2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
The Bears played the Packers for the second time in the season, this time on the road at Lambeau Field, where the Packers had won all three of their home games in 2014 with a league-high 37.0 points per game at home. The game was broadcast on NBC Sunday Night Football, the ninth consecutive year that a Bears-Packers was held in prime time. Entering the game, Jay Cutler had struggled against the Packers, with a 67.0 passer rating, the lowest against any team.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
He also had thrown 13 touchdowns against 19 interceptions, and heading into the game, led the league in turnovers with 12, which led to 44 total points by opponents. However, the Bears' rushing attack took on the Packers' worst-ranked run defense, which had allowed 153.5 yards per game on 32.1 rushing attempts. The offense had to avoid long-distance drives, as they were ranked 29th in the NFL in points scored outside the red zone with 31.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
On defense, the Bears' rushing defense faced a Green Bay rushing game that was one of ten teams in the NFL to average less than 100 yards per game with 97.5 yards on 24.3 attempt, which ranked 26th, ahead of the Bears by one spot. However, the Packers also averaged 4.02 yards per carry and 4.3 yards per carry on first down. The Bears' pass defense also had to face Aaron Rodgers, who ranked third in the league with 8.22 yards per pass.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
In addition, the team had to be wary in the event they attempted to blitz; Rodgers had the highest passer rating against the blitz with 130.71, along with eight touchdowns and one interception. Over their previous five games, the Packers had scored an average of 33.6 points, while the Bears had allowed 32 average points in their last five games. The Packers were seven-point favorites, and the game's over/under of 53.5 points is the highest total of week ten games. Terrance Mitchell, Khaseem Greene, Darryl Sharpton, Eben Britton, Blake Annen, David Bass, and DeDe Lattimore were the inactives for the game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
The Bears won the coin toss, and received, but punted after their first drive. From their own 29-yard line, the Packers drove to the Bears' one, where Rodgers threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Bostick. On the second play of the Bears' next drive, Cutler was intercepted by Micah Hyde, and the Packers converted the turnover into a Rodgers' four-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Quarless.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
After the Bears were forced to punt again, the Packers' drive (which lasted into the second quarter) ended with Rodgers throwing a 73-yard touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson, and scored again after the Bears punted for the fourth consecutive time, this time on Rodgers' 40-yard touchdown pass to Nelson. On Chicago's next possession, the offense reached the Packers' four-yard line, but on 4th down, Cutler's pass to Alshon Jeffery was incomplete, and from their own five-yard line, the Packers eventually scored on Rodgers' 56-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Lacy.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
Chicago's next drive again led to zero points, with Cutler being sacked on 4th down by Morgan Burnett. The Packers reclaimed the ball on their 43-yard line, but two plays later, reached the Bears' seven-yard line after Tim Jennings was flagged for pass interference of 53 yards. However, Randall Cobb fumbled after being stripped by Lance Briggs, Ryan Mundy recovering in the endzone. However, the Bears would give the ball back with Cutler being strip-sacked by Julius Peppers at the Bears' 37-yard line. The Packers would extend their lead to 42–0 with Rodgers throwing an 18-yard touchdown pass to Cobb.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
The Bears ended the first half with a kneel. In the third quarter, the Packers punted for the first time in the game, the ball being returned for no gain at the Bears' 30-yard line, but would be pushed back to the 15-yard line due to Teddy Williams' personal foul penalty. After the Bears went three-and-out, Pat O'Donnell's punt was kicked by Jarrett Boykin and recovered by O'Donnell; the block was officially recorded as a fumble, and as a result, the Bears were considered to have turned the ball on downs.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
The Packers would score on Mason Crosby's 20-yard field goal. Despite a chance to tie the NFL record for most touchdown passes in a game, Rodgers was pulled for the Packers' third drive of the quarter for Matt Flynn. The Bears scored their first points of the game off Cutler's 45-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. Crosby would kick another field goal, this time a 52-yarder, to make the score 48–7.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
After both teams exchanged punts, the Bears' drive, which went into the final quarter, reached the Packers' 18-yard line, but Cutler's pass for Matt Forte hit Kyle Long's head, and bounced into Casey Hayward's hands, who scored on the 82-yard return. On the ensuing kickoff, with blocking along the Bears' sideline, Chris Williams scored on the 101-yard return to make the score 55–14. After the Packers punted again, Jimmy Clausen replaced Cutler for the Bears' final drive, but was sacked by Sam Barrington on 4th down; the Packers would run out the clock to end the game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
The 42 points allowed in the first half was a franchise record, and the six touchdown passes allowed in the half was an NFL record. By allowing 51 and 55 points against the Patriots and Packers, respectively, the Bears became the first team since the 1923 Rochester Jeffersons to allow at least 50 points in two consecutive games.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Chicago hosted the 4–5 Vikings in week eleven, the Vikings leading the all-time rivalry 53–51–4, though the Bears had won six consecutive games at Soldier Field between the two teams, dating back to 2007.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Jeff Joniak stated the Bears must "play smart"; for instance, on offense, the Bears would have to watch for pressure from a blitz-happy Mike Zimmer-led defense, which ranked third in the league in sacks with 30, 20 of which were in their last four games, and was also ranked third in the NFL in hurries with 60, and forced offenses to commit a league-leading 13 holding penalties. The pass rush would try to attack Jay Cutler, who was tied for the most turnovers with 15, and was sacked 23 times.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
On first down, the Vikings blitzed 32 percent of the time, and 38 percent on third down. The Vikings also ranked fourth against the pass, allowing 213.6 yards per game. The Vikings had also improved on points allowed, allowing 18.3 points in their last four games after permitting 30.0 in the previous four. However, the Vikings' rush defense was allowing 5 yards per carry on first down. Defensively, the Bears were struggling, allowing a league-most 30.8 points per game while ranking 28th against the pass, allowing 268.6 yards per game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Despite Vikings' star running back Adrian Peterson being suspended for the game, Matt Asiata and Jerick McKinnon had seven runs of 20 yards or more, and the latter averaged 5.0 yards per carry. In the passing game, the Vikings struggled without tight end Kyle Rudolph, but he made his return in week eleven. Rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was average in terms of accuracy and arm strength, having completed 53.9 percent of his passes, including 66 percent on third down, and while Greg Jennings had caught 60 percent of targets, Cordarrelle Patterson only caught 46 percent.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings' third down offense also struggled without Rudolph and Peterson, with a 36.5 conversion percentage, and at the line, Matt Kalil had allowed a league-high 12 sacks. Both teams had struggled in moving the ball downfield, with the Bears and Vikings having 32 and 33 drives start inside their own 20-yard lines, respectively, and the latter being the second-most in the NFL. On such drives, Chicago had a touchdown, 14 points, and six turnovers, while Minnesota had no touchdowns, 6 points, and four turnovers. Josh Morgan, Terrance Mitchell, Darryl Sharpton, Eben Britton, Jordan Mills, Trevor Scott, and Blake Annen were the Bears' inactive players.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Bears won the toss, and elected to defer. On their opening drive, the Vikings scored on Blair Walsh's 50-yard field goal. During the Bears' next drive, a play was whistled dead because Minnesota wanted to challenge whether a previous play was a fumble, and when Cutler voiced his complaints to the referees, he was penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct; the ruling eventually stood, costing the Vikings their first timeout. The Bears later attempted to tie the score with Robbie Gould's 47-yard field goal, but missed the kick wide right.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Later in the quarter, the Vikings extended their lead by ten with Bridgewater's seven-yard touchdown pass to Rhett Ellison. The Bears' next drive lasted into the second quarter, and ended on the fourth play of the quarter with Cutler's 27-yard touchdown pass to Alshon Jeffery. After both teams exchanged punts, the Bears were pinned on their own 27-yard line after a 20-yard illegal block penalty on Christian Jones.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
However, the Bears were able to reach the Vikings' 44-yard line, where Cutler threw a touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall, who outjumped Robinson for the catch; the score gave the Bears the 14–10 lead, the first time the Bears had led since week six against the Falcons, snapping a 207-minute, 11 second lead-less streak.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
After the Vikings punted again, the Bears' final possession of the first half ended after three plays: with 15 seconds remaining, the Bears called their final timeout of the half, and on the next play, Cutler was intercepted by Xavier Rhodes on a long pass to Jeffery. Bridgewater kneeled once to end the half. In the second half, the Bears started on their own 17-yard line, but reached the Vikings' one-yard line on 12 plays. On 4th and 1, Cutler attempted a quarterback sweep, but was tackled for no gain by Tom Johnson.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
After the Vikings punted, the Bears' following drive was ended when Cutler, attempting to avoid pressure from Johnson, had his pass for Martellus Bennett intercepted by Harrison Smith, who returned the pick 52 yards to the Chicago 27-yard line. However, the Vikings failed to capitalize on the takeaway, and at the Bears' 20-yard line, Walsh's field goal sailed wide right. The Bears' responding drive went into the final quarter, and ended with Cutler's four-yard touchdown pass to Marshall, killing 7:35 on the game clock on the possession.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota attempted to respond with a scoring drive, and drew within eight points with Walsh's 26-yard field goal. On Chicago's next drive, the offense ran exclusively running plays for Matt Forte, which forced the Vikings to use all three of their timeouts, and the Bears would later be forced to punt, ending a drive that burned 2:01 off the clock. On the Vikings' first play of their final drive, Bridgewater was sacked by Willie Young for a five-yard loss, though the clock was stopped by the two-minute warning.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings then recorded two consecutive first downs on Bridgewater's passes of 21 and 14 yards to Charles Johnson and McKinnon, respectively, and the next pass to Johnson resulted in a seven-yard gain to the Bears' 36-yard line. With less than a minute remaining, Bridgewater attempted to throw a pass to Johnson in the endzone, but was intercepted by Ryan Mundy. Cutler kneeled once to seal the 21–13 victory.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The win was the first at Soldier Field for the Bears of the 2014 season, and the first in eleven months, dating back to the October 9, 2013 game against the Dallas Cowboys.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bears' game against the 2–8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers marked the return of Bucs head coach Lovie Smith, who had served as Bears head coach from 2004 to 2012; his staff also featured seven former Bears' assistants: special teams coordinator Kevin O'Dea, cornerbacks coach Gill Byrd, wide receiver coach Andrew Hayes-Stoker, linebackers coach Hardy Nickerson, defensive line assistant Mike Phair, safeties coach Mikal Smith, and running backs coach Tim Spencer. The Bucs also featured three former Bears starters in quarterback Josh McCown, cornerback Isaiah Frey, and safety Major Wright.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bears entered the game leading the all-time series 36–18, and won the last meeting 24–18 in 2011. The Bears' 13th-ranked offense (19th rushing and 10th passing) had to prepare for a 27th-ranked Tampa Bay defense (22nd rushing and 30th passing) that was tied for fourth in forcing plays of negative yardage with 75, 45 of which were runs, the third-most in the league. To prevent such incidents, the team would have to contain Gerald McCoy and Lavonte David, who recorded three pick-sixes (tied for the most in the league), 15 turnovers and 45 points on these plays.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On defense, the Bears would have to apply pressure: when blitzed, the Buccaneers' quarterbacks have the second-worst statistics in the league, consisting of a 57.6 passer rating, four touchdowns, seven interceptions (McCown being responsible for four) and nine sacks. While the Bears' pass defense is ranked 15th compared to Tampa's 19th-ranked passing attack, and the cornerbacks are undersized compared to the Bucs' receiving tandem of Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson, both of whom are 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), the defensive backs are accustomed to such disadvantages in practice.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rushing-wise, Tampa was struggling productively, being ranked 28th, and had the NFL's second-least carries, and averaged only 3.2 yards on first down. ESPN, Yahoo!, USA Today, Fox Sports, and CBS Sports' majority panels predicted a Bears victory. Terrance Mitchell, Khaseem Greene, Darryl Sharpton, Eben Britton, Jordan Mills, Trevor Scott and Chris Williams were inactive.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers won the coin toss, but decided to kickoff. After the Bears went three-and-out, Marcus Thigpen muffed the ensuing punt but recovered. Tampa turned the ball over anyway when McCown was intercepted by Chris Conte, though Jay Cutler was also responsible for a turnover of his own after being hit by McCoy and fumbling with Clinton McDonald. McCown later connected with Evans for a 19-yard touchdown. After two drives of punts, Robbie Gould missed a 54-yard field goal while Patrick Murray made a 32-yard kick.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bears improved in the second half as Cutler threw a two-yard score to Alshon Jeffery, followed by two Forte touchdowns for 21 unanswered points. The Bucs would commit three turnovers in the second half as McCown lost a fumble on a David Bass sack and threw an interception to Ryan Mundy, and Jackson was stripped by Tim Jennings. Tampa added a 39-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, but could not rally as the Bears won.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bears were the second team in 2014 to win despite recording less than 205 total yards.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Detroit Lions
The Bears played their first Thanksgiving Day game in ten seasons against the 7–4 Detroit Lions. The two rivals have played 15 games on Thanksgiving, with Chicago holding the lead 8–7, but the Bears have been 1–4 in their last five Thanksgiving Day games, the most recent win coming in 1993 against the Lions. The previous Thanksgiving game for the Bears was a 21–7 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in 2004.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Detroit Lions
The Lions entered the game with one of the best run defenses in the league that allowed fewer than 71 yards per game and a league-best 3.2 per carry; Detroit's defense also led the league in negative-yardage rushing plays with 16.7 percent. Jeff Joniak wrote "running on the edges of the Lions defense with the tackle sweeps and toss plays to Matt Forte could prove to be effective" in defeating them.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Detroit Lions
Offensively, Joniak noted the Lions were similar to the Bears in featuring elements of the New Orleans Saints in their offensive thanks to coordinator Joe Lombardi's ties to the team. Although the Lions had failed to score a touchdown in eight consecutive quarters entering thirteen, running back Reggie Bush made his return to the team from injury. Overall, Joniak concluded the Bears had to capitalize on the Lions' two-game losing streak to win. Terrance Mitchell, Darryl Sharpton, Lance Briggs, Eben Britton, Trevor Scott, Chris Williams, and Jeremiah Ratliff sat out the game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Detroit Lions
Chicago, who had struggled in the first quarter as they were outscored 41–0 in the period in their last six games, saw early success as they forced a Detroit punt before scoring on their opening drive with Jay Cutler's ten-yard touchdown to Alshon Jeffery. Matt Prater made a 46-yard field goal, but a Jared Allen forced fumble on Matthew Stafford led to Cutler throwing a six-yard score to Jeffery to put the Bears up 14–3.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Detroit Lions
However, the Lions responded with 21 consecutive points in the second quarter with two Stafford touchdown throws to Calvin Johnson and a Joique Bell run, completing series of 78, 86, and 64 yards. Chicago attempted to respond with a 63-yard drive that ended with Robbie Gould's 35-yard kick, but the Lions engineered a 95-yard possession with Bell's one-yard score in the fourth quarter. Trailing 31–17, the Bears switched to a vertical passing attack, only for Cutler's pass to Brandon Marshall to be tipped by Darius Slay and intercepted by Glover Quin, which set up a 40-yard kick by Prater. Getting the ball with 1:55 remaining in the game, the Bears reached the Lions' 14-yard line before Cutler was picked off by James Ihedigbo on the final play.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
On Thursday night, the Bears and Dallas Cowboys met for the 25th time in week fourteen. The Bears had won the last three meetings between the two, including a 45–28 victory in 2013. In his pre-game preview, Jeff Joniak described the upcoming game as "tug of war with the clock" as both teams sought to control time of possession: in 2014, the Bears were ranked tenth in time of possession, while the Cowboys were ahead in fifth, and in their 2013 game, the Bears held the ball for 36 minutes.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys defense also struggled on first down, being ranked 29th in the NFL with 4.9 yards per carry allowed on such downs. Conversely, Dallas' offense featured one of the top offensive lines as DeMarco Murray led the league in carries and rushing yards, while quarterback Tony Romo had just eight interceptions and a passer rating of 125 against blitzes. However, the Cowboys had lost 12 of 18 fumbles, a weakness that Joniak emphasized.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Robbie Gould, who suffered a quad injury, was among the seven Bears inactive for the games as he joined Terrance Mitchell, Khaseem Greene, Darryl Sharpton, Eben Britton, Jeremiah Ratliff, and Cornelius Washington. To take Gould's place, the Bears signed Jay Feely, who made 30 of 36 kicks in 2013 with the Arizona Cardinals.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Four consecutive punts and a scoreless first quarter began the game before both teams traded touchdowns: after Murray scored a one-yard touchdown run, Jay Cutler threw a 12-yard score to Martellus Bennett, which Dallas answered on Romo's 13-yard pass to Cole Beasley. In the third quarter, the Cowboys scored three touchdowns to complete a 13-minute stretch between the second and third periods in which they scored 28 unanswered points: after Matt Forte lost a fumble to Sterling Moore, Romo threw a 24-yard touchdown to Beasley, followed by a six-yard touchdown pass to Gavin Escobar and Joseph Randle's 17-yard touchdown run.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Bears opened the fourth quarter with Cutler's 27-yard touchdown to Alshon Jeffery, though Feely's extra point was blocked. Chicago then attempted an onside kick that Beasley recovered, with Anthony Walters suffering an offside penalty. The Cowboys would drive to the Bears' 17 where Dan Bailey converted a 35-yard field goal. Forte later ran for a one-yard touchdown and scored on the two-point conversion; the Bears' Dante Rosario recovered the ensuing onside for the team's first successful onside kick since 2003.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Assisted by a roughing the passer penalty on Tyrone Crawford, the Chicago offense reached the Dallas ten, where Cutler ran for the score. A third onside kick attempt failed as DeDe Lattimore was penalized for being offsides and Dez Bryant recovered; Bailey later made a 27-yard kick. Down 41–28, the Bears attempted to rally and reached the Cowboys' red zone before Cutler was intercepted by Orlando Scandrick in the end zone.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys ended the game with scores on seven consecutive drives, with three exceptions being the first two punts and the final possession in which Romo kneeled twice to end the game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys
With the Lions' win over the Buccaneers three days later, the Bears were officially eliminated from playoff contention.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints
Week fifteen saw a battle of 5–8 teams as the Bears hosted the New Orleans Saints; the Bears entered the game with a 15–13 advantage in the all-time series, though they dropped their last meeting in 2013 26–18. With the Saints allowing 271 rushing yards in their previous game against the Carolina Panthers and 183 rushing yards per game in the last five weeks, Jeff Joniak stressed a run-heavy offense with Matt Forte who had just 18 combined carries and 31 total yards in his last two games.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints
The Saints defense was also allowing 398 yards per game and eight yards per pass, among the worst in the NFL, while their 359 total points allowed were the second-most in the NFC behind the Bears' 378. For the Bears defense, Joniak focused on containing Mark Ingram Jr., who had four 100-yard rushing games in 2014, and Drew Brees, who was completing 69.3 percent of his throws and was close to breaking 4,000 passing yards for the ninth straight year. Chris Conte, Robbie Gould, Michael Ola, Trevor Scott, David Fales, Brandon Dunn, and Terrance Mitchell were inactive.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints
After a scoreless first quarter in which Jay Cutler was intercepted by Patrick Robinson on the opening drive, Nick Toon lost a fumble to Jared Allen, and Shayne Graham missed a 51-yard field goal, the Saints scored 24 unanswered points across the second and third quarters. The points came via Brees' eight- and nine-yard touchdown throws to Josh Hill and Marques Colston in the second, followed a second Brees-to-Hill score for seven yards and Graham's 25-yard kick in the third. Against a blitz-heavy Saints defense, Cutler was sacked a season-high seven times as the offense recorded just 278 total yards.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints
He was also intercepted two more times by Pierre Warren in the second and third quarters. During the first quarter, on 4th-and-3 from their own 39 and with only ten players on the field, the Bears attempted to fake the punt by directly snapping to Danny McCray; McCray would gain only two yards on the play. The Bears were then penalized for not having seven players on the line of scrimmage, missing a lineman. Chicago would not score points until the fourth quarter with a one-yard touchdown pass to Marquess Wilson. After the two-minute warning, Ingram recorded a 15-yard touchdown run, which the Bears answered with a seven-yard throw from Cutler to Alshon Jeffery to complete a 71-yard drive. The Saints' Benjamin Watson recovered the onside to end the game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints
With the loss, the Bears fell to 5–9, their first losing season since 2009.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Detroit Lions
With the Bears struggling, Jay Cutler was benched for backup Jimmy Clausen against the Lions in week sixteen; at the time of his benching, Cutler led the league in turnovers with 24. It was Clausen's first start since his rookie year with the 2010 Carolina Panthers, during which he went 1–9 as a starter; in 2014, he appeared in three games with the Bears, during which he completed three of nine passes for 42 yards. At the time of his benching, Cutler led the league in turnovers with 24. Robbie Gould, David Fales, Terrance Mitchell, Chris Conte, Kyle Long, Trevor Scott, and Will Sutton were unavailable as all but Mitchell and Scott were dealing with injuries.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Detroit Lions
After two punts, the Lions scored first on Reggie Bush's 13-yard touchdown run. Although the Bears drove to Detroit's one-yard line, they were unable to score as Clausen's fourth-down pass to Eben Britton, who had reported in as an eligible receiver, fell incomplete. Chicago would get the ball back on the following series after Matthew Stafford's pass was intercepted by Brock Vereen, but they could not capitalize on the takeaway and punted. Stafford would be intercepted again, this time by Ryan Mundy, at the Bears' one-yard line, though the Chicago offense yet again failed to score.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Detroit Lions
On the ensuing punt, returner Jeremy Ross muffed the punt at the Lions' 11 and Sherrick McManis recovered. On the next play, Clausen threw an 11-yard touchdown to Forte. After Matt Prater made a 39-yard field goal on the first drive of the second half, Clausen answered with a 20-yard score to Alshon Jeffery to give the Bears the 14–10; the score was aided by a roughing the punter while the Bears were punting on fourth-and-23.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Detroit Lions
In the fourth quarter, Prater's 37-yard attempt was blocked by Jeremiah Ratliff, but the Lions would score ten unanswered points in the period via Joique Bell's 17-yard touchdown run and a 30-yard kick by Prater. The go-ahead touchdown by Bell was created with help from a defensive pass interference on Tim Jennings while covering Corey Fuller, resulting in a 46-yard gain for the Lions. Down by six points with 2:35 remaining, the Bears reached their 45 before Clausen's fourth-down throw was intercepted by Glover Quin.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Detroit Lions
Clausen ended his day with 23 of 39 passes completed for 181 yards, two touchdowns, an interception, and a passer rating of 77.0. Prior to the fourth quarter in which he completed just four of ten throws for 25 yards and the pick, he was 19 of 29 for 156 yards and two touchdowns for a 102.1 passer rating. He suffered a concussion in the game after a helmet-to-helmet hit by Ziggy Ansah, forcing him to miss the season finale in Minnesota.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
With Jimmy Clausen out, Jay Cutler started the 2014 season finale against the Vikings. In his pre-game keys, Jeff Joniak discussed protecting Cutler from Mike Zimmer's blitzes; although Cutler recorded 330 passing yards in their first meeting, he was hit five times, while the Vikings were ranked in the top ten in sacks and forcing offensive linemen to commit holding penalties.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
On defense, he emphasized the ability to "compete with fire" to stop Teddy Bridgewater, who had four straight games with at least 70 percent of his passes completed, and Matt Asiata, who was second in the league with nine rushing touchdowns. Joniak concluded his article by noting the overall message should be maintaining effort as the Bears completed "one of the most frustrating and perplexing seasons in recent franchise history with unfulfilled expectations devolving into uncertainty for 2015." Clausen, Robbie Gould, Al Louis-Jean, Chris Conte, Charles Leno Jr., Austen Lane, and Brandon Dunn did not dress for the game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
In a low-scoring affair, the Vikings scored the only points of the first quarter with Blair Walsh's 37-yard field goal; Bridgewater had thrown a 35-yard touchdown to Greg Jennings early in the drive, but the pass was ruled incomplete. Jay Feely made a 48-yard kick on the Bears' final drive of the first half. Every other series in the half ended with a punt. The second half began with Bridgewater being intercepted by Kyle Fuller, who returned the pick to Minnesota's nine-yard line. However, the offense could not score the touchdown and had to settle for Feely's 25-yard field goal.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings answered with a 44-yard touchdown pass by Bridgewater to Adam Thielen. Following a 44-yard field goal by Walsh in the fourth quarter, Marc Mariani returned the ensuing kickoff 67 yards to the Vikings' 35, but the offense once again could not capitalize, leading to a 35-yard kick by Feely. Minnesota would reach Chicago's three on the next series, but were stopped on fourth down; the Bears also suffered the same fate when Cutler's fourth-and-nine pass to Martellus Bennett fell short by a yard.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
The offense struggled mightily as the Bears failed to score a touchdown for the first time under Marc Trestman. Although Cutler completed 23 of 36 passes in the game for a career-best 66 percent, he had just 172 passing yards and just one pass that exceeded 20 yards.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
With the loss, the Bears ended the season with their fifth consecutive loss, the first such losing streak since 1989, and their first last-place finish in the division since 2007.


2014 Chicago Bears season, End of season
The Bears ended 2014 with a 5–11 record, their first losing season since 2009 and the first with more than ten losses since 2004. After the week fourteen loss to Dallas, Jay Cutler described the year as the "No. 1" disappointment of his career; he noted that "expectations coming into this [season] were extremely high and since the first game we haven't done a good enough job week-in and week-out. So it adds up."


2014 Chicago Bears season, End of season
Offensively, the team recorded the highest completion percentage in team history with 65 percent, and ranked second among all Bears teams in completions (396), passing attempts (609) and passing touchdowns. Cutler broke the team record for the most completions with 370, along with career highs in completion percentage (66 percent) and passing touchdowns (28). Despite these milestones, he tied the San Diego Chargers' Philip Rivers for the most interceptions in the league with 18, while his 24 total turnovers also led the NFL.


2014 Chicago Bears season, End of season
The offense also regressed from being the second-ranked scoring unit in the NFL in 2013 with 445 points to just 319 in 2014, while the team failed to score at least 30 points in a game for the first time since 2004. The Bears also featured the heaviest passing attack in 2014 as they threw on 63.1 percent of their plays.


2014 Chicago Bears season, End of season
On defense, the Bears' adjusted line yards defense, which "measures a defense's control of the line of scrimmage", ranked 30th in the league, a two-spot improvement from 2013. In runs toward the offensive linemen, the team ranked 29th or worse in runs marked left tackle, middle/guard and right tackle. The 30th-ranked defense allowed 381.5 yards per game and a league-most 28.6 points per game.


2014 Chicago Bears season, End of season
The struggles were compounded by tensions in the locker room and the staff's difficulties in managing the situation; after losing to Miami, reports surfaced of the team arguing with one another. In December, offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer anonymously criticized Cutler before apologizing; Trestman's actions surrounding the matter drew concern from players, with reports claiming Kromer received "basically a slap on the wrist" as discipline for his comments. The roster was also reportedly "confused and uncomfortable" when Cutler was benched for the week sixteen game against the Lions.


2014 Chicago Bears season, End of season
In his 2014 season report card, ESPN.com's Michael C. Wright wrote "Trestman undoubtedly fractured the relationship with the quarterback, but the move called into question general manager Phil Emery's skills as a personnel evaluator." After Trestman's firing, an anonymous player revealed in a 2015 interview with Bleacher Report writer Mike Freeman that Jeremiah Ratliff was named a team captain days after Ratliff pushed an assistant coach and damaged a practice clock; although Trestman defended the decision, the player explained it created discord among his teammates.


2014 Chicago Bears season, End of season
Trestman and Emery were fired on December 29. Coordinators Kromer and Mel Tucker were not retained by new head coach John Fox.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Awards and records, Awards
On December 23, Kyle Long was named to the 2014 Pro Bowl, the only Bear invited. This was his second consecutive Pro Bowl invitation, making him the first Bear since Devin Hester to make the all-star game in his first two seasons, and the tenth in Bears history. On January 2, 2015, Long was named to the Associated Press All-Pro team, again the lone Bear; he had received five votes, and was named to the second team. In 2014, he didn't allow a single sack.


2014 Chicago Bears season, Awards and records, Awards
On January 13, 2015, Pat O'Donnell and Kyle Fuller were named to the Pro Football Writers Association's All-Rookie Team. On April 7, Matt Slauson was awarded the NFL's Ed Block Courage Award.


2014 Chicago Blitz season
The 2014 Chicago Blitz season was the first season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.


2014 Chicago Blitz season
The Blitz came into existence in January 2014, after the Chicago Slaughter announced that they would be sitting out the 2014 season just one month before the regular season began.


2014 Chicago Blitz season, Schedule, Regular season
The team's final contest against the Sting ruined the Sting's chances of a perfect season.


2014 Chicago Cubs season
The 2014 Chicago Cubs season was the 143rd season of the franchise, the 139th in the National League and the 99th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Rick Renteria in his only year as Cubs manager and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of the National League Central Division.


2014 Chicago Cubs season
The Cubs began the season on the road against the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 31, 2014 and finished the regular season on September 28, 2014, on the road against the Milwaukee Brewers.


2014 Chicago Cubs season
The Cubs finished the season with a 73–89 record to finish in last place in the Central Division.


2014 Chicago Cubs season
This season marked the 100th season of play at Wrigley Field, though the Cubs did not start playing there until 1916. To mark the occasion, the Cubs wore different uniforms to represent each decade during ten homestands throughout the season.


2014 Chicago Cubs season, Previous season
The Cubs finished the 2013 season 66–96 to finish in last place in the Central Division. Following the season, Dale Sveum was fired as manager on September 30, 2013. His total record with the Cubs in two years was 127–197. Rick Renteria was hired as the manager of the Chicago Cubs on November 7, 2013 and signed a three-year contract.


2014 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason, Spring training facilities
The Cubs opened a new spring training facility in Mesa, Arizona called Sloan Park. The park replaces HoHoKam Stadium which had been their spring training home since 1979. With a capacity of 15,000, Cubs Park becomes the largest spring training stadium by capacity in Major League Baseball, surpassing Camelback Ranch in Glendale.


2014 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Game log
Note: The Cubs finished their first winning season at Wrigley Field since 2009 with a record of 41–40. 2,652,113 fans attended Cubs home games which was the best since the 2008 season.


2014 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs Scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; Avg. = Batting Average; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases


2014 Chicago Cubs season, Major League Baseball draft
During the draft, the Cubs drafted Kyle Schwarber with the fourth overall pick of the 2014 Draft who would play an important role in the 2016 World Series.


2014 Chicago Cubs season, Farm system
On September 16, 2014 the Cubs announced that they will be moving their top Class A affiliate from Daytona in the Florida State League to Myrtle Beach in the Carolina League for the 2015 season. Two days later, on the 18th, the Cubs signed a 4-year player development contract with the South Bend Silver Hawks of the Midwest League, ending their brief relationship with the Kane County Cougars. On the 25th, the Silver Hawks officially changed their name to the South Bend Cubs.


2014 Chicago Fire season
The 2014 Chicago Fire season was the club's 19th year of existence, as well as their 17th season in Major League Soccer and their 17th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.


2014 Chicago Fire season
Chicago Fire began the regular season on March 9, 2014, with an away match against Chivas USA. The Men in Red concluded the regular season on October 24, 2014, with a home match against Houston Dynamo. Chicago finished the season with a 6-10-18 record and missed the playoffs for the fourth time in the past five seasons. With 18 drawn matches, the Fire set a new MLS record for most ties in a season, beating the previous record of 16 ties set in 2011 by Chicago Fire and New York Red Bulls.


2014 Chicago Fire season
After 12 years with the team, midfielder Logan Pause retired at the end of the season. Pause spent all of his professional career playing for Chicago Fire. On November 3, 2014, he was named Vice President of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club.


2014 Chicago Fire season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2014 Chicago Fire season, Player movement, Loans, Out
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2014 Chicago Fire season, Standings, Overall table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2014 Chicago Fire season, Standings, Results summary
Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2014 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, Team annual awards
Forward Quincy Amarikwa won the Golden Boot award for scoring the team-leading eight goals this season. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson was named the Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Johnson was also named the team's Most Valuable Player. The winners were selected by the local media members.


2014 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, Team annual awards
First-year defender Lovel Palmer was voted Section 8 Chicago Supporters Player of the Year.


2014 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, Team annual awards
Patrick Nyarko's strike in the match against New York Red Bulls on May 10 was voted the team's 2014 Goal of the Year.


2014 Chicago Fire season, Kits, Primary kit
The club unveiled its new 2014 primary kit on March 4, 2014. According to the release, the jersey design was inspired by the City of Chicago fire trucks which feature a dark top, a band and red throughout the bottom half. The light blue represents the primary color of the Chicago flag.


2014 Chicago Fire season, Kits, Third kit
On October 8, 2013 the club unveiled the third kit to be worn in the 2014 season. The municipal-themed design named "Heart on Your Sleeve" incorporated the city flag as well as the iconic Chicago skyline. The winning design was selected via a fan vote online.


2014 Chicago Marathon
The 2014 Chicago Marathon was the 37th edition of the Chicago Marathon, held in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, October 12. Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race in a time of 2:04:11 hours, with a winning margin of seventeen seconds. Mare Dibaba won the women's division, with a winning margin of twenty seconds. The original winner, Rita Jeptoo, was disqualified after a failed drug test.


2014 Chicago Red Stars season
The 2014 Chicago Red Stars season is the sixth season of the soccer club and its second season in National Women's Soccer League.


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, First-team squad
Players that competed in 2014 NWSL season for Chicago Red Stars.


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, Player movement
Note: Game day roster (GDR) are from regular season only


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, Regular-season standings, Results summary
Last updated: September 1, 2014Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, Awards, NWSL awards
No player of Chicago Red Stars was named Player of the Week in 2014 season.


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, Awards, NWSL awards
No player of Chicago Red Stars was named to NWSL Best XI for 2014 season. However, two players, Christen Press and Julie Johnston were named to 2014 NWSL Second XI.


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, Awards, NWSL awards
Julie Johnston was named 2014 NWSL Rookie of the Year, out voting Kealia Ohai and Crystal Dunn.


2014 Chicago Red Stars season, Awards, Chicago Red Stars team awards
Chicago Red Stars announced on September 2 the 2014 team awards from the staff, media and fans. Notably, Julie Johnston was the Defender of the Year, as well as the Rookie of the Year. In a separate announcement, Christen Press was awarded Golden Boot as the team's top goal scorer despite playing only 12 games; this followed her previous year's performance in the Swedish Damallsvenskan where she was the league's top-scorer with 23 goals, and was awarded the league's Golden Boot.


2014 Chicago Sky season
The 2014 WNBA season is the 9th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. Coming off the franchise's first ever playoff appearance, the Sky looked to continue their success in the 2014 season.


2014 Chicago Sky season
The Sky's offseason included trading Swin Cash to Atlanta, signing free agent forward Jessica Breland, center Sasha Goodlett, but also learning that center Sylvia Fowles would be missing some time due to arthroscopic surgery of the hip to repair a torn labrum and impingement.


2014 Chicago Sky season
Although the Sky finished the season with a 15–19 record, they placed 4th in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs. They defeated the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever in the playoffs and made it to the 2014 WNBA Finals, but lost the series in three games.


2014 Chicago Sky season, Offseason, WNBA Draft
The following are the Sky's selections in the 2014 WNBA Draft.


2014 Chicago White Sox season
The 2014 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 115th season in Chicago and 114th in the American League. They finished in fourth place in the division, 17 games behind the first place Tigers.


2014 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2014 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2014 Chiefs season
The year 2014 was a challenging year for the Chiefs rugby team as they looked for their third straight super rugby title. They won eight of their Super Rugby games and finished fifth overall on the table, and second behind the Crusaders in the New Zealand Conference. Playing the Brumbies in the qualifying finals, they had a narrow loss, losing 32-30, which ended their super rugby season.


2014 Chiefs season, Standings
The final standings of the 2014 Super Rugby season were:


2014 Chiefs season, Squad
The Chiefs squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season were:


2014 Chiefs season, Player statistics
The Chiefs players' appearance and scoring statistics for the 2014 Super Rugby season are:


2014 China Baseball League season
The 2014 China Baseball League season was severely truncated, after being twice delayed, with each team only playing two three-game series before the finals between the top-ranked sides. The Tianjin Lions defeated the Beijing Tigers 2 games to 1 to win the championship.


2014 China League One
The 2014 China League One is the eleventh season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.


2014 China League One, Clubs, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CL1.


2014 China League One, Clubs, Foreign players
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)


2014 China League One, Awards
The awards of 2014 China League One were announced on 21 December 2014.


2014 China League One, League Attendance
Updated to games played on Nov. 1st, 2014Source:Notes:† Teams played previous season in CSL.‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.


2014 China League Two
The 2014 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 25th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 17 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 9 teams in South Group. The league was made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The group stage was a double round-robin format. Each team in the group played the other teams twice, home and away. It started on April 26 and ended on September 13. The play-off stage was a two-legged elimination. It started on September 27. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the play-off qualified for promotion to 2015 China League One.


2014 China Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2014 China Masters Grand Prix Gold was the sixth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium, Changzhou, China April 15–20, 2014 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2014 China Open (snooker)
The 2014 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 31 March and 6 April 2014 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2013–14 season.


2014 China Open (snooker)
Ding Junhui won his 11th ranking title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10–5 in the final, and became the sixth on the list of players with the most ranking titles behind Stephen Hendry (36 titles), Steve Davis (28), Ronnie O'Sullivan (26), John Higgins (25) and Mark Williams (18). Ding also equalled Hendry's record from 1990/1991 to win five ranking titles in a single season.


2014 China Open (snooker), Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2014 China Open (snooker), Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 31 March 2014.


2014 China Open (snooker), Qualifying
These matches were held between 16 and 18 February 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2014 China Open (tennis)
The 2014 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the China Open for the men (18th for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2014 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2014 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from September 27 to October 5, 2014.


2014 China Open (tennis), ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 China Open (tennis), ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 China Open (tennis), WTA singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 China Open (tennis), WTA singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2014 China Open (tennis), WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 China Open Super Series Premier
The 2014 China Open will be the eleventh super series tournament of the 2014 BWF Super Series. The tournament will be contested in Fuzhou, China from November 11–16, 2014 with a total purse of $700,000. A qualification will occur to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws. For the first time in the history of this super series tournament, two non-Chinese players won men's and women's singles titles both from India.


2014 China Open – Men's Doubles
Max Mirnyi and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Mirnyi played alongside Feliciano López, but lost in the quarterfinals to Julien Benneteau and Vasek Pospisil. Tecău teamed up with Jean-Julien Rojer and successfully defended the title, defeating Benneteau and Pospisil in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5].


2014 China Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Tomáš Berdych in the final, 6–0, 6–2.


2014 China Open – Women's Doubles
Cara Black and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai, 4–6, 4–6.


2014 China Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but withdrew before her quarterfinal match with a knee injury.


2014 China Open – Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova won the title, defeating Petra Kvitová in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3.


2014 China Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 China Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The four Wuhan semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:


2014 China Women's Sevens
The 2014 China Women's Sevens was the second edition of the China Women's Sevens tournament, and the fourth of five tournaments in the 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series.


2014 China Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.


2014 China Women's Sevens, Teams
A total of twelve teams will compete: The nine "core" teams, and three invited teams.


2014 China–Japan–Korea Friendship Athletic Meeting
The 1st China–Japan–Korea Friendship Athletic Meeting was held at the Jinhua Sport Center in Jinhua, China on July 6, 2014.


2014 China–Vietnam border shootout
On 18 April 2014, a group of sixteen Chinese citizens, later identified as ethnic Uyghurs, engaged in a shootout with Vietnamese border guards after seizing their guns as they were being detained to be returned to China. Five Uyghurs and two Vietnamese border guards died in the incident. Ten of the Uyghur perpetrators were men and the rest were women or children.


2014 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2014 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 8 May to 12 May 2014 in Nanning.


2014 Chinese FA Cup
The Yanjing Beer 2014 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 燕京啤酒2014中国足球协会杯) was the 16th edition of Chinese FA Cup.


2014 Chinese FA Super Cup
The 2014 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese: 2014中国足球协会超级杯) is the 12th Chinese FA Super Cup. The match was played at Guiyang Olympic Sports Center on 16 February 2014, contested by Super League winners Guangzhou Evergrande and FA Cup winners Guizhou Moutai.


2014 Chinese FA Super Cup
Guizhou Moutai defeated Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0, thus winning their first ever Chinese FA Super Cup title, and Guangzhou lost for two consecutive years.


2014 Chinese Figure Skating Championships
The 2014 Chinese Figure Skating Championships (Chinese: 2013/2014年度全国花样滑冰锦标赛) was held between December 28 and 29, 2013 in Changchun. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2014 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 20 April 2014 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. The race was the fourth round of the 2014 Formula One season, and marked the eleventh time that the Chinese Grand Prix was held as a round for the Formula One World Championship.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton won the race comfortably after starting from pole position, leading from start to finish driving for the Mercedes team. Nico Rosberg finished second in the other Mercedes with Fernando Alonso third in a Ferrari. Although contested over 56 laps, the race result was declared after 54 laps, as the chequered flag was shown one lap early through a marshalling error. The leading positions were not affected by this error.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix
As a consequence of the race, Rosberg's lead in the Drivers' Championship was reduced to four points, with Alonso a further thirty-four behind. In the World Constructors Championship, Red Bull Racing passed Force India for second position, ninety-six points behind Mercedes.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Heading into the fourth round of the season, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was leading the Drivers' Championship with 61 points; Rosberg's teammate Lewis Hamilton was second on 50 points, 11 points behind Rosberg. Behind Rosberg and Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship, Nico Hülkenberg was third on 28 points, with Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button on 26 and 23 points respectively. In the Constructors Championship, Mercedes were leading with 111 points and Force India were second on 44 points, with McLaren third on 43 points.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Prior to the race weekend, Stefano Domenicali resigned from position as Ferrari team principal citing the team's poor start to the season and their longest winless streak for 18 years. Domenicali was replaced by the President and CEO of Ferrari North America Marco Mattiacci.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Like the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race; the first on Friday morning and the second on Friday afternoon. Both sessions lasted one and a half hours. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The qualifying session held on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. The first part ran for 18 minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 16th or lower. The second part of qualifying lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Qualifying took place under wet conditions, with all drivers using either intermediate or full wet tyres. Hamilton clinched his third pole position for the season, with a time of 1:53.860. As a result, Hamilton became the British driver with the highest number of pole positions, surpassing Jim Clark's record of 33.‹The template Deprecated inline is being considered for merging.›  He was joined on the front row of the grid by Riccardo with Vettel qualifying third. Rosberg qualified fourth, 1.2 seconds behind Hamilton and Alonso qualified fifth. Massa, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Jean-Éric Vergne and Romain Grosjean rounded out the top ten.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Räikkönen only managed 11th — missing out on the top ten for the second time in 2014 having struggled with the balance and handling of his car during the session. Jenson Button was the best placed McLaren in 12th, ahead of Daniil Kvyat, Adrian Sutil, Button's teammate Kevin Magnussen, with Sergio Pérez qualifying 16th. Esteban Gutiérrez was 17th, with the rest of the field consisting of the Caterham and Marussia cars. Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado did not take part in the qualifying sessions, but was allowed to start the race.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race was raced over 56 laps, however the chequered flag was shown to Lewis Hamilton at end of lap 55 by mistake. According to Article 43.2 of the FIA Sporting Regulations this meant that the race officially finished at the end of lap 54. This meant that Kamui Kobayashi's overtake of Jules Bianchi on the final lap did not stand.


2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
As a consequence of the race, Hamilton reduced Rosberg's lead over him in the Drivers' Championship to four points. Alonso moved up to third position passing Hülkenberg with Vettel maintaining fifth place and Ricciardo moved from 10th to 6th. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes increased their lead, with Red Bull jumping ahead of Force India for second position and Ferrari moving to fourth, ahead of McLaren who fell from third to fifth position.


2014 Chinese Super League
The 2014 Chinese Super League was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 21st season of a professional Association football league and the 53rd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won their fourth consecutive title of the league.


2014 Chinese Super League, Clubs, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.


2014 Chinese Super League, Clubs, Foreign players
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)


2014 Chinese Super League, League attendance
Updated to games played on 2 Nov. 2014Source:  (in Chinese)Notes:† Teams played previous season in CL1.


2014 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2014 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold was the ninth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei July 15–20, 2013 and had a total purse of $200,000.


2014 Chivas USA season
The 2014 Chivas USA season was Chivas USA's tenth and final season in Major League Soccer, the top division for soccer in America.


2014 Chivas USA season
Finishing seventh in the Western Conference, it was the club's first season since 2009 that they did not finish in last place in the Western Conference. However, the club failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fifth-consecutive year. Outside of MLS play, Chivas reached the fourth round proper of the U.S. Open Cup, where they fell in penalties to the Carolina RailHawks of the second-division NASL. In the SuperClasico, Chivas finished as runners-up to inner-city rivals, LA Galaxy. The club's best performance in external competitions came in the preseason Desert Diamond Cup, where Chivas finished in second place.


2014 Chivas USA season
Despite the poor production on the field, the bright spot on the club was young Mexican international Cubo Torres, who led the club in goals scored during the regular season, with fifteen. He finished seventh in the league in total MLS regular season goals for 2014.


2014 Chivas USA season, Competitions, MLS, League table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2014 Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
The 2014 Cholet Pays de Loire Dames was the 11th edition of a one-day women's cycle race held in Cholet, France on 23 March 2014. The race has an UCI rating of 1.2. The race was won by the Swedish rider Emma Johansson riding for a Swedish national selection team.


2014 Chorley Borough Council election
The 2014 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party held control.


2014 Christy Ring Cup
The 2014 Christy Ring Cup was the tenth staging of the Christy Ring Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup competition began on 3 May 2014 and ended on 7 June 2014.


2014 Christy Ring Cup
Down were the defending champions; however, they lost their opening two games and avoided relegation by defeating Armagh in a play-off, before being awarded the final promotion/relegation playoff when Tyrone withdrew.


2014 Christy Ring Cup Final
The 2014 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 7 June 2014 to determine the winners of the 2014 Christy Ring Cup, the 10th season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Kerry of Munster and Kildare of Leinster, with Kildare winning by 4-18 to 2-22.


2014 Christy Ring Cup Final
The Christy Ring Cup final between Kildare and Kerry was the 7th championship meeting between the two teams. Kerry were appearing in their third final in four years and were hoping to win their second cup title having lost the final the previous year. Kildare were appearing in their first final since 2007.


2014 Christy Ring Cup Final
Kerry raced into a 1-5 to 0-2 lead inside the opening 11 minutes as they launched a high tempo challenge. Shane Nolan and Mikey Boyle slotted over points, and goalkeeper Tadhg Flynn sent over a free from 85 metres. In the fifth minute Flynn’s puck-out was gathered by full-forward Pádraig Boyle who flashed the sliotar into the net. Kildare suddenly exploded into action, hitting six points without reply to go level by the 18th minute. In the 27th minute Kildare were awarded a penalty for a foul which goalkeeper Paul Dermody converted.


2014 Christy Ring Cup Final
A minute later Kildare struck for a second goal as Gerry Keegan gave Flynn no chance with a searing finish. Kerry responded with a goal of their own as John Doran's long delivery broke to Nolan, who drove a firmly struck shot past Dermody to level the game. A Thomas Casey strike sent Kerry in with a narrow 2-10 to 2-9 advantage at the break.


2014 Christy Ring Cup Final
Sloppy defending allowed Kildare in for a third Kildare goal seven minutes into the second half. Kerry added scores through John Egan and substitute John Griffin, who fired over a couple of long range points. Kildare stunned their opponents with a fourth goal in the 54th minute. Martin Fitzgerald’s shot came back off a post, and Bernard Deay smashed in the rebound to put them back in front, a lead Kildare never lost. Kerry came close to grabbing a goal that would have brought them level five minutes from the end, but Dermody saved. The margin was down to two points after Nolan and Griffin tagged on points, but Kildare held out for the win.


2014 Christy Ring Cup Final
Kildare's Christy Ring Cup victory was their very first. They became the 7th team to win the Christy Ring Cup.


2014 Christy Ring Cup Final
Kerry's Christy Ring Cup defeat was their second in succession and their third over all.


2014 Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
The 2014 Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen is the 25th running of the Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen, a women's individual time trial bicycle race in France and was held on 14 September 2014 over a distance of 33.40 kilometres (20.8 miles). It was one of the few single time trial events on the 2014 women's cycling calendar and was the last test before the time trial at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.


2014 Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
Halfway the 33.40 kilometres (20.8 miles) time trial Ellen van Dijk had a 39 seconds advantage over Hanna Solovey, but Van Dijk finished second 8 seconds behind her because she lost about a minute after riding the wrong direction.


2014 Chrono Gatineau
The 2014 Chrono Gatineau is a one-day women's cycle race held in Canada on 6 June 2014. The race had a UCI rating of 1.1.


2014 Chrono des Nations
The 2014 Chrono des Nations was a one-day time trial held at the end of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour and cycling season. The tour has an UCI rating of 1.1. The race was won by the Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel after the winner of the previous three editions, Tony Martin, decided not to enter the race.


2014 Chrono des Nations (women's race)
The 2014 Chrono des Nations was a one-day time trial held at the end of the European cycling season in France on 19 October. The race has an UCI rating of 1.1. The race was won by Ukrainian Hanna Solovey.


2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio due to the renovation at Nippert Stadium, which was completed at the start of the 2015 football season. The Bearcats were led by second-year head coach Tommy Tuberville. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in AAC play to finish in a three way tie for the America Athletic championship. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they lost to Virginia Tech.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2014 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 45th season in the National Football League, the 47th overall and the twelfth under head coach Marvin Lewis. The Bengals qualified for the playoffs for the 4th consecutive season, but lost to the Indianapolis Colts in the first round, extending their playoff losing streak to 7 games, the 3rd longest losing streak (in terms of games played) in NFL history at the time, behind the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs who both had 8.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens
Andy Dalton would throw a 77-yard touchdown pass to A. J. Green with 4:58 remaining to give the Bengals the win. With the win, the Bengals started 1-0. They also won at Baltimore for the first time since 2009.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Bengals defense would have themselves a day, intercepting Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan 3 times in the win. With the win, the Bengals started 2-0 for the first time since 2006.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tennessee Titans
With the win, the Bengals started 3-0 for the first time since 2006. It is also their 3rd 3-0 start under Marvin Lewis.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers
With the tie, the Bengals were sent to a 3-1-1 record and were given their first tie game since 2008.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Indianapolis Colts
With the loss, the Bengals fell to 3-2-1. They were also shut out for the first time since 2009.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Baltimore Ravens
With the win, the Bengals improved to 4-2-1, and swept the Ravens for the first time since 2009.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With their 4th straight win over the Jaguars, the Bengals went to 5-2-1.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Cleveland Browns
Andy Dalton would post a quarterback rating (QBR) of 2.0 in this game, as the Bengals went down easily to the Browns 24-3. With the loss, the Bengals fell to 5-3-1.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With the win, the Bengals went to 8-3-1. They also won 3 consecutive road games for the first time in franchise history. They also defeated the Bucs for the first time since 1989.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Bengals would surrender 25 points in the 4th quarter in this loss. With the loss, the Bengals fell to 8-4-1.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Cleveland Browns
Johnny Manziel made his first career NFL start in this game. With the shutout win, the Bengals went to 9-4-1. They also posted their first shutout win since 2008 (also against the Browns).


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos
The Bengals defense would intercept Peyton Manning 4 times in the game, including 2 by Dre Kirkpatrick in the 4th quarter. With the win, the Bengals improved to 10-4-1. They also defeated Peyton Manning for the first time.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers
With the loss, the Bengals ended their season at 10-5-1. They would also finish in 2nd place by virtue of not only the Steelers sweep, but also being 1 game behind.


2014 Cincinnati Bengals season, Game summaries, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at #4 Indianapolis Colts
With the loss, the Bengals now endure their 7th straight playoff loss dating back to 1990.


2014 Cincinnati Reds season
The 2014 Cincinnati Reds season was the 125th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball and their 12th at Great American Ball Park. They finished 76–86, in fourth place in the Central division.


2014 Cincinnati Reds season, Player statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2014 Cincinnati Reds season, Player statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2014 Circuit of Ireland
The 2014 Circuit of Ireland was the fourth round of the 2014 European Rally Championship season, held in Ulster between 17–19 April 2014. The Circuit returned to the European Rally Championship over the Easter weekend, starting in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Circuit of Ireland consisted of 18 special stages covering a total of 230 kilometres (140 miles) over the weekend.


2014 Circuit of Ireland
Finnish driver Esapekka Lappi dominated the International section, towards the European Rally Championship, finishing almost two minutes ahead of second place Sepp Wiegand from Germany, who completed a Škoda 1–2. Irishman Robert Barrable finished third in his Ford Fiesta R5. Declan Boyle won the Circuit of Ireland National Rally in his Subaru Impreza S12B WRC, while teenage British driver Chris Ingram held the lead of the ERC Junior Championship event, but crashed out, handing the win to Czech driver Jan Černý. Ingram still became the youngest winner of the Colin McRae 'Flat Out' Award, handed to him by local hero Kris Meeke.


2014 Citi Open
The 2014 Citi Open (known as such for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 46th edition (for the men) and the 4th edition (for the women) of the event known this year as the Citi Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 26 to August 3, 2014.


2014 Citi Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 64 prize money* per team


2014 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2014 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2014 Citi Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Citi Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


2014 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2014 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2014 Citi Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2014 Citi Open – Men's Doubles
Julien Benneteau and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Benneteau played alongside Michaël Llodra, but lost to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the first round. Zimonjić teamed up with Daniel Nestor, but lost to Juan Sebastián Cabal and David Marrero in the first round.


2014 Citi Open – Men's Doubles
Rojer and Tecău won the title, defeating Sam Groth and Leander Paes in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2014 Citi Open – Men's Singles
Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but was unable to participate this year due to a wrist injury.


2014 Citi Open – Men's Singles
Milos Raonic won the title, defeating Vasek Pospisil, 6–1, 6–4, in the first-ever all-Canadian final on the ATP World Tour.


2014 Citi Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Citi Open – Women's Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Vera Dushevina were the defending champions, but Dushevina chose not to participate. Aoyama successfully defended the title alongside Gabriela Dabrowski, defeating Hiroko Kuwata and Kurumi Nara in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2014 Citi Open – Women's Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Ekaterina Makarova in the first round.


2014 Citi Open – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova won the title, defeating Kurumi Nara in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.


2014 Città di Caltanissetta
The 2014 Città di Caltanissetta was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Caltanissetta, Italy between 9 and 15 June 2014.


2014 Città di Caltanissetta, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Città di Caltanissetta, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Città di Caltanissetta – Doubles
Dominik Meffert and Philipp Oswald were the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2014 Città di Caltanissetta – Doubles
Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace won the title, defeating Pablo Carreño Busta and Enrique López-Pérez in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2014 Città di Caltanissetta – Singles
Dušan Lajović was the defending champion, but competed in the 2014 Aegon Championships instead.


2014 Città di Caltanissetta – Singles
Pablo Carreño Busta won the title, defeating Facundo Bagnis in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.


2014 Città di Como Challenger
The 2014 Città di Como Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Como, Italy between 25 – 31 August 2014.


2014 Città di Como Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Città di Como Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2014 Città di Como Challenger – Doubles
Guido Andreozzi and Facundo Argüello were crowned champions, beating Steven Diez and Enrique López-Pérez 6–2, 6–2


2014 Città di Como Challenger – Singles
Viktor Troicki won the title, beating Louk Sorensen 6–3, 6–2


2014 Città di Vercelli – Trofeo Multimed
The 2014 Città di Vercelli – Trofeo Multimed was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Vercelli, Italy between 21 and 27 April 2014.


2014 Città di Vercelli – Trofeo Multimed, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Città di Vercelli – Trofeo Multimed, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Città di Vercelli – Trofeo Multimed – Doubles
Donati and Napolitano won the title, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–3.


2014 Città di Vercelli – Trofeo Multimed – Singles
Simone Bolelli won the title, defeating Mate Delić in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
The 2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 22 May 2014. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward Results, Craven ward
A second seat (won by Christopher Atkinson) was contested following the death in office of Councillor Michael Kelly.


2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward Results, Heaton ward
The incumbent was Imdad Hussain who had been elected for the Labour party but was suspended from the Labour Party for two years in 2012 when he failed to declare being banned as a company director. He subsequently joined the Peace Party becoming their only councillor and standing under that banner for re-election. Imdad was punched and his windscreen smashed in two separate incidents while canvassing for this election. He called for calm and said that tensions were really high.


2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward Results, Keighley West ward
In October 2016 Brian Morris quit UKIP and became an independent councillor.


2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward Results, Queensbury ward
Paul Cromie was elected to represent the British National Party in 2010 but then left the party in 2011 standing as The Queensbury Ward Independents with his wife Jane Cromie who won another of the Queensbury councillor seats in 2011.


2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward Results, Tong ward
The percentage change for the British Democratic Party (2013) candidate is compared to the British National Party candidate in the 2010 election.


2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward Results, Wharfedale ward
Chris Graves was the incumbent, who stood down at this election.


2014 City of Lincoln Council election
The 2014 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party increased its majority on the council by gaining three seats, leaving them with 27 seats to the Conservatives 6.


2014 City of Lincoln Council election, Election results
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2010 election.


2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election of 2014 was a result of party's electoral defeat in 2013 legislative election. Candidates include former Minister of Education and Chairman of Masaryk University Petr Fiala, former Prime Minister candidate Miroslava Němcová and MEP Edvard Kožušník. Fiala was nominated by 12 regional organisations and thus was considered a front-runner. Fiala was also endorsed by acting leader of ODS Martin Kuba. Edvard Kožušník was endorsed by Liberec Region organisation of ODS. Over 500 delegates voted.


2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
Petr Fiala won a landslide victory when he received 437 votes. Fiala said that he wants to change political culture in ODS and that he wants to be a leader similar to Václav Klaus and Margaret Thatcher.


2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Previous leader of ODS and  Prime Minister Petr Nečas had to resign as a result of 2013 political corruption scandal. Martin Kuba became acting leader of ODS while Miroslava Němcová was nominated to the position of Prime Minister. President Miloš Zeman refused to appoint Němcová as a Prime Minister and called on early elections on 25–26 October 2013. ODS was heavily defeated and gained only 16 Seats in Chamber of Deputies. Leadership of the party then resigned.


2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Miroslava Němcová announced on 6 December 2013 that she doesn't intend to run for a position of party's leader. Some sources stated that her decision was to give opportunity to former Minister of Education Petr Fiala whose candidacy was speculated. Petr Fiala announced his candidacy on 7 December 2013. He stated that ODS ceased to function as a political party and  Fiala quickly gathered support from regional organisations and many influential members of the party. Jiří Pospíšil expressed his support to Fiala. On 19 December 2013, Němcová reportedly announced her candidature to Civic Democratic members of parliament. She refused to announce her candidacy publicly.


2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Edvard Kožušník announced his candidacy on 8 January 2014. He received nomination from Liberec regional organisation. Fiala stated that he is glad to not be the only candidate. Fiala was nominated by 12 regional organisations. Němcová didn't receive any regional nomination.


2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Voting
Fiala's nomination speech received standing ovation while Němcová's speech was noted by hurtful feeling. Kožušník's speech was received negatively. Fiala won the election by a large margin, being elected in the first round. Němcová was visibly disappointed and stated that the result isn't fair when she considers how much she did for the party.


2014 Clacton by-election
The 2014 by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Clacton in Essex, England, took place on 9 October 2014. The by-election was triggered by the Conservative MP for Clacton, Douglas Carswell, defecting to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and subsequently resigning his seat to seek re-election as its candidate.


2014 Clacton by-election
Standing for UKIP, Carswell retained the seat with 59.7% of the vote, becoming UKIP's first elected MP. The Conservatives came second, and Labour third. According to John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, the result was the biggest increase in the share of a vote for any party in any by-election in history.


2014 Clacton by-election, Background
On 28 August 2014, Douglas Carswell, a Eurosceptic Conservative backbencher, announced his defection to UKIP and said that he was resigning his seat in order to fight a by-election. He said he did not think Prime Minister David Cameron was "serious about the change we need", adding that "many of those at the top of the Conservative Party are simply not on our side" and "Of course they talk the talk before elections.


2014 Clacton by-election, Background
They say what they feel they must say to get our support when they want our support, but on so many issues – on modernising our politics, on the recall of MPs, on controlling our borders[,] on less government, on bank reform, on cutting public debt, on an EU referendum – they never actually make it happen". He also said: "...local issues regarding planning and overcrowding of GP surgeries were a factor in my decision to resign".


2014 Clacton by-election, Background
Responding to the news that Carswell had defected and would trigger a by-election, Cameron said the contest would be held "as soon as possible". He also confirmed that the Conservatives would contest the by-election. It was later announced that the by-election would be held on 9 October. The poll was one of two parliamentary by-elections the same day, with an election also being held in the constituency of Heywood and Middleton following the death of its MP, Jim Dobbin of Labour.


2014 Clacton by-election, Background
Analysis of demographics for the constituency prior to the by-election were said to make it the most UKIP-friendly in the country.


2014 Clacton by-election, Background, Reaction, Conservative
Most Conservatives condemned Carswell's defection, but some were more supportive of his decision. Cameron called the resignation "deeply regrettable"; he also argued that it was counter-productive, on the grounds that only a Conservative government after the next general election could deliver a referendum on British membership of the EU – an argument echoed by many Conservative MPs, such as Mark Pritchard, Bernard Jenkin and Nigel Evans. A spokesman for the party said that the Conservatives would contest the by-election.


2014 Clacton by-election, Background, Reaction, Conservative
Evans also suggested, however, that the Conservatives should consider not standing in the by-election, which he called "a total distraction", while the backbencher Zac Goldsmith described Carswell as a "model Parliamentarian" and remarked that "I have nothing but admiration for him". The former Conservative minister Norman Tebbit refused to campaign against Carswell and said "[t]he House of Commons needs men of his quality".


2014 Clacton by-election, Background, Reaction, Conservative
Nick Herbert, a Conservative MP and former policing minister, criticised the Conservative Party for being, in his view, more concerned with the Clacton by-election rather than winning the Scottish independence referendum, which was held on 18 September 2014, during the Clacton campaign. During the campaign, on 27 September 2014, a second Conservative MP and close friend of Carswell's, Mark Reckless, likewise defected to UKIP and sought re-election in a by-election for his constituency of Rochester and Strood in Kent.


2014 Clacton by-election, Background, Reaction, Other reactions
Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party called Carswell's resignation "a blow for David Cameron", and said that it showed that the Conservative Party was divided. Bob Russell, the Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester (which borders the constituency of Clacton), stated that the resignation was a "huge embarrassment" for the party and that Carswell was "far to the right of the party".


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, UKIP
Carswell announced that he would stand again for the seat as UKIP's candidate, although he was opposed by the recently selected UKIP candidate, the councillor Roger Lord. Some local activists speculated that they might not adopt Carswell; Anne Poonian, the secretary of the Clacton UKIP association, was quoted by Buzzfeed saying that, although she welcomed Carswell's decision to defect, he may not be selected. However, UKIP rules for selecting by-election candidates invested the decision with the party's National Executive Committee, which selected Carswell. Lord left UKIP and resigned his County Council seat, supporting the Liberal Democrats in the council by-election.


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, Conservative
There was speculation that Boris Johnson, the Conservative Mayor of London, would seek the candidacy at the by-election. On 29 August 2014, The Daily Telegraph journalist Peter Oborne wrote: "David Cameron should go down on his knees and beg Boris Johnson to stand as the Conservative Party's candidate for Clacton in the coming by-election." Two Conservative MPs, Matthew Offord and John Stevenson, wrote a joint article calling for Johnson to stand in the by-election. The bookmaker Ladbrokes offered odds of 33–1 against Johnson standing in Clacton. He ruled out standing, saying that he was intent on fighting Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the general election.


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, Conservative
The Conservative candidate was the actor and Tendring District councillor Giles Watling who was chosen by an open primary, in which 240 local residents voted, on 11 September. He was shortlisted with Colchester councillor Sue Lissimore.


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
The Colchester councillor Tim Young was selected as the Labour candidate for the constituency in 2013 for the next general election, and became the party's by-election candidate.


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
The Liberal Democrat candidate, Andy Graham, is the former mayor of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, as well as an actor and author of children's books.


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
The Green Party candidate was the environmentalist Chris Southall, who had stood for the party in previous general and local elections. He gained some notoriety for a UFO hoax in the 1960s.


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
Alan "Howling Laud" Hope was the candidate for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. He is also the leader of the party and the former mayor of Ashburton, Devon.


2014 Clacton by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
Charlotte Rose and Bruce Sizer were independent candidates. Rose described herself as a "high class courtesan" campaigning "for sexual freedom" and improved sex education in schools. Sizer was a consultant oncologist at Colchester Hospital who stood as a single-issue candidate to get health and cancer care onto the agenda of the political parties. He was Joint Clinical Director of the Essex Cancer Network from 2006 until 2008 and is an honorary research professor at the University of Essex.


2014 Clacton by-election, Campaign
The Conservatives were mocked by UKIP supporters for sending out a leaflet, called "The Big Clacton Survey" asking voters to prioritise issues including "local train and tube services", despite the fact that the nearest tube (ie London Underground) station to Clacton is over 50 miles (80 km) away. UKIP claimed to have recruited 150 local Conservative members after Carswell's defection.


2014 Clacton by-election, Campaign
The journalist and former Conservative MP, Matthew Parris, created a controversy by writing in The Times that the Conservatives should be "careless" of Clacton voters’ opinions as "Clacton-on-Sea is going nowhere", remarks which were disowned by local Conservatives and denounced by Carswell as "reflective of what so many in the upper echelons of the Tory party really think" and were cited by two local Conservative councillors as a reason for defecting to UKIP.


2014 Clacton by-election, Campaign
An important component of the UKIP campaign was a public meeting of 700 people at the Clacton Coastal Academy with Douglas Carswell and UKIP leader Nigel Farage which was billed as the "biggest public meeting in Clacton in living memory".


2014 Clacton by-election, Campaign
Both the Prime Minister David Cameron and the Labour leader Ed Miliband visited the constituency to help their respective party campaigns.


2014 Clacton by-election, Campaign
Ten days before the election, the artist Banksy painted a mural on a wall in Clacton which showed five grey pigeons holding three placards. They held the words "go back to Africa"  "migrants not welcome", and "keep off our worms". They were directed towards a more colourful migratory swallow perched further along the same wire. The mural was removed by Tendring District Council who had  received a complaint that "offensive and racist remarks" had appeared on a wall.


2014 Clacton by-election, Campaign
Two days before the election, Boris Johnson was unable to remember the name of the Conservative candidate in the by-election during an interview with Nick Ferrari, saying "he's a superb man. Stirling? Girling? Something like that".


2014 Clacton by-election, Results and analysis
The election produced a number of statistical records, partly because of the unusual situation in which an incumbent MP with a large majority for one party has resigned and then stood for re-election on behalf of a new party for which support was in any case on a strongly rising trend.


2014 Clacton by-election, Results and analysis
The 59.7% increase in the percentage vote achieved by UKIP since the previous general election (when they did not field a candidate) is the greatest ever in British parliamentary elections, although the percentage swing remains 0.1% less than the record 44.2% swing to the Liberal Party at the 1983 Bermondsey by-election.


2014 Clacton by-election, Results and analysis
The 28.4% reduction in Conservative votes is the 16th worst for any party since the Second World War, while the 1.4% of the vote achieved by the Liberal Democrats was, at the time, the third smallest vote ever obtained by a major party, and the worst since World War II. Since then, however, the Liberal Democrats received an even smaller proportion of the vote at the Rochester and Strood by-election later in 2014.


2014 Clacton by-election, Aftermath
In November 2014, Mark Reckless won the Rochester and Strood by-election, giving UKIP a second MP. At the 2015 general election, Carswell retained his seat, becoming UKIP's only MP, though the party received 13% of the vote nationally (Reckless lost his seat to the Conservatives). Giles Watling was the Conservative candidate again, and came second in the constituency, 3,347 votes behind Carswell. The Conservative Party won an overall majority in the general election. In their manifesto, they had promised to hold a referendum on British membership of the European Union, which was held on 23 June 2016. The UK voted to leave the EU, with 52% of votes cast in favour of leaving.


2014 Clacton by-election, Aftermath
In March 2017, Carswell left UKIP and became an independent MP. He did not stand in the 2017 general election, instead supporting the Conservative candidate in Clacton. In the general election, Watling won the seat for the Conservatives, with a large majority over the second-place Labour candidate (the UKIP candidate came third, receiving 8% of the vote). At the 2019 general election, Watling increased his majority further, receiving almost three-quarters of the vote.