2014 Crimean status referendum, Results, Post-referendum polls
Bloomberg's Leonid Bershidsky noted that "The calls were made on Jan. 16–22 to people living in towns with a population of 20,000 or more, which probably led to the peninsula's native population, the Tatars, being underrepresented because many of them live in small villages. On the other hand, no calls were placed in Sevastopol, the most pro-Russian city in Crimea. Even with these limitations, it was the most representative independent poll taken on the peninsula since its annexation."


2014 Crimean status referendum, Reactions
Most countries, particularly Western ones, declared the referendum invalid and a breach of Ukrainian sovereignty. Only a few countries, including Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and several breakaway states supported by Russia have endorsed the vote.


2014 Crimean status referendum, Reactions, European political parties
Gábor Vona, leader of Hungary's Jobbik hailed the recent referendum in Crimea as "exemplary". Members of Austria's populist right-wing Freedom Party of Austria, the Flemish nationalist group Vlaams Belang and France's National Front pronounced the referendum free and fair.


2014 Crimean status referendum, Aftermath
The next day after the referendum, the parliament of Crimea asked the Russian Federation "to admit the Republic of Crimea as a new subject with the status of a republic". Later on the same day, March 17, Putin issued a decree formally recognizing Crimea as an independent state. On March 18, the Russian, Crimean, and Sevastopolian leadership signed the Treaty on Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia, which was ratified by the Russian Federal Assembly on March 21. A transition period was in force for integrating Crimean governmental institutions, ending on January 1, 2015.


2014 Crimean status referendum, Aftermath
After the seizure of Ukrainian naval base at Feodosia on March 24, Russian troops have seized most of Ukraine's military bases in Crimea. On the same day, the acting President of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, ordered the withdrawal of Ukrainian armed forces from Crimean peninsula.


2014 Crimean status referendum, Aftermath
According to report released on the Russian government run President of Russia's Council on Civil Society and Human Rights website, Tatars who were opposed to Russian rule have been persecuted, Russian law restricting freedom of speech has been imposed, and the new pro-Russian authorities "liquidated" the Kyiv Patriarchate Orthodox church on the peninsula. The Crimean Tatar television station was also shut down by the Russian authorities.


2014 Crimean status referendum, Aftermath
on 16 May the new Russian authorities of Crimea issued a ban on the annual commemorations of the anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars by Stalin in 1944, citing "possibility of provocation by extremists" as a reason. Previously, when Crimea was controlled by Ukraine, these commemorations had taken place every year. The pro-Russian Crimean authorities also banned Mustafa Dzhemilev, a human rights activist, Soviet dissident, member of the Ukrainian parliament, and former Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars from entering Crimea.


2014 Crimean status referendum, Aftermath
Additionally, Mejlis reported, that officers of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) raided Tatar homes in the same week, on the pretense of "suspicion of terrorist activity". The Tatar community eventually did hold commemorative rallies in defiance of the ban. In response Russian authorities flew helicopters over the rallies in an attempt to disrupt them.


2014 Critérium International
The 2014 Critérium International, was the 83rd edition of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It took place on the island of Corsica, around the city of Porto Vecchio. As the previous two editions, the race consisted of three stages, with the first two held on the same day. The second stage was a short individual time trial.


2014 Critérium International
The race was won by Jean-Christophe Péraud of Ag2r–La Mondiale, who won the overall classification without winning any stage. Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling) was second in the overall classification and won both the Points and the King of the Mountains classifications, while Tinkoff–Saxo's Rafał Majka finished ahead of the Young Rider classification. Suisse team IAM Cycling won the Teams classification.


2014 Critérium International, Teams
A total of 15 teams took part in the race:


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné
The 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné was the sixty-sixth running of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race; a race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, rated as a World Tour event on the UCI calendar, the highest classification such an event can have. The race consisted of eight stages, covering a distance of 1,187.4 km (737.8 mi), beginning on 8 June in Lyon and concluding in Courchevel on 15 June. The Dauphiné was viewed as a great preparation for July's Tour de France and a number of the contenders for the general classification of the Tour participated in the Dauphiné.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams
As the Critérium du Dauphiné is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI ProTeams are invited automatically and obligated to send a squad with three other squads given wildcard places.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 1
The Critérium du Dauphiné began with a 10.4 km (6.5 mi) time trial on the streets of Lyon. Intermediate times were taken at 4.6 km (2.9 mi), at the top of the only hill, to decide the rankings in the mountains competition. Chris Froome, the defending champion, won the stage by eight seconds over his arch-rival and fellow GC contender, Alberto Contador. Contador managed to knock Bob Jungels off the hot seat when he beat Jungels' time by one second after Jungels was on the hot seat for a long time.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 1
Another main GC contender, Vincenzo Nibali, took the fastest time at the top of the hill to take the lead in the mountains classification. However, he was not able to beat Contador at the finish as he eventually finished eighth on the stage, five seconds behind Contador's time. However, the best performance was left to Froome. Finishing second at the intermediate time-check, Froome eventually beat Contador's time by eight seconds to take the yellow-and-blue jersey for the general classification and the green jersey for the points classification after the first stage.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
In the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, four different jerseys will be awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey with a blue bar. This classification was considered the most important of the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For all stages, the win earned 15 points, second place earned 12 points, third 10, fourth 8, fifth 6, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th. Points towards the classification could also be achieved at each of the intermediate sprints; these points were given to the top three riders through the line with 5 points for first, 3 for second, and 1 point for third.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red and white polka-dot jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either hors, first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
Hors catégorie climbs awarded the most points, with 20 points on offer for the first rider across the summit; the first ten riders were able to accrue points towards the mountains classification, compared with the first eight on first-category passes and the first six riders on second-category climbs. Fewer points were on offer for the smaller hills, marked as third-category or fourth-category.


2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


2014 Croatian Football Cup Final
The 2014 Croatian Cup Final was a two-legged affair played between Dinamo Zagreb and Rijeka. The first leg was played on 7 May 2014 in Zagreb, and the second leg was played on 13 May 2014 in Rijeka.


2014 Croatian Football Cup Final
Rijeka won the trophy with an aggregate result of 3–0. This was the last two-legged final.


2014 Croatian Football Cup Final, First leg
Assistant referees:Borut Križarić (Čakovec)Dražen Fejer (Bjelovar)Fourth official:Jerko Crnčić (Vrbovec)Additional assistant referees:Igor Križarić (Čakovec)Mario Zebec (Cestica)


2014 Croatian Football Cup Final, Second leg
Assistant referees:Miro Grgić (Osijek)Goran Pataki (Đakovo)Fourth official:Dalibor Conjar (Osijek)Additional assistant referees:Ante Vučemilović (Osijek)Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)


2014 Croatian Football Super Cup
The 2014 Croatian Football Super Cup was the eleventh edition of Croatian Football Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Croatian First League and Croatian Football Cup competitions. The match was played on  11 July 2014 at Stadion Kantrida in Rijeka between 2013–14 Croatian First League winners Dinamo Zagreb and 2013–14 Croatian Football Cup winners Rijeka.


2014 Croatian Football Super Cup, Match details
Assistant referees:Dalibor Conjar (Osijek)Miro Grgić (Osijek)Fourth official:Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)


2014 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 2014 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season is the 48th in the club's history.


2014 CrossFit Games
The 2014 CrossFit Games were held on July 22–27, 2014 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, and were the eighth edition of the Games. The CrossFit Games are an annual competition to determine the "Fittest on Earth" and feature workouts designed using the CrossFit program. Rich Froning Jr. was the men's winner, while Camille Leblanc-Bazinet of Canada won the women's event, and CrossFit Invictus won the Affiliate Cup.


2014 CrossFit Games
This year's Games were tightly contested after Rich Froning Jr. who started well faltered in a few events; he finished strongly with three straight event wins in the final day to clinch a record fourth consecutive title. He retired from individual competition after this Games, concentrating instead on the team events in the following seasons. This year also featured the debut of Mat Fraser who finished second and was named Rookie of Year at the Games.


2014 CrossFit Games
ESPN aired the final heat of the evening event on both Friday and Saturday. ESPN2 aired the final heat of the final event on Sunday evening. All of the events were available live on ESPN3 for U.S. viewers and on the CrossFit Games website for international viewers.


2014 CrossFit Games, Qualification
The 2014 CrossFit Games Open was held over the course of five weeks in February and March and it had 209,585 participants, an event record. The Open was won by the reigning champions Rich Froning and Sam Briggs. The top 48 men, 48 women, and 36 teams across the five Open workouts from each of the 17 regions participated in a three-day Regionals competition, with the top three (one or two in smaller regions) men, women, and teams advanced to the CrossFit Games. The extra qualification places in Regionals where past Champions competed in and qualified to the Games were removed this season. The 2013 champion Sam Briggs failed to qualify for the Games after performing poorly in the handstand walk event.


2014 CrossFit Games, Qualification
Drug testing was extended starting this year to any registered CrossFit competitor including offseason testing, in previous seasons only the top athletes at the Regionals and the Games were tested.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events
The men and women compete against only their own gender but compete in the same events (with various elements scaled down for the women, such as barbell weight). As the events change from year to year, the athletes must prepare for a variety of individual events. To follow with CrossFit's theme of being "prepared for anything", a number of new movements are often introduced each year. Events are not announced until after the Regionals are over, with many events being announced days, hours, or only minutes in advance. In fact, this year's final event, Double Grace, was announced to the athletes only 30 seconds before the event started.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Event 1: The Beach
For the third straight year, the CrossFit Games began on the Wednesday before the traditional weekend events; however, the athletes were aware of this much further in advance than in the past. The Games have started with a swim every year since 2011, with this year's event consisting of 1,000 yards of swimming, much longer than in past years. The event consisted of three separate sections of open-water swimming (250 yards, 500 yards, 250 yards), between which are the competitors had to perform two sessions of 50 kettlebell thrusters (35 lb. for men / 24 lb. for women)and 30 burpees in the sand. The event took place on Hermosa Beach.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Event 1: The Beach
Jordan Troyan, an experienced swimmer, won the first event for the men just as he had the previous year. Anna Tunnicliffe won the event for the women.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Event 2: Overhead Squat
The athletes had three attempts to establish a 1-rep maximum overhead squat. The athletes had their choice of weight and were allowed to advance upwards in increments as small as one pound. Should they miss an attempt, they were not permitted to lower their weight, but they were permitted to increase their weight if they desired.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Event 2: Overhead Squat
Kara Webb won the women's event with a 250 lb squat, putting her in first place. Rich Froning and Mathew Fraser each squatted 377 lb, tying for first. Froning took the lead in the competition after this event. Jordan Troyan, who won the previous event, was the only athlete to fail all three attempts.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Event 2: Overhead Squat
Per the CrossFit tradition of three days on, one day off, there were no events on Thursday. Wanda Brenton withdrew after this event.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Friday, July 25, 2014, Event 3: Triple-3
Similar to 2013's Burden Run event, all male and female athletes participated in one large heat. The athletes completed a triplet consisting of a 3,000 meter row, 300 double-unders, and a 3 mile run around the StubHub Center. Rob Forte and Kristen Holte were the men's and women's winners, respectively. Rich Froning had to stop and walked part of the run course in the heat, and finished in 37th place, his worst-ever finish in a CrossFit Games event.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Friday, July 25, 2014, Events 4 and 5: Sprint Sled 1 and 2
Two 50-point events were held back-to-back, requiring the athlete to push a 90 lb sled across the soccer stadium. Lauren Brooks and Emily Abbott won the first and second event for the women, respectively, while Neal Maddox won both events for the men.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Friday, July 25, 2014, Event 6: 21-15-9 Complex
Similar to many CrossFit benchmark workouts, this event was held in a 21-15-9 rep scheme with two sections. However, within each section, there were three movements. The first section consisted of deadlifts, cleans, and snatches of a 155 lb (115 lb for the women) barbell. The second section consisted of pull-ups, chest-to-bar pull-ups, and bar muscle-ups. Rich Froning took first place for the men's event, which pulled him up to fourth place overall after poor results in the previous three events. Camille Leblanc-Bazinet won the women's event as the only competitor who went through the pull-up sequences unbroken.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Saturday, July 26, 2014, Event 7: Muscle-Up Biathlon
The Muscle-Up Biathlon was the first event announced, but the details were unknown to the competitors until a few days before the event. Similar to a biathlon, athletes completed 3 rounds of two alternating movements: a 400 meter run and muscle-ups, with the first round requiring 18 muscle-ups and the second and third rounds requiring 15 and 12, respectively. To further the biathlon theme, each time an athlete dropped from their set of rings, they had to complete a 200 meter "penalty lap".


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Saturday, July 26, 2014, Event 8: Sprint Carry
In this event, the athletes completed three down-and-back 100-meter runs in a shuttle-run format. Each time an athlete came back down the floor, they were required to carry an increasingly heavy object.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Saturday, July 26, 2014, Event 9: Clean-Speed Ladder
As in past years, a "ladder" event was held at this year's Games. In past years, athletes had a set amount of time to lift one weight before ascending to the next weight in set time periods, usually 30 or 60 seconds. This year, however, the event was for time. In the quarterfinals, athletes had to squat clean 5 ascending weights, with the top 24 athletes advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the weights were increased in typical ladder fashion, with the top 8 athletes advancing to the finals (and the process repeating). The athletes were scored based on their time in their final round; for instance, 9th place was the fastest time in the semifinals that did not advance to the finals. Times were not cumulative.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Saturday, July 26, 2014, Event 10: Push Pull
Competitors completed four rounds of handstand push-ups and sled pulls. Each round, the reps and deficit for the handstand push-ups increased and the sled pulls got heavier.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Sunday, July 27, 2014, Event 11: Midline March
Athletes completed three rounds of 25 GHD sit-ups, a 50 foot handstand walk, and a 50 foot overhead walking lunge. Kara Webb withdrew due to injury in this event. Annie Thorisdottir won the women's event to start her charge up the leader's board. Rich Froning won in the men's event, the first of his three wins on the final day.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Sunday, July 27, 2014, Event 12: Thick 'n Quick
Inspired by the final event of the Regionals, athletes completed 4 rope climbs at 20' each on a thicker rope, followed by 3 overhead squats at 245 lb for the men, 165 lb for the women. Jenn Jones won the event for the women, while Rich Froning won for the men. The win was Froning's fifth consecutive Sunday event win, dating back to 2013. Kara Webb, who had led in the early events of the Games until she was overtaken by Leblanc-Bazinet, had to withdraw due to injury.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Sunday, July 27, 2014, Event 13: Double Grace
Competitors learned about this event just seconds before it began, with competitors in later heats being secluded in order to maintain the surprise. Grace, a classic CrossFit workout and the final workout of the 2008 CrossFit Games, was doubled for this event. Athletes completed 60 clean and jerks at 135 lb for the men and 95 lb for the women.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Sunday, July 27, 2014, Event 13: Double Grace
2011 and 2012 champion Annie Thorisdottir won the event for the women, clinching second place overall as Camille Leblanc-Bazinet finished fifth, which secured her first ever CrossFit Games championship.


2014 CrossFit Games, Individual events, Sunday, July 27, 2014, Event 13: Double Grace
For the second straight year, Rich Froning swept all three Sunday events with a win in Double Grace. The win secured his fourth consecutive CrossFit Games championship.


2014 CrossFit Games, Team events
The first team event was held on a Wednesday for the first time, which is also the first ever swim event for the team competition.


2014 Croydon London Borough Council election
The 2014 Croydon Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Croydon Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
The 2014 season is Cruzeiro's ninety-third season in existence and the club's forty-fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.


2014 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Statistics, Appearances and goals
Last updated: 22 Out 2014Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2014 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Statistics, Starting XI
Last updated: 22 Out 2014Source: Squad statistics and Start formations Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2014 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 2 Nov 2014Source:Ordered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad
The 2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 47th edition of the Swiss Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 21 July through 27 July 2014. Pablo Andújar won the singles title.


2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles
Jamie Murray and John Peers were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Facundo Bagnis and Federico Delbonis. Andre Begemann and Robin Haase won the title, defeating Rameez Junaid and Michal Mertiňák in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles
Mikhail Youzhny was the defending champion, but lost to Robin Haase in the quarterfinals. Pablo Andújar won the title, defeating Juan Mónaco in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Cup of China
The 2014 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on November 7–9. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final.


2014 Cup of China, Results, Men
Prior to the free skating, Yan Han and Yuzuru Hanyu collided on the ice during warm-up. Both had visible injuries and were bleeding, yet still chose to compete. Hanyu later received stitches for his injuries. He also skipped the medal ceremony afterwards.


2014 Cupa României Final
The 2014 Cupa României Final was the 76th final of Romania's most prestigious knock-out competition. The final was played at the Arena Națională stadium, in Bucharest, between Steaua București and Astra Giurgiu. Astra Giurgiu won the trophy, for the first time in their history, with a 4-2 win in a penalty shoot-out. After 120 minutes, of regular play, the score was tied at a 0-0 draw.


2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The 2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 10 to 13 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The event was the first women's Grand Slam of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The event was a triple knockout format, and the purse for the event was CAD$50,000.


2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The reigning Olympic champion Jennifer Jones rink from Winnipeg defeated the reigning Canadian champion Rachel Homan rink from Ottawa in the final. The win gave Jones a record 11th career Grand Slam title.


2014 Currie Cup First Division
The 2014 Currie Cup First Division was contested between 29 August and 17 October 2014. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Competition
There were six participating teams in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division. A proposed expansion of the Premier Division to eight teams was initially rejected, but was then subsequently approved on 13 February 2014. This meant that the First Division was reduced to six teams for 2014.


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs
The six teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. The first series of fixtures were played as part of the 2014 Currie Cup qualification competition, with all results carried forward to the First Division except for the match against the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier. A second set of fixtures then followed between the remaining six teams.


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs
Each team received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs
The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Promotion
All the teams qualified for the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series, since  Griquas, a non-entrenched team, finished in the bottom two of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Log
The final log of the round-robin stage of the 2014 Currie Cup First Division was:


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Log
The teams' playing records from the 2014 Currie Cup qualification series brought forward to the First Division are as follows:


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Fixtures and results
All the results from the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament were carried forward into the First Division season. The results against the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier were discarded.


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Fixtures and results, Title Play-Off Games, Semi-Finals
Following the match between the Leopards and the Falcons, the former lodged a complaint with the South African Rugby Union regarding the eligibility of Falcons fly-half Clinton Swart. The Leopards argued that Swart was only eligible for the final two matches of the Currie Cup First Division competition and therefore not eligible to play in the Semi-Finals. However, SARU Judicial Officer Rob Stelzner SC, ruled that Swart fulfilled the eligibility criteria and rejected the complaint.


2014 Currie Cup First Division, Players, Player Statistics
The following table contains points which have been scored in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division and excludes points scored in the 2014 Currie Cup qualification series:


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division
The 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 76th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 9 August to 25 October 2014. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition
There was eight participating teams in the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division. A proposed expansion to eight teams was initially rejected, but was then subsequently approved on 13 February 2014.


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition, Qualification
The six franchise 'anchor' teams plus the  Pumas automatically qualified to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, plus the winner of a qualifying tournament between the other seven teams.


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs
The eight teams were divided into two sections, based on their 2013 positions. Teams in each section played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams also played cross-section matches, playing one match (either home or away) against the teams in the other sections.


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs
The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition, Relegation play offs
Non -franchise teams finishing in the bottom two would be included in the qualification rounds for the following season.


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Teams, Attendances
The following attendance figures were published at the end of the season:


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Log
The final log of the round-robin stage of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division is:


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Fixtures and results
The fixtures for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division were released on 11 March 2014:


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players, Player Statistics
The following table contain points which have been scored in the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players, Squad Lists
The following players have been named in the squads for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2014 Currie Cup qualification
The 2014 Currie Cup qualification series was a tournament organised by the South African Rugby Union. It featured seven teams and was played in June and July 2014, with the winner qualifying for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division. The remaining six teams played in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division.


2014 Currie Cup qualification, Competition
On 13 February 2014, SARU announced that the Currie Cup Premier Division would be expanded from six to eight teams. The top five teams from 2013 – the  Sharks,  Western Province,  Free State Cheetahs,  Golden Lions and  Blue Bulls – were guaranteed participation in the 2014 edition, as were the top two teams from the 2013 Currie Cup First Division, the  Pumas and  Eastern Province Kings.


2014 Currie Cup qualification, Competition
The bottom side in 2013, the  Griquas, as well as the remaining teams from the First Division – the  Leopards,  SWD Eagles,  Boland Cavaliers,  Griffons,  Border Bulldogs and  Falcons – played in a qualification tournament, with the winner also qualifying to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.


2014 Currie Cup qualification, Competition
The seven teams played each other once over the course of the qualification tournament, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2014 Currie Cup qualification, Competition
The top team qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the other six teams qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup First Division.


2014 Currie Cup qualification, Log
The top team qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, all other sides qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup First Division. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2014 Currie Cup qualification, Fixtures and results
The fixture list for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division was released on 11 March 2014:


2014 Currie Cup qualification, Players, Player statistics
The following table contain points which were scored during the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament:


2014 Curtis Cup
The 38th Curtis Cup Match was played from June 6 to 8, 2014 at St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Missouri. The United States won 13 to 7.


2014 Curtis Cup, Format
The contest was a three-day competition, with three fourball and three foursomes matches on each of the first two days, and eight singles matches on the final day, a total of 20 points.


2014 Curtis Cup, Format
Each of the 20 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 101⁄2 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.


2014 Curtis Cup, Teams
Eight players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.


2014 Curtis Cup, Teams
The American team was selected by the USGA’s International Team Selection Committee.


2014 Curtis Cup, Teams
Six members of the Great Britain & Ireland team were selected automatically, the top four in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of May 5, 2014 and the leading two players in the LGU’s Order of Merit not selected from the WAGR. The remaining two were picked by the LGU Selection Panel.


2014 Cyprus Women's Cup
The 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup was the seventh edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 5–12 March 2014.


2014 Cyprus Women's Cup
France won the final over defending champions England. For the first time, Canada did not reach the final, eventually finishing in fifth place.


2014 Cyprus Women's Cup, Format
The first phase of the tournament was a group stage in which the twelve invited teams were divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. The group stage was followed by a single "finals day" in which six games involving all twelve teams were played to determine the tournament's final standings, with the matchups being determined as follows:


2014 Cyprus Women's Cup, Format
1st place match: Winners of Groups A and B. 3rd place match: Winner of Group C and best runner-up from Groups A and B. 5th place match: Runner-up in Group C and second-best runner-up from Groups A and B. 7th place match: Third-place teams in Groups A and B. 9th place match: Third-place team in Group C and best fourth-place team from Groups A and B. 11th place match: Fourth-place team in Group C and second-best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.


2014 Cyprus Women's Cup, Venues
Games were played in 4 host stadiums in 3 cities.


2014 Cyprus talks
A joint declaration was made on 11 February 2014 at the start of renewed negotiations to settle the Cyprus dispute. The following talks between Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus, and Derviş Eroğlu, President of Northern Cyprus, were stalled in October 2014.


2014 Cyprus talks, Background
Post-independence disputes between the Greek and Turkish communities in the Republic of Cyprus resulted, after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, in the self-declaration of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Attempts during the intervening forty years to resolve the division and re-unite Cyprus, most notably the Annan Plan between 2002 and 2004 had all failed, the Annan Plan doing so when, in parallel referendums in April 2004, the Turkish community had voted to accept but the Greek community had voted to reject it.


2014 Cyprus talks, Background
Further negotiations took place after the Greek Cypriot presidential election of 2008 but these first ran into difficulty over disputes about the extent of the Republic of Cyprus's exclusive economic zone and oil exploration within it, and then collapsed over a legal case in a British court which supported Greek Cypriots' property rights within territory controlled by Northern Cyprus. Further meetings in 2010 and 2011 had no significant results and talks were suspended in 2012.


2014 Cyprus talks, Background
However, some things changed during 2012 and 2013. Gas was discovered in both Cypriot and neighbouring Israeli waters, but the simplest way of getting it to customers in Europe would be via a pipeline through Turkey. The banking collapse in 2013 in the Republic of Cyprus led to economic shrinkage and high unemployment, and reunification could be expected to speed economic recovery and growth. After a lapse of several years, America showed interest in working actively for a solution to the dispute. Nicos Anastasiades, elected President of the Republic of Cyprus in February 2013, had supported the Annan Plan.


2014 Cyprus talks, Background
The date proposed for renewing talks was October 2013. However, Anastasiades regarded agreement on a joint declaration as a precondition for talks, and agreement on the wording of the declaration was only achieved in February 2014.


2014 Cyprus talks, The Joint Declaration
On 11 February 2014, the leaders of Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, Nicos Anastasiades and Derviş Eroğlu, respectively, revealed the following joint declaration:


2014 Cyprus talks, The Joint Declaration, Reactions to the Joint Declaration
The governments of both Greece and Turkey expressed their support for renewed peace talks. The declaration was also welcomed by the European Union.


2014 Cyprus talks, The Joint Declaration, Reactions to the Joint Declaration
On 13 February 2014, Archbishop Chrysostomos lent Anastasiades his backing on the Joint Declaration.


2014 Cyprus talks, The Joint Declaration, Reactions to the Joint Declaration
On 14 February 2014, the Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis and Turkish Cypriot negotiator Kudret Ozersay held their first meeting and agreed to visit Greece and Turkey respectively.


2014 Cyprus talks, The Joint Declaration, Reactions to the Joint Declaration
Reactions among the Greek Cypriot political parties were mixed. The opposition AKEL party declared its support for the declaration. However, Nicolas Papadopoulos, the leader of DIKO, the main partner to Anastasiades' party DISY in the governing coalition, opposed the declaration, and DIKO's executive committee voted on 21 February to recommend to the party's central committee that the party withdraw from the coalition from 4 March. On 27 February, DIKO decided to leave the coalition government, with the rationale that the Joint Declaration conceded separate sovereignty to Turkish Cypriots.


2014 Cyprus talks, End of the talks
In October 2014, the talks stalled as a result of a crisis ensuing from Turkey's sending of a warship to the Republic of Cyprus-controlled part of the Cypriot waters, as a part of a crisis over the exploration of offshore natural gas reserves. Anastasiades refused to attend the meeting on 9 October 2014, and talks did not resume until May 2015, after the election of Mustafa Akıncı as the Turkish Cypriot president in April 2015.


2014 Czech Lion Awards
2014 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 14 January 2015. Fair Play received highest number of nominations but eventually failed to win in any category. The Way Out on the other hand won 7 awards, including Best Film category.


2014 Czech Pirate Party leadership election
The Czech Pirate Party leadership election of 2014 was held on 2 August 2014. Lukáš Černohorský was elected new leader of the party.


2014 Czech Pirate Party leadership election, Background
Party was led by Ivan Bartoš who led the party during 2014 European Parliament election. Party narrowly failed to reach electoral threshold and  Bartoš decided to resign. Party had to face inner conflicts after the election which was another reason of Bartoš' resignation. Lukáš Černohorský, Jakub Michalek and Ivo Vašíček decided to run for the position. Bartoš endorsed Černohorský.


2014 Czech Pirate Party leadership election, Voting
Three candidates advanced form 1st round of voting. Černohorský received 78 votes, Michálek 55 votes and Vašíček 41 votes.


2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2014 MotoGP season. It was held at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno on 17 August 2014.


2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix
In MotoGP, Marc Márquez was defeated for the first time in the 2014 season, as he could only finish fourth in the race. Instead, it was his Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa that took the victory, ahead of the Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. In Moto2, championship leader Esteve Rabat took his fifth victory of the season, leading home Marc VDS Racing Team teammate Mika Kallio, while the podium was completed by Sandro Cortese, taking his first podium in the class.


2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix
The Moto3 race was closely fought, with the points-scoring positions – from the winner to 15th place – covered by just 1.838 seconds at the finish, a record for all Grand Prix races. The race was won by category veteran Alexis Masbou, for his first Grand Prix win. Enea Bastianini took his first podium finish in second place, with the podium completed by Danny Kent, his first podium since returning to Moto3. Álex Rins finished down in ninth position, having prematurely celebrated what he thought was a race victory.


2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.


2014 Czech Senate election
Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 10–11 October 2014, with a second round on 17–18 October 2014. One-third of Senate seats (27 out of 81) were elected, along with approximately 62,300 local council seats. The election date was announced by the President Miloš Zeman in June, 2014.


2014 Czech municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in the Czech Republic on 10–11 October 2014. Approximately 62,300 local council seats were elected. The date of the elections was announced by the President Miloš Zeman in June 2014.


2014 D.C. United season
The 2014 D.C. United season was the club's nineteenth season of existence, and their nineteenth in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2014 D.C. United season
Outside of MLS regular season play, the club is going to be participating in the 2014 U.S. Open Cup, in which they are the defending champions, as well as the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. It is United's first appearance in the Champions League since the 2009–10 campaign. Ahead of the MLS regular season campaign, United will participate in the 2014 Carolina Challenge Cup.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, Pre-season
After an abysmal 2013 campaign that saw the team break several negative MLS records, the team swapped out over half of its roster. Several starters from 2013 were released or simply let go, including starters like Lionard Pajoy, Dwayne De Rosario, and James Riley among others. In their place, the team gathered several players from other teams, including Davy Arnaud from Montreal, Bobby Boswell from Houston, and Eddie Johnson from Seattle.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, Pre-season
Ben Olsen and Dave Kasper were allowed to stay on as Head Coach and General Manager (respectively) of the team.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, Pre-season
By the time the first match of the MLS season came around, only 4 of the starting 11 had stayed with the team from last year. Unfortunately, prospective starting midfielder Chris Pontius suffered a serious hamstring injury and was pronounced out for most of the season. His spot was given to fellow midfielder Perry Kitchen.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, March
The season started on a bad note, with a relatively new Columbus Crew beating a disorganized D.C. United side at home 3-0, and then a 1-0 loss to a surprisingly hot Toronto FC side. However, the team began showing signs of life in a home game against the Chicago Fire. Though the game ended in a 2-2 draw, the newly signed Fabian Espindola and the promoted Kitchen helped to give D.C. United a 2-1 lead in the second half, something the team had not had in MLS season play in awhile.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, April
D.C. United went on a roll, adding a 3-0-1 tally throughout the month. Former Chicago Fire midfielder Chris Rolfe, signed to shore up the midfield in the absence of Pontius, made an immediate impact in his first game with the team. In a game against the New England Revolution, he scored a brace in the closing seconds of stoppage time, contributing to the team's 2-0 victory. DC then tacked on another victory against the New York Red Bulls, as the team's defense–--combined with some lucky breaks---managed to hold on to a one-goal lead for most of the match.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, April
DC almost won a third straight match at Columbus in a rematch against the Crew, but for a mistake by Espindola which led to a goal by Crew forward Hector Jiménez that allowed them to tie the match near the end of the second half. DC ended up settling for a draw. Back at home, DC would get a crushing victory after an early red card on an FC Dallas player allowed the team, led by Espindola, to rack up a 4-1 victory.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, May
Poor marking on defense and an anemic offense allowed the struggling Portland Timbers to sneak away with a 3-2 victory in the dying seconds of the match. It was a familiar tune that would repeat itself over the next few games as D.C. United barely held on to a 1-0 victory in Philadelphia, and managed to salvage a 1-1 draw against the cellar-dwelling Montreal Impact thanks to DC forward Eddie Johnson scoring his first goal on the season. The team did much better in their following match against Houston, getting a 2-0 victory at home. Then they fell apart in the second half of a match against the Revolution in Foxboro, losing both the game 2-1 and Johnson to a red card suspension.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, May
Back home against Sporting KC, the team held on to an Espindola goal to win the match 1-0, but starting defender Jeff Parke left the game due to a foot injury. He would be replaced by rookie defender Steve Birnbaum.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, June
After a friendly between Spain and El Salvador, D.C. United played the second half of a doubleheader of soccer action in FedExField in Landover, against the Columbus Crew. The game ended in a 0-0 draw, with Espindola chipping a penalty kick right into the opposing goalkeeper's hands in the final minutes of play. A few days later, the team travelled to Montreal and beat the Impact 4-2, with Luis Silva earning his first-ever hat trick for the team. Unfortunately, Espindola suffered an MCL sprain during this match, and would be sidelined for at least 8 weeks.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, June
Following this game, the entire league took two weeks off for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as many of its star players were busy playing for their respective national teams in the Cup. During this break, D.C. United played a match in the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open Cup against the Rochester Rhinos, but unlike last year, Ben Olsen downplayed the significance of the tournament and fielded a team of mostly reserve players. The team was eliminated in a quiet 1-0 defeat, the only highlight of the match for DC was Birnbaum being sent off in the 60th minute.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, June
On the 28th, D.C. United resumed league play against the Seattle Sounders, where they lost 1-0 at home.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, July
At the start of the month, Christian mutually terminated his contract with the team, claiming that he did not feel comfortable playing in Washington and wished to go back to Spain. His spot on the starting lineup was taken by Chris Korb.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, July
Four days later, DC travelled to Toronto and won 2-1, thanks to a pair of stylish goals from midfielders Perry Kitchen and Nick DeLeon. Afterwards, the team travelled to San Jose to face the Earthquakes, and managed to win 2-1 thanks to a combination of a successful Eddie Johnson penalty kick and Bill Hamid making miraculous saves in the dying minutes of the match. The team travelled back home to Washington to face the surging Chivas USA, and defeated them 3-1. Johnson scored his third goal of the season (and second from a penalty kick) in that match. During this time, Parke recovered from his foot injury, but immediately suffered painful migraine headaches that kept him on the sidelines.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, July
On the 26th, the team travelled to Jacksonville to play a friendly against Fulham F.C., as an opening act for the newly expanded EverBank Field. While fielding a team of reserves, DC lost 3-0 as Moussa Dembélé scored a hat trick on the team and DC goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra tore his Achilles tendon, ending his season prematurely. Kyle Porter and Alex Caskey also left the game with injuries.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, July
A few days later, DC acquired Kofi Opare from the LA Galaxy in a trade and defeated Toronto 3-0 at home.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, August
D.C. United began August with a pair of road losses, but the team recovered to post some strong results and finished the month on top of the Eastern Conference standings. With Chris Korb out, Taylor Kemp made his first start at left back. Despite an early yellow card on Kemp, D.C. United seemed poised to take a rare point in Houston, when Will Bruin beat Kemp and Birnbaum to get on the end of a long pass in added time and scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win for the Dynamo.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, August
D.C. United next traveled to Utah to play Real Salt Lake. Although Espindola returned to action in the second half after a prolonged injury absence, RSL scored 3 times in the first half to hand DC its second straight loss. Eddie Johnson received a red card and so would miss the next MLS match.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, August
A Sunday night match at RFK saw D.C. United break out of a scoring slump, with 4 goals against the Colorado Rapids. Luis Silva scored twice, including one off Kemp's first MLS assist. Rolfe and Espindola had the other goals. Three nights later, a lineup that featured Eddie Johnson and 10 D.C. United reserves opened up the team's group play in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League with a 1-0 home win against Jamaican side Waterhouse FC on an early goal by Johnson.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, August
United went on the road for a game 3 nights later against division-leading Sporting Kansas City. With first-half goals by Espindola, Rolfe and Kitchen, DC surprised SKC by a 3-0 score to take over the top spot in the MLS Eastern Conference. Coach Ben Olsen rested several starters on a road match in Los Angeles, and the team suffered a hard loss, losing 4-1 to the LA Galaxy. 4 days later, D.C. United rebounded at home, riding goals by Silva and Espindola to a 2-0 win over New York Red Bulls, leaving D.C. United 4 points clear in the Eastern Conference race.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, September
Before heading out on the road for a match against Vancouver Whitecaps, D.C. United added a Ghana international, Samuel Inkoom. Once again, DC started the month slowly, with a draw in Vancouver, followed four days later by a heartbreaking road loss to New York Red Bulls. United lost Chris Rolfe to a broken arm injury suffered in practice prior to the game against NYRB. Despite playing a man down for most of the match after Espindola was red-carded, United seemed destined to hold on for a draw until Lloyd Sam's stoppage-time goal won the night for the Red Bulls. The game marked the first MLS action of the season for Pontius, who came on as a second-half substitute.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, September
With Espindola forced to miss the next MLS match, Olsen started Espindola in the return match against Waterhouse FC in Jamaica in CONCACAF group play. Espindola had both D.C. United goals in a 2-1 win for the MLS team.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, September
Next, D.C. United traveled to Chicago to play the Chicago Fire, and the DC team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to get a point in a 3-3 draw. DC went ahead 3-2 on a pair of goals by Silva and a goal by Boswell before the team once again lost points on a late goal by the Fire.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, September
The team returned to RFK for another CONCACAF Champions League match, this time facing struggling Panamanian side Tauro FC. With goals by Johnson and Pontius, and an assist by Inkoom, D.C. United earned a 2-0 win over Tauro, and clinched the top spot in the group and a place in the quarterfinals.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, September
When the team resumed MLS action four days after the Tauro match, DC fans turned out in big numbers, with the biggest home crowd in nearly two years. 19,478 fans watched D.C. United defeat the Philadelphia Union on a header for a goal by Silva. The assist went to Korb, who was playing in his first MLS match since injuring his hamstring on August 9.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, October
Pontius made his first MLS start of the year for a home match against Sporting Kansas City. The goalless draw was enough for D.C. United to clinch a playoff berth. The good news kept coming for D.C. United, as the team next won for the first time ever in Houston, defeating the Dynamo 3-1 on goals by Kemp, Espindola and Johnson. The one sour note for DC was a hamstring injury suffered by Silva after play had resumed following a lengthy rain delay.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, October
On October 18, D.C. United completed its worst-to-first turnaround. A 2-1 home win before a sellout crowd at RFK clinched first place and the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Pontius scored his first league goal in over a year, and Johnson capped off the scoring for D.C. United.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, October
Three days later, a team of reserves traveled to Panama. A fluke goal on a ball that ricocheted off Conor Shanosky's head was enough for a 1-0 D.C. United win. This win meant that D.C. United earned the full 12 points, the only team in group play to do so. As a result, United gained the top seed heading into the quarterfinal round of CONCACAF Champions League play in February 2015.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, October
The final match of the regular season took United across the northern border, where the team fell behind to the Montreal Impact on a goal by Marco Di Vaio in his final game. A late goal by Espindola got a point for D.C. United, closing out the regular season as the first place team in the Eastern Conference and in third-place overall in the MLS Supporters Shield race. United completed the largest turnaround in points from one MLS season to the next.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, November
An injury-depleted D.C. United squad traveled to Red Bull Arena for a playoff match against New York Red Bulls. United fell 2-0 on goals by Bradley Wright-Phillips and Peguy Luyindola. Needing at least two goals in the return match at RFK, D.C. United got a first half goal from Nick DeLeon to set the stage for an improbable comeback. However, another goal by Luyindula, on an assist by Thierry Henry, sealed D.C. United's fate. A late goal by Sean Franklin was not nearly enough to send the home-and-home series to overtime, as NYRB defeated D.C. United by an aggregate 3-2 score.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, December
Awards season saw D.C. United get several honors. Bobby Boswell was named MLS Defender of the Year. Bill Hamid was MLS Goalie of the Year and Ben Olsen was named MLS Coach of the Year.


2014 D.C. United season, Background, December
In roster moves, D.C. United added Thomas McNamara in the dispersal draft that allocated players from disbanded Chivas USA. However, McNamara was selected by New York City in the subsequent MLS expansion draft. Orlando City SC also took a D.C. United player, Lewis Neal. Prior to the expansion draft, D.C. United traded Joe Willis and Inkoom to Houston in exchange for Andrew Driver, a move that allowed the team to protect an additional domestic player in the expansion draft.


2014 D.C. United season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Overall table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2014 D1 Grand Prix series
The 2014 D1 Grand Prix series is the fourteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the ninth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 29 at Fuji Speedway for the D1GP and April 12 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit. The series will conclude on October 19 with the D1 Champions' event at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course.


2014 D1 Grand Prix series, Regulation changes
Starting in the 2014 season, nitrous use was banned and cars are required to have catalytic converters. Also, exhaust pipes have to be pointed towards the ground.


2014 DBL All-Star Gala
The  2014 DBL All-Star Gala was an all-star game event organised by the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). It consisted of the best players of the 2013–14 DBL season. The event was held on 23 February 2014 in the KingsDome in Den Helder.


2014 DBL All-Star Gala, All-Star Game
The Dutch players won the game, Jeroen van der List was voted the All-Star Game MVP.


2014 DBL All-Star Gala, U23 All*Star Game
1 Williams didn't play because he was also selected for the All-Star Game. Team North won the contest, Quincy Treffers was voted the MVP.


2014 DBL All-Star Gala, Three point contest
The top 8 shooters in the 2013–14 DBL season were selected.


2014 DBL All-Star Gala, Dunk contest
Van der List won the Dunk contest by beating Kelvin Martin and Ross Bekkering in the Final.


2014 DBL Playoffs
The 2014 DBL Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Dutch Basketball League's (DBL) 2013–14 season. The tournament concluded with GasTerra Flames playing SPM Shoeters Den Bosch in the Final. The Playoffs started on 24 April and ended 1 June 2014.


2014 DBL Playoffs
Apollo Amsterdam made the postseason tournament for the first time in club history.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final
The 2014 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal, the 71st season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 17 May at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final
In the final, Borussia Dortmund played Bayern Munich. The winners would have earned a place in the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, but both teams had already qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League via their league positions. Because of this, the three Europa League spots were passed down through league positions. This was the last season in which the cup runners-up would have qualified for the Europa League if the winners had already qualified for the Champions League. The winners also earned the right to play in the 2014 DFL-Supercup; as Bayern had already won the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund became their opponents regardless of the result due to them also finishing as league runners-up.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final
It was Dortmund's sixth final, of which they had won three, including their most recent in 2012 against Bayern. Bayern were the defending champions, and it was their 20th final.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final
Bayern Munich won a record 17th title, after defeating Dortmund 2–0 after extra time.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2014 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final, Borussia Dortmund
Dortmund, of the Bundesliga, began their cup campaign on 3 August 2013, with a 3–0 away win over fourth-tier SV Wilhelmshaven, with three goals in the last 20 minutes from Kevin Großkreutz, Marvin Ducksch and Robert Lewandowski. In the second round, away to 1860 München at the Allianz Arena, the game was goalless after 90 minutes. Dortmund advanced with extra-time goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. In Round 3, away to 1. FC Saarbrücken of the 3. Liga, Dortmund won with goals from Julian Schieber and Jonas Hofmann. In the quarterfinals, Dortmund travelled to Eintracht Frankfurt, their first top-flight opponents of the campaign, winning by a late Aubameyang strike. Their semifinal was their only home game of the run, won 2–0 on 15 April 2014 against VfL Wolfsburg with goals from Mkhitaryan and Lewandowski.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final, Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich played their first-round match on 5 August 2013, away to fourth-tier BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden, Thomas Müller scoring a hat-trick in a 5–0 win with the other goals by Xherdan Shaqiri and Arjen Robben. In the second round, they faced fellow Bundesliga team Hannover 96 at home, winning 4–1 with a Müller double and goals by Claudio Pizarro and Franck Ribéry. Their third-round match was away to FC Augsburg, with Müller and Robben scoring to put Bayern into the quarterfinals.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final, Bayern Munich
There they played Hamburger SV away, and won 5–0, with a Mario Mandžukić hat-trick as well as goals by Dante and Robben. Bayern played at home in the semifinal on 16 April, and beat 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5–1, with the goals shared between Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Müller, Mandžukić and Mario Götze.


2014 DFB-Pokal Final, Pre-match
Bayern Munich were without Thiago due to a knee ligament injury that he received in March. The Saturday before the final, midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger strained a tendon in his left knee against VfB Stuttgart, ruling him out. Bayern's top scorer of the season, Mario Mandžukić, was dropped from the team and did not travel to Berlin to the final. Manager Pep Guardiola said "Basti is injured, a problem with his knee. Mandzukic is my decision. He was fit, he could play but we have 18 players and I will play with them".


2014 DFB-Pokal Final, Pre-match
Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski, who had agreed to join Bayern Munich at the end of the season, was excused from some training for the final as a precaution to injury. Manager Jürgen Klopp said "We were very careful with him".


2014 DFL-Supercup
The 2014 DFL-Supercup was the fifth edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It featured Bayern Munich, winners of the 2013–14 Bundesliga, and Borussia Dortmund, the runners-up of the 2013–14 Bundesliga who also reached the 2014 DFB-Pokal final.


2014 DFL-Supercup
Dortmund were the reigning champions, having beaten Bayern 4–2 in 2013, although the season before, Bayern beat Dortmund 2–1. Both teams had won four previous installments (of seven attempts by Bayern and six by Dortmund), and thus the winners would set a new record. The match took place on 13 August 2014 at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.


2014 DFL-Supercup
Dortmund defeated Munich 2–0 to win their record fifth title.


2014 DFL-Supercup, Teams
In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.


2014 DPR Korea Football League
Statistics of DPR Korea Football League in the 2014 season.


2014 DPR Korea Football League, Overview
The 2014 edition of the Highest Class Football League championship was played as a single round robin; twelve teams took part, each playing eleven games. Hwaebul won the championships, having had 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. April 25 were the runners-up, and Amrokkang finished third. The three teams that finished in the top three spots had been considered the favourites before the start of the competition; Sŏnbong, Wŏlmido, and Kwanmobong had not been expected to do well, but each scored surprising upset victories over stronger opponents.


2014 DPR Korea Football League, Cup competitions, Man'gyŏngdae Prize
The 2014 edition of the Man'gyŏngdae Prize was played as a single round-robin tournament, followed by a single-elimination play-off stage. The final was held on 14 May 2014, and April 25 defeated Amrokkang 1–0. Kigwancha defeated Sobaeksu 1–0 in the third place match.


2014 DPR Korea Football League, Cup competitions, Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize
The 2014 tournament for the Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize was played in two stages, the first being a double round-robin league phase, followed by a single-elimination play-off phase. The top four finishers in the league phase qualified for the semi-finals. The final was played on 28 August, in which April 25 defeated the defending champion Hwaebul by a score of 1–0.


2014 DX110
2014 DX110 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 30 meters in diameter. It passed less than 1 lunar distance from Earth on 5 March 2014. With an absolute magnitude of 25.7, this asteroid is potentially the largest asteroid to come inside the orbit of the Moon since 2013 PJ10 on 4 August 2013. The close approach was webcast live by Slooh and Virtual Telescope.


2014 DX110, Description
2014 DX110 came to opposition (furthest elongation in the sky from the Sun) on 15 February 2014, but the asteroid had a very faint apparent magnitude of about 23 and was only 10 degrees from the full moon. The asteroid was discovered on 28 February 2014 by Pan-STARRS at an apparent magnitude of 20 using a 1.8-meter (71 in) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope.


2014 DX110, Description
On 5 March 2014 at 21:00 UT the asteroid passed 0.00232 AU (347,000 km; 216,000 mi) from Earth and reached about apparent magnitude 15. At 22:22 UT it passed 0.00249 AU (372,000 km; 231,000 mi) from the Moon. By 6 March 2014 18:00 UT, the asteroid was less than 30 degrees from the Sun and dimming significantly.


2014 DX110, Description
It has an observation arc of 5 days with an uncertainty parameter of 6. It was removed from the JPL Sentry Risk Table on 5 March 2014 using JPL solution 3 with an observation arc of 5 days. When the asteroid only had an observation arc of 4 days, virtual clones of the asteroid that fit the uncertainty region in the known trajectory showed a 1 in 10 million chance that the asteroid could impact Earth on 4 March 2046.


2014 DX110, Description
With a 2046 Palermo Technical Scale of −7.11, the odds of impact by 2014 DX110 in 2046 were about 13 million times less than the background hazard level of Earth impacts which is defined as the average risk posed by objects of the same size or larger over the years until the date of the potential impact. Using the nominal orbit, NEODyS shows that the asteroid will be 2.8 AU (420,000,000 km; 260,000,000 mi) from Earth on 4 March 2046.


2014 Dahsyatnya Awards
The 2014 Dahsyatnya Awards was an awards show for Indonesian musicians. It was the sixth annual show. The show was held on January 21, 2014, at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. The awards show was hosted by Raffi Ahmad, Luna Maya, Olga Syahputra, Ayu Dewi, and Denny Cagur. The awards ceremonies will held theme for "Dahsyatnya Cinta Indonesia".


2014 Dahsyatnya Awards
In 2015, This awards show won the Favorite Special Events award at the Panasonic Gobel Awards.


2014 Dahsyatnya Awards
Raffi Ahmad led the nominations with four categories, followed by JKT48 and Syahrini with three nominations. JKT48 was the biggest winner of the night, taking home three awards for Outstanding Stage Act, Outstanding Collaboration Duo/Group, and Outstanding Song for "River".


2014 Dakar Rally
The 2014 Dakar Rally was the 36th running of the event and the sixth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Rosario, Argentina on January 5 and finished in Valparaíso, Chile on January 18 after 13 stages of competition.


2014 Dakar Rally
Marc Coma won his fourth title in the motorcycle category riding a KTM; Ignacio Casale took his maiden title in the quad category on a Yamaha; Nani Roma clinched victory in the car category for the first time, ten years after his sole motorcycle title, driving a Mini; and Andrey Karginov took his first truck category title for Kamaz.


2014 Dakar Rally, Stages
Distance according to the official website. Competitors in the bike and quad categories will cross the Bolivian border and finish the seventh stage at Uyuni, whilst those in the car and truck categories will return to Salta. All competitors will then reconvene in Calama at the end of the eighth stage.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Bikes
Honda rider Joan Barreda quickly established a lead in the overall classification with wins in the first and third stages, leading reigning champion Cyril Despres by 13 minutes by the end of the latter. A navigation error in the fourth stage set the Spaniard back however, eroding his advantage to just three minutes over Marc Coma as Despres lost some 28 minutes with engine failure.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Bikes
Coma then assumed the lead of the rally with a resounding victory in stage five, Barreda dropping 41 minutes behind his countryman due to more navigation problems. Barreda was able to reduce the gap by four minutes over the course of the next two stages, before losing further ground on the ninth stage with a 15-minute speeding penalty.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Bikes
This gave Coma a lead of 55 minutes, which Barreda was able to reduce to 37 minutes before losing two and a half hours with electrical problems on the penultimate stage. This promoted Coma's team-mate Jordi Viladoms to second, almost two hours adrift of the winner by the end of the rally, and Yamaha's Olivier Pain to third.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Bikes
Despres won three stages on his comeback to fourth, ahead of top Honda rider Hélder Rodrigues. Barreda wound up seventh after taking victory on the final stage, his fifth of the rally.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Quads
Marcos Patronelli, who hit the front of the overall classification after winning the second stage, had to abandon the competition after suffering an accident in the third stage. The Argentinean saved his own life by jumping from his quad, which fell 600 metres down a cliff. The accident left fellow Yamaha rider Rafał Sonik in first place, but the pole lost time on the fifth stage with a navigational error.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Quads
This allowed Sergio Lafuente, winner of the fifth stage, to assume the lead in the standings, but three successive stage wins for Ignacio Casale allowed the Chilean rider to usurp the Uruguayan, his advantage up to almost 25 minutes when Lafuente was forced to retire due to a broken engine on Stage 11.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Quads
This allowed Sonik to retake second place, over an hour behind Casale, where he would remain until the end of the rally as Casale took victory. Two-time stage winner Sebastien Husseini, who dropped out of victory contention after losing over three hours to the leaders on the fifth stage, completed the podium finishers.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Cars
X-Raid Mini driver Stéphane Peterhansel began the defence of his title strongly by taking the lead of the overall classification with victory in the second stage of the rally, but lost 25 minutes to team-mate Nani Roma on the third stage with a navigational error and a series of punctures. Two-time World Rally champion Carlos Sainz also lost ground, but made up for it by winning the next stage in his SMG Buggy, deposing Roma from the lead of the rally.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Cars
Roma was able to re-assert himself on Stage 5 as all of his key rivals dropped time - Sainz lost an hour with an electrical problem and lost a further hour to a penalty, Peterhansel lost a further 24 minutes and X-Raid's Nasser Al-Attiyah, third after Stage 4, was hit with a one-hour penalty. Peterhansel was however able to reduce Roma's 31-minute lead over the following days with two stage victories, the Spaniard's advantage all but wiped out by the end of Stage 10.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Cars
The X-Raid team then chose to call off the fight between its drivers, effectively guaranteeing Roma victory. Peterhansel at first appeared to ignore these instructions as he won the penultimate stage to take a 26-second lead into the final day, but then dropped back to allow Roma back in front. Al-Attiyah won two stages on his recovery drive to third place, just under an hour behind Roma, giving the X-Raid team a clean sweep of the podium.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Cars
Giniel de Villiers was the best non-Mini driver in fourth place after winning the final stage, with Orlando Terranova and Krzysztof Holowczyc making it five X-Raid drivers in the top six overall. Sainz was forced to retire after suffering a heavy crash on Stage 10.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Trucks
Winning two of the first four stages, Iveco's Gerard de Rooy quickly established a healthy cushion in the overall classification of over 30 minutes from the leading two Kamaz drivers, Andrey Karginov and defending champion Eduard Nikolaev. Successive wins for Karginov on the eighth and ninth stages saw de Rooy's lead slashed to just 13 minutes, with Karginov seizing the lead of the standings by just under eight minutes after taking a fourth win on stage 11.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Trucks
On the final day of the rally, Karginov lost nine-and-a-half minutes to de Rooy on the road after providing assistance to a stricken car, costing him victory until race officials awarded him back the time he had spent aiding his fellow competitor. This meant de Rooy was forced to concede victory by three minutes.


2014 Dakar Rally, Summary, Trucks
Nikolaev, who took his maiden Dakar stage win on stage 7, was third, over 90 minutes away from compatriot Karginov by the end of the rally, while Kamaz men Dmitry Sotnikov, winner of stage five, and Anton Shibalov, completed the top five. The remaining Kamaz driver, Ayrat Mardeev, was an early retiree after a series of rolls on the second stage. Aleš Loprais completed the top six for Tatra with a pair of late stage wins, albeit five hours down on the victorious Karginov.


2014 Dakar Rally, Fatalities
Belgian motorcycle rider Eric Palante was found dead on the morning of 10 January after the completion of the fifth stage. He was 50 years old.


2014 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season
The 2014 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season is the fifth season in club history, and the third season in the Chinese Super League.


2014 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season, Background
Aerbin signed Ma Lin from Liaoning F.C. as their manager. He was soon replaced by reserve team manager Yasuharu Kurata in May due to the team's poor performance, however the performance was actually connected to insufficient budget as reported.


2014 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season, Background
After the failure to take over Dalian Shide F.C. last season, Aerbin faced serious financial problems, since the debt, facilities and training ground of Dalian Shide were merged into Aerbin, but players in squad were judged as free agent by the CFA, and Aerbin had to follow normal transfer routine to sign them, rather than simply taking over the whole team. It's been reported that the team was unable to pay up salaries and bonuses for more than 10 months under the fact that they had already began to sell valuable players for some budget. Additionally, Aerbin was investigated by FIFA for violating contract with former player Leon Benko. The team ended up 15th by the end of the season, relegated to China League One.


2014 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season, Player information, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season
The 2014 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 55th season in the National Football League, the sixth playing their home games at AT&T Stadium and the fourth full season under head coach Jason Garrett.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season
The team improved on their 8–8 record from 2013, finishing 12–4 in a three-way tie for first place in the NFC. However, the Cowboys lost tiebreakers to both the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers and had to start their postseason in the Wild Card round. They started with a tough 24–20 win over the Detroit Lions before losing to the Packers 26–21 the following week, ending their season.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
After the departure of long time Cowboy favorites DE/LB DeMarcus Ware and DT Jason Hatcher to free agency, coupled with a season-ending knee injury to MLB Sean Lee during Organized Team Activity in late May, the Dallas Cowboys, were one of the most heavily admonished, and second guessed NFL franchises through the entire preseason, and half-way into the 2014 regular season. Much of the criticism was in response to the Cowboys selecting Notre Dame offensive guard Zack Martin over the perceived Cowboys savior (Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel) in the first round of the NFL draft. Even Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was uncharacteristically downplaying expectations for the upcoming season during spring training, emphasizing to the media and fans, that it might take a little more time for the Cowboys young players to mature into an NFL championship-caliber team.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
Adding injury to the many insults hurled at Jerry Jones, Tony Romo and the Cowboys organization in general, Tony Romo did not play well during two preseason starts after receiving only a small percentage of snaps throughout training camp, due to continuing recovery from off-season surgery to repair a herniated intervertebral disc in his lower back.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
For these reasons, Romo and the Cowboys passing offense struggled mightily for the first two games of the regular season, causing many fans and media to declare the Dallas Cowboys as the absolute worst team in the league after their week 1 loss to the 49ers at AT&T Stadium. A humiliating turnover led to defeat for Dallas, which appeared to prove all the Cowboy critics right, that Jerry Jones should have selected QB Johnny "Football" Manziel in the first round of the NFL 2014 draft to eventually replace.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
By season's end, not only would Tony Romo have the highest quarterback rating (113.2) in the NFL for the 2014 regular season but, first round pick (OG Zack Martin) would have a well deserved All-Pro season while establishing himself as a critical piece in the development of what many now consider to be, the best offensive line in the entire NFL.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
Following a win against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 16 (and after the Philadelphia Eagles loss to the Washington Redskins), the Cowboys won the NFC East. This also guaranteed making the playoffs for the first time since 2009. The Cowboys improved on their 8–8 record from 2013 after finishing 12–4. For the season, the team was 8–0 on the road. Plenty of milestones were established by the 2014 Cowboys team, topped by DeMarco Murray's record-setting rushing season. The Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions at home 24–20 in the Wild Card round and advanced to the Divisional Playoffs. However, the Green Bay Packers defeated them 26–21, handing the Cowboys their first road loss and ending their season.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Cowboys are 16–17–1 against the San Francisco 49ers from 1960 to 2014. Since then, Dallas won the next two meetings, both at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, in 2016 and 2017.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Tennessee Titans
The Cowboys haven't started 0–2 since 2010 when Wade Phillips was fired midway through the season and Jason Garrett was promoted to head coach.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at St. Louis Rams
The Cowboys 21 point comeback win against the Rams was a new Cowboys record for the largest point deficit that a Cowboys team has ever come back from and won - in a game that didn't go into overtime. It also became the third 21-point comeback victory in Cowboys history. The other two coming in overtime in 1984 against New Orleans and 1999 against Washington.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at St. Louis Rams
The Rams 2nd quarter 21 point lead is the second-largest lead blown by the Rams. The biggest deficit overcome by a Rams opponent is 23 points by the Packers in 1982, and Denver had a 21-point rally in 1982.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at St. Louis Rams
Cowboys kicker Dan Bailey set a franchise record by making his 28th field goal in a row on a 40-yarder in the third quarter. Cowboys kicker Chris Boniol hit 27 straight field goals in 1996.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. New Orleans Saints
After 4 weeks of regular season play, DeMarco Murray found himself in elite company with his 149-yard 2 touchdown performance against the Saints, joining Jim Brown, O. J. Simpson and former Cowboy Emmitt Smith as the only players to rush for 100 or more yards, while scoring a touchdown, in the first four games of a season.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. New Orleans Saints
The Cowboys' three-game winning streak was their first since the 2012 season.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Houston Texans
After hauling in a 34-yard completion from Tony Romo mid-way through the third quarter, Cowboys TE Jason Witten surpassed 10,000 receiving yards for his career, making him only the 3rd tight end in NFL history to do so. Witten's 59-yard day against the Texans left him just 46 yards shy of the No. 2 position currently held by Shannon Sharpe with 10,060 career receiving yards. Tony Gonzalez leads all tight ends in career receiving yards at 15,127, respectively.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Houston Texans
The Cowboys' four-game winning streak was their first since 2011, and their best start since 2008.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks
DeMarco Murray's 115-yard rushing day against the Seahawks, made him only the second running back in NFL history – next to Jim Brown – to rush for 100 yards in the first 6 games of the season. Jim Brown did it for the first six games of the 1958 season.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks
With the victory, the Cowboys improved to 5–1 on the season, their best record since the 2007 campaign.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks
Dallas became the first team outside the NFC West to win in Seattle since 2011.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks
Five days after Seattle's loss at home to the Cowboys, the Seahawks traded WR Percy Harvin to the New York Jets for an undisclosed draft selection. It was reported that the surprisingly sudden move by Seattle was due in large part to Harvin refusing to return to the game in the fourth quarter. While Percy Harvin had a 46-yard kickoff return, Harvin's total yardage for rushing and receiving was -1 yard against the Cowboys.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks
Dan Bailey's 3rd quarter 42-yard field goal made him 100-for-110 on field goals for his career, making him the most accurate kicker in NFL history with a FG percentage of 90.826% from 2011–2014. Mike Vanderjagt is second in all-time NFL accuracy with a FG percentage of 86.466% from 1998-2006. Stephen Gostkowski is a close third in NFL accuracy with a FG percentage of 86.328% from 2006-2014.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New York Giants
DeMarco Murray continued his amazing season by rushing for his seventh straight 100-yard game to start a season, breaking the record held by the great Jim Brown.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New York Giants
With the win over the Giants, the Cowboys improved to a league best 6–1 on the season, moved into sole possession of first place in the NFC East due to the Eagles having a bye week. This is the Cowboys best start to a season since 2007 when the Cowboys also went 6–1 after the first 7 games.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
Colt McCoy completed 83.3 percent of his passes, (25–30 for 299 yds) the most in Redskins history by a quarterback with at least 30 attempts.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
Murray extended his 100-yard game rushing streak to eight games with 19 carries for 141 yards vs Washington.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
The game was the 107th meeting in 54 years between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins. After the loss to Washington, the Cowboys now have a total of 64 wins to 41 losses and 2 ties in 54 years.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
Including the loss to the Redskins on Monday Night, the Cowboys have played in a total of 75 Monday Night games and have an overall record of 43–32.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Brandon Weeden started in place of Tony Romo, who had injured himself the week prior. Weeden had a rough time of it against the stingy Cardinals defense, throwing two interceptions and only managed to compile 183 yards through the air.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Arizona Cardinals
It was the Cowboys' third home loss of the season, and the same score as the season opener against the 49ers. The Cardinals also managed to hold DeMarco Murray under the 100-yard mark, the first team to do so in 2014.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Tony Romo's return was a successful one, as the Cowboys went across the pond and posted a comfortable win over one of the worst teams in the league.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Dez Bryant had a monster day receiving, catching six passes for 158 yards and two scores all in the first half. DeMarco Murray got back in the 100-yard category after losing his streak in the loss to the Cardinals the week before.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants
The Cowboys swept their season series against the Giants for the second year in a row. The Cowboys have beaten the Giants 5 out of the last 6 meetings from 2012 to 2014.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants
With the win, Dallas improved to 8–3 on the season, setting up a showdown with the 8-3 Eagles for first place in the NFC East on Thanksgiving Day.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants
DeMarco Murray went over 100 yards yet again, rushing for 121 yards but failed to get in the end zone.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants
Giants rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. would finish his historic night with 10 catches for 146 yards and two scores.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants
Rapper and New York City native Jay Z attended the game and was seen having a brief conversation with Jerry Jones on the field prior to kickoff. This was some what of an event due to Jay Z's agency, Roc Nation, signing on as Dez Bryant’s representation earlier in the month. The pair spoke briefly before the game, which led to questions about whether they were discussing Bryant's contract negotiations. Jones later claimed that the brief conversation had nothing to do with contract negotiations.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With the 33-10 victory against Dallas, the Eagles are now 2-0 against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day and 6-0 overall for Thanksgiving games.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Tony Romo's 38 game streak with at least one touchdown pass came to an end against Philadelphia. Romo's 38 game touchdown streak is the longest in franchise history and fifth longest in NFL history and the second-longest among active streaks, behind Peyton Manning's 50. Romo was 18 of 29 for 199 yards and 0 TD's in the loss.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
It was the fourth loss of the season for Dallas at home, and DeMarco Murray failed to break 100 yards for only the second time this season.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Chicago Bears
With the win, the Cowboys avoided going 8–8 for the first time since 2010, and clinched a winning season, the first since the 2009 team won the NFC East and won a playoff game.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Chicago Bears
After defeating the Bears in Chicago, the Cowboys are 6–0 on the road after 13 games into their 2014 season. Oddly enough, the last time Dallas lost on the road was in Chicago 45–28 nearly a year ago on December 9, 2013. A devastating loss to the Bears that began the (7–5) Cowboys late season slide, losing 3 out of their 4 final games, ending the year with a 3rd straight 8–8 season and no playoff appearance for the 4th year in a row.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Philadelphia Eagles
For the second consecutive year, Dallas and Philadelphia would split the season series with the road team winning all four games. Dallas has now won 5 out of their last 6 meetings in Philadelphia.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Philadelphia Eagles
With the win, the Cowboys took a one-game lead in the NFC East with two games to go.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Philadelphia Eagles
The victory over the Eagles in Philadelphia improved the Cowboys road record to 7-0 for the season.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Including the 2014 season, the Cowboys have won the NFC East 22 times in their 54-year history.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
After quarterback Tony Romo completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to TE Jason Witten late in the third quarter, Romo eclipsed Troy Aikman as the all-time leader in passing yards in franchise history. The throw put Romo at 32,961 passing yards in his career, passing Aikman's career total of 32,942. Romo finished the game with 218 yards, putting him at 32,971 for his career.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
At the start of the game, Murray had a total of 1,686 yards on the season and needed only 87 yards to pass Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith's team record for the most rushing yards in a single season with 1,773 yards set in 1995. However, with Murray still nursing the injury, coupled with an early Cowboys rout, Murray ended up with only 22 carries for 59 yards on the day, leaving him with a total of 1,745 yards for the year, just 28 yards short of Smith's single season record with one more game left to be played.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Washington Redskins
With the victory, the Cowboys finished 12-4 on the season, their best record since the team's 13-3 campaign of 2007.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Washington Redskins
DeMarco Murray made Cowboys history by finishing the season with 1,845 yards on 393 carries, surpassing Emmitt Smith's record of 1,773 in 1995; the 32-yard carry was Murray's longest since a 40-yard carry on December 4 against the Chicago Bears.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Washington Redskins
Dez Bryant also made Cowboys history by catching 2 touchdown passes, giving him a total of 16 touchdown receptions on the year, breaking Terrell Owens previous single season touchdown reception record of 15 in 2007 (the second touchdown was originally called incomplete by the refs, but was overturned after review).


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Washington Redskins
The game was the 108th meeting in 54 years between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins. After this game, the Cowboys all-time record versus the Redskins is 65-41-2 in 54 years.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Detroit Lions
The Dallas Cowboys now lead the all time Head-to-Head match-up against the Detroit Lions (14-12). The Cowboys also lead the all time playoff match-up against the Lions (2-1).


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Detroit Lions
This is the first time in franchise history that the Cowboys have won a post-season game when trailing by 10 points or more at half time.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Detroit Lions
At the time, with this win over the Lions, the Cowboys became the team with the most NFL playoff wins with 34, one more than the Pittsburgh Steelers.


2014 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: at (2) Green Bay Packers
The Packers defeated the Cowboys 26-21, ending their season. The Packers handed the Cowboys their first road loss of the season, snapping a 9-game road winning streak that began in Week 16 of the 2013 season against the Washington Redskins.


2014 Dally M Awards
The 2014 Dally M Awards were presented on Monday 29 September 2014 at Sydney's Star Casino. Broadcast on Fox Sports, the awards ceremony was hosted by Matthew Johns. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger. The Dally M Medal was awarded to Jarryd Hayne and Johnathan Thurston in a tie of votes, making it the first time for the medal to be awarded to joint winners.


2014 Dally M Awards, Judges
The Daily Telegraph:  Paul Crawley, Paul Kent, Josh Massoud, Dean Ritchie, Barry Toohey and Nick Walshaw


2014 Dally M Awards, Dally M Awards
The Dally M Awards are, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the Provan-Summons Medal is for the fans' of "people's choice" player of the year.


2014 Dally M Awards, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks controversy
Each of the players implicated in the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks supplements scandal were banned from attending, or receiving awards at the 2014 Dally M Awards ceremony in September as a result of the investigation into the club's supplements scandal; captain Paul Gallen was also ruled ineligible for the Brad Fittler Medal for being the best performed New South Wales player during their victorious State of Origin series campaign.


2014 Damallsvenskan
The 2014 Damallsvenskan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 27th season of Damallsvenskan since its establishment in 1988. The season started on 13 April 2014 and ended on 19 October 2014. LdB Malmö, which was renamed to FC Rosengård in December 2013, were the defending champions and won the title with several match days before the end of the season.


2014 Damallsvenskan
Originally the season featured 12 teams, but due to Tyresö FF's midseason withdrawal, the season ended with 11 teams; nine returned from the 2013 season and the other two were promoted from Elitettan. On 28 September 2014, with few fixtures remaining in the season, relegation was confirmed for Jitex BK after they were defeated by Kristianstads.


2014 Damallsvenskan, Teams
Mallbackens IF and Sunnanå SK were relegated at the end of the 2013 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Elitettan top-two teams Eskilstuna United DFF and AIK.


2014 Dan River coal ash spill
In February 2014, an Eden, North Carolina facility owned by Duke Energy spilled 39,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River. The company later pled guilty to criminal negligence in their handling of coal ash at Eden and elsewhere and paid extremely minimal fines of over $5 million, compared to its $24 billion revenue in 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has since been responsible for overseeing cleanup of the waste. EPA and Duke Energy signed an administrative order for the site cleanup.