2013 Southern Weekly incident
The 2013 Southern Weekly incident was a conflict which arose over government censorship of a "New Year's Greeting" published in the Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly. Guangdong Province's Propaganda Department bypassed standard censorship protocols by changing the headline and content of the New Year's message without first informing Southern Weekly editors. In protest, newsroom staff posted online criticisms of the state of free expression in China and went on a four-day strike. The incident also sparked public demonstrations against press censorship which took place outside Southern Weekly's headquarters in Guangzhou, China. As a result of the incident and the accompanying demonstrations, keywords such as "Southern Weekly," "January 7 protest," and "open letter" have become sensitive topics blocked by the Chinese firewall.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Southern Weekly Background
The Southern Weekly is a liberal-leaning paper founded in 1984 in Guangdong, Guangzhou. It is a part of the Nanfang Media Group (Chinese: 南方报业传媒集团), which is a provincial government-owned media corporation. Despite its ties to the Chinese Communist Party, Southern Weekly is known for hard-hitting journalism which tests the limits of free speech in China. The paper gained worldwide recognition in 2009, when United States President Barack Obama selected it, as opposed to the state television service, to interview him during his visit to China in that year. Notably, Southern Weekly's highest ranking editor, Xiang Xi, was demoted following the interview. Political theorists suggested that his demotion was punishment by the Party's propaganda department, angered because Southern Weekly did not seek its permission before agreeing to conduct the interview.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events
On January 3, 2013, Southern Weekly editors awoke to find that the New Year's Greeting they had penned two days earlier had been radically revised by government censors. The original version of the Greeting, written by staff reporter Dai Zhiyong   (戴志勇), was titled Dream of China, Dream of Constitutionalism (Chinese: 中国梦，宪政梦). It called for the revitalization of human rights in China and the curtailment of excessive use of government power.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events
The published version was titled “We Are Now Closer to Our Dream Than Ever Before” (Chinese: 我们比任何时候都更接近梦想) and was accompanied by an introductory message written by the highest-ranking member of the Guangdong Propaganda Office, Tuo Zhen. The introductory message, titled “Pursuing Our Dreams” (Chinese: 追梦), praised the Chinese Communist Party and quoted directly from the New Year's message published in the Party-run newspaper Official Peoples Daily.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
In early December, Southern Weekly's editorial board decided upon "travelling across the river" (过河) as the topic of the New Year's message. However, chief editor Huang Can (黄灿), did not like the idea. In mid-December, Huang suggested that "Chinese Dream" (中国梦) be adopted as the keyword for the message. On the night of December 23, the editorial board finalized the following preliminary plan for New Year's edition:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
1. New Year's Message: Analyze the question "At what stage is the Chinese Dream; What kind of Chinese Dream should China have now." Later this formed the first draft of Chinese Dream, Constitutional Dream (《中国梦 宪政梦》).


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
2. Past Chinese Dreams: Reflect on the past century and consider how the Chinese Dream evolved throughout it.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
3. Dreams and Reality: A list of notable figures from the past year who embody the Chinese Dream and contributed to its advancement.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
4. Journalist Actions: Chronicle the daily lives of select journalists and report on their personal and professional dreams.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
5. Ten Predictions for the Coming New Year: Invite public figures to predict the ways in which Chinese society will develop during 2013.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
6. Collection of the Past "Chinese Dream Practitioners": A list of notable historical figures who have advanced the Chinese Dream.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
7. Evaluation of 2012 Newsmakers: A review of the most important news stories of 2012.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
On the afternoon of December 24, Huang Can asked the editorial board to submit the plan to the Propaganda Department of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. Two days later, on December 26, Huang briefed the editorial board on the Propaganda Department's notes for revision:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
1. The Department stated that in the "Past Chinese Dreams" section, articles should not mention Mao Zedong or others related to him. The Department also slated some descriptions of historical figures involved in the legal system for revision or omission.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
2. Three figures needed to be removed from the articles in the "Dream and Reality" section of the edition. The first was Ren Jianyu (任建宇), a recent college-graduate official who was sent to labor camp. One of his crimes was owning a T-shirt with "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" printed on it. The second was the group of sensible patriots at Anti- Japanese demonstration. The third was Qian Liqun (钱理群), a non-partisan author and researcher of modern Chinese literature. The Propaganda Department also expressed reluctance about adding Zhang Xiaolong (张小龙), manager of Tencent's WeChat, to the list.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
3. In the "Ten Predictions for the Coming New Year" section, the Department called for four predictions to be removed: Whether a Second-child policy will replace the One-child policy in the whole country; Whether other provinces will try to publicize lists of government officials' properties and possessions; Whether the Re-education through labor policy will be repealed; Whether more counties will provide visa-free policy to Chinese passport holders.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
4. The Department prohibited editors from including Bai Yansong or Liu Ji (刘吉), a member of the CPPCC National Committee that publicly criticized the corruption within the Party, in the "Collection of the Past 'Chinese Dream Practitioners'" section.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
Next, Southern Weekly's graphic design team began planning the graphics which would accompany the paper's New Year's edition. They decided upon a traditional ink wash painting of Yu the Great stopping the flood as the headline picture.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
On December 29, Southern Weekly commentator Dai Zhiyong (戴志勇) completed a draft of the New Year's Greeting, which he titled Chinese Dream, Constitutional Dream, and submitted it to chief editor Huang. The next afternoon, Huang expressed dissatisfaction with the greeting, saying: "(I) don't know how to revise the message after the first paragraph. I don't even dare to submit this version (to the propaganda department) since the department will cancel the whole New Year special (after reading this)." He suggested that Dai's piece was too heavy-handed in its mentions of constitutionalism.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
The head of the editorial department, Shi Zhe (史哲), revised the greeting late at night on December 31. The 1,800 character long message, retitled Chinese Dream, Difficult Dream (《中国梦 梦之难》), emphasized the national rejuvenation which had occurred over the past 170 years in China and attempted to convey the difficulties associated with pursuing the Chinese Dream. Huang then submitted the revised message to the propaganda department. On the afternoon of December 31, Huang conveyed the propaganda department's comments on the piece to his coworkers, modified it somewhat, and renamed it Dream Make Life Shine (《梦想，让生命迸射光芒》). Huang's second revision was only 1,400 characters, as its discussion of constitutionalism and human rights had been further abridged. Huang said, "Once this messages gets approved (by the propaganda department), I'll be mostly relieved."


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
Editorial head Shi Zhe performed some minor modifications and passed the draft on to editors Cao Junwu (曹筠武) and Yang Jibin (杨继斌). Shi told them that the draft had already been approved by the propaganda department and so should not be extensively modified. Cao and Yang made


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
Cao and Yang sensed that the post-censorship draft was different in written style than other editorials they've been edited, hence they did some changes rhetorically. The final draft, named Dream is our Promise to the Ideal Matter (《梦想是我们对应然之事的承诺》), was about 1,000 Chinese characters. (However at a meeting on January 5, Huang professed to change the title to We are Closer to the Dream than Any Other Times, or 《我们比任何时候都更接近梦想》, before submitting to the propaganda department).


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
At 9 pm that day (December 31), Huang debriefed his colleagues that the whole "Evaluation of 2012 Newsmakers" section should be removed; In the "Journalist Actions" section, the reports of post-90s teenagers at Shifang protest as well as Zhang Jing (张晶, wife of Xia Junfeng. Xia is a merchant who defended himself against Chengguan and was sentenced to the death penalty). Huang declared that this move was his promise to the propaganda department to make the New Year special to be published.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
In the end, the "Chinese Dream" New Year special was reduced to 12 pages, rather than the planned 16 pages. During typesetting Huang took a photo of the sample pressing of headline on his phone and sent it to the propaganda department. At or around midnight of January 1, 2013, Huang suddenly received a new opinion from the propaganda department:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Preparation
But the editors (Shi Zhe, Cao Junwu, Yang Jibin, Su Yongtong, and Ye Weimin) at duty told Huang that it was not possible to change the special completely since approval node for the sample has expired. After calling the propaganda department Huang was told that the headline photo can stay but the title must be changed. Eventually the title was changed to Dream of Homeland (《家国梦》).


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Modification by Propaganda Department after finalization
On January 1, 2013, Southern Weekly editorial department finalized all edits for 2013 New Year special at 3 am. Since New Year holiday starts from January 1, the five editors went back home, ending their three-day overtime work.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Modification by Propaganda Department after finalization
The same day, chief editor Huang Can, and standing vice chief editor Wu Xiaofeng (伍小峰) was summoned by the Propaganda Department of Guangdong Province. Assistant minister (who is also the Party chief in the Nanfang Media Group) and news director of the propaganda department were also present. Both sides argue within these points:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Modification by Propaganda Department after finalization
At the night of January 1, Huang was asked by the propaganda department to change the New Year special name from Dream of Home-country (家国梦) to Chasing Dreams (追梦). Because at that time the publication process has already finished, editors and proofreaders are still taking their national holiday off, Huang and Wu overworked at the publication chamber and modified six pages against normal working procedures. After the newspaper went on sale, readers found multiple issues:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Staff's struggle against officials
On January 3, some of the Southern Weekly reporters post Sina Weibo to protest Tuo Zhen's ultra vires acts. As a consequence, 15 reporters' Weibo accounts got muted or deleted. Southern Weekly's editorial department released a statement about Tuo's distortion on their articles.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Staff's struggle against officials
On the morning of January 4, about fifty editors and reporters who previously worked for Southern Weekly co-signed an open letter, criticizing Tuo's instruction of altering the work as "an act of cross-boundary; an act of domineering; an act of ignorance; a move of unnecessariness." (越界之举、擅权之举、愚昧之举、多此一举) They demanded Tuo take the blame and resign, and restore the Weibo account for the affected reporters. According to Xinhua News and People's News, the national meeting of Ministers of Propaganda was held at Beijing. Ministers from all provinces were gathered there. Liu Yunshan, Member of the 18th CPC Politburo Standing Committee and First Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Staff's struggle against officials
At the night of January 5, Southern Weekly called an emergency enlarged meeting for members of the editorial board. Huang and Wu detailed what happened to the editorial staffs. Shortly after the meeting, the administrator of Southern Weekly's official Weibo account was asked to hand over the password, which immediately made the editorial staffs start to negotiate with the leaders of Nanfang Media Group. Next morning, the heads of Southern Weekly met with Tuo Zhen. Tuo promised that a Great Purge won't happen.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Staff's struggle against officials
Nevertheless at night, Wu Wei (吴蔚), administrator of the official Weibo account was forced to hand in the password, and soon after the official Weibo posted a "clarification", passing the blame to the editors. Meanwhile, Huang Can, chief editor of Southern Weekly took the responsibility of the incident, saying Tuo has nothing with the incident.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Staff's struggle against officials
On January 7, Southern Weekly News Ethics Committee posted a public statement at several social medias, pointing the finger to chief editor Huang Can and standing vice chief editor Wu Xiaofeng, blaming them acting against normal procedure under pressures from higher authority. The statement made no mention of Tuo Zhen. Some of the Southern Weekly staffs, including Zhang Hua (张华), Zhu Zhaoxin (褚朝新), and Chao Getu (朝格图), went on strike. Hong Kong broadcasting station TVB confirmed that the economy department of Southern Weekly was also on  strike.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
On 9:18 pm, January 6, Wu Wei (吳蔚), director of Southern Weekly's news department, posted a statement on Sina Weibo, which was censored and removed shortly after:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
I have handed in the password of Sina Weibo account @SouthernWeekly to Mao Zhe, General Manager of Southern Weekly's New Media business. I will not be responsible for the following statement and any future content posted by that account. (本人已向協助分管南方周末新媒體業務的總經理毛哲上繳新浪微博賬號@南方周末 的密碼，對此賬號即將發布的聲明以及今後所有內容，本人將不負任何責任。)


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
Two minutes later (at 9:20 pm), Southern Weekly's official Weibo account sent a "clarification" statement:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
To our readers: The New Year Message we published on the January 3 New Year special was written by our editor in accordance to the topic Chasing Dreams; the preface on the front page was written by one of our directors. The rumors on the Internet is untrue. We apologize to you for the mistakes we made due to our negligence under the haste. (致讀者：本報1月3日新年特刊所刊發的新年獻詞，系本報編輯配合專題『追夢』撰寫，特刊封面導言系本報一負責人草擬，網上有關傳言不實。由於時間倉促，工作疏忽，文中存在差錯，我們就此向廣大讀者致歉。)


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
At 9:23 pm, Southern Weekly Cultural Edition's Weibo account confirmed the information Wu Wei sent:


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
@FengDuan is the General Manager of Southern Weekly's New Media business. @SouthernWeekly does not belong to Southern Weekly at this moment. (@風端 為南方周末新媒體執行官。@南方周末 官微目前已不屬於南方周末。)


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
At the night of January 5, Southern Weekly called an emergency enlarged meeting for members of editorial board. We are planning to constitute an investigation team on the New Year special issue immediately, complete the incident report and submit it to the higher authority. However, at about the same time, the related authority pressured Southern Weekly to release an falsified statement through our official Weibo account, trying to shift the blame on the editors who were not even present. (We) call for factualism; stop all the interruptions before the final report get released. Let the truth write the history. (1月5日晚，南方周末緊急召開編委擴大會議，欲立即啟動新年特刊事件調查組，形成權威事件報告，呈送上級組織，但幾乎在同時，有關當局竟欲施壓南方周末通過官方微博發布替其澄清的不實聲明，欲將新年特刊事件的責任歸咎於當時並不在場的編輯。呼籲尊重事實，在調查報告結論未出之前，排除一切干擾，讓真相還給歷史。)


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
The very same Weibo post was also reposted by the official account of Southern Weekly's Economy Edition. However except the 9:20 pm Weibo post, all other posts were censored and removed by Sina Weibo.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
At 9:49 pm, a Weibo account posted a statement that claimed to be from all editorial staff of Southern Weekly's Economy Edition, stating "Editorial staffs will fight against the inaccurate statement till the every end. We won't continue to work until the incident gets resolved." (採編人員將與此不實聲明抗爭到底，事態解決前不再進行正常採編工作。)


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
At 11:04 pm, the official Weibo account of Southern Weekly's Economy Edition posted a statement and attached some names of their staff (from editorial board, news department, economy department, green news department, cultural department, commentary department, new media business, visual graphics publishing business and Chengdu station. A total of 97 people):


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
Southern Weekly's official Sina Weibo account (@SouthernWeekly) was taken over forcibly. The 9:30 pm post [sic 9:20 pm actually] by that account was not the truth. We will update publicly once we have accurate information. January 6, 2012 [sic 2013] 22:27 (南方周末新浪官方微博（@南方周末）賬號已被強行收繳。南方周末官微2013年1月6日21:30已發表的《致讀者》，並非真相。我們將陸續通過公開途徑發布準確信息。　　　 2012年1月6日 22:27)


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Sina Weibo backfire
Those series of Weibo posts intensified the incident. On the night of January 6, media with different opinions, public figures, and anonymous users posted their supports or doubts about the incident, however some of the posts got removed very soon. At 2:30 am of January 7, Fang Kecheng (方可成), a reporter for Southern Weekly, posted a long Weibo signed as Southern Weekly News Ethics Committee on his verified Weibo account, describing what happened at the editorial department between the emergency meeting on 7:00 pm, January 5, to 10:00 pm, January 6.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Reprint of Global Times' editorial
On the evening of January 7, several media persons pointed out that the Central Propaganda Department issued instructions to some newspapers and network media to reprint an editorial from Global Times titled Southern Weekend's "to our readers" is thought-provoking, which is an article alleging Chen Guangcheng as the supporter of the incident, and saying that the so-call "free media" cannot exist under the socio-political reality of China today. From January 8, one after another, the newspapers reprinted the editorial invariably.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Reprint of Global Times' editorial
But some of the media added the disclaimers at the end of the reprinted article stating the "republishing the editorial does not mean it agrees with their views or confirm the description", such as Tencent stating "republishing this article does not mean Tencent is in favor of their views or confirms the description" at the end of the reprint; Sina also said in a statement that "Sina posted this article for the purpose of passing more information. It does not mean (Sina) agrees with their views or confirms the description".


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Reprint of Global Times' editorial
The Beijing News used to be owned by Nanfang Media Group, which also owns Nanfang Weekly, and it was reluctant to reprint the editorial.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Reprint of Global Times' editorial
On the night of January 8, Yan Liqiang (严力强), assistant minister of Beijing Party Committee, swooped on the editorial department of The Beijing News and demanded it to reprint Global Times' editorial: Initially discussion with Dai Zigeng (戴自更), principle of paper, and Wang Yuechun (王跃春), chief editor, was unsuccessful; at the midnight of January 9, all on-duty editors voted nay to reprint, but Yan insist that "(You) must reprint the editorial, otherwise we will dismiss the newspaper." Eventually The Beijing News reprinted the editorial on Page A20 ("Signature of Editor-in-Duty" was left blank). Dai Zigeng asked to resign after failing not to reprint. According to Radio Hong Kong, Dai's resignation was not approved.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Reprint of Global Times' editorial
Xiaoxiang Morning News did not reprint the editorial on January 8, hence was criticized by the Central Propaganda Department. It reprinted the editorial with How to Trust the Feeling to Correction (今天我们如何弥合信任拨正情绪), Follow the Time (要跟得上时代的节拍), and an advertisement for deinsectization service on the same page, and this was understood to be an insinuation to the Global Time. Gong Xiaoyue (龚晓跃), former head of Xiaoxiang Morning News, who got demoted in 2010 because of a special cover, voiced against editorial by Global Times. He got muted on Sina Weibo soon after. His personal Weibo account, as well as some Nanfang Weekly journalists', got un-muted at the midnight of January 12.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Sequence of Events, Reprint of Global Times' editorial
On January 9, "Porridge from the South" (南方的粥), an article from The Beijing News Gourmet Weekly, got promoted to the front page of The Beijing News online. The title was considered to be a paronomasia since "粥" (Porridge) and "周" (Week) are both pronounced as "zhōu", so the title can also be understood as being "Week(ly) from the South". The idea was reinforced by the first sentence of the article, "Rice was boiling in pot of hot porridge from the South when just served; it seems, also, to have a brave heart. In this cold night, breath is frozen, and in this tiring world, only this porridge and its warmth should not be let down." (一碗熱滾滾的砂鍋粥，來自南方大地，剛端上桌時，粥還在裡面翻滾，它似乎也有一顆勇敢的心，在寒冷的夜裡，張嘴都是白氣，塵世折騰，惟有溫暖與這碗粥不可辜負).


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Official responses
On January 4, when asked about the incident, Hua Chunying, the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China said: "I do not know about the specific circumstances, which do not belong to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I would like to point out a matter of principle that the so-called censorship does not exist in China. The Chinese government protects the press freedom in accordance with the laws, and gives full play to the supervisory role of the news media and citizens."


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Official responses
Other official media, such as the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency haven't expressed their stances. The Propaganda Department of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee has not come out to provide any explanation either.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Reactions, International
Wang Yu-chi, the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China called on Beijing to improve the news environment, and respect the press freedom. On January 8, Taiwan's opposition party Democratic Progressive Party also expressed its views on the incident. Su Tseng-chang, the party chairman said: "A media environment with freedom of speech can help the real reform of the Chinese Communist." Former party chairman Tsai Ing-wen also expressed that press freedom is a universal value can not be deprived of.


2013 Southern Weekly incident, Reactions, International
On January 7, Victoria Nuland, spokesperson for the United States Department of State spoke to reporters at the daily department briefing that "We believe that censorship of the media is incompatible with China’s aspirations to build a modern information-based economy and society. It is, of course, interesting that we now have Chinese who are strongly taking up their right for free speech, and we hope the government’s taking notice."


2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The event returned to a neutral site after two seasons on campus. In the championship game, seventh-seeded Central Arkansas defeated fourth-seeded Southeastern Louisiana, 4-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Central Arkansas earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.


2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Central Arkansas outfielder Forrestt Allday was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2013 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 13–16, 2013 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas The winner of the tournament received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.


2013 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With the addition of Oral Roberts to the league, and the departures of Texas-Arlington, Texas-San Antonio, and Texas State to the WAC, a new tournament format was used from this year. For the first time in seven years, the Southland did not have divisions for basketball. The tournament bracket still included the top eight regular season finishers, but the first and second seeds received double byes and began play in the semifinal round. The third and fourth seeds earned a single bye directly into the quarterfinals, while the fifth through eighth seeds played in the first round. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was ineligible for postseason play, and thus could not complete in the tournament.


2013 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Stephen F. Austin received the top seed based on tiebreakers. Northwestern State won the tiebreaker over Oral Roberts and received the second double bye. Oral Roberts was the three seed, while Southeastern Louisiana took the four based on conference tiebreakers. Lamar was eliminated from playoffs.


2013 Southland Conference Softball Tournament
The 2013 Southland Conference tournament was held at Lady Demon Diamond on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from May 9 through May 11, 2013. The tournament winner, Northwestern State earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Early rounds of the tournament were broadcast on the Southland Conference Digital Network. Both games of the championship round were carried on ESPN3, with Chris Mycoskie and Tony Taglavore on the call.


2013 Southland Conference Softball Tournament, Format
The top 6 teams qualified for the Southland Softball Tournament. The tournament was played using a double elimination format and included the maximum number of games in the format since a second game on championship day was required.


2013 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 13–16, 2013 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.


2013 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds & Regular Season Standings
Only the Top 8 teams advance to the Southland Conference Tournament. If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tourney should finish in the top 8, their seed will fall to the next eligible team. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions. Sources:


2013 Southwest China floods
In July 2013, much of southwest China experienced heavy rainfall that led to widespread flooding. Sichuan was the hardest hit. At least 73 people were killed as a result of the flooding, with 180 people missing. An estimated 6 million lives were disrupted by the floods.


2013 Southwest China floods, Floods and damage
Starting during the weekend of 6–7 July 2013, from 8 am Thursday to 8 am Friday, China experienced heavy rainfall affecting 20 provinces and causing disruption for roughly 6 million people. The southwest was the hardest hit, experiencing what was described as the heaviest rainfall in 50 years. In Dujiangyan, Sichuan 37 inches (94 cm) of rain fell from 8–9 July, the heaviest rainfall since records began in 1954. The rainfall led to widespread coding that destroyed bridges and houses, as well as a memorial for victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The rain also triggered multiple landslides that buried dozens of people.


2013 Southwest China floods, Floods and damage
Mountainous regions of Sichuan suffered the most damage. Qushan, the former county seat of Beichuan which was depopulated after the 2008 earthquake, was submerged in 23 feet (7.0 m) of water. The site had been designated as a memorial to earthquake victims and was home to the Beichuan Earthquake Museum. On 9 July, a bridge across the Tongkou River failed, sending six cars into the rushing waters. At least twelve people went missing as a result and are presumed dead. The bridge had only returned to service a few days earlier after undergoing repairs for earthquake damage. Flood waters in the area were measured at 6,600 cubic metres per second (230,000 cu ft/s), the highest recorded flow rate since records began in 1954. Two other bridges collapsed in Sichuan with no reported injuries.


2013 Southwest China floods, Floods and damage
In Dujiangyan City, Sichuan a landslide buried 11 homes and numerous vacation cottages on 10 July. At least 18 people were killed by the landslide which covered 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi), and 117 were missing as of early 11 July. Phone lines were cut, so survivors had to hike to nearby government offices for help. Later on 10 July, additional landslides trapped roughly 2000 people in a tunnel between Dujiangyan and Wenchuan. All were rescued by the evening. In Aba, three people were killed and 12 others went missing after a mudslide in the area.


2013 Southwest China floods, Floods and damage
Across Sichuan more than 220,000 people were evacuated due to the storms and roughly 300 dings were destroyed by the floods As of 11 July, there were 31 confirmed deaths in Sichuan and 166 people missing.


2013 Southwest China floods, Floods and damage
In Suijiang, Yunnan, four people were killed by the floods. The storms destroyed 5,280 homes in the province and led to the suspension of school in rural areas. In Shouyang, Shanxi, twelve workers were killed when an unfinished mining building collapsed on 9 July. Outside Beijing, three people drowned in a car. Deaths were also reported within the city, in Inner Mongolia, and in Gansu.


2013 Southwest China floods, Floods and damage
As of 11 July, the storms had killed 46 people in total, according to official statistics, with hundreds more missing. A further, sixty people were missing in Sichuan.


2013 Southwest China floods, July storms
Typhoon Soulik made landfall over mainland China during 12–13 July as a minimal typhoon. About 72 million people were affected by the storm. Heavy rains extended into Guangdong. A total of $433.3 million USD were damage loss. Flooding continued until 15 July, as the storm ended affecting northern or northeastern part of China. 3 people were only reported dead due to Soulik.


2013 Southwest China floods, July storms
2 weeks after Soulik impacted northern China, Tropical Storm Jebi made landfall over Hainan on 1 August. Approximately 1000 homes were damages and damage loss amounted to $20 million USD.


2013 Southwest China floods, July storms
Just after Jebi, Mangkhut had affected the most southern part of China. But this storm didn't made that much effects.


2013 Southwest China floods, August storms
Widespread damage took place in Guangdong Province. With that, at least 4 people were killed by the storm. As of 15–16 August, another person was killed in a place called Dongguan. Losses across the province amounted to a total of $6.6 billion USD.


2013 Southwest China floods, August storms
On 16 August, it is reported that in Guangxi, 6 were reported dead and damages topped to $62.5 million USD. Widespread flooding was also reported in the province of Hunan and 5 people were killed.


2013 Southwest China floods, August storms
Trami made landfall over East China in the midnight hours of 22 August. Damage losses were reported about $406 million USD and most of the damage occurred in Fujian Province. In Guangxi, 2 people were killed.


2013 Southwest China floods, Contributing factors
It is thought that the 2008 earthquake contributed to geological instability, which contributed to the landslides. Deforestation was likely a significant factor.


2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas from May 15 through May 19, 2013. First seed from the East Jackson State won their fifteenth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The double elimination tournament features the top four teams from each division, leaving Mississippi Valley State and Grambling State out of the field.


2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four finishers in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket. Prairie View A&M claimed the third seed from the West over Texas Southern by tiebreaker.


2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Bracket
* - Indicates game ended after 7 innings due to mercy rule.


2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Alexander Juday was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Juday was a pitcher for Jackson State who earned the victory in the championship game with a complete game and nine strikeouts, while yielding nine hits and two runs.


2013 Soweto Open
The 2013 Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 29 April – 5 May 2013 for the men's event and 6–12 May 2013 for the women's event.


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


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


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


2013 Soweto Open – Men's Doubles
The defending champions from 2011 were Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Peya, as there was no event in 2012. They chose not to participate. Prakash Amritraj and Rajeev Ram defeated Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–1) in the final to win the title.


2013 Soweto Open – Men's Singles
The defending champion from 2011 was Izak van der Merwe, as there was no event in 2012. He is not entered in this year's event. Vasek Pospisil defeated Michał Przysiężny while leading 6–7(7–9), 6–0, 4–1 in the final before Przysiężny retired.


2013 Soweto Open – Women's Doubles
The defending champions from 2010 were Vitalia Diatchenko and Eirini Georgatou, as there was no event in 2012 and the 2011 Soweto Open – Women's Doubles tournament was cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding. Neither player participated in 2013.


2013 Soweto Open – Women's Doubles
Magda Linette and Chanel Simmonds won the title, defeating Samantha Murray and Jade Windley in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2013 Soweto Open – Women's Singles
The defending champion from 2011 was Valeria Savinykh, as there was no event in 2012, but she decided not to compete in 2013.


2013 Soweto Open – Women's Singles
Tímea Babos won the title, defeating Chanel Simmonds in the final, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1.


2013 Spanish Athletics Championships
The 2013 Spanish Athletics Championships was the 93rd edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Spain. It was held on 27 and 28 July at the Polideportivo José Caballero in Alcobendas. It served as the selection meeting for Spain at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.


2013 Spanish Athletics Championships
The club championships in relays and combined track and field events were contested separately from the main competition.


2013 Spanish Figure Skating Championships
The 2013 Spanish Figure Skating Championships (Spanish: Campeonato De España De Patinaje Sobre Hielo 2012-13) was held from 14 to 16 December 2012 in Majadahonda. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results may be used as part of Spain's selection process for the 2013 World Championships and the 2013 European Championships.


2013 Spanish Grand Prix
The 2013 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 12 May 2013 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. The race was the fifth round of the 2013 season, and marked the forty-third running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship, and the twenty-third running at Catalunya.


2013 Spanish Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg took pole position for the race, ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso took his thirty-second and most recent Grand Prix victory—and his second in his home race—ahead of Lotus-Renault's Kimi Räikkönen and Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa in third. Pole sitter Nico Rosberg finished sixth overall.


2013 Spanish Grand Prix
The most notable overtaking move came on the first lap as Fernando Alonso went round the outside of both Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton going into turn 3. Ferrari's strategy of making 4 pit stops was risky but proved to be the best choice as Alonso was able to beat Räikkönen who did one less to claim his latest win in Formula One, as of September 2021.


2013 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2013 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera on 5 May 2013.


2013 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, Moto3
The race was red-flagged due to an accident involving Alan Techer. The final results were taken at the end of the 15th of the scheduled 23 laps and full points were awarded.


2013 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.


2013 Sparkasse ATP Challenger
The 2013 Sparkasse ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played in Ortisei, Italy between 4 and 10 November 2013 on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour.


2013 Sparkasse ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Sparkasse ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw:


2013 Sparkasse ATP Challenger – Doubles
Karol Beck and Rik de Voest were the defending champions but they decided not to participate. German team and fourth seeds Christopher Kas and Tim Pütz won the title over Benjamin Becker and Daniele Bracciali


2013 Sparkasse ATP Challenger – Singles
Benjamin Becker is the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to fifth seeded Teymuraz Gabashvili. Top seed Andreas Seppi defeated surprise finalist Simon Greul.


2013 Sparkassen Open
The 2013 Sparkassen Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Braunschweig, Germany between 1 and 7 July 2013.


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


2013 Sparkassen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


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


2013 Sparkassen Open – Doubles
Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk were the defending champions, and won the title again by beating Andreas Siljeström and Igor Zelenay 6–2, 7–6(7–4).


2013 Sparkassen Open – Singles
Thomaz Bellucci was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Florian Mayer beat Jiří Veselý 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, to win the title.


2013 Sparta Prague Open
The 2013 Sparta Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 13 to 19 May 2013.


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


2013 Sparta Prague Open – Doubles
Alizé Cornet and Virginie Razzano were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both players decided not to defend their title.


2013 Sparta Prague Open – Doubles
Renata Voráčová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová won the title, defeating Irina Falconi and Eva Hrdinová in the final, 6–4, 6–0.


2013 Sparta Prague Open – Singles
Lucie Šafářová was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012. She successfully defended her title, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1.


2013 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election
Election of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic was held on 27 November 2013. Jan Hamáček was elected the new Speaker. Hamáček was the nominee of Czech Social Democratic Party but received support from other coalition parties - ANO 2011, Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party. Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) and TOP 09 also gave him an endorsement. Hamáček is the youngest Speaker of the Chamber.


2013 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting
Voting took place on 27 November 2013. Hamáček was the only candidate. He received 195 votes of 198 and became the new Speaker. The incumbent Speaker Miroslava Němcová didn't seek reelection. She sought position of Vice-chairswoman instead but was unsuccessful.


2013 Special Honours
The Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Order of St John.


2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Korean: 2013 년 특별 올림픽 세계 동계 올림픽, romanized: 2013 Nyeon Teugbyeol Ollimpig Segye Dong-Gye Ollimpig) was a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from January 29 through February 5, 2013. Though officially allocated to Pyeongchang, events were also held in Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink.


2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games, The Games, Sports
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games programme featured 8 sports with encompassing many disciplines (in parentheses).


2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games, Nations
Canada won the overall medal table. They won 109 medals (44 Gold, 44 Silver and 21 Bronze).


2013 Specialized–lululemon season
The 2013 season was the eleventh for the  Specialized–lululemon cycling team, which began as the T-Mobile team in 2003. Three riders joined the team in 2013, American cyclists Carmen Small and Tayler Wiles, and the Canadian Gillian Carleton. Charlotte Becker, Emilia Fahlin, Chloe Hosking, Clara Hughes and Amber Neben left the team in the post-Olympic year. The year was marked with a crash of Ina-Yoko Teutenberg at the Drenste 8 in March. She was unable to ride for the remainder of the season and ended her career afterwards.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season
Ellen van Dijk became the leader of the team and had a great season. She won the general classification of a stage race four times as well as several one-day races and finished four times on the podium in World Cup races. Above all she won the World Time Trial Championships. Van Dijk finished 3rd in the final World Cup standings and also 3rd in the UCI World Ranking. Evelyn Stevens had to miss the Tour of Flanders due to a fall.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season
She finished fifth in the Giro Rosa, third in the Route de France, with the American Team and finished behind teammates Ellen van Dijk and Carmen Small (3rd place), fourth in the time trial at the World Championships. She finished ultimately 7th in the UCI world Ranking. The team was, like last year, undefeated in the team time trials and won the World Team Time Trial Championships in September. The team finished 3rd in the UCI World Ranking.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Roster
As of 1 January 2013. Ages as of 1 January 2013.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, January
In early January, Trixi Worrack won the German national cyclo-cross championships.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, February - April: Classic races
February and March were two great months for Ellen van Dijk. After finishing third in the Ladies Tour of Qatar she won the first prestigious road victory of the season, Le Samyn des Samyn at the end of February. She escaped from the bunch with 35 km to go and finished three minutes ahead of the chasing group. In early March, during the Ronde van Drenthe, she went on a breakaway with Marianne Vos. Van Dijk lost the side by side sprint and finished second.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, February - April: Classic races
In the second World Cup race the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, she finished again on the podium, this time in third place. Finally, in late March, she finished second in the Tour of Flanders behind Marianne Vos again. Vos, Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghine escaped on the Karemont, but Van Dijk was able to close the gap. Finally, the four women sprinted for victory. Ellen regretted that she was not able to outsprint Vos.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, February - April: Classic races
In March, at the Drenste 8 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg had a serious crash. She has a concussion and was not able to start in the spring classics. She did not recover as fast as she hoped and decided in June not to start anymore the season because she was not able to train in a proper way. Evelyn Stevens was not able to defend her title at the Flèche Wallonne due to a fall at the Classica Citta di Padova. She had broken teeth and numerous wounds. Ellen van Dijk finished sixth. Katie Colclough escaped in the final but was pulled back.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, April - May: Stage races
Ellen van Dijk won begin April, the general classification of the Energiewacht Tour. She won the individual time trial stage over 21.1 km and finished twice second in a stages. The Gracia Orlova was also really successful for the team at the end of April. Van Dijk won the general classification again together with the points classification, the prologue, stage 2 and stage 3. The other two stages were won by her team mates Evelyn Stevens (stage 3) and Loren Rowney (stage 5).


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, April - May: Stage races
On 20 May, Carmen Small won Chrono Gatineau, and five days later the American time trial championship.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, Juny - July: national championships and stage races
In June, Evelyn Stevens returned in the peloton. She won the Philadelphia Cycling Classic, and later on a stage and the final classification of the  Giro del Trentino Alto Adige


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, Juny - July: national championships and stage races
At the end of the month the national championships took place and the team won three titles. Ellen van Dijk won the Dutch national time trial title, Lisa Brennauer won the German time trial title and Trixi Worrack the German road race title. Therefore, the team started the Giro Rosa with big ambitions. Evelyn Stevens, the leader of the team, was in the general classification in second place after the fourth stage, but finished tenth in the fifth stage and lost 3' 55" to Abbott. The day afterwards she finished in fifth place and lost 1'  32". On the final day Ellen van Dijk won the time trial stage. Stevens finished behind Van Dijk second and finished in fifth place overall. The Giro was won in the end by Mara Abbott.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, Juny - July: national championships and stage races
In July, in the  Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Carmen Small won the sprint of the second stage. In the fourth stage, an individual time trial, Ellen van Dijk finished second behind Shara Gillow. Lisa Brennauer finished second in the last stage and third in the general classification.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, August: Route de France and Sweden
The second grand tour started at 3 August: La Route de France. Specialized–lululemon did not start in this race, but two riders were part of the American national team, Evelyn Stevens and Ally Stacher. Stevens finished fifth in the prologue. After six stages won by Giorgia Bronzini in the sprints, the last stage was disputed. Stevens attacked  in a difficult ascent, Linda Villumsen, former rider of the team between 2007 and 2010, chased her down and extended her lead. She finished with a lead of over 5 minutes and won also the general classification. Stevens was caught by the chasing group and with the difference made in the prologue she finished in third place.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, August: Route de France and Sweden
At the Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT world cup race the team showed once again its supremacy in the team time trial. In the Open de Suède Vårgårda road race, there was a front group of 10 riders with Evelyn Stevens and Ellen van Dijk. After an attack by Marianne Vos, there were only six riders left with the two from Specialized-lululemon. Stevens went all out in the final kilometres, but was pulled back. Van Dijk finished fourth after a great team effort and Stevens finished sixth.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, August: Route de France and Sweden
In the Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour the team won the inaugural team time trial. Lisa Brennauer finished second in the third stage. Ellen van Dijk finished third in the last stage uphill in Geraardsbergen and ensured her third stage race victory of the season, with Brennauer finishing in second place.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, September: Road World Championships
The Boels Rental Ladies Tour took place in early September. Trixi Worrack finished third in the first stage. After the team won the team time trial of the second stage, Worrack took the overall lead and kept the leading jersey until the last stage. After a hectic last stage, it was Ellen van Dijk, who was in second place four seconds behind Worrack, who won the stage race. Worrack finished ultimately in sixth place.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, September: Road World Championships
The Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile, renamed this year as the "pre worlds" because of the World Championships taking place in Tuscany, did not bring notable results for the team. In the individual time trial, one of the main goals for the team this season, the team took the world title with an average speed of 51 km/h and over a minute ahead of the Rabobank–Liv Giant. The composition of the team was: Trixi Worrack, Ellen van Dijk, Evelyn Stevens, Carmen Small, Katie Colclough and Lisa Brennauer. They expressed great joy after winning. The team was, as in 2012, undefeated in the team time trial in the 2013 season.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, September: Road World Championships
Thereafter, the team members joined their respective national selection. In the individual time trial, Ellen van Dijk won the world title. She said upon arrival that it is a dream come true and that it is the result of a conscientious preparation with numerous reconnaissances of the course. She filmed the course to watch it over and over to know it by heart and to know the bends. In the same event, Small won the bronze medal, Steven finished fourth only 4 hundredths of a second from Small, Trixi Worrack finished fifth and Lisa Brennauer eleventh.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Season, September: Road World Championships
In the road race, Stevens was the only member of the team who was in the front group with the main favourites and finished fifth.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, Results in major races, Single day races
At the 2013 UCI Women's Road World Cup, Ellen van Dijk finished 3rd in the final classification and Evelyn Stevens 10th. The team finished 3rd in the teams standing.


2013 Specialized–lululemon season, UCI World Ranking
The team finished second in the UCI ranking for teams. The teams Orica-AIS, Specialized-lululemon and Rabobank–Liv Giant finished close from each other with respectively 2138.5, 2132 and 2118.75 points.


2013 Speedway European Championship
The 2013 Speedway European Championship season was the premiere season of the Speedway European Championship era, and decided the 13th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the first series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.


2013 Speedway European Championship
The 2013 Speedway European Championship was won by Martin Vaculík from Slovakia


2013 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
For the 2013 season there are 15 permanent riders, joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.


2013 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
Defending champion, Aleš Dryml, Jr. of Czech Republic, was invited to participate in all finals event, as of top European Grand Prix riders: Tomasz Gollob of Poland, Nicki Pedersen of Denmark, Andreas Jonsson of Sweden and Emil Sayfutdinov of Russia. Three weeks before Final One, Tai Woffinden of Great Britain was invited to the series also. Injured Andreas Jonsson was replaced by another the Swede Fredrik Lindgren.


2013 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
Nine riders were qualified from the SEC Challenge, qualification final, preceded by three Semifinal event. The SEC Challenge was won by Jurica Pavlic of Croatia.


2013 Speedway European Championship, Qualification, BSI—One Sports relationships
The Speedway Grand Prix promoter, BSI of the United Kingdom, effectively prevented the appearance top riders in SEC. British federation, Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) after the withdrawal of Nicholls refused to nominate other British riders.


2013 Speedway European Championship, Qualification, BSI—One Sports relationships
Because final events date do not coincide with Wolverhampton Wolves matches, ACU and BSPA have to agree of Tai Woffinden' participating in the series.


2013 Speedway European Championship, Qualification, BSI—One Sports relationships
ACU and British Speedway Promoters' Association refused to appearance in a tournament qualifier British star, Scott Nicholls. On 27 July, Final One date, Nicholls need ride in British Elite League event. Then ACU does not agree that Hans N. Andersen could be replaced in Swindon Robins match. Andersen informed the club and a league that he will take part in the SEC before signing the contract.


2013 Speedway European Championship qualification
The 2013 Speedway European Championship qualification events took place from April 20 to July 6, 2013. There were four final meetings with fifteen permanent riders and one wild cards and two track reserves. The permanent riders were determined in three SEC Semifinal and one SEC Challenge.


2013 Speedway European Championship qualification, Qualification system
Three Semifinals were started with 48 competitors each. The top five winners advanced to the next round.


2013 Speedway European Championship qualification, Results, Semifinal Two – Debrecen, Hungary
Only top two riders from one country can qualify to the Chellange. For that reason, Kołodziej, did not qualify.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 68th edition of the official World Championship and the 19th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the thirteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix
The British rider Tai Woffinden became world champion, making him the first British rider to win the gold medal since Mark Loram in the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix. Jarosław Hampel won his third world championship medal, while Danish rider Niels Kristian Iversen won his first medal finishing third in the series.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
For the 2013 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
Since Jason Crump decided to retire from the series, the top eight riders – except Crump, who was replaced by ninth-placed Andreas Jonsson – from the 2012 championship qualified. Those riders were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2012 season.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, Qualified substitutes
The following riders qualified as substitutes due to their results in the Grand Prix Challenge.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, Crump spot controversy
Before the Toruń event in 2012, former three-times World Champion, Jason Crump announced his retirement at the end of the 2012 season.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, Crump spot controversy
According to the SGP Regulation, Crump's spot for the 2013 season – as sixth place in 2012 – should be taken by the first Qualified Substitute, Aleš Dryml, Jr.. However, BSI has announced that Crump's spot would be awarded to Andreas Jonsson, the ninth-place finisher in the 2012 standings, per FIM regulations.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, Crump spot controversy
(...) Should a rider or riders who have qualified directly, either by being in the top 8 of the Final Overall Grand Prix Classification or in the top 3 of the FIM Grand Prix qualification system or who qualified through both systems, withdraw prior to the start of the Grand Prix season, the first rider or riders available on the Official Grand Prix Qualified Substitute list shall replace him or them.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix, Calendar
The 2013 season will consist of 12 events, just like the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2013 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification were a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three riders who qualified for the 2013 Speedway Grand Prix.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
The 2013 Motorsportwash.com European FIM Speedway Grand Prix will be the second race of the 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 20 April at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe, Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Krzysztof Buczkowski as Wild Card, and Szymon Woźniak and Mikołaj Curyło both as Track Reserves. The draw will be made on 19 April.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
The 2013 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2013 FIM Fogo British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 June at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The Grand Prix was won by Emil Sayfutdinov who beat Niels Kristian Iversen, Krzysztof Kasprzak and Fredrik Lindgren in the final.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Chris Harris as Wild Card, and Craig Cook and Josh Auty both as Track Reserves.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand
The 2013 FIM New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix was the first race meeting of the 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 23 March at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand
The Grand Prix was won by Jarosław Hampel, who beat former champions Tomasz Gollob, Nicki Pedersen and Greg Hancock in the final. Although Hampel won the event, Gollob left New Zealand as the championship leader.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand, Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jason Bunyan as the event Wild Card, and Sean Mason and Dale Finch as Track Reserves. The Draw was made on March 22.


2013 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand, Results, Details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2013 Speedway World Cup
The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.


2013 Speedway World Cup, Qualification
The top six nations from the 2012 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Daugavpils, Latvia and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Miskolc, Hungary.


2013 Spengler Cup
The 2013 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland between 26 and 31 December 2013. All matches were played at HC Davos's home known as Vaillant Arena. Six competing teams were split into two groups of three. The two groups, named Torriani and Cattini, were named after legendary Swiss hockey players Richard 'Bibi' Torriani and the Cattini brothers, Hans and Ferdinand.


2013 Spengler Cup, Teams participating
The list of teams that have been confirmed for the tournament are as listed:


2013 Spengler Cup, Teams participating
The division of the six teams into two groups of three and the subsequent schedule were determined on 12 August 2013.


2013 Spengler Cup, Match Officials
Here is the full list of match officials that has been confirmed for the tournament at this time:


2013 Spengler Cup, Publications
Once again this year, the Spengler Cup will make all of their available publications, including all matchday programmes and the event media guide, available for download on their website, as they did last year for the first time.


2013 Spengler Cup, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


2013 Spengler Cup, Television
Several television channels around the world will cover many or all matches of the Spengler Cup. As well as most Swiss channels, here is a listing of who else will cover the tournament:


2013 Split local elections
The 2013 local elections were held in Split, Croatia on 19 May and 2 June 2013.


2013 Split local elections
The incumbent HGS mayor Željko Kerum  was running for a full four-year term after winning the previous elections on 31 May 2009. Kerum had a very controversial term as mayor between 2009 and 2013, which resulted in losing in the first round of elections with 18.51% of the votes. The second round of elections was very tense. The SDP candidate for mayor, Ivo Baldasar, won 49.08% and the HDZ candidate, Vjekoslav Ivanišević, 48.18%. After the elections, Vjekoslav Ivanišević asked for a vote recount because he only lost with 615 votes less than Baldasar. The recount was done and Baldasar was proclaimed the winner.


2013 Split local elections
The SDP-HNS-HSU coalition won also in the council elections and formed a minor government.


2013 Split local elections, Mayoral election
The percentages of votes from each candidate are calculated from number of valid votersThe percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout numberThe turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters


2013 Split local elections, Council election
The percentages of votes from each list are calculated from number of valid votersThe percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout numberThe turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters


2013 Spokane Shock season
The 2013 Spokane Shock season was the eighth season for the franchise, and the fourth in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Andy Olson and played their home games at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. With a 14–4 record in the regular season, the Shock qualified for the playoffs. However, they were defeated by the Arizona Rattlers in the conference championship game by a 65–57 score.


2013 Spokane Shock season, Standings
z - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth


2013 Spokane Shock season, Schedule, Regular season
The Shock began the season by visiting the Cleveland Gladiators on March 24. Their first home game was against the Arizona Rattlers on April 12. They will close the regular season at home against the Pittsburgh Power on July 26.


2013 Sport 1 Open
The 2013 Sport 1 Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Scheveningen, Netherlands between 8 and 15 July 2013.


2013 Sport 1 Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Sport 1 Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw:


2013 Sport 1 Open – Doubles
Antal van der Duim and Boy Westerhof were the defending champions and defended their title against Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko 6–3, 6–3.


2013 Sport 1 Open – Singles
Jerzy Janowicz was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Jesse Huta Galung beat top seeded Robin Haase 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–4, to claim the title.


2013 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season
The 2013 season is the 102nd season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.


2013 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season
In this season, they have competed on the Campeonato Paulista, winning it for a 27th time, and in the Copa Libertadores, being eliminated at the round of 16. Won the Recopa Sudamericana after defeating São Paulo. Was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Copa do Brasil. Finished 10th in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.


2013 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season
In November, Corinthians has announced it would not renew with Tite.


2013 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Players, Out on Loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Sporting Cristal season
The 2013 season is Sporting Cristal's 58th season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 58th consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.


2013 Sporting Cristal season
Sporting Cristal will compete for their 17th Torneo Descentralizado title, after winning last season. In addition, the club will compete in the Copa Libertadores 2013.


2013 Sporting Cristal season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Sporting Kansas City season
The 2013 Sporting Kansas City season was the eighteenth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the third year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.


2013 Sporting Kansas City season
Sporting Kansas City entered the season as the defending U.S. Open Cup champions and as back-to-back Eastern Conference Regular Season Champions. By winning the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, they were qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League for the first time in franchise history.


2013 Sporting Kansas City season
Ivy Funds became the club's kit sponsor, a first for the franchise.


2013 Sporting Kansas City season
Sporting Kansas City qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the 12th time in the team's 18-year history and third straight season, moving into a three-way tie for fourth most MLS Cup Playoff appearances with the Chicago Fire and FC Dallas, trailing only the Colorado Rapids (13), New York Red Bulls (14), and Los Angeles Galaxy (15). The team defeated New England Revolution, Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake to win the 2013 MLS Cup.


2013 Sporting Kansas City season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, League table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2013 Sporting Kansas City season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion


2013 SportsCar Grand Prix
The 2013 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was an auto racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from July 19–21, 2013  The race was the fifth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season. Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, with drivers Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr, extended their streak of season victories to four by earning a win with a four lap gap over second place and P2 class winners Level 5 Motorsports. CORE Autosport led the PC category, while Corvette Racing scored their third victory of the season in the GT class. Alex Job Racing won the GTC category, two weeks after badly damaging their car at the previous event in Lime Rock.


2013 SportsCar Grand Prix, Qualifying
In qualifying for the PC category, a crash by Mike Gausch forced the session to be stopped. Due to not completing a minimum of ten minutes, the qualifying results for PC were nullified and the grid order was set by championship points. As a result of PC cars requiring a separate grid order, the final race grid was altered so that cars in the same category were grouped together, even if outqualified by a car from another class.


2013 SportsCar Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 SportsCar Grand Prix, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 Sprint Unlimited
The 2013 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on February 16, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 75 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race, while Greg Biffle finished second. Joey Logano, Tony Stewart, and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five.


2013 Sprint Unlimited, Report, Background
The track, Daytona International Speedway, is one of  six  superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.


2013 Sprint Unlimited, Report, Background
A total of twenty-two drivers were eligible to compete in the race, including 2012 pole position winners and previous winners of the race who had qualified for at least one race during the 2012 season, but only nineteen drivers participated in the race. Notable drivers not invited to the race were Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer, the 2012 champion and champion runner up, who didn't collect any pole positions in 2012. In yellow are previous Daytona Shootout winners without pole wins in the 2012 season.


2013 Sprint Unlimited, Report, Background
Unlike other races, the race format was chosen by a fan poll, and was 75 laps long, with three segments of 30, 25, and 20 laps.


2013 Sprint Unlimited, Report, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held before the race, which was on February 15, 2013. The first session lasted 45 minutes, while the second lasted 60 minutes. Kevin Harvick was quickest with a time of 45.601 seconds in the first session, less than two-hundredths of a second faster than Aric Almirola. Greg Biffle with a quickest time of 45.660 seconds was third, ahead of Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex, Jr., and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. Juan Pablo Montoya was seventh, still within a second of Harvick's time.


2013 Sprint Unlimited, Report, Practice and qualifying
Also in the first session, five cars were involved in an accident after Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch collided. In the second and final practice session, Denny Hamlin was quickest with a fastest time of 45.906 seconds. Joey Logano followed in second, ahead of Biffle and Harvick. Almirola was fifth quickest, with a time of 46.027. Montoya, Kahne, Marcos Ambrose, Kyle Busch, and Terry Labonte rounded out to the first ten positions.


2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League
2013 saw the 29th edition of the Sri Lanka Football Premier League. This season featured 20 teams, an expansion of eight clubs, split into two groups of 10. The top four sides at the end of a round robin entered the final phase.


2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League
The tournament was won by Air Force SC. Ratnam Sports Club were the defending champions, but were knocked out in the quarterfinals.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections
Provincial council elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2013 to elect 148 members to three of the nine provincial councils in the country. 4.4 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections to the remaining six provincial councils were not due as they had their last election in 2009 or 2012. This was the first provincial council election in the Northern Province in 25 years.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections
The United People's Freedom Alliance's domination of Sri Lankan elections continued as expected. It retained control of two provincial councils (Central and North Western) but the Tamil National Alliance won control of the first Northern Provincial Council.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
In an attempt to end the Sri Lankan Civil War the Indo-Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987. One of the requirements of the accord was that the Sri Lankan government to devolve powers to the provinces. Accordingly on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987. On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order. The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Uva provinces. On 2 June 1988 elections were held for provincial councils for Central, Southern and Western provinces. The United National Party (UNP), which was in power nationally, won control of all seven provincial councils.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
The Indo-Lanka Accord also required the merger of the Eastern and Northern provinces into one administrative unit. The accord required a referendum to be held by 31 December 1988 in the Eastern Province to decide whether the merger should be permanent. Crucially, the accord allowed the Sri Lankan president to postpone the referendum at his discretion. On September 2 and 8 1988 President Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Eastern and Northern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province. Elections in the newly merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988. The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, an Indian backed paramilitary group, won control of the North Eastern provincial council.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
On 1 March 1990, just as the Indian Peace Keeping Force were preparing to withdraw from Sri Lanka, Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal, Chief Minister of the North Eastern Province, moved a motion in the North Eastern Provincial Council declaring an independent Eelam. President Premadasa reacted to Permual's UDI by dissolving the provincial council and imposing direct rule on the province.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
The 2nd Sri Lankan provincial council election was held in 1993 in seven provinces. The UNP retained control of six provincial councils but lost control of the largest provincial council, Western, to the opposition People's Alliance. A special election was held in Southern Province in 1994 after some UNP provincial councillors defected to the opposition. The PA won the election and took control of the Southern Provincial Council.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
The 3rd Sri Lankan provincial council election was held in 1999 in seven provinces. The PA, which was now in power nationally, managed to win the majority of seats in two provinces (North Central and North Western). It was also able to form a majority administration in the other five provinces with the support of smaller parties such as the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) . The UNP regained control of the Central Provincial Council in 2002 after the CWC councillors crossed over to the opposition.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
The 4th Sri Lankan provincial council election was held in 2004 in seven provinces. The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the successor to the PA, won all seven provinces.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the JVP filed three separate petitions with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka requesting a separate Provincial Council for the East. On 16 October 2006 the Supreme Court ruled that the proclamations issued by President Jayewardene were null and void and had no legal effect. The North Eastern Province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
The 5th Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on a staggered basis during 2008/09 in eight provinces including the newly demerged Eastern Province. The UPFA won all eight provinces.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
Soon after the civil war ended in May 2009 there were calls for election to be held for the Northern Provincial Council. In January 2010 government minister Douglas Devananda stated that the election would be held soon after the 2010 presidential election. But the election wasn't held although presidential, parliamentary and local elections were held in the Northern Province. As the government procrastinated, international pressure mounted. In an interview with The Hindu in July 2012 President Rajapaksa stated the election would be held in September 2013. In March 2013 the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution which, amongst other things, welcomed the decision to hold the election in September 2013.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Background
The 6th Sri Lankan provincial council election was also held on a staggered basis. Elections were held on 8 September 2012 in Eastern, North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces. The UPFA won the majority of seats in two provinces (North Central and Sabaragamuwa) and was also able to form a majority administration in Eastern Provinces with the support of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress. On 5 July 2013 President Rajapaksa issued a proclamation ordering the Election Commissioner to conduct elections for the Northern Provincial Council. Central Provincial Council and North Western Provincial Council were also dissolved by their governors on 5 July 2013.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Details
Nominations took place between 25 July 2013 and 1 August 2013. 210 nominations (131 form registered political parties, 79 from independent groups) were received by the returning officers of which 201 nominations (126 form registered political parties, 75 from independent groups) were accepted and nine nominations (five form registered political parties, four from independent groups) were rejected. The UPFA, UNP and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna are contesting in all ten districts, the Tamil National Alliance is contesting in the five districts in Northern Province whilst the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, a constituent party of the UPFA, is contesting separately in seven districts.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Details
After the nomination period had ended Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya announced that the elections would be held on 21 September 2013.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Results, Overall
The UPFA won control of two provincial councils (Central and North Western) whilst the TNA won control of Northern Provincial Council.


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Results, Central Province
Results of the 6th Central Provincial Council election held on 21 September 2013:


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Results, Northern Province
Results of the 1st Northern Provincial Council election held on 21 September 2013:


2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections, Results, North Western Province
Results of the 6th North Western Provincial Council election held on 21 September 2013:


2013 Srinagar attack
An attack on a Central Reserve Police Force camp at Bemina, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, occurred on 13 March 2013. It resulted in the death of five CRPF personnel and two attackers. Ten others were also injured include security personnels and civilians.


2013 Srinagar attack, Attack
Two attackers entered Police Public School ground, where the CRPF camp was situated, in the morning. They were in the attire of cricket players with the sports kit. After they passed through security, they removed their jackets and took out granades and AK-47 assault rifles. The two suicide bombers opened indiscriminate firing on the CRPF camp. The shootout lasted 30 minutes.


2013 Srinagar attack, Attack
Five CRPF men died and ten others were injured, including four civilians. The perpetrators were both killed by the CRPF personnel. Two AK-47 rifles, five magazines, two pistols and four grenades were recovered from attackers. A curfew was then imposed in Kashmir.


2013 Srinagar attack, Aftermath
The separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack.


2013 Srinagar attack, Investigation
Two militants were arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police from Baramullah, Srinagar on 14 March 2013. Third suspect was arrested two days later who allegedly provide shelter to attackers.


2013 Srinagar attack, Responsibility
NDTV suggested Hizbul Mujahideen was responsible for attack. Involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba suspected.


2013 Srinagar attack, Reactions, Domestic
The Government of India suspected the possible involvement of Pakistan. Sushilkumar Shinde, the home minister of India, said that the attackers who were killed had items (including ointment) that were manufactured in Pakistan and diaries with numbers in them of Pakistani origin. The Tamil Nadu government declared a relief of Rs500,000 to the family of a CRPF man who died in the attack. Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, paid tribute to the dead soldiers. Later the India-Pakistan hockey series was cancelled. India also put the group visa facility for Pakistani tourists on hold.


2013 St Helens RLFC season
The 2013 St Helens season saw the club compete in Super League XVI as well as the 2013 Challenge Cup tournament.


2013 St Kilda Football Club season
The St Kilda Football Club's 2013 season will be its 117th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).


2013 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season
The 2013 season was St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. 's 84th year in existence and their 62nd consecutive season in the League of Ireland. It was the second year that Liam Buckley was the team's manager, following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. St Pat's finished the season as the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division champions. They were also Leinster Senior Cup runners up. They also competed in the UEFA Europa League, the FAI Cup, the Setanta Cup and the League of Ireland Cup.


2013 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Squad, Squad statistics, Appearances, goals and cards
Number in brackets represents (of which were substituted ON). Last Updated – 26 October 2013


2013 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Squad, Squad statistics, Captains
Last updated: 23 February 2013Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2013 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit
Supplier: UmbroSponsor(s): Clune Construction Company L.P. (Front of Jersey), Sandtex Exterior Paints (Back of jersey), Iceland (Sleeve of jersey)


2013 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit
The club's home and home alternate kits were retained from the 2012 season, with new away and third kits released for the season.


2013 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, League of Ireland
The 2013 League of Ireland fixtures were announced on 19 December 2013. St Patrick's Athletic were revealed to have Drogheda United at home in the first day of the season, with an extra special Dublin derby away to Shamrock Rovers on the second day of the season following Pats' signing Killian Brennan and Sean Gannon, whilst Rovers signed James Chambers, Sean O'Connor, Barry Murphy and also assistant manager Trevor Croly as manager, from the Saints.


2013 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, Setanta Cup
The draw for the first round of the Setanta Cup took place on the sixth of December 2012. St Patrick's Athletic were drawn to play Irish League side Glentoran, with the first leg at home in Richmond Park on Monday 11 February 2013 live on Setanta Sports and the return leg on the 18th at The Oval in Belfast.


2013 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team
The 2013 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team represented St. Francis College during the 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Terrier's home games were played at Brooklyn Bridge Park, the inaugural season of the field. Last year, the team played at the Aviator Sports Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981 and is coached by Tom Giovatto, who is in his seventh year at the helm of the Terriers.


2013 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team
In 2013, St. Francis went on to win at least 10 games for the 4th time in 7 years under head coach Tom Giovatto and qualified for the Northeast Conference Tournament with the 4th seed for the 11th time in their history. The Terriers defeated 1st seed Central Connecticut State 2–0 in the semifinals and defeated 3rd seed Bryant 3–2 in overtime for the Championship. Kevin Correa was named Tournament Most Valuable Player, scoring 4 goals in the Tournament (2 against the Blue Devils and 2 against the Bulldogs). With the NEC Tournament Championship, the Terriers received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and they faced Penn State in the first round on November 21, 2013, losing 0–1.


2013 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team
During the 2013 campaign, the St. Francis Brooklyn men's soccer team catapulted to 2nd in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I North Atlantic Regional Poll ranking for October 23 to October 29 after winning 7 consecutive matches. For the Terriers, it is the highest they have been ranked since 2011, when they were fourth from October 4 to October 11. For the final NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I North Atlantic Regional Poll of the season the Terriers were ranked 1st; this is the first time in their history being ranked 1st. The Terriers were also ranked 49th Nationally in the  NCAA Men's Soccer RPI at the end of the season.


2013 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team
After the season several Terriers received accolades; Junior forward Kevin Correa along with defender and co-captain Andy Cormack garnered All-NSCAA First Team accolades while senior forward Gabriel Bagot was named to the Second Team of the North Atlantic Region. Head coach Tom Giovatto was named North Atlantic Region Coach of the Year. Kevin Correa was then named to the 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-America Third Team.


2013 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team
After their NEC Championship season the Terriers lost 5 starters to graduation and their best offensive player Kevin Correa who transferred to the New Mexico Lobos.


2013 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team, 2013 squad
As of September 2, 2013. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
The 2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 15th in the joint venture club's history. Coached by Steve Price and captained by Ben Creagh, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2013 Telstra Premiership. This season was the worst year performance wise since the joint venture was created. They finished only over the top of Wests Tigers & the Parramatta Eels.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
The Dragons started the season losing their first 3 games to Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos & Canberra Raiders only to come back and win their next 3 over Cronulla Sharks, Newcastle Knights & Wests Tigers. The Knights win coming at a cost, with the injury of New Zealand international Gerard Beale for the season. Unfortunately for the Dragons those were the only wins they could string together in 2013 losing another 3 to the Sydney Roosters, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Gold Coast Titans.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
Round 10 saw a glimmering light at the end of the tunnel for the Dragons when they signed former Canberra Raiders superstar Josh Dugan. Dugan was seen as the answer to the fullback spot left by the injured Beale. He kicked off his career at the joint venture scoring 2 tries in the team's romp of the Parramatta Eels 32-12 at WIN Stadium.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
The next week the Dragons were sent back to earth with a thud as they became the first St. George Dragons / St. George Illawarra Dragons team to be kept to nil at Jubilee Oval as the Penrith Panthers ran in 3 unanswered tries to win 19-0. This was followed by a loss to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs by 2 points. This was the last game for the club's all time leading point scorer Jamie Soward for the Dragons as he was dumped out of the side and two weeks later released to join the London Broncos of the Super League.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
Over the month of June the Dragons 3-1 record with only a solitary win of the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle, Josh Dugan again scoring 2 tries.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
July started disastrously for the Red V again being kept to nil by the Sydney Roosters, losing 36-0. After this night the Dragons had to win almost every remaining game to stay in the final hunt. Round 17 saw first v 2nd last as the Dragons played the South Sydney Rabbitohs away at ANZ Stadium with the Dragons showing true grit to score twice in 10 mins to bring the game into extra time. Brett Morris getting the winning try in golden point extra time.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
However the Dragons then went on a streak that was etched in the club's history books, losing their next 6 games, including the 2 teams below them on the points table, an embarrassing loss to Wests Tigers and the Parramatta Eels. Four of those six games were lost by 4 points or less, including a heart-stopping loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks where Sharks player Andrew Fifita scored on the buzzer to win the local derby after trailing the whole game.


2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
In the last game of the year the Red V said goodbye to some legends of the game including Matt Cooper (rugby league), Nathan Fien and Michael Weyman. The 17 on the field, scoring an impressive 19-10 win over the New Zealand Warriors who needed a win to keep their finals hopes alive.


2013 St. Louis Cardinals season
The St. Louis Cardinals 2013 season was the 132nd for the baseball team in St. Louis, Missouri, the 122nd season in the National League (NL), and the eighth at Busch Stadium III. On Opening Day, April 1, the St. Louis Cardinals played the 20,000th game in franchise history against the Arizona Diamondbacks, dating back to the start of their American Association (AA) play in 1882. Heading into the 2013 season, St. Louis had an all-time winning percentage of .518.


2013 St. Louis Cardinals season
Early in the season, the Cardinals navigated around the loss of key players Chris Carpenter, Jason Motte, Rafael Furcal and Jaime García due to season-ending injuries. To offset these depletions, the St. Louis tapped heavily into their farm system. In a May game against the Colorado Rockies, rookie starting pitcher Shelby Miller set an all-time franchise record for a nine-inning game score of 98. Starter Adam Wainwright accumulated a franchise-record 34+2⁄3 innings (IP) before issuing his first walk on April 23 and earned NL Pitcher of the Month honors in June.


2013 St. Louis Cardinals season
First baseman Allen Craig produced the third-highest individual batting average with runners in scoring position at .454 as the Cardinals set an all-time Major League team record at .330. Rookie Matt Adams led the team in slugging percentage at .503. Second baseman Matt Carpenter, playing his first season at the position since turning professional, earned an All-Star selection as he led the Major Leagues in hits (199), runs scored (126), and doubles (55). In all, 20 rookies appeared in a game and the Cardinals collected 36 victories from their rookie pitchers. The 2013 edition set franchise records in fielding percentage (.988), pitching strikeouts (1254) and strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (7.73).


2013 St. Louis Cardinals season
Holding off fierce competition from the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cardinals clinched the division crown as each team won at least 90 games. The Cardinals finished the season with an NL-best 97–65 won–loss record. They opened the playoffs by defeating the Pirates in five games in the NL Division Series (NLDS). Advancing to their third straight National League Championship Series, they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games for their 19th NL pennant.


2013 St. Louis Cardinals season
Rookie Michael Wacha, who had nearly no-hit the Washington Nationals late in September, continued his dominance throughout the postseason as he allowed no runs against the Dodgers in 13 IP, earning the NLCS MVP. It was the second straight NLCS appearance to which manager Mike Matheny guided the Cardinals, who became the first manager to appear in an LCS in his first two seasons. Rookie closer Trevor Rosenthal extended a 20-inning postseason scoreless streak that started in the 2012 NLDS. The Cardinals met the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, only to lose the series in six games.