2014 Sylvania 300, Race, Halfway
The race restarted with 75 laps to go, Brad Keselowski retook the lead with 73 laps to go and Debris on the backstretch brought out the tenth caution of the race with 55 laps to go, The race restarted with 50 laps to go, Caution flew for the eleventh time with 44 laps to go after Corey LaJoie spun out in turn 2.


2014 Sylvania 300, Race, Twelfth caution and restart
The race restarted with 40 laps to go. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. slammed the wall in turn 1 to bring out the twelfth caution of the race with 37 laps to go.


2014 Sylvania 300, Race, Restart
The race restarted with 32 laps to go and Kevin Harvick immediately retook the lead from Brad Keselowski. Caution came out for the 13th time with 31 laps to go after Paul Menard got loose and spun in turn 3. He collected Matt Kenseth and hit the wall in turn 4.


2014 Sylvania 300, Race, Restart and 14th caution
The race restarted with 27 laps to go and Joey Logano retook the lead. Caution flew for the 14th time with nine laps to go after Jeff Gordon slammed the wall in turn 1.


2014 Sylvania 300, Race, Restart and 15th caution
The race restarted with four laps to go. Caution flew for the 15th time with three laps to go after Tony Stewart got turned and spun exiting turn 4.


2014 Sylvania 300, Race, Green-white-checker finish, Attempt #1
Joey Logano took off on the first Green-White-Checker attempt to score his fourth victory of the season. “It feels good to go into the next one,” Logano said. “We’ve got to keep doing what we’re doing though. We’ve got to keep our eye on the prize and think about the big trophy at the end.”


2014 Symetra Tour
The 2014 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from February through September 2014 in the United States. The Symetra Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. It was previously known as the Futures Tour. In 2014, total prize money on the Symetra Tour was $2,250,000.


2014 Symetra Tour, Leading money winners
The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2015 season.


2014 Symetra Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event. A $1 million bonus was to be paid by Park Sterling Bank if one player won all three Carolina tournaments in May.


2014 Syracuse Orange football team
The 2014 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were led by second year head coach Scott Shafer and played their home games at the Carrier Dome. They were members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Division.


2014 Syracuse Orange football team, Previous season
The Orange's 2013 season was their first members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the year with a 7–6 record, and finished tied for 3rd place in the Atlantic Division, with a 4–4 record in ACC play. The Orange capped off their season with a win in the 2013 Texas Bowl over Minnesota.


2014 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team
The 2014 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.


2014 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team, Standings
(C) = ACC Tournament championOnly applicable when the season is not finished:(Q) = Qualified for the ACC Tournament, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from tournament contention.


2014 Syrian Cup
The 2014 version of the Syrian Cup is the 44th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Syria. Al-Wahda are the defending champions of the last two editions.


2014 Syrian Cup
The competition has been disrupted because of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, where some games have been awarded as 3–0 victories due to teams not being able to compete.


2014 Syrian Cup
The winners of the competition enter the 2015 AFC Cup.


2014 Syrian Premier League
The 2014 Syrian Premier League season is the 43rd since its establishment. This seasons league featured two stages. Stage one pitted two groups of nine teams and kicked off on 2 February 2014. The top three of each group advanced to the Championship Playoff to determine the overall league champions. The bottom two of each group relegated to the second division.


2014 Syrian Premier League
All matches were played in Damascus and Latakia due to security concerns.


2014 Syrian Premier League, First stage
Each team plays each other once, top three advanced to the championship playoff, bottom two relegate.


2014 Syrian Premier League, Championship Playoff
Each team plays each other once, the first place teams is the first stage get three points plus, the second place get two points and the third place get one point.


2014 Syrian Premier League, Championship Playoff
As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Al Wahda 3 points, Musfat Baniyas 3, Al Jaish 2, Al Shorta 2, Al Muhafaza 1 and Al Wathba 1


2014 Syrian detainee report
The 2014 Syrian detainee report, also known as the Caesar Report, formally titled A Report into the credibility of certain evidence with regard to Torture and Execution of Persons Incarcerated by the current Syrian regime, is a report that claims to detail "the systematic killing of more than 11,000 detainees by the Syrian government in one region during the Syrian Civil War over a two and half year period from March 2011 to August 2013".


2014 Syrian detainee report
It was released on 21 January 2014, a day before talks were due to begin at the Geneva II Conference on Syria, and was commissioned by the government of Qatar. Qatar has been a key funder of the rebels in Syria. The Syrian government questioned the report due to its ties to hostile sides against the Syrian government and pointed to how many of the photos were identified as casualties among international terrorists fighting the Syrian government or Syrian army troops or civilians massacred by them due to supporting the Syrian government.


2014 Syrian detainee report
Human Rights Watch (HRW) concluded after a six month investigation that the photographic evidence in the report was genuine. The ensuing HRW report based on the Caesar Report was titled, If the Dead Could Speak. This report published on 16 December 2015 said that Syrian officials should be tried for crimes against humanity.


2014 Syrian detainee report
The Caesar Report led to U.S. sanctions on Syria under the Global Magnitsky Act in 2012, and under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act in 2020. The Caesar Act was passed under the U.S. Senate National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (S. 1709) through a committee report by the U.S. House of Representatives


2014 Syrian detainee report, Source of evidence
The source, who for security reasons is identified only as Caesar, was at the time a photographer with the Syrian military police who worked secretly with a Syrian opposition group, the Syrian National Movement. His job was "taking pictures of killed detainees" at just two military hospitals in Damascus. He told war crimes investigators that he used to be a forensic investigator. But once the Syrian uprising began, his job became documenting the corpses of those killed in Syrian military prisons. He did not claim to have witnessed executions or torture. But he did describe a highly bureaucratic system.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Source of evidence
The bodies would then be buried in rural areas. He began making duplicates of his photo evidence in September 2011 and sending them on thumb drives to a relative who fled Syria and was working with human rights groups. After sharing thousands of images, he feared for his safety and was smuggled out of the country in August 2013.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Source of evidence
The authors of the report who interviewed him found him credible and truthful and his account "most compelling" after subjecting it to "rigorous scrutiny".


2014 Syrian detainee report, Authors
Also involved in the report were three experienced forensic science experts, including evidence from a forensic pathologist, an anthropologist who investigated mass graves in Kosovo and an expert in digital images who examined and authenticated samples of 55,000 digital images, comprising about 11,000 victims.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Content
The 31-page report, which was commissioned by a leading firm of London solicitors, examined thousands of Syrian government photographs and files recording deaths in the custody of government security forces. Most of the victims were young men and many corpses were emaciated, bloodstained and bore signs of torture. Some had eyes gouged out and others showed signs of strangulation or electrocution.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Content
The report stated: "The reason for photographing executed persons was twofold. First to permit a death certificate to be produced without families requiring to see the body, thereby avoiding the authorities having to give a truthful account of their deaths; second to confirm that orders to execute individuals had been carried out." Families were told that the cause of death was either a "heart attack" or "breathing problems," it added.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Content
"The procedure for documentation was that when a detainee was killed each body was given a reference number which related to that branch of the security service responsible for his detention and death. When the corpse was taken to the military hospital it was given a further number so as to document, falsely, that death had occurred in the hospital. Once the bodies were photographed, they were taken for burial in a rural area."


2014 Syrian detainee report, Content
The photos were taken on the premises of the 601 Military Hospital in the Mezzeh district of Damascus.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Implications
The report is being made available to the UN, governments and human rights groups. Experts say the evidence is more detailed and on a far larger scale than anything else that has yet emerged from the Syrian conflict. As a result of the report it has been suggested that Syrian government officials could face war crimes charges in light of the evidence presented within.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Implications
The inquiry team said it was satisfied there was "clear evidence, capable of being believed by a tribunal of fact in a court of law, of systematic torture and killing of detained persons by the agents of the Syrian government. It would support findings of crimes against humanity and could also support findings of war crimes against the current Syrian regime."


2014 Syrian detainee report, Implications
De Silva told the Guardian that the evidence "documented industrial-scale killing," and added: "This is a smoking gun of a kind we didn't have before. It makes a very strong case indeed."


2014 Syrian detainee report, Implications
Crane said: "Now we have direct evidence of what was happening to people who had disappeared. This is the first provable, direct evidence of what has happened to at least 11,000 human beings who have been tortured and executed and apparently disposed of. This is amazing. This is the type of evidence a prosecutor looks for and hopes for. We have pictures, with numbers that marry up with papers with identical numbers – official government documents. We have the person who took those pictures. That's beyond-reasonable-doubt-type evidence."


2014 Syrian detainee report, Implications
A representative for Bashar Assad denied the images were even taken inside the country. But representatives of the U.S. State Department, British Foreign Secretary, Amnesty International and other bodies said the photographs are irrefutable testimony of widespread human rights abuses that could well rise to the level of war crimes.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Implications
Due to the report and other findings, the head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, stated, "The mass scale of deaths of detainees suggests that the Government of Syria is responsible for acts that amount to extermination as a crime against humanity".


2014 Syrian detainee report, Related reports
According to a report by Amnesty International, published in November 2015, the Syrian government has forcibly disappeared more than 65,000 people (who are yet to be heard from) since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War. According to a report in May 2016 by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 60,000 people have been killed through torture or died from dire humanitarian conditions in Syrian government jails since March 2011.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Related reports, If the Dead Could Speak
The HRW report If the Dead Could Speak corroborated the images and findings in the Caesar Report.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Related reports, If the Dead Could Speak
Human Rights Watch had released a torture report about the Assad government years before this, titled, "Torture Archipelago."


2014 Syrian detainee report, Caesar Exhibit
The Caesar Exhibit is a high-profile exhibition showing photographic evidence of torture and death committed by the Assad government in Syria's prisons.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Caesar Exhibit
This exhibit is sponsored by the non-profit organization Syrian Emergency Task Force. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, European Parliament, UK Parliament, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and the UN have showcased this exhibit.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Koblenz trial
Mostly on the base of the data from the Caesar Report, a universal jurisdiction trial under German law (German: Völkerstrafgesetzbuch) started on 23 April 2020 in the city of Koblenz in Germany. The duration of the trial was estimated as several months. The trial has two defendants, former Syrian security servicemen, a colonel Anwar Raslan (57) and his aid, Eyad al-Gharib (43), both were working in the Branch 251 of the Syrian secret service in Damascus. As stated by prosecution, there was a prison just near the Branch 251 where 4,000 prisoners were tortured from April 2011 to September 2012 under Anwar Raslan's leadership.


2014 Syrian detainee report, Criticism
Assad denies the findings of the Caesar Report. The pro-Assad group, Syria Solidarity Movement (SSM), claimed that reports made by many journalists about conditions of Assad's prisons were biased or false.


2014 Syrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Syria on 3 June 2014. The elections took place amidst the Syrian Civil War, which had begun three years before. As a result of the war, the country had the largest refugee population in the world at the time of the elections, with voting for refugees in certain foreign countries began at Syrian embassies several days before voting in Syria. Domestic and foreign-based Syrian opposition groups boycotted the election and voting did not take place in large parts of Syria under rebel control. The areas under Kurdish militia control also did not allow voting due to the refusal of the government to recognize their claim for regional autonomy, though some people traveled to government–controlled areas to vote.


2014 Syrian presidential election
The Gulf Cooperation Council, the European Union and the United States decried the election as illegitimate. Members of this coalition have been condemned by supporters of incumbent president Bashar al-Assad for supposedly precipitating the civil war through what they claim is the invasion of Syria which is illegal under international law, the UN charter and for providing material and financial support for the terrorist groups. Attempts to hold an election under the circumstances of a  civil war were also criticized by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and it was widely reported that the elections lacked independent election monitoring.


2014 Syrian presidential election
Some rebel groups vowed to disrupt the elections in any way possible, including bombing and shelling polling stations and government-controlled areas. Another statement, issued by the Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union, the Sham Corps, the Army of Mujahedeen and the Islamic Front, said they would not attack voters but warned people to stay at home "in case the Syrian government did"; there were 50 reported deaths from the shelling by the rebels.


2014 Syrian presidential election
Two candidates opposed Assad; Hassan al-Nouri of the National Initiative for Administration and Change in Syria (NIACS) and Maher Hajjar, who ran as an independent. The result was a landslide victory for Assad, who received over 90% of the valid votes. He was sworn in for a third seven-year term on 16 July in the presidential palace in Damascus. However, there is a scholarly consensus that the elections were not democratic.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Background
Since 2011, the country has been plagued by the Syrian Civil War that has factionalised the population largely, but not entirely, along sectarian religious and/or ethnic grounds. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights states that the war has claimed over 150,000 lives. One third of the country's population of 23 million (some 7 million) have been displaced, with 2.5 million as refugees in foreign countries.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Background
A Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that amid the ongoing Syrian Civil War and large-scale displacement of Syrian citizens, "such elections are incompatible with the letter and spirit of the Geneva communiqué" and would "damage prospects of a political solution with the opposition. We will, nonetheless, continue to search and build upon any opening to a solution to the tragedy in Syria." Syrian Rebels and opposition parties refused to attend the peace conference (the ultimate goal of the Geneva communiqué) unless Assad was removed from power and barred from any future leadership position. The peace talks had failed before they ever began because what was intended to be a negotiation became only an ultimatum. The derailment of the Peace talks is in stark contrast to the stated goals of the UN towards resolving the conflict.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Background, Refugees
The 2.5 million refugees and their ability to vote has resulted in several controversies surrounding this election. Hundreds of thousands of refugees who did not leave Syria  officially via border posts have been excluded from voting.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Background, Refugees
In Beirut, Lebanon, which hosts some 1.1 million Syrian refugees, the roads were paralyzed because of the huge number of Syrian refugees and Syrian expatriates already living in Lebanon that wanted to vote at the embassy.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Background, Expatriate voting, Permitted
Syrian expatriates were able to vote in the Syrian embassies of the following nations:


2014 Syrian presidential election, Background, Expatriate voting, Refused
The following ten countries did not allow expatriate voting to be held in the Syrian diplomatic missions. Those foreign governments' decisions were welcomed by the Syrian National Council, a Syrian opposition organization and an opponent of Bashar al-Assad.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Electoral system
The new constitution, adopted following the 2012 Syrian constitutional referendum, has changed the nature of the Presidential election from a referendum to a multi-candidate electoral ballot. As a result, this election marks the first time that candidates can challenge the incumbent president; the first nominally democratic election in Syria's history. A law adopted by the Syrian parliament in early 2014 restricts candidacy to individuals who have lived in Syria for the past ten years, thereby preventing exiled people from running.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Electoral system
On 8 April Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoabi announced that candidates will be able to submit their applications during the last ten days of April. Zoabi insisted that despite the ongoing civil war that the election would proceed on schedule, and wouldn't be delayed for any reason. Zoabi also claimed that the "overwhelming majority" of Syrians wished to see incumbent President Bashar al-Assad re-elected. Zoabi also claimed that government military operations would continue despite the election.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Candidates
Article 84 of the Constitution of Syria required that candidates for the presidency must:


2014 Syrian presidential election, Candidates
A total of 24 candidates, including 2 women and a Christian, submitted applications to the Supreme Constitutional Court for the presidency. Of these, two candidates other than Assad met all the conditions to run, including the support of 35 members of the parliament. The two other candidates chosen to run are seen as "mostly symbolic contenders" and "little known figures".


2014 Syrian presidential election, Candidates
The other 21 candidates that did not meet the criteria were:


2014 Syrian presidential election, Conduct
The Syrian government said election monitors would not be allowed from the United States, European Union, or the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, but other observers would be present. There were no independent election monitors for the election, but an international delegation did observe the election. It was reported to have included representatives from more than 30 countries including Brazil, India, Iran, Russia, Uganda, the US, and Venezuela. Other delegates expected to join were from China, South Africa, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador and Canada.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Conduct
Among the delegates were Iran's Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Alexey Alexandrov of Russia's ruling United Russia, William Fariñas of Venezuela's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Benna Namugwanya Bugembe of Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement, Brazilian Socorro Gomes of the Communist World Peace Council, blogger Jane Stillwater, Judy Bello and Scott Williams of the Workers World Party, Joe Iosbaker of Freedom Road Socialist Organization/FightBack!, Indian anti-Zionist activist Feroze Mithiborwala, and US-based pro-Assad activist Paul Larudee.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Results
The Supreme Constitutional Court announced on Wednesday 4 June that turnout for the election was 73.42%, with 11,634,412 of the 15,845,575 Syrians eligible to take part voting. The number for Syrians eligible to vote is based on the government's data of all Syrians living in Syria and abroad over the age of 18; this includes all Syrians in government-held territory, rebel-held territory, refugees, newly naturalized Kurds, and declared Syrian expatriates.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Results
The number of invalid papers was 442,108, or 3.8%. Majed Khadra, the Spokesperson of the Supreme Constitutional Court, also announced that the losing candidates and individuals with complaints about the electoral process had 3 days to submit their appeals. He stated that the court would decide the outcome in the 7 days following the three-day appeal period, and then would announce the name of the declared winner by means of the Speaker of the People's Assembly. The same day the Speaker of the People's Assembly, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham, announced the raw data results.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Results
Statistician Andrew Gelman suggested that the results could be fabricated based on the unlikely accurate numbers. For example, 10,319,723/11,634,412 = 0.886999962, so the 88.7% of all votes number for Bashar al-Assad is correct to the nearest single voter. Similarly, the proportion for NIACS comes out at 0.042999938 and for the Independent party at 0.031999985. But whilst Gelman argues that the published counts were fabricated, he notes that it does not preclude the theory that those numbers could have been generated retrospectively (and unprofessionally) from valid percentages. The proportion reported for turnout, 0.734237287, does not exhibit the unusual property found in the vote counts.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Results
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyst Aron Lund noted that


2014 Syrian presidential election, Results
[ T]he government claims that a total of 11,634,412 Syrians took part in the election. Assad currently controls some 60 percent of Syria’s approximately 22 million citizens—maybe even more—but two out of five would have been too young to vote. Even under the demonstrably false premise that every single adult in Assad-held territory went to the polls and was joined by every single adult refugee abroad, the result would still be a million or so short of the official figure.


2014 Syrian presidential election, Reactions, International, Expressions of concern
The Gulf Cooperation Council, the European Union and the United States all decried the election as illegitimate and a farce. State employees were told to vote or face interrogation. On the ground there were no independent monitors stationed at the polling stations. As few as 6 million eligible voters remained in Syria. Due to rebel, Kurdish and ISIS control of Syrian territories there was no voting in roughly 60% of the country.


2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis
The 2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brazil on 14–20 April 2014.


2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis, Doubles entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Doubles
Marcelo Demoliner and João Souza were the defending champions, but they decided not to play together. Demoliner played alongside Elias and Souza played alongside Sá.


2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Doubles
Guido Pella and Diego Sebastián Schwartzman won the title, defeating Máximo González and Andrés Molteni in the final, 1-6, 6–3, [10-4].


2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Singles
Last year's champion Paul Capdeville was not defending his title.


2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Singles
Rogério Dutra da Silva won the title, defeating Blaž Rola in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 São Paulo FC season
The 2014 season was São Paulo's 85th year since the club's existence. The team played the Campeonato Paulista between January and March being defeated in the quarterfinal single match against Penapolense, after a 0-0 draw in the home stadium Morumbi, São Paulo's fall in the penalty shootout by 4-5. In the Copa do Brasil the club reach the third round when it was beaten by Bragantino with an aggregated score of 3-4 (2-1 away; 1-3 home).


2014 São Paulo FC season
The second half of the year was most promising to the Muricy Ramalho's team, in Copa Sudamericana Tricolor was only defeated in the semifinals in face of Colombian club Atlético Nacional over again on penalty shootout this time by 1-4. In the national league Série A, the Dearest take a place in the Copa Libertadores ending the table on second place with 70 points, 10 behind the absolute champion Cruzeiro. The highlight of the year was the return of Kaká, the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2007.


2014 São Paulo FC season
Kaká was loaned by American club Orlando City until the end of the season and played 24 matches scoring 3 goals. In the last match of midfielder at November 30, in a 1-1 draw against Figueirense in a game by 37th round of the league, Kaká was acclaimed for more than 30,000 São Paulo fans. Other highlight was noted by the 41 years old capitain Rogerio Ceni that announced the retirement at the end of season.


2014 São Paulo FC season
The goalkeeper surpass the mark of 590 victories in official matches reached by Ryan Giggs, the feat was done in October 27 after a 3-0 victory over Goiás. Rogério also arrived the number of 123 goals, almost twice the mark of the second goalkeeper goalscorer Chilavert with 62 goals. Only two matches before the end of season Rogério postponed his retirement to 2015 season.


2014 São Paulo FC season, Jogadores
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 São Paulo FC season, Jogadores, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 São Paulo FC season, Jogadores, Transfers, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 São Paulo FC season, Jogadores, Transfers, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 São Paulo FC season, Statistics, Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2014 São Paulo FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 7 DecemberSource: Competitive matchesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2014 São Paulo Women's Sevens
The 2014 São Paulo Sevens is the inaugural São Paulo Sevens tournament, and the third of six tournaments in the 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series. It was held on February 21 and 22 at Arena Barueri, São Paulo.


2014 São Paulo Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams competed in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.


2014 São Paulo Women's Sevens, Teams
A total of twelve teams will compete: The nine "core" teams, and three invited teams.


2014 São Paulo gubernatorial election
The São Paulo gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of São Paulo. If no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election would have been held on 26 October. Incumbent Governor Geraldo Alckmin won re-election in the first round.


2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship
The 2014 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 29th season of the São Tomé and Principe Championship the top-level football championship of São Tomé and Principe. It began in 10 May (a week later than scheduled) and concluded on December 17. Two national final matches occurred in the season. UDRA from São Tomé island won their first and only title.


2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, Teams
36 teams participated in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 30 from São Tomé Island (10 in each division) and 6 from Príncipe Island. At the end of season champion of São Tomé Island League and champion of Principe Island League play one match for champion of São Tomé and Principe.


2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, São Tomé teams 2014, Premier Division
Ten clubs participated in the 2014 season (third time since its reduction), UDRA won their first and only title and went on to participate in the national championship match for the first time in November. Guadalupe and Trindade were relegated in the season.


2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, São Tomé teams 2014, Second Division
The second division featured 10 clubs. Correia, Folha Fede and Santana, three clubs elevated into the premier division and Cruz Vermelha and UDESCAI were relegated into the third division.


2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, São Tomé teams 2014, Third Division
The third division featured 10 clubs. Porto Alegre and Ribeira Peixe were elevated into the second division.


2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, Principe teams 2014
Six clubs took part in the 2014 season. Again FC Porto Real won another title and participated in the national championship match in November.


2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, National final
Two national final matches took place on November 13 and 17 at noon, four days apart. The match featured FC Porto Real from Príncipe and UDRA from São Tome Island. Porto Real won the first leg 2-1, the last goal for Porto Real was a penalty kick scored by Joy and UDRA won the second 1-0 and UDRA won the penalty shootouts to become the twelfth and most recent club to win the first title. UDRA was to achieve entry into the 2015 CAF Champions League, the qualification dispute did not brought UDRA to the African competition by the São Tomean Football Federation (FSF)


2014 São Toméan legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in São Tomé and Príncipe on 12 October 2014, alongside regional and local elections. The result was a majority for the opposition Independent Democratic Action led by 2-time Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada, which won 33 of the 55 seats in the National Assembly.


2014 São Toméan legislative election, Background
Following the 2010 election in which the Independent Democratic Action got a plurality, the government lost a vote of confidence midway through its term.


2014 São Toméan legislative election, Electoral system
The 55 members of the National Assembly were elected by proportional representation in seven multi-member constituencies using the closed list system.


2014 São Toméan legislative election, Conduct
The African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) was tasked with monitoring the election. The 24-member mission was led by Angolan França Van-Dúnem, who said, after a meeting with President Manuel Pinto da Costa, the mission sought to ensure the election was run in order and peace. There was also an observation mission from the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). The CPLP report stated that the elections were "transparent, free and fair, and were conducted in an orderly manner. It mentioned that there were some incidents, but that they were unlikely to affect the final results.


2014 Södermanland county election
Södermanland County held a county council election on 14 September 2014 across its nine municipalities. This was part of the 2014 Swedish local elections. It was held on the same day as the general and municipal elections.


2014 Södermanland county election, Results
The number of seats remained at 71. The Social Democrats won the most seats at 23, a drop of four from 2010.


2014 Södermanland county election, Municipal results
Vård för pengarna becoming the largest party in Nyköping marked the first time the Social Democrats had not topped a poll in either the city of Nyköping or the post-1970's municipality for more than a century. The nine municipalities were divided into four separate constituencies based on geography, in which Eskilstuna was a unitary constituency.


2014 T20 Blast
The 2014 NatWest t20 Blast was the first season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English Twenty20 cricket competition. The competition ran from 16 May 2014 until Finals Day at Edgbaston on 23 August, which was won by Birmingham Bears. The competition replaced the Friends Life t20 competition. With attendance figures over 700,000, it was the most attended season of T20 cricket in England since the format began in 2003.


2014 T20 Blast, Format
The 18 teams were divided into two groups of nine. In the style of a round-robin tournament, each team played six other teams in their group both home and away. The other two teams were faced just once. The top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage: a three-round single-elimination tournament. The winner of each group had a home match in the quarter-finals against the fourth team from the other group. The runners-up from each group played at home against the third placed team from the other group. The semi-finals were a free draw from all the qualified teams. Finals Day will be again be held at Edgbaston.


2014 T20 Blast, Statistics, Highest team totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.


2014 T20 Blast, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.


2014 T20 Blast, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.


2014 T20 Blast, Statistics, Most wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.


2014 T20 Blast, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.


2014 TAC Cup season
The 2014 TAC Cup season was the 23rd season of the TAC Cup competition. Oakleigh Chargers have won the season to claim the club's third premiership win after defeating the Calder Cannons in the grand final by 47 points.


2014 TBL Playoffs
2014 TBL Playoffs was the final phase of the 2013–14 Turkish Basketball League. It started on 12 May 2014. Galatasaray Liv Hospital were the defending champions. When the final series was tied 3-3, Galatasaray Liv Hospital announced they would not appear in game seven due to a referee assignment they weren't satisfied with. Therefore, Fenerbahçe Ülker won their 6th title.


2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team
The 2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2014 college baseball season. TCU competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a  member of the Big 12 Conference. The Horned Frogs played home games at Lupton Stadium on the university's campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Eleventh year head coach Jim Schlossnagle led the Horned Frogs.


2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2014 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2014 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team was led by head coach Gary Patterson, in his 14th year, and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. They finished the season 12–1, 8–1 in Big 12 play to win a share of the Big 12 title with Baylor. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they defeated Ole Miss.


2014 TEAN International
The 2014 TEAN International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 14th edition of the tournament for the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, on 1 – 7 September 2014.


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


2014 TEAN International, ATP Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players entered into the singles main draw as alternates:


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


2014 TEAN International, WTA Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 TEAN International – Men's Doubles
Antal van der Duim and Boy Westerhof retained their title, beating Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Matteo Viola 6–1, 6–3


2014 TEAN International – Men's Singles
Jesse Huta Galung won the title, beating Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 6–3, 6–4


2014 TSL season
The 2014 AFL Tasmania TSL premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged across Tasmania, Australia over eighteen home and away rounds and six finals series matches between 5 April and 21 September.


2014 TSL season
The League was known as the RACT Insurance Tasmanian State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with the motoring insurance company.


2014 TSL season
Three clubs exited the competition ahead of the 2014 season - reigning premiers South Launceston, as well as North Hobart and Hobart. They were replaced by new entity Western Storm, elevated team Kingborough Tigers and the newly formed Hobart City.


2014 TSL season
North Launceston were the premiers for the 2014 season, after they defeated the Western Storm by 59 points in the Grand Final.


2014 TSL season, Foxtel Cup
Despite only forming as a new club in late 2013, the Western Storm were granted an invitation to compete in the Foxtel Cup knockout competition for 2014 ahead of 2013 runners-up Burnie. The Storm scored a stirring victory against reigning Foxtel Cup champions West Adelaide in their debut game in Adelaide. However, the long trip to Perth mid-week saw them defeated by WAFL club West Perth in the Semi Finals.


2014 TSL season, State game
The Tasmanian State League representative team competed against the North East Australian Football League representative team (which incorporates players from the four states and territories of the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory) on June 21.


2014 TVB Star Awards Malaysia
The 2014 TVB Star Awards Malaysia (simplified Chinese: TVB 马来西亚星光荟萃颁奖典礼2014; traditional Chinese: TVB 馬來西亞星光薈萃頒獎典禮2014), presented by TVB Entertainment News, Astro, and MY FM in Malaysia, was an awards ceremony that recognised the best Hong Kong TVB television programmes that had aired on Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi in 2014.


2014 TVB Star Awards Malaysia
The ceremony took place on 23 November 2014 at the Arena of Stars in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was broadcast live through Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi and Hong Kong's TVB Entertainment News channel. A rerun of the ceremony aired on Hong Kong's J2 on 29 November 2014.


2014 TVB Star Awards Malaysia, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. The top three nominees are also highlighted in boldface. Andy Lau presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Law Lan and Lau Kong.


2014 TVB Star Awards Malaysia, Winners and nominees, Acting and hosting
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. The top three nominees are also highlighted in boldface.


2014 Taba bus bombing
The 2014 Taba bus bombing was a terrorist attack on a tourist coach in Taba, Egypt on 16 February 2014. The bus had been parked, waiting to cross into Israel at the Taba Border Crossing, when a lone suicide bomber entered the open bus and detonated his explosives. Four people – three South Koreans and the Egyptian bus driver were killed, and 17 others injured.


2014 Taba bus bombing
The attack was seen as marking a potential shift in the strategy of jihadist groups in the Sinai insurgency by broadening their campaign against Egyptian security forces to include tourists.


2014 Taba bus bombing, Victims
The bomber detonated his device on a tour bus carrying more than 30 members of a South Korean church group. They had traveled from Cairo to Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula. The bus was waiting to cross into Israel when the explosion occurred. The South Korean tourists belonged to the Jincheon Jungang Presbyterian Church. They had reportedly "saved for years to visit Biblical sites on the 60th anniversary of their church".


2014 Taba bus bombing, Responsibility
The day following the bombing, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement released on jihadist forums. In the statement, Ansar declared, "One of the heroes of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis carried out the attack on a tourist bus heading towards the Zionist entity (Israel)." The group said the attack was "part of our economic war against this regime of traitors ... which kills the innocent, destroys houses, ransacks properties and lays waste to land on the border with the Zionist enemy".


2014 Taba bus bombing, Responsibility
On February 18, an affiliated Twitter account of Ansar told tourists to leave Egypt by February 20 or else they would be attacked.


2014 Taba bus bombing, Responsibility
Egyptian Islamist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya and the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, condemned the attack.


2014 Taba bus bombing, Impact
Issandr El Amrani of the International Crisis Group said, "A continuation in attacks on tourists would mean a shift in strategy by jihadist groups that until now targeted the military and police... but that cannot be judged after one attack".


2014 Taba bus bombing, Impact
Following the attack, many tourist operators cancelled trips to the Sinai. The tourism industry is a key sector of the Egyptian economy.


2014 Taipei Metro attack
The 2014 Taipei Metro attack was a mass stabbing spree that took place on 21 May 2014, directed at random civilians on a Taipei Metro train near Jiangzicui Station, resulting in four deaths and 24 injuries. It was the first fatal attack on the city's subway system since operations began in 1996. The suspected attacker, Cheng Chieh, then 21, was arrested after the attack. He was sentenced to 144 years in prison and four death sentences, and was executed on 10 May 2016.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Attack
The attack started on 21 May 2014 at around 16:25 local time, inside a Bannan Line train heading west between Longshan Temple Station in Taipei and Jiangzicui Station in New Taipei. The distance between the two stations is the longest between any two stations in the Taipei metro system, lasting three to five minutes. During the attack, the assailant chased and hacked passengers with a 30 cm long fruit knife. Before the train could stop at Jiangzicui Station, a group of passengers banded together to distance themselves using umbrellas while others tried to discourage the attacker by loudly taunting him.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Attack, Victims
According to statistics compiled by the New Taipei Fire Department, the youngest victim was a 26-year-old graduate student at National Cheng Kung University, identified as Chang Cheng-han (male). The other three killed are 28-year-old Hsieh Ching-yun (male), 47-year-old Pan Pi-chu and 62-year-old Lee Tsui-yun (both female). They were all taken to different hospitals in Taipei and New Taipei, the department said. In addition, 24 others were wounded during the knife attack, 10 critically.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Attack, Perpetrator
Cheng Chieh (simplified Chinese: 郑捷; traditional Chinese: 鄭捷; pinyin: Zhèng Jié) was born on 3 April 1993, and attended schools in Taipei. He grew up with few friends, and was extremely focused on his studies. Cheng was also interested in violent online games and had written horror stories.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Attack, Perpetrator
In elementary school, Cheng threatened to kill classmates over small disagreements. In junior high school, he had carried a knife for a month looking for a chance to stab his teacher. In high school, Cheng began blogging about his plans to kill and posted articles about murders. He enrolled in the Chung Cheng Institute of Technology in 2011 with the intention of receiving military training, but was expelled two years later. He then transferred to Tunghai University. School officials there had noticed Cheng's startling social media activity and offered him counseling before the incident, but no irregularities were discovered. At the time of the attack, Cheng lived in the Banqiao District of New Taipei with his parents and younger brother.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Aftermath
When the subway train arrived at Jiangzicui Station, a single suspected assailant was subdued by passengers, police and metro staff and taken to the nearby Haishan police station after a brief standoff. Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-pin said police presence on the metro was increased soon after the incident and added that he was requesting reinforcements from the National Police Agency.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Aftermath
On 22 May, the suspect was taken to the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office for questioning. A prosecutor applied to detain him in the New Taipei District Court, which was approved by a judge around 6:20 am. He was detained in the Taipei Detention Center located in Tucheng District, with an inmate number of 1892.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Aftermath
Trainset number 117/118, which was the setting of the stabbing attack, was temporarily withdrawn from service after arrival at Jiangzicui Station and underwent disinfection and change of seats. It was then renumbered 175/176 (173/174 was avoided as the number "一七三, 一七四" sounded like "一起殺、一起死", which literally means "kill together, die together") and returned to service in 2015.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Aftermath, Questioning after attack
New Taipei Police Chief Chen Kuo-en identified the suspected attacker as Cheng Chieh, a 21-year-old second-year student at Tunghai University in the central city of Taichung. Chief Chen said the suspect told police he had wanted to do something "shocking and big" and had plotted to carry out the attack from childhood. Chen said no other motive was presently known.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Aftermath, Questioning after attack
During questioning, the suspect said he originally intended to attack after his college graduation, but decided to move earlier since he had "no classes" on 21 May and he had grown tired of living. The suspect stated that he does not admit guilt, feels no regret, wants the death sentence, and that even if his parents were on the train he attacked, he would have killed them, as well as the prosecutors questioning him.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
On the evening of 21 May, people began leaving flowers and cards at an exit of Jiangzicui Station to pay tribute to those who died in the attack.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
On 22 May, President Ma Ying-jeou condemned the attack and ordered the National Police Agency to investigate what led a university student to stab four people to death on a crowded subway train. The Legislative Yuan on 23 May released a joint statement signed by all political parties calling for the National Police Agency to thoroughly re-examine and increase police deployment on metro systems, railways and airports. Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin announced that police officers from precincts in Taipei and New Taipei City are to be permanently deployed at each of the Taipei MRT commuter rail system's 109 stations.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
General manager Tan Gwa-guang of the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation stated that the company would pay the medical expenses of the victims and set aside NT$4 million to compensate their families. Taipei City Government also raised funds to use as compensation.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
Tunghai University released an open letter, saying that Cheng is part of the family, and promised to set up an expert committee to investigate the matter.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
Kuomintang legislator Chiang Huei-chen (江惠貞) said the passengers had put themselves in danger by focusing on their smartphones, while another KMT legislator, Lin Te-fu (林德福), said the passengers should have quickly pressed the emergency alert button in the train, and that the passengers lacked common sense. These remarks had sparked a public outcry against the legislators.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
The incident has sparked a debate online about whether the death penalty is appropriate punishment for such attacks. A Facebook group named "Indefinitely supporting death penalty for Cheng Chieh" had over 32,000 "likes" as of 22 May 2014.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
Lin Hsin-yi (林欣怡), executive director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, said that the most important thing at present is for the public to think about how to help the victims of the metro slashing spree and ease the survivors and their relatives out of the suffering brought about by the tragedy.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Reactions
On 27 May, Cheng Chieh's parents publicly apologized at Jiangzicui Station and called for a quick death sentence for their son.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Trial
Cheng was indicted by the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office on 21 July, and charged with four counts of murder and 22 counts of attempted murder. The Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, the company that runs the Taipei Metro, claimed that ridership was down by 945,000 within ten days of Cheng's actions, causing them to lose NT$20.61 million, an amount for which they are suing Cheng.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Trial
Cheng was found guilty of four counts of murder and 22 counts of attempted manslaughter on 6 March 2015 in the Taiwan New Taipei District Court. For each count of murder, he was sentenced to death and deprivation of citizen's rights for life; for each count of attempted manslaughter, he was sentenced to a jail term of between five years, two months and eight years. His knife was also confiscated. On 7 August, the New Taipei District Court ordered Cheng to pay approximately NT$30 million to ten victims of the attack.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Trial
His death sentence was appealed to the Taiwan High Court, which upheld the ruling. In a separate ruling on 7 January 2016, the High Court determined that Cheng owed another NT$61.39 million to victims and their families. In February 2016, Cheng was granted permission to attend the Supreme Court proceedings for his final appeal of the death sentence. Cheng became the first defendant subject to a death penalty to appear in front of the Supreme Court when his appeal was heard in April 2016. The court's final decision, to uphold all previous rulings, was issued on 22 April. Cheng's criminal penalties included a total of 144 years imprisonment and four death sentences.


2014 Taipei Metro attack, Trial, Execution
Justice Minister Luo Ying-shay signed the execution order for Cheng at 17:00 on 10 May 2016. Cheng was executed at 20:47 on the same day. After eating his last meal, a biandang with stewed pork, rice and vegetables, Cheng was given general anesthesia. Soon after its administration, he was laid in a prone position and shot in the heart three times. The 18-day gap between Cheng's final guilty verdict and execution was the shortest in Taiwanese judicial history.


2014 Taiwanese local elections
The Taiwanese local elections of 2014, commonly known as the nine-in-one elections (Chinese: 九合一選擧), were held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, to elect the Municipal Mayors, Municipal Councilors, Chiefs of indigenous districts in municipalities, Councilors of indigenous districts in municipalities, County Magistrates (City Mayors), County (City) Councilors, Township Chiefs, Township Councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elected officials would serve a four-year term. Polling stations were open from 08:00 to 16:00 on the election day.


2014 Taiwanese local elections
The elections resulted in a substantial defeat for the KMT. The KMT previously held 14 of 22 municipalities and counties, but won only 6 in this election due to widespread public distrust, a de facto vote of no confidence to President Ma's Administration, both politically (a reckless approach on the cross strait relations with Chinese Communist Party) and economically (social inequality on the income distribution). The DPP gained executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the KMT, while independent Ko Wen-je won the Taipei mayoral election. Premier Jiang Yi-huah resigned after the election, forcing President Ma Ying-jeou to appoint Mao Chi-kuo to replace Jiang. President Ma resigned from his post as Chairperson of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in the days following the election.


2014 Taiwanese local elections
As five elected leaders were incumbent legislators, a subsequent legislative by-election was held in March 2015, in which there were no party swings.


2014 Tajik League
The 2014 Tajik League is the 23rd season of Tajik League, the Tajikistan Football Federation's top division of association football. Ravshan Kulob are the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season started on 12 April 2014.


2014 Tajik Super Cup
The 2014 Tajik Football Super Cup was the 5th Tajik Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the 2013 Tajik League champions, Ravshan, and the Tajik Cup champions, Istiklol.


2014 Tajikistan Cup
The 2014 Tajik Cup was the 23rd edition of the Tajik Cup. The cup winner qualified for the 2015 AFC Cup.


2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
The 2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tallahassee, United States between 28 April and 3 May 2014.


2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren were the defending champions. but decided not to compete.


2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Ryan Agar and Sebastian Bader won the title, defeating Bjorn Fratangelo and Mitchell Krueger in the final, 6-4, 7-6(7-3).


2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles
Denis Kudla was the defending champion, but did not participate.


2014 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles
Robby Ginepri won the title, defeating Frank Dancevic 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2014 Tallahassee mayoral election
The 2014 Tallahassee mayoral election took place on August 26, 2014 in the city of Tallahassee, Florida.


2014 Tallahassee mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor John Marks refused to run a third term which resulted in a new seat being open for the candidates. A nonpartisan primary was held between three candidates with Andrew Gillum winning the race by 76 percent.


2014 Tallahassee mayoral election
A run-off election was supposed to be held on November 4 between Gillum and the write-in candidate Evin Matthews. However, Mathews withdrew from the race on August 27, 2014, resulting in Gillum becoming the mayor-elect.


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


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The 2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League. It was also the first season under head coach Lovie Smith, replacing Greg Schiano, who was fired at the end of the 2013 season. It was also the first season under general manager Jason Licht, following the departure of Mark Dominik, after a disappointing 2013 season. It also marked the first season under new ownership since 1994, after longtime owner Malcolm Glazer died on May 28, 2014. Glazer's sons took over team operations.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The Buccaneers tried to improve their record of 4–12 of last season, but failed after tying their number of losses when they lost to Carolina in Week 15. Following a 2–14 record, the Buccaneers finished last overall in the NFC and tied with the Titans for the worst record of the 2014 season, but was statistically (via a tiebreaker) last overall for the 2014 NFL season, thus earning the right to the first overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The Bucs did not win a single home game in 2014, going 0-2 during the preseason and 0-8 in the regular season at Raymond James Stadium.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Season summary, Offseason & preseason
Immediately after being named the new head coach, Lovie Smith began overhauling personnel. The primary goal was to reinstall the Tampa 2 defensive scheme that brought the club success during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Among the key cuts were Davin Joseph, and Darrelle Revis. Among the many new signings were quarterback Josh McCown, defensive end Michael Johnson and cornerback Alterraun Verner.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Season summary, Offseason & preseason
On August 26, the Buccaneers traded with New England for guard Logan Mankins. The Buccaneers finished the preseason only 1-3, but were still picked by some media members to be much-improved, and to even be a wild card contender.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Season summary, September
The Buccaneers started the Lovie Smith Era off on a low note, losing on opening day to Carolina, then losing in the last minute to the Rams in week 2. In week three, the team was humiliated on a nationally-televised Thursday night game, 56-14 to division rival Atlanta. Smith stated afterwards he was "embarrassed" by the performance, and said the loss was so terrible to the team, that it would "leave a scar."


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Season summary, September
One week later, Mike Glennon started at quarterback, and Buccaneers bounced back in a big way. Tampa Bay defeated Pittsburgh, their first win of the season, with a last-second go-ahead touchdown pass.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Season summary, October
Tampa Bay went winless in October, with Mike Glennon at quarterback. Two overtime losses, and one blowout loss to Baltimore dropped the Buccaneers to 1-6.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Season summary, November
Mike Glennon was benched after losing to Cleveland, and Josh McCown was back in at quarterback. Tampa Bay managed to win against the Redskins, with help from a breakout game from Mike Evans. Despite only two wins, the Buccaneers were still mathematically alive for the division title through the end of November due to the lackluster records of the NFC South teams.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Season summary, December
Tampa Bay ended the season on a six-game losing streak, going winless in December, to finish the season 2-14. In the final game of the season against New Orleans, the Buccaneers blew a lead in the fourth quarter, sitting some of their starters in the second half. But by virtue of the loss, the Buccaneers mathematically clinched the first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, beating out the Tennessee Titans (who also went 2-14).


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers
The first game for new head coach Lovie Smith was against division rival Carolina. A lackluster first three quarters saw the Panthers run out to a 17–0 lead, with Derek Anderson making his first start since 2010 in place of an injured Cam Newton. In the fourth quarter, the Buccaneers rallied, scoring late two touchdowns, and trimming the lead to 17–14 with 2:06 remaining. The Bucs defense forced a 3 & Out, and Carolina punted, giving the ball back to the Bucs offense with just under two minutes to go. On the first play of the drive, however, Bobby Rainey's catch was fumbled away, and Carolina recovered.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. St. Louis Rams
St. Louis kicker Greg Zuerlein kicked a 38-yard field goal with 42 seconds remaining to take a 19–17 lead. On the ensuing drive, Tampa Bay quarterback Josh McCown completed a 19-yard pass to Bobby Rainey, then spiked the ball to stop the clock with 20 second left in regulation. McCown completed a 29-yard pass to Mike Evans at the St. Louis 32 yard line. As the team scurried to line up and spike the ball, A hesitant Evans was injured on the play. With no timeouts left, Tampa Bay was forced to accept a ten-second runoff penalty, and time expired.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta throttled the Buccaneers by the score of 56–14, tied for the second-most lopsided defeat in franchise history. The Falcons jumped out to a 56–0 lead by the third quarter, including Devin Hester's NFL-record 19th return touchdown. In the first half alone, the Falcons forced three turnovers, and held Tampa Bay to 63 yards offense and only two first downs.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Tampa Bay won their first game of the season, as well as the first win for new head coach Lovie Smith. One week after a humiliating loss at Atlanta, the Buccaneers bounced back, and upset the Steelers, the first win in franchise history at Pittsburgh. Trailing 24–20 just inside the two-minute warning, Tampa Bay drove to the Pittsburgh 14 yard line. The Steelers forced a turnover on downs, and took over at their own 14. The Tampa Bay defense held the Steelers to a 3 and out, and forced a punt with 50 seconds left in regulation.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Brad Wing's punt was high and short, and was downed inside Pittsburgh territory on the 46. Two plays later Mike Glennon, connected to Louis Murphy, who broke free for a 41-yard gain all the way to the 5 yard line. With 7 seconds left, Glennon completed the game-winning touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson in the left corner of the endzone.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints
Mike Glennon passed for 249 yards and two touchdown passes, as the Buccaneers led the Saints 31–20 in the fourth quarter. New Orleans rallied to tie the game and force overtime. The Saints won the coin toss in overtime, and proceeded to score a touchdown on the first possession to win the game.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Baltimore Ravens
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco threw five touchdown passes in the first 17 minutes of regulation (setting a new NFL record), as Baltimore jumped out to a 38–0 halftime lead (also an NFL record for a road team). The Ravens handed Tampa Bay their second dominating loss of the season.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Offensive futility plagued both teams in the first half, with Minnesota kicking a field goal as time expired in the second quarter to take a 3-0 lead into halftime. Trailing 10–6 in the fourth quarter, Mike Glennon threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Austin Seferian-Jenkins with 2:02 remaining in regulation. The Buccaneers briefly took a 13–10 lead, but the Vikings were able to tie the game at 13–13 and force overtime.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Minnesota Vikings
In the overtime period, Tampa Bay won the coin toss and received. On the first play from scrimmage in overtime, Austin Seferian-Jenkins caught a 10-yard pass at the 27 yard line, but fumbled the ball as he was tackled. Anthony Barr scooped up the ball and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown, and Minnesota won 19–13.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: at Cleveland Browns
Mike Evans caught two touchdown passes from Mike Glennon, as Tampa Bay led 17–16 in the fourth quarter. Cleveland scored with 8:59 remaining in regulation, and won the game by the score of 22–17. In the final two minutes, Tampa Bay drove to the Cleveland 28 yard line, but an offensive pass interference penalty pushed them back to the 47. Facing 4th down & 11, Glennon's pass was incomplete, and the Browns defeated Tampa Bay for the first time since 1995.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Josh McCown returned as the starting quarterback for Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers led 17–16, but Atlanta scored a go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter and held on for the win. In the final two minutes, Tampa Bay drove to the Atlanta 4 yard line, but McCown's pass to Vincent Jackson was tipped and intercepted in the endzone, sealing the game for Atlanta.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Washington Redskins
Mike Evans had a breakout game, catching 7 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns (36 yards and 56 yards, respectively). Tampa Bay won their second game of the season.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at Chicago Bears
The Buccaneers blew a 10–0 halftime lead with three turnovers in the third quarter. The Bears scored two touchdowns off of turnovers, and a total of 21 points in the third quarter to take the lead and the win. This was head coach Lovie Smith's first return to Chicago since the Bears fired him following the 2012 season.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Trailing 14–13 in the closing seconds, Tampa Bay completed a 21-yard pass to the Bengals 20 yard line, but a replay showed they had 12 men on the field for the play. The penalty took the Buccaneers out of field goal range.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Detroit Lions
With the loss, the Buccaneers were officially eliminated from playoff contention.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Carolina Panthers
Like the meeting in week 1, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was on the sidelines, this time due to injuries suffered in a car accident. Carolina swept the Buccaneers, using backup quarterbacks in both games.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers
Green Bay won for the first time at Raymond James Stadium since 2003, and for only the second time ever.


2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay took a 20-7 lead into halftime, but New Orleans rallied for the victory. Drew Brees threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Marques Colston with 1:57 remaining. On the ensuing drive, the Saints defense sacked Josh McCown for a safety, and secured a 23–20 victory. The Saints swept Tampa Bay for the third straight season, and won their seventh overall in the rivalry. The Buccaneers, finishing 2–14, clinched the first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. The Bucs had also finished 0–8 at home. Finishing winless at home for the first time since 1976 and lost their 9th straight home game.


2014 Tampa Bay Rays season
The Tampa Bay Rays 2014 season was the Rays' 17th season of Major League Baseball and the seventh as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The team finished at 77-85, their first losing season as the Rays.


2014 Tampa Bay Rays season, Regular season summary
The Rays 2014 season started out harsh entering May. Tampa Bay went 11–16 since opening day and was struggling to move up in the American League East early on. In addition to their rough first month of baseball, May did not do any favors. In May the Rays posted a 12–17 record. To make things worse, 2014 was being played without Matt Moore in their rotation and numerous other injuries (along with Moore's) may have begun to take a toll on the Rays' recent tendencies to make playoff runs.


2014 Tampa Bay Rays season, Regular season summary
In June the Rays went 13–16 and followed that with an amazing July where they won 17 games and lost only 6. During the All Star Break, David Price was recognized as the only Tampa Bay representative. Price, Zobrist, and a few other Rays were in the midst of trade rumors. Price was dealt to the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline in a three-way deal with Seattle. The Rays acquired Nick Franklin from Seattle and Drew Smyly from Detroit. Some analysts felt the Rays deserved more for David Price. After all, they gave the Tigers the 2012 American League Cy Young Award Winner to their rotation. (Detroit now had the previous three Cy Young Award winners in the American League in their rotation)


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


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


2014 Tampa Bay Rowdies season
The 2014 season was the current Tampa Bay Rowdies fifth season of existence, and fourth playing in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer pyramid. Including the original Rowdies franchise and the Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 27th season of a professional soccer team fielded in the Tampa Bay region.


2014 Tampa Bay Storm season
The 2014 Tampa Bay Storm season was the 27th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and their 23rd in the Tampa Bay area. The team was coached by Lawrence Samuels, following his promotion from offensive coordinator. They played their home games at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Finishing the regular season with an 8–10 record, the Storm failed to reach the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.


2014 Tampa Bay Storm season, Schedule
The Storm began the season by hosting the New Orleans VooDoo on March 14. They ended the regular season at home against the Cleveland Gladiators.


2014 Tampa Bay Storm season, Roster
Rookies in itlatics updated July 17, 201424 Active, 13 Inactive


2014 Tampere Open
The 2014 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 21–27 July 2014.


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


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


2014 Tampere Open – Men's Doubles
Henri Kontinen and Goran Tošić were the defending champions, but both players chose not to defend their title.


2014 Tampere Open – Men's Doubles
Ruben Gonzales and Sean Thornley won the title, beating Elias Ymer and Anton Zaitcev 6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10), [10–8]


2014 Tampere Open – Men's Singles
David Goffin won the title, defeating Jarkko Nieminen 7–6(7–3), 6–3


2014 Tampere Open – Women's Doubles
Julia Wachaczyk and Nina Zander were the defending champions, but neither player competed this year.


2014 Tampere Open – Women's Doubles
Alexandra Nancarrow and Maria Sakkari won the tournament, defeating Emma Laine and Anastasia Pivovarova in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 Tampere Open – Women's Singles
Karen Barbat was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Angeliki Kairi.


2014 Tampere Open – Women's Singles
Maria Sakkari won the title, defeating Anastasia Pivovarova in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2014 Tampines Rovers FC season
The 2014 Tampines Rovers season saw the team compete in the 2014 S.League. They also competed in the 2014 AFC Cup after winning the 2014 S.League.


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


2014 Tandridge District Council election
The 2014 Tandridge District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2014 Tandridge District Council election, Election result
There was no change in the party composition of the council, with the Conservatives holding all 13 seats they had been defending, while the Liberal Democrats held the other seat contested in Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh. This left the Conservatives with 34 councillors, compared to 6 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. Overall turnout at the election was 42.57%.


2014 Tandridge District Council election, Election result
The UK Independence Party failed to win any seats, but came second in 10 of the 14 seats contested. They reduced the Conservative majority in many of the wards, coming closest to taking a seat in Godstone, which was held by the Conservatives with a majority of 68 votes. There was only one new councillor elected, with Maureen Young holding the Conservative seat in Dormansland and Felcourt that had been held by fellow Conservative Michael Sydney before he stood down at the election.


2014 Tandridge District Council election, By-elections between 2014 and 2015
A by-election was held in Whyteleafe on 1 April 2015 following the disqualification of Conservative Cllr Tom Dempsey for not attending any meetings of the council in six months.


2014 Tanzanian local elections
The Tanzanian civic election of 2014 was held on Sunday, 14 December 2014.


2014 Taroii Open de Tênis
The 2014 Taroii Open de Tênis was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Itajaí, Brazil between 7 and 13 April 2013.


2014 Taroii Open de Tênis, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2014 Taroii Open de Tênis – Doubles
James Duckworth and Pierre-Hugues Herbert were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2014 Taroii Open de Tênis – Doubles
Máximo González and Eduardo Schwank won the title, defeating André Sá and João Souza in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 Taroii Open de Tênis – Singles
Last year's champion Rogério Dutra da Silva was not defending his title.


2014 Taroii Open de Tênis – Singles
Facundo Argüello won the title, defeating Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4.


2014 Tashkent Challenger
The 2014 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 6 and 12 October 2014.


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


2014 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Teymuraz Gabashvili were the defending champions, but Gabashvili chose not to compete this year. Elgin played alongside Alexander Kudryavtsev and lost in the first round to Frank Moser and Alexander Satschko.


2014 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles
Lukáš Lacko and Ante Pavić won the title, defeating Frank Moser and Alexander Satschko 6–3, 3–6, [13–11] in the final.


2014 Tashkent Challenger – Singles
Dudi Sela was the defending champion, but he chose not to compete this year.


2014 Tashkent Challenger – Singles
Lukáš Lacko won the title by defeating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2014 Tashkent Open
The 2014 Tashkent Open was a WTA International tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Tashkent Open, on the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, between September 8–13, 2014.


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


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


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


2014 Tashkent Open – Doubles
Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions; however, both players chose not to participate.


2014 Tashkent Open – Doubles
Aleksandra Krunić and Kateřina Siniaková won their first main circuit title by defeating Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2014 Tashkent Open – Singles
Bojana Jovanovski was the defending champion, but she lost in the final to Karin Knapp who won her first WTA title without losing a set.


2014 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 3 May 2014. The two seats up for election were the electoral division of Huon and the electoral division of Rosevears. These seats were last contested in 2008.


2014 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Huon
Independent MLC Paul Harriss held Huon from 1996. In 2014, Harriss resigned from the Legislative Council to successfully contest the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin as a Liberal candidate at the 2014 state election. The favourite prior to the election was Peter Hodgman, the uncle of Premier Will Hodgman who had previously held the seat as an independent from 1974 to 1986 before serving in the House of Assembly as a Liberal from 1986 to 2001. Hodgman was running as a Liberal candidate. His highest profile opponent was Huon Valley Mayor Robert Armstrong, running as an independent.


2014 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Huon
Other candidates included Liz Smith, a Huon Valley councillor who resigned from the Greens to run as an independent; Jimmy Bell, the manager of the Huon Valley Police and Citizens Youth Club; Rodney Dillon, an Amnesty International worker who was the 2013 Tasmanian Humanitarian of the Year; Pavel Ruzicka, a sawmiller; and Helen Lane.


2014 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Rosevears
Independent MLC Kerry Finch has represented Rosevears since 2002. He re-contested the seat. The Liberal Party endorsed Don Morris, a long-time political staffer and former Senate candidate, in a break from their tradition of not challenging sitting independents. The Liberal Party targeted Finch as a "closet Green" regarding his left-leaning voting record. No other candidates nominated.


2014 Tasmanian state election
The 2014 Tasmanian state election was held on 15 March 2014 to elect all 25 members to the House of Assembly. The 16-year incumbent Labor government, led by the Premier of Tasmania Lara Giddings, sought to win a fifth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition, led by Opposition Leader Will Hodgman. Also contesting the election was the Greens led by Nick McKim. The Palmer United Party made a significant effort in the election.


2014 Tasmanian state election
The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system to elect 25 members in five constituencies electing five members each. Elections to the Legislative Council are conducted separately from House of Assembly elections. The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.


2014 Tasmanian state election
Before the election, Hodgman had indicated that he would only govern in majority. ABC News election analyst Antony Green suggested Hodgman's promise could have come back to haunt him if Palmer United were to siphon off enough votes to deny the Liberals enough seats for a majority in their own right. However, this became moot after the Liberals picked up an additional seat in every electorate except Denison, assuring them a majority. By 10:00 pm on election night, with the Liberals assured of winning at least 14 seats, Giddings conceded defeat on behalf of Labor. Ultimately, the Liberals won 15 seats, a decisive majority. Although this was just two more seats than necessary for a majority, under Tasmanian electoral practice of the time, winning 15 seats was considered a comprehensive victory.


2014 Tasmanian state election
Hodgman took office on 31 March 2014, becoming only the fifth non-Labor premier in 80 years and only the third to govern in majority.


2014 Tasmanian state election
Later, Giddings resigned as Labor party leader, and was succeeded by outgoing Deputy Premier Bryan Green on 31 March 2014.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Results
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2014 Tasmanian state election, Results, Damage to ballot papers
On 16 March, the day after the election, the Tasmanian Electoral Commission announced that a machine being used to open envelopes containing postal votes from the Denison electorate had been operated improperly, resulting in damage to 2,338 ballot papers. Whilst 2,175 ballot papers were repaired and admitted to the count, 163 papers were too badly damaged to be used and were counted as informal.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Date
Under section 23 of the Constitution Act 1934, the House of Assembly expires four years from the return of the writs for its election, in this case 7 April 2010. The Governor must issue writs of election between five and ten days thereafter. Nominations must close on a date seven to 21 days after the issuance of the writ, and polling day must be a Saturday between 15 and 30 days after nominations close, making the last possible date 7 June 2014.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Date
On 16 January 2014, Premier Lara Giddings announced she would recall Parliament for a single session on 28 January for the sole purpose of ensuring the validity of permits for the Bell Bay Pulp Mill. She said that once the legislation was passed, she would ask the Governor of Tasmania to prorogue the parliament and issue writs for an election to be held on 15 March. Giddings announced that Greens Nick McKim and Cassy O'Connor would be expelled from cabinet as of 17 January, that the power sharing arrangement between Labor and the Greens was over, and that Labor would no longer govern with Greens in cabinet.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Date
The 2014 South Australian state election occurred on the same day for the third time in a row.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Background
The results from the previous election saw a tie between the two major parties, who both won ten seats. The Greens, led by Nick McKim, won five seats and held the balance of power. The outcome in all five multimember seats was two Labor, two Liberal, and one Green. The Liberals were ahead on the popular vote by a margin of over 6,700 votes and both Premier David Bartlett and Opposition Leader Hodgman agreed that Hodgman thus had the right to form a government. Labor went as far as to vote to relinquish power and advise the Governor, Peter Underwood, to summon Hodgman to be commissioned as the new premier.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Background
However, on 9 April, Underwood recommissioned Bartlett, detailing several reasons for his decision including incumbency and a higher chance of stability. The Liberal Party tabled motions of no-confidence in parliament against the Labor government, but these were unsuccessful.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Background
An interim cabinet was sworn in on 13 April, with Bartlett as Premier and Labor deputy leader Lara Giddings as Deputy Premier. On 24 January 2011, Bartlett stood down from the premiership to be replaced by Giddings who was elected unopposed as Tasmania's first female Premier.


2014 Tasmanian state election, Polling
Polling is regularly conducted for Tasmanian state politics by Enterprise Marketing and Research Services (EMRS). Unlike other pollsters, EMRS don't "prompt" their respondents for an answer on the first request, contributing to the large "undecided" percentage. The sample size for each poll is 1,000 Tasmanian voters.


2014 Taça da Liga Final
The 2014 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the 2013–14 Taça da Liga, the seventh season of the Taça da Liga.


2014 Taça da Liga Final
Benfica defeated Rio Ave 2–0 to win a record fifth title in the competition.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final, Rio Ave
As a Primeira Liga team, Rio Ave entered the 2013–14 Taça da Liga in the third round. The third round consisted of three group stage matches with the group winner progressing to the semi-finals. Rio Ave were drawn in group A, alongside Primeira Liga sides Paços de Ferreira, Vitória de Setúbal and Segunda Liga's Sporting da Covilhã.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final, Rio Ave
The Vilacondenses opening match was a home tie against fellow first division side Paços de Ferreira. Rio Ave defeated their opponents comfortably with goals in either half from Egyptian striker Ahmed Hassan and winger Ukra. Rio Ave's second group stage match saw the visit of Vitória de Setúbal to the Estádio dos Arcos. After trailing to a first half goal from Setúbal's Nélson Pedroso, Rio Ave's manager Nuno Espírito Santo brought on three attacking minded players in the second half in order to salvage a point for the home side.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final, Rio Ave
Nuno's substitutions paid off, as six minutes from the end Joeano's free kick curled into the top corner and beat Vitória's Paweł Kieszek to postpone the decision of who would progress to the semi-finals for the last group stage match. For their final group stage match, Rio Ave played away to Sporting da Covilhã. In a must win match, Rio Ave defeated the Segunda Liga side 3–1 thanks to goals from Bruno Braga, Pedro Santos and Ukra to qualify for a second consecutive League Cup semi-final.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final, Rio Ave
In the semi-finals, Rio Ave played host to group C winners Braga. In an evenly contested match, Rio Ave took the lead on 40 minutes through Ahmed Hassan, who converted from the penalty spot. The penalty came about after a long ball found an on-rushing Bruno Braga who was fouled by Braga's Aderlan Santos. As Aderlan Santos was the last man of Braga's defense, match official Olegário Benquerença had no other option but to send off the Brazilian and reduce Braga to ten men.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final, Rio Ave
Replays showed that Santos did not make any contact with Braga, and that the foul occurred outside the penalty area. On the verge of half time, Braga equalized through Custódio, after Raul Rusescu's free kick was saved by Rio Ave's Ederson and Custódio was quickest to react to level the encounter at 1–1. Rio Ave would regain the lead on 69 minutes.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final, Rio Ave
A right wing cross from Ukra saw Braga fail to clear the ball on two occasions, which found Bruno Braga on the edge of the box and saw the midfielder strike a volley into Eduardo's right hand top corner to make it 2–1 to the home side. Despite Braga's late pressure, Rio Ave would hold on to reach the final of the Taça da Liga for the first time in their history.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Pre-match, Venue
On 20 January, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP), announced that three venues — the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra, the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria and the Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga — made applications to the LPFP to show their intention of hosting the final of the Taça da Liga. On 24 February, the LPFP announced that the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria would host the final for the first time.


2014 Taça da Liga Final, Pre-match, Venue
The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa was the home stadium of União de Leiria between 2003 and 2011 and occasionally hosts Portuguese national team matches. It has a seating capacity for 23,888 spectators. Between 2002 and 2003, the stadium underwent renovation works as it was selected by the Portuguese Football Federation as one of the host venues for the UEFA Euro 2004. The stadium played host to two group stage matches, when both France and Switzerland played against Croatia.


2014 Taça de Portugal Final
The 2014 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2013–14 Taça de Portugal, the 74th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).


2014 Taça de Portugal Final
The final took place on 18 May 2014 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras. It was played between Benfica and Rio Ave, the two teams who also contested the 2014 Taça da Liga Final. Benfica won the Taça de Portugal for a record 25th time and made its 10th double (a record) and also an unprecedented treble by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal.


2014 Taça de Portugal Final
Rio Ave qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League by reaching the final, as Benfica had already qualified for the Champions League via their Primeira Liga result. This was the last season in which cup runners-up qualify for the Europa League if the winner had already qualified for the Champions League. As Benfica won the 2013–14 Primeira Liga, Rio Ave played against them in the 2014 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira as the Taça de Portugal representative.


2014 Team Europcar season
The 2014 season for the Team Europcar cycling team began in January with La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.


2014 Team Giant–Shimano season
The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fourth for the Team Giant-Shimano (UCI code: GIW), which began as Team Skil-Argos in 2010.


2014 Team Giant–Shimano season, Roster
As of 1 January 2014. Ages as of 1 January 2014.


2014 Team Giant–Shimano season, UCI World Ranking
The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.


2014 Team Giant–Shimano season, UCI World Ranking
Team Giant-Shimano finished fifth in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.


2014 Team Ice Racing World Championship
The 2014 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 36th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on 8/9 February, 2014, in Tolyatti, Russia. Russia won their 12th consecutive title and 20th title overall.


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


2014 Team Long Track World Championship
The 2014 Team Long Track World Championship was the eighth annual FIM Team Long Track World Championship. The final took place on 23 August 2014 in Forssa, Finland.


2014 Team Novo Nordisk season
The 2014 season for the Team Novo Nordisk cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2014 Team Sky season
The 2014 season for Team Sky began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2014 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2014 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the tenth FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 23 August 2014 in Slangerup, Denmark.


2014 Teen Choice Awards
The 2014 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 10, 2014 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The event was originally scheduled to take place at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion, which was flooded by a broken water pipe on July 29, 2014 near the campus. It was broadcast on Fox at 8:00–10:00 pm ET live/PT tape-delayed. The awards celebrate the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the Internet, and were voted on by viewers aged 13 through 19. Selena Gomez was awarded the Ultimate Choice Award during the show.


2014 Teen Choice Awards
One Direction were the biggest winners of the night, winning all ten awards they were nominated for (including an award given out to Harry Styles and one dedicated to their fans). The Fault in Our Stars won all seven of its nominations as well, including four awards for Ansel Elgort.


2014 Teen Choice Awards, Voting controversy
Tweets from nominees of the newly added Internet categories stirred up questions amongst viewers as Choice Viner Cameron Dallas tweeted to his three million followers that he was informed of winning his Teen Choice Award 6 days before voting ended. Matt Espinosa, another nominee of the night also voiced his opinion as he tweeted, "Basically they picked the people almost 6 days before voting was done and used all of us for promotion." The two viners both deleted their tweets shortly after. However, teens continued to show their outrage.


2014 Teen Choice Awards, Voting controversy
Tweets concerning the voting process flooded Twitter as many upset voters express their opinion of the fixed results. Nevertheless, the TCA rules state that, "Teenasaurus Rox reserves the right to choose the winner from the top four vote generators." Speculation of the significance of the teens' votes continue as it is uncertain of who actually had the most votes in each category.


2014 Teen Choice Awards, Winners and nominees
The first wave of nominees was announced on June 17, 2014. The second wave of nominees was announced on July 17, 2014. There are a total of 88 awards.


2014 Tehran dust storm
A massive dust storm took place in Tehran on June 2, 2014 at 4:50pm (local time). 5 men were killed, more than 30 people were injured, and a few cars were destroyed. Falling trees and objects in balconies disconnected 65 of 1200 electric 20 KW lines.


2014 Tehran dust storm
During the spring of 2014, heavy rain and hailstorms struck the Iranian capital of Tehran, surprising residents and causing traffic jams across the city. The fierce June 2 hurricane, packed with thunder and lightning, battered the northern parts of Tehran and lasted for more than an hour. According to Institute of Geophysics, wind speed was 80 km/h; Meteorological Organization of Iran reported 120 km/h. Air pressure was 4 mbar.


2014 Telok Intan by-election
A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Teluk Intan on 31 May 2014 following the nomination day on 19 May 2014. The seat was vacated after the death of the incumbent MP, Seah Leong Peng from bladder cancer in Kuala Lumpur on 1 May 2014. Seah was a lawmaker from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. In the 2013 general election, he defeated Barisan Nasional(BN) candidate and Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong and an independent candidate by 7,313 votes.


2014 Telok Intan by-election
The PR candidate in the by-election was DAP's Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, notable for her status as a rare  Malay politician in the DAP. On 17 May 2014, BN announced that it would again field Mah Siew Keong. 60,349 voters were eligible to vote in the by-election.


2014 Telok Intan by-election, Results
Mah Siew Keong won the election by a slim majority of 238 votes.