2014 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Third round
Graeme McDowell maintained a one-stroke lead over Hiroshi Iwata. Martin Kaymer shot the low round of the day, 66, to climb to a third place tie with Bubba Watson.


2014 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Final round
Bubba Watson and Tim Clark finished the round tied at 277 to force a playoff, with Watson scoring an eagle on the final hole. Watson made birdie on the first playoff hole to Clark's par to win the tournament, his first World Golf Championship. The leader from the first three rounds, Graeme McDowell, shot a 73 to fall into a tie for third.


2014 WK League
The 2014 WK League was the sixth season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels were the defending champions. The regular season began on 17 March 2014 and ended on 18 August 2014. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their second consecutive league title.


2014 WK League, Draft
The 2014 WK League Draft was held on 17 December 2013 at the Koreana Hotel in Seoul.


2014 WK League, Playoff and championship
The semi-final was contested between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams (Goyang Daekyo and Seoul) in the regular season. After defeating Seoul 1–0, Goyang Daekyo advanced to the two-legged final to face the 1st placed team (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels) in the regular season. Goyang Daekyo lost 1–0 on aggregate to Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels, who won their second consecutive league title.


2014 WKU Hilltoppers football team
The 2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first- year head coach Jeff Brohm and played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium. This was the team's first year as a Conference USA member and playing in the East Division. They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Bahamas Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.


2014 WKU Hilltoppers football team, Previous season
The 2013 WKU Hilltoppers football team finished the 2013 season 8–4 overall and 4–3 in Sun Belt Conference play. The Hilltoppers biggest win was against season opener Kentucky by 35–26. WKU became bowl eligible after defeating Army but did not receive a bowl invite due to the number of invites the Sun Belt Conference receives. After five years of competing in the Sun Belt, WKU moved to Conference USA on July 1, 2014.


2014 WKU Hilltoppers football team, Schedule
Western Kentucky announced their 2014 football schedule on February 3, 2014. The 2014 schedule consist of 6 home games and 6 away games in the regular season. The Hilltoppers will host CUSA foes Old Dominion, UAB, UTEP, and UTSA, and will travel to Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech.


2014 WKU Hilltoppers football team, Schedule
The Hilltoppers will play four opponents for the first time this season, Illinois, Old Dominion, UTEP, and UTSA. Western Kentucky will compete for the first time in the East division of Conference USA which has seven schools in total while the West division has six. Due to the two uneven divisions, WKU will only play five schools from the East division and will not play Florida International this season. Western Kentucky will play three teams from the West division, Louisiana Tech, UTEP, and UTSA, which will complete the eight conference games each member of the CUSA has to play.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2014 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on July 19, 2014 at the venue then known as US Airways Center (now Talking Stick Resort Arena) in Phoenix, Arizona, the current home of the Phoenix Mercury. This was the 12th edition of the WNBA All-Star Game, and was played during the 2014 WNBA season. This was the second time the event had been held  in Phoenix, the other being the 2000 game.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game
Starters for the game were selected by fan voting and announced on July 8, 2014. Fans were able to select three frontcourt players and two guards. The leading vote-getter was Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx with 28,389 votes. Shoni Schimmel won the MVP of the All-Star game and led the Eastern Conference to a 125-124 victory over the Western Conference.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game, Coaches
Under All-Star Game rules, the coaches came from the previous year's conference champions, provided that they were still in the same positions. Cheryl Reeve, coach of the defending WNBA and West champion Lynx, coached the Western Conference for the second straight year. Because Fred Williams, who coached the Atlanta Dream to the Eastern Conference title in 2013, took the same position with the Tulsa Shock before the 2014 season, he was not eligible to serve as an All-Star head coach. Williams' successor in Atlanta, Michael Cooper, was selected as the East coach based on the Dream's conference-leading 11–4 record through games on June 29.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Eastern Conference
Frontcourt starters were Elena Delle Donne of the Chicago Sky, the East's top vote-getter for the second time in her two WNBA seasons; Angel McCoughtry of the Dream; and Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever. Starting guards for the East were Dream rookie Shoni Schimmel and Cappie Pondexter of the New York Liberty. Schimmel's selection marked the third consecutive All-Star Game in which at least one rookie had been voted in as a starter, following Moore in 2011 and Delle Donne and Brittney Griner in 2013.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Eastern Conference
Reserves for both conferences were announced on July 15 during the Los Angeles Sparks–Indiana Fever game, televised by ESPN2. East reserves in the frontcourt were Jessica Breland of the Sky, Tina Charles of the Liberty, Chiney Ogwumike of the Connecticut Sun, and Érika de Souza of the Dream; reserve guards were Katie Douglas of the Sun and Briann January of the Fever.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Western Conference
Along with Moore, frontcourt starters for the West were Candace Parker of the Sparks and Griner of the Mercury. Starting guards for the West were Diana Taurasi of the Mercury and Skylar Diggins of the Shock. West reserves in the frontcourt were Candice Dupree of the Mercury, Glory Johnson of the Shock, and Nneka Ogwumike of the Sparks, and reserve guards were Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen of the Lynx and Danielle Robinson of the San Antonio Stars. Notably, Chiney and Nneka Oguwmike became the first set of sisters ever selected to the same All-Star Game.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Replacements
Two initially chosen players were unable to play in the game. East starter Delle Donne was ruled out due to a flare-up of Lyme disease, while West reserve Augustus was sidelined by bursitis in her left knee. Delle Donne was replaced on the roster by Ivory Latta of the Washington Mystics, and Augustus by Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm. Delle Donne's place in the East starting lineup was taken by Souza.


2014 WNBA All-Star Game, Rosters, Game
The game was close throughout, but the East took a fourth-quarter lead, forcing the West to rally to take the game into overtime. The West took a 7-point lead with 1:59 to play, but the East scored the game's final 8 points, capped by a Catchings layup with 6.9 seconds left. Catchings then sealed the East win by knocking the ball away from Diggins. MVP honors went to Schimmel, a rookie who at the time was not starting for the Atlanta Dream and had been voted in as a starter mainly because of her huge following among her fellow Native Americans.


2014 WNBA Finals
The 2014 WNBA Finals was the playoff series for the 2014 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Phoenix Mercury, champions of the Western Conference, faced the Chicago Sky, champions of the Eastern Conference.


2014 WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals were under a 2–2–1 rotation. The Mercury held home-court advantage as they had a better regular season record (29–5) than the Sky (15–19). The Mercury swept the Sky in three games to win their third title in franchise history.


2014 WNBA Finals, Background, Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky finished 15–19, good for fourth place in the Eastern Conference. The Sky defeated the Atlanta Dream in three games, setting up a conference final against the Indiana Fever. Chicago lost the first game of the series, but rallied to win two straight to reach the finals for the first time in franchise history.


2014 WNBA Finals, Background, Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury finished with the best record in the WNBA, finishing with a 29–5 record. The Mercury swept the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Sparks in the conference semifinals, and defeated the Minnesota Lynx in the Western Conference Finals in three games.


2014 WNBA Playoffs
The 2014 WNBA playoffs was the postseason for the 2014 WNBA season. Four teams from each of the league's two conferences qualified for the playoffs, seeded 1 to 4 in a tournament bracket, with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format, and the final in a best-of-five format.


2014 WNBA Playoffs
The Phoenix Mercury won the 2014 WNBA Finals, sweeping the Chicago Sky in three games. The Mercury defeated the Los Angeles Sparks in the conference semifinals before defeating the Minnesota Lynx in the Western Conference Finals. The Mercury lost only one game in the entire playoffs.


2014 WNBA Playoffs
The Chicago Sky attempted to complete a cinderella run by upsetting the Atlanta Dream in the conference semifinals and by upsetting the Indiana Fever in the Eastern Conference Finals, both in three games. However, the Sky were unable to complete their historic playoff run, as the Mercury won their third WNBA championship title.


2014 WNBA draft
The 2014 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 14, 2014 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.


2014 WNBA draft, Draft lottery
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on December 10, 2013. The draft lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).


2014 WNBA draft, Draft lottery
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2014 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:


2014 WNBA draft, Invited players
The WNBA announced on April 10, 2014 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.


2014 WNBA season
The 2014 WNBA season was the 18th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season started in May and concluded in September to accommodate the 2014 Women's World Championship.


2014 WNBA season, TV and Internet coverage
Games aired on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and NBA TV. The Washington Mystics made history in May 2014 when they debuted Kiswe Mobile's Mystics Live and became the first U.S. professional sports team to stream live games within the venue via a mobile application.


2014 WNBA season, 2014 WNBA Draft
On December 12, 2013, the 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery took place. The Connecticut Sun, who had a league-worst record of 10-24 last season, won the draft lottery and had the right to pick first in the 2014 draft. In the draft, held on April 14, the Sun made Chiney Ogwumike of Stanford University the top pick.


2014 WNBA season, Regular season
The timing of the 2014 WNBA schedule and the draft were not finalized at its normal timeframe, as the league and players were negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement during the 2013 season. The previous agreement expired during the 2013 WNBA Finals and a new CBA was reached on February 17, 2014.


2014 WNBA season, Regular season
On February 6, 2014, the 2014 regular season schedule was announced. The regular season schedule began on May 16 and concluded on August 17.


2014 WNBA season, Regular season
It was announced on January 22 that the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game would take place on July 19 at 3:00 PM EDT in Phoenix, Arizona.


2014 WNBL Finals
The 2014 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2013–14 season. The Bendigo Spirit were the defending champions and they successfully defended their title by defeating the Townsville Fire.


2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2014 was the 23rd edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from June 16 to 27, 2014 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the fifth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.


2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Dutch Niels Feijen defeated Austria's Albin Ouschan in the final, winning 13–10. Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann would lose in the round of 64, to Marco Teutscher.


2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament format
The tournament was attended by 128 players. In the preliminary round was played in the double elimination tournament system. Winners of these games would qualify for the final round, which is played in the knockout system.


2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Brackets, Preliminary Round
The preliminary round was played between the 21–24 June 2014.


2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Brackets, Preliminary Round
The following players won one game in the double-elimination round, and were classified as finishing between 65 and 96.


2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Brackets, Preliminary Round
The following players lost twice and won no matches in the double-elimination round, and were classified 97-128.


2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Brackets, Final Round
The knockout round was played between the 25–27 June 2014.


2014 WPSL season
The 2014 Women's Premier Soccer League season is the 18th season of the WPSL. A total of 72 clubs across 7 conferences and 12 divisions participated in the season. The Houston Aces made it to their second consecutive WPSL final, but again lost by one goal to a Pac-South team, this time Beach Futbol Club. Beach FC's 16-0 season in a WPSL record, surpassing the 14-0 record set by Ajax America Women in 2007.


2014 WSA World Series
The WSA World Series 2014 is a series of women's squash tournaments which are part of the Women's Squash Association (WSA) World Tour for the 2014 squash season. The WSA World Series tournaments are some of the most prestigious events on the women's tour. Nicol David won the 2014 WSA World Series followed by Raneem El Weleily and Laura Massaro.


2014 WSA World Series, WSA World Series Ranking Points
WSA World Series events also have a separate World Series ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Series event.


2014 WSA World Tour
The WSA World Tour is the international squash tour and organized circuit, organized by the Women's Squash Association (WSA) for the 2014 squash season. The most important tournaments in the series are the World Championship, the US Open and the British Open. The tour features three categories of regular events, the World Series, which features the highest prize money and the best fields, and Gold and Silver tournaments. Players performances in the tour are rated by the WSA World Rankings. The Male equivalent is the PSA World Tour.


2014 WSA World Tour, 2014 Calendar
The Women's Squash Association organises the WSA World Tour, the female equivalent of the PSA World Tour Listed below are the most important events on the tour.


2014 WSA World Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WSA World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2014 season:


2014 WSBL season
The 2014 WSBL season was the 26th season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 14 March and ended on Saturday 26 July. The finals began on Saturday 2 August and ended on Friday 29 August, when the Rockingham Flames defeated the Lakeside Lightning in the WSBL Grand Final.


2014 WSBL season, Regular season
The regular season began on Friday 14 March and ended on Saturday 26 July after 20 rounds of competition.


2014 WSBL season, Finals
The finals began on Saturday 2 August and ended on Friday 29 August with the WSBL Grand Final.


2014 WTA 125K series
The WTA 125K series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2014 WTA 125K series calendar consists of five tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000. After 2013, both the Cali, and Nanjing events folded, with Nanjing being replaced by a tournament in Nanchang, and a new event starting in Limoges, France.


2014 WTA 125K series, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2014 WTA 125K series, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2014 WTA Awards
The 2014 WTA Awards are a series of awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have achieved something remarkable during the 2014 WTA Tour.


2014 WTA Awards, The awards
These awards are decided by either the media, the players, the association, or the fans. Nominees were announced by the WTA's Twitter account.


2014 WTA Finals
The 2014 WTA Finals was a women's tennis tournament in Singapore from October 17 to October 26, 2014, and was the 44th edition of the singles event and the 39th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams. It was the Championships of 2014 WTA Tour.


2014 WTA Finals, Tournament
The 2014 WTA Finals happened at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from 17 October to 26 October 2014, and is the 44th edition of the event. The tournament is run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2014 WTA Tour. Singapore is now the ninth city to host the WTA Finals since its inauguration in 1972 and will host the event for at least five years. The event will also hold two exhibition tournaments, WTA Rising Stars Invitational and the WTA Legends Event.


2014 WTA Finals, Tournament
The inaugural 2014 WTA Rising Stars Invitational will be held during the WTA Finals from October 17–21, 2014. Four singles players age 23 or under were chosen by fan vote from qualifying nominees, two from the Asia-Pacific region and two from the Rest of World region, will participate in Singapore: Zarina Diyas and Zheng Saisai, Asia-Pacific region; Monica Puig and Shelby Rogers, Rest of World region.


2014 WTA Finals, Tournament, Qualifying
In singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included. In doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or Premier-level tournaments.


2014 WTA Finals, Tournament, Format
The singles event features eight players in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other three players in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group meets the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.


2014 WTA Finals, Tournament, Format, Round robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:


2014 WTA Finals, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the BNP Paribas 2014 WTA Finals was US$6,500,000.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 5 September, Serena Williams became the first player to qualify for the Championships.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Following her 2013 season, Serena Williams won her 58th title in Brisbane, defeating the world no.2, Victoria Azarenka, in the final. She injured her back at the Australian Open and lost in the fourth round to Ana Ivanovic in three sets. She returned to competition in Dubai Tennis Championships but lost in the semifinals to Alizé Cornet. She successfully defended her Miami title, after defeating Li Na in the final. She lost in the second round of Charleston to Jana Čepelová and withdrew before her quarterfinals match in Madrid before defending her Rome title, defeating Sara Errani in the final. Coming as the defending champion of the French Open, she lost in the second round to Garbiñe Muguruza 2–6, 2–6, in her most lopsided slam loss in her career.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Following her disappointing loss in Paris, Williams returned to Wimbledon as the top seed. She reached the third round before losing to Cornet in three sets. She appeared sick in her following doubles match. She made a return in Bank of the West Classic where she won the title by defeating Angelique Kerber in the final. The following week, she lost to sister Venus for the first time since 2009 in the semifinals of Rogers Cup.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She won her 62nd title the following week in Cincinnati, beating Ivanovic in the final, this marks her third time winning the US Open Series. After her disappointing results in the Major tournaments this year, she made the final of the US Open, where she qualified for the WTA Finals. In the final, she defeated Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets, thus winning her 18th Major singles title, tying the records of Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 9 September, Maria Sharapova became the second player to qualify for the championships.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
After prematurely ending her 2013 season due to an injury, Maria Sharapova began 2014 at the 2014 Brisbane International where she lost to top seed Serena Williams in the semifinals. Then, she travelled to Melbourne to play the Australian Open as the 3rd seed, she managed to reach the 4th round where she lost to Slovak and eventual finalist Dominika Cibulková. In February, Sharapova played the Paris indoors tournament as the top seed, she lost to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinals. Sharapova kicked off her North American hardcourt season at Indian Wells as the defending champion.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
However, she was upset by Camila Giorgi in the third round in three sets. At the Sony Open Tennis, Sharapova lost to Serena in the semifinals again. During the clay court season, Sharapova enjoyed major success. She defended her title at Stuttgart defeating Ana Ivanovic in the final in a three-setter and won the Mutua Madrid Open, outplaying Simona Halep in three sets as well.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She suffered her only loss on clay in 2014 at Rome when she fell to Ivanovic in the third round but she bounced back at the French Open by collecting her 5th Grand Slam title when she defeated Halep again in a match lasting over 3 hours, the second longest women's Grand Slam final in history. Sharapova suffered a fourth round loss at Wimbledon to Angelique Kerber. Sharapova began her 2014 US Open Series campaign at the Rogers Cup losing to Spaniard Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
The following week at Western & Southern Open, she reached the semifinals before succumbing to Ivanovic again in three sets. At the US Open, Sharapova, seeded 5th, lost in the fourth round to Caroline Wozniacki. Sharapova won her first hard court title since Indian Wells 2013 at the China Open defeating Petra Kvitová in the final in three set.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 15 September, Simona Halep was announced as the third qualifier for the Championships.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Simona Halep enjoyed a breakthrough in 2013 where she won her first six WTA titles. She kicked off the 2014 season at the 2014 Brisbane International, she fell to Madison Keys in round 1. At the 2014 Australian Open, she reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal but lost to Dominika Cibulková. She then won the biggest title of her career at the 2014 Qatar Total Open in Doha when she defeated Angelique Kerber in the final. She then reached the semifinals at Indian Wells, losing to Agnieszka Radwańska.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She reached the final at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open where she lost to Maria Sharapova in three sets. She bounced back at the 2014 French Open where she reached the final, her first grand slam final. She faced Sharapova and lost once again in tough three sets. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she reached the semifinals, where she lost to Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets. Playing in front of her home crowd, Halep was impressive when she defeated 2nd seed Roberta Vinci in the final of the inaugural BRD Bucharest Open.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
After reaching her career high ranking of number 2, she played the Western & Southern Open but once again lost to Sharapova in the quarterfinals. At the 2014 US Open, Simona was one of the heavy favourites to make it to the final. She won her first two matches over Danielle Collins and Jana Čepelová but fell to a resurging Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in the third round.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 27 September, Petra Kvitová was announced as the fourth qualifier after winning the inaugural Wuhan Open.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Petra Kvitová had a resurgence after a disappointing 2013 and early 2014. She started the season at the Hopman Cup, playing with Radek Štěpánek where they fell in the group stage. After making the semifinals in Sydney, she experienced a huge upset against Luksika Kumkhum in the first round of the Australian Open. She then made the quarterfinals in Doha, the fourth round in Indian Wells and the quarterfinals in Miami. During the clay court season, Kvitová lost to Simona Halep in the semifinals of Madrid and then fell in her opener in Rome.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the French Open, Kvitová lost a tight three-setter against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round. Kvitová then won her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, where she defeated Eugenie Bouchard in the final in 55 minutes with the loss of just three games, making it one of the most lopsided Grand Slam finals in history. After a couple of early losses in Montreal and Cincinnati, she picked up her second title of the year in New Haven but was then handed an upset by Serbian youngster Aleksandra Krunić in the third round of the US Open. Kvitová bounced back with a strong performance during the Asian swing, winning the inaugural Wuhan Open where she beat Bouchard in the final, and then finishing runner-up to Maria Sharapova at the China Open.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 2 October, the last four remaining spots were filled by Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwańska, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki. All four players qualified after Angelique Kerber and Ekaterina Makarova exit in their respective third round matches at the China Open and Li Na's retirement from tennis.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Eugenie Bouchard made a breakthrough in 2014 entering the top 10 for the first time. At the first slam of the year at the Australian Open, she got to the second week for the first time and further reaching the semifinals losing to eventual champion Li Na, being the first Canadian since 1984 to reach the semifinals of a slam. She then won her first WTA title at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final. She followed it up with her second slam semifinal at the French Open losing to eventual champion Maria Sharapova.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At Wimbledon, Bouchard did even better reaching her first slam final defeating Simona Halep in the semifinals but losing to Petra Kvitová in less than an hour in one of the most lopsided slam finals in history. Bouchard loss back-to-back opening matches at the Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open in three sets. She suffered her first loss in the year before the semifinals of a slam at the US Open at the fourth round to Ekaterina Makarova. At the Asian swing she reached her first Premier 5 final at the inaugural Wuhan Open, once again losing to Kvitová.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska didn't have the same success she had in 2012 and 2013, enduring a decline in form with inconsistent results. She failed to defend her title at the Sydney International losing in the second round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. However, she reached her first Australian Open semifinal upsetting two-time defending champion, Victoria Azarenka in the Quarterfinals before losing to Dominika Cibulková. She then reached the semifinals of the Qatar Total Open losing to Simona Halep.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
The Pole then went on to reach her first Indian Wells final before losing to Flavia Pennetta who had defeated World No. 2 and reigning Australian Open Champion, Li Na. She returned to her home country to play at the BNP Paribas Katowice Open but lost in the semifinals to Alizé Cornet. She was also a semifinalist at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open losing to eventual champion Maria Sharapova once again. She couldn't consolidate those strong showings at the 2014 French Open, losing in the third round to Ajla Tomljanovic.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She also lost early at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, bowing out to Ekaterina Makarova in the fourth round. She did however win her first title of the season at the 2014 Rogers Cup defeating Venus Williams in the final. At the last grand slam of the season the US Open, she lost in the second round to eventual semifinalist, Peng Shuai.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Ana Ivanovic had a resurgence in 2014, returning to the top 10 for the first time since 2009. She began the season with a title at the ASB Classic defeating Venus Williams, this is her first title in over 2 years. She followed it up with a quarterfinal showing at the Australian Open defeating world no. 1 Serena Williams before losing to Eugenie Bouchard. She then won her second title of the year at the Monterrey Open defeating compatriot Jovana Jakšić in the first all-Serbian final.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She suffered her first loss in a final of the year at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix to two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova. At the French Open, she lost to Lucie Šafářová in the third round, marking her 5th consecutive loss to the Czech. She bounced back at the Aegon Classic defeating Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in straight set for her third title of the year. However, she made another early exit at a slam, losing in the third round of Wimbledon to Sabine Lisicki.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She reached her biggest final since 2009 BNP Paribas Open, at the Western & Southern Open, beating Sharapova in semifinal, but losing  to Serena Williams in straight sets In final. At the final slam the US Open, she suffered another early defeat to Karolína Plíšková. She won her fourth title of the year at the Toray Pan Pacific Open defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final. This marks the most titles she has won in a single year. She also reached the semifinals of the China Open losing to Maria Sharapova.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Caroline Wozniacki had a strong resurgence after a disappointing first half of the season. Her best results from the first half  were the semifinals at the Dubai Tennis Championships losing to Venus Williams, the quarterfinals at the Sony Open losing to Li Na and the semifinals at the Monterrey Open losing to Ana Ivanovic. After losing in the first round at the French Open to Yanina Wickmayer, Wozniacki reached the semifinals at the Aegon International losing to Angelique Kerber. She then lost in the fourth round at Wimbledon to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She won her first title at the İstanbul Cup beating Roberta Vinci in the final. She followed that win with a quarterfinal appearance at the Rogers Cup and a semifinal appearance at the Western & Southern Open losing in both to Serena Williams. Then at the US Open she beat Maria Sharapova in the fourth round where she would eventually reach her second US Open final losing again to Serena Williams. She then reached the final at the Toray Pan Pacific Open losing to Ana Ivanovic. She also reached the semifinals at the Wuhan Open losing to Eugenie Bouchard.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
The first alternate of the tour finals was Angelique Kerber. She reached four finals in the year, but lost in all of them. Her biggest final was at the Premier 5 event of the Qatar Total Open losing to Simona Halep in straight sets. She also reached three other Premier 470 events at the Apia International Sydney, Aegon International and Bank of the West Classic losing to Tsvetana Pironkova, Madison Keys and Serena Williams, respectively. She also reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. The second alternate spot was taken by Ekaterina Makarova.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
This is the Russians first trip to the tour finals as a singles player, she made her first slam semifinals at the US Open losing to world no. 1 Serena Williams in straight sets. She also reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. She won her lone title of the year at the PTT Pattaya Open defeating Karolína Plíšková in two tight sets.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
On 11 July, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were announced as the first team to qualify for the Championships.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci recaptured their form in 2014, reclaiming the world no. 1 ranking. They were able to reach three slams finals winning two of them, they were able to defend their Australian Open title defeating Russians Makarova & Vesnina and completed the career grand slam by winning Wimbledon over Babos& Mladenovic, thus becoming only the fifth pairing to complete the career grand slam. They also reached the final of the French Open for the third time in a row but fell to the Asian pairing of Hsieh & Peng.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
The Italian duo also captured three more titles, the Mutua Madrid Open over the local pairing of Muguruza & Suárez Navarro, and at the Rogers Cup and Porsche Tennis Grand Prix both over Black & Mirza. They also reached two other finals but lost, at the Apia International Sydney to Babos & Šafářová and at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Peschke & Srebotnik.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
On 10 September, Hsieh Su-wei & Peng Shuai and Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina became the second and third team to qualify for the Championships.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei & Peng Shuai, champions of the previous year, became the top team of the year both becoming number 1's in doubles. They claimed their first title of the year at the Qatar Total Open by defeating the pairing of Peschke & Srebotnik in straight sets. They followed it up with a title at the BNP Paribas Open over Black & Mirza. They won their final title of the year at the French Open defeating Errani & Vinci, their second slam title as a team and as individuals. Hsieh and Peng announced after the US Open that they are ending their partnership after 2014.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina became runners-up on their first Tour Championships in 2013. In the next season they reached three finals, the latest of which, the US Open, they won over Hingis & Pennetta; it was the pair's second Grand Slam title in their career. The Russians also reached the finals of the Australian Open losing to Errani & Vinci and the Miami Masters losing to Hingis & Lisicki.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
On September 22, after winning the Toray Pan Pacific Open, the team of Zimbabwe's Cara Black and India's Sania Mirza was announced as the fourth qualifier.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Cara Black & Sania Mirza paired up at the last quarter of the 2013 season. The pairing reached six finals in the year, but only won two of them, the first being at the Portugal Open defeating Hrdinová & Solovyeva and the second one at the Toray Pan Pacific Open defeating Muguruza & Suárez Navarro. They lost at the BNP Paribas Open to Hsieh & Peng, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and Rogers Cup to the Italian duo of Errani & Vinci, and the China Open to Hlaváčková & Peng. Mirza also reached two Mixed Doubles final, winning the US Open with Bruno Soares defeating Spears & González and losing the Australian Open with Horia Tecău to Mladenovic & Nestor


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
On 25 September, the American pair Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears qualified for the Championships.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears, partners since late 2011 had their best season, it began by reaching their first slam semifinal at the Australian Open. They also won two title in the year, their biggest title coming at the Western & Southern Open defeating Babos & Mladenovic. They also won the Aegon Classic, their first grass title defeating Australians Barty & Dellacqua. Spears also reached the final of the US Open Mixed Doubles with Santiago González losing to Mirza & Soares


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
On 2 October, Peschke and Srebotnik became the sixth team to be qualified.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Květa Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik who resumed their partnership are participating in the tour finals for the fifth time together. The pair reached two finals in the year and went one-to-one, winning the Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating Italians Errani & Vinci and losing at the Qatar Total Open to the Asian pairing of Hsieh & Peng. Peschke also won the title at the Open GDF Suez with Anna-Lena Grönefeld defeating Babos & Mladenovic.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
On 5 October, Garbiñe Muguruza & Carla Suárez Navarro became the seventh pair in the finals.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Garbiñe Muguruza & Carla Suárez Navarro are one of the youngest formed teams to be qualified for the Championships. They were able capture their first title as a team at the Bank of the West Classic defeating Kania & Siniakova. They also reached two other finals but lost, at the Mutua Madrid Open to Errani & Vinci and at the Toray Pan Pacific Open to Black & Mirza. They also reached the semifinals of the French Open. Mugurza also won another title at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem with Oprandi defeating Piter & Zanevska.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
On October 12, after winning the Tianjin Open, Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova claimed the final spot.


2014 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles
Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova became a stable duo since September 2013. They won three titles out of four finals; although those were International or Premier tournaments, the pair also showed fine results in the major tournaments, including reaching the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, or the semifinals of the China Open. For both players, the 2014 season was one of their best in their tennis career.


2014 WTA Finals, Groupings
The 2014 edition of the year–end finals will feature four current or former World number ones, four Grand Slam champions and four Grand Slam finalists. The competitors were divided into two groups representing the colors of the flag of Singapore.


2014 WTA Finals, Groupings
In the red group, their respective all-time head-to-head records in their group, no. 1 seed Serena Williams was 11–1, no. 4 seed Simona Halep was 3–5, no.5 seed Eugenie Bouchard was 3–2, and no. 7 seed Ana Ivanovic was 2–11. Williams has an almost perfect record in her group. She is 3-0 against Halep, with their last meeting being a straight sets victory for Williams at the 2013 Western & Southern Open. Against Bouchard, Williams is 1-0, winning their only match against each other in three sets at the 2013 Western & Southern Open.


2014 WTA Finals, Groupings
In her match-up with Ivanovic, Williams leads 7-1, with her only loss to the Serbian coming at the 2014 Australian Open. However, the American has won the last three matches, including the most recent at the 2014 Western & Southern Open. Halep and Bouchard split their two meetings against each other, both coming this year, with Bouchard winning their most recent match at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Halep leads her head to head with Ivanovic 2-1, including winning the last time they met at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open. In the final match-up in the group, Bouchard leads Ivanovic 2-0, which includes their most recent meeting at the 2014 Australian Open.


2014 WTA Finals, Groupings
In the white group, their respective all-time head-to-head records in their group, no. 2 seed Maria Sharapova was 21-7, no.3 seed Petra Kvitová was 11-11, no. 6 seed Agnieszka Radwańska was 7-21 and no. 8 seed Caroline Wozniacki was 13-13. Sharapova is 6-2 against Kvitová, winning the last five, including most recently at the 2014 China Open. Against Radwańska, Sharapova is 10-2, winning their last three meetings, the most recent being a straight sets victory at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open.


2014 WTA Finals, Groupings
Sharapova also leads her head to head with Wozniacki 5-3, however Wozniacki won their last meeting in three sets at the 2014 US Open. Kvitová leads her match-up with Radwańska 5-1, with the Czech winning the last time the two played at the 2013 WTA Tour Championships. Kvitová and Wozniacki are tied in their head to head at 4-4, the Dane winning their last meeting at the 2013 Western & Southern Open. In the final head to head, Wozniacki leads Radwańska 6-4, including a straight sets victory in only encounter this year at the 2014 Western & Southern Open.


2014 WTA Finals, Player head-to-head
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.


2014 WTA Finals, Race to the Finals, Singles
Players with a gold background have enough points to qualify, and players with a blue background can play as alternates (if qualified players withdrew or retiredfrom the Championships). A brown background means a player retired from professional tennis.


2014 WTA Finals, Race to the Finals, Doubles
Teams with a gold background have enough points to qualify.


2014 WTA Finals – Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but lost to Cara Black and Sania Mirza 1–6, 0–6 in the final.


2014 WTA Finals – Singles
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams successfully defended her title by beating Simona Halep in the final, 6–3, 6–0.


2014 WTA Finals – Singles
Halep and Eugenie Bouchard made their debuts at the event.


2014 WTA Finals – Singles
Williams became the third female player to win three consecutive WTA Tour Championships singles titles, and the first since Monica Seles in 1992. During the tournament, Williams sealed her second consecutive and fourth overall year-end World No. 1 Ranking. She became the first woman to hold the No. 1 ranking for the entire calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1996.


2014 WTA Finals – Singles
For the first time since 2004 and just the second time ever, a player with a 2–1 round robin record failed to reach the semifinals. This was Ana Ivanovic, who would have reached the semifinal had she defeated Halep in straight sets in her last round robin match.


2014 WTA Premier tournaments
The 2014 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2014 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.


2014 WTA Shenzhen Open
The 2014 Shenzhen Open (known as 2014 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Shenzhen Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 29 December 2013 to 5 January 2014.


2014 WTA Shenzhen Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


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


2014 WTA Shenzhen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


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


2014 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were the defending champions but Chan Hao-ching chose not to participate. Chan Yung-jan partnered with Janette Husárová, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Johanna Konta and Patricia Mayr-Achleitner. Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová won the title, defeating Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final, 6-3, 6-4.


2014 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles
First-seeded Li Na was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Peng Shuai in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2014 WTA Tour
The 2014 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2014 tennis season. The 2014 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tournament of Champions). Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.


2014 WTA Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2014 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2014 WTA Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2014 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.


2014 WTA Tour, Statistical information
The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2014 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2014 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2014 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Top 10 entry
The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:


2014 WTA Tour, WTA rankings
These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players at the current date of the 2014 season. Players with a gold background qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.


2014 WTA Tour, Prize money leaders
Serena Williams lead for the 2nd consecutive year, and 5th overall, with the second highest single-season earnings. Also for the second consecutive season, top-25 players earned over $1,000,000.The top-37 players earned over $1,000,000. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci each made $1,001,168 by playing in doubles tournaments. It was the 1st time in WTA Tour history a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.


2014 WTA Tour, Points distribution
The points distribution was modified for the 2014 season. Main draw rounds usually give a little less points, but there is no change for the champion (W). Points for qualifying rounds (Q) have changed in both directions depending on the tournament category. Points earned in 2013 retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks.


2014 WTA Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2014 season:


2014 WTA Tour, Comebacks
Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2014 WTA Tour season:


2014 WTA Tour, Awards
The winners of the 2014 WTA Awards were announced throughout the last two weeks of November.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack
On 2 November 2014, a suicide bombing took place at Wagah border following the daily border ceremony in Pakistan. The attack was claimed by three rival militant groups.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack
At midnight of 9 January 2015, the FIA team led by special agents reportedly hunted and killed the mastermind of the attack in a police encounter which took place in Lahore. The Pakistan government officials confirmed the veracity of the reports.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Background
A daily ceremonial closing of the border between India and Pakistan takes place at the Wagah border with tourists sitting on the respective sides of the border observing.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Background, Warning
According to an unnamed official, the American and Pakistan intelligence communities had prior knowledge of such attack and had been alerted about the mode of a possible attack at the Wagah border. They were informed about a missing young boy who might be used as a would-be suicide bomber. The commissioner police Captain (retired) Amin Waince said the CID police had conveyed the threat about possible suicide attack to the Rangers at Wagah Border on 1 November.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Bombing
The bomb blast occurred outside a restaurant in a parking area near a Pakistani paramilitary soldiers’ checkpoint. Up to 25 kg (55 lb) of explosive material was used in the blast. Footage showed destroyed shops and nearby buildings at the site of the blast. Preliminary reports regarding the nature of the explosion had suggested that a gas cylinder exploded. Later on, Director General Rangers Punjab Khan Tahir Khan confirmed that the explosion was a suicide blast saying that "the parade venue is about 600 metres (2,000 ft) ahead of the blast site. Because of the strict checking, the suicide bomber detonated the bomb away from the parade venue.". The bomber was said to have detonated his explosives as close to the security checkpoint as possible seeing as he would be unable to cross into the stands where more people were seated.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Bombing
Security personnel conducted a search operation in the areas adjoining the Wagah border crossing near Lahore. They recovered a lot of explosives and suicide vests, which were defused after intelligence agencies received information regarding the presence of a 'suspicious person' in the area.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Bombing
At least 60 people were killed and over 100 people were injured. The Punjab government declared a state of emergency in all the public sector hospitals in Lahore. Victims included 10 women and eight children. Eight people from one family were also killed in the blast.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Responsibility and motive
Responsibility for the bomb blast was claimed separately by the outlawed Jundallah and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan(TTP)-affiliated Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Responsibility and motive
TTP spokesman Ahmed Marwat said via telephone that the attack was a reaction to Operation Zarb-e-Azb and Waziristan military operations.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Responsibility and motive
The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar splinter group of the banned TTP claimed responsibility for the attack as its spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, speaking to Dawn on telephone from Afghanistan, said it was carried out by one of their men. "Some other groups have claimed responsibility of this attack, but these claims are baseless. We will soon release the video of this attack. This attack is revenge for the killing of innocent people in North Waziristan," the militant group's spokesman said. Pakistan's intelligence community quickly identified the mastermind of the attack and determined the attack planned by the Roohullah— a senior terrorist operative of the TTP Lahore chapter.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Responsibility and motive, Alleged bomber
A spokesman for the militant group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Ehsanullah Ehsan, released details and photo of a man they claim carried out the suicide bombing. He told Dawn.com that 25-year-old Hanifullah alias Hamza carried out the attack.


2014 Wagah border suicide attack, Responsibility and motive, Manhunt by FIA
Since the attack took place, the FIA, IB and other law enforcement agencies had been on a massive manhunt for the mastermind of the attack, Rahooullah (alias: Asadullah). At midnight of 9 January 2015, the special agents of FIA's counterterrorism wing, aided by the Punjab Police, raided a house in Lahore. After a two-hour long gun battle, Rahooullah was reportedly gunned down in a deadly police encounter, along with his three associates.


2014 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 2014 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They were led by 34th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 7–4 overall and 5–1 in NEC play to share the conference championship with Sacred Heart. Despite the share of the conference title, they did not receive the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and did not receive an at-large bid.


2014 Wagner Seahawks football team
On November 24, Hamline retired. He finished at Wagner with a 34-year record of 223–139–2.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dave Clawson, who was coaching his first season at the school, and play its home games at BB&T Field. Wake Forest competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference as part of the Atlantic Division, as they have since the league's inception in 1953. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Division.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe
2nd meeting. 0–1 all time. Last meeting 2013, 21-19 Warhawks in Winston-Salem.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Gardner-Webb
2nd meeting. 1–0 all time. Last meeting 2011, 48-5 Deacons in Winston-Salem.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Army
14th meeting. 9–4 all time. Last meeting 2013, 25-11 Deacons in West Point.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Louisville
2nd meeting. 0–1 all time. Last meeting 2007 Orange Bowl, 24-13 Cardinals in Miami Gardens.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Florida State
33rd meeting. 6–25–1 all time. Last meeting 2013, 59-3 Seminoles in Winston-Salem.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
4th meeting. 1–2 all time. Last meeting 2013, 13-0 Orange in Syracuse.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Boston College
22nd meeting. 8–11–2 all time. Last meeting 2013, 24-10 Eagles in Chestnut Hill.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Clemson
80th meeting. 17–61–1 all time. Last meeting 2013, 56-7 Tigers in Clemson.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, NC State
108th meeting. 38–63–6 all time. Last meeting 2013, 28-13 Deacons in Winston-Salem.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
37th meeting. 11–24–1 all time. Last meeting 2011, 38-17 Hokies in Winston-Salem.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Duke
95th meeting. 37–55–2 all time. Last meeting 2013, 28-21 Blue Devils in Winston-Salem.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team
The 2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team will be the college's 35th season of playing organized men's college soccer, and their 35th season playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Roster
As of 2014: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
The 2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections were held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.


2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Council Make-up
The make up of the Council following the election was:


2014 Wales Rally GB
The 70th Wales Rally of Great Britain was the thirteenth and final round of the 2014 World Rally Championship, held from 13 to 16 November, 2014. The rally was won by Sébastien Ogier in his eighth victory of the season, after winning the championship at the previous rally.


2014 Wales Rally GB, Results, Power Stage
The "Power Stage" was a 10.81 km (6.72 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
In June 2014, Wales toured South Africa, playing a 2-test series against the Springboks. In addition to the two Test matches, Wales also played a warm-up uncapped match against domestic club side  Eastern Province Kings. The three matches coincided with the June International Window, playing in the second and third week of the window.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
Wales entered the test series on the back of 14 consecutive losses to South Africa; the last time Wales won against South Africa was in June 1999, the only time Wales have beaten South Africa. Wales were on 16 consecutive losses to the Southern Hemisphere greats, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with the last time they beat a Southern Hemisphere great was in November 2008, and have not won an away match to the Southern Hemisphere greats since 1969.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
The 14 consecutive losses to South Africa were extended to 16, while the 16 consecutive losses to the Southern Hemisphere greats were extended to 18 following a 2–0 series defeat. The only win of the tour came in the un-capped match against the  Eastern Province Kings, 34–12. During the test series, Wales and South Africa contested the Prince William Cup, which South Africa retained with the series victory. It was the seventh time South Africa won the trophy to Wales' zero.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Matches, Eastern Province Kings
Touch judges:Christie du Preez (South Africa)Rodney Boneparte (South Africa)Television match official:Jason Jaftha (South Africa)


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Matches, First test
Touch judges:Steve Walsh (Australia)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:Vinny Munro (New Zealand)


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Matches, Second test
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)Television match official:Glenn Newman (New Zealand)


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, Wales
Pre tour, the Welsh Rugby Union announced that on 30 May, a Wales senior trial match would take place at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, the first of its kind in 14 years. It was the final chance to impress the Wales management ahead of the tour to South Africa. The failure of the Welsh regions to qualify for the 2013–14 Pro12 play-offs, meant for many of the players, there would be a five-week gap between the end of the season and the first Test.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, Wales
The teams were announced on 13 May, with the Probables Squad be coached by Rob Howley, and the Possibles Squad being coach by Robin McBryde. However, English based players were not released by the Aviva Premiership clubs as the match fell outside the international window, and the clubs do not have to release players according to the IRB regulations. This meant, the trail teams were made up solely of Welsh-based players and French based players released by their clubs.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, Wales, Trial match
Touch judges:Sean Brickell (Wales)Greg Morgan (Wales)Television match official:Tim Hayes (Wales)


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, Wales, Trial match
Note: Players in Bold denotes players that are internationally capped.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, Wales, Touring squad
Head coach Warren Gatland named a 32-man squad following the trial match, for the 2-test series against South Africa. It included 19 players from the Probables squad, 10 players from the Possibles squad and 3 players that did not feature in the trial match.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, Wales, Touring squad
Note: Caps and ages are to pre first test match - 14 June 2014.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, South Africa
On 31 May, coach Heyneke Meyer named a 36-man squad for the 2-test series against Wales, and the single test match against Scotland, plus the uncapped match against a World XV side.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, South Africa
On 2 June, Damian de Allende was withdrawn from the squad due to injury. He was replaced by Marnitz Boshoff.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, South Africa
On 8 June, Trevor Nyakane was added to the squad to provide further cover in his respective position.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, South Africa
Note: Caps and ages are to pre first test match - 14 June 2014.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, South Africa
The following players were considered for selection, but not chosen due to injury or suspension.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, Squads, South Africa
Note: ‡ denotes players who are centrally contracted to the South African Rugby Union.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, South African warm-up match
On 7 June, South Africa played an uncapped warm-up match against a World XV in Cape Town, in the lead up to the Welsh series.


2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa, South African warm-up match
Touch judges:Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)Quinton Immelman (South Africa)Television match official:Deon van Blommestein (South Africa)


2014 Wales summit
The 2014 Wales Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the NATO countries, held in Newport, Wales on 4 and 5 September 2014. Such summits are sporadically held, and allow leaders and officials from NATO Allies to discuss current issues of mutual concern and to plan strategic activities. The 2014 summit has been described by US Navy Admiral James G. Stavridis as the most important since the fall of the Berlin Wall.


2014 Wales summit, Background
The summit was hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron. Attendees included Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.


2014 Wales summit, Background
There were another 180 VIPs, and 4,000 delegates and officials from approximately 60 countries.


2014 Wales summit, Background
The official logo for the summit included a panel with four quadrants, each bearing a stylised symbol of Newport or Wales: a Celtic knot, the Welsh Dragon, Newport Transporter Bridge and a Welsh castle. The entrance to the venue was fronted by a full-scale replica of a Eurofighter Typhoon.


2014 Wales summit, Agenda
World leaders met at the Celtic Manor, and informally at other locales in and around Cardiff. They discussed ongoing events in the world, such as terrorism, cyberwarfare, and other areas of national security interest to the member states.


2014 Wales summit, Agenda
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a joint discussion with EU big four leaders and US President Barack Obama before the official start of the Summit, to discuss the crisis with Russia.


2014 Wales summit, Outcomes
The following declarations and agreements were made at the Summit:


2014 Wales summit, Outcomes
At the end of the summit Ukrainian President Poroshenko announced a ceasefire which had been agreed with one of the leading pro-Russia separatist leaders, under terms proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which was cautiously welcomed by NATO leaders.


2014 Wales summit, Outcomes
For the first time, the Allies formally pledged to aim to move towards what had previously been an informal guideline of spending 2% of their gross domestic products on defense, and 20% of that on new equipment. For countries which spend less than 2% they agreed upon that these countries "aim to move towards the 2% guideline within a decade". In 2015, five of its 28 members met that goal.


2014 Wales summit, Outcomes
At the beginning of 2018, eight of the 29 members either were meeting the target or were close to it; six others had laid out plans to reach the target by 2024 as promised; and Norway and Denmark had unveiled plans to substantially boost defense spending (including Norway's planned purchase 52 new F-35 fighter jets).


2014 Wales summit, Outcomes
Further outcomes were the development of the Readiness Action Plan and the Defence and Related Security Capacity Building Initiative.


2014 Wales summit, Criticism
Protests, demonstrations and marches took place in Newport and Cardiff involving several hundred people, though the turnout was much lower than predicted.


2014 Wales summit, Criticism
A retired German politician, Walther Stützle, former defence secretary of state (until 2002) and former head of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (until 1991), criticised the summit agenda for its focus on military details and not political perspectives. Stützle said that the Russian Federation was not a military threat to NATO but criticised that new NATO members' policies were not détente and negotiation with the Russian Federation.


2014 Wales summit, Security
In both Newport and Cardiff, road closures and security measures, starting weeks in advance of the summit, created widespread disruption. Thirteen miles (21 km) of security fencing, 2.7 m (9 ft) high, was erected around the Newport hotel venue and 10 miles (16 km) of fencing put up around Cardiff city centre. Businesses in the vicinity of security fencing in Cardiff reported a drop in trade by up to a third. This fencing was based on, and expanded, the 'National Barrier Asset' which is held in reserve for similar events.


2014 Wales summit, Security
Security included around 9,500 specially trained police officers patrolling the streets of the two cities, military helicopters including US Osprey V22s and the Royal Navy's new £1bn Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan stationed in Cardiff Bay.


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


2014 Walsh Cup
The 2014 Bord na Móna Walsh Cup was the 52nd staging of the Walsh Cup since its establishment in 1954. Kilkenny beat Dublin by 0-24 to 1-7 to claim their 19th Walsh cup title.


2014 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic
The 2014 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic was the fifth edition of the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, a pre-season exhibition tournament held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. The 2014 edition was reportedly set to feature a field of eight teams including 5 MLS teams, two international teams, and USL Pro's Orlando City. However, the schedule was released with 6 MLS teams, one international team, and Orlando City.


2014 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic
The 2014 tournament was won by last year's runners-up, the Columbus Crew SC, who defeated the reigning MLS Cup champions Sporting Kansas City 4–1 in the final.


2014 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, Teams
The following clubs have confirmed their entry into the tournament.


2014 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, Matches
The schedule was released on the  on January 13, 2014.


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


2014 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Eligibility
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 22 May 2014 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2014 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Eligibility
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2014 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Results by ward
The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2010 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.


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


2014 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Results
The Conservatives retained control winning 41 seats (-6). Labour won 19 seats (+6).


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings
In 2014, a series of groundbreaking meetings was held between Wang Yu-chi, in his official capacity as the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of the Republic of China (ROC), and Zhang Zhijun, the Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) of the People's Republic of China (PRC).


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings
The first meeting took place in Nanjing on 11 February 2014 when Wang visited mainland China, the very first official contact between the two governments across the Taiwan Strait after the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949. The tour of Wang and his delegates lasted from 11 to 14 February in Nanjing and Shanghai.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings
On 25–28 June 2014, Zhang paid a retrospective visit to Taiwan in order to rebuild ties in the aftermath of the Sunflower Movement. It was the highest PRC government official visit to Taiwan. However, due to protests which turned violent, Zhang shortened his trip by cancelling three public appearances at the last minute.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Background
In October 2013, in a hotel lobby on the sidelines of the APEC Indonesia 2013 meetings in the Indonesian island of Bali, Wang met with Zhang Zhijun, a ground breaking historical meeting for the first time between leader of Taiwan Affairs Office and leader of Mainland Affairs Council, where the two addressed each other by each's official title. Both of them called on the establishment of a regular dialogue mechanism between their two agencies to enhance mutual understanding and facilitate cross-strait engagement. Wang was also invited by Zhang to visit mainland China.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Background
Prior to the first official meeting between Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun in Nanjing, Wang was not expected to sign any paper agreement with the Chinese mainland government as requested by the Legislative Yuan earlier on 11 January.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Background
On 12 June 2014, the MAC confirmed in a press conference of the four-day visit of Zhang Zhijun to Taiwan in end of June 2014. The TAO staff reportedly said that this trip would be conducted in the spirit of equality and dignity after Wang's visit to mainland China earlier on. It was reportedly that Zhang wishes to better understand the general perception of the Taiwanese people so that misunderstanding about mainland China can be reduced.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Background
Two days prior to Zhang's arrival in Taiwan, the MAC said that both sides would not discuss any highly sensitive political issues and would not sign any agreement or release any joint statement. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party demanded that the meeting to be conducted without any discussion about one China, one China framework and one country, two areas concepts or military mutual trust mechanism and peace treaties issues.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 11 February 2014, Departure to Nanjing
Speaking at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan before departure to Nanjing with a delegation of 20 people, Wang said that he hoped that this trip would be smooth and help to promote mutual understanding between the two sides. Upon arrival at Nanjing Lukou International Airport in Nanjing, Wang and his delegates were welcomed by Chen Yuanfeng, Deputy Director of Taiwan Affairs Office.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 11 February 2014, Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun meeting
At the Purple Palace Nanjing (Chinese: 南京紫金山庄) before shaking hand, Wang referred Zhang as "TAO Director Zhang Zhijun" and Zhang referred Wang as "Minister Wang Yu-chi" without mentioning the name Mainland Affairs Council. However, mainland China's Xinhua News Agency referred Wang as the "Responsible Official of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council" (Chinese: 台湾方面大陆委员会负责人; pinyin: Táiwān Fāngmiàn Dàlù Wěiyuánhuì Fùzé Rén) in its Chinese-language news or as the "Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Chief" in its English-language news.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 11 February 2014, Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun meeting
Upon meeting with Zhang which began at 2 p.m., both of them agreed on establishing a direct and regular communication channel between the two sides for future engagement under the 1992 Consensus. They also agreed on finding a solution for health insurance coverage aiming towards Taiwanese students studying in the mainland, on pragmatically establishing Straits Exchange Foundation and Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits offices in each other's territory and on studying the feasibility of allowing visits to detained person once offices have been established. Zhang said that the people on both sides across the Taiwan Strait belongs to one family, while Wang invited Zhang to visit Taiwan one day.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 11 February 2014, Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun meeting
In the evening at 8:00 p.m., Wang and Zhang held a closed-door meeting which was not open to reporters. They also didn't make any public statement prior to the meeting.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 12 February 2014, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum visit
Wang and delegates started the day by visiting the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and paid tribute to Sun Yat-sen. To climb the 392 steps leading to the tomb of Sun without a stop, an equivalent to 18-story building, Wang had earlier on practice on treadmill during the Chinese New Year. At 10:10 a.m., Wang and delegates reached the Festival Hall and bowed down three times to Sun statue. The 10:10 a.m. time was chosen to coincide with the Double Ten Day, the national day of the Republic of China which marked the starting date of Wuchang Uprising in Wuchang District, Hupeh Province.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 12 February 2014, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum visit
After paying tribute, speaking at the Bo'ai Square of the mausoleum, Wang made a remark about his visit by mentioning the Three Principles of the People and Five-Power Constitution which are practiced in Taiwan. He also mentioned the name Republic of China in his speech which has already been in existence for 103 years. TAO officials deliberately avoided Wang during his speech.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 12 February 2014, Nanjing University speech
In the afternoon after his visit to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, speaking at Nanjing University to more than 200 students, Wang stressed the importance of youth exchanges in promoting the development of cross-strait relations. He called on people on both sides of the strait to keep carrying on Chinese traditional culture. He noted that there are still many differences between Taiwan and mainland China in terms of culture, society and education. He said however, as long as these differences can be treated pragmatically, more common ground and cooperation could be created. He also tactfully spoke about democracy.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 13 February 2014, Shanghai think tank meeting
After arriving in Shanghai by Maglev from Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Wang and delegates joined a think tank on cross-strait relations with 14 scholars including the President of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Wang was referred as the head of an agency of Taiwan area. Wang responded that generally in the meeting, both leaders of MAC and TAO were referred as Chairman. However, he could understand the dilemma faced by Chinese mainland people in addressing such issues and he had seen some progresses recently.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 13 February 2014, Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Television visit
After the meeting, Wang continued his trip to visit Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Television. At Shanghai Television, Wang urged the Chinese mainland government to lift bans against certain Taiwanese websites to allow Chinese mainland people to see more shows, especially regarding Taiwanese films, TV programs and pop music. Responding to Wang's remark, the Taiwan Affairs Office said that they don't rule the Internet in mainland China, but rather "manage" it according with the existing law.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China, 14 February 2014, Shanghai school for children of Taiwanese businessmen visit
Speaking in a forum at a school for children of Taiwanese businessmen in Shanghai, Wang said that his visit to Nanjing was aimed to build mutual understanding between both sides of the Taiwan Strait. He said that from his experience studying abroad, misunderstanding between people can caused by cultural differences, such that accepting differences and respecting other is something easy to understand but difficult to put into practice.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 25 June 2014, Arrival at Taiwan
Upon arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City) on an Air China flight, Zhang was welcomed by Chang Hsien-yao, Special Deputy Minister of Mainland Affairs Council. Zhang then greeted the public in Taiwanese Hokkien.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 25 June 2014, Zhang Zhijun and Wang Yu-chi meeting
Right after his arrival at the airport, Zhang met Wang at Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport located nearby the airport. During the press conference following the meeting, the spokesperson of TAO conveyed a remark saying that both sides should be committed to develop and further consolidate the political foundation to continue cross-strait exchanges in various fields despite the recent twists and turns. On the MAC side, Wang made a remark saying that Zhang had responded positively to MAC proposal to reopen negotiations on certain controversial items in the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement signed last year provided that the agreement is first put into effect.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 25 June 2014, Zhang Zhijun and Wang Yu-chi meeting
Opposition parties accused the National Security Bureau and the police of reportedly breaking into a room of the Novotel Hotel without a search warrant to expel people they suspected would protest against Zhang, saying the act was a serious violation of human rights and an abuse of power.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 25 June 2014, Meetings with academics
In the evening, Zhang held a closed-door meeting with mostly pro-reunification activists, including New Revolutionary Alliance (Chinese: 新同盟會) President Hsu Li-nong and Shih Hsin University Professor Wang Hsiao-po.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 26 June 2014, New Taipei tour and New Taipei Mayor meeting
Zhang started the day by visiting a group of veterans, mainland Chinese spouses of Taiwanese nationals and residents in Xizhi District, New Taipei City. He then continued his trip to an adult daycare in Tucheng District to have lunch with the elderly.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 26 June 2014, New Taipei tour and New Taipei Mayor meeting
In the afternoon, he met with New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu. Zhang expressed the hope for New Taipei City to continue deepen cooperation with mainland cities to create a win-win situation. Zhang added that he took New Taipei City as his first stop to learn about the construction of the city and learn the lives of the ordinary New Taipei citizens. Chu then accompanied Zhang to visit a public senior nursing center.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 26 June 2014, New Taipei tour and New Taipei Mayor meeting
After the meeting, he visited Vigor Kobo Bakery in Wugu District famous for its pineapple cakes where he sat down with several small and medium enterprises (SME) leaders accompanied by MAC Special Deputy Minister Chang Hsien-yao and Economic Development Director Yeh Hui-ching to listen and hear suggestions and ideas on promoting cross-strait economic and trade exchanges to benefit SME. In the evening, he visited a Taiwanese aborigines community in Wulai District and promised that he would do more to promote aboriginal villages in Taiwan as tourist destinations for Chinese mainland tourists visiting Taiwan. Around ten people wrapped in iron chains and ropes were arrested for trying to blockade the car of Zhang Zhijun.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 27 June 2014, Kaohsiung Mayor meeting
Zhang visited Kaohsiung by Taiwan High Speed Rail on Friday morning and met with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu at Grand Hi-lai Hotel. While not mentioning the word "democracy" explicitly, Zhang made a statement saying that Chinese mainland leaders know that Taiwanese people value their own system and that the mainland respects their choices of social system, values and way of life. Responding to Zhang's statement, Chen said that Zhang should regard all of the protests he encountered in Taiwan as "normal", as they are part of Taiwan's democratic system and that she appreciated Zhang's understanding of the situation. She also told Zhang about the anger of Taiwanese over the recent statement made by TAO spokesperson Fan Liqing that the future of Taiwan must be decided by all Chinese people, not only the Taiwanese.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 27 June 2014, I-Shou University Student meeting
At I-Shou University, Zhang, accompanied by officials from TAO and MAC, had a meeting with the chairperson of E United Group. The meeting was then followed by a gathering of 20 Taiwanese and Chinese mainland students from the university for 20 minutes followed by a lunch. Media was not allowed in the meeting. Zhang later remarked that he hopes Taiwanese students would have the opportunity to visit mainland China and see how the two sides are deeply rooted in common ancestry. He said that the mainland would like to share its economic achievements with Taiwan, rather than to swallow Taiwan's economy.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 27 June 2014, Fo Guang Shan visit
Zhang continued his trip to visit Fo Guang Shan, a famous Buddhist temple in Dashu District. Practitioners lined up from the entrance and waved flags to welcome him. The visit to this venue was the only visit in which Zhang did not encounter protesters.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 27 June 2014, Wang Yu-chi casual meeting
When Zhang arrived at a casual meeting with Wang Yu-chi at Sizihwan Sunset Beach Resort in Xiziwan, Gushan District in the evening around 8:10 pm, protesters organized by Taiwan Solidarity Union and Black Island National Youth Front greeted the motorcade by spraying white paint and throwing ghost money, shouting slogans such as "One Country on Each Side" and "Zhang Zhijun get out of here". The white paint did not hit Zhang but instead his body guards. There were at least 400 policemen and 66 special officers deployed to the site at that time.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 27 June 2014, Wang Yu-chi casual meeting
After Zhang had entered the building safely to meet Wang, MAC Deputy Minister Chang Hsien-yao appeared outside the venue in apparent anger. He criticized the council staff and demanded to speak with the police officer in charge in the insufficiency of police personnel at the site. Chang then started to order the police and SWAT to be standby the door.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 27 June 2014, Wang Yu-chi casual meeting
Zhang responded to the protest by saying such protest was normal and saying that Taiwanese society is plural with many diversity views, and that he believed that both sides of the Taiwan Strait should adhere to the path of peaceful development in cross-trait relations. Wang then told Zhang that people protesting to make their voice heard is part of the Taiwanese life, and that since he is the head of TAO, he must get used to it and understand Taiwan more, because the ROC government has been experiencing such protests everyday in life.


2014 Wang–Zhang meetings, Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan, 28 June 2014, Hui-ming Elementary School for the Blind visit and Taichung Mayor meeting
In his last day trip to Taiwan, Zhang visited the Hui-ming Elementary School for the Blind in Taichung at noon where he had a chat with Taichung Mayor Jason Hu. Zhang also delivered a short speech at the school saying that he had made a wish during his visit to Fo Guang Shan at Kaohsiung hoping that both sides of the Taiwan Strait can resolve long-term issues gradually with wisdom and familial affection and jointly make contribution to revive the Chinese nation.


2014 Wanty–Groupe Gobert season
The 2014 season for the Wanty–Groupe Gobert cycling team began in January at the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2014 Waratah Cup
The 2014 Waratah Cup was the 12th season of Football NSW's knockout competition in the state of New South Wales, Australia, which ran from 15 March to 6 July. Clubs entered from the top four divisions of the State League (including the recently established National Premier Leagues NSW), as well as teams from various other amateur Associations.


2014 Waratah Cup
The winners were Blacktown City, their 4th title (including the Statewide Cup competition).


2014 Waratah Cup
The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2014 FFA Cup. The four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2014 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32. The four losing quarter-finalists then competed in a separate playoff event to determine the remaining three qualifiers.


2014 Waratah Cup, First round
A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, comprising 9 teams from the State League Division 2, and 55 teams from other amateur Associations that successfully applied. All matches in this round were completed by 16 March 2014.


2014 Waratah Cup, Second round
A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 23 March 2014.


2014 Waratah Cup, Third round
A total of 40 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 12 Clubs from the NPL Division 2 and 12 Clubs from the State League Division 1 entered into the competition at this stage. All matches in this round were completed by 9 April 2014.


2014 Waratah Cup, Fourth round
A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues NSW entered into the competition at this stage. All matches in this round were completed by 23 April 2014.


2014 Waratah Cup, Fifth Round
A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 8 May 2014.


2014 Waratah Cup, Quarter finals
A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The four victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32. Matches in this round were played on 21 May 2014.


2014 Waratah Cup, Playoff rounds
Separate from the main fixtures of the Waratah Cup, three of the four losers of the quarter-final fixtures also took part in further matches as part of the 2014 FFA Cup Qualifiers.


2014 Waratah Cup, Playoff rounds
Sydney United 58, Hakoah Sydney City East, and Parramatta FC all qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32.


2014 Waratah Cup, Semi finals
A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 11 June 2014.


2014 Waratah Cup, Final
The 2014 Waratah Cup Final was held at the neutral venue of Lambert Park on 6 July 2014.


2014 Warrington Borough Council election
The 2014 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect 19 of the 57 members of the Warrington Borough Council in England. They formed part of the United Kingdom's local elections of 2014.


2014 Warrington Wolves season
This article details the Warrington Wolves RLFC's 2014 season. The Wolves have been present in all previous Super League seasons dating back to 1996. This year they are competing in Super League XIX and the 2014 Challenge Cup.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Preseason
Warrington played their annual Festive Derby friendly against the Widnes Vikings in late 2013, snatching a 36-32 victory in a close-fought contest. In the new year, the Wolves completed a three-week training camp in Australia, including sessions with NRL clubs Sydney Roosters, Manly Sea Eagles and Canterbury Bulldogs. They played two more friendlies upon returning to England, beating Championship side Leigh Centurions 34-20 at Leigh Sports Village and facing off against newly reformed Salford Red Devils a few days later, battling to a 14-8 victory in their first home fixture of 2014.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
The Wolves faced a challenging start to the season, with their opening three fixtures all replays of 2013 losses. History repeated itself against St Helens R.F.C. at home and Leeds Rhinos away in Rounds 1 and 2 respectively, bringing about Warrington's worst start since the 2009 season. However, a gritty 18-16 win at home to Hull F.C. followed by two consecutive away wins to 2013's bottom teams, London Broncos and Salford Red Devils got their season under way with some points on the board.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
Next came a replay of the 2013 Grand Final against the Wigan Warriors, where an error-strewn performance in wet and windy conditions led to further disappointment for the Wolves in a 12-4 loss to the reigning champions. The next round brought a visit to Huddersfield, where the Wire trailed 14-4 at half time to the Giants. However, an outstanding second half fightback and five unanswered tries secured a 33-14 Wolves win - their tenth in a row against the Huddersfield Giants in all competitions. Next up was a double fixture against Hull Kingston Rovers. Warrington successfully booked a place in the 5th Round of the 2014 Challenge Cup in their visit to the Craven Park, however five days later when they hosted the Robins at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, they lost 12-25. A modest 4 wins from the first 8 rounds of Super League.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
At home to the Widnes Vikings, Warrington put on an impressive show for the Sky cameras, securing a comprehensive 44-6 win against their local derby rivals. Despite seemingly returning to form, the following two fixtures of Super League saw the Wolves slip down the ladder with back to back away defeats in the league. Castleford Tigers, the early surprise package of 2014, ended an 8 match losing streak against the Wire in style with a 40-6 win.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
A visit to the Odsal then brought about a shock result as the struggling Bradford Bulls utterly out-enthused the Wolves in a topsy-turvy game which culminated in a 34-28 win for the Bulls. Warrington effectively bounced back from this setback however, finding a good bit of form with a new combination of Chris Bridge and Stefan Ratchford at half-back, with Richie Myler out with a shoulder injury.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
What followed was a spectacular 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions, amongst which Warrington thoroughly reasserted themselves as contenders in 2014 with impressive wins over top teams St Helens and Leeds Rhinos.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
At the end of July came a dip in form where Warrington suffered two consecutive Super League losses; for the second year running they were beaten away by their derby rivals Widnes and the following week saw the emphatic homecoming of Chris Riley (who played only one match for Warrington in 2014 before being sent on loan) whose hat-trick in Wakefield colours consolidated a 28-40 home loss and a drop to 6th in the table.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
August arrived and the Wolves travelled to Perpignan to take on the Catalans Dragons who had only lost one of their ten home games so far in the 2014 season. After an epic battle in stormy conditions - lightning striking overhead throughout the match - Warrington snatched the win by 2 points, thanks to Bridge's faultless kicking game. Upon their return to England and Challenge Cup action, Warrington for the second year running fell at the last hurdle of the race to Wembley in a 16-24 loss to the Leeds Rhinos.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
In the final four games of the regular season, the Wolves faced a string of tough games against each of what would finish the Top 5 of Super League. Firstly a Castleford side stripped down in preparation for a trip to Wembley was disposed of convincingly at the Halliwell Jones. Two weeks later Warrington took on Huddersfield and, in a fightback not quite reminiscent of the reverse fixture earlier in the season, earned a 24-all draw from 23-6 down. And with that the Wolves' ten-match winning run against the Giants became an eleven-match unbeaten run.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
The following week Wire produced their best 80-minute performance of the season to dispatch the league leaders St Helens 39-12 on their own patch. The final game of the regular season was a loss at Wigan in a chilling repeat of the previous year's Grand Final where Warrington took a convincing 18-4 lead only to concede four unanswered tries and eventually lose 24-20.


2014 Warrington Wolves season, Super League XIX – regular season
Due to the unprecedented competitiveness of this year's Super League, Warrington could have finished anywhere between 2nd and 5th in the table going into the last game of the season. As it was, Warrington let an 18-4 lead slip, losing 24-20 at the DW Stadium and dropping to 5th. The Wolves has qualified for the play-offs for the fifth year in a row but unlike the previous four years finishing outside the top 4 meant there would be no second chances; Warrington were straight into knock-out territory entering the play-offs.


2014 Warriors FC season
The 2014 season is Warriors' 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.


2014 Washington House of Representatives election
The Washington State House elections, 2014 were biennial elections in which each of the 49 legislative districts in Washington chose two people to represent them in the state house. Roughly half of the members of the Washington Senate were elected concurrently to four-year terms from the same legislative districts. The elections were held on November 4, 2014.