2014 Amsterdam drug deaths, Aftermath
The weekend after the two British men died, a minute's silence was held by thirty-seven amateur football matches in the Novahomes Plymouth and West Devon Combination league in honour of the two. Neither has been named by the Foreign Office following a request from their families. One of their old clubs, Plymouth Falcons, postponed their upcoming match with Plymouth Spurs.


2014 Amsterdam drug deaths, Controversy
Drugs expert Dr Adam Winstock has questioned whether the drug dealer wasn't murdering the buyers on purpose, instead. He also mentions that the street price of white heroin is three times the price of cocaine, which makes the scenario of a drug dealer, a person driven by the desire of profit, very unlikely to have accidentally substituted heroin for cocaine once, and much less so multiple times for more than two months.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season
The 2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season officially began with the start of the 2014 ASB Classic event in Auckland and ended with the 2014 WTA Finals. Ivanovic entered the season as the number 16th ranked player and wasn't defending champion at any tournament.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season
However, during the season, Ivanovic reached second Australian Open quarterfinal after reaching final in 2008. In the fourth round she pulled off the biggest surprise by beating world No. 1 Serena Williams, who was clear favourite for the title and snapped Serena's 25 match winning streak all the way.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season
Despite losing in early rounds of other three Grand Slams, Ivanovic had great season marked with the most WTA match wins of all players at 59 (officially 58, because WTA doesn't count matches in Fed Cup which are in lower round than World Group II, and Ivanovic won one match against Simona Halep in World Group II Play-offs), winning four titles and finishing the year as number five, her third top 10 season and first since 2008. It was the first time that she won 4 titles in a season and never won more matches in a season than this season. She also had 10 wins over top 10 ranked opponents during the season, the most she had after 2007 when she had 14 wins.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, ASB Classic
Ivanovic started season playing in Auckland, ranked 16th and was seeded 2nd there. She rolled to her first final on outdoor courts since 2009 Indian Wells Masters, beating Alison Riske, Johanna Larsson, Kurumi Nara and Kirsten Flipkens all in straight sets. Ivanovic was on course for one more easy win when she was 6–2, 5–3 up against former No. 1 Venus Williams in final, but Venus then won four straight games to equal result. Ivanovic broke soon in third set, and closed out later third set with 6–4. This was her first title on outdoor courts since winning 2008 French Open, as all of her four titles in the span came in season-ending series on indoor hardcourts, and it was her first title since 2011 overall.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open
Coming to Australian Open with first title since 2011, Ivanovic looked as she brought good momentum from the first moment on. She was seeded 14th and was set in line for a clash with world No. 1 Serena Williams in fourth round, tough some though opponents were standing between that match. Against not high-ranked opponent Kiki Bertens at 93, but future Slam semifinalist, Ivanovic had though battle before eventually winning, as she broke in both sets when returning at 5–4. Next opponent was German Annika Beck, and despite of her much better rank placement than Bertens, Ivanovic lost just three games and it could be even easier as she was serving at 6–1, 5–0 but lost next two games.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open
In third round she played against 17th seed Samantha Stosur, who doesn't have much success at her home soil, but is always dangerous opponent as a former US Open champion. Stosur was even positive in their matches at 4–3. Ivanovic started badly, but from 3–5 and set point for Stosur, when line judges called double fault and Ivanovic had successful challenge, she continued a lot better, and despite losing eventually that set in a tiebreak, she lost just six games in next two sets.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open
She then set expected clash with Serena, who was on a roll with 25 match winning streak dating from August 2014. Ivanovic started better, breaking in fifth game of a match, but lost next service game at love. A few games later, and Ivanovic's sudden larger amount of unforced errors gifted Serena first set. But as the match continued, she became more and more confident in her service games and also put more pressure on Serena's, and soon she repeated first set, when breaking in fifth game.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open
But this time she saved it in next game, then had a chance for one more break for 5–2, but however broke at even better moment for 6–3 in second set, because she then served first in decider. At 1–0 for Ivanovic in third set, she broke one more time at love, winning all four points with stunning returns. Players held their service games to the end of the match, which meant that Ivanovic eventually won, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3. It was the biggest surprise of the tournament, especially because of Serena's 4–0 record against Ivanovic before the match, and of course because of her great form, which allowed her opponents to beat her just 4 times in 2013.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open
However, despite that big win against Serena, Ivanovic looked already in next round as she had much more pressure of eventually winning title, and she succumbed to all of that when she lost to 30th seed Eugenie Bouchard in quarterfinals, though she was better in first set and won it, but from that moment Bouchard was leading every moment, breaking always first and eventually winning, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2. But in addition to her  pressure, double fault on a set point for Bouchard in second set says much itself.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open
Despite heartbreaking loss, especially because of chance for winning title as there was no more Serena and Maria Sharapova in the draw, she had great tournament for the Slam, as it was her first Aussie quarterfinal since reaching final in 2008, and just second Slam quarterfinal overall since winning title at 2008 French Open.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Middle East Series, Qatar Total Open
At Qatar Total Open, she followed hard loss at Australian Open with first early exit of a season, as she lost in second round to Klára Zakopalová in three sets, after Daniela Hantuchová had retired in first round when Ivanovic rebounded from nearly lost first set.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Middle East Series, Dubai Tennis Championships
Ivanovic was ranked 12th when Dubai Tennis Championships started, but wasn't seeded because nearly all top players came. That caused a clash in the first round against #8 Angelique Kerber. After losing the first set, she found a way to return, and in the end there was a lot of drama, as Ivanovic missed 3 match points on Kerber's serve at 6–5, and then from 5–2 in tiebreak for Ivanovic, Kerber took back both minibreaks, and then had match point herself. But Ivanovic won even three points in a row, and won 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6). In next round she lost to wildcard Venus Williams, player whom she beat just a month ago in Auckland final, winning now just three games, which turned out to be the worst defeat of a season in terms of games won.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Spring hard court season, BNP Paribas Open
After receiving a bye in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as the 11th seed, she won against Elina Svitolina in three sets, coming back two times when Svitolina served for match in the third set, eventually winning in a tiebreak, tough that serves for the match were just part of players' constant breaks from 3–3 in the final set. In the third round she lost to another rising star, Sloane Stephens, in straight sets.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Spring hard court season, Sony Open Tennis
In Miami Ivanovic returned a bit from bad results from last three tournaments where she won one match and lost second, as she brushed aside Lauren Davis in second round losing just two games, and Flavia Pennetta, newly crowned Indian Wells champion, in third round. And despite being favorite in the fourth round against Petra Kvitová, she showed once again hot and cold performance, winning first set 6–3, but subsequently losing next two sets with a double bagel.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Spring hard court season, Monterrey Open
Coming to her second International tournament of the year at Monterrey Open, Ivanovic returned to winning ways by winning the second title of the year at same category, defeating Urszula Radwańska, Aleksandra Wozniak, 6th seed Magdaléna Rybáriková, 3rd seed and former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in semifinals, and Jovana Jakšić in first all-Serbian final.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Fed Cup
Fresh off her victory in Monterrey, Ivanovic flew a week later to Bucharest, Romania, for a Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs tie against Romania. Playing in a team without other high-profile players from Serbia, Jelena Janković, who hasn't played Fed Cup since they reached final in 2012, her team wasn't favourite against quite solid Romania's. In first match, she played against Sorana Cîrstea, and Sorana pulled off a big upset, winning in three sets. Playing now as a non-favorite against No. 5 Simona Halep, Ivanovic made upset herself, beating her in straight sets. However, as Bojana Jovanovski lost both her matches, they were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone – Zonal Group I in 2015, for the first time since 2008.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Fed Cup
This was Ivanovic's seventh straight year that she competed for Serbia's Fed Cup team, and eight overall.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Porsche Grand Prix Open
Playing at first clay court tournament in Stuttgart, Ivanovic reached quarterfinals for a second straight year, after two wins against Germans, an easy one over No. 14 Sabine Lisicki and hard-fought against wildcard Julia Görges, rallying from first set blowout where she won just one game. Ivanovic continued to show why is clay her best surface, as she beat two-time Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and former No. 1 and current top 10 player at the moment, compatriot Jelena Janković.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Porsche Grand Prix Open
Being just one step far from winning blue Porsche prize, Ivanovic started very strong against two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova, as she cruised to 5–0 lead with three breaks. Despite having 40–30, she lost three games before eventually winning first set with 6–3. Breaking first again in the second set, she was close to a big lead when having a game point on 3–1, but double fault on that point looked as the key for the falldown which followed it, as she won just two more games to Sharapova's 11. If Ivanovic had won it, it would have been the first time in her career that she won back-to-back titles, as she won Monterrey Open previously, but however, these were even Ivanovic's first back-to-back finals.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Mutua Madrid Open
Ivanovic followed last year semifinals appearance at Mutua Madrid Open with another good one, reaching quarterfinals after comfortable wins over Madison Keys, Bojana Jovanovski and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Average games per set which she lost in that three rounds was 2,66. She fell then to Simona Halep, losing in an hour and winning just four games.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Continuing to match good results on clay, Ivanovic repeated her best result in Rome - semifinals. First she beat Italian wildcard Karin Knapp with loss of just two games, before having to battle hard for victory over always dangerous Alizé Cornet. In third round she gave revenge from Stuttgart final loss to #7 Maria Sharapova, cruising past Stuttgart & Madrid champion, 6–1, 6–4.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Internazionali BNL d'Italia
The win was significant for a whole host of reasons, but most significantly she became the first player other than Serena Williams to defeat Sharapova on clay since 2011, ended her winning streak in Rome (Sharapova was 47–3 on the surface and was undefeated in Rome since 2011) and was the only player to beat the Russian on clay that year. It was also the first time since the semifinals at the 2007 French Open that Ivanovic had defeated Sharapova. She then won in quarterfinals against clay court specialist Carla Suárez Navarro in three hard sets.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, Internazionali BNL d'Italia
In semifinals defending champion Serena Williams awaited. Despite it looked at the start like her win over Serena at Australian Open was coincidence, as she lost first set 6–1, she rebounded fast and showed that it was far from that, as she broke twice for 4–0 lead in second set, and eventually won it 6–3. However, bad start to the third set gave Serena same advantage in second set, and she won it again with 6–1. At the end of the tournament, Ivanovic was however the only player to take set off Williams.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, French Open
Ivanovic came to French Open as one of the title contenders, mostly because of her recent great form on clay and not because of the rankings, as she was yet hanging one place from coming back to top 10. She was seeded 11th, her highest seed at Grand Slam since 2009 US Open, when she was the same seed. From the first moment she proved wherefore she was in that circle of favourites, as she cruised past promising rising star Caroline Garcia, losing just four games against the local French.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, French Open
She followed that with another straight sets victory against Elina Svitolina, player to whom she nearly lost a few months ago in Indian Wells. Next opponent was 23rd seed Lucie Šafářová. The player who beat Ivanovic five times in a row proved to be disadvantageous for Ivanovic, as she struggled throughout the whole match against the lefty and succeeded to win just three games per both sets.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season, French Open
Ivanovic ended up clay court season without a title, which was unfortunate for her as she would have titles on all three surfaces in a season for the first time, as she later won one title on grass with no problems. She put a solid 13–4 record on clay courts (excluding Fed Cup), the even bigger reason why she should have won a title on clay.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Grass court season, Aegon Classic
After disappointing French Open, Ivanovic came back strong to grass, winning her first grass court title ever at Aegon Classic, as the first seed. She brushed aside Mona Barthel, Lauren Davis, 6th seed Klára Zakopalová, ninth seed Shuai Zhang and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in final. In all matches, she lost five or less games. Win over Strýcová was even more significant as she later reached Wimbledon quarterfinals with some big upsets. This was her first Premier title since 2008 Linz.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Grass court season, Wimbledon Championships
Quick work for Premier title on grass at Aegon Classic put Ivanovic again amongst the favourites for Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships. She was again seeded 11th. In the first round, she played against French Open champion Francesca Schiavone and won in two though sets. In the next round, she avenged her 2008 Wimbledon Championships loss to Jie Zheng, as she was shocked then by wildcard Zheng when she was the reigning French Open champion and world No. 1. Now she beat her with few problems, all coming in the first set which she won 6–4, before giving a bagel to Zheng in the second set.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Grass court season, Wimbledon Championships
However, on the surface which proved to be her worst through the years, and where she won just her first title this season, grass court specialist and previous year finalist Sabine Lisicki beat her in the next round, giving her another early exit at the Slam, 'early' only because of all she showed throughout the season. Still, Ivanovic lost to the same players just four games in Stuttgart, a few months ago.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Grass court season, Wimbledon Championships
And also the match showed that Ivanovic was in there all the time, but an early break in the third set turned out to be key as she was giving up over the time the match was closing out. Also, bad conditions played their role in the match, which caused the match to be played over 3 days over the Middle Sunday. First, bad light stopped the match on Saturday when momentum was on Lisicki's side, as she was leading 6–4, 1–1.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Grass court season, Wimbledon Championships
They continued the match on Monday, and Ivanovic proved to be better one till the rain started, as she won four games and Lisicki one. Rain started to fall on the worst moment for Ivanovic, as she was putting pressure on Sabine's serve, going to deuce a few times before they stopped, and if she won it she would serve first in the third set.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Grass court season, Wimbledon Championships
When they came back on court after long pause, instead of problems for Lisicki on serve which were before the rain, she blasted two service winners, which were important because she later served first in the decider, and she won eventually 7 of 9 games played in the third part against absent Ivanovic for final score of 6–4, 3–6, 6–1.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Grass court season, Wimbledon Championships
All of mentioned facts show that Ivanovic played this year with a lot of pressure at Slams opposite to comfort game at other tournaments, which caused two early exit at Slams and also a bad loss at Australian Open quarterfinals, where she played against inexperienced teenager, at the moment, Eugenie Bouchard, when winning was imperative.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Bank of the West Classic
In favor of the facts about Ivanovic at the Grand Slams and beside them, soon came a revenge to Lisicki, in her very first match since Wimbledon at Bank of the West Classic, when she won in straight sets. In the next round she lost against Canadian teenager Carol Zhao, losing just two games. In first quarterfinals at Stanford tournament, she played for the third time in a season a three-set match against Serena Williams. Ivanovic won first set convincingly by losing just two games, but eventually lost. Despite losing points, she returned to the world's top 10 for the first time since 2009 French Open as Victoria Azarenka lost more points than Ivanovic. Ironically, it was just Azarenka who replaced Ivanovic then back in 2009 in top 10.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Rogers Cup
At Rogers Cup, tournament where she was the youngest champion at the time, when she won in 2006, she didn't have such a great time, as she didn't follow convincing win over Timea Bacsinszky against Coco Vandeweghe in second round, where she missed a chance to close the match out in two tiebreak sets, but then lost next 6–4.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
Ivanovic rebounded back at Western & Southern Open, where she reached her first final of Premier Mandatory or Premier 5 since 2009 Indian Wells Masters. She won her first two matches easily against Sorana Cîrstea and Christina McHale, revenging Fed Cup loss to Cîrstea all the way. In next round she survived hard three-set match against Svetlana Kuznetsova, similar to their previous in Stuttgart. This time Kuznetsova even had a break in decider at 3–1, but after saving a few more crucial break points for Kuznetsova's double break, Ivanovic won five games in a row to close the match out. In quarterfinals she had better time against Elina Svitolina, losing five games and putting perfect head-to-head record against her at 5–0 and also 3–0 in a season.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
Inside details of controversial semifinal Cincinnati match between Ana Ivanovic  and Maria Sharapova, which finished 6–2, 5–7, 7–5 for Ivanovic.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
Then in semifinals, Ivanovic was on course for even faster win when she was up 6–2, 4–0, when the match started to get likes of controversial one. When Sharapova was up a break point in that game, Ivanovic hit the line and Sharapova barely returned that ball into part of the net above even end of the doubles court. But as the line judge called out, main judge Felix Torralba immediately corrected it, but said to replay the point.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
Despite 'she was there' as he said, she hit the ball at the same time they called out and hit it far from Ana's side. Ivanovic even clenched her fist before knowing that they should replay the point, and then insisted that point was hers, but Torralba didn't change the decision. From that moment on Ivanovic looked so distracted and absent, as she hit ball weaker and totally lost her game which brought her massive lead.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
Despite managing to win one service game which propelled her to a 5–2 lead, it was all of her in the second set, as Sharapova won next five games and a total of 7 games to Ivanovic's 1 since that judge's decision. Ivanovic went to bathroom pause before the third set, and as the pause was getting longer, Sharapova asked the judge whether is she changing wardrobe or she's just on bathroom break.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
Soon after the third set began, after Ivanovic won first service game, in the middle of Sharapova's service game she started to clutch on herself and hardly walked to her seat ending in tears and then had a timeout - doctors checked they blood pressure to be precise. After that they continued match, and Sharapova then started to scream louder and louder and to scream very loud 'come on' after many points, even after Ivanovic's mistakes.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
After Sharapova held that game, series of breaks followed, as there was just one hold for both which caused Sharapova to serve for match at 5–4. She saved some break points, and then had two match points, but after missing second, she made two double faults in a row. Ivanovic then saved break point in her game, held it, and won a match on Sharapova's serve on second match point for 6–2, 5–7, 7–5 result. Epic match lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes, and Ivanovic was slightly better in nearly all categories, finishing match with 29 winners to 28, and 45 unforced errors to 51.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
In the biggest final in five years, Ivanovic started good with break in the first game against Serena Williams, which she followed to a 3–1 lead. After missing 3 separated break opportunities for two breaks advantage, she lost 11 of the 13 subsequent games.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, Western & Southern Open
At the end, Ivanovic didn’t win any place at US Open Series as she finished 4th, though she needed just one more win at Rogers Cup which would double her points and propel her to 2nd place.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, US Open
Ivanovic came to US Open as the eight seed, her first top 8 or even top 10 seeding at Slam since 2009 French Open where she was the same seed. She lost just three games against Alison Riske in first round but lost to Karolína Plíšková in the second round in straight sets.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open series, US Open
Ivanovic showed for the third straight Slam how nerves can distract player at big stage, and this time she even lost to a player who never before reached third round at Slam.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Asian hard court swing, Toray Pan Pacific Open
Ivanovic returned to confidence again, beating four top players to win fourth title of the season. After receiving first round bye, she beat Victoria Azarenka, Lucie Šafářová (revenging French Open defeat and ending 5 straight matches win streak for Lucie in their matches), and two top ten players, Angelique Kerber who was top seed, and Caroline Wozniacki, second seed and reigning US Open finalist. She didn't drop set all tournament. By reaching final, she set personal best for most finals in a season with six, and by winning title for most titles in a season with four.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Asian hard court swing, Wuhan Open
Having to play the day after winning Tokyo title in Wuhan, Ivanovic fell to fatigue and was forced to retired in second set against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Asian hard court swing, China Open
After enough time to rest, Ivanovic came charged to Premier Mandatory event in Beijing, and moved confidently to quarterfinals after defeating US Open quarterfinalist Belinda Bencic, Romina Oprandi and Sabine Lisicki. There she was given a walkover from Simona Halep. In first Beijing semifinals she lost to Maria Sharapova, shockingly easy, after being bageled in first set and winning consolation four games in second set.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, European indoors and WTA Finals, Generali Ladies Linz
Ivanovic came to Linz with good memories, as she is two time champion and one more time finalist. But soon after winning first match against Pauline Parmentier, she withdrew from tournament citing a hip injury.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, European indoors and WTA Finals, WTA Finals
Ivanovic was drawn into Red Group at WTA Finals along with Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard. First match was against Serena, and she lost for the fourth time in a season to her after her shock win over Serena in Melbourne. Though she lost in two sets, she had one moment in first set to regret when having a break point to serve for the set and missing the ball which Serena couldn't return. In next match she brushed aside Eugenie Bouchard, losing just four games. Ivanovic once again gave a revenge to Grand Slam loss, meaning that she beat all players to whom she lost at Slam ultimately in their next match, excluding Pliskova whom she didn't play against since loss at US Open.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, European indoors and WTA Finals, WTA Finals
In final Round Robin match against Simona Halep, Ivanovic needed to win in straight sets to reach semifinals, because both Serena and Halep had two wins and would have more sets then Ivanovic if she even wins in three sets. Ivanovic needed just two set win with no matter of score, because even in worst case (two tiebreaks), she would have had better game percentage than Serena. After Halep was close to crashing Ivanovic's hopes by leading 5–2 and serving, Ivanovic managed somehow to get back and won in tiebreak with 9–7.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, European indoors and WTA Finals, WTA Finals
In second set Halep raced to 4–1, Ivanovic won next two games to get break back, but another break for Halep and hold at love definitely crashed her dreams of returning to WTA Finals semifinal for the first time since debut in 2007, though she had just one more appearance in 2008. However, at least Ivanovic managed to finish season with the won match, with score of 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–3.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, European indoors and WTA Finals, WTA Finals
This win was Ivanovic's 59th win at WTA Tour, record leading of all players in the season at the end of it, and which ensured Ivanovic finish at the 5th place at the WTA rankings. If she eventually lost the match she would finish at 7th place, giving even bigger importance to Ivanovic's win over Halep. It was Ivanovic's third top 10 finish, along with 2007 and 2008, tough all of that finishes were in the top 5.


2014 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Ordered by percentage of wins, as of WTA Tour Championships


2014 Anaheim mayoral election
The 2014 Anaheim mayoral election was held on November 4, 2014 to elect the mayor of Anaheim, California. It saw the reelection of Tom Tait.


2014 Andaman boat disaster
2014 Andaman boat disaster was an incident which occurred on 26 January 2014, when a tourist boat capsized near Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar islands, India, killing 22 people. The boat "Aqua Marine" was carrying 45 tourists from Tamil Nadu and Mumbai.


2014 Andaman boat disaster, Accident
The boat "Aqua Marine" was carrying 45 tourists from India from Ross Islands to North Bay when it sank and at least 21 people lost their lives. The capacity of the boat was 25 and overloading of the boat resulted in the tragedy. The boat sank at a distance of about 2.5 km from the shore of Port Blair and majority of the tourists were from Tamil Nadu. The administration of the Island group was busy with Republic Day of India and learnt the news at 4.30 p.m. on 26 January 2014. More than 29 people were rescued by district administration while one was still missing. Rescued were admitted to G B Pant hospital. The boat had no life jackets and there were no divers on board.


2014 Andaman boat disaster, Accident
Reports say that two months before this Accident, a tourist wrote a letter to the union tourism ministry about the lack of safety standards in Andaman islands’ tourism circuit.


2014 Andaman boat disaster, Aftermath
Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration announced a 100,000 Indian Rupee ex-gratia payment to the family of the deceased tourists. India's then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa expressed their grief over the accident, while Jayalalithaa also announced a compensation of 100,000 Indian Rupees each to the families of dead. Owner of the boat and two others were detained by the law enforcing agencies for enquiry.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. The Telugu Desam Party led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the rump Andhra Pradesh, while Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao won in the new state of Telangana.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Previous Assembly
In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress had taken the lead, winning 156 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the Government by Governor N. D. Tiwari.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Previous Assembly
Unexpectedly, the Government lasted for 4 years 9 months, and the president rule was imposed later which expired on 30 May 2014. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC falls under.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Background
On 3 October 2013, the Union Cabinet of India approved the creation of the new State of Telangana. On 2 June 2014 the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee issued a gazette notification which formalised the separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election Day
The election was held in two phases alongside the 7th and 8th phases of the General Election, taking place on 30 April in Telangana, and on 7 May in the remainder of Andhra Pradesh.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election Day
Despite few clashes between supporters of rival parties in Seemandhra and Rayalaseema, the poll percentage was good on the polling day. The initial poll percentage appeared to be dull, but it soon picked up as time went on. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal told the media that he was confident that the percentage could be around 85–90% by the concluding time.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election Day, Phase 1 (Telangana)
Polling passed off peacefully with more than 72% of more than 2.81 crore voters exercising their franchise in the 10 districts in the region. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said the polling could touch 75 percent. In 2009, the percentage was 67.71 in the region.


2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election Day, Phase 2 (Andhra Pradesh)
Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said around 76.80% of the 3.68 crore voters exercised their franchise across 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the region and the voting percentage were seen as likely to touch 80%. The highest turnout of 82.97% was recorded in the Guntur district and the lowest of 70% in Vishakhapatnam district.


2014 Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies elections
The state of Andhra Pradesh held urban local bodies elections on 30 March 2014. This included 10 Municipal Corporations, and 145 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats (Notified Area Council). Elections in the remaining bodies were not held due to issues such as court cases, delays in the preparation of electoral rolls, problems in the delimitation of wards, and the creation of new bodies.


2014 Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies elections, Background
On 3 February, the High Court criticized the government for not conducting the local bodies' elections despite clear directions to do so. The Court threatened to take action against the Chief Secretary of the state if they failed to comply with the orders. Despite going to the Supreme Court, the government received no respite. On 3 March, the State Election Commissioner announced that the elections would not receive the Governor's permission, due to the President's rule in the state.


2014 Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies elections, Background
These were the last local body elections in the soon-to-be bifurcated state.


2014 Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies elections, Election results
Initially, the results were to be declared on 2 April. However, due to concern from certain political parties that the results could influence voters in the coming assembly and parliamentary elections, they were postponed until 12 May.


2014 Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela season
The 2014 season for Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela began in January at the Tour de San Luis. Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season
The 2014 Andy Murray tennis season began at the Qatar Open. He was defending titles in Miami and at Queen's Club, as well as at Wimbledon. However, he failed to retain any of these, losing to Novak Djokovic, Radek Štěpánek and Grigor Dimitrov at each of these tournaments.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season
His form improved in the latter part of the season, as he won 3 titles in 5 weeks at Shenzhen, Vienna and Valencia. This saw him finish the year ranked world number 6.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Australian Open Series, Qatar Open
Murray made his competitive return to the tour at the Qatar Open, having been out injured since undergoing back surgery in September 2013. He faced local wildcard Mousa Shanan Zayed and took only 37 minutes to defeat him, not dropping a single game in the process. He then suffered a shock defeat to Florian Mayer in the following round. Having been in a commanding position, Murray lost 12 of the last 15 games to crash out in three sets.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Murray then competed at the Australian Open. He got his campaign underway in difficult conditions, with temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius, against Go Soeda and saw him off in under 90 minutes, only dropping five games in the process. He next faced qualifier Vincent Millot and again won in straight sets, recovering from 5–1 down in the third to take it 7–5 by winning 23 consecutive points from set point down.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Murray's first serious test came from Feliciano López but the top 30 player failed to trouble him as he secured another three set victory, to set up a fourth round clash with lucky loser Stéphane Robert. Murray dropped his first set of the tournament in a third set tie-break but recovered to take the fourth and progress to the quarter-finals. There he faced Roger Federer, in their fifth meeting at a Grand Slam. Murray was unable to match Federer's level throughout most of the match and was defeated in four sets, ending his run of four consecutive Australian Open semi-finals.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Spring hardcourt season, Davis Cup First round
Murray then represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup against the United States in San Diego. He won both his singles rubbers, first defeating Donald Young and then securing the 3–1 victory on the Sunday with a win over Sam Querrey. It was the first time that Great Britain had reached the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup since 1986.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Spring hardcourt season, Rotterdam Open
Following the Davis Cup tie, Murray travelled to Rotterdam to play in the Rotterdam Open. There he overcame Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Dominic Thiem to set up a quarter-final encounter with Marin Čilić. Murray struggled against Čilić, playing for the three consecutive days for the first time since surgery, and was unable to find his best form as he crashed out in straight sets.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Spring hardcourt season, Mexican Open
After his defeat to Čilić, Murray next chose to play in the Mexican Open for the first time. He recovered from a set down in his opener to defeat Pablo Andújar, and then overcame João Sousa to reach the quarter-finals. Again, Murray failed to find his best form but still managed to record his 12th consecutive win over Gilles Simon. In his first semi-final since winning Wimbledon the previous year, Murray suffered a three sets defeat to Grigor Dimitrov. Murray took the first set but then lost two close tie-breaks as Dimitorv recorded his first win over Murray.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Spring hardcourt season, Indian Wells Masters
Murray headed into the first Masters Series tournament of the year still struggling to find form. Matters failed to improve at the Indian Wells Masters as he struggled past Lukáš Rosol and Jiří Veselý, before being eliminated in the fourth round by Milos Raonic in a match where Murray admitted he "wasn't good enough". Following the tournament, Murray mutually split with his coach Ivan Lendl, ending their partnership after two years together.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Spring hardcourt season, Indian Wells Masters
Murray offered to play with 2012 Wimbledon Doubles champion Jonathan Marray because Marray was unable to convince anyone to join him on court. Marray was struggling for full fitness and finding a regular doubles partner, travelling to tournaments with no plan whatsoever. After fans queued around the grounds to watch Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka play together, it was standing room only for Murray and Marray's first competitive match together. Andy Murray and Jonny Marray won a thrilling doubles clash against Gaël Monfils and Juan Mónaco only to lose in the second round to the No 2 seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Spring hardcourt season, Miami Masters
At the Miami Masters Murray began his title defence with a win over Matthew Ebden, recovering to take 12 of the last 13 games having lost the first set. Murray then turned in two of his better performances of the season to defeat Feliciano López and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the quarter-finals. The win over Tsonga was Murray's first victory over a top-20 player since his return from surgery. In the quarter-finals Murray took on Novak Djokovic for the first time since they played each other in the previous year's Wimbledon final. Murray was defeated in straight sets although the first set ended in controversial fashion with Djokovic playing a volley with his racquet over the net which the umpire allowed to stand. The defeat saw Murray slip to eighth in the world, his lowest ranking since 2008.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, European clay court season, Davis Cup Quarterfinals
Great Britain faced Italy in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. Murray defeated Andreas Seppi in his opening rubber, although the conclusion of the match was delayed until the Saturday following a rain delay. Murray then had to play again on the Saturday as he teamed up with fellow Scot Colin Fleming to defeat Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the doubles rubber and put Britain 2–1 up. On the Sunday, Murray had to play his third best of five match in the space of two days as he took on Fognini in the reverse singles.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, European clay court season, Davis Cup Quarterfinals
The intense schedule proved too much for Murray as he was defeated in straight sets, ending his run of 19 consecutive Davis Cup singles wins which stretched back to his first appearance in the competition in 2005. James Ward then lost the decider to Seppi as Britain were defeated 3–2 and eliminated from the competition.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, European clay court season, Madrid Open
Murray's first clay court tournament of the year was the Madrid Open. Murray opened up with a close three set victory over Nicolás Almagro, but his poor form on clay continued as he lost to qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the following round.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, European clay court season, Italian Open
The Italian Open seemed to signal an upturn in Murray's fortunes. He first dismissed Marcel Granollers in straight sets, and was then equally as clinical as he celebrated his 27th birthday with a win over Jürgen Melzer to set up a quarter-final meeting with Rafael Nadal. In their first meeting since October 2011, Murray seized the early initiative and took the first set 6–1, but Nadal battled back to take the second. In the decider, Murray moved out to a 4–2 lead and was within touching distance of recording his first win over Nadal on clay. However, he was unable to see the match out and Nadal recovered to take the third 7–5.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, European clay court season, French Open
Murray began his French Open with a four sets win over Andrey Golubev, and then defeated Marinko Matosevic to set up a third round match with Philipp Kohlschreiber. The 28th seeded German proved a much tougher prospect and after Murray failed to see out the match from a commanding position in the fourth set, play was abandoned due to bad light at 7–7 in the deciding fifth set. Despite having never been beyond 7–5 in a decider, Murray held his nerve to take it 12–10 when play resumed the following day.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, European clay court season, French Open
He then returned the next day to take on Fernando Verdasco, but this match proved less troublesome with Murray picking up the win in straight sets. In the quarter-finals, Murray played childhood friend Gaël Monfils and stormed into a two set lead. Monfils hit back though, winning the next two to take it to a decider. Despite the momentum seeming to be against Murray, he turned the match round spectacularly to take the final set 6–0 and reach the semi-finals, equalling his best ever result at the French Open.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, European clay court season, French Open
The result saw him become only the 10th man to reach multiple semi-finals at all four Grand Slams and also reach a British-record 14th Grand Slam semi-final. In the semi-finals he faced Rafael Nadal for the second consecutive tournament. Nadal was at his best throughout the match and Murray struggled to keep up, weakened by the two long, five-set matches he had already played. In the end, Nadal saw off Murray in under two hours, winning comfortably in straight sets.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Grass court season, Queen's Club Championships
Prior to the grass court season beginning, Murray appointed Amélie Mauresmo as his new coach. It was a surprise move which saw Mauresmo become the first woman to coach a high-profile male player. In their first tournament together, Murray recorded a straight sets win over Paul-Henri Mathieu as he attempted to defend his Queen's Club Championship title. However, he suffered a shock defeat to Radek Štěpánek in the following round, ending his 19 match win streak which stretched back to his 2012 Wimbledon final defeat to Roger Federer.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Grass court season, Wimbledon
Murray then attempted to become the first British man to defend a Wimbledon title since Fred Perry in 1936. He began his defence with a comfortable straight sets win over David Goffin, his 450th career win, and followed that up with an emphatic win over Blaž Rola in which he only dropped two games. His first real test was against 27th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, but the Spaniard proved no match for Murray who raced to another straight sets win in just over an hour and a half.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Grass court season, Wimbledon
Murray then defeated big serving Kevin Anderson, the 20th seed, to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon quarter-final. His defence then came to an abrupt halt as Grigor Dimitrov ended his 17 match winning-streak at Wimbledon with a straight sets win, meaning Murray failed to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2008.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, US Open Series, Canadian Open
Despite his ranking dropping to 10th after Wimbledon, withdrawals from Nadal and del Potro meant that Murray was seeded eighth for the Canadian Open and thus received a first round bye. Before the tournament began, Murray announced that he would be extending his partnership with Mauresmo until at least the end of the US Open but was ideally looking for a long-term deal. Murray also revealed that he hadn't been able to train fully earlier in the year following his back surgery last September, but had now returned to a full training schedule.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, US Open Series, Canadian Open
In his opening match at the Canadian Open he faced wild card Nick Kyrgios, who had also been a Wimbledon quarter-finalist after upsetting Rafael Nadal. However, Murray faced no such issues with the Australian teenager and recorded a straight sets win in just under an hour. Murray then advanced to the quarter-finals after Richard Gasquet withdrew before their third round match with an abdominal injury. Murray was defeated at the quarter-final stage by eventual champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, despite having been a break up in the final set.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, US Open Series, Cincinnati Masters
As with the Canadian Open, Murray received a first round bye at the Cincinnati Masters as the eight seed. He recorded a straight sets win over João Sousa in the second round, and then in the third round defeated 2013 finalist John Isner in a third set tie-break, having earlier saved two match points. He faced world No. 3 Roger Federer for a place in the semi-finals, but was defeated in straight sets. Murray had a double-break lead in the second set, but lost six of the last seven games to exit the tournament. As with the previous tournament, Murray lost to the eventual winner, with Federer going on to take the title two days later.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, US Open Series, US Open
Murray went into the US Open as the eighth seed, his lowest seeding at a major since Wimbledon 2008. In the first round he faced Robin Haase where he looked to be heading for a routine straight sets victory. However, early in the third set, Murray suffered a bout of cramp and Haase was able to claw his way back into the match. It looked to be going all the way to a deciding set but Murray was able to come back from a break down to take the match in four.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, US Open Series, US Open
In the second round Murray defeated qualifier Matthias Bachinger in straight sets to set up a first meeting with Andrey Kuznetsov in the third round. He came through that encounter in four sets to set up a third meeting of the season with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Murray won in straight sets to record his first win over a top 10 player since his 2013 Wimbledon final victory over Novak Djokovic. It was Djokovic who he faced at the quarter-final stage of the tournament. In their 21st meeting the Serb proved to be too much for Murray, taking the win in four sets in a late match that lasted over three and a half hours.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Post–US Open tournaments, Shenzhen Open
Murray played his first tournament after the US Open when he took a wildcard into the Shenzhen Open, as the second seed. After receiving a bye in the first round he defeated Somdev Devvarman in the round of sixteen in straight sets to set up a quarter-final meeting with Lukáš Lacko. Murray again won in straight sets to reach the semi-finals. Murray had to recover from a set down to overcome Juan Mónaco and advance to his first final since winning Wimbledon the previous year. Murray picked up his first title of the season against Tommy Robredo, coming back after being a set down once again and saving five match points in the process.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Post–US Open tournaments, China Open
The following week, Murray faced Jerzy Janowicz in the first round of the China Open, winning in three sets. In the second round he faced Pablo Cuevas, winning easily in straight sets, to set up a quarter-final meeting with US Open champion Marin Čilić. Murray obtained his second top 10 win of the season with a comfortable straight sets win. He then lost to world no. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semi-final in straight sets.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Post–US Open tournaments, Shanghai Masters
Murray began the final leg of the Asian swing with a straight sets win over qualifier Teymuraz Gabashvili at the Shanghai Masters. Murray then faced Jerzy Janowicz for the second consecutive tournament, but this match proved to be easier than their previous encounter, with Murray winning in straight sets. His run was ended in third round by David Ferrer, as the fifth seed recovered from a set down to beat Murray in three sets.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Post–US Open tournaments, Vienna Open
In an attempt to qualify for the World Tour Finals, Murray took a wild card into the Vienna Open. He defeated Vasek Pospisil in straight sets after receiving a first round bye to reach the quarter-final. More straight sets wins over Jan-Lennard Struff and Viktor Troicki followed as Murray reached the final. He once again faced David Ferrer, and triumphed in three sets for his second title of the season, and the 30th of his career.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Post–US Open tournaments, Valencia Open
Continuing his attempt to qualify for the World Tour Finals, Murray entered the Valencia Open as a wild card. He defeated Jürgen Melzer and Fabio Fognini in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals, where he recovered from a set down against Kevin Anderson. In the semi-final he faced David Ferrer for the third time in as many weeks, and won in straight sets to set up a repeat of the Shenzhen Open final against Tommy Robredo. Murray defeated Robredo to take the title, and, in a repeat of the Shenzhen final, had to come from a set behind and save 5 match points to prevail.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Post–US Open tournaments, Paris Masters
As the eighth seed, Murray received a bye in the first round of the Paris Masters. He opened with a straight sets win over Julien Benneteau in the second round. Murray then defeated Grigor Dimitrov in just over an hour to advance to the quarter-finals and seal his place at the end of season tour finals. Murray then attempted to record his first win of the season over Novak Djokovic, but it was the Serb who again came out on top in their fourth meeting, in what was also Murray's 23rd match in the space of 37 days.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly Summary, Post–US Open tournaments, ATP World Tour Finals
Murray was drawn in Group B at the ATP World Tour Finals, along with Roger Federer, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic. In his opening match, Murray was defeated in straight sets by Nishikori. It was his first loss to him, with Murray having won their previous three meetings. He bounced back in his second match, overcoming Raonic in straight sets. Murray went into his final group match with Federer knowing that a straight sets win was required in order to reach the semi-finals. However, he was thrashed in under an hour, winning only one game, and so was eliminated - finishing third in the group.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Murray in 2014, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.


2014 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Ordered by number of wins(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 50)


2014 Angola Cup
The 2014 Taça de Angola was the 33rd edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition in Angola, following the Girabola. Benfica de Luanda beat defending champions Petro de Luanda 1–0 in the final to secure its first title.


2014 Angola Cup
The winner and the runner-up qualified to the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.


2014 Angola Second Division Basketball Championship
The 2014 Angola 2nd Division Basketball Championship (2nd edition), was a basketball tournament  held in Kuito, Bié, Angola, from September 17 to 25, 2014. The tournament, organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation, qualified the two top teams for the 2014–15 BIC Basket and was contested by 4 clubs, that played in a double round robin system followed by the knock-out stages (semis and final).


2014 Angola Super Cup
The 2014 Supertaça de Angola (27th edition) was contested by Kabuscorp, the 2013 Girabola champion and Petro de Luanda, the 2013 Angola cup winner.


2014 Angola Super Cup
It was the first match to be played in a single leg format, since the competition began in 1985.


2014 Angola Super Cup
Before a 50,000 capacity crowd at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Kabuscorp beat Petro 3–1 to secure their 1st title.


2014 Angola Super Cup, Match details
Squad: Ab.Manfuila, Abulá, Adawa, Breco, Dax, Didí, Dr.Lami, Firmino, Fiston, Hernâni, Issama, Kialunda, Kibeixa, Kilamú, Libengué, Love, Lunguinha, Matampi, Meyong, Mpele Mpele, Nuno, Rúbia, Saki, Seleó, Silva, Trésor, Wilson, Zuela Head Coach: Eduard Antranik


2014 Ankara Cup
The 2014 Ankara Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the fourth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It takes place in Ankara, Turkey, on 15–21 December 2014.


2014 Ankara Cup, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Ankara Cup – Doubles
Yuliya Beygelzimer and Çağla Büyükakçay were the defending champions. However, they lost in the first round to Diana Buzean and Réka-Luca Jani.


2014 Ankara Cup – Doubles
Ekaterine Gorgodze and Nastja Kolar won the title, defeating Oleksandra Korashvili and Elitsa Kostova in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5).


2014 Ankara Cup – Singles
Vitalia Diatchenko was the defending champion, however she chose not to participate.


2014 Ankara Cup – Singles
The top seed Aleksandra Krunić won the title, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(8–6).


2014 Ankara mayoral election
Mayoral elections were held in the Turkish province of Ankara as part of nationwide local elections on 30 March 2014. A total of 26 mayors, one for each of the 25 districts of Ankara and one for the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, were elected.


2014 Ankara mayoral election
The election of Ankara's Metropolitan Mayor was highly controversial, with several allegations of electoral fraud overshadowing the counting process and causing numerous requests for recounts by the opposition Republican People's Party, who's candidate Mansur Yavaş was initially on course to win the election. Finishing just one percentage point behind his rival Melih Gökçek and with evidence of ballot box miscalculations, Yavaş has since taken numerous allegations of misconduct to the European Court of Human Rights. Despite Gökçek's election being upheld by the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey, most commentators and journalists believe that Yavaş was the actual winner of the election.


2014 Ankara mayoral election, Background
The election for the Ankara Metropolitan Mayor was one of the most fiercely contested in the election, with pre-election polls showing the incumbent Melih Gökçek from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) neck and neck with the Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Mansur Yavaş. First elected in 1994, Melih Gökçek was seeking his fourth term as Mayor of Ankara, while Yavaş was also expected to win strong support from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).


2014 Ankara mayoral election, Electoral fraud
The strategic importance of Ankara as Turkey's capital city caused concerns over whether the vote would proceed fairly, with both Gökçek and Yavaş criticising each other for planning irregularities before the vote.


2014 Ankara mayoral election, Electoral fraud, Counting process
The counting process in Ankara was widely seen as the most fraudulent in the country, with accusations of vote theft and burning, the intentional miscalculation of results from ballot boxes and even an armed intervention by unidentified gunmen in a vote counting centre within the pro-CHP district of Çankaya causing large-scale pro-democracy protests the day following the election. Opposition politicians also questioned the sudden stop in the release of results at a point where Yavaş was leading the race, only to resume hours later showing a sudden lead for Gökçek. The counting process, which took significantly longer than usual, ended with Gökçek apparently claiming a narrow lead of 31,732 votes (1%) over Yavaş, a result that was rejected by the CHP. Both candidates had initially declared victory and claimed that they would hold victory speeches early on in the evening.


2014 Ankara mayoral election, Electoral fraud, Aftermath
The CHP began a large-scale ballot-checking operation, fielding requests for recounts to the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey (YSK) while hundreds of volunteers analysed ballot box data to uncover any irregularities in recording the numbers of votes won by each candidate. The CHP claimed that they had uncovered attempts in large numbers of ballot boxes to record the votes incorrectly, with some ballot boxes apparently recording the CHP's votes at nearly zero while others recorded an unexplainably large vote count for the AKP.


2014 Ankara mayoral election, Electoral fraud, Aftermath
It was later announced that the CHP had uncovered enough irregularities in the ballot box records to alter the final result and give Yavaş a victory in the election. Regardless, the YSK refused the CHP's requests for a recount and declared the election result as final, sparking large pro-democracy protests outside the YSK headquarters.


2014 Ankara mayoral election, Electoral fraud, Legal challenges
Mansur Yavaş declared his intention to challenge the YSK's decision to uphold the result at the Constitutional Court, with the intention to even consult the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) should the Constitutional Court reject his case. Nevertheless, the Constitutional Court rejected Yavaş's legal claims on 23 July 2014, claiming that it did not have the authority to rule on election results. The Court also stated that the ECHR could only rule on individual human rights cases and challenging election results would not be within its remit either. Nevertheless, Yavaş filed a case to the ECHR in April 2015.


2014 Anning Open
The 2014 Anning Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition for men and first edition for women, of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Anning, China between 28 April and 3 May 2014.


2014 Anning Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Anning Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Anning Open, Men's doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Anning Open – Men's Doubles
Victor Baluda and Dino Marcan were the defending champions. Number 1 seeds, and 2014 Australian Open Quarterfinalists Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington won their first title as a duo, with a 6–4, 6–3 defeat of Daniel Cox and Gong Maoxin.


2014 Anning Open – Men's Singles
Márton Fucsovics was the defending champion. Australian Alex Bolt won his first Challenger title, with a 6–2, 7–5 defeat of Nikola Metkić in the final.


2014 Anning Open – Women's Doubles
This tournament was a new addition to the ITF Women's Circuit.


2014 Anning Open – Women's Doubles
Han Xinyun and Zhang Kailin won the inaugural tournament, defeating Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Zhang Ling in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 Anning Open – Women's Singles
This tournament was a new addition to the ITF Women's Circuit.


2014 Anning Open – Women's Singles
Zheng Saisai won the inaugural tournament defeating Jovana Jakšić in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 Antenna Awards
The 2014 Antenna Awards were held on 1 October 2014 at the Deakin Edge at Federation Square in Melbourne. The ceremony was announced on 1 July 2014, and recognised excellence in Australian community television of the eligibility period, running from 1 January 2013 to 31 May 2014.


2014 Antenna Awards
It was hosted by comedian and former Studio A presenter Tegan Higginbotham. The ceremony was broadcast live on C31 Melbourne, and relayed on delay to TVS Sydney, 31 Digital Brisbane and WTV Perth. On 21 May 2015, the ceremony was made available to stream on YouTube.


2014 Antenna Awards
Awards were presented in 13 categories. Program of the Year was awarded to No Limits, while Outstanding Female Personality and Outstanding Male Personality were awarded to Phyllis Foundis and Chris Gibson respectively.


2014 Antenna Awards
This was the 8th Antenna Awards ceremony, revived to celebrate 20 years since the first broadcasts of community television in Melbourne and Brisbane. Weeks before the ceremony was held, the Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, announced that community television stations would no longer be licensed to access terrestrial broadcast spectrum from January 2016. While subsequent license extensions were granted, it would be the last Antenna Awards to air on terrestrial television in Sydney and Brisbane.


2014 Antiguan general election
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 12 June 2014. The vote was won by the opposition Antigua Labour Party, led by Gaston Browne. Following the election, Browne became the country's youngest Prime Minister.


2014 Antiguan general election, Background
After a long delay due to a pending Court order about a boundary change which would have affected the parliamentary seats, on 15 May 2014 the Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer set the election day.


2014 Antiguan general election, Electoral system
The 17 elected members of the House of Representatives were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post. There were 164 polling stations.


2014 Antiguan general election, Campaign
During the campaign Gaston Browne said that he would make the country an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean. He also campaigned on turning around a stagnant economy, high unemployment and crime. He further sought to bring about full employment and attract investment while saying "there will be no quick fixes" and it would take time to change.


2014 Antiguan general election, Results
The Antigua Labour Party won 14 of 17 seats, while the ruling UPP won the other three seats. UPP Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer won re-election to his own seat by a narrow margin of about 30 votes.


2014 Antiguan general election, Reactions
Browne said of the result that "it is evident that the people have spoken and they have spoken resoundly. [ sic] [I am] very humbled by the mandate. The reality is that this country is in dire straits and would require the efforts of the entire nation. [ The win is] one for you the people. We have actually set an impressive vision for this country. I remain hopeful and very optimistic about the future of the Antigua and Barbuda.


2014 Antiguan general election, Reactions
I want us to work towards the vision and to make Antigua and Barbuda the envy of the other countries in the world. [ The victory] itself actually speaks volumes. I would not think we could have deserved a better out turn." Spencer accepted defeat, saying that the people had clearly chosen the ALP.


2014 Antiguan general election, Reactions
Saint Kitts and Nevis Team Unity leader Timothy Harris congratulated Browne and said he would support the new government. He added: "I extend my very best wishes to you and your incoming administration as you assume the mandate of service to the people of Antigua and Barbuda and the region. From our many interactions over the years, I know that you are passionate and committed to build a better Antigua and Barbuda and Caribbean region. In that noble mission of service to the people you have our every encouragement and support."


2014 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
The 2014 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship is the 114th staging of the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Antrim County Board in 1901. The championship began on 3 August 2013.


2014 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
Loughgiel Shamrocks were the reigning champions, however, they were defeated in the quarter-final stage. Ruairí Óg, Cushendall won the title following a 1-15 to 1-5 defeat of St. Gall's in the final at Páirc Mac Uílín.


2014 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
Commonly the finals take place at Antrim's county stadium, Casement Park, however due to the grounds ongoing developments the 2014 final was held at Páirc Mac Uílín in Ballycastle.


2014 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
The first election to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of votes and seats.


2014 Anzac Test
The 2014 Anzac Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on 2 May 2014. It was the 15th Anzac Test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997. It was also the first Test match played in Sydney since the 2010 Four Nations tournament. A Women's All Stars Match which is the Women's rugby league version of the game was played as the main curtain raiser for the Test, which was won 24-0 by the Women's All Stars.


2014 Anzac Test, Pre-game
In the lead up to the test, Australia named an expected team, though Jarryd Hayne, a revelation in the unfamiliar position of centre during the 2013 World Cup, was unavailable through injury and was replaced by Canterbury's Josh Morris who was playing along his twin brother, St George Illawarra winger Brett. The twins were playing their fourth test alongside each other, and their first in Australia.


2014 Anzac Test, Pre-game
Melbourne's incumbent Kangaroo halfback Cooper Cronk won a well publicised battle with Manly's Daly Cherry-Evans for the halfback role, though Cherry-Evans was chosen as a reserve being able to cover the halves, hooker or lock. Melbourne hooker Cameron Smith was playing in his 38th test for Australia and his 14th as captain. Coach Tim Sheens named experienced North Queensland Cowboys back Brent Tate as the squads 18th man. Brisbane Broncos utility player and fresh reserve Matt Gillett was the only player on debut for the Kangaroos, replacing injured Broncos team mate Sam Thaiday.


2014 Anzac Test, Pre-game
New Zealand however were in trouble with a number of players missing from the 2013 World Cup Final loss to Australia in November. Not selected were the likes of Kevin Locke (languishing in the New Zealand Warriors NSW Cup side thanks to the presence of England fullback Sam Tomkins at the club), Manu Vatuvei, Kieran Foran, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Isaac Luke and Sonny Bill Williams. While Foran and Luke were injured and Williams had made himself unavailable, the biggest shock were the omissions of powerhouse winger Vatuvei and Sydney Roosters premiership winning front rower Waerea-Hargreaves.


2014 Anzac Test, Pre-game
The Kiwis featured five players on debut as Kearney publicly stated they were looking to the future. Playing their first test match for the Kiwis were Manly's Peta Hiku (fullback), Warriors Ben Henry and Siliva Havili (hooker and reserve), West Tigers' Martin Taupau, and Penrith's Isaac John who was playing for the Panthers NSW Cup affiliate the Windsor Wolves when selected. Although it was his debut for NZ, John had previous international experience having represented the Cook Islands at the 2013 World Cup. Another debutante Kenny Bromwich was named as NZ's 18th man.


2014 Anzac Test, Pre-game
Due to the relative inexperience of the New Zealanders, and that the Kangaroos were aiming for their 16th straight test win to equal the record of the teams that won 16 straight from 1979-1983, the Australians were short priced odds to win their 14th Anzac Test since the first was held under the Super League banner in 1997 (though as a SL game, the Australian Rugby League (ARL) did not count it as an official Australian test). Many critics felt the game would be an easy win for Australia and the Kiwis were given little chance of pulling off what would have been an upset win.


2014 Anzac Test, Squads
1 Replaced originally selected Sam Thaiday who withdrew due to injury.


2014 Apatin Open darts
2014 Apatin Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Apatin, Serbia in 2014.


2014 Apia International Sydney
The 2014 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2014 ATP World Tour and 2014 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the 122nd edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 5 to 11 January 2014. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.


2014 Apia International Sydney
Women's singles defending champion, Agnieszka Radwańska and ATP players, Juan Martín del Potro, Jerzy Janowicz and Bernard Tomic announced their participation in the event.


2014 Apia International Sydney, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2014 Apia International Sydney, Broadcast
In Australia, all matches were broadcast live on 7Two. The men's final was also due to air on 7Two, however it was moved to Channel Seven (7Two's parent channel) when Australian Bernard Tomic made the final match. A movie which was due to air on Channel Seven was swapped to 7Two. Day coverage was hosted by Ryan Phelan while night coverage was hosted by Matt White.


2014 Apia International Sydney, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Apia International Sydney, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:


2014 Apia International Sydney, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Apia International Sydney, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Apia International Sydney, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Apia International Sydney – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lukáš Rosol and João Sousa. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won the title, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3).


2014 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles
Bernard Tomic was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Juan Martín del Potro, 3–6, 1–6.


2014 Apia International Sydney – Women's Doubles
Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions but Petrova chose not to participate. Srebotnik partnered up with Květa Peschke, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Tímea Babos and Lucie Šafářová. Babos and Šafářová went on to win the title, defeating Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the final, 7-5, 3-6, [10-7].


2014 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.


2014 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles
Tsvetana Pironkova won her maiden WTA title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2014 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
The 2014 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Scott Satterfield and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. This season was the Mountaineers first season in the Sun Belt Conference. In their second year of their two-year FCS-to-FBS transition, the Mountaineers were eligible for the conference championship; however, they were not bowl-eligible.


2014 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
After starting the season 1–5, the Mountaineers ended their first FBS season with a 6-game winning streak, finishing 7–5 overall and 6–2 in Sun Belt play with upset wins over last year's Sun Belt co-champions Arkansas State and Louisiana–Lafayette, good for third place in the Sun Belt.


2014 Arab Cup U-17
The 2014 Arab Cup U-17 was the third edition of the Arab Cup U-17, an association football tournament between Arabic countries. It was played from October to November 2014 and hosted by Qatar.


2014 Arab Cup U-17, Teams and Draw
The draw took place on 15 August 2014, in Doha Qatar.


2014 Arab Cup U-20
The 2014 Arab Cup U-20 was normally the third edition of the Arab Cup U-20. The tournament hosted by Qatar and was planned to be played between 2 and 15 June 2014, however because the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it was reported to a date between 25 December 2014 and 5 January 2015. And finally, it was definitively cancelled by the Union of Arab Football Associations.


2014 Arab Cup U-20
The draw for the tournament took place on April 29, 2014, in Doha, Qatar.


2014 Arab Junior Athletics Championships
The 2014 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the sixteenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 23–26 April in Cairo, Egypt. It was the fifth time that the Egyptian capital hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.


2014 Arab Junior Athletics Championships
The host nation Egypt comfortably topped the medal table with seventeen gold medals  and 47 in total. Bahrain was the next most successful country with 14 golds among its 28 medals. Algeria was a distant third with 19 medals, but only three gold.


2014 Arab Junior Athletics Championships
The competition saw successful runs by Kenyan-born athletes for Bahrain, including the reigning senior Asian steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet and Asian runner-up in the 400 m, Ali Khamis Abbas, who won a 400 m hurdles and flat double in Cairo. Three other athletes achieved double at the tournament: Salwa Eid Naser won the women's 200 metres and 400 metres, her Bahraini compatriot Makonine Dissa Djissa won the women's middle-distance double, and Egypt's Esraa Mohamed Samir won the women's horizontal jumps.


2014 Arab Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship
The 2014 Arab Clubs Champions Championship was the 32nd edition of Arab world's premier club volleyball tournament held in Tunis and Sidi Bou Said.


2014 Aragon Superbike World Championship round
The 2014 Aragon Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2014 Superbike World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 11–13 April 2014 at the Motorland Aragón near Alcañiz, Spain.


2014 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2014 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Motorland Aragón in Alcañiz on 28 September 2014.


2014 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix
The MotoGP race started in dry conditions, but as the race progressed, the conditions closed in and rain started to fall. Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo pitted earlier than his rivals, and as conditions continued to deteriorate, Lorenzo proved to be the quickest rider on track. Accordingly, Lorenzo went on to win the race – his first victory of the season – by over 10 seconds from Forward Racing rider Aleix Espargaró. Espargaró's result was the first instance of an Open class competitor finishing on the podium.


2014 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix
He only just held off Cal Crutchlow at the finish, by a margin of 0.017 seconds; Crutchlow recorded his first podium finish for Ducati. Repsol Honda riders Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa initially tried to stay out on dry tyres, but both riders crashed. They eventually remounted, swapped bikes, and ultimately finished the race 13th and 14th. Valentino Rossi had been making progress up the order, from sixth on the grid, when he ran wide onto the grass – damp due to the wet conditions – and crashed heavily. He lost consciousness briefly after the crash, and was transferred to a hospital in Alcañiz for a precautionary CT scan.


2014 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix
In the supporting categories, Maverick Viñales took his second victory of the 2014 Moto2 season, leading home championship leader Esteve Rabat, while Johann Zarco completed the podium for the second race in succession. In Moto3, Romano Fenati won his fourth race of the season, beating Álex Márquez – who took the championship lead in the process – and Danny Kent to the line in a close finish. The championship leader going into the round, Jack Miller, could only finish 27th, after colliding with Márquez. Both riders met with race directors after the race in regard to the incident, but no further action was warranted.


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


2014 Archery World Cup
The 2014 Archery World Cup was the ninth edition of the annual Archery World Cup, organised by the World Archery Federation. The locations for the 4 preliminary stages were the same as in 2013, with the first leg in Shanghai, China from 22–27 April, the second leg on 13–18 May in Medellin, Colombia, the third leg on 10–15 June in Antalya, Turkey, and the final leg on August 5–10 in Wroclaw, Poland. The finals were held in Lausanne on 6–7 September.


2014 Archery World Cup
American Brady Ellison won the men's recurve competition for a record third time, beating 16-year-old Marcus D'Almeida in the final by shoot off. The winners in the other events were all from the Americas.


2014 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring
The compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by the compound round at 50m on a 6-zone target face, using cumulative scoring for all individual, team and mixed competitions. The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country,) plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.


2014 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring
The recurve legs consisted of a 1440 qualification round (formerly called a FITA round), followed by a 72m Olympic set system. The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country), plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.


2014 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring
The scores awarded in the four stages were as follows:


2014 Archery World Cup, World Cup Finals
With the exception of the highest ranked recurve archers Oh Jin-hyek and Jung Dasomi, the qualified athletes from South Korea declined invitations to the World Cup Final in order to focus on the Asian Games, and were replaced by the next highest qualifiers. The final places were filled by representatives from the host nation, Switzerland.


2014 Arctic Winter Games
The 2014 Arctic Winter Games, officially known with the slogan "Great Spirit - Northern Dreams", was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, between  15–22 March 2014. Some events took place in North Pole.


2014 Arctic Winter Games
The Arctic Winter Games is the world's largest multisport and cultural event for young people of the Arctic. The Games is an international biennial celebration of circumpolar sports and culture held for a week, each time with a different nation or region as the host. AWG celebrates sports, social interaction and culture. The Games contributes to creating an awareness on cultural diversity, and develops athletes to participate in the competitions with the focus on fair play. The Games binds the Arctic countries together and includes traditional games such as Arctic sports and Dené games.


2014 Arctic Winter Games
Around 1,400 athletes from nine teams participated in the games.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, Organization
The 2014 Arctic Winter Games were set in Fairbanks, Alaska. Jeff Jacobson was the president of the host society and Perry Ahsogeak the vice president. Karen Lane was the general manager.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, Organization, Participants
Nine contingents participated in the 2014 Arctic Winter Games. The amount of athletes sent by each contingent is shown in parenthesis in the list below.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, Venues
The 2014 games were held at various sports venues and schools in Fairbanks. Opening and closing ceremonies were held at Carlson Center.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, Venues, Sports Venues
The following venues hosted sports events during the games. All locations were located in or around Fairbanks unless mentioned otherwise.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, Venues, Cultural and Other Venues
The following venues hosted cultural and other events during the games. All locations were located in or around Fairbanks unless mentioned otherwise.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, The Games, Sports
264 events in 20 sport disciplines were scheduled in the 2014 Arctic Winter Games program. 4 skiing sports were held, with alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. 2 snowshoe events were held, with snowshoe biathlon and snowshoeing. 2 racquet sports were held, with badminton and table tennis. 2 skating events were held, those being figure skating and short track speed skating. Team sports held were basketball, indoor soccer, ice hockey, volleyball and curling. Traditional Inuit sports were also held, with Arctic sports, Dene games, dog mushing and wrestling, the latter also including events for traditional wrestling. Also held was gymnastics.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, Culture
Each edition of the Arctic Winter Games showcases a series of different cultures from around the Arctic. Especially indigenous culture is on display, with cultural exhibitions and activities. Many other cultural events are also held throughout the games.


2014 Arctic Winter Games, Hodgson Trophy
At each Arctic Winter Games, the AWG International Committee presents the Hodgson Trophy to the contingent whose athletes best exemplify the ideals of fair play and team spirit. Team members also receive a distinctive pin in recognition of their accomplishment. The Greenlandic team and delegation won the Hodgson Trophy at the 2014 Arctic Winter Games.


2014 Arena Football League season
The 2014 Arena Football League season was the 27th season in the history of the league. The regular season began on March 14, 2014 and ended on July 26, 2014.


2014 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams
The city of Anaheim, California was awarded an expansion team on August 15, 2013. The team, named the Los Angeles Kiss, was the first AFL team to call Los Angeles home since the Los Angeles Avengers in 2008. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, members of the rock band Kiss, were the owners of the expansion franchise.


2014 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams
Two teams that competed in 2013 suspended operations, (Chicago Rush & Utah Blaze) and their rosters were dispersed throughout the league during a dispersal draft on September 6, 2013.


2014 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams
The Milwaukee Mustangs sold their league membership to Terry Emmert, who then started a new franchise in Portland, Oregon named the Portland Thunder.


2014 Arena Football League season, League business, Television
On December 17, 2013 it was announced that ESPN had agreed to a multi-year deal in televising several games, including the ArenaBowl. Additionally, at least 75 games during the season were to be aired on ESPN3, the network's online streaming service. ESPN had owned an equity interest in the former league organization prior to its bankruptcy, and had previously aired games as recently as the 2008 season, prior to the league's hiatus that resulted in the canceled 2009 season.


2014 Arena Football League season, League business, Realignment
With teams expanding, relocating and suspending operations, the AFL announced the divisional alignment for 2014 on October 29, 2013. The two conferences had an even number of teams, and were placed in two divisions.


2014 Arena Football League season, Regular season standings
Eight teams qualify for the playoffs: four teams from each conference, of which two are division champions and the other two have the best records of the teams remaining.


2014 Argentine Primera División
The 2014 Torneo de Transición or Torneo Doctor Ramón Carrillo was the 124th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season was scheduled to start on August 1, 2014 but was postponed after the death of Julio Grondona, president of the AFA on July 30. Finally, it began on August 8, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014. Originally the last match of the tournament was scheduled on December 7 but as River Plate played the finals of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana the matches Racing-Godoy Cruz and River Plate-Quilmes were played on December 14. Twenty teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Primera B Nacional (Championship winners Banfield, runners-up Defensa y Justicia, and 3rd place Independiente).


2014 Argentine Primera División
Colón, Argentinos Juniors and All Boys had been relegated to the Primera B Nacional championship in the previous season.


2014 Argentine Primera División, Format
The team with most points was the champion and qualified for the 2015 Copa Libertadores group stage.


2014 Argentine Primera División, Format
No teams were relegated this season as the league was expanded to 30 teams in the new 2015 Primera División.


2014 Argentine Primera División, International qualification
Argentina had 6 berths in the 2015 Copa Libertadores (The first 4 berths were for the second stage and the last 2 for the first stage). San Lorenzo (Argentina 1), and River Plate (Argentina 2), were qualified as the 2014 Copa Libertadores and the 2014 Torneo Final champions, respectively. The Torneo de Transición champions (Racing) obtained the Argentina 3 berth. The Argentina 4 berth was awarded to the 2013–14 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified (Boca Juniors). The 2015 Copa Libertadores first stage berths (Argentina 5 and Argentina 6) were awarded via 2013–14 Copa Argentina (Huracán) and via 2014 Copa Sudamericana (Estudiantes (LP)), respectively.


2014 Argentine Primera División, International qualification
Argentina had 7 berths in the 2015 Copa Sudamericana. River Plate was qualified as the 2014 Copa Sudamericana champions. The other 6 berths were awarded to the 5 best teams of the Torneo de Transición if they are not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage and the 2014 Supercopa Argentina champions, Huracán.


2014 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2014 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2014 MotoGP season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 27 April 2014.


2014 Argentine 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.


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy
The 2014 Arimex ATP Challenger Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the TC EMPIRE in Trnava, Slovakia from 15 to 21 September 2014.


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


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received a special exemption into the singles main draw:


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player entered into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy – Doubles
Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić were the defending champions, but did not compete this year.


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy – Doubles
Roman Jebavý and Jaroslav Pospíšil won the title by defeating Stephan Fransen and Robin Haase 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy – Singles
Julian Reister was the current champions, but chose not to compete this year.


2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy – Singles
Andreas Haider-Maurer won the title by defeating Antonio Veić 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2014 Arizona Cardinals season
The 2014 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 95th in the National Football League, their 27th in Arizona and their second under head coach Bruce Arians. Following an explosive 9–1 start to the regular season, they finished at 11–5, achieving their highest win total since 1975 when they were still in St. Louis (also their highest total in a 16-game season). The Cardinals clinched their first playoff berth since 2009, and had a chance to become the first team to try to play the Super Bowl on their own home field, University of Phoenix Stadium. However, after season-ending injuries to Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton, they were forced to start third-string quarterback Ryan Lindley in the wild-card round, losing to the Carolina Panthers, 27–16.


2014 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams
Carson Palmer would suffer a season-ending injury on his left-knee. Drew Stanton would take over as quarterback for the rest of the game. Thanks to the efforts of the defense during the fourth quarter, the Cardinals rallied to beat the Rams 31-14.


2014 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at San Francisco 49ers
This would snap the 49ers' 4-game losing streak in Levi's Stadium. With the loss, the Cardinals finished their season to 11-5.


2014 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at #4 Carolina Panthers
The Cardinals' offensive performance was historically bad as the team lost to the 7-8-1 Panthers, by a final score of 27-16, and were eliminated from the postseason. They committed three turnovers (two of them being red zone interceptions), gained only 8 first downs (and only 2 first downs in the second half) and recorded 78 net yards of offense, the fewest yards gained in a playoff game by any team in NFL postseason history. After a 9-1 start, the Cardinals went 2-5 in their final seven games.


2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season
The Arizona Diamondbacks' 2014 season was the franchise's 17th season in Major League Baseball and their 17th season at Chase Field. The team finished with a record of 64–98, placing last in the NL West and having the worst record in the major leagues. General manager Kevin Towers was fired on September 5 and replaced by Dave Stewart. On September 26, manager Kirk Gibson was also fired, ending his 4-and-a-half year tenure as the Diamondbacks' manager. Bench coach Alan Trammell managed the final three games of the season. On October 13, Chip Hale was announced as the Diamondbacks' manager for 2015.


2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season, March/April
This season, Major League Baseball scheduled the Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers to open the season with a two-game series at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia. As a result, both teams began spring training earlier than usual and played abbreviated Cactus League schedules before flying to Australia for the series.


2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2014 Arizona Rattlers season
The 2014 Arizona Rattlers season was the 23rd season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, coming off their victory in ArenaBowl XXVI, which was their second consecutive ArenaBowl championship. The team was coached by Kevin Guy and played their home games at the US Airways Center.


2014 Arizona Rattlers season, Schedule, Regular season
The Rattlers began the season by hosting the Philadelphia Soul, the team that the Rattlers defeated in ArenaBowl XXVI in the previous season, as well as ArenaBowl XXV in 2012. Their final regular season game was on the road against the Orlando Predators on July 26.


2014 Arizona Rattlers season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated August 20, 201424 Active, 16 Inactive


2014 Arizona Secretary of State election
The 2014 Arizona Secretary of State election took place on November 4, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Arizona, concurrently with other statewide elections, including for governor and U.S. House.


2014 Arizona Secretary of State election
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ken Bennett was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor. Republican nominee Michele Reagan succeeded Bennett and won the election against Democratic challenger Terry Goddard.


2014 Arizona Secretary of State election, Republican primary, Campaign
Wil Cardon was initially considered the front-runner, but support for him collapsed in the wake of revelations that six of his siblings were suing him for more than $6 million of family money that they allege he used in his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2012, despite it not being his to use.


2014 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 2014 Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Todd Graham and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. They were a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Sun Devils finished the season 10–3 (6–3 in Pac-12 play) with a 36–31 victory over Duke in the Sun Bowl. It marked the first time since 1973 that Arizona State won ten or more games in back-to-back seasons.