2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool D
Group D of the 2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III of the 2014 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to Group II.


2014 Fed Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2014. The Czech Republic beat Germany in the final to win a third Fed Cup title in four years.


2014 Fed Cup World Group II
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2014. Winners advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and the losing nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.


2014 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
The World Group II Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2015 World Group, while losing nations joined their respective zonal groups.


2014 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group first round and the winning nations of the World Group II. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2015 World Group, while losing nations joined the 2015 World Group II.


2014 FedEx 400
The 2014 FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 1, 2014, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1 mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 13th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his second of the season and ninth at Dover, while Brad Keselowski finished second. Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer, and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (11th), Austin Dillon (20th), and Brett Moffitt (22nd).


2014 FedEx 400, Previous week's race
Jimmie Johnson passed Matt Kenseth with nine laps to go to win his first race of the season in the previous week's Coca-Cola 600. "There are more people fretting about things than myself," said Johnson. "I mean what 12 races? Give me a break. Obviously it's great to win and we are very happy to win here especially in the backyard of Hendrick Motorsports, Lowe's headquarters is just up the road as well." Jeff Gordon battled back spasms all weekend and after a two-tire pit stop late was in contention for the win but settled for a seventh-place finish and left Charlotte with the points lead.


2014 FedEx 400, Report, Background
The track, Dover International Speedway, is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at nine degrees with the backstretch. The racetrack has seats for 113,000 spectators. Tony Stewart was the defending race winner from the 2013 event.


2014 FedEx 400, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the FedEx 400 was released on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 9:37 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered which meant no one failed to qualify.


2014 FedEx 400, Practice, First practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in first practice with a time of 21.648 and a speed of 166.297 mph (267.629 km/h).


2014 FedEx 400, Qualifying
Brad Keselowski won the pole with a new track record time of 21.892 and a speed of 164.444 mph (264.647 km/h). After the session, Keselowski stated that his team "gave me a great car here", as he entered the weekend looking for a second win of 2014.


2014 FedEx 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Brad Keselowski was also the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.542 and a speed of 159.702 mph (257.015 km/h).


2014 FedEx 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in final practice with a time of 22.661 and a speed of 158.863 mph (255.665 km/h).


2014 FedEx 400, Race, First half, Start
The race began at 1:18 p.m local time. Kyle Larson had to start from the rear of the field due to an engine change. Kyle Busch led his 10,000th lap in Sprint Cup Series competition on lap 29, becoming the 15th driver to reach the milestone. Alex Bowman brushed the wall and brought out the first caution on lap 65. Following the pit stops, Denny Hamlin and David Ragan were both caught speeding on pit road. Kyle Busch led the first 81 laps but was passed by Jimmie Johnson for the lead.


2014 FedEx 400, Race, First half, Start
Coming off turn four, Clint Bowyer squeezed Busch into the wall on lap 124; Busch hit the wall in turn one and brought out the second caution of the race. He attempted to get back at Bowyer but his crew chief told him it was not Bowyer's fault. Bowyer later regarded the race as a "frustrating day", compromising his own race and Busch's race.


2014 FedEx 400, Race, First half, Trouble in turn two
Coming off turn two, A. J. Allmendinger came across Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and got loose. He collected Greg Biffle and both got loose. Biffle went into the wall tail-first, hit Stenhouse, and sent him into the outside wall and head first into the inside one on the backstretch. Landon Cassill and Ryan Truex also spun out in Turn 1. This brought out the third caution of the race. The race was then red-flagged, while Justin Allgaier also took damage when he was clipped in the side by Allmendinger.


2014 FedEx 400, Race, First half, Trouble in turn two
Kevin Harvick took the lead from Johnson on the restart while on lap 157, Jamie McMurray hit a piece on concrete in Turn 2, hit the wall in Turn 3 and brought out the fourth caution. This happened in a similar fashion to Jeff Gordon at Martinsville Speedway in 2004. NASCAR was forced to red flag the race for a second time to fix a hole in the track, while the concrete also damaged the glass covering the crossover bridge that crosses over the top of Turn 2. The race was suspended for 22 minutes, with Harvick holding the lead at the restart. However, just after the restart, Harvick had a tire go down and Matt Kenseth took the lead.


2014 FedEx 400, Race, Second half
Johnson retook the lead on lap 178, and upon completing lap 215, he became the all-time leader in laps led at Dover. Bowman hit the wall for a third time in turn 1 and brought out the fifth caution on lap 222. J. J. Yeley brought out the sixth caution on lap 240 after blowing his engine, while debris brought out the seventh caution with forty laps to go. Casey Mears' right-rear tire came apart and the inner-liner rubber that came off the tire brought out the eighth caution with eight laps to go.


2014 FedEx 400, Race, Second half
Johnson held off a four lap charge by Brad Keselowski to take his second win of the season – successively, for the 13th time in his career – and 68th of his career. "It is incredible," Johnson said. "This race car was awesome. I just have so much to be thankful for. Chad (crew chief Knaus) told me I'd love the car, and sure enough, from the time we unloaded the car, he was right." Keselowski described his day as "up and down" and that his car did not progress as much as he had liked until the halfway mark of the race.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs
The 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs was the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. It was played from August 21 to September 14 and comprised the following four events:


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs
These were the eighth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays
The Barclays was played August 21–24. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, three did not enter: Dustin Johnson (ranked 6), Jason Dufner (57) and Steve Stricker (103). Of the 122 entrants, 79 made the second-round cut at 143 (+1). With more than 78 players making the cut the field was further reduced to 70 after the third round.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays
Hunter Mahan won by two strokes over Stuart Appleby, Jason Day, and Cameron Tringale and moved from 62nd place to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included seven players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Bo Van Pelt (ranked 104th to 73rd), Stewart Cink (109 to 77), Andrés Romero (110 to 92), Danny Lee (116 to 96), Paul Casey (118 to 85), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (119 to 81), and Morgan Hoffmann (124 to 72).


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays
Seven players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Jonas Blixt (ranked 92nd to 102nd), Kevin Kisner (93 to 104), Nick Watney (94 to 105), Luke Guthrie (95 to 106), Retief Goosen (96 to 103), Rory Sabbatini (97 to 108), and Brian Davis (100 to 110).


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Deutsche Bank Championship
The Deutsche Bank Championship was played August 29 – September 1. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, seven did not play: Dustin Johnson (ranked 14), Sergio García (15), Justin Rose (20), Tim Clark (38), Graeme McDowell (40), Jason Dufner (74), and Paul Casey (85). Of the 93 entrants, 80 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3). The field was further reduced to 73 after the third round.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Deutsche Bank Championship
Chris Kirk won by two strokes over Russell Henley, Billy Horschel, and Geoff Ogilvy and moved into first place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Horschel (82 to 20), Ogilvy (100 to 24), Chesson Hadley (84 to 57), Carl Pettersson (93 to 66), Morgan Hoffmann (72 to 68), and Ben Crane (78 to 69).


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Deutsche Bank Championship
Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryo Ishikawa (56 to 72), Justin Hicks (58 to 75), Ben Martin (63 to 76), Scott Langley (65 to 77), Shawn Stefani (67 to 83), and Scott Brown (70 to 85).


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
The BMW Championship was played September 4–7. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 22), did not play. There was no cut.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
Billy Horschel won by two strokes over Bubba Watson and moved to second on the points list. Two players played their way into the Tour Championship: Morgan Hoffmann (ranked 68 to ranked 21) and Ryan Palmer (37 to 23). Two players played their way out of the Tour Championship: Stuart Appleby (26 to 31) and Keegan Bradley (28 to 33). Hoffmann, who started the playoffs ranked 124th, played his way into each playoff event.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2015 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
The FedEx Cup points were reset after the BMW Championship. Points were allocated according to a player's position in the standings. The player in first place has 2,500 points, and the player in 30th has 210. This means that all 30 remaining players will have at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players can claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was played September 11−14. Of the 30 players eligible to play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 30), did not play. There was no cut. Billy Horschel won the tournament by three strokes over Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy. After starting the playoffs in 69th place and missing the cut in the first playoff tournament, Horschel finished T-2, win, and win in the next three events to win the FedEx Cup.


2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Table of qualifying players
* First-time Playoffs participant† MDF – made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round)


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400
The 2014 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 6, 2014, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the 26th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the final race prior to the Chase for the Sprint Cup, to decide the series champion. Brad Keselowski finished first after he dominated the race, leading 383 of the race's 400 laps. Jeff Gordon finished second while Clint Bowyer, Jamie McMurray, and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (11th), Austin Dillon (20th), and Justin Allgaier (28th).


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Previous week's race
Kasey Kahne took the lead on the second green-white-checker attempt and held off Matt Kenseth to score his first win of the season, at the Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kahne felt that his car was "all over the place during the race but the guys stayed with me and worked hard", but felt proud that they had sealed his place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Kenseth described the last two laps as "really intense", but also felt that "things are looking up" for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. His team mate Denny Hamlin finished third, but felt he "couldn't capitalize, couldn't get the restarts and couldn't accelerate", while third was the best he could have imagined for the race.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Report, Background
Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 0.75 miles (1.21 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series, and formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, a Verizon IndyCar Series race, and two United States Auto Club sprint car races.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Report, Background
With the race weekend being the final event before the Chase for the Sprint Cup commenced, there were numerous scenarios in play in order for the remaining places to the 16-driver Chase to be sealed. Numerous drivers inside the top 30 in points had the opportunity to seal a spot in the Chase with a victory in Richmond, while Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer and Kyle Larson.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Report, Background
With them being inside the top 30 in points, Paul Menard, Austin Dillon, Jamie McMurray, Brian Vickers, Marcos Ambrose, Casey Mears, Martin Truex, Jr., Tony Stewart, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Danica Patrick, Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett, David Gilliland, David Ragan and Cole Whitt could only qualify for the Chase with a win.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Report, Background
Instead of using the normal 33, Circle Sport Racing team owner Joe Falk ran the number 90 to honor former team owner and Richmond native Junie Donlavey.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the Federated Auto Parts 400 was released on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 8:32 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-four drivers were entered for the race.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Practice, First practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 20.912 and a speed of 129.112 mph (207.786 km/h). The session was three hours in length – unusual for NASCAR – because Goodyear brought an entirely new tire compound and NASCAR wanted the teams to have as much time as possible to test the new tires.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Practice, Final practice
Carl Edwards was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.156 and a speed of 121.863 mph (196.119 km/h). Brian Vickers switched to a backup car after blowing the left-rear tire of his car, which resulted in hitting the wall in turn two. Upon exiting his car, Vickers stated that he had "lost the left rear going down the front stretch" and that he "did the best I could to keep it off the wall".


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Qualifying
Brad Keselowski won the pole with a time of 21.324 and a speed of 126.618 mph (203.772 km/h); it was the seventh pole of his Sprint Cup career. Keselowski expressed that it was "a great start to the wekeend but still got a long ways to go" but also stated that he was "excited and I feel like we have a shot to win". Jeff Gordon joined Keselowski on the front row, praising his rival's lap time; he was almost a tenth of a second clear at the end of qualifying. Gordon praised his own team's ethic as well, stating "to be up here on the front row, that's certainly a great effort". Clay Rogers, who was attempting to make his first start, was the only driver that failed to qualify.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Race, First half, Start
The race was scheduled to start at 7:43 p.m. Eastern time, but started five minutes later with Brad Keselowski leading the field to the green. Keselowski held the race lead for the majority of the first stint, before he was passed by Kevin Harvick, on lap 43. The caution flag flew for the first time, for a scheduled competition caution on lap 51, due to rain showers earlier in the day; Keselowski retook the lead on pit road, and held the lead for the restart, on lap 58.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Race, First half, Start
Again, Keselowski led for a large portion of the race, before Harvick retook the lead on lap 120. Further down the order, Matt Kenseth made light contact with the wall in turn 1, but the caution flag was not brought out until lap 124. However, this was for an unrelated incident, as debris on the backstretch brought out the second caution of the race. Keselowski returned to the lead after his pit crew bettered Harvick's crew for their respective service; it was a lead he would not relinquish for the rest of the night.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Race, Second half, Drunk fan on the fence
The race restarted on lap 132, and Keselowski continued to maintain order at the head of the order, and in the process, led his 1-thousandth lap of the season on lap 158. Debris brought out the third caution of the race on lap 262, with the restart on lap 271. One further caution occurred later in the race, when a fan ascended the catch fencing at turn 4, on lap 330. The fan was later arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and being drunk in public. The race restarted with 64 laps to go, and Keselowski held the front until the end – having led 383 of the race's 400 laps – to take his fourth win of the season and the top seeding for the Chase for the Sprint Cup.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Race, Post-race
Keselowski stated in his post-race interview that he had "pinched myself once to make sure I wasn't dreaming. These are nights you don't forget as a driver and you live for", while stating that his car was "just flying" and that he "couldn't ask for a better way to enter the Chase than to win and take the first seed". Clint Bowyer finished third, and failed to overturn the points disadvantage he had, to make the Chase.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Race, Post-race
Bowyer expressed disappointedly that it was "definitely frustrating not making that Chase, but like I said, when you do make the Chase, you want it to be for a championship, not just ride around in it". After his eighth-place finish, Jimmie Johnson was taken to the infield care center due to dehydration.


2014 Federated Auto Parts 400, Race, Post-race
Hendrick Motorsports team mate Dale Earnhardt, Jr. – who was 12th in the finishing order – put the cause down to the ambient conditions, while also stating that he "thought I might have some trouble with it because I had a sinus cold all week" and that he "must have something going on — something that didn't agree with him today that he ate or drank". Another Hendrick driver, Jeff Gordon, also felt the conditions in his car, stating that he knew "there were a couple times when I felt like I was cramping a little bit as well".


2014 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election
General elections were held in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 October 2014 as part of the Bosnian general elections. Voters elected the 98 members of the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the assemblies of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2014 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, Aftermath
Four months after the elections, Marinko Čavara (HDZ) was elected president. Six months after the elections, Fadil Novalić (SDA) was elected prime minister, heading a coalition of the SDA, HDZ, and DF.


2014 Fergana Challenger
The 2014 Fergana Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament for men which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money, and the fourth edition of the event for women on the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $25,000 in prize money. It took place in Fergana, Uzbekistan, on 9–15 June 2014.


2014 Fergana Challenger, Men's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Fergana Challenger, Men's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players entered as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2014 Fergana Challenger, Men's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players entered as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:


2014 Fergana Challenger, Men's Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Fergana Challenger, Women's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Fergana Challenger, Women's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 Fergana Challenger, Women's Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Fergana Challenger – Men's Doubles
Farrukh Dustov and Malek Jaziri were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2014 Fergana Challenger – Men's Doubles
Sergey Betov and Alexander Bury won the title, defeating Nicolás Barrientos and Stanislav Vovk in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–3].


2014 Fergana Challenger – Men's Singles
Radu Albot was the defending champion but decided to participate at the 2014 Košice Open instead.


2014 Fergana Challenger – Men's Singles
Blaž Kavčič won the title, defeating Alexander Kudryavtsev in the final, 6–4, 7–6(10–8).


2014 Fergana Challenger – Women's Doubles
Lyudmyla Kichenok and Polina Pekhova were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but both players chose not to participate.


2014 Fergana Challenger – Women's Doubles
Hiroko Kuwata and Mari Tanaka won the tournament, defeating Nao Hibino and Prarthana Thombare in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2014 Fergana Challenger – Women's Singles
Nigina Abduraimova was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013. She successfully defended her title by defeating Nao Hibino in the final, 6–3, 6–4


2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
The first election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly-formed council via Single Transferable Vote.


2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with seventeen seats, eight ahead of the Ulster Unionist Party and four seats away from overall control. The council would act as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015, where Sinn Féin's Thomas O'Reilly would become Chairman and Paul Robinson of the DUP Vice Chairman.


2014 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
The 2014 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs was the seventh edition of a women's road racing event in Luxembourg. It was a stage race with a UCI rating of 2.1. It was the eighth stage race of the 2014 Women's Elite cycling calendar, and was the only race in Luxembourg, apart from the National Championships, on this calendar.


2014 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
Rabo–Liv achieved a clean sweep of all three stage wins and all four jerseys.


2014 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the 2014 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs. These included seventeen UCI Women's Teams, two national teams and one non-UCI team.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (December)
The 2014 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2014, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 44th Fiesta Bowl was one of the New Year's Bowls of the College Football Playoff. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that conclude the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Vizio consumer electronics company and is officially known as the Vizio Fiesta Bowl.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (December)
The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, with the kickoff time at 4:00 pm ET (2 pm MT).


2014 Fiesta Bowl (December), Teams
The two participants for the game were determined by the College Football Playoff selection committee, and consisted of at-large selections and/or the highest ranked team from the "Group of Five" conferences.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (December), Teams
This was the first overall meeting between these two teams.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (December), Fiesta Bowl history
Prior to the 2014–15 NCAA football season, the Fiesta Bowl became one of the six bowls that comprise the College Football Playoff (CFP). This game between Boise State and Arizona ended the Fiesta Bowl's 16-year tie-in with the Big 12; since 1999, the Big 12 champion had hosted the Fiesta Bowl when it is not playing in the national championship game.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (December), Fiesta Bowl history
The preceding Fiesta Bowl was actually played on New Year's Day, which naturally was also in 2014. There therefore were two 2014 Fiesta Bowls.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)
The 2014 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. In this, the 43rd annual Fiesta Bowl, the Baylor Bears, champions of the Big 12 Conference, played the UCF Knights, champions of the American Athletic Conference. The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 6:30 PM MST. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. It was sponsored by the Tostitos snack food brand and was officially known as the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)
UCF defeated Baylor by a score of 52–42,  becoming the biggest underdog victors in BCS history. Baylor, had gone into the game as a 16.5 point favorite. UCF was flagged for just 4 penalties totaling 40 yards.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Teams
This was the first time Baylor and UCF played each other on the gridiron. The Baylor Bears went to the Fiesta Bowl as the Big 12 champion. UCF earned an automatic berth to a BCS game by winning The American (formerly the Big East). Per the rotation in place since the 2008 season, it was the Fiesta Bowl's turn to host the champion of the American, after the 2012 Orange Bowl and 2013 Sugar Bowl hosted the Big East champion in the last two seasons.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Teams, Baylor
Baylor arguably enjoyed its best season in school history. After being ranked as high as third in the nation, the Bears went on to a school-record 11 wins and their first-ever Big 12 title, their first outright conference title since winning their last outright Southwest Conference title in 1980. The Bears earned their first-ever appearance in the BCS, and their first major bowl of any sort since the 1981 Cotton Bowl Classic. Bryce Petty led the Bears to new heights completing 220 of 356 passes for 3,844 yards and 30 touchdowns with two interceptions.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Teams, UCF
UCF began its season five months after a postseason ban was overturned on appeal. The Knights, led by redshirt Junior Blake Bortles and head coach George O'Leary, won the American Athletic Conference football championship with an 11–1 (8–0) record. O'Leary, in his tenth season with UCF, led the Knights to their first eleven-win regular season (11–1), first perfect conference record (8–0), first win against a Big Ten opponent (Penn State), first win against a Top–10 team (No. 6 Louisville), third conference title (2007, 2010, 2013), and the program's first appearance in a major bowl. Bortles threw for 3,280 yards on 239 completions for 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. The season saw six second half come-from-behind victories.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, First quarter
UCF won the opening coin toss and elected to receive. Aaron Jones for Baylor kicked off, and it was received by William Stanback of the Knights who returned the ball 14 yards to the UCF 24 yard line. After a false start penalty on the first play of the game, the Knights drove 76 yards in six plays for the first touchdown of the game. All six plays were rushing plays, with quarterback Blake Bortles' 29-yard gain putting them in Baylor territory on the second play from scrimmage. Running back Storm Johnson capped off the drive with an 11-yard touchdown run.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, First quarter
Baylor's first possession was a 3-and-out. Quarterback Bryce Petty was sacked at his own 27 yard line on 3rd down, forcing the Bears to punt.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, First quarter
UCF's second drive began at the 49 yard line. The first play was a 34-yard completion from Bortles to Breshard Perriman to the Baylor 17. Four plays later, UCF was in the endzone with Storm Johnson's second rushing touchdown. UCF led 14-0 midway through the first quarter.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, First quarter
Baylor was forced to punt on their next possession, but managed to pin UCF at their own 10 yard line. UCF punted from their own endzone, giving Baylor excellent field position at the UCF 45. A 29-yard run by Lache Seastrunk set up the Bears inside the red zone, and Petty punched the ball into the endzone for Baylor's first touchdown.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
After punting on their last three drives, the Knights were again pinned deep in their own territory. Baylor took over with 11:48 left in the half at their own 43 yard line. Antwan Goodley rushed for 22 yards to the UCF 35 yard line. Baylor went for it on 4th & 8 at the UCF 33. On a field that was mildly criticized by some as being slippery and loose, Petty lost his footing on the snap. He was tackled for a two-yard loss and turned the ball over on downs.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
Three plays later, Blake Bortles' threw deep towards the endzone, but the pass was intercepted by Demetri Goodson at the Baylor 6 yard line. On the first play of UCF's next possession, Bortles' pass was tipped and intercepted by Eddie Lackey. Bryce Petty then connected to Levi Norwood for a 30-yard touchdown pass. The snap was botched on the extra point attempt, and the score was 14-13 in favor of UCF.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
Baylor kicked off to UCF with 8:01 left in the half. Storm Johnson fumbled away the ball, the third turnover in three consecutive offensive plays for the Knights. With momentum tilting towards Baylor, Petty had the Bears at Knights 14 yard line. Petty's pass to the endzone was intercepted by Brandon Alexander, only the third interception thrown by Petty all season.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
UCF started their next drive at the 20 yard line after the turnover. Baylor was called for pass interference, which advanced the Knights to midfield. Bortles passed to Rannell Hall, who broke free for a 50-yard touchdown, and a 21-13 UCF lead.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
With just over five minutes left in the half, Bryce Petty led the Bears on an 8-play, 78-yard drive. Petty capped off the drive with an acrobatic 15-yard scramble over the goal line. Petty ran to the right, and was upended at the 2 yard line by a UCF defender, but flipped over and landed in the endzone for the touchdown. The deficit was trimmed to 21-20.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
UCF faced 3rd down & 10 at the 49 yard line, when Baylor was called for another drive-extending pass interference call. Two plays later, Bortles threw to Rannell Hall, who scrambled for a 34-yard touchdown, and a 28-20 lead for the Knights.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
In the final minute, Baylor drove to the UCF 28 yard line. Bears kicker Aaron Jones missed a 45-yard field goal attempt wide right as time expired. UCF took a 28-20 lead into halftime


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Third quarter
After the explosive second quarter, the third quarter opened with both teams punting. Baylor's second possession of the second half went 68 yards for a touchdown. The drive was highlighted by a 50-yard pass from Petty to Jay Lee, who was downed inside the 1 yard line. A two-point conversion tied the score at 28-28.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Third quarter
UCF's next drive went 76 yards in 9 plays. For the third time, Baylor was called for pass interference on a third down play. Bortles found Breshard Perriman in the right side of the endzone for a 10-yard touchdown, and the Knights were back ahead by the score of 35-28.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Fourth quarter
UCF was driving into Baylor territory as the fourth quarter began. On the first play of the quarter, Bortles ran 22 yards to the Baylor 18. Two plays later, Bortles rolled out to the left, and scrambled for a 15-yard touchdown run. The Knights were up 42-28 with less than 14 minutes left.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Fourth quarter
Baylor took the next kickoff all the way to the 47 yard line. Lache Seastrunck rushed for 8 yards, and UCF was called for a facemask penalty, advancing the Bears to the UCF 30. Petty threw a 28-yard pass to Clay Fuller, then Glasco Martin ran for the touchdown.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Fourth quarter
With just over twelve minutes to go, Blake Bortles threw a 23-yard pass to Rannell Hall, advancing the Knights near midfield. Storm Johnson broke away for a 40-yard touchdown run, and the Knights were again back up by two scores. With just over 10 minutes to go, the Knights led 49-35.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Fourth quarter
UCF forced Baylor to punt, and on their own next possession, drove to the Baylor 20. Knights kicker Shawn Moffitt kicked a 36-yard field goal to put UCF up 52-35. The Knights had a three-score lead with less than five minutes to go.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Game summary, Fourth quarter
Baylor managed a 13-play, 79-yard touchdown drive in the final minutes. The Knights defense was able to coerce the Bears into burning over four minutes off the clock; the touchdown was scored with only 1:15 left in the game. The Bears attempted an onside kick, but UCF's J.J. Worton effectively secured the victory by recovering the ball with little difficulty. Bortles took a knee twice to run out the clock.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Future Fiesta Bowls
The game was part of the final year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). In 2015, the Fiesta Bowl became one of the six bowls that compose the College Football Playoff. That contest ended the Fiesta Bowl's 16-year tie-in with the Big 12; since 1999, the Big 12 champion had hosted the Fiesta Bowl when it is not playing in the national championship game. Starting with the 2014 season, the Big 12 champion will face the Southeastern Conference (home to two former Big 12 members) champion in the Sugar Bowl as part of the College Football Playoff. In most years the Fiesta Bowl is not a semifinal, it will attract two at-large teams.


2014 Fiesta Bowl (January), Future Fiesta Bowls
The following Fiesta Bowl was played on New Year's Eve, which naturally was also in 2014. There therefore were two 2014 Fiesta Bowls, such thing has not happened since 1997, when they were played the same year.


2014 Fiji National Football League
The 2014 Fiji National Football League was the 38th season of the Fiji Premier League administered by the Fiji Football Association (FFA) since its establishment in 1977. The home and away season began on 18 January 2013 and the final was on 17 May 2014. Ba FC and Nadi FC represented the Fiji National Football League in the 2013–14 OFC Champions League after finishing as Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2013 Fiji National Football League competition.


2014 Fijian general election
General elections were held in Fiji on 17 September 2014, to select the 50 members of the Fijian parliament.


2014 Fijian general election
The incumbent Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, was re-elected. Prior to the election Bainimarama was an Independent but stood for the FijiFirst Party in 2014. The Social Democratic Liberal Party and the National Federation Party both got over 5%, the threshold for a party or independent to have seats in the parliament.


2014 Fijian general election
The elections were originally scheduled for March 2009, but were not held then because politicians did not agree to the People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress. Between 2009 and 2014 many public announcements and requests were made and on 23 March 2014 the interim government announced the election would be held on 17 September 2014.


2014 Fijian general election
The elections were to be held under the new constitution which lowered the voting age to 18 and gave the right of multiple citizenship to Fijians for the first time.


2014 Fijian general election, Background
After the Fijian military coup of 5 December 2006, the new interim prime minister Jona Senilagakali announced that elections would take place held "hopefully in 12 months, two years". Later it was made clear that none of the ministers in the interim government would be allowed to contest the elections.


2014 Fijian general election, Background
On 6 January 2007 Commodore Frank Bainimarama, the leader of the coup, succeeded Senilagakali as interim Prime Minister. On 29 January 2007, Bainimarama announced that the next election would be around five years away. He informed a visiting regional delegation on 30–31 January that elections would have to wait until a census had been completed, a new voters' roll compiled, and boundaries of electoral districts defined. Meanwhile, interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum suggested using electronic voting to shorten the period of time for counting votes (previously over ten days), and thereby reduce the potential for election rigging.


2014 Fijian general election, Background
Later, Bainimarama announced changes to the electoral system that would abolish the race-based constituencies and that elections would take place in 2010. It was later clarified that the interim administration has no mandate for electoral and constitutional reform, as such changes have to go through the parliamentary process; as such, the proposed 2010 election would take place under the current race-based system, but Bainimarama stated he wished the next government to change the electoral system. In mid-June 2007, Bainimarama gave in to demands from the European Union, Australia and New Zealand to hold polls by 28 February 2009; he also requested assistance with election preparations.


2014 Fijian general election, Background
The deposed Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, stated he would contest the elections. By contrast, Bainimarama said that he had no intention of taking part in the election.


2014 Fijian general election, Background
In March 2008, responding to regional pressure for concrete evidence of his commitment to hold elections in 2009, Bainimarama argued:


2014 Fijian general election, Background
In April 2008, Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry stated that it was necessary to complete and implement the People's Charter for Change and Progress before holding any elections. In May, Commodore Bainimarama said that elections would not take place in March 2009 unless politicians agreed to the Charter.


2014 Fijian general election, Background
Ousted Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi remarked that the next election would likely  be won by "a Fijian-dominated political party" (meaning indigenous-dominated), and asked what the military would do in such a case.


2014 Fijian general election, Background
Bainimarama stated that Qarase's Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua party would be authorised to take part in the election, but that, if elected, Qarase would have to abide by the People's Charter. He would not be authorised to introduce or re-introduce policies – such as the Reconciliation, Tolerance and Unity Bill- which Bainimarama perceived to be racist. Bainimarama warned Qarase publicly that doing so would result in a new coup: "If you do it, I'll remove you." In March 2010, however, Bainimarama stated that "any politician who has played a role in the country's politics, since 1987" would be prevented from standing for election. The rationale was that "Fiji needs new politicians".


2014 Fijian general election, Background
The Charter would serve as a guideline in this respect. Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum stated that "the People's Charter sets a trend or course for which the people of Fiji should actually assess political parties on and political parties that are essentially try [sic] to contest elections purely based on ethnic politics would not be entertained by the people of Fiji".


2014 Fijian general election, Background
Despite his earlier commitment not to run, Bainimarama founded and led the Fiji First party into the election. Mahendra Chaudhry was ruled to be ineligible to stand for election.


2014 Fijian general election, Background, Date
In April 2009 the Fijian government announced that elections would take place "by September 2014". Bainimarama reiterated this in July, specifying that the elections would be held under the provisions of a new Constitution, which would eliminate institutionalised ethnic-based voting. The new Constitution might also amend the number of seats in Parliament, and possibly abolish the Senate.


2014 Fijian general election, Background, Date
In February 2010 a petition, reportedly supported by 600,000 signatories, requested elections by the end of the year. Commodore Bainimarama responded that an early election would not be "practical and realistic": "The implementation of the fundamental changes and reforms captured in the People's Charter and which are now being implemented under the framework of the Roadmap – this is the only plan – or priority for Fiji. It is a plan that is objective of a better Fiji – where all benefit and not just the elite few – as has been the case previously." He dismissed what he called "irresponsible demands and proposals of selfish individuals and groups that run counter to the Charter and the road-map".


2014 Fijian general election, Background, Date
In March 2011 the New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced that New Zealand would lift its travel ban on members of the Fiji administration if the government committed to holding elections in 2014, and allowing "all stakeholders [...] to participate and not only those favoured by the regime". (Until then, New Zealand had insisted on earlier elections.) Fiji Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola replied that the Fiji government was "committed to ensuring that a good and fair election is conducted" in 2014.


2014 Fijian general election, Background, Date
On 30 June 2012 voter registration for the 2014 elections began in Suva. A few days later a Western diplomat confirmed that Fiji was on-schedule for elections in 2014: "It seems fairly clear now that there will be elections of some description in Fiji in 2014. The real question is the extent to which those elections meet minimal international standards for being free and fair. Crucial to answering that question is seeing whether everyone is allowed to compete, and the media and civil society are able to operate in a minimally unimpeded manner."


2014 Fijian general election, Background, Date
Finally, on 23 March 2014, the Fiji government announced that the elections would take place on 17 September of that year, a day to be declared a national holiday.


2014 Fijian general election, Background, Date
A media blackout on campaign activities ran from Monday to Wednesday, the election day. The ban included newspapers, radio, television, campaign poster and social media posts by any Fijian.


2014 Fijian general election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the open list form of party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in one nationwide constituency consisting of 50 seats. There is a threshold of 5% of the vote for a list to gain representation.


2014 Fijian general election, Electoral system
Pre -polling for the elections began two weeks prior to the main election date to cater for those unable to travel long distances to cast their vote. It ended on 15 September. A 48-hour blackout period began soon after, during which no media, including print or social, is allowed to print or post any election material which insinuates campaigning.


2014 Fijian general election, Electoral system
Almost 590,000 citizens registered to vote in the elections. 57,084 voters were registered to vote in Lautoka at 141 polling stations.


2014 Fijian general election, Campaign
Seven parties registered to contest the elections, with a total of 248 candidates nominated, of which two were independents.


2014 Fijian general election, Aftermath
The election was endorsed as "credible" by international observers. Some shortcomings were however noted, such as a restrictive media framework which limited Fijan journalists' ability to "examine rigorously the claims of candidates and parties", a short timeframe for the election and a complex voting system. Leaders of several of the opposition parties protested the result, claiming ballot tampering.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season
The 2014 season was FH's 30th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 14th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season
Heimir Guðjónsson head coached the team for the 7th consecutive season and after a trophyless season in 2013 FH went into the season as one of the favorites for the title.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season
On 25 April FH won the Lengjubikarinn after a convincing win over Breiðablik 4–1


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season
FH went through the 2014 league unbeaten until the last game where they met Stjarnan, who were also unbeaten, in a final for the title. FH lost the game on an injury time penalty and ended the season as runners-up in the league.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season
FH were defeated in the 32nd-finals of the Borgunarbikarinn by eventual winners KR on 28 May.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season
After a 2nd-place finish in 2013 FH earned a place in the Europa League Qualification. FH was drawn against Glenavon F.C. from N.Ireland in round 1. FH won the tie 6–2 and were drawn against FC Neman Grodno, from Belarus, in round 2. FH came on top with a 3–1 victory over the two legged tie. In the 3rd round FH were drawn against the Swedish team IF Elfsborg. FH lost the tie 5–3.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, First Team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Pre-Season, Fótbolti.net Cup
FH took part in Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík, in January. The team was drawn in Group 1 in A-deild with 3 other teams; Keflavik, Breiðablik and Grindavík. FH finished top of the group with 2 wins and 1 defeat. They played Stjarnan in the final which they lost 3–1.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Pre-Season, Atlantic Cup
FH played in The Atlantic Cup, a pre-season friendly tournament held in Algarve, Portugal. The tournament was contested of 8 teams from 6 countries. FH played 3 games against Örebro SK, FC Spartak Moscow and SV Mattersburg and lost all three. FH ended in 8th and last place.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Lengjubikar
Lengjubikarinn, the Icelandic league cup, was held from 14 February to 25 April. It was played in 3 groups and FH were drawn in Group 2 along with 7 other teams. FH came second in the group and went through to the quarter-finals where they won Stjarnan. In the semi-finals they defeated KR on penalties and in the finals they won Breiðablik 4–1, with a hattrick from Ingimundur Níels, thus becoming Lengjubikar champions. This was FH's 6th league cup.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Borgunarbikar
FH came into the Borgunarbikar, Icelandic cup, in the 3rd round (32nd finals) where they were drawn against KR. FH lost the game 1–0.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Úrvalsdeild
After a good preseason and winning the Lengjubikar FH came into the season with good confidence. FH started the season with a home game against Breiðablik, ending in a draw 1–1. FH went through the season unbeaten until the last game of the season, where they met Stjarnan in a final for the title. Both team were unbeaten but FH needed just a draw to secure the title. Stjarnan took the lead on 40th minute through a controversial goal. FH came back and equalised on 64th minute through a goal from Steven Lennon.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Úrvalsdeild
On 59th minute Veigar Páll got sent off for Stjarnan and FH took control of the game but missed some good chances. They were made to pay, in stoppage time Kassim Doumbia fouled Ólafur Karl of Stjarnan inside FH's penalty area and the referee pointed to the spot. Ólafur Karl scored from the penalty spot securing Stjarnan first ever Úrvalsdeild title.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Europa League
FH played in the Europa League qualification from 3 July to 7 August, they came into the tournament in the 1st round. They were drawn against the N.Ireland team Glenavon and they won the tie 6–2, 3–0 in the first leg at home and 3–2 in the second leg. In the 2nd round FH were drawn against Neman Grodno from Belarus. The tie ended 3–1 for FH, 1–1 away and 2–0 at home. FH then got eliminated in the 3rd round against the Swedish team Elfsborg 5–3, 2–1 at home and 1–4 away.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Europa League
These 6 games took FH's total appearances in Europe to a total of 29. Atli Guðnason scored 4 goals in these games and he now has 10 goals in European cup games.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Statistics, Appearances
Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Statistics, Squad Stats
Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Statistics, Goal scorers
Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.


2014 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 31 October 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 Fingal County Council election
A Fingal County Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected from a field of 97 candidates for a five-year term of office from five local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote.


2014 Fingal County Council election
Fingal County Council was expanded from 24 seats to 40 in recognition of population growth. Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections with 7 seats with 3 net gains and securing 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Swords. Fine Gael retained 6 seats though found themselves without representation in Swords while securing 2 in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. Sinn Féin also secured 6 seats, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart. Labour had a very bad election winning just 4 seats and losing 5 seats as a whole as well as being wiped out in Castleknock.


2014 Fingal County Council election
The Anti- Austerity Alliance also made 4 gains, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart, chiefly coming from their former base in the Socialist Party. The Green Party returned to the Council Chamber with 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. People Before Profit also secured a seat in the Balbriggan LEA. Independents were however the chief winners in Fingal gaining 8 additional seats to emerge after the elections with a total of 10 seats.


2014 Finland-Sweden Athletics International
2014 Finland-Sweden Athletics International is the 74th edition of Finland-Sweden Athletics International competition between Sweden and Finland. It was held 30–31 August 2014 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. The women's pole vault was exceptionally competed on 29 August at the Narinkkatori square in downtown Helsinki. Sweden won both the men's and women's events, while Finland won the smaller boy's, girl's and walking events.


2014 Finland-Sweden Athletics International, Results
Points given in each event are, from 1st to 6th place: 7-5-4-3-2-1, in relays 1st and 2nd place are awarded with 5 and 2 points.


2014 Finnish Championship League
The 2014 Finnish Championship League competition is a Finnish domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Suomen Rugbyliitto.


2014 Finnish Cup
The 2014 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) is the 60th season of the Finnish Cup. 152 clubs entered the competition, including all sides on the top two levels of the Finnish football pyramid (Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen), 29 sides from Kakkonen and 101 from lower levels. The winner of the cup enters the qualifying rounds of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.


2014 Finnish Cup, First round
70 teams playing in the Kolmonen and lower leagues started the cup at the first round. The draw for the first and second rounds was held on 12 December 2013.


2014 Finnish Cup, Second round
The second round will be contested by the 35 winners from the previous round and 31 other teams playing in the Kolmonen and lower leagues, which received a bye on the first round. The draw for the first and second rounds was made on 12 December 2013.


2014 Finnish Cup, Third round
The 33 winners of the second round are joined in the third round by the 39 Ykkönen and Kakkonen sides. The draw for the third round was made on 5 February 2014, and the matches are scheduled to be played between 14 February and 7 March.


2014 Finnish Cup, Fourth round
The fourth round will be contested by the winners of the previous round and the four Veikkausliiga teams that finish last in their groups in the 2014 Finnish League Cup. The round will be drawn on 25 or 26 February, and matches will be played between 3 and 18 March.


2014 Finnish Cup, Fifth round
In the fifth round, the four clubs that lose in the quarter-finals of the 2014 Finnish League Cup enter the cup. The round will be drawn on 14 March, and matches will be played between 19 March and 3 April.


2014 Finnish Cup, Sixth round
The remaining four Veikkausliiga teams entered the cup in the sixth round. The matches were played between 15–17 April. The draw for the sixth round was held on 1 April.


2014 Finnish Cup, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals will be played on 30 April 2014. The draw for the sixth round was held on 17 April.


2014 Finnish Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-finals will be played on 16 August 2014. The draw for the semi-finals was held on 20 May.


2014 Finnish Cup, Final
The final of the 2014 Finnish Cup was played on 1 November 2014.


2014 Finnish Figure Skating Championships
The 2014 Finnish Figure Skating Championships (Finnish: SM2014, yksinluistelu ja jäätanssi) took place between December 13 and 15, 2013 at the Barona Areena in Espoo. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. The results were one of the criteria used to choose the Finnish teams to the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 World Championships, 2014 European Championships, and 2014 World Junior Championships.


2014 Finnish League Cup
The 2014 Finnish League Cup will be the 18th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. FC Lahti are the defending champions, having won their second league cup last year.


2014 Finnish League Cup
The cup consists of two stages. First there will be a group stage that involves the 12 Veikkausliiga teams divided into four groups. The top two teams from each group will enter the one-legged elimination rounds – quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.


2014 Finnish League Cup, Group stage
Every team will play every other team of its group twice, both home and away. The group stage matches will be played from January 2014.


2014 Firestone 600
The 2014 Firestone 600K was the eighth round of the 2014 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, June 7. The race was contested over 248 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was televised by NBCSN in the United States. The race was won by Ed Carpenter.


2014 Firestone 600, Classification
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for pole position.


2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
The 2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first race of the 2014 IndyCar Series season, the race took place on March 30 in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the city's temporary street course. The race was won by Will Power for Team Penske. Ryan Hunter-Reay finished second ahead of Hélio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, and Simon Pagenaud. The top finishing rookie in the race was Mikhail Aleshin, in 12th position.


2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Background
Scott Dixon entered this race as the defending series champion, having won his third Indycar title in the 2013 IndyCar Series season from Hélio Castroneves.


2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Background
This was the first race for 3 Indycar rookies. Jack Hawksworth raced in the number 98 for Bryan Herta Autosport after moving up from the Indy Lights series. Mikhail Aleshin and Carlos Huertas, who both raced in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2013, made their debuts as well, with Aleshin racing for Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports and Huertas Dale Coyne Racing. Carlos Muñoz was the 4th rookie in the field with 3 Indycar races in the 2013 IndyCar Series season, most notably the 2013 Indianapolis 500.


2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Background
Returning to American open wheel racing, since his last race in 2000, is Juan Pablo Montoya, the 1999 CART Champion and the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner. In 2014 he will drive for Team Penske in the number 2 car.


2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Background
This was also the first race for Chip Ganassi Racing using Chevrolet engines after the switch from Honda, with Tony Kanaan replacing Dario Franchitti, after his career ending crash in the second Houston race last year. Other drivers racing for a new teams are; Ryan Briscoe with Chip Ganassi Racing, Mike Conway with Ed Carpenter Racing, Sébastien Bourdais and Sebastián Saavedra with KV Racing Technology.


2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Classification, Race results
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2014 Fisher state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Fisher in the South Australian House of Assembly was held on 6 December 2014. The by-election was triggered by the death of independent MP Bob Such on 11 October 2014. Originally elected to Fisher for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 1989 election, defeating the one-term Australian Labor Party MP Philip Tyler, Such left the party in 2000.


2014 Fisher state by-election
Though the Liberals were favourites to win the traditionally Liberal seat, Labor's Nat Cook won the by-election by five votes, a 50.02 percent two-party-preferred vote from a 7.27-point swing away from the Liberals, resulting in a change from minority to majority government. Despite this, the Jay Weatherill Labor government kept crossbench MPs Geoff Brock and Martin Hamilton-Smith in cabinet, giving the government a 26 to 21 parliamentary majority.


2014 Fisher state by-election
ABC psephologist Antony Green described the by-election as a "very poor result for the Liberal Party in South Australia both state and federally", and that a fourth term government gaining a seat at a by-election was unprecedented in Australian history. Much of the anti-Liberal swing was attributed to the unpopularity of then Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and additionally, the remark from then Defence Minister David Johnston several days before the Fisher by-election, where he stated he wouldn't trust South Australia's Australian Submarine Corporation to "build a canoe".


2014 Fisher state by-election, Two-party-preferred history
The two-party-preferred vote in Fisher while Such was an independent:


2014 Fisher state by-election, Polling
One opinion poll was conducted and released by the in-house polling group at The Advertiser, Adelaide's main newspaper. Between one and two weeks prior to the by-election, 400 voters were polled in the seat. Voters were randomly selected at the sole pre-poll booth at Happy Valley Shopping Centre, as well as at Aberfoyle Hub. Primary votes saw 34.25 (−0.85) percent to Liberal, 30 percent to Woodyatt, 20.5 (+2.8) percent to Labor, with a collective 15 percent for the remaining five candidates. The Advertiser claimed that a Liberal primary vote below 40 percent and the high vote for Woodyatt with Labor remaining in third place, preferences could have seen Fisher retained by an independent, Woodyatt.


2014 Fisher state by-election, Polling
South Australian Newspoll at the time of the by-election recorded a statewide six percent two-party swing from Liberal to Labor.


2014 Fisher state by-election, Result
Though the Liberals were favourites to win the traditionally Liberal seat, Labor's Nat Cook won the by-election by five votes with Woodyatt preferences, a 50.02 percent two-party-preferred vote from a 7.27 percent swing away from the Liberals, resulting in a change from minority to majority government. Despite this, the Jay Weatherill Labor government kept crossbench MPs Geoff Brock and Martin Hamilton-Smith in cabinet, giving the government a 26 to 21 parliamentary majority. The Liberals were successful in requesting a re-count which occurred on 15 December.


2014 Fisher state by-election, Result
Labor achieved majority government at a state level one week prior at the 2014 Victorian election.


2014 Fisher state by-election, Result
ABC psephologist Antony Green described the by-election as a "very poor result for the Liberal Party in South Australia both state and federally", and that a fourth term government gaining a seat at a by-election was unprecedented in Australian history. Much of the anti-Liberal swing was attributed to the unpopularity of then Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and additionally, the remark from then Defence Minister David Johnston several days before the by-election, where he stated he wouldn't trust South Australia's Australian Submarine Corporation to "build a canoe".


2014 Fisher state by-election, Result
Former Liberal leader Iain Evans in Davenport resigned from parliament on 30 October 2014 which triggered a 2015 Davenport by-election for 31 January. Just a couple of days before the Davenport by-election, Abbott's infamous knighting of Prince Philip occurred. Liberal Sam Duluk won the seat despite a five percent two-party swing, turning the historically safe seat of Davenport in to a two-party marginal seat for the first time. ABC psephologist Antony Green described it as "another poor result for the South Australian Liberal Party".


2014 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The 2014 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented as the Florida A&M University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rattlers were led by their second year head coach Earl Holmes for the first eight games. In mid-season, he was fired. Holmes was replaced by Corey Fuller for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium. They were the members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season with a disappointing 3–9 record and a 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place which and did not qualify for post-season play.


2014 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
If they had qualified for the post-season, the Rattlers would've been ineligible to participate in post season play due to several APR violations.


2014 Florida Amendment 2
Florida Amendment 2, Use of Marijuana for Certain Medical Conditions, is an initiative that appeared on the November 4, 2014, ballot in the state of Florida as a citizen initiated state constitutional amendment.


2014 Florida Amendment 2
It was officially certified by the state's secretary of state to appear on the 2014 November ballot and  numbered Amendment 2, not to be confused with the 2008 ban on same-sex marriage of the same name. If it had been enacted, the measure would have allowed for the cultivation, purchase, possession and use of medical cannabis to treat certain medical conditions when recommended by a licensed physician. The amendment was introduced by People United for Medical Marijuana on March 26, 2009. As of 2014, twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have already passed legislation allowing doctors to recommend the medicinal use of marijuana thereby legalizing a patients possession and use. After the amendment failed, in 2016 a similar amendment passed.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 gubernatorial politics
The ballot measure was expected to have a significant impact on the 2014 governor's race, as the state's governor will be elected the same day the measure is voted on and both leading candidates have directly opposing views on the issue. Gubernatorial candidate, former governor, and Morgan & Morgan employee Charlie Crist(D) supported by donating a large sum of his own money to the effort, while the incumbent governor Rick Scott(R) is opposed to it.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 gubernatorial politics
Attorney General Pam Bondi lead an effort to keep the measure off the ballot, ultimately failing when the state's Supreme Court ruled in favor of the proposed ballot measure. Bondi, backed by Rick Scott, filed suit to prevent the proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot. This is the third citizen backed initiative to amend the Florida Constitution to allow for the medical use of cannabis however, several "hail-mary passes" which consisted of filing legal challenges with seconds remaining on the clock have successfully kept this matter off the ballot for years.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 gubernatorial politics
Court documents alleged each year that the proposed amendment failed to meet the rules of statutory construction regarding vagueness and violated the single subject matter rule. A citizens for compassion petition for a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution on the matter of decriminalizing the medicinal use of cannabis was drafted with a simplified statement using elementary language and petitioners began gathering the requisite minimum number of voter signatures well in advance of the deadline in order to preemptively place the proposed ballot language before the Court anticipating the inevitable legal challenge.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 gubernatorial politics
Under Florida's Constitution Florida's Supreme Court has ultimate authority and jurisdiction over proposed state constitutional amendment approval. Florida's top court ruled, in a split decision, that the language of the proposed amendment was not unconstitutionally vague nor confusing and the proposed amendment specifically addressed only one subject matter as required under the Florida Constitution and will be placed before the voters. The Court used not so subtle cues by citing the rules of review from an advisory opinion titled "Advisory Op. to Att'y Gen. re Right to Treatment & Rehab. for Non-Violent Drug Offenses", finding, "This Court has traditionally applied a deferential standard of review to the validity of a citizen initiative petition and "has been reluctant to interfere" with "the right of self-determination for all Florida's citizens" to formulate "their own organic law."


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Supporters
Kim Russell, founder of People United for Medical Marijuana, said that she began legalization efforts shortly after her father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Some research claims that the drug can help alleviate the symptoms. In response to claims that politics is the motivating factor, Russell says, "It's freedom and it's also compassion." Supporters are widespread and include some notable public figures, the Florida Cannabis Action Network and John Morgan, head of the Morgan & Morgan law firm. Respected members of society have acknowledged the viable need for this legislation even admitting publicly to assisting loved ones to obtain medical marijuana including last sessions Florida State Senate President, Don Gaetz.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Opposition
Opponents include Sheldon Adelson, a Nevada Billionaire who donated $2.5 million to the Drug Free America Foundation, which is a political committee that helped defeat the measure.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Path to the ballot
In order to qualify for the 2014 ballot supporters are required to collect a minimum of 683,149 valid signatures by the petition drive deadline on February 1, 2014.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Path to the ballot
Supporters reported in August 2013 that they had collected at least 110,000 signatures, enough to trigger a ruling by the Supreme Court of Florida on the measure's constitutionality. Because of the cost of circulating petitions, supporters said they were pausing all petitioning activity until the measure gained the court's approval.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Path to the ballot
The language in the measure was later approved for the ballot by the Florida Supreme Court on January 27, 2014. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had been litigating against the measure in court. An opinion against it was also filed by the Florida Legislature.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Path to the ballot
A multi-institutional study by Penn Medicine published in JAMA Internal Medicine, supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01DA032110, R25DA023021) and the Center for AIDS Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center (NIH AI-51519), found that on average, states allowing the medical use of marijuana have lower rates of overdose caused deaths from opioid analgesics, such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin than states without compassionate use medical marijuana laws. Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reviewed rates of death caused by opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2010.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Path to the ballot
Results of the research reflect that on average, the (then 13) states with laws permitting medical use of cannabis reported an opioid overdose mortality rate at 24.8 percent lower after the compassionate use laws were enacted than those states without compassionate use laws. Implications of the findings may be the best evidence of the claims long made by proponents of medical marijuana use whose previous arguments were largely supported by anecdotal evidence due to the FDA ban inhibiting research.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Path to the ballot
Long term benefits may be even greater where the study revealed that over time the relationship was even more apparent, as deaths attributed to opioid overdose were nearly 20 percent lower in the first year after a state's medical use law was implemented, and opioid overdose deaths continued to decrease to 33.7 percent lower five years after implementation of medicinal use laws. The study provides irrefutable evidence using a discrete data set (state), with a clear variable (with or without medicinal cannabis use), and a measurable mortality rate may provide the proof that cannabis is a safer medication for those patients suffering from chronic pain such as that endured by cancer patients.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Path to the ballot
A poll conducted by Quinnipiac University and released on July 28, 2014, indicated that 88 percent of Florida's voters favor legalization of medical marijuana.


2014 Florida Amendment 2, Result
Amendment 2 failed, receiving 57.6% of the vote. This was short of the 60% supermajority required for constitutional amendments in Florida.


2014 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
The 2014 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Charlie Partridge and played their home games at FAU Stadium. They entered their second season as a member of Conference USA, competing in the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2014 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Alabama
With 7:53 to play in the fourth quarter, officials delayed the game due to lightning strikes within ten miles of Bryant–Denny Stadium. Both schools subsequently agreed to call the game, and this resulted in the 41–0 Alabama victory.


2014 Florida Attorney General election
The 2014 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of Florida. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi ran for re-election to a second term in office against Democrat George Sheldon  and Libertarian Bill Wohlsifer.


2014 Florida Attorney General election, General election, Campaign
Sheldon's constitutional eligibility to serve as attorney general was challenged in court. For the years 2011 to 2013, Sheldon established permanent non-Florida residency in order to receive an exemption from taking continuing legal education courses required to maintain his law license with the Florida Bar. Article IV, Section 5(b) of the Florida Constitution requires the candidates for attorney general maintain permanent residency in Florida for the seven years preceding election to office. The lawsuit named Sheldon and the Florida Secretary of State as defendants, and asked the court to remove Sheldon from the Democratic primary for attorney general.


2014 Florida Attorney General election, General election, Campaign
Leon County Chief Judge Charles A. Francis ruled that Sheldon was eligible for the ballot, stating that though he might have worked out of state, he maintained his residence in Tallahassee and continued to live there whenever he returned. The main lawyer involved in the case chose not to appeal the decision.


2014 Florida Attorney General election, General election, Campaign
After Sheldon won his party's primary on August 26, Bondi challenged him to a general debate before the election. Sheldon stated that he would do so, but raised the possibility of multiple debates. Wohlsifer also challenged Bondi and Sheldon to a debate before the election. On September 9, Bondi's campaign sent out an email accepting an invitation to debate Sheldon in October, which he also accepted. While the Bondi campaign's email only mentioned Sheldon, Sheldon himself stated that he would welcome Wohlsifer's participation. Later on, it was confirmed that the debate would take place on October 6 and all three candidates would participate. It was pre-recorded and then broadcast only in Tampa and Orlando TV markets.


2014 Florida Chief Financial Officer election
The 2014 Florida Chief Financial Officer election took place on November 4, 2014, which resulted in the re-election of the Florida Chief Financial Officer. Incumbent Republican Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater ran for re-election to a second term in office.


2014 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election
The 2014 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was re-elected to a second term in office.


2014 Florida Gators baseball team
The 2014 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2014 college baseball season. This was the Gators' 100th season of baseball. They competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan, who was in his seventh season at Florida. The Gators entered the season looking to build upon their appearance in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, where they were eliminated after consecutive losses to Austin Peay and Valparaiso.


2014 Florida Gators baseball team, Schedule
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2014 Florida Gators football team
The 2014 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's campus in Gainesville, Florida. The 2014 season was the Gators' fourth and final season under head coach Will Muschamp.


2014 Florida Gators football team
On November 16, following an overtime loss at home against South Carolina, which eliminated the Gators from the SEC East race, multiple reports surfaced that Muschamp would not be the head coach in 2015. He was allowed to coach the final two games of regular season play  and the Gators became bowl eligible after a win over Eastern Kentucky. The season ended with a loss to Florida State. The Gators would go on to win the Birmingham Bowl against East Carolina and finish the season 7–5. After four seasons, Muschamp compiled a 28–21 overall, 17–15 conference record


2014 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
During the 2013 season, the Gators suffered a 4–8 overall losing record, and finished 3–5 in the SEC. The Gators failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since being ineligible because of NCAA probation in 1990, finished with a losing record for the first time since the 0–10–1 season in 1979, and lost to Georgia Southern, marking the Gators' first loss to a current Division I-AA or FCS team since 1946.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Pre-season
On April 12, 2014, the Gators played the Orange and Blue game, the program's annual intra-squad spring game. The result was a 23–23 tie, with the Orange team coming back to score a game-tying touchdown and extra point as time expired. The Orange team was led by quarterbacks Skyler Mornhinweg and highly recruited freshman Will Grier, and the Blue team was led by returning fourth-year junior Jeff Driskel.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan
This game marked the second all-time meeting between Eastern Michigan and Florida, with the first being in 2004 that resulted in a 49–10 Gator win.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
This was the SEC conference opener for both teams. This was also the earliest the two teams have played since the SEC split into two divisions in 1992. Florida currently had the longest consecutive and annual active winning streak (27) in NCAA history and longest in-conference streak in Southeastern Conference history over Kentucky, who has not beaten Florida since 1986. With this win, they extended this winning streak to 28. This game marked the first overtime game in the Florida–Kentucky series, the first three-overtime game played by Florida, and improves Florida's all-time record in overtime games to 4–2, having won the last four overtime games.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Alabama
Florida and Alabama played for the fourth time in six years, with this matchup being in Tuscaloosa. This is the most-played SEC Championship game as well, with Florida leading that series 4–3. However, Florida trailed the all-time series 14–23, with the last game being played in 2011 that resulted in a 38–10 Alabama win in Gainesville.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
In their third SEC game of the 2014 season, Florida squared off against their bitter rival, the Tennessee Volunteers. Both teams have met annually since 1990 and the Volunteers trail the Gators in the all-time series 19–24 (.442), and have lost 9 straight to Florida. In last year's contest in Gainesville, Florida defeated Tennessee 31–17.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU
Florida and LSU have been annual opponents since 1971, and forged a heated and evenly matched rivalry since. Florida leads the overall series 31–26–3. The longest winning streak in the series is held by Florida, with nine victories from 1988 to 1996. LSU's longest winning streak is four, from 1977 to 1980. Since 2001, LSU has a 3–3 record at the Swamp, while Florida is 3–3 at Tiger Stadium. Both the Gators and Tigers each won two national championships during that time period and boasted impressive home records against other opponents. In 2013, LSU beat Florida 17–6 in a defensive struggle at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, the first of seven consecutive Gator losses on the year. Florida bested LSU 14–6 in the last matchup in Gainesville in 2012.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Florida and Missouri have only played one another 3 total times (1966, 2012, and 2013), but with Missouri joining the SEC Eastern Division in 2012, the two meet annually in both Gainesville and Columbia. 2012 saw Florida squeak by Missouri and earn a share of the SEC East title with a 14–7 win in Gainesville en route to an 11–2 final record. 2013 saw Missouri embarrass Florida (holding them scoreless in the fourth quarter) 36–17 in Columbia en route to an SEC Eastern Division crown and a Cotton Bowl win.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia
In one of only two SEC neutral site games, the Florida–Georgia rivalry is one of the most storied in SEC football. Held in Jacksonville, Florida since 1933 (minus 1994 and 1995) the rivalry attracts huge crowds to Jacksonville, and the associated tailgating and other events earned it the nickname of the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." The designated home team alternates from year to year, with ticket distribution split evenly between the fans of the two teams. Georgia holds the overall series lead 49–40–2, and currently is riding a 3-game winning streak heading into this year's matchup.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia
Current Florida head coach Will Muschamp (a former Georgia standout) is 0–7 in the rivalry, losing 4 games as a Georgia player and the last 3 games as Florida head coach. Due to much fan criticism and pressure, Coach Muschamp decided that Treon Harris, the much anticipated freshman, would replace Junior quarterback Jeff Driskel for his first start as a Gator vs the Bulldogs.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
In one of the more lopsided series in the SEC, Florida travels to Vanderbilt following a rare loss to the Commodores in Gainesville 17–34 in 2013. The win for the Commodores at Florida was the first since 1945. The Commodores snapped a 22-game losing streak to the Gators, and was just the Commodores' 10th win in 47 meetings against the Gators and their first in the series since 1988. Florida leads the overall series with Vanderbilt 35–10–2, and defeated Vanderbilt on their last visit to Nashville in 2012 by a score of 31–17.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Florida and South Carolina have been divisional rivals since 1992, and the Gators holds a dominating 24–7–3 series lead against the Gamecocks. However, the series has been far more evenly matched since the arrival of former Gators Heisman Trophy winning quarterback and former head coach Steve Spurrier as South Carolina Head Coach in 2005. Previously, South Carolina had not defeated Florida since joining the SEC in 1992 before Spurrier's arrival, but has been only a slim 5–4 Florida advantage since.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
2013 found Florida narrowly lose 14–19 to South Carolina late in the 4th quarter in a night time match-up at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia. During their last visit to Gainesville, South Carolina was dominated on both sides of the ball in a 44–11 Gators rout. This will be the final Southeastern Conference game of the season for both teams. After the game Coach Muschamp was fired and DJ Durkin became the interim coach for the rest of the season.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Eastern Kentucky
Florida closes out the 2014 home season and celebrates Senior Day against FCS opponent Eastern Kentucky. Gators coach Will Muschamp was Eastern Kentucky's secondary coach in 1999 in his second season as a full-time assistant coach. This will be the first meeting between the two teams.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State
In one of the most intense, heated, and emotional rivalries in all of college football, Florida and Florida State ended each of their respective regular seasons against one another in Tallahassee on FSU Senior Day. 2013 found both teams on opposite sides of the coin. FSU went on to an undefeated 14–0 season and were crowned BCS National Champions, while Florida limped to a 4–8 record that included a seven-game losing skid to end the season. Florida holds a 34–22–2 advantage in the series, a 7–3 record since 2004, and has a 4–1 record at Florida State since 2004. Florida State won the most recent match up 37–7 behind eventual Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston in Gainesville, while Florida held serve in 2012 by defeating Florida State in Tallahassee 37–26 behind senior running back Mike Gillislee.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
This was only the second meeting between the schools. Their previous meeting came in 1983, a 24-17 Gator victory. The teams faced each other again in Florida's second game of the 2015 season.


2014 Florida Gators football team, Personnel
Following the low offensive production of the 2013 season, head coach Will Muschamp released offensive coordinator Brent Pease and offensive line coach Tim Davis. Muschamp replaced Pease with Kurt Roper, who led the Duke Blue Devils to their 1st 10-win season, the ACC title game, and the Chick-fil-A Bowl in 2013. Muschamp also replaced Davis with Mike Summers, and hired Coleman Hutzler as the new special teams coach.


2014 Florida Gators softball team
The 2014 Florida Gators softball team represented the University of Florida softball program for the 2014 NCAA softball season.


2014 Florida Gators softball team, Roster
The 2014 Florida Gators softball team has 2 seniors, 6 juniors, 5 sophomores, and 4 freshmen.


2014 Florida House of Representatives election
The 2014 Florida House of Representatives election took place on November 4, 2014 to elect representatives from all 120 districts. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the Senate.


2014 Florida House of Representatives election
The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Florida Democratic Party.


2014 Florida Launch season
The 2014 Florida Launch season is the inaugural season for the Launch in Major League Lacrosse in the United States of America. The Launch will be created from the 23-Man Protected Roster of the now defunct Hamilton Nationals.


2014 Florida Marine Raiders season
The 2015 Florida Marine Raiders season was the third season for the X-League Indoor Football (X-League) franchise, and their first season in X-League.


2014 Florida Marine Raiders season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated April 7, 201519 Active, 0 Inactive


2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The 2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium, named for 35th year head coach Mike Martin. It was the Seminoles' 23rd season as a member of the ACC and its 9th in the ACC Atlantic Division.


2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
Florida State achieved forty wins for the thirty-seventh straight year and twenty conference wins for the seventh time in school history. The Seminoles made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the fifty-second time, their thirty-seventh straight tournament appearance. Florida State was chosen as a national seed for the tenth time and hosted a regional for the thirty-first time.


2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, Schedule
The Seminoles played a three-game series against Miami, despite the ACC not scheduling conference games between the two schools. The three games did not count in ACC standings.


2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, Schedule
Florida State was selected as the fifth overall seed in the NCAA tournament.


2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University in the sport of American football during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. Florida State competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles were led by fifth-year head coach Jimbo Fisher and played their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, playing in the Atlantic Division. It was the Seminoles' 23rd season as a member of the ACC and its 10th in the ACC Atlantic Division.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team
Florida State entered the season as the defending national champion.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team
The Seminoles ended the regular season as the only team from a power conference without a loss, but finished the season with a 13–1 record. The Seminoles won the ACC Atlantic Division for the sixth time, advancing to their fifth conference championship game, where they defeated Georgia Tech to win their fifteenth conference title. Florida State was selected to play in the inaugural College Football Playoff, losing to Oregon in the semifinal at the Rose Bowl and snapping the Seminoles' 29 game win streak. Starting quarterback and 2013 Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston was the first pick in the NFL Draft. They were invited to the Rose bowl where they got blown out by Oregon.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Previous season
Florida State ended the 2013 season with a 14–0 record (8–0 in ACC play), winning the conference championship and the national title while quarterback Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy. They were led by Jimbo Fisher in his fourth year as head coach. Seven players from the 2013 team were taken in the 2014 NFL Draft.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
Prior to the start of the season, defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt left his position at Florida State to take the same job at the University of Georgia. Linebackers coach Charles Kelly was promoted to defensive coordinator while wide receivers coach Lawrence Dawsey and quarterbacks coach Randy Sanders were promoted as offensive coordinators. To round out the coaching staff, Bill Miller was hired to coach linebackers.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Spring game
The annual 'Garnet & Gold Game' was held on April 12 at Doak S. Campbell Stadium. The Garnet team, led by quarterback Jameis Winston, was victorious with a 31–14 win over the Gold team.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Media
Florida State football is broadcast on the Florida State University Seminoles Radio Network and the games are called by Gene Deckerhoff.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Season
In the ACC Media Poll, Florida State was voted to finish first in the Atlantic Division and win the ACC title. Jameis Winston was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year. FSU led the league with nine preseason All-ACC selections in Rashad Greene, Nick O'Leary, Cameron Erving, Tre' Jackson, Jameis Winston, Karlos Williams on offense along with Mario Edwards and P. J. Williams on defense and Roberto Aguayo on special teams.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Awards, All-Americans
Nick O'Leary, Tre' Jackson and Roberto Aguayo were chosen as consensus All-American players.


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Awards, NFL Draft
The following FSU players were selected in the 2015 NFL Draft:


2014 Florida State Seminoles football team, Awards, NFL Draft
Offensive lineman Josue Matias went on to sign with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent while wide receiver Jarred Haggins signed with the Detroit Lions.


2014 Florida Tarpons season
The 2014 Florida Tarpons season was the 3rd season for the franchise as a member of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL).


2014 Florida Tarpons season, Roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated August 2, 20148 Active, 0 Inactive


2014 Florida Tech Panthers football team
The 2014 Florida Tech Panthers football team represented the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) during the 2014 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Steve Englehart, who was in his second year at Florida Tech. The Panthers played their home games at Pirate Stadium, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus and were a member of the Gulf South Conference. The 2014 season was the Panthers' second, after having football approved at FIT in April, 2010.


2014 Florida Tech Panthers football team
The Panthers would record the first winning season in program history at 6-5. Highlights included the program's first ever win over a ranked team in a 37-31 victory over #12 Tarleton State at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas as part of the Lone Star Football Festival , their first ever road win in GSC play thanks to a last second 33-32 win at West Alabama  and clinching a winning record on a 41-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass from Mark Cato to Xavier Milton as time expired to defeat Shorter, 34-30.


2014 Florida Tech Panthers football team, Awards and milestones, Gulf South Conference honors
Nine players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches. Wide Receiver Xavier Milton was named the GSC Co-Offensive Player of the Year with West Alabama QB Kyle Caldwell, becoming the first Panther to receive the honor. Quarterback Mark Cato became the first of two consecutive Panthers to win GSC Offensive Freshman of the Year with Antwuan Haynes winning it the following year. Steve Englehart was named GSC Co-Coach of the Year with Delta State's Todd Cooley and would go on to win the award outright in 2015.


2014 Florida Winter Series
The 2014 Florida Winter Series season was the inaugural and only season for the Florida Winter Series, a non-championship racing series organised by the Ferrari Driver Academy in Florida. The season started with a collective test on 22 January 2014 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, before a total of 12 races were held over 4 race meetings at Sebring International Raceway, Palm Beach International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.


2014 Florida Winter Series
One of the Academy's driver roster, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps competitor Antonio Fuoco, was one of two drivers to win four races along with Nicholas Latifi, who had contested the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2013. KZ1 karting world champion Max Verstappen won races at Palm Beach and Homestead, as he contested his first single-seater races prior to a campaign in the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, while Dennis van de Laar and Tatiana Calderón each won races at Sebring, as they also prepared for their respective FIA European Formula Three Championship campaigns.


2014 Florida Winter Series
The series used the Tatuus FA010B chassis. This car is also used in Formula Abarth and other regional championships. The car is built to Formula 3 safety regulations to ensure the drivers safety. The car is powered by a 1400cc Fiat-FPT engine producing 190hp.


2014 Florida Winter Series, Results
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2014 Florida elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Florida, on November 4, 2014.


2014 Florida elections, State elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Scott and Lieutenant Governor Carlos López-Cantera sought re-election. Scott faced Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder, a conservative activist and candidate for governor in 1998 and Yinka Adeshina, a pharmacist, in the Republican primary. Scott and López-Cantera faced former Republican governor and independent candidate for Senate in 2010 Democrat Charlie Crist and Annette Taddeo-Goldstein in the general election. Scott was re-elected to a second term.