2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
After the Royals failed to do anything with a lead-off double from Hosmer in the top of the 5th, the Giants tied the game in the bottom of the inning. Joe Panik started the inning with a double to right center, which knocked Vargas out of the game. Jason Frasor was brought in. A groundout moved Panik to third, and he scored on a single to center by Pence. Danny Duffy replaced Frasor in the game. Pablo Sandoval singled and Brandon Belt walked to load the bases. Juan Pérez hit a sinking liner to center, but it was caught by a diving Jarrod Dyson. Pence tagged up at third and scored the tying run. Duffy struck out Brandon Crawford to end the inning.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
San Francisco gained the lead in the bottom of the sixth. Brandon Finnegan replaced Duffy. Pinch hitter Joaquín Árias and Blanco both singled to lead off the inning. Panik bunted to move the runners over to second and third. Finnegan intentionally walked Posey to load the bases and set up a force play at any base. Hunter Pence hit the ball to shortstop Escobar, who threw home for the forceout. However, Sandoval singled to center to score Blanco and Posey, giving the Giants a two-run lead. Belt hit another single to center which scored Pence to score the third run of the inning. Pérez grounded out to end the inning.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Jeremy Affeldt pitched a scoreless seventh for the Giants. Finnegan started the Giants' seventh by allowing an infield single to Crawford and a walk to pinch-hitter Michael Morse. Tim Collins was then brought in. He fielded a bunt ground ball by Blanco, but threw the ball away, allowing Crawford to score. Panik then hit a double to center field to score both Morse and Blanco. After Posey grounded out, Pence doubled to left field, scoring Panik, and giving the Giants' their eleventh and final run of the game.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Sergio Romo pitched a scoreless eighth for the Giants, as did Collins for the Royals. Hunter Strickland allowed a double to Gordon in the ninth inning, but he did not score, as Hosmer grounded out to end the game.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher to record a complete game shutout in a World Series game since Josh Beckett did so for the Florida Marlins in Game 6 of the 2003 World Series, and the first Giants pitcher to accomplish the feat since Jack Sanford in Game 2 of the 1962 World Series. Bumgarner only allowed four hits, recorded eight strikeouts and no walks. When Bumgarner did allow a hit, he shut down the Royals after that by coming up with six of his eight strikeouts immediately after allowing a hit. The only time that the Giants' pitcher allowed the Royals to get into scoring position was Omar Infante's one-out double in the fifth inning, but Bumgarner then struck out the next two Kansas City batters.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
This was the third straight game in which neither team hit a home run, the first such occurrence in a World Series since 1948. The Giants opened the scoring in the second, starting with Hunter Pence's single and Brandon Belt's bunt base hit. After Travis Ishikawa flied out to center to advance both runners, Brandon Crawford grounded out to second, with Pence scoring. Crawford then recorded an RBI single to right in the fourth, allowing Pablo Sandoval to score from second base to give San Francisco a 2–0 lead.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Kansas City starter James Shields was relieved by Kelvin Herrera after pitching six innings. Herrera kept the score at 2–0 in the seventh. But in the eighth, Sandoval and Pence led off with back-to-back singles, and Herrera was then relieved by Wade Davis. Juan Pérez hit a one-out double, scoring Sandoval and Pence, with Pérez reaching third base on a throwing error by Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar. Pérez had learned of his friend Oscar Taveras having died in the middle of the game and broke down in tears. He dedicated the double to Oscar, posting a tweet. Crawford then recorded his third RBI of the game with a single to left to score Pérez to make it 5–0.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The Royals scored seven runs in the second inning en route to a 10–0 win and forcing a Game 7. In memory of his lost friend Oscar Taveras, Kansas City starter Yordano Ventura pitched seven innings, allowing only three Giants hits.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Royals hitters knocked out starter Jake Peavy after 1+1⁄3 innings. After Alex Gordon and Salvador Pérez led off the second with back-to-back singles, Mike Moustakas hit an RBI double to score Gordon. After Omar Infante struck out for the first out with runners on second and third, Alcides Escobar reached base safely on an infield hit, where first baseman Brandon Belt hesitated to make sure Pérez didn't try to head home, which allowed Escobar to slide safely to first. Now with the bases loaded, Nori Aoki recorded an RBI single to score Pérez, which ended Peavy's night.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Yusmeiro Petit replaced Peavy on the mound, and allowed a single by Lorenzo Cain, and doubles by Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler that scored five more Kansas City runs made the score 7–0. Cain then hit an RBI ground rule double in the third, Escobar an RBI double in the fifth, and Moustakas a home run in the seventh, his fifth homer of the postseason, which broke Willie Aikens' franchise record of 4 home runs in a single postseason.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Although Giants starter Tim Hudson failed to make it past the bottom of the second inning after giving up two runs, reliever Jeremy Affeldt and series MVP Madison Bumgarner shut out the Kansas City offense the rest of the game, as the Giants held on for a tense 3–2 victory.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
After a scoreless first inning, the Giants struck first in the top of the second inning. Pablo Sandoval reached on a hit by pitch and Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt each singled to load the bases with nobody out. Michael Morse hit a sacrifice fly to right that scored Sandoval and moved Pence to third. Brandon Crawford followed with another sacrifice fly to center that scored Pence, giving the Giants a 2–0 lead.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The Royals immediately struck back in the bottom of the second. Billy Butler came through with a single and then an Alex Gordon double managed to score the slow-running Butler from first. Salvador Pérez was hit by a pitch from Hudson on the knee, which put the now hobbled Perez on first. Mike Moustakas advanced Gordon to third and then the Royals tied the game on a sacrifice fly by Omar Infante. After Alcides Escobar singled to put two men on with two outs, manager Bruce Bochy brought in Affeldt, who retired Nori Aoki to end the threat.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Affeldt pitched a scoreless third inning, with excellent defensive help by Giants rookie second baseman Joe Panik on a key double play. With a runner on first and no outs, Panik made a diving stop on a ball hit up the middle by Eric Hosmer and then flipped the ball from his glove while still on the ground to Crawford at second base, who quickly threw over to Belt at first. Hosmer made a diving slide into first instead of running through the bag. Although first base umpire Eric Cooper initially ruled that Hosmer was safe, Giants manager Bochy challenged the umpire's call. After a nearly three-minute video review, the call was overturned. That play became the first successful challenge by a manager in a World Series.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
In the top of the fourth inning, Sandoval reached on an infield single and moved to third after Pence singled and Belt flied out to left. Manager Ned Yost brought in Kelvin Herrera to face Morse, but Morse fought off an 0–2 pitch and looped a broken-bat single to right field to score Sandoval, giving the Giants a 3–2 lead. After Affeldt pitched a scoreless bottom of the fourth, the Giants brought in Bumgarner on two days' rest to protect their one-run lead in the fifth.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Bumgarner promptly gave up a single to Infante who then made it to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Escobar. Aoki then hit what appeared to be a game-tying double toward the left field corner. But left fielder Juan Pérez, who was playing a good five feet closer to the left field line than usual, made a nice running catch only a few feet from foul territory. Bumgarner then struck out Lorenzo Cain to end the inning.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
After allowing the single to Infante in the fifth inning, Bumgarner retired 14 batters in a row. The game ended in dramatic fashion when, with two outs, Gordon of the Royals lined an 87 mph (140 km/h) slider to left center field. Center fielder Gregor Blanco misplayed the ball, and it rolled to the wall. Left-fielder Pérez had trouble grabbing the ball, which allowed Gordon to reach third base as the potential tying run, on a base hit and error combination.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
(After the game, there was much discussion among fans and statisticians about the decision by third base coach, Mike Jirschele, not to wave Gordon home in an attempt to tie the game.) With the tying run 90 feet (27 m) away Bumgarner faced Pérez who had the game-winning hit in the AL Wild Card Game on his resume. Bumgarner decided to throw high, inside fastballs to Perez, which are the easiest to see and the hardest to hit.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Bumgarner threw six pitches—all fastballs—to Perez, which finally induced a foul popup that was caught by Sandoval to end the game, series, and baseball season. Bumgarner was initially credited with the win, which would have given him a 3–0 record in the series, the first since Randy Johnson in the 2001 World Series. However, following deliberation among the official scorers, it was decided that Affeldt by rule was entitled to the win.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
This win made the Giants the first visiting team since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates to win Game 7 of the World Series, continuing their trend of clinching World Series titles while on the road, having done so at Globe Life Park in Arlington in 2010 and Comerica Park in 2012. To date, the Giants have not clinched a World Series at AT&T (now Oracle) Park, but they hosted Game 7 at Candlestick Park in 1962, which the New York Yankees won, and the Oakland Athletics completed a four-game sweep by winning Games 3 and 4 at Candlestick in 1989.


2014 World Series, Matchups, Composite line score
2014 World Series (4–3): San Francisco Giants (NL) beat Kansas City Royals (AL)


2014 World Series, Matchups, Composite line score
In all but one of the seven games, the team that scored first went on to win; the exception was in Game 2. As of the 2019 World Series, the team that scores first in the final game of a World Series has won 64% of the time, as the Giants did in 2014.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Fox broadcast the series in the United States (simulcast in Canada on Sportsnet), with play-by-play announcer Joe Buck calling the action along with color analysts Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci and field reporters Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews. This was the first World Series telecast for Reynolds and Verducci, who replaced longtime Fox analyst Tim McCarver after the latter's retirement from the network following the 2013 World Series. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the pre-game and post-game shows with analysts Gabe Kapler, Frank Thomas, and Nick Swisher; David Ortiz joined them for Games 1 and 2.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Fox Deportes offered a Spanish-language telecast of the series, with Pablo Alsina, Duaner Sánchez, and José Tolentino commentating. MLB International televised the series outside the U.S. and Canada, with Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe announcing.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
The World Series started on a Tuesday for the first time since 1990, instead of a Wednesday as in previous years.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
The 2014 World Series averaged a national Nielsen rating of 8.3/14, making it the second-worst rated World Series in Major League Baseball history (after the 2012 series). Through six games, the series was averaging 7.4, which would have made it the worst-rated World Series, but Game 7 produced a respectable 13.7 to bolster the series average enough to avoid the notorious distinction.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
The 2014 World Series set records for lowest-rated Games 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 in World Series history. The previous Game 7 in World Series history occurred in 2011, when the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers produced a 14.7 rating, a full 1.0 over 2014's Game 7.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
This was the fifth consecutive World Series (and the sixth in seven years) to earn a national rating under 10.0.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
ESPN Radio aired the series, with Dan Shulman on play-by-play and Aaron Boone handling color commentary. Marc Kestecher anchored pre- and post-game coverage for the network along with Jon Sciambi, Chris Singleton and Peter Pascarelli. ESPN Deportes Radio offered a Spanish-language broadcast, with Eduardo Ortega announcing along with Renato Bermúdez, Armando Talavera and José Francisco Rivera.


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
Locally, the series was broadcast on the teams' flagship radio stations with their respective announcing crews. In San Francisco, KNBR aired the games in English (with Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow and Dave Flemming announcing), while KTRB broadcast in Spanish (with Erwin Higueros and Tito Fuentes announcing). In Kansas City, KCSP broadcast the games (with Denny Matthews and Ryan Lefebvre announcing).


2014 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
Due to contractual obligations, the affiliate stations on the teams' radio networks had to carry the ESPN Radio feed of the games, although the local broadcasts were also available on Sirius and XM satellite radio and to Gameday Audio subscribers at MLB.com. In Kansas City, WHB carried the ESPN Radio feed in direct competition with KCSP's broadcast.


2014 World Series, Historical notes
This was the second World Series in history in which two wild card teams faced each other, the first being the 2002 World Series between the Giants and the Anaheim Angels. It was the first World Series to involve a team (let alone two) that played in the additional wild card game instituted in 2012. Consequently, by winning, the Giants set the record for most victories in a single postseason with 12. This was also only the second World Series since 2002 to go to seven games.


2014 World Series, Historical notes
Additionally, this was the first World Series in which both teams played in a play-in game since the Division Series was added in 1994. It was also the first time in World Series history (after the advent of the 162-game schedule) that the opponents both had fewer than 90 wins in the regular season. It was the first Series in history in which at least five games were decided by five or more runs. It was the third World Series to end in Game 7 with the tying run on third base, after 1946 and 1962.


2014 World Series, Historical notes
The Giants became the first road team to win Game 7 of the World Series since the 1979 Pirates, ending a string of nine straight home team victories in the deciding game. The Giants were also the first team to come back to win Game 7 after losing Game 6 since the 1997 Marlins as well as the first road team to do since the 1975 Reds. It was the Giants' first ever Game 7 victory in a best-of-seven World Series.


2014 World Series, Historical notes
The victory wrapped up the Giants' third championship in five seasons, a feat accomplished only once previously by a National League team since the St. Louis Cardinals in 1942, 1944, and 1946. The Giants became the fifth franchise to win at least three titles in five years (or fewer), joining the Athletics, Cardinals, Red Sox, and Yankees. Manager Bruce Bochy became the tenth manager in MLB history to win three championships, with the previous nine all inducted into the Hall of Fame.


2014 World Series, Historical notes
Earlier in the postseason, both teams extended their record streaks of victories in postseason elimination games to seven in their respective wild card games. The Royals extended their streak to eight games with their victory in Game 6. With their victory in Game 7, the Giants also extended their streak to eight games and consequently ended the Royals streak. The Giants extended their streak of postseason series wins to ten, extending the National League record, a streak surpassed only by the New York Yankees from 1998–2001 (11 consecutive series wins).


2014 World Series, Historical notes
Madison Bumgarner pitched 21 innings in the 2014 World Series and allowed just one run, giving him a series ERA of just 0.43, the lowest since Sandy Koufax's 0.38 ERA in the 1965 World Series. In the World Series, Bumgarner pitched more than one-third of the 61 innings thrown by the Giants. Bumgarner set a new World Series record for lowest career ERA with 0.25 (minimum 25 innings pitched), besting Jack Billingham's 0.36 career ERA. Bumgarner's 52+2⁄3 innings pitched in the postseason set a new record, surpassing Curt Schilling's 48+1⁄3 innings pitched in 2001.


2014 World Series, Aftermath
Despite rainy weather, hundreds of thousands of fans turned out for the Giants' victory parade in San Francisco on October 31, 2014.


2014 World Series, Aftermath
The Giants continued their pattern of winning the World Series in even-numbered years and missing the postseason in odd-numbered years, failing to make the playoffs in the 2015 season with an 84–78 record. Despite a successful season from Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco was unable to return to the playoffs due to numerous injuries and a below-par performance from its pitching staff.


2014 World Series, Aftermath
Although the Giants made the postseason again in 2016, they lost to the eventual world champion Chicago Cubs in the NLDS; the Giants then followed that with a 64–98 record in 2017, tying Detroit for the worst record in the majors, and also finishing with their worst record since 1985 (62–100). A 73–89 record in 2018 helped end the Giants' streak of making the postseason in even-numbered years that started in 2010.


2014 World Series, Aftermath
The Royals carried over their momentum from the previous fall, winning the American League Central the very next season. This was Kansas City's first division title since 1985, when they won the American League West. Their 95–67 record was the best in the American League, and the Royals' best since 1980. Kansas City would go on to return to the World Series, where they defeated the New York Mets four games to one, making them the first team since the 1989 Oakland Athletics to win the World Series after losing the previous year.


2014 World Series, Aftermath
With the Giants being the first visiting team to win Game 7 since 1979 (the home team having a 9-0 record in the interim), this began a streak of visiting teams winning Game 7 of the World Series, next with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, the Houston Astros in 2017, and the Washington Nationals in 2019 all winning on the road.


2014 World Series, Aftermath
Although the Giants and Royals have yet to meet again in the MLB postseason, a San Francisco team and a Kansas City team would meet again in a major championship game with the 49ers and Chiefs meeting up in Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020. The Chiefs defeated the 49ers, 31–20, to secure their second Super Bowl championship, and their first in 50 years.


2014 World Series by Renault
The 2014 World Series by Renault was the tenth season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner. Consisting of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Eurocup Clio. It was the first season without Eurocup Mégane Trophy.


2014 World Series by Renault
The series began on 26 April at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz, and finished on 19 October at the Circuito de Jerez, just outside Jerez de la Frontera. Round at Jerez replaced Barcelona round, who took place in the series schedule since 2006. Rounds at Red Bull Ring was dropped. While Nürburgring returned to the series' schedule, while Formula Renault 3.5 had two extra races on its own, in support of the Monaco Grand Prix and Monza Blancpain Endurance Series Series round.


2014 World Series of Darts
The 2014 World Series of Darts was the second staging of the World Series of Darts tour organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. There were four events of the tour, held in Dubai, Singapore, Perth, and Sydney. The four tournaments featured two different formats. They all featured the top six players on the Order of Merit joined by two PDC wildcards. The Perth and Sydney tournaments also featured eight regional qualifiers.


2014 World Series of Poker
The 2014 World Series of Poker is the 45th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada, USA, between May 27-July 14, 2014. There were 65 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on July 5. The November Nine concept returned for a seventh year, with the Main Event finalists returning on November 10. For the first time, the Main Event had a guaranteed $10 million first prize. The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop was also held for the second time.


2014 World Series of Poker, The Big One for One Drop
The second edition of the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop began on June 29. The tournament drew 42 entries, 6 fewer than the first edition in 2012, creating a prize pool of more than $37,000,000. The winner of the tournament earned $15,306,668. The tournament was first conceived by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to benefit the One Drop Foundation, with $111,111 of each buy-in being donated to the foundation; in addition, the donation was the only rake taken from the prize pool, with the WSOP taking nothing for itself.


2014 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 5 with the first of three starting days. The final table was reached on July 14, with the November Nine returning on November 10.


2014 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The Main Event attracted 6,683 entrants, creating a prize pool of $62,820,200. The top 693 finishes placed in the money, with the finalists guaranteed $730,725 and the winner earning $10,000,000.


2014 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Performance of past champions
Notably absent was 1976 and 1977 Main Event champion Doyle Brunson who reported earlier in his Twitter account he will not be attending the event since the tournament hours are too long and demand too much energy. He also stated he needed to stay home to take care of his wife who was feeling ill at the time.


2014 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Performance of past champions
This was the first time since 2002 that no previous champion cashed in the Main Event, with Huck Seed making it to Day 4, the only former champ to make it to Day 4.


2014 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other notable high finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


2014 World Series of Poker, Main Event, November Nine
Mark Newhouse made historic back to back final tables. After finishing 9th in 2013 for $733,224 he finished 9th again for $730,725. Bruno Politano was the first Brazilian to final table the main event. He finished 8th for $947,172.


2014 World Series of Poker, Main Event, November Nine
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2014 Main Event.


2014 World Series of Poker, Records
Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em attracted 7,977 entries. It established a new record as the largest single-day starting field when 4,722 players played in Day 1a. It was also the largest non-Main Event field in WSOP history, and the second largest field overall after the 2006 Main Event.


2014 World Series of Poker, Records
Ronnie Bardah finished in 475th place in the Main Event, setting a new record by cashing in five consecutive Main Events. He previously finished in 24th in 2010, 453rd in 2011, 540th in 2012, and 124th in 2013.


2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific
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2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) was held from October 2-18 at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. There were 10 bracelet events, culminating in a $10,000 Main Event and a $25,000 High Roller. This was the second edition of WSOP APAC, and the first under a new schedule which will see this event and WSOP Europe held in alternate years.


2014 World Series of Poker results
Below are the results of the 2014 World Series of Poker, held from May 27-July 14 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.


2014 World Series of Poker results, Results, Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 14 to 17 March 2014 at the Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were the 39th World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, the fifth to be held in Canada and the third to be held in Montreal.


2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results
The Overall World Champion is determined by adding the points received by the athletes taking part in the final of each event; points are not awarded for any races other than the event finals.


2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results
For each final race: 34 points are awarded for first place, 21 points for second place, 13 points for third place, 8 points for fourth place, 5 points for fifth place, 3 points for sixth place, 2 points for seventh place, and 1 point is awarded for eighth place. In the 3000 m super-final, an additional 5 points are awarded to the athlete who is leading the race after the first 1000 m. The relay events do not count towards the overall classification.


2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results
The athlete with the second most points wins the overall silver medal, and the next highest point scorer wins overall bronze.


2014 World Snooker Championship
The 2014 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2014 Dafabet World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 19 April to 5 May 2014 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 38th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible. The tournament was also the last ranking event of the 2013–14 snooker season. The event was sponsored by Dafabet for the first time. A qualifying tournament was held from 8 to 16 April 2014 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield for 16 players, who met 16 seeded participants at the main championships.


2014 World Snooker Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, having won the previous year's event by defeating Barry Hawkins in the final. Mark Selby won the 2014 event to capture his first world title by defeating O'Sullivan 18–14 in the final. This was Selby's fourth ranking title, also completing the Triple Crown of World Championship, UK Championship, and Masters titles. Neil Robertson compiled the highest break of the tournament, a 140, and scored his 100th century break of the season in his quarter-final win over Judd Trump. The event featured a prize fund of £1,214,000, the winner receiving £300,000.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Background
The 2014 World Snooker Championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each match played over several frames. These 32 players for the event were selected through a mix of the snooker world rankings and a pre-tournament qualification round. The first World Snooker Championship took place in 1927, with the final held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England, and the title was won by Joe Davis. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Background
As of 2021, Stephen Hendry is the event's most successful participant in the modern era, having won the championship seven times. The defending champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan, who had won the 2013 event, defeating Barry Hawkins in the final to take his fifth title. The winner of the 2014 championship received £300,000, from a total prize fund of £1,214,000. The event was organised by World Snooker in partnership with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).


2014 World Snooker Championship, Background, Format
The 2014 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament played from 19 April to 5 May 2014 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the 38th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was held at the Crucible Theatre. Of the 32 participants, 16 players qualified for the event from the snooker world rankings, and 16 from a four-round qualifying event held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. The event was the last of twelve ranking events in the 2013–14 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. The tournament was sponsored by sports betting company Dafabet for the first time, replacing previous sponsors Betfair.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Background, Prize fund
The total prize money for the 2014 World Snooker Championship was £1,214,000, a raise from the previous year's £1,111,000. The winner received £300,000, an increase of £50,000 over the previous year. The breakdown of prize money for the 2014 event is shown below:


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
Four former world champions lost in the qualifying rounds. Six-time champion Steve Davis was defeated by Craig Steadman, a match Davis needed to win to retain his place on the World Snooker Tour. Two-time champion Mark Williams lost to Alan McManus in the final qualifying round 8–10 and failed to play at the main championship for the first time since 1996. Graeme Dott lost to Kyren Wilson 7–10, whilst Peter Ebdon lost 8–10 to Robin Hull. The loss for Ebdon meant that he ended 22 consecutive appearances at the event since his debut in 1992. Two previous runners-up also did not qualify. Six-time finalist Jimmy White lost in the second qualifying round to Ian Burns 10–4, whilst two-time runner-up Matthew Stevens lost to Tom Ford.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
For the first time, no Welsh player automatically qualified to play at the Crucible. Three Welshmen, Dominic Dale, Michael White, and Ryan Day, won places in the first round through qualification. At the age of 44, 1997 champion Ken Doherty defeated Dechawat Poomjaeng 10–5 in qualifying to become the oldest player to reach the main stage. Kyren Wilson, Michael Wasley, Xiao Guodong, and Robbie Williams all made their debuts in the competition by coming through qualifying.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The first round was played as best-of-19 frame matches held over two sessions between 19 and 24 April 2014. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan drew world number 122 Robin Hull in the first round, and won 10–4. The 2010 World Snooker Championship winner Neil Robertson won his first round match against Robbie Williams, leading 7–2 after the first session, and won 10–2. In his victory, he compiled breaks of 102, 102, 103, 132, and the tournament's highest of 140 to take his season total of century breaks to 97. The 2005 champion Shaun Murphy trailed 5–7 behind against Jamie Cope, before the pair played a deciding frame at 9–9. Murphy took the frame 65–49 to win the match. Third seed Mark Selby also won a deciding frame, as he defeated Michael White 10–9.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Fourth seed Ding Junhui had previously won five ranking events in the season, a record he jointly held with Stephen Hendry. In his first round match he was defeated 9–10 by debutant Michael Wasley, and so failed to set a new record for tournament wins in a season. Ken Doherty won the last seven frames of his match against sixth seed Stuart Bingham to win 10–5, recording his first victory at the event since 2006.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Alan McManus achieved his first Crucible win since 2005 by defeating fellow Scot John Higgins 10–7, while Dominic Dale won his first Crucible match since 2000 by defeating 13th seed Mark Davis 10–5. The final frame of Ricky Walden's first-round match against Kyren Wilson lasted 73 minutes 13 seconds, just under two minutes short of the Crucible record of 74 minutes 58 seconds that Stephen Maguire and Mark King set in 2009. Walden won the frame to clinch a 10–7 victory. Qualifier Ryan Day defeated tenth seed Stephen Maguire 10–9.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
During the first round, a "Ladies' Day" at the tournament featured events designed to encourage greater female participation in the sport. The day was also used to raise money for the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice in Rotherham.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The second round was played as best-of-25 frame matches over three sessions between 25 and 28 April 2014. O'Sullivan trailed Joe Perry throughout the first two sessions of their match, but ultimately won 13–11. O'Sullivan described the encounter with Perry as "probably my most exciting match ever at the Crucible." McManus played Doherty and won six frames in a row from 4–3 ahead to lead 10–3, and later won 13–8. This was McManus' first quarter-final appearance since 2005, when he also beat Doherty in the second round. Murphy led Marco Fu 9–7 after the first two sessions, before winning four of the next five frames to win 13–8.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Dale defeated Wasley 13–4 to reach his first World Championship quarter-final since 2000. In defeating Mark Allen 13–7, Robertson added two more century breaks to bring his season total to 99. In the last two frames he made breaks of 94 and 92, narrowly missing his 100th century of the season. Barry Hawkins met Walden in a repeat of the previous year's semi-final. Hawkins won again, this time 13–11, to reach his second Crucible quarter-final. Selby led Ali Carter 9–7 after the first two sessions, and won three frames in a row to lead 12–7. Carter won the next two frames before Selby won the 20th frame by 82 points to 19 to win 13–9. In the last second round match, seventh seed Judd Trump defeated Day 13–7.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played as best-of-25 frame matches across three sessions between 29 and 30 April. Selby and McManus only completed seven of the scheduled eight frames in the first session of their match as they ran out of time, with Selby leading 4–3. Selby won eight of the nine in the second session to lead 12–4, and won the second frame of the final session to win 13–5. Having trailed 0–2 and needing three snookers in the third frame, O'Sullivan won 13 of the last 14 frames to defeat Shaun Murphy 13–3, ending the match with a session to spare.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Hawkins opened up a 6–2 lead over Dominic Dale in the first session, and extended his lead to 11–5 after two sessions. In the final session, Dale fought back to win seven frames in a row and take the lead 12–11, but Hawkins captured the last two frames to win the match 13–12. Neil Robertson trailed Judd Trump 2–6 after the first session, and 6–9 after the second, before he won seven of the last nine frames to win the match 13–11. In the 22nd frame, Robertson compiled his 100th century break of the 2013–14 snooker season.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played as best-of-33 frame matches over four sessions on 2 and 3 May. O'Sullivan and Hawkins contested the first semi-final, a rematch of the previous year's final. O'Sullivan led at 10–2, but Hawkins won three of the next four to trail overnight 11–5. O'Sullivan made breaks of 76, 55, 103 and 84 and later won the match 17–7 in the final frame of the third session. This was the first time in ten years that a player had won two matches with a session to spare in the same event, having done so himself previously in 2004. That year, O'Sullivan won the championship one frame into the final session.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
In the second semi-final, a match that lasted 12 hours and 4 minutes, Selby defeated Robertson 17–15 to reach his second World Championship final. Selby had previously reached the final once before in 2007. During the match, Robertson extended his century break record to 103, but his defeat meant that he lost his world number one position.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The final was played on the 4 and 5 May 2014 between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Selby as best-of-35 frames, held over four sessions and was refereed by Brendan Moore. This was the first time that Moore had presided over a World Championship final. In the first session on Sunday afternoon, O'Sullivan took a 5–3 lead, which he extended in the evening session to 8–3 and 10–5. Selby took the last two frames of the day to leave O'Sullivan with a 10–7 overnight lead. O'Sullivan's highest break on the first day was a 131 in the 14th frame, while Selby's highest break of the day was just 62.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The third session concluded after just six of the scheduled eight frames. Selby won five of the six frames to go into the final session with a 12–11 lead. He then won three of the first four frames of the evening session, extending his lead to 15–12 at the mid-session interval, before winning the final 18–14 to capture his first world title. In all, Selby won 13 of the last 17 frames, and scored his two highest breaks of the match in frames 30 and 31 to increase his lead from 15–14 to 17–14. This was Selby's fourth ranking title, and made him the ninth player to win all three Triple Crown events, reinstating him as the world number one.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
O'Sullivan said "I want to congratulate Mark on a fantastic tournament. He's been the best player over 17 days ... In the end I was numb as he was too strong and tough." Selby dedicated the title to his late father, who died two months before he turned professional.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
The draw for the first round took place on 17 April 2014, one day after the qualifying, and was broadcast live on World Snooker's YouTube channel at 12 pm BST. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks, whilst players in bold denote match winners. Below are the full results from the event.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
The qualifying rounds 1–3 for the tournament took place between 8 and 13 April 2014 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. The final round of qualifying took place on 15 and 16 April 2014 at the same venue. This was the first snooker event held at the venue.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries
There were 58 century breaks in the televised stage of the World Championship. For every century break made during the main tournament, Dafabet, donated £100 to the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. Neil Robertson made the highest break of the event, a 140.


2014 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
There were 69 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship. The highest was 139 by both Martin O'Donnell and Andrew Higginson.


2014 World Snowshoe Championships
The 2014 World Snowshoe Championships was the 7th edition of the global snowshoe running competition, World Snowshoe Championships, organised by the World Snowshoe Federation and took place in Rättvik from 31 January to 1 February 2014.


2014 World Snowshoe Championships, Results
The race, held on the distance of 9 km, has compiled two different ranking (male and female) overall, it was the mass start system and more than 100 competitors participated.


2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, officially the Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2014, were held in Nagano, Japan, from 18 to 19 January 2014.


2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The defending champions were Michel Mulder of the Netherlands for men and Heather Richardson of the United States for women. In the men's championships, Mulder was able to retain his title. Shani Davis of the United States won the silver, and Daniel Greig of Australia won the bronze, thereby clinching his nation's first-ever medal at an international long-track speed skating competition. In the women's championships, Yu Jing of China re-claimed her title from 2012, while her compatriot Zhang Hong won the silver, and Richardson had to settle for the bronze medal.


2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and one 1000 meters; 24 skaters may take part on the second 1000 meters. These 24 skaters are determined by the samalog standings after the three skated distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2014 World Taekwondo Grand Prix
The 2014 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.


2014 World Team Challenge
The 13th World Team Challenge 2014 (officially: R(H)EINPOWER-Biathlon-WTC 14) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 27, 2014, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The winners were Valj Semerenko and Serhiy Semenov from Ukraine, and it was second victory for this country after Ukrainian team had won it in 2008.


2014 World Team Challenge, Participants
20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 9 different countries were represented at this event since host country was represented by two teams.


2014 World Team Championship
The 2014 World Team Championship (short: WTC 2014) was a professional team pool tournament that took place from 27 July to 2 August 2014. The event was held in Beijing, China. It was the third edition of the World Team Championship run by the World Pool-Billiard Association.


2014 World Team Championship
The defending champion was the Taiwan team who won the 2012 World Team Championship, but they lost in the quarter-finals to the Filipino team. China defeated the Philippines in the final 4–2.


2014 World Team Championship, Teams
Below is the list of participating teams, along with the four to six team members.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from 28 April to 5 May 2014. The Championships was staged in Japan for the seventh time and was the 52nd edition of the team competition.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The decision was announced by ITTF in May 2011, after several sporting events including the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships were shifted from Japan due to the Tōhoku earthquake and the following Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships, Seeding
The first division (Championship Division) comprised 24 teams. The top eighteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2012 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the competition. The other four spots were based on the latest ITTF Computer World Team Ranking before the Championships.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
The Men's team tournament of the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 28 April–5 May 2014. All matches were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Championship Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 1–12.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Second Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 25–36.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Third Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 49–60.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Fourth Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 73–84.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Fifth Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 97–105.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team
The Women's team tournament of the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 28 April–5 May 2014. All matches were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Championship Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 1–12.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Second Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 25–36.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Third Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 49–60.


2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Fourth Division
The top three teams of each group played for places 73–84.


2014 World TeamTennis season
The 2014 World TeamTennis season was the 39th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V., the official name of the league was Mylan World TeamTennis in 2014. The Washington Kastles defeated the Springfield Lasers in the WTT Final to win their fourth consecutive King Trophy.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Competition format
The 2014 World TeamTennis season included seven teams split into two conferences (Eastern and Western). The Eastern Conference had three teams and the Western Conference had four teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams in each conference qualified for the conference championship matches hosted by the first-place finishers. The conference champions met in the World TeamTennis Final hosted in 2014, by the Western Conference champion. An Eastern Conference champion that is a higher seed than a Western Conference champion is treated as the "home" team and has the right to determine order of play. The winner of the WTT Final is awarded the King Trophy.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Franchise movement and contraction
On November 21, 2013, WTT announced that entrepreneur Lorne Abony had purchased the Orange County Breakers and relocated the team to Cedar Park, Texas, renaming it the Austin Aces. Immediately after the transaction, the Aces acquired the rights to Austin's hometown hero Andy Roddick in a trade with the Springfield Lasers in exchange for financial consideration. The team remains in the Western Conference.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Franchise movement and contraction
On January 6, 2014, WTT announced that San Diego businessman Russell Geyser had purchased the New York Sportimes and relocated the team, renaming it the San Diego Aviators. The team was moved by WTT from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Franchise movement and contraction
On February 4, 2014, after 28 years in Sacramento, the Sacramento Capitals announced the team was moving to Las Vegas for the 2014 season and would be renamed the Las Vegas Neon. The Capitals cited dissatisfaction with the team's stadium, a temporary facility on the parking lot of a mall. Management made plans for the team to play the 2014 season in the Darling Tennis Center, a permanent 3,000-seat stadium about 11 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip in the Summerlin community within the Las Vegas city limits.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Franchise movement and contraction
On February 20, Neon principal owner Deepal Wannakuwatte was arrested on federal fraud charges. The assets of his Sacramento-based medical supply company, International Manufacturing Group Inc., were frozen by a federal judge. Wannakuwatte's family had owned the Capitals/Neon franchise since 2011. International Manufacturing Group Inc. was the parent company of Capital Sports Management LLC which was the legal owner of the Neon. With the assets frozen, Neon ownership was unable to meet its financial obligations to the WTT, and on March 5, the league contracted the franchise.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Franchise movement and contraction
With the Sportimes moving from New York and becoming the San Diego Aviators and changing conferences, WTT had originally planned to move the Springfield Lasers from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference and have four teams in each conference. After the contraction of the Las Vegas Neon, WTT decided to keep the Lasers in the Western Conference.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee player draft
The 2014 World TeamTennis Marquee Player Draft was conducted in New York City on February 11, 2014. The order in which teams selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2013 with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The order for relocated franchises was based on the results achieved in their previous city. Teams could protect up to two marquee players or doubles teams to which they held the rights from the previous season or acquired in a trade.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee player draft
These protected players could not be chosen by other teams unless the team protecting them failed to choose them in the draft. Rights to marquee players can be traded from one team to another before or during the draft, and the acquiring team may protect and then select those players. The selections made are shown in the tables below.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Roster player draft
The 2014 World TeamTennis Roster Player Draft was conducted in Indian Wells, California on March 11, 2014. The order in which teams selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2013 with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The order for relocated franchises was based on the results achieved in their previous city. Teams could protect up to four players to which they held the rights from the previous season or acquired in a trade.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Roster player draft
These protected players could not be chosen by other teams unless the team protecting them failed to choose them in the draft. Rights to roster players can be traded from one team to another before or during the draft, and the acquiring team may protect and then select those players. In addition, the rights to make a selection in a particular position within the draft can be traded from one team to another. The selections made are shown in the tables below.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, Eastern Conference Championship Match
July 24 at Kastles Stadium at Charles E. Smith Center, Washington, D.C.: Washington Kastles 21, Philadelphia Freedoms 16, overtime


2014 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, Western Conference Championship Match
July 24 at Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, California: Springfield Lasers 22, San Diego Aviators 17


2014 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, WTT Final Match
July 27 at Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex, Springfield, Missouri: Washington Kastles 25, Springfield Lasers 13


2014 World TeamTennis season, Individual statistical leaders
The tables below show the WTT players who had the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events. Only players who played in at least 40% of the total number of games played by their team in a particular event are eligible to be listed among the official WTT league leaders for that event.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Team statistics
The tables below show the regular-season winning percentages of each team in each of the league's five events.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Television
The Tennis Channel broadcast four matches nationally. However, only one was shown live; the other three were shown on tape delay. The matches shown by the Tennis Channel were


2014 World TeamTennis season, Television
The WTT Final between the Washington Kastles and the Springfield Lasers on July 27 at 4:00 pm CDT was broadcast live by ESPN2, but was scheduled to be joined in progress at 6:00 pm EDT, approximately one hour after the match's scheduled starting time. However, ESPN2's coverage of the 2014 Atlanta Open ended earlier than expected, and the network went to coverage of the WTT Final earlier than originally planned, joining the match during the first set.


2014 World TeamTennis season, Television
In addition to the five national telecasts described above, several matches were shown by regional sports networks, and many of these were made available to affiliated channels in other markets.


2014 World Touring Car Championship
The 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for Super 2000 Cars. It was the eleventh FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the tenth since the series was revived in 2005.


2014 World Touring Car Championship
After making a race-winning début on home soil during the 2013 campaign, Argentina's José María López won the drivers' championship after performing strongest during the season. Driving for the Citroën team, López won ten races during the season, significantly more than team-mates Yvan Muller – the defending series champion – and Sébastien Loeb, who was in his first season in the championship. López finished all but one race during the season, with his only retirement coming during the second race in Russia, and finished the season 126 points clear of his next closest challenger, which was Muller. Muller took four victories during the season, all coming from pole position. Loeb finished a further 41 points behind Muller, taking a pair of victories, in Morocco and the only race in Slovakia.


2014 World Touring Car Championship
Only one other driver won more than one race, as Robert Huff won the first races for Lada Sport in the World Touring Car Championship. Huff won the second races in Beijing and Macau; his win in the latter was his seventh at the circuit, over the previous seven years. Single race winners during 2014 were Gabriele Tarquini (Japan), Tom Chilton (Beijing), Gianni Morbidelli (Hungary), Mehdi Bennani (Shanghai) and Ma Qing Hua in Russia. Morbidelli's win was his first in the series, while the victories for Bennani and Ma were the first in FIA competition for their respective countries, Morocco and China.


2014 World Touring Car Championship
Citroën dominated the manufacturers' championship, taking a total of 17 overall wins out of the 23 races. The marque finished almost 300 points clear of Honda, who finished in second position. In the TC2-only Yokohama Drivers' Trophy, Franz Engstler finished well clear of the field in his final WTCC season before moving to the TCR International Series. Engstler achieved 20 victories and a pair of second places from 23 starts, and finished 90 points clear of closest rival John Filippi, who won the second race in Japan.


2014 World Touring Car Championship
The other race winners were Pasquale Di Sabatino in Hungary, and ETCC regular Petr Fulín, who won the race in Slovakia. In the Yokohama Teams' Trophy for non-manufacturer teams, ROAL Motorsport, with Chilton and Tom Coronel as its drivers, finished 91 points clear of the single-car team of Zengő Motorsport and driver Norbert Michelisz. The Yokohama Performer of the Year award went to López, taking the most fastest laps of the season, with eleven.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
For the 2014 season, the series' technical regulations were altered. Cars built to the 2014 specifications were classified as "TC1", whilst cars built prior to 2014 were classified as "TC2".


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Regulation changes
The sporting and technical regulations were approved by the FIA, at the July 2013 meeting of the World Motor Sport Council:


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
The series introduced a raft of changes to the technical regulations for the 2014 season. The cars were still built to Super 2000 regulations, but with significant changes compared to the 2011 generation of cars. The minimum weight of the cars was reduced from 1,150 kilograms (2,540 pounds) to 1,100 kilograms (2,400 pounds), and was accompanied by an increase in the power output of the engine, which rose to 380 bhp, an increase of between 50 and 60 bhp depending on the engine being used.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
The size of the wheels being used increased to 18", with MacPherson strut suspension being introduced to all cars. The dimensions of the cars changed, with a maximum width of 1,950 mm (77 in), and a 100 mm (3.9 in) front splitter. Changes to the aerodynamic package allowed teams to use flat floors, and introduce single-plane rear wings that were allowed, but to be no higher than the roof of the car.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
The provisional 2014 schedule was announced on 4 November 2013. The season was once again contested over twenty-four races at twelve circuits.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Races, Compensation weights
The most competitive cars keep a 60 kg compensation weight. The other cars get a lower one, calculated according to their results for the three previous rounds. The less the cars get some good results, the less they get a compensation weight, from 0 kg to 60 kg. The compensation weights were introduced starting from the third round.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Races, Compensation weights
During the whole season, the Citroën C-Elysée was the reference car with the best races results and so was handicapped by a 60 kg compensation weight to limit its performances, as well as during the qualifications than during the races.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Yokohama Trophies
World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events organised the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy and the Yokohama Teams' Trophy within the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Yokohama Trophies
All TC2 entries were eligible for the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Yokohama Trophies
All non-manufacturer teams were eligible to score points towards the Yokohama Teams' Trophy.


2014 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Yokohama Trophies
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2014 World U-17 Hockey Challenge (January)
The 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Sydney and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada between December 29, 2013 and January 4, 2014. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is held by Hockey Canada annually to showcase young hockey talent from across Canada and other strong hockey countries. The primary venues used for the tournament are the Centre 200 and the Emera Centre Northside in Sydney and the Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury.


2014 World U-17 Hockey Challenge (November)
The 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Sarnia and Lambton Shores, Ontario, Canada, from November 2 to 8, 2014.


2014 World University American Football Championship
The 2014 World University American Football Championship was an international college American football tournament that was held from May 1 to 11, 2014 in Uppsala, Sweden, at Österängens IP. It was the 1st World University Championship for American football. The tournament was held in round-robin format, with each team facing each other once.


2014 World University Cycling Championship
The 2014 World University Cycling Championship is the 6th World University Cycling Championship (5th according to the organisation) sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship will take place in Jelenia Góra, Poland from 9 to 13 July 2014.


2014 World University Cycling Championship, Participation
Each country may enter a maximum of twenty competitors with limited number of competitors per event. For road cycling there is a maximum of 4 men and 4 women per discipline and for the mountainbike events a maximum of six 6 men and 6 women per discipline per country.


2014 World University Cycling Championship – Women's road race
The women's road race at the 2014 World University Cycling Championship took place in Jelenia Góra, Poland on 10 July 2014. The race was 66 km long. 32 riders from 12 countries registered for the race. One rider did not start and two riders did not finish.


2014 World University Cycling Championship – Women's road race
After finishing second in the time trial the day before, Kathrin Hammes won the road race. Katarzyna Solus-Miskowicz finished second and time trial winner Martyna Klekot took bronze.


2014 World University Squash Championship
The 2014 World University Squash Championship is the edition of the 2014's World University Squash, which serves as the individual world squash championship for students. The event took place in Chennai in India from 1 September to 7 September.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event took place from November 8 to 16, 2014.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
The men's +105 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 15–16 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
The men's 105 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 14–15 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
The men's 56 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
The men's 62 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 and 9 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
The men's 69 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 9 and 10 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
The men's 77 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 11 and 12 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
Daniel Godelli was the original gold medalist with a total of 369kg, but was later disqualified due to one of his samples testing positive for the use of the steroid Stanozolol.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg
The men's 85 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 12–13 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg
The men's 94 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 13–14 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg
The women's +75 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 15–16 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
The women's 48 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 and 9 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg
The women's 53 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 10 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg
The women's 58 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 10 and 11 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg
The women's 63 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 12 and 13 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
The women's 69 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 13–14 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg
The women's 75 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 14–15 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2014 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2014 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was held from 15 to 23 March at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2014 World Women's Curling Championship:


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Rachel Homan Third: Emma Miskew Second: Alison Kreviazuk Lead: Lisa Weagle Alternate: Stephanie LeDrew


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Liu Sijia Third: Jiang Yilun Second: Wang Rui Lead: Liu Jinli Alternate: She Qiutong


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna Kubešková Third: Tereza Plíšková Second: Klára Svatoňová Lead: Veronika Herdová Alternate: Alžběta Baudyšová


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Madeleine DupontThird: Denise DupontSecond: Christine SvensenLead: Lina Almindingen Knudsen Alternate: Isabella Clemmensen


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Imogen Oona LehmannThird: Corinna ScholzSecond: Nicole MuskatewitzLead: Stella HeißAlternate: Claudia Beer


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Evita RegžaThird: Dace RegžaSecond: Ieva BērziņaLead: Žaklīna LitaunieceAlternate: Iluta Linde


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna SidorovaThird: Margarita FominaSecond: Aleksandra SaitovaLead: Ekaterina GalkinaAlternate: Nkeiruka Ezekh


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kerry Barr Third: Rachael Simms Second: Rhiann Macleod Lead: Barbara McPake Alternate: Hannah Fleming


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Gim Un-chi Skip: Kim Ji-sun Second: Lee Seul-bee Lead: Um Min-ji Alternate: Shin Mi-sung


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Maria PrytzThird: Christina BertrupSecond: Maria WennerströmSkip: Margaretha SigfridssonAlternate: Sara McManus


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Binia Feltscher Third: Irene Schori Second: Franziska Kaufmann Lead: Christine Urech Alternate: Carole Howald


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Allison Pottinger Third: Nicole Joraanstad Second: Natalie Nicholson Lead: Tabitha Peterson Alternate: Tara Peterson


2014 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4).


2014 World Wrestling Championships
The 2014 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 10th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from September 8 to 14 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 130 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 13.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 59 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 14.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
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2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 13.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 71 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 71 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 14.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 12.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 80 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 80 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 13.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 12.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 98 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 14.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg
The men's freestyle 125 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 8.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg
The men's freestyle 57 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 8.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg
The men's freestyle 61 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 9.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg
The men's freestyle 65 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 9.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg
The men's freestyle 70 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 8.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
The men's freestyle 74 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 9.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg
The men's freestyle 86 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 8.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg
The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 9.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg
The Women's freestyle 48 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 10.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg
The Women's freestyle 53 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 11.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
The Women's freestyle 55 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 10.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg
The Women's freestyle 58 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 11.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 60 kg
The Women's freestyle 60 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 10.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 63 kg
The women's freestyle 63 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 12.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 69 kg
The Women's freestyle 69 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 10.


2014 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 75 kg
The women's freestyle 75 kg is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 11.


2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
The 2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2014 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2015. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2014. It was open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or were trained.


2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
The two best horses were both trained in Japan, with Just A Way finishing a pound ahead of Epiphaneia. Next in the rankings came the European three-year-old colts Australia, Kingman and The Grey Gatsby, the Hong Kong gelding Able Friend and the South African horse Variety Club.


2014 World's Strongest Man
The 2014 World's Strongest Man was the 37th edition of World's Strongest Man. The event was held at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California, the same host city as the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest. The qualifying heats were held from March 22–25 and the finals on March 28 & 29. Unlike previous years when 10 athletes qualified for the finals, this year there were 12 qualifying spots. The top 2 from each heat qualified, as well as the 2 highest scoring 3rd place athletes from all 5 heats.


2014 World's Strongest Man
The event was sponsored by the Commerce Casino and will begin broadcasting in the United States on the CBS Sports Network from July 4-August 13, 2014. Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished in first place, this was his fourth WSM title. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland finished in second place, and Brian Shaw from the United States came in third.


2014 Worthing Borough Council election
The 2014 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of  Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. The election took place on the same day as elections to the European Parliament, and saw one third of the council up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, gaining four seats, but losing one to the UK Independence Party. The Liberal Democrats suffered five losses, including one to the Green Party, who gaining their first elected seats on the Council.


2014 Wuhan Open
The 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China between 21 and 27 September 2014.


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


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


2014 Wuhan Open – Doubles
Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta won the first edition of the tournament by defeating Cara Black and Caroline Garcia 6–4, 5–7, [12–10] in the final.


2014 Wuhan Open – Singles
Petra Kvitová won the title, defeating Eugenie Bouchard in the final, 6–3, 6–4 in a rematch of the Wimbledon final earlier that year


2014 Wuhan Open – Singles
With Serena Williams retiring due to illness in the second round, Alizé Cornet thus became the first woman since Justine Henin in 2007 to record three victories over Williams in one year.


2014 Wuhan Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


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


2014 Wuxi Classic
The 2014 Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 23 and 29 June 2014 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the first ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.


2014 Wuxi Classic
Neil Robertson defended his title, which he won in 2013, by defeating Joe Perry 10–9 in the final. This was Robertson's 10th ranking title.


2014 Wuxi Classic, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2014 Wuxi Classic, Wildcard round
These matches were played in Wuxi on 23 June 2014.


2014 Wuxi Classic, Qualifying
These matches were held between 24 and 28 May 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2014 Wyoming Cavalry season
The 2014 Wyoming Cavalry season is the team's fifteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and fourth in the current Indoor Football League (IFL). One of nine teams competing in the IFL for the 2014 season, the Wyoming Cavalry are members of the Intense Conference. Led by head coach Ryan Lingenfelder, the team plays their home games at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming.


2014 Wyoming Cavalry season, Awards and honors
On March 5, 2014, the IFL announced its Week 2 Players of the Week. Wyoming Cavalry linebacker David Stlouis received an Honorable Mention for defense. On March 12, 2014, the IFL announced its Week 3 Players of the Week. Wyoming Cavalry kick returner Justin Cooper received an Honorable Mention for special teams play. On March 19, 2014, the IFL announced its Week 4 Players of the Week. Wyoming Cavalry wide receiver Samuel Charles received an Honorable Mention for offense.


2014 Wyoming Cavalry season, Awards and honors
On April 2, 2014, the IFL announced its Week 6 Players of the Week. Wyoming Cavalry defensive lineman Bryson Kelly was named as the Defensive Player of the Week. On April 9, 2014, the IFL announced its Week 7 Players of the Week. Wyoming Cavalry kick returner Vincent Taylor was named as the Special Teams Player of the Week. Quarterback Sam Durley received an Honorable Mention for offense. Linebacker Bruna Foster and defensive back Jahmil Taylor each received an Honorable Mention for special teams play.


2014 Wyoming Cavalry season, Awards and honors
On April 16, 2014, the IFL announced its Week 8 Players of the Week. Wyoming Cavalry defensive back Jahmil Taylor received his second Honorable Mention of the season but his first for defense.


2014 Wyoming Cavalry season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated May 28, 201424 Active, 1 Inactive


2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by first year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Mountain Division.


2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Statistics, Defense
Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties


2014 Wyoming Secretary of State election
The Wyoming Secretary of State election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014. The incumbent Secretary of State, Max Maxfield, chose not to run for reelection. Real estate investor Ed Murray defeated Jennifer Young and Howard "Kit" Carson of the Constitution and Libertarian parties without any opposition from the Wyoming Democratic Party with 69.98% of the vote. However, despite losing the Republican primary Edward Buchanan would later be appointed Secretary of State after Murray`s resignation.


2014 Wyoming elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on November 4, 2014. All of Wyoming's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and Wyoming's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 19, 2014.


2014 Wyoming elections, Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead ran for re-election to a second term in office. He was challenged in the primary by physician and rancher Taylor Haynes and Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill, defeating them by 54% to 32% to 13%.


2014 Wyoming elections, Governor
In the general election, he defeated former Chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party Pete Gosar, Independent Don Wills and Libertarian Dee Cozzens by 58% to 27% to 6% to 2%.


2014 Wyoming elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Enzi ran for re-election to a fourth term in office.


2014 Wyoming elections, United States Senate
He defeated Democrat Charlie Hardy, Independent Curt Gottshall and Libertarian Joseph Porambo in the general election.


2014 Wyoming elections, United States House of Representatives
Wyoming has a single at-large congressional district. Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis, who has represented the state in Congress since 2011, ran for re-election to a third term in office.


2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Wyoming. The election coincided with elections to other federal and state offices.


2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead ran for re-election to a second term in office. Mead won the election with 59% of the vote, defeating Democrat Pete Gosar, Independent candidate Don Wills and Libertarian Dee Cozzens.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election
The 2014 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Background
Between the last election in 2012 and the 2014 election there were several changes in the political composition due to defections. Only weeks after the 2012 election, Offmore and Comberton councillor Rose Bishop defected from the Liberals to the Conservatives, taking the Conservatives to exactly half of the seats on the council, with 21 councillors. However, in May 2013 the Conservative councillor for Aggborough and Spennells, John Aston, left the party to sit as an independent after failing to be backed by the Conservatives for the position of vice chairman of the council. Also in May 2013 the Conservative councillor for Mitton, Mike Salter, left the party to become an independent, and then went on to join Health Concern later that year.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Background
Finally in March 2014, the councillor for Bewdley and Arley Julian Phillips quit the Conservative party to become an independent. These changes meant that before the 2014 election there were 18 Conservative councillors, 9 Health Concern, 8 Labour, 3 Liberals and 3 independents in the Liberal and Independent group, and one other independent councillor.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Background
In April 2014 the council got a new leader after Conservative John Campion resigned and party colleague Marcus Hart was elected to succeed him.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Candidates
14 seats were contested in 2014 with the successful candidates only being elected for one year as the whole council was being elected in 2015 after boundary changes. The Conservatives defended 8 of the 14 seats, with 2 cabinet members standing for re-election, John Campion and Ian Hardiman, while the former Liberal councillor Rose Bishop defended Offmore and Comberton as a Conservative. Of the remaining six seats contested, three were held by Health Concern, with Mike Salter defending Aggborough and Spennells for the party after his move from the Conservatives. However councillor Howard Martin stood in Broadwaters for Labour after originally being elected for Health Concern in 2010.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Candidates
Independent John Aston stood in Aggborough and Spennells after his move from the Conservatives, while the final seat in Greenhill was held by Liberal Tim Ingham before the election. However Ingham stood in Offmore and Comberton at the 2014 election, leaving Rachel Lewis to defend Greenhill for the Liberal Party.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Candidates
Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party did not have any seats before the election, but stood candidates for all 14 seats that were contested. They were joined by the Conservatives, Health Concern and Labour in contesting every seat, while the Liberal Party, Green Party, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and an independent contested some of the seats.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
The UK Independence Party gained five seats, to get the party's first councillors on Wyre Forest District Council and they came within 100 votes of overtaking the Conservatives in the share of the vote. The gains came from the Conservatives in Franche and Oldington and Foley Park, from Labour in Broadwaters, in Mitton from Health Concern and in Greenhill from the Liberal Party. Despite losing three seats the Conservative party remained the largest party on the council with 15 councillors, but Conservative cabinet member Ian Hardiman was defeated in Habberley and Blakebrook and the vice-chairman of the council Daniel McCann lost in Franche.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
Labour became the second largest party on the council with 9 seats after gaining seats in Habberley and Blakebrook and Areley Kings. However they lost Broadwaters to the UK Independence Party and dropped to fourth in vote share with 18% of the vote. Health Concern lost two seats to have seven councillors but won the third most votes, while the Liberals lost a seat in Greenhill to have two councillors. Finally John Aston held Aggborough and Spennells as an independent, meaning there remained four independents on the council. Overall turnout at the election was 36%.


2014 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
Following the election the unaffiliated independent councillor Julian Phillips joined the Liberal and Independent group, which then formed an alliance with the Conservatives to control the council. Between the 15 Conservatives, 4 independents and 2 Liberals they controlled exactly half of the seats on the council. Conservative Marcus Hart remained leader of the council, with the leader of the Liberal and Independent group Helen Dyke joining the council cabinet.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election
The Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election was a by-election held on 13 February 2014 for the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Commons constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East, following the death of the former MP, Paul Goggins.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election
The election was won by Mike Kane of the Labour Party with a greatly increased share of the vote compared with the 2010 general election. UKIP, which had previously performed poorly, came second, beating the Conservative Party into third place. The Liberal Democrats lost their deposit. The turnout was 28.2%, compared with 54.3% for the 2010 general election.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Background
On 30 December 2013, Goggins became seriously ill after collapsing while running. He died in hospital on 7 January 2014 following complications from a brain haemorrhage.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
Applications to register to vote had to be received by Manchester City Council by 28 January. The Statement of Persons Nominated was published at 5 pm on 29 January 2014.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
The result was declared at around 2.30am GMT on Friday, 14 February.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
Mike Kane, a former Manchester councillor and the acting chief executive of Movement for Change, was confirmed as the Labour Party candidate, on 24 January. In a selection process described as "quick-fire", London interviews on 22 January produced a short list of five local councillors and ex-councillors: Rosa Battle and Suzannah Reeves of Manchester City Council, Catherine Hynes and Sophie Taylor of Trafford Borough, and Mike Kane.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
The Wythenshawe branch of the Conservative Party chose Daniel Critchlow, a Trafford-based vicar, on 23 January 2014.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
The Liberal Democrats chose a Manchester City councillor, Mary di Mauro, on 26 January 2014.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
On 24 January 2014, the British National Party announced Eddy O'Sullivan as its candidate. O'Sullivan had been a candidate in Salford local elections and stood for the BNP at the 2012 Manchester Central by-election, where his party's share of the vote was reduced.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
The UK Independence Party selected John Bickley, 60, a former Labour supporter who grew up in Wythenshawe. Bickley, who runs a mobile app firm, told The Guardian that he felt Parliament needed to "take responsibility" having "outsourced running of the country to the EU". Bickley added that he felt "Labour had let down the working class" and that Labour's behaviour would mean his former trade unionist father would be "turning in his grave".


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
The Green Party selected Nigel Woodcock, a further education lecturer at The Manchester College.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Candidates and result
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party put forward Captain Chaplington-Smythe as its candidate on 25 January 2014.


2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, Previous result
1This is compared to Worthington's performance as the Socialist Alternative candidate at the prior election.


2014 XL7
2014 XL7 is a near-Earth object and Apollo asteroid, approximately 230 meters (750 feet) in diameter. It was the most dangerous potentially hazardous asteroid on Sentry Risk Table upon its discovery by the Mount Lemmon Survey in December 2014. At the time, the asteroid had a cumulative 1 in 83000 chance of impacting Earth on 4–5 June between the years 2048 and 2084. After the object's observation arc had been extended to 35 days, it was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 15 January 2015. Since then the asteroid's orbit has been secured. Although it has an Earth minimum orbit intersection distance of less than one lunar distance, there are no projected close encounters with Earth in the foreseeable future, with its closest passage to occur in May 2046, still millions of kilometers away.


2014 XL7, Discovery
On 1 September 2014, the asteroid passed about 0.259 AU (38,700,000 km; 24,100,000 mi) from Earth, but remained undetected as at that time the asteroid had an apparent magnitude of 25 and was roughly 25° from the Sun. It was discovered on 11 December 2014, by the Mount Lemmon Survey at an apparent magnitude of 20 using the Steward Observatory's 1.52-meter (60 in) reflecting telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, and received the provisional designation 2014 XL7.


2014 XL7, Palermo Scale rating
With an observation arc of only 19 days, it had a cumulative Palermo Scale rating of –2.85 and was briefly the 9th most dangerous asteroid known. It was calculated that on 4 June 2065, there was a 1 in 270,000 chance of impact and on 4 June 2076, there was a 1 in 137,000 chance of impact. On 15 January 2015, the asteroid was recovered by Cerro Paranal Observatory which extended the observation arc to 35 days, and 2014 XL7 was subsequently removed from the Sentry Risk Table using JPL solution 9.


2014 XL7, Orbit and classification
As of 2021, and last observed in November 2016, the asteroid has a better constrained orbit with an observation arc of 713 days and an uncertainty parameter of 2, which ranges from 0 (good) to 9 (highly uncertain). It has an apparent magnitude of 25.82, and orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.77–2.5 AU once every 2 years and 2 months (777 days; semi-major axis of 1.65 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.53 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 XL7, Orbit and classification
The potentially hazardous asteroid has a minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth of 0.00217 AU (325,000 km; 0.844 LD), or less than the distance to the Moon. Its closest encounter with Earth will occur on 29 May 2046, at a nominal distance of 13,875,000 km; 8,622,000 mi (0.09275 AU). With an absolute magnitude of 21, the asteroid is approximately 170–380 meters (560–1,200 feet) in diameter.


2014 YX49
2014 YX49 is a centaur and Uranus co-orbital, approximately 77 kilometers (48 miles) in diameter, first observed on December 26, 2014, by the Pan-STARRS survey. It is the second known centaur on a tadpole orbit with Uranus, and the fourth Uranus co-orbital discovered after 83982 Crantor, 2011 QF99 and (472651) 2015 DB216.


2014 YX49, Description
Centaur 2014 YX49 is a temporary L4 trojan of Uranus, the second one (2011 QF99 was identified first) to be confirmed as currently trapped in such a resonant state. This object may have remained as a L4 Uranian Trojan for about 60,000 years and it can continue that way for another 80,000 years. Numerical integrations suggest that it may stay within Uranus’ co-orbital zone for nearly one million years.


2014 YX49, Description
Besides being a L4 Uranian trojan, 2014 YX49 is trapped in the 7:20 mean motion resonance with Saturn as well; therefore, this minor body is currently subjected to a three-body resonance. The other known Uranian trojan, 2011 QF99, is also in this resonant configuration.


2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing
On 23 November 2014, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a volleyball match being held in the Yahyakhel District of Afghanistan's southeastern province Paktika. The explosion immediately killed at least 50 civilians and injured another 60. Many children were among the dead and wounded. By the next day, the death toll had climbed to 61.


2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing
Afghanistan's intelligence agency named the Haqqani network, which is closely aligned with the Taliban, as being behind the attack.


2014 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 2014 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Tony Reno and played their home games at the Yale Bowl. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third.