2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Fall practice and preseason
Auburn lost starting DE Carl Lawson and reserve defensive end Keymiya Harrell to ACL injuries as well as starting OG Alex Kozan to a back injury. DT Tyler Nero's career is likely over after he collapsed during spring practice. OL Shane Callahan transferred to the University of Colorado, while Auburn added two transfers in former Ole Miss starting OG Austin Golson and former Georgia starting SS Trey Matthews—both will have to sit out the 2014 season per NCAA transfer rules before regaining eligibility for the 2015 season.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Fall practice and preseason
Auburn had a league high 13 players make it on the all SEC list. The 1st team players included QB Nick Marshall, WR Sammie Coates, C Reese Dismukes, DT Gabe Wright. The 2nd team players included  TE CJ Uzomah, OG Alex Kozan (out for season) and ST Robenson Therezie. 3rd team selections were RB Cory Grant, OG Chad Slade, DT Montravius Adams, DE Carl Lawson (out for season), LB Cassanova McKinzy and CB Jonathan Mincy.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Fall practice and preseason
Senior starting CB Jonathan Mincy was arrested for 2nd degree marijuana possession and senior starting QB Nick Marshall was cited for possession of a small amount of marijuana (under once ounce) during the off-season. It was both players' first drug-related offenses. Mincy is currently going through a pre-trial diversion after his arrest. Both players did not start for the first game against Arkansas (however they would both see the field later in the game) and served some other undisclosed punishment.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Fall practice and preseason
Senior starting ST Robenson Therezie faced an undisclosed eligibility issue during fall camp, however he would be cleared to play just prior to the season opener against Arkansas.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Jeremy Johnson started in place of Nick Marshall, and played until halftime. The defense was steamrolled at the beginning of the game, allowing 21 points in the first half, and the offense in the first half scored 21 points. Nick Marshall, who was suspended for the entire first half for a drug related citation, led Auburn's offense to 24 second half points. Auburn's defense improved greatly in the second half allowing 0 points in that period, forcing several dropped passes to wide open receivers. Auburn won its season debut.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
A nearby thunderstorm caused a delay of one hour and 28 minutes in the 4th quarter at 9 minutes, 55 seconds remaining. Auburn now leads the all-time series 13–10–1.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, San Jose State
The second game of the season was against the San Jose State Spartans. The Tigers and Spartans had previously never met on the gridiron before. The Tigers now lead the series 1–0–0.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, San Jose State
Auburn struggled on defense early, giving up some big plays, most notably a 75-yard touchdown pass from Blake Jurich to Tyler Ervin. On Auburn's first possession Nick Marshall ran 39 yards but lost the ball in the end zone resulting in a touchback. Auburn only gave up one touchdown and two field goals against the Spartans. Quan Bray had Auburn's first punt return for a touchdown since Chris Davis against Tennessee in 2013. Jermaine Whitehead also became the first Auburn player to record interceptions in back-to-back games since 2007. Roc Thomas got his first carries as an Auburn Tiger late in the game, and his first carry was a touchdown. This was also Cameron Artis-Payne's first multi-touchdown game. Auburn is now 2-0 and 1-0 in SEC play. The 2004 undefeated team was honored during the pregame ceremony.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
In a rare Thursday night game, Auburn traveled to Kansas State. Auburn struck first with a field goal after a fumble by Kansas State was recovered by Auburn. Kansas State scored a touchdown in the second quarter. Auburn, however, struck back with a touchdown pass from Nick Marshall to Ricardo Louis. Auburn then scored the next 10 points, all during the fourth quarter. Kansas State then scored a touchdown with less than 5 minutes to go. Then, Auburn's last drive ended up in a 3rd and 9, and Nick Marshall threw the ball to Duke Williams who made an impressive reception to seal the win for Auburn. After this game, the Tigers lead the all-time series 4-0-0.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
The fourth game of the season was against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Auburn was up 24–0 late in the second quarter before Louisiana Tech scored a field goal to end the half. There was a time when it was somewhat close early in the third quarter as Auburn only led 24–10. Auburn's offense then started scoring more points, especially Quan Bray who had two touchdowns in the second half and three touchdowns overall including two touchdown receptions and one punt return for a touchdown. Auburn ended up with a great homecoming victory 45-17. Auburn now leads the all-time series 12-0-1.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, LSU
Auburn struck first with a 46-yard field goal by Daniel Carlson which was his longest so far this season. The offense then lit up scoring 17 points in the first quarter. The defense only allowed one LSU touchdown, taking advantage of Les Miles's  decision to have true freshman QB Brandon Harris have his 1st career start on the road at night in JHS. In the second quarter, Auburn scored 14 more points and the defense held LSU scoreless in that period.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, LSU
At halftime, the score was Auburn 31, LSU 7. Daniel Carlson got a 42-yard field goal in the third quarter. LSU did not convert a single third down, they were 0–13. Auburn stopped LSU on fourth down three times. It was a big conference win for Auburn. The win improved Auburn's all-time record against LSU to 21–27–1.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
College GameDay was in town for a road test against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. In their weekly "Saturday Selections" segment, David Pollack, Desmond Howard, Lee Corso, and special guest picker Jonathan Papelbon all picked Mississippi State. Kirk Herbstreit picked Auburn and moderator Chris Fowler did not pick. Two turnovers on the first 2 offensive plays of the game for AU were costly for Auburn as Mississippi State scored 14 points off the turnovers. Mississippi State had four turnovers in the game which led to 13 points for Auburn. The game-changing play was when Ricardo Louis fumbled on a kickoff return leading to a Mississippi State touchdown. The Tigers now lead the all-time series 61–25–2.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
In a game that proved to be a harder challenge than many expected, South Carolina took Auburn down to the wire before the Tiger defense stepped up at the end. An offensive battle took place as neither defense could stop the opposing offense. Each team only punted once during the game and when South Carolina punted Quan Bray fumbled on the return and the ball was recovered by South Carolina. That was the Tigers' only turnover of the game.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
South Carolina turned the ball over three times (all interceptions) including one inside the twenty yard line, and two in the end zone, which included one on the hail mary attempt as time expired. Cassanova McKinzy had one interception and Jonathan Jones had two interceptions. The Tigers had won a shootout 42-35. An interesting note is that Steve Spurrier "went for it" on 4th down several times, converting all of them except 1. The win was the sixth win of the season for Auburn, which meant they were bowl eligible. With the victory, Auburn's all-time record against South Carolina moved to 10-1-1.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Auburn struck first after an incomplete pass (the official said Duke Williams bobbled it as he was going out of bounds) was reviewed and overturned. As a result of the review, the ball was placed at the 3-yard line. Nick Marshall then ran into the end zone for the touchdown. Ole Miss started with a punt on offense. Ole Miss struck next after a big run by Bo Wallace. Penalties cost Auburn greatly and they had a season high number of penalties. Nick Marshall also had a turnover in the red zone that also cost the Tigers greatly.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Ole Miss was threatening to score with six and a half minutes to go, but Kris Frost knocked the ball out of Bo Wallace's hands resulting in a turnover for Auburn. Later, Auburn recovered a fumble in the end zone after it was ruled a touchdown, but review gave Auburn the ball. At the very end, Auburn came up with one last stop as time expired giving Auburn a 35-31 win. With the win, Auburn is now 29-10 all-time against Ole Miss.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M
Auburn allowed a Texas A&M touchdown early putting the Tigers down 7-0. On the Tigers' first offensive possession, Cameron Artis-Payne fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Texas A&M leading to another Aggies score. Cameron Artis-Payne scored twice in the first quarter making the score 14-14 at the end of the first quarter. Auburn could only muster up a field goal in the second quarter while the defense allowed two A&M touchdowns.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M
On the final play of the second quarter, a Daniel Carlson field goal attempt was blocked and returned for a touchdown making the halftime score Texas A&M 35, Auburn 17. Auburn started to come back in the third quarter, holding A&M to a field goal and scoring a touchdown. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Auburn scored again making the score 38-31 Texas A&M with plenty of time to play. Auburn allowed an A&M field goal, but scored quickly reducing the deficit to three points.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M
With Auburn near the goal line and with less than two minutes remaining, Auburn's Nick Marshall fumbled the ball, and Texas A&M recovered. Auburn's defense then forced a three-and-out with only a little over a minute to play. A field goal would have tied it and a touchdown would have given the Tigers the lead, but a botched snap was recovered by Texas A&M. The Aggies then ran out the clock to upset Auburn 41-38. A&M now leads the series 4-1 all-time.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia
The Tigers struck first on the very first possession of the game, but were shut out for the rest of the game. Penalties, turnovers, man defense in the secondary, an all-in quarterback spy, and the inability to stop Georgia's offense contributed to a 34-7 loss. The series is now tied 55-55-8. This game marked the end of Todd Gurley's suspension.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Samford
After a scoreless first quarter, Samford scored first in the second quarter. However, Auburn scored 31 unanswered en route to an easy 31-7 win on Senior Night. Samford coach Pat Sullivan played at Auburn, and was the Tigers' first Heisman Trophy winner. Auburn now leads the series 27-0-1. Auburn kept star receivers Duke Williams and Ricardo Louis out of the game so they could nurse injuries before the Iron Bowl rivalry game against Alabama.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
In the twelfth and final game of the regular season, Auburn traveled to Tuscaloosa to face their arch-rival Alabama. Alabama now leads the overall series 43–35–1. College GameDay was in Tuscaloosa for this game, making it the second time the traveling show was live from the location of an Auburn game this season (October 11 vs. Mississippi State). Every analyst picked Alabama to win. On the first play from scrimmage, Auburn turned the ball over on a failed lateral from Nick Marshall to Roc Thomas and Alabama scored on the drive after the fumble.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
Alabama scored again after Auburn got to the three yard line, but had to settle for a field goal. Auburn then scored ten unanswered points before the defense allowed a late Alabama drive for a touchdown on 4th and goal. Auburn then scored ten more unanswered points after the touchdown and after a Blake Sims interception. The halftime score was Auburn 26 and Alabama 20.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Alabama scored a touchdown and completed a two-point conversion to take the lead at 42-36. Auburn regained possession of the ball, but Nick Marshall was unable to make a 3rd-down conversion and the ball was punted back to Alabama. The Auburn defense was unable to prevent Alabama from rapidly progressing downfield and scoring with a touchdown pass to DeAndrew White. This made the score 48-36 Alabama. Saban opted to attempt another 2-point conversion to widen the gap, but this failed when Blake Sims was pushed out of bounds.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
Upon repossession of the ball, Auburn successfully completed passes downfield but was unable to make a first down. Alabama regained the ball.


2014 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
On December 7, it was announced that #19 Auburn and #18 Wisconsin would meet in the Outback Bowl. Auburn fired defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson prior to this game and it was announced that Charlie Harbison would be the interim defensive coordinator for this game. Wisconsin's coach Gary Andersen left for Oregon State so the Badgers' athletic director Barry Alvarez will coach the Badgers in this game. The all-time series is tied 1-1-1 and Wisconsin won the last meeting 28–14 in the 2006 Capital One Bowl. With the win, Wisconsin takes the series lead 2-1-1.


2014 Auburn Tigers softball team
The 2014 Auburn Tigers softball team is an American softball team, representing the Auburn University for the 2014 NCAA softball season. This is Clint Myers first season as the Auburn Tigers softball head coach. The Auburn Tigers play their home games at Jane B. Moore Field.


2014 Auburn Tigers softball team
Auburn made it back to the Regionals, before falling to Minnesota in the final game of Regionals.


2014 Auckland Open (darts)
2014 Auckland Open was a darts tournament that took place in Auckland, New Zealand on 20 September 2014.


2014 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic
The 2014 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, United States, on April 28–May 4, 2014.


2014 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic – Doubles
Jan Abaza and Louisa Chirico were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but Chirico chose not to participate. Abaza partnered with Sanaz Marand, but lost in the final to Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend, 6–2, 6–1.


2014 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic – Singles
Petra Rampre was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Taylor Townsend.


2014 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic – Singles
Townsend went on to win the tournament, defeating Yulia Putintseva in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2014 Auensteiner-Radsporttage
The 2014 Auensteiner-Radsporttage will be the inaugural edition of the Auensteiner-Radsporttage, a women's cycling stage race in Germany. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.2.


2014 Austin Aces season
The 2014 Austin Aces season was the 12th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) and its first in Greater Austin, Texas after relocating from Orange County, California.


2014 Austin Aces season
The Aces had 6 wins and 8 losses and finished third in the Western Conference. They failed to qualify for the playoffs.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Relocation to Austin and trade for Roddick
On November 21, 2013, WTT announced that entrepreneur Lorne Abony had purchased the Orange County Breakers and relocated them to Austin, Texas renaming the team the Austin Aces. Concurrent with the announcement of the move of the franchise, the Aces announced that they had acquired Andy Roddick in a trade with the Springfield Lasers in exchange for financial consideration. Roddick, a resident of Austin, said, "The fans and team in Springfield were great to me, and I really appreciate their support.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Relocation to Austin and trade for Roddick
Austin, however, is my home, and I am excited to be able to play here in front of my friends and family. I have played Mylan World TeamTennis since I was a teenager, and I believe in the way this league connects with community and provides kids access to professional tennis." Although the WTT press release mentioned that the Aces and Lasers would also swap positions in the Marquee Player Draft (improving the Lasers' draft position), this was not reflected when the league later reported the results of that draft.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Lloyd hired as coach
On December 30, 2013, the Aces announced they had hired John Lloyd as the team's head coach.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Cedar Park Center becomes new home venue
On January 8, 2014, the Aces announced that they would play their home matches at the Cedar Park Center in Cedar Park, Texas. The Aces mentioned in the press release that the team considered playing home matches in a climate-controlled, indoor facility as a key factor to its success on the court as well as for the enjoyment of the fans, since Austin often experiences very hot weather during the summer.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Drafts
With the Breakers having the best record among non-playoff teams at 7 wins and 7 losses in 2013, the Aces had the fourth selection in each round of the Marquee Player Draft. In the first round, the Aces protected Andy Roddick. In the second round, they selected Marion Bartoli. With WTT contracting the Las Vegas Neon, the Aces moved up one spot and had the third selection in each round of the Roster Player Draft. The Aces selected Vera Zvonareva and Eva Hrdinová in the first two rounds and protected Treat Huey in the third round. They passed on making a fourth round selection.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Leach replaces Lloyd
On July 5, 2014, the Aces announced that John Lloyd would be unable to serve as the team's coach due to a knee injury. Rick Leach was signed to replace Lloyd.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Free agent player signings
On July 5, 2014, the Aces announced that they had signed 2012 WTT Male Rookie of the Year John-Patrick Smith as a substitute player.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Free agent player signings
On July 20, 2014, the Aces signed Jesse Witten as a substitute player.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Free agent player signings
On July 21, 2014, the Aces signed Varvara Lepchenko as a substitute player.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Free agent player signings
On July 23, 2014, the Aces signed Jason Jung as a substitute player.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, First match as the Aces
On July 7, 2014, the Aces played their first match representing Greater Austin on the road against the San Diego Aviators in what was the first match for that franchise since moving from New York City. Andy Roddick was the first player to take the court representing the Aces but lost the opening set of men's singles. Vera Zvonareva took the second set of women's singles for the Aces. But the Aviators dominated the rest of the match, winning the final three sets on their way to a 23–11 victory.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Home opener
The Aces played their first home match at Cedar Park Center on July 8, 2014, against the Springfield Lasers. Andy Roddick took the opening set of men's singles. The match was tied at 14 heading to the final set of women's singles which Vera Zvonareva won, 5–3, to give the Aces a 19–17 victory.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Losing streak
After winning their first two home matches to improve their record to 2 wins and 1 loss, the Aces lost 1o straight sets in their fourth and fifth matches, both at home, in losing to the Washington Kastles, 25–10, and the Philadelphia Freedoms, 25–11. Although the Aces won the opening set of their next match against the Springfield Lasers on the road, they fell to their third consecutive defeat, 21–13, dropping their record to 2 wins and 4 losses.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Loss to the Lobsters
After defeating the Boston Lobsters at home in the opening match of a home and home series, the Aces lost to them on the road giving Boston its only win all season. Following falling behind 10–0 after the first two sets, the Aces staged a frantic comeback taking the next three sets to cut the Lobsters' lead to 19–15, and send the match to overtime. Eva Hrdinová and Treat Huey won the first three games of overtime in mixed doubles to cut the lead to 19–18, before Megan Moulton-Levy and Rik de Voest broke through for the Lobsters to avoid a super tiebreaker.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Playoff push
After 11 matches, the Aces found themselves with 4 wins and 7 losses, having lost two straight and six of their previous eight matches. Nevertheless, with three matches remaining, all on the road, they still had an opportunity to reach the playoffs. The Aces got started with a 22–16 victory over their in-state rivals, the Texas Wild. The Aces took four of the five sets in the match. Eva Hrdinová paired with Treat Huey in mixed doubles and with Vera Zvonareva in women's doubles for a couple of set wins. Zvonareva won the women's singles set. Huey teamed with Jesse Witten, who was making his Aces debut, to close out the match with a set win in men's doubles. The win gave the Aces a sweep of their two road matches against the Wild. They lost their only home match against Texas.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Playoff push
The following night, the Aces avenged their home loss against the Philadelphia Freedoms by earning a 21–18 road victory over a team that had dominated them earlier in the season. Varvara Lepchenko won the women's singles set in her Aces debut. Huey teamed with Hrdinová in mixed doubles and Andy Roddick in men's doubles for two set wins. The victory improved the Aces' record to 6 wins and 7 losses and kept them in the playoff race.


2014 Austin Aces season, Season recap, Playoff push
On the final day of the regular season, the Aces needed the Boston Lobsters to take a win on the road against the Springfield Lasers to remain in the playoff hunt. The Lasers took care of business, 25–7, to eliminate the Aces. Later that evening, the Aces lost their final match of the season to the San Diego Aviators, 22–12, to finish with 6 wins and 8 losses.


2014 Austin Aces season, Draft picks
Since the Breakers had the best record among non-playoff teams at 7 wins and 7 losses in 2013, the Aces had the fourth selection in each round of the WTT Marquee Player Draft and moved up to third in the Roster Player Draft after the contraction of the Las Vegas Neon.


2014 Austin Aces season, Draft picks, Marquee player draft
The Aces protected Andy Roddick after acquiring him in a trade with the Springfield Lasers. They also drafted Marion Bartoli. The selections made by the Aces are shown in the table below.


2014 Austin Aces season, Draft picks, Roster player draft
The Aces protected Treat Huey making him the only holdover player from the 2013 Orange County Breakers. They also drafted Vera Zvonareva and Eva Hrdinová. The selections made by the Aces are shown in the table below.


2014 Austin Aces season, Statistics
Players are listed in order of their game-winning percentage provided they played in at least 40% of the Aces' games in that event, which is the WTT minimum for qualification for league leaders in individual statistical categories.


2014 Austin Aces season, Individual achievements
Eva Hrdinová was fifth in WTT in game-winning percentage in mixed doubles.


2014 Austin Aces season, Charitable support
During each night of the 2014 season, the WTT team with the most aces received US$1,000 toward a local charity of the team's choice as part of a program called Mylan Aces. In the case of a tie, the award was split accordingly. The Aces earned $5,500 for the Andy Roddick Foundation through the program.


2014 Austin Peay Governors football team
The 2014 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors were led by second-year head coach Kirby Cannon, played their home games at Governors Stadium, and were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2014 Austin Peay Governors football team, Schedule
APSUTV airs across the state on Charter Channel 99, CDE Lightband Channel 9, and U-Verse 99. It is also the broadcast OVC Digital Network uses for its free stream.


2014 Austin mayoral election
The 2014 Austin mayoral election was held on November 4 and December 16, 2014 to elect the mayor of Austin, Texas. It saw the election of Steve Adler.


2014 Austin mayoral election
This was the first election held according to the new schedule in which elections are held every four years during the United States midterm election.


2014 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours 2014 were announced on 26 January 2014 by the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce.


2014 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.


2014 Australia national soccer team season
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2014.


2014 Australia national soccer team season, Summary
In their first full year under new coach Ange Postecoglou, the national team managed only one victory from eleven matches. The bulk of the matches were friendlies and included a 4–3 loss to Ecuador despite leading 3–0. Australia participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and were unable to proceed beyond the group stage after losing all three games.


2014 Australia national soccer team season, Player statistics
Correct as of 18 November 2014 (v.  Japan). Numbers are listed by player's number in FIFA World Cup or last friendly played


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
The 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd was appointed as the Category Manager for the championship, which was the tenth Australian Carrera Cup Championship.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers contested the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Teams and drivers
Note: All teams competed with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991, which was the only model eligible for the championship.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system
In addition to contesting the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and competed for the relevant class title.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system
Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system
The results for each round were determined by the number of championship points scored by each driver at that round.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system
The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds was declared the winner of the championship.


2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system
Race 2 at the Sandown round was abandoned following a multi-car accident and no championship points were awarded.


2014 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 2014 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title, the winner of which was awarded the 2014 CAMS Gold Star. It was the 58th Australian Drivers' Championship and the tenth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The championship began on 27 February at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit and ended on 2 November at Sydney Motorsport Park after seven rounds across five different states and territories. Formula 3 Management Pty Ltd was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the Championship. The championship was promoted as the 2014 Formula 3 Australian Drivers' Championship  with the winner awarded the 58th Australian Drivers' Championship and the 14th Australian Formula 3 Championship.


2014 Australian Drivers' Championship
The championship was won by Simon Hodge, driving a Mygale M11 Mercedes-Benz for Team BRM.


2014 Australian Drivers' Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers contested the 2014 Australian Drivers' Championship.


2014 Australian Drivers' Championship, Teams and drivers
Note: All chassis constructed between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2011 were required to be fitted with a HWA Mercedes-Benz series M271 ‘Australian control engine’.


2014 Australian Football International Cup
The 2014 Australian Football International Cup was the fifth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League.


2014 Australian Football International Cup
It was contested between Saturday August 9 to Saturday August 23, with games played in Melbourne. All three previous champions (Ireland, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea) participated in the tournament.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Men's Tournament
There are 18 nations competing in the 2014 Tournament. Of these, 15 competed in the previous tournament; Indonesia and Pakistan make their debuts, while Finland return having previously competed in 2008. The teams were seeded into three pools of six to decide which teams would play each other, though all teams will be ranked on a single ladder.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Men's Tournament, First Round (Days 1-3)
* These matches are to be played as curtain-raisers to various metropolitan and country football matches around Victoria.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Men's Tournament, Ladder Till Day 3
The top four teams at the end of Day 3 progress to the International Cup Semi-Finals. The other teams will play another match, depending on their ladder position, with those results added to the Ladder to decide Day 5 matchups.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Men's Tournament, Ladder Till Day 3
The 5th to 12th-placed teams will play in Division 1 for the remainder of the tournament, and the 13th-placed team onwards will play in Division 2.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Men's Tournament, Semi Finals (Day 4)
Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 3 of the tournament.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Men's Tournament, Positional Finals (Days 5 & 6)
Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 4 of the tournament (above).


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Women's Tournament
For the second consecutive time, there was a concurrent Women's tournament alongside the Men's competition. Seven teams participated from five countries - the United States and Canada both fielded two teams.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Women's Tournament, Round-Robin Matches
Each team played four matches across five matchdays. Matches played on Saturday 16 August - the "Community Round" of the tournament - were played as curtain-raisers to other amateur Metropolitan and Country football matches to be confirmed; all other games in the round-robin were held at Royal Park, Melbourne.


2014 Australian Football International Cup, Women's Tournament, Finals
After the round-robin tournament, the last placed team was eliminated. The other six teams played one extra match to decide the final placings, with the top two teams on the ladder playing in the Women's International Cup Grand Final.


2014 Australian Formula Ford Series
The 2014 Australian Formula Ford Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600 cars. It was the first national series for Formula Fords to be conducted in Australia following the withdrawal of national championship status from the Australian Formula Ford Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) at the end of 2013. The series was sanctioned by the CAMS  with the first five rounds each staged at a Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships meeting. The Formula Ford Association Inc was appointed as the Category Manager by CAMS for this series.


2014 Australian Formula Ford Series
The series was won by Thomas Randle, driving a Mygale.


2014 Australian Formula Ford Series, Race calendar and results
The series was contested over six rounds with three races per round.


2014 Australian Formula Ford Series, Points system
Points were awarded within each category on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race. In addition, one point was awarded to the driver achieving the fastest lap time in qualifying in each category in each round.


2014 Australian GT Championship
The 2014 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the championship. The title, which was the 18th Australian GT Championship, was won by Richard Muscat, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.


2014 Australian GT Championship, Race calendar
The results for each round of the Championship were determined by the number of points scored by each driver within their division at that round.


2014 Australian GT Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded to each eligible driver, based on their qualifying position at each round of the Championship relative to the other drivers within their division, and on their finishing position in each race of the Championship relative to the other drivers within their division, in accordance with the following table.


2014 Australian GT Championship, 2014 Australian Tourist Trophy
The 2014 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from Rounds 2 and 6 of the Australian GT Championship. The title, which was the 24th Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Richard Muscat driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.


2014 Australian Goldfields Open
The 2014 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 June–6 July 2014 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.


2014 Australian Goldfields Open
Marco Fu was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year.


2014 Australian Goldfields Open
Judd Trump won his fourth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–5 in the final.


2014 Australian Goldfields Open, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2014 Australian Goldfields Open, Wildcard round
These matches were played in Bendigo on 30 June 2014.


2014 Australian Goldfields Open, Qualifying
These matches were held between 30 May and 3 June 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England.


2014 Australian Grand Prix
The 2014 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 16 March 2014 in Melbourne. The race was contested over 58 laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship. It marked the debut of new Formula One regulations which introduced 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engines to the sport, the first time since the 1988 Australian Grand Prix that turbocharged engines have been used in Formula One.


2014 Australian Grand Prix
It was the 79th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix – which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 – and the 19th time the event was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. The race also marked the thirtieth year that the Australian Grand Prix was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.


2014 Australian Grand Prix
The race was won by German driver Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes F1 W05. It was Rosberg's fourth Grand Prix victory and completed a rare double in the Australian Grand Prix, winning a race his father Keke had won in Adelaide in 1985, the first time Australia hosted a World Championship race. This feat had previously been achieved by Stan and Alan Jones and Graham and Damon Hill. Rosberg had earlier achieved the same feat in the Monaco Grand Prix as well.


2014 Australian Grand Prix
Kevin Magnussen finished second in a McLaren MP4-29 on his Formula One debut, the first podium finish in a World Championship Grand Prix by a Danish driver and Magnussen's only podium. Third was Jenson Button in the second McLaren, who recorded his 50th and final Formula One podium with the result (although he did not take part in the podium ceremony as the stewards had yet to disqualify Daniel Ricciardo). Daniil Kvyat, aged 19, was classified in ninth, becoming the youngest points-scorer in Formula One. Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo originally finished in second place for Red Bull Racing, but was later disqualified due to illegal fuel flow throughout the race.


2014 Australian Grand Prix
The race marked the end of Sebastian Vettel's streak of nine race wins in a row. Magnussen and Button's podium finishes were the last for McLaren until the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background
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, as opposed to the previous year where medium and super-soft selections were provided.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Daniel Ricciardo set the early pace in his debut for Red Bull Racing, while Lotus struggled, with Pastor Maldonado failing to set a time and Romain Grosjean qualifying 21st, which became 20th when Esteban Gutiérrez was given a penalty for a gearbox change in his Sauber. Max Chilton out-qualified his Marussia teammate Jules Bianchi, but missed out on a place in Q2 by one hundredth of a second. Caterham driver Marcus Ericsson was the final driver eliminated in Q1, with his teammate Kamui Kobayashi overcoming a lack of running in Free Practice to advance to the next period.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Rain began to fall in Q2, with the slippery conditions claiming their first victim in Kimi Räikkönen, who spun his Ferrari late in the period. Räikkönen's accident interrupted the laps of several drivers, with Jenson Button and reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel both reporting that Räikkönen's accident prevented them from advancing to Q3. It was later found that Vettel was also hindered by engine problems, which had plagued him since FP3 that morning. Sauber's Adrian Sutil finished the period in fourteenth, with Kamui Kobayashi fifteenth after Sergio Pérez spun his Force India on his final flying lap.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The rain intensified in the final period, with several drivers venturing out on full wet tyres. Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, and Ricciardo, started a three-way battle for pole that came down to their final laps. Hamilton prevailed, with Ricciardo qualifying a career-best second in his home race. Rosberg started from third, alongside Kevin Magnussen, who qualified his McLaren fourth in his Formula One debut.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
After Räikkönen's Q2 accident had left him twelfth, Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari a decent result when he recovered to fifth after making the wrong tyre choice early in the period and started next to the Toro Rosso of Jean-Éric Vergne. Force India's Nico Hülkenberg and debutant Daniil Kvyat filled the next row of the grid, ahead of the Williams pair of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, who, like Gutiérrez, was demoted five places for a gearbox change.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post-qualifying
Kevin Magnussen and Sebastian Vettel were referred to the stewards for speeding under yellow flags following Kimi Räikkönen's accident, but they were cleared of any wrongdoing. Fernando Alonso was called to the stewards for impeding Esteban Gutiérrez in Q1, but also escaped a penalty. Pastor Maldonado failed to post a lap time during qualifying. He was allowed to start the race on the stewards' discretion, who judged that he was capable of lapping within the 107% limit based on his free practice times.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race began at 17:00 local time. Marussia drivers Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi stalled on the grid, with Bianchi having a problem after the formation lap and Chilton stalling at the beginning of the formation lap. Romain Grosjean started the race from the pit lane due to car modifications under parc fermé conditions and received a drive-through penalty for leaving the garage before the 15-minute signal.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Seconds after the lights had gone out, Felipe Massa, Kamui Kobayashi and Kimi Räikkönen were involved in a first-lap collision, putting Kobayashi and Massa out of the race whilst Räikkönen's Ferrari did not suffer any major damage and was able to continue the race without further problems. It was later confirmed Kobayashi had suffered a loss of rear brakes.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Polesitter Lewis Hamilton's engine lost a cylinder at the start of the race, which resulted in him dropping to third by the first corner. Nico Rosberg got a good start, allowing him to pass Daniel Ricciardo in addition to his teammate, and at the first corner Rosberg led, with Ricciardo second and Hamilton third. Hamilton continued to slip down the order with his engine running on five cylinders - having fallen from first to fifth by the end of lap one - and on the second lap he was called into the pits to retire.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel also had an early retirement due to engine issues, retiring on lap three. Rosberg dominantly won the race by almost twenty-five seconds, picking up his fourth career win, and his first since the previous year's British Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo snatched second in front of his home crowd, making him the first Australian Formula One driver to finish on the podium in his home race as a world championship round. John Smith finished on the podium in 1983, but at the time, it was not yet an official Formula One world championship round. Kevin Magnussen finished third, two seconds behind Ricciardo. This made him the first Formula One debutant since Lewis Hamilton at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix seven years earlier to finish on the podium.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Magnussen's teammate Jenson Button took fourth after starting eleventh, finishing just over 3 seconds behind his teammate and half a minute behind Rosberg. He was followed by Fernando Alonso in fifth. Valtteri Bottas finished in sixth despite clipping the wall and causing a puncture on the right rear tire on lap 11. Nico Hülkenberg finished seventh, 2013 winner Kimi Räikkönen eighth, Jean-Éric Vergne in ninth and debutant Daniil Kvyat in tenth, becoming the youngest points-scorer in Formula One. The Ferraris suffered some electrical problems in the race, according to the team.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post race
Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from the race for a breach of Article 5.1.4 of the Formula One Technical Regulations, which govern the maximum allowable rate at which fuel may flow into the engine. The team were also referred to the stewards for using an unauthorised method of measuring the fuel flow. Kevin Magnussen was thus promoted to second with Jenson Button up to third. It was Button's 50th and final podium finish, but the podium ceremony took place before Ricciardo's exclusion which meant Button did not take part in the proceedings.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post race
Red Bull immediately announced their intention to appeal the disqualification, claiming that the sensors provided by the FIA to measure the fuel flow were unreliable. The appeal was heard by the FIA on 14 April, but it was rejected and the disqualification was upheld. This meant that McLaren got their first double podium since the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix.


2014 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post race
Kamui Kobayashi was referred to the stewards as well for his involvement in the first-lap collision with Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen. The stewards decided not to take any further action against him after they determined that the accident was triggered by a mechanical failure on his Caterham.


2014 Australian Handball Club Championship
The 2014 Australian Handball Club Championship consisted of two components. The first was the Beach Handball competition held in Scarborough, Western Australia during February 2014 and the second is the Indoor titles which was held in Sydney, Australia in March, 2014. Both were organised by the Australian Handball Federation and featured teams from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and hosts Western Australia.


2014 Australian Handball Club Championship
The Beach tournament was split into Men's, Women's and Mixed. The men's title was won by the East Melbourne Spartans from Victoria. The women's and the mixed event was won by Tang from New South Wales.


2014 Australian Handball Club Championship
The Indoor tournament was won by Sydney University. They won the right to represent Australia in the Oceania Handball Champions Cup.


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The 2014 Individual Speedway Australian Championship was a Motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia for the Australian Solo Championship.


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The three final rounds took place between 4 January and 11 January. The championship was won by 2012 World Champion Chris Holder who won his 5th Australian title. Jason Doyle finished in second place with Josh Grajczonek in third.


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The rounds were held at the Loxford Park Speedway 4 January, Undera Park Speedway on 8 January, with the final round held at Adelaide's Gillman Speedway on 11 January.


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Loxford Park, Loxford Park "B" Final
1 - Chris Holder2 - Josh Grajczonek3 - Jack Holder4 - Sam Masters


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Loxford Park, Loxford Park "A" Final
1 - Jason Doyle2 - Chris Holder3 - Cameron Woodward4 - Troy Batchelor


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Undera Park, Undera Park "B" Final
1 - Chris Holder2 - Dakota North3 - Josh Grajczonek4 - Rohan Tungate


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Undera Park, Undera Park "A" Final
1 - Chris Holder2 - Jason Doyle3 - Justin Sedgmen4 - Troy Batchelor (fx)


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Gillman, Gillman "B" Final
1 - Mason Campton2 - Josh Grajczonek3 - Justin Sedgmen4 - Max Fricke


2014 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Gillman, Gillman "A" Final
1 - Rohan Tungate2 - Chris Holder3 - Mason Campton4 - Jason Doyle (fx)


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor racing series for modified production touring cars. It comprised three CAMS sanctioned national championship titles:


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was the 29th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 20th to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name. The 2014 Australian Production Car Championship was the 21st Australian Production Car Championship and the 2014 Australian Endurance Championship was the 12th Australian Endurance Championship.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
Australian Manufacturers Championship Pty Ltd was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the championship.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The Manufacturers title was won by BMW, the Production Car title by Beric Lynton (BMW 1M), and the Endurance title by Grant Sherrin (BMW 135i).


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Class structure
A seventh class – Class F – for hybrid or alternative energy vehicles, had no competitors.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Calendar
The results for each Round of the Championship were determined by the number of points scored by each driver at that round.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Points system
Each manufacturer was able to score points towards the Australian Manufacturers' Championship title from the two highest placed automobiles of its make, in any class, excluding Class I. The title was awarded to the manufacturer scoring the highest total number of class points over all rounds of the championship.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Points system
Points towards the Australian Production Car Championship outright title were awarded to drivers based on outright finishing positions attained in each race. Points were awarded using the same two scales as used for the Australian Manufacturers' Championship with the addition of two points for the driver setting the fastest qualifying lap in each class at each round.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Points system
Points towards the Australian Production Car Championship class titles were awarded to drivers based on class finishing positions attained in each race. Points were awarded using the same two scales as used for the Australian Manufacturers' Championship with the addition of two points for the driver setting the fastest qualifying lap in each class at each round.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Points system
Points towards the Australian Endurance Championship outright title were awarded to drivers based on outright finishing positions attained in each of the first three single-race rounds. Points were awarded using the same scale as used for the Australian Manufacturers' Championship with the addition of two points for the driver setting the fastest qualifying lap in each class at each round.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Points system
Points towards the Australian Endurance Championship class titles were awarded to drivers based on class finishing positions attained in each of the first three single-race rounds. Points were awarded using the same scale as used for the Australian Manufacturers' Championship with the addition of two points for the driver setting the fastest qualifying lap in each class at each round.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Results, Australian Endurance Championship
The Australian Endurance Championship was awarded to the driver who scored the highest total number of outright points over Rounds 1, 2 & 3 of the Championship.


2014 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Results, Australian Endurance Championship
A Class award for the Australian Endurance Championship was presented to each driver who scored the highest total number of points for each Class, excluding Class I over the first three rounds of the Championship.


2014 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships
The 2014 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships were held from October 2 to 5, 2014 at the Maniototo's Curling Ice rink in Naseby, New Zealand. The winners of this championship represented Australia at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2014 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships, Round Robin standings, Tiebreaker
A tie-breaker was played to determine the 4th and 5th placed teams resulting in Team Millikin placing 4th.


2014 Australian National Handball Championship season
The 2014 Australian National Handball Championship is split into three stages. Stage one was held in Sydney during July for Under 21 & Under 18 titles. Stage two in Brisbane during October for the Open titles. Stage three will again be in Sydney during November for the Under 14 and Under 16 titles.


2014 Australian National Handball Championship season
The Under 18 Boy's was won by Queensland over New South Wales in a three leg tournament as only two teams entered. The Under 21 Women was won by New South Wales over Queensland. Third place was the Australian Capital Territory. The Under 21 Men was won by New South Wales over Australian Capital Territory. Third was Queensland.


2014 Australian National Handball Championship season
In the Men's Open Championship, Queensland defeated Victoria in the final. It was Queensland's first title since 2005. Third place was New South Wales. followed by Australian Capital Territory fourth, South Australia fifth and Western Australia sixth.


2014 Australian National Handball Championship season
In the Women's Open Championship Queensland defended their title, this time over New South Wales. Third was South Australia followed by Victoria fourth, Australian Capital Territory fifth and Western Australia sixth.


2014 Australian National Handball Championship season
The final sector held in Ryde, Sydney was swept by New South Wales winning the Under 14 Boys and Girls and Under 16 Boys and Girls. The only other state participating was Queensland.


2014 Australian Open
The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13 and 26 January 2014. It was the 102nd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.


2014 Australian Open
Li Na won the women's singles, beating Dominika Cibulková in the final. Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final to win his first grand slam title. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defended their women's doubles title with a victory over Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Łukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt took the men's doubles title with a victory over Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen. The mixed doubles were won by Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor, with Sania Mirza and Horia Tecău the runners-up.


2014 Australian Open
Both defending singles champions lost in the quarterfinals, the first time in the open era. Novak Djokovic was the three-time defending champion in the men's singles, but failed to defend his title, losing to eventual champion Wawrinka. Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka also failed to defend her title in the women's singles, losing to Agnieszka Radwańska. In addition, the men's doubles defending champions Bob & Mike Bryan also failed to defend their title, while Errani and Vinci managed to retain their title. As in previous years, this tournament's title sponsor was Kia.


2014 Australian Open, Tournament
The 2014 Australian Open was the 102nd edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


2014 Australian Open, Tournament
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.


2014 Australian Open, Tournament
The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 16 courts, including the three main showcourts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena. The latter was undergoing refurbishment, as part of the Melbourne Park Redevelopment project.


2014 Australian Open, Broadcast
In Australia, all matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches were shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven, however during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage shifted to 7Two. Coverage was presented by Johanna Griggs, Jim Wilson, Matt White, Hamish McLachlan and Basil Zempilas, with commentary from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Sam Smith, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, Rennae Stubbs, Henri Leconte and John Fitzgerald. Lleyton Hewitt, who was competing in the tournament, would become a commentator if he is knocked out. Some outside court matches were shown on Fox Sports on Foxtel.


2014 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2014 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by three million Australian dollars to tournament record A$33,000,000.


2014 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team


2014 Australian Open, Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 6 January 2014, while ranking and points before are as of 13 January 2014.


2014 Australian Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2014 Australian Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew before the event.


2014 Australian Open, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
The following player would have been seeded, but not entered before the event.


2014 Australian Open, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2014 Australian Open, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.


2014 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles
Jay Andrijic and Bradley Mousley were the defending champions, but Andrijic was no longer eligible to participate. Mousley successfully defended the title with Lucas Miedler, defeating Quentin Halys and Johan-Sébastien Tatlot in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2014 Australian Open – Boys' Singles
Nick Kyrgios was the defending champion. However, he did not defend the title after turning 18 and joining the ATP. Alexander Zverev won the title, defeating Stefan Kozlov in the final, 6–3, 6–0.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries
The 2014 Australian Open described in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 2 (January 14)
On court temperatures hit 41 °C (106 °F), causing players and ballboys to collapse. Frank Dancevic describes the conditions as "inhumane".


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 (January 15)
Patrick Rafter played his first match in more than ten years when he partnered with Lleyton Hewitt in the opening round of doubles competition. The duo lost to Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen 6–4, 7–5.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 5 (January 17)
By winning her third round encounter against Daniela Hantuchová, Serena Williams broke Margaret Court's record of 60 match victories at the Australian Open. Chinese Li Na saved 1 match point at 1-6, 5-6, 30-40 during the match against Lucie Šafářová.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 7 (January 19)
Former world number one and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic caused the biggest upset of the tournament thus far, coming from a set down to defeat world number one, five-time Australian Open champion and 17-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams for the first time in five attempts. Her victory not only ended Williams' 25-match winning streak, which had dated back to Cincinnati last year, but also earned worldwide recognition and was one of the most discussed matches on social media, beating the record previously set during the 2012 Australian Open men's final. It was later revealed that Williams had played through the match with a back injury, which affected her performance in this match.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 7 (January 19)
Elsewhere, 6-time Australian Open champions, the Bryan Brothers made their earliest exit at the Australian Open in 11 years after they were defeated by the unseeded duo of Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen. The match lasted only 78 minutes, as Butorac and Klaasen won 7–6 (9), 6–4. Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian woman to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Patricia Hy-Boulais did so at the 1992 US Open.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 8 (January 20)
New ground was broken on Day 8 as Simona Halep reached the quarterfinals of Grand Slam for the first time in her career by defeating Jelena Janković in three sets, while Grigor Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian man to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 9 (January 21)
Eugenie Bouchard defeated Ana Ivanovic to become only the second Canadian to ever reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam in the open era, after Carling Bassett.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 9 (January 21)
Another Serbian, Novak Djokovic, lost a five-set thriller to Stanislas Wawrinka, ending his 25 match winning streak at the event and 28 match winning streak overall. The defeat also ensured that there would be a new Australian Open finalist in the bottom half, as neither player from the opposing quarter-final (David Ferrer and Tomáš Berdych) had reached the final before. Berdych beat Ferrer in four sets to reach his first Australian Open semi-final and became the latest player to have reached at least the semi-finals of all four majors.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 10 (January 22)
Roger Federer became the first man to reach 11 consecutive semifinals at the Australian Open following his four-set victory over Andy Murray in the quarterfinals. Victoria Azarenka lost to Agnieszka Radwańska, ending a seven match winning streak over Radwańska and an eighteen match winning streak at the event. By defeating Azarenka, Radwańska advanced to her third major semifinal, the first since the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 11 (January 23)
Li Na reached her third Australian Open final in four years by beating Eugenie Bouchard. Dominika Cibulková became the first Slovak to reach the Australian Open final following her win over Agnieszka Radwańska. Stanislas Wawrinka reached his first major final by beating Tomáš Berdych in four sets.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 12 (January 24)
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in straight sets to reach his third Australian Open final and 19th Grand Slam final overall.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 13 (January 25)
Li Na won her first Australian Open title against first-time major finalist Dominika Cibulková. Li broke serve in the first game of the match but was broken back at 3–2, only to break again at 5–5 and serve for the set. Cibulková saved set point and took it into a tiebreak, which Li won and completed the second set 6–0 for the victory. For Li, it was her second Grand Slam title.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (January 26)
Stanislas Wawrinka won the first two sets against Rafael Nadal in the final. In winning the first set, Wawrinka was down 0–40 while serving for it at 5–3, but Nadal was unable to return any of Wawrinka's next five serves, which proved to be Wawrinka's 34th consecutive successful hold of serve. In the second set, Wawrinka broke in the opening game and held his own serve to lead 2–0, before Nadal sustained a back injury and needed a medical timeout.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (January 26)
Wawrinka comfortably won the set as commentators speculated that Nadal may have been considering forfeiting the match and was seen to be in tears during changeovers. Nadal continued and won the third set, despite facing 15–40 in the first game on his own serve and also facing 15–40 while serving for the set at 5–3, as Wawrinka appeared to be suffering from nerves. Wawrinka won the match in the fourth set by winning the last eight points without reply. Pete Sampras awarded Wawrinka the trophy. This was the first time since Sergi Bruguera's 1993 French Open win that the winner of a Grand Slam men's event beat both number one and two seeds to clinch the championship; Wawrinka also became the first player to beat both Djokovic and Nadal in the same grand slam.


2014 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (January 26)
For Wawrinka, it was his first career Grand Slam title. In twelve previous match versus Nadal, he had not won a single set. Wawrinka became the third Swiss player to win a Grand Slam after Martina Hingis (who won five singles titles) and Roger Federer (who has won 17 to date). It was also the first time Nadal had lost a major final to anyone other than Federer or Novak Djokovic.


2014 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles
Ana Konjuh and Carol Zhao were the defending champions, but both players chose not to compete in 2014.


2014 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles
Anhelina Kalinina and Elizaveta Kulichkova won the tournament, defeating Katie Boulter and Ivana Jorović in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 Australian Open – Girls' Singles
Ana Konjuh was the defending champion, but after having won the 2013 US Open – Girls' Singles, she announced she would no longer take part on the junior tour.


2014 Australian Open – Girls' Singles
Elizaveta Kulichkova won the tournament, defeating Jana Fett in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
The 2014 Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs and Entries are a group of events and internal selections to choose the eight men and women wildcard entries for the 2014 Australian Open. Tennis Australia awards eight wildcards each for the men's and women's professional singles and doubles competitions.


2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
Four wildcards each were awarded by internal selection to Australian players. Also, one wildcard each was given to the winners of the Australian Wildcard Playoff, a tournament between Australian players who did not receive direct entry into the draw. Jordan Thompson and Casey Dellacqua were the winners of this tournament.


2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
In an agreement with the United States Tennis Association and the French Tennis Federation, Tennis Australia gives one man and one woman from the United States and France each a wildcard into the Australian Open. The French players were chosen by internal selection, while another playoff, held 20 to 22 December 2013, determined the two US-American players receiving wildcards.


2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
Since the Australian Open are promoted as the "Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific", one male and one female player from this geographical area were awarded a wildcard. This was decided through the Asia Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff with Wu Di and Tang Haochen, both from China, winning the tournament. At the same event, one male and one female doubles team won wildcards (results see below), and one wildcard each was contested in boys and girls singles, with Sun Fajing and Zheng Wushuang winning the tournament respectively.


2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries, Wildcard Entries
These are the wildcard qualifiers, from both internal selections and playoffs.


2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries, Australian Wildcard Playoff
The Australian Wildcard Playoff took place from Tuesday, December 9, to Sunday, December 15, 2013.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions at the time of the finals, but lost in the third round to Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen. Łukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt won the title, defeating Butorac and Klaasen in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Legends' Doubles, Draw, Newcombe Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Legends' Doubles, Draw, Roche Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal in the final 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2014 Australian Open. It was Wawrinka's first Grand Slam title.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal was trying to become the third man to complete a double career Grand Slam and was also trying to tie Pete Sampras with 14 Grand Slam wins. Eighth-seed Wawrinka won the title by defeating top-seeded Nadal in the final, becoming the first man outside the Big Four to win a Grand Slam since Juan Martín del Potro won the 2009 US Open. He also became the first male player to defeat the top two seeds at a Grand Slam since Sergi Bruguera at the 1993 French Open.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Wawrinka, bringing Djokovic's 25-match winning streak at the Australian Open, 28-match winning streak overall, and streak of 14 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals to an end.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles
By participating in this tournament, Roger Federer broke the record of consecutive Grand Slam appearances as this was his 57th consecutive Major appearance.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles
This was the first Grand Slam appearance for future US Open champion and world No. 3 Dominic Thiem, who lost in the second round to Kevin Anderson.


2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Stéphane Robert became the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open after beating fellow lucky loser Martin Kližan in the third round—the first such encounter at a Grand Slam since the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.


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


2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Men's singles at the 2014 Australian Open. The draw was announced on 7 January 2014, with play commencing the next day.


2014 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Jarmila Gajdošová and Matthew Ebden were the defending champions, but they lost in the semifinals to Sania Mirza and Horia Tecău.


2014 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Mirza and Tecău in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Michael Jeremiasz and Shingo Kunieda were the defending champions but chose not to compete together. Jeremiasz paired with Gustavo Fernández, but they lost to Gordon Reid and Maikel Scheffers in the semifinals. Kunieda successfully defended the title with Stéphane Houdet, defeating Reid and Scheffers in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Gustavo Fernández in the final, 6–0, 6–1.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
David Wagner and Nicholas Taylor were the defending champions, but Taylor did not compete this year, as he was ranked outside the top 3, and did not receive the wildcard.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Wagner competed with Andrew Lapthorne and successfully defended the title.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
David Wagner were the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Lucas Sithole in the final, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles, Draw, Round Robin
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot were the defending champions, but van Koot could not participate due to an injury. Griffioen competed with Marjolein Buis, but lost to Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley in the final, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6.


2014 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Aniek van Koot was the defending champion, but did not participate due to tendinitis. Sabine Ellerbrock won the title, defeating Yui Kamiji in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5.


2014 Australian Open – Women's Legends' Doubles, Draw, Key
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Li Na defeated Dominika Cibulková in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–0 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2014 Australian Open. Li became the first Asian Australian Open champion and sixth woman to win the title after being match point down (in the third round against Lucie Šafářová).


2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka was the two-time defending champion, but was defeated by Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals, thus ending her 18-match winning streak at the Australian Open.


2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles
By winning her third round match, women's top seed Serena Williams broke Margaret Court's record of 60 match victories at the Australian Open. She lost to Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round and ending her 25-match winning streak dated back at the 2013 US Open.


2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian to reach the semi-finals in a Major since Carling Bassett-Seguso in the 1984 US Open. This was her fourth Major appearance in the main draw (and the first time as a seeded player in the tournament).


2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles
This was also the first Grand Slam tournament where future World No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep reached the quarterfinals, and future World No. 4 and Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic competed in the main draw as a qualifier, who lost to Li in the second round.


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


2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for the women's singles tournament at the 2014 Australian Open. The draw was made on 8 January 2014.


2014 Australian Rally Championship
The 2014 East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship was the 47th season of the Australian Rally Championship, one of the world's oldest continuously run rally championships. The season began 28 February at the National Capital Rally, and ended 15 November at Rally Victoria, after six events. The championship incorporated two international events; Round 5 was a World Rally Championship event, Rally Australia, while Round 3, the International Rally of Queensland was a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Each domestic rally was contested over two heats, with three or four components to the two international events.


2014 Australian Rally Championship
The championship was won for the first time by Scott Pedder, taking a total of eight heat wins and the overall wins for the two international events. He won the title by 44 points ahead of Brendan Reeves, who took 5 heat wins during the season. Third place in the championship was taken by Adrian Coppin, who took podium placings in eight heats without victory. The only other driver to take a heat win was Steven Mackenzie, who won the final heat of the season, at Rally Victoria.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia
On 5 April 2014, an Australian Senate special election in Western Australia has held. The special election was held six months after the 2013 Australian federal election. The results of that 2013 election for the Australian Senate in Western Australia was voided on 20 February 2014 by the High Court of Australia, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, because 1,375 ballot papers were lost during an official recount in November 2013. The High Court ruled that because the number of lost ballots exceeded the margin for the two remaining Senate seats, the only acceptable remedy was to void the results and hold a special election.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia
Following the election on 5 April, preferences were distributed on 29 April 2014 according to the group voting ticket voting system used at that time. The outcome was 3 senators from the Liberal Party of Australia, 1 from the Labor Party of Australia, 1 from the Australia Greens and 1 from the Palmer United Party. Compared to the November 2013 result, the Sport party's Wayne Dropulich was replaced by Dio Wang of the Palmer United Party.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia
The election is unprecedented in Australian federal politics. An election was held in South Australia in 1907 for the election of one senator under a previous electoral system. Half-Senate elections without a corresponding Australian House of Representatives election have occurred several times due to effluxion of time, the last one in 1970.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia
The date was set by Sir Peter Cosgrove, the Governor-General of Australia, on the advice of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. However, the onus for setting times and processes fell on the Governor of Western Australia, Malcolm McCusker, on the advice of Colin Barnett, Premier of Western Australia, in McCusker's obligations under the operation of the Election of Senators Act 1903 (WA).


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, Result
The sixth and last seat was a close contest between third Liberal candidate Linda Reynolds and second Labor candidate Louise Pratt. Reynolds was ahead in the ABC's detailed count projection, with Antony Green predicting on 10 April "It is clear the Liberals will win the last seat". The result was confirmed by the Electoral Commission on 29 April. The score at the final count was 188,169 to Reynolds versus 176,042 for Pratt, a margin of 12,127. The projected margin on Green's calculator, which treated all votes as above-the-line, was a narrower 8,109.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, Candidates
There were a number of candidate changes from the original election. Notable changes included:


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, Candidates
The Socialist Equality Party and Australian Independents contested the 2013 election in Western Australia, but did not contest the special election. The Socialist Alliance, Pirate Party, Voluntary Euthanasia Party, Building Australia Party, Mutual Party, Republican Party and Democratic Labor Party did not contest the 2013 election in WA, but decided to contest the special election.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, Candidates
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one member in 2014 are highlighted in the relevant colour and successful candidates are indicated with an asterisk (*). Candidates marked with ‡ were declared elected after the final count in 2013.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2013 Senate result background
The Senate after the 2013 election, once the new senators' terms started on 1 July 2014, was originally going to consist of the Coalition government on 33 seats with the Labor opposition on 25 seats and a record crossbench of 18 – the Greens on ten seats, Palmer United on two seats, with other minor parties and independents on six seats – the LDP's David Leyonhjelm, Family First's Bob Day, Motoring's Ricky Muir, Sports Party's Wayne Dropulich and incumbents Nick Xenophon and the DLP's John Madigan. The Coalition government would originally have required the support of at least six non-coalition Senators to pass legislation.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2013 Senate result background
Most Senate votes cast in Western Australia were subject to a formal recount. During the recount it was determined that 1,375 WA Senate ballot papers could not be located. After the final recount the result was duly declared which changed the last two predicted WA Senate spots from Palmer and Labor back to Sports Party and Greens. Mick Keelty, a former AFP Commissioner, was requested by the AEC to investigate the issue of the misplaced ballot papers. On 15 November, the AEC petitioned the High Court, acting as the Court of Disputed Returns, to seek an order from the court that the WA Senate election of all six senators (3 Liberal, 1 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Sports Party) be declared void.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2013 Senate result background
Given the closeness of the margins that favoured the final two declared candidates, the petition is based on the premise that the inability to include 1,370 missing ballot papers in the recount of the WA Senate election means that the election was likely to be affected for the purposes of s 362(3) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.


2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2013 Senate result background
A record number of candidates stood at the election. Group voting tickets came under scrutiny because multiple candidates were provisionally elected with the vast majority of their 14.3 percent quotas coming from the preferences of other parties across the political spectrum. "Preference whisperer" Glenn Druery organised tight cross-preferencing between many minor parties. The Sports Party's Wayne Dropulich won a Senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.2 percent in Western Australia, his party placing coming 21st out of 28 groups on primary votes. The result caused discussion across a range of organisations and parties about whether there should be changes to the GVT system.


2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships
The 2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships were held from 5 to 9 November 2014 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. They doubled up as the national trials for the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar.


2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, Events
A total of 63 events (31 each for men and women and 1 mixed event) were contested:


2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, Qualification criteria
Below were the entry qualifying times for each event that had to be achieved after 1 January 2013 in a 25 metre pool. A time in a 50 metre pool could only be used without a conversion factor when a short course time was not available. Entrants had to be a minimum of 12 years of age as of the first day of the meet.


2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, Qualification criteria
Below were the men's entry muilticlass qualifying times for each event.


2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, Qualification criteria
Below were the women's entry muilticlass qualifying times for each event.


2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, Team selection
A team of 20 was selected for the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar. Matthew Abood, Bronte Campbell, Tommaso D'Orsogna, Ellen Fullerton, Katie Goldman, Jordan Harrison, Sally Hunter, Grant Irvine, Mitch Larkin, Travis Mahoney, Cameron McEvoy, David Morgan, Leah Neale, Jake Packard, Kylie Palmer, Leiston Pickett, Emily Seebohm, Daniel Smith, Brianna Throssell and Madison Wilson.


2014 Australian Super Series
The 2014 Australia Super Series was the eighth Super Series tournament of the 2014 BWF Super Series in badminton. The tournament was held in Sydney, Australia from 24–29 June 2014 with a total purse of $750,000.


2014 Australian Swimming Championships
The 2014 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 1 to 6 April 2014 at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. They doubled up as the national trials for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.


2014 Australian Swimming Championships, Qualification criteria
Below were the entry qualifying times for each event that had to be achieved after 1 January 2013 in a 50m pool.


2014 Australian Swimming Championships, Qualification criteria
Below were the Swimming Australia A and B qualifying times for the 2014 Commonwealth Games for each event.


2014 Australian Swimming Championships, Medal winners, Men's events
Legend: WR – World record; WJR – World Junior record; CR – Commonwealth record; OR – Oceanian record; AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record; Club – Australian Club record


2014 Australian Swimming Championships, Medal winners, Women's events
Legend: WR – World record; WJR – World Junior record; CR – Commonwealth record; OR – Oceanian record; AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record; Club – Australian Club record


2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series
The 2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series was an Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1976. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series with Australian Classic Touring (3D) Cars Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. It was the eighth annual Touring Car Masters series.


2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series
The Pro Masters class was won by John Bowe (Ford Mustang), the Pro Am class by Mark King (Chevrolet Camaro RS) and the Pro Sports class by Chris Stillwell & Sven Burchartz (Ford Mustang).


2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series, Classes and points system
Each competing automobile was classified into one of three classes, Pro Masters, Pro Am or Pro Sport.


2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series, Classes and points system
Series points were awarded on the following basis within each class in each race:


2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series, Classes and points system
For the Pro Sport class only, up to three drivers could be nominated to compete in a car during the Series. Only one driver was permitted to compete at each round, however each nominated driver received Series points awarded to that car for each round of the Series.


2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series, Series standings
Half points were awarded in race two at Mount Panorama, Bathurst due to 75% of race distance not being reached.


2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series, Series standings
There are minor discrepancies between round points and the total points for some drivers in the quoted reference at touringcarmasters.com.au (e.g. for John Bowe). The above table reflects the points as published in that source.


2014 Australian counter-terrorism raids
On the morning of 18 September 2014, police in Australia carried out the biggest counter-terrorism operation in the nation's history, with over 800 heavily armed officers targeting households in the cities of Sydney and Brisbane. It came days after the Australian government raised the terror threat from medium to high due to concerns about Australian citizens returning to the country after fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Following the raids, two people were charged, one with terrorism offences and the other for possession of an unauthorised firearm. One of the two arrestees became one of only two men on remand at the highest security prison in Australia, as he is considered an "AA" security risk.


2014 Australian counter-terrorism raids, Raids
Authorities raided 25 homes in Bass Hill, Revesby, Regents Park and elsewhere. The raids were triggered after the interception of one phone call. Computers, documents and a firearm were collected during the raid. Fifteen people were detained and eleven people were subsequently charged with terrorism offences.


2014 Australian counter-terrorism raids, Allegations
Prime Minister Tony Abbott stated that a senior Australian member of ISIL had called for "demonstration killings" including a public beheading. Omarjan Azari, 22, was charged with conspiring to commit these acts. Azari was charged with "attempting to make funds available to a terrorist organization.". Azari is held on Australia's maximum security prison, where he became the first person on remand ever sent there, and there are Federal Court orders "control orders" that prohibit certain people from communicating with him.


2014 Australian counter-terrorism raids, Guilty Plea and Supreme Court Trial of 2017
Prior to his Supreme Court Trial, Azari in December 2015, pled guilty to trying to provide funds to Islamic State. The Supreme Court trial of Azari that had convened in late April 2017 was aborted by a Justice, as some of the accused in the separate 2015 Parramata Shooting also figure in the Azari case, and the judge considered the jury may be prejudiced. A new trial for Azari will begin in November 2017.


2014 Australian counter-terrorism raids, Motivations
The cancellation of passports of those wanting to fight overseas for extremists causes as well as resentment towards Australia's role in the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been raised as possible motivations behind the alleged terrorist planning. After the raids, Imraan Husain, an Imam from the Gold Coast, warned that sending troops to the Middle East could marginalise local Muslim youth, especially those who follow jihadists on social media.


2014 Australian counter-terrorism raids, Protest
Between 200 and 400 Muslims in Sydney protested the raids at Lakemba railway station the night after the morning raids. The protesters, organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir, cited "police brutality" and "political hysteria". Wassim Doureihi, a prominent member of the group, said "Let me say clearly even if a single bomb went off even if a thousand bombs went off in this country all it will prove is that Muslims are angry."


2014 Australian federal budget
The 2014 Australian federal budget was the federal budget to fund government services and operations for the 2014/15 financial year. The 2014 budget was the first delivered by the Abbott Government, since the Coalition's victory in the 2013 Australian federal election. Treasurer Joe Hockey presented the budget to the House of Representatives on 13 May 2014.


2014 Australian federal budget
The budget featured significant changes to address a perceived deficit crisis. This included a proposed dramatic downsizing of government bureaucracy, and contained significant changes to welfare, new initiatives for a medical research fund and spending on roads. A budget surplus exceeding 1% of GDP was not expected until 2023.


2014 Australian federal budget
The austere budget faced widespread criticism and was overwhelmingly rejected by the Australian public as reflected in all opinion polls after its release. Opposition to "unfair" budget measures came from the opposition and cross-bench, pensioners, economists, the union movement, students and welfare, community and disability groups with some taking to the streets in protest. The budget included changes which were contrary to pre-election commitments and promises made by the Liberals in opposition.


2014 Australian federal budget
Critics argue that every one of the following pre-election commitments made by Tony Abbott were broken in the first budget: "No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no change to pensions, no change to the GST and no cuts to the ABC or SBS." Echos of the "dead and buried" Fightback! policy package from the 1993 election occurred with proposals to defer unemployment benefits for six months for under 30s and the removal of GP bulk billing. Most proposals have since been shelved, dumped or modified.


2014 Australian federal budget, National Commission of Audit
The Abbott Government commissioned a National Commission of Audit in October 2013 to recommend measures to reduce government spending. The Commission made 86 recommendations, including a slowing of increases in the age pension, an increase in the retirement age to 70 by 2035 and the inclusion of the family home in new means testing from 2027. These Commission's recommendations were adopted in the budget. Other controversial recommendations include copayments of Medicare bulk billing, besides other.


2014 Australian federal budget, Forecasts
Before the budget's release Treasurer Joe Hockey signalled the budget would contain widespread spending cuts in response to what he described as an unsustainable growth in government expenditure.


2014 Australian federal budget, Forecasts, Deficit
In August 2013, in a budget update before the forthcoming federal election, the Australian Treasurer under the Second Rudd Government forecast a $30.1 billion deficit for 2013/14. In December 2013, the Australian Treasurer under the Abbott Government forecast a $47 billion deficit for the same period, due to the new government's decision not to implement savings and revenue measures put forward by the Rudd Government before the election, and an unexpected injection of $8 billion into the Reserve Bank. The four-year forward estimates project a difference of $68 billion. More than half of that difference has been attributed to lower government revenue from taxation. A surplus was projected for 2023/24.


2014 Australian federal budget, Forecasts, Deficit
The budget forecast a deficit for 2014/15 of $29.8 billion.


2014 Australian federal budget, Revenue, Taxation
The budget introduced a "deficit levy" of 2% on personal incomes over $180,000, which was expected to raise around $2.5 billion a year over its duration. Legislation to impose the levy, called the Temporary Budget Repair Levy, was assented to on 25 June 2014, and commenced on 1 July 2014 and will apply for three years.


2014 Australian federal budget, Revenue, Taxation
The corporate tax rate will decrease by 1.5% from 1 July 2015 to 28.5%.


2014 Australian federal budget, Revenue, Taxation
The National Commission of Audit recommended that the Family Tax Benefit Part B be abolished. It will now be means tested to a new threshold of $100,000. Families will cease being eligible for the payment when their youngest child turns six.


2014 Australian federal budget, Revenue, Taxation
The indexation of the federal fuel excise was reintroduced. The adjustment will be made twice a year and is expected to raise $3.7 billion in its first four years. Indexation had been abandoned in 2001. The change took effect on 10 November 2014, increasing the base rate to 38.6 from 38.14¢ per litre.


2014 Australian federal budget, Expenditure
In April 2014, Joe Hockey made it clear the budget would see a significant tightening of federal government expenditure which would be felt by all sectors of the community. More than three-quarters of the savings in the 2014 budget were the result of cuts to government spending.


2014 Australian federal budget, Expenditure, General government
A number of federal government services and approvals will increase in price and new fees will apply including some provided by Austrade and Geoscience Australia. Funding for foreign aid is being frozen leading to a saving of $7.6 billion over five years.


2014 Australian federal budget, Expenditure, General government
Federal politicians and public servants will have their salary frozen for one year. Post retirement benefits for federal politicians are being reigned in. This includes limitations on travel expenses, staffing arrangements and working entitlements. 3,000 positions within the Australian Tax Office will be lost with thousands of staff retrenched from other major federal departments. The Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency and the Australian Water Commission are to be abolished. 76 government agencies will be abolished a small number merged or privatised. These cutbacks are expected to save $500 million over four years. The budget for the CSIRO was reduced by $146.8 million over four years.


2014 Australian federal budget, Expenditure, Social security and welfare
The Newstart Allowance for those seeking work will not be available to people under the age of 25. The unemployed under the age of 30 would not qualify for any payment for six months, after which the Work for the Dole program would be required. If after another six months there is no employment, the six-month cycle of off/on payment starts again. The Schoolkids bonus is to be abolished. A Paid Parental Leave scheme is being introduced. The Seniors Health Card will not be eligible to retired couples with more than $1.4 million in assets.