league.


2013 FCBL season, All-star game
The FCBL's second annual All-Star game was hosted by the Pittsfield Suns at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on July 25, 2013. The format for this year's game had members from the league's 5 Massachusetts teams pitted against players from the league's 4 remaining New England teams. The Massachusetts All-Stars defeated the New England All-Stars 2-0.


2013 FCBL season, Postseason
The postseason expanded again for the 2013 season to include a one-game Play-In round. The playoff field expanded to six teams as well, where the two teams with the best records would get a bye for the first round. The Play-In game would be played at the home field of the higher seeded team that had the bye, and the 2 series would be a doubleheader. For example: seed #4 played seed #5 at seed #1's home field, where the winner of the game would then face seed #1. This game would begin the 3-game series


2013 FDJ.fr season
The 2013 season for FDJ.fr 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 FDJ.fr season
Having raced as FDJ-BigMat in 2012, the team lost their sponsorship, and competed as FDJ for the first half of the season. Prior to the Tour de France, it was announced that the team would change name slightly, becoming FDJ.fr.


2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team
The 2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team represented Far Eastern University during the 76th season of the UAAP men's basketball tournament that began on June 29, 2013. The Tamaraws finished the eliminations with a 10-4 record and placed third in the tournament after losing to DLSU in the semifinals.


2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team, Notable Games, UE Red Warriors
The Tamaraws played the season opener facing the Battle of the East rival and the much favored preseason Filoil champions UE Red Warriors. The Tams found themselves trailing 21-11 at the end of the first quarter. The Warriors were mostly leading by double digits the entire first half until the Tams were able to claw their way back to cut the lead down to a single digit in the final 2 minute frame of the second quarter, 32-37.


2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team, Notable Games, UE Red Warriors
FEU started the second half on a 10-3 run to take advantage of the Warriors 42-40 in the first three minutes of the third quarter, only to end the momentum with Garcia committing an unsportsmanlike foul that gave the Warriors their own 7-0 surge to regain the lead 42-47. FEU scored the last six points to lead the Warriors 61-54 to end the third. FEU led as much as 15 in the fourth and went on to win the game, 89-78, their seventh straight win against the Warriors.


2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team, Notable Games, ADMU Blue Eagles
Leading by as much as 11 points in the fourth quarter, the Eagles came back with a 14-2 run to gain the lead, 58-57. FEU then scored three straight baskets for a 59-64 lead with over two minutes in the fourth but Elorde made a quick three to pull within two, 62-64. The game were tied at 66 with 10 seconds left in the game and eventually went to overtime after a Garcia miss. The Tams outscored the Eagles, 13-9 in overtime to get the win, 79-75, ending their six-game losing streak to the Eagles. Romeo scored six of the Tams' last eight points in the extra period.


2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team, Notable Games, ADMU Blue Eagles
Terrence Romeo was named the first Press Corps Player of the Week of the season averaging 21 points, 5.3 assists and two steals per game in wins over UE, Ateneo and UP.


2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team, Notable Games, Battle of the East, Round 2
Though FEU led almost the entire game with as much as 17, Sumang-led Red Warriors came back late in the fourth quarter taking advantage of FEU's lackluster defense and poor free throw shooting to tie the game at 70.


2013 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team, Notable Games, Battle of the East, Round 2
The game went to overtime and the Warriors were in control in the extra period with a seven-point lead with 28 seconds in left, but was not able to cap off the win as they let the Tams score five straight points with Romeo completing a coast to coast finish and Mendoza stealing an inbound pass off of UE's Santos for a three-point marker putting the Tams within striking distance, 84-82. Sumang was fouled and missed one of his free throws with 13 seconds left, giving FEU the chance to tie the game only being down by three, 85-82. Tolomia hit the three pointer after faking a hand-off pass to Romeo and sends the game to its second overtime. The Tams showed dominance into the second overtime with a 98-94 win, snapping their two-game losing skid. The Warriors lost eight straight games to the Tamaraws.


2013 FFAS Senior League
The 2013 season of the FFAS Senior League was the thirty-three season of association football competition in American Samoa. SKBC won the championship, their first recorded title.


2013 FFAS Senior League, Format
Eight teams competed in the league. The top team became the champion. Seventh place played in a relegation playoff against the second place finisher from division 2. Last place was automatically relegated, replaced by division 2 winner.


2013 FFSA season
The Football Federation South Australia 2013 season was the first season under the new competition format in South Australia. The competition consists of two divisions across the State of South Australia, created from the teams in the previous three tier structure: the National Premier Leagues South Australia and the FFSA State League.


2013 FFSA season
The overall champion for the new structure (Campbelltown City) qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2013.


2013 FFSA season, League Tables, 2013 National Premier Leagues SA
The National Premier League South Australia 2013 season was played by 14 teams over 26 rounds, from February to August 2013.


2013 FFSA season, League Tables, 2013 NPL State League
The 2013 NPL State League was the first edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 16 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 30 rounds, with the top two at the end of the year being promoted to the 2014 National Premier Leagues South Australia.


2013 FFSA season, League Tables, 2013 Women's Premier League
The highest tier domestic football competition in South Australia for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the Adelaide Airport Women's Premier League. The 8 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 21 games.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup
The 2013 FFV State Knockout Cup was the third edition of a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2013, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. The first round was played during the weekend of 3 March 2013, with the Final scheduled for 7 September.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup
Unlike previous years, this tournament does not stagger the entrance of teams based on their position on the football pyramid; teams from as high as the Victorian Premier League participated in the opening round, though 16 selected clubs were given byes to the Fourth Round.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Format
During Rounds 1–4, the matches will be played within 4 geographical "zones" (North, South, East and West), with the zones merging into a single competition in Round 5.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Round 1
50 Clubs were randomly granted byes into Round 2; the remaining 28 of the introductory teams played in Round 1 on the weekend of 2 March. The Draw for this round was held on 15 February.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Round 2
These matches were played during the weekend of 9 March. The Draw for this round was held on 15 February, the same day as the Draw for Round 1.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Round 2, West Zone
John Strycharski 31Kacper Hubiak 53, 60Phillip Mucha 58, 72Wojciech Galon 76


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Round 3
These matches were played on the weekend of 23 March; the Draw was held on 12 March.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Round 4
Round 4 saw the introduction of 16 Seeded Clubs, selected based on their performance in the 2012 FFV State Knockout Cup.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Round 4, Clubs Entering
The Round 4 matches were played on the weekend of 4 May; the Draw was held on 25 March.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Round 5
This round saw the 4 winners from each Zone in the previous round enter a single 16-Club draw. These matches were played on the weekend of 8 June; the Draw took place on 6 May.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Quarter-Finals
The Draw for the Quarter-Finals took place on 12 June; the matches took place on 23 July.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Semi-Finals
The Draw for the Semi-Finals took place on 15 July.


2013 FFV State Knockout Cup, Final
The Final was played at the neutral venue of Knights Stadium on 8 September.


2013 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
The 2013 FIA Alternative Energies Cup is a season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.


2013 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
For the final classifications, 50% rounded up of the best results plus one is taken into account.