2014 Kosovan parliamentary election
On 7 May, the Assembly was dissolved and President Atifete Jahjaga confirmed the Election date as 8 June 2014.


2014 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
Foreign media viewed the election results as "inconclusive". According to the Constitution, "If no one challenges the election results within 24 hours, parliament will have 30 days to convene. The prime minister-designate will then have 15 days to form a government that has the backing of a majority of deputies." Incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and the PDK were expected to be the first to form government, having won a plurality of the seats in the election. However, an opposition coalition of the LDK, AAK, and NISMA sought to form a governing coalition, arguing that together they could form a majority of the seats in parliament.


2014 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
When parliament resumed in July, the opposition coalition attempted to elect LDK leader Isa Mustafa as Speaker of Parliament, but only after a member of Thaci's party had walked out of the vote.


2014 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
This constitutional crisis dragged on for several months, until the PDK formed a governing coalition with the LDK. Under the agreement, LDK leader Isa Mustafa would become Prime Minister, while Thaci would be Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.


2014 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
Parliamentary struggles continued for Kosovo after the government was formed. Vetëvendosje, an opposition party staunchly opposed to the 2013 Brussels Agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, vowed that "no session will be held until the government renounces a deal with Serbia that gives greater rights to Serbs living in northern Kosovo." Opposition members of parliament set off nine smoke bombs in the parliamentary chambers over a period of six months.


2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match
Kosovo vs Haiti was the first international match involving the Kosovar national football team to be recognised by FIFA, and the first to take place within Kosovo. The match was an international friendly between representative teams from Kosovo and Haiti.


2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match, Background
FIFA were lobbied by several prominent Kosovar football personalities including Albania captain Lorik Cana to allow the national team to play against FIFA member associations. Initially, FIFA only allowed Kosovo to play games against FIFA member associations at youth and amateur level, as well as ladies football. In January 2014, later allowed Kosovo to play games against FIFA member associations at full international. Kosovo organised a friendly against Haiti for March 2014.


2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match, Background
At the time of the game, Haiti were ranked 79th by FIFA in the FIFA Ranking System. Kosovo were not ranked as they were not a member association of FIFA.


2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match, Background
Kosovo's President Atifete Jahjaga and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci were both in attendance.


2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match, Background
The game was also Frenchman Marc Collat's first in charge of the Haiti national team.


2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match, Background
Several players who had played for other countries had chosen to represent the Kosovo national team. Albanian international goalkeeper Samir Ujkani chose to accept a call-up, as did Finnish international Lum Rexhepi, Norwegian international Ardian Gashi and Swiss international Albert Bunjaku.


2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match, Aftermath
Following the game, the Football Association of Kosovo announced that "Kosovo football has finally broken perennial isolation" and re-itereated their desire to join FIFA in the future. Following the game, the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) wrote to FIFA asking them to reverse their decision on allowing Kosovo to play international games. The FSS complained that Kosovo's players were wearing national symbols on the shirts, that the crowd were chanting anti-Serb songs and that Serbian flags had been burned outside of the ground, and that football was being used political purposes to promote Kosovo as an independent state.


2014 Košice Open
The 2014 Košice Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Košice, Slovakia between 9 and 14 June 2014.


2014 Košice Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2014 Košice Open – Doubles
Kamil Čapkovič and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2014 Košice Open – Doubles
Facundo Argüello and Ariel Behar won the title, defeating Andriej Kapaś and Błażej Koniusz in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4).


2014 Košice Open – Singles
Mikhail Kukushkin was the defending champion but chose to compete in the 2014 Aegon Championships instead.


2014 Košice Open – Singles
Frank Dancevic won the title, defeating Norbert Gombos in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2.


2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship
The 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 43rd Kraft Nabisco Championship, held April 3–6 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 32nd year of the tournament as a major championship. Golf Channel televised the event.


2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Lexi Thompson, age 19, shot a bogey-free final round 68 (−4) to win her first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Michelle Wie. The two entered the final round as co-leaders at 206 (−10). Thompson opened with a birdie, carded a 32 (−4) on the front nine, then finished with nine consecutive pars. Wie won the next major, the U.S. Women's Open in June, for her first major title.


2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Source:Amateurs: Minjee Lee (E), Brooke Henderson (+1), Alison Lee (+2), Lilia Vu (+6), Su-Hyun Oh (+7), Angel Yin (+14).


2014 Kraków referendum
A referendum over four questions was held in Kraków on 25 May 2014.


2014 Kraków referendum, History and background
In 2012 the authorities of Kraków decided to launch a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Although Kraków City Council had initially refused to submit the city's bid to a referendum, growing opposition to hosting the Olympics, in particular by the initiative "Kraków Przeciwko Igrzyskom" ("Krakow Against Games")  has forced Kraków city mayor to change his mind and announce on 24 March 2014 that the bid would be submitted to a referendum. Three more questions were subsequently added by the Kraków City Council, which also changed the initially planned date in June to 25 May 2014, in order to coincide with the European Parliament election, thus improving chances for bigger participation.


2014 Kraków referendum, History and background
According to Polish law, a local referendum is binding if at least 30% of eligible voters cast their votes.


2014 Kraków referendum, Questions
The referendum was held on 25 May 2014 over 4 questions:


2014 Kraków referendum, Results
Voter turnout was 35.96%, with the result that the referendum was valid and binding. The results were as follows:


2014 Kraków referendum, Aftermath
Shortly after the official results of the referendum Kraków's mayor announced that the city would withdraw its bid for the Winter Olympics.


2014 Kremlin Cup
The 2014 Kremlin  Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men (19th edition for the women) and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2014 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 13 October through 19 October 2014.


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


2014 Kremlin Cup, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


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


2014 Kremlin Cup, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2014 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin were the defending champions, but Istomin chose not to participate this year. Elgin played alongside Sergey Betov and lost in the first round to Sam Groth and Chris Guccione. František Čermák and Jiří Veselý won the title, defeating Sam Groth and Chris Guccione in the final, 7–6(7–2), 7–5.


2014 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Richard Gasquet was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began. Marin Čilić won the title, defeating Roberto Bautista Agut in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2014 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2014 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year. Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta won the title, defeating Caroline Garcia and Arantxa Parra Santonja in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2014 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate this year.


2014 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the title, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1.


2014 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
The 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Touring Cars, which are de-registered and superseded former V8 Supercars. Although the series utilised cars built for V8 Supercar racing, it was not an official V8 Supercar series. It involved two classes, the S class for cars with sequential gearboxes, and the H class for cars with H-pattern gearboxes.


2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
It was the seventh running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series took place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. It began at Mallala Motor Sport Park on 26 April and finished at Sydney Motorsport Park on 2 November after six meetings held in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.


2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
The sequential gearbox class and the overall championship was won by rookie Justin Ruggier, in a battle with Ryan Simpson. Although Simpson won three rounds to Ruggier's two, Simpson suffered from penalties and not being allowed to compete in one race at Phillip Island due to noise restrictions. Simpson still managed to break the record for the number of wins in the category with 10 victories. Matt Chahda finished 4th in the series and clinched the title for the highest placed driver with a H-pattern gearbox.


2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series:


2014 Kunar Offensive
2014 Kunar Offensive refers to a 2014 armed conflict of the ongoing War in Afghanistan, between the Afghan Army and a terrorist group, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It occurred  in the Dangam district of eastern Kunar province, in Afghanistan bordering on Pakistan.


2014 Kunar Offensive
The offensive was launched by the Afghan Army on 22 December 2014 after Kunar province had been the site of armed clashes since 12 December 2014. It was a joint operation involving support from the Pakistan Army, aimed at destruction of TTP sanctuaries in Kunar province.


2014 Kunar Offensive, Background, Peshawar school attack
On 16 December 2014, a group of seven members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), led by Abu Shamil who planned the attacks, accompanied by three Arabs and two Afghans who spoke Pashto and were from Eastern Afghanistan, conducted a terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. They entered the school and opened fire on school staff and children, killing 145 people, including 132 schoolchildren, ranging between eight and eighteen years of age. TTP leaders operating in Afghanistan coordinated the attacks. A rescue operation was launched by the Pakistan Army's Special Services Group (SSG) special forces, who killed all seven terrorists and rescued 960 people.


2014 Kunar Offensive, Background, Pakistani pressure
Pakistani Taliban were hiding in distant areas of Kunar and Nuristan provinces of Afghanistan. On 17 December, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, accompanied by the Director General of the Inter-Service Intelligence, Lieutenant-General Rizwan Akhtar, went on a visit to Kabul to meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and General John F. Campbell, the commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. According to the news sources in Pakistan, General Raheel asked for the handovers of TTP leadership and asked the Afghan government to act against hideouts of the Taliban terrorists in its territory.


2014 Kunar Offensive, Background, Pakistani pressure
At the meeting with Afghan officials, General Raheel delivered a message to Afghan National Army's's Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Sher Mohammad Karimi, "to take decisive action against sanctuaries of the TTP or else Pakistan would go for a hot pursuit." One intelligence official confirmed the message relayed to Afghan president and reportedly cautioned that "if Afghan authorities fail to act this time, we will explore all options, including hot pursuit."


2014 Kunar Offensive, Background, Pakistani pressure
In further talks, General Raheel told the Afghan president that "Pakistan's military could eliminate TTP's sanctuaries in Kunar and Nuristan on its own but was showing restraint due to Afghanistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity. President Ashraf Ghani assured General Raheel that his country would take all the necessary steps to root out the terrorists. A joint operation against the Taliban was also discussed with the Afghan leadership. In a media report published in The Nation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif released a separate statement to Afghan president on a "hot pursuit" and has sent a message to Kabul reportedly stressing: "Wipe out Taliban or we will."


2014 Kunar Offensive, Background, Pakistani pressure
Earlier in June 2014, it was reported by Afghan officials that the Pakistan Armed Forces had started an offensive in Kunar province, an allegation denied by Pakistani foreign office. Pakistani officials said that Afghan army was committing border violations and was involved in cross-border attacks.


2014 Kunar Offensive, Background, Pakistani pressure
On 24 December 2014, Afghan Army chief General Sher Mohammad Karimi and ISAF Commander General John Campbell while on a visit to Pakistan Army's GHQ in Rawalpindi, achieved consensus to continue coordinated operations and eliminate the TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan. A Pakistani military official said, "It (Kunar) was a coordinated operation. The Afghan side shared information with us and we took measures on our side." An ISPR statement added: "Both leaders assured their full support in fight against terrorism and eliminating terrorists on Afghan soil." Insurgents from Pakistan and Afghanistan attacked Afghan army posts in Dangam district of Kunar province. As many as 2,000 militants were reported to be involved in the conflict.


2014 Kunar Offensive, Background, Fazlullah's presence
In November 2009, Fazlullah told the BBC's Urdu Service that he had escaped from Pakistan to Afghanistan and warned that he would continue to attack Pakistani forces in Swat. After the death of Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone attack, Fazlullah was appointed as the new "Amir" (Chief) of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan on 7 November 2013. He narrowly escaped a U.S. drone strike on 25 November 2014. After reports that Fazlullah masterminded the Peshawar school attack, Pakistan Army officials were pressured to kill him within 24 hours. On the other hand, Pakistani officials in turn have asked Afghan authorities to capture and hand over Fazlullah multiple times.


2014 Kunming attack
A group of eight knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers in the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, on 1 March 2014. The attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed passengers at random. The assailants killed 31 civilians and injured more than 140 people. Four assailants were shot to death by police on the spot and one injured perpetrator was captured. Police announced on 3 March that the six-man, two-woman group had been neutralized after the arrest of three remaining suspects.


2014 Kunming attack
No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no ties to any organization have been identified, in effect the group was a singular terror cell. Xinhua News Agency and the government of Kunming said that the attack had been linked to Sunni extremists which were a faction of Xinjiang separatists. Police said that they had confiscated a black, hand-painted East Turkestan flag at the scene, which is associated with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region for which the Muslim ethnic minority seek independence from China.


2014 Kunming attack, Attack
At 21:20 on 1 March 2014, a group of individuals dressed in black clothes rushed into the square and ticket lobby of Kunming railway station and started to attack people indiscriminately. Initial reports indicated there were ten assailants armed with knives and cleavers.


2014 Kunming attack, Attack
The assailants killed 31 people and injured 143 (including seven policemen). Two security guards employed by the station were among the dead. The wounded were treated at 11 hospitals in Kunming. Police initially attempted to subdue the attackers using tear-gas shells but were unable to do so, before shooting four suspects and arresting one. A wounded female suspect was detained at the scene and sent to a hospital.


2014 Kunming attack, Attack
China News Service quoted Mr. Tan, who remembered seven to eight attackers indiscriminately slashing people regardless of age, even stabbing the wounded on the floor until they were dead. He also saw a police officer carrying a child of about five years of age, with slashed trousers and blood streaming down their legs.


2014 Kunming attack, Initial response
According to China Central Television, a four-man SWAT team was on site within ten minutes of the start of the knife attack. The sole member of the team with an automatic weapon shot five of the attackers in rapid succession, killing four of them, after two warning shots were fired. After the incident, all trains originally scheduled to stop at Kunming Station were directed to stop elsewhere until 23:00 on 1 March when services gradually resumed. Personnel at the Changshui International Airport also held an emergency meeting and tightened security though they stated that they were operating normally. There were scattered news reports suggesting that similar attacks occurred in Dashuying (大树营) in the Jinma subdistrict of Kunming, but local police stated that reports of "several places suffering attacks" were only rumors.


2014 Kunming attack, Initial response
The Red Cross Society of China sent a team to Yunnan in the morning of 2 March to support the Yunnan Red Cross Society in assisting with rescue efforts and to provide counseling to the relatives of victims and shocked civilians.


2014 Kunming attack, Initial response
On 2 March, armed police patrolled the area around Kunming Railway Station. In the early morning, locals put flowers on the square in front of the station to mourn the dead. At 13:00, the Kunming Police disclosed information on two suspects, one woman and one man, according to statements of witnesses.


2014 Kunming attack, Initial response
In the aftermath of the attack, heavy police presence was noted in Dashuying, a low-income ghetto that houses many of Kunming's Uyghurs. Kunming police interrogated members of the small local Uyghur community, questioning them at gunpoint.


2014 Kunming attack, Initial response
Yunnan's Communist Party Secretary Qin Guangrong said on 4 March that he had targeted sufficient resources to help the victims, who would not have to bear medical costs. Emergency services had processed the injured, and compensation arrangements were being discussed. Qin said that the absence of clear threat up to that point meant terrorism prevention had not been a high priority in Yunnan. He admitted to inadequacies in resources, policing and intelligence gathering.


2014 Kunming attack, Attackers
On 3 March the Ministry of Public Security announced that police had arrested three suspects and said that an eight-person terrorist group was responsible for the attack, the leader of which was named Abdurehim Kurban. However, Voice of America claimed that there had been scant information from official sources as to the identities, or even evidence that the attackers were Uyghurs.


2014 Kunming attack, Attackers
Qin Guangrong said that the captured wounded suspect had confessed to the crime. He asserted the group started off in Yunnan and originally planned to participate in "jihad" abroad. They allegedly tried unsuccessfully to leave the country from south Yunnan, and also from Guangdong. Unable to do so, they returned to Yunnan, and carried out the attack.


2014 Kunming attack, Attackers
Sources from Radio Free Asia seemed to confirm that they were Uyghurs, saying the gang most likely originated from a township in Hotan, Xinjiang, where it was claimed that police had violently suppressed a demonstration against the closure of a mosque and the arrest of its imam in June 2013 that ended in 15 dead and 50 injured. The sources claimed that after witnessing the capture of fellow Uyghurs attempting to flee China into Laos, the group became desperate because of their lack of identity papers along with being on the run from police.


2014 Kunming attack, Attackers
The surviving wounded suspect, a pregnant woman, Patigul Tohti, and three men, Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad, who were accused of masterminding the attack and had been arrested while attempting to flee across the border two days before the attack, were tried for and convicted of murder and organizing and leading a terrorist organization in the Kunming City Intermediate People's Court. Tohti was sentenced to life in prison, while Ehet, Tohtunyaz, and Muhammad received death sentences, and were executed in March 2015.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic
After the terrorist attack, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang assigned Meng Jianzhu, Secretary of the Central Politics and Law Commission, to oversee the investigation. There was some coverage in the regional press; local Kunming Times carried the story on its front page. But the South China Morning Post (SCMP) remarked that the China Central Television evening news programme as well as other national media did not report the attack. Coverage was also scant in the Southern Metropolis Daily in Guangzhou and the Yangtse Evening Post.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic
As a result, it became a heavily discussed topic on Chinese social media, where responses ranged from anger and shock to restraint. Whilst China Daily noted the appeals by netizens to "stop circulating bloody pictures", microblogged and social media-hosted images of the carnage were swiftly deleted by censors. Several Sina Weibo users also referred to the incident as our "9-11"; and the CCP-owned tabloid Global Times echoed the sentiment with a headline titled, "Nothing justified civilian slaughter in China's '9-11'".


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic
Jin Canrong of Renmin University suggested the way forward would be to de-emphasise Uyghur ethnicity and try to instill a greater sense of "Chineseness", stressing equal obligations and rights as Chinese citizens, while Barry Sautman, a China expert at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, suggested widening the preferential policies and granting Xinjiang Uyghurs greater autonomy.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic
The SCMP suggested the attack had taken place at the most politically sensitive time of year, which was on the eve of the second session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Lü Xinhua, spokesman for the conference, denounced the attack as a serious violent terrorist attack planned and organized by terrorist elements from Xinjiang. This assertion has been echoed by officials in Kunming.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic
A Legal Daily video clip that broadcast on CCTV News on 3 March featured an interview with the SWAT marksman who was responsible for shooting five of the attackers and applauded his heroism. The officer said that as the assailants rushed towards him ignoring warning shots fired, he shot the five in about 15 seconds "without thinking". Sautman said that the government may have wanted to "show that there was also successful resistance to terrorists and to put a human face on that resistance."


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic, Western media coverage
Following the event, many major Western media outlets covered the event with the quotation marks around the word "terrorism," some in the article's headline, some in the body, and some in both. China accused Western commentators, with their focus on Uyghur rights, of hypocrisy and double standards on terrorism. Chinese citizens followed that with criticism against the United States government for refusing to identify the rampage as a terrorist attack, with some comparing it against the Chinese response to the Boston Marathon.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic, Western media coverage
The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, accused Western media of ambivalence and failing to state unequivocally that the attack was an act of terrorism, saying, "These media are always the loudest when it comes to anti-terrorism, but in the Kunming train station terrorist violence they lost their voice and spoke confusedly, making people angry," and named American news outlets CNN, The Associated Press, The New York Times and The Washington Post as examples.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, Domestic, Western media coverage
CNN removed the quotation marks on 2 March, one day after the event, describing it as "deadly Kunming terror attacks".


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, International
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council separately condemned the attack. Many countries condemned the attack, and expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences. Dilxat Rexit, a spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress, deplored the attacks, and urged the Chinese government to "ease systematic repression". The Diplomat pointed to use of the comparison to 9–11 as referring not so much to the scale of the attack but the effect that this would have on the nation's psyche, saying "there are hints that it may have a similar effect on the way China conceptualizes and deals with terrorism".


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, International
An academic at the National University of Singapore warned of a very significant impact of the incident on the Chinese public as the attack took place in the heart of China, and not at the periphery, making the people more inclined to support the adoption of a more hard-line approach towards Xinjiang or Uyghurs, thus accelerating the cycle of repression and violence.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, International
Rebiya Kadeer, President of the World Uyghur Congress, called on the Chinese government to rationally handle the attacks and "not to demonize Uighur people as enemies of the state". The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang responded by condemning the WUC as "an anti-China separatist organization", saying that the WUC "cannot represent Uyghur people" and that Kadeer "showed her ulterior political motive by linking the terrorist incidents at Kunming together with a particular ethnic group".


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, International
The Daily Telegraph mentioned that this was the first time Uyghurs had been blamed for carrying out an attack of such magnitude outside of Xinjiang. Adjunct professor of Sinology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Willy Lam said that official figures indicate violent conflicts appear to be on the increase. He suggested the absence of a mechanism for airing grievances and dialogue between the aggrieved and the authorities is contributing to the increase in those resorting to violence.


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, International
The Analects column of The Economist asserted that although the alleged group leader's name suggests he may be an Uyghur, this would be difficult to verify in a country where media are state-controlled and officials tightly control information flows. It responded to Chinese commentators who criticised outsiders for not immediately accepting official Chinese assertion of an act of politically motivated terrorism by Xinjiang separatists by saying: "But China, which prefers to play down the role of its policies in Xinjiang in generating discontent, has long sought to discredit its Uygur critics by linking them to terrorism".


2014 Kunming attack, Reactions, International
The Economist also mentioned "Chinese oppression in Xinjiang" that "hit at the heart of Uighur identity" as a factor in the escalating violence, including: "students are banned from fasting during Ramadan, religious teaching for children is restricted, and Uighur-language education is limited". Yet according to Dawn, China only discourages fasting for Uygur Muslims and encourages people to eat properly for study and work but authorities "don't force anyone to eat during Ramadan". Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, said there had been intelligence failure. He estimated that "in the last 12 months there have been over 200 attacks [in Xinjiang], maybe even more. It is getting worse".


2014 Kunshan explosion
The 2014 Kunshan explosion (Chinese: 2014年昆山中荣工厂爆炸事故; pinyin: 2014 Nián Kūnshān Zhōngróng Gōngchǎng Bàozhà Shìgù) was a dust explosion that occurred at Zhongrong Metal Production Company, an automotive parts factory located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, on 2 August 2014. As of December 30, 2014, the explosion killed 146 workers and injured 114 others.


2014 Kunshan explosion, Event
A massive explosion occurred at the factory at 7:37 a.m. At the time, more than 260 people were present, which was more than the usual number of employees working since overtime wages were doubled during the weekends. 44 people died at the scene of the explosion, while another 31 died at local hospitals. Five hospitals in Kunshan and nearby Suzhou treated over 180 wounded. It is believed the explosion may have been caused by flames igniting metal polishing dust.


2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections
The Kurdistan Region Governorate elections were held on 30 April 2014. The elections for the three Kurdish governorates coincided with the elections for Iraqi parliament.


2014 Kurume Best Amenity Cup
The 2014 Kurume Best Amenity Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is the tenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It takes place in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, on 12–18 May 2014.


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


2014 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Doubles
Kanae Hisami and Mari Tanaka were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, however both players chose to participate with different partners. Hisami partnered with Sachie Ishizu, but the team withdrew before their first round was played, whilst Tanaka partnered Makoto Ninomiya, but lost in the first round.


2014 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Doubles
Jarmila Gajdošová and Arina Rodionova won the title, defeating Junri Namigata and Akiko Yonemura in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Singles
Ons Jabeur was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but chose not to participate.


2014 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Singles
Wang Qiang won the title, defeating Eri Hozumi in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


2014 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 2014 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne took place on 2 March 2014. It was the 66th edition of the international classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and was won by Tom Boonen of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step in a sprint of a ten-man group.


2014 Kvalserien
The 2014 Kvalserien was the 40th and final Kvalserien, consisting of two Swedish Hockey League teams and four HockeyAllsvenskan teams. It began on 17 March 2014 and will end on 7 April 2014. The 2014 Kvalserien determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2014–15 SHL season and which four teams would play in the 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season. Örebro HK defended their SHL spot and Djurgårdens IF returned to the top-tier league after a two-year stint in HockeyAllsvenskan. AIK were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.


2014 Kvalserien, Standings
k – qualified for 2014–15 SHL season; e – qualified for 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season


2014 Kvalserien, Statistics, Scoring leaders
Updated as of the end of the 2014 Kvalserien. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2014 Kvalserien, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who have played at least 40% of the team's minutes. Updated as of the end of the 2014 Kvalserien.


2014 Kvalserien, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2014 Kyiv local election
Local elections in Kyiv for the post of Mayor and members of Kyiv City Council took place on 25 May 2014, as part of the 2014 Ukrainian local elections. Vitali Klitschko won the mayoral election with almost 57% of the votes, while his party the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform won 73 of the 120 seats in the Kyiv City Council.


2014 Kyiv local election
The next Kyiv local elections were held in October 2015.


2014 Kyiv local election, Background
Secretary of the Kyiv City Council Halyna Hereha has been acting mayor since Leonid Chernovetsky resigned as the Mayor of Kyiv on 1 June 2012. Hereha asked the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) to issue an instruction on holding an early mayoral election on 19 July 2012; the parliament had not considered this issue yet. On 7 March 2013, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building and Local Government recommended that Parliament should schedule the elections of the Mayor of Kyiv and members of the Kyiv City Council for 2 June 2013.


2014 Kyiv local election, Background
On 2 April 2013, the Verkhovna Rada failed to set any date for the elections because the Party of Regions faction wanted to wait for a ruling from the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on "whether regular elections to local government agencies could be held at different time intervals, rather than simultaneously". The Constitutional Court started considering this case on 11 April 2013. On 29 May 2013 the Constitutional Court set the date of the election as 25 October 2015. The court reasoned that amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine that came into force on 1 February 2011 stipulated that "the next local elections should be held simultaneously all over Ukraine on the last Sunday of October 2015."


2014 Kyiv local election, Background
The oppositional parties after the 2012 parliamentary election considered the City Council term of authority expired by July 2013 and effectively blocked attempts at its convening through mass protest in July 2013.


2014 Kyiv local election, Background
As of 7 March 2013, possible candidates for the post of the Mayor of Kyiv were Vitali Klitschko (UDAR), Andriy Illyenko (Svoboda), Petro Poroshenko (independent candidate) and Oleh Liashko (Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko).


2014 Kyiv local election, Background
Oleksandr Popov of Party of Regions and former Head of Kyiv City Administration stated in February 2013 that he was a candidate. On 14 December 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych suspended him as Head of the Kyiv City State Administration. The same day the General Prosecutor of Ukraine's Office handed "a notification on suspicion of abuse of power when ordering the Euromaidan police actions of 30 November 2013" to Popov. On 25 April 2014 the Party of Regions announced that they would not put forward a candidate for the elections.


2014 Kyiv local election, Background
The Verkhovna Rada set a date for the elections on 25 February 2014, just after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. However, it was later decided that date should be 25 May 2014, the same day as the Ukrainian presidential election.


2014 Kyiv local election, Results, City Council election
35 parties took part in these elections. 10 parties won seats. Those seats were won in 60 majority constituencies and another 60 on party lists. Several parties, among them Party of Regions, disappeared from the local parliament.


2014 Kyiv local election, Registered mayoral candidates
Mayoral candidates were able to nominate themselves from 23 April 2014 until 30 April 2014. 19 candidates competed for the post.


2014 Kyiv local election, Registered mayoral candidates
Yuriy Lutsenko expressed an interest in taking part in the election, but later withdrew. Also potential candidates were Yuriy Levchenko, Ihor Lutsenko, and Volodymyr Makeyenko.


2014 Kyiv local election, Registered mayoral candidates
Lesya Orobets and Ivan Saliy were withdrawn from the race on 13 May, but later they were restored as candidates on 16 May.


2014 Kyiv local election, Polls, Mayor of Kyiv
According to a telephone poll conducted prior to the election by Sociological group "RATING" from 25 February to 6 March 2013, about 55% of the eligible voters would go to polling stations, and 31% of them would vote in the mayoral elections for Klitschko, 20.3% for Popov, and 7% for Poroshenko (all of them possible candidates). This poll also showed that if Klitschko and Popov proceeded to a hypothetical second round, 60.4% (of the respondents determined to vote) would cast their ballots for Klitschko and 26.5% for Popov. A June 2013 poll by GfK Ukraine gave Klitschko 32.7%, Popov 15.9% and Poroshenko 11.9%; 12.8% would ignore the election if Klitschko would not run for mayor.


2014 Kyiv local election, Polls, Mayor of Kyiv
A poll conducted from 22 to 28 March 2014, by "RATING", showed that out of the potential candidates at the time, Mykola Katerynchuk was the most popular among voters: 12% of those who intended to vote would cast their ballots for him. The poll gave 11% to Anatoliy Hrytsenko, 8% to Oleh Lyashko, 8% to Volodymyr Bondarenko, 8% to Yuriy Lutsenko, 5% to Volodymyr Makeyenko, 4% to Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, 4% to Lesya Orobets, 3% to Andriy Illyenko, 2% to Tetiana Montian and 1% to I. Lutsenko. The relevance of this poll is limited as at the time, Klitschko was not among the potential candidates for mayor, and several of the potential candidates then went on to register as candidates for the 2014 presidential election.


2014 Kyiv local election, Polls, Kyiv City Council
According to a poll conducted by Razumkov Center from 11 to 17 April 2014 (of the voters who had already determined their choice), 42.1% would vote for UDAR, 15.4% for Fatherland, 9.7% for Svoboda, 8.2% for Solidarity, 6.4% for European Party of Ukraine, 3.8% for Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko, 3.1% for Civil Position; Right Sector was close to the 3% barrier, since it had the support of 2.8% of those polled.


2014 Kyrgyzstan League
The 2014 Kyrgyzstan League was the 23rd season of Kyrgyzstan League, the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic's top division of association football. Alay Osh are the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season will start on 21 March 2014, with the first round finishing on 15 July 2014. The Championship & Relegation rounds of the league are due to start again on 4 October 2014.


2014 Kyrgyzstan League Second Level
The 2014 Kyrgyzstan League is the 23rd season of Kyrgyzstan League, the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic's top division of association football. Alay Osh are the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season will start on 21 March 2014.


2014 Kyrgyzstan Super Cup
The 2014 Kyrgyzstan Football Super Cup (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстандын футбол Суперкубогу) was the 5th Kyrgyzstan Super Cup match, a football match which will contest between the 2013 Top League and 2013 Kyrgyzstan Cup champion, Alay, and the finalist Top League Dordoi.


2014 L'International Gymnix
The 2014 L'International Gymnix competition was a competition held in  Montreal, Canada from March 6–09.


2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo
The 2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Saint-Malo, France, on 8–14 September 2014.


2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Elitsa Kostova and Florencia Molinero were the defending champions, having won the previous event in 2013, however both players chose not to participate.


2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Anastasia Grymalska won the title, defeating Tatiana Búa and Beatriz García Vidagany in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Singles
Teliana Pereira was the defending champion, having won the previous event in 2013, but retired in the semifinals against Alberta Brianti.


2014 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Singles
Carina Witthöft won the title, defeating Brianti in the final, 6–0, 6–1.


2014 LA Galaxy II season
The 2014 LA Galaxy II season was the club's first season of existence. This season LA Galaxy II participated in the USL Pro and the U.S. Open Cup.


2014 LA Galaxy II season, Players, Squad information
The squad of LA Galaxy II was composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed by Galaxy II, and LA Galaxy Academy players. Academy players who appeared in matches with LA Galaxy II retained their college eligibility.


2014 LA Galaxy II season, Players, Squad information
Daniel Steres was named captain, and was named Defender of the Year.


2014 LA Galaxy II season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of April 11, 2014.


2014 LA Galaxy II season, USL Pro, Regular season
All times from this point on Pacific Daylight Saving Time (UTC−07:00)


2014 LA Galaxy II season, USL Pro, Playoffs
The 2014 USL PRO Playoffs include the top eight finishers in the table, with the quarterfinals (No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, etc.) set for the weekend of September 12–14. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams will be played the following weekend, with the 2014 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 26–28. All playoff rounds feature a single-game knockout format and teams will not be re-seeded following each round.


2014 LA Galaxy season
The 2014 LA Galaxy season was the club's nineteenth season of existence, and their nineteenth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer.


2014 LA Galaxy season
The Galaxy won a league-leading fifth MLS Cup by defeating the New England Revolution in the final 2-1 in extra time. The club reached the quarterfinals of the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League before being knocked out by Tijuana, and were eliminated in the fifth round of the U.S. Open Cup by the Carolina Railhawks.


2014 LA Galaxy season
All-star Landon Donovan retired at the end of the season, after winning his sixth MLS Cup and fourth with the Galaxy. He would come out of retirement and sign with the Galaxy during the 2016 season.


2014 LA Galaxy season, Player information, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of May 26, 2014.


2014 LA Galaxy season, Player information, Current roster, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 LA Galaxy season, Major League Soccer, Tables, Overall
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2014 LA Galaxy season, U.S. Open Cup
As an MLS team, the Galaxy entered in the fourth round.


2014 LEB Oro playoffs
The 2014 LEB Oro playoffs was the final stage of the 2013–14 LEB Oro season. They started on 11 April 2013, and finished on May 18.


2014 LEB Oro playoffs
The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-3 games format, while the semifinals and the finals in a best-of-5 games format. The best seeded team plays at home the games 1, 2 and 5 if necessary. Ford Burgos was the winner and promoted to 2014–15 ACB season with River Andorra MoraBanc, the champion of the regular season.


2014 LEN Super Cup
The 2014 LEN Super Cup was a water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the 2013-14 LEN Champions League and the 2013-14 LEN Euro Cup, in Barcelona, Spain on 21 November 2014.


2014 LET Access Series
The 2014 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from May through October 2014 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2014 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2014 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2014 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.


2014 LFL US season
The 2014 LFL US Season was the fifth season of LFL United States, the second in the rebranded Legends Football League, and the seventh in the combined history of that league and its predecessor, the Lingerie Football League. The season featured 10 teams in various cities across the United States.


2014 LFL US season, 2014 Legends Cup
The 2014 Legends Cup featured the defending champion Chicago Bliss versus the Atlanta Steam. Chicago came into the game a 20-point favorite. The Bliss scored first to take the 8-0 lead but Atlanta came back before the half to make the score 8-6 at the break. Chicago opened their lead 16-6 on the final play of the third quarter. Atlanta continued to remain close but Chicago never surrendered the lead, holding on to win the game 24-18 and capture their second consecutive Legends Cup championship. Chicago running back Chrisdell Harris was named MVP of the game.


2014 LKL All-Star Game
The annual 2014 LKL All-star Game, was held on March 2, in Klaipėda. The format was slightly different from the previous contests: LKL teams were geographically divided into an eastern division and a western division. Players from teams of each conference then made up the respective All-Star team.


2014 LKL All-Star Game, Teams
* replaced by Giedrius Staniulis, of BC Dzūkija. * * replaced by Artūras Jomantas, of BC Pieno žvaigždės, in starting line-up, and by Ryan Olander, of BC Lietkabelis, in the roster.


2014 LKL All-Star Game, Coaches
Aleksandar Petrović of Lietuvos rytas was chosen to coach Rytai team and Saulius Štombergas of Žalgiris was chosen to coach the Vakarai team.


2014 LKL Slam Dunk Contest
The 2014 LKL Slam Dunk Contest was an event that was a part of the LKL's All-Star Day, that took place in Klaipėda's Švyturys Arena, on March 2.


2014 LKL Slam Dunk Contest, Results
The winner was Travis Leslie of Šiauliai. The results of the contest are documented below:


2014 LPGA Championship
The 2014 LPGA Championship was the 60th LPGA Championship, held August 14–17 at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the fourth of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2014 season. This was the first LPGA Championship played at Monroe Golf Club, after four years at nearby Locust Hill Country Club.


2014 LPGA Championship
Defending champion Inbee Park won her second LPGA Championship, defeating runner-up Brittany Lincicome on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for her fifth major title. Park was the first to win consecutive LPGA Championship titles in nine years, last accomplished by Annika Sörenstam, who won her third straight in 2005. Park's win the previous year at Locust Hill was also in a playoff.


2014 LPGA Championship
This was the final year as the LPGA Championship, which became the "KPMG Women's PGA Championship" in 2015, conducted by the PGA of America.


2014 LPGA Championship, Course
The course was designed by Donald Ross and opened 96 years ago in 1924.


2014 LPGA Championship, Field
The field included 150 players, including one amateur, from 28 countries.


2014 LPGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff
The sudden-death playoff lasted one hole, played on the 422-yard (386 m) par-4 18th hole. Both players missed the green with their approach shots and had chip shots. Lincicome missed her putt for par from six feet (1.8 m) while Park made her 3-footer (0.9 m) to win her second straight LPGA Championship.


2014 LPGA Tour
The 2014 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began at Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island in The Bahamas on January 23 and ended on November 23 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2014 LPGA Tour
The most significant addition to the Tour in 2014 was a new team event, the International Crown. To be held each even-numbered year (those in which the Solheim Cup is not held), the event involved four-woman teams from eight countries competing in a four-day match play format. The eight qualifying countries were those whose four top players are cumulatively ranked highest in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of the end of the preceding LPGA season. The individual participants from each qualified country were determined by the rankings immediately prior to the Kraft Nabisco Championship.


2014 LPGA Tour
Qualification for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship changed for 2014 and a $1 million bonus was added. Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. The field in 2014 was determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points with 500 points going to the winner. The five major champions had a higher points distribution with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers (top 20 for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational).


2014 LPGA Tour
Only LPGA members were eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the points list gained entry into the Tour Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72. Points were reset before the tournament such that only the top three players were guaranteed to win the Race by winning the tournament and only the top nine had a mathematical chance of winning the Race. The winner of the points race received a $1 million bonus that did not count on the official money list. The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai.


2014 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names is the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.


2014 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
^ Event held over to Monday, July 27 due to lack of daylight. The event was also shortened to 54 holes.


2014 LPGA of Japan Tour
The 2014 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 47th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 37 golf tournaments, all played in Japan. Ahn Sun-ju won five tournaments and was the leading money winner with earnings of ¥153,075,741. It was her third money title in five years.


2014 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event.


2014 LPGA of Korea Tour
The 2014 LPGA of Korea Tour was the 37th season of the LPGA of Korea Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf' Association. It consisted of 29 golf tournaments, 25 played in South Korea, two in China, one in Taiwan, and one in Japan. Kim Hyo-joo won five tournaments and was the leading money winner with earnings of ₩1,208,978,590.


2014 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Korea Tour, including that event.


2014 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
LPGA KEB- HanaBank Championship was co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour. Kumho Tire Women's Open was co-sanctioned with China LPGA Tour.


2014 LSA Adult State Cup
The 2014 LSA Adult State Cup  is a qualifying tournament that will determine which clubs from Louisiana will qualify for the 2014 USASA Region III National Cup. The LSA Adult State Cup began on March 14, 2014 and ended on May 16, 2014.


2014 LSU Tigers football team
The 2014 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Les Miles and played their home games at Tiger Stadium. They were a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


2014 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season and offseason
LSU finished the 2013 regular season with an overall record of 10–3 and SEC record of 5–3. All three losses occurred on the road - narrow losses against Georgia and Ole Miss, as well as a loss against #1 ranked Alabama. The Tigers were undefeated in Tiger Stadium, including a victory over the national runners-up, the Auburn Tigers. With its victory against Texas A&M, LSU became the only team to defeat Johnny Manziel twice in his college career. Despite losing starting quarterback Zach Mettenberger to a knee injury in the closing minutes of the regular season finale against Arkansas, the season ended with a win against Iowa in the Outback Bowl.


2014 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season and offseason
Shortly after the bowl game, LSU issued a statement that offensive line coach Greg Studrawa would be leaving the team. After a brief search, coach Les Miles announced the hiring of Jeff Grimes to replace Studrawa. Grimes served as the offensive line coach for Virginia Tech in 2013. Prior to Virginia Tech, Grimes spent four years at the same position at Auburn, where he helped that team win the national championship in 2010. LSU was also in need of a new special teams coordinator after Thomas McGaughey left to take the same position with the New York Jets. The Tigers hired Bradley Dale Peveto, who previously spent four seasons as an assistant at LSU from 2005 to 2008, as his replacement.


2014 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season and offseason
For the second year in a row, LSU had more underclassmen declare for the NFL Draft than any other team in the country. Key losses included Mettenberger, third-team All American Odell Beckham Jr., and second-team All-SEC players Jarvis Landry, Jeremy Hill, Anthony Johnson, and Lamin Barrow.


2014 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season and offseason
The Tigers' 2014 recruiting class was considered one of the top in the nation, bolstered by several top prospects from the state of Louisiana, including New Orleans running back Leonard Fournette, River Ridge wide receiver Malachi Dupre, and Lake Charles wide receiver Trey Quinn. The class was considered the consensus #2 class by all the major recruiting outlets.


2014 LSU Tigers football team, Depth chart
The official opening day depth chart was released on August 22, 2014.


2014 LY21
2014 LY21 is a near-Earth asteroid of the Aten group, approximately 4–8 meters (13–26 feet) in diameter. On 3 June 2014 around 17:38 UT (± 3 hours), it is crudely estimated to have passed about 0.00013 AU (19,000 km) from Earth. The asteroid was discovered on 2 June 2014 by the Mount Lemmon Survey at an apparent magnitude of 21 using a 1.5-meter (59 in) reflecting telescope.


2014 LY21, Uncertainty
With an observation arc of about 1 hour, the trajectory is poorly constrained and the asteroid has an uncertainty parameter of 9 making long-term predictions of the asteroids position nearly impossible. The nominal (best fit) orbit shows that 2014 LY21 passed 0.00013 AU (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) from Earth on 3 June 2014 (~12,700 km from Earth's surface). But the uncertainty region shows that the asteroid could have approached Earth as close as 0.00006 AU (9,000 km; 5,600 mi) or as far as 0.0005 AU (75,000 km; 46,000 mi). Since Earth has a radius of approximately 6,400 km, the asteroid did not come any closer than about 2,600 km from Earth's surface.


2014 LY21, Uncertainty, Moon
The nominal orbit shows that 2014 LY21 passed 0.001 AU (150,000 km; 93,000 mi) from the Moon on 4 June 2014. But the uncertainty region shows that the asteroid could have impacted the Moon or passed as far as 0.007 AU (1,000,000 km; 650,000 mi). But it is very unlikely that the asteroid impacted the Moon.


2014 La Course by Le Tour de France
The 2014 La Course by Le Tour de France was the inaugural edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a one-day women's cycle race held in France. The race was run before the 21st stage of the 2014 Tour de France on 27 July. The race consisted of 13 laps on the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, making a distance of 89.0 kilometres. The race was organised by the ASO and rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.


2014 La Course by Le Tour de France
The race was covered in 157 countries by 25 TV broadcasters, 23 of which broadcast the last hour of the race live.


2014 La Course by Le Tour de France, The race
The race started at 11:45 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2), and was scheduled to last until 13:00. The race saw many attacks. Dutchwomen Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans), who attacked multiple times, was the only women who was able to get clear for  a few laps with a maximal advantage of over half a minute. Besides of her also Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten (both Rabo–Liv), Amy Pieters (Team Giant-Shimano), Chantal Blaak (Specialized–lululemon), Alena Amialiusik (Astana BePink) and Rachel Neylan (Australia National team) attempted to ride away from the peloton, but none were successful.


2014 La Course by Le Tour de France, The race
With a few kilometres to go the Mexican national champion Ana Teresa Casas (Estado de México-Faren Kuota) crashed out of the race, and with around a kilometre to go another crash in the bunch took down Lizzie Armitstead (Boels Dolmans Cycling Team) and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Rabo Liv Cycling Team). The race ended in a bunch sprint with a peloton of about 30 riders. Marianne Vos (Rabo Liv Cycling Team) won the sprint ahead of Kirsten Wild (Team Giant-Shimano). Canada's Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) finished third in the sprint.


2014 La Course by Le Tour de France, Classifications
Besides the individual time classification (finishing time of the riders) there is a sprint and young rider classification. The Young rider classification exists of the individual time classification with riders born since 1 January 1992. The sprint classification is established by adding up the points obtained in each of the intermediate sprints. There were sprints after each of the first eleven laps, where 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point(s) were/was awarded to the top five riders.


2014 La Course by Le Tour de France, Prize money
The total prize money of the race was €22,500: €17,500 was to be awarded to the best 20 riders of the individual time classification, €3,500 to the first 3 riders in the sprint classification and €2,000 to the first three riders of the young rider classification.


2014 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2014 La Flèche Wallonne was the 78th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 23 April 2014 over a distance of 199 kilometres (123.7 miles) and it was the twelfth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won for the second time by Spain's Alejandro Valverde, ahead of Ireland's Dan Martin and Poland's Michał Kwiatkowski.


2014 La Flèche Wallonne, Teams
As La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 25-team peloton.


2014 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The 2014 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine was a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was the fourth race of the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup season and was held on 23 April 2014 over a distance of 127 kilometres (78.9 miles), starting and finishing in Huy.


2014 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, World Cup standings
Standings after 4 of 9 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup races.


2014 La Manga Cup
The 2014 La Manga Cup is an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe, which was held in February 2014. All matches were played in La Manga Stadium in La Manga, Spain. This was the seventeenth La Manga Cup.


2014 La Manga Women Tournament
The 2014 La Manga Women Tournament is an exhibition international football (soccer) competition featuring football, which was held in February and March 2014. All matches were played in La Manga Stadium in La Manga Club, Spain.


2014 La Route de France
The 2014 La Route de France was an Elite Women's road  race, rated at 2.1 by the UCI. Claudia Lichtenberg of Giant–Shimano won the first stage by 29 seconds and held on to the leader's jersey for the entire race.


2014 La Route de France, Stages
The 2014 edition of the race has seven road race stages, with no prologue or time trial stages.


2014 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
The 2014 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo took place from 13–19 January 2014, and was the ninth edition of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. This edition of the race consisted of seven stages.


2014 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Participating teams
Fourteen teams competed in the 2014 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo; six professional teams took part along with eight national selection teams.


2014 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)
The 2014 Labour Party leadership election was held following the resignation of Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore as Leader of the Labour Party in the aftermath the party's poor showing at the local and European elections. A postal ballot was held to elect a successor. Nominations opened on 27 May and closed on 2 June.


2014 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Deputy leader
Along with the position of leader, there was also be an election to fill the Deputy leadership that fell vacant on the resignation of the Leader. Four candidates contested it.


2014 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Debates
There were 5 leadership election debates held across Ireland during the election campaign.


2014 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Result
Joan Burton was elected as leader with 78% of the vote. Alan Kelly was elected as deputy leader.


2014 Ladies European Tour
The 2014 Ladies European Tour is a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which takes place from January through December 2014. The tournaments are sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2014 Ladies European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2014 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.


2014 Ladies Tour of Norway
The 2014 Ladies Tour of Norway was the first edition of the Ladies Tour of Norway, a women's cycling stage race in Norway. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.2 race. It was won by Anna van der Breggen of Rabo–Liv.


2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar
The 2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the 6th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It was organised by the Qatar Cycling Federation with technical and sports-related assistance from Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (category 2.1). It took place from Tuesday 4 February until Friday 7 February 2014 and consisted of 4 stages. 15 teams of 6 riders took part.


2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar
One of the favourites for the title, Ellen van Dijk, was not able to participate because she had not recovered from an illness.


2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Teams
Fifteen teams competed in the 2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar. These included twelve UCI Women's Teams and three national teams.


2014 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2014 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by 15th year head coach Frank Tavani and played their home games at Fisher Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 5–6, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for third place.


2014 Lahore clash
The Model Town operation, more commonly known as the Model Town tragedy or the Lahore massacre (Urdu: سانحہ ماڈل ٹاؤن), or simply Lahore incident, was a violent clash that ensued between the Punjab Police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek activists on 17 June 2014 resulting in several protesters being killed by the police gunfire. Five police officers remain under arrest.


2014 Lahore clash
The standoff lasted for almost 11 hours when the police's anti-encroachment squad launched an operation to remove the barriers from the road leading to the offices of Minhaj-ul-Quran and the residence of PAT founder Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in Model Town, Lahore, even though police officials were given a court order by PAT leaders, stating "due to terrorism issue place security barriers in front of Minhaj-ul-Quran and the residence of PAT founder Dr.Qadri.


2014 Lahore clash
The incident was broadcast live on various local news channels and there were conflicting accounts of how the standoff began. Police claimed that they were attacked by people inside the PAT secretariat, a claim that is denied by party chief Qadri. In the live footage broadcast on television, the policemen were shown firing assault rifles and lobbing tear gas canisters at the protesting masses while the protesters threw stones at the police.


2014 Lahore clash
Qadri strongly condemned the attack and called it the worst form of state terrorism. Qadri vowed to avenge the deaths of his political workers by bringing about a revolution that would hasten the end of the rule of prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif.


2014 Lahore clash
Following the incident, Qadri′s importance grew in Pakistani politics where he had "otherwise been regarded by most observers as posing little threat to the government". Where some analysts considered Qadri a "political non-entity" before the incident, others expressed concern that the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) government reacted "disproportionately and aggressively" in this matter, "shooting itself in the foot" and feeling "'insecure' with the attention that Qadri [had] managed to attract".


2014 Lahore clash, Background
On 16 June 2014, the Pakistan Awami Tehreek founder and chief Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri warned the government of "serious consequences" if anything was to happen to him on his return to Pakistan on 23 June 2014. For some time, Qadri had been amassing the support of political parties in the opposition to form a grand alliance against the incumbent Nawaz Sharif administration. Qadri had successfully rallied for and acquired the support of political stalwarts like Pakistan Muslim League (Q) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed in forming a "grand alliance" against the government.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident
At around 1am PKT on 17 June 2014, the Punjab Police launched an anti-encroachment operation to remove barriers outside the offices of Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Qadri's residence in the Model Town suburb in Lahore. The police reached the PAT headquarters in a large contingent and demanded the party workers to remove the barricades which they claimed were illegal. The raid was untimely in contrast to the routine morning raids the police often conducts in similar cases.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident
The PAT workers insisted that the barricades were legal and that they had been set up four years ago to protect Qadri's home and office when he issued a decree against the Taliban. Nevertheless, the police carried on with their operation to demolish the Jersey barriers with bulldozers prompting the PAT workers and activists to resist the police efforts by starting a protest against the police action.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, London Plan
There are serious concerns of civil society of Pakistan that the whole plot was designed by some ex- government officials  though Dr. Qadri and his party denied these charges. The liberal political parties also insisted that the whole event was drafted in London sometimes referred as London Plan.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Live media coverage
After the initial protests, the police retreated for a while, only to return in greater numbers at 5 am. In the meantime, PAT workers had also managed to amass a crowd of supporters and called in the local media. The protesters started pelting the police squad with stones to protest against the removal of barriers. The violent resistance from the protesters led the police to retreat once again. Throughout the ensuing clash, reporters and journalists managed to cover the scenes in live broadcasts aired across various national news channels for the rest of the night and the following day.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Negotiations with PAT
Upon gauging the violent reaction from the protesting crowds, DCO Muhammad Usman and DIG Operations Rana Jabbar negotiated with PAT general-secretary Khurram Nawaz Gandapur and chief security officer (CSO) Altaf Shah. Shah was adamant that he and his party workers would not let the police remove the barriers. According to the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Chaudhry Shafique Ahmad, there were two rounds of negotiations between the party officials and the police where the party workers were asked to remove the hurdles on their own.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Negotiations with PAT
When the negotiations failed to bring fruit, the police returned for a third time with a 100-strong squad at 9:30 am to forcefully remove the barriers. They were met with fierce retaliation yet again as the protesters pelted the police.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Violent measures
The police returned for a fourth time at 11:20 am. This time, the force was led in groups commanded by seven-to-eight SPs where some put focus on firing directly into the crowd while others used various tactics to disperse the crowds, like firing tear gas and charging with batons. With the police firing weapons directly into the crowd of protesters, 8 protesters (including 2 women one of whom was pregnant) died at the scene while around 80 protesters were gravely injured.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Anarchy
Amidst all the chaos and police brutality, media cameras were able to capture an unknown vandal smashing cars. It was later identified that the "handlebar-mustached vandal", Gullu Butt was a known police tout and had been a known activist of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), the party in government. Butt brandished a club he used to smash cars and was also heard chanting slogans. In one footage, Butt was also seen leading the law enforcement officers' charge against the protesters. Soon afterwards, Model Town SP Tariq Aziz was seen chatting and hugging Butt.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Anarchy
Later in an editorial written for the Daily Times, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf information secretary Andleeb Abbas called Butt a "henchman" of the PML-N government and accused the state police as having "aided, abetted and applauded [the vandal] with absolutely no inhibition for the atrocious crimes that he was committing".


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Police claims
The police claimed that the Minhaj-ul-Quran administration had deployed a private militia that was manning the barriers and had effectively converted the residential area into a no-go area. Qadri later said that the number of arrests was understated by the police as more than 200 of his party workers were missing and unaccounted for.


2014 Lahore clash, The incident, Police claims
On the complaint of a sub-inspector, the Faisal Town Police later registered a case against more than 3000 PAT workers under sections 7ATA, 302, 324, 353, 148/149 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The police FIR also formally nominated Hussain Mohiuddin, the son of the PAT chief Qadri, as the main accused.


2014 Lahore clash, Formal inquisition
Immediately following the incident, the Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered a judicial inquiry into the events that unfolded on the day. He said he was "saddened over the killings" and would not hesitate to resign if held responsible for the negligence. He assured that he had already constituted a judicial commission to probe the incident.


2014 Lahore clash, Formal inquisition
Sharif denied any knowledge of the police operation and claimed complete ignorance of the bloodshed. His opponents ridiculed him for not knowing about the incident despite the live broadcast that covered the "bloody episode that continued for hours". Upon watching the TV footage, Sharif ordered for the immediate arrest of the notorious vandal Gullu Butt. Sharif also asked the federal minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal was to brief the house on the Lahore killings.


2014 Lahore clash, Formal inquisition, Tampering evidence
On 19 June 2014, it was reported that several police officials went to a hospital where the wounded were being treated and altered the medico-legal certificates of injured police officials to show "fake bullet injuries" in order to justify their claim that PAT workers also shot at the police. Qadri accused the provincial government of tampering with the evidence in the hospital records and denied that his party workers had any arms at all. He also asked the police to produce the confiscated weapons before the media in order to prove their claim.


2014 Lahore clash, Formal inquisition, Qadri rejects judicial commission
The PAT chief Qadri said that the reason for the police action was to "threaten him and his party" before his arrival in Pakistan on 23 June 2014. He openly rejected the judicial commission and said that the judicial commission could not independently conduct an impartial investigation as long as the PML-N is in government. He expressed concerns that the police may use bribery and scare tactics to coerce false eyewitness accounts in their favour. Later, while addressing a press conference on 21 June 2014 via video-link from Canada, Qadri urged for an investigation team comprising representatives of the ISI, MI and IB, and a judicial commission of three supreme court judges to probe the incident.


2014 Lahore clash, Formal inquisition, Rana Sanaullah justifies police action
In justifying the police operation, the Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told the press that "for a person who consistently defies the constitution and the democratic system, Tahir-ul-Qadri had been trying to bulldoze the Pakistani democracy by spreading anarchy". He blamed the religious leader of inciting hatred by asking innocent civilians to take oaths on the Quran to amass against the government. Tahir-ul-Qadri later vehemently denied such claims and called this justification for the operation as being preposterous.


2014 Lahore clash, Formal inquisition, Rana Sanaullah justifies police action
Rana Sanaullah also justified the operation by claiming that the police were able to identify several armed men and weapons at the Minhaj-ul-Quran offices, a claim refuted by several PAT officials. After the operation ended, no police official was immediately held responsible for mishandling and criminal negligence.


2014 Lahore clash, Formal inquisition, Ministers removed from posts
In a press conference at the PML-N Central Secretariat in Lahore on 21 June 2014, Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif said that he had decided to remove the Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Sanaullah Khan (who has been restored by Punjab Government on May 29, 2015) and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr Toqueer Shah from their posts to ensure fair and transparent investigation into the incident.


2014 Lahore clash, Reaction of the Opposition parties
Following the incident, major parties in opposition including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (Q; PML-Q) boycotted the Punjab Assembly in protest.


2014 Lahore clash, Reaction of the Opposition parties
The Human Rights Watch strongly condemned the 'lethal force' by the Police and demanded full investigation. “The Pakistani authorities need to explain why police officers found it necessary to fire live ammunition directly into a crowd of protesters throwing rocks,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “There are a lot of dead and wounded people in Lahore today, and no clear reason why.”


2014 Lahore clash, Reaction of the Opposition parties
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the police action at the Tahirul Qadri Secretariat.


2014 Lahore clash, Reaction of the Opposition parties
An all parties conference (APC) of political and religious parties except PMLN, PPP, and Awami National Party (ANP) called by PAT head Dr Qadri on 29 June 2014, condemned the killings and demanded an investigation by Supreme Court's three-member bench. The APC reiterated the demand for Chief Minister's resignation and arrest of the Punjab's to top police officers. The PMLN's central and provincial governments responded to the demands that the investigations are already underway. The federal information minister, Pervez Rasheed, maintained that the parties participating in the APC are trying to "keep their politics alive" as they have no representation in the parliament.


2014 Lahore shopping centre fire
The 2014 Lahore market fire was a fire that broke out on 29 December 2014 in a shopping mall named Khalid Plaza located in Urdu Bazar area of Lahore, Pakistan. The cause was identified as a short circuit. The fire killed at least 13 people, with two injured.


2014 Lahore shopping centre fire, The fire
A short circuit at a shop sparked a fire in the three-story shopping center at the Anarkali bazaar. The shopping centre had no firefighting equipment and facilities and no emergency exits were available, causing suffocation when people tried to flee through a single exit. Most of the 13 killed in the incident died as a result of this suffocation.


2014 Lake Albert boat disaster
On March 22, 2014, a boat traveling on Africa's Lake Albert capsized. According to local police, 45 survivors were rescued. Officially, 251 people died in the accident.


2014 Lake Albert boat disaster, Accident
Early on March 22, 2014, two boats carrying people from the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement refugee settlement left the Ugandan shore of Lake Albert en route to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On the way, one of the boats capsized. Its passengers had been returning home after United Nations and Congolese forces won major victories over the Allied Democratic Forces and M23 rebel groups in recent months. There was no evidence that the boat's passengers had left Uganda due to conditions at the refugee camp.


2014 Lake Albert boat disaster, Accident
Reports indicated that the accident occurred due to overcrowding, a common cause of boating casualties in the region due to lax enforcement of safety rules. The boat's listed capacity was 80, but approximately 300 people were on board at the time of the accident. The lack of life vests and inability of most passengers to swim also contributed to the high death toll. Additionally, the boat was in poor condition mechanically.


2014 Lake Albert boat disaster, Death toll and response
Initial efforts led to the rescue of 45 survivors and recovery of 19 bodies on March 22. Survivors were taken to the Bundibugyo District of Uganda, where they received care from the Ugandan government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. By March 24, 109 bodies were recovered. Of those, 88 were accepted for burial in DRC. The remainder were rejected due to cultural concerns over burying people more than 72 hours after death and were buried at the Bundibugyo hospital cemetery. On March 27, the official death toll was revised to 251. Most of the dead were children.


2014 Lake Albert boat disaster, Death toll and response
The boat's skipper recalled counting 96 adults on board, but he did not count the children. Police said they believed nearly all passengers had been accounted for.


2014 Lake Albert boat disaster, Death toll and response
In a statement, the United Nations said it was "shocked and saddened" by the tragedy. Three days of national mourning were declared in DRC. The government also helped arrange funerals and offered support for the dead. On April 7, DRC announced plans to repatriate about 21,000 refugees living in Uganda. DRC envoy to Uganda Jean Okoto Lolakombe remarked "It is sad that we lost our people, but we have learnt a lesson from the incident." There are 175,000 registered Congolese refugees living in Uganda as of March 2014.


2014 Lale Cup
The 2014 Lale Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 21–27 April 2014.


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


2014 Lale Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 Lale Cup – Doubles
Ekaterina Bychkova and Nadiya Kichenok were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but both players chose not to compete.


2014 Lale Cup – Doubles
Petra Krejsová and Tereza Smitková won the tournament, defeating Michaëlla Krajicek and Aleksandra Krunić in the final, 1–6, 7–6(7–2), [11–9].


2014 Lale Cup – Singles
Donna Vekić was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but chose not to participate.


2014 Lale Cup – Singles
Denisa Allertová won the tournament, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 2014 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by fifth-year head coach Ray Woodard and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. The eight win overall and five win conference record matched the Cardinals' best overall win record in both categories as a four year program.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, TV and radio media
All Lamar games were broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, TV and radio media
Live video of all home games (except those broadcast via the Southland Conference Television Network, SEC Network, or ESPN3) was streamed by Lamar University's Big Red Sports Network .


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Before the season, 2014 recruits
Lamar signed 17 players on national letter of intent day. Recruits are listed in the "Class of 2014 Signees" table below. Player profiles for each recruit are available at the signing day link below. The 2014 recruits included 10 players from high school and 7 transfers. Breaking down the transfers, two players transferred from NCAA Division I (FBS) programs. The remainder transferred from Junior College/Community College programs.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Before the season, 4th Crawfish Bowl
The 4th Annual Red-White Crawfish Bowl was held Saturday, March 1. The game was modified from previous years. While the team was divided into Red and White teams as in previous years, the game pitted offense against defense. The White team consisted of offensive players while the Red team was made up of defensive players. Scoring was adjusted to include normal scoring for the offense with the addition of additional points for scoring plays longer than 20 yards. The defense scored on turnovers, three-and-outs, and stops. The White team (offensive players) won 50–18 with the modified scoring.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Before the season, Preseason Honors
Four Lamar Cardinals were selected to the pre-season all Southland Conference team. Reggie Begelton, WR (JR) was selected to the First-Team Offense. Kevin Johnson, PR (SR) was selected to the First-Team Defense. Caleb Berry, QB (SR) and Justin Brock, OL (JR) were named to the Second-Team Offense.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Before the season, Preseason Honors
The following Cardinals were named to national award watch lists.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Before the season, Preseason Honors
Kevin Johnson was also named to the College Sports Madness Preseason All-American and the Beyond Sports Network Preseason All-American teams.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Grambling State
Caleb Berry set the all-time Lamar Cardinals passing touchdown record on his third touchdown pass of the game against the Grambling State Tigers.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Game summaries, # 9 (FBS) Texas A&M
The Cardinals and the 9th ranked Aggies played in front of a record setting crowd at Kyle Field. The crowd of 104,728 set the record for the largest attendance in recently renovated Kyle Field and for a collegiate game in the state of Texas. The game was delayed 2:05 hours because of lightning.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Southeastern Louisiana
The game was close going into the fourth (4th) quarter with Southeastern Louisiana holding a one touchdown lead. The fourth quarter was a different story with the Lions running away scoring four touchdowns for 27 points to the Cardinals' one touchdown in the quarter.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Nicholls State
Caleb Berry broke three team marks becoming the Cardinals' all-time leader in completions, yards of total offense, and passing yards. Lamar set a school record of 691 total yards in the game.


2014 Lamar Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
With his four touchdown pass catches in the game, Mark Roberts set a new school record of nineteen (19) career TD catches. Roberts also tied a school record of 24 points scored in a game.


2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election
The 2014 Lambeth Council election was held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Lambeth Council in Greater London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Labour Party further increase its majority on the council, winning all but four of the 63 council seats.


2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election
Notably, the Liberal Democrats lost all 15 of their seats, but one of their seats in Bishop's ward was lost by under 35 votes.


2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election
The Liberal Democrats finished as the runners up in 4 wards, the Conservatives in 8, the Greens in 6, Labour in 2 and UKIP in 1.


2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election, Results by ward, Coldharbour
- Rachel Heywood was elected as a Labour Councillor. Heywood resigned the party whip in April 2016 and now sits as an Independent councillor.


2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election, By-elections: 2014–2018, Knight's Hill
The by-election was triggered when the incumbent Councillor, Sonia Winifred, was disqualified as she was still employed by the council at the time of the previous election. Winifred was re-elected.


2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election, By-elections: 2014–2018, Knight's Hill
The by-election was held following death of the incumbent Councillor. It was subsequently retained by Labour with a significantly reduced majority.


2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election, EU referendum 2016
During the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum Lambeth voted 78% to remain in the EU and 22% to leave. Two of the three Labour MPs backed Remain, Chuka Umunna and Helen Hayes, whereas Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey backed Leave.


2014 Lambton County municipal elections
Elections were held in Lambton County, Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Lambton County municipal elections, Lambton County Council
County council includes the mayors of each constituent municipality, the deputy mayors of Lambton Shores and St. Clair plus four city councillors from Sarnia.


2014 Lampre–Merida season
The 2014 season for Lampre–Merida began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2014 Lanark County municipal elections
Elections were held in Lanark County, Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Lanark County municipal elections, Lanark County Council
Lanark County Council consists of two members from each constituent municipality.


2014 Landskrona BoIS season
The 2014 season is Landskrona BoIS's 99th in existence, their 52nd season in the second highest division, their 11th season in Superettan and their 9th consecutive season in the league. They will compete in Superettan and Svenska Cupen.


2014 Landskrona BoIS season, Players, Squad information
This section show the squad as currently. Caps and goals are as of the end of the 2013 season.


2014 Landskrona BoIS season, Players, Transfers, Winter 2013-14
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Landskrona BoIS season, Players, Transfers, Winter 2013-14
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Lao League
Statistics of Lao League in the 2014 season. The league is composed of 10 clubs starts on 22 February 2014. SHB Champasak are the defending champions, having won their first league title in 2013.


2014 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash
On 17 May 2014, an Antonov An-74 transport aircraft of the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force crashed while en route to Xiangkhouang Province, northern Laos, killing all but one of the 17 people on board. Among the victims were several Laotian politicians travelling to attend a ceremony celebrating the 55th anniversary of the second division of the Lao People's Army.


2014 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash, Accident
Between 6:15 and 07:00 (IC T), local time on 17 May 2014, 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) or 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) from the destination in Xiang Khouang, the Xieng Khouang Airport, the aircraft crashed in Nadee, Xiang Khouang, 500 kilometres (310 mi) from where it left in Vientiane at the Vientiane-Wattay Airport. The aircraft was too low on final approach, and its landing gear clipped some trees just short of the runway, resulting in the crash, which was attributed to a technical error.


2014 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Ukrainian-built Antonov An-74TK-300 twinjet, registered as RDPL-34020.


2014 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash, Passengers
Initial reports suggested that there were fourteen passengers, but later reports gave the figure as twenty on board at the time of the accident, only three were reported to have survived. Once the situation became clearer, the passenger count was given as seventeen and the death toll was given as sixteen, with one survivor after the other two original survivors died from their wounds.


2014 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash, Passengers
A Thai news source said that the co-pilot, a nurse, and another person had survived. The defence ministry permanent secretary in Thailand said that the Defence Minister of Laos and four others had been killed, and a witness also said that the Defence Minister had died, and gave the figure of fourteen deaths.


2014 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash, Reactions
The death of "arguably the two most powerful people in the security apparatus" was reported to be a significant blow to the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party. After the crash, a three-day period of national mourning was announced.


2014 Laois County Council election
An election to Laois County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 19 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 2 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition Mountmellick Town Council and Portlaoise Town Council were both abolished.


2014 Laois County Council election
Fianna Fáil became the largest party after the elections securing 7 Council seats. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost half of their Council seats returning with just 6 seats in all. Sinn Féin doubled their representation to 2 seats and Labour retained a seat on the Council in the Portlaoise LEA. Independents make up the remainder of the Council membership.


2014 Laois Senior Hurling Championship
The 2014 Loais Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The championship began on 19 July 2014 and ended on 28 September 2014. Camross were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Rathdowney-Errill on a score line of 1-20 to 0-1 in the final.


2014 Laois Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
All but one of the eight teams from the 2013 championship participated in the top tier of Laois hurling in 2014.


2014 Laois Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Portlaoise, who defeated Clough/Ballacolla in the final of the junior championship in 2013, availed of their right to automatic promotion to the senior championship.


2014 Laois Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Similarly, the Harps defeated Ballinakill in the 2013 senior relegation play-off, and so Ballinakill were relegated to the junior grade for 2014.


2014 Larkana temple attack
On March 15, 2014, a crowd of Muslims burnt a Hindu temple and a dharmashala in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, after unverified allegations of a Hindu youth desecrating a copy of the Quran.


2014 Larkana temple attack, Background
According to police, few people saw burnt pages of Quran in a garbage bin near the home of Hindu man on the night of March 15. While there is another version which details the Hindu as tearing the Koran pages and throwing them down in the street. Immediately, a crowd of 200 had gathered outside the Hindu temple and attacked it. Also, the home of the Hindu youth who was accused of burning the book was surrounded, which prompted the security forces to fire warning shots and teargas shells. Police further confirmed that the desecrators were taken into custody and the temple is only partly gutted, whereas the dharmshala was completely burnt down. Shops were then burnt in the bazaar and transport services were suspended.


2014 Larkana temple attack, Background
According to eyewitness accounts, policemen dressed the suspect Hindu in police uniform and whisked him away to safer location


2014 Larkana temple attack, Repercussions
In the southwestern province of Balochistan, police clashed with protesters angry at the blasphemy which resulted in injuries for two protestors and one policeman. In Osta Muhammad, four shops belonging to Hindus were set ablaze.


2014 Larkana temple attack, Further actions
Curfew was imposed in the Jinnah Bhag and some other parts of city after mob ran berserk. Police have taken the Hindu into custody and if he is found guilty of burning Quran, will be punished. Three people have been arrested for vandalism, while member each from Hindu and Muslim community will serve as the observers for investigation.


2014 Larkana temple attack, Further actions
Local sources report that the alleged blasphemer had recently moved into house rented from Muslim family and had mistakenly burnt the book. As a result of tension related to this blasphemy accusation, Holi celebrations were called off in many locations for security purposes.


2014 Larkana temple attack, Further actions
While additional contingent of police and rangers were deployed in the affected areas, pillion riding on bike has been banned


2014 Larkana temple attack, Reactions
Muslim community leaders asserted that Islam does not allow for violence and claimed it as work of mischievous people. Hindu leaders said that if the suspect is guilty, then he should be punished.


2014 Larkana temple attack, Reactions
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked the Sindh Government to take steps to protect minorities and expressed profound grief on the incident.