2013 Sun Bowl
The 2013 Sun Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2013, at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. In this 80th edition of the Sun Bowl, the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference met the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game started at 12:00 noon MST, and was televised on CBS and heard on the Sports USA Radio Network. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Hyundai Motor Company and was officially known as the Hyundai Sun Bowl. UCLA defeated Virginia Tech 42-12 for the Sun Bowl Championship.


2013 Sun Bowl, Teams
UCLA finished the regular season with a record of 9–3 (6–3 Pac-12). Virginia Tech was  8–4 (5–3 ACC).


2013 Sun Bowl, Teams, UCLA
The UCLA Bruins finished the season tied for second place in the South Division of Pac-12 Conference. They missed going to the Pac-12 championship game for the third time in a row when they lost the November 23, 2013 game to Arizona State. This is the fourth appearance in the Sun Bowl for UCLA.


2013 Sun Bowl, Teams, UCLA
Offensively, the team is led in rushing by Brett Hundley (150 carries for 587 yards, 3.91 avg., 9 TDs) and Paul Perkins (126 carries for 570 yards, 4.52 avg., 5 TDs), Hundley in passing (232 of 342 for 2,845 yards, 22 TDs, 9 INTs), and Shaquelle Evans in receiving (43 catches for 617 yards, 14.35 avg., 8 TDs). Anthony Barr, who has 10 sacks for 66 sack yards, and Eric Kendricks, who has 105 tackles (64 solo, 41 assisted), lead the defense.


2013 Sun Bowl, Teams, Virginia Tech
For the Hokies, quarterback Logan Thomas has completed 224 of 391 passes for 2,861 yards for 16 touchdowns with 13 interceptions, third in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. Trey Edmunds ran 166 times for 675 yards (4.07 avg.) and 10 touchdowns. Receiving the passes is Willie Byrn, who has caught 49 passes for 635 yards (12.96 avg.) for 2 touchdowns along with Demitri Knowles, who has 43 receptions for 619 yards (14.4 avg.) for 3 touchdowns. A. J. Hughes is second in the ACC in punting, averaging 44.5 yards in 69 punts. Jack Tyler has 93 tackles (32 solo), while Luther Maddy had 6 solo sacks and James Gayle with 5.5 sacks in 12 games.


2013 Sundance Film Festival
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 17, 2013, until January 27, 2013, in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Sundance, Utah.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Films
A record 12,146 films were submitted, 429 more films than the 2012 festival. 4,044 feature films were submitted and 119 were selected (with 103 of them being world premieres). 8,102 short films were submitted and 65 were selected. The festival had films representing 32 countries, from 51 first-time filmmakers, 27 of which had films in competition.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Films
For the first time in the festival's history, half of the films featured were made by women and half  by men. In the U.S. dramatic competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the U.S. documentary competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the dramatic premieres category, however, only 3 of the 18 films were directed by women.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Films
Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and Sundance Documentary Fund, said that of the 40 documentaries at this year's festival, 12 of them came through the Documentary Film Program, which "really came here in 2002." Linsanity, a documentary about the rise of Asian American basketball player Jeremy Lin, premiered to a sold-out screening on January 20. The Los Angeles Times wrote that it received a "rousing response, easily making it one of the most crowd-pleasing documentaries to play the festival this year."


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Awards
The awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2013, a few miles north of Park City, Utah at Kimball Junction at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse, and was hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Awards
Additional awards were presented at separate ceremonies. The Shorts Awards were presented January 22, 2013 at the Jupiter Bowl at Redstone Square.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Awards
For the first time since 2009, the same film won the top awards from judges and audiences. Fruitvale won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Blood Brother also won both top prizes in the U.S. Documentary competition, the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Juries
Nineteen of the jury members, which award prizes to films, were announced on December 19, 2012. The 5 members of the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which will also took part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on January 17, 2013. Presenters of awards are followed by asterisks:


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Juries
Others who presented awards included Barbara Kopple, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Mariel Hemingway.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Festival theaters, Sundance Film Festival U.S.A.
On January 31, 2013, the festival sent 10 filmmakers to 10 cities across the US to screen and discuss their films. The cities and films were:


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Reception
Matt Patches of Hollywood.com wrote that the festival is more important than ever after Beasts of the Southern Wild, which debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, winning the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Cinematography Award, and going on to garner four Oscar nominations at the 85th Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actress). He wrote, "we're living in a post-Beasts world where a Sundance unknown can end a year-long journey at the Best Directors table." He said "studios are looking to Sundance for recommendations."


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Reception
Robert Redford said Beasts of the Southern Wild "is probably one of the great examples that we have of why Sundance is here and what my intention was to begin with." Kristopher Tapley wrote the film "was nurtured through the Sundance Institute's system every step of the way", mentioning the Screenwriters Lab, the Directors Lab, and funding at the Creative Producing Summit.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Reception
Regarding the festival, Redford said "I never dreamed when we started — we didn't even know that we would last — and then when it lasted and grew, it became huge. I never anticipated that it would get to this size." Kenneth Turan mentioned the number of films submitted and the few selected, saying "the sameness of those chosen from year to year is disheartening." He wrote "it almost feels as if programmers are filling specific, pre-ordained slots", and mentioned there are always too many teenage coming-of-age films.


2013 Sundance Film Festival, Reception
He said the festival is "inevitably a mixed bag, where excitement combines with frustration..." Turan wrote that "Sundance remains the nonpareil launching pad for tiny films that would never reach maximum altitude otherwise", saying that "without the heat generated by this festival", there is no way Beasts of the Southern Wild would have gotten four Oscar nominations. He praised the New Frontier exhibitions. Turan wrote, "As always, the spectrum in documentary was most impressive." And said Sundance "is looking more and more like the best doc festival in the world." At the 85th Academy Awards, four of the five nominated documentary features premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and the fifth, The Gatekeepers, was shown at this year's festival.


2013 Sungai Limau by-election
A by-election was held for the Kedah State Assembly seat of Sungai Limau on 4 November 2013 with nomination day on 23 October 2013. The seat was vacated after the death of the incumbent five-term assemblyman and former Menteri Besar of Kedah, Azizan Abdul Razak on 26 September 2013 from heart complications. Tan Sri Azizan was an assemblyman from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and the first PAS Menteri Besar of Kedah.


2013 Sungai Limau by-election
On 21 October, Barisan Nasional made announcement that Dr Ahmad Sohaimi Lazim, lecturer in Sultan Idris University of Education has been named as BN candidate  while PAS named Jerai PAS Youth chief Mohd Azam Samad as PAS candidate. The election was seen as a sort of referendum on current BN Menteri Besar of Kedah, Mukhriz Mahathir who failed in his bid to be elected as UMNO vice-president in the UMNO polls on 19 October 2013.


2013 Sungai Limau by-election
The by election was won by Mohd Azam Samad with a reduced majority of 1,084 votes.


2013 Sunshine Tour
The 2013 Sunshine Tour was the 14th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 7th since the tour switched a calendar-based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.


2013 Sunshine Tour
The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Namibia.


2013 Sunshine Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the  schedule of events for the 2013 Sunshine Tour season. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and the "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally have much higher prize funds, attract stronger fields, and until 2012 were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with some events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour.


2013 Sunshine Tour, Schedule
Since the tour switched to a calendar-based season, this part of the tour has been split in two, with some events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in November and December. Beginning in 2012, all events carry world ranking points, with the "Winter Swing" 72-hole events having a minimum of 6 points and the 54-hole events having a minimum of 4 points, compared with the 14 point minimum for the "Summer Swing" events.


2013 Sunshine Tour, Schedule
Prize funds shown do not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.


2013 Sunshine Tour, Order of Merit
Charl Schwartzel (5.7 million) and Richard Sterne (2.5 million) did not play the minimum number of tournaments required (eight) to be ranked.


2013 Super 8 Twenty20 Cup
The 2013 Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup was the third season of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup. It was played between March 26, 2013 and March 31, 2013 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. A total of 15 matches were played during the tournament.


2013 Super 8 Twenty20 Cup
Faisalabad Wolves were crowned the champions for the 2nd time. They beat the defending champions Sialkot Stallions in the final. Faisalabad Wolves won their first title in 2005. They participated in the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 as a result of winning the tournament.


2013 Super Coppa Sammarinese
The 2013 Super Coppa Sammarinese is the second Super Coppa Sammarinese football match. It was contested by Tre Penne, the winner of the 2012–13 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, and La Fiorita the winner of the 2012–13 Coppa Titano. The match was held on 31 August 2013 at the Campo di Fiorentino.


2013 Super Formula Championship
The 2013 Japanese Championship Super Formula season was the 27th season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing and the first under the new name of Super Formula. The series was contested over six rounds and a non-championship final round at Fuji Speedway as part of the JAF Grand Prix. 2013 was also the last season using the original chassis (SF13, known as FN09 in previous seasons) by Swift Engineering as for 2014 Dallara would supply a new chassis, the SF14, to the series.


2013 Super Formula Championship, Race calendar and results
A provisional calendar for the 2013 season was released on 10 August 2012. All races were held in Japan.


2013 Super Fours
The 2013 Super Fours was the 10th cricket Super Fours season. It took place in June and saw 4 teams compete in 50 over and Twenty20 matches. The four teams that competed in previous years were condensed into three, and Leicestershire and Rutland Under-16 Boys replaced Diamonds. There was no overall winner in the 50 over tournament, whilst Sapphires won the Twenty20 tournament, their fourth title in the format.


2013 Super Fours, Competition format
In the one day tournament, each team played two games, with no overall winner declared.


2013 Super Fours, Competition format
The Twenty20 competition consisted of two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third place play-off.


2013 Super GT International Series Malaysia
The 2013 Super GT International Series Malaysia was the third round of the 2013 Super GT season. It took place on June 16, 2013.


2013 Super GT Series
The 2013 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-first season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the ninth season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-first season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was the final year of the GT500 regulations introduced in 2010 as the 2014 season would see unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The season began on April 7 and ended on November 17, 2013 after 8 regular races and 1 non championship event.


2013 Super GT Series
Apart the series' 8 points-scoring races, the 3 Hours of Fuji, a part of 2013 Asian Le Mans Series organized by Automobile Club de l'Ouest, also counted for points towards the GT300 class.


2013 Super GT Series, Schedule
An updated provisional calendar was released on November 1, 2012.


2013 Super League Grand Final
The 2013 Super League Grand Final was the 16th official Grand Final and conclusive and championship-deciding match of Super League XVIII. The game was held on Saturday 5 October 2013, at Old Trafford, Manchester, and was contested by Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves. The two teams reached the final after progressing through the Super League XVIII play-offs. It was Warrington's second successive Grand Final and second successive defeat as Wigan won 30-16 with 28 unanswered points after going 16-2 down in the first half to claim a Super League/Challenge Cup double, having won the 2013 Challenge Cup against Hull F.C. at Wembley Stadium in August.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Warrington Wolves
Warrington's 2013 play-off campaign started with a 40-20 home win over last season's Grand Final winners, Leeds Rhinos with Ben Westwood scoring four tries. The result, coupled with Wigan's win over the league leaders Huddersfield, meant that Warrington would be the team to choose in the Club Call.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Warrington Wolves
On Sunday 22 September, Warrington opted to play Huddersfield Giants in the Qualifying Semi Final instead of a re-match against Leeds. Warrington's coach Tony Smith did not have any say in the choice of opponent, after describing the Club Call as "a ridiculous gimmick". Warrington's choice proved fruitful, as they ran out 30-22 winners against Huddersfield to send Warrington into their second Grand Final in two years, having never reached the final before the 2012 final.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Wigan Warriors
Following a poor run of results towards the end of the regular season, Wigan slipped down from first to fourth in the table, forfeiting home advantage in the first round of the play-offs as a result. Despite being drawn away in their Qualifying Play off game, Wigan went to Huddersfield's John Smith's Stadium and won 22-8 with two tries for Josh Charnley and two drop-goals from Matty Smith.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Wigan Warriors
Following the Club Call decision by Warrington, Wigan met Leeds in the Qualifying Semi Final at the DW Stadium at the same stage and same venue as the 2012 play-offs. However, Wigan would be successful in 2013, winning 22-12 in what would be the last home match for Sam Tomkins, Pat Richards and Lee Mossop.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Match details, First half
A cagey opening to the game saw little in the way of notable action aside from 3 minutes into the game when Wigan stand off Blake Green was tackled and Warrington second rower Ben Westwood punched a prone Green in the face. The referee only put Westwood on report for the incident. After receiving treatment, Green was able to carry on. Wigan took the lead on 11 minutes when Pat Richards booted a penalty kick to put Wigan 2-0 up.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Match details, First half
Green kicked a 40/20 shortly after to give Wigan a prime opportunity to extend their lead but they couldn't take it. On 21 minutes, Warrington took the lead when winger Joel Monaghan plucked a Lee Briers kick out of the air but the Stefan Ratchford couldn't nail the conversion, 4-2 to Warrington.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Match details, First half
3 minutes later the Wire extended their lead after the Warriors kicked out on the full from the kickoff. They gained territory from the set and Simon Grix took Micky Higham's pass to crash over the line. Ratchford converts to make it 10-2. Warrington scored again on 26 minutes as Ben Westwood charged over from close range after great work from Briers with Ratchford kicking the extras to make it 16-2 and put Warrington in the driving seat.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Match details, First half
As the game inched closer to half time, a turning point came when Joel Monaghan paid the ultimate price for halting Warriors winger Pat Richards' charge to the corner as he knocked himself out preventing Richards from going over for a try. After he was stretchered off, Wigan showed there were still signs of life when the Josh Charnley-Darrell Goulding combination that had been so great all season, but so wasteful in this game up until this point, finally clicked when Sam Tomkins sent Goulding over in the corner. Richards was unable to convert as the score at half time was 16-6.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Second half
The next try was going to be a pivotal one whichever way it went and it went to Wigan on 49 minutes as Michael McIlorum threw a dummy at the play the ball which fooled Warrington's defence and he was able to scoot over the line with Richards' conversion reducing the deficit to 16-12. Warrington would then lose Ratchford to injury as they began to run out of bodies.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Second half
Wigan tied the game on 53 minutes as Goulding played a grubber kick behind the Warrington line and Charnley was quickest to react as he won the race to the ball and went over; Richards kicking the extras to give Wigan a slender 18-16 lead. The Warriors then extended their lead with 15 minutes left as Green, sporting a black eye after the punch he took earlier in the game, sold Adrian Morley a dummy before diving under the posts to give Richards an easy conversion to put Wigan 24-16 up.


2013 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Second half
With six minutes left, Richards ended a glittering 8 season career at Wigan with one more try and conversion as he plucked a looping pass from Sean O'Loughlin to touch down in the corner and convert his own try to make it 30-16. This win sealed the Super League and Challenge Cup double for Wigan, the Warriors becoming the first team to achieve that feat since St Helens in 2006 and ensured that Sam Tomkins, Pat Richards, and Lee Mossop would all leave for the NRL on a high. It was heartbreak though for Lee Briers, who retired at the end of this season, and outgoing Wolves players Adrian Morley, Gareth Carvell, and Michael Cooper.


2013 Super League Grand Final, World Club Challenge
By winning this match the Warriors had qualified for the World Club Challenge, to be played early in the 2014 season against the winners of the 2013 NRL Grand final, the Sydney Roosters.


2013 Super League season results
This is a list of the 2013 Super League season results. Super League is the top-flight rugby league competition in the United Kingdom and France. The 2013 season starts on 1 February and ends on 5 October with the 2013 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. The Magic Weekend was scheduled over the weekend of 25 and 26 May and would be played at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester for the second time, the ground having been used for the 2012 season.


2013 Super League season results
The 2013 Super League season consists of two stages. The regular season is played over 27 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition played each other once at home and once away, as well as their Magic Weekend fixtures played over the sixteenth round of the season. In Super League XVIII, a win was worth two points in the table, a draw worth one point apiece, and a loss yielded no points.


2013 Super League season results
The league leaders at the end of the regular season, will receive the League Leaders' Shield, but the Championship will be decided through the second stage of the season—the play-offs. The top eight teams in the table contest to play in the 2013 Super League Grand Final, the winners of which will be crowned Super League XVIII Champions.


2013 Super League season results, Play-offs
The 2013 Super League play-offs will take place during September and October 2013 and consists of the top eight teams of the regular season.


2013 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format
Super League has used a play-off system since Super League III in 1998. When introduced, 5 teams qualified for the play-offs, which was subsequently expanded to 6 teams in 2002. The 2013 season will follow the same format that has been used since the 2009 season, which consists of an 8-team play-off.


2013 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format
The winning team from week one with the highest league placing will be allowed to select their opponents for week three in the Club Call. Except for the Club-Call, the current play-off format follows the play-off system of the Australian Football League.


2013 Super League season results, Notes
A. Game re-scheduled from 8 February due to accident on M62 motorway B. Game re-schuduled from 17 February due to Huddersfield Town's FA Cup 5th Round tie with Wigan Athletic C.  Game re-schuduled from 24 February due to Bradford City FC's involvement in the 2013 Football League Cup Final D.  Game re-scheduled to 17 June 2013 due to Leeds Rhinos' involvement in the 2013 World Club ChallengeE.  Game postponed on 22 March and 24 March due to snowF.  Game move to Esher RFC due to pitch at Twickenham Stoop being unplayableG.  Game abandoned after 73 minutes due to floodlight issues.


2013 Super League season results, Notes
Result needs to be ratified by Rugby Football LeagueH.  Game move to Adams Park due to Harlequins's Heineken Cup quarter-final match against Munster on 7 AprilI. All matches played at Etihad Stadium as part of Magic WeekendJ. Ground renamed from Stobart Stadium to Select Security Stadium from June 2013K.  Game moved to Gillingham F.C. 's Priestfield Stadium


2013 Super Rugby Final
The 2013 Super Rugby final was contested on 3 August 2013 by the Canberra-based Brumbies and Hamilton-based Chiefs. The Chiefs won 27–22 to give them their second consecutive Super Rugby title. The match was the last of the 2013 Super Rugby season, and was hosted by the Chiefs at Waikato Stadium. It was the eighteenth final in the history of the Southern Hemisphere's premier domestic rugby competition, and the third under the expanded fifteen-team format. The Chiefs had qualified highest during the regular season, while the Brumbies qualified third.


2013 Super Rugby Final
The Chiefs directly qualified for their semi-final, where they beat fellow New Zealand team the Crusaders 20–19. The Brumbies defeated the Cheetahs in a close qualifying final, and then travelled to Pretoria where they beat the Bulls in their semi-final. The Chiefs hosted the final after qualifying higher than the Brumbies, who had to travel back from South Africa for the match.


2013 Super Rugby Final
The Brumbies led early in the final, and were ahead 16–9 at half-time following a converted try and three penalties from inside-centre Christian Lealiifano. After penalties were exchanged early in the second half, the Brumbies were ahead 22–12, before the Chiefs scored two tries and a penalty to take the lead 27–22 with seven minutes remaining. The Brumbies were unable to score further, and the Chiefs went on to win.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
The 2013 Super Rugby competition involved fifteen teams, five each from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. 2013 marked the eighteenth season of the competition and the third in the expanded fifteen team format: twelve teams competed between 1996 and 2005, before increasing to fourteen between 2006 and 2010. The competition began on 24 February with the regular season consisting of 120 matches over twenty one weeks. Each team played teams from their own country twice (home and away) and four teams from each of the other two countries once (two at home and two away). The top six teams after the regular season advanced to the finals.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
The Chiefs qualified top of the table after the regular season, and played the Crusaders in their semi-final where they won 20–19. The win also guaranteed the side would host the final, regardless of their opposition. The Brumbies finished third on the overall table, and top of the Australian Conference after the regular season. They hosted the Cheetahs in their qualifying final, who they defeated 15–13 in Canberra. They then travelled to Pretoria where they faced the Bulls in their semi-final. The match was won 26–23 after a late try.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
The Chiefs went into the final with twelve wins and four losses whereas the Brumbies went in with ten wins, four losses and two draws. The Chiefs and the Brumbies did not meet during the conference round. They had last met at Mount Maunganui in round four of the 2012 season where the Brumbies were beaten 29–22 by the Chiefs.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
The Chiefs were looking to be the fourth team to defend the title back to back since the Blues (1996 and 1997), Crusaders who defended it three years in a row (1998, 1999 and 2000) and the Bulls (2009 and 2010). The Brumbies were hoping to win the title for the third time which would put them equal second all-time with the Blues and Bulls with three Super Rugby titles.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Match, Summary
The Brumbies dominated the scoring early in the match, with their inside-centre Christian Lealiifano scoring three early penalties to give his team a 9–0 lead after 20 minutes. The Chiefs responded with three penalties of their own, all scored by Aaron Cruden, to level the scores 9–9 after 32 minutes.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Match, Summary
The Brumbies were played a territory-based strategy, and were the first team to score a try, when after 35 minutes, Chiefs' scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow threw an errant pass following being pressured by Brumbies' flanker George Smith; the resulting pass was intercepted by Lealiifano who ran 40 metres (130 ft) to score. The try was converted and the Brumbies led 16–9 at half-time.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Match, Summary
The Brumbies were awarded a penalty at the 45-minute mark, which they converted to lead 19–9. The Chiefs responded with a penalty three minutes later, but missed another penalty opportunity soon after. When the Brumbies won possession at the break-down, a grubber kick was recovered by Brumbies' wing Clyde Rathbone, who was stopped with a try-saving tackle from Cruden. From the resulting play the Brumbies attacked the Chiefs try-line, and the Television Match Official was asked to adjudicate whether the Brumbies had forced the ball over the line, but the result was inconclusive and a try was not awarded.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Match, Summary
The Brumbies were awarded another penalty which they converted to leave the scores 22–12 after sixty minutes. Following a sustained attack, and having the ball held up over the try-line, the Chiefs were awarded a scrum five-metres from the Brumbies' line. Chiefs' flanker Liam Messam scored from the resulting scrum, and the try was unconverted to narrow the Brumbies' lead to 22–17. After attacking from their own half, Chiefs' substitute Robbie Robinson ran through a gap in the Brumbies' defence to score a try, which was converted by Cruden to give the Chiefs the lead 24–22 after 72 minutes. Two minutes later the Chiefs were awarded a penalty which they kicked to give them a five-point lead. The Brumbies attacked throughout the remainder of the match, but the Chiefs' defence held, and the match finished 27–22 to the Chiefs.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Match, Summary
The man-of-the-match was awarded to Messam. A victory parade through Hamilton was hosted in the Chiefs' honour on 6 August 2013.


2013 Super Rugby Final, Match, Details
Man of the Match: Liam MessamTouch judges: Chris Pollock Garratt WilliamsonTelevision match official: Vinny Munro


2013 Super Rugby season
The 2013 Super Rugby season was the third season of the new 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition involving teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The tournament was won by the Chiefs, who defeated the Canberra-based Brumbies 27–22 in the competition final. For sponsorship reasons, this competition is known as FxPro Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New Zealand and Vodacom Super Rugby in South Africa. Including the past incarnations as Super 12 and Super 14, this was the 18th season of the Southern Hemisphere's premier domestic competition. Conference matches took place every weekend from 15 February until 13 July – with a break between rounds 17 and 18 for internationals games – followed by the play-offs series that culminated in the final on 3 August.


2013 Super Rugby season
The 2013 season saw the  Southern Kings of South Africa enter the competition for the first time, having replaced the under-performing  Lions. The Kings achieved three victories in their inaugural tournament, but finished last following the regular season, and were defeated by the Lions in a two-leg play-off for a position in the South African conference for the 2014 season.


2013 Super Rugby season, Competition format
Covering 25 weeks, the schedule featured a total of 125 matches. The 15 teams were grouped by geography, labelled the Australian Conference, New Zealand Conference and the South African Conference. The regular season consisted of two types of matches:


2013 Super Rugby season, Competition format
The top team of each conference, plus the next top three teams in table points regardless of conference (wild card teams), moved on to the finals. The top two conference winners, based on table points, received first-round byes. In the first round of the finals, the third conference winner was the #3 seed and hosted the wild card team with the worst record, and the best wild card team hosted the second-best wild card team. In the semi-finals, the #2 conference winner hosted the higher surviving seed from the first round, and the #1 conference winner hosted the other first-round winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.


2013 Super Rugby season, Competition format
In addition, a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off took place at the end of the season between the bottom team in the South African Conference and the  Lions, with the winner qualifying for Super Rugby in 2014.


2013 Super Rugby season, Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs
The Promotion/Relegation series is not an official part of the Super Rugby competition as organised by SANZAR. Instead, it was introduced by SARU to give the sixth South African franchise an opportunity to qualify for Super Rugby.


2013 Super Rugby season, Referees
The following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAR for the 2013 Super Rugby season:


2013 Superbike World Championship
The 2013 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-sixth season of the Superbike World Championship. It began on 24 February at Phillip Island and finished on 20 October at the Circuito de Jerez after 14 rounds.


2013 Superbike World Championship
The season saw the number of riders per row on the starting grid reduced from four to three; the knockout system in use for Superpole was revised as the number of riders admitted to the first and to the third session changed from sixteen to fifteen and from eight to nine respectively. In addition, pit stops with tyre changes were introduced in order to avoid races to be interrupted due to variable weather conditions.


2013 Superbike World Championship
Tom Sykes was crowned champion after obtaining the third-place finish he needed to secure the title victory at Jerez.


2013 Superbike World Championship, Race calendar and results
The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 6 October 2012 with fourteen confirmed rounds and one other round pending confirmation. On 15 January 2013 the Indian round was moved from 10 March to 17 November.


2013 Superbike World Championship, Race calendar and results
On 8 March 2013, the FIM issued a definitive calendar, confirming rounds at Portimão and Imola that were previously subject to contract, as well as introducing a round at Istanbul Park in September to complete a 15-round calendar. On 14 August 2013, the Indian round was cancelled due to "operational challenges" at the Buddh International Circuit. The races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca were held on two days; one race on Saturday, and one race on Sunday.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an Australian touring car motor race for V8 Supercars, the twenty-ninth race of the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on 13 October 2013 at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards won the race for Ford Performance Racing, ahead of the pole-sitting Triple Eight Race Engineering car of Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell and their team-mates Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff. The winning race time of six hours, eleven minutes and 27.9 seconds was a new record for a full 1,000-kilometre event, beating the previous record set in 2010 by 84 seconds. Along with the 2010 race, it was the second to be covered at an average speed of over 160 kilometres per hour (100 mph).


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
The 2013 race was the seventeenth running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998, with one race open to V8 Supercar entries, and the other open to Super Touring cars. The 2013 race was also the 57th race for which the lineage can be traced back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 – held at Phillip Island – and the 54th to be held at Mount Panorama.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
With the addition of teams entering Mercedes-Benzes and Nissans it was the first time since 1998 that cars other than Fords of Holdens had entered the race. The four Nissan Altimas entered by Nissan Motorsport were the first Nissans to compete in the race since the 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000. The three Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs entered by Erebus Motorsport were the first Mercedes-Benzes to race since the 1994 Tooheys 1000.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
In addition to the twenty eight regular championship entries, one wildcard entry was accepted for the 2013 race, with Triple Eight Race Engineering providing an extra car for British driver Andy Priaulx and Swedish driver Mattias Ekström to drive under the banner of Xbox One Racing. Dick Johnson Racing ran a special livery on the car of Chaz Mostert and Dale Wood in commemoration of thirty years since Dick Johnson drove the Greens-Tuf XE Falcon, which he famously crashed in the Top 10 Shootout in 1983.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
The two Dick Johnson Racing cars also swapped numbers for the event, with Mostert and Wood using 17 while Tim Blanchard and Ashley Walsh used 12. The Nissan Altima of Michael Caruso and Daniel Gaunt also had a number change, using 300 in relation to the A$300,000 donation to the charity Beyond Blue by Symantec (the parent company of the team's major sponsor Norton).


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
Garry Rogers Motorsport also ran a special livery on the car of Scott McLaughlin and Jack Perkins in celebration of the team's fiftieth year in motor racing, while Britek Motorsport ran a pink livery in support of the McGrath Foundation. Danish driver Allan Simonsen had been set to race for Britek alongside David Wall, however his death at Le Mans four months earlier saw him replaced with New Zealander Chris Pither.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
The Triple Eight Race Engineering drivers Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell were the defending race winners.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background, Entry list
*Entries with a grey background were wildcard entries which did not compete in the full championship season.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Free Practice
The first free practice session took place on the Thursday morning prior to the race with a duration of fifty minutes. The session was open to both championship drivers and co-drivers. Craig Lowndes set the fastest time during the session, ahead of Mark Winterbottom and Jason Bright. The second free practice session, held on Thursday afternoon, was only open to co-drivers and was forty-five minutes in length. Winterbottom's co-driver Steven Richards topped the session ahead of the Triple Eight Race Engineering co-drivers Paul Dumbrell and Warren Luff.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Free Practice
The Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG of Andrew Thompson suffered damage after a brake line was severed by debris, causing Thompson to hit the wall at the Chase. The third free practice session was held later on Thursday, this time a one-hour-long session open to all drivers. Reigning Bathurst winner Jamie Whincup was quickest, three-quarters of a second faster than Winterbottom with David Reynolds in third.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Free Practice
Tim Slade caused a red flag when he crashed heavily at the Cutting, damaging the car that Thompson had crashed in the previous session enough that it would not be able to take part in qualifying on Friday afternoon. Alex Davison also crashed at Reid Park, causing significant damage to the side of his car but it was repaired in time for the following day's sessions.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Free Practice
The fourth free practice session, a forty-five-minute session held on Friday morning, was again only open to co-drivers. Luff and Dumbrell finished ahead of the Bathurst rookie, Swede Mattias Ekström, driving the wildcard entry run by Triple Eight. The fifth free practice session was held later on Friday morning, with Whincup going fastest ahead of Bright and Will Davison. Chaz Mostert had a major accident a Reid Park, which eventually ruled the car out of qualifying. The sixth and final free practice session was held on Saturday morning for all drivers. Reynolds finished the session fastest ahead of Whincup and Fabian Coulthard. The cars of Slade and Thompson and Mostert and Dale Wood returned to the track in this session after being heavily damaged in their respective crashes on Thursday and Friday.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying
The forty-minute qualifying session took place on Friday afternoon. The session would set positions eleven to twenty-nine on the grid, with the top ten drivers advancing to the Top 10 Shootout held on Saturday afternoon. Only twenty-seven cars took part in the session, with the cars of Tim Slade and Andrew Thompson and Chaz Mostert and Dale Wood not able to be repaired in time for the session following their practice crashes. Steven Johnson qualified the #9 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz instead of regular driver Maro Engel due to his higher level of experience at the circuit.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying
David Reynolds led the early part of the session while several drivers went off at the Chase, including Jamie Whincup, Jason Bright and Michael Caruso. Whincup also hit the wall coming out of the Dipper but did not sustain any significant damage and no repairs were required. Whincup went on to post the fastest time, six one-hundredths of a second quicker than Mark Winterbottom. Bright, James Courtney, Shane van Gisbergen, Craig Lowndes, Will Davison, Reynolds, Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat completed the top ten, with McLaughlin and Prémat both making the Top 10 Shootout in their first qualifying attempt for the race.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying
Garth Tander and Lee Holdsworth, in eleventh and twelfth respectively, were knocked out of the top ten in the final moments of qualifying. They were followed by David Wall, Fabian Coulthard, Tony D'Alberto, Johnson, Caruso, rookie Mattias Ekström, James Moffat and Jonathon Webb, who completed the top twenty. The final seven positions in qualifying were taken by Tim Blanchard, Scott Pye, Todd Kelly, Rick Kelly, Russell Ingall, Alex Davison and Dean Fiore, who was just over one and a half seconds slower than Whincup's time. Despite missing qualifying, the Slade/Thompson and Mostert/Wood cars were allowed to take part in the race by the stewards.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Top 10 Shootout
The Top 10 Shootout took place later in the afternoon than in previous years, beginning at 17:00 local time. David Reynolds said that the starting time was unfair, claiming that the track is faster at the end of the hour-long session than it is at the start, thus giving the final runners an advantage. Alexandre Prémat, the first driver to take to the circuit, struggled for grip and recorded a 2:10.4145. His team-mate Scott McLaughlin then bettered his time by just over a second. Reynolds ran slightly wide at turn two and was unable to match McLaughlin's time, just five one-hundredths of a second behind. Will Davison went two-tenths of a second quicker than McLaughlin, setting a 2:09.0023, before Craig Lowndes improved on this time by half a tenth with a seemingly good lap.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Top 10 Shootout
Shane van Gisbergen was next to set a time and he beat Lowndes' lap by nearly seven-tenths of a second with a 2:08.2804, despite getting sideways going into the Dipper. James Courtney had a moment at the Cutting, costing him a lot of time in the first sector and he only just went quicker than Lowndes. Jason Bright then went four one-thousandths of a second faster than Van Gisbergen to be the fastest runner with two drivers still to set a lap time. Mark Winterbottom went two-tenths quicker than Bright but this was not enough to stop the final driver, Jamie Whincup, from taking pole with a time of 2:07.8825, another two-tenths quicker than Winterbottom.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Top 10 Shootout, Final starting grid
The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
The race began at 10:30 local time. The cars of Dale Wood, driving with Chaz Mostert, and Andrew Thompson, driving with Tim Slade, entered the pit lane at the end of the warm-up lap to refuel, thus giving them a more flexible strategy for the race. However, the car of Mostert and Wood was given a pit lane drive-through penalty for not being jacked up while refuelling was taking place, though Mostert later claimed he saw the car up on the jacks.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Meanwhile, Paul Dumbrell had made a good start from pole while Mark Winterbottom bogged down and dropped to the back of the top ten. David Reynolds also dropped back after being forced wide at Griffins Bend on the opening lap. Dumbrell led from Jason Bright, Shane van Gisbergen, Greg Murphy, Scott McLaughlin, Warren Luff, Will Davison, Mark Winterbottom, Garth Tander and Fabian Coulthard. The two Ford Performance Racing cars of Winterbottom and Davison started to make their way forwards during the first stint.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Drivers began to pit on lap 11, with Luff, Greg Ritter, Russell Ingall, Maro Engel and Matt Halliday all making a pit stop. Van Gisbergen passed Bright on lap 12 and began to pull away from him but could not catch Dumbrell, who was pulling away from the field. The first driver change occurred on lap 15, with Will Davison pitting and handing the car over to Steve Owen.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
The first safety car period was called on lap 21 to clear debris after David Russell hit a kangaroo coming out of Griffins Bend. All of the leading cars pitted, with Dumbrell handing the car over to Jamie Whincup. The safety car pulled off the track at the end of lap 23, with Whincup leading from Steven Richards, Dean Canto, Luff, Owen, Luke Youlden, Ritter, James Courtney, Craig Baird and Jeroen Bleekemolen. The car of Ingall and Ryan Briscoe had made an extra pit stop during the safety car to be on an alternative strategy.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Various cars were under investigation for weaving after the safety car lights went out, though no penalties were awarded. Following the safety car period, Whincup began to pull away from the field behind him, which consisted mostly of co-drivers. The car of Todd Kelly and David Russell was officially retired due to the damage caused by the incident with the kangaroo.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
The next round of pit stops began on lap 34 with Ritter and Nick Percat pitting, while Luff and Owen followed on the next lap. The car of Coulthard and Youlden had a small power steering fluid leak but the problem was mended during a pit stop. Meanwhile, Whincup continued to pull away from Richards, though Alexandre Prémat was setting the fastest lap times after taking over from Ritter. Whincup pitted on lap 46, four laps after Richards.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Lap 54 saw cars coming in to complete their third pit stops, with Will Davison taking over from Owen while Luff handed over to Lowndes on lap 55. By lap 67 all of the leaders had completed three pit stops. Steven Johnson had a problem with his cool suit which had frozen while Jonathon Webb lost the driver's side window on his car. Van Gisbergen endured a problem in his pit stop which caused him to go a lap down while Mostert had a similar delay with a starter motor problem. Tony D'Alberto's car was in the garage with a rear suspension problem.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
With half of the race gone, Reynolds now led with an alternative fuel strategy which saw him pitting later than the other drivers. The safety car was called again on lap 85 after Murphy ran wide going into Reid Park and made heavy contact with the wall. This caught out Reynolds, who was unable to pit before being caught behind the safety car. Dumbrell, Percat, Mattias Ekström, Van Gisbergen and Alex Davison, who had gone off at the Chase, all took the opportunity to pit.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
The race was restarted on lap 89 with Richards leading from Will Davison, Luff, Dumbrell, Coulthard, Andrew Jones, Jack Perkins, Baird, Ritter and Ashley Walsh. Dumbrell went off at the Chase on lap 93, losing a place to Coulthard, before doing the same again on lap 97. He was pitted immediately to hand the car over to Whincup, who would drive to the end of the race. Lowndes had also taken over from Luff to drive to the finish. Richards pitted on lap 99 to hand over to Winterbottom.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Jones and Perkins pitted on lap 101, handing over to Bright and McLaughlin respectively, who almost had a collision with the car of Tim Slade which was pushed out of the Erebus Motorsport garage (having had power steering problems) in front of them. At this stage, Whincup and Tander had completed six of their seven compulsory pit stops, one more than most others, but would be unable to get to the end without another two fuel stops. The car of Prémat and Ritter was given a mechanical black flag for leaking fuel due to a broken seal.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
The penultimate round of pit stops began on lap 117 with Winterbottom and Lowndes pitting, followed by Whincup on lap 118 and Bright and Canto on lap 119. Michael Caruso's car had a major power steering leak, dropping fluid over the top section of the circuit. David Wall had a similar problem several laps later. Tander pitted on lap 126, leaving Ekström in the lead. Lowndes and Bright were battling for fifth position at this stage, going side by side around the final corner. Ekström pitted on lap 134, handing over to Andy Priaulx to finish the race. Winterbottom now led by just under two seconds over Whincup.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
The car of Scott Pye and Paul Morris had used its fuel strategy to great effect to be in contention for a top five finish, with Morris pitting from third place on lap 138 to hand the car over to Pye. McLaughlin and Bright also pitted on this lap for the final time. Whincup pitted on lap 139, one lap before Winterbottom and Lowndes, who had hit the wall coming out of Forrests Elbow but did not damage the car.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Tander was the final driver to pit on lap 145, leaving the order as Winterbottom, Whincup, Bright, Lowndes, Tander and Reynolds. Lowndes, Tander and Reynolds were far behind the leading trio but were the fastest drivers on the track, with Lowndes and Tander catching and pressuring Bright for third place and Reynolds closing in on the battle. The car of Dean Fiore and Matt Halliday had retired on lap 145 with gearbox problems.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Bright was able to defend Lowndes but this allowed Winterbottom and Whincup to build a lead. Tander got past Lowndes at Griffins Bend with a bold move up the inside and then set his sights on passing Bright. The two went side by side through the final corner, which allowed Lowndes to get a run on Tander and reclaim fourth place. However, Tander retook the position around the outside at Griffins Bend. On lap 157, Tander made a move at the Chase but he went in too deep, pushing Bright wide and allowing Lowndes into third place. Bright then ran wide at Griffins Bend, allowing Reynolds into fifth. However, a mistake in the previous pit stop had seen not enough fuel put into Reynolds' car and he was forced to pit on lap 159.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Meanwhile, the battle between Winterbottom and Whincup for the lead had been intensifying. Whincup began to push harder with two laps to go, dropping a wheel off the track coming out of the Chase on lap 160. On the final lap, Whincup drew alongside Winterbottom on the outside going into Griffins Bend and attempted to take the lead, but slid wide and lost ground. This gave Winterbottom a buffer, which he held for the rest of the lap to take the win, with Whincup under half a second behind. The victory was Winterbottom's first and Steven Richards' third. Lowndes held on for third ahead of Tander and Bright while Pye ended up sixth. Will Davison came home in seventh ahead of McLaughlin, Reynolds and Priaulx.


2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb were next, ahead of Alex Davison and Lee Holdsworth, who was the best of the Mercedes-Benzes in fourteenth. Tim Blanchard rounded out the top fifteen, followed by Coulthard, Ingall, Moffat, Rick Kelly and Engel, who was the first car a lap down. Mostert finished in twenty-first after a troublesome weekend, with Wall, Prémat, D'Alberto, Caruso and Slade the last of those who finished and all with assorted problems during the day.


2013 Supercopa Argentina
The 2013 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 2nd edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. Vélez Sarsfield beat Arsenal 1–0 in San Luis and won the cup.


2013 Supercopa de Chile
The 2013 Supercopa de Chile was the first edition of this championship organised by the ANFP.


2013 Supercopa de Chile
The match was played between the 2013 Torneo de Transición Champion Unión Española, and the 2012–13 Copa Chile Winner Universidad de Chile


2013 Supercopa de Chile, Road to the final
The two teams that contested the Supercopa were Unión Española, that qualified as 2013 Torneo de Transición Champion, and Universidad de Chile, that qualified for the match as the winner of the 2012–13 Copa Chile, defeating Universidad Católica 2:1 at the Estadio Germán Becker.


2013 Supercopa de España
The 2013 Supercopa de España was a two-legged Spanish football match-up that was played in August 2013 between the champions of 2012–13 La Liga, Barcelona, and the winner of the 2012–13 Copa del Rey, Atlético Madrid.


2013 Supercopa de España
In the first leg which was played on 21 August in Madrid, former Barcelona striker David Villa put Atlético Madrid ahead when he hit a right-footed volley into the back of the net after a cross from the left after 12 minutes. Barcelona equalized in the 66th minute when substitute Neymar headed in at the far post after a high cross by Dani Alves from the right.


2013 Supercopa de España
In the second leg, played on 28 August at the Camp Nou, Lionel Messi missed a penalty for Barcelona in the 89th minute, hitting his shot against the crossbar after Miranda had bundled substitute Pedro over in the area. Atlético Madrid had two players sent off: Filipe Luís in the 81st minute for tangling with Dani Alves, and Arda Turan, who had already been substituted, in the first minute of added time for protesting a decision. Barcelona won the cup for a record 11th time on the away goals rule.


2013 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto
The Supercopa de España de Baloncesto 2013 was the 10th edition of the tournament. It is also called Supercopa Endesa for sponsorship reasons.


2013 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto
It was played in the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz.


2013 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2013 TIM Supercoppa Italiana Final was the 26th edition of the Supercoppa, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia competitions. Defending champions Juventus, also reigning Serie A champions, won the game 4–0 against Coppa Italia holders Lazio. It was Juventus' second consecutive Supercoppa win, and sixth overall, matching Milan's record.


2013 Supercupa României
The 2013 Supercupa României was the 15th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The game was contested between Liga I title holders, Steaua București, and Romanian Cup winners, Petrolul Ploiești. It was played at Arena Națională in Bucharest on July 10. Steaua won the trophy, scoring three goals while Petrolul did not scored. 29,459 people attended the match.


2013 Superettan
The 2013 Superettan, part of the 2013 Swedish football season, was the 13th season of Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2013 fixtures were released on 18 December 2012. The season started on 6 April 2013 and ended on 2 November 2013.


2013 Superettan
Falkenbergs FF won Superettan this season, their first title and were thus promoted to Allsvenskan for the first time along with runners-up Örebro SK who returned to the top flight after one years absence. GIF Sundsvall advanced to the promotion play-offs but failed to win against Halmstads BK.


2013 Superettan
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 11 returning from the 2012 season, three that were relegated from Allsvenskan and three that were promoted from Division 1.


2013 Superettan, Teams
A total of 16 teams contested the league, 11 returning from the 2012 season, three relegated from the 2012 Allsvenskan and two promoted from the 2012 Division 1. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth team from Allsvenskan to decide who would play in Allsvenskan 2014. The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth had to play a play-off against the numbers two teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who would play in Superettan 2014.


2013 Superettan, Teams
2012-champions Östers IF and runner-up IF Brommapojkarna were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2012 season. They were replaced by Örebro SK and GAIS, furthermore third placed Halmstads BK replaced GIF Sundsvall as an Allsvenskan team after winning the deciding play-offs. Trelleborgs FF and Umeå FC were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Östersunds FK and Division 1 Södra champions Örgryte IS.


2013 Superettan, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Superettan, Suspended matches, Hammarby IF vs. GAIS
The match on 19 September 2013 at Tele2 Arena between Hammarby IF and GAIS was suspended after 57 minutes of play, following confrontations among the spectators. About 40 people made their way directly above the part of the stands where the GAIS supporters were and threw objects directed at them. Confrontations between the spectators then occurred at the southwest part of the arena, with no injuries requiring hospital care reported. About 20 to 25 minutes later, the match was resumed. GAIS filed an appeal for a 3–0 fixed result in their favour, but the appeal was rejected by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). On 10 October 2013 the SvFF announced Hammarby IF was given a 250,000 SEK fine and that no attendance will be allowed for two upcoming home games.


2013 Superettan, Suspended matches, Örgryte IS vs. Ljungskile SK
The match on 28 October 2013 at Gamla Ullevi between Örgryte IS and Ljungskile SK had to be postponed to 29 October because of dangerous weather conditions.


2013 Superliga Colombiana
The 2013 Superliga Colombiana was the second edition of the Superliga Colombiana. Santa Fe was the winner of the tournament.


2013 Supersport World Championship
The 2013 Supersport World Championship was the fifteenth season of the Supersport World Championship—the seventeenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. It began on 24 February at Phillip Island and finished on 20 October at the Circuito de Jerez after 13 rounds.


2013 Supersport World Championship
The season was marred by the death of Italian rider Andrea Antonelli at the Moscow Raceway round.


2013 Supersport World Championship, Race calendar and results
The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 6 October 2012 with thirteen confirmed rounds and one other round pending confirmation. The series will support the Superbike World Championship at every meeting except Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. On 15 January 2013 the Indian round was moved from 10 March to 17 November. On 8 March 2013, the FIM issued a definitive calendar, confirming rounds at Portimão and Imola that were previously subject to contract, as well as introducing a round at Istanbul Park in September to complete a 14-round calendar. On 14 August 2013, the Indian round was cancelled due to "operational challenges" at the Buddh International Circuit.


2013 Superstars Series
The 2013 Superstars Series is the tenth year of the Superstars Series, an Italian-based touring car racing series, featuring the tenth edition of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the seventh year of the International Superstars Series. The season began at Monza on 7 April and will finish at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit on 13 October, after eight rounds. Audi Sport Italia driver Gianni Morbidelli won both the Italian and International championships, with Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris driver Vitantonio Liuzzi resulting runner-up.


2013 Superstars Series, Championship standings, Campionato Italiano Superstars
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.


2013 Superstars Series, Championship standings, International Superstars Series – Drivers
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 35th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). It took place on 10 August 2013 at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro in Aveiro,  and was contested between Porto, the 2012–13 Primeira Liga winners, and Vitória de Guimarães, the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal winners.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Played in front of a crowd of 29,100, the Dragões defeated the Vimaranenses 3–0. A fifth-minute goal from newly acquired winger Licá, a headed goal from Colombian centre forward Jackson Martínez on 17 minutes and a volleyed strike before the end of the first half by Argentine midfielder Lucho González saw Porto defeat the opposition comfortably and thus raise the club's tally to 20 trophies in this competition (57.1% of wins).


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Background
Porto will be making their 29th appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, their eighth consecutive presence since 2006. Porto go into the match as the record 19-time winners (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). Porto's last appearance was in 2012, when they defeated the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal holders Académica de Coimbra 1–0. Vitória de Guimarães will be making their third Supertaça appearance. Their previous presence in this competition was in the 2011 edition, when they also played (and lost 2–1) against Porto.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Background
In Porto's and Vitória de Guimarães' entire history, the two teams have met on 153 different occasions. Porto have obtained 97 victories, while Vitória de Guimarães have won 22 times, with 34 encounters ending in a tie. Before the Supertaça, the last meeting between both sides was in the domestic league, on the 2 February 2013, with the Dragões defeating the Vimaranenses 4–0 at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques. A hat-trick from Colombian centre-forward Jackson Martínez and a header from Eliaquim Mangala provided Porto with the three points.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Broadcasting
RTP broadcast the Supertaça on TV and Radio (RTP1 and Antena 1) for the third consecutive year. As it happened in previous years, a HD broadcast was available on 1080i resolution on RTP HD, which was available on most Pay-TV providers at that time.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry
Porto qualified for the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira by winning the 2012–13 Primeira Liga. The Primeira Liga title was primarily contested between Porto and Benfica. Three games from the end of the season, Benfica had a four-point advantage over the Dragões. The next fixture saw Benfica drop two points at home to Estoril, while Porto picked up three points away to Nacional which would close the gap to two points and allow the title decision to be resolved in the Clássico game at the Estádio do Dragão.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry
In a must-win game, Porto's Kelvin scored a dramatic injury time goal which claimed all three points and put Porto one point ahead of their rivals with one game to go. Kelvin's late winner would mark the first time Benfica would suffer a loss in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga campaign. Porto won their final league game away to Paços de Ferreira, with goals from Lucho González and Jackson Martínez which claimed the league title for a third consecutive season, which was their 27th overall.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry
Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the Supertaça by winning the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal for the first time in the club's history. The Guimarães outfit progressed through six rounds to reach the final for a second time in three seasons. Their first cup tie saw them easily defeat lower league opposition Vilaverdense 6–1, with braces from Hillal Soudani, Marcelo Toscano and Ricardo Pereira. The next two rounds saw Primeira Liga opposition and two consecutive penalty shootouts for the Conquistadores. After two successful cup ties which were won on penalties, the quarter-finals saw rivals Braga stand in their way.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry
Vitória de Guimarães won the tie 2–1 after a third consecutive game which went to extra-time. Uruguayan midfielder Jean Barrientos scored both goals to allow his side to progress to the semi-finals. For the semi-finals which were contested over two legs, they were drawn against Belenenses, who at the time was the lowest-ranked side in the competition. Vitória de Guimarães won both ties (3–0 on aggregate) to progress to the final. In the cup final, Benfica were the opponents. The match was primarily dominated by the Encarnados from the start, with Benfica scoring first with a first-half Nicolás Gaitán goal.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry
In the second half, the match looked destined to be won by Benfica but a quick attack play and a goalkeeping blunder by Benfica's Artur would see two goals in two minutes near the end of the game in which the underdogs would hold on for their first cup triumph after five previously failed attempts.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Officials
Artur Soares Dias of Porto was named as referee for the match on the 8 August. For the Supertaça, Soares Dias was assisted by Rui Tavares and João Silva of Porto, while the fourth official was Rui Silva of Vila Real.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Ticketing
Tickets for the Supertaça went on sale on the 22 July. The FPF allocated tickets for both finalist clubs with prices for the game varying between €5 and €15.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Venue
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced in June 2013, that the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was to take place at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro in Aveiro. The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro hosted the Supertaça competition for a fifth consecutive year in a row after previously hosting the 2009, 2010, 2011 and the 2012 editions. All of these four finals all consisted of Porto winning the competition.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Venue
The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is the home stadium of Beira-Mar. It holds a capacity for 30,127 spectators. The stadium was built in 2003 and replaced the Estádio Mário Duarte which was Beira-Mar's home stadium from 1930 until 2003. The stadium was used for two games at UEFA Euro 2004.


2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Match, Team selection
The Vimaranenses went into the Supertaça without newly acquired striker Moussa Maâzou. Vitória's Maâzou was missing due to holding talks with FIFA over disputes concerning unpaid wages by his former club Étoile du Sahel.


2013 Surrey County Council election
The Surrey County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 81 electoral divisions returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a review, new electoral division boundaries were introduced for this election, increasing the number of councillors from 80 to 81.


2013 Surrey County Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2013 Surrey County Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election. The next election is scheduled for 4 May 2017.


2013 Surrey County Council election, Summary
Despite suffering the loss of 335 of 1451 councillors in simultaneous elections across England, the Conservative Party increased their majority on the council by two seats. Independent candidates and local residents' association groups won ten seats between them. The Liberal Democrats won 9 seats, losing four seats to the Conservatives). UKIP and the Green Party gained three seats and one seat respectively from the Conservatives to win their first representation on the council at this election. The Labour Party retained their only seat on the council.


2013 Surrey County Council election, Electoral Review
For these elections the number of seats in the Council increased from 80 to 81 implementing, with a minor change, recommendations of the 2010 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. During the consultation the Council in November 2010 recommended no change to the number of councillors and most submissions recommended a reduction in the number of councillors, including a representation from Surrey Heath District Council to reduce the number of councillors to 60. However, when the Council drafted its boundary proposals it realised that allocation of 8 members to Waverley District would mean:


2013 Surrey County Council election, Electoral Review
Waverley’s average division size would become 12,015 [electors], over 8% larger than the target size for the County. Given this and Waverley’s geographical nature, it would be extremely difficult to meet the Commission’s criteria regarding electoral equality whilst also meeting the other two criteria of community identity and convenient and effective local government.


2013 Surrey County Council election, Electoral Review
Therefore, although the threshold for electoral inequality is 10% variation from the average, which must be reached in 33% of divisions to trigger a boundary commission review, the Council relied in evidence on the fact that Waverley's projected electorate in 2016 would be the most disparate above the quota. Others were over-represented falling below the quota and opponents argued for instead, their removal. Determined to keep a minimum of 80 councillors, Surrey County Council stated that Waverley would be, in its view, unacceptably under-represented and so advocated 81 seats in its final, modified size submission of March 2011. The LGBCE accepted this argument.


2013 Surrey County Council election, Electoral Review
The boundary review resulted generally to minor revisions all of which were only to a minority of divisions, with consequential name changes in a few instances.


2013 Surrey County Council election, Candidates
The only party which nominated candidates in all 81 divisions were UKIP, followed by the Conservative Party, who contested 80 divisions. The Labour Party stood in 78 divisions and the Liberal Democrats contested 76 divisions. None of the other parties fielded candidates in a majority of divisions, with the Green Party and Residents Associations both standing in 12 divisions. Eleven candidates stood as independents.


2013 Surrey County Council election, Results by district
Surrey County Council is split into 81 single-member electoral divisions. These are grouped into 11 districts, each of which has between 6 and 10 divisions.


2013 Suruga Bank Championship
The 2013 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2013; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2013) was the sixth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J. League, the professional football league of Japan, between the winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.


2013 Suruga Bank Championship
The match was contested between Japanese team Kashima Antlers, the 2012 J. League Cup champion, and Brazilian team São Paulo, the 2012 Copa Sudamericana champion. It was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on August 7, 2013.


2013 Suruga Bank Championship
Kashima Antlers won 3–2 with Yuya Osako scoring a hat-trick, to win their second Suruga Bank Championship title in a row.


2013 Suruga Bank Championship, Format
The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J. League Cup champion hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.


2013 Suruga Bank Championship, Match details
Assistant referees:Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore)Lee Tzu Liang (Singapore)Fourth official:Jumpei Iida (Japan)


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open
The 2013 Caoxijiu Suzhou Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 WTA 125K series. It took place in Suzhou, China, on 5–11 August 2013.


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open, Singles draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open, Singles draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open, Doubles draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles draw:


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open – Doubles
Timea Bacsinszky and Caroline Garcia were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open – Doubles
Tímea Babos and Michaëlla Krajicek won the title, defeating Han Xinyun and Eri Hozumi in the final 6–2, 6–2.


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.


2013 Suzhou Ladies Open – Singles
Shahar Pe'er won the title, defeating Zheng Saisai in the final 6–2, 2–6, 6–3.


2013 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season
The 2013 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season will be the sixth Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season. The season began at Hampton Downs on 16–17 February and finished at Pukekohe on 7–8 December 2013 after seven rounds.


2013 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season
In 2013, the series will shift from the supporting act for the New Zealand V8s to become the supporting class for the V8SuperTourer Championship


2013 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season, Teams and drivers
Last years champion AJ Lauder will not be returning to the championship after graduating to the New Zealand V8s season.


2013 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers will compete during the 2013 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season.


2013 Svenska Cupen Final
The 2013 Svenska Cupen final was played on 26 May 2013. The match was played at the national stadium Friends Arena in Solna which was completed in November 2012 and hosted the final for the first time. The final made its return to Solna for the first time since 2009 and it was also be the first time since 2006 that the final was played at a neutral venue. The final was the culmination of the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen, and the first time since 2001 that the final was held in springtime. Allsvenskan clubs Djurgårdens IF and IFK Göteborg contested the 2013 final. In Sweden the match was televised live on SVT.


2013 Svenska Cupen Final
IFK Göteborg won their sixth Svenska Cupen title after defeating Djurgården 3–1 on penalties after the match had finished 1–1 after extra time.


2013 Svenska Cupen Final, Background
The match was Djurgården's eight final and IFK Göteborg's eleventh. Djurgården latest final appearance was in 2005 when they defeated Åtvidabergs FF 2–0 at Råsunda. IFK Göteborg latest final appearance was in 2009 when they lost 2–0 to AIK at Råsunda, ending a dramatic season between the two teams as AIK won the double that year, having finished four points ahead of IFK Göteborg after defeating them at Gamla Ullevi and clinching the league title in the last fixture of the season a week before the cup final. Before that IFK Göteborg had won the 2008 Svenska Cupen.


2013 Svenska Cupen Final, Background
At the time of the final 10 rounds of the 2013 Allsvenskan league season had been played. IFK Göteborg got off to a good start of the season and were positioned second in the league table at the time of the final, 13 points ahead of Djurgården who were at 16th place and the bottom team in the league table after a rough start of the season. Djurgården changed managers just weeks before the cup final as previous manager Magnus Pehrsson resigned on 26 April after threats from the club's supporters. Norwegian manager Per-Mathias Høgmo was appointed on 15 May, just 11 days before the final. Høgmo had only been in charge for two league matches before the cup final.


2013 Svenska Cupen Final, Background
The teams had previously faced each other once before in a Svenska Cupen final. This was in the 2004 Svenska Cupen final, that match was won by Djurgården with a 3–1 score at Råsunda.


2013 Svenska Cupen Final, Road to the Final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2013 Svenska Cupen Final, Match
The match was delayed for several minutes due to pyrotechnics and flares being set off by supporters from both teams which created a large smoke screen across the pitch. The teams were led back into the tunnel to wait for the smoke to clear. Kick-off was held at 17:16 instead of 17:00. The Swedish national anthem was sung before the start of the match.


2013 Svenska Supercupen
Svenska Supercupen 2013, Swedish Super Cup 2013, was the 7th Svenska Supercupen, an annual football match held by the winners of the previous season's Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen competitions. This marked the first time that the cup was held after the end of the standard league season. The match was played at Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, on 10 November 2013, and was played by the 2013 Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF and the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen champions IFK Göteborg. The match was IFK Göteborg's fourth and Malmö FF's second appearance in the competition. The two clubs played against each other for the first time in the cup's history and it was the second time that the competition was hosted at Swedbank Stadion.


2013 Svenska Supercupen
In Sweden the match was broadcast live on TV4 Sport. Andreas Ekberg from Lund was the referee for match, his first time officiating the competition. Malmö FF won the match after two goals from Emil Forsberg and a late winner by Guillermo Molins. Malmö FF took the lead twice during the course of the game before scoring the winning goal in injury time in the second half. This marked the first time that Malmö FF won Svenska Supercupen.


2013 Svenska Supercupen, Background
In 2012 Svenska Cupen changed to a fall-spring season format and therefore no team had won a cup title since Helsingborgs IF in the 2011 edition. Had the cup format not changed, 2012 Allsvenskan champions IF Elfsborg would have met the 2012 cup champions in the 2013 edition of Svenska Supercupen, normally held in March before the start of Allsvenskan. Instead the Swedish Football Association announced that the 2013 Svenska Supercupen would be contested by the winners of 2013 Allsvenskan and the winners of 2012–13 Svenska Cupen in November 2013 after the conclusion of the league season. IFK Göteborg won the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen on 26 May 2013 and thus qualified for the 2013 Supercupen.


2013 Svenska Supercupen, Background
Since IFK Göteborg were in the running for the 2013 Allsvenskan title with three other teams, there was a possibility that their opponent in this match would be the runners-up of Allsvenskan if IFK Göteborg had won the league title. IFK Göteborg's title contenders were Malmö FF, Helsingborgs IF and AIK, all of which had competed in Supercupen previously. The league ended on 3 November 2013 although IFK Göteborg's opponent was confirmed on 28 October 2013 when Malmö FF secured the league title. As league winners, Malmö FF had  home ground advantage in Supercupen.


2013 Svenska Supercupen, Background
The two Allsvenskan matches in 2013 between Malmö FF and IFK Göteborg had ended in a 1–1 tie in Gothenburg in April and a 3–1 for Malmö FF in Malmö in August. This was the first time since 2001 that the two clubs met in a domestic cup match and the first time since 1986 that they met in a cup final.


2013 Svijany Open
The 2013 Svijany Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Liberec, Czech Republic between 29 July and 4 August 2013.


2013 Svijany Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Svijany Open – Doubles
Rameez Junaid  and Tim Pütz won the title, defeating Colin Ebelthite and Lee Hsin-han  6–0, 6–2 in the final.


2013 Svijany Open – Singles
Jiří Veselý won the title, defeating Federico Delbonis in the final, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(9–7), 6–4.


2013 Swansea measles epidemic
The 2012–2013 Swansea measles epidemic began in November 2012 and was declared over on 3 July 2013. There were a total of 1,219 measles notifications (suspected cases) in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys, with 1,455 measles notifications for the whole of Wales, 664 of which were in Swansea alone. A total of 88 people were hospitalised for measles infection during the epidemic. One death was reported: a 25-year-old man suffering from giant cell pneumonia brought on by measles infection died on 18 April 2013. The cost associated with treating the sick and controlling the outbreak exceeded £470,000 ($701,898).


2013 Swansea measles epidemic, History
Some sources linked the outbreak with the MMR vaccine controversy and a campaign in the South Wales Evening Post in the 1990s against the MMR vaccine, as the majority of those who became infected were not immunised as infants during the MMR scare. Uptake of the MMR vaccine fell from 94% of two-year-olds in Wales in 1995 to 78% by 2003. In the Swansea area the uptake fell to 67.5%. The South Wales Evening Post was also criticised for appearing to exaggerate the number of confirmed measles cases that occurred during the epidemic.


2013 Swansea measles epidemic, History
In the wake of the outbreak MMR clinics were set up in four hospitals in Swansea and Neath-Port Talbot and vaccinated over 35,000 people. Several politicians, including Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones, urged the public to make sure their children were vaccinated. Politicians and vaccine experts also called for mandatory vaccinations to be implemented. The Welsh Government opposed mandatory vaccination, believing that trust in the MMR vaccine had been regained and could be damaged if it were mandatory.


2013 Swansea measles epidemic, History
Hywel Dda Health Board offered the vaccine in April 2013 in the surrounding counties of Carmarthen, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire in a bid to contain the outbreak. Vaccinations were held in all comprehensive schools in Powys. There were concerns that the epidemic could spread to London and infect many more people, prompting the Department of Health to set up a mass vaccination campaign targeted at one million school children throughout England.


2013 Swansea measles epidemic, History
The following table shows measles notifications by the Local Health Board.


2013 Swansea measles epidemic, History
Reported notifications tend to exceed confirmed cases. Public Health Wales issued a statement saying, "Measles is one of a number of notifiable diseases. Doctors in Wales have a statutory duty to notify a 'Proper Officer' of the Local Authority of suspected cases of measles based on clinical symptoms, usually before diagnosis has been confirmed by laboratory testing. Reported notifications of measles usually far exceed the actual numbers of confirmed cases. Other rashes are often mistaken for measles".


2013 Swazi general election
General elections were held in Swaziland on 20 September 2013.


2013 Swazi general election, Background
The primary elections began on 24 August 2013 with one candidate elected from each chiefdom. Those elected then go on to represent the chiefdom in the general election, where one candidate from each Inkhundla (constituency) is then elected to the House of Assembly.


2013 Swazi general election, Background
Some political analysts have voiced concerns that women are being prevented from participating in the primary elections. In one case, a nominated candidate was disqualified because she was wearing trousers. The High Court later ordered the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) to add her name back to the ballot. However, some residents from her chiefdom threatened to boycott the elections, complaining that she had not been properly nominated.


2013 Swazi general election, Electoral system
About 415,000 were registered to vote for the 55 of 65 seats in the House of Assembly. The other ten seats are to be filled by nominees from King Mswati III when he selects his cabinet and Prime Minister.


2013 Swazi general election, Campaign
As a result of the presence of a number of reform candidates, there was speculation of a more inclusive government by the traditionalists. However, the banned opposition groups such as the Pudemo party and the South Africa-based Swaziland Solidarity Network called for a boycott.


2013 Swazi general election, Conduct
A team of Commonwealth observers released a report stating that Swaziland "fell short" of its democratic obligations during the elections. It criticised poor gender equality and noted that in the 55 constituencies, only one women was elected. King Mswati III's nomination of just three women to parliament left it short of the 30% requirement outlined in the 2005 constitution and provisions to increase the number of women were ignored. The Commonwealth promised to continue exerting pressure on Swaziland for change.


2013 Swedish Church Assembly elections
On September 15, 2013, elections were held for all 249 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden.


2013 Swedish Football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 2013 season.


2013 Swedish Football Division 2, Player of the year awards
Ever since 2003 the online bookmaker Unibet have given out awards at the end of the season to the best players in Division 2. The recipients are decided by a jury of sportsjournalists, coaches and football experts. The names highlighted in green won the overall national award.


2013 Swedish Golf Tour
The 2013 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Nordea Tour for sponsorhip reasons, was the 30th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Thailand.


2013 Swedish Golf Tour
Most of the tournaments also featured on the 2013 Nordic Golf League (NGL).


2013 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 18 events played between April and September.


2013 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
The 2013 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Nordea Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Norway.


2013 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
A number of the tournaments also featured on the 2013 LET Access Series (LETAS).


2013 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule
The season consisted of 10 tournaments played between May and September, where one event was held in Norway.


2013 Swedish Open
The 2013 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2013 ATP World Tour and as part of the International Series on the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from July 6 through July 14, 2013 for the Men's tournament and from July 13 through July 21, 2013 for the Women's tournament. It was also known as the 2013 SkiStar Swedish Open for the Men's and the 2013 Collector Swedish Open for the Women's for sponsorship reasons. It was the 66th edition for the Men's and the 5th edition for the Women's.


2013 Swedish Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Swedish Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Swedish Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Swedish Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles
Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău were the three-time defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Tecău teamed up with Marius Copil, but they lost in the first round to Jan Hájek and Filip Polášek. Lindstedt played alongside Daniel Nestor, but they lost in the second round to Nicholas Monroe and Simon Stadler. Monroe and Stadler went on to win the title, defeating Carlos Berlocq and Albert Ramos in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [10–3]


2013 Swedish Open – Men's Singles
David Ferrer was the defending champion, but withdrew before the beginning of the tournament because of an ankle injury. Carlos Berlocq won the title, defeating Fernando Verdasco in the final, 7–5, 6–1.


2013 Swedish Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2013 Swedish Open – Women's Doubles
Catalina Castaño and Mariana Duque Mariño were the defending champions, but Castaño chose not to participate. Duque Mariño played alongside Teliana Pereira, but lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals. Medina Garrigues and Zakopalová went on to win the title, defeating Alexandra Dulgheru and Flavia Pennetta in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2013 Swedish Open – Women's Singles
Polona Hercog was the two-time defending champion, but decided to compete at an ITF $100,000 event at Olomouc instead. World No. 1 Serena Williams won the title, defeating Johanna Larsson in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2013 Swiss Cup Basel
The 2013 Swiss Cup Basel was held from October 3 to 6 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CHF 43,200, of which the winner, Thomas Ulsrud, received CHF 14,000. Ulsrud defeated Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 6–3.


2013 Swiss Figure Skating Championships
The 2013 Swiss Figure Skating Championships took place between 13 and 15 December 2012 at the Patinoire des Vernets in Geneva. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results were used to choose the Swiss teams to the 2013 World Championships and the 2013 European Championships.


2013 Swiss Indoors
The 2013 Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the event known as the Swiss Indoors, and part of the 500 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 21 October through 27 October 2013. First-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title.


2013 Swiss Indoors, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Swiss Indoors, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Swiss Indoors – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but Zimonjić decided to compete in Valencia instead. Nestor played alongside Vasek Pospisil, but lost in the first round to Denis Istomin and Horacio Zeballos. Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot won the title, defeating Julian Knowle and Oliver Marach in the final, 6–3, 3–6, [10–4].


2013 Swiss Indoors – Singles
Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in the final, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–4.


2013 Swiss Indoors – Singles
Roger Federer became only the second man in the Open Era to reach the final of an event 10 times, a record he shared at the time with Guillermo Vilas.


2013 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2013 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament held in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland from March 12 until March 17, 2013. It was the second grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It had a total purse of $125,000.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative
The 2013 Swiss executive pay initiative of 2013 was a successful federal popular initiative in Switzerland to control executive pay of companies listed on the stock market, and to increase shareholders' say in corporate governance. It was one of three questions put to the electorate in the March 2013 referendums. The vote took place on the 3 March 2013, and passed with a majority of 67.9%, with a 46% turnout. The initiative mandates the Federal Government to implement the provisions within one year, pending implementation of the final law.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative
The initiative partly reflected developments in the United States Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act 2010 §957, that banned brokers from voting on their clients' money, and the Stewardship Code 2010 in the United Kingdom, which placed a duty on financial intermediaries to disclose their voting policies and make use of voting power. It also reflected a long running debate in Germany, which had not yet been reformed, about the position of banks. In German, the title of the referendum is the Eidgenössische Volksinitiative «gegen die Abzockerei», literally "Against Rip-off" and in French, the Initiative populaire « contre les rémunérations abusives », literally "against abusive remuneration".


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Background
Given the a number of corporate scandals, leading up to the global financial crisis beginning in 2007 a medium-size businessman and politician named Thomas Minder launched a campaign "against rip-off salaries" (gegen die Abzockerei). By 26 February 2008, he had gathered 118,583 signatures to launch a referendum under the Swiss constitutional rules. Minder's concern focused on


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Background
Supporters of the initiative spent 200,000 Swiss franc, whilst opponents spent 8 million Swiss francs in their campaign to block the reform. The public campaign drew particular attention to the large payouts for executives of Novartis and major Swiss banks. On 3 March, the referendum results showed that 67.9 per cent of voters supported the reforms.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Background
A German initiative followed a month later, and if passed would represent a significant broadening of pay controls in Europe.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
The Federal Constitution of 18 April 1999 is amended as follows:


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
(3) In order to protect the economy, private property and shareholders and to ensure sustainable management of businesses, the law requires that Swiss public companies listed on stock exchanges in Switzerland or abroad observe the following principles:


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
(a) Each year, the Annual General Meeting votes the total remuneration  (both monetary and in kind) of the Board, the Executive Board and the Advisory Board. Each year, the AGM elects the President of the Board or the Chairman of the Board and, one by one, the members of the board, the members of the Compensation Committee and the independent proxy voter or the independent representative. Pension funds vote in the interests of their policyholders and disclose how they voted. Shareholders may vote electronically at a distance; proxy voting by a member of the company or by a depositary is prohibited.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
(b) Board members receive no compensation on departure, or any other compensation, or any compensation in advance, any premium for acquisitions or sales of companies and cannot act as consultants or work for another company in the group. The management of the company cannot not be delegated to a legal entity.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
(c) The company statutes stipulate the amount of annuities, loans and credits to board members, bonus and participation plans and the number of external mandates, as well as the duration of the employment contract of members of the management.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
(d) Violation of the provisions set out in letters a to c above shall be sanctioned by imprisonment for up to three years and a fine of up to six years’ remuneration.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
The transitional provisions of the Federal Constitution shall be amended as follows:


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Text of the initiative
Pending implementation of the law, the Federal Council shall implement legal provisions within one year following the acceptance of article 95 alinea 3.


2013 Swiss executive pay initiative, Significance
The Swiss referendum had an immediate impact on other countries seeking its own reforms. It led to calls by the German Social Democratic Party to introduce similar reforms in Germany and it is quoted in the Bill proposed in Italy on cap-salaries for public employees.