2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, League
They stabilized near the top of the table, holding the second position for most rounds. After round 18 of 30, they had 34 points, placing them in the 3rd position, behind Molde and Odd. August and September was, however, disastrous for the team. With only one win, they dropped to 5th in the table, far behind Molde, who went on to secure the league title on 4 October. Strømsgodset finished the season somewhat better, and with a 2-0 win at home versus the champions on 2 Nov, they secured the 4th position and a place in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1st qualification round.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Norwegian Cup
In the cup, after a solid win in the first round, Strømsgodset again struggled against lower league teams. In the 2nd round, they needed extra time to secure a win over Ørn-Horten. The 3rd round match versus Tromsdalen also had to be decided after extra time, but this time, Strømsgodset lost.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Europe
The club was unseeded in the 2nd qualifying round and drew the highest-ranked team, Steaua București. The first match was played at home on 16 July, in front of 5,056 spectators. Though Strømsgodset was described as the best team in the match reports, the away team scored the only goal of the match. In the return match, Steaua won 2-0 after two late goals, and the European adventure was over for Strømsgodset.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
One of the most exciting events was the emergence of 15-year-old midfielder Martin Ødegaard. On an amateur contract when the season began, he was eligible to feature in up to three Tippeliga matches for Strømsgodset. He made his debut for Strømsgodset in a match against Aalesund at Marienlyst Stadion on 13 April 2014, becoming the youngest footballer ever to play in the Tippeliga. In the match, he set up the second goal, scoring an assist in his debut.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
After featuring in the starting line-up against Vålerenga on May 1, and being one of the better players on the pitch, it became clear that the three matches would not be enough for Strømsgodset. He signed a professional contract for 2014 and 2015 with Strømsgodset on 5 May 2014. On 16 May 2014, he scored the fourth goal for Strømsgodset in a home match against Sarpsborg 08 FF which Strømsgodset won 4-1, making him the youngest person to score a goal in the Tippeliga.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
His major breakthrough happened with the away match against Sandnes Ulf, where he was involved in all three goals of his team, scoring one and having one assist. He was also fouled for a penalty, which was missed by Sørum. After the match, media were discussing his possible debut on the Norway national team This would become a reality the same year. Ødegaard made his international debut for Norway against the United Arab Emirates on 27 August 2014, becoming the youngest debutant for the senior team at the age of 15 years and 253 days. On 13 October 2014, he became the youngest player to feature in a qualifier for the UEFA European Championship.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
Another player impressing the fans was Iver Fossum. The box-to-box midfielder, born in 1996, made his debut in the previous season, with four matches as a sub. In 2014, he was one of the most consistent players, starting 10 of the first 17 matches in the league, scoring twice. He also featured in both Champions League qualification games. Despite Strømsgodset signing players on loan from big clubs, it was local youngster Fossum who became the unsung hero.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
Striker Thomas Sørum got off to a good start of the season, scoring 43 seconds after being subbed on in the first match. Unfortunately, after six matches and two goals, he was injured again, missing the next four league games and two cup ties. He then played 17 minutes against Rosenborg in the 11th round, scoring 7 minutes after being subbed-on at halftime, before being carried off on a stretcher 10 minutus later with a head injury. He returned in the 17th round, scoring again, but failed to make the team after the arrival of Marvin Ogunjimi.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
Unlike the title-winning 2013 season, the two centre backs Jørgen Horn and Kim Andre Madsen spent most of the first half of the season injured. Taking their places were mainly home-grown Lars Sætra and new signing Marius Høibråten from Lillestrøm. Unfortunately for Strømsgodset, Sætra rejected a new contract and left the club in July, signing for Swedish club Hammarby. The talented young centre back from Sogndal, Gustav Valsvik was bought in the summer transfer window to make up for the loss. Furthermore, Jeb Brovsky from New York City FC and Stefan Aškovski from FK Partizan were signed on loan to help cover for the injured defenders. However, both players failed to make an impression on the team.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
Another home-grown player left Strømsgodset in the summer; Winger Muhamed Keita was sold to Lech Poznan. To replace him, Bassel Jradi was signed from FC Nordsjælland, but did not play much.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Review and events, Season, Players
Sead Ramović retired without playing a match, when Anders Gundersen was selected for the first game after Adam Larsen Kwarasey joined the Ghana WC squad. Gundersen played all three league matches during Kwarasey's absence. Without Ramović, and with Hermann Rhodén, Eirik Johannesen and Borger Thomas all out on loan, the club was forced to place 16-year-old Morten Sætra on the bench. He played a friendly against IFK Göteborg in June, but did not play in the league.


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


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


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Team kit
The official kit manufacturer for Strømsgodset is Diadora. This is the fourth year of the five-year-deal from 2011. The home shirt is deep blue, while the shorts and socks are white. The away kit has the reverse colours, with a white shirt and deep blue shorts and socks.


2014 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Team kit
The club started the 2014 season without a main sponsor, but signed a major two-year deal with the nationwide bank DNB in June. The deal may be extended for another two years if both parts are willing.


2014 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
The 2014 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard was held from September 4 to 7 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. It was held on the second week of the Tour, and was the first event (along with the Good Times Bonspiel) of the Women's Curling Tour. It was also the first event of the Ontario Curling Tour season, and acted as the Ontario Curling Tour championship of the previous season. Both the men's and women's event was held in a round robin format, and the purses for the men's and women's events were CAD$30,000 and CAD$24,000, respectively.


2014 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
Mike McEwen and his rink from Winnipeg became the first team from outside of Ontario to win the men's event, defeating Toronto's John Epping rink in the final. On the women's side, it was an all-Swiss final, with Silvana Tirinzoni's rink defeating her compatriot, Alina Pätz in the final. It was the second time a team from outside Ontario won the event, and the first time that no Ontario rink made it to the final.


2014 Student Spartakiada
The 2014 Student Spartakiada were held at the Penza Sports Palace in Penza, Russia from July 1 to 4. The competition featured junior gymnasts in the Master of Sport division.


2014 Stuttgart World Cup
The 2014 Stuttgart World Cup, also known as the EnBW Turn-WeltCup, was an artistic gymnastics competition held from November 28–30 in Stuttgart, Germany.


2014 Sudan Premier League
The 2014 Sudan Premier League was the 43rd edition of the highest club level football competition in Sudan. Al-Merrikh SC are defending champions.


2014 Sudbury District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Sudbury District of Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Sugar Bowl
The 2014 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 80th annual Sugar Bowl, it featured the #10 (AP ranked), #11 (BCS ranked) Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference and the #3-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference. The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 8:30 PM EST. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that  concluded the 2013 FBS football season. It was sponsored by the Allstate insurance company and was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.


2014 Sugar Bowl
Oklahoma was selected to participate in the Sugar Bowl after a 10–2 season that culminated in a 33–24 victory over Oklahoma State. Alabama was selected as the other half of the matchup after an 11–1 season that ended in a 34–28 loss to Auburn.


2014 Sugar Bowl
Oklahoma defeated Alabama 45–31, in the process overcoming the largest spread in BCS history; Alabama had been a 17½-point favorite. The previous record of 16½ points was overcome just the day before in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, won by the UCF Knights 52–42 over the Baylor Bears. Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight, who completed 32 of 44 passes for 4 touchdowns and 348 yards, was named the game's most valuable player.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams
Traditionally, the Sugar Bowl hosts the SEC champion. However, the SEC champion played in the BCS National Championship Game every year from 2006 onward. This streak continued when 2013 champion Auburn was selected to play in the 2014 BCS National Championship Game. The Sugar Bowl thus had the first pick of SEC teams after Auburn, and selected Alabama. In choosing its At-Large participant, the Sugar Bowl committee bypassed #10 Oregon in favor of #11 Oklahoma.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams
The 2014 Sugar Bowl marked the fifth time the two teams have played each other. Oklahoma won the last meeting 20–13 in 2003. Oklahoma came into the game leading the series 2-1-1.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma
Oklahoma entered the game with a 10-2 (7-2 conference) record. The Sooners began the season ranked #16 in the AP Poll. Oklahoma won their first 5 games of the season before losing to Texas in the Red River Rivalry. The Sooners went 5–1 in the second half of the regular season, which culminated in a victory over Oklahoma State in the Bedlam Series. Oklahoma finished the regular season 2nd in the Big 12. The 2013 season also saw Bob Stoops become the winningest football coach in Oklahoma history.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma
Oklahoma came into the game with the 23rd ranked scoring defense in the nation, allowing 21.3 points per game. In the 2013 season, the Sooners saw quarterback duties split between Blake Bell and Trevor Knight. Bell was the leading passer on the team, passing for 1,648 yards, 12 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Coach Stoops declined to name a starting quarterback before the game.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma
The 2014 Sugar Bowl marked Oklahoma's seventh appearance in the game. The Sooners lost their previous Sugar Bowl appearance in 2004 in a 14–21 defeat to the Nick Saban coached LSU Tigers. The game also marked Bob Stoops' record ninth appearance in a BCS bowl game. Stoops entered the 2014 Sugar Bowl with a 3–5 record in BCS bowls.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Alabama
Alabama entered the game with an 11-1 (7-1 conference) record. The Crimson Tide were the two-time defending national champions and had hopes for a three-peat entering the season. Ranked #1 in the preseason AP Poll, Alabama won their first 11 games of the season before losing to Auburn in the Iron Bowl. The Crimson Tide finished the season second in the SEC West division.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Alabama
Alabama's offense was led by quarterback A. J. McCarron, who was playing his last collegiate game. McCarron was a Heisman Trophy finalist and came into the game with a 36–3 record, including two national championships. The Crimson Tide also came in with the no. 1 scoring defense in the nation, allowing only 11.3 points per game. One of the leaders on  Alabama's defense was linebacker C. J. Mosley. Mosley was the winner of the Butkus Award in 2013 and led the team with 102 tackles, including 9 tackles for losses. Coupled with Oklahoma's offensive struggles, the Crimson Tide came into the game as heavy favorites.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Alabama
The 2014 Sugar Bowl marked Alabama's 14th appearance in the game. The Crimson Tide lost their previous Sugar Bowl in 2009 in a 17–31 defeat to Utah.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
The 2014 Sugar Bowl kicked off at 7:32 Central Standard Time. The game had an attendance of 70,473. The game was televised on ESPN, and the announcers were Brad Nessler and Todd Blackledge. An estimated 16,339,000 viewers watched the broadcast, earning it a Nielsen rating of 9.3. The ratings for the 2014 Sugar Bowl were 61% higher than the ratings for the 2013 edition of the game. Alabama and Oklahoma both received $17,000,000 for playing in the game.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The opening kickoff went for a touchback, thus Alabama began their opening drive at their 25-yard line. On the first two plays of the game, A. J. McCarron completed passes of 15 and 53 yards to Amari Cooper to bring the Crimson Tide to Oklahoma's 6-yard line. Alabama went ahead 7-0 two plays later on a 1-yard touchdown run from T. J. Yeldon. On the following Oklahoma drive, quarterback Trevor Knight was intercepted by Landon Collins. Alabama would not hold on to the ball long, however, as McCarron was intercepted on the very next play at Alabama's 45-yard line by safety Gabe Lynn. Oklahoma's Trevor Knight then connected with Lacoltan Bester for a 45-yard touchdown pass to tie the game 7-7.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
On following Alabama drive, McCarron completed a 63-yard pass to DeAndrew White to bring the Crimson Tide to Oklahoma's 10-yard line. However, Alabama was unable to score a touchdown and settled for a 27-yard field goal from Cade Foster to make it a 10–7 game. Oklahoma responded with a 13-play, 78 yard drive that ended in an 8-yard touchdown pass from Knight to Jalen Saunders to give the Sooners a 14–10 lead with 1:53 remaining in the quarter. Alabama returned the ensuing kickoff to its 20-yard line. On the final play of the quarter, McCarron was sacked by Geneo Grissom for a 7-yard loss.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Alabama began the second quarter at their 24-yard line. After completing a 9-yard pass to DeAndrew White, McCarron connected with White on a 67-yard touchdown pass to give the Crimson Tide a 17–14 lead. On the ensuing Sooners drive, Oklahoma tied the game 17–17 with a 47-yard field goal from Michael Hunnicutt. On the next Alabama possession, the Crimson Tide were able to drive deep inside Oklahoma territory. However, Alabama's drive ended when T.J. Yeldon fumbled the ball at Oklahoma's 8-yard line. Oklahoma's Geneo Grissom recovered the fumble and was able to bring the ball back to Oklahoma's 34-yard line. Taking advantage of the turnover, the Sooners took a 24–17 lead on a 43-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Saunders.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
On the next Alabama drive, McCarron was intercepted by Zack Sanchez, who returned the interception to Alabama's 13-yard line. On the next play, Oklahoma's Sterling Shepard rushed for a 13-yard touchdown, giving the Sooners a 31–17 lead. Alabama had one more chance to score in the second quarter when the Crimson Tide drove to Oklahoma's 15-yard line. However, placekicker Cade Foster missed a 32-yard field goal as time expired in the half and the score remained 31-17 going into halftime.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Oklahoma was limited to only 38 yards of offense in the third quarter as the Sooners were forced to punt on all of their drives. After Oklahoma's first two drives of the quarter ended in three-and-outs, Alabama scored the only points of the quarter on a 43-yard touchdown run by Alabama's Derrick Henry to make it a 31–24 game. Oklahoma was able to get its first first down of the quarter on a pass interference call on Alabama's Jarrick Williams.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Oklahoma was still unable to leave their side of the field, however, and were forced to punt again with 6:54 remaining in the quarter. On the next Alabama drive, the Crimson Tide were able to drive to Oklahoma territory. However, on a 3rd and 7 play at Oklahoma's 35-yard line, A. J. McCarron was sacked for a 14-yard loss, thus Alabama was forced punt with 3:19 remaining in the quarter. Oklahoma began their drive at their 1-yard line. After converting a first down on a 13-yard pass to Brannon Green, Oklahoma was once again unable to move the ball far and were forced to punt from their 18-yard line, giving Alabama the ball back at the Crimson Tide's 46-yard line.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
On the first play of the quarter, A. J. McCarron was sacked by Geneo Grissom for a 9-yard loss. Facing a 4th down situation, Alabama punted the ball away on the next play. On the ensuing Sooners drive, Oklahoma drove to Alabama's 38-yard line. However, a false start and an offensive pass interference penalty backed the Sooners up to their own 42-yard line. Needing to cover 30 yards for a first down, Trevor Knight completed his next two passes for 15 yards. Facing a 3rd and 15 situation, Trevor Knight connected with Lacoltan Bester for a 34-yard completion down to Alabama's 9-yard line. Oklahoma then took a 38–24 lead two plays later on a 9-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Knight to Sterling Shepard.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
After Alabama and Oklahoma exchanged three-and-outs, the Crimson Tide scored on 61-yard passing touchdown from McCarron to Derrick Henry to make it a 38–31 game with 6:22 remaining in the game. The Sooners began their next drive at their own 12-yard line. After a 1-yard rush on first down, Knight's pass fell incomplete. Facing a 3rd and 9 situation, the Sooners converted on a 10-yard pass to Brennan Clay to continue the drive. The Sooners were then able to drive to Alabama's 48-yard line.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
After an Alabama timeout with 2:47 remaining in the game, Knight's pass fell incomplete on a 3rd and 8 play. However, defensive back Jarrick Williams was called for pass interference, giving the Sooners a first down. Oklahoma was unable to get another first down to close out the game, however, and were forced to punt from Alabama's 46-yard line. Despite not scoring, Oklahoma's drive took 5:26 off the clock, leaving Alabama with 56 seconds remaining in the game.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Starting from their own 18-yard line, the Crimson Tide needed to go 82 yards to tie the game. However, on the first play, McCarron fumbled when he was sacked by Eric Striker. The fumble was again recovered by Oklahoma's Grissom, who returned the fumble to the end zone to give Oklahoma a 45–31 lead. Oklahoma then recovered the ball from a Nick Hodgson squib kick that bounced off an Alabama player, allowing them to run out the clock.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Statistics
Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight was named the game's most valuable player. Knight completed 32 of his 44 passes for 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. Knight threw for 348 yards. Coming into the game, Knight had passed for only 471 yards for 5 touchdowns and 4 interceptions in 7 game appearances.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Statistics
Alabama outgained Oklahoma 516–432 in total yards. However, the Crimson Tide committed 5 turnovers, while Oklahoma only committed 1.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Statistics
Oklahoma's leading receiver was Lacoltan Bester, who had 6 receptions for 105 yards and a touchdown. Jalen Saunders was Oklahoma's second leading receiver, catching 5 passes for 75 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Sooner's leading rusher was Brennan Clay, who rushed for 44 yards on 17 carries.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Statistics
Alabama's leading receiver was DeAndrew White, who caught 3 passes for 139 yards and 1 touchdown. Amari Cooper was Alabama's second leading receiver, catching 9 passes for 121 yards. Derrick Henry led the team in rushing, rushing for 100 yards on 8 carries and a touchdown.


2014 Sugar Bowl, Statistics
In his final collegiate game, quarterback A. J. McCarron completed 19 of his 30 passes for 387 yards. McCarron passed for 2 touchdown and 2 interceptions. McCarron was also sacked 7 times and lost 1 fumble.


2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
The 2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 23rd edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 13 to 23 March.


2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
As with the previous tournament, six teams competed. India, New Zealand and Pakistan, who competed previously, did not join this edition and were replaced by Canada, China, and South Africa.


2014 Sultan of Johor Cup
The 2014 Sultan of Johor Cup was the fourth edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup. It was held in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 12 to 19 October 2014.


2014 Sultan of Johor Cup
The number of teams for the 2014 tournament was the same compared to the previous tournament where six teams competed. Argentina, England and South Korea, who had competed previously, did not participate in this edition and Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand were invited.


2014 Sultan of Johor Cup
India defeated Great Britain 2–1 in the final match to win the cup.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games (Chinese: 2014年夏季青年奧林匹克运动会; pinyin: 2014 Nián Xiàjì Qīngnián Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì), officially known as II Summer Youth Olympic Games, were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. These were the first Youth Olympic Games held in China, making it the first country to host both regular and Youth Olympics following the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Bidding process
The International Olympic Committee established the Youth Olympic Games in July 2007. The 2014 host city was elected on 10 February 2010, during the 2010 IOC Session in Vancouver. This was the first election of a Youth Olympic Games host city held in an IOC Session. The elections for the host cities of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics were done through postal votes by IOC members.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Logo
Like other Olympic events, the 2014 Summer Youth Games has its own logo. The logo consists of three parts. The colorful "NANJING" reflects the image of the gate of Nanjing and the features of some Jiangnan houses. The various colors symbolize youths' energetic spirit.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Venues
All of the venues are located in four zones within Nanjing. All venues with the exception of the cycling road, sailing, and triathlon venues, were temporary.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Venues
The Nanjing Olympic Sports Center hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Torch relay
The Youth Olympic torch was designed by the Vatti Corporation Ltd. The torch is known as the "Gate of Happiness." A structure resembling a city gate is found on the top part of the torch and the blue color of the torch represents the peaceful tranquility of Nanjing. The Yangtze which flows next to Nanjing is presented as stripes found on the handle of the torch. It is said that the torch is capable of resisting wind speeds of 11 m/s, rainfall of 50mm/h, altitude of up to 4500m and a temperature range of -15˚C to 45˚C.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Torch relay
Following Olympic tradition the torch lighting ceremony was held on 30 April 2014 in Athens, Greece at the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games were held. Four young athletes from Greece and China competed in a mini-relay.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Torch relay
The torch relay was divided into two parts. The first part was a digital relay where people who downloaded an app were able to participate in the relay through an interactive option called "Give Me Fire." When using this feature users were able to pass the Youth Olympic flame to their friends by touching their devices together. The relay visited 258 different online locations from the 204 participating NOCs over a 98-day period.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Torch relay
After the digital relay the relay began its physical portion in Nanjing where a 10-day relay was held. 104 torch bearers carried the torch singularly or in pairs over 100 legs. Torch bearers were primarily focused on youth and included individuals from sport, culture, media, volunteers and the International Olympic Committee. Notable torch bearers included two time badminton Olympian gold medalist Lin Dan, 2008 Olympic fencing gold medalist Zhong Man, director Chen Weiya and composer Bian Liunian.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Sports
222 events, there will be 13 mixed team events (Mixed-NOCs), 4 mixed team events (NOCs), 1 open event (Equestrian), 109 men's events, and 95 women's events. This is a tentative list of the sports program taken from the general presentation of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014. Golf and Rugby sevens will be contested for the first time. Beach volleyball will replace indoor volleyball and other format changes to sports like field hockey which introduced a five a side format. New events have also been introduced in some of the sports including a shooting mixed gender event among others.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Sports, Medal table
The NYOGOC did not keep an official medal tally. The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the IOC and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. For the full medal table, refer to the main article.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Sports, Medal table
Medals won by teams with athletes from more than one National Olympic Committee are included in the table as medals awarded to a mixed-NOCs team. There were eight events which composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, and as such all 25 medals in these events, including two bronzes in judo, were swept by mixed-NOCs teams. The remaining medals were won in events which combined mixed-NOCs teams and teams representing one NOC. The mixed-NOCs listing is not given a ranking.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Sports, Medal table
Alongside the mixed-NOCs teams, the top ten ranked NOCs are listed below. China (highlighted), as host nation, is also included in the table.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Calendar
222 events are expected to be held over the 2014 Youth Olympics. The schedule will be finalized as the event becomes closer.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Participating nations
203 out of the 204 National Olympic Committees recognized at that time sent delegates to Nanjing. Among them, both Sierra Leone and Nigeria were planning to participate, but on 13 August 2014 both nations pulled out due to pressure from Chinese Authorities in an attempt to prevent Ebola from West Africa from entering their nation. On 15 August 2014 Liberia also withdrew along with two athletes from Guinea being barred by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to fears that the nature of their sports (judo and swimming) could pose a risk to other athletes.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Participating nations
An athlete from South Sudan competed under the Olympic flag as they did not have a National Olympic Committee. The ten nations with the most athletes are China (with 123), Brazil (with 97), United States (with 92), Australia (with 89), Russia (with 88), Germany (with 85), Egypt (with 83), France (with 82), Japan (with 78), and Mexico (with 78).


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Cultural and education program
Youth Olympic Games incorporate a Cultural and Education Program, featuring a variety of cultural and educational activities for young people. Youth Olympics include educational experience based on Olympic values that promote healthy lifestyles and allow young athletes to become well-rounded people with "true sporting spirits." Well-known athletes and "international specialists" guide the young participants. The program combines "Olympic traditions (such as the torch relay) with diverse cultures to spread the Olympic spirit."


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Cultural and education program, Athlete role models
On 17 March 2014 37 athletes from the 28 Olympic sports were chosen by the IOC to be role models at the 2014 Youth Olympics. The athletes will offer support, mentor and advice to the participating youth Olympians. As an athlete role model they will take part in activities and workshops on healthy lifestyles, social responsibility and Olympism. They will also take part in informal chats known as "chat with champions." On 9 April 2014 and 22 April 2014 footballer Simone Farina and swimmer Patrick Murphy were appointed as the 38th and 39th Athlete Role Model respectively.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Cultural and education program, Young ambassadors
A total of 104 people were selected by their National Olympic Committee to be young ambassadors. Young Ambassadors are aged between 18 and 25 and are athletes, coaches, students or young professionals that demonstrate the Olympic values and inspire and empower young people to do the same.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Cultural and education program, Young ambassadors
The main roles of the Young Ambassadors is to promote the Youth Olympics in their nations and to encourage athletes of their nations to get the most out of the Youth Olympic experience by encouraging them to interact with people from different sports and cultures and to take part in activities and workshops.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Cultural and education program, Young ambassadors
A seminar has held from 25 to 28 March 2014 in order to prepare the ambassadors for the Youth Olympics by teaching them about the cultures and activities Nanjing has to offer.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Controversies, Isolation of Nigerian athletes in the Games
Following the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, Chinese officials quarantined and isolated all Nigerian athletes from all sporting facilities despite all testing negative to Ebola before the games. The Nigerian Olympic committee reacted to the discrimination by withdrawing all its athletes from the games.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Controversies, Doping
One unnamed taekwondo athlete had been disqualified from competing at the Youth Olympics after testing positive for the banned diuretic furosemide. The information was released on 5 November 2014.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics medal table
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, held in Nanjing, China, from 17 to 27 August 2014.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics medal table
Of the nations that won medals at these Games, two had not won an Olympic medal – El Salvador and Fiji. A further four nations – Ghana, Moldova, Singapore and Zambia – won their first gold medals at an Olympic event, having previously only won medals of other colours.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics medal table, Medal table
The Organizing Committee is not keeping an official medal tally. The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics medal table, Medal table
In a number of events, there were teams in which athletes from different nations competed together. Medals won by these teams are included in the table as medals awarded to a mixed-NOCs team.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics hosted in Nanjing, China. Chen Ruolin lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay, Torch
Nicknamed the Door of Happiness. The main body of the torch is covered in the metallic luster. And the torch is extremely light. The silver-colored part is designed into the shape of letter “n”, which is the initial of the city's name, Nanjing, and is also in the shape of the city gate of the Ming Dynasty, symbolizing Nanjing's hope to present its grandeur and brilliance to the world through the games. The blue part represents the Yangtze River, the water of which passes through the gate. The gray strips at the bottom of the torch are the symbol of ripples, rendering the torch more dynamic.


2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay, Route
Note: the blue dot represents the virtual torch relay via wireless communication known as "Give Me Fire". On July 4th, the virtual torch sailed to the Pacific Ocean from Mawei District, Fujian


2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament
The 2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–24. The top four regular season finishers of the league's five teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Erv Huether Field on the campus of South Dakota State in Brookings, South Dakota. North Dakota State won its first tournament championship to earn The Summit League's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament. Nebraska–Omaha was ineligible as it transitioned to Division I.


2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Reed Pfannenstein was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pfannenstein was a pitcher for North Dakota State.


2014 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League, and took place March 8–11, 2014 at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used when necessary. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.


2014 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure
The following rules define the tiebreaking procedure for the Summit League tournament. If there are multiple ties, the ties shall be broken in descending order. Once a tie is broken using the procedures below, it shall remain broken for purposes of all future comparisons. Tiebreaker procedures are used only to determine seeds for the league tournament.


2014 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure, Two-team tiebreaking criteria
The following criteria is applied to break ties between two teams:


2014 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure, Multiple-team tiebreaking criteria
The following criteria is applied to break ties between more than two teams:


2014 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament was the 2014 post-season tournament for The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. The tournament took place March 8–11, 2014 at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This is the last season only 7 teams will participate. Next season Oral Roberts will return to the Summit League, giving the tournament 8 teams, and in 2016 Omaha will become eligible to participate in the tournament, making it a 9-team tournament. Next year an 8-team format will be used, with no team receiving a bye. For 2016, an 8/9 first round match will be added, with the winner moving to face the 1-seed in the quarterfinals. Seeds 1-7 will be given a bye to the quarterfinals.


2014 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure
The following rules define the tiebreaking procedure for the Summit League tournament. If there are multiple ties, the ties shall be broken in descending order. Once a tie is broken using the procedures below, it shall remain broken for purposes of all future comparisons. Tiebreaker procedures are used only to determine seeds for the league tournament.


2014 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure, Two-team tiebreaking criteria
The following criteria is applied to break ties between two teams:


2014 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure, Multiple-team tiebreaking criteria
The following criteria is applied to break ties between more than two teams:


2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Eddie Stanky Field on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama from May 21 to May 25, 2014. The tournament used a double-elimination format. Louisiana–Lafayette won the tournament, earning the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The league was expected to divide into two six team divisions for 2014, but due to the departures of three baseball playing schools the plan was shelved, possibly to be implemented in 2015 with the additions of Appalachian State and Georgia Southern.


2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, and then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket played a championship final.


2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Louisiana–Lafayette's Blake Trahan, one of four Ragin' Cajuns selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.


2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was  held in New Orleans, LA from March 13 to March 16 at the Lakefront Arena. The tournament winner received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The semifinal games were televised on the Sun Belt Network, with the championship game on ESPN, on Sunday March 16.


2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight teams in the Sun Belt Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system was used. The top two seeds received a double bye, and the third and fourth seeds received a single bye.


2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 12th overall tournament and the first Sun Belt Conference tournament since 1995.


2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Held from November 14–16 at Eagle Field in Statesboro, Georgia, it determined the Sun Belt Conference champion, and the automatic berth into the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The Hartwick Hawks won the title, defeating hosts, Georgia Southern Eagles in  the final, 1–0.


2014 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference beginning on March 12, 2014, and ending on March 15, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Lakefront Arena


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season
The 2014 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 14th college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2014 season, eleven schools competed in Sun Belt football: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, South Alabama, Texas State, and Troy.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season
The conference title was won by Georgia Southern, in its first year as both a Sun Belt member and an FBS program. The Eagles became only the third team to win a conference championship in their first FBS season. The other two schools to accomplish this feat were Nevada, Big West Conference champions in 1992, and Marshall, which won the Mid-American Conference crown in 1997. Georgia Southern also became the first team ever to go unbeaten in conference play in its first FBS season (both the 1992 Nevada and 1997 Marshall teams lost once in conference play).


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Previous season
The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns and the Arkansas State Red Wolves both finished 5-2 and were co-champions of the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin' Cajuns earned the conference's first bowl spot in the R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl, as Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Tulane 24–21 to win their 3rd straight New Orleans Bowl. Arkansas State earned the second and final Sun Belt bowl, as they played in the GoDaddy Bowl. Arkansas State scored a late touchdown in the fourth quarter to upset Ball State, who entered the game with a 10–2 record, and win their second straight GoDaddy Bowl.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Previous season
The Sun Belt had seven teams eligible for bowl games, but only two received bids (Louisiana-Lafayette and ASU). Western Kentucky had the third best record at 8–4, while ULM, South Alabama, Texas State, and Troy had records of 6-6. The only team that was not eligible for a bowl game was Georgia State.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Preseason, Award watch lists
The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists:


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Preseason, Sun Belt Media Day
Sun Belt Conference Media Day was held on July 22, 2014 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
Start times for non-conference games are local for the Sun Belt team; for conference games, starting times are local for the home team. The following list are the teams in their respective time zones: Arkansas State, Louisiana–Monroe, Louisiana–Lafayette, South Alabama, Texas State and Troy are located in the Central Time Zone; Appalachian State, Georgia State, Georgia Southern is in the Eastern Time Zone; New Mexico State is in the Mountain Time Zone and Idaho is in the Pacific Time Zone.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, Bowl games
In 2014, the SBC placed three teams in bowl games through their tie-ins: Louisiana–Lafayette, Arkansas State, and South Alabama. Texas State was also bowl-eligible but did not receive a bowl invitation. Georgia Southern and Appalachian State, despite having bowl-eligible records (9-3 and 7–5, respectively) and the former winning the conference championship, were not bowl-eligible due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules, since 81 full FBS members became bowl-eligible for the 76 bowl slots available.


2014 Sun Belt Conference football season, All-Conference Players
Honorable Mention: Appalachian State: Drew Bailey, Parker Collins, Kennan Gilchrist, Joel Ross; Arkansas State: Tres Houston, Chris Stone, Andrew Tyron, Xavier Woodson; Georgia Southern: Logan Daves, Deion Stanley, Jay Ellison, Antwione Williams; Georgia State: Nick Arbuckle, Tim Wynn, LynQuez Blair, Robert Davis; Idaho: Marc Millan, Quinton Bradley, Matt Linehan, Elijhaa Penny; Louisiana-Lafayette: Tominique Tovell, Larry Pettis, Terrance Broadway, Terry Johnson; Louisiana-Monroe: Trey Caldwell, Kenzee Jackson, Michael Johnson, Ray Stovall; New Mexico State: Rodney Butler, Winston Rose, Larry Rose III, Derek Ibekwe; South Alabama Chris May, Melvin Meggs, Jesse Kelley, Montell Garner; Texas State: Will Johnson, Tyler Jones, Robert Lowe, Ryan Melton; Troy: Dalton Bennett, Brandon Burks, Tyler Roberts, Bryan Holmes.


2014 Sun Bowl
The 2014 Sun Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2014, at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. In this 81st edition of the Sun Bowl, Arizona State from the Pac-12 Conference met Duke from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game started at 12:00 noon MST, and was televised on CBS and heard on the Sports USA Radio Network. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that will conclude the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Hyundai Motor Company and was officially known as the Hyundai Sun Bowl.


2014 Sun Bowl, Teams
Teams playing in this bowl were announced on December 7, 2014. This was the first meeting between these two teams.


2014 Sundance Film Festival
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16, 2014 until January 26, 2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opened with Whiplash directed by Damien Chazelle and closed with musical drama Rudderless directed by William H. Macy.


2014 Sundance Film Festival
The festival honored late Roger Ebert and premiered Life Itself by Steve James, a biographical documentary film based on Ebert's 2011 memoir titled as Life Itself: A Memoir on 19 January 2014. The festival introduced a new film category titled Sundance Kids, which will help to introduce independent films to a younger generation of audiences. It is also a first category at the festival dedicated to children's films. The festival also hosted several events and discussion panels around themes of success through failure titled Free Fail, which included the screening of Bottle Rocket turned down by the Sundance Film Festival in 1996 and later become independently successful. The festival had more than 700 sponsors and 1,830 volunteers.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, About the festival
A record 12,218 films were submitted, 72 more films than the 2013 festival. Of the 4,057-plus feature films were submitted, 2,014 were from the U.S. and 2,043 were international, and 121 were selected from 37 countries (with 100 of them being world premieres). Of the 8,161 short films submitted, 66 were selected (59 more than for the 2013 Festival). There were 54 directors, who made their directorial debut at the festival, 35 of whom have films in competition. Sixteen films were selected each for the U.S. Dramatic and U.S. Documentary competition sections, and twelve films each for the World Cinema Dramatic and World Cinema Documentary sections.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, About the festival
This year's festival marked the 30th anniversary of the festival since its foundation in 1981 by Robert Redford. In celebration of 30th anniversary of the festival, the screening of the most groundbreaking films of the past three decades took place at the festival. Some of the films which were shown are Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station, Little Miss Sunshine, An Education, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Reservoir Dogs, The Cove, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious and Napoleon Dynamite. An Artist at the Table event was also hosted at the 30th anniversary of the festival, which was attended by Festival board members, patrons and artists visiting the festival including Mark Ruffalo, Katie Couric and Doug Aitken.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, About the festival
Music was major part of the festival. Most of the movies in the festival had musical themes. The opening night film Whiplash used music to explore human nature and identity. God Help the Girl, a coming of age drama with musical theme directed by Stuart Murdoch. Memphis starring musician Willis Earl Beal as an artist. Australian musician Flea appears in Low Down,  a biopic about American jazz pianist Joe Albany. Only Lovers Left Alive follows a musician and his lover while his world is collapsing down.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, About the festival
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory, a documentary about a man who wanted to help the Alzheimer's patient with music. Frank, comedy about a young musician, starring Michael Fassbender. 20,000 Days on Earth, a documentary narrating a day in the life of Nick Cave including cameos by Kylie Minogue and Ray Winstone. Also the closing night film of the festival Rudderless, told the story of a father who formed a rock and roll band to perform his late son's music.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, Awards
The awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2014 at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse in Park City, Utah, and was hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, Awards
Additional awards were presented at separate ceremonies. The Shorts Awards were presented January 21, 2014 at the ceremony in Park City, Utah.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, Juries
Jury members, for the U.S. Documentary Jury, were announced on December 18, 2013. The rest of the jury members including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which will also take part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on January 9, 2014. Presenters of awards are followed by asterisks:


2014 Sundance Film Festival, Juries
Others who presented awards included Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy and Nick Offerman.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, Films
For a full list of films appeared at the festival, see List of films at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.


2014 Sundance Film Festival, Festival theaters
The number of seats available at the festival theaters, where films were shown is listed below:


2014 Sundance Film Festival, Festival theaters, Sundance Film Festival U.S.A.
In late January, 2014 the festival sent 9 filmmakers to 9 cities across the US to screen and discuss their films. The cities and films are:


2014 Sundarbans oil spill
The 2014 Sundarbans oil spill was an oil spill that occurred on 9 December 2014 at the Shela River in Sundarbans, Bangladesh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The spill occurred when an oil-tanker named Southern Star VII, carrying 350,000 litres (77,000 imp gal; 92,000 US gal) of furnace oil, was in collision with a cargo vessel and sank in the river. By December 17, the oil had spread over a 350 km2 (140 sq mi) area. The oil spread to a second river and a network of canals in Sundarbans, which blackened the shoreline.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill
The spill threatened trees, plankton, and vast populations of small fish and dolphins. The spill occurred at a protected mangrove area, home to rare Irrawaddy and Ganges dolphins. By 12 January 2015, 70,000 litres (15,000 imp gal; 18,000 US gal) of oil had been cleaned up by local residents, the Bangladesh Navy, and the government of Bangladesh.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Location
The collision between the oil tanker and the cargo vessel occurred at the Shela River in Sundarbans, Khulna Division, Bangladesh. The site is near Mongla Port, and is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Kolkata Port. The oil tanker was at anchor at the confluence between the Shela River and the Passur River in dense fog when the cargo vessel collided with it at 5am on December 9, 2014. The site is in a protected mangrove area, home to rare Irrawaddy and Ganges dolphins.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Casualties and losses
Seven crew members of the sunken ship managed to swim ashore, but the captain of the ship, Mokhlesur Rahman, died, and his body was recovered a few kilometers away from the spot where the ship sank. Experts estimated that ৳1,000,000,000 was lost as a result of the sinking of the oil-tanker. The residents of the surrounding area are at a health risk. The government of Bangladesh told the local residents to collect the oil and sell it to the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. The local oil collectors faced health risks and various skin diseases, including hair fallout if furnace oil mixed with water contacts a person's face or hair.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Environmental issues
Environmentalists warned that the event was an ecological "catastrophe", as the spill occurred at a protected area where rare dolphins were present. Experts expressed concerns that the oil spill will hamper the well-being of the aquatic organisms in the area. Wildlife near the river are at a risk of death, because the smell of oil makes breathing difficult. Some images indicate that the disaster killed some animals.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Environmental issues
On 13 December 2014, a dead Irrawaddy dolphin was seen floating on the Harintana-Tembulbunia channel of the Shela River. However, it was not confirmed that the dolphin's death was caused by the oil spill. According to the local residents, few dolphins have been seen in the area since the oil spill. Oriental small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus) aquatic carnivore animal lives in the aquatic ecosystem of Sundarbans. On 18 December 2014, two dead otters were recovered from the Shela River by forest department workers. An autopsy of the two otters confirmed that they had died from ingesting oil. The otter is considered to be an endangered species, and has been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature endangered list.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Environmental issues
A team of forest department workers saw crocodiles, monitor lizards and many other animals smeared with oil at the Chandpai range of the Sundarbans.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Environmental issues
The oil spill is also posing a major threat to the forest's food cycle. Reports from various sources showed that the microorganisms, the primary level of the food cycle, are dying. The United Nations expressed deep concern over the oil spill, urging the government of Bangladesh to impose a "complete ban" on commercial vessels moving through the forest.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Environmental issues
Shajahan Khan, the shipping minister of Bangladesh, told Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha that he has talked with environmental experts, and they said that there will likely be no major damage as a result of the oil spill. Researchers said that Khan's claim was "unscientific and misleading".


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Environmental issues
Ten species that are at risk as a result of the spill have been listed by The National Geographic Traveler. These species are the Irrawady dolphins, Bengal tigers, leopards, great egrets, rhesus macaques, northern river terrapins, black-capped kingfishers, chitals, saltwater crocodiles, and horseshoe crabs. The presence of white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) over the Sundarbans sky also indicated the large scale death of wild fauna. The secondary effect of oil spill is always much greater than the primary effects.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Oil collection
After the spill, primarily Bangladeshi fishermen began to clean up the oil using sponges and sacks. Padma Oil Company, a government-owned corporation, bought the oil at a price of 30 takas per litre. The Bangladeshi navy initially sent four ships to deal with the spill, and planned to use chemicals to disperse the oil, but the plan was canceled, as there were concerns that dispersing the oil would further damage the ecology and biodiversity of the mangrove forest. The government of Bangladesh closed the Shela River to all vessels.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Oil collection
The owner of the sunken oil tanker, MS Harun & Co., began salvage efforts, assisted by three private rescue vessels. The Bangladesh Forest Department filed a 1 billion taka lawsuit against the owners of the two cargo ships involved in the collision. By 12 January 2015, the government, with the help of local residents, the Bangladesh Navy, and the owner of the oil tanker, had collected 70,000 litres (15,000 imp gal; 18,000 US gal) of oil. The Bangladesh government said that they do not have the capacity to manage oil spills.


2014 Sundarbans oil spill, Oil collection
The Economic Relations Division of the Bangladesh government sent a letter to the United Nation's Bangladesh office on 15 December 2014, asking for help in the oil collection efforts. The United Nations accepted the request, and a team from the UNEP and OCHA went to the site of the spill. A team from the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination arrived in the Dhaka to support the cleanup efforts.


2014 Sunderland City Council election
The 2014 Sunderland City Council Election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England, as part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections. A third of the council (25 of 75 seats) were up for election, the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2014 Sunderland City Council election, Election results
The Labour Party remained in control of the council, but had its majority reduced by one. Although Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in St Chad's, they lost a seat to the Conservatives in St Peter's. Labour Party Mayor, Councillor Robert Heron, lost his Copt Hill seat to Independent candidate Anthony Allen by 70 votes. Labour's one gain against two losses left them with a net loss of one councillor. For the first time ever, UKIP fielded a candidate in almost every ward, which led to them finishing second behind Labour, in terms of the popular vote, with 24%.


2014 Sunderland City Council election, Election results
Although UKIP failed to gain a seat, they came within 119 votes in Hetton and came second in 16 of the 23 wards they contested. This also led to a reduction in Labour's share of the vote in 18 out of the 25 wards. The overall turnout in the election was 33%.


2014 Sunderland City Council election, Election results
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2014 Sunkoshi blockage
On 2 August 2014, due to heavy rainfall, a landslide occurred at the Sunkoshi river, killing 156 people and blocking the river to form an artificial lake in Sindhupalchok District, Nepal. Araniko Highway, the main (and only) artery of goods and people flow to China, was blocked by the landslide ripping out 5 km of highway, and causing huge traffic jam. 2 dozens houses have been swept by the landslide. The landslide had a volume of 5.5 million cubic metres.


2014 Sunkoshi blockage
This landslide had massive effects far beyond, not evident from the pictures. The dammed river was threatening to unleash a torrent of water to hundreds of downstream villages that would ravage as far as Northern India. Despite the use of dynamite, it took the Nepali Army 45 days to dig a canal through the blockage to allow water in the lake to drain. The lake created was 47 meters deep and over 400 meters long. The hasty emergency draining through the lake canal itself caused damage to houses downstream and threatens to take out Lamusanghu Hydropower Dam.


2014 Sunkoshi blockage, 2015 earthquakes
Following earthquakes in April and May 2015, concern was expressed that the dam might have become unstable leading to a risk of further flooding downstream of the blockage.


2014 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season
The 2014 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season will be the 33rd season of the rugby union competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast.


2014 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season
The season opened on April 26 with Maroochydore losing to Noosa 55-10 at Cotton Tree Oval in Maroochydore and University defeating Caloundra 38-9 at the University Oval, Sippy Downs. The season is scheduled to conclude on 27 September with the SCRU Grand Final.


2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour
The 2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the inaugural season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in  South Africa.


2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour
The season featured six 36-holes stroke play tournaments with no cut, each with a purse of R100,000. The leading players on the Order of Merit competed for Investec Cup for Ladies in March, with a purse of R300,000.


2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 10 events, nine in South Africa and one in Zambia, played between April 2013 and March 2014.


2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour, Order of Merit
This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit.


2014 Sunshine Tour
The 2014 Sunshine Tour was the 15th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 8th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.


2014 Sunshine Tour
The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Namibia.


2014 Sunshine Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the events for the 2014 Sunshine Tour season. As usual, the tour consists of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and the "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally have much higher prize funds, attract stronger fields, and until 2012 were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with some events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Since the tour switched to a calendar based season, this part of the tour has been split in two, with some events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in November and December.


2014 Sunshine Tour, Schedule
The OWGR board announced adjustments to the points distribution starting in September 2014 and some events would get higher values of 7–11 points depending on strength of field. The first event under the new system was the Wild Coast leg of the Vodacom Origins of Golf, which received seven OWGR points.


2014 Sunshine Tour, Schedule
Prize funds shown do not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.


2014 Sunshine Tour, Order of Merit
Branden Grace (3.8 million), Ross Fisher (3.7 million), Louis Oosthuizen (2.7 million), and Andy Sullivan (2.4 million) did not play the minimum number of tournaments required (seven) to be ranked.


2014 Super Formula Championship
The 2014 Japanese Championship Super Formula season was the 28th season of the premier series in Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the second under the name of Super Formula. 2014 was also the first season using the new chassis, the Dallara SF14, which replaced the Swift SF09 used in previous seasons. The season began on 13 April and ended on 9 November after seven rounds.


2014 Super Formula Championship
2012 champion Kazuki Nakajima claimed his second title in three seasons, after a consistent campaign, in which he scored points in each of the nine races to be held. Nakajima won races at Fuji and Suzuka as the TOM'S driver won the championship by 6.5 points, ahead of Impul's João Paulo de Oliveira. De Oliveira was the season's most frequent winner, with three victories, winning at Fuji, Suzuka and Motegi. Third place in the championship went to Nakajima's team-mate, André Lotterer. Lotterer won races at Fuji and Autopolis, but missed out on a chance to compete for the championship, after missing the Motegi round to make his Formula One début with Caterham at the Belgian Grand Prix.


2014 Super Formula Championship
The only other drivers to win races during the season were Team LeMans' Loïc Duval, who won the season-opening round at Suzuka. Like Lotterer, he missed a race – at Fuji – as he was still recovering from his accident suffered during practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tomoki Nojiri was the season's other winner, winning at Sportsland SUGO for Team Dandelion Racing. The performances of Nakajima, Lotterer and Andrea Caldarelli (replacing Lotterer at Motegi) were enough for TOM'S to win the teams' championship, finishing 33.5 points clear of the next best team, Team LeMans.


2014 Super Formula Championship, Race calendar and results
A provisional calendar for the 2014 season was released on 8 November 2013. All races were held in Japan.


2014 Super GT Series
The 2014 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-second season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the tenth season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-second season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was the first year of new GT500 regulations as the 2014 season saw unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The season began on April 6 and ended on November 16, after 8 races.


2014 Super GT Series, Rule changes, GT500
It was announced on October 16, 2012 that the Super GT championship and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters will unify technical regulations for the 2014 season. The previous GT500 engines of 3.4L V8 in capacity were replaced with 2.0L Turbocharged Inline-four engines. With the new rule changes, all 3 manufacturers ran the 2014 season with new cars, the Honda HSV-010 GT and the Lexus SC430 being replaced by the new mid-engined Honda NSX-GT and the Lexus RC F respectively while Nissan continued to use the GT-R for 2014, but with a new car built for the new regulations. All 3 cars were unveiled at the 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km.


2014 Super League Grand Final
The 2014 Super League Grand Final was the 17th official Grand Final and conclusive and deciding match of Super League XIX. It was held on Saturday 11 October 2014, at Old Trafford, Manchester with a 6pm kick-off time. The game was played between the top two teams from the regular season, St Helens RLFC and Wigan Warriors.


2014 Super League Grand Final, Background
The 2014 Super League season (known as the First Utility Super League XIX due to sponsorship by First Utility) was the 19th season of rugby league football since the Super League format was introduced in 1996. Fourteen teams competed for the League Leaders' Shield over 27 rounds (including the Magic Weekend in Manchester), after which the highest finishing teams will enter the play-offs to compete for a place in the Grand Final and a chance to win the championship and the Super League Trophy.


2014 Super League Grand Final, Match details
Following a fiery opening that started with the kind of big tackles that this derby game has become known for, the game suffered a dramatic twist in only the second minute of the game when Wigan Prop, Ben Flower, became the first and only player to be sent off in a grand final by referee Phil Bentham after he punched Lance Hohaia in the face, thus knocking him out, then as he lay defenceless on the floor, he punched him in the face again.


2014 Super League Grand Final, Match details
This forced Wigan to play 78 minutes with 12-men, causing a switch in the Wigan approach to one of smash-and-grab. A valiant first-half performance by Wigan's 12-men meant they entered the break with a 6–2 lead.


2014 Super League Grand Final, Match details
Despite further strong defensive displays by the Wigan outfit in the ensuing second-half, Iosia Soliola forced himself over the Wigan try-line in his final appearance in the Red-Vee to put St. Helens ahead, and in control of the game. An admirable, yet desperate display by Wigan, to get themselves back into contention was halted, when Tommy Makinson crashed over for Saints, 12 minutes from time to make the score 14–6, after a precise kick over-the-top of the Wigan defence from Saints stalwart, Paul Wellens.


2014 Super League Grand Final, Match details
Despite a late Wigan flurry, Makinson's try proved to be the one that sealed the game and the championship for St. Helens, meaning that the Saints claimed their first championship title since 2006, and their sixth overall in the Super League era (St Helens are now equal with Leeds Rhinos for titles since 1996, both have 6 titles).


2014 Super League Grand Final, World Club Series
By winning this match the Saints had qualified for the World Club Series Final, to be played early in the 2015 season against the winners of the 2014 NRL Grand final, the South Sydney Rabbitohs.


2014 Super League season results
This is a list of the 2014 Super League season results. Super League is the top-flight rugby league competition in the United Kingdom and France. The 2014 season starts on 7 February and ends on 11 October with the 2014 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. The Magic Weekend is scheduled over the weekend of 17 and 18 May and will be played at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester for the third consecutive year, having been used for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.


2014 Super League season results
The 2014 Super League season consisted of two stages. The regular season was played over 27 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition played each other once at home and once away, as well as their Magic Weekend fixtures played over the sixteenth round of the season. In Super League XVIII, a win was worth two points in the table, a draw worth one point apiece, and a loss yielded no points.


2014 Super League season results
The league leaders at the end of the regular season, will receive the League Leaders' Shield, but the Championship will be decided through the second stage of the season—the play-offs. The top eight teams in the table contest to play in the 2014 Super League Grand Final, the winners of which will be crowned Super League XIX Champions.


2014 Super League season results, Regular season
(References next to the scores=Video Highlights) (Match Stats are shown at the conclusion of each video)


2014 Super League season results, End of Regular Season Table
* - Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 February 2014 for entering administration


2014 Super League season results, Play-offs
The 2014 Super League play-offs took place during September and October 2014 and consisted of the top eight teams of the regular season.


2014 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format
Super League has used a play-off system since Super League III in 1998. When introduced, 5 teams qualified for the play-offs, which was subsequently expanded to 6 teams in 2002. The 2014 season will follow the same format that has been used since the 2009 season, which consists of an 8-team play-off.


2014 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format
The winning team from week one with the highest league placing will be allowed to select their opponents for week three in the Club Call. Except for the Club-Call, the current play-off format follows the play-off system of the Australian Football League.


2014 Super Rugby Final
The 2014 Super Rugby Final, was played between the New South Wales Waratahs from Australia and the Crusaders from New Zealand on 2 August 2014. It was the 19th final in the Super Rugby competition's history and the fourth under the expanded 15-team format. The Waratahs had qualified in first place during the regular season, while the Crusaders had qualified in second place. Both teams hosted semi-final matches, with the Waratahs defeating fellow Australian team the Brumbies in Sydney and the Crusaders defeating South African team the Sharks in Christchurch. As the Waratahs had qualified higher, the final was held in Sydney.


2014 Super Rugby Final
The final attracted the Super Rugby record attendance of 61,823 to the ANZ Stadium.


2014 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
The 2014 Super Rugby competition involved fifteen teams, five each from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The 2014 season was the 19th year of the competition, and the fourth in the expanded 15 team format (12 teams competed between 1996 and 2005, before increasing to 14 between 2006 and 2010). The 2014 competition began on 15 February with the regular season consisting of 120 matches over twenty-two weeks. Each team played the others from their own conference (both home and away), plus four out of five teams from the other two countries (two at home and two away in each case). The top six teams after the regular season advanced to the finals.


2014 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
The Waratahs finished top of the Australian conference and topped the overall standings, with twelve wins and just four losses during the season (to the Brumbies, Western Force, Blues, and Sharks). The Crusaders finished top of the New Zealand conference with eleven wins and five losses—to the Hurricanes (twice), Chiefs, Blues, and Sharks. The Sharks won the South African conference, and the Brumbies, Chiefs and Highlanders filled the remaining three places as the next top finishers during the regular season.


2014 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
The Brumbies hosted the Chiefs in Canberra in the first qualifying final, while the Highlanders traveled to Durban to play the Sharks. The Brumbies and Chiefs scored four tries apiece in the first qualifier, but the Brumbies prevailed with Christian Lealiifano successful with five kicks from eight off the tee in their 32–30 victory. The second qualifier was also a close match with the Sharks and Highlanders scoring three tries each, but the Sharks came from behind with two penalty kicks by François Steyn in the final 6 minutes to win by 31–27.


2014 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final
For the semi-finals, the Sharks flew to Christchurch to play the Crusaders and the Brumbies travelled to Sydney to play the Waratahs. Both games were won by a clear margin in the end but the run of play in each match was substantially different. The Crusaders scored five tries to nil to defeat the Sharks by 38–6. The Brumbies, by contrast, were not shut out of the game until Waratahs' fly-half Bernard Foley scored ten points in last seven minutes to secure victory for his side by 26–8.


2014 Super Rugby Final, Match details
Assistant Referees:Steve Walsh (Australia)James Leckie (Australia)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2014 Super Rugby season
The 2014 Super Rugby season is the fourth season of the 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition involving teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. For sponsorship reasons, this competition is known as Asteron Life Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New Zealand and Vodacom Super Rugby in South Africa. Including its past incarnations as Super 12 and Super 14, this is the 19th season for the Southern Hemisphere's premier transnational club competition.


2014 Super Rugby season
The conference games will take place every weekend from 15 February until 12 July (with a three-week break between rounds 16 and 17 for internationals games), followed by the finals series, culminating in the grand final on 2 August. The winners of the 2014 Super Rugby Season were the New South Wales Waratahs


2014 Super Rugby season, Competition format
Covering 24 weeks, the schedule features a total of 125 matches. The 15 teams are grouped by geography, labelled the Australian Conference, New Zealand Conference and the South African Conference. The regular season consists of two types of matches:


2014 Super Rugby season, Competition format
The top team of each conference, plus the next top three teams in table points regardless of conference (wild card teams), will move on to the finals. The top two conference winners, based on table points, receive first-round byes. In the first round of the finals, the third conference winner is the #3 seed and hosts the wild card team with the worst record, and the best wild card team hosts the second-best wild card team.


2014 Super Rugby season, Competition format
In the semi-finals, the #2 conference winner hosts the higher surviving seed from the first round, and the #1 conference winner hosts the other first-round winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed. The two-legged promotion/relegation play-off initially scheduled between the bottom team in the South African Conference and the  Southern Kings was abolished following a meeting on 13 February 2014.


2014 Super Rugby season, Standings
Conference leaders and wildcard teams qualified to the finals. The top six teams qualified to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the finals. The third-placed team (i.e. the conference winners with the worst overall record) will host the sixth-placed team in the qualifiers, while the fourth-placed team will host the fifth-placed team.


2014 Super Rugby season, Standings
The top two teams (i.e. the two conference winners with the best overall record) will qualify directly to the semi-finals, where they will have home advantage against the two qualifier winners, with the top team hosting the qualifier winner with the lower seeding and the second-placed team hosting the qualifier winner with the higher seeding. The two semi-final winners will progress to the final, with the team with the higher seeding having home advantage.


2014 Super Rugby season, Standings
Points breakdown: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less, 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match.


2014 Super Rugby season, Standings
Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows: Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked in the top three), Log points, Number of games won, Overall points difference, Number of tries scored, Overall try difference


2014 Super Rugby season, Standings
Key: P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points


2014 Super Rugby season, Players, Player statistics
The following table contain points which have been scored in competitive games in the 2014 Super Rugby season.


2014 Super Rugby season, Referees
The following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAR for the 2014 Super Rugby season:


2014 Super Rugby season, Referees
Prior to Round 7, Jason Jaftha, James Leckie, Francisco Pastrana and Lourens van der Merwe were removed from the refereeing panel, Jaftha due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury that would see him miss four months of the season and the latter three in a move by SANZAR to recognise "who has performed to expectation and who has not."


2014 Superbike World Championship
The 2014 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-seventh season of the Superbike World Championship.


2014 Superbike World Championship
The season saw the revision of the Superpole format: riders placed from eleventh to twentieth position in the combined classification of the first three practice sessions were admitted to Superpole 1, then the two fastest SP1 riders progressed to Superpole 2, which finally awarded the pole position, joining the ten fastest riders of practice.


2014 Superbike World Championship
Sylvain Guintoli became the Superbike World Champion at the last race, prevailing over Tom Sykes by six points in the standings. But both Marco Melandri and Tom Sykes won more races than Sylvain Guintoli this season. With Sykes winning 8 and Melandri 6 compared to Guintoli's 5. A portion of the riders was entered into the EVO class, featuring Superbike motorcycles with Superstock engines and electronics, scoring points for the World Championship standings and competing for the class title; David Salom was the EVO entry who amassed the most points in the overall championship standings and was awarded the title.


2014 Superbike World Championship, Race calendar and results
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 14-round provisional calendar on 29 November 2013. The event scheduled at the Moscow Raceway for 21 September 2014 was cancelled due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, while Qatar was included in the 13-round updated version of the calendar, issued by the FIM on 12 April 2014, as the venue of the last event of the season.


2014 Superbike World Championship, Race calendar and results
On 31 July 2014, the Qatar round was confirmed by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, and was to be held under floodlights for its return to the calendar. On the same date, it was announced that the South African round – due to be held on 19 October at Phakisa Freeway in Welkom – was cancelled due to delays in achieving the FIM homologation requirements. It was later announced that the round would not be replaced on the calendar, reducing the season to 12 rounds.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an Australian touring car race for V8 Supercars, the thirtieth race of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship, held on 12 October 2014 at the Mount Panorama Circuit on the outskirts of Bathurst, New South Wales.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The race was won by Ford Performance Racing of Chaz Mostert and Paul Morris, ahead of Nissan Motorsport's James Moffat and Taz Douglas, and the James Rosenberg Racing pair Nick Percat and Oliver Gavin. 2014 marked the longest running in the race's history, just shy of eight hours, and the first time the race has been won by a combination that started last.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
This race is considered by critics and fans to be one of the best in the history of the event, with weird and unprecedented events, as well as Mostert's last lap pass on series champion Jamie Whincup - who ran out of fuel when entering Conrod Straight - adding to the excitement of the event.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
The 2014 race was the eighteenth running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. The 2014 race was also the 58th race for which the lineage can be traced back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 – held at Phillip Island – and the 55th to be held at Mount Panorama.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
Volvo made its first appearance in a major endurance race at Bathurst since the factory supported Volvo Dealer Racing finished second and third in the 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 with a pair of Volvo S40s. Garry Rogers Motorsport ran Volvo S60s under the banner of Volvo Polestar Racing.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
In addition to the twenty five regular championship entries, two wildcard entries were accepted for the 2014 race. Of the two, the Dragon Motor Racing entry subsequently withdrew, leaving only the Ford FG Falcon entered by Super Black Racing. The team featured much New Zealand symbology, similar to Team Kiwi Racing, although the only connection was some team personnel, notably drivers Andre Heimgartner and Ant Pedersen who had both previously driven with Team Kiwi Racing. The 26-car field equalled the 1961 edition as the smallest entry list in Bathurst 1000 history.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Background
Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards were the defending race winners, but were not racing together in 2014 as Winterbottom was paired with Steve Owen at Ford Performance Racing, whilst Richards teamed up with Craig Lowndes at Triple Eight Race Engineering.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Free Practice
The first free practice session took place on the Thursday morning prior to the race with a duration of fifty minutes. The session was open to both championship drivers and co-drivers, with Chaz Mostert setting the fastest time ahead of James Moffat and Garth Tander. David Wall suffered a tyre failure on Conrod Straight, causing him to make contact with the wall and damaging the front and rear of the car. Cameron Waters hit the wall at the Cutting, damaging the rear of his car. Both cars would miss the second free practice session, which was only for co-drivers.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Free Practice
Four-time Bathurst winner Greg Murphy topped the session in his Holden Racing Team Commodore over the defending Bathurst winner Steven Richards and Brad Jones Racing's Luke Youlden. The third practice session took place mid-afternoon and was littered with red flags, first for Robert Dahlgren and then Tander, who both had accidents at the Dipper. The session was restarted five minutes from the end and the top three cars all broke the practice lap record (2:06.8012, set by Craig Lowndes in 2010) in that time: David Reynolds set a 2:06.3714, Mark Winterbottom a 2:06.4813 and Fabian Coulthard a 2:06.5463.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Free Practice
Ford Performance Racing topped both free practice sessions on Friday, with Steve Owen going fastest in the co-driver only session ahead of Youlden and Alexandre Prémat. After repairing Wall's car on Thursday, Dick Johnson Racing had more work to do after Ashley Walsh crashed the team's other car in an incident similar to that of Waters the day before. In the fifth free practice session, Winterbottom became the first driver to set a lap time under 2:06 with a time of 2:05.9011, ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Jamie Whincup, who both set a time of 2:06.1.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Whincup began with one of the best starts in the events history, starting 25th and leading the race by lap 22, after a tactical play by Red Bull engineer Mark Dutton to have him start the race against the co-drivers, giving the car to his co-driver Dumbrell with a lap long lead.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Lap 45, Luke Youlden hit a kangaroo at 200 km/h that jumped on the track, hitting the driver's side door that left the car damaged, to the point that the door could not be opened. Youlden's incident with the kangaroo bought out the safety car as a precaution, checking that there were not any more kangaroos near the track, whilst also removing the dead kangaroo from the track.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Unfortunately for Brad Jones Racing it was not the only incident that occurred during the lap, with Dale Wood ignoring the safety car yellow and running into the back of the third BJR car, driven by Jason Bright, ruling both cars out of the race. This left Coulthard/Youlden as the only BJR car still in the race.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
After resurfacing the track prior to the race, the road at Griffins Bend began to open up, with three crashes being caused. Race direction ordered a red flag to fix the track surface, making it safe to drive through the corner. It was the first time in the history of the race that a red flag did not end the race, as not enough laps had been run to determine a winner, with teams joking about supplying 'half-time' oranges to the teams.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Whincup revealed in 2018 he fell asleep in the Red Bull motorhome during the stoppage, being asleep for an hour and a half before a team member woke him up to start again. Controversy was ridden throughout the stoppage, as teams who had damage to their cars were allowed to fix and repair, despite it being in the rules, many of the leading teams called it an unfair advantage, which would affect the race's final result.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Driving the same car that was damaged in the Sandown 500 two weeks prior, Holdsworth was again totalled by circumstances out of his control, as Ingall tried to pass Todd Kelly he unintentionally tagged Holdsworth with the car rolling onto its roof.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
By 4pm, the safety car nearly had to be deployed when a kid's rugby league football somehow made its way onto Conrod Straight, luckily an official was able to run onto the track and retrieve the ball while there were no cars near the area of the track.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Within the last hour, Van Gisbergen had built a large lead over the rest of the field, going in for one last pit stop before finishing the end of the race, when the car turned off and would not start up in the pits.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
By the last hour of the race, four cars from two different teams emerged as the leading pack, with Whincup and Lowndes from Red Bull Racing and Winterbottom and Mostert from Ford Performance Racing. After Lowndes was given a drive-through penalty for spinning Winterbottom, it left Whincup and Mostert at the lead of the race, with Whincup dangerously low on fuel and Mostert behind him by over two seconds.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Despite his team warning him to conserve fuel, Whincup chose to ignore team orders, continuing to push on until two laps to go when it became apparent that he was not going to make it, while Mostert was still two seconds behind by the middle of the lap 160 was told by his team to stop conserving and catch Whincup, lapping two seconds quicker as a result. When passing Griffens Bend on the final lap, Mostert squeezed Whincup's lead to 0.289 seconds.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
Mostert attempted to pass Whincup at Skyline, however Whincup took the racing line leading to the two nearly tagging each other, with Mostert pulling back at the Dipper waiting for another attempt at Forrests Elbow. Mostert tricked Whincup, performing a criss-cross move that allowed him to pass on the inside racing line, blistering ahead on Conrod Straight as Whincup ran out of fuel at the same time as Mostert's pass.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
During this time Moffat, then in third place was able to pass Whincup at The Chase, while Mostert drove to an unprecedented victory, only leading one lap during the race and executing the first last lap pass in the events history. To add to his disappointment, Whincup was also passed by Percat after The Chase and Will Davison on the front straight, finishing fifth as a result.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Race
In an unprecedented moment, the first and second placed cars had both crashed during the race, all ironically at Griffins Bend, with the Mostert/Morris car came as a result of the track breakup, while the Moffat/Douglas car crashed once because of the track breakup and once in a collision with Jack Perkins. This made the Percat/Gavin car the rare honour of being the only podium finishing car that did not have any damage by race end.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Classification, Top 10 Shootout
Only nine cars took part in the top ten shootout after Garth Tander's car was heavily damaged in a crash in practice on Saturday morning. Eleventh-fastest qualifier James Courtney was originally promoted to take part of in the top ten shootout, but was later prevented from running after a protest from Triple Eight Race Engineering.


2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Classification, Starting grid
The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:


2014 Superclásico de las Américas
The 2014 Superclásico de las Américas – Copa Doctor Nicolás Leoz was the 3rd edition of the Superclásico de las Américas. The match was played at Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. This was the first time the competition had taken place on foreign soil. It was also the time players outside the two countries' domestic competitions were allowed to participate as opposed to the original formant of only South America-based players being eligible to compete.


2014 Superclásico de las Américas
Brazil won 2–0 with both goals scored by Diego Tardelli, while Argentina's Lionel Messi had a penalty saved by goalkeeper Jefferson.


2014 Supercopa Argentina
The 2014 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 3rd edition of the Supercopa, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. Huracán beat River Plate 1–0 in San Juan and won the Argentine Supercup. As champions, Huracán qualified to the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.


2014 Supercopa MX
The 2014 Supercopa MX was a two-legged Mexican football match-up which was played in July 2014 between the champion of the Apertura 2013 Copa MX, Monarcas Morelia, and the champion of the Clausura 2014 Copa MX, Tigres UANL. The winner of the 2014 Supercopa MX qualified for the 2015 Copa Libertadores first stage.


2014 Supercopa MX, Match details, First leg
Assistant referees:José Santana MartínezChristian Kiabek Espinosa Fourth official:Miguel Angel Chacón


2014 Supercopa MX, Match details, Second leg
Assistant referees:Alberto Morín MéndezJosé Alfredo López Fourth official:Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola


2014 Supercopa de Chile
The 2014 Supercopa de Chile was the second edition of this championship organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP).


2014 Supercopa de Chile
The match was played between the 2013–14 Primera División Best-Champions O'Higgins, and the 2013–14 Copa Chile Winners Deportes Iquique.


2014 Supercopa de Chile
O'Higgins won its first Supercopa in his history, winning 3–2 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw at the end of 120 minutes with goals of Rodrigo Díaz for Iquique and Luis Pedro Figueroa for O'Higgins.


2014 Supercopa de Chile, Match
The match was disputed at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo in Santiago as a neutral stadium, and the referee chosen for the match was Roberto Tobar.


2014 Supercopa de Chile, Match
In the first half, Rodrigo Díaz scored to make it 1–0 for Iquique at the 5th minute. At minute 8', O'Higgins striker Pablo Calandria suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament, making a substitution for Diego Cháves. Later in the 38' Luis Pedro Figueroa scored for O'Higgins to level the game at 1–1.


2014 Supercopa de Chile, Match
In the second half, both teams had many chances to score, but they were not taken advantage of, especially O'Higgins, who had two one on one opportunities with goalkeeper Rodrigo Naranjo. The score eventually ended 1–1 after extra time, and the match was decided on penalty kicks.


2014 Supercopa de Chile, Match
In the penalty shootout, Opazo, Huerta and Figueroa scored for O'Higgins, Chaves, Vargas and Uglessich missed, meanwhile for Iquique Romero and Villalobos scored, but Zenteno, Pinares, Díaz and Brito failed their penalties, which gave the title to the celestes.


2014 Supercopa de Chile, Road to the final
The two teams that disputed the Supercopa were O'Higgins, that qualified as Apertura 2013–14 Champion and the Best Champion in the accumulated table, and Deportes Iquique, that qualified as the winner of the 2013–14 Copa Chile, where it beat Huachipato 3–1 at the Estadio Monumental in the final.


2014 Supercopa de Chile, Details
Man of the Match:Rodrigo Naranjo (Iquique)Assistant referees:Francisco MondríaJuan MaturanaFourth official:Carlos Ulloa


2014 Supercopa de España
The 2014 Supercopa de España was a two-legged football match-up played in August 2014 between the champions of 2013–14 La Liga, Atlético Madrid, and the winner of the 2013–14 Copa del Rey, Real Madrid. The first leg ended 1–1. Atlético won the trophy after beating Real Madrid 1–0 in second leg. This was the first time that the Supercopa de España was a Madrid derby, and also the first time since 2008 that the competition did not feature Barcelona.


2014 Supercopa de España, Match details, First leg
The opening goal came in the 81st minute when Dani Carvajal crossed from the right for Karim Benzema, whose shot was blocked with the ball falling to substitute James Rodríguez, who found the back of the net with his right foot from seven yards out, his first goal for Real Madrid. Atletico equalized with two minutes to play when Raúl García poked home from two yards with the heel of his right foot after a corner from Koke on the left, which was missed by the Real Madrid defence.


2014 Supercopa de España, Match details, Second leg
Mario Mandžukić scored the only goal of the game after two minutes, converting with a low shot from just inside the penalty area.


2014 Supercopa de España, Match details, Second leg
Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone was sent off after 26 minutes when he patted the referee's assistant on the back of the head.


2014 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto
The Supercopa de España de Baloncesto 2014 is the 11th edition of the tournament, since it is organized by the ACB. It is also called Supercopa Endesa for sponsorship reasons.


2014 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto
It was played in the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz on September 26 and 27.


2014 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto, Participant teams
On 20 May 2014, the ACB announced the three first participants. The fourth participant was announced on 16 June 2014, after FC Barcelona qualified for the 2013–14 ACB Finals.


2014 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto, Semifinals
The draw of the semifinals was on September 10, 2014, and it was held in the Palacio Escoriaza-Esquivel, Vitoria-Gasteiz.


2014 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2014 Supercoppa Italiana was the 27th edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, Italian football supercup, played on 22 December 2014 at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. It was held between 2013–14 Serie A champions, Juventus, and the winners of the 2013–14 Coppa Italia, Napoli. Juventus were the defending champions. The game was tentatively scheduled to be played on 24 August 2014, but due to Napoli's participation in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League play-off round, the team asked that the game be rescheduled during Serie A's winter break. Napoli emerged as the victorious side  6–5 in a penalty shootout, following a 2–2 draw, to pick up their second trophy in the tournament. Qatar became the fifth different country to host a Supercoppa Italiana.