2019 Kobe Challenger – Singles
Yosuke Watanuki won the title after defeating Yūichi Sugita 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Koblenz Open
The 2019 Koblenz Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Koblenz, Germany between 14 and 20 January 2019.


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


2019 Koblenz Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Koblenz Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Koblenz Open – Doubles
Romain Arneodo and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn were the defending champions but only Weissborn chose to defend his title, partnering Sander Arends. Weissborn lost in the first round to Jürgen Melzer and Filip Polášek.


2019 Koblenz Open – Doubles
Zdeněk Kolář and Adam Pavlásek won the title after defeating Melzer and Polášek 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Koblenz Open – Singles
Mats Moraing was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Koblenz Open – Singles
Gianluca Mager won the title after defeating Roberto Ortega Olmedo 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 in the final.


2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election occurred on November 16, 2019. Incumbent APC Governor Yahaya Bello won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Musa Wada and several minor party candidates.


2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election
Yahaya Bello emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 3,091 votes and defeating his closest rival, Babatunde Irukera, who received 109 votes. He picked Edward David Onoja as his running mate. Musa Wada was the PDP candidate with Samuel Aro as his running mate. 23 candidates contested in the election.


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


2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on August 29, 2019. Yahaya Bello won the primary election polling 3,091 votes against 9 other candidates. His closet rival was Babatunde Irukera, a chief executive of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission who came second with 109 votes, while Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa, member house of representatives came third with 44 votes.


2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on September 3, 2019. Musa Wada won the primary election polling 748 votes against 4 other candidates. His closest rival Ibrahim Abubakar came second with 710 votes, Idris Wada, a former governor came third with 345 votes, while Dino Melaye, a Nigerian senator polled 70 votes.


2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 23 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,646,350, while 636,202 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 624,514, while number of valid votes was 610,744. Rejected votes were 13,770.


2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 610,744 represents the 23 political parties that participated in the election.Blue represents LGAs won by Yahaya Bello. Green represents LGAs won by Musa Wada.


2019 Kohistan mine collapse
On 6 January 2019, it was reported that a mine shaft in the Kohistan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan had collapsed, killing 30 people. The makeshift shaft was reportedly being used to mine gold. Afghan government sources noted that the mining operation was unregulated and illegal, and that most of the miners were local villagers trying to supplement their incomes through rudimentary gold mining.


2019 Konduga bombings
On the evening of 16 June 2019, three suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Konduga village in Borno State, Nigeria, killing 30 people and wounding over 40. The first bomber targeted football fans who were watching a game on television in the hall. He was blocked from entering the hall by the owner. A heated argument ensued, during which the bomber detonated his explosives. This attack was the most deadly suicide bombing in 2019 in Nigeria. Soon after, the other two - both of whom were female - blew themselves up nearby.


2019 Konduga bombings
Konduga had suffered previous attacks, including massacres in January 2014 and in February 2014, a triple suicide bombing in February 2018 and a suicide bombing at a mosque in July 2018.


2019 Konduga bombings
On 27 July 2019, a group returning from a funeral in Nganzai, Borno State, were the victims of a mass shooting. At least 65 people were killed. There was no claim of responsibility, but Islamist group Boko Haram often carries out massacres, most often in Borno.


2019 Konduga bombings, Responsibility
There was no claim of responsibility, though the Konduga attack bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram. One of the group's bases is in nearby Maiduguri. BH regards football as un-Islamic and a corrupting Western influence.


2019 Korea Masters
The 2019 Korea Masters (officially known as the Gwangju Korea Masters 2019) was a badminton tournament which took place at Gwangju Women’s University Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea, from 19 to 24 November 2019 and had a total prize of $200,000.


2019 Korea Masters, Tournament
The 2019 Korea Masters was the twenty-fifth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Korea Masters championships, which has been held since 2007. This was the last tournament to be counted in the 2019 BWF World Tour Finals rank. This tournament was organized by Badminton Korea Association and sanctioned by the BWF.


2019 Korea Masters, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Gwangju Women’s University Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea.


2019 Korea Masters, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.


2019 Korea Masters, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$200,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Korea National League
The 2019 N-League season was the 17th and final season of the N-League, the third tier of football in South Korea. The season started on 16 March 2019 and finished on 9 November 2019. Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC were the defending champions. After this season, the league ceased to exist and its clubs were integrated into the expanded K3 League for 2020.


2019 Korea National League Championship
The 2019 Korea National League Championship was a cup competition of the Korea National League in South Korea. The 16th edition of Korea National League Championship was held from May 19 to June 2 in Seogwipo, Jeju Island. All of the Korea National League clubs participated.


2019 Korea Open (badminton)
The 2019 Korea Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Incheon Airport Skydome in Incheon, South Korea, from 24 to 29 September 2019 and had a total purse of $400,000.


2019 Korea Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2019 Korea Open was the nineteenth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Korea Open championships, which have been held since 1991. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Korea Association with sanction from the BWF.


2019 Korea Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Incheon Airport Skydome in Incheon, South Korea.


2019 Korea Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.


2019 Korea Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$400,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Korea Open (tennis)
The 2019 Korea Open (also known as the 2019 KEB Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 16 and 22 September 2019.


2019 Korea Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Korea Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2019 Korea Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2019 Korea Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser:


2019 Korea Open (tennis), Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Korea Open – Doubles
Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Laura Pigossi and Wang Yafan.


2019 Korea Open – Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena and Tatjana Maria won the title, defeating Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani in the final, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–7].


2019 Korea Open – Singles
Kiki Bertens was the defending champion,  but chose to compete in Osaka instead.


2019 Korea Open – Singles
Karolína Muchová won her first WTA Tour title, defeating Magda Linette in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2019 Korean FA Cup
The 2019 Korean FA Cup, known as KEB Hana Bank FA Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 24th edition of the Korean FA Cup. In this year, video assistant referees (VAR) system is used Semi Final and Final match. Daegu FC were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Gyeongnam FC. As the winner, Suwon Samsung Bluewings qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League Group stage.


2019 Korean FA Cup, Preliminary rounds
The preliminary rounds consisted of three rounds. The draw was held on 22 February 2019.


2019 Korean Series
The 2019 Korean Series is the championship series of the 2019 KBO League season. The Doosan Bears, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series, where they faced the Kiwoom Heroes. The series ran from October 22 to October 26.


2019 Korean Series
The Bears swept the Heroes in four games to win the title.


2019 Korean Series, Background
The Doosan Bears won the 2015 and 2016 Korean Series. They lost the 2017 Korean Series to the Kia Tigers. and the 2018 Korean Series to the SK Wyverns. The team won the pennant race to advance directly to the Korean Series in dramatic fashion. Trailing the SK Wyverns for second place for most of the year, Doosan was 9 games back of SK by late August and even fell back to third place behind the Kiwoom Heroes.


2019 Korean Series, Background
After a rally which started in late August and following a late-season collapse of SK, Doosan was able to secure the pennant on the last game of the season. During this last game against the NC Dinos, Doosan overcame a three-run deficit in the eighth inning to finally win by a score of 6–5 in extra innings. With this victory, Doosan achieved the same record as the Wyverns, 88–55–1, but was ranked above SK due to winning the regular season head-to-head record 9–7.


2019 Korean Series, Background
The Kiwoom Heroes, were founded in 2008, and have never won the Korean Series, despite appearing in the 2014 Korean Series and reaching the postseason in 6 of the past 7 seasons. 2019 marked the first year of the team's partnership with Kiwoom Securities, having been known as the Nexen Heroes the previous year. Kiwoom trailed SK and Doosan for most of the year, and finally settled for 3rd place in the regular season. In the semi-playoff, the Heroes beat the 4th-place LG Twins in 4 games, and swept the defending champions SK Wyverns in a rematch of the previous year's playoffs.


2019 Korean Series, Background
Nexen faced Doosan for the third time in the postseason, with Doosan winning their two previous confrontations in the semi-playoff round in 2013 and 2015.


2019 Korean Tour
The 2019 Korean Tour was the ninth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 15 official events Three events are co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour, one of which was also co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour. All the tournaments had prize funds of at least 500 million won (approximately US$500,000). Nine had prize funds of 1 billion won ($1,000,000) or more.


2019 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.


2019 Korean Tour, Genesis Points table
The Order of Merit used a points system, called Genesis Points. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event. 1,000 points were awarded to the winner, 600 points for second place, down to 5 points for those finishing outside the top 60. All 15 events had the same points. Moon Kyong-jun did not win any tournaments but had 7 top-10 finishes.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit
The 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit was a one-day summit held at the Korean Demilitarized Zone between North Korean chairman Kim Jong-un, U.S. president Donald Trump, and South Korean president Moon Jae-in, following the 2019 G20 Osaka summit. Trump briefly stepped over the border at 3:45 PM (GMT+9) on June 30, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president had set foot on North Korean soil. It was also the second time since the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader entered the South's territory, following the April 2018 inter-Korean summit. Senior White House advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner (Trump's daughter and son-in-law), also attended the summit, with Ivanka Trump and U.S. envoy to South Korea Harry B. Harris Jr. holding a meeting with Kim later broadcast on North Korean TV.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Background
A number of other sitting U.S. presidents had previously traveled to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and seen North Korea through binoculars, but none had previously met the leaders of North Korea or actually traveled within North Korean territory.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Background
Trump and Kim held talks on February 27 and 28, 2019, in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, regarding the nuclear issue. At Hanoi, North Korea sought the removal of all significant economic sanctions; in return, it proposed partially reducing its capacity to construct new nuclear weapons, while retaining its existing nuclear arsenal. Trump, meanwhile, offered economic aid to North Korea in exchange for denuclearization. The two countries did not come to agreement, and talks eventually collapsed. In the aftermath of Hanoi, North Korean state media "angrily denounced the U.S. position" but "refrained from criticizing Trump directly and even referred to the positive relationship between the two leaders, a sentiment consistently echoed by Trump himself."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Background
On June 12, 2019, Trump told reporters that he received a "beautiful letter" from Kim that was "very personal, very warm, very nice," praised Kim's leadership, and said that the letter was a sign that talks would resume. Kim received a reply from Trump on June 23, 2019, which Kim praised as "excellent"; North Korean state media stated that "Appreciating the political judging faculty and extraordinary courage of President Trump, Kim Jong Un said that he would seriously contemplate the interesting content."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Announcement
On June 24, 2019, the Blue House confirmed that Trump would be making a visit to South Korea on June 30 and that the White House was trying to schedule a visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone. On the morning of June 29, Trump, who was attending G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, tweeted, "If Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!" Five hours later, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho asked the U.S. to issue a formal notice.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Announcement
On the evening of the same day, Ri Yong-ho met with Stephen Biegun, the U.S. State Department's Special Representative for North Korea, at Panmunjom, in preparation for the summit. During the South Korea–U.S. Summit, South Korean president Moon Jae-in announced that Trump would be meeting Kim during his visit at the DMZ. Moon predicted that a handshake between Trump and Kim at the DMZ would be a "milestone" for denuclearization efforts on the peninsula.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Announcement
Although the meeting was billed as a spontaneous or impromptu meeting, Kim and Trump had exchanged letters earlier in the month. Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University "said it was inconceivable that the leaders of two powerful nations had arranged a meeting at such short notice. He described it as a 'show' designed to send a political message without raising expectations about actual progress."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Announcement
According to the book of John Bolton, the U.S. national security adviser at that time, Trump didn't want Moon to join him during his third meeting with Kim in the DMZ.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Summit
Following the conclusions of the 2019 G20 Osaka summit in Japan, on June 30, 2019, Trump and South Korean president Moon Jae-in visited the DMZ before the meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim invited Trump to cross the border line, and Trump briefly crossed in North Korea before crossing back into South Korea together with Kim. Trump thus became the first U.S. president to enter North Korea. Before crossing into North Korea, Kim told Trump in Korean, "it's good to see you again" and "I never expected to meet you at this place", and shook hands with Trump.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Summit
Trump said it was "my honor" to enter North Korea. During their meeting, Trump also invited Kim to the White House, although later acknowledged that this would probably not occur in the near term. Trump said of Kim: "A lot of really great things are happening, tremendous things. We met and we liked each other from Day One, and that was very important." Moon later joined Trump and Kim, and the three spoke for a brief moment before Kim and Trump held a 53-minute-long private meeting inside the Freedom House.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Summit
Trump's top advisor Ivanka Trump, senior advisor Jared Kushner, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and United States ambassador to South Korea Harry B. Harris, Jr., accompanied Trump to the DMZ. Ivanka Trump joined the president in his meeting with Kim. Moon did not attend; the North Korean Foreign Ministry had announced a week before that he was not welcome, telling South Korean authorities to "mind their own business at home".


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Summit
In remarks after the meeting, Kim said, "By meeting here, which is a symbol of division, the symbol of a hostile past...we are presenting to the world that we have a new present, and this is announcing to the world that we will have positive meetings going forward."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Aftermath
Following the nuclear summit, both sides had announced the resumption of "working-level" nuclear talks. U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that Trump administration negotiators would meet North Korean counterparts to resume denuclearization talks in mid-July. U.S. special envoy to North Korea, Stephen Biegun, would lead the U.S. negotiators; the North Korean lead negotiator has not been appointed, although senior diplomat Choe Son-hui was viewed as a likely choice.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Aftermath
David E. Sanger and Michael Crowley, in an analysis for The New York Times, wrote that in the lead-up to the meeting, Trump administration officials had been internally considering the prospect that a new round of U.S.–North Korea negotiations could lead to the U.S. accepting "a nuclear freeze, one that essentially enshrines the status quo, and tacitly accepts the North as a nuclear power," rather than complete denuclearization.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Aftermath
Under this possible outcome, North Korea would halt the growth of its nuclear arsenal, but would not dismantle any of the estimated 20–60 existing nuclear weapons already in its stockpile, and would not curb its ballistic missile capabilities. Biegun said that commentary about possible outcomes was speculative and said he was "not preparing any new proposal currently".


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, South Korea
The meeting was "broadly welcomed in South Korean political circles," including from the ruling Democratic Party (whose chairman called it "another milestone toward peace on the Korean Peninsula") and the conservative Liberty Korea Party, the main opposition party. The chairman of Liberty Korea Party announced that "it is a good sign for breaking the deadlock in the nuclear talks." Myong-hyun Go, Research Fellow of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies which is one of the top 5 think tanks for foreign policy and defense area in South Korea, analyzed DMZ summit as a positive direction.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, South Korea
Go emphasized the crucial role of South Korea, President Moon between Trump and Kim as a negotiator. Go also said a small deal between the United States and the DPRK, similar to the Iran nuclear deal, might be feasible if Trump concluded that it was more realistic a big deal. However, Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University stated that both Kim and Trump "needed something that is strong on optics but weak on substance" and that the DMZ meeting was intended to convey a political message without raising expectations about progress toward an actual agreement on the North Korean nuclear issue.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, North Korea
North Korean state media praised Trump's visit as "historic" and "an amazing event", and extensively covered the event for KCNA, the state TV network, and Rodong Sinmun, a state newspaper. Kim was quoted in the Rodong Sinmun as saying that "a dramatic meeting like today could take place in one day due to positive friendly relationship with President Trump." Anna Fifield of The Washington Post and Nic Robertson of CNN described the meeting as an important propaganda victory for Kim. However, Foreign Ministry adviser of North Korea Kim Kye-gwan announced that meeting with Trump only served  U.S. Interests and pride of U.S. president. DPRK would be interested in another summit with Trump only if U.S. offers mutually acceptable terms between two countries to salvage nuclear diplomacy.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, United States
During a news conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, Trump falsely claimed that "President Obama wanted to meet and Chairman Kim would not meet him. The Obama administration was begging for a meeting." Former Trump administration deputy national security advisor K.T. McFarland compared the Trump–Kim DMZ meeting to the Nixon–Mao meeting in 1972, dismissed critics of the meeting, and said "If Kim doesn't deliver on this, I think he may have potential problems within his own leadership cadre."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, United States
A number of Democratic members of the U.S. Congress, candidates for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, and general critics of Trump criticized his decision to meet with Kim. The Joe Biden campaign denounced Trump for "coddling" dictators while making "numerous concessions for negligible gain"; candidate Elizabeth Warren tweeted, "Our president shouldn’t be squandering American influence on photo ops and exchanging love letters with a ruthless dictator."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, United States
Critics also took exception to the president's decision to meet with Kim two years after the death of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was arrested and imprisoned by North Korea after being accused of Subversion (through attempted theft of a propaganda poster), and suffered a fatal brain injury in North Korean captivity.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, United States
U.S. foreign policy analysts were generally critical of the meeting. Jean H. Lee, the director of the Center for Korean History & Public Policy, wrote that, "There's a reason why past presidents chose not to go to North Korea while in office: Such visits grant enormous legitimacy to the Kims." Samantha Vinograd, a member of the National Security Council during the Obama administration, said that by meeting Kim at the DMZ without preconditions attached, Trump was signaling that North Korea was "a normalized, nuclear power."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, United States
Analyst, columnist, and frequent Trump critic Max Boot wrote that the DMZ meeting was "symbolism utterly devoid of substance" and argued that Kim had taken advantage of a "gullible" Trump to improve his own legitimacy. Commentator S. Nathan Park, however, viewed the third Trump–Kim meeting as a positive trust-building event that could be viewed as "necessary to get the working level talks back on track." Park wrote that although "one must be clear-eyed to the reality that a tangible result has not yet materialized in Trump's North Korea diplomacy," patience could lead to more concrete impacts.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, China
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi called the Kim–Trump DMZ meeting a "rare opportunity for peace" and said that Paramount leader Xi Jinping had urged the U.S. to "show flexibility" by easing its sanctions against North Korea in gradual "action-for-action" phases, rather than offering sanctions relief only upon complete nuclear disarmament. Cheong Seong-chang of the Sejong Institute, a South Korean think tank, said that in meetings between Kim and Xi in North Korea, "Xi pledged economic cooperation and a security guarantee to North Korea in exchange for Pyongyang's continued effort on denuclearization negotiations." Koh Yu-hwan, a North Korean studies professor at Dongguk University in Seoul, agreed that Xi had facilitated the Trump–Kim meeting.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, Other
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe said that "Japan has been supporting the U.S.-DPRK negotiation process since their Singapore meeting."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, Other
The Catholic leader Pope Francis praised the summit as "a step further in the walk of peace" for the Korean Peninsula and "the entire world."


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Reactions, Other
Qatar's Al Jazeera assessed that the DPRK-U.S. summit meeting at the DMZ provided a meaningful stepping stone for Trump's negotiations and created an opportunity to resume the nuclear negotiations with North Korea, which could be an essential milestone in U.S. diplomacy.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Post-summit developments
On October 5, U.S. and North Korean officials held working-level nuclear talks in Stockholm, Sweden, but did not reach any agreement. The U.S. side proposed helping North Korea develop the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area (near the Kalma Airport). After the Stockholm meeting, Pyongyang's chief nuclear negotiator Kim Myong-gil said further talks would depend on will of the U.S. Swedish Special Envoy Kent Härstedt expressed cautious optimism that the talks would continue.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Post-summit developments
In November, North Korea's U.N. Mission announced that the country has gained no progress from U.S although two leaders committed to establishing a new relationship during the first US-DPRK summit. Vice Minister of DPRK Choe Son-hui said another US-North Korea summit would be feasible if the U.S. removed  “hostile policy” toward Pyongyang. North Korea has called for an end to joint military drills of USFK.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Post-summit developments, Revitalization of the senior officials channel to DPRK
On September 10, Trump sacked National Security Advisor John Bolton, saying he strongly disagreed with Bolton's suggestion about applying the Libyan model to the North Korea nuclear deal and mentioning Muammar Gaddafi. Donald Trump selected hostage negotiator of DPRK Robert O'Brien as the new U.S. national security adviser. Some of Senate Republicans including  Lindsey Graham praised Trump's pick and mentioned, He's got great negotiating skills, and "he would be a very sound policy adviser." North Korea envoy Stephen Biegun was confirmed as deputy secretary of state which is Pompeo's number two. While Pompeo was recognized as a protector of Trump, Biegun is unknown for his partisanship.


2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, Post-summit developments, Request of working level talk to North Korea
On December 11, 2019, during a U.N. Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft announced that the U.S. was ready "to simultaneously take concrete steps" with a flexible approach for a 'balanced agreement"/nuclear deal with the DPRK. Craft at the same time warned North Korea that its “deeply counterproductive” ballistic missile tests risked closing the door on prospects for negotiating peace. Craft emphasized that the Security Council would be ready to “act accordingly” by Security Council action if North Korea resumed “serious provocations". Craft while chairing the UN Security Council requested North Korea return to the negotiation table in order to take concrete, parallel steps toward an nuclear agreement.


2019 Korea–Thailand Pro Volleyball All-Star Super Match
The 2019 Korea–Thailand Pro Volleyball All-Star Super Match presented by Mitsubishi Xpander will be the 3rd staging of the Korea–Thailand Pro Volleyball All-Star Super Match, the annual friendly tournament between Thailand women's national volleyball team and Korea Republic women's national volleyball team. The first match will be held in 5 April 2019 in Nakhon Ratchasima and the second one will be held in 7 April 2019 in Bangkok.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour
The 2019 Korn Ferry Tour was the 30th season of the top developmental tour for the PGA Tour in men's golf. The season began under the Web.com Tour name but changed in June to the Korn Ferry Tour. The season ran from January 13 to September 2 and consists of 27 official money tournaments, four of them played outside of the United States.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the Korn Ferry Tour's 2019 schedule, which included five new tournaments. The numbers in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Korn Ferry Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Korn Ferry Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour. Any player who wins three Korn Ferry Tour events in a season earns their PGA Tour card immediately.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour, Points leaders
The table shows the final top 10 points leaders for the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour regular season. For the list of the 50 golfers given PGA Tour memberships for the 2019–20 season, see 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
This is a list of golfers who graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals in 2019. The top 25 players on the Korn Ferry Tour's regular-season points list in 2019 earned PGA Tour cards for 2020. The Finals, which concluded on September 2, determined the other 25 players to earn PGA Tour cards and the initial priority order of all 50.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
As in previous seasons, the Finals featured the top 75 players on the Korn Ferry Tour regular season points list, players ranked 126–200 on the PGA Tour's regular-season FedEx Cup points list (except players exempt through other means), non-members of the PGA Tour with enough regular-season FedEx Cup points to place 126–200, and special medical exemptions.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
To determine the initial 2020 PGA Tour priority rank, the 25 Korn Ferry Tour regular-season graduates were alternated with the 25 Finals graduates. This priority order was then reshuffled several times during the 2020 season.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
Scottie Scheffler was fully exempt for the 2020 PGA Tour season after leading both the full-season and the Finals points list.


2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates, 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals
*PGA Tour rookie in 2020†First-time PGA Tour member in 2020, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events as a professional in a previous season


2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates, Results on 2020 PGA Tour
*PGA Tour rookie in 2020†First-time PGA Tour member in 2020, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events in a previous season


2019 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge
The 2019 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Landisville, United States between 5 and 11 August 2019.


2019 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Ellen Perez and Arina Rodionova were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Vania King and Claire Liu.


2019 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge – Doubles
King and Liu went on to win the title, defeating Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb in the final, 4–6, 6–2, [10–5].


2019 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge – Singles
Madison Brengle was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Zhu Lin in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 6 October 2019. The main opposition parties received the most votes, led by Vetëvendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti became Prime Minister, forming a governing coalition with the LDK on an anti-corruption platform. He is the second Prime Minister not to have been a fighter of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the 1990s.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
On 19 July 2019 Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned after being summoned for questioning by the KSC in The Hague, Netherlands. The constitution requires the President to designate a new candidate to either form a government, or hold new elections in between 30 and 45 days after consultation with political parties or coalitions who hold a majority in the Assembly.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
On 2 August 2019, President Hashim Thaçi asked the PANA Coalition to propose a new candidate to form a coalition government. However, other political parties opposed the move.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
On 5 August 2019, the Assembly of Kosovo agreed to hold an extraordinary session on 22 August, planning to disband itself so that elections could be scheduled. Subsequently, on 22 August 2019, MPs voted to dissolve parliament, with 89 of the 120 voting in favour, necessitating elections within 30–45 days.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation, with 20 seats reserved for national minorities. An electoral threshold of 5% was in place for non-minority parties.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, Parties and coalitions
On 7 September the Election Commission published the official list of the 25 participating parties and coalitions.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, Results
The initial results showed that the pro-government NISMA–AKR–PD alliance fell only a few hundred votes short of meeting the 5% electoral threshold and lost all 10 of their seats. However, the Kosovo Election Complaints and Appeals Panel subsequently ordered around 3,782 votes originating in Serbia to be removed from the vote count as they had been delivered by Serbian officials rather than by post. The removed votes allowed the NISMA-led alliance to cross the threshold and win six seats, a reduction of four from the prior election. Vetëvendosje and the Independent Liberal Party (which lost its parliamentary representation) were the only other parties to see a reduction in their seat totals. The Democratic League of Kosovo, Democratic Party of Kosovo, AAK–PSD alliance and the Serb List all gained seats. Voter turnout was around 45%.


2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
After the election, Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti formed a coalition with the LDK. However, the government collapsed on 25 March following a motion of no confidence. Following the vote, the LDK formed a new government with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, the Social Democratic Initiative and the Serb List. However, due to the Constitutional Court's ruling and a deputy's conviction, the government collapsed again and another election will be held within 40 days starting from 22 December.


2019 Kosovar Supercup
The 2019 Kosovar Supercup should have been the 28th edition of the Kosovar Supercup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football Superleague of Kosovo and Kosovar Cup competitions.


2019 Kosovar Supercup
This year the Kosovar Supercup will not be held, due to Feronikeli winning both the 2018–19 Football Superleague of Kosovo and the 2018–19 Kosovar Cup, making them automatically the winners of the Supercup. Instead a friendly match will be played between the winners and the runners-up of the 2018–19 Football Superleague of Kosovo.


2019 Kowloon City District Council election
The 2019 Kowloon City District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 25 members of the Kowloon City District Council. It was part of the 2019 Hong Kong local elections.


2019 Kowloon City District Council election
The pro-democrats scored a historic landslide victory in the election amid the massive pro-democracy protests, taking control of the council by securing 15 of the 25 seats. The Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, overtaking DAB with 10 seats.


2019 Kremlin Cup
The 2019 Kremlin  Cup (also known as the 2019 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 24th edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2019 ATP Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ice Palace Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia, from 14 October through 20 October 2019.


2019 Kremlin Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Kremlin Cup, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Kremlin Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Kremlin Cup, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram were the defending champions, but chose to compete in Stockholm and Antwerp, respectively, instead.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Marcelo Demoliner and Matwé Middelkoop won the title, defeating Simone Bolelli and Andrés Molteni in the final,  6–1, 6–2.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Karen Khachanov was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andreas Seppi.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Andrey Rublev won the title, defeating Adrian Mannarino in the final, 6–4, 6–0.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Alexandra Panova and Laura Siegemund were the defending champions, but they chose not to defend their title.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won the title, defeating Kirsten Flipkens and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Daria Kasatkina was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Dayana Yastremska.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Belinda Bencic won the title, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1. By defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the semifinals, Bencic qualified and earned the final berth for the 2019 WTA Finals, overtaking both Kiki Bertens and Serena Williams in the WTA race.


2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Kremlin World Cup
The 2019 Kremlin World Cup was an international professional pool tournament held between 17–21 September in Moscow, Russia. The event is the 2019 entry in the Kremlin World Cup, played in the pool discipline of 10-Ball.


2019 Kremlin World Cup
Niels Feijen is the defending champion, having won the previous year's event, defeating Alexander Kazakis in the final 8–7.


2019 Kristiansund BK season
The 2019 season was Kristiansund's third season in the Eliteserien, the top football division in Norway, where they finished 6th and reached the Fourth Round of the Cup.


2019 Kristiansund BK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Kristiansund BK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Kristiansund BK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Kristiansund BK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Kristiansund BK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak
The 2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak was a measles outbreak that occurred among the Orang Asli sub-group of Batek people in Kuala Koh Village in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia, from May until July. Following the sudden deaths of several villagers, the disease became a mystery among the villagers and public for nearly a month until it was identified by the Malaysian Health Ministry in mid-June as measles.


2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak, Background of the disease
The sudden deaths of 14 Orang Asli villagers in Kuala Koh Village was at first considered a mystery with two of the victims dying from pneumonia complications between 2 May and 7 June, while the remaining victims' causes of death remain unknown as their bodies were buried by locals prior to reports of the outbreak. On 8 June, a further 83 villagers presented pneumonia with two of them, a 36-year-old woman and three-year-old baby, in critical condition. Thirty-seven of the villagers received outpatient treatment with 32 treated at Gua Musang Hospital, 11 at Kuala Krai Hospital, and another three at the Orang Asli Health Homestay. Another died on 16 June, bringing the total death toll to 15.


2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak, Background of the disease, Villager claims
One of the villagers claimed that the deaths are caused by mining activity that is situated near the village. He revealed that his two daughters have been experiencing breathing difficulty for days and could not sleep at night; his neighbours also suffering from the same disease, some of which have died. Despite knowing the nearby mining activities causing pollution to their water source, another villager claimed they have no other choice than to use the water for their daily activities.


2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak, Official response, investigation, and conclusion
On 9 June, the Malaysian federal government through Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said they are investigating the cause as well the allegations of water pollution and promised stern action will be taken against the culprits if it is indeed found the deaths were caused by contamination on their water source. A similar statement was echoed by Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji during his visit to the affected community. On 11 June, Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah called an emergency meeting for the unexplained deaths which was attended by a minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy, Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad and Energy, Technology, Science, Climatic Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin.


2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak, Official response, investigation, and conclusion
Based on samples taken by the Environment Department from the manganese mine and water catchment areas close to the villagers settlement, the results on 12 June showed the water is free of hazardous contaminants and meet the standards for raw water. On the same day, the affected area was declared by police as a "red zone". Through further laboratory tests on 37 villagers in the area with similar symptoms of illness, the disease was finally confirmed to be measles on 15 June. Until 20 June, a further 43 measles cases are confirmed among the community with three more respiratory illnesses also being reported in the area.


2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak, Official response, investigation, and conclusion
The Malaysian Health Ministry said the cause of the spread among the Orang Asli community is due to low coverage of MMR immunisation which is attributed to the relatively low immunisation rate among the community with their nomadic lifestyle. Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad explained that although 61.5% of the villagers received their first measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shots, only 30% of them had their follow-up shots. Since the outbreak was announced, 113 cases has been reported in the affected area with a total 43 confirmed cases. Despite the relatively low deaths reported by the findings of Health Ministry, the latter was unable to confirm the post-mortems results on the skeletal remains of several more victims. The "red zone" declaration was lifted on 8 July after the area was declared safe for the public.


2019 Kuala Lumpur FA season
The 2019 season was Kuala Lumpur's 41st season in competitive season and the 2nd season in Malaysia Super League since being promoted after winning the 2017 Malaysia Premier League.


2019 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Super League, Matches
The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the fixtures for the 2019 season on 22 December 2018.


2019 Kuala Lumpur League
The 2019 season is the 90th season of the KLFA League, which is a Malaysian football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from Kuala Lumpur. Tentera Darat FA are the defending champions.


2019 Kulgam massacre
The 2019 Kulgam massacre refers to the killing of seven Bengali Muslim labourers in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, India by foreign-based terrorists. The attack was carried out by members of Hizbul Mujahideen, after being planned by Hizbul Mujahideen commander Ajaz Malik.


2019 Kulgam massacre, Attack
The 2019 Kulgam massacre occurred when terrorists entered a home housing Bengali Muslim labourers in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. These men came to Kulgam to work in the apple orchards there. The terrorists, who are suspected of being Kashmiri separatists, lined up the men and killed seven of them. One of them named Baharaduddin, survived after being left for dead.


2019 Kulgam massacre, Consequences
The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, identified 130 labourers still working in Jammu and Kashmir and is supporting their return to their home state for safety reasons, although some of them are opting to remain in the union territory. The bodies of the victims were returned to their families by the Ministry of Home Affairs.


2019 Kullu bus accident
On 20 June 2019, an overloaded bus fell into a deep drain in Dhoth Morh, tehsil Banjar, Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh. At least 44 people died and 34 others were injured in the accident.


2019 Kullu bus accident, Accident
The private bus registration number (HP 66-7065) was running on Kullu-Gadagushaini route. Two kilometres from   Banjar bus stand, it fell into the deep gorge on a sharp turn at Bhiyoth. As the bus was travelling on an uphill section of road, near Dhoth Morh, it came to a bend where it fell down the gorge in Banjar nullah. The death toll rose to 44 and the injured were taken to Banjar hospital in ambulances. The injured were getting treatment at Banjar and Kullu hospitals, whereas seriously injured were sent to PGIMER, Chandigarh. Most of the victims were students of Government Degree College, Banjar going back to home.


2019 Kullu bus accident, Investigation
The Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur Himachal Pradesh, ordered a magisterial inquiry to be conducted by the Additional District Magistrate, Kullu. Thakur said that stern action will be taken against the bus owners if found guilty of overloading.


2019 Kunming Open
The 2019 Kunming Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth (ATP) and second (WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2019 WTA 125K series respectively. It took place in Anning, China, from 15–28 April 2019.


2019 Kunming Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Kunming Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Kunming Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Kunming Open – Men's Doubles
Aliaksandr Bury and Lloyd Harris were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Kunming Open – Men's Doubles
Max Purcell and Luke Saville won the title after defeating David Pel and Hans Podlipnik Castillo 4–6, 7–5, [10–5] in the final.


2019 Kunming Open – Men's Singles
Prajnesh Gunneswaran was the defending champion but lost in the final to Jay Clarke.


2019 Kunming Open – Men's Singles
Clarke won the title after defeating Gunneswaran 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2019 Kunming Open – Women's Doubles
Dalila Jakupović and Irina Khromacheva are the defending champions, however Jakupović chose not to participate. Khromacheva was scheduled to partner countrywoman Olga Doroshina, but the pair withdrew after Khromacheva sustained a viral illness.


2019 Kunming Open – Women's Doubles
Peng Shuai and Yang Zhaoxuan won the title, defeating Duan Yingying and Han Xinyun 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Kunming Open – Women's Singles
Irina Khromacheva was the defending champion, but retired in the first round against Yang Zhaoxuan.


2019 Kunming Open – Women's Singles
Zheng Saisai won the title, defeating Zhang Shuai in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary
The 2019 Kuomintang presidential primary was held after 22 May 2019 through a series of nationwide opinion polls in order to determine its nominee for the President of the Republic of China in the 2020 presidential election.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Early contenders
In late 2018, the four heavyweights in the Kuomintang, incumbent party chairman and former Vice President Wu Den-yih, former party chairman and 2016 presidential candidate Eric Chu, former President of the Legislative Yuan Wang Jin-pyng and former President Ma Ying-jeou emerged as the potential candidates for the 2020 presidential election. On 26 November 2018, former Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Office and incumbent Taipei City Councillor Lo Chih-chiang became the first candidate who announced his candidacy on Facebook. He later withdrew his candidacy on 7 April 2019.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Early contenders
On 25 December 2018, former Kuomintang chairman and 2016 presidential candidate Eric Chu announced that he would run in the 2020 presidential race when he stepped down on 25 December 2018 as Mayor of New Taipei City, becoming the first big-name politician to throw his hat in the ring. It was followed by National Taiwan University professor Chang Ya-chung who announced his candidacy on 7 January 2019.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Early contenders
In the December 2018 mayoral elections, the KMT received a massive victory by capturing 15 of 22 municipalities and counties, with former legislator Han Kuo-yu elected as Mayor of Kaohsiung, the deep-green Democratic Progressive Party-held city for the past two decades. The sensations created by Han during the campaign sparked speculations whether he would become the presidential candidate for KMT in 2020. The richest man in Taiwan and the founder and chairman of electronic company Foxconn Terry Gou was also reported to be interested in running in the election as a pan-Blue candidate.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Early contenders
On 27 February, the party passed a resolution decided its primary to be based on a 70-30 weighing of public opinion polls and party member votes, although it has not ruled out the possibility of drafting the strongest candidate in an all-out effort to win back power, which was seen to be reserved Han Kuo-yu, the party's best performing candidate in the polls. On 7 March, Wan Jyng-ping announced his candidacy.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Early contenders
Controversies over the primary method continued, as party chairman Wu Den-yih proposed to only allow KMT members to decide the party's presidential candidate which drew criticism, with some questioning whether he aimed to rig the game for himself. Wu later declined to run on 11 April.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Gou runs
Terry Gou announced his presidential bid by joining the KMT presidential primary on 17 April, citing sea goddess Matsu instructing him to come out and do good for the suffering of the people, and bring peace and prosperity to Taiwan in his dream. As his party membership was frozen after he had not paid the annual fee so a long time, Wu restored Guo's KMT membership by awarding him an honorary member certificate in order to enable him to run in the primary. Guo also stated that he would not accept to be drafted to run.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Gou runs
Han Kuo-yu, Gou's potential rival, announced on 23 April that he was "willing to take responsibility" for the development of Taiwan but was "unable" to participate in the party's primary in its current form. He expressed his disapproval of the "closed-door negotiations" within the party and called for reform. Han's announcement sparked internal strife between Han supporters and the party authorities.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Background, Gou runs
In order to settle the differences, the party adopted a resolution to put in place special guidelines to include all its presidential hopefuls, including Han, in its primary on the next day, and also switch the primary method from 70-30 weighing of public opinion polls and party member votes to fully being determined by opinion polls.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Candidates, Withdrawn candidates
The candidates in this section have withdrawn or suspended their campaigns.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Schedule
On 15 May, Kuomintang Central Standing Committee decided to change the format of the primary to a single nationwide opinion poll and to name its candidate by late July. The public opinion poll would be commissioned to five different polling institutions, each with a sample size of not less than 3,000 respondents. A list of candidates will be announced on 10 June, followed by a series of televised forums across Taiwan from 23 June to 4 July in which the candidates would introduce their platforms.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Schedule
The nationwide opinion poll would be held from 5 to 15 July and the results would be released the next day. After that, the results will be submitted to the Central Standing Committee on 17 July for approval. The presidential candidate would be formally announced on 28 July at its national congress.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Schedule
The Kuomintang announced five primary contestants on June 10, 2019: Chang Ya-chung, Chou Hsi-wei, Eric Chu, Terry Gou, and Han Kuo-yu.


2019 Kuomintang presidential primary, Results
Results of the primary were announced on 15 July 2019. Han Kuo-yu received 44.805 percent of the vote, followed by Terry Gou at 27.73%, and Eric Chu's 17.90%. Both Chou Hsi-wei and Chang Ya-chung polled in the single digits, at 6.02% and 3.54% respectively.


2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup
The 2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Kurume, Japan between 13 and 19 May 2019.


2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Doubles
Naomi Broady and Asia Muhammad were the defending champions, but Muhammad chose not to participate. Broady partnered alongside Ayaka Okuno but lost in the first round to Emina Bektas and Tara Moore.


2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Doubles
Hiroko Kuwata and Ena Shibahara won the title, defeating Erina Hayashi and Moyuka Uchijima in the final, 0–6, 6–4, [10–5].


2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Singles
Ayano Shimizu was the defending champion, but lost to Sakura Hondo in the first round.


2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Singles
Rebecca Marino won the title, defeating Yuki Naito in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–0).


2019 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 71st edition of the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne cycling classic was held on 3 March 2019. It was part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour and ranked as a 1.HC event. The route was 201.1 km (125 mi), starting and finishing in Kuurne. It was the second and concluding race of the Belgian opening weekend, the year's first road races in Northwestern Europe, one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.


2019 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The race was won by Bob Jungels of Deceuninck–Quick-Step , followed by Owain Doull in second and Niki Terpstra finishing in third. 165 riders started and 70 riders finished the race.


2019 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Teams
Twenty-five teams were invited to start the race. These included seventeen UCI WorldTeams and eight UCI Professional Continental teams.


2019 Kuwait Super Cup
the 2019 Kuwait Super Cup was between league and Emir Cup champions Kuwait SC and Crown Prince Cup winners Qadsia SC.


2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election
The 2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 31 elected members to the 32-member Kwai Tsing District Council.


2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election
The pro-democrats scored a landslide victory in the 2019 election and regained the control of the council by taking 27 of the 31 elected seats. Notable defeated incumbent included legislator Alice Mak of FTU in Wai Ying.


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. APC's AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq polled 73.12% of the total votes, ahead of PDP's Razak Atunwa who got 25.31% of votes trailing behind by a margin of 216,792 votes, and several minor party candidates. APC won in all 16 LGAs of the state.


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq from Kwara Central senatorial district emerged winner at the gubernatorial primary after defeating Yammah Abdullahi. His running mate is Kayode Alabi from Kwara South senatorial district.


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election
Of the 35 candidates who aspired for the governorship seat, 33 were male, two were female (although there were initially three females).


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


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held 30 September 2018. There were about 2,227 accredited delegate voters present from 193 wards across the 16 LGAs of the state. Razak Atunwa emerged winner with 1,555 votes defeating closest rival, Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi who polled 578 votes. In the course of the contest, eight out of 10 aspirants stepped down, leaving just: Hon. Razak Atunwa and Senator Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi, both lawmakers. Those who withdrew include: Mal. Bolaji Abdullahi, Prof. Suleiman Abubakar, Alh. Mohammed Ajia, Dr. Ali Ahmad, Hon. Haman Patigi, Alh. Ladi Hassan, Hon. Zakari Mohammed and Alhaji Saka Isau (SAN). The exercise was partly disrupted by thugs.


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary elections in Kwara State was held via direct primaries between Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October 2018. It was initially put on hold. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq emerged the winner having polled 29,098 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Yammah Abdullahi with 22,116 votes and 23 other contestants as the party was reported to have officially handed out the names of 25 governorship candidates. Amongst which are Alh. Lukman Mustapha 14,233 votes, Prof. Oba AbdulRaheem 23,298; Alh. Hakeem Lawal 18,758 votes, Alh. Mooshood Murtala 9,511 votes, Isaq Modibbo Kawu 5,060 votes, Alh. Yakubu Gobir 2,420 votes, and Tajudeen Makama Audu 3,127 votes. Mohammed Belgore (SAN) and Alh. Yahaya Seriki stepped down in support of AbdulRasaq, while Saliu Mustapha and Mashood Mustapha were disqualified. The election was later in May 2019 nullified by the court.


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 35 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC governorship aspirant, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, won election polling 331,546 votes, defeating PDP's Razak Atunwa who came second with 114,754 votes, and several minority party candidates, with an early lead.


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in Kwara State was 1,376,372 while 464,393 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 463,427, while total number of valid votes was 453,433. Total rejected votes were 9,994.


2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election from the local government areas of the state for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 453,433 represents the 35 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by AbdulRazaq. Green represents LGAs won by Atunwa.


2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
The 2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a women's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament held in Rwanda from 18 to 23 June 2019. This was the sixth edition of the annual Kwibuka Tournament, first organised in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.


2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
The participants were the women's national sides of Rwanda, Uganda, Mali and Tanzania, with the latter two teams making their first appearance in the tournament while defending champions Kenya withdrew due to lack of funding. This was the first time in the tournament's history that the matches were recognised as official WT20I games as per ICC's announcement to provide full WT20I status to all the matches played between the associate teams after 1 July 2018. All the matches were played at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Kigali.


2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
Kenya had previously won the title three times (2015, 2017, 2018) while Uganda had won it twice, the inaugural edition in 2014 and also in 2016. Tanzania Women won this year's edition by winning all of their matches and thus remaining unbeaten, while two Ugandan players, Rita Musamali and Joyce Apio became the highest run scorer and wicket taker respectively.


2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
In the 2nd match of the tournament, the Mali women's team was bowled out for six runs in nine overs by the hosts Rwanda, making it the lowest team total in a completed WT20I match. The Rwandan side chased down the target of seven runs in just four balls to win the match by ten wickets with 116 balls to spare. In the fifth match of the tournament against Mali, Uganda went on to score 314/2 in 20 overs, making it the highest team total in Women's Twenty20 internationals.


2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
It was the first time in a T20 international cricket match, male or female, that a team had scored 300 runs. The Mali team were bowled out for 10 runs in 11.1 overs, the second lowest team total in WT20Is. The margin of victory (304 runs) was also the biggest ever in a WT20I match.


2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
The seventh edition of the tournament was scheduled to take place in June 2020, but was postponed until the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019 Kwun Tong District Council election
The 2019 Kwun Tong District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 40 members to the Kwun Tong District Council.


2019 Kyalami 9 Hours
The 2019 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 23 November 2019 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. This event served as a revival to the Kyalami 9 Hours event which was last held in 2000, and also served as the final round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.


2019 Kyalami 9 Hours
The race was won from pole by  Frikadelli Racing Team and drivers Nick Tandy, Dennis Olsen and Mathieu Jaminet. Frikadelli's #31 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished 6.745 seconds ahead of Walkenhorst Motorsport and their #34 BMW M6 GT3 shared by Mikkel Jensen, Nicky Catsburg and Christian Krognes. GPX Racing secured third place a further 2.290 seconds down, in their #20 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.


2019 Kyrgyz Premier League
The 2019 Qyrğyz Premjer Ligasy (Kyrgyz: 2019 Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы) or 2019 Kyrgyz Premier League was the 28th season of the Kyrgyz Premier League, Kyrgyzstan's top division of association football organized by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. The season started on 6 April 2019, with eight teams participating.


2019 Kyrgyz Premier League
Starting from the 2019 season, the league was rebranded as the Kyrgyz Premier League.


2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup
The 2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup was the 28th season of the Kyrgyzstan Cup, the knockout football tournament in Kyrgyzstan. The cup winner qualifies for the 2020 AFC Cup.


2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup
The draw of the tournament was held on 13 May 2019.


2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Round of 16
The round of 16 was played on 29 May 2019.


2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 11 August 2019, and the second legs were played on 25 September 2019.


2019 Kyrgyzstan Super Cup
The 2019 Kyrgyzstan Football Super Cup (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстандын футбол Суперкубогу) was the 9th Kyrgyzstan Super Cup match, a football match which will contest between the 2019 Top League and 2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup champion, Dordoi, and 2019 Top League and 2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup runners-up Alay.


2019 L'International Gymnix
The 2019 L'International Gymnix competition was the 28th edition of the L'International Gymnix competition. It was held in Montreal, Canada from March 7–10, 2019.


2019 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo
The 2019 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twenty-fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Saint-Malo, France between 16 and 22 September 2019.


2019 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Cristina Bucșa and María Fernanda Herazo were the defending champions, but Herazo chose not to participate. Bucșa partnered alongside Diāna Marcinkēviča, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lou Brouleau and Ioana Loredana Roșca.


2019 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Ekaterine Gorgodze and Maryna Zanevska won the title, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Tereza Mrdeža in the final, 6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–8].


2019 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Singles
Liudmila Samsonova was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Osaka instead.


2019 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Singles
Varvara Gracheva won the title, defeating Marta Kostyuk in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2019 LA Galaxy II season
The 2019 LA Galaxy II season was the club's sixth season of existence.


2019 LA Galaxy II season, Competitions, USL Championship, Regular season
The first match of 2019 season was announced on December 14, 2018. The full regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2018.


2019 LA Galaxy OC season
The 2019 LA Galaxy OC season is the club's second season, and second season in United Women's Soccer. LA Galaxy OC play their home matches at Championship Soccer Stadium in the Orange County Great park in Irvine, California. The team finished 2nd in league play and won the UWS National title defeating Calgary Foothills WFC 1-0 in the final on July 21, 2019 at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


2019 LA Galaxy season
The 2019 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-fourth season of existence, their twenty-fourth in Major League Soccer.


2019 LA Galaxy season, Players, Transfers, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2019 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2019 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Regular season
The first match of the 2019 season was announced on December 20, 2018. The full schedule was released on January 7, 2019.


2019 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, Leagues Cup
The tournament and schedule was announced on May 29, 2019.


2019 LBA Finals
The 2019 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2018–19 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The third placed Umana Reyer Venezia possessed home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Palasport Taliercio) and the 4th placed Banco di Sardegna Sassari contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 10 to June 22, 2019.


2019 LBA Finals
These were the second Finals for both Venezia and Sassari of their history.


2019 LBA Finals
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals.


2019 LBA Finals
Austin Daye of the Umana Reyer Venezia was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.


2019 LBA Playoffs
The 2019 LBA Playoffs, officially known as the 2019 LBA Playoff PosteMobile, was the postseason tournament of the 2018–19 LBA season, which began on 7 October 2018. The Playoffs started on May 18, 2019, and finished in June 2019, with the Finals.


2019 LBA Playoffs
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals.


2019 LBA Playoffs, Qualified teams
The eight first qualified teams after the end of the regular season were qualified to the playoffs.


2019 LBA Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were played in a best of five format.


2019 LBA Playoffs, Semifinals
The semifinals are played in a best of five format.


2019 LBA Playoffs, Finals
The finals were played in a best of seven format.


2019 LCK season
The 2019 LCK season is the eighth year of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.


2019 LCS season
The 2019 LCS season was the second year under partnership and seventh overall of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals.


2019 LCS season
The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2019 were Team Liquid (summer champions), Cloud9 (most championship points) and Clutch Gaming (regional finals winner).


2019 LEN Super Cup
The 2019 LEN Super Cup was the 38th edition of the annual trophy organised by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European competitions for men's water polo clubs. The match was played between European champions Ferencváros (winners of the 2018–19 LEN Champions League) and CN Marseille (winners of the 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup) at the Piscine Pierre Garsau in Marseille, France, on 2 November 2019.


2019 LEN Super Cup
Ferencváros contested the match for the third consecutive year, the first in this streak as Champions League's title holder. The Hungarian team won its second consecutive Super Cup, the fourth in total, managing to come back from a 4-goal down.


2019 LET Access Series
The 2019 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from April through October 2019 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2019 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2019 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2019 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.


2019 LF6
2019 LF6 is a near-Earth object of the Atira group. After 2021 PH27, it has the second-smallest semi-major axis among the known asteroids (0.555 AU), beating the previously-held record of 2019 AQ3. It orbits the Sun in 151 days.


2019 LF6, Discovery
Discovered at only 19th magnitude, it is very difficult to see, never getting far from the sun and twilight. It only occasionally brightens above 16th magnitude. Discovery was made using the Zwicky Transient Facility.


2019 LF6, Orbit and classification
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.3–0.8 AU once every 5 months (151 days; semi-major axis of 0.56 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.43 and an unusually high inclination of 30° with respect to the ecliptic.


2019 LF6, Orbit and classification
The asteroids 2020 AV2 and 2019 AQ3 are the only known asteroids with closer aphelions. The orbital evolution of 2019 AQ3 is similar to that of 2019 LF6.


2019 LFA Primeira
The 2019 LFA Primeira is the fourth season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season scheduled began on April 27 and finished on September 29.


2019 LFA Primeira, Teams, from Primeira
DIT F.C. and Cacusan were relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda after finished 7th and bottom place of 2018 LFA Primeira.


2019 LFA Primeira, Teams, to Primeira
Assalam and Lalenok United promoted to 2019 LFA Primeira after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2018 LFA Segunda.


2019 LFA Primeira, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Name on BOLD was foreign players who registered in mid-season transfer window.


2019 LFA Primeira, Season statistics, Hat-tricks
Notes:(H) – Home ; (A) – Away4 – player scorer 4 goals6 – player scorer 6 goals7 – player scorer 7 goals


2019 LFA Segunda
2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão (often referred to as the LFA Segunda Divisão) is second-highest division of the Liga Futebol Amadora and second-highest overall in the Timorense football league system.


2019 LFA Segunda
The competition started on April 30 with the match between Aitana  FC and Porto Taibesse and ended on July 19 with a final match between Aitana  FC and DIT FC. The DIT FC team was the champion, as they beat the Aitana  FC team with a score of 3 a 1. The two finalist teams were promoted to the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão.


2019 LFA Segunda
The two teams that had the fewest points Cacusan CF (Group A) and AS Lero (Group B) were relegated to Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão.


2019 LFA Segunda, Matches, Round 1
[ Apr 30]Aitana  FC      3-1 FC Porto Taibesse     [May 1]Lica-Lica Lemorai           2-4 AS Lero           [May 2]FC FIEL     1-1 Cacusan CF            [May 3]Santa Cruz FC          0-4 DIT FC                 [May 9]FC Nagarjo            1-1 Sporting Timor      [May 10]FC Zebra               2-5 Kablaki FC


2019 LFA Segunda, Matches, Round 2
[ May 16]FC FIEL     2-0 FC Zebra               [May 17]DIT FC          5-1 FC Nagarjo            [May 30]FC Porto Taibesse      2-2 Kablaki FC            [May 31]Lica-Lica Lemorai           3-0 Santa Cruz FC          [Jun 1]Cacusan CF      1-5 Aitana  FC              [ Jun 2]Sporting Timor      4-0 AS Lero


2019 LFA Segunda, Matches, Round 3
[ Jun 4]FC FIEL     1-2 Kablaki FC            [Jun 5]Aitana  FC      5-0 FC Zebra               [Jun 6]Cacusan CF      1-2 FC Porto Taibesse      [Jun 7]FC Nagarjo            7-0 Santa Cruz FC        [Jun 8]Sporting Timor      2-3 Lica-Lica Lemorai           [Jun 9]AS Lero             3-3 DIT FC


2019 LFA Segunda, Matches, Round 4
[ Jun 10]Kablaki FC      4-2 Cacusan CF             [Jun 11]FC Porto Taibesse      2-1 FC Zebra               [Jun 12]Lica-Lica Lemorai           0-5 DIT FC               [Jun 13]AS Lero             2-4 FC Nagarjo          [Jun 14]Aitana  FC      0-0 FC FIEL     [Jun 18]Santa Cruz FC          1-0 Sporting Timor


2019 LFA Segunda, Matches, Round 5
[ Jun 19]Kablaki FC      0-3 Aitana  FC             [Jun 21]Lica-Lica Lemorai           2-5 FC Nagarjo            [Jun 24]FC Porto Taibesse      2-1 FC FIEL    [Jun 25]Santa Cruz FC          2-0 AS Lero             [Jun 26]FC Zebra               3-1 Cacusan CF             [Jun 27]DIT FC                 1-1 Sporting Timor


2019 LFA Super Taça
The 2019 LFA Super Taça is the 4th staging of the LFA Super Taça. A cup played in a single game between the two best teams in the country.


2019 LFA Super Taça
Participants are classified through two main competitions: Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and Taça 12 de Novembro.


2019 LFA Super Taça
The match of this edition of ST was played on October 18, 2019 at the Estádio Café Ermera in the city of Ermera, in East Timor.


2019 LFA Super Taça, Teams
The cup was disputed by two teams: one classified through the 2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and the other through the 2019 Taça 12 de Novembro.


2019 LFA Super Taça, Teams
The Lalenok United team was champion of the two qualifying competitions, so the SLB Laulara team, which was runner-up in the Taça 12 de Novembro, was given the right to compete in the Super Taça.


2019 LFA season
The 2019 LFA season was the fourth season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on February 22 and concluded on April 14. The playoffs commenced on April 26 and concluded on May 12 with the Condors defeating the Raptors to win the Tazón México IV.


2019 LFA season, Preseason events, Expansion and stadium changes
Two new teams joined the league for the 2019 season: Artilleros Puebla, based in Puebla, and Osos Toluca, based in Toluca, State of Mexico. This expansion raises the number of teams in the league to eight.


2019 LFA season, Preseason events, Expansion and stadium changes
During the first LFA season, the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" hosted all the league's teams. Nevertheless, 2019 will be the first season in which none of the teams would play there, due to the fact that the stadium is now working as shelter for Central American migrants.


2019 LFA season, Preseason events, Draft
The 2019 Draft was regional, that is, each team chose players graduated from universities in their region. In the case of Artilleros Puebla and Osos Toluca , being unique teams in their region, they had no competition in their player selections. The Draft was held on January 12 at the FES Acatlán facilities . There were nine rounds, 6 normal and 3 complementary. The selections were as follows:


2019 LFA season, Preseason events, CFL-LFA draft
In November 2018, the LFA signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with the CFL to share resources and to allow for at least one CFL game to be played in Mexico, as well as lay the ground work for special Mexican-specific editions of the CFL Combine and CFL Draft.


2019 LFA season, Preseason events, CFL-LFA draft
On January 11, 2019, 51 players from the LFA and Mexican college ranks were announced as participants in a combine to beheld on January 13 and a 27-player draft to be held on January 14, 2019. Each CFL team sent scouts and were reported to likely receive four picks.


2019 LFA season, Preseason events, CFL-LFA draft
27 players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the LFA and 17 seniors from Mexican university teams.


2019 LFA season, Regular season, Standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against


2019 LFA season, Tazón México IV
The Tazón México IV was held on May 12, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at the Estadio Azul in Mexico City, with a record attendance for the LFA of 18,000 fans present. The commissioner of the CFL, Randy Ambrossie, was the great guest of the event and together with Alejandro Jaimes, commissioner of the LFA, and Gabriel Soto, they started the fourth edition of the Tazón México. Álex Lora performed the national anthem.


2019 LFA season, Tazón México IV
The Condors became LFA champions, after beating the Raptors by a score of 20-16 in a somersault game and it was the most cardiac edition in the history of Tazón México, decided in the last 30 seconds of the game. The MVP of the match was Diego Arvizu "El Comandante" (QB) Condors.


2019 LFA season, Awards
Following the season, awards are shown the best of the 2019 season.


2019 LFF I Lyga
The 2019 LFF I Lyga was the 30th season of the I Lyga, the second tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 22 March 2019 and finished in 27 October 2019.


2019 LFF I Lyga, Licensing process
The Lithuanian Football Federation initially granted applications for 2019 LFF I Lyga licenses: FK Banga Gargždai, FK Nevėžis, FC Pakruojis, FC Džiugas, Žalgiris B, Stumbras B, Riteriai B (Trakai B).


2019 LFF I Lyga, Licensing process
After the appeal, on 28 February 2019 Lithuanian Football Federation granted licenses to FK Vilnius (Baltijos Futbolo Akademija), FK Minija Kretinga, DFK Dainava, Vilniaus Vytis, FK Atmosfera (2012), FC Hegelmann Litauen.


2019 LFF I Lyga, Licensing process
The final decision on the number of teams in 2019 LFF I Lyga was made by the Lithuanian Football Federation executive committee meeting on 15 March 2019. Exceptions were applied to FK Jonava (financial criteria were not met), FC Kupiškis (sporting criteria were not met) and FA Šiauliai (legal criteria were not met) and the teams were allowed to start in the 2019 LFF I Lyga championship, pending criteria to be met by June. The 16 team championship started on 22 March 2019.


2019 LFF I Lyga, Licensing process
The applications for the 2019 LFF I Lyga licenses were also received from FK Sveikata Kybartai, FM Ateitis and FK NFA but licenses were not granted. FK Utenis Utena shareholders voted to withdraw from participation in 2019 LFF I Lyga, and the club will participate in 2019 LFF II Lyga. FK Koralas Klaipėda was dissolved in 2018.


2019 LFF I Lyga, Final standings
After FC Stumbras ran into financial difficulties in June the Lithuania Football Federation made a decision to withdraw their license from A lyga, and Stumbras B from I lyga.


2019 LFF I Lyga, Final standings
FC Džiugas Telšiai earned promotion to A lyga, subject to meeting licensing criteria. FK Banga Gargždai earned a play-off with A lyga 7th placed FK Palanga.


2019 LFL US season
The 2019 LFL US season is the tenth and final season of the Legends Football League (LFL) in the United States. It began April 5 and concluded on August 10. This season marks the league's tenth anniversary season.


2019 LFL US season, Developments
Shortly after the 2018 season ended, the LFL originally elected to hold the 2019 Legends Cup in South Africa's capital city of Johannesburg at Ellis Park Arena. However, this never took place.


2019 LFL US season, Developments
In November 2018, defending champion Chicago Bliss head coach Keith Hac and his entire coaching staff resigned in protest of league policies and decisions. Three weeks later the league hired Danville coach JaDae Maguire as a replacement. Maguire did not mesh well with the Bliss and his tenure was short before a new coach, Sidney Lewis, was brought in. In addition to retirements at the end of the previous season, Chicago saw an exodus of many remaining players leaving them with only four returning starters. Chicago would finish the season 0–4, their worst record ever and only their second losing record, and failed to make the playoffs for only the second time ever.


2019 LFL US season, Developments
On December 21, 2018, Chris Michaelson, who previously served as the head coach of the Seattle Mist, returned to that franchise as head coach once again. He spent the 2018 season serving as offensive coordinator of the upstart Nashville Knights. For the purpose of rebuilding the Mist franchise to its previous form, Michaelson replaced interim coach Eric Bellamy, who had been named the Mist's interim coach for 2018 after Michelson's supposed retirement in the off-season following a Legends Cup-winning season in 2017. Michaelson previously served as the Mist head coach from 2009 to 2017, leading that franchise to two Legends Cup championship titles.


2019 LFL US season, Developments
In early 2019, the LFL announced a new broadcast partner in Honduran television network TDTV.


2019 LFL US season, Developments
On June 19, 2019, the league announced a change in the playoff format. Instead of the two best teams from each conference playing for their respective conference titles, the league would abandon the conference titles and pit the top four teams with the best records in an elimination tournament. The team with the best record would play the team with the fourth best record while the teams with the second and third best records would play one another.


2019 LFL US season, Developments
The immediate effect of this change mid-season was to scramble the playoff standings; Chicago was immediately statistically eliminated, Omaha, which had needed only a victory over winless Denver, suddenly needed to also defeat Atlanta, and Los Angeles could still make the playoffs if Austin beat Nashville in the regular season finale.


2019 LFL US season, Playoffs
Semifinals were played on August 24, 2019, at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. Legends Cup 2019 will be played on September 7, 2019 at the Accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, WA instead of South Africa as originally planned. In the 2018 State of the League address delivered by Commissioner Mitchell Mortaza, the 2020 Legends Cup was expected to be the first of upcoming Legends Cups to be played abroad in international destinations; however, that was scrapped when the league decided not to hold next season.


2019 LFL US season, Playoffs
The schedule on LFLUS.com was updated on June 19, 2019 to show the Legends Cup had been moved to Accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, WA. On the same day, the league announced the playoff format would change, with the conference championship title removed. Instead, the top teams from both conference would be ranked 1-4, with 1st facing 4th and 2nd facing 3rd.


2019 LINAFOOT (Chad)
The 2019 LINAFOOT was the 3rd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.


2019 LINAFOOT (Chad)
Unlike the 1st LINAFOOT edition (in 2015) organised as a full national championship and won by Gazelle FC, this edition was organized under the play-off formula.


2019 LINAFOOT (Chad)
Elect-Sport FC won their sixth Chadian title. Goyam César (Avenir Sarh) was the league topscorer with 10 goals; Brahim Ngaroudal was voted the best player; Adoum Deffallah (Elect-Sport FC) was voted best goalkeeper; Francis Oumar Belonga (Elect-Sport FC) was voted the best coach.


2019 LINAFOOT (Chad), Teams
A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament. Four teams qualified from N’Djamena:


2019 LINAFOOT (Chad), Group stage
The 12 teams were divided into two groups of six teams. The top team of each group qualified for the final. The group stage matches were played from 9 to 22 June 2019.


2019 LIU Sharks football team
The 2019 LIU Sharks football team represents both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 22nd year head coach Bryan Collins and play their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They play as a first–year member of the Northeast Conference. This is the first season that the LIU Sharks are competing as a team following the merger of the two LIU campuses' athletic departments in the summer of 2019.


2019 LIU Sharks football team
The Sharks finished winless in their first season. A month after the season ended, starting quarterback Clay Beathard was stabbed to death in Nashville, Tennessee.


2019 LIU Sharks football team, Previous season
This is the first season that the LIU Sharks are competing as a team. Their immediate predecessor, the 2018 LIU Post Pioneers, went 10–1, 9–0 to finish in first place in the Northeast-10 Conference. They made the NCAA Division II Playoffs where they were defeated in the first round by Slippery Rock. They finished ranked at #21 in the Division II Coaches' Poll and received the 2019 Division II Lambert Cup from the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying them as the best football team in the East in Division II football.


2019 LIU Sharks football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Sharks were picked to finish in 8th (last) place.


2019 LIU Sharks football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Northeast Conference team
The LIU Sharks were the only conference team to have no players selected for the 2019 All–Northeast Conference Football Preseason Team.


2019 LKL Play-offs
The 2019 LKL Playoffs featured the eight best teams of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) basketball league in Lithuania, competing for the championship spot. This was the LKL playoffs' 25th edition. Žalgiris achieved their 21st title overall, ninth consecutive.


2019 LKL Play-offs
The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and (if necessary) third game at home. The finals were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary) at home.


2019 LPGA Tour
The 2019 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began at the Four Season Golf Club in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on January 17 and ended on November 24 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2019 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.


2019 LPGA Tour, Points leaders, Rolex Player of the Year
Points were earned based on top-10 finishers, available points for regular events were as follows:


2019 LPGA Tour, Points leaders, Rolex Player of the Year
Points are doubled at each of the LPGA's five major championships.


2019 LPGA of Japan Tour
The 2019 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 52nd season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. The 2019 schedule included 39 official events all played in Japan.


2019 LPGA of Japan Tour
Leading money winner was Ai Suzuki with 160,189,665 ¥ while Hinako Shibuno won the tour's Mercedes Ranking. Jiyai Shin finished most often (18 times) inside the top ten.


2019 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event. All tournaments are played in Japan.


2019 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
Events in bold were majors. The Toto Japan Classic was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.


2019 LPGA of Korea Tour
The 2019 LPGA of Korea Tour was the 42nd season of the LPGA of Korea Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf' Association. The season began at Twin Doves Golf Club in Vietnam in December 2018, and ended at Woojeong Hills Country Club in Cheonan.


2019 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Korea Tour, including that event.


2019 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2019 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium. They, along with McNeese State and Southern, were the only three teams in the state to make the tournament.


2019 LSU Tigers baseball team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to win the Western Division.


2019 LSU Tigers baseball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.


2019 LSU Tigers baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2019 LSU Tigers football team
The 2019 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium (nicknamed Death Valley) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) where they were led by their third-year head coach Ed Orgeron.


2019 LSU Tigers football team
LSU began the year ranked sixth in the preseason AP Poll, and were projected to finish in second in the SEC West behind Alabama. The Tigers secured an undefeated regular season that included wins over top-ten-ranked teams Texas, Florida, Auburn, and Alabama. In the SEC Championship Game, LSU defeated Georgia to win their first conference title since 2011. LSU was ranked No. 1 in the final College Football Playoff rankings of the season, earning them a spot in the national semi-final game to be played at the Peach Bowl.


2019 LSU Tigers football team
They dominated fourth-ranked Oklahoma in that game, 63–28, to advance to the CFP Championship Game. There, they defeated the defending national champions Clemson, 42–25, to secure LSU's fourth claimed national title in school history, the second undefeated champion in the CFP era, and the second 15–0 season among any team in the modern era.


2019 LSU Tigers football team
LSU's record-setting offense was led by senior quarterback Joe Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy by the largest margin in the history of the award, and broke several NCAA FBS records, including most touchdown passes (60), and highest passer rating (202.0). He was accompanied on offense by 1,400-yard running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, and two 1,500-yard receivers, Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson, with the former winning the Biletnikoff Award as the best wide receiver in the country. The Tigers' offensive line won the Joe Moore Award as the nation's best offensive line unit. LSU's defense was anchored by two All-American defensive backs in Jim Thorpe Award winner Grant Delpit and true freshman Derek Stingley Jr. Linebacker Jacob Phillips led the SEC in tackles. Head coach Ed Orgeron was awarded several national Coach of the Year honors.


2019 LSU Tigers football team
On the season, the Tigers outscored their opponents by a combined total of 726 to 328. Owing to their dominant performance against a historically difficult schedule, several pundits have called the team the greatest in college football history.


2019 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2018 season 10–3, 5–3 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place in the West division. They received an invitation to the Fiesta Bowl where they defeated UCF.


2019 LSU Tigers football team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on July 19, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.