2019 Egyptian protests, Sociopolitical analysis, Muslim Brotherhood role
According to American University in Cairo political science professor Mustafa Kamel al-Sayyed, the Muslim Brotherhood supported and amplified Mohamed Ali's criticisms against Sisi and Ali's calls for protests. Al-Sayyed stated, "the Brotherhood certainly benefited from his videos and their channels exploited what he was saying to portray a negative image of Sisi's leadership." He expected that the Muslim Brotherhood as an "idea based on Islam [would] continue to attract many."


2019 Egyptian protests, Sociopolitical analysis, Muslim Brotherhood role
Former member of parliament and member of the al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Amr el-Shobaki, judged the Brotherhood's role to be weak, stating that the Brotherhood does not "have the capacity to call for a rally [and its] capacity to recruit new members has been weakened." He said that the 20 September protests were by "everyday youth, those economically marginalised" and that "the Brotherhood wasn't behind or even participated" in the protests.


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions
Writing in The Independent on 6 October 2019, Bel Trew criticised the lack of reactions of Western powers to the wave of arrests, stating "no major western ally of Egypt has breathed a word."


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, Egypt
The Revolutionary Socialists stated that the protests "restored hope to the millions who were desperate". The Social Democratic Party, a supporter of the 2013 coup by Sisi, objected to the 2019 crackdown, stating that citizens had the right to "exercise their constitutional and legal right to peaceful demonstration".


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, International civil society protests
Demonstrations by expatriate Egyptians in support of the 21 September and 22 September protests took place in the United States, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and South Africa.


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, International civil society protests
On 26 September, two thousand people protested in support of Waleed Abdelrahman Hassan (or Walid, Abdulrahman), a Sudanese student arrested in Cairo for alleged participation in the 21 September protest. The protest took place in Khartoum in front of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Egyptian embassy. The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) called for Abdelrahman Hassan to be able to contact his family, choose a lawyer and not be tortured or coerced.


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, International civil society protests
Abdelrahman Hassan's friends and relatives stated that an apparent confession by him broadcast by MBC Masr on 26 September, in which he stated support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, was a forced confession, given Abdelrahman Hassan's long-term opposition to Islamists in Sudan under the Omar al-Bashir government, for which he was arrested in 2013 and 2018, and during the Sudanese Revolution. Abdelrahman Hassan's friend Mohammed Saleh described the idea of Hassan supporting the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood as "unbelievable".


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, International civil society protests
The SPA stated that the video broadcast was "shameful" and that, "We stress here that the era when Sudanese citizens were humiliated inside or outside their country has gone and will never return." Another protest in front of the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum was held on 27 September, with protest banners stating that Abdelrahman Hassan was not a member of the Muslim brotherhood and that he didn't participate in the 2019 Egyptian protests. The Sudanese embassy in Cairo stated that it was in contact with Egyptian authorities and that Abdelrahman Hassan was charged with terrorism and membership of a banned organisation.


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, International civil society protests
On 29 September, the Egyptian ambassador in Khartoum was summoned and informed of concerns about Abdelrahman Hassan. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry protested against the Egyptian refusal to allow the Sudanese embassy in Cairo to meet Abdelrahman Hassan and asked for Abdelrahman Hassan to be given his full legal rights by the Egyptian authorities. Abdelrahman Hassan was released on 2 October and the Sudanese embassy in Cairo said that he would depart Cairo the same evening to return to Khartoum.


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, International bodies
According to the European Parliament (EP), as of 23 October 2019, there had been "no official, strong and united public response [forthcoming] from the [European Union] and its Member States to the September–October 2019 crackdown in Egypt". In Resolution 2019/2880(RSP), the EP strongly condemned the crackdown and "[reminded] Egypt that any response by the security forces should be in line with international norms and standards and its own Constitution." In the resolution, the EP itemised 18 comments, requests, instructions and demands to Egyptian and European Union authorities and to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in relation to the crackdown and other human rights issues in Egypt.


2019 Egyptian protests, Reactions, The United States
On 23 September, between the two major protests in the fall of 2019, Sisi met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly. In reference to the protests, Trump stated that "everybody has demonstrations" and that "Egypt has a great leader." He reiterated his support for a strong relationship between Egypt and the United States. Trump said that Sisi has brought order and stability to his country. At the meeting, Sisi claimed that the cause of the protests was "political Islam."


2019 El Clásico protest
The anonymous Catalan protest group, Democratic Tsunami, organized a massive protest during the El Clásico match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid outside the Camp Nou stadium. The protest was in response of the trial of Catalonia independence leaders, who faced a total of 100 years in prison for organising the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Hundreds demostrators attended the march that started before the football match with the slogan "Spain, sit and talk".


2019 El Clásico protest, Protest
During the match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, protests threw Molotov cocktails and set barricades on fire at Travessrea de les Corts avenue and Gran Vía Carles III street, at the exteriors of Camp Nou. At least 5.000 people attended the march demanding the freedom of the Catalan separatists prisoners. During the match, loud bangs could be heard and the match had to be interrupted during a few minutes because protesters inside the stadium threw hundrerds of yellow globes. At least 60 people were injured, two in a serious condition and 9 people were arrested. Dozens of Catalan police officers were also injured.


2019 El Clásico protest, Objectives
The initial idea of the Democratic Tsunami protest was to "stop" El Clásico match with two banners with "Sit and talk" slogan carried by drones. The plan failed because Catalan region police, Mossos d'Esquadra, intercepted the drones before arriving at Camp Nou.


2019 El Paso Locomotive FC season
The 2019 El Paso Locomotive FC season is the inaugural season for El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2019 El Paso Locomotive FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.


2019 El Paso Locomotive FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of the USL Championship, El Paso entered the tournament in the Second Round.


2019 El Paso shooting
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. A gunman shot and killed 23 people and injured 23 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime. The shooting has been described as the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history.


2019 El Paso shooting
Patrick Wood Crusius, a 21-year-old from Allen, Texas, was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting. Police believe a manifesto with white nationalist and anti-immigrant themes, posted on the online message board 8chan shortly before the attack, was written by Crusius; it cites the year's earlier Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand and the far-right conspiracy theory known as the Great Replacement as inspiration for the attack.


2019 El Paso shooting, Incident
The shooting occurred at a Walmart Supercenter near the Cielo Vista Mall on the east side of El Paso. The gunman walked into the store carrying what is believed to be a WASR-10 rifle, a semi-automatic civilian version of the AK-47, and opened fire just before 10:40 a.m.


2019 El Paso shooting, Incident
The store manager witnessed the gunman begin firing in the parking lot prior to entering the crowded store. He issued a "Code Brown", designating an active shooter, to his employees, who began helping customers evacuate or hide. Many customers and employees fled to other stores in the adjacent mall, hid under tables, or in shipping containers located behind the building.


2019 El Paso shooting, Incident
First responders began to arrive within six minutes of the initial 9-1-1 call. The El Paso Police Department, Texas Rangers and paramedics responded to the scene along with the FBI and the ATF.


2019 El Paso shooting, Incident
After the shooting, the suspect, Patrick Wood Crusius, drove to the intersection of Sunmount and Viscount, where he identified himself as the shooter and surrendered to Texas Rangers and an El Paso motorcycle officer.


2019 El Paso shooting, Victims
The shooting has been described as the deadliest anti-Latino attack in recent U.S. history, resulting in 23 deaths and 23 injuries. One victim died the day after the event, another victim died two days after, and a third died eight months later on April 26, 2020. Among the dead were thirteen Americans, eight Mexicans and one German. The names, ages, and citizenships of 22 of the dead were released by the El Paso Police Department on August 5. Seventeen were 56 or older, two were in their 40s, two in their 20s, one was 36, and one was 15.


2019 El Paso shooting, Victims
Thirteen victims were taken to the University Medical Center of El Paso, and another eleven to the Del Sol Medical Center. Two children, ages 2 and 9, were transferred to El Paso Children's Hospital after their conditions were stabilized. The Del Sol Medical Center patients were between 35 and 82 years old.


2019 El Paso shooting, Suspect
Patrick Wood Crusius (born July 27, 1998) was arrested shortly after the shooting and charged with capital murder. A 21-year-old white male, he was last known to have lived in his family's home in Allen, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, approximately 650 miles (1,050 km) from El Paso. He graduated in 2017 from Plano Senior High School, and was enrolled at Collin College from 2017 until spring 2019.


2019 El Paso shooting, Suspect
Police said he bought the gun used in the attack legally, but provided no details about the purchase. During his first interrogation, he told detectives he had targeted Mexicans, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.


2019 El Paso shooting, Suspect, Manifesto
The El Paso police chief, Greg Allen, said that they are "reasonably confident" that a manifesto, titled The Inconvenient Truth, was posted by the suspect on the online message board 8chan shortly before the shooting. It identifies the type of weapon used in the attack; the suspect's name was revealed in a separate document in the post. Site moderators quickly removed the original post, though users continued sharing copies. Claiming to have been inspired by the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand that killed 51 people earlier the same year, the author expresses support for the perpetrator of the Christchurch shootings and bemoans grievances such as environmental degradation, "cultural and ethnic replacement", and a "Hispanic invasion".


2019 El Paso shooting, Suspect, Manifesto
The anti-Hispanic, anti-immigrant manifesto promotes the white nationalist and far-right conspiracy theory called the Great Replacement, often attributed to the French writer Renaud Camus. While the document uses language about immigrants similar to that used by U.S. president Donald Trump, such as referring to a migrant "invasion", it states that the author's beliefs predate Trump's presidency, and that Trump should not be blamed for the attack. The author's "racially extremist views", according to The New York Times, could be used to prosecute the shooting as a hate crime or domestic terrorism.


2019 El Paso shooting, Suspect, Manifesto
The manifesto states that Democrats would soon control the United States partly due to an increasing Hispanic population, an idea that had gained acceptance for years on right-wing radio shows. Criticizing both the Democratic Party and Republican Party for allowing corporations to "import foreign workers", the author describes the shooting as an "incentive" for Hispanics to leave the country, which would "remove the threat" of a Hispanic voting bloc. While primarily focused on ethnic and racial grievances, the document also expresses fears of automation's effects on employment and blames corporations for overusing natural resources.


2019 El Paso shooting, Legal proceedings
The arrest warrant affidavit says Crusius waived his Miranda rights, confessed to detectives that he was the shooter, and admitted that he targeted "Mexicans" during the attack.


2019 El Paso shooting, Legal proceedings
There are multiple investigations and jurisdictions involved with the case. FBI officials in El Paso served multiple warrants in the Dallas area and interviewed acquaintances of Crusius in Dallas and San Antonio.


2019 El Paso shooting, Legal proceedings, State charges
Crusius was indicted on capital murder charges by a Texas grand jury on September 12, 2019. He pleaded not guilty to capital murder charges at his arraignment on October 10, 2019 at the El Paso County Courthouse. Mark Stevens, a San Antonio criminal defense attorney, was appointed by the state court to represent Crusius, along with defense attorney Joe Spencer. On April 28, 2020, prosecutors announced they would be seeking a new capital murder charge following the recent death of a twenty-third victim after he spent nine months in the hospital.


2019 El Paso shooting, Legal proceedings, Federal charges
On February 6, 2020, Crusius was charged with 90 federal charges: 22 counts of committing a hate crime resulting in death, 22 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder, 23 counts of a hate crime involving an attempt to kill, and 23 counts of use of a firearm during a crime. Federal prosecutors of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas are seeking the death penalty, but the final decision on whether a federal capital sentence will be sought will be made by the Attorney General of the United States.


2019 El Paso shooting, Legal proceedings, Federal charges
Crusius waived his federal bond hearing on February 12, 2020 during his first federal court appearance. A trial in federal court is expected before the trial in state court. On July 23, 2020, Crusius entered a plea of not-guilty to federal charges. He also waived his arraignment on those charges.


2019 El Paso shooting, Legal proceedings, Defense motion
On July 14, 2020, the court accepted a motion by the defense team in which they cited mitigating factors, citing Crusius' alleged lifelong neurological and mental disabilities, which they described as "severe". The defense added that he was treated with anti-psychotic medication and that he was in a "psychotic state" when arrested.


2019 El Paso shooting, Legal proceedings, Defense motion
In August 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, the trials were delayed for at least a year. In the case of state court trial, it might be two or three years away, according to a defense attorney, not only due to the COVID-19 pandemic but also for the massive amount of evidence in the case, and added that as long as the prosecutors seek the death penalty, the case will remain open for years.


2019 El Paso shooting, Aftermath, Funerals and vigils
Several funeral homes in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez announced they would provide funeral services for free to the families of the victims as a sign of solidarity for their community. Ciudad Juárez's Rotary International chapter organized a vigil in Ciudad Juárez. They gathered at a park and lit candles and shone cellphone lights in El Paso's direction as a sign of solidarity.


2019 El Paso shooting, Aftermath, Funerals and vigils
Antonio Basco declared his wife's funeral on August 16 to be open to anyone who wished to attend. Hundreds of people from El Paso and other parts of the country attended, and flowers were sent from around the world.


2019 El Paso shooting, Aftermath, Funerals and vigils
El Paso musician Khalid held a benefit concert for his home city on September 1, featuring several high-profile artists and introduced by fellow El Paso native and former US Representative Beto O'Rourke.


2019 El Paso shooting, Aftermath, Tributes
One week after the shooting, a citizen from Ciudad Juárez, Jorge Luis Martínez Chávez, ran a total of 22 miles, a mile for each of the people killed in the Walmart shooting (one additional victim died months later), starting at the Zaragoza bridge in Juárez, Mexico, and finishing at the Walmart memorial in El Paso where the attack was perpetrated.


2019 El Paso shooting, Aftermath, Walmart's reaction
Two days after the shooting, a Walmart corporate employee sent a memorandum to Walmart's entire e-commerce division, which includes thousands of employees, urging a "sick-out" strike to force the corporation to stop selling guns. Walmart later sent out a memo instructing workers to remove signs and displays that "contain violent themes or aggressive behavior" and pledged $400,000 for funds that were aimed at helping the victims of the mass shooting. On September 3, 2019, the company announced it would stop selling ammunition for handguns and assault rifles in the United States, as well as ask customers not to openly carry firearms into their stores.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions
Terrorism experts, including Peter R. Neumann, cited the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as a common factor among several similar attacks. The Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch blog linked the shooting with the earlier Christchurch mosque shootings and the Poway synagogue shooting, citing the similar white nationalist contents of the respective attackers' manifestos. Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti- Defamation league, said that the shooting, as part of a series of similar attacks, indicated a "global threat" of white supremacy. NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg urged countries to work together to prevent "lone wolf" attackers who find inspiration in one another's actions. Others, including the writer Daniel Okrent, disputed the "lone wolf" idea, pointing to the ways in which technology allows those with similar violent ideologies to congregate online.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions
Several commentators attributed both the El Paso and Christchurch shootings to an ideology of eco-fascism. The Washington Post described the El Paso and Christchurch shootings as examples of an eco-fascist trend among white supremacists. Writing in GQ, Luke Darby referred to the "distinctly environmental theme" of Crusius' alleged manifesto. Jeet Heer in The Nation described the manifesto as being based in "Malthusian fascism", a worldview in which different races vie against one another in the face of environmental crises such as global warming. Mainstream environmentalists, including the executive director of the Sierra Club, denounced the attacker's alleged white-supremacist motivations.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
President Donald Trump condemned the shooting as "hateful" and an "act of cowardice" later that day. He promised that his administration would provide "total support". In a later statement, Trump announced after the shootings in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio, that all US flags, both domestic and abroad, would be flown at half-staff until sunset on August 8. In a speech from the White House on August 5, Trump said: "In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America." On August 7, Trump said he was "concerned about the rise of any group of hate", whether it was "white supremacy, whether it’s any other kind of supremacy, whether it's antifa".


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
Within two days of the shooting, #WhiteSupremacistInChief reached the number one trend on Twitter as critics pointed out that statements in the suspect's alleged manifesto mirrored comments Trump had made in the past, including references to illegal immigration as an "invasion" and telling an unspecified group of "‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came". Media outlets also highlighted an incident in May 2019 where an audience member at a campaign rally suggested shooting illegal migrants crossing the border, to which Trump responded with a joke, saying, "only in the Panhandle you can get away with that".


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
Former president Barack Obama broke his self-imposed vow of silence on the new president's leadership to release the statement, "We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments," which has widely been interpreted as a criticism of Trump's specific rhetoric.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
Trump's remark that violent video games contributed to such mass shootings, a view echoed by other politicians such as House Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, drew criticism from the video game industry, as past studies have found that no link exists between shootings and video games, and accused the government of using the medium as a scapegoat.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, who represents El Paso in Congress, brought a town hall meeting in the city to an early close following the shooting. Escobar later said there was also a hate epidemic, with domestic terrorism resulting from the dehumanization of others. Texas Senator Ted Cruz issued a written statement deploring "this unspeakable evil." Beto O’Rourke, a native of El Paso who represented the city in Congress from 2013 to 2019, said he was "incredibly saddened" but that "The [El Paso] community is going to stay together.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
Everyone's resolved to make sure this doesn't continue to happen in this country." Texas Governor Greg Abbott called the shooting "a heinous and senseless act of violence". Texas Senator John Cornyn said that gun violence would not be solved by focusing on law-abiding citizens. Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said violent video games were partly to blame.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
Members of the Democratic Party criticized Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric in the wake of the shooting, including congresswoman Escobar and 2020 presidential candidates O'Rourke, Cory Booker, and Joe Biden. Other 2020 candidates called for political action to eliminate gun violence, including Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang. The incident also caused many celebrities and media figures to debate gun rights within the United States, with some condemning the perceived inaction of many political figures in stopping the large number of mass shootings in the country. That same evening, Moms Demand Action, which had a convention that weekend in Washington, DC, led a march and vigil outside the White House in support of gun control in the United States and the ban of assault weapons.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
The day after the shooting, some prominent Republicans, including Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, also spoke of the need to combat white-supremacist terrorism. Texas senator Ted Cruz decried the shooting as a "heinous act of terrorism and white supremacy". On Twitter, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein classified the attack as "white terrorism". Many Latinos interviewed by The New York Times said they felt disturbed at becoming targets of white-nationalist violence.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
Dan Stein, the president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), issued a statement on Twitter denouncing the shooting, with no mention of Crusius' alleged manifesto. The group regularly makes similar anti-immigration arguments to those contained in the document, prompting worries of political fallout from the shooting among FAIR and similar groups, according to David Nakamura in The Washington Post. Both Stein and Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which also advocates restrictions on immigration, dismissed any connections between Crusius' ideology and their own.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
In response to the shooting, some 8chan users claimed that the shooter was "our guy". The purported manifesto of the shooter, after being deleted, was re-uploaded by some users, while others commented that it showed "zero effort", or claimed that it was fake. Following the attack, Cloudflare terminated its website security service for 8chan, commenting that "8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate". The site later went dark after its server rental provider Voxility discontinued its service.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
Trump visited El Paso and Dayton on August 7. The president and first lady also met with the mayors of El Paso and Dayton. In El Paso, protesters showed up at the site of the shooting, some claiming that Trump's attitude and statements had led to the shooting; Two days before the visit, congresswoman Escobar said that Trump was "not welcome" in the city and declined an invitation to meet with him.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, United States
The White House published photos and a video of Trump's trip; in some photos, Trump was pictured smiling and giving thumbs up gestures, while the video was focused on Trump shaking hands and posing for photos. Trump said that he had an "amazing day" of visits, praising the "love, the respect for" him as president.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, Mexico
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador extended his condolences to the families of the victims, both Americans and Mexicans. López Obrador also criticized the "indiscriminate use of weapons" in the United States. The Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) identified the eight Mexican citizens killed, and the seven Mexican citizens wounded, in the attack. The Mexican victims killed in the attack came from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua City, and Torreón, Coahuila. One of the victims, identified only as ″Rosa,″ who had also offered to testify, was deported on January 30, 2021 because of a minor traffic violation.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, Mexico
Javier Corral Jurado, the governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, offered his assistance to Texas governor Greg Abbott and El Paso mayor Dee Margo, and said that Chihuahua authorities were ready to assist in any capacity if needed by the U.S. government. The Chihuahua government also directed Chihuahua residents and Mexican citizens affected by the attack to Mexico's Executive Committee for Victims (Spanish: Comisión Ejecutiva de Atención a Víctimas), and set up a phone line for Mexican citizens who needed assistance. The Mexican Consulate in El Paso provided consular assistance to Mexican nationals affected by the attack, and sent personnel to visit Mexican victims treated at the hospitals. The SRE confirmed that the consul Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León would coordinate with El Paso and Ciudad Juárez officials.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, Mexico
On August 4, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard announced that Mexico would issue a formal charge against the suspect for terrorism against Mexican nationals should Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) support it, and possibly request his extradition from the U.S. to Mexico to face those charges. If the suspect is charged with terrorism, it would be the first time in history that Mexico issues a criminal charge of this nature for a crime committed in the U.S. In addition, it would guarantee Mexico access to information about the case.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, Mexico
Ebrard also stated that the Mexican government would remain in contact with the victims' families throughout the investigation and trial, and that they would press charges against the individual(s) or firm who sold the weapons to the suspect. Former Mexican president Felipe Calderón offered his condolences on Twitter, and also directed a message against Trump. He said that notwithstanding if the attack was confirmed to be a hate crime or not, that Trump should stop his "hate speech" and "stigmatization".


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, International
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned "in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against Latinos on Saturday in the Texas city of El Paso" and called for everyone to work together to combat violence born of hate, racism and xenophobia. Recently the UN launched an action plan to "fight against discourses that incite hatred".


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, International
The incident was mentioned by Pope Francis during a speech in St. Peter's Square on August 4, in which he condemned attacks on defenseless people and said he was spiritually close to the victims, the wounded, and the families affected by the attacks that had "bloodied Texas, California, and Ohio". The Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting happened in California around a week before the El Paso shooting, while the 2019 Dayton shooting occurred in Ohio less than 24 hours after.


2019 El Paso shooting, Reactions, International
Uruguay and Venezuela issued travel warnings to avoid certain cities in America, including Baltimore, Detroit, Albuquerque, Cleveland, Memphis, and Oakland, citing "proliferation of acts of violence" and "growing indiscriminate violence, mostly for hate crimes, including racism and discrimination". Both countries warned their citizens to avoid any place with large crowds, including shopping malls, festivals, and "any kind of cultural or sporting events". Japan issued a similar travel warning, advising its citizens to pay attention to the potential for gunfire "everywhere" in the U.S., which they described as a "gun society". President Trump threatened undefined retaliation against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence.


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby
The 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on August 1, 2019, at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Contested over 150 laps on the 0.500-mile (0.805 km) dirt track, it was the 15th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Background, Track
Eldora Speedway is a 0.5 mi (804.672 m) high-banked clay dirt oval. Located north of Rossburg, Ohio in the village of New Weston, Ohio. Originally constructed as a 1/4-mile semi-banked clay dirt oval by track founder and legendary promoter Earl Baltes, Eldora was enlarged to a 3/8-mile length and later to the "half-mile" standard required by the United States Auto Club (USAC) for National Championship events featuring the stars of the Indianapolis 500.


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Practice, First practice
Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.257 seconds and a speed of 93.472 mph (150.429 km/h).


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Practice, Final practice
Stewart Friesen was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.886 seconds and a speed of 90.516 mph (145.671 km/h).


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Qualifying heat races
Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race after winning the first qualifying heat race.


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Race, Summary
Chase Briscoe started on pole and remained in the lead, winning Stage 1 despite cautions caused by Landon Huffman and Jake Griffin spinning on separate occasions. Harrison Burton later spun on the backstretch on lap 57. A huge crash occurred on lap 65 after Christian Eckes spun around and collected numerous others including Johnny Sauter, Mason Massey, and Jeffrey Abbey. Stage 2 was also won by Briscoe, who had continued his strong lead.


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Race, Summary
After Stage 2, Stewart Friesen took over the lead. Ross Chastain spun in front of the field, though did not cause any major damage. Kyle Strickler brought out the next caution after spinning out, while another crash collected Briscoe, Sauter, and Tyler Dippel. At the same time, Jennifer Jo Cobb got turned by Norm Benning and collected Devin Dodson.


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Race, Summary
Dippel failed an attempted slide job on Ben Rhodes late in the race, pushing Rhodes into the fence and dropping him six spots behind Dippel. After the race, Dippel rammed into Rhodes on the cool-down lap, leading Rhodes to attempt to drag Dippel out of his truck on pit road after the race before being pulled away by NASCAR officials. Dippel later called out Rhodes in an expletive-laced tirade, calling it "cool" that Rhodes would miss the playoffs and implying that Rhodes was scared of fighting him. Rhodes, in a calmer post-race interview, called Dippel a dirty driver.


2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, Race, Summary
On the final restart, Friesen stayed out and was able to maintain his lead, holding off Sheldon Creed and Grant Enfinger to win the dirt derby. This was also Friesen's first win in the truck series.


2019 Elite One
The 2019 Elite One is the 59th season of Elite One, the top-tier football league in Cameroon. The season started on 2 February 2019.


2019 Eliteserien
The 2019 Eliteserien was the 75th season of top-tier football in Norway.


2019 Eliteserien
The season began on 30 March and was scheduled to end 30 November 2019, not including play-off matches, but due to Rosenborg competing in the Europa League the final matchday was moved to 1 December. Fixtures for the 2019 season were announced on 19 December 2018. Rosenborg were the defending champions. Viking and Mjøndalen joined as the promoted clubs from the 2018 1. divisjon. They replaced Sandefjord and Start who were relegated to the 2019 1. divisjon.


2019 Eliteserien
Molde won their fourth title, with two matches to spare following a 4–0 home win against Strømsgodset on 10 November 2019.


2019 Eliteserien, Overview, Summary
On 10 November, Molde were confirmed as Eliteserien champions following their 4–0 home win against Strømsgodset in the 28th round. They won their fourth title.


2019 Eliteserien, Teams
Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon. The promoted teams were Viking and Mjøndalen, returning to the top flight after an absence of one and three years respectively. They replaced Sandefjord (after a two-year spell in Eliteserien) and Start (relegated after a season's presence).


2019 Eliteserien, Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team, Lillestrøm takes part in a two-legged play-off against Start, the winners of the 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2020 Eliteserien.


2019 Eliteserien, Relegation play-offs
Lillestrøm lost on the away goals rule after 5–5 on aggregate and were relegated to 1. divisjon.


2019 Eliteserien, League attendances
Updated to games played on 1 December 2019Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The 2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs is the 46th time a spot in the Eliteserien will be decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs. In the play-offs, five teams compete for one spot in the 2020 Eliteserien.


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2019 season, Tromsø and Ranheim were relegated directly to 2020 1. divisjon, and were replaced by Aalesund and Sandefjord who were directly promoted.


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Format change
This season, the format of the qualification rounds for the 1. divisjon teams were changed. In previous seasons, the first two knockout-rounds began with the four teams in the 1. divisjon playing single-legged rounds with home advantage for the best placed team: 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, and the winner then played each other to determine who would meet the Eliteserien club in the final. This season, the first round will be played 5th v 6th, and the winner will advance to play away to 4th in the second round. The winner of the second round will advance to play away to 3rd in the third round. The winner of the third round will meet the 14th placed team in Eliteserien in a two-legged final.


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Background
The play-offs between Eliteserien and 1. divisjon have been held every year since 1972 with exceptions in 1994 and 2011. They take place for the two divisions following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the fourteenth-placed club in Eliteserien and the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places in the 1. divisjon. The fixtures are determined by final league position – the first round will be played 5th v 6th, and the winner will advance to play away to 4th in the second round. The winner of the second round will advance to play away to 3rd in the third round. The winner of the third round will meet the 14th placed team in Eliteserien in a two-legged final.


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams
Five teams entered a play-off for the last Eliteserien spot for the 2020 season. These were:


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams, Matches
The third to sixth-placed teams will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches, three rounds involving 1. divisjon teams and a final between the winner of these rounds and the fourteenth-placed team in Eliteserien.


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams, Matches, Final
The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien, Lillestrøm, will play a two-legged play-off against Start, the winners of the 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2020 Eliteserien.


2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams, Matches, Final
The tie ended with a 5–5 draw on aggregate, Start won on the away goals rule and retained promoted to Eliteserien.


2019 Elmbridge Borough Council election
The by-thirds 2019 Elmbridge Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Elmbridge Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Elon Phoenix football team
The 2019 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tony Trisciani and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.


2019 Elon Phoenix football team, Previous season
The Phoenix finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–3 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Wofford in the first round.


2019 Elon Phoenix football team, Previous season
On December 14, head coach Curt Cignetti resigned to become the head coach at James Madison. He finished at Elon with a two-year record of 14–9.


2019 Elon Phoenix football team, Preseason, CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fourth place.


2019 Elon Phoenix football team, Preseason, Preseason All–CAA team
The Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2019 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The 32nd running of the Emakumeen Euskal Bira was held from 22 to 25 May 2019. Raced over four stages in the Basque Country, it was one of two women's cycling events at World Tour level in Spain, together with La Madrid Challenge. It was the 12th event of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour.


2019 Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Teams
Twenty teams, each with a maximum of six riders, will start the race:


2019 Emir of Qatar Cup
The 2019 Emir of Qatar Cup is the 47th edition of the Qatari cup tournament in men's football. It will be played by the first and second level divisions of the Qatari football league structure. The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2020 AFC Champions League.


2019 Emir of Qatar Cup
The draw of the tournament was held on 15 April 2019.


2019 Emir of Qatar Cup, Final
Assistant referees:Taleb Salem (Qatar)Saud Ahmed (Qatar)Fourth official:Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari (Qatar)Assistant video assistant referees:Salman Ahmad Flahi (Qatar)Abdullah Al Adba (Qatar)Khaled Ayed (Qatar)


2019 Emirates Cup
The 2019 Emirates Cup was a pre-season football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal at its home ground, the Emirates Stadium. It was the tenth Emirates Cup, an invitational competition inaugurated in 2007. Held on 28 July 2019, the participants were Arsenal (men's and women's), Bayern Munich (women's only) and Lyon (men's only). In this edition, a new one-day format was introduced, with Arsenal women competing for the first time.


2019 Emirates Cup, Background
The Emirates Cup was inaugurated in July 2007 after Arsenal finalised plans to stage a pre-season competition at its home ground. The competition is named after Arsenal's main sponsor Emirates; the airline's association with the football club began in 2004. Arsenal won the first tournament, which was attended by over 110,000 people across the two days.


2019 Emirates Cup, Summary
The tournament began when the Arsenal women's side took on Bayern Munich, and concluded following the Arsenal men's side match against Lyon. Both games were played at the Emirates Stadium in London on 28 July 2019.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the United Arab Emirates on 5 October 2019 to elect half of the members (i.e., 20 members) of the Federal National Council. As there were no political parties at the time of the elections, all candidates ran as independents.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election
The elections took place through an electoral college, the membership of which was expanded from 224,279 in 2015 to 337,738 in 2019.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election, Electoral system
The Federal National Council consists of 40 members, 20 of whom are appointed by the rulers of each emirate. and 20 are elected by single non-transferable vote in seven electoral colleges based on the emirates. The colleges of Abu Dhabi and Dubai elects four members each, the colleges of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah three each, and the colleges of Ajman, Fujairah and Umm al-Quwain two each. Voters can vote for only one candidate in their emirate.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election, Electoral system
In December 2018, President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a directive that half the members of the Council should be women.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election, Electoral system
Under the constitution of the United Arab Emirates, "each emirate shall be free to determine the method of selecting the citizens representing it in the Federal National Council". The rulers of each emirate decides who will be able to vote; the total number of voters has increased at each election, with an objective that all citizens will be able to vote in the future.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election, Electoral system
On election day, 39 voting centers were opened in the UAE, nine of which had been open for early voting on 1–3 October. Overseas voters were able to vote in UAE embassies on 22–23 September.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election, Results
A total of 117,592 voters were cast, giving a voter turnout of 34.81%. The number of votes cast increased by 48.5% compared to the 2015 elections.


2019 Emirati parliamentary election, Results
The UAE has a 50% quota system for women in parliament. Therefore 50% of all parliament seats are reserved for women. As a result of the quota system, seven of the 20 elected members were women, although the sole incumbent elected female MP Naama al-Sharhan failed to win re-election in Ras al-Khaimah. To achieve gender parity, 13 of the 20 appointed members were women.


2019 Emperor's Cup
The 2019 Emperor's Cup (Emperor's Cup JFA 99th Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第99回全日本サッカー選手権大会)) was the 99th edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 25 May and ended with the final on 1 January 2020. The final was the first event held at the National Stadium after its rebuilding.


2019 Emperor's Cup
The defending champions were Urawa Red Diamonds, but they lost to Honda FC in the Round of 16.


2019 Emperor's Cup
Vissel Kobe won their first trophy after winning the final. As the winners, they automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League.


2019 Emperor's Cup, First round
The draw for the first three rounds was held on 4 April 2019.


2019 Emperor's Cup, Fourth round
The draw for the Fourth Round to the final was held on 16 August 2019. There was no seeding in the draw, however, the draw took into consideration the teams whose home or away in the round of 16 were predetermined:


2019 Emperor's Cup, Fourth round
The round of 16 matches were played on 18 September 2019, except for the matches involving Kashima Antlers and Urawa Red Diamonds, which were delayed as they were playing in the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals.


2019 Emperor's Cup, Final
The final was played on 1 January 2020 at the newly rebuilt National Stadium in Tokyo.


2019 Empire Slovak Open
The 2019 Empire Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Trnava, Slovakia between 13 and 19 May 2019.


2019 Empire Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Empire Slovak Open – Doubles
Jessica Moore and Galina Voskoboeva were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2019 Empire Slovak Open – Doubles
Anna Blinkova and Xenia Knoll won the title, defeating Cornelia Lister and Renata Voráčová in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2019 Empire Slovak Open – Singles
Viktória Kužmová was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the 2019 Italian Open.


2019 Empire Slovak Open – Singles
Bernarda Pera won the title, defeating Anna Blinkova in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2019 Emporia State Hornets football team
The 2019 Emporia State Hornets football team represents Emporia State University in the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. The Hornets play their home games on Jones Field at Francis G. Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kansas, as they have done since 1937. 2019 is the 122nd season in school history. The Hornets are led by head coach Garin Higgins, who is in his 18th season overall, and 13th season at Emporia State as head coach. Emporia State has been a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) since 1991.


2019 Emporia State Hornets football team, Preseason
The Hornets enter the 2018 season after finishing with an 8–4 overall, 7–4 in conference play last season under Higgins. The 2019 MIAA Media Day will be held on July 31, where conference preseason rankings will be released.


2019 Emporia State Hornets football team, Preseason
New changes occurred this year in conference play. With Lindenwood and Southwest Baptist's departures in July 2019, Lincoln re-joined MIAA football play after four seasons in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.


2019 Emporia State Hornets football team, Preseason
On July 31, 2019, the Hornets were chosen to finish 6th in the conference preseason polls by the coaches and media.


2019 Enfield state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Enfield in the South Australian House of Assembly was held on 9 February 2019. The by-election was triggered by the parliamentary resignation of Labor Party MP and former Deputy Premier John Rau on 17 December 2018. Labor candidate Andrea Michaels retained the seat with an increased margin.


2019 Enfield state by-election
A Cheltenham by-election was held on the same day, as Rau's former leader and Premier, Jay Weatherill, had also resigned from parliament.


2019 Enfield state by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Party declined to field a candidate for both the Enfield and Cheltenham by-elections.


2019 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42
The 2019 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France between 21 and 27 January 2019.


2019 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Doubles
Ysaline Bonaventure and Bibiane Schoofs were the defending champions, but Bonaventure chose not to participate. Schoofs played alongside Olga Doroshina, but lost in the first round to Audrey Albié and Margot Yerolymos.


2019 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Doubles
Cornelia Lister and Renata Voráčová won the title, defeating Andreea Mitu and Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2019 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Singles
Georgina García Pérez was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the 2019 Burnie International instead.


2019 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Singles
Rebecca Šramková won the title, defeating Audrey Albié in the final, 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–2.


2019 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique
The 2019 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Nantes, France between 28 October and 3 November 2019.


2019 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique – Doubles
Estelle Cascino and Elixane Lechemia were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Akgul Amanmuradova and Ekaterine Gorgodze.


2019 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique – Doubles
Amanmuradova and Gorgodze went on to win the title, defeating Vivian Heisen and Yana Sizikova in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–3.


2019 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique – Singles
Timea Bacsinszky was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique – Singles
Cristina Bucșa won the title, defeating Tamara Korpatsch in the final, 6–2, 6–7(11–13), 7–6(8–6).


2019 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie
The 2019 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twenty-third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Saint-Gaudens, France between 13 and 19 May 2019.


2019 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Doubles
Naiktha Bains and Francesca Di Lorenzo were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2019 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Doubles
Martina Di Giuseppe and Giulia Gatto-Monticone won the title, defeating Anna Kalinskaya and Sofya Lansere in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2019 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Singles
Vera Lapko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Singles
Anna Kalinskaya won the title, defeating Ana Bogdan in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2019 Engie Open de Biarritz
The 2019 Engie Open de Biarritz was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Biarritz, France between 15 and 21 July 2019.


2019 Engie Open de Biarritz, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Engie Open de Biarritz – Doubles
Irina Bara and Valentina Ivakhnenko were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2019 Engie Open de Biarritz – Doubles
Manon Arcangioli and Kimberley Zimmermann won the title, defeating Victoria Rodríguez and Ioana Loredana Roșca in the final, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6].


2019 Engie Open de Biarritz – Singles
Tamara Korpatsch was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne instead.


2019 Engie Open de Biarritz – Singles
Viktoriya Tomova won the title, defeating Danka Kovinić in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5.


2019 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne
The 2019 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Croissy-Beaubourg, France between 25 and 31 March 2019.


2019 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Doubles
Anna Kalinskaya and Viktória Kužmová were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Doubles
Harriet Dart and Lesley Kerkhove won the title, defeating Sarah Beth Grey and Eden Silva in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2019 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Singles
Anna Blinkova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Singles
Vitalia Diatchenko won the title, defeating Robin Anderson in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2019 England netball team tour of South Africa
The England national netball team toured South Africa in November and December 2019 for a three-match series against the South Africa national netball team. The tour was Jess Thirlby's first international tour as new coach of the England team and was also Dorette Badenhorst's first home series as the new South African coach.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash
A Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft transporting Argentine football player Emiliano Sala crashed in the English Channel off Alderney in the Channel Islands on 21 January 2019. It had been travelling from Nantes, France, to Cardiff, Wales.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash
Contact was lost when the aircraft was 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) north of Guernsey. After the search for survivors was abandoned on 24 January, a private search for wreckage was launched. Sala's body was recovered, but no trace of the pilot David Ibbotson was found.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash
The AAIB investigation found that Sala's body showed high levels of exposure to carbon monoxide which had leaked into the cabin of the aircraft and may have impaired the judgement of the pilot. Ibbotson was not licensed to fly at the time of the crash, or qualified to fly at night. David Henderson, who organised the flight and was originally scheduled to be the pilot, was charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft, with his trial scheduled for October 2021.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Disappearance
The aircraft departed from Nantes Atlantique Airport at 19:15 GMT (20:15 CET) bound for Cardiff Airport. Sala had been signed two days previously by Cardiff City Football Club from FC Nantes. The pilot was identified by Guernsey Police as David Ibbotson. Shortly before contact with Jersey air traffic control was lost, a request was made by the pilot to descend from 5,000 feet (1,500 m) to 2,500 feet (760 m), in order to maintain visual meteorological conditions. Contact was lost when the aircraft was at an altitude of 2,300 feet (700 m).


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Disappearance
At 20:23 GMT, Guernsey Coastguard received an alert from Jersey air traffic control saying that a plane had gone off the radar around 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) north of Guernsey. The plane was then around 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi) northwest of Alderney, Channel Islands, near Casquets lighthouse.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Disappearance
Sala sent an audio message via WhatsApp just before take off, saying "I am now on board a plane that seems like it is falling to pieces... If you do not have any more news in an hour and a half, I don't know if they need to send someone to find me. I am getting scared!" Cardiff City had offered Sala a commercial flight from Paris, but he said that he had made alternative arrangements and would be training with his new teammates on the morning after the flight.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Disappearance
The flight was arranged by football agent Willie McKay, who said that he was not involved in selecting the plane or the pilot. It was reported in French media that the flight was arranged through pilot David Henderson, who had originally intended to fly the plane, but the flight had been given to David Ibbotson. The flight plan showed that the plane was scheduled to take off at 09:00 GMT (10:00 CET) on 21 January, but was delayed until the evening.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Piper PA-46 Malibu, a six-seat type equipped with a single piston engine, registered in the United States as N264DB, serial number 46-8408037. The aircraft was manufactured in 1984. The Certificate of Registration had been issued on 11 September 2015.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft was registered to a trustee, the Southern Aircraft Consultancy in Bungay, Suffolk, United Kingdom.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Search
A search and rescue operation was launched, but was suspended at 02:00 GMT on 22 January due to worsening weather conditions. Although the area was outside the United Kingdom's area of responsibility, Her Majesty's Coastguard sent two helicopters to assist in the search for the aircraft. A French helicopter was also sent to participate in the search, as were the Alderney and Guernsey lifeboats.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Search
The search resumed at 08:00 GMT on 22 January. By 11:45 GMT, a total of 755 square nautical miles (2,590 km2; 1,000 sq mi) had been covered by five aircraft and two lifeboats, but no trace of the aircraft had been found. A French Navy vessel also participated in the search. As of 15:30 GMT on 22 January, one aircraft and one lifeboat were still searching, bringing the total area covered to 872 square nautical miles (2,991 km2; 1,155 sq mi). The search was again suspended in the evening of 22 January.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Search
Floating objects had been found, but it was not confirmed that they came from the missing aircraft. The search resumed at 08:00 GMT on 23 January with two aircraft searching coastal areas around Alderney. As of 11:30 GMT, a helicopter and three aircraft were continuing the search and trying to review satellite imagery and mobile phone data; there was still no trace of the missing aircraft.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Search
On 23 January, the Channel Islands Air Search said they had abandoned hope of finding any survivors in the water. The search now focused on the possibility that survivors were on a life raft in the English Channel. The official search was called off on 24 January because the chances of survival were said to be "extremely remote". The search had covered 1,284 square nautical miles (4,403 km2; 1,700 sq mi) of land and sea, covering Burhou, Les Casquets, Alderney, the north coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula, and the north coast of Jersey and Sark.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Salvage activity
Sala's family launched a fundraising appeal to find his body and a private search was launched on 26 January, funded by £259,000 raised in donations, via a specialised organisation. On 28 January, marine scientist David Mearns, who led the search, announced that a search vessel with an unmanned remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) was expected to be in place "by the end of the week". They planned to focus on some 25 square nautical miles (86 km2; 33 sq mi) of the seabed; the last known position of the aircraft was north of Hurd's Deep. In the meantime, two fishing boats were being used to carry out a surface search of the area. Mearns engaged the  FPV Morven for the search.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Salvage activity
On 30 January 2019, at approximately 13:58 GMT, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) reported that two seat cushions, found near Surtainville in France, were likely to be from the missing aircraft. AAIB identified a priority search area of approximately four square nautical miles (14 km2; 5 sq mi) and commissioned a survey vessel from the British Ministry of Defence with sonar equipment to search the seabed for the aircraft.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Salvage activity
The AAIB search carried out by the vessel Geo Ocean III started on 3 February, together with the private search, and was expected to last up to three days; the private search was set to continue "until the plane is located". The planned search was to cover an area of four square nautical miles (14 km2; 5 sq mi) about 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) north of Guernsey. The search area was divided between the two teams.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Salvage activity
On 3 February, wreckage of the aircraft was found on the seabed at about 0.5 nautical miles (1 km; 0.6 mi) from the last known location. The wreckage was at a depth of 220 feet (67 m) and there was a possibility that the bodies of Sala and Ibbotson were still on board. On 4 February, it was confirmed that the image from the AAIB search remote submersible had shown the registration mark and at least one body inside the wreckage.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Salvage activity
On 7 February, a body was recovered from the wreckage and was taken to the Isle of Portland to be passed to the Dorset coroner, where it was identified as that of Sala, by means of fingerprint evidence. Attempts to recover the aircraft wreckage were unsuccessful and poor weather conditions forced the salvage team to return the ROV to the ship. On 11 February, the results of a post-mortem reported that Sala had died of "head and trunk injuries". An inquest was scheduled to take place in March 2021. In October 2020, it was postponed to an undetermined date due to the decision to charge Henderson with offences related to the crash and his trial taking place.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Salvage activity
The daughter of the pilot David Ibbotson launched a crowdfunding appeal to locate his body and on 10 February the fund received a donation of £27,000 from French footballer Kylian Mbappé. Former England captain Gary Lineker also donated £1,000. As of 23 February 2019, £249,000 of the £300,000 target had been raised. The search was to include a dive to the wreck to rule out the body being there, and a helicopter search of coastal areas in the Channel Islands. On 27 February, it was reported that a 20-minute dive to the wreck had discovered no body.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Investigation
The crash site lies in international waters. Under Annex 13 to the Convention on Civil Aviation, the National Transportation Safety Board  (NTSB) had responsibility for investigating the accident because the aircraft was registered in the United States. The NTSB, in agreement with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) delegated responsibility for the investigation to the AAIB because the aircraft was based in the UK. On 23 January 2019, the AAIB opened an investigation into the accident. Assistance was given by France's Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses, the British Civil Aviation Authority, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Argentina's Junta de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación Civil and the NTSB.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Investigation
Part of the investigation covered the operational aspects related to the accident including licensing and flight plans. David Ibbotson had undergone training to become a commercial pilot between 2012 and 2014, but had dropped out before it was completed; his private pilot licence did not permit him to carry passengers for profit. Ibbotson's type rating for the Piper Malibu had expired months prior to the crash. While at Nantes Atlantique Airport, Ibbotson had posted on Facebook that he was "a bit rusty" with the instrument landing system on the Piper Malibu.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Investigation
After confirming on 4 February that the wreckage of the aircraft had been located, the AAIB stated that it would publish an interim report on their findings within two weeks. A Special Bulletin was issued on 25 February 2019.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Investigation
Post mortem tests on Sala's body showed exposure to carbon monoxide with a carboxyhemoglobin level of 58%, which could have led to symptoms including seizure, unconsciousness or a heart attack. The AAIB considers it likely that the pilot would also have been exposed to carbon monoxide. The AAIB said that it had no plans to raise the wreckage of the plane from the seabed, saying "In this case, we consider that it will not add significantly to the investigation and we will identify the correct safety issues through other means."


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Investigation, AAIB final report
The AAIB published its final report into the accident on 13 March 2020. It concluded that the pilot David Ibbotson was not licensed to fly the plane as his rating had expired in November 2018, and that he was not qualified to fly at night. The investigation stated that "neither the plane nor the pilot had the required licences or permissions to operate commercially." The report concluded that Sala would have been "deeply unconscious" due to carbon monoxide poisoning at the time of the crash, but that Ibbotson was still conscious and in control of the plane up to the time of the crash.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Legal proceedings
On 29 April 2019, two people were arrested after a photograph showing the dead body of Emiliano Sala during a post-mortem was posted on Twitter. On 23 September 2019, a woman and a man working for a security company were jailed for 14 and 5 months for accessing CCTV footage of Sala's post-mortem at the mortuary in Bournemouth, which had led to the leak of the material.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Legal proceedings
In June 2019, Dorset Police arrested David Henderson on suspicion of manslaughter by an unlawful act in respect of the death of Sala. Henderson had arranged the flight and had originally intended to fly the plane. Police decided not to proceed with the case for manslaughter, but on 26 October, Henderson appeared at Cardiff Crown Court via video link charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft and attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.


2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash, Legal proceedings
His defence counsel questioned the neutrality of the location of the hearing and was informed that an application for a change of venue needed to be submitted by 23 November. Henderson pleaded not guilty to both charges and was granted bail. The trial is scheduled to start on 18 October 2021.


2019 English Football League play-offs
The English Football League play-offs for the 2018–19 season were held in April 2019 with all finals played at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-offs will begin in each league with two semi-finals played over two legs. The teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed teams in League Two are set to compete. The winners of the semi-finals advance to the finals, with the winners gaining promotion for the following season.


2019 English Football League play-offs, Background
The English Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places. The fixtures are determined by final league position – in the Championship and League One this is 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, while in League Two it is 4th v 7th and 5th v 24th And 22nd Vs 23rd In Relegation Playoffs


2019 English Football League play-offs, Championship, Championship semi-finals
West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Aston Villa won 4–3 on penalties.


2019 English Football League play-offs, League One, League One semi-finals
Charlton Athletic 4–4 Doncaster Rovers on aggregate. Charlton Athletic won 4–3 on penalties.


2019 English Football League play-offs, League Two, League Two semi-finals
Mansfield Town 1–1 Newport County on aggregate. Newport County won 5–3 on penalties.


2019 English Greyhound Derby
The 2019 Star Sports, ARC & LPS Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 29 June 2019 at Nottingham Greyhound Stadium.


2019 English Greyhound Derby
It was the first time that the event was held at Nottingham following the unexpected closure of Towcester Greyhound Stadium in 2018. The event was sponsored by Star Sports, ARC and LPS (Local Parking Security Services).


2019 English Greyhound Derby
The winner Priceless Blake won £100,000 and was trained by Paul Hennessy, owned by Bryan and Kathleen Murphy.


2019 English Greyhound Derby
The dates of the competition were: First Round (24/25 May), Second Round (31 May/1 June), Third Round (7 June), Quarter Finals (15 June), Semi Finals (22 June) and Final (29 June).


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Final Result, Final Distances
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2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
There were 209 entries of which 44 were from Ireland and the high number resulted in 17 greyhounds standing as reserves because the entry was restricted for the first time in over 30 years. The ante-post favourite was the defending champion Dorotas Wildcat at 12-1, followed by All England Cup and Dundalk International winner Droopys Verve (14-1), Lenson Blinder, Shelbourne 600 champion Clonbrien Prince and Irish Derby finalist Jaytee Taylor (all 20-1). A notable absentee was Easter Cup winner Clona Blaze.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
The first round got underway on 24 May with a 29.71 race win for Sporting Dave, a time bettered by Droopys Trapper in heat 3 (29.60). Three Irish winners then impressed; Clonbrien Prince eased to victory in heat 5 (29.70) before Lemon Shane recorded 29.59 in heat 6 and Droopys Davy recorded 29.46. It was not until heat 15 that Droopys Expert appeared and he survived a scare when qualifying in third place after suffering in an incident packed race.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
The final heat of the night was arguably the best as Graham Holland's Wolfe defeated Dorotas Wildcat by 1½ lengths, with the benefit of being drawn inside the defending champion in a time of 29.54. The second batch of first round heats started with the shock defeat of Droopys Verve behind Desperado Dan but the black dog still progressed. Verve's kennelmate Droopys Nadal then impressed by setting a best time of 29.32, a time that was beaten by Queen Beyonce (29.27) one heat later.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
Irish hope Jaytee Taylor won heat 22 before Patrick Guilfoyle's Skywalker Logan broke the track record in heat 23 setting a new Nottingham record of 29.05. The brilliant King Turbo won his heat as did major contenders Ballyanne Sim (the Irish Derby champion), Boylesports Xtra and Lenson Blinder. Despite many troubled heats (caused by the large amount of greyhounds seeded rails) all of the major contenders made it through to round two and the trophy looked destined for an Irish victory at this stage.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
The second round started on 31 May with 8 heats; Magical Bale bounced back to winning ways in a very fast 29.30 comprehensively beating Ballyanne Sim. Second wins were sealed for Liberty Hawk, Clonbrien Prince who recorded the second fastest time of 29.42 for the first night of the second round, Desperado Dan, Lemon Shane and Queen Beyonce but Lenson Blinder and Boylesports Xtra both crashed out. Scottish Derby Champ Braveheart Bobby and King Sheeran completed the night's winners. The following night the big guns Dorotas Wildcat, Skywalker Logan and Droopys Expert all sealed wins but Wolfe seemed to stop chasing which left Roxholme Jim free to win by over ten lengths. Remarkably Droopys Trapper and Jaytee Taylor became the ninth and tenth greyhounds to remain unbeaten.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
Braveheart Bobby was withdrawn from the event before the third round and it was the defending champion Dorotas Wildcat who got the third round underway with a very fast time of 29.28, Droopys Expert qualified in third. Droopys Verve continued his good form winning heat 2 in a sparkling 29.14 and Clonbrien Prince remained unbeaten when winning heat 3 in 29.19, Ballyanne Sim qualified in third place. Desperado Dan and Droopys Trapper were both eliminated.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
The fourth heat saw the appearance of Skywalker Logan and after finding significant trouble and looking as though he was out he just managed to recover and qualify in third place behind Dower Rory who won despite being interfered with by Swift Jim on the run-in. Next Priceless Blake defeated Jaytee Taylor before Queen Beyonce won again. The final two heats went to Nice Charmer and Magical Bale.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
By a twist of fate a dead heat for third place between Front Edge and Trafalgar Cup champion King Sheeran would normally have required a run off but because Swift Jim had been disqualified both would enter the quarter final draw. Previously the run off loser would have stood as reserve.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
Going into the quarter finals there were just two undefeated greyhounds left Clonbrien Prince and Queen Beyonce. In the first heat Priceless Blake ran well to hold off King Sheeran and Roxholme Glory but Droopys Verve could not overcome another bad trap draw and found trouble. Magical Bale made a blistering start and recorded a very fast 29.14, Droopys Expert finished second but could not make ground on the winner and Ballymac Tas took third.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
A competitive third heat saw Queen Beyonce come from behind to win and remain unbeaten, Clonbrien Prince battled with Paganini Show on the run-in but took second after overtaking the early leader Ballyanne Sim who claimed third. The champion Dorotas Wildcat completed the night with a 29.38 win from Jaytee Taylor and the strong finishing Skywalker Logan.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
The first semi-final was arguably the strongest semi final in Derby history and favourite Magical Bale broke well ahead of the champion Dorotas Wildcat and Droopys Expert, the three inside traps looked to have final places sealed especially as the Irish champion Ballyanne Sim and King Sheeran found trouble. However Priceless Blake nipped in behind the trio and slowly gained on the leaders and caught the fading Dorotas Wildcat for third. The defending champion ran under par but retired with a great reputation. The second heat resulted in a comfortable win for Clonbrien Prince from track record holder Skywalker Logan and Ballymac Tas (who held of Jaytee Taylor); the unbeaten Queen Beyonce failed to get any sort of run and got tangled up with Roxholme Glory.


2019 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Review
In the final Priceless Blake made a great start and as predicted with an all rails line-up there was trouble behind. Magical Bale recovered from a poor start and moved into second position at the first bend but failed to take the bend clean moving off and ending his chances and that of Clonbrien Prince and Droopys Expert. Ballymac Tas and Skywalker Logan both ran on strongly but could not catch Priceless Blake who led a 1-2-3 for Ireland.


2019 English National Badminton Championships
The 2019 English National Badminton Championships were held in Westgate Badminton Centre, Winchester, Hampshire from February 2 to February 3, 2019.


2019 English National Badminton Championships
Rajiv Ouseph won his ninth singles title which put him just one behind the record of ten set by Darren Hall.


2019 English Open (snooker)
The 2019 English Open (also known as the 19.com English Open due to sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 20 October 2019 at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season and the first of the 2019 Home Nations Series. The event was the fourth edition of the English Open, first held in 2016. Betting company 19.com sponsored the tournament.


2019 English Open (snooker)
The defending champion was Stuart Bingham who defeated Mark Davis 9–7 in the 2018 final. Bingham lost 1–4 to Si Jiahui in the second round of the tournament. In the event's semi finals, Mark Selby defeated Mark Allen, and David Gilbert beat Tom Ford to reach the final. Selby defeated Gilbert 9–1 in the final to win his 16th ranking title. A total of 71 century breaks were made during the tournament. Tom Ford made the highest of the event, his fifth career maximum break and second of the season in the deciding frame of his 4–3 win over Shaun Murphy in the last 16.


2019 English Open (snooker), Format
The English Open was first played in 2016 as a world ranking tournament and a part of the Home Nations Series. The 2019 event was held in the K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley, England. The event was the fourth ranking tournament of the 2019–20 snooker season, and the first of four Home Nations Series events. The event followed the China Championship and preceded the World Open.


2019 English Open (snooker), Format
Stuart Bingham, who defeated Mark Davis 9–7 in the 2018 final was the defending champion. All matches were played as the best of 7 frames until the quarter-finals, at which point the number increased: 9 in the quarter-finals; 11 in the semi-finals; and the best of 19 frames in the final. Chinese sports prediction website 19.com sponsored the event, which was broadcast by Quest in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland; in Europe by Eurosport; NowTV in Hong Kong; Superstars Online, Youku and Zhibo.tv in China; DAZN in Canada; Truesport in Thailand and Sky Sport in New Zealand.


2019 English Open (snooker), Format, Prize fund
The event's total prize fund was a total of £405,000, with the winner receiving £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below:


2019 English Open (snooker), Summary
Rounds one to four were played between 14 and 17 October as the best of seven frames. Tian Pengfei defeated Gerard Greene, Alan McManus and Dominic Dale to reach the last 16 round. He met Si Jiahui, who had defeated the defending champion Stuart Bingham in the second round 4–1. Tian completed a whitewash over Si Jiahui. Tom Ford, seeded 24, completed 4–0 wins over Peter Lines and Lu Ning before defeating Kyren Wilson 4–2. In the last 16, Ford played Shaun Murphy, and made a maximum break in the final frame to win the match 4–3.


2019 English Open (snooker), Summary
Twelfth seed David Gilbert defeated Stuart Carrington, amateur Ryan Davies, Kurt Maflin to meet Zhao Xintong in the last 16, which he won 4–3. Ricky Walden received a bye in his second round match against Sam Craigie, after Craigie failed to arrive before defeating Michael Holt 4–3 to reach the last 16. There he met Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and won 4–2.


2019 English Open (snooker), Summary
Chinese player Mei Xiwen defeated Yan Bingtao, Li Hang and Elliot Slessor. He met five-time World Snooker Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan, defeating him 4–3. Mark Selby, ranked sixth defeated Barry Pinches, Martin O'Donnell and Matthew Selt before defeating Xiao Guodong 4–1 to reach the quarter-finals. Mark Allen completed two whitewashes over Andy Lee and tenth seed Barry Hawkins to progress to the quarter-finals. World number 80 Lee Walker defeated Chen Zifan and Robbie Williams to play world number one Judd Trump in the last 32. Trump did not pot a ball in the opening two frames as Walker won the match 4–2, and defeated Gary Wilson to reach the quarter-finals.


2019 English Open (snooker), Summary
The quarter-finals were played on 18 October as the best of 9 frames. Ford completed a 5-0 whitewash over Tian. Allen defeated Walker, who won only frame 5. Selby defeated Mei, who had led by three frames. The match between Gilbert and Walden went to a deciding frame as Gilbert won 5–4. The semi-finals were played as the best of 11 frames on 19 October. The first was held as Gilbert defeated Ford 6–3. Allen and Selby faced off in the second semi-final, as Selby led 3–1 but later trailed 3–5. Selby took the last three frames to win the match 6–5.


2019 English Open (snooker), Summary
The final was played on 20 October between Selby and Gilbert, as the best of 17 frames held over two sessions. Selby won the first five frames with breaks of 88, 68, 79 and 85 before Gilbert won frame six with a century break. Selby made a break of 130 in frame seven, before a 97 in the last frame of the session put him 7–1 up. Selby won both of the two sessions in the second session, with a century break in frame 10 to win 9–1. After the win, Selby commented, "It's been a long time since I won my last tournament .. I've been second guessing myself wondering if I am doing things right." He also commented that Gilbert would win a ranking event soon. This was the 16th career ranking win for Selby.


2019 English Open (snooker), Main draw
The results from the event are shown below. Seeded players have their seedings in brackets. Players highlighted in bold denote match winners.


2019 English Open (snooker), Century breaks
A total of 71 century breaks were made during the event. The highest was a maximum break made by Ford in the final frame of his 4–3 win over Murphy.


2019 English cricket season
The 2019 English cricket season ran between 26 March and 26 September. It was the 120th in which the County Championship has been an official competition and featured first-class, one-day and Twenty20 cricket competitions throughout England and Wales.


2019 English cricket season
The season saw the 2019 Cricket World Cup played in the country between 30 May and 14 July, followed by an Ashes tour by Australia in August and September. Pakistan took part in a one-day tour before the World Cup and the England men's team will play a One Day International in Ireland and a Test match against Ireland at Lord's in the first Test between the two teams. The West Indies and Australian women's sides both had toured during the season.


2019 English cricket season
The 18 first-class counties was competed in the 2019 County Championship, One-Day Cup and T20 Blast competitions, whilst women's teams competed for the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League and for the Women's County Championship. The 2019 Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy was competed for by the Minor Counties of England and Wales and club cricket had been played throughout both countries.


2019 English cricket season
The season was the last before the scheduled introduction of a city based 100-ball competition by the ECB in 2020 and changed to the organisation of Minor County cricket.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours
Three men's international sides toured England and Wales during the season: Pakistan, Ireland and Australia. ODIs and t20s played against Pakistan, the first test match between England and Ireland, and the Ashes contested between England and Australia. The Ashes series played after the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The West Indies and Australian women's sides also toured the country.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Pakistan tour
Pakistan toured England during the end of April to play a complete limited overs leg, which consisted of an T20I and a five match ODI series ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Pakistan tour
Pakistan played one-off T20I at Cardiff, in which England won by 7 wickets to kick off the limited overs tour.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Pakistan tour
After played the one-off T20I, Pakistan played a 5 match ODI series, with England won all the matches except the first ODI which was ended in No result due to rain.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Pakistan tour
Before both the limited over series, Pakistan played two List A macthes against Kent and Northamptonshire followed by an T20 match played against Leicestershire.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Ireland tour
Ireland toured England to play a one-off four day test match, after played their inaugural test match against Pakistan in 2018.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Ireland tour
England won the test by 143 runs, despite some unbelievable comebacks from both the teams throughout the test match.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, 2019 Ashes series
After knocked out of 2019 Cricket World Cup, during August, Australia played the 2019 edition of the Ashes series. Earlier, in July, England played a one-off Test match against Ireland.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, 2019 Ashes series
Australia retained the Ashes after winning the fourth Test to take an unassailable 2–1 lead in the series, but England's victory in the final Test meant the series was drawn 2–2, the first drawn Ashes series since 1972.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, 2019 Ashes series
Before the series, Australia scheduled to play a first-class match against Australia A. Later, this match was replaced by a four-day intra squad match between Brad Haddin XII and Graeme Hick XII, which consisted of twelve Australian players each.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, 2019 Ashes series
In between, after completion of first test, Australia played a three-day match against Worcestershire. Likewise, before the fourth test also Australia played a three-day match against Derbyshire.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, West Indies women's tour
The West Indies women's cricket team toured England in June 2019 to play three Women ODIs and three Women T20Is. Before their visit to England, the West Indies women's team also toured Ireland to play three WT20I matches. England women won the WODI series 3–0. England also won the T20I series 1–0, after two matches were abandoned due to rain.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Australia women's tour
The Australia women's cricket team toured England in June and July 2019 to play the England women's cricket team to contest the Women's Ashes. The tour consisted of three WODIs, one-off Test match and three WT20Is.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Australia women's tour
Australia women won the WODI series 3–0 taking 6–0 points, and the one-off Test match was drawn, giving Australia an unassailable 8–2 lead in the series, and retained the Women's Ashes.


2019 English cricket season, International Tours, Australia women's tour
Later, Australia went on to win the WT20I series 2–1, therefore retained the Ashes 12–4 in the points-based system.


2019 English cricket season, World Cup
The 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup took place at 11 grounds across England and Wales between 30 May and 14 July, with the final scheduled to take place at Lord's. A total of 48 matches played in the tournament which was featured 10 international sides which qualified for the finals, with each team playing two round-robin matches with the top four sides qualifying for the two semi-final stage to determine the finalists. It was the fifth time that the Cricket World Cup had been held in the British Isles, following the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups.


2019 English cricket season, World Cup
After six weeks of round-robin matches, which saw four games not have a result, India, Australia, England and New Zealand finished as the top four, with Pakistan missing out on net run rate.


2019 English cricket season, World Cup
In the knockout stage, England and New Zealand won their respective semi-finals to qualify for the final, which was played at Lord's in London. The final ended in a tie after the match ended with both teams scoring 241 runs, followed by the first Super Over in an ODI, England won the title, their first, on the boundary countback rule after the Super Over also finished level.


2019 English cricket season, MCCU matches
The period of matches began on 26 March and ended on 7 April with the first of three rounds of matches between first-class counties and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams. Each first-class county  played one either a first-class match or a non first-class match against a university side before the start of the County Championship season in April.


2019 English cricket season, MCCU matches
In the opening round of fixtures, Alastair Cook scored 150 not out for Essex against Cambridge MCCU, in his first match since retiring from Test cricket. The opening round also saw Somerset beat Cardiff MCCU by 568 runs, a record margin for a first-class match in England. In the third and final round of matches, England Test cricketer Haseeb Hameed scored a double century, albeit in a fixture without first-class status.


2019 English cricket season, MCCU matches
In August 2019, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that the 2020 fixtures will be the last ones to have first-class status.


2019 English cricket season, County Championship
The men's County Championship season was scheduled to begin on 5 April and to finish on 26 September with each team playing 14 matches. As in 2018, Division One had eight teams and Division Two had ten teams. Nottinghamshire will be relegated from Division One and three promoted from Division Two in order to create a larger Division One ahead of the 2020 Championship.


2019 English cricket season, One-Day Cup
The One-Day Cup competition played in a block of matches starting on 17 April, had been brought forward to be played before the start of the World Cup. Teams was organised in two geographical divisions, with each team playing eight 50-over fixtures. Teams played every other team in their division with the final played at Lord's on 25 May.


2019 English cricket season, t20 Blast
The men's Twenty20 Cup competition played in a block of matches in the same geographical groups as the One-Day Cup. Group matches played in a block starting 18 July, each side playing 14 group-stage matches. Finals day scheduled for 21 September at Edgbaston.


2019 English cricket season, Women's County Championship
The 2019 Women's County Championship played between 5 May and 2 June. Each of the eight sides in Division One of the Championship played seven one-day fixtures, once against each of the other teams. A separate Twenty20 competition followed the County Championship between 9 June and 30 June with teams organised into a different set of divisions. Each Division One team played eight matches, one against each of the other teams in the Division.


2019 English cricket season, Women's Super League
The group stages of the Women's Super League played between 6 August and 28 August with a finals day scheduled took place at Hove on 1 September. In 2019 each franchise played each other both home and away with 10 group matches per side. The competition was scheduled to be the last in the present format, with an eight team 100 ball competition planned for the 2020 season with a new set of teams.


2019 English cricket season, Minor Counties Competitions
The Minor Counties Championship ran from June to September with teams organised in two divisions based on their geographical location. Each team played six three-day matches against sides from within their division with the four-day final taking place at Banbury Cricket Club Ground in Oxfordshire.


2019 English cricket season, Minor Counties Competitions
The Unicorns Knockout Trophy and the group stages of the Unicorns T20 Cup competition took place before the start of the Championship, beginning in May. The finals of both competitions wtook place at Wormsley Park in Buckinghamshire in August.


2019 English cricket season, Minor Counties Competitions
This was the final year of the current format for Minor Counties competitions, with changes, including a change of name, scheduled to begin during 2020.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election was held on 9 March 2019. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who won his party (PDP) primaries unopposed, got re-elected for office, Choosing Hon Mrs Cecilia Ezeilo as his deputy.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election
His rival and major opposition party the All Progressives Congress had series of court orders and counter count orders disrupting its election performance after the emergence of Ayogu Eze as its candidate,  Aggrieved members formed a faction of the party which led to the party having multiple candidates in the election.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi  the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in all the 17 local government areas and polled 449,935 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ayogu Eze, who scored 10,423 votes.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Enugu State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election, Primary elections, PDP primaries
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi emerged as his party flagbearer unopposed after all aspirants stepped down and he was voted for overwhelmingly by the 2,895 delegates who participated in the exercise.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election, Primary elections, APC primaries
The Apc primaries was marred by parallel elections one by the NWC faction of the Federal Government and the other one by loyalists of the state working committee.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election, Results
42 candidates took part in this contest with Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi  the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winning the 17 local government areas and polling 449,935 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ayogu Eze, who scored 10,423 votes.


2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election, Results, By Local Government area
The exercise was carried out in 17 LGAs, with the Peoples Democratic Party having a clean sweep.


2019 Epping Forest District Council election
The 2019 Epping Forest District Council election will take place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Epping Forest District Council election, Ward Results
Figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election, this is indicated.


2019 Epsom Derby
The 2019 Epsom Derby was the 240th annual running of the Derby horse race and took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 1 June 2019. The race was sponsored by Investec. The winner was the Coolmore Stud's bay colt Anthony Van Dyck, ridden by Seamie Heffernan and trained at Ballydoyle in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien.


2019 Epsom Derby, Race synopsis, Entries and race build-up
The initial entry for the 2019 Epsom Derby, announced in December 2017, consisted of 338 yearlings whose owners paid £560 for each horse entered. The number of entries was an decrease of 110 on the initial entry for the 2018 race, and included 11 horses from the Godolphin organisation and 45 from the Coolmore Stud. Khalid Abdullah entered 18 horses and five-time winning owner Aga Khan IV had 22 entries. Queen Elizabeth II entered 5 horses for the race.


2019 Epsom Derby, Race synopsis, Entries and race build-up
A further 14 horses were added at the second entry stage in April 2019, at a cost to their owners of £9,000 for each horse entered. The second entries included three from Ireland and three from Godolphin, including eventual runners Line of Duty and Madhmoon. The Blue Riband Trial Stakes at Epsom on 24 April offered a free Derby entry to the winner; however the successful horse in 2019, Cape of Good Hope was already amongst the Derby entries. A final entry stage took place in May 2019 when Dante Stakes winner Telecaster and Chester Vase winner Sir Dragonet were added to the field at a cost of £85,000 each.


2019 Epsom Derby, Race synopsis, Entries and race build-up
The field for the 2019 Derby took on its final shape on Thursday 30 May when thirteen horses were declared to run with entries Cape of Good Hope and Surfman being withdrawn in favour of a run in the French equivalent race, the Prix du Jockey Club. The runners included seven trained by Aidan O'Brien. Sir Dragonet was favourite at the time of the declaration at odds of 11 to 4, with Broome and Telecaster just behind in the betting at 9 to 2 and 5 to 1 respectively.


2019 Epsom Derby, The race
The race started at 4:33 pm in bright sunshine on ground officially described as good to firm. Sovereign set the early pace from Norway with Telecaster and Circus Maximus close behind ahead of Line of Duty and Sir Dragonet. The order remained largely unchanged until the horses entered the straight, where Sovereign gave way to Norway and the chasing group fanned out to obtain racing room. Approaching the last quarter mile Sir Dragonet hit the front closely pressed by Madhmoon to his left, while Broome began to make rapid headway on the outside.