2014 BDO World Darts Championship
Scott Waites was the defending men's champion, having won the title for the first time in the 2013 championship, but he was defeated 0–3 in the first round by eventual runner-up Alan Norris, who in turn lost to first seed Stephen Bunting in the final. The defending women's champion was Anastasia Dobromyslova, who won her third title in 2013. She lost to the eventual champion Lisa Ashton in the semi-finals.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship
This tournament saw the biggest field ever for a BDO World Championship. 56 players – 40 men, up from 32 in 2013, and 16 women – up from 8 in 2013 – competed for the world titles.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship
Players from around the globe competed to reach the BBC televised finals, which ran from 4–12 January 2014.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers, Prize money
The prize money was increased to £300,000 for the men's event and £29,000 for the women's event. There is a £52,000 bonus for hitting a Nine-dart finish in both versions of the tournament.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers, Men's
The televised stages feature 40 players – an increase from 32 in previous years. The top 16 players in the BDO Invitational Rankings over the 2012/13 season are seeded for the tournament. Players who finish between 17th and 24th in the invitational rankings receive a bye into the last 32. The remaining 16 players enter in the preliminary rounds – this includes recent world champions not in the top 24, a qualifier from each of the eight WDF regions, four players who came through the pre-qualifying knockout tournament, and the Winmau World Masters winner (if not already qualified). Should there be fewer than 40 players qualified after the above process, the next unqualified player from the invitational rankings will be entered until the total reaches 40.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers, Women's
The televised stages feature 16 players, an increase from 8 in previous years. The top 8 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2012/13 season are seeded for the tournament.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Draw, Men, Preliminary round
Played from 4 to 6 January. All matches best of 5 sets.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Draw, Women's
Lisa Ashton won her first world championship title. In the final she trailed Deta Hedman 0–2 before turning the match.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Media coverage
On 6 January 2013 it was announced the BBC had signed a three-year deal to show the Lakeside World Championships from 2014 to 2016, on 4 December 2013 it was announced the BBC will show the tournament exclusively in Britain which they did from 1978 to 2011. This means most matches (bar the first ladies match) will be shown live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC Website and the BBC iPlayer.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Media coverage
It was also announced the coverage would still be presented by Colin Murray and Bobby George which it has been since 2010 despite Murray leaving Match of the Day 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live to move to talkSPORT. Rob Walker returned to the Lakeside as reporter and Darts Extra presenter which is a role he has held since 2010. Commentary is once again provided by Tony Green, Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot, along with John Rawling for the first time.


2014 BDO World Darts Championship, Media coverage
Green has commentated for the BBC for every year of the Lakeside from 1978-2010 and 2012–present missing the 2011 Championships due to illness, Alexander replaced Green in 2011 and continues in the role for 2014 and Proudfoot commentated on the 2013 championships replacing David Croft who moved to Sky to commentate on Formula One. BDO players Scott Mitchell, Tony O'Shea, Deta Hedman and Trina Gulliver also contributed to the commentary.


2014 BDO World Trophy
The 2014 Daily Mirror BDO World Trophy is the new major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation, hosted between 4–9 February 2014 at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. This event organized by the BDO Events - the new commercial arm of the British Darts Organisation


2014 BDO World Trophy
The Event marks the first BDO major event since the split in darts to not feature the BDO World Champion as Stephen Bunting left once he won the Lakeside Championships in 2014.


2014 BDO World Trophy, Qualifiers, Men
Geert De Vos was ranked in the top 16 but asked not to be included in the draw. Alan Norris was given a wildcard to take Stephen Bunting's place after Bunting decided to switch to the PDC.


2014 BEC Tero Sasana F.C. season
The 2014 season is BEC Tero Sasana's 18th season in the Thai Premier League of BEC Tero Sasana Football Club.


2014 BET Hip Hop Awards
The 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards was held on October 14, 2014 at Atlanta Civic Center in the ATL. The nominations were announced on September 4, 2014. Snoop Dogg returned as the event's host. Canadian rapper Drake leads the nominations with 8 nominations, while Jay-Z, Pharrell and Future follow him with six. DJ Mustard won the most awards with 4 wins, followed by Drake with 3 wins.


2014 BET Hip Hop Awards, Nominations, Track of the Year
Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.


2014 BFL season
The 2014 season of the Belgian Football League (BFL) is the regular season played in the Belgium. The championshipgame is the Belgian Bowl XXVII.


2014 BFL season, Regular season, Regular season standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against


2014 BFL season, Post season
The Belgian Bowl XXVII was held on June 29, 2014 in Izegem. The Ghent Gators won over the Brussels Tigers. It was the first time for the Ghent Gators to win the national trophy.


2014 BGL Luxembourg Open
The 2014 BGL Luxembourg Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts sponsored by BNP Paribas. It was the 19th edition of the Luxembourg Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2014 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg on 13–19 October 2014. Unseeded Annika Beck won the singles title.


2014 BGL Luxembourg Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2014 BGL Luxembourg Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles
Stephanie Vogt and Yanina Wickmayer were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2014 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles
Timea Bacsinszky and Kristina Barrois won the tournament, defeating Lucie Hradecká and Barbora Krejčíková in the final, 3–6, 6–4, [10–4].


2014 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2014 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles
Annika Beck won the tournament, defeating Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2014 BK Häcken season
The 2014 season is BK Häcken's 74th in existence and their 14th season in Allsvenskan. They competed in Allsvenskan and 2013–14 Svenska Cupen.


2014 BMC Racing Team season
The 2014 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2014 BMW Open
The 2014 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 99th edition of the event, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich, Germany, from 28 April through 4 May 2014. Unseeded Martin Kližan won the singles title.


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


2014 BMW Open – Doubles
Jarkko Nieminen and Dmitry Tursunov were the defending champions, but Tursunov chose to play in Oeiras instead. Nieminen partnered up with Rameez Junaid but lost in the quarterfinals to Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen.


2014 BMW Open – Doubles
Jamie Murray and John Peers won the title, defeating Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 BMW Open – Singles
Tommy Haas was the defending champion but lost to Martin Kližan in the semifinals. Kližan went on to win the title, defeating Fabio Fognini in the final, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2.


2014 BMW Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 BMW PGA Championship
The 2014 BMW PGA Championship was the 60th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


2014 BMW PGA Championship
Seven strokes back after three rounds, Rory McIlroy won with a final round 66 (−6), a stroke ahead of runner-up Shane Lowry. It was his first win at the event, and sixth victory on the European Tour. Thomas Bjørn led (or co-led) after each or the first three rounds, but fell into a tie for third after a final round 75 (+3).


2014 BMW PGA Championship
Defending champion Matteo Manassero opened with an 80 and missed the cut by five strokes.


2014 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
Thomas Bjørn tied the course record, 62 (−10), with a bogey-free round that included eight birdies and an eagle. Two separate weather delays meant that the first round could not be completed on Thursday; 33 players were still on the course when darkness fell and completed their rounds on Friday morning.


2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open
The 2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open is a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 2nd edition of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, in the International category of the 2014 WTA Tour. It will take place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from April 7 through April 13, 2014.


2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open – Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena and Lourdes Domínguez Lino were the defending champions, but they decided not to participate this year. Yuliya Beygelzimer and Olga Savchuk won the title, defeating first-seeded Klára Koukalová and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–4, 5–7, [10–7].


2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open – Singles
Roberta Vinci was the defending champion, but lost to Camila Giorgi in the second round.


2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open – Singles
Alizé Cornet won the tournament, defeating Giorgi in the final, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5, despite being a match point down in the third set.


2014 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2014 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, between 28 October and 2 November 2014.


2014 BNP Paribas Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan successfully defended their title, defeating Marcin Matkowski and Jürgen Melzer in the final,  7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–6].


2014 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles
Defending champion Novak Djokovic successfully defended his title, defeating Milos Raonic in the final, 6–2, 6–3, to win the Singles title at the 2014 Paris Masters. He became the first man to defend the title at the Paris Masters.


2014 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 BNP Paribas Open
The 2014 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2014 Indian Wells Masters) was a professional tennis tournament that was played at Indian Wells, California, in March 2014. It was the 41st edition of the men's event (26th for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2014 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2014 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, United States, from March 3 through March 16, 2014, on outdoor hard courts.


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
The 2014 BNP Paribas Open will feature a significant increase in prize money from the previous year, with all players competing for a share of $6,169,040. All prize money is in US Dollars.


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Players, Men's Singles, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are according to ATP rankings on March 3, 2014.


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Players, Men's Singles, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Players, Men's Doubles, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Players, Women's Singles, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are according to WTA rankings on February 24, 2014. Points before are as of March 3, 2014.


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Players, Women's Singles, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Players, Women's Singles, Other entrants
The following players used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Open, Players, Women's Doubles, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, and retained their title defeating Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2014 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3), to win the Men's Singles title at the 2014 Indian Wells Masters. It was his third Indian Wells title.


2014 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Alexandr Dolgopolov.


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


2014 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Sania Mirza.Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Black and Mirza in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


2014 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Camila Giorgi.


2014 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles
Flavia Pennetta, at 32 years, became the tournament's oldest winner since Steffi Graf in 1996, defeating Agnieszka Radwańska in the final 6–2, 6–1.


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


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
The 2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bordeaux, France between 12 and 18 May 2014.


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles
Christopher Kas and Oliver Marach were the defending champion, but decided not to compete.


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles
Marc Gicquel and Sergiy Stakhovsky won the title when Ryan Harrison and Alex Kuznetsov withdrew.


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Singles
Gaël Monfils was the defending champion but decided not to compete.


2014 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Singles
Julien Benneteau won the title, defeating Steve Johnson in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie
The 2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia between 30 December 2013 and 5 January 2014.


2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles
Samuel Groth and Toshihide Matsui were the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles
Krajicek and Sandgren won the title, defeating Ante Pavić and Blaž Rola in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3.


2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles
Adrian Mannarino was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles
Falla won the title, defeating Steven Diez in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2014 BRD Arad Challenger
The 2014 BRD Arad Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Arad, Romania between 2 and 8 June 2014.


2014 BRD Arad Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BRD Arad Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as alternates into the singles main draw:


2014 BRD Arad Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:


2014 BRD Arad Challenger, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 BRD Arad Challenger – Doubles
Antonio Veić and Franko Škugor were the defending champions and successfully defended their title by defeating Radu Albot and Artem Sitak in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–3).


2014 BRD Arad Challenger – Singles
Adrian Ungur was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Martín Cuevas.


2014 BRD Arad Challenger – Singles
Damir Džumhur won the title, defeating Pere Riba in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)


2014 BRD Brasov Challenger – Doubles
Daniele Giorgini and Adrian Ungur won he title, beating Aslan Karatsev and Valery Rudnev 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–1]


2014 BRD Brasov Challenger – Singles
Andreas Haider-Maurer defended his title, beating Guillaume Rufin 6–3, 6–2


2014 BRD Brașov Challenger
The 2014 BRD Brașov Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on Clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brașov, Romania between 1 and 7 September 2014.


2014 BRD Brașov Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BRD Brașov Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered into the singles main draw as alternate:


2014 BRD Bucharest Open
The 2014 BRD Bucharest Open was a professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania between 7 and 13 July 2014.


2014 BRD Bucharest Open – Doubles
Elena Bogdan and Alexandra Cadanțu won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Çağla Büyükakçay and Karin Knapp in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5].


2014 BRD Bucharest Open – Singles
Simona Halep won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Roberta Vinci in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2014 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy
The 2014 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts and held at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania, from 21 to 27 April 2014. It was the 22nd edition of the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy tournament, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. The event also futured an exhibition match with Goran Ivanišević, Cédric Pioline, Ilie Năstase and Andrei Pavel.


2014 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Doubles
Max Mirnyi and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, but Mirnyi chose not to participate. Tecău successfully defended the title alongside Jean-Julien Rojer, defeating Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2014 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Singles
Lukáš Rosol was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Grigor Dimitrov 7–6(7–2), 6–1


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship
The 2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Duratec single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the second BRDC Formula 4 Championship organized by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision company, with support from the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and dedicated championship highlights shown on ITV4 the weekend after each round, in a prime time slot. The season began at Silverstone on 26 April and ended on 26 October at Snetterton, after 8 triple header events amassing to 24 races.


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Heading into the final round of the championship, six drivers were in mathematical contention to win the championship. Lanan Racing team-mates Arjun Maini and George Russell led the standings, with Maini 21 points clear of Russell. HHC Motorsport duo Sennan Fielding and Raoul Hyman were split by five points for third and fourth places, with Struan Moore (Lanan Racing) and Will Palmer (HHC Motorsport) requiring results to go in their favour, despite being in the running.


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Russell took pole position for the opening race, but Fielding was the highest placed at the end, in third place; Russell cut Maini's lead slightly with a seventh, while Palmer and Moore could no longer win the title due to their results. Maini took pole for the second race, due to his eighth place and the regulations for the partially reversed grid order stipulating such. Maini led from the start, before Hyman and Russell passed him early in the race. Maini fell to fifth as he made an error later in the race, dropping him behind Fielding and Moore. Hyman held the lead until the end which meant that four drivers could still win the title in the final race.


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Maini held a 13-point lead over Russell, with Fielding 5 points further adrift, and Hyman the outsider, 25 points adrift of Maini. Russell started from pole position, with Hyman, Fielding and Maini behind. Hyman made the best start to take the lead from Russell at the start, but Russell regained the lead the following lap, and ultimately went on to win the race; a season-high fifth victory. With Maini down in fifth place, it enabled Russell to clinch the title by just three points.


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship
With the championship, he received a prize test with the Arden Motorsport GP3 team at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi at the end of the season, as well as a £25,000 cash prize. Behind Maini, Hyman's second place finish allowed him to jump Fielding for third place in the championship, by a single point. All three drivers won four races over the course of the season, including a hat-trick for Fielding at Silverstone, a first for the series. Other drivers to win races were Moore at Oulton Park, Palmer won twice at the first Snetterton meeting, as well as single victories for Diego Menchaca (Snetterton), and Brands Hatch victories for Gustavo Lima, Gaetano di Mauro and Chris Middlehurst.


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar and results
The first Brands Hatch race weekend was held in support of the Blancpain Sprint Series. Later in the season, at the first Snetterton meeting and the second Brands Hatch meeting, the series formed part of the support package to British GT Championship rounds.


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.


2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings, Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup
The Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup was awarded to the driver who started from pole position most often throughout the season. Champion George Russell won the trophy, on a tie-break with Arjun Maini, as Russell took more pole positions from qualifying sessions.


2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
The 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix is the eighth season of the BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix.


2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, Results, Performance by countries
Tabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2014 BWF Super Series
The 2014 BWF Super Series, known as 2014 Metlife BWF Super Series for sponsorship reasons, is the eighth season of the BWF Super Series. For this season, an annual US$400,000 of player incentive scheme bonus payment share among the year-end top 10 players/pairs once they fulfil various media and sponsorship commitments.


2014 BWF Super Series, Results, Performance by countries
Tabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2014 BWF Super Series Finals
The 2014 BWF Super Series Finals was the final competition of the 2014 BWF Super Series. It was held from December 17 to December 21 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2014 BWF Super Series Finals, Representatives by nation
§: Ko Sung Hyun from Korea was the only players who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles), while Zhao Yunlei from China, Christinna Pedersen from Denmark and Kim Ha-na from Korea were the players who played in two categories (women's doubles and mixed doubles).


2014 BWF World Championships
The 2014 BWF World Championships were held from 25 to 31 August 2014 at the Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2014 BWF World Championships, Host city selection
Copenhagen and Macau submitted bids for this of championships. Both cities also bid for the 2013 edition, which was later won by Guangzhou. On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation decided to award the championships to Copenhagen during a meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand.


2014 BWF World Championships, Draw
The draw was held on 11 August 2014 at the Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2014 BWF World Championships, Schedule
All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day.


2014 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles
The Men's Doubles tournament of the 2014 Copenhagen World Championships will take place from August 25–31. Hendra Setiawan and Muhammad Ahsan enter the competition as the current champions.


2014 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 BWF World Championships – Men's singles
The Men's Singles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Championships took place from August 25–31. Lin Dan was not given wild card entry into the 2014 World Championships, as he was in 2013.


2014 BWF World Championships – Men's singles
On 27 April 2015, Lee Chong Wei was stripped of his silver medal due to doping.


2014 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 BWF World Championships – Mixed doubles
The Mixed Doubles tournament of the 2014 Copenhagen World Championships took place from August 25–31 2014. Defending champions Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir did not enter the competition.


2014 BWF World Championships – Mixed doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 BWF World Championships – Women's doubles
The Women's Doubles tournament of the 2014 Copenhagen World Championships will take place from August 25–31. Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang enter the competition as the current champions.


2014 BWF World Championships – Women's doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 BWF World Championships – Women's singles
The Women's Singles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Championships will take place from August 25–31. Ratchanok Inthanon enters as the 2013 World Champion.


2014 BWF World Championships – Women's singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2014 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Alor Setar, Malaysia April 7–18, 2014.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys doubles
The Boys Doubles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships was held on April 13–18. Last year winners Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen could not defend their title due to age eligibility.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys doubles
Thai pair Kittinupong Ketlen / Dechapol Puavaranukroh won the final against Masahide Nakata / Katsuki Tamate by 21-16, 21-18 and grabbed the title.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys singles
The Boys Singles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships was held on April 13–18. Last year winner, Heo Kwang-hee couldn't defend his title due to the age eligibility.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys singles
Lin Guipu won the title after beating his fellow countryman Shi Yuqi in the final by 20-22, 21-8, 21-18.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls doubles
The Girls Doubles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships was held on April 13–18. South Korean pair Chae Yoo-jung and Kim Ji-won won the last tournament but they could not defend their title due to the age eligibility.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls doubles
Chen Qingchen who lost in the final last year won the title this year along with her new partner Jia Yifan. They beat Indonesian pair, Rosyita Eka Putri Sari and Apriani Rahayu 21-11, 21-14.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls singles
The Girls Singles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships was held on April 13–18. The defending champion of the last edition is Akane Yamaguchi from Japan.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls singles
This year, Yamaguchi managed to defend her title after beating Chinese He Bingjiao 14-21, 21-18, 21-13 in the final. This also make the title won by Japanese 3 times in a row.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Mixed doubles
The Mixed Doubles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships was held on April 13–18.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Mixed doubles
Huang Kaixiang and Chen Qingchen from China clinched the title for 2 years in a row after won another final against Indonesian pair, this time Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Rosyita Eka Putri Sari by 21-12 21-17. For Indonesia this was the fourth straight years they were in the final of mixed double.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Team event group stage
This article lists the complete results of the group stage of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event in Alor Setar, Malaysia.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Team event knockout stage
This article lists the complete results of the knock out stage of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event in Alor Setar, Malaysia.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event
The Team event tournament of the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships was the sixteenth tournament of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held from April 7–11, 2014 in Alor Setar, Malaysia. According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 35 teams have confirmed their participation. The winner of the tournament would have Suhandinata Cup for about a year until the next BWF World Junior Championships Team Event is held.


2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event, Seedings
The seedings for teams competing in the tournament were released on March 24, 2014. It was based on aggregated points from the best players in the world junior ranking, the result of last BWF World Junior Championships team event, and also the result of last continental junior event. The tournament was divided into four groups and each group has 2 subgroups, with South Korea and China were the two top seeds, and 2 teams (Indonesia and Japan) in the seeded 3-4 were also put into the same group. another 4 teams were put in the second groups. Eight teams (seeded 9-16) were seeded into third groups and the last sixteen teams were seeded into last groups. The draw was held on the same day in Kuala Lumpur.


2014 BWF season
The 2014 BWF Season is the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2014 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of badminton through an extensive worldwide programme of events in four structure levels. They are the individual tournaments called Super Series, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge and International Series. Besides the individual tournaments, team events such as Thomas Cup & Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup are held every other year.


2014 BWF season
The 2014 BWF season calendar comprises the World Championships tournaments, the Sudirman Cup, the BWF Super Series (Super Series, Super Series Premier, Super Series Finals), the Grand Prix (Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix), the International Series (International Series and International Challenge), and BWF Future Series.


2014 BWF season, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2014 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented.


2014 BYU Cougars baseball team
The 2014 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his 2nd season as head coach of the Cougars. The Cougars came off a season where they exceeded expectations. After being picked to finish sixth, the Cougars finished in a 3-way tie for second and eliminated regular season champion Gonzaga in the WCC tournament. The Cougars would finish 32–21.


2014 BYU Cougars baseball team
For 2014 the Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the WCC 2014 Pre-season rankings. The Cougars played most of their home games at Larry H. Miller Field. However Bruce Hurst Field hosted one BYU home one series in late February, early March, and Brent Brown Ballpark hosted one BYU game. This was the second consecutive year the Cougars used Bruce Hurst Field for one series due weather concerns. The Cougars ended the season 22–31, 12–15 in conference play, and finished 7th in the WCC Standings.


2014 BYU Cougars baseball team, TV & Radio Information
All home and conference games as well as select non-conference road games (at Utah and at UC Santa Barbara) were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 25th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts will be used. Most of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYUtv broadcast 9 home games:  Mar. 13 & 15 vs. San Diego, Apr. 3 vs. Pacific, Apr. 17 vs. Loyola Marymount, May 1–3 vs. Gonzaga, and May 8 & 10 vs. Santa Clara.


2014 BYU Cougars baseball team, TV & Radio Information
Sister station KBYU aired the May 6 home game vs. Utah. BYUtv/KBYU used Spencer Linton and Dave McCann as their play-by-play men. Gary Sheide returned as the analyst. An additional six games aired on the WCC's online station- : Mar. 4 vs. Utah, Mar. 14 vs. San Diego, Apr. 1 vs. Utah Valley, Apr. 18 vs. Loyola Marymount, May 9 vs. Santa Clara, and May 16 at Portland. TheW.tv games were the conference's first non-basketball broadcasts outside the state of California and the first game featuring a non-conference opponent in baseball.


2014 BYU Cougars baseball team, TV & Radio Information
Both games at Utah, Mar. 25 & May 13, aired on Pac-12 Network (the Mar. 25 game being a Pac-12 Mountain exclusive), the game at Utah Valley, Apr. 29,  aired on UVU's YouTube channel, the 3-game series at Pepperdine will air on TV-32 Malibu and be simulcast online by WavesCast, and the game at Fresno State aired on the Mountain West Network powered by Campus Insiders. Had the Cougars returned to the WCC baseball tournament, the games would have aired on TheW.tv.


2014 BYU Cougars baseball team, 2014 MLB Draft
Two BYU Cougar players were selected in the 2014 MLB Draft. Both have the option of coming back to BYU should they not sign a contract. Sophomore Pitcher Kolton Mahoney, who just completed his second full year at BYU after serving a church mission to Santa Rosa, California from 2012–13, was selected in the 23rd Round, 686th overall pick, by the Milwaukee Brewers. Shortstop Tanner Chauncey, who was serving a church mission in the Brazil João Pessoa Mission from 2013–14 and would be back for the 2015 season as a sophomore, was selected in the 35th Round, 1,059th overall pick, by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


2014 BYU Cougars football team
The 2014 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars, led by tenth head coach Bronco Mendenhall, played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the fourth year BYU competed as an independent. They finished the season 8–5. They were invited to the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl where they lost to Memphis.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Before the season
After a season in which the entire offensive staff was changed, BYU is expected to have stability in the coaching ranks as every coach is expected to return.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Before the season, 2014 Recruits
The Cougars have signed 17 high school seniors, 2 junior college transfers, and 2 FBS transfer for the 2014 class. A few members will be going straight out onto their LDS mission. Details on each signee will be added within the next couple of weeks. The class includes 12 defensive and eight offensive players representing seven different states with seven recruits signing out of California, four from Utah, three from Texas, two from both Arizona and Kansas, and one each from Alabama and North Carolina. On defense, BYU adds six recruits at defensive line, three at linebacker and three in the defensive backfield, while signing four wide receivers, three offensive linemen and one tight end on offense. BYU also has two mid-year enrollees that will bolster their ranks.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Before the season, 2014 Returning Missionaries
18 return missionaries will join BYU for the 2014 season.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Before the season, 2014 Departures
5 BYU players were invited to the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine and will not return as they are graduating seniors. The five feature two of BYU's all-time leaders in Kyle Van Noy and Cody Hoffman. Uani Unga, Eathyn Manumaleuna, and Daniel Sorensen round out the list of Cougars invited to the Combine. All five are expected to be taken in the 2014 NFL Draft. Only 13 programs had more than BYU's 5-players invited to the Combine, and out of those 13 only 3 had more than BYU's defense: Alabama, Florida State, and Florida.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Media, Football Media Day
Football Media Day is scheduled to take place in June 2014 and will air live on BYUtv and have player interviews conducted through byutvsports.com.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Media, Cougar IMG Sports Network Affiliates
KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- Flagship Station (Salt Lake City/ Provo, UT and ksl.com)BYU Radio- Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, and byuradio.org)KIDO- Boise, ID [football only]KTHK- Blackfoot/ Idaho Falls/ Pocatello/ Rexburg, IDKMGR- Manti, UTKSUB- Cedar City, UTKDXU- St. George, UTKSHP- Las Vegas, NV [football only]


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Schedule
The 2014 schedule featured a lot of returning opponents in Texas, Houston, Virginia, UCF, Boise State, Utah State, Middle Tennessee, and Nevada. While it was not regarded as being as difficult as the 2013 schedule, it was the first schedule that played in every major recruiting state BYU target: Texas, Florida, and California. They played in the 2014 Miami Beach Bowl.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UConn
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, blue pants. For the second consecutive season BYU opened up on the East Coast. This time they came not in a white-out fashion. Instead they came with a mixed white and blue uniform, and the lack of rainy conditions allowed BYU to strike early and often in the running game.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UConn
BYU would rush for 205 yards and two touchdowns, while Taysom Hill would complete nearly 80% of his passes for 308 yards. While BYU sat out many players due to suspensions, including top Running back Jamaal Williams, BYU's defense kept UConn in must pass situations as they limited UConn's rushing game to 94 yards on31 carries, an average of 2.3 per play.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UConn
BYU would walk away with a 1–0 start, but they would also walk away with 2 of the 3 FBS Independent player of the week awards. Taysom Hill would take his first FBS Offensive Player of the Week award, and Bronson Kaufusi would take the FBS Defensive Player of the Week award.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Texas
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, blue pants. Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopes got his first collegiate start for the injured David Ash, who would later retire from collegiate football, and a lot of short passes allowed him to walk away with a high passing percentage. While Texas found itself unable to score often offensively, the defense pestered BYU and kept the game close until the third quarter.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Texas
BYU took the ball to open the third quarter and drove for a touchdown. Texas turnovers and an inability to stop BYU in the third turned a close game into a blowout. BYU converted four possessions into four touchdowns ad turned a 6–0 game into 34–0 before Texas was finally able to score.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Texas
The highlight of the night came in the third when Taysom Hill took off for a 30-yard touchdown run with a little over 12 minutes remaining in the third. During the run he leaped six feet in the air over one Texas defender. The highlight placed Hill on many people's Heisman watch list and caused Cougar fans to start calling Taysom Taysman.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Texas
The Cougars third quarter performance turned what had been a lackluster performance into a blowout and was enough to give Taysom Hill his second consecutive FBS Independent Offisive Player of the Week award. Meanwhile, many Texas fans started claiming they never wanted to see BYU on their schedule again. BYU improved to 4–1 vs. Texas and 6–1 vs. Texas & Oklahoma lifetime with their second consecutive blowout.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Houston
Uniform combination: white helmet with stars and stripes, blue jersey, white pants. On 9/11 both BYU and Houston came out with patriotic helmets, and BYU decorated the field with patriotic symbols to remind everyone we never forget what happened on 9–11. The decorations served only as a small distraction as a game was to take place.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Houston
BYU and Houston both swapped quarters in terms of offensive efficiency. For the game BYU owned most statistical categories. However Houston was able to keep it close due to turnovers. Houston forced 3 turnovers which they converted into 17 points, 14 of which came in the second quarter and turned a 23–0 game into 23–15 as time expired in the first half.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Houston
BYU countered by opening the game with a defensive safety on Houston's first possession. In addition to the turnovers, personal fouls kept a lot of Houston drives alive. BYU committed 11 penalties for 98 yards.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Houston
The close game led a lot of people to speculate BYU wasn't truly a top 25 team. However some of the doubters were silenced when Taysom Hill was awarded his third consecutive FBS Independents Offensive player of the week award.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Virginia
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants. Virginia entered the game leading the nation in forcing turnovers. They were unable to take the ball once from BYU. However, the Cavaliers were able to limit BYU's offensive possessions. The Cavaliers doubled up BYU in almost every statistical category.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Virginia
Virginia ran 102 plays to BYU's 60, held the ball 41 minutes to BYU's 19, and outgained BYU 519 yards to 332. However BYU was able to score on virtually every possession they had, and a 99-yard punt return from Adam Hine proved to be the backbreaker for the Cavaliers as BYU improved to 4–0.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Virginia
For the fourth consecutive week Taysom Hill walked away with the FBS Independents offensive player of the week award, and Scott Arellano, who was awarded the game MVP thanks to his punts of 60+ yards, walked away with the FBS Independents special teams player of the week award.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State
Uniform combination: white helmet with royal blue decals and royal blue chromium facemasks, royal blue jersey, royal blue pants. With no Utah on the schedule, BYU choose the Utah State game to break out the royal blue uniforms. The day also featured the retirement of Jim McMahon's #9 into the Cougar Ring of Fame, making BYU's WR Jordan Leslie the last Cougar to wear the coveted number.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The night began with two pass completions from Taysom Hill to Jordan Leslie totaling 57 yards, setting up a 7-yard run touchdown run from Taysom Hill. Utah State countered by converting linebacker Nick Vigil into a running back. Nick used strong runs around the outside to continually move the ball into BYU territory and give Utah State the short field. Meanwhile, Darrell Garretson completed a QB rating above 230 as Utah State used long, sustained offensive drives to limit BYU's possessions.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State
A Jamaal Williams fumble in the second quarter allowed the Aggies to take a 21–14 lead. The fumble was the first lost fumble for Williams collegiate career. The fumble began a series of bad stretches for BYU as on the next possession Taysom Hill suffered what appeared to be a fractured leg. Hill was carted off the field and placed in an air cast. Early prognosis stated that is might be season ending, but additional details would be released Monday after X-Rays and an MRI were performed. Backup quarterback Christian Stewart came in to try and rally the BYU cause, but 3 interceptions allowed the Aggies to utilize a short field and ruin any real chances BYU had of coming back.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The loss to Utah State proved to be the first home loss for BYU against the Aggies since 1976. It ended any chances BYU had of making a New Years Six bowl and likely ended any Heisman Campaign Hill was to possibly have. Ironically enough, the last time BYU had lost to the Aggies at home was when Jim McMahon was a QB for BYU.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The loss returned the Wagon Wheel to Logan and allowed Utah State to walk away with the 2014 Beehive Boot, as neither team plays Utah this season.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCF
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, blue pants. Christian Stewart started his first game for BYU at QB hoping to help BYU rebound. The Cougars entered the game with only 2 days of practice to get ready for the Knights and with 5 starters out with injury (Taysom Hill, Brayden Kearsley, Terenn Houk, Alan Fui, and Devin Leavitt). The injuries to Kearsley & Houk allowed UCF's defense to break through the line and pester BYU throughout, sacking Stewart twice forcing one fumble and picking the ball off once.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCF
BYU's defense rose to the challenge and was able to stop UCF's offense from scoring on 8 consecutive possessions. The defense picked off two UCF passes and forced two UCF fumbles, allowing BYU to have the short field and take the lead in the third quarter. BYU's defense also forced UCF into two missed field goals in the fourth, forcing the eventual overtime.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCF
Injuries proved once again to be BYU's downfall. Jamaal Williams suffered an ankle injury on the first play of the game, Cornerback Jordan Johnson was carted off the field and taken to a local hospital to have his right arm evaluated, and Craig Bills went out of the game with a concussion. BYU also revealed that receiver Nick Kurtz will seek a redshirt this season and won't play in any of the remaining games.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCF
A conservative rush attack in the fourth quarter forced BYU into 4 consecutive three-and-outs, and UCF won 31–24.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Nevada
Uniform combination: white helmet, blue jersey, white pants. For the second consecutive game Christian Stewart had one quarter where he was on fire, passing for more than 150 yards in the second quarter and throwing for three touchdowns. However Cody Fajardo rebounded from a slow first half to throw for more than 200 of his 285 yards passing in the second half.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Nevada
Nevada was also able to get a running game going in the second half thanks to Don Jackson, who carried 18 times for 62 yards, and the Wolf Pack rallied to hand BYU their third straight loss and second consecutive fourth quarter loss. BYU had the chance with under 2 minutes to tie the game up, but a late fumble at the Nevada 34 yard line, the second fumble within three possessions, sealed the win for the Wolf Pack. It was both fumbles that proved to be the difference in the game. BYU fumbled the ball 3 times, two of which led to Nevada touchdowns. The third allowed Nevada to kneel and run out the clock.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Boise State
After four consecutive games where BYU gave up more than 400 yards Bronco Mendenhall took over the defensive playing calling responsibilities. The change in play calling didn't faze Boise State. BYU gave up 9 plays of 15+ yards passing and another 4 against the rush. Boise State would win the turnover battle 2 to 1, and while the Cougars limited their turnovers Boise State would score touchdowns off of both of BYU's turnovers. Jamaal Williams returned and once again assumed the mantle of top running back, but even his spark and a 19-yard touchdown run couldn't help the Cougar D stop the big plays.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Boise State
BYU's defense gave their offense many opportunities and scored nine points themselves, but ten times Boise's defense held BYU to four or fewer plays. In the end Boise State controlled the ball 13 more minutes than BYU and drove down the field six times for 60 or more yards to pull away from BYU. The fourth consecutive loss for BYU gave the Cougars their first four-game losing streak since 2010 and gave the Cougars their first winless October since 1993.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, blue pantsAfter a four-game losing streak the Cougars headed to Murfreesboro, TN to play their coldest game of the year to date. The wind caused both teams to focus on a run first attack during most of the first half, and the Cougars ended up paying the price when junior running back Jamaal Williams suffered a season ending knee injury. With Williams out the Cougars let Stewart start to pass more frequently. The end result was Stewart's third consecutive game with more than 300 yards passing, his first game with no turnovers, and BYU ended the four game losing streak. The win became Stewart's first win as BYU's starting QB.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UNLV
Uniform combination: black helmet with royal blue decals and black facemasks, black jersey, black pantsThe Rebels surprised BYU by shutting down their running game in the first half. Accompanied by two first half turnovers, the Rebels were able to keep the game close. However BYU let Stewart fly free in the third quarter. Stewart did his best Taysom Hill impression to avoid being sacked multiple times. For the second consecutive game he threw no interceptions and for the fourth straight game he threw over 300 yards. The end result was BYU pulling away for the win.


2014 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UNLV
After the game BYU officially accepted a bowl invitation to the Miami Beach Bowl. The key difference in the game was red/blue zone efficiency. BYU went 4/4 with four touchdowns. UNLV went 2/2, but both times they were forced to field goals. Had they capitalized these chances into touchdowns, the first half would have been a very different story.


2014 BYU Cougars softball team
The 2014 BYU Cougars softball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin enters the year as head coach of the Cougars for a 12th consecutive season. The Cougars enter 2014 being in their fourth conference in four years time. In 2011 the Cougars were part of the Mountain West Conference. In 2012 they joined the Western Athletic Conference for softball only. In 2013 they were part of the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, and in 2014 they join the West Coast Conference.


2014 BYU Cougars softball team
The WCC is in its first season hosting softball after Pacific joined the conference, giving them the six members needed to host softball for the conference. The Cougars have won their last 3 conference championships and enter 2014 as the favorites in the WCC. The Cougars would win the conference championship with a sweep of Saint Mary's April 9 and qualify for their tenth consecutive NCAA Softball Tournament. After upsetting Northwestern on Thursday, the Cougars would lose twice on Friday to be eliminated from the Eugene region with a 34–23 overall record.


2014 BYU Cougars softball team, Coaching staff
BYU entered the 2014 season with two new assistants. At the end of the 2013 season assistant coach Vaughn Alvey announced his retirement after 11 seasons with the Cougars. Meanwhile Ianeta Le'i left BYU to pursue other interests after 7 seasons with the Cougars. To replace the departing assistants, Gordon Eakin would interview and hire former Cougar alum Kristin Delahoussaye, who had been serving as an assistant softball and strength coach at Dixie State College and Salt Lake City Pitching Academy head coach Peter Meredith.


2014 BYU Cougars softball team, TV, Radio, and Streaming Information
During the 2014 season BYUtv broadcast 8 home games:  Apr. 11 & 12 (DH) vs. Santa Clara, Apr. 18 vs. Weber State, Apr. 25 (DH) vs. Loyola Marymount, and May 9 (DH) vs. Saint Mary's. Spencer Linton acted as the play-by-play man for these games while former Cougar softball coach Vaughn Alvey provided the analysis. TheW.tv streamed 11 home games: Mar. 25 vs. Oregon, Mar. 28 & 29 (DH) vs. Idaho State, Apr. 2 vs. Utah State, Apr. 15 (DH) vs. Southern Utah, Apr. 26 vs. Loyola Marymount, May 6 (DH) vs. Utah Valley, and May 10 vs. Saint Mary's.


2014 BYU Cougars softball team, TV, Radio, and Streaming Information
Robbie Bullough provided play-by-play for 9 games while Ty Brandenburg provided play-by-play for the Utah Valley double header. Bailey Higgins provided analysis for all but the Oregon game. The Mar. 20 game at Utah was broadcast by Pac-12 Network with Krista Blunk providing play-by-play and Teri Goldberg providing the analysis. BYU Radio would provide a game broadcast for two road games during the season. The Apr. 8 game at Utah Valley and the Apr. 30 game at Weber State would have a radio only broadcast with Ty Brandenburg providing the call. They would also simulcast all BYUtv games.


2014 BYU Cougars softball team, TV, Radio, and Streaming Information
Road games at Pacific (), at San Diego State (), at Weber State (), and at Utah Valley () had streams available through the opponents athletic websites. All games during the Rainbow Wahine Classic would stream on BigWest.tv. The NCAA Regional games vs. Northwestern had an audio broadcast online via NUsports.com with Doug Meffley providing the call. Mike Brown provided the NCAA Regional game vs. Washington on Gohuskies.com.


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team
The 2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represented BYU during the 2014 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars were coached for a 20th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. The Cougars entered the 2014 season having won back-to-back West Coast Conference championships and having made the NCAA Tournament each of the last two seasons and in 15 of the 19 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. The Cougars would win the WCC title and secure a berth in the College Cup, where they lost to Colorado playing in the snow.


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Media, Nu Skin Cougar IMG Sports Network
For the first time ever the Cougar IMG Sports Network entered into a contract to broadcast BYU Cougars women's soccer games. Greg Wrubell providing play-by-play while former men's assistant coach Hugh Van Wagenen acted as analyst. For game where Van Wagenen wasn't available Colette Jepson Smith filled in as analyst. The games were streamed exclusively on BYUcougars.com and through the BYU Cougars athletic app.


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Washington State
Series History: BYU leads series 3–2–1Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, z-Tennessee
Series History: Series Even 1–1Broadcasters: Brian Rice & Tori Beeler Watson (SEC Network+)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Baylor
Series History: BYU leads series 1–0Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Utah
Series History: BYU leads series 19–6–1Broadcasters: Jason Knapp & Temryss Lane (Pac-12 Network)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, z-LSU
Series History: Series even 1–1–1Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Amber Wadsworth ()


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Long Beach State
Series History: BYU leads 4–2Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Natalyn Lewis (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Oregon
Series History: BYU leads series 3–0–1Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Natalyn Lewis (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Colorado College
Series History: Series even 1–1Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Amber Wadsworth, & Colette Jepson Smith ()


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Denver
Series History: Series even 1–1Broadcasters: Mike Evans & Kristen Hamilton (ALT 2)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, *y-Portland
Series History: Series even 4–4Broadcasters: Ty Brandenburg, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, *y-Gonzaga
Series History: BYU leads series 6–0Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Natalyn Lewis (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, *z-Loyola Marymount
Series History: BYU leads series 4–1Broadcasters: No audio- Video only ()


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, *xy-Santa Clara
Series History: Santa Clara leads series 6–0–2Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Natalyn Lewis (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, *xy-San Francisco
Series History: BYU leads series 5–0Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Natalyn Lewis (BYUtv)


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, *xz-Saint Mary's
Series History: BYU leads series 4–0Broadcasters: Daniel Conlin & Ashley Neid ()


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, *z-Pepperdine
Series History: BYU leads series 3–2Broadcasters: Al Epstein & Jen Karson ()


2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, x- College Cup: Colorado
Series History: BYU leads series 3–1–1Broadcasters: Ann Schatz & Kyndra de St. Aubin (P12 Mtn & AZ)


2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team
The 2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2014 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by fourth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars were members of the WCC and were picked to win the conference title in the preseason poll.


2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team
The Cougars won the WCC Championship in November and were awarded an NCAA Tournament berth. Despite being ranked in the Top 15 all season, BYU wasn't awarded one of the 16 NCAA Seeds for the NCAA Volleyball Tournament, forcing the Cougars to play on the road. BYU proceeded to win the Tucson Area, Seattle Regional, and became the first ever unseeded team to make it to the NCAA Volleyball Championship match. 6 different BYU players were awarded WCC honors, and 3 BYU players were awarded All-American honors. Shawn Olmstead was also named Coach of the year (see Season highlights).


2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team
The Cougars were swept by Penn State in the NCAA Championship match, giving the Nittany Lions their seventh national title, but the Cougars NCAA Tournament run gave the Cougars the #3 ranking at the end of the season.


2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, Schedule
BYU Radio simulcast all BYUtv games with the BYUtv feed. BYU Radio also carried the NCAA semifinals and finals with Dave Neeley providing the call.


2014 Badakhshan mudslides
On 2 May 2014, a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The death toll is uncertain, the number of deaths varying from 350 to 2,700. Around 300 houses were buried and over 14,000 were affected. Rescuers responding to the initial mudslide were struck by a second mudslide, which hampered rescue efforts.


2014 Badakhshan mudslides, Mudslide
On 2 May, there were two mudslides in the Argo District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, occurring on the side of a mountain; affecting the village of Aab Barik/Hobo Barik. The initial mudslide struck between 11:00 and 13:00 It occurred on a Friday, a day of worship in Afghanistan when many families would have been at home rather than work. Fellow villagers tried to rescue those stuck after the primary mudslide, but a second mudslide occurred which trapped or killed a "large proportion" of potential rescuers. The consecutive slides "levelled" the village, and left the area under 10 to 30 metres (33 to 98 ft) of mud. A week before the mudslides, there had been torrential rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan. There was a risk of further mudslides.


2014 Badakhshan mudslides, Casualties
The mudslides affected 1000 houses and buried 300, about one-third of all the houses in the village, under "thousands of tons of soil and rocks", which formed "a wave of mud that destroyed everything in its path".


2014 Badakhshan mudslides, Casualties
Initial reports said 350 people were killed and 2,500 were missing. After the scope of the disaster became clear, the death toll was increased to an estimated 2,100 the next day by Badakhshan government officials. However, Gul Mohammad Bedar, the deputy provincial governor of Badakhshan, later said: "The first figure that we announced was obtained from local people, not from our technical team. We think the dead toll will not rise beyond 500." The UN said that 350 were confirmed dead and it was unlikely to find more bodies due to the "catastrophic nature" of the mudslide.


2014 Badakhshan mudslides, Rescue efforts
A company of Afghan military soldiers was sent to the region to assist rescuers, and the American-led coalition in Afghanistan said they were "ready to support if requested". Another nearby village was evacuated after fears of further mudslides. Rescue workers lacked some necessary equipment, hampering their work. The fear of a third landslide also hampered the rescue team operation. Rescue operations were discontinued May 4 with officials citing safety concerns, and the lack of equipment, but were resumed after relatives complained about the government's decision to halt the operation.


2014 Badakhshan mudslides, Reactions
The governor of Badakhshan Province said that the mudslides were "massive and it's beyond human ability to take all the dead bodies out [...] This is a disaster and a tragedy". He further stated that clearing out the bodies would be impossible so the site should be left as a mass grave. He also appealed for more shovels to dig people out.


2014 Badakhshan mudslides, Reactions
Afghan President Hamid Karzai stated that he is "deeply saddened by the loss of lives and financial damage". U.S. President Barack Obama said: "Our thoughts are with the people of Afghanistan who are facing a terrible tragedy [...] We stand ready to help our Afghan partners to face this disaster".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations
On 27 May 2014, a gang rape and murder of two teenage girls was reported in the Katra village of Budaun district (also spelled as Badayun), Uttar Pradesh, India. It was widely reported in the press in India as well as overseas. After an extensive investigation, CBI concluded that there was no gang rape and the suspects were released. However, on 28 October 2015 the POCSO court rejected the CBI closure report; it was a major setback for CBI.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations
According to reports, in the evening the girls had gone out into a field that was used for open defecation and did not return. The police were notified, but initially took no action. Villagers searched for the girls throughout the night and they were found the following morning hanging from a tree.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations
According to a post-mortem examination conducted earlier, it was reported that the girls had been raped and died from strangulation due to being hanged while still alive. However, according to a CBI investigation, no evidence of rape was found, and the initial examination, conducted by physician who had never conducted rape investigations before, was flawed. The girl's family and several activists rejected the CBI report as a cover-up "to avoid international shame and acceptance of the dismal law and order situation".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations
The girl's family and others have charged that the local police attempted a cover-up of the incident due to the lower status of the family. Some of the earliest reports claimed that the family belong to a "Dalit" caste. Later reports contradicted the report of the victims belonging to the Dalit community. On 6 June 2014, the Indian government began a review of the case and determined that because "a concerted effort of a blame game has taken shape by the officials manning the administration" investigating the case, "it is necessary for the court to monitor the investigation".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations
The case has gained both national and international attention. In a statement, the humanitarian organisation Save the Children India called the attack "part of an alarming trend of brutal violence against those from marginalised communities".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations
The CBI announced in on 27 November 2014 that they have concluded that the two cousins were not sexually assaulted and murdered as police initially said, but took their own lives. Through the use of phone records it was established that the older girl was, in fact, having an affair with 20-year-old Pappu Yadav, with whom she had shared about 400 calls.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations
Sonia Faleiro investigated the incident, interviewed almost everyone involved and reported the details in "The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing" a 2021 non-fiction book.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Incident as initially reported
The two teenage girls were cousins. They went missing on the evening of 26 May 2014, when they went out of their home and were alleged to have been abducted. It was alleged that the girls had gone into the fields because there was no toilet in their home.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Incident as initially reported
The parents of the girls immediately reported that the girls were missing, but allegedly their First Information Report was not lodged by the officers. According to some reports, Sohan Lal, father of one and uncle of the other victim, said that he went to the police station at around midnight begging for help in finding the girls, but that the two police officers on duty "mocked him, ripped up his complaint and told him to come back in the morning". Reports of the incident differ.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Incident as initially reported
Some reports said that a family relative had seen the abduction and reported the incident to the father of one of the girls. One news source stated that the father said that the family went to the accused's home and the accused admitted to abducting the girls but refused to release them. The father said that a policeman was present in the home at that time. Several hours later the girls' bodies were found hanging from a tree about one kilometre (0.6-mile) from their home. A large number of villagers had gathered at the site to prevent the police from removing the bodies for fear that the police would say that the girls had killed themselves. The families of the victims have asserted that the police are shielding the attackers.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Investigation and initial arrests
On 29 May 2014, Badaun's Superintendent of Police Man Singh Chouhan said thata post-mortem had found that the girls were raped and died from hanging, and that DNA samples had been taken to help identify the perpetrators. On 1 June, it was reported that three men, Pappu Yadav, Awdesh Yadav, and Urvesh Yadav, had been arrested and that they had confessed to the rape and murder of the girls, while the police continued to search for two additional suspects. Two police officers, Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav, were charged with criminal conspiracy and discharged over the incident. However Pushpa Lata Pant, the doctor who did the post-mortem acknowledged that she had never done a post-mortem before, but did it because she was ordered. It was done at night, which is generally not permitted.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Investigation and initial arrests
On 8 June, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police A. L.  Banerjee said, "According to the postmortem report of the deceased, one of the girls was not raped and it appears to be a case of honour killing. We are probing the matter". Speaking to the press on that date, state chief secretary Alok Ranjan stated, "Rape is a trivial incident and it should not be blown out of proportion by the media. The media should also look into the incidents where people have been falsely implicated in such cases."


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Investigation and initial arrests
Speaking to the press on 12 June, Banerjee said that the girls were strangulated before death, and that there is a possibility that the accused could be innocent. According to Banerjee, the death of one of the girls may be related to property inheritance issues within the family: "Of the two victims, one was the lone child of her parents. Her father is one of three brothers with limited resources and if she was not alive, it could benefit others". The father of one of the girls responded saying, "We always knew the police was biased... They are trying to frame our family to save the accused who are all Yadavs. We will leave the village and go to Delhi to fight for justice".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
On 6 June, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up by the government to probe the incident. The team visited the village and met with witnesses.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
On 12 June, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) began an investigation and registered a First information report of the case.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
On 8 July, a second autopsy of the girls bodies was ordered by the CBI. On 15 July, several news sources reported that the CBI is investigating "alleged inconsistencies" in the statements made by the families of the girls. Reportedly the CBI has recovered the slippers of the older girl which "are being seen as crucial evidence in the investigation into their death". According to the reports, "the family had allegedly withheld information on the whereabouts of a cellphone belonging to the older girl and about 20 days ago, gave it to the CBI in broken condition".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
The CBI has administered polygraph tests to both family members and the accused. The polygraph tests determined that the five accused had been telling the truth. However the chief witness Nazru alias Babburam failed the polygraph test.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
On 17 July, the CBI confirmed that it would exhume the bodies of the two victims on the 20th, subject to receiving the required approval from a court, based on a recommendation from the medical board of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to conduct another post mortem examination and continue with further investigation. However, on 20 July it was reported that the rising levels of water in the Ganges had flooded the graves resulting in the bodies not being found, thus making exhumation impossible. The CBI will instead use a DNA analysis of the girls' personal belongings and of the vaginal swabs taken at the time of their death.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
The alleged rape and murder case become murky when the families of the two victims told the CBI that the police FIR was filed on the basis of wrong statements given by Nazru, an uncle of the girls. Eventually, the family as well as Nazru told the CBI that the main accused Pappu, had not taken the two girls at gunpoint but rather fled when he was seen with the girls by Nazru.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
If was found that the parents gave Rs 100,000 each to the main eyewitness, Najru, and their third brother, from the Rs 500,000 that they had received as compensation for tragedy from the Bahujan Samaj Party.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
The mobile phone used by the sisters, was noticed by the CBI investigators from a photograph of the crime scene, seen tucked in the upper garments of the elder sister. A month later, the CBI had asked the family to produce the phone. The family first claimed that the phone has been lost and later provided a damaged mobile phone. The phone was then sent to Gujarat FSL which concluded, "the mobile phone was broken recently and intentionally by applying external force." CBI found that the older girl and the main suspect of the alleged rape/murder had made contact by mobile phone around 300 times since 2013.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
On 26 August, a CBI spokesperson announced that they would not be filing a chargesheet against the five accused because forensic tests had ruled out sexual assault. The CBI did not rule out murder saying: "However, we have not a given clean chit to anyone. Though rape has been ruled out, murder has not. We are investigating the matter."


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
The father of one of the girls protested the ruling saying that one of the accused had publicly confessed at the time of the incident, that the delay of a second autopsy was postponed till it was impossible due to a rise in the river, and that he had no proof that the clothing used for DNA testing was even that of the girls.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
The CBI announced in a news conference on 27 November 2014 that after a five-month probe they have concluded that the two cousins were not sexually assaulted and murdered as police initially said, but took their own lives. According to their investigation, through the use of phone records it was established that the older girl was, in fact, having an affair with 20-year-old Pappy Yadav, with whom she had shared about 400 calls.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
In December 2015, the POCSO court of Badaun, in a written verdict of 25 pages, rejected CBI's closure report. Additional district judge Virendra Kumar Pandey dismissed the CBI's closure report. He further summoned for the prime accused Pappu.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Gang rape allegations found false by CBI investigation
The CBI report has been questioned by some local villagers and All India Democratic Women's Association, affiliated with Communist Party of India (Marxist). The Aam Admi Party has claimed that it is a cover-up "to avoid international shame and acceptance of the dismal law and order situation".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports
In a statement in response to a PIL filed by an Allahabad NGO, the Allahabad High Court said:


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports
On 1 June, hundreds of protesters, mostly women, gathered outside the office of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. The protesters demanded that action be taken to combat the rise in the number of rapes and other violent attacks on women and girls, and protested about the indifference of the police, which they believe encourages attacks on them. Activists and others said it appears that nothing has changed since the December 2012 fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi. Police dispersed the crowd with water cannons.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports
On 11 June, it was reported that a group of women in Ernakulam, Kerala protested the rape by appearing in public with their shoulders and legs bared. The women had wrapped themselves in tri-colour banners to represent the Indian national flag, with anti-rape messages printed on them. A spokesperson for the group said: "We used our bodies to protest against people who are using women's bodies as a political weapon. Without hearing our voices of protests and slogans, without understanding the apolitical climate which is permeating in the society, people are more worried about our bare shoulders and legs. To those people who still think female bodies are the reason for rape, we mock all those people, in the name of those girls who were raped and lynched in Uttar Pradesh." Police arrested the women and charged them with indecent exposure.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports, Reactions
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, drew widespread criticism when he replied to a journalist's question about a sharp rise in rape cases when he replied saying: "It's not as if you faced any danger." Following the rape and murder of the girls a recent comment made by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav, has also been frequently mentioned in the press. At an election rally Yadav had stated that he opposed the death penalty for rapists saying, "Boys will be boys. They make mistakes".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports, Reactions
On 2 June, the United Nations issued a statement condemning the gang-rape and murders saying: "There should be justice for families of the two teenage girls ... Violence against women is a human rights issue, not a women's issue. Violence against women is preventable, not inevitable ... The Badaun incident highlights the dangers women in India are exposed to due to lack of toilets". In a statement, Lise Grande, the UN's resident coordinator for India, said, "There should be justice for the families of the two teenage girls and for all the women and girls from lower-caste communities who are targeted and raped in rural India".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports, Reactions
On 4 June, Ban Ki-moon condemned the rape case and spoke against the violence against women that is spreading across the world. He also condemned the destructive attitude of "boys will be boys".


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports, Reactions
The All India Democratic Women's Association condemned the incident and demanded speedy investigation into the crime as well as action against erring police personnel.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Protests and reactions after initial reports, Reactions
Shireen Vakil Miller, of Save the Children India, called the attack "part of an alarming trend of brutal violence against those from marginalised communities". SUM ngo Chief and other members agitated against this brutal violence in Delhi. They made the pressure on Government by there efforts.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Caste issues
While some early reports in Hindi and a New York Times article did not identify the victims to be from the Dalit caste, they were erroneously identified as being Dalit in a Reuter's report by Nita Bhalla on 29 May. It was later widely reported based on Reuters that they were not Dalit but in fact they were of the Maurya caste, which is in fact has same status as yadav.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Caste issues
The central government asked the Uttar Pradesh state government why the stringent clauses of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST) were not applied when the accused were charged with raping and murdering the two girls in Badaun. The state government responded that per the report received from the Badaun district administration, the victims did not belong to SC/ST; they were from the Other Backward Class (OBC) community.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Caste issues
Several reports acknowledge that the victims belonged to the community generally known as Shakya (also termed Maurya), while the suspects, as well as the local police officers, belong to the Yadav community. Both castes are classified as OBC in Uttar Pradesh.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, Caste issues
While the Yadavas are numerically stronger, the Shakyas also have a significant population. It was reported that this may lead to some political implications.


2014 Badaun gang rape allegations, In popular culture
The 2019 Hindi-language film Article 15, directed by Anubhav Sinha, was inspired by the case. In 2021, journalist Sonia Faleiro published a narrative non-fiction book on the case titled The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing.


2014 Baden Masters
The 2014 Baden Masters were held from August 29 to 31 at the Curling Center Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour and the European Curling Champions Tour. The event was the first tournament of the season for both tours. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CHF 32,500, of which the winner, Thomas Ulsrud, received CHF 13,030. Ulsrud and his team from Norway defeated the Peter de Cruz rink from Geneva in the final with a score of 6–5. It was the second time the Ulrsud rink won the event (they had previously won in 2008).


2014 Badminton Asia Championships
The 2014 Badminton Asia Championships was the 34th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Gimcheon, South Korea, from April 22 to April 27.


2014 Badulla landslide
At 7:30 am on 29 October 2014, a landslide struck the Sri Lanka district of Badulla, killing at least 16 people and leaving an estimated 200 missing. The landslide was triggered by monsoon rains, and occurred at about 7:30 AM local time.


2014 Badulla landslide, Cause
The landslide occurred in a hilly region, hitting the village of Koslanda in the Haldummulla division, 190 kilometres (120 mi) from the capital, Colombo. The landslide was triggered by monsoon rains and was about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long.


2014 Badulla landslide, Cause
According to Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation, it had issued a warning of possible landslides on the night of 28 October, but the Disaster Management Center (DMC), which was responsible for broadcasting the warning, had failed to deliver to the Badulla area; the DMC denied the claim, saying it had sent the warning but residents were not able to evacuate before the slide occurred.


2014 Badulla landslide, Cause
Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that residents in the area had previously been advised to leave in 2005 and 2012 because of the landslide risk.


2014 Badulla landslide, Casualties
Initial reports indicated that as many as 300 people were missing, while officials said that six bodies had been found on the day of the slide. The following day, however, the number of missing was lowered to 192, while the number of bodies found had been reduced to three, according to Pradeep Kodippili, an official at the country's Disaster Management Center (DMC-SL). However, as rescue efforts continued on the 30th, the number of confirmed dead rose to 16, while officials said that it was unlikely any of the missing would be found alive. The confusion over the number of missing was compounded by the destruction of a local office, which had contained records of the area's population.


2014 Badulla landslide, Casualties
Physical damage caused by the slide included some 150 houses buried, as well as several road and railroad washouts.


2014 Badulla landslide, Rescue efforts
Several hundred rescue workers, including government personnel, local aid workers and other volunteers, reached the site within a day of the slide, as well as 500 military troops. Heavy equipment was later brought in, as well as an additional 200 troops, by the 30th. Continued rain, as well as unstable terrain due to ground saturation, impeded rescue efforts, and late in the day on the 30th, the entire operation was suspended overnight due to rain. Following the slide, authorities ordered several hundred residents of nearby communities to evacuate due to the risk of further landslides.


2014 Badulla landslide, Rescue efforts
Two secure centres were set up at Koslanda Tamil School and Poonagala Tamil School. On 30 October 2014 the centres accommodated 522 and 317 people, respectively.


2014 Badulla landslide, Recovery
On the 31 October DMC-SL issued a document outlining short, medium and long term plans for recovering the village including replacement "resilient buildings."


2014 Baghlan floods
On 7 June 2014, a flash flood took place in Baghlan, Afghanistan, killing 73-200 people and leaving 200 missing.


2014 Baghlan floods, Background
Afghanistan has an annual rainy season in the north, and the building materials of the houses situated there are "flimsy", consisting of mud.


2014 Baghlan floods, Floods
The flooding destroyed infrastructure such as bridges and roads, killed 73, and left 200 missing. The flood came after recent flooding in northern Afghanistan. The event killed 65 The flash flood came in the aftermath of powerful winds, heavy rain, and hail.


2014 Baghlan floods, Aftermath
Chief of Baghlan police Aminullah Amarkhel gave the location as four villages in Guzargah-e-Nur. Helicopters were unable to land due to the floods, and were unable to deliver needed drinking water, medicine, and food. The Guzargah-e-Nur government requested emergency assistance from the federal government. Two military helicopters belonging to the Afghan army were sent to render aid. The flooding meant that thousands of villagers had to move away from their homes after 2,000 homes were destroyed by floodwater. The police estimate of 54 rose to 81, a separate report gave 74 casualties, and the BBC gave a figure of 73. Bodies could afterwards be seen in the river.


2014 Baghlan floods, Aftermath
Hundreds of houses have damaged or destroyed in Yahya, Jeryan, Zeh Wali, Dahte Khasa, Mir Khel, Yahood, Dahnae Gharoo, Deh Qandee, Koree Naw, Jar Ab, Dashte Khakaye Payeen, Khasaye Payeen villages in Guzargahi Nur district according to the Baghlan Provincial Governor and the ANDMA (Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority) director. Affected people have been taken in by the local community in surrounding villages ...


2014 Baghlan floods, Aftermath
Relief supplies are on standby to be transported to the district once the road is cleared. Based on the current estimate from the contractors, the first road will not be open before 13 June 2014 ...


2014 Baghlan floods, Aftermath
Two teams of contractors are working with excavators to open the blocked roads from both Pul-e-Khumri and Taloqan provincial capitals. Two excavators are working in Eshkasmesh District of Takhar Province to open the road to Guzargah-e-Nur district.


2014 Bagram Airfield bombing
On 8 July 2014, a Taliban suicide bomber riding a bicycle attacked a joint Afghan-ISAF reconnaissance mission in the vicinity of Qalandar Khel Village in front of the Korean Clinic.


2014 Bagram Airfield bombing, Events
The attack occurred at approximately 5:15 (UTC) A.M., as the Czech soldiers along with Afghan police, were assessing the security situation in the village in the vicinity of Bagram Airfield. The bomber was in a crowd of Afghans talking to the soldiers who were investigating rocket attacks against Bagram airbase. Two days prior, a rocket was fired at the base from the nearby village of Qalandar Khil. A total of 17+ people died on site; including 10 Afghan civilians, 2 Afghan police officers, and 4 Czech soldiers. A fifth Czech soldier died of wounds six days later in a Prague military hospital.


2014 Bagram Airfield bombing, Fatalities
Five Czech ISAF soldiers were killed, of the Czech Afghanistan Contingent.


2014 Bahamas Bowl
The 2014 Bahamas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played December 24, 2014 at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The first edition of the Bahamas Bowl featured the Central Michigan Chippewas of the Mid-American Conference against the WKU Hilltoppers of Conference USA. It began at 12:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen fried chicken restaurant chain, the game was officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.


2014 Bahamas Bowl
By the middle of the third quarter, the Chippewas had fallen behind the Hilltoppers by a score of 49–14, but they scored four unanswered touchdowns and so near the end of the fourth quarter were down by only seven points.


2014 Bahamas Bowl
With one second remaining on the clock, Central Michigan had the ball on their own 25 yard line. The would be final play started with a 45-yard Hail Mary pass from QB Cooper Rush which was caught by receiver Jesse Kroll. As Kroll was being tackled he lateraled the ball teammate Deon Butler, who darted 20 yards before lateraling to Courtney Williams.


2014 Bahamas Bowl
With no room to run, Williams executed a quick third lateral pass to star receiver Titus Davis who ran the final 13 yards and dove towards the pylon, scoring a touchdown that would have tied the game with a kicked extra point and sent the game into overtime, but instead Central Michigan attempted a two-point conversion for the win, which was unsuccessful. Had the try succeeded, it would have marked the largest comeback in bowl history and tied the largest comeback in any FBS game. The play was nominated for an ESPY Award.


2014 Bahamas Bowl
Chippewas quarterback Cooper Rush threw seven touchdown passes, setting a new NCAA bowl game record.


2014 Bahamas Bowl
This was the first postseason bowl game to be played outside the United States since the 2010 International Bowl at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Central Michigan Chippewas of the Mid-American Conference against the WKU Hilltoppers of Conference USA.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Teams
This was a rematch of both teams' most recent bowl appearance. The 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl saw Central Michigan defeat WKU by a score of 24–21.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, Central Michigan Chippewas
After finishing the regular season with a 7–5 record, the Chippewas accepted their bid to the Bahamas Bowl.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, WKU Hilltoppers
After finishing the regular season with a 7–5 record, the Hilltoppers accepted their bid to the Bahamas Bowl.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Weather and attendance
The game was played in brilliant sunshine, temperature of 79 degrees and a light, but steady, breeze from the SSE of 8 mph. The announced attendance was 13,667, but USA Today reported that attendance at the 15,000-seat Thomas Robinson Stadium in downtown Nassau was considerably sparser. The lower sections of the stadium, in direct sunlight, were nearly deserted as the few hundreds of spectators clustered in the upper rows, in the shade. The small stands behind both end zones were closed off.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Game summary
This game saw WKU get off to a fast start, leading 42-14 at halftime. After building a 49-14 lead, CMU mounted a historic comeback scoring 34 unanswered points in the 4th quarter. CMU forced a 3 and out on WKU in the 4th quarter, which resulted in a punt that landed in the end zone.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Game summary, Final play of the game
CMU found themselves down 49–42 with one second left on the clock at their own 25 yard line after a punt by the Hilltoppers. Cooper Rush threw a pass down field 48 yards, which was caught by Jesse Kroll. Kroll then lateraled the ball to Deon Butler for 10 yards, who was chased down from behind but managed to lateral it back to Courtney Williams. Williams ran forward 2 yards and threw the ball laterally to Titus Davis.


2014 Bahamas Bowl, Game summary, Final play of the game
Davis then ran to the sideline being chased by 4 WKU defenders and managed to dive into the corner of the end zone, hitting the pylon with the football. The play resulted in a touchdown for the Chippewas that pulled them within 1 point. However, their ensuing 2 point conversion failed as Rush's pass to the back of the end zone fell incomplete, resulting in a 49–48 WKU win.


2014 Bahia gubernatorial election
The Bahia gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Bahia. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on 26 October. Governor Jaques Wagner is ineligible to run due to term limits (eight years). In a stunning upset, the PT nominee Rui Costa won the election with 54.5% of valid votes against 37.3% of Paulo Souto in the first-round.


2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round
The 2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 5 and 6 April 2014 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the GP2 Series. It was the first round of the 2014 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix. The first race, a 32-lap feature event, was won by ART Grand Prix driver Stoffel Vandoorne after starting from second position. Julián Leal finished second for the Carlin team and DAMS driver Jolyon Palmer took third. Palmer won the shorter 23-lap sprint race from Rapax's Simon Trummer in second and Leal third.


2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round
Palmer took pole position in the feature race by recording the fastest lap in qualifying, but wheelspin at the start dropped him behind Vandoorne. A lap three crash between Axcil Jefferies and Kimiya Sato saw the safety car deployed for the next three laps and Vandoorne kept the lead at the restart. He retained it until his pit stop on the ninth lap. Nathanaël Berthon took the lead for nine laps before Trummer took over the position until his lap 30 pit stop. Vandoorne regained the lead and maintained it to win the feature race. Felipe Nasr started from pole position in the sprint race but lost it to Trummer due to a slow start. Palmer passed Trummer for the lead on the second lap and held it to win.


2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round
Vandoorne's feature race victory was his first in the GP2 Series and on his maiden start and Palmer's sprint race win was the fourth of his career. The result put Palmer in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 38 points, ten in front of second-placed Leal. Vandoorne was in third place, with Trummer fourth and Nasr fifth. DAMS became the leaders of the Teams' Championship by four points over Carlin. ART Grand Prix were a further seven points in third position, while Rapax and Racing Engineering were fourth and fifth, with ten rounds left in the season.


2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round, Background
The 2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round was the first of eleven scheduled events in 2014. It was held on 5 and 6 April 2014 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, and was run in support of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix. Tyre supplier Pirelli brought two types of tyre to the race: two dry compounds (yellow-banded soft "options" and orange-banded hard "primes"). There were a total of 13 teams of 26 participants each entered for both races and each driver piloted the Dallara GP2/11 car.