2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Government Formation
Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) MLAs on 11 February 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly.


2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Government Formation
“Naveen Jaiswal (Hatia), Amar Kumar Bauri (Chandankiyari), Ganesh Ganju (Simeria), Alok Kumar Chourasia (Daltonganj), Randhir Singh (Sarath) and Janki Yadav (Barkatha) joined the party at Jharkhand Bhavan in Delhi”


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open
The 2014 Zhonghong Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 WTA 125K series and took place in Nanchang, China, on 21–28 July 2014.


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, Singles draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, Singles draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, Doubles draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles draw:


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Doubles
The tournament in Nanchang was a new addition to the WTA 125K series.


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung and Junri Namigata won the title, defeating Chan Chin-wei and Xu Yifan in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3.


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Singles
The tournament in Nanchang was a new addition to the WTA 125K series.


2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Singles
Peng Shuai won the tournament, defeating Liu Fangzhou in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3.


2014 Jinggu earthquake
The 2014 Jinggu earthquake occurred on October 7, 2014 at 21:49 (UTC+8).


2014 Jinggu earthquake, Details
The epicenter was located in Jinggu, Pu'er, Yunnan, People's Republic of China. The earthquake killed at least 1 person and injured at least 324 others. The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 6.6 by the China Earthquake Data Center with a focal depth of 5.0 kilometres (12 mi). It was measured at Mw 6.0 by the United States Geological Survey with a focal depth of 10.9 kilometres (6.7 mi)  and Mw 6.1 by the European Alert System.


2014 Jinggu earthquake, Effects and relief efforts
As of October 9, 2014, Jinggu had centralized resettlement of 37,000 people, received 13,000 tents and 2,300 quilts. The earthquake damaged 7 reservoirs to varying degrees: the largest Changhai reservoir sprouted bad leaks. High voltage power lines were repaired, tap water supply returned to normal, and village roads were opening.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack
On 8 June 2014, 10 militants armed with automatic weapons, a rocket launcher, suicide vests, and grenades attacked Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. 36 people were killed, including all 10 attackers, and 18 others were wounded. The militant organisation Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) initially claimed responsibility for the attack. According to state media, the attackers were foreigners of Uzbek origin who belonged to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), an Al Qaeda-linked militant organisation that works closely with TTP. The TTP later confirmed that the attack was a joint operation they executed with the IMU, who independently admitted to having supplied personnel for the attack.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack
Following the attack, the Pakistani military conducted a series of aerial strikes on militant hideouts in the tribal areas along the Afghan border. At least 25 militants were killed on 10 June, including foreign fighters. Two drone attacks on 12 June also killed Uzbek, Afghan and some local militants. On 15 June, the Pakistani military intensified air strikes in North Waziristan, and bombed eight foreign militant hideouts. At least 105 insurgents were reported killed, a majority of whom were Uzbeks, including those linked to the airport attack. Some other foreign militants were also reported killed. According to military sources, a key Uzbek commander and mastermind of the attack, Abu Abdur Rehman Almani, was killed in the operation. These military responses culminated in Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a comprehensive Pakistan Armed Forces operation against militants in North Waziristan.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Background
Jinnah International Airport is Pakistan's largest and busiest airport, and serves as the hub for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national flag carrier of Pakistan. Many domestic and international flights transit through the airport daily. This attack was the first large-scale incident in the airport in years, with the last major incident being the hijacking of the Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986. Earlier in 2011, a similar attack had taken place on the Mehran naval airbase in Karachi, and in 2012, the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, was attacked by militants.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack
The attack began at 11:10 PM on 8 June and lasted until the morning around 4:00 AM of 9 June. Ten attackers divided in 2 groups, stormed at two different checkpoint and attacked the cargo terminal of the airport with automatic weapons, hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades, and other explosives. The attackers were dressed as security guards, with some also wearing suicide vests. They were wearing uniforms of the Airports Security Force (ASF). A senior Pakistani intelligence official said some of the militants tried to hijack a plane, but were unsuccessful.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack
Airports Security Force troops fought back, limited the terrorists attack and started taking them out one by one. Within 2 hours, eight of the ten militants were shot dead by the Airports Security Force troops and the remaining two blew themselves up when they were cornered. About 90 minutes after the attack began, hundreds of Rangers, Police and Army troops arrived on the scene but the majority of terrorists had already been eliminated by Airports Security Force.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack
The siege officially ended after five hours; 28 people, including the ten terrorists, 12 ASF personnel, one Pakistan Rangers personnel, a Sindh Police official, and four PIA employees (including two senior aircraft engineers) were killed in the incident. At least 18 security personnel were also injured in the attack and admitted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Seven bodies that were burnt beyond recognition were also recovered from the airport's cold storage facility after a 28-hour rescue operation.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack
Two aircraft of PIA (a Boeing 747 and an Airbus A310) and one Air Indus (B737) plane were reported damaged. The PIA did not initially elaborate on damage incurred by its aircraft, although sources reported that the planes had either been hit by bullets or shrapnel pieces and received minor damages. Two cargo warehouses stored with NATO Supplies i.e. jeeps, drones, medicines and explosives to be exported to Afghanistan caught fire and took 4 days to get reduced to ashes. During the time the warehouse was on fire, multiple explosions were heard inside from time to time.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack
After the attack, the airport was cleared and handed over to the Civil Aviation Authority and ASF. Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Abdullah Zaki expressed reservations over the security situation and its economic impact: "The situation continues to worsen and the overall insecurity of this city can exactly be gauged from the recent airport assault.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack
Under the prevailing circumstances, even domestic travellers are afraid of visiting Karachi due to the airport attack whereas the rising lawlessness across the city along with live coverage of such incidents by TV channels is likely to keep foreigners, particularly the businessmen and investors, away from Pakistan." Both PIA aircraft were written off due to damage sustained.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack, ASF academy attack
On 10 June, just two days after the airport attack, two to four unidentified militants opened fire near an Airports Security Force academy in Pehlwan Goth, Karachi, following which they retreated from Pehlwan Goth. Pehlwan Goth is a rundown area that is considered a hub of criminal elements, with police and rangers having previously conducted several raids in the area following increased incidence of targeted killings in Karachi in 2011. Security forces soon launched a search operation in the area, during which two people were detained.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Attack, ASF academy attack
No casualties and injuries were reported in the attack, and no breach of fence occurred. Flight operations were temporarily suspended at Jinnah International Airport for an hour due to the news, with flights being diverted to other cities, before resuming again. The Director-General of Sindh Rangers described the attack as a hit-and-run incident aimed to create panic. The TTP accepted responsibility for the incident.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Responsibility
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, describing it as retaliation for the death of its former chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in North Waziristan in a drone attack in November 2013. The TTP also confirmed that the perpetrators were foreigners of Uzbek ethnicity, belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), an Al Qaeda-affiliated organisation that works closely with TTP and is banned by several governments including Pakistan. TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid Ponka the attack as a joint operation of TTP and IMU.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Responsibility
In an online statement, the IMU accepted its role in the attack, claiming it as a revenge for Pakistani military operations against Uzbeks and other foreign militants, and provided photographs of the ten Uzbek fighters who participated in the airport attack. In the photographs, the militants were seen wearing green tunics and white trainers while carrying assault rifles in what appeared to be a mountainous region. The men looked young and in their early 20s.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Responsibility
According to Pakistani defence analyst Imtiaz Gul, foreigners including IMU fighters had fled Afghanistan following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, and had established a presence in the tribal areas along the Afghan border. They enjoy protection and shelter of the TTP and also provide foot soldiers for TTP's operations.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Responsibility
Uzbek militants have previously been involved in large-scale attacks in Pakistan, including the attack on Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar in 2012, the attack on PNS Mehran airbase in Karachi in 2011, and the orchestration of jail break in Bannu in 2012 and in Dera Ismail Khan on 29 July 2013.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Responsibility
Taliban commander Abdullah Bahar dismissed the Pakistani government's recent offer of peace talks as a "tool of war" and, in a reference to Pakistani air strikes against militants, claimed the Pakistani government killed "hundreds of tribal women and children". He also warned of more attacks against the state.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Responsibility
TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid explained why the airport was targeted: "We chose a location where there would be less civilian and more official casualties." Shahid warned the group will engage "in a full-out war with the Pakistani state, starting on June 10." But "if even now the Pakistani government backs down," Shahid said, "we are ready to engage in meaningful dialogue." Shahid added that "the main goal of this attack was to cut off the supply to NATO Troops in Afghanistan."


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
This act of terror is unforgivable. The state will give a fitting response to such cowardly acts of terror. Those who plan and those who execute the terrorist attacks will be defeated.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
All operations at the airport were suspended, all flights were diverted, and the airport was evacuated following the attack. The PIA had to delay or cancel 20 flights immediately after the attack. Pakistan Army forces were deployed to the airport during the attack. After the operation ended, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif stated, "This act of terror is unforgivable, the state will give a befitting response to such cowardly acts of terror. Those who plan and those who execute the terrorist attacks will be defeated."


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
According to The Guardian, security measures at the airport have been criticised in the past. The road passing through the outer perimeter of the main terminal is guarded by the Airports Security Force armed with dowsing rods, similar to the ADE 651 fake bomb detectors sold around the world by British conman Jim McCormick, jailed for fraud in 2013. In an article titled "Why are countries still using the fake bomb detectors sold by a convicted British conman? ", Leo Benedictus expressed surprise at the Pakistani officials who still believe the device works.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
He went on to say that not only Pakistan, but the security forces of Iraq, Lebanon, Kenya and Thailand still use the ADE 651 despite repeated warnings from the United States to stop using them. Following news of the attack, other international airports in Pakistan were put on red alert and security was increased. Airports in neighbouring India were also put on high alert.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
According to some Pakistani officials, among some of the long-term implications of the attack is the fact that it may make foreign airlines wary of expanding operations in Pakistan, with many international air carriers already having scaled back their activities since 2008. Currently, there are 19 international airlines serving Pakistani airports. On 11 June, Cathay Pacific Airways notified of a temporary cancellation of its flights to Karachi and stated it would continue to monitor the situation closely. The same day, Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen also postponed his state visit to Pakistan indefinitely, in view of the prevailing situation.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
The Ireland cricket team were scheduled to play three One Day International cricket matches in Lahore, Pakistan in September 2014, but these were cancelled after the attack. The tour, if gone ahead, would have ended a five-year hiatus of international cricket in Pakistan, with no international teams having toured the country since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team by militants. The attack was thought to have dashed the Pakistan Cricket Board's recent efforts to arrange international teams to tour Pakistan.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
A post-attack Cabinet Committee on National Security meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 10 June. The meeting was attended by Army chief Raheel Sharif, interior minister Nisar Ali Chaudhry and other high-profile government and military officials.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath
The airport and PIA are estimated to have suffered losses worth billions of rupees, with one estimate putting the accumulated loss at over Rs. 180 billion. Chief Minister of Sindh Qaim Ali Shah announced monetary compensation for victims of the attack.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath, Military strikes and launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
On 10 June, Pakistani security forces carried out aerial strikes in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in the northwestern tribal areas next to the Afghan border, during which nine militant hideouts were destroyed and at least 25 militants were killed. The aerial strikes were conducted in the wake of the attack, and were an extension of a campaign of military operations against militants being conducted since the past few months. The area was believed to be used as a shelter for several anti-state militant factions and foreign fighters from Central Asia.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath, Military strikes and launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
According to defence analysts, the Karachi airport attack may push Islamabad to put current peace talks with militants on the backstage and lead for an all-out military offensive in North Waziristan and surrounding tribal areas along the Afghan border. According to one Pakistani security official, "the army is ready for an operation. It now all depends on the government to make a decision." On 11 June, the Army decided to intensify air strikes on militant hideouts following a conference between top military commanders at the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath, Military strikes and launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
On the early hours of Thursday 12 June, the U.S. conducted two successive drone strikes near Miramshah in North Waziristan, after a nearly six-month break in US drone campaigns in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan. The drone strikes killed 16 suspected militants. According to a Pakistani intelligence sources, the militants killed included four Uzbeks, a few key Afghan Taliban commanders and members, and two members of TTP Punjab.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath, Military strikes and launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
On 15 June, Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bombed eight militant hideouts in North Waziristan, during which at least 105 militants (or up to 150 according to other official sources) were killed according to security officials. Most of those killed during the strikes were Uzbek fighters, as the targets were predominantly Uzbek hideouts, and the dead included insurgents linked to the airport attack. Military and intelligence sources confirmed the presence of foreign and local militants in the hideouts before the military operation. Abu Abdur Rehman Almani, a key Uzbek militant commander and a mastermind of the attack, was also reported killed. Some foreign militants from the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, an Uyghur separatist group from western China, were also among the dead.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath, Military strikes and launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
On 15 June, the Pakistani military formally announced the start of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan, a military strategy aiming to flush out foreign and local militants present in North Waziristan. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesperson Major-General Asim Bajwa released a statement: "Using North Waziristan as a base, these terrorists had waged a war against the state of Pakistan and had been disrupting our national life in all its dimensions, stunting our economic growth and causing enormous loss of life and property.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Aftermath, Military strikes and launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
Our valiant armed forces have been tasked to eliminate these terrorists regardless of hue and color, along with their sanctuaries. With the support of the entire nation, and in coordination with other state institutions and Law Enforcement Agencies, these enemies of the state will be denied space anywhere across the country."


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Investigations
According to initial reports provided by the Director-General of the Sindh Rangers, General Rizwan Akhtar, the attackers were foreign nationals and appeared to be Uzbeks. This was later confirmed by the TTP on 11 June, while the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan also accepted the involvement of its fighters behind the attack. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan stated that foreign elements in coordination with local elements were involved in the events, while federal Information Minister Pervez Rasheed also lent opinion on a foreign hand.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Investigations
The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan was summoned following the attack, during which Pakistani officials lodged a protest over anti-Pakistani militants finding sanctuary inside Afghanistan, from where they operate.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Investigations
Reports citing sources in the Pakistani Rangers reported that Indian ammunition and/or Indian-made guns, were recovered from the dead militants, alluding to allegations of Indian involvement behind the attack. Geo English initially posted the Sindh Rangers chiefs' statement on Twitter about Indian weapons recovered from the scene. The Daily Times, The Nation and SAMAA TV reported that several made-in-India "Factor-8 injections" were retrieved during the search operation. According to officials, these injections are used by the Indian Army in frontline combat and have the purpose of stopping bleeding from injuries. The injections are not available in the market.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Investigations
However, this report was not confirmed by authorities in Pakistan. Syed Khurshid Shah, Leader of the Opposition in Pakistani parliament, called on the government to register a protest with the Indian High Commission on the recovery of Indian weapons, and demanded an explanation from the government of India over the issue while also questioning the role of India's intelligence agency. However, an official claim has not yet been made regarding this. Pakistan Foreign Office said that they were investigating the claims regarding the use of Indian weapons in the Karachi attack. The official spokeswoman Ms. Tasnim Aslam said that Pakistan did not have the habit of leveling allegations without investigation or evidence.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Investigations
The National Crisis Management Cell of the Ministry of Interior said weapons and explosives used in the attack may have been transported into the airport building before the militants stormed it, leading to questions over infiltration and flaws in security. A First Information Report (FIR) was filed in the airport police station on 11 June against the TTP, in which its top leadership including leader Fazlullah and spokesman Shahidullah Shahid were nominated.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Reactions, Domestic
The attack sparked widespread reactions on social media in Pakistan, receiving condemnations from politicians, journalists, and social scientists. Pakistani media reacted strongly to the events, with major newspapers and news channels questioning the government's attempt at negotiations with militants, the failure of security apparatus in preventing such an attack, the safety of other sensitive installations, and with many commentators calling for renewed action against militants.


2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, Reactions, Domestic
Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party and a major opposition leader, denounced the attack and heavily criticised the government, calling for the resignation of top officials and noting that "It is a complete failure on the part of the government and state to protect key installations and citizens' lives and those under whose watch this happened must immediately take responsibility and resign." The National Assembly of Pakistan passed a resolution condemning the attack. Information Minister of Sindh Sharjeel Memon criticised the federal government, saying it had failed to react when the attack took place, and credited the army and security institutions for saving the day.


2014 Johan Cruyff Shield
The 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield was the nineteenth edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season's Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The match was contested by PEC Zwolle, the 2013–14 KNVB Cup winners, and Ajax, champions of the 2013–14 Eredivisie. It was held at the Amsterdam Arena on 3 August 2014. PEC Zwolle won the match 1–0.


2014 Johan Cruyff Shield
Coincidentally, the match was a repeat of last season's KNVB Cup final, which PEC Zwolle emphatically won 5–1, despite conceding early and major crowd disturbance from Ajax fans in the crowd at De Kuip (home of Ajax' rivals Feyenoord).


2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge
The 2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 3rd edition of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It takes place in New Braunfels, Texas, United States between 27 October to 2 November, 2014.


2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge – Doubles
Anna Tatishvili and Coco Vandeweghe were the defending champions, but Vandeweghe chose not to participate. Tatishvili partnered Marina Melnikova but lost in the first round to Alexa Glatch and Bernarda Pera.


2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge – Doubles
Verónica Cepede Royg and Mariana Duque won the title, defeating Alexa Glatch and Bernarda Pera in the final, 6–0, 6–3.


2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge – Singles
Anna Tatishvili was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Bernarda Pera.


2014 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge – Singles
Irina Falconi won the title, defeating Jennifer Brady in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–2.


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season
The 2014 season is Johor Darul Takzim F.C.' 2nd season in the Malaysia Super League after rebranding their name from Johor FC.


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Malaysia Super League
JDT starts their Malaysia Super League campaign with 2-0 win against Perak. Amri Yahyah opens the score with a glance header from a corner in 39th minutes and Luciano Figueroa scores another one in the  88th minutes after a wonderful through pass from Safiq Rahim to put JDT their first win for this season.


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Malaysia Super League, Results
Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2014 season.


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Malaysia FA Cup
In 2014 Malaysia FA Cup Johor Darul Takzim F.C. getting the 'bye' for being a finalist in 2013 Malaysia FA Cup.JDT will faced T–Team F.C. or UiTM F.C. on 4 February 2014.


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Malaysia FA Cup, Results
Fixtures and Results of the 2014 Malaysia FA Cup. Win  Draw  Lose


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Malaysia FA Cup, Results
Johor Darul Takzim F.C. gets a first round 'bye' for being a finalist in 2013 Malaysia FA Cup Final.


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Malaysia Cup, Results
Fixtures and Results of the 2014 Malaysia Cup. Win  Draw  Lose


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Top Assists
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


2014 Jos bombings
On 20 May 2014, two bombs exploded in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, killing at least 118  people and injuring more than 56 others. The first bombing occurred in a marketplace, and the second near a bus station. Though no group or individual has claimed responsibility, the attacks have been attributed to Boko Haram.


2014 Jos bombings, Background
Christians and Muslims had several confrontations in Jos in years preceding the bombings, and militant group Boko Haram was also active prior to the attack. In 2012, multiple churches were bombed by Boko Haram in order to try to start a religious conflict between Christians and Muslims. In the month prior to the attack, Boko Haram abducted over 200 schoolgirls, though Jos had two significant attacks since 2012. One day after the bombings 27 were killed in village attacks.


2014 Jos bombings, Attack
The twin car blasts were 30 minutes apart, one at 3:00 and the other at 3:30. The first explosion occurred in the Terminus Market, where there were over fifty casualties. In Terminus there was a "teaching hospital, shops, offices and a market" prior to the attack. The second explosion took place near a hospital. The second explosion killed potential rescuers who had gone to assist after the first bomb exploded. A large amount of black smoke was also visible. The bombings were likely designed to inflict the maximum number of casualties. The car bomb caused nearby vehicles to alight.


2014 Jos bombings, Attack, Aftermath
Firefighters and rescue workers tried to reach the sites of the bombings, but "thousands" of people were fleeing from the area. The bombs had been positioned to kill as many as possible, indiscriminate of religion using a "back-to-back blast" tactic, whereby a bomb explodes and another that explodes a short time later is designed to kill rescue workers as well as initial casualties. Youths and soldiers created checkpoints in the area, with some carrying out searches of vehicles. The body count is expected to rise, and some bodies were burned beyond recognition. A death count of 46 was rapidly raised to the current figure of 118 as the rubble was cleared. However, some have put the figure as high as 150.


2014 Ju-Jitsu World Championships
The 2014 Ju-Jitsu World Championship were the 12th edition of the Ju-Jitsu World Championships, and were held in Paris, France from November 28 to November 30, 2014.


2014 Jubilee Trophy
The 2014 Jubilee Trophy was hosted in Vaughan, Ontario, from October 9 to 13, 2014. It is the Canadian national championship for women's amateur soccer teams.


2014 Jubilee Trophy, Group stage
Teams were separated into two groups of four during the first stage of the tournament. All teams advanced to play the same-ranked team from the opposite group to determine a final seeding for the tournament.


2014 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2014. They are ordered by neutral citation.


2014 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
In 2014 Lord Neuberger was the President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale was the Deputy President.


2014 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The table lists judgments made by the court and the opinions of the judges in each case. Judges are treated as having concurred in another's judgment when they either formally attach themselves to the judgment of another or speak only to acknowledge their concurrence with one or more judges. Any judgment which reaches a conclusion that differs from the majority on one or more major points of the appeal has been treated as dissent.


2014 Judo Grand Prix Jeju
The 2014 Judo Grand Prix were held in Jeju City, South Korea, from 27 – 29 November 2014.


2014 Judo Grand Prix Qingdao
The 2014 Judo Grand Prix Qingdao was held in Qingdao, China, from 19 to 21 November 2014.


2014 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
The 2014 Judo Grand Slam was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 5-7 December 2014.


2014 June rugby union tests
The 2014 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) were international rugby union matches mostly played in the Southern Hemisphere during the June international window.


2014 June rugby union tests
These matches were part of the International Rugby Board (IRB) global rugby calendar (2012–19) that includes test matches between touring Northern Hemisphere nations and home Southern Hemisphere nations, whilst some of the touring teams played mid-week matches against provincial or regional sides. In addition to this, the calendar gave Tier 2 nations the opportunity to host Tier 1 nations outside the November international window leading up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup.


2014 June rugby union tests
All Six Nations teams were in action, with England playing a three-test series against New Zealand, whilst playing a mid-week match against the Crusaders. France played Australia in a three-test series, whilst Italy played Fiji, Samoa and Japan. Wales played South Africa in a two-test series, with an additional mid-week match against the  Eastern Province Kings, and Ireland played Argentina in a two-test series. Scotland, the only nation that played four tests, visited the Americas, playing the United States, Canada and Argentina, before playing South Africa outside the IRB international window. Unlike previous June windows, 2014 saw Tier 3 fixtures with Uruguay hosting Canadian side BC Bears, to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the British Columbia Rugby Union. It also acted as a preparation match for Uruguay, ahead of their 2015 Rugby World Cup Repechage play-offs in August against Hong Kong.


2014 June rugby union tests
Tonga played a test match against a Pacific Barbarians side in Auckland to fill a shortfall in their international calendar leading into the World Cup.


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 30 May–1 June
Touch judges:Dudley Phillips (Ireland)Michael Black (Ireland)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 30 May–1 June
Touch judges:Neil Hennessey (Wales)Ben Whitehouse (Wales)Television match official:Gareth Simmonds (Wales)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 7 June
Touch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Jérôme Garcès (France)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 7 June
Touch judges:Chris Pollock (New Zealand)Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 7 June
Touch judges:Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)Quinton Immelman (South Africa)Television match official:Deon van Blommestein (South Africa)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 7 June
Touch judges:Mike Fraser (New Zealand)Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 7 June
Touch judges:Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)Chris Assmus (Canada)Television match official:Andrew Hosie (Canada)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 14 June
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Jérôme Garcès (France)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 14 June
Touch judges:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Chris Pollock (New Zealand)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 14 June
Touch judges:Steve Walsh (Australia)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:Vinny Munro (New Zealand)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 14 June
Touch judges:Stuart Berry (South Africa)Nick Ricono (United States)Television match official:Davey Ardrey (United States)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 14 June
Touch judges:Glen Jackson (New Zealand)John Lacey (Ireland)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 17–22 June
Touch judges:Andrew Lees (Australia)James Leckie (Australia)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 17–22 June
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)Television match official:Deon van Bloomestein (South Africa)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 17–22 June
Touch judges:Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)Television match official:Peter Marshall (Australia)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 17–22 June
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)George Clancy (Ireland)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 17–22 June
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)James Leckie (Australia)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 17–22 June
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)Television match official:Glenn Newman (New Zealand)


2014 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, 28 June
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:Glenn Newman (New Zealand)


2014 Junior League World Series
The 2014 Junior League World Series took place from August 9–16 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Taichung, Taiwan defeated Corpus Christi, Texas in the championship game. It was Taiwan's second straight championship.


2014 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2014 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Aracaju, Brazil, March 26–30, 2014.


2014 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2014 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Daytona Beach, United States, May 9–11, 2014.


2014 Junior World Rally Championship
The 2014 FIA Junior World Rally Championship was the thirteenth season of the Junior World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was previously known as the WRC Academy.


2014 Junior World Rally Championship
The Junior World Rally Championship was open to drivers under the age of twenty-eight. All teams contested in six European events, with all of their score counting towards their final championship position, in identical Citroën DS3 R3Ts using Michelin tyres.


2014 Junior World Rally Championship
The championship went to Stephane Lefebvre, who secured the title in Rallye de France Alsace with one round to spare. Alastair Fisher finished second, one point behind of Lefebvre and Martin Koči finished the championship third.


2014 Junior World Rally Championship, Calendar
The final 2014 Junior World Rally Championship calendar consisted of six European events, taken from the 2014 World Rally Championship.


2014 Jämtland county election
Jämtland County held a county council election on 14 September 2014, on the same day as the general and municipal elections.


2014 Jämtland county election, Results
The number of seats remained at 55 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 21, a drop of three from 2010. The party received near 38.6 % of a valid vote of 81,485.


2014 K League Challenge
The 2014 K League Challenge was the second season of the K League Challenge, the second tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. From the 2014 season, a top place team was promoted to the K League Classic and the promotion play-offs among three clubs ranked between 2nd and 4th took place after the regular season ends.


2014 K League Challenge, Teams
Sangju Sangmu, the champions of the 2013 K League Challenge, was promoted to 2014 K League Classic, then Gangwon FC, Daegu FC and Daejeon Citizen were relegated from the top tier. A total of 10 teams contested the league.


2014 K League Challenge, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 K League Challenge, Teams, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game.


2014 K League Challenge, League table, Positions by matchday
Leader & Promotion to the 2015 K League Classic  Qualification to Relegation/promotion play-offs


2014 K League Challenge, Promotion-Relegation Playoffs
Promotion and relegation playoffs were held between 2nd and 4th placed clubs of 2014 K League Challenge and 11th club of the 2014 K League Classic.


2014 K League Challenge, Promotion-Relegation Playoffs, Promotion-Relegation Playoffs, Second leg
Gwangju FC secure promotion to the 2015 K League Classic season, 4–2 on aggregate.


2014 K League Challenge, Attendance
Updated to games played on 16 November 2014Source: Notes:Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.† Team played previous season in K League Classic.


2014 K League Challenge, Awards
The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.


2014 K League Classic
The 2014 K League Classic was the 32nd season of the top division of South Korean professional football, and the second season of the K League Classic.


2014 K League Classic, Teams, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.


2014 K League Classic, Positions by matchday
Leaders  Qualification for the Champions League  Qualification for the Relegation playoffs  Relegation to the K League Challenge


2014 K League Classic, Results, Matches 1–22
Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.


2014 K League Classic, Results, Matches 23–33
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).


2014 K League Classic, Results, Matches 34–38
After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.


2014 K League Classic, Relegation playoffs
The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2014 K League Challenge playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2014 K League Classic. The winners on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2015 K League Classic.


2014 K League Classic, Relegation playoffs
Gwangju FC won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League Classic, while Gyeongnam FC were relegated to the K League Challenge.


2014 K League Classic, Awards
The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.


2014 K League Classic, Attendance, Attendance by club
Updated to games played on 30 November 2014Source: Notes:† Team played previous season in K League Challenge.


2014 K3 Challengers League
The 2014 Challengers League was the eighth season of the Challengers League. The league was known as Daum K3 Challengers League 2014 due to sponsorship reasons.


2014 K3 Challengers League, Competition format
The 2014 season ran from March 8 through October 18. The 18 teams in the league were divided into the Group A and Group B — nine in the Group A and nine in the Group B. Each team played a total of 25 games. The top three of each groups qualified to the Championship playoff.


2014 KBS Drama Awards
The 2014 KBS Drama Awards (Korean: KBS 연기대상; RR: KBS Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), took place on December 31, 2014 in Yeouido, Seoul. It was hosted by actors Kim Sang-kyung, Park Min-young and Seo In-guk.


2014 KHL Junior Draft
The 2014 KHL Junior Draft was the sixth entry draft held by the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It took place on May 8, 2014. Ice hockey players from around the world aged between 17 and 21 years of age were selected. Players eligible to take part in the draft were required to not have an active contract with a KHL, MHL or VHL team.


2014 KML Playoffs
The 2014 KML Playoffs was the final phase of the 2013–14 KML season. The playoffs began on 16 April and ended on 21 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 0 in the finals. Vlad Moldoveanu was named KML Finals MVP.


2014 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships
The 2014 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships in speed skating were held at the Olympic Stadium ice stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 28 February to 2 March 2014. The tournament was part of the 2013–2014 speed skating season. Koen Verweij and Yvonne Nauta won the allround titles.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships
The 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships were held at the Thialf ice stadium in Heerenveen from 25 October until 27 October 2013. Although the tournament was held in 2013 it was the 2014 edition as it is part of the 2013/2014 speed skating season.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 10,000 m
The men's 10,000 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 27 October 2013. Although this tournament was held in 2013 it was part of the speed skating season 2013–2014. There were 11 participants.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 1000 m
The men's 1000 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 27 October 2013. Although this tournament was held in 2013 it was part of the speed skating season 2013–2014. There were 24 participants.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 1500 m
The men's 1500 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Saturday 26 October 2013. Although this tournament was held in 2013 it was part of the speed skating season 2013–2014. There were 24 participants.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 500 m
The men's 500 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Friday 25 October 2013. It consisted of twice 500 meter where the speed skaters started once in the inner and once in the outer lane. Although this tournament was held in 2013 it was part of the speed skating season 2013–2014. There were 24 participants.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 5000 m
The men's 5000 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Friday 25 October 2013. There were 20 participants.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 1000 m
The women's 1000 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 27 October 2013. Although this tournament was held in 2013, it was part of the speed skating season 2013–2014.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 1500 m
The women's 1500 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Friday 25 October 2013. Although this tournament was held in 2013, it was part of the 2013–2014 speed skating season.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 1500 m
There was a qualification selection incentive for the next following 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 3000 m
The women's 3000 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Saturday 26 October 2013. Although this tournament was held in 2013, it was part of the 2013–2014 speed skating season.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 3000 m
The first 5 skaters qualified for the next following 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 500 m
The women's 500 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Saturday 26 November 2013. Although this edition was held in 2013, it was part of the 2013–2014 speed skating season.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 500 m
There were 22 participants who raced twice over 500m so that all skaters had to start once in the inner lane and once in the outer lane. There was a qualification selection incentive for the next following 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 5000 m
The women's 5000 meter at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 27 October 2013. Although this tournament was held in 2013, it was part of the 2013–2014 speed skating season.


2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 5000 m
There were 10 participants. There was a qualification selection incentive for the next following 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2014 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships
The 2014 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships in speed skating were held in Amsterdam at the Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) from 28 February to 1 March 2014. The tournament was part of the 2013–2014 speed skating season. Michel Mulder and Margot Boer won the sprint titles. The sprint championships were held together with the 2014 Dutch Allround Championships.


2014 KNVB Cup Final
The 2014 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between PEC Zwolle and Ajax on 20 April 2014 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2013–14 KNVB Cup competition and the 96th Dutch Cup final. PEC Zwolle beat Ajax 5–1 to secure their first KNVB Cup trophy.


2014 KNVB Cup Final
The match saw major crowd disturbance from Ajax fans, who were throwing fireworks on the pitch. This caused the referee to suspend the match in the fifth minute with the score at 0–1. After a half-hour interval, play was resumed.


2014 KPIT MSLTA Challenger
The 2014 KPIT MSLTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India from 20 to 25 October 2014.


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


2014 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Doubles
Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh won the title, defeating Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2014 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Singles
Yūichi Sugita won the title, defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras in the final, 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–4.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup
The 2014 KPL Top 8 Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, which kicked off on 5 April and ended on 15 June. to be contested by the top 8 teams of the 2013 season of the Kenyan Premier League: A.F.C. Leopards, Bandari, Gor Mahia, Kenya Commercial Bank, Sofapaka, Thika United, Tusker and Ulinzi Stars.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup
Having won their first title the previous season, defending champions Tusker retained their title after beating A.F.C. Leopards 2–1 in the final played at the Kinoru Stadium in Meru.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup, Competition format
The tournament follows a single-elimination format for the quarter-finals and the final, where the winning team immediately advances to the next round or wins the tournament, respectively.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup, Competition format
For the semi-finals, the tournament adopts a double-elimination format, where a team must win two legs to advance to the final. If both teams are equal on aggregate goals at the end of the two legs, a penalty shoot-out will be conducted to determine who advances to the final. The away goals rule also applies in this round.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 26 March, and the ties scheduled for 5−6 and 19−20 April.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 22 April.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup, Semi-finals, First leg
The first leg ties of the semi-finals were played on 7 and 25 May.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup, Semi-finals, Second leg
The second leg ties of the semi-finals were played on 4 and 11 June.


2014 KPL Top 8 Cup, Team statistics
Updated to games played on 15 June 2014. Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold. (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2014 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)
The 2014 World Kabaddi Cup is the fifth edition of the circle style World Kabaddi Cup, held from 7 December to 20 December 2014 with the Opening Ceremony on 6 December 2014 at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. The tournament took place in Punjab, India.


2014 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Organization
The tournament is organized by the Government of Punjab, India. The dates of the tournament were first announced publicly on 30 August 2014. The opening and closing ceremonies were telecast live throughout India, with international broadcasting in Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia.


2014 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Participating nations
The 12-day-long event had 11 participating nations in the men's tournament, with 8 participating nations in the women's tournament.


2014 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Opening Ceremony
On 6 December, the opening ceremony was held in the Evening at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. Sharry Mann, Harshdeep Kaur, Sonakshi Sinha and Arjun Kapoor appeared at this mega event.


2014 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Closing Ceremony
On 20 December, the closing ceremony was held before the final match at Guru Gobind Singh Multipurpose Stadium, Badal Sri Muktsar Sahib. Miss Pooja and Gippy Grewal appeared to close the event.


2014 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Schedule
Note: All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30) December 14 matches in Hoshiarpur, Punjab were cancelled due to heavy rain. December 15 matches in Nabha, Punjab were shifted from Government Ripudaman Stadium to Punjab Public School.


2014 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Women's Tournament, Schedule
Note: All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).


2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
The 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack was a mass shooting that took place in the restaurant of the Kabul Serena Hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan on 20 March 2014 carried out by Taliban militants. The shooting, which took place in a hotel that is popular with foreigners and wealthy Afghans, killed nine civilians, including four foreigners. The attack was a shock to many as it took place in a heavily fortified area of Kabul.


2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Attack
Four teenage Taliban militants smuggled weapons in their shoes and socks and then hid in the hotel for several hours before commencing the attack. Armed with small handguns, the gunmen stormed the hotel's restaurant at around 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm, firing on guests as they dined and celebrated Nowruz, the Persian new year. Guests in the hotel barricaded themselves in their rooms and others fled. Nine people were killed, including Ahmad Sardar (a prominent Afghan journalist), Sardar's wife and two children, a Canadian, a New Zealander, two Bangladeshis, and a Paraguayan diplomat.


2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Attack
Afghan security forces responded to the attack, sealing off the hotel and launching a hunt for the gunmen. One of the militants was killed by armed hotel staff while the other three hid in the hotel. The search for the gunmen lasted several hours and ended when Afghan commandos killed them.


2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Perpetrators
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The Afghan National Directorate of Security blamed Pakistani intelligence agencies for carrying out the attack, further adding that it was "unusual" that Pakistani nationals were not present in the hotel at the time of the attack. However, it was reported that one Pakistani national was killed during the shooting although the Pakistani foreign office issued a statement saying the national was alive but in a coma as well as condemning the attack.


2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Aftermath
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe withdrew their election observers in response to the attack; one victim was an observer working for the NDI. The organizations had been observing the 2014 elections at the time, including the presidential election.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack
The 2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack occurred on 11 April 2014, in the rebel-held northern Syrian town of Kafr Zita during the Syrian Civil War. The attack reportedly wounded around 100 people (5 seriously) and killed three. Syria's state television, SANA blamed the attack on the Islamist Al-Nusra Front using "toxic chlorine", while the opposition blamed barrel bombs dropped by government forces.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Background
The attack took place in Kafr Zita, a rebel-held village located 30 kilometers (19 mi) north of Hama, in the context of the Syrian Civil War. According to witnesses interviewed by the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission the village has suffered hundreds of conventional attacks since the start of the conflict in Syria.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Incident
The chemical attack on 11 April 2014, occurred between 18:00 and 19:00. The bomb was dropped by a helicopter.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Victims
The attack reportedly wounded around 100 people. Five were seriously wounded while an elderly man originally from Morek, his daughter, and a little girl died from the attack.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Victims, The elderly man
According to VDC, a local monitoring group, the elderly man that died was the 70-year-old Mustafa Ahmad al-Mohammad, an IDP from Morek. According to VDC, he was injured in the head "due to explosive barrel shelling on the town" and died in Kafr Zita at the day of the attack. This statement was supported by a local doctor and the doctor who heads the health department in Hama, which both said the man died from head injuries.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Victims, The daughter of the elderly man
According to VDC, the daughter of the elderly man was Marwa Mustafa Ahmad al-Mohammad, a single 30-year-old woman. According to VDC, she had severe symptoms from chlorine exposure and was transferred to a hospital in Turkey where she died five days after the attack due to inhaling of chemical and toxic gasses.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Victims, The little girl
According to the local doctor, the little girl died from shortness of breath, while the doctor from the health department in Hama said she died from head injuries.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Initial Claims
Both the opposition and Syria's state television claimed that the attack led to the killing of two people and several cases of suffocation and poisoning.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Initial Claims, Government claims
On Saturday 12 April, Syria's state television, SANA, claimed that rebels affiliated with the jihadist al-Nusra Front had used "toxic chlorine" on Friday 11 April while attacking the village of Kafr Zita, and said that "the attack led to the killing of two people" and that around 100 "suffered from suffocation".


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Initial Claims, Opposition claims
According to Rami Abdel Rahman, the director of the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "regime planes bombed Kafr Zita with explosive barrels that produced thick smoke and odours and led to cases of suffocation and poisoning."


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Initial Claims, Opposition claims
Opposition activists said the chemical attack occurred during fierce fighting when government troops appeared to be losing control of the strategic town of Khan Shaykhun.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Initial Claims, Local resident claims
Local eyewitnesses interviewed by a Palestinian intelligence expert said a "chemical substance" had caused smoke and fumes and that the device hadn't been deployed from a plane. "None of the two suffocation victims, none of the other victims who were affected but recover, or any of those who provided first aid and medical aid to any of the victims suffered any symptoms which would be consistent with a military-grade chemical weapon", the eyewitnesses said.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Early Commentaries
Experts have stated that while using chlorine is not as deadly as conventional weapons, such chemical strikes are valuable in intimidating rebel factions, and according to David Kay, a former U.N. weapons inspector: "says a lot about their [Syrian regimes] lack of fear of consequences. What's the West going to do? It's done nothing so far."


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Early Commentaries
According to  Dina Esfandiary, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the attack was reported as a rebel atrocity on Syrian state TV before it had even happened.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Analysis
According to Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a director of SecureBio consultancy and a former commander of the British Army's chemical readiness forces, "[t]he evidence from Kafr Zita is pretty compelling and is certainly being examined very carefully by officials." Following subsequent scientific analysis of samples from multiple gas attacks, conducted exclusively for The Telegraph, he said: "We have unequivocally proved that the regime has used chlorine and ammonia against its own civilians in the last two to three weeks."


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Analysis
Independent investigations by reporters from the German magazine Der Spiegel and Daniele Raineri of Italy's Il Foglio found among the remnants of the bombs debris of apparently civilian Chlorine gas cylinders produced by Chinese manufacturer Norinco.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Aftermath
Following the attack, Syria's opposition Syrian National Coalition called on the United Nations to investigate the incident, along with a similar alleged chemical attack on the same day in  the Harasta suburb of Damascus, which was also allegedly attacked again with chemicals on 16 April. Later chemical attacks were reported in April at Al-Tamanah in Idlib Governorate, Zahraa near Homs and on the 22 April in both the Damascus suburb of Darayya and Talmenes, which is 32 kilometers (20 mi) northeast of Kafr Zita.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Aftermath
On 19 May, it was alleged that Kafr Zita was again attacked with chlorine, the sixth alleged gas attack in the village in two months, killing one boy and leaving 130 villagers in need of medical attention, including 21 children who were in critical condition. On 21 May, it was again chemically attacked, along with Al-Tamanah, which is located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) away from Kafr Zita.


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Aftermath
On 20 April, French president François Hollande claimed that the Syrian government had used chlorine weapons, stating, "[w]e have a few elements of information but I do not have the proof". This was followed a day later by the U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki stating, "we're examining allegations that the government was responsible. We take all allegations of the use of chemicals in combat use very seriously." However, Andrew Tabler, a Syria expert with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, has remarked on possible American action against the chlorine attacks that "Obama has been pronouncing the [Syrian chemical weapons] deal as a victory so I'm not sure he's ready to jump on the chlorine issue."


2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack, Aftermath
According to an investigation by The Telegraph, comprising testimony from doctors who have treated the wounded, relatives of the victims and eyewitnesses of the latest chemical attacks, it has found "evidence of the regime's continued and systematic use of chemical weapons in Syria" in order to combat heavy pressure from rebel forces. It also noted the rise in deaths and injuries attributed to the chlorine attacks.


2014 Kagame Interclub Cup
The 2014 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 39th edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which is organised by CECAFA. It is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda from 8–24 August. Rwanda is hosting the tournament for the fourth time since its inception in 1974.


2014 Kagame Interclub Cup, Broadcasting
South African sports channel SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all matches played at the tournament.


2014 Kagame Interclub Cup, Participants
On 11 July 2014, the draw for clubs to participate in the tournament was released at the Amahoro Stadium, one of the two host venues. Rwandan President Paul Kagame, the sponsor of the tournament, committed a total of US$60,000 for prize money, while an additional US$15,000 was committed to the organisation of the event. Yanga was scheduled as the Tanzanian representative but was removed by CECAFA because the club decided to field a second string side in the tournament which is against the tournament regulation and were replaced by Azam. Just like the reigning Burundi champion Flambeau de l'Est who was replaced by Atlético Olympic and the Ethiopian side Ethiopian Coffee who was replaced by Adama City.


2014 Kagame Interclub Cup, Group stage
The group stage featured fourteen teams, with 5 teams in Group A and B and 4 team in Group C. Three teams from Group A and B and two teams from Group C advanced to the knockout stage.


2014 Kagame Interclub Cup, Group stage
The group stage began on 8 August and is scheduled to conclude on 17 August.


2014 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals played against each other in a third place playoff where the winner was placed third overall in the entire competition.


2014 Kajang by-election
A by-election was held for the Selangor State Assembly seat of Kajang on 23 March 2014 following the nomination day on 11 March 2014. The seat was vacated after the incumbent assemblyman, Lee Chin Cheh resigned on 27 January 2014. Lee was an assemblyman from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat, a component party of Pakatan Rakyat. He won by a majority of 6,824 votes against 5 other candidates in the general elections in 2013.


2014 Kajang by-election
Federal parliamentary opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had confirmed to stand as the Pakatan Rakyat candidate in the by-election. However, due to the unusually swift conviction by the Court of Appeal in his sodomy case, his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail replaced him as the PR candidate. Barisan Nasional, which forms the opposition in the Selangor Assembly, named MCA vice president and former Petaling Jaya Utara MP Chew Mei Fun as their candidate.


2014 Kajang by-election
The by-election was won by Dr Wan Azizah with a majority of 5,379 votes. The turnout in this by-election decreased by 16% from the general election in 2013.


2014 Kakkonen
The 2014 Kakkonen season started on 18 April and ended on 4 October 2014.


2014 Kakkonen, Teams
A total of 40 teams contested the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 29 returning from the 2013 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group qualified to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom two teams in each group and the worst eight-placed qualified directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team played a total of 27 matches, three times against each team of its group.


2014 Kakkonen, Teams
AC Kajaani and OPS were relegated from the 2013 Ykkönen, while FC Jazz and HIFK were promoted to the 2014 Ykkönen.


2014 Kakkonen, Teams
EsPa, FC POHU, Härmä, LPS, MuSa, ORPa, Sudet and Tervarit were relegated from 2013 Kakkonen.


2014 Kakkonen, Teams
FC Espoo, FC Myllypuro, FC Viikkarit, I-Kissat, JBK, OLS, SC KuFu-98 and SOVO were promoted from the 2013 Kolmonen.


2014 Kakkonen, Teams
SavU (winner of Kolmonen Kaakkois-Suomi) didn't take its place in 2014 Kakkonen. Its place was given for JäPS, the worst eight-placed of the last season.


2014 Kakkonen, Teams
KTP merged with FC KooTeePee. Its place was given for Kultsu FC, the runner-up of Kolmonen Kaakkois-Suomi.


2014 Kakkonen, League tables, Promotion play-offs
Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2015.


2014 Kakkonen, League tables, Eight-placed teams
At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the eight-placed teams. The worst eight-placed team will be directly relegated to the Kolmonen.


2014 Kalenga by-election
The Kalenga by-election was a by-election held for the Tanzanian parliamentary constituency of Kalenga. It was triggered by the death of William Mgimwa, the previous Member of Parliament (MP) and former Finance Minister, who had held the seat for the Chama Cha Mapinduzi since 2010. The by-election took place on 16 March 2014 and the CCM candidate won by a landslide.


2014 Kangaroo Cup
The 2014 Kangaroo Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money. It took place in Gifu, Japan, on 28 April–4 May 2014.


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


2014 Kangaroo Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 Kangaroo Cup – Doubles
Luksika Kumkhum and Erika Sema were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but Kumkhum chose not to participate. Sema partnered with her sister Yurika Sema, but they lost in the first round.


2014 Kangaroo Cup – Doubles
Jarmila Gajdošová and Arina Rodionova won the tournament, defeating Misaki Doi and Hsieh Shu-ying in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2014 Kangaroo Cup – Singles
An-Sophie Mestach was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Tímea Babos.


2014 Kangaroo Cup – Singles
Babos went on to win the tournament, defeating Ekaterina Bychkova in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2014 Kangding earthquake
The 2014 Kangding earthquake struck Kangding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, with a moment magnitude of 5.9 on 22 November. The earthquake killed five and injured 54 people.


2014 Kangding earthquake, Damage and casualties
After the quake, the power and communication have not been interrupted, according to the local officials. As of 20:40 (UTC+8) on November 22, 2014, there is a power outage in five villages of Tagong Township (塔公乡). There is no major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV, the official media, video showed residents strolling the town's streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones. About 100 vehicles were trapped by a landslide on a highway connecting Sichuan and Tibet, and Chengdu-Kunming Railway was also halted in the area while workers checked on damage to the line.


2014 Kangding earthquake, Damage and casualties
As of 19:20 (UTC+8) on November 22, the government received 16 reports about this earthquake from 16 townships. There are three houses collapsed and one house damaged.


2014 Kangding earthquake, Response
Sichuan Province launched the response of prevent disaster after the quake. Ya'an City has sent five ambulances and 30 health care personnel to Kangding at 18:00 (UTC+8) on November 22.


2014 Kangding earthquake, Response
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China, said "to emphasized the need for quick action". Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of China, has been response this quake, also said "to emphasized the need for quick action".


2014 Kano attack
The 2014 Kano bombing was a terrorist attack on November 28, 2014 at the Central Mosque (Grand Mosque) in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim Northern Nigeria during the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria. The mosque is next to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, Nigeria's second most senior Muslim cleric, who had urged the civilians to protect themselves by arming up against Boko Haram. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire on those who were trying to escape. Around 120 people were killed and another 260 injured.


2014 Kano attack, Background
On 25 November, two female suicide bombers killed over 45 people in a crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State. On 27 November, around 50 people were killed in Damasak by the Boko Haram militants. A bomb attack was also foiled near a mosque in Maiduguri hours before the Kano bombings. A roadside bomb, suspected to be remote-controlled, was defused.


2014 Kano attack, Bombings
The attack occurred on  28 November 2014 when the Friday prayers were under way. Three bombs detonated when the prayers had just started. According to an eyewitness, two blasts were in the courtyard, while the third was on a nearby road. Another eyewitness said, "The imam was about to start prayer when he saw somebody in a car trying to force himself into the mosque. But when people stopped him, he detonated the explosions. People started running helter-skelter." Following the explosions, gunmen opened fire at people. According to national police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu, the angry mob killed four gunmen after the shootings.


2014 Kano attack, Aftermath
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attacks and ordered the national security services "to launch a full-scale investigation and to leave no stone unturned until all agents of terror undermining the right of every citizen to life and dignity are tracked down and brought to justice". In December 2014, the leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, accused the emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of deviating from Islam and threatened to kill him.


2014 Kano attack, Aftermath
According to reports, upon a request for help from Nigeria, Britain was considering sending military trainers to Nigeria to aid the Nigerian military in resisting the Boko Haram terrorist attacks.


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 2014 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 55th season and the second under the head coach/general manager tandem of Andy Reid and John Dorsey. The Chiefs broke the crowd noise record on Monday Night Football against the New England Patriots on September 29, 2014 with a crowd roar of 142.2 decibels. The Chiefs failed to match their 11–5 record from 2013, and missed the playoffs. However, they defeated both teams that would eventually meet in that season's Super Bowl: the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. The 2014 Kansas City Chiefs became the first NFL team since the 1964 New York Giants, and the only team in the 16 game season era, to complete an entire season with no touchdown passes to a wide receiver.


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season
As of 2020, this is the most recent season that the Chiefs missed the playoffs.


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season, Roster Changes, Regular season transactions, Suspensions served
Note: Rokevious Watkins was suspended by the NFL while on the Chiefs roster, but was released before serving his suspension


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season, Roster Changes, Regular season transactions, Players involved in multiple transactions
This list is for players who were involved in more than one transaction during the season


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season, Eric Berry
After complaining of chest pains in a week 12 loss to the Oakland Raiders, safety Eric Berry received an X-ray. Doctors discovered a mass in his chest which was believed to be lymphoma. He was placed on the Non-football illness list, ending his season. Immediately following the reports coming out, many NFL players and teams issued wishes to Berry, including division rivals the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, and Denver Broncos.


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season, Eric Berry
On December 7, prior to a game against the Arizona Cardinals, many Cardinals players, coaches, and front office staff, wore shirts sold through the Chiefs website that said "Be Bold, Be Strong, Be Berry" with his name and jersey number on the back. The Cardinals also donated $10,000 to Berry's charity, The Eric Berry Foundation. On December 8, Berry was confirmed to have Hodgkin's lymphoma. His doctor, Dr. Christopher Flowers, a lymphoma specialist at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, said of Berry's diagnosis, "This is a diagnosis that is very treatable and potentially curable with standard chemotherapy approaches.


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season, Eric Berry
The goal of Mr. Berry's treatment is to cure his lymphoma and we are beginning that treatment now." Following the confirmation, Berry released a statement saying "I am truly thankful for all of the support from family, friends, coaches, teammates and the entire Chiefs kingdom. At first I was in shock with the diagnosis on Saturday and did not even want to miss a game, but I understand that right now I have to concentrate on a new opponent.


2014 Kansas City Chiefs season, Eric Berry
I have great confidence in the doctors and the plan they are going to put in place for me to win this fight. I believe that I am in God’s hands and I have great peace in that. I know my coaches and teammates will hold things down here the rest of the season and until I am back running out of the tunnel at Arrowhead. I am so thankful and appreciative of being a part of this franchise and playing in front of the best fans in the NFL. I will be back!"


2014 Kansas City Royals season
The Kansas City Royals' season of 2014 was the 46th for the Royals franchise. On September 26, 2014 the Royals clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 1985. They began the post-season by defeating the Oakland Athletics in the Wild Card Game and sweeping both the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS and the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS, becoming the first team in Major League history to win their first 8 postseason games in a row. They lost to the San Francisco Giants in seven games in the 2014 World Series.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, 4-run trend
After the first 29 games of the 2014 regular season, the Royals had a record of 14–15. In all of their 14 wins, the Royals had scored at least 4 runs. In all of their 15 losses, the Royals had scored 3 runs or less. In the 30th game of the regular season, the Royals were playing the Tigers at home and the Tigers were winning 9–3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, 4-run trend
Mike Moustakas walked to lead off the bottom half of the inning, Alcides Escobar struck out, and Jarrod Dyson grounded out, but advanced Moustakas to second. With two outs and a runner on second in the bottom of the ninth inning, with his team down 6 runs, Nori Aoki hit a single to center field that would score Moustakas, making the score 9–4 Tigers.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, 4-run trend
After Omar Infante singled and advanced Aoki to second, Eric Hosmer recorded the final out of the game with his team at 4 runs by popping out to the catcher, becoming the first Royal in the 2014 regular season to hit into the final out with the Royals at 4 runs or more. The Royals would then become 14–1 when scoring at least 4 runs. After 30 games, however, the trend of always losing when scoring 3 or less was still in place, with the Royals being 0–15 in these games. Finally, on the 32nd game of the regular season, the Royals had a record of 14–17 heading into the game. They beat the Padres in San Diego 3–1 in 11 innings to end the winless streak of games where they scored 3 runs or less.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, 10-game winning streak
The Royals went on a 10-game winning streak in June, beating the Yankees twice at home, the Indians twice at home, the White Sox three times on the road, and the Tigers three times on the road. At the end of the streak, the Royals were in first place in the AL Central. This was the first time since 2003 that they were leading their division that late in the season.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Midseason slump
From June 1–18, the Royals posted a 13–3 record with one rainout, followed by a 9–17 record from June 19 to July 20. The last three games of this slump, which immediately followed the All-Star break, was a three-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox. After the July 20 game, first base coach Rusty Kuntz entered the team's clubhouse and found many of the players intently playing the computer game Clash of Clans on their smart phones. The team lost a fourth game to the Chicago White Sox on July 21. Before the July 22 game Raúl Ibañez, who joined the team only three weeks earlier after being released by the Los Angeles Angels, called a players-only team meeting to discuss the priorities of the team. After that meeting, the team went 25–9 between then and August 27.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Postseason clinch
On Friday, September 26, 2014, the Royals won a game in Chicago against the White Sox 3–1, which would clinch a postseason berth for the Royals for the first time since 1985.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
The one-game playoff was touted as a duel between the Royals' James Shields and the Athletics' Jon Lester, but neither starting pitcher would earn a decision in the game. Oakland's Brandon Moss homered early off of Shields with Coco Crisp on base, giving the Athletics a 2–0 advantage; Kansas City halved the lead in the bottom of the first when Billy Butler singled to score Nori Aoki. Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer had RBI hits for the Royals in the third inning, vaulting Kansas City to a 3–2 lead. The fourth and fifth innings were scoreless, and Oakland proceeded to stitch together five runs in the top of the sixth as Moss homered a second time, scoring himself, Sam Fuld, and Josh Donaldson. Derek Norris and Crisp singled in two additional runs.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Both Oakland and Kansas City batted fruitlessly in the seventh inning, and Royals relief pitcher Kelvin Herrera recorded three straight outs in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, with Kansas City six outs away from having their season ended, the Royals manufactured a productive inning of their own. Alcides Escobar singled, and then stole second base with Nori Aoki at the plate. Lorenzo Cain singled, scoring Escobar. Cain stole second base himself with Eric Hosmer batting; Hosmer was then walked, at which point starting pitcher Jon Lester was relieved by Luke Gregerson.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Nerves seemed to get the better of Gregerson, who allowed Billy Butler to single and score Cain, and then allowed Hosmer to score from third base on a wild pitch. Gregerson struck out the next two batters to preserve the Athletics' lead, but the Royals had crept to within one run.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Closer Greg Holland took the mound for Kansas City and was somewhat shaky, walking three batters, but mustered the three required outs without major damage, and Kansas City took their one-run deficit to the bottom of the ninth.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Oakland's closer, Sean Doolittle, pitched in relief of Gregerson. Pinch-hitter Josh Willingham singled and was replaced by pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson. Dyson moved to second base on a successful bunt from Alcides Escobar, and then stole third with Aoki at bat. Aoki hit a deep sacrifice fly to right field for the second out of the inning, but Dyson was able to jog home, tying the game at 7–7 and completing the Royals' four-run comeback. Cain lined out to end the inning for Kansas City.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Brandon Finnegan began a strong inning of work in the tenth, replacing Greg Holland and recording three outs in quick succession. The Royals advanced Eric Hosmer to third base with two outs in the bottom of the tenth, but Salvador Pérez grounded out, putting a Royals victory on hold.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Finnegan again pitched well in the top of the eleventh, allowing only one hit and striking out Brandon Moss, who had already hit two home runs. Kansas City's offense produced in the bottom of the eleventh a situation identical to that of the tenth; the winning run stood 90 feet away with two outs, but Jayson Nix struck out to end the inning. Finnegan began the twelfth inning by walking Josh Reddick, who advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jed Lowrie. Finnegan was then relieved by Jason Frasor.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo of Oakland took a wild pitch from Frasor, allowing Reddick to go to third base. Callaspo then hit a line drive to left field, scoring Reddick. The new pitcher Frasor quickly stopped the bleeding by retiring Derek Norris and Nick Punto, but the Athletics had retaken the lead, 8–7.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Wild Card Game, September 30
Lorenzo Cain failed to start the bottom of the twelfth in a promising fashion, grounding out. The Oakland Athletics were two outs away from advancing to the ALDS. However, Hosmer nursed a lengthy at-bat into a deep left field hit that was poorly fielded, allowing him to reach third base. Christian Colon then singled to tie the game again, scoring Hosmer. Oakland pitcher Dan Otero was replaced by Fernando Abad, who threw to only one batter, Alex Gordon, who popped out. Abad was then relieved by Jason Hammel. Christian Colon, still on first base, stole second with Pérez at the plate. Pérez then singled to left field, scoring Colon and ending the marathon game with a Royals victory and a ticket to the ALDS against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 1, October 2
6:07 p.m. PDT at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 1, October 2
Mike Moustakas' solo home run in the top of the eleventh inning off of Angels pitcher Fernando Salas proved to be the difference for Kansas City, as the Royals surprised the favored Angels by winning a low-scoring Game 1. Moustakas also scored one of the Royals' other two runs, running home from first base on a double by Alcides Escobar in the third inning, giving Kansas City a 1–0. The Angels battled back quickly, though, as catcher Chris Iannetta homered with the bases empty off Jason Vargas for a 1–1 tie.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 1, October 2
The two teams traded runs again in the fifth—Alex Gordon scoring from second on an Omar Infante sac fly for the Royals, David Freese hitting a solo line drive home run for the Angels—before engaging in a scoreless battle for five innings until Moustakas' game-winner. Royals starter Vargas was replaced after six innings by a battery of relievers that included Kelvin Herrera, Brandon Finnegan, Wade Davis, Tim Collins, Jason Frasor, Danny Duffy, and Greg Holland. Herrera, however, left Game 1 with tightness in his right forearm, and the exit of the effective relief pitcher put a slight damper on the Royals' opening victory.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 2, October 3
6:37 p.m. PDT at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 2, October 3
The eleventh inning was again a magical time for the Royals, as Eric Hosmer's two-run home run to right field broke a 1–1 tie and vaulted Kansas City over the Angels. Lorenzo Cain scored from first base on Hosmer's blast. The Royals added a third run when Alex Gordon walked, stole second and advanced to third on an Angels fielding error with Salvador Pérez at the plate, and then scored on a single by Perez. The Royals led 4–1 heading into the bottom of the eleventh inning, and closer Greg Holland retired three out of four batters faced to rack up his second postseason save and to send the Royals home to Kansas City with an opportunity to sweep the Angels in Game 3.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 2, October 3
The Royals' one run prior to the eleventh came in the second inning, as Hosmer scored from second base on a Gordon single.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 2, October 3
The Angels' lone run of the game came during the sixth inning. Kole Calhoun singled, Mike Trout walked, advancing Calhoun to second, and Calhoun scored from second courtesy of an Albert Pujols single.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 2, October 3
The Angels very nearly broke the 1–1 tie and took the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning, but astute defensive play by the Royals kept the stalemate intact. Jarrod Dyson came into center field as the result of a defensive substitution. With Wade Davis on the mound, C. J. Cron doubled and was replaced by pinch-runner Collin Cowgill. Angels catcher Chris Iannetta hit the ball deep to center field, but Dyson made a difficult catch and then launched a laserlike throw to the third baseman Moustakas, who tagged out Cowgill, attempting to tag up from second, to complete a double play.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 2, October 3
The Royals received a scare in the fifth inning when Los Angeles' Josh Hamilton hit catcher Salvador Pérez on the head with his bat on the follow-through of a swing. Perez underwent a brief concussion test while still on the field and remained in the game.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 2, October 3
The Royals' victory also made them the first team in the history of Major League Baseball to win three straight extra inning games in the postseason.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 3, October 5
6:37 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 3, October 5
Royals starter James Shields gave up a home run to slugger Mike Trout to give the Angels an early 1–0 lead. However, back to back singles by Aoki and Cain and a walk to Billy Butler loaded the bases with one out. Alex Gordon came up and smacked the ball for a bases clearing double to put the Royals up 3–1. Angels starter C. J. Wilson didn't last more than two-thirds of one inning and was replaced by Vinnie Pestano after Gordon's hit.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 3, October 5
Kansas City's offense struck again in the third inning as Eric Hosmer homered to center field with Nori Aoki on base, giving the Royals a capacious 5–1 lead. The Angels inched closer in the top of the fourth inning with a solo home run by Albert Pujols, but still trailed 5–2.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 3, October 5
In the bottom half of the inning, Mike Moustakas crushed a long ball of his own, such that Moustakas and Hosmer, who hit game-winning home runs in the top of the eleventh inning in Games 1 and 2, respectively, both homered again in Game 3. Alcides Escobar singled, found second base on a wild pitch from the Angels' Morin, took third on a single by Aoki, and scored on a Lorenzo Cain sacrifice fly, capping a 2-run fourth for Kansas City and putting the floundering Angels in a 7–2 hole.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 3, October 5
The Royals' final run of the game was delivered in the sixth inning. Omar Infante walked, went to second base on an Escobar single, and scored from second on an Aoki single. Trailing 8–2, the Angels scrounged together one more run with Wade Davis pitching (Howie Kendrick doubled, to third on an Erick Aybar single, scoring on a Josh Hamilton ground out), but closer Greg Holland's effort was superb, racking three straight outs, two on strikeouts. The Royals advanced to the ALCS, and the Angels' highly anticipated season ended, with star center fielder Mike Trout striking out swinging.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, Division series, Game 3, October 5
The Baltimore Orioles had defeated the Detroit Tigers earlier in the day, securing their ticket to the ALCS. With the Royals having last reached the World Series in 1985 and the Orioles having last reached the World Series in 1983, the 2014 World Series is guaranteed to have a participant that has been absent from it for at least the last twenty-nine years.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 1, October 10
8:07 p.m. EDT at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 1, October 10
For the fourth time in five games, the Royals broke an extra-innings tie, and for the third time in four games did so via longballs. Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas both crushed respective solo and two-run home runs to combine for a three-run top of the tenth for Kansas City. The twin home runs came off of Orioles pitchers Brian Matusz and Darren O'Day.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 1, October 10
Salvador Pérez was on first base during Moustakas' home run, which proved to be the difference as the Orioles did manage to score one run in the bottom of the tenth before closer Greg Holland composed himself to record the final out. The Royals' offensive explosion in the tenth saved them from a potentially devastating situation in the ninth inning, when they failed to score a run despite having the bases loaded with no outs.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 1, October 10
Kansas City had been aided previously in the game by an Alcides Escobar solo home run and an Alex Gordon 3-RBI double, both in the third inning. They added a run in the fifth when Billy Butler hit a sacrifice fly to score Lorenzo Cain, who had doubled. The Royals' bats then remained quiet until their game-winning performance in the tenth.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 1, October 10
Baltimore struck for one run in the third inning (Nick Markakis scoring from third on an Adam Jones line drive) and for three runs in the fifth inning (Alejandro De Aza scored from second on a Nelson Cruz double, Cruz and Jones scored from second and third on a Ryan Flaherty line drive). The Orioles tied the score at 5–5 in the bottom of the sixth inning, as reliever Brandon Finnegan suffered some shakiness, walking Jonathan Schoop and surrendering a Nick Markakis line drive. Both stole bases with De Aza at the plate to advance to second and third base, and Schoop came home on a sacrifice fly by De Aza.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 1, October 10
No scoring occurred in the seventh, eighth, or ninth innings. Wade Davis earned the win for the Royals, striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth, paving the way for Kansas City's three-run tenth.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 2, October 11
4:07 p.m. EDT at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 2, October 11
The Royals won only their second nine-inning game of the postseason, but still had to resort to late-game heroics to do so. With the score tied in the top of the ninth and with Darren O'Day pitching for the Orioles, Kansas City's Omar Infante hit a single toward third base. Infante was replaced by pinch runner Terrance Gore, and O'Day was relieved by Zach Britton. Mike Moustakas, with three home runs in the postseason, played small ball instead of long ball, laying down a sacrifice bunt to advance Gore to second.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 2, October 11
Alcides Escobar then doubled to right field to score Gore and give the Royals a 5–4 lead. Kansas City added insurance when Escobar reached third on a fielding error and then strolled home on a single by Dyson. Britton recovered to strike out both Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler, but the Royals' damage had yet again been done, and closer Greg Holland was effective for the second straight game in quelling an Orioles rally attempt.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 2, October 11
The Royals had struck first at Camden Yards on this Saturday afternoon, with Hosmer driving in Nori Aoki and Lorenzo Cain in the top of the first inning. The O's halved the lead in the bottom of the second, milking one run out of a succession of walks and a sacrifice fly from starter Yordano Ventura, although Ventura composed himself sufficiently to ward off further Baltimore offense. Kansas City added a third run in the top of the third inning, as Cain singled, advanced to third base on a Hosmer line drive, and scored on a Butler double.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 2, October 11
Baltimore roared back in the bottom of the third, however, as Adam Jones hit a line drive home run with Alejandro De Aza on base, pulling the Orioles even with the Royals.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 2, October 11
With the score tied 3–3, each team scored one more run before a 4–4 stalemate that held until Kansas City's two-run ninth. In the top of the fourth inning, Mike Moustakas crushed his fourth home run of the playoffs off of Oriole starter Bud Norris. Baltimore pulled even again in the bottom of the fifth inning, as De Aza singled, advanced to third base on a Jones single, and made it to home plate during a force out at second base.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 2, October 11
Neither starter lasted beyond the sixth inning, Ventura being pulled after 5.2 innings and Norris after only 4.1. Both recorded three strikeouts. The winning and losing pitchers, Wade Davis for Kansas City and Darren O'Day for Baltimore, were the same as in Game 1.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 14
7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri