2014 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season, Players, Transfers out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Westmeath County Council election
An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 3 seats compared to 2009. In addition Athlone Town Council and Mullingar Town Council were both abolished.


2014 Westmeath County Council election
Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections as both Government parties suffered at the polls. Labour lost 2 thirds of their Councillors being reduced to just 2 seats while Fine Gael also lost 3 seats. Sinn Féin won seats on the Council for the first time, 3 in total, and were joined by 2 Independents.


2014 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
The 2014 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship is the 110th staging of the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Westmeath County Board in 1889. The championship began on 19 July 2014.


2014 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Castletown Geoghegan were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the semi-final stages.


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


2014 Westminster City Council election, Overall results
The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 44 seats (-4). Labour won 16 seats (+4), gaining all 3 seats in Churchill ward and 1 in Maida Vale from the Conservatives.


2014 Westminster City Council election, Ward results
The percentage of vote share and majority are based on the average for each party's votes in each ward. The raw majority number is the margin of votes between the lowest-placed winning party candidate and the opposition party's highest-placed losing candidate. Starred candidates are the incumbents.


2014 Westminster City Council election, Ward results, Churchill
In July 2017, Murad Gassanly defected from Labour to the Conservative Party. This meant he sat as a Conservative councillor.


2014 Westminster City Council election, Ward results, Hyde Park
Results are compared with the 2010 election, not the 2012 by-election.


2014 Westminster City Council election, Ward results, Marylebone High Street
Results are compared with the 2010 election, not the 2013 by-election.


2014 Westminster City Council election, Queen's Park Community Council
Although not a ward for Westminster City Council, electors went to the polls for the newly-established Queen's Park Community Council with both votes cast and results counted at the same time as the other council wards. The Community Council is non party-political with all candidates standing as ‘independents’. Three candidates were elected to each of wards QPA and QPB and three returned unopposed for each of QPC and QPD.


2014 Westminster City Council election, 2014-2018 by-elections
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Edward Argar.


2014 Westminster City Council election, 2014-2018 by-elections
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nilavra Mukerji.


2014 Westminster City Council election, 2014-2018 by-elections
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Audrey R. Lewis.


2014 Westminster City Council election, 2014-2018 by-elections
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vincenzo Rampulla.


2014 Wests Tigers season
The 2014 Wests Tigers season was the 15th season in the joint venture club's history. They competed in the 2014 NRL season.


2014 Wexford County Council election
An election to Wexford County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 34 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, an increase of 13 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition the Wexford Borough Council, Enniscorthy Town Council, Gorey Town Council and New Ross Town Council were all abolished.


2014 Wexford County Council election
The lionshare of the additional seats went to Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin who were the big winners in this set of elections in Wexford. Fianna Fáil also supplanted Fine Gael as the largest party but the additional seats helped to reduce the impact on the party as they only lost 1 seat. Labour lost half of their seats as Independents trebled their membership on the Council and People Before Profit won a seat.


2014 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
The 2014 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Wexford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Wexford County Board in 1896. The championship began on 9 May 2014 and ended on 26 October 2014.


2014 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
Oulart-the Ballagh were the defending champions, however, they were defeated at the quarter-final stage. St. Abban's Adamstown were relegated from the championship. Shelmaliers won the title following a 3-8 to 1-11 defeat of St. Anne's Rathangan in a replay of the final.


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


2014 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election
The elections saw the Labour Party gain 3 seats and become the largest party on the council with 15 seats, but without an overall majority. The Conservative Party was reduced to 11 seats compared to the 14 they had after the 2012 election.


2014 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election, Councillors standing down
The following councillors were elected in 2010 and had to seek re-election.


2014 White House intrusion
The 2014 White House intrusion occurred on September 19, 2014, when Omar J. Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, jumped over the White House's fence and entered the building's front door, overpowered a female security officer, was stopped by another who was off-duty, then later by multiple security officers, and arrested. He was found to have a small knife in his pocket, and stated that the "atmosphere was collapsing" and he needed to tell the president so that he could alert the public. President Barack Obama and his family were not home at the time of the incident. As a result of this incident and other security breaches at the White House, the then-director of the United States Secret Service, Julia Pierson, resigned from her position on October 1, 2014.


2014 White House intrusion
Gonzalez was indicted for entering a restricted building while armed with a knife. He was also charged with two violations of local laws: carrying a weapon outside a home or business, and ammunition possession. In March 2015, Gonzalez pleaded guilty to two felonies: "entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly weapon", and "assaulting a federal officer". In June 2015 he was sentenced to 17 months in prison, to be followed by three years' probation.


2014 White House intrusion, Background
Omar J. Gonzalez was born in Puerto Rico. His father was a Korean War veteran. He enlisted in the US Army in July 1997 when he was 25, and discharged in 2003 after completing his six-year service period. Gonzalez re-enlisted in July 2005, and was deployed to the Iraq War from October 2006 until January 2008. Gonzalez received several medals for marksmanship and conduct during his service. He married Samantha Bell in 2006; however, they separated in 2010 and were divorced in July 2014. According to Bell, after returning from Iraq, Gonzalez carried a handgun on his hip at all times, and also kept several rifles and shotguns behind the doors in their house.


2014 White House intrusion, Background
Gonzalez retired from the army due to a disability in December 2012. He wore a back brace and complained of pain in his foot, though friends stated he never disclosed the nature of his injury. A family member said he had been injured by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Iraq and had been prescribed both antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication, though he was suspected to have since ceased taking the medication. Gonzalez's former step-son said that Gonzalez was "a very good guy" who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to a neighbour he used a cane and was taking "very strong medication".


2014 White House intrusion, Background
Since February 2013, he had been receiving monthly disability payments of $1,652, though he had not sought treatment at any VA Medical Center facility. Gonzalez lived in Cooperas Cove, near Fort Hood, Texas, until a few weeks before the incident. Neighbours described him as "friendly and big-hearted", but stated that in the months before he left the town, his behaviour had become paranoid, and unpredictable.


2014 White House intrusion, Background
Believing that someone would break into his home, Gonzalez started carrying a gun when walking his dogs, and installed extra security at his house, also choosing to leave his Christmas lights up as they illuminated his property. He told a neighbour that children made him nervous, because he had seen children with bombs strapped to them during the war. When a friend asked him why he had not been answering his cell phone, Gonzales explained that he had placed it in the microwave; he thought the government was trying to bug his house.


2014 White House intrusion, Background
He lived without electricity in the weeks before he left the town to move to a campground. In February 2013, Gonzalez called the police to report a burglary. When police arrived at his house they found him patrolling his front yard with an assault rifle, handgun and a knife. Gonzalez told police there were cameras and listening devices in his house that were secretly recording him.


2014 White House intrusion, Background
On July 19, 2014, police in Northwest Virginia received calls regarding a reckless driver, and then observed a Ford Bronco travelling at high speed. Gonzalez initially tried to flee after troopers tried to make him pull over; he drove his vehicle off the road into a highway median. After searching his vehicle, police found a sawed-off shotgun, two rifles and four handguns, as well as ammunition and a tomahawk. They also found a map of Washington, D.C. with a circle drawn around the White House. Gonzalez was arrested for eluding police and possessing a sawed-off shotgun.


2014 White House intrusion, Background
He said he failed to stop because he had an "Iraqi moment": a "flashback" that was triggered by the lights and sirens of the police car. Virginian police informed both the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Secret Service about the arrest. Secret Service agents subsequently interviewed Gonzalez though he was deemed not to be a threat. On August 25, Secret Service agents approached Gonzalez at the White House fence after noticing a small hatchet in his waistband.


2014 White House intrusion, Background
Agents searched his car and found two dogs, two more hatchets, camping equipment, and empty gun cases, though no guns or ammunition. Secret Service agents interviewed Gonzalez again; they were aware that he had been interviewed by other agents the previous month. He was still deemed to not be a threat.


2014 White House intrusion, Incident
At approximately 7:20 pm on Friday, September 19, 2014, Gonzalez scaled the iron perimeter fence of the White House. Several agents pursued him, as he ran directly towards the North Portico doors, which were unlocked. President Barack Obama and his daughters had just left the White House and were heading to Camp David at the time of the incident. Michelle Obama was also not home, having travelled to the retreat earlier.


2014 White House intrusion, Incident
Agents stated they chose not to shoot at Gonzalez as he did not have a weapon in his hands, and was not wearing clothing that could conceal a significant amount of explosives; the possibility of accidentally hitting civilians beyond the fence was also cited.


2014 White House intrusion, Incident
A senior official stated: "A lot of people want to judge the Secret Service for not shooting, but [a] number of things have to be considered in this situation, including whether or not the principal is in the residence" adding, "given what's emerged about [Gonzalez's mental health] since the arrest, maybe we'll look back and say the Secret Service played a role in saving his life."


2014 White House intrusion, Incident
The Secret Service initially reported that Gonzalez had been stopped at the entrance; however, it was later revealed that he made it farther inside. It was also revealed that an alarm box near the entrance, which was designed to alert guards inside of a trespasser, had been disabled at the request of the usher's office on the grounds that it was "disruptive"; an agent told The Washington Post that the boxes frequently malfunctioned, sounding the alarm when there was no intruder.


2014 White House intrusion, Incident
Gonzalez then overpowered a female Secret Service agent and ran into the East Room, where he was tackled by an off-duty agent who was in the process of leaving for the night. He was arrested and taken to George Washington University Hospital after complaining of chest pains. A Spyderco folding knife with a 3½-inch serrated blade was found in his pocket; Gonzalez's former step-son stated that Gonzalez always carried the knife with him.


2014 White House intrusion, Incident
According to an agent, while he was being arrested Gonzalez stated that the "atmosphere was collapsing", and that he needed to tell the president so that he could alert the public. The incident resulted in a "rare evacuation" of a large portion of the White House; Secret Service officers escorted staff and journalists out a side door. Media and staff were allowed to return some time later though a partial lockdown of the northwest side of the building continued for several hours.


2014 White House intrusion, Incident
After he was arrested, Gonzalez gave permission for his vehicle, parked nearby, to be searched. Agents recovered 800 rounds of ammunition, two hatchets, and a machete from the car. Gonzalez was ordered to be held without bond until a detention hearing on October 1. Less than 24 hours later another man was arrested after driving to a White House gate and refusing to leave. There was no evidence to suggest the two incidents were related.


2014 White House intrusion, Response
On September 22 Jeh Johnson, then United States Secretary of Homeland Security, released a statement urging the public "not to rush to judgement" over the incident, and not to "second-guess the judgement of security officers who only had seconds to act". White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that President Obama was "obviously concerned" about the incident but "continues to have complete confidence" in the Secret Service. Earnest said that the Secret Service had increased foot patrols, added additional surveillance, was providing additional training to officers to handle similar situations, and had "changed the procedures for ensuring that the entrance to the White House was secure."


2014 White House intrusion, Response
On September 24 the Secret Service said they were investigating how Gonzalez was able to penetrate the White House grounds to such an extent. Director Julia Pierson said that in addition to an investigation, there would be an increase in security patrols and surveillance. District of Columbia representative Eleanor Holmes Norton sent a letter to Pierson requesting a meeting to discuss the Gonzalez incident as well as other security breaches at the White House, saying: "Before any action is taken, the first step must be to conduct a full and thorough investigation into the White House breach.


2014 White House intrusion, Response
The next step is to recognize that the area in front of the White House, including Lafayette Park, is a First Amendment area, which must not be taken away from District of Columbia residents and the millions of other Americans who visit each year." New York representative Peter T. King said the incident was "absolutely inexcusable", adding: "This demands a full investigation, an investigation as to what happened, why it happened and what's being done to make sure it never happens again". Utah representative Jason Chaffetz said the incident was "totally unacceptable" and was just one of several security failings at the White House. Chaffetz said "the Secret Service leadership has a lot of questions to answer", adding incredulously "Was the door open?"


2014 White House intrusion, Response
Ron Fournier from the National Journal said the incident was a reflection of how Veterans Affairs was failing soldiers suffering from PTSD. Fournier also commented on how media coverage of the incident was largely ignoring the fact that Gonzalez was a war veteran with mental health issues. As a result of the Gonzalez incident, and other controversies relating to the security of the White House, including the 2011 White House shooting, Pierson resigned from her position on October 1, 2014.


2014 White House intrusion, Charges and trial
Gonzalez was charged with one federal count of entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. In addition he was charged with violating two local laws: "carrying a dangerous weapon outside a home or business", and "unlawful possession of ammunition". The three charges carry maximum prison terms of ten, five and one year in prison, respectively. On October 1, 2014, Gonzalez pleaded not guilty to all charges. He did not speak during his court appearance, which only lasted 20 minutes. Judge Deborah A. Robinson ordered that Gonzalez remain in jail without bond, also ordering that Gonzalez undergo a mental competency screening on October 17.


2014 White House intrusion, Charges and trial
In March 2015, Gonzalez pleaded guilty to two felonies: "entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly weapon", and "assaulting a federal officer". In May 2015, Gonzalez pleaded guilty to the counts of evading police and possessing a sawed-off shotgun in Virginia. He was sentenced to a 15-year suspended sentence and 10 years of supervision. On June 16, 2015 District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer sentenced him to a 17-month prison sentence to be followed by three years of probation.


2014 White House intrusion, Charges and trial
Collyer also ordered Gonzalez to stay out of Washington, D.C., give the Secret Service access to his medical records, and give up his firearms and weapons. She addressed Gonzalez directly, saying "No more guns, no more machetes, no more knives, no more tomahawks. Got it?" Gonzalez said "I would like to apologize. I am sorry for my actions. I never meant to harm anyone. I want to commit to maintain my treatment that started at the prison."


2014 White House intrusion, Charges and trial
Prosecutor Vincent Cohen, who had recommended 18 months in prison, stated "Mr. Gonzalez is now paying the price for his foolish decision to jump the fence and run inside the White House. The prison sentence imposed by the court should deter others from taking actions that needlessly put the First Family and White House employees at risk."


2014 White Spot / Delta Road Race
The 2014 White Spot / Delta Road Race was a one-day women's cycle  race held in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada on 6 July 2014. The race has an UCI rating of 1.2.


2014 Wichita King Air crash
On October 30, 2014, a Beechcraft King Air B200 twin turboprop crashed into a building hosting a FlightSafety International (FSI) training center shortly after taking off from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas. The pilot, the only person on board, was killed along with three people in the building; six more people in the building were injured.


2014 Wichita King Air crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the crash most likely occurred due to the pilot's inability to successfully control the aircraft after a reduction in power from the left engine.


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Accident
The aircraft was operating a non scheduled repositioning flight to Mena, Arkansas. At 9:47 a.m. the flight was cleared by the control tower to fly the runway heading and climb to 5,000 feet altitude, shortly thereafter the take off roll began from runway 1R. Seconds after lift off the pilot reported "and tower just declaring an emergency ah we just lost loss the left engine". The aircraft made several oscillations in altitude then began a turn to the left climbing slowly. The Beechcraft continued turning left, missing the top of a hangar on the west side of the runway with marginal clearance.


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Accident
At 9:48, with the landing gear extended and in a 29 degree slip left, the aircraft impacted the northeast corner of the FSI building at 92 knots while descending at 1,600 feet per minute killing the pilot and three people in the building. The flight duration from lift off to impact was 26 seconds with the aircraft reaching a maximum altitude of approximately 120 feet above ground level (AGL).


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Accident
The three people killed in the building were trapped inside one of several flight simulators installed at the facility. The impact and fire destroyed most of the aircraft and the FSI building sustained fire and structural damage.


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Aircraft and crew
The King Air B200 serial number BB-1686, was manufactured in 2000 and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42 turboprop engines turning four bladed Hartzell constant-speed propellers. The aircraft was owned and operated by Gilleland Aviation Inc who had purchased it two days prior to the accident flight. On October 22, 2014 major scheduled maintenance was completed, including internal inspections of both engines. The Beechcraft logged 1.4 hours flight time and two takeoff/landing cycles since this maintenance. Total airframe hours was 6,314 with 7,257 cycles at the time of the crash.


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Aircraft and crew
The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft was 53-year-old Mark Goldstein, a retired Air Traffic Controller from Wichita who held a valid Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) second-class medical certificate. Investigators determined he had at least 3,139 total flight hours, of which 2,843 were in multiengine airplanes.


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Investigation
Inspection of the aircraft systems, engines and propellers found no irregularities that could have prevented normal operation. In depth scrutiny of the propellers combined with a sound spectrum analysis led investigators to conclude the left engine was probably generating low to moderate power and the right engine was at a moderate to high power setting at the time of impact. Other evidence, including video taken by cameras around the airport, suggested that considerable left rudder input was applied by the pilot shortly before the crash. Correct reaction to a reduction in power from the left engine would have been right rudder input.


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Investigation
Examination of the CVR revealed it had survived the crash with usable data intact. On the day of the accident at 9:46:13 a.m. sounds of the pilot performing an engine run up test were recorded along with the words "prop test" in a whispered voice. 35 to 45 seconds later the word "trim" was whispered, followed eight seconds later by a two word phrase starting with an expletive and ending in "it".


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Investigation
At 9:47:52 the words "We have eighty knots, feathers armed" were spoken and at 9:48:01 the sound of the propellers operating unsynchronized was recorded. At 9:48:05 a two word phrase starting with the word "the" and ending with an expletive was recorded then at 9:48:16 the pilot radioed the tower saying "and tower just declaring an emergency ah we just lost loss the left engine" followed almost immediately by the sound of the stall warning horn. The horn was recorded twice more than at 9:48:25 the pilot spoke a phrase starting with an expletive and ending "we're going in we're dead".


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Investigation
Emergency procedures call for the malfunctioning engines propeller to be feathered and the landing gear to be retracted for an engine failure during takeoff. Inspection of the aircraft revealed that neither propeller was feathered and the landing gear was extended. The aircraft was equipped with an autofeather system and a rudder boost system but their operational condition at the time of the crash is unknown due extensive post crash fire damage. On March 1, 2016 the NTSB released its final report on the accident and states under the heading Probable Cause and Findings that:


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control of the airplane after a reduction in left engine power and his application of inappropriate rudder input. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to follow the emergency procedures for an engine failure during takeoff. Also contributing to the accident was the left engine power reduction for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation and thermal damage precluded a complete examination.


2014 Wichita King Air crash, Aftermath
A year after the accident, in October 2015, FlightSafety announced that the damaged portion of the training center was to be torn down, and the land occupied by the building returned to the city of Wichita.


2014 Wicklow County Council election
An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions (Arklow, Baltinglass, Bray, Greystones and Wicklow) by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, an increase of 8 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition Arklow Town Council, Bray Town Council, Greystones Town Council and Wicklow Town Council were all abolished, as per the Local Government Reform Act 2014.


2014 Wicklow County Council election
Independents proved to be the biggest winners in the elections, gaining 7 seats to return to the Council with 10 members. In addition Sinn Féin gained 4 additional seats on the Council, leaving them with 6 councillors in total. The additional seats helped to insulate Fine Gael from significant seat losses and they remained the largest party despite losing a seat overall. Fianna Fáil gained 3 seats overall to return with 7 members and though they had more first preference votes than Fine Gael, they won 1 less seat overall.


2014 Wicklow County Council election
Several of the successful Independents such as Joe Behan, Christopher Fox and Jim Ruttle all had former Fianna Fáil connections. The Labour Party polled disastrously in the election and were wiped out in what had been one of their former strongholds, losing all 6 seats. Outgoing councillor and outgoing Chairman, Jimmy O'Shaughnessy also lost his seat in the election. O'Shaughnessy was a former Labour member. However, 2 former Labour councillors, Tom Fortune and Tommy Cullen, were returned as Independents.


2014 Wicklow County Council election
It was also notable that none of the mayors of the town councils were elected. Mick Glynn (FG; Bray), Malcolm Earls (FG; Wicklow) and Peter Dempsey (Ind; Arklow) all failed to be elected, while George Jones (FG; Greystones) retired after serving over 40 years as a Town Councillor and County Councillor.


2014 Wicklow County Council election, Aftermath
Following the elections, the Fine Gael group with 8 councillors, the Fianna Fáil group with 7 councillors and an independent technical group of 4 councillors joined together to become the "official/government" side of the council, while the Sinn Féin group with 6 councillors, the Green Party councillor and an independent technical group of 5 councillors joined together to form the "opposition" side of the council. One independent councillor refused to join either side and remained on his own.


2014 Wicklow County Council election, Aftermath
Following the election, at the first Annual General Meeting of the council, Christopher Fox (Independent) was elected Cathaoirleach (Chairman) of the Council. John Ryan (Fine Gael) was elected as Leas-Cathaoirleach (Vice-Chairman) of the Council.


2014 Wicklow County Council election, Aftermath
The "control" of this council is now a rainbow coalition of Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil/Independent. The opposition side consists of Sinn Féin/Green Party/Independent.


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


2014 Wigan Warriors season
The Wigan Warriors play Rugby League in Wigan, England. Their 2014 season results in the Super League XIX, 2014 Challenge Cup, and 2014 World Club Challenge are shown below.


2014 Wigan Warriors season, World Club Challenge
As winners of the 2013 Super League Grand Final, Wigan Warriors qualified for the 2014 World Club Challenge. The game, which took place in Australia, saw Wigan lose to Sydney Roosters, champions of the 2013 NRL Grand Final.


2014 Wigan Warriors season, Challenge Cup
After finishing second in the Super League XVI, Wigan Warriors entered the 2014 Challenge Cup at the fourth round. Last year's winners won in the fourth and fifth rounds before being eliminated by Castleford Tigers in the quarter finals.


2014 Wiggle–Honda season
The 2014 women's road cycling season was the second for the  Wiggle–Honda cycling team.


2014 Wiggle–Honda season, Roster
A few other riders rode at the end of 2014 in name of the team criteriums in Australia.


2014 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2014 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe were led by 35th-year head coach Jimmye Laycock played their home games at Zable Stadium. They finished the season 7–5 overalla nd 4–4 in CAA play to place in a four-way tie for fifth.


2014 William & Mary Tribe football team
William & Mary's game against Towson on November 15 was Laycock's 400th game as a college football head coach. He became the 18th coach all-time and 6th active coach to accomplish this feat.


2014 William Jones Cup
The 2014 William Jones Cup was the 36th William Jones Cup, a top-level international basketball tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Taiwan from 9–17 August 2014.


2014 Wilson Security Sandown 500
The 2014 Wilson Security Sandown 500 was a motor race meeting for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the tenth event of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 12-14 September at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne, Victoria.


2014 Wimbledon Championships
The 2014 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 128th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2014. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. The championships were organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and the International Tennis Federation.


2014 Wimbledon Championships
Andy Murray was the defending champion in the men's singles, but lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals. Marion Bartoli was the reigning champion in the women's singles; however, her retirement from the sport following her victory meant that she did not return to defend her title. As a result, the opening Ladies' Singles match on Centre Court on the second day of the tournament – which is traditionally played by the defending champion – was played by Bartoli's opponent in the 2013 final, runner-up Sabine Lisicki.


2014 Wimbledon Championships
The men and women's singles titles were won by Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitová respectively.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Tournament
The 2014 Wimbledon Championships was the 128th edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Tournament
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on grass courts and takes place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court, No. 1 Court, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The Wimbledon total prize money for 2014 has been increased by 10.8% to £25,000,000. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £1.76m, up £160,000 from the previous year. The figures for doubles events are per pair.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–4


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Vasek Pospisil /  Jack Sock def. Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–5


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Sara Errani /  Roberta Vinci def. Tímea Babos /  Kristina Mladenovic, 6–1, 6–3


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Nenad Zimonjić /  Samantha Stosur def. Max Mirnyi /  Chan Hao-ching, 6–4, 6–2


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Orlando Luz /  Marcelo Zormann def. Stefan Kozlov /  Andrey Rublev, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Tami Grende /  Ye Qiuyu def. Marie Bouzková /  Dalma Gálfi, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Thomas Enqvist /  Mark Philippoussis def. Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis, 3–6, 6–3, [10–3]


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Barbara Schett def. Martina Navratilova /  Selima Sfar, 6–0, 7–6(7–2)


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Guy Forget /  Cédric Pioline def. Rick Leach /  Mark Woodforde, 6–4, 6–3


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet /  Shingo Kunieda def. Maikel Scheffers /  Ronald Vink, 5–7, 6–0, 6–3


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji /  Jordanne Whiley def. Jiske Griffioen /  Aniek van Koot, 2–6, 6–2, 7–5


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Gentlemen's Singles
The Gentlemen's Singles seeds are adjusted on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula, which applies to the top 32 players, according to ATP Ranking on 16 June 2014:


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Gentlemen's Singles
Rankings are as of 16 June 2014 and Points Before in the following table are as of 23 June 2014.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Gentlemen's Singles
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
For the Women's singles seeds, the seeding order follows the ranking list, except where in the opinion of the Committee, the grass court credentials of a particular player necessitates a change in the interest of achieving a balanced draw.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Main draw wild card entries
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifiers entries
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2014 Wimbledon Championships, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios were the defending champions, but were no longer eligible to compete in junior tennis.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann defeated Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Gianluigi Quinzi was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete in junior tennis, and thus could not defend his title.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Noah Rubin defeated Stefan Kozlov in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries
The 2014 Wimbledon Championships are described below in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries, Day-by-day summaries, Middle Sunday (29 June)
Following tradition, Middle Sunday was a day of rest, with no matches played.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Thomas Enqvist and Mark Philippoussis successfully defended their title, defeating Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis in the final, 3–6, 6–3, [10–3] to win the Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, however were no longer eligible to compete in junior tennis.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Tami Grende and Ye Qiuyu defeated Marie Bouzková and Dalma Gálfi in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Belinda Bencic was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the women's singles.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Kristína Schmiedlová in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis were the defending champions but Hingis chose to compete in the women's doubles main draw this year. Davenport played alongside Mary Joe Fernández but they were eliminated in the round robin.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Jana Novotná and Barbara Schett defeated Martina Navratilova and Selima Sfar in the final, 6–0, 7–6(7–2) to win the Ladies' Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock defeated the defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. It was his second Wimbledon title and his seventh major title overall.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
19-year-old Nick Kyrgios became the first player to reach the quarterfinals on his Wimbledon debut since Florian Mayer in 2004. Defeating world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the fourth round, Kyrgios also became the lowest-ranked player to defeat the world No. 1 at a major since 1992, when Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Jim Courier in the third round of the 1992 Wimbledon Championships, and the first wildcard to reach the quarterfinals of a major since Goran Ivanišević in 2001.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
The final was the first major men's singles final since the 2009 US Open to feature neither Murray nor Nadal.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Although Nadal was world No. 1 entering the tournament, he was seeded second behind Djokovic due to his recent poor performances on grass (as well as his early exits at Wimbledon the previous two years). After claiming the title, Djokovic replaced Nadal as the world No. 1.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final
The 2014 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the second time.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final
After 3 hours and 56 minutes, top seed Djokovic defeated fourth-seeded Federer in five sets to win the match. By winning the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Djokovic not only won for the second time, but also reclaimed the world number one ranking from Rafael Nadal at the conclusion of the tournament.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Background
The match took place on the final day of the 2014 edition of the 13-day Wimbledon Championships, held every June and July. Novak Djokovic was world number two entering Wimbledon, but was seeded first ahead of Rafael Nadal due to Wimbledon employing a grass-court seeding system which takes into account recent results on grass. Djokovic had reached the semi-finals in 2012 and final in 2013, whilst Nadal had fallen in the second and first rounds respectively. Roger Federer, on the other hand, entered the Championships ranked and seeded fourth, and reached the final after having been upset by Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round in 2013.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Background
Djokovic had to overcome numerous tough matches to reach the final: He was almost pushed to five sets by Radek Štěpánek in the second round, was two sets to one down against Marin Čilić in the quarter-finals before rallying to win in five sets and also required four sets to defeat Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals. By contrast, Federer only dropped one set (and his own serve) in his quarter-final against countryman Stan Wawrinka.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Background
Going into the final, Federer had not appeared in a major final since two years prior when he had won Wimbledon in 2012. In 2013, affected by back troubles, Federer failed to reach any of the major finals for the first time since 2002 and some commentators doubted whether he would ever appear in a major final again. Federer was asked if he felt that he could still win a major, "I'm just really pleased that I'm back strong at Wimbledon. Last year I didn't even come close. I was very deflated leaving Wimbledon on that note.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Background
I'm happy I'm sort of physically back where I can put myself in contention." Upon reaching the final, Federer was bidding to win his 80th career title, 18th major overall and 8th Wimbledon title, which would have broken the record that he shares with Pete Sampras for the most Wimbledon wins at seven.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Background
Djokovic too had not won a Grand Slam since the Australian Open of 2013, over a year and a half prior, and was going into the final having lost 5 of the previous 6 Grand Slam finals that he had played in. He entered the championship match looking for his second Wimbledon title after previously winning in 2011, and was seeking redemption after losing in the previous year's final to Andy Murray. As such, Djokovic was determined to get back into the win column.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Background
Djokovic described his setbacks in Grand Slams, "There is plenty of motivation from my side to win this Grand Slam final after losing last three out of four. [ sic] It would mean a lot mentally for me." As a result of the circumstances, both men relished the challenge and were focused on playing a high-quality match.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match
Novak Djokovic won the coin toss and elected to serve first. The first set saw neither player force a break point, though there were a few games that went to deuce. A tiebreak was required to decide the first set and it saw Federer come from two separate set points down to take it 9–7. At 51 minutes, the first set alone lasted just four minutes less than the entire women's singles final.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match
Despite falling early in the second set, Djokovic managed to break Federer's serve early in the third game. The set remained on serve from there and Djokovic leveled the match at one-set all. The lone break of serve in the second set was only the second time all tournament that Federer had been broken. The third set followed a similar pattern to that of the first; again a tiebreak was required to decide it as neither man would yield his serve, and it was Djokovic who would win the set and go two-sets-to-one up. After three sets, neither man was giving anything away as the unforced errors remained very low. Federer's serving kept him in the match but he had still been unable to gain even a single break point opportunity as Djokovic's own serving display continued to hold up strong.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match
In the fourth set, Djokovic again broke early to lead 3–1. From there, Federer broke Djokovic's serve for the first time in match to get back on serve at 3–2; only to be broken again in his service game which saw Djokovic regain the lead at 4–2. Djokovic consolidated his break this time to take a commanding 5–2 lead and was a game away from the title, leaving Federer to serve to stay in the match.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match
After Federer held serve in the eighth game, Djokovic served for the win at 5–3 and seemed poised to win the title in four sets. Federer would come back from the brink of defeat to break Djokovic for the second time and put the set back on serve. Then, in the tenth game, Djokovic earned a championship point, which Federer saved with an ace which was initially called out but ruled in after a successful challenge by the Hawk-Eye review system.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match
Federer then levelled the set at 5–5 and from there, he broke Djokovic again for the third time in the set and then held his serve to win five games in a row and claim the fourth set 7–5. The Wimbledon final went to a fifth set for the first time since 2009.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match
Djokovic served to begin the fifth. Both men held serve comfortably until 3–3, when Federer was able to muster a break point but could not convert it after a long rally. Djokovic was able to hold and go ahead 4–3, and in the next game, found himself at 15–40 with 2 break points. Federer fought them off to level the match at 4–4. In the next game, Federer sent an overhead smash into the net that would have given him a 15–30 opening had he made it. Djokovic pounced on the error to hold serve and go ahead 5–4.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match
Finally in the tenth game, Djokovic earned another two championship points after Federer sent a forehand long at 15–30. There was no ace this time as Federer faulted on championship point and was forced into a second serve. Djokovic took control of the ensuing rally and won Wimbledon after Federer netted a backhand to conclude the contest.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match, Officials
The chair umpire throughout the match was British official James Keothavong. He umpired his first ever Grand Slam singles final.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match, Reaction
Lasting for 3 hours and 56 minutes, the match was played at a relatively fast pace with both players serving well until the final game. Many rallies in the contest went over 20 shots. During the third set, Djokovic went over 30 minutes without hitting a single error.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match, Reaction
Federer's winners to unforced errors differential was +46, while Djokovic's was +41. Djokovic said "Sincerely, this has been the best quality Grand Slam final that I have ever been part of. I've had a longest final against Nadal in the Australian Open, but quality-wise from the first to last point, this is definitely the best match. It's the most special Grand Slam final I've played."


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match, Reaction
Federer said "It was a great match and I enjoyed being a part of it. Winning or losing, it's always something special in the Wimbledon final and something you'll remember, even more so when the match was as dramatic as it was today. I'm very pleased with the way things went throughout the match. It was a high-quality match and it was good stuff from both players. Clearly we both walk away happy from here. I mean, him more happy than I am. But still, I'm happy overall."


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, Match, Reaction
Retired tennis player Jimmy Connors was present for the match as a commentator for BBC Sport. Connors said "I loved this match because there was more to it than just tennis. For four hours neither player wanted to give an inch. Sometimes there's a lull in matches that go five sets, but I didn't think there was a lull today at all. Both players came out and gave it the punch right from the start. It was one of those days when you say, "I'm happy to be here just to see this."


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Max Mirnyi and Chan Hao-ching.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Nenad Zimonjić and Samantha Stosur defeated Mirnyi and Chan in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Pat Cash and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but Cash chose not to compete this year.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Guy Forget and Cédric Pioline defeated Woodforde and Rick Leach in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Shingo Kunieda successfully defended their title, defeating Maikel Scheffers and Ronald Vink in the final, 5–7, 6–0, 6–3 to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley defeated the defending champions Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 5–7 to win the Wheelchair Women's Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defeated Babos and Mladenovic in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. With this victory the Italian pair completed a Career Grand Slam, becoming only the fifth pair in tennis history to complete the feat.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
2011 champion Petra Kvitová defeated Eugenie Bouchard in the final in straight sets, 6–3, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. The final lasted only 55 minutes, the fifth-shortest women's singles final in Wimbledon history in terms of time elapsed. Bouchard had not lost a set prior to the final and was the betting favorite to win. Marion Bartoli was the reigning champion, but retired from professional tennis in August 2013. Kvitová dropped only one set the entire tournament, to Venus Williams in the third round.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Like the previous major, the 2014 Wimbledon Championships was marked by two big upsets. The top two seeds – Serena Williams and Li Na – both lost in the third round. This marked the first time in the Open era that neither of the top two seeds reached the fourth round of Wimbledon. Five-time Wimbledon champion Williams' defeat to 25th-seeded Alizé Cornet equalled her earliest exit from the tournament (she lost at the same stage in 1998 and 2005). Li fell to unseeded Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, which would be Li's final professional tennis match before she announced her retirement almost three months later.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, The final
Sixth-seeded Kvitová defeated her compatriot and 23rd-seeded Lucie Šafářová, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 in the first semifinal, while 13th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard defeated third-seeded Simona Halep, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 in the other. Bouchard, playing in only her sixth grand slam tournament, advanced to the final without losing a set, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to reach the singles final of a grand slam. The title match was the first grand slam final contested between two players born in the 1990s. In the first set, Kvitová broke in the third game and broke again in the seventh to establish a 5–2 lead.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, The final
With Kvitová serving for the set, Bouchard broke back, but Kvitová did the same in the following game to take the first set 6–3. The second set saw Kvitová lose only three points on serve as she bagelled Bouchard 6–0. Only 10 other Wimbledon women singles champions lost "fewer games in the final than Kvitova did".


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, The final
The victory gave Kvitová her second Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam title overall. After the tournament, Bouchard improved to a career-high World No. 7 in the WTA rankings, surpassing Carling Bassett-Seguso's record of being the highest-ranked Canadian woman of all-time, while Kvitová moved up to World No. 4.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


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


2014 Winchester City Council election
After the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:


2014 Windward Islands Tournament
The 2014 Windward Islands Tournament was an international football tournament between the Windward Islands nations which was hosted by Dominica between 30 April and 4 May 2014. Saint Lucia was crowned champion.


2014 Windward Islands Tournament, Goal scorers
There were 16 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.


2014 Windward Islands Tournament squads
The 2014 Windward Islands Tournament is an international football tournament between the Windward Islands nations which will be hosted by Dominica between 30 April and 4 May 2014.


2014 Windward Islands Tournament squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad.


2014 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 2014 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 57th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 82nd overall. The Blue Bombers finished with a 7–11 record, although this was a four-game improvement upon their disastrous 3–15 record from 2013, the Blue Bombers still finished last place in the West Division and failed to make the playoffs for the third straight year. It was also the fifth time in six seasons that the Blue Bombers would fail to qualify for the CFL playoffs.


2014 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The Blue Bombers played in the West Division after having played in the East Division for eight seasons.


2014 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2014 CFL Draft took place on May 13, 2014. The Blue Bombers had five selections in the seven-round draft, after trading their original second-round selection and Alex Hall to Saskatchewan for Patrick Neufeld and a fourth round selection in the 2015 CFL Draft. They traded two third round picks, another obtained from Toronto, to Saskatchewan to get back into the second round. Finally their fifth-round selection was traded along with Anthony Woodson to Toronto for the other third-round selection and Marc Parenteau.


2014 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
The 2014 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic was a one-day women's cycle race held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on April 18, 2014. The race had an UCI rating of 1.2.


2014 Winston-Salem Open
The 2014 Winston–Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 46th edition of the Winston-Salem Open (as successor to previous tournaments in New Haven and Long Island), and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, from August 17 through August 23, 2014. It was the last event on the 2014 US Open Series before the 2014 US Open.


2014 Winston-Salem Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Winston-Salem Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Winston-Salem Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair used a protected ranking to gain entry into the doubles main draw:


2014 Winston-Salem Open, Champions, Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Jamie Murray /  John Peers, 6–3, 6–4


2014 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Leander Paes were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Nestor played alongside Rohan Bopanna, but they lost in the first round to Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Paes teamed up with David Marrero, but they retired in the first round against Sam Groth and Chris Guccione. Cabal and Farah won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and John Peers in the final, 6-3, 6–4.


2014 Winston-Salem Open – Singles
Jürgen Melzer was the defending champion, but lost to qualifier David Goffin in the first round.


2014 Winston-Salem Open – Singles
Lukáš Rosol won the title, defeating Jerzy Janowicz in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5, en route saving 2 match points in the third set.


2014 Winston-Salem Open – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 Winston-Salem Open – Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top five seeds received a bye into second round.


2014 Winter Cup
The 2014 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Riviera in Las Vegas from February 20 to February 22, 2014.


2014 Winter Cup, Competition
The finals session featured the top 42 gymnasts according to their all-around ranking and the top three gymnasts on each apparatus. The all-around and individual event champions were determined via a combined two-day score. Performances at the Winter Cup helped determine eight men who comprised the United States men's national gymnastics team at the 2014 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.


2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots
The mascots for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Paralympics were revealed on February 26, 2011. A shortlist of ten Olympic and three Paralympic designs had been shown to the public on February 7, 2011.


2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots, History, Election
Along with the 2008 Russian presidential election, on 2 March 2008 there was an unofficial election held in Sochi to elect the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics. 270,000 voters along with their ballots received a coupon with four mascot candidates: Ded Moroz, a snowflake, a polar bear and a dolphin. According to a representative of Sochi city administration, the majority of Sochians voted for the dolphin. However, representatives of the Sochi Organizing Committee, which officially selects a logo and a mascot, commented that while respecting the opinion of Sochians, such a procedure is usually held later. They also pointed out, that the final version of the mascot should be a consensus of opinions of all citizens of the country and the result of work by professional designers and market analysts.


2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots, History, Official vote
A nationwide design contest was held in Russia, from September 1 to December 5, 2010. 24,000 designs were sent in for the contest.


2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots, History, Official vote
A short list of designs were announced in December 2010, after a jury had reviewed thousands of designs. It was now down to eleven design ideas for the Olympic Games, and two design ideas for the Paralympic Games. The shortlisted designs were presented to the public on February 7, 2011. A live national TV broadcast, on Russia's Channel One, included a nationwide text message voting, where Russians voted for their favorite mascot.


2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots, Controversy
Despite the success of the mascot selection process, some accusations have been brought against the mascots. The possibility of telephone vote rigging was brought up when the mascot that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had said was his favorite. The bear was also seen by politician Sergey Mironov as resembling the mascot of the United Russia political party, the current ruling party, leading to accusations of political propaganda.


2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots, Controversy
Viktor Chizhikov, the designer of the 1980 Moscow Games mascot Misha, accused the designer of the polar bear mascot (named Bely Mishka) for the 2014 Sochi Olympics of plagiarism. Chizhikov noted that the Bely's facial features were all taken from Misha, saying "they just pumped him up and made him fatter". Chizhikov also complained that Bely and the other two mascots (the Hare and Leopard) was lacking personality. As a result of these issues, as well as being denied the copyright to Misha, Chizhikov declined to help when asked by the organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony.


2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots, Controversy
Zoich (or ZOIЧ) was a proposed mascot for the XXII Winter Olympics, which took first place in the official online poll to select a mascot for the 2014 Sochi games. Despite being a popular Internet character, the committee chose not to introduce it to the final round of the voting. Upon introduction and until the end of the online voting, it was the most popular mascot from those submitted. It also took only about 40 minutes for Zoich to take the top spot.


2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (Russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, romanized: XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (Russian: Сочи 2014), was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Opening rounds in certain events were held on 6 February 2014, the day before the opening ceremony.


2014 Winter Olympics
These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Thomas Bach. Both the Olympics and Paralympics were organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOOC). Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007, during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City. It was the first Olympics to be held in a CIS state after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Soviet Union was previously the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.


2014 Winter Olympics
A record ninety-eight events in fifteen winter sport disciplines were held during the Games. A number of new competitions—a total of twelve accounting for gender—were held during the Games, including biathlon mixed relay, women's ski jumping, mixed-team figure skating, mixed-team luge, half-pipe skiing, ski and snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard parallel slalom. The events were held around two clusters of new venues: an Olympic Park constructed in Sochi's Imeretinsky Valley on the coast of the Black Sea, with Fisht Olympic Stadium, and the Games' indoor venues located within walking distance; and snow events in the resort settlement of Krasnaya Polyana.


2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics were the most expensive Games in the history of the Olympics. While originally budgeted at US$12 billion, major cost overruns caused this figure to expand to US$51 billion, more than three times the cost of the 2012 London Olympics and even surpassing the estimated cost of US$44 billion for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The 2014 Games achieved a record broadcast audience of 2.1 billion people worldwide.


2014 Winter Olympics
In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti- Doping Agency confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program, active from at least late-2011 through August 2015. The program was active during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and athletes had benefited from the cover-up. The IOC stripped thirteen medals from Russian athletes in 2017, but nine were reinstated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In December 2017, the IOC voted to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee, with an option for whitelisted athletes to compete independently during the 2018 Winter Olympics.


2014 Winter Olympics, Bidding process
Sochi was elected on 4 July 2007 during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) session held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, defeating bids from Salzburg, Austria; and Pyeongchang, South Korea. This is the first time that the Russian Federation has hosted the Winter Olympics. The Soviet Union was the host of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in and around Moscow.


2014 Winter Olympics, Cost and financing
As of October 2013, the estimated combined cost of the 2014 Winter Olympics had topped US$51 billion. This amount included the cost for Olympic games themselves and cost of Sochi infrastructural projects (roads, railroads, power plants). This total is over four times the initial budget of $12 billion (compared to the $8 billion spent for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver), and made the Sochi games the most expensive Olympics in history, exceeding the estimated $44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, which hosted 3 times as many events. Dmitry Kozak was the main overseer for the events in Sochi.


2014 Winter Olympics, Cost and financing
In its final budget published in June 2014, Olimpstroy—the state corporation that oversaw the Sochi Olympics development—reported the total allocated funds for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics of 1,524 billion rubles (US$49.5 billion). However, only about a fifth of that budget ($10.8 billion) was directly related to the Olympic games, while the rest went into urban and regional regeneration and the conversion of the Sochi region into an all-year round sea and alpine resort. The breakdown table below is based on a report that has analyzed the distribution of Olimpstroy's $49.5 billion budget. Estimates also suggest that additional unrecoverable operational costs (including for security) could have added another $3 billion.


2014 Winter Olympics, Venues
With an average February temperature of 8.3 °C (42.8 °F) and a humid subtropical climate, Sochi is the warmest city to host a Winter Olympic Games. Sochi 2014 is the 12th straight Olympics to outlaw smoking; all Sochi venues, Olympic Park bars and restaurants and public areas were smoke-free during the Games. It is also the first time that an Olympic Park has been built for hosting winter games.


2014 Winter Olympics, Venues, Sochi Olympic Park (Coastal Cluster)
The Sochi Olympic Park was built by the Black Sea coast in the Imeretinsky Valley, about 4 km (2.5 miles) from Russia's border with Abkhazia/Georgia. The venues were clustered around a central water basin on which the Medals Plaza is built, allowing all indoor venues to be within walking distance. It also features "The Waters of the Olympic Park" (designed by California-based company WET), a choreographed fountain which served as the backdrop in the medals awards and the opening and closing ceremonies of the event. The new venues include:


2014 Winter Olympics, Venues, Post-Olympic usage
A street circuit known as the Sochi Autodrom was constructed in and around Olympic Park. Its primary use is to host the Formula One Russian Grand Prix, which held its inaugural edition in October 2014.


2014 Winter Olympics, Venues, Post-Olympic usage
In January 2015, work began on adapting Fisht Olympic Stadium into an open-air football stadium to host matches during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


2014 Winter Olympics, Venues, Post-Olympic usage
A new ice hockey team in the Kontinental Hockey League, HC Sochi Leopards, now plays in Bolshoy Arena.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction
The Olympic infrastructure was constructed according to a Federal Target Program (FTP). In June 2009, the Games' organizers reported they were one year ahead in building the main Olympic facilities as compared to recent Olympic Games. In November 2011, IOC President Jacques Rogge was in Sochi and concluded that the city had made significant progress since he last visited eighteen months earlier.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
According to the FTP, US$580 million would be spent on construction and modernization of telecommunications in the region. Avaya was named by the Sochi Organizing Committee as the official supplier of telecommunications equipment. Avaya provided the data network equipment, including switches, routers, security, telephones and contact-center systems. It provided engineers and technicians to design and test the systems, and worked with other technology partners to provide athletes, dignitaries and fans information about the Games.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
The 2014 Olympics is the first "fabric-enabled" Games using Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) technology. The network is capable of handling up to 54,000 Gbit/s (54 Tbit/s) of traffic.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
During the Games, the core networks of Rostelecom and Transtelekom were used.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
In January 2012, the newest equipment for the television coverage of the Games arrived in the port of Adler. Prepared specifically for the Games, a team of regional specialists and the latest technology provide a qualitatively new level of television production in the region.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
The fiber-optic channel links Sochi between Adler and Krasnaya Polyana. The 46-kilometre-long (29 mi) channel enables videoconferencing and news reporting from the Olympics.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
In November 2013, it was reported that the fiber-optic cable that was built by the Federal Communications Agency, Rossvyaz, had no operator. With Rostelecom and Megafon both refusing to operate it, the line was transferred to the ownership of the state enterprise Center for Monitoring & Development of Infocommunication Technologies (Russian: Центр МИР ИТ).


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
Russian mobile phone operator Megafon expanded and improved Sochi's telecom infrastructure with over 700 new 2G/3G/4G cell towers. Sochi was the first Games to offer 4G connectivity at a speed of 10 MB/sec.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Telecommunications
In January 2014, Rostelecom reported that it had connected the Olympic media center in Sochi to the Internet and organized channels of communication with the main media center of the Olympic Games in the coastal cluster and press center in Moscow. The media center was built at total cost of 17 million rubles.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Power infrastructure
A five-year strategy for increasing the power supply of the Sochi region was presented by Russian energy experts during a seminar on 29 May 2009, held by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, and attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) experts and officials from the Russian Ministry of Regional Development, the Russian Ministry of Energy, the State Corporation Olimpstroy and the Krasnodar Krai administration.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Power infrastructure
According to the strategy, the capacity of the regional energy network would increase by two and a half times by 2014, guaranteeing a stable power supply during and after the Games.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Power infrastructure
The power demand of Sochi at the end of May 2009 was 424 MW. The power demand of the Olympic infrastructure was expected to be about 340 MW.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Power infrastructure
Earlier plans also include building combined cycle (steam and gas) power stations near the cities of Tuapse and Novorossiysk and construction of a cable-wire powerline, partially on the floor of the Black Sea.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
The transport infrastructure prepared to support the Olympics includes many roads, tunnels, bridges, interchanges, railroads and stations in and around Sochi. Among others, 8 flyovers, 102 bridges, tens of tunnels and a bypass route for heavy trucks — 367 km (228 miles) of roads were paved.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
The Sochi Light Metro is located between Adler and Krasnaya Polyana connecting the Olympic Park, Sochi International Airport, and the venues in Krasnaya Polyana.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
The existing 102 km (63-mile), Tuapse-to-Adler railroad was renovated to provide double track throughout, increasing capacity and enabling a reliable regional service to be provided and extending to the airport. In December 2009, Russian Railways ordered 38 Siemens Mobility Desiro trains for delivery in 2013 for use during the Olympics, with an option for a further 16 partly built in Russia. Russian Railways established a high-speed Moscow-Adler link and a new railroad (more than 60 kilometres or 37 miles long) passing by the territory of Ukraine.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
At Sochi International Airport, a new terminal was built along a 3.5 km (2.2-mile) runway extension, overlapping the Mzymta River. Backup airports were built in Gelendzhik, Mineralnye Vody and Krasnodar by 2009.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
At the Port of Sochi, a new offshore terminal 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the shore allows docking for cruise ships with capacities of 3,000 passengers. The cargo terminal of the seaport would be moved from the centre of Sochi.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
Roadways were detoured, some going around the construction site and others being cut off.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
In May 2009, Russian Railways started the construction of tunnel complex No. 1 (the final total is six) on the combined road (automobile and railway) from Adler to Alpica Service Mountain Resort in the Krasnaya Polyana region. The tunnel complex No. 1 is located near Akhshtyr in Adlersky City District, and includes:


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin stated the road construction costed more than 200 billion rubles.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Transportation
In addition, Sochi's railway stations were renovated. These are Dagomys, Sochi, Matsesta, Khosta, Lazarevskaya, and Loo railway stations. In Adler, a new railway station was built while the original building was preserved, and in the Olympic park cluster, a new station was built from scratch, the Olympic Park railway station. Another new railway station was built in Estosadok, close to Krasnaya Polyana.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Other infrastructure
Funds were spent on the construction of hotels for 10,300 guests. The first of the Olympic hotels, Zvezdny (Stellar), was rebuilt anew. Significant funds were spent on the construction of an advanced sewage treatment system in Sochi, designed by Olimpstroy. The system meets BREF standards and employs top available technologies for environment protection, including tertiary treatment with microfiltration.


2014 Winter Olympics, Construction, Other infrastructure
Six post offices were opened at competition venues, two of them in the main media centre in Olympic Park and in the mountain village of Estosadok. In addition to standard services, customers had access to unique services including two new products, Fotomarka and Retropismo. Fotomarka presents an opportunity to get a stylized sheet of eight souvenir stamps with one's own photos, using the services of a photographer in the office. Retropismo service allows a customer to write with their own stylus or pen on antique paper with further letters, winding string and wax seal affixing. All the new sites and post offices in Sochi were opened during the Olympics until late night 7 days a week, and employees were trained to speak English.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Torch relay
On 29 September 2013, the Olympic torch was lit in Ancient Olympia, beginning a seven-day journey across Greece and on to Russia, then the torch relay started at Moscow on 7 October 2013 before passing 83 Russian cities and arriving at Sochi on the day of the opening ceremony, 7 February 2014. It is the longest torch relay in Olympic history, a 60,000-kilometre (40,000 miles) route that passes through all regions of the country, from Kaliningrad in the west to Chukotka in the east.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Torch relay
The Olympic torch reached the North Pole for first time via a nuclear-powered icebreaker (50 Let Pobedy). The torch was also passed for the first time in space, though not lit for the duration of the flight for safety reasons, on flight Soyuz TMA-11M to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft itself was adorned with Olympic-themed livery including the Games' emblem. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky waved the torch on a spacewalk outside ISS. The torch returned to Earth five days later on board Soyuz TMA-09M. The torch also reached Europe's highest mountain, Mount Elbrus, and Siberia's Lake Baikal.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February 2014 at Fisht Olympic Stadium, an indoor arena built specifically for the ceremonies. The ceremony featured scenes based around aspects of Russian history and arts, including ballet, classical music, the Russian Revolution, and the age of the Soviet Union.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening scene of the ceremony featured a notable technical error, where one of five snowflakes, which were to expand to form the Olympic rings, malfunctioned and did not expand (a mishap mocked by the organizers at the closing ceremony where one of the roundrelay dance groups symbolizing the Olympic rings "failed" to expand). The torch was taken into the stadium by Maria Sharapova, who then passed it to Yelena Isinbayeva who, in turn, passed it to wrestler Aleksandr Karelin. Karelin then passed the torch to gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Figure skater Irina Rodnina took the torch and was met by former ice hockey goalkeeper Vladislav Tretiak, who exited the stadium to jointly light the Olympic cauldron located near the center of Olympic Park.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
A record 88 nations qualified to compete, which beat the previous record of 82 set at the previous Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The number of athletes who qualified per country is listed in the table below (number of athletes shown in parentheses). Seven nations made their Winter Olympics debut: Dominica, Malta, Paraguay, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, and Zimbabwe.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
Kristina Krone qualified to compete in her second consecutive games for Puerto Rico, but the island's Olympic Committee once again chose not to send her to compete. Similarly, South Africa decided not to send alpine skier Sive Speelman to Sochi. Algeria also did not enter its only qualified athlete, Mehdi-Selim Khelifi.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
India's athletes originally competed as Independent Olympic Participants and marched under the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony, as India was originally suspended in December 2012 over the election process of the Indian Olympic Association. On 11 February, the Indian Olympic Association was reinstated and India's athletes were allowed the option to compete under their own flag from that time onward. Although Shiva Keshavan competed as an Independent athlete and is recorded as such, he was permitted to walk under the flag of India at the Closing Ceremony.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees, National houses
During the Games some countries had a national house, a meeting place for supporters, athletes and other followers. Houses can be either free for visitors to access or they can have limited access by invitation only.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
The 2014 Winter Olympics featured 98 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports. A total of twelve new events were contested, making it the largest Winter Olympics to date.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports, New events
On 6 April 2011, the IOC accepted a number of events that were submitted by their respective sports federations to be considered for inclusion into the official program of these Olympic Games. The events included a Figure skating team event, Women's ski jumping, Mixed relay biathlon, Ski half-pipe, and Team relay luge.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports, New events
On 4 July 2011, the IOC announced that three events would be added to the program. These events, which were officially declared by Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge on 4 July 2011, were: Ski slopestyle, Snowboard slopestyle, Snowboard parallel special slalom.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports, New events
Team alpine skiing was also presented as a candidate for inclusion in the Olympic program but the Executive board of the IOC rejected this proposal. The International Ski Federation persisted with the nomination and this was considered. There were reports of bandy possibly being added to the sports program, but the IOC rejected this request. Subsequently, the international governing body, Federation of International Bandy, decided that Irkutsk and Shelekhov in Russia would host the 2014 Bandy World Championship just before the Olympics.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports, New events
On 28 November 2006, the Executive Board of the IOC decided not to include Ski mountaineering, Ski-orienteering, or Winter triathlon in the review process of the program.


2014 Winter Olympics, The Games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony was held on 23 February 2014 between 20:14 MSK (UTC+4) and 22:25 MSK (UTC+4) at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi. The ceremony was dedicated to Russian culture featuring world-renowned Russian stars like conductor and violinist Yuri Bashmet, conductor Valery Gergiev, pianist Denis Matsuev, singer Hibla Gerzmava and violinist Tatiana Samouil. These artists were joined by performers from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters.


2014 Winter Olympics, Medals
Sochi's medal design was unveiled in May 2013. The design is intended to resemble Sochi's landscape, with a semi-translucent section containing a "patchwork quilt" of diamonds representing mountains; the diamonds themselves contain designs that reflect Russia's regions. Those who won gold medals on 15 February received special medals with fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteor, marking the one-year anniversary of the event where pieces of the cosmic body fell into the Chebarkul Lake in the Ural Mountains in central Russia.


2014 Winter Olympics, Medals, Medal table
The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Russia, is highlighted.


2014 Winter Olympics, Medals, Medal table
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.


2014 Winter Olympics, Medals, Podium sweeps
Legkov and Vylegzhanin were initially disqualified by the IOC for doping offenses in November 2017, and their 2014 Olympic medals were stripped (gold and silver respectively). However, their results were restored on 1 February 2018 following a successful appeal.


2014 Winter Olympics, Calendar
In the following calendar each blue box represents one or more event competition(s), such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent medal-awarding finals for a sport with in each box the number of finals that were contested on that day.


2014 Winter Olympics, Security, Measures
Security during both the Olympics and Paralympics were handled by over 40,000 law enforcement officials, including police and the Russian Armed Forces. A Presidential Decree signed by President Vladimir Putin took effect on 7 January, requiring that any protests and demonstrations in Sochi and the surrounding area through 21 March (the end of the Paralympics) be approved by the Federal Security Service.


2014 Winter Olympics, Security, Measures
For the duration of the decree, travel restrictions were also in effect in and around Sochi: "controlled" zones, dubbed the "ring of steel" by the media, covered the Coastal and Mountain clusters which encompass all of the Games' venues and infrastructure, including transport hubs such as railway stations. To enter controlled areas, visitors were required to pass through security checkpoints with x-ray machines, metal detectors and explosive material scanners. Several areas were designated as "forbidden", including Sochi National Park and the border with Abkhazia. An unmanned aerial vehicle squadron, along with S-400 and Pantsir-S1 air defense rockets were used to protect Olympic airspace. Four gunboats were also deployed on the Black Sea to protect the coastline.


2014 Winter Olympics, Security, Measures
A number of security organizations and forces began stationing in and around Sochi in January 2014; Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) was stationed in Sochi for the Games beginning on 7 January 2014. A group of 10,000 Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior also provided security services during the Games. In mid-January, 1,500 Siberian Regional Command troops were stationed in a military town near Krasnaya Polyana. A group of 400 cossacks in traditional uniforms were also present to accompany police patrols. The 58th Army unit of the Russian Armed Forces, were defending the Georgia-Russia border. The United States also supplied Navy ships and other assets for security purposes.


2014 Winter Olympics, Security, Measures
All communication and Internet traffic by Sochi residents was captured and filtered through deep packet inspection systems at all mobile networks using the SORM system.


2014 Winter Olympics, Security, Measures
Former professional speed skater and current deputy of the Russian State Duma Svetlana Zhurova has stated that the 2014 Sochi Olympics were Vladimir Putin's personal project to showcase Russia to the world.


2014 Winter Olympics, Security, Incidents and threats
Organizers received several threats prior to the Games. In a July 2013 video release, Chechen Islamist commander Dokka Umarov called for attacks on the Games, stating that the Games were being staged "on the bones of many, many Muslims killed ...and buried on our lands extending to the Red Sea."


2014 Winter Olympics, Security, Incidents and threats
Threats were received from the group Vilayat Dagestan, which had claimed responsibility for the Volgograd bombings under the demands of Umarov, and a number of National Olympic Committees had also received threats via e-mail, threatening that terrorists would kidnap or "blow up" athletes during the Games. However, while the IOC did state that the letters "[contained] no threat and appears to be a random message from a member of the public", the U.S. ski and snowboarding teams hired a private security agency to provide additional protection during the Games.


2014 Winter Olympics, Media, Broadcasting rights
In most regions, broadcast rights to the 2014 Winter Olympics were packaged together with broadcast rights for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but some broadcasters obtained rights to further games as well. Domestic broadcast rights were sold by Sportfive to a consortium of three Russian broadcasters; Channel One, VGTRK, and NTV Plus.


2014 Winter Olympics, Media, Broadcasting rights
In the United States, the 2014 Winter Olympics were the first in a new, US$4.38 billion contract with NBCUniversal, extending its broadcast rights to the Olympic Games through 2020.


2014 Winter Olympics, Media, Broadcasting rights
In Canada, after losing the 2010 and 2012 Games to Bell Media and Rogers Media, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation re-gained broadcast rights to the Olympics for the first time since 2008, gaining rights to the 2014 and 2016 Games. Bell and Rogers sub-licensed pay-TV rights for their TSN, Sportsnet and Réseau des sports networks, as well as TVA Group's TVA Sports.


2014 Winter Olympics, Media, Broadcasting rights
In Australia, after all three major commercial networks pulled out of bidding on rights to both the 2014 and 2016 Games due to cost concerns, the IOC awarded broadcast rights to just the 2014 Winter Olympics to Network Ten for A$20 million.


2014 Winter Olympics, Media, Filming
Several broadcasters used the Games to trial the emerging ultra high definition television (UHDTV) standard. Both NTV Plus and Comcast filmed portions of the Games in 4K resolution; Comcast offered its content through smart TV apps, while NTV+ held public and cinema viewings of the content. NHK filmed portions of the Games in 8K resolution for public viewing. Olympic sponsor Panasonic filmed the opening ceremony in 4K.


2014 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
A variety of concerns over the Games, or Russia's hosting of the Games, had been expressed by various entities. Concerns were shown over Russia's policies surrounding the LGBT community, including the government's denial of a proposed Pride House for the Games on moral grounds, and a federal law passed in June 2013 which criminalized the distribution of "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships" among minors. Severe cost overruns made the 2014 Winter Olympics the most expensive Olympics in history; with Russian politician Boris Nemtsov citing allegations of corruption among government officials, and Allison Stewart of the Saïd Business School at Oxford citing tight relationships between the government and construction firms.


2014 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Some Circassian organizations objected to the Games being held on land their ancestors held until 1864, when most of them were vanquished at the end of the Russian-Circassian War (1763–1864), in what they consider to be ethnic cleansing or genocide. The use of Krasnaya Polyana ("Red Hill" or "Red Glade") as an event site was considered insensitive, as it was named for a group of Circassians who were defeated in a bloody battle with Russians while attempting to return home over it in 1864.


2014 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Some Circassian groups demanded that the Games be cancelled or moved unless Russia apologized for their actions. Other groups did not outright object to the Games, but suggested that symbols of Circassian history and culture be incorporated into the Games, as Australia, the United States and Canada did for their indigenous cultures in 2000, 2002, and 2010 respectively.


2014 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
U.S. broadcaster NBC largely avoided broadcasting material critical of Russia, although several segments deemed "overly friendly to Russia" were criticized by some commentators.


2014 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Following the closing ceremony, commentators evaluated the Games to have been successful overall.


2014 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Russian doping scandal
Following the Games, reports began to emerge that the Russian Olympic team had participated in a state-run doping program, which supplied their athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. These allegations first emerged in a December 2014 documentary by German public broadcaster ARD, and were detailed further in a May 2016 report by The New York Times—which published allegations by Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, the former director of Russia's anti-doping laboratory. Rodchenkov alleged that a conspiracy of corrupt anti-doping officials, FSB intelligence agents, and compliant Russian athletes used banned substances to gain an unfair advantage during the Games. Rodchenkov stated that the FSB tampered with over 100 urine samples as part of a cover-up, and that at least fifteen of the Russian medals won in Sochi were the result of doping.