2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
Initially, 57 students were reported missing; fourteen of them, however, were located after it was found that they had returned to their families or had made it back safely to their college. The remaining 43 were still unaccounted for. Student activists accused authorities of illegally holding the missing students, but Guerrero authorities said that none of the students were in custody. Believing that the missing students had fled through the hills during the shootings, authorities deployed a helicopter to search for them. The 43 students, however, were never found.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
The mass disappearance of the 43 students marked arguably the biggest political and public security crisis Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto had yet faced in his administration (2012–2018). The incident drew worldwide attention and led to protests across Mexico, and international condemnation. The resulting outrage triggered near-constant protests, particularly in Guerrero and Mexico City. Many of them were peaceful marches headed by the missing students' parents, who come from poor rural families. Other demonstrations turned violent, with protesters attacking government buildings. Unlike other high-profile cases that have occurred during the Mexican Drug War (2006–present), this case resonated particularly strongly because it highlighted the extent of collusion between organized crime and local governments and police agencies.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
On September 28, 2014, members of the Office of the General Prosecutor in Guerrero arrested 22 police officers for their involvement in the shooting and disappearance of the students. Police chief and Iguala's Director of Public Security, Felipe Flores Velásquez, turned in firearms, police vehicles, time shifts information, and policemen involved in the incident to the Ministry of Public Security. The state government said that the 280 municipal police officers in Iguala had been called in for questioning about the incidents. All but 22 of them were released without charge.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
State prosecutor Iñaky Blanco Cabrera stated that the 22 officers detained had used excessive or deadly force against the students. The investigations concluded that 16 of the 22 police officers had used firearms against the students. They were imprisoned at the state penitentiary Social Reintegration Center of Las Cruces in Acapulco, Guerrero. A few days later they were transferred to the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 4 (also known as "El Rincón"), a maximum-security prison in Tepic, Nayarit, under aggravated murder charges.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
The Mayor of Iguala, Abarca, claimed in an interview on September 29, 2014 that he had no previous knowledge of the incident, and that he could not have been responsible because he was attending a conference and after-party when the clashes took place. Following this he claimed to have left to dine with his family at a restaurant. He said he heard about the attack when his personal secretary called him and gave him the details. "After that, I was in constant communication [with the police], giving them orders to not fall for provocations", Abarca said.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
He said he was not aware of the students that were missing or of the investigation. He also pledged that he would not resign and agreed to cooperate if he was investigated. That day, Abarca met with the former Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) President Jesús Zambrano Grijalva, who requested him to formally petition a resignation. Moreover, one account stated that Abarca's wife María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa was last seen at Guerrero's Tourist Promotion Body (Protur) in Acapulco that day in a private meeting with State Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero. Eyewitnesses reportedly saw Pineda "worried" and "in a hurry".


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
On September 30, 2014, Abarca asked for a 30-day leave of absence which was granted by the Iguala city council. His absence came amid pressures from other members of his political party, the PRD, who asked him to resign in order to facilitate investigations. Before the official session was over at the city council, federal agents arrived asking for Abarca, but he had already left. Federal agents then raided the mayor's house because he had an order of appearance. Abarca was believed to have left Iguala with his wife and children. Investigations concluded that he had left Guerrero but was still in hiding somewhere in Mexico. "We are looking for him in an ongoing investigation. We have people on him," said Tomás Zerón de Lucio, head of the Criminal Investigation Agency.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
Rumors suggested that he had fled the country. Felipe Flores Velásquez was also issued an order of appearance. However, Flores was not located. At that time, Abarca still benefited from immunity under Mexican law, which protects elected officials from prosecution unless they commit a serious crime. In Abarca's case, he was protected from prosecution of common crimes, but not from federal charges.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
On October 18, 2014, it was revealed that Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors) gang leader Sidronio Casarrubias Salgado was arrested by Mexican authorities. United Warriors members were suspected of being involved in the abduction and murder of the 43 students. On June 24, 2020, Salgado's brother and replacement as United Warriors leader José Ángel Casarrubias Salgado was arrested. By this point in time, it was believed that El Mochomo was in fact responsible for the disappearance of the students and also the one who also ordered their murders. On 26 September 2020, arrest warrants were issued for more police and it was the first time arrest warrants were issued for soldiers as part of this investigation.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Initial arrests and investigations
Eight other cartel members were also arrested. The mayor of Iguala, José Luis Abarca, has been accused of direct participation in the earlier torture and murder of an activist; the mayor's wife, María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa, is the sister of known members of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. The mayor and his wife, and the police chief, fled the area and were declared fugitives. Protesters demanding justice for the victims marched in several cities.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
A number of theories have been proposed to explain the killing of the students. The students all attended a local teacher training college with a history of left-wing activism and radicalism, but it is not clear that they were targeted for their political beliefs. Some think that they may have angered Guerreros Unidos by refusing to pay extortion money. Others believe there may be a link between the students' disappearance and a speech given by the wife of Iguala's mayor on the day of the clashes. She was speaking to local dignitaries when the students were protesting in Iguala and some believe they may have been targeted because it was feared they could disrupt the event.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
A mass grave, initially believed to contain the charred bodies of 28 of the students, was discovered near Iguala on October 5, 2014. They had been tortured and, according to reports, burned alive. Subsequent reports increased the estimate of the number of bodies found to 34.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 10, 2014 the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Christof Heyns, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; and Juan E. Méndez, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, released a joint statement calling the Iguala attacks a "crucial test" for Mexico's government. "What happened in Guerrero is absolutely reprehensible and unacceptable," the statement says. "It is not tolerable that these kind of events happen, and even less so in a state that respects the rule of law."


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 13, 2014, protesters ransacked and burned government offices in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero, although the fire was controlled, it destroyed part of the history records of birth, marriages and deaths of Chilpancingo.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 14, 2014, police announced that forensic tests had shown that none of the 28 bodies from the first mass grave corresponded to the missing students, but on the same day four additional graves, with an unknown number of bodies, were discovered.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 20, 2014, masked protesters set fire to an office of a state social assistance program, Guerrero Cumple, in Chilpancingo, burning computers and filing cabinets. On the next day some 200 teachers set fire to the regional office of the Party of the Democratic Revolution in Chilpancingo which controls the state government.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 22, 2014, the federal government stated that Abarca had ordered the arrest of the students in order to prevent them from obstructing a municipal event. The PGR described him and his wife as the probable masterminds of the mass kidnapping. The director of the Iguala police force, Felipe Flores, was also mentioned as one of the main perpetrators. The Mexican government discovered that a local cartel paid the police force $45,000 USD monthly to keep them on the cartel payroll.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
In Mexico City over 50,000 protesters demonstrated in support of the missing students. Joining the protests in Morelia, Michoacán, were members of Mexico's movie industry – actors, directors, writers and producers- who lit 43 candles on the steps of a Morelia theater. In Venezuela, students also demonstrated in support at the Central University of Venezuela. In the U.S. state of Texas, students and professors rallied at the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. The name of each disappeared student was read out and signatures were gathered for an open letter of protest to the Mexican consulate. Protests also took place in London, Paris, Vienna and Buenos Aires.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On the same day in Iguala, dozens of protesters, many wearing masks, broke away from a peaceful march of thousands of people demanding that the missing students be returned alive, and broke into the city hall, shattered windows, smashed computers and set fire to the building.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 23, 2014, the Governor of Guerrero, Ángel Aguirre Rivero, asked Congress for a leave of absence in order to step down from office. According to Mexican law, state governors cannot resign but may ask for a leave of absence; though an uncommon decision in Mexico, Aguirre decided to leave his post, pressured by his party and public opinion. State lawmakers voted to replace Rivero with Rogelio Ortega Martínez, who served until October 2015.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 27, 2014, the authorities arrested four members of Guerreros Unidos; according to officials, two of them received a large group of people from other gang members in Iguala on the night the mass abduction took place. Their testimonies helped the authorities locate new mass graves in Cocula, Guerrero, about 17 km (10 mi) from Iguala. The area was cordoned off by the Mexican Army and Navy before the forensic teams arrived to carry out their investigations.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On October 29, 2014, a few hours after being appointed as the interim mayor of Iguala, Luis Mazón Alonso asked for a leave of absence. He said in an interview that he had decided to resign because some members of the Iguala city council were self-serving and had no interest in improving the situation. He is the brother of Lázaro Mazón Alonso, the former Secretary of Health in Guerrero, who resigned on October 16, 2014 after the former Governor Aguirre accused him of being linked to Abarca. Silviano Mendiola Pérez became the interim mayor of Iguala on November 11.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On November 9, 2014, there was a demonstration in Mexico City during which the protesters carried handmade banners with the words "Ya me cansé" ("I've Had Enough" or "I'm Tired"), in reference to a comment made by Mexico's attorney general, Jesús Murillo Karam, at a press conference on the Iguala kidnapping. Protesters also chanted: "Fue el Estado" ("It was the State").


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
Some masked protesters broke away from the otherwise peaceful demonstration as it drew to a close, tore down the protective metal fences set up around the National Palace in Mexico City's main Zócalo plaza and set fire to its imposing wooden door. Clashes with riot police followed before the square was cleared.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On November 20, 2014, the relatives of 43 missing Mexican students arrived in Mexico City after touring the country and led mass protests demanding action from the government to find them. Thousands of people took part in three protest marches in the capital. Demonstrators called for a nationwide strike. Several hundred protesters gathered near the National Palace, small groups of protesters were throwing bottles and fireworks at the palace and the police tried to push them back using water cannon.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
Near Mexico City International Airport before the marches began some 200 hooded protesters threw rocks and petrol bombs at police officers who had been trying to disperse them. Protests also took place in other parts of Mexico and abroad. Mexican President Peña Nieto accused some of the protesters of trying to "destabilize" the state.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
The Union of Towns and Organizations of Guerrero (UPOEG), along with activists, parents of the missing students, and other drug war victims from different parts of Mexico, organized and led a search in Iguala on November 23 to uncover more bodies buried in the municipality's clandestine mass graves. They uncovered seven bodies in mass graves at a rural community known as La Laguna. The purpose of the search was to locate mass graves for federal authorities to investigate. "We are doing the job authorities are refusing to do", one of the activists said.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
Locals stated that members of organized crime frequented the area to bury people around there. The following day, the PGR arrived at Iguala to recover the bodies and investigate them. They planned to further their investigations on the mass graves found by the UPOEG. Those present told federal authorities to not allow local officials to intervene in the case. The UPOEG announced that they would be leading a committee to uncover more mass graves in Guerrero. Bruno Plácido Valerio, the leader of the group, stated that from January 2013 to November 2014, at least 500 bodies were located between Ayutla and Iguala. He believes that there are more bodies buried in mass graves all across the state.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On December 3, 2014, Javier Hernández Valencia, the Representative in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visited the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers College in Ayotzinapa, and met with the parents of the missing students, other student survivors and activists accompanying their struggle. The resultant public report "Double injustice" is an independent inquiry focused on key aspects of the official investigation under the light of applicable international human rights standards, including the blatant evidence of arbitrary detentions and torture on 51 people indicted in connection to the crime. Although the report explicitly states it does not intend to offer an alternate version of facts nor to identify the perpetrators and their sponsors, it sheds light on the deliberate actions attributable to the PGR to produce "quick results" and solve the crime, which ultimately tainted the investigation itself.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On January 12, 2015, relatives and supporters of the missing students tried to gain access to an army base in Iguala. The protesters demanded to be let in to search for the missing students. They accused the security forces of colluding in their disappearance. They said soldiers had witnessed a clash between the students and local police which immediately preceded their disappearance, and reportedly failed to intervene.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On January 26, 2015, after the confession of one of the men who plotted against the students had been finalized, Mexican officials took it to the media to inform the country that the 43 students had been killed and their remains were burned.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On February 13, 2015, a delegation of parents who traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, with support from a coalition of human rights NGOs, attended the public hearing of the , a body of independent experts which monitors the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance by the States parties, and submitted the case of the of the killing and disappearances of their loved ones to the specialized international watchdog panel, further raising international media attention to their plight.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On February 27, Attorney General Murillo Karam left his post at the PGR. He was replaced by Arely Gómez González.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Aftermath
On May 7, Francisco Salgado Valladares, the deputy police chief of Iguala, was arrested by the Federal Police in Cuernavaca, Morelos. He was wanted for his alleged involvement in intercepting the students on their way to Iguala. According to law enforcement reports, Salgado Valladares had connections with the Guerreros Unidos gang and reportedly received bribes from them to hand out to other members of the police corporation. At the time of his arrest, he was one of the most-wanted suspects in the case.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Arrest of Abarca and Pineda
At around 2:30 a.m. (CST) on November 4, 2014, an elite squadron of the Federal Police arrested former Iguala mayor Abarca and his wife Pineda at a house in the Tenorios neighborhood in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. Neither of them resisted arrest. Abarca confessed that he was tired of hiding and that the pressure was too much for him. His wife, on the other hand, showed her disdain for law enforcement. The arrest was confirmed through Twitter by the Federal Police spokesperson José Ramón Salinas early that morning. Once in custody, they were taken by law enforcement to the federal installations of SEIDO, Mexico's anti-organized crime investigation agency, for their legal declaration. At the time of their arrest, Abarca and Pineda were among Mexico's most-wanted.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Arrest of Abarca and Pineda
In addition to Abarca and Pineda, another person was arrested by the authorities that day in Santa María Aztahuacán, Iztapalapa. Federal agents stated that the individual was Noemí Berumen Rodríguez, who was believed to have aided the couple in their hiding by lending them her house. She is a friend of the couple's 25-year-old daughter Yazareth Liz Abarca Pineda, who was taken into custody along with her parents. However, Yazareth was only considered an eyewitness and does not face criminal charges. Authorities were able to link Berumen with the Abarcas due to her friendship with Yazareth and her presence on social media. They discovered that Yazareth had a picture with a friend that lived in Iztapalapa, who followed Berumen online.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Arrest of Abarca and Pineda
When the Abarcas left Iguala after the mass kidnapping in September 2014, law enforcement began an investigation to locate all the properties owned by the couple and their families. Abarca had several properties in Guerrero and in other states, but authorities believed that he was hiding in Mexico City or Monterrey, Nuevo León. After ruling out Monterrey as a possible hideout, authorities concentrated on three properties in Iztapalapa where they believed the couple was hiding. Through the couple's real estate businesses, authorities were also able to link Berumen to the family once more and locate her properties in Iztapalapa.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Arrest of Abarca and Pineda
In one of the properties, investigators noticed something unusual: they regularly saw a woman (now known to be Berumen) going in and out of a property that was thought to be abandoned. Authorities then mounted an investigation and surveillance operation on Berumen before finally entering the property and arresting Abarca and Pineda.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Arrest of Abarca and Pineda
At 5:10 p.m. on November 5, 2014, Abarca was transferred to the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 (commonly referred to as "Altiplano"), a maximum-security prison in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico. He was imprisoned for his pending homicide charge, organized crime, and forced disappearance charges. A judge ordered for Pineda to remain under federal custody for 40 days in order to gather more evidences against her. On December 15, her federal custody detention was extended to 20 more days. She was sent to the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 4 in Nayarit state on January 4, 2015. Berumen was bailed from prison a few days after her arrest.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Arrest of Abarca and Pineda
Iguala police chief at the time of the kidnapping, Luis Antonio Dorantes Macías, was sentenced to prison on January 24, 2021 for his involvement in the incident.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Attorney General's conference with family
On November 7, 2014, the family members of the missing students had a conference in the military hangar in Chilpancingo National Airport with the Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam. In the meeting, authorities confirmed to the families that they had found several bags containing unidentified human remains. According to investigators, three alleged members of the Guerreros Unidos gang, Patricio Reyes Landa (alias "El Pato",) Jonathan Osorio Gómez (alias "El Jona",) and Agustín García Reyes (alias "El Chereje",) directed authorities to the location of the bags alongside the San Juan river in Cocula.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Attorney General's conference with family
Murillo Karam stated that the three suspects admitted to having killed a group of around 40 people in Cocula on September 26, 2014. The suspects stated that once the police handed over the students to them, they transported them in trucks to a dumping ground just outside town. By the time they got there, 15 students had died from asphyxiation. The remaining students were interrogated and then killed. The suspects dumped the bodies in a huge pit before fueling the corpses with diesel, gasoline, tires, wood and plastic.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Attorney General's conference with family
To destroy all evidence, the suspects also burned the clothing the students had on them. The fire lasted from midnight to around 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. the next day. Once the fire had subsided, the suspects returned to the site and threw dirt and ashes to cool down the remains. They then filled up eight plastic bags, smashed the bones, and threw them in the river on orders from a Guerreros Unidos member known as "El Terco."


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Attorney General's conference with family
At the press conference, Murillo Karam showed a video re-enactment of how the bodies were transported, and several video interrogations of the suspects, and also video of teeth and bones recovered at the site. He said that the remains were badly burned, making DNA identification difficult. In order to properly identify the remains, the federal government turned to a team of internationally renowned forensic specialists from the University of Innsbruck in Austria for help, though he said there was no definite timeframe for the results.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Attorney General's conference with family
The families of the students, however, did not accept the statements of the Attorney General and continue to believe that their sons are still alive. They said that they will not accept that their children are dead until it is proven scientifically by independent investigators, since they fear that the government is attempting to close the case in order to counter public outrage. Murillo Karam stated that 74 people had been arrested since the case started and another 10 had arrest warrants. He said that until the situation of the students is confirmed, the case remains open and the government formally considers the students "disappeared."


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Resignation of the PRD founder
After meeting with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) president Carlos Navarrete Ruiz and secretary-general Héctor Miguel Bautista López on November 25, 2014, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, the party's founder and senior leader, resigned and issued a letter explaining his departure. A three-time presidential candidate, Cárdenas stated that he had old differences with other party leaders in how to tackle the internal problems of the PRD and on how to help it restore credibility. Days earlier, he had called for all of the national executive committee of the PRD, Navarete and Batista included, to resign for failing to reform the party.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Resignation of the PRD founder
According to Cárdenas, the PRD, which governs Guerrero state and the city of Iguala, was on the verge of dissolution following the political crisis caused by the mass disappearance of the 43 students. The alleged mastermind of the abductions, Jose Luis Abarca Velásquez, was a member of the PRD. The incidents in Iguala caused arguably one of the biggest political crisis the PRD and Mexico's political left had faced since the party's formation in 1989. When Abarca was linked to the disappearances, many top politicians who had supported his campaign as mayor distanced themselves from him. But many of them also pointed fingers at each other, arguing that some members of the PRD were allied to Abarca.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Identification of the students
On December 6, 2014, the first of the 43 missing students, Alexander Mora Venancio (aged 19), was confirmed dead by forensic specialists at the University of Innsbruck. Specialists were able to confirm the status of Mora Venacio by comparing his bone fragments with the DNA samples the laboratory had of his father Ezequiel Mora Chavez and his brothers Omar and Hugo Mora Venancio.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Identification of the students
The news was first made public by the student committee of the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers' College of Ayotzinapa on the school's Facebook page, and the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) notified the parents of the student on the status of their son. The committee claimed that the human remains of Mora Venancio were among those located in Cocula, Guerrero. Mexican authorities confirmed the reports the following day at a press conference and released a 10-page report from Dr. Richard Scheithauer, head of the Institute for Legal Medicine at University of Innsbruck, confirming Mora Venancio's status.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Identification of the students
Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam stated that at least 80 people had been arrested in the case, and that 44 of them were policemen of Cocula and Iguala. He said that 16 police officers from these two municipalities were still being sought, along with 11 other probable suspects. After the announcement, classmates, family members, and people close to Mora Venancio paid their respects at his home in Tecoanapa, Costa Chica, Guerrero. The state of Guerrero declared a three-day mourning for his death. In Mexico City, marches led by the students' family members intensified with the confirmation of Mora Venancio's death. "This day of action will continue until we find the remaining 42 alive", the group's spokesperson said in front of thousands of protestors gathered at the Monumento a la Revolución landmark.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Identification of the students
On September 16, 2015, the remains of Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz were identified. The remains of Mora Venancio were also reconfirmed in the tests.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Identification of the students
In July 2020, it was announced that bone fragments found near where the students disappeared have been tested by Institute of Genetics at the University of Innsbruck, in Austria, and identified as the remains of Christian Alfonso Rodríguez Telumbre(aged 19). An anonymous call led investigators to a specific spot in Cocula, a town near Iguala, where the remains were found — about half a mile from the garbage dump.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Global Action For Ayotzinapa
The massacre sparked protests worldwide. The protests began to take place after the formal arrest of former Iguala mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife Maria de Los Angeles on November 4, 2014. Global action has not only been manifested through protests, but also via online support. #YaMeCansé, #FueElestado, #TodosSomosAyotzinapa, and #AccionGlobalPorAyotzinapa are amongst the most popular hashtags which allow users to express their thoughts via Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Global Action For Ayotzinapa
Relatives of the missing 43 students toured the United States in April 2015 to raise awareness of the events that took place in Iguala. Known as the Caravana 43, the tour was organized in conjunction with a national coalition of social activist groups seeking justice for Ayotzinapa. The tour of 14 parents, students, and advocates was split into three groups that covered eastern, middle, and western regions of the United States, stopping in a total of 43 cities over 19 states before convening for a march to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Global Action For Ayotzinapa
Caravana 43 claimed no connection to any official political party or national organization. Instead, its organization was completely voluntary with transportation and accommodations for the relatives covered entirely by donations from individuals in host cities. Local groups "committed themselves to support the fundamental goal of providing a platform for the parents in the United States and assumed the organizational and financial responsibility for the Caravan." By creating the opportunity for the relatives to travel throughout the United States, organizers hoped to better inform the American public and new media about the attacks and disappearances.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Global Action For Ayotzinapa
In each of the host cities, relatives spoke not only of their loss, but also of the systematic violence and impunity committed by the Mexican government and its police. Official statements from the tour affirm "The problem is Mexico has a long history documented by Mexican and foreign human rights organizations, other governments, and international organizations of using torture to extract confessions which are then used to construct narratives to protect criminals, the police, military officers, government officials, and politicians ... Consequently, many people have no faith in the government's account and have demanded that the investigations continue."


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Global Action For Ayotzinapa
Relatives met with students, teachers, and laborers, pleading for the United States to intervene in the crisis. Moreover, the relatives asked elected officials to rethink U.S. foreign policy as it pertains to Mexico, specifically in regards to the Mérida Initiative. Many believe that these funds are being used to suppress the people, rather than fight the drug cartels. Caravana 43 achieved relative success in the United States. After meeting with the groups, several legislators voiced public support for their effort.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Global Action For Ayotzinapa
Cristina Garcia, a California Assembly member stated, "It's a human rights violation that's been going on and it affects a lot more than just these students... [ The state] has the responsibility to affect change with our border country." Crowds were gathered at each stop and thousands of people joined in social media platforms to promote the tour. The project served as a unifying mechanism not only across international borders, but also for Latino communities within the United States. Following the end of Caravana 43 in the U.S., the parents, students, and advocates hope to continue in their search for truth by organizing similar tours across South America and Europe.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Nobel Prize Awards protest
A young Mexican man interrupted Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in a protest over the Iguala kidnapping, but was quickly taken away by the awards security personnel. Yousafzai later sympathised, and acknowledged that problems are faced by young people all over the world, saying "there are problems in Mexico, there are problems even in America, even here in Norway, and it is really important that children raise their voices."


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Allegations of federal police and army involvement
The SEDENA declared that due to security concerns, any information about the whereabouts of members of the 27th Infantry Batallion was reservada for twelve years.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Allegations of federal police and army involvement
Proceso magazine has implicated the involvement of the Mexican Federal Police and Mexican Army in the case in a December 2014 report.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Allegations of federal police and army involvement
Although President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised complete transparency in the investigation, El País reported on December 17 that since the November 2020 arrest of an army captain, the Mexican army has not cooperated in the investigation.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, 2015 investigation
In September 2015, the results of a six-month investigation by a panel of experts assembled by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights became known to the public. The investigation concluded that the government's claim that the students were killed in a garbage dump because they were mistaken for members of a drug gang was "scientifically impossible" given the setting's conditions. But other experts, however, criticized this investigation for its shortcomings and stated that it was possible for the missing students to have been killed at the dump. The government responded to the report by stating that they would carry out a new investigation and a second opinion from other renowned experts to determine what happened the night the students were probably killed.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, 2015 investigation
In July 2017, the international team assembled to investigate the Iguala mass kidnapping publicly complained they thought they were being watched by the Mexican government. They claim that the Mexican government utilized Pegasus, software developed by NSO Group, to send them messages about funeral homes that contained links which, when clicked, granted the government the ability to surreptitiously listen to the investigators. The Mexican government has repeatedly denied any unauthorized hacking.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
An eye witness who was provided with witness protection by the Mexican Human Rights Commission testified in April 2016 about the involvement of the army and a drug leader known as ″El Patrón.″


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
A report from Sputnik news agency says that Roman Catholic priest and human rights activist Alejandro Solalinde said in May 2016 that he had interviewed seven witnesses, six of whom insisted that the army was involved.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
Jan Jarab of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico condemned the torture of Carlos Canto and 33 other witnesses after a video was released on June 21, 2019.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
Bernabé García, a key witness in the case, was given asylum in the United States by an Arizona judge in February 2020.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
Ezequiel Peña Cerda, area director of the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), was charged for torturing suspects in the Ayotzinapa case on March 17, 2020.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
Pablo Morrugares, a journalist for PM Noticias who specialized in drug-related crime, was working the evening of September 26-27 and reported that he had clear evidence of military involvement in the attack on the students. Morrugares was murdered on August 2, 2020.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
On September 28, 2020, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said that he wanted to place all the people who were recently arrested into a witness protection program. "It is also being sought that the detainees can be considered as protected witnesses because there was a pact of silence so that they did not speak and that pact of silence must be broken," he said.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, former Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA) (2012–2018) was exonerated on charges of ties to drug traffickers on January 14, 2021. Cienfuegos defended the refusal of the armed forces to participate in investigations into human rights violations in this case or in the Tlatlaya massacre in Michoacan in July 2014 wherein 22 civilians were killed by soldiers. Cienfuegos was arrested on drug trafficking charges in Los Angeles, California, on October 16, 2020, The government of Mexico was widely criticized for releasing Cienfuegos.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
Tomás Zerón, exdirector of the former AIC, seeks asylum in Israel after being accused of hiding evidence and torture in the Ayotzinapa case.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
Juan Carlos Flores Ascencio, “La Beba”, alleged leader of Guerreros Unidos a drug gang implicated in the case, was murdered on January 17, 2021. Two members of Guerreros Unidos in Chicago were identified in September 2019 as witnesses in the Ayotzinapa case.


2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Witnesses
Reforma reported on January 21, 2021 that ″Juan″, a presumed drug gang member, alleged soldiers held and interrogated some of the students before turning them over to a drug gang. The witness said that an army captain, who is now facing organized crime charges in the case, held some of the students at a local army base and interrogated them, before turning them over to the Guerreros Unidos drug gang. The Interior Department confirmed that the testimony was part of the case file and said it would file charges against whoever leaked it. Family members of the victims say they believe leaks about the identities of witnesses are carried out with the intention of protecting the army.


2014 Ilaje-Ese Odo by-election
The Ilaje-Ese Odo by-election was held on April 5, 2014 at Igbokoda, a town in Ilaje, a local government area of Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria. The election was conducted to fill the vacant seat of the Ilaje and Ese Odo Federal Constituency of Ondo State at the House of Representatives of Nigeria, following the sudden death of the incumbent representative, Raphael Nomiye, who died of heart attack on November 2013.


2014 Ilaje-Ese Odo by-election, Controversy
On April 6, 2014, at the end of the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the election inconclusive on the basis of the fact that election was not held in some wards. This resulted in a lawsuit against INEC, the electoral body by the Labour Party, who claimed to have the highest number of votes.


2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Tim Beckman, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were members of the new West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 3–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech.


2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
Reilly O'Toole passed for 147 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 147 yards.


2014 Illinois House of Representatives election
The 2014 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were conducted on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives elected every two years. Despite a small swing against the Democrats, there was no net seat change between the two major parties after this election. The Democrats maintained their three-fifths super-majority.


2014 Illinois Senate election
The Illinois State Senate Election of 2014 determined, along with 40 senators not up for re-election, the membership of the 99th Illinois State Senate. The Democratic Party retained its majority, losing one seat with defeat of Mike Jacobs of East Moline by Neil Anderson.


2014 Illinois Senate election
Despite winning a majority of the votes cast in this election, the Republicans remained in the minority, even within the Class of Senators elected this year. There was no possibility of control of the chamber changing hands. Each party only ran 13 candidates, and for control of the Senate to have passed to the Republican Party, it would have to have won eighteen seats of the 19 elected in this election.


2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. Illinois State was a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Redbirds finished the season 13–2 overall and 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference title with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Northern Iowa, Eastern Washington, and New Hampshire to advance to the FCS National Championship. There they lost conference foe North Dakota State to finish as national runner-up.


2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team, Home attendance average
The Illinois State Redbird football program averaged 10,497 fans for the 2014 home football games.


2014 Illinois elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Illinois on November 4, 2014. All of Illinois' executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Illinois' eighteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014.


2014 Illinois elections, Election information
2014 was a midterm election year in the United States.


2014 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, Primary election
For the primary election, turnout was 18.09%, with 1,357,807 votes cast.


2014 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, General election
For the general election, turnout was 49.18%, with 3,680,417 votes cast.


2014 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Democratic senator and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin won reelection to a fourth term.


2014 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All of Illinois' 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.


2014 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
The Republican Party flipped two Democratic-held seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans.


2014 Illinois elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn ran for re-election to a second full term as governor. Quinn, the then-lieutenant governor, assumed the office of governor on January 29, 2009, when Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office. He was narrowly elected to a first full term in 2010.


2014 Illinois elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Quinn was renominated by the Democrats, while the Republicans chose businessman and venture capitalist Bruce Rauner and the Libertarians nominated political activist Chad Grimm.


2014 Illinois elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Previously in Illinois, there were separate primary elections for governor and lieutenant governor, with the winners then running together on the same ticket. In 2011, the law was changed and candidates for governor now pick their own running mate. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Sheila Simon did not run for re-election, instead running unsuccessfully for Comptroller. She was replaced as Quinn's running mate by former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas. Rauner chose Wheaton City Councilwoman Evelyn Sanguinetti and Grimm chose Alex Cummings.


2014 Illinois elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Rauner defeated Quinn in the general election by 50.3% of the vote to Quinn's 46.4%. Rauner won every county in Illinois except for Cook County, home to the city of Chicago and 40% of the state's residents.


2014 Illinois elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan ran for re-election to a fourth term in office.


2014 Illinois elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jesse White ran for re-election to a fifth term in office.


2014 Illinois elections, Comptroller
Incumbent Republican Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka ran for re-election to a second term in office.


2014 Illinois elections, Comptroller, General election, Aftermath
Topinka died on December 10, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn appointed Jerry Stermer to serve out the remainder of her term. A special election was held for the office in 2016.


2014 Illinois elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Republican Treasurer Dan Rutherford did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor.


2014 Illinois elections, State Senate
One-third of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2014.


2014 Illinois elections, State House of Representatives
All of Illinois' 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.


2014 Illinois elections, State House of Representatives
The Republican Party flipped two Democratic-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans.


2014 Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Judicial elections were held, which consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.


2014 Illinois elections, Ballot measures
Illinois voters voted on a two ballot measures in 2014. In order to be approved, the measures required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.


2014 Illinois elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Crime Victims' Bill of Rights
Illinois voters approved the Illinois Crime Victims' Bill of Rights (commonly known as "Marsy's Law"), a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.


2014 Illinois elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Right to Vote Amendment
Illinois voters approved the Illinois Right to Vote Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The amendment was designed to provide that no person shall be denied the right to register to vote or cast a ballot in an election based on race, color, ethnicity, language, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation or income.


2014 Illinois elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Right to Vote Amendment
Both proponents and opponents argued that the legislation was intended to block Voter Identification laws from being passed in Illinois.


2014 Illinois elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Right to Vote Amendment
The measure added a Section 8 to Article III of the Constitution of Illinois which reads,


2014 Illinois elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Right to Vote Amendment
No person shall be denied the right to register to vote or to cast a ballot in an election based on race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income.


2014 Illinois elections, Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, concurrently with the election to Illinois' Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn ran for re-election to a second full term in office. Quinn, then the Lieutenant Governor, assumed the office of Governor on January 29, 2009, upon the impeachment and removal of Rod Blagojevich. He narrowly won a full term in 2010. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014. Quinn won the Democratic primary, while the Republicans chose businessman Bruce Rauner and the Libertarians nominated political activist Chad Grimm.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election
Prior to this cycle, candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were nominated separately, and the primary winners ran on the same ticket in the general election. In 2011, the law was changed to allow candidates for Governor to pick their own running mates. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon did not run for re-election, instead running unsuccessfully for Comptroller. She was replaced as Quinn's running mate by former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas. Rauner chose Wheaton City Councilwoman Evelyn Sanguinetti and Grimm chose Alex Cummings.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election
Rauner defeated Quinn in the general election with 50.3% of the vote to Quinn's 46.4%, winning every county in the state except for Cook County, home to the city of Chicago and 40% of the state's residents. Quinn was the only incumbent Democratic governor to lose a general election in 2014. As of 2021, this is the last time an incumbent Democratic governor lost reelection in any state, and also the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Illinois.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for other state offices. The election was part of the 2014 Illinois elections.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information, Turnout
For the primary election, turnout was 16.88%, with 1,267,028 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 48.48%, with 3,627,690 votes cast.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican primary
By early summer 2013, the field seeking the Republican nomination was set at four candidates. Two of them, State Senators Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, had sought the nomination in 2010, with Brady edging out Dillard by 193 votes, but ultimately losing to Pat Quinn by less than 1 percent. Dan Rutherford, who was elected state treasurer in 2010 after serving as a State Representative and State Senator, formally entered the race on June 2.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican primary
Rauner had announced the formation of an exploratory committee in March and made his entry into the Republican field official on June 5. Despite longstanding rumors that Rauner was committed to spending $50 million on his campaign, he denied in an interview ever specifying a dollar figure.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican primary
By the date of the primary, Rauner had broken the previous record for self-funding in an Illinois gubernatorial race by putting more than $6 million of his own money into his campaign. In total, he raised more than $14 million before the primary election.


2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican primary
On March 18, 2014, Rauner won the Republican primary, collecting 40% of the vote, compared to 37% for State Senator Kirk Dillard.


2014 Illinois judicial elections
The 2014 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014, and general elections were held on November 4, 2014. These elections were part of the 2014 Illinois elections.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. One seat held a retention election.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois
The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district, representing Cook County, contains three seats, making it a multi-member district, while other four districts are single-member districts. Justices hold ten year terms.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois, Retention elections
To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Gordon vacancy)
A vacancy was created by the retirement of Joseph Gordon. Shelly A. Harris was elected to fill it. This was a special election as Gordon's term would have ended in 2014.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Gordon vacancy), Republican primary
The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Murphy vacancy)
A vacancy was created by the death of Michael J. Murphy. Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the vacancy. This was a regular election, as Murphy's term would have ended in 2014.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Murphy vacancy), Republican primary
The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Steele vacancy)
After the retirement of John O. Steele in January 2013, Shelly A. Harris as appointed to fill the vacancy. However, Harris did not seek reelection in 2014, instead running for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Joseph Gordon. Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the seat. This was a special election, as Steele's term ended in 2018.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Steele vacancy), Republican primary
The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 2nd district (Bowman vacancy)
A vacancy was created by the 2012 death of John J. Bowman. Michael J. Burke was elected to fill the vacancy, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This was a special election, as Bowman's term ended in 2020.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 2nd district (Bowman vacancy), Republican primary
The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 4th district (McCullough vacancy)
Incumbent Republican was appointed December 19, 2012 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John T. McCullough. She was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election. This was a regular election, as McCullough's term ended in 2014.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 4th district (McCullough vacancy), Democratic primary
The Democratic primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.


2014 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, Retention elections
To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".


2014 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
The 2014 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals played their first season in the Southland Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Larry Kennan. Home games were played at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. They finished the season 2–9, 2–6 in Southland play to finish in ninth place.


2014 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, TV and radio
All Incarnate Word games will be broadcast on CBS Sports Radio 860 AM with the voices of Gabe Farias and Shawn Morris. CBS Sports Radio 860 AM broadcasts will be available at their . will also produce a student media broadcast every week, that will be available online, and they will provide streaming of all non-televised home games via .


2014 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Schedule
Despite both being members of the Southland Conference, the game vs. Stephen F. Austin is considered a non-conference matchup and was scheduled between the two schools, not by the Conference.


2014 Incheon United FC season
The 2014 season was Incheon United's tenth season in the K-League in South Korea. Incheon United competed in the K-League and the Korean FA Cup.


2014 Incheon United FC season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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


2014 Independence Bowl
The 2014 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2014, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. The 39th annual Independence Bowl, it pitted the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference. The game started at 3:30 p.m. CST and aired ABC. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by duck call manufacturer Duck Commander, the game was officially known as the Duck Commander Independence Bowl.


2014 Independence Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference.


2014 Independence Bowl, Teams
This was the 16th overall meeting between these two teams, with Miami leading the series 8–5–2 going into the game. The last time these two teams met was in 1987.


2014 Independence Bowl, Teams, Miami (Florida)
After finishing their regular season with a 6–6 record, the Hurricanes accepted their invitation to play in the game.


2014 Independence Bowl, Teams, South Carolina
After finishing their regular season with a 6–6 record, the Gamecocks accepted their invitation to play in the game.


2014 Independence Bowl, Teams, South Carolina
This was South Carolina's second Independence Bowl; the Gamecocks previously played in the 2005 game, with the 2005 South Carolina squad losing to the Missouri Tigers by a score of 38–31.


2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2014 India Grand Prix Gold was the first tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India from 21 January until 26 January 2014 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2014 India Super Series
The 2014 India Super Series was the fourth super series tournament of the 2014 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in New Delhi, India from 1–6 April 2014 and had a total purse of $250,000. A qualification was held to fill four places in both singles events and Men's doubles of the main draws.


2014 Indian Aces season
The 2014 Indian Aces season (officially the 2014 Micromax Indian Aces season pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Micromax Informatics Ltd., the team's current owner) is the inaugural season of the franchise playing in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL).


2014 Indian Aces season, Season recap, Founding of franchise
On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league inaugural 2014 season would be based in Delhi. On 19 June 2014, an IPTL press release revealed to the general public that the owner of the Indian franchise was Micromax Informatics Ltd. which preferred to have the team play its home matches in New Delhi and not in Mumbai. A group called PVP Ventures led by entrepreneur Prasad V Potluri (Telugu: ప్రసాద్ వి పొట్లూరి) and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar had been the original franchise owners with a plan to play home matches in Mumbai.


2014 Indian Aces season, Season recap, Founding of franchise
While league managing director Mahesh Bhupathi said PVP Ventures had been replaced by Micromax, because PVP missed a payment deadline, PVP said it had withdrawn from the league due to lack of clarity over how IPTL's business model was progressing and disagreements over player contracts. PVP did not want the team to be solely responsible for payment of player salaries and favored  the league being obligated as well.


2014 Indian Aces season, Season recap, Inaugural draft
The Indian Aces participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Aces were


2014 Indian Aces season, Season recap, Team name
By May 2014, the team was named the Indian Aces.


2014 Indian Aces season, Season recap, Home venue
On 25 July 2014, the Aces announced that their home matches would be played at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, Delhi.


2014 Indian Aces season, Season recap, Injury to Rafael Nadal and signing of Roger Federer
On 22 September 2014, the Aces announced that Rafael Nadal will not play due to an injury. As a replacement, the Aces signed Roger Federer.


2014 Indian Aces season, Season recap, First coach
On 27 October 2014, Fabrice Santoro was named the Aces' first coach.


2014 Indian Aces season, Match log
Key: MS = men's singles; MD = men's doubles; WS = women's singles; XD = mixed doubles; LS = legends' singles; OT = overtime (additional games played in extended fifth sets); SO = men's singles super shoot-out


2014 Indian Aces season, Television coverage
Television coverage of Aces matches in India will be provided by STAR Sports.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final
The 2014 Indian Federation Cup Final was a football match between Churchill Brothers and Sporting Goa played on 25 January 2014 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala. The match was the culmination of the 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup. This was the 35th edition of the Federation Cup, the national cup tournament of football in India which is administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Churchill Brothers won by defeating Sporting Goa 3–1 with goals scored by Balwant Singh, Alesh Sawant, and Abdelhamid Shabana while the Sporting Goa goal came from Victorino Fernandes. This was the first time Churchill Brothers had won the tournament.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final
Churchill Brothers qualified for the final by defeating Mohun Bagan in the semi-final 2–1 while Sporting Goa qualified by defeating Dempo in the semi-finals 3–2 after extra-time. Prior to the final, Churchill Brothers and Sporting Goa had met once during the 2013–14 season with Churchill Brothers winning that match 3–2.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final
The Federation Cup is an annual Indian football competition open to all I-League and select I-League 2nd Division teams. The 2013–14 edition was the 35th of the competition.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Churchill Brothers
Prior to reaching the 2014 final, Churchill Brothers have never reached the final of the Federation Cup before. They began their 2013–14 Federation Cup campaign on 14 January 2014 in the first match of the group stages against fellow I-League side United. The match took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala. The venue would turn out to be the only stadium Churchill Brothers play in throughout the entire tournament. It took only five minutes before Churchill Brothers took the lead through Egyptian recruit Abdelhamid Shabana before Balwant Singh doubled the lead for Churchill in the 17th minute. Ranti Martins then earned a goal back for United in the 43rd minute, however Churchill Brothers managed to hold on for the opening day 2–1 victory.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Churchill Brothers
Churchill Brothers then played their second match of the group on 17 January 2014 against I-League 2nd Division side Eagles. The match remained goalless by half-time with neither side able to get on the scoresheet. This remained true for the second half as well until Churchill Brothers broke the deadlock at the 74th minute from a strike by Balwant Singh. Eagles however soon equalized off Nigerian striker Koko Sakibo, however, only three minutes later, Shabana won the game for Churchill Brothers with an 86th-minute goal as Churchill Brothers ran out 2–1 winners again.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Churchill Brothers
In the final match of the group stage, Churchill Brothers faced off against I-League contenders Pune. Churchill Brothers scored the first goal of the match early on in the 8th minute thanks to a strike by new signing and Trinidad and Tobago international Anthony Wolfe. However, Pune soon equalized eleven minutes later from their new signing, Gabriel Fernandes. Churchill Brothers soon though regained the lead through India international Lenny Rodrigues in the 32nd minute as Churchill Brothers went into half-time with a 2–1 lead. Pune equalized again once the second half began in the 53rd minute through Gabriel Fernandes.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Churchill Brothers
However, in the 73rd minute, Anthony Wolfe scored his second goal of the game which would turn out to be the match winner as Churchill Brothers won 3–2. The victory allowed Churchill Brothers to qualify for the semi-finals of the Federation Cup and in the process gaining nine points out of nine in the group stage.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Churchill Brothers
On 23 January 2014, Churchill Brothers played in the semi-final of the Federation Cup against Mohun Bagan. Mohun Bagan made it through to the semi-finals through beating Mumbai, Shillong Lajong, and drawing against Salgaocar in their group. Churchill Brothers took the lead early in the match through a 4th-minute strike from Balwant Singh. Anthony Wolfe then doubled the lead for the Goans from the penalty spot in the 15th minute before Bagan drew a goal back from Odafe Onyeka Okolie in the 32nd minute. Churchill Brothers eventually held on to win the match 2–1 and thus advance to the final for the first time in their history.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Sporting Goa
Prior to the 2014 final, Sporting Goa had made it to two other Federation Cup finals in 2005 and 2006 but lost in both of them. Sporting Goa began their 2013–14 Federation Cup campaign on 15 January 2014 against new direct-entry I-League side Bengaluru FC at the Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium. The MDS Complex served as the venue for all three of Sportings' group matches. The match and the tournament could not have begun any worse for Sporting Goa than it did with the Goan side finding themselves 4–0 down by the 66th minute.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Sporting Goa
The goals were scored by Beikhokhei Beingaichho who scored two goals in the 5th and 41st minutes, Sunil Chhetri who scored in the 33rd minute, and Robin Singh who found the net in the 66th minute. However, Sporting began a mini-resurgence when Australian import Boima Karpeh scored the first goal for Sporting in the 74th minute. Beevan D'Mello then scored the second goal for Sporting Goa in the 89th minute before Victorino Fernandes scored the third two minutes into stoppage time. Despite this though, Bengaluru FC scored the fifth and final goal a minute later through Robin Singh as Sporting Goa suffered an opening day 5–3 defeat.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Sporting Goa
Sporting Goa then played their second match on 18 January 2014 against the defending champions, East Bengal. Sporting took the lead early in the match thanks to an 18th-minute striker from Victorino Fernandes. That was the only goal scored in the first half as Sporting went into half-time with a 1–0 lead. East Bengal then equalized at the start of the second-half thanks to a 58th-minute penalty goal from Ryuji Sueoka before Beevan D'Mello won the game for Sporting in the 85th minute as Sporting won 2–1.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Sporting Goa
Sportings last match of the group stage came up against newly promoted I-League side Rangdajied United. After a scoreless first-half, Sporting opened the scoring in the 53rd minute thanks to Boima Karpeh. Victorino Fernandes then doubled the lead for Sporting in the 70th minute as Sporting won the match 2–0 and thus qualified for the next round of the Federation Cup.


2014 Indian Federation Cup Final, Road to the final, Sporting Goa
On 23 January 2014, Sporting played their semi-final match against fellow Goan club Dempo. Dempo qualified for the semi-finals after defeating Bhawanipore and United Sikkim before drawing against Mohammedan. Sporting took the lead in the match in the 30th minute through Boima Karpeh. Dempo then equalized in the 72nd minute through their Aussie import Tolgay Özbey. However, in the 83rd minute, Sporting retook the lead when the clubs Spanish import Arturo Navarro scored from the penalty spot but that was before Dempo equalized again in the 87th minute through Afghan international Zohib Islam Amiri. The match thus ended 2–2 and went into extra-time where Sporting retook the lead in the 107th minute from yet another penalty goal from Arturo Navarro. That eventually turned out to be the winning goal as Sporting Goa won the match 3–2 and advanced to the final.


2014 Indian Premier League
The 2014 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 7 or Pepsi IPL 2014, was the seventh season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured eight teams, one fewer than in 2013 after the withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India, and was held from 16 April 2014 to 1 June 2014. The opening ceremony was held in the UAE on 15 April 2014. Kolkata Knight Riders won the tournament, defeating Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets with Manish Pandey declared the man of the match in the final. The average attendance for the tournament was 31,751.


2014 Indian Premier League
A part of tournament was held outside India as Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde denied to provide security for the league as the tournament took place at the same time as the 2014 Indian general election. As a result, The tournament was jointly hosted by India and the United Arab Emirates. The opening 20 matches were held in the UAE at three different stadiums in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah with the tournament returning to India on 2 May.


2014 Indian Premier League
The player auction took place on 12 and 13 February 2014. Unlike previous seasons, the auction was in Indian Rupees as opposed to US dollars.


2014 Indian Premier League, Background, Hosting
On 14 February, Sanjay Patel, who is the BCCI secretary, told the media after the IPL governing council meeting: "As far as possible our interest is to hold the IPL in India. Then, probably, South Africa is the preferred venue at the moment." The initial part of the season was held outside India, to avoid adding to the existing security demands for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. South Africa, Bangladesh and UAE were initially shortlisted as alternative venues. The BCCI working committee's meeting on 28 February decided that a final decision would be taken once the schedule for the general election was announced as the BCCI wanted to have as many matches as possible hosted in India due to pressure from the sponsors.


2014 Indian Premier League, Background, Hosting
On 2 March 2014, it was reported that Sri Lanka, which was under fourth consideration for hosting the matches, has been ruled out due to prospect of rains in the country during the period. On 5 March 2014, when the dates for general elections were announced, IPL chairman Ranjib Biswal stated that 60–70 percent of the tournament would be held in India. Also, South Africa as an alternate venue has effectively been ruled out since they wanted to host the entire tournament, leaving chances open for UAE and Bangladesh.


2014 Indian Premier League, Background, Hosting
On 12 March 2014, it was announced that the tournament would begin on 16 April and at least 16 matches will be played in United Arab Emirates till 30 April. From 1 to 12 May, BCCI has approached the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India seeking permission to play IPL matches in India in cities where the polling has concluded in the respective state. If it is not possible to play in India during this period, IPL matches will be held in Bangladesh. All matches after 12 May, which is last day of polling for the elections, will be played in India. No matches will be played on 16 May, given it is the day for counting of votes for the general election. The final was played on 1 June 2014.


2014 Indian Premier League, Background, Schedule
The schedule of the first phase of the IPL 2014 was announced on 19 March 2014. The first phase of the tournament consist of 20 matches played from 16 to 30 April 2014 in the United Arab Emirates. The opening match of the tournament was played between the defending champions Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders on 16 April 2014 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi at 6:30 pm local time (8:00 pm IST). From 2 May onwards the 36 games of the regular season and the 4 playoffs will be played in India across 10 venues.


2014 Indian Premier League, Background, Staff changes
Gary Kirsten signed up as Head Coach of Delhi Daredevils. Kolkata Knight Riders appointed Woorkeri Raman as batting coach while Wasim Akram returned as bowling coach after taking break for IPL-6. Royal Challengers Bangalore announced Daniel Vettori (member of RCB squad, 2011–13) as head coach and Allan Donald (Head coach of the former Pune Warriors India in the last IPL) as bowling coach, while Trent Woodhill (former batting and fielding coach of Delhi Daredevils) was appointed as batting and fielding coach. Darren Lehmann was not able to continue with Kings XI Punjab due to his commitments with Australian cricket team. Sanjay Bangar was appointed as Kings XI's assistant coach. As former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid decided to quit playing IPL after IPL 2013, Rajasthan Royals team management decided to appoint him as the Chief Team Mentor of the Rajasthan Royals team.


2014 Indian Premier League, Background, Insurance
Since this year's IPL will be played during the Lok Sabha Elections in the country, re-insurance companies have asked to double the rates for insurance cover of IPL 7. The insurance cover includes parties like BCCI, franchisees and media partners. The insurance companies expects a high security danger threat during the elections period in the country. The companies are demanding Rs. 140 million for a cover of Rs. 9 billion this year which is exactly double to the last year price of Rs. 70 million.


2014 Indian Premier League, Background, Broadcast
Times Internet decided to share IPL digital rights with STAR India giving StarSports.com streaming rights alongside YouTube, which has been streaming IPL since its inception in 2008. In the UK, ITV4 will show the league for the final time before Sky Sports takes over in 2015. Willow Cricket carried coverage of the season in the United States.


2014 Indian Premier League, Player auction
On 24 December 2013, the IPL Governing Council finalised the Player Regulations for the 2014 season. All teams were allowed to retain a maximum of five players (at most four Indian capped players) and the rest of the players had to be sent into the auction pool. Retention of players led to reduction of the teams' salary cap by a fixed amount, regardless of the players' actual salaries. Some franchises were unhappy with new retention rules. Each team had a starting salary cap of ₹ 600 million (₹ 60 crore). Three franchises retained the maximum of 5 players while Delhi Daredevils retained none.


2014 Indian Premier League, Player auction
This season's auction saw the introduction of several new rules. For the first time Indian uncapped players were also into the auction. There is no minimum quota for catchment area players restriction. All player fees was denominated in Indian rupees but overseas players may choose to be paid in another currency. There was also introduction of the "rights to match", which allowed teams to purchase a player from their 2013 squad in the auction by matching the highest bid. The number of "rights to match" depends on the number of players retained by the team.


2014 Indian Premier League, Player auction
Also, the players' salaries will not include their fees for participation in the Champions League Twenty20. Teams who qualify will pay each player who represents them an additional 10% of his IPL fee. Previously, players who qualified for the CLT20 with their IPL team had to forfeit 20% of their IPL salary to represent another team.


2014 Indian Premier League, Player auction
On 27 January 2014 BCCI released a list of capped players to all the franchises which would be available for the auction. This list had a total of 233 players from 10 countries. On 29 January 2014 this list was updated to 244 capped players and 651 uncapped players. On 6 February 2014, the final auction list was shortlisted by teams to 514 players (219 capped and 295 uncapped). The list was further shortened to 511 players (216 capped and 295 uncapped) after the withdrawal of 3 players. The highest base price set was of Rs 20 million and the lowest of Rs 1 million. The auction took place on 12 and 13 February.


2014 Indian Premier League, Player auction
On 7 February 2014, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court to interfere in the IPL auction in relation to the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case involving Gurunath Meiyappan of Chennai Super Kings. On 10 February 2014, an IPL spot-fixing report finding Meiyappan involved in betting was submitted to the Supreme Court. However the Supreme Court allowed the auction to go through as per schedule.


2014 Indian Premier League, Player auction
A total of 154 players including 50 overseas players were sold. The list consisted of 80 capped players (of which 34 were Indians) and 74 uncapped players. 127 players (including 10 who have only been part of the squad) have previously been part of IPL teams. 66 players will represent the same side that they played for in 2013. 13 Right to Match cards were used during the auction. Yuvraj Singh fetched the highest bid of ₹14 crore (US$2.0 million) while Dinesh Karthik was the second most expensive purchase at a price of ₹12.5 crore (US$1.8 million) by Delhi Daredevils. Kevin Pietersen was the costliest foreign player. Among uncapped players, Karn Sharma was the most expensive at ₹3.75 crore (US$530,000). Many prominent Indian players and most Sri Lankan and English players were unsold like Luke Wright & Alex Hales.


2014 Indian Premier League, Venues
The first leg of the tournament was hosted in the United Arab Emirates so that the competition would not clash with the Indian elections, with the second leg to be hosted in India. The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai was removed as a venue due to a dispute with the municipal authorities.


2014 Indian Premier League, Venues
The home ground of the Rajasthan Royals for the season was also changed from the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur to the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad as the Rajasthan Cricket Association, the owners of the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, were suspended by the BCCI due to the election of Lalit Modi as its chairman.


2014 Indian Premier League Final
The 2014 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match on 1 June 2014 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, which was played between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders to determine the winner of the 2014 season of the Indian Premier League, an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament in India.


2014 Indian Premier League Final
Winning the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field first. Kings XI Punjab set up a big total of 199/4 off 20 overs for their opposition. Kolkata Knight Riders chased the total successfully with three balls to spare losing seven wickets in the process and secured their second IPL trophy.


2014 Indian Premier League Final
Manish Pandey was declared the man of the match in the Final while Glenn Maxwell was declared the most valuable player of the season and Akshar Patel was declared the emerging player of the season.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
The Kings XI Punjab and the Kolkata Knight Riders were ranked first and second respectively on the league table. The Punjab had a successful first half of the league stage with six wins out of seven matches which includes their opening five consecutive wins that was finally halted by the Mumbai Indians. They also tried to back their winning form with five wins from the remaining seven matches with the both losses coming against the Kolkata and the Mumbai – second time in the group stage.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Most of the wins were from their batting strength with Glenn Maxwell taking the main role and actively supported by Virender Sehwag and David Miller. Their bowlers also played a crucial role with Sandeep Sharma being their best pick for wickets and was ably supported by Axar Patel and Mitchell Johnson.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Though they won their first match against the defending champions Mumbai, the Kolkata had the worse start to the tournament registering only two wins out of seven matches in the first half of the season. But, they came back strongly in the second half winning all the remaining seven games in the group stage to confirm their spot in the play-offs. This dramatic turn-around is mostly credited to their opening batting partnership of Gautham Gambhir and Robin Uthappa who provided the perfect starts to the Kolkata batting in every match. They were also equally complemented by their bowlers with Sunil Narine being the best pick for wickets. Though they scored 170-plus only once in the tournament, with most of the wins coming from chases for the Knight Riders, this gives the picture of their bowling strength.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
In the first group match, Punjab emerged as victorious as they extended their winning streak to four this season. On a green track with plenty of cracks, Gambhir's decision to bowl first was backed by their bowlers with Morne Morkel tormenting Kings top-order with his 145-plus kmph deliveries and also got Maxwell with a leg-stump yorker. Later, Piyush Chawla bamboozled Sehwag and benefited from long-boundaries by getting Miller and George Bailey and this helped restrict Kings XI to modest total of 132/9 in 20 overs.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
But, Knight Riders' openers couldn't get any momentum against Sharma and Johnson with both dismissed for single-digit scores. With Chris Lynn failing to recreate his first-match form and Yusuf Pathan still struggling in the season, they suffered a collapse with Patel and Rishi Dhawan keeping it tight for Kings XI. This helped Kings XI to win the match by 23 runs.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
However, in the second group match, fortunes were reversed with Kolkata batsmen playing the aggressive role and completing the chase with nine wickets to spare, mostly thanks to third consecutive fifty from their captain, Gambhir. Earlier, Knight Riders were able to restrict Kings XI to 149 despite a swift 72 from Sehwag. At 10 overs mark, Kings XI were sitting pretty well at 85/2 but suffered a collapse in next 10 overs making only 64 and losing six wickets.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
Chawla was Knight Riders' pick among bowlers returning with 3/19 in four overs which includes big wickets of Sehwag and Maxwell and Narine choked the run flow at the end. The opening pair of Gambhir and Uthappa set platform for a perfect chase racing to 68 in seven overs. Though they lost Uthappa, Gambhir joined hands with Manish Pandey to build 82-run partnership and complete the chase for Knight Riders.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
The playoff stage was played according to the page playoff system and provided Punjab and Kolkata, being the top- and second-ranked teams, with two ways of qualifying for the Final. They first faced each other in Qualifier 1 where the winners would qualify for the Final. The losers of Qualifier 1 would play against the winners of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2, the winners of which would also qualify for the Final.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
Kolkata eased into the final with eight successive win of the season beating a listless Punjab at Eden Gardens. With the forecast of rain during the match and Duckworth-Lewis always tending to favor chasing teams, Kings XI won the toss and elected to field. Kolkata were once again provided a solid platform at the top in batting from Uthappa, who had a stellar season and Gambhir. But spin played a prominent role in the match with Patel and Karanveer Singh taking the wickets in regular intervals.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
Pathan and Shakib Al Hasan regulated the collapse and Kolkata were however benefited by cameos from Suryakumar Yadav and Ryan ten Doeschate who helped Kolkata reach 163/8 in 20 overs. Though Manan Vohra started solid for Kings XI, non-stop drizzle from third over wrecked Kings XI momentum as batsmen were uncertain regarding the length of the match and approach they should employ. Umesh Yadav troubled Kings XI batsmen with an opening spell of 2/12 in three overs. With Wriddhiman Saha and Miller flailed at the crease and spinners continued to strangle Kings XI batting in the middle overs which sealed the match for Knight Riders.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
Punjab innings had been lit up by the century from Sehwag who steadily gathered the form with IPL coming to the end and helped Kings XI defeat Chennai Super Kings to reach the finals. With Super Kings bowlers feeding him a juicy full-tosses, Sehwag raced along at a strike-rate of 200, outshining all his teammates. He was only stopped by a difficult diving effort from Faf du Plessis but it was too late as Kings XI scored 226/6 in 20 overs.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
But Suresh Raina started making a chase of 227 look absurdly simple reaching his fifty in 16 balls and going for 33 runs in sixth over off Parvinder Awana for Super Kings to reach 100/2, highest ever Powerplay score in T20 match. But, Raina innings was stopped through smart fielding off Bailey who caused run-out to depart Raina on 87 off 25 balls. Some tight bowling by Kings XI helped them win the match as Super Kings could only score 102 off last 14 overs as even M. S. Dhoni couldn't prevent the defeat by 24 runs.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Background
The Final was played at the neutral venue of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Though Final was initially scheduled to be at Mumbai since the Mumbai Indians won the trophy in 2013, play-off matches including Final were rescheduled with Final shifted to Bengaluru due to the unresolved stadium issues over hosting play-off matches in Chennai between Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and local municipal corporation. This was their first encounter between these two teams in the knockout/playoff stage of IPL.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Background
Kolkata had the tournament's leading run-getter Robin Uthappa in their ranks and their leading wicket-taker, Sunil Narine was two wickets behind Mohit Sharma on Purple Cap list. Punjab has best batting performance in the season with their leading run-scorer Glenn Maxwell being the third highest run-getter in the season with 103 runs behind the Orange Cap holder.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets to win the 2014 Indian Premier League in a high intensity final match, which was played in flawless spirit between the top two teams. The defining knock of Manish Pandey ensured Knight Riders' victory and helped them lift their second Indian Premier League trophy in three years.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Earlier, the Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. The Kings XI start was not encouraging with Virender Sehwag falling to the extra pace of Umesh Yadav and the promotion of George Bailey to No.3 lasting just two balls. Kings XI made only 32 runs in Powerplay, their lowest in the entire season and also scored only 58 off ten overs. But their innings took a dramatic turn with Wriddhiman Saha and Manan Vohra orchestrating a jaw-dropping turnaround in tempo. Both reached their fifties with Saha needing only 29 balls; they added 129 runs in twelve overs.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Though Vohra got out in the 17th over off Piyush Chawla, Saha continued his onslaught to reach his century off 49 balls with a six off Narine and hence finishing the innings with an unbeaten knock of 115 off 55 balls. Saha's century was the first ever century in an IPL final. This helped the Kings XI reach 199/4 in 20 overs with 141 runs coming off last ten overs.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
The Knight Riders lost Uthappa early to Mitchell Johnson but Pandey lead the way for the Knight Riders to pull off the highest successful run chase in any T20 final. With Pandey's 94 off 50 balls, an innings fuelled by an urgency that did not abate, the Knight Riders did not fall far behind the asking rate during their chase of a daunting target. Pandey and Gautham Gambhir placed several drives through the infield and with some excellent running between the wickets, they built a 53-run stand for the second wicket, which did not consist of a single six.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
With Gambhir holing out to Karanveer Singh, Yusuf Pathan came to the crease to start the flow of sixes in the Knight Riders' innings as he punished Singh and Lakshmipathy Balaji. Pandey also came into the party tearing into Parvinder Awana's shoddy lengths. Though Axar Patel tried to dry up the runs on one end, this didn't reduce the run flow as both added 71 off 43 balls.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Though they suffered a mini-collapse with Singh removing Pandey, Pathan and Ryan ten Doeschate and Shakib Al Hasan losing his wicket to some incredible fielding from Bailey, Chawla held his nerve to thwart the spirited Kings XI campaign by pulling a six off Johnson in last ball of the penultimate over and finally scoring the winning boundary in the third ball of the last over; thus driving the Knights to their second title.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary
It was Knight Riders' second IPL title, making them the second team after Chennai Super Kings to have won the IPL title more than once. Manish Pandey was awarded player of the match for his 94 off 50 balls. With 660 runs in the tournament, Robin Uthappa finished as the leading run-scorer and won the Orange Cap. Glenn Maxwell won the Maximum Sixes Award for his 36 sixes in 16 matches. He was also adjudged as Most Valuable Player of the season. Axar Patel won the Emerging Player of the year award.


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–23 (Sehwag, 3.4 ov), 2–30 (Bailey, 5.1 ov), 3–159 (Vohra, 17.1 ov), 4–170 (Maxwell, 17.6 ov)


2014 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–6 (Uthappa, 0.4 ov), 2–59 (Gambhir, 6.1 ov), 3–130 (Pathan, 13.3 ov), 4–156 (Shakib, 15.3 ov), 5–168 (ten Doeschate, 16.3 ov), 6–179 (Pandey, 16.6 ov), 7–187 (SA Yadav, 18.2 ov)


2014 Indian Premier League squads
This is a list of the squads that qualified for the 2014 Indian Premier League.


2014 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held on three dates in 2014, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held in February, June, and November to elect respectively 55, 6, and 11 of its 245 members, from 16 of the States. They are held by an open ballot (for public scrutiny) on a single transferable vote (STV) basis among State legislators. Being even-numbered, 2014 was a year in which about 30% of the State Legislature-elected 233-seat component of the body is elected.


2014 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
In addition to the 72 seats re-filled in this year of the six-year cycle (as the term of seat tenure is six years), 13 by-elections were held in 2014.


2014 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
As of 2020, this is the last year in which the Bharatiya Janata Party has lost seats.


2014 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, February elections
The elections in February were from 16 State legislatures, and all were held on February 7, 2014.


2014 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, November  elections
The elections in November were from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand, and were held on November 20, 2014.


2014 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
13 by-elections were held (caused by resignation, death or disqualification).


2014 Indian Super League Final
The 2014 Indian Super League Final was an association football match between the Kerala Blasters and ATK played on 20 December 2014, at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The match was the final match to determine the inaugural champion of the Indian Super League for the 2014 season.


2014 Indian Super League Final
The Kerala Blasters had qualified for the final through defeating the first-place regular season side, Chennaiyin, 4–3 on aggregate. ATK qualified after defeating Goa in a penalty shoot-out 4–2. Prior to the final, during the regular season, both sides played to a 1–1 draw at the Salt Lake Stadium while Kerala Blasters won the return match 2–1 in Kochi.


2014 Indian Super League Final
ATK won the final to win the inaugural title of the league, with late substitute Mohammed Rafique scoring the only goal in added time.


2014 Indian Super League Final, Road to the final
The Indian Super League is a franchise league started between IMG-Reliance and STAR Sports with the objective of making football one of the main sports in India, as well as make it a known name in the world of football. The 2014 edition was the inaugural season of the Indian Super League.


2014 Indian Super League Final, Road to the final
The Indian Super League, which started its inaugural season with eight franchises, acted in a round-robin format, with each team facing each other twice, home and away. The top four teams at the end of the 14-game regular season would qualify for the play-offs. The play-offs would feature a two-legged semi-final which would pit the first place team against the fourth place team, while second and third would face off against each other. The final would then be a one-legged affair at a neutral venue.


2014 Indian Super League Final, Road to the final, Kerala Blasters
The Kerala Blasters played their first ever game in the Indian Super League on 13 October 2014 against NorthEast United at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. They lost the match 0–1 after Koke found the net in the 45th minute. It took till 26 October 2014, the Blasters' third game, before they gained their first ever point in the Indian Super League. It was against their future final opponents, ATK, at the Salt Lake Stadium. Iain Hume scored the equalizer for the Blasters after Baljit Sahni gave the Kolkata side the lead.


2014 Indian Super League Final, Road to the final, Kerala Blasters
In the next game, four days later, the Blasters recorded their first ever victory against Pune City at the Balewadi Sports Complex. David Trezeguet gave Pune City the lead in the 15th minute before Chinadorai Sabeeth scored a 41st-minute equalizer. Penn Orji scored the winner for the Blasters in the 65th minute as they ran out with a 2–1 scoreline.


2014 Indian Super League Final, Road to the final, Kerala Blasters
The team played their first home match of the season on 6 November 2014 against Goa. A goal from Milagres Gonsalves helped the Kerala Blasters win 1–0 in front of over 55,000 fans. In the end, the Kerala Blasters managed to just qualify for the finals of the Indian Super League when they defeated Pune City 1–0 at home with Iain Hume scoring his fourth goal of the season.


2014 Indian Super League Final, Road to the final, Kerala Blasters
In the semi-finals, the Kerala Blasters were set to take on the regular season winners, Chennaiyin. The first leg took place at home for the Kerala Blasters, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, on 13 December 2014. The match could not have been any better for the Kerala Blasters as goals from Ishfaq Ahmed, Iain Hume, and Sushanth Mathew gave the Kerala Blasters a 3–0 advantage heading to Chennai. The second leg took place three days later at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai.


2014 Indian Super League Final, Road to the final, Kerala Blasters
Despite heading into the game leading 3–0 on aggregate, the Blasters managed to concede three goals to Chennaiyin in the second leg and thus bring the game into extra-time. Just as it looked like the game was going to be settled in a penalty shoot-out, the Blasters managed to steal the tie when Stephen Pearson scored in the 117th minute and thus help the Kerala Blasters win 4–3 on aggregate.