2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
The final will be the eighth match between Leipzig and Bayern, with a record of four Bayern wins, one Leipzig win, and one draw (which Bayern won on penalties) prior. The match is the 65th unique final pairing in DFB-Pokal history. Of the prior matches, one has been in the DFB-Pokal, with the teams meeting in the second round of the previous season. The match in Leipzig finished as a 1–1 draw after extra time, with Bayern winning 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
The remaining meetings occurred in the Bundesliga, with Bayern winning 3–0 at home and 5–4 away in the 2016–17 season. In the 2017–18 Bundesliga, Bayern won the first match 2–0 at home, before Leipzig won 2–1 at home in the second meeting. The sides will have met twice during 2018–19 season prior to the final, with Bayern winning 1–0 at home in the first meeting on 19 December 2018, and the second meeting in Leipzig as a "final preview" on 11 May 2019 finishing as a 0–0 draw.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Christian Gittelmann (Gauersheim)Matthias Jöllenbeck (Freiburg)Fourth official:Bibiana Steinhaus (Langenhagen)Video assistant referee:Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)Assistant video assistant referee:Martin Thomsen (Kleve)


2019 DFL-Supercup
The 2019 DFL-Supercup was the tenth edition of the German super cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 3 August 2019.


2019 DFL-Supercup
The DFL-Supercup featured the runners-up of the 2018–19 Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, and Bayern Munich, the champions of the Bundesliga and winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal. Heading into the match, Bayern were the three-time defending champions of the DFL-Supercup. The match was hosted by Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.


2019 DFL-Supercup
Borussia Dortmund won the match 2–0 to secure their sixth German super cup title.


2019 DFL-Supercup, Teams
In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.


2019 DFL-Supercup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Rafael Foltyn (Wiesbaden)Jan Seidel (Oberkrämer)Fourth official:Harm Osmers (Hanover)Video assistant referee:Robert Schröder (Hanover)Assistant video assistant referee:Christof Günsch (Berlin)


2019 DPMM FC season
The 2019 season will be DPMM FC's 8th consecutive season  in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the SGPL, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.


2019 DPMM FC season
The club has also entered a domestic team to compete in the 2018–19 Brunei Premier League. DPMM became Brunei Premier League champions on 26 February.


2019 DPMM FC season
On 15 September 2019, Brunei DPMM FC became champions of the 2019 Singapore Premier League with two games to spare after a 4–4 draw between Geylang International and Hougang United meant that DPMM's lead at the top of the table cannot be surpassed.


2019 DTM Assen round
The 2019 DTM Assen round was a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held between 20 and 21 July 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands.


2019 DTM Brands Hatch round
The 2019 DTM Brands Hatch round was a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held between 9 and 11 August 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at Brands Hatch in the United Kingdom.


2019 DTM Hockenheim Final
The 2019 DTM Hockenheim Final is a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held between 5 and 6 October 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at the Hockenheimring in Germany.


2019 DTM Hockenheim Final, Background
The final round of the DTM for 2019 was a dead rubber as far as the drivers' and manufacturers' championships were concerned, having already been won by René Rast and Audi respectively. The teams' championship however was far from resolved, as 32 points separated Audi squads Team Rosberg and Abt Sportsline with a potential 96 on offer.


2019 DTM Hockenheim Final, Background
Three guest entries from the Super GT Series' GT500 class were accepted into the race ahead of the Japanese series' adoption of the Class One Touring Car regulations used by DTM for 2020. One entry from each of the series' three manufacturers – Honda, Lexus and Nissan – made the trip, and were accompanied by five drivers; former Formula One World Champion Jenson Button would contest both races for Honda, Nick Cassidy and Ryō Hirakawa would contest a race each for Lexus and the same approach was taken by Nissan for their entry, fielding Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli.


2019 DTM Hockenheim round
The 2019 DTM Hockenheim round is a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held between 4 and 5 May 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at the Hockenheimring in Germany.


2019 DTM Hockenheim round, Results, Race 1, Race
— Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.


2019 DTM Lausitz round
The 2019 DTM Lausitz round was a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) held between 24 and 25 August 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany.


2019 DTM Lausitz round
Race 2 of the weekend marked the 500th race in the history of the DTM. Audi secured the manufacturers' championship with two events remaining.


2019 DTM Misano round
The 2019 DTM Misano round is a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held between 8 and 9 June 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Italy.


2019 DTM Misano round, Background
Jamie Green was forced to sit out the event with appendicitis, and would be replaced with Audi Sport Team WRT driver Pietro Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi's seat was taken by 2017 and 2018 MotoGP runner-up Andrea Dovizioso, marking the Italian's debut in car racing.


2019 DTM Nürburg round
The 2019 DTM Nürburg round was a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held between 14 and 15 September 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at the Nürburgring in Germany.


2019 DTM Nürburg round
René Rast secured his second drivers' championship following his third-place finish in the second race, with his closest rival Nico Müller exactly an event's worth of points behind. Given that Rast had an insurmountable number of wins, even if Müller had managed to close the gap he would still have lost the title on a count-back.


2019 DTM Zolder round
The 2019 DTM Zolder round is a motor racing event for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held between 18 and 19 May 2019. The event, part of the 33rd season of the DTM, was held at the Circuit Zolder in Belgium.


2019 DTM Zolder round, Results, Race 1, Qualifying
– Car #99 sent to the rear of field having made illegal modifications under Parc Fermé conditions.


2019 DTM Zolder round, Results, Race 1, Race
– Drivers did not complete 75% of the race distance, and therefore are not classified as finishers in the official results.


2019 DXC Technology 600
The 2019 DXC Technology 600 was the ninth round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season, contested over 248 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Takuma Sato claimed his second pole of the year, while Josef Newgarden claimed the 13th win of his career and his 3rd of the season.


2019 DXC Technology 600, Results, Race
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2019 Da Nang Tennis Open
The 2019 Da Nang Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Da Nang, Vietnam between 6 and 12 January 2019.


2019 Da Nang Tennis Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:


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


2019 Da Nang Tennis Open – Doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat won the title after defeating Leander Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 6–3, 2–6, [11–9] in the final.


2019 Da Nang Tennis Open – Singles
Marcel Granollers won the title after defeating Matteo Viola 6–2, 6–0 in the final.


2019 Dacorum Borough Council election
The 2019 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dacorum Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Dakar Rally
The 2019 Dakar Rally was the 41st edition of the event and the eleventh successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Lima, Peru on 6 January and finished there on 17 January after 10 stages of competition.


2019 Dakar Rally
Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah won his third Dakar in the Cars division for Toyota, in the process becoming the second person to win the Dakar Rally with three different vehicle manufacturers (other wins came with Volkswagen in 2011 and Mini in 2015). In the Bikes division, Toby Price of Australia won his second Dakar Rally despite suffering from a fractured wrist during the event. The Kamaz team of Eduard Nikolaev, Evgenii Iakovlev and Vladimir Rybakov won their third consecutive title in the Trucks division.


2019 Dakar Rally
This would mark the final time the Dakar Rally was held in South America. From 2020 onwards, the rally was held in Saudi Arabia.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season
The 2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season was the 10th season in club history.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, Preseason
Yifang started the winter training on 24 December 2018 in Dalian until 1 January 2019. The team moved to Kunming on 2 January for a 10-day training, before flying to Marbella, Spain for another 3-week training.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, Preseason
The club decided to end the contract with Bernd Schuster on 3 January. The team was close to Leonardo Jardim and he eventually refused the contract due to multiple concerns. Yifang reached agreement with Korean manager Choi Kang-hee, and officially announced it on 11 February. He was previously signed by Tianjin Quanjian (now renamed Tianjin Tianhai) by the end of the 2018 season, and Quanjian claimed his salary was beyond their ability since the owner and major investor of Quanjian was arrested for illegal MLM, thus terminated the contract. The team moved to Shanghai on 7 February for final preparations before the new season.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, Preseason
Yifang announced the joining of 5 players on 13 February. Wanda Group had had a long negotiation with S.S.C. Napoli on Marek Hamšík, and finally reached agreement on 14 February for a reported €15M transfer fee. Gaitán decided to leave for MSL club Chicago Fire since the team preferred a winger/striker with more offensive playing style than another midfielder upon the signing of Marek Hamšík. Zheng Long joined on a one-year loan, while Alex Akande was signed as soon as Yanbian FC claimed their bankruptcy by the end of the transfer window.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, Preseason
Wang Xianjun was absent from the list. As later reported, the talented defender did not sign contract and demanded transfer. Yifang eventually decided to put him back to the reserve squad.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, March
The first match in the 2019 season was a mere draw against Henan Jianye, as Yang Shanping was sent off in just 37 minutes, and Carrasco claimed the team's first goal this season, as he did last year, to save the team in additional times. Qin Sheng committed a foul and accidentally fell on Henan player Henrique Dourado, to broke Dourado's right tibia. All new players except Zheng Long had their debut match. Yifang had another draw with Guangzhou R&F. Carrasco extended his scoring sheet with a penalty and a reflection shot, while Zheng Long scored his first goal 1 minutes after he was substituted in.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, March
First home match was a one-goal defeat. Hamšík met with former teammate Paolo Cannavaro, who currently sided with his brother Fabio as Guangzhou's coaching staff.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, April
Yifang started April with another defeat. Mushekwi's equalizer could not bring a victory, as the goalkeeper bumped into Zhao Mingjian's back clumsily, giving Johnathan a wide open goal. Hamšík's playing style was surrounded by controversy. He lacked dribbling and sprinting, which led to easy interceptions, and his long passes lost accuracy in this match. He was frequently compared to Nico Gaitán, whose impressive dribbling tricks made many contributions on both ends.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, April
Yifang claimed the first victory on 15 April by overcoming great difficulties in Shandong. Mushekwi won a header. To fulfill the U23 policy, Yang Fangzhi came on at 90 minute, and went back to the bench in just 1 minute for He Yupeng. Li Shuai was sent off as he pushed opponent player in the face during a conflict. Yifang addressed him with a ¥500k fine, and sent him to the reserve team. He received an additional 6-match suspension.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, April
Carrasco scored another reflection shot against Chongqing, but the home win slipped away as Zhao Mingjian committed a handball for a penalty. For the April 28 match with Beijing Guoan, Hamšík and Carrasco were both unfit for the game. Yifang's conservative 5-defender formation was unable to hold against the opponent, while Boateng had his first goal in a corner kick.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, April
Noticeably, on 29 April, Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin officially announced the takeover of Dalian Yifang during the groundbreaking ceremony of Dalian Youth Football Training Base, a joint youth training program between Wanda Group and the government of Dalian, that the team would use neutral team name (without sponsors or owner names) in the future, as the CFA had requested.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, May
Yifang saw the first home win in the FA cup against Shaanxi, with Zhu Ting scoring the only goal in his 100th appearance for the team, to advance into the 5th round. They would face Shanghai Jiading Chengfa, the only amateur team left in the cup.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, May
Yifang gladly took 1 points away from Jiangsu Suning. Yu Ziqian entered the starting lineup as Zhang Chong had waist injury. Since his last appearance for Dalian Aerbin against Liaoning Whowin in the 2012 season, he had been absence in the Super League for 7 seasons. He was excluded from the first team at the time because of his frequent confusing blunders.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, May
In the 11 May match, the team lost to contestant Wuhan Zall, sliding deeper into the relegation area. Shan Pengfei had a large wound on his left eyebrow when going up for a header. He received on-pitch suture with staples, and finished the 1st half.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, May
On 19 May, Yifang overpowered Shenzhen and former manager Juan Caro. Li Jianbin was sent off at the end of 1st half. Hamšík was kicked in the face by Wang Dalong to earn a penalty, to give Carrasco his 7th goal. He Yupeng surprisingly scored Mushekwi's cross as soon as he came on the pitch at 90 minute, then immediately went off for Yang Fangzhi.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, May
Noticeably, the club changed its registration name to "Dalian Professional Football Club" (Chinese: 大连人职业足球俱乐部) on 23 May, and the team name would be changed in the 2020 season.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, May
A 1–0 home victory finally came on 26 May. Carrasco's corner found Hamšík for his first goal in China. He Yupeng missed a scoring chance similar to the previous game in the last few minutes. Zhao Xuebin scored twice to push Yifang further in the FA Cup. Yang Lei had his first appearance in the first team.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June
June started with another defeat, with Carrasco absence for 4 yellow cards. Li Jianbin's easy marking and a misjudged interception gave 2 goals away. Mushekwi scored Hamšík's corner in the 2nd half.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June
Carrasco did not return to the match against Hebei CFFC due to flight delay, and Yifang lost by 1 goal. Mushekwi received a red card for pushing Zhang Chengdong in the face, and he missed several matches for the 2019 AFCON cup as planned. Huang Jiahui had his debut match.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June
On 18 June, Rafael Benítez was connected with Yifang with a £12m salary offered.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June
On 23 June, Yifang drew with Tianjin Tianhai. Hamšík was selected captain. Boateng scored two goals for Yifang including a penalty, and later conceded an own goal. Li Shuai returned from suspension.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June
After three  rounds without victory, Yifang defeated Beijing Renhe on 29 June. Carrasco returned to the squad and scored a penalty. Hamšík showed controlling performance since last match, and forced Chen Jie to score an own goal. Boateng scored a gift goal from Zhang Lie. He and Zheng Long both scored off-side goals later.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June
As the league reached halfway, Yifang ranked 10th (4 wins 5 draws 6 losses, GA:GF 19:22) at 17 points, much better than 2018 season (15th, 2W 4D 9L, 12:31, 10 points). Moreover, until the 15th round in the previous season, Yifang won only one point from away matches. In this season, on the contrary, they acquired 12 away points out of the total 15.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June, Carrasco issue
In the preseason training, Carrasco wanted a proof to transfer back to Europe in winter transfer after the 2019 season, while the team showed negotiable attitude. He publicly announced to stay with the team in the 2019 season.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June, Carrasco issue
He was put on the bench during the match against Beijing Guoan on 28 April due to a claimed influenza. As reported, he expressed reluctance to play as substitute, and contradicted the manager before the match. He made apologies consequently.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June, Carrasco issue
Until the end of May, Carrasco was the top goal scorer in quad, claiming 7 goals out of the total 13. He missed the match against Shanghai SIPG due to 4 yellow cards, and flew back to Europe for the June FIFA calendar ahead of time. During the FIFA calendar, Carrasco changed his attitude, showing strong desire to go back to Europe in the summer transfer window, and had transfer rumors with Arsenal. He returned to the team after the following match against Hebei CFFC due to a claimed flight delay.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June, Carrasco issue
On 20 June, the whole issue outbroke, as goalkeeper Yu Ziqian publicly criticized on his social media that Carrasco went on a strike during the training session, that he "stood still regardless of anyone", and that he "skipped the previous two matches on purpose". The team decided to suspend Carrasco from matches and training, unless he publicly apologize for the behaviour. No further actions including apologies were taken until the 23 June match, but Carrasco showed dissatisfaction on his social media account. Yifang withdrew the suspension on 25 June, indicating a temporary pause of this issue.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, June, Carrasco issue
The entire issue seemed to have come to an end since Benítez's arrival, as Carrasco showed quite different competing desire, that "It's the first time I've had a good coach since I was in China".


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, July
Yifang made major changes in managerial staff. On 1 July, Yifang announced the resignation of Choi Kang-hee. This also extended an awkward record, that no Korean manager could finish a complete season with teams in Dalian (Park Sung-hwa with Dalian Shide, June 2010 to May 2011; Chang Woe-ryong with Dalian Aerbin, Jan–Apr 2012). One day later, Rafael Benítez was officially appointed as the manager. He said the career in China would be a challenge, and he was impressed by chairman Wang's passion and future plan on football, and made the decision after consulting Juan Caro and Gregorio Manzano. He also restarted his personal blog after a 5-year-hiatus.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, July
On 3 July, Zhou Jun quit his job as the club director, and returned to Shanghai Shenhua. Gao Yan from Wanda Group was selected for the position.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, July
Benítez had his debut win against Henan Jianye. Boateng scored twice again. He and Carrasco continued to extend their scoring sheet to win 3 points from Guangzhou R&F. Zhou Ting had his 400th top-tier league appearance in the match against Guangzhou Evergrande.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, July
Yifang announced the departure of Mushekwi on 15 July. Local fans gathered at the airport to say goodbye. 4 days later, Salomón Rondón officially signed with the ream.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, July
Carrasco scored a corner directly against Tianjin TEDA. Rondón scored on his first possession, disallowed as offside by VAR. He claimed his debut goal later, to bring one point for the team. Boateng claimed his hat-trick in the FA Cup against Tianjin Tianhai.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, July
As the CSL summer window reached its closing date, Shan Huanhuan and 3 other young players under the Wanda "Star of Hope" project were confirmed to join the squad.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, August
Boateng pulled his muscle, and Rondón's decisive substitution performance won a 3-pointer from Chongqing under hot climate. Sun Bo won a long shot and a red card upon his first starting appearance.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, August
The quick reunion with former coach Choi Kang-hee was not pleasant, as he overpowered his former team by two easy counter-attack goals from El Shaarawy. Yifang still could not breakthrough their highest record in the FA cup, reaching semi-finals in 2013, 2018 and 2019.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, September
The league would meet a few long pauses to prepare for the 2022 World Cup qualification, and the team's condition was influenced by the extra-long break. Yifang struggled in Wuhan's high humidity and temperature with insufficient fitness, and lost by 1 goal. Li Jianbin earned his second red card for kicking the ball deliberately onto the opponent after the whistle. He would be grounded for 6 matches in total, to miss the rest matches in this season.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, September
Dong Yanfeng claimed his first super league goal against Shenzhen.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, October
Li Shuai had his first national team appearance against Guam on 10 October.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, October
On 25 October, it was announced that Dalian Yifang Women's Football Club (Dalian Yifang W.F.C., official name currently vacant), based on Dalian Under-18 women's football team, was established to meet the CFA's entry standard in 2020, and would compete in the 2019 Chinese Women's League Two, the third-tier league. Fan Yiying stepped up as the manager. On 10 November 2019, Yifang W.F.C. won by 1–0 against Donghua University in the play-off, ranked by 5th, and gained promotion into the Chinese Women's Football League.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, November
Zhou Ting broke the record of the oldest appearing player at 40 years and 291 days against Hebei CFFC, which had previous been held by Rolando Schiavi (40 years 285 days) since 2013.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, December
Zhao Xuebin won the reserve league top goalscorer by 19 goals.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, Summary
Throughout the 2019 season, Yifang won three more points than last year, and ensured safety from relegation much earlier. The team had overall equalized performance in home and away matches, band ut with Choi, Yifang acquired three away wins out the total of four at the time.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, Summary
Choi Kang-hee made multiple adjustments at the beginning of the season, mainly the midfielders. He often used Carrasco as a roaming attacker, not restrained to his familiar left winger position, and spent quite some time to adjust Hamšík's role.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Overview, Summary
Benítez was aggressive at first, and he soon brought in his 5-4-1 formation, aiming to improve the defense. He moved Sun Guowen backwards as the right full back, who mostly played as a winger, and put the right back Dong Yanfeng in the CB position. With each coach, the team received four red cards respectively, being the team with the most red cards this season, as major defenders were slower at sprinting speed, and sometimes used rude fouls to stop opponent players.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Dalian Yifang F.C. season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team
The 2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team represented Dallas Baptist University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Patriots played their home games at Horner Ballpark as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They were led by head coach Dan Heefner, in his 12th season at Dallas Baptist.


2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team, Previous Season
The 2018 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team notched a 36–17 (16–5) regular season record and finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. The Patriots reached the finals of the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, where they were defeated by Missouri State in 10 innings. Dallas Baptist received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Patriots were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Arkansas in the Fayetteville Regional.


2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots 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 Dallas Cowboys season
The 2019 season was the Dallas Cowboys' 60th in the National Football League (NFL), their 11th playing home games at AT&T Stadium and their ninth and final season under head coach Jason Garrett. It also marked the return of tight end Jason Witten, who retired in 2018 and spent a year as the color analyst for Monday Night Football. Wide receiver Cole Beasley, who was the second-longest tenured player on the roster, left the team in the offseason and signed with the Bills.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season
Despite being 6–4 by Week 11 and leading the NFC East, they lost 4 of the last 6 games for a final record of 8-8. The Cowboys failed to improve on their 10–6 record from the previous season after a 26–15 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving and failed to tie that record with a 31–24 loss to the Chicago Bears a week later. This was also their first non-winning season since the 2015 season.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season
A Week 16 loss to their division rival the Philadelphia Eagles was the turning point as they squandered a chance to clinch consecutive NFC East titles since 1992–96, and the first team in the NFC East to clinch the division in consecutive years since the Eagles did so from 2001–04. The Eagles proceeded to win in Week 17 against the Giants, ensuring Philadelphia would be the 2019 NFC East champions, and eliminating the Cowboys from playoff contention.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season
Head coach Jason Garrett's contract was not renewed by Jerry Jones after expiration.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Preseason
On March 21, the exhibition matchup between the Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams was officially announced for Saturday, August 17, at Aloha Stadium just outside of Honolulu, Hawaii, with the Rams serving as the home team.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. New York Giants
In the season opener, the Cowboys scored in 5 consecutive drives, the longest streak in Cowboys history, despite Evan Engram scoring a touchdown first in this game. After that, it was all Dallas the rest of the way. The win allowed the Cowboys to start 1-0.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. New York Giants
Rookie quarterback Daniel Jones would end up playing the remainder of the game for Eli Manning when Manning was removed from the game due to a coaching decision made by head coach Pat Shurmur. This would be Manning's last game he played against the Cowboys, as he did not play in their second game in MetLife Stadium due to Jones being the starter since week 3 of the season.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Washington Redskins
The game started with Montae Nicholson obtaining an interception, which would allow the Redskins to score the next drive. The Cowboys responded with a touchdown pass to Devin Smith to tie the game at 7-7. They would claim the lead, via a touchdown pass to veteran tight end Jason Witten before halftime. The Redskins would respond back after another touchdown scored by the Cowboys. Ezekiel Elliott would run for a first down to clinch the game, allowing the Cowboys to run out the clock. The game ended with Dak Prescott and Elliott rushing for 180 combined yards. This win would improve the Cowboys to 2-0.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Miami Dolphins
As historic Vegas favorites (22 points), both Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard obtained 100+ rushing yards in one game. The game started with a missed field goal from the Dolphins. The Cowboys also denied the Dolphins a touchdown when DeMarcus Lawrence recovered a fumble at the Dallas 7-yard line. After this, it was all Dallas the rest of the way. This win improved the Cowboys to 3-0.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at New Orleans Saints
The game would be neck-to-neck all the way. Chidobe Awuzie and the Cowboys recorded their first interception of the season. Despite a strong defense and allowing no touchdowns, they would drop to 3-1 with the loss. This game practically mimicked the previous year's game between these two teams in Dallas where it was mainly a defensive battle.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Green Bay Packers
In a highly anticipated matchup against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in a testament of the Cowboys-Packers rivalry, the Cowboys struggled mightily. Looking to defeat the Packers whom they have not beaten at home since 2007, the first drive resulted in an interception, which the Packers returned the interception for 37 yards without scoring. The Cowboys recovered from a 28 point deficit, but the Packers would prove excessive to overcome, and for the first time since the Divisional Round from 2018, they would allow 30+ points. This loss dropped the Cowboys to 3-2.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at New York Jets
The Cowboys traveled to Metlife Stadium to take on Sam Darnold, who had just recovered from mono and the Jets in one of their two trips to East Rutherford, New Jersey. They looked to defeat the Jets, whom they have not beaten since 2007.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at New York Jets
The Jets would score a 92-yard touchdown in one of the worst defensive plays by the Cowboys. The Cowboys attempted to rally, but while attempting a two-point conversion that would tie the game and send it to overtime, the pass was incomplete. The loss dropped them to 3-3, and their streak of losing three games against the Jets continued.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Cowboys dominated the entire game and returned to their winning ways. One of the first plays was a forced fumble on Carson Wentz, which Dallas recovered. Tavon Austin would give the Cowboys the first scoring drive shortly afterwards. Brett Maher kicked a 63-yard field goal to break his old record of 62, which was also during a game at home against the Eagles. The Cowboys would put their 3-game losing streak to an end as the Cowboys would improve to 4-3.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New York Giants
Despite a first pass attempt being an interception and the Giants having a lead by 9 points, the Cowboys dominated the rest of the game. Ezekiel Elliott made his first appearance at MetLife Stadium since his rookie season and would run for 139 yards on 23 carries. The game is famous for a black cat appearing during the game. This would delay the game for several minutes. The Jourdan Lewis fumble recovery sealed the game as it was returned for a touchdown while the Cowboys led 30-18 to put them up 37-18 and improve to 5-3 with the win.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The contest was competitive the entire night. The Cowboys would start by falling behind after two touchdowns were scored by the Vikings. Later, the Cowboys fought back and grabbed the lead late. This wouldn't last long as the Vikings ran away with another touchdown scoring drive. The Cowboys responded with a field goal to make it 28–24. Luck ran out after Dak Prescott's Hail Mary pass was intercepted in the fading seconds, sealing the Cowboys' loss. This loss dropped the Cowboys to 5-4.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Detroit Lions
On the first handoff to Ezekiel Elliott, the fumble was recovered by the Lions, that way the Lions could score and take a 7-0 lead. The Cowboys would respond with a field goal by Brett Maher. Later on, the Cowboys would claim the lead and would not allow the Lions to lead again after Cowboys scored another touchdown. The game's biggest highlight was a catch by Michael Gallup, who would scoop the ball up after nearly dropping a pass. This win would improve them to 6-4.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Detroit Lions
Elliott's touchdown celebration of the “Dak Dance” became a meme and a trend for the rest of the 2019 NFL season.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at New England Patriots
The Cowboys would only muster three field goals as they would fall to 6-5.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
Coming off a close loss at New England, the Cowboys returned home to take on the Bills. The Cowboys would obtain the lead 7-0 when Dak Prescott threw a touchdown pass to Jason Witten. Afterwards, the Cowboys would struggle in nearly every other aspect as they would not respond again until the 4th quarter. Their second touchdown was not enough as the Bills would defeat the Cowboys, 26-15. This loss would not only drop the Cowboys to 6-6, but also raised concerns of whether or not if the team were still contenders. This loss also ensures they would no longer exceed the win mark from the previous season.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Chicago Bears
The game would begin with the Cowboys leading 7-0, but they would struggle the remainder of the game. Bears' Mitchell Trubisky lead the Bears to a heavy 31-14 lead. The Cowboys would later fight back, but only to score 10 points. This loss dropped them to 6-7 and below .500 for the first time this season. Also with the loss, they would no longer be able to tie their 10-6 record from the previous season.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Los Angeles Rams
Before the game started, there was an error on a coin toss, which the officials misunderstood, which Dak Prescott actually said "kick" when he intended to say "defer". The Cowboys afterwards dominated and led the entire game. It was the first time since the Week 13 in 2018 that the Cowboys would defeat a team sitting with a minimum of .500 percentage of wins. The win by the Cowboys also improved them to 7-7.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
The Cowboys were denied a chance to become the first NFC East team to repeat as division champions since the Eagles did so between 2001 and 2004.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
The game began with the Eagles converting two third-downs and converting a 36-yard field goal. The Cowboys would allow the Eagles' offense to march down the field 63 yards over 7 plays. Dallas Goedert caught a 6-yard pass from Wentz to increase the Eagles' lead. The Cowboys drove to the Eagles' 23-yard line when they were trailing 17-9, in which the Cowboys attempted to tie the game. A pass to Michael Gallup was incomplete on a fourth down play, giving the ball back to the Eagles to run out the game clock. This loss dropped the Cowboys to 7-8.


2019 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Washington Redskins
Kai Forbath remained perfect in field goals as he converted each attempt for the third consecutive game. Jaylon Smith obtained his first interception in his career off quarterback Case Keenum, who started as emergency for Dwayne Haskins Jr. who injured his ankle the previous week. This would be the final game with head coach Jason Garrett as his contract expired and was not renewed. This win would prevent the Cowboys from suffering their first losing season since 2015 to finish 8-8. However, the Cowboys would be eliminated from playoff contention thanks to the Eagles' 34-17 victory over the Giants.


2019 Dallas Fuel season
The 2019 Dallas Fuel season was the second season of the Dallas Fuel's existence in the Overwatch League and was their first full season under head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins. The team looked to improve on their disappointing 12–28 record from 2018, where they did not qualify for the season playoffs.


2019 Dallas Fuel season
Dallas began the season posting an impressive 4–2 record through six games, but a 2–3 loss to the Boston Uprising eliminated the team from Stage 1 Playoff contention. The team hit their stride in Stage 2, amassing a 5–2 record, and qualified for the Stage 2 Playoffs. However, they were knocked out in the quarterfinals round by the Vancouver Titans in a 0–3 loss. The Fuel fell apart in the final half of the season, finding only one win in their final fourteen matches. With a 10–18 record for the season, the Fuel again did not qualify for the season playoffs.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Preceding offseason, Player re-signings
From August 1 to September 9, 2018, all Overwatch League teams that competed in the 2018 season could choose to extend their team's players' contracts. Along with the retirement of star tank player Brandon "Seagull" Larned, Fuel released support Sebastian "Chipshajen" Widlund and tank Christian "cocco" Jonsson.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Preceding offseason, Free agency
All non-expansion teams could not enter the free agency period until October 8, 2018; they were able to sign members from their respective academy team and make trades until then. On October 15, Fuel acquired Jung "Closer" Won-sik from London Spitfire; Closer signed with Fuel on a two-way contract with Team Envy. On November 11, Fuel signed off-tank Richard "rCk" Kanerva from Overwatch Contenders team Team Gigantti to a two-year contract. Fuel's final offseason transaction was on December 3, when the team signed former Fusion University and United States Overwatch World Cup team player Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 1
Dallas began their 2019 season splitting their two matches in week one – a 0–4 loss against San Francisco Shock and a 3–1 win over Seoul Dynasty. The team repeated their inconsistent performance the following week, as Fuel fell 0–4 to Guangzhou Charge and defeated Philadelphia Fusion 3–1. After a pair of wins against Shanghai Dragons, Fuel took on Boston Uprising in their final match of the stage. Dallas took the first two maps of the match, but Boston was able to engineer a reverse sweep, placing Fuel at a 4–3 Stage 1 record and one match out from the Stage 1 Playoffs.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 2
Dallas had a multitude of player and coaching changes at the start of Stage 2. On April 2, Dallas traded Richard "rCk" Kanerva to Boston Uprising in exchange for Lucas "NotE" Meissner. On the same day, assistant coach Christian "cocco" Jonsson retired from the Overwatch League; Dallas signed former Paris Eternal head coach Julien "daemoN" Ducros as an assistant coach a day later. Three days later, Fuel's Hyeon "EFFECT" Hwang retired from professional Overwatch due to mental health issues.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 2
Fuel's first two matches of Stage 2 were not until week two, where Dallas swept Toronto Defiant 4–0 and edged over Paris Eternal 2–1. Week three was not as fortunate for Dallas, as the team was swept 0–4 by both Vancouver Titans and Seoul Dynasty. Fuel took both of their matches in their "Dallas Fuel Homestand Week", defeating Los Angeles Valiant and in-state rivals Houston Outlaws and clinching a Stage 2 Playoff berth. Dallas capped off the regular season of Stage 2 with a win over Florida Mayhem, ending the stage with a 5–2 record and the sixth seed in the Stage 2 Playoffs.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 2
Two days before their Quarterfinal match against the undefeated Vancouver Titans, Fuel promoted Ashley "Trill" Powell form their academy team Team Envy. Dallas was not able to put up much of a challenge for Titans, as Fuel was swept 0–3 in the match.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 2, Homestand Weekend
Week four saw the "Dallas Fuel Homestand Weekend" – the first of three Overwatch League "Homestand Weekends" of the 2019 season. The two-day event, which took place at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas, sold out 4,500 seats each day. Held in part to test whether or not the league's plan to hold matches locally, Dallas Fuel was responsible for every aspect of the weekend aside from the broadcast, which was aired on ESPN2. During the first match of the weekend,  a regional power outage delayed the event for 45 minutes. Marking the highest viewership of Stage 2, the homestand showed that the local-match model has promise.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 3
Dallas opened Stage 3 on June 7 with a match against the Los Angeles Gladiators. The Fuel could not find a footing throughout the match, and was swept 0–4. Dallas turned it around two days later with a 3–0 victory over the Washington Justice. Notably, Dylan "aKm" Bignet tied an Overwatch League record set by Kelsey "Colourhex" Birse for highest average energy on Zarya in at map at 82%. The following week, the Fuel first took on the Chengdu Hunters on June 13. Dallas was unable to adapt to the off-meta compositions ran by the Hunters and lost the match 1–3. Two days later, the team faced the undefeated Vancouver Titans; the Fuel were dominated throughout the match and were swept 0–4.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 3
The Fuel's struggles continued the following week, losing 0–3 to the Hangzhou Spark in a match where the Dallas roster looked to be falling apart. Three days later, the Fuel were swept 4–0 by the Hunters in a rematch of the previous week. Dallas' final match of the stage was against the New York Excelsior on June 29. After winning the first two maps, Dallas look primed to take a win from New York, but the Excelsior made the proper adjustments after halftime, and completing a reverse sweep by taking three consecutive maps to hand Dallas a 2–3 loss.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 4
The Fuel's first match of Stage 4, along with the first match with an enforced 2-2-2 role lock by the League, was against the London Spitfire on July 26. Dallas' tank line and DPS were outplayed that of London's, as the team fell in a 1–3 loss. The following week, the team lost to the Los Angeles Valiant by a 1–3 scoreline. Trying to find wins to realistically keep their playoff hopes alive, the Fuel took on the Los Angeles Gladiators on August 9.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 4
Dallas found themselves up 2–0 going into halftime, but the team crumbled thereafter, losing three consecutive maps to fall 2–3. Two days later, the team was swept 0–4 by the San Francisco Shock in a match that was as close as the scoreline. The following week, the Fuel fell to the Hangzhou Spark by a score of 1–3. The team's next match was against the Guangzhou Charge on August 18. Dallas found another loss in the matchup, as they were swept 0–4.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Regular season, Stage 4
Notably, an in-game bug cause an hour-long delay in the final map of the series – the longest delay in Overwatch League history. Officially eliminated from season playoff contention, the Fuel headed to The Novo in Los Angeles to play in the Kit Kat Rivalry Weekend, hosted by the Los Angeles Valiant. Their only match of the weekend was against the Atlanta Reign August 24. After the Reign took the first map with little resistance, both teams completed Volskaya Industries twice, to push the map to a second overtime round, but Dallas came out victorious, tying the series 1–1. Coming out of halftime, close losses on King's Row and Havana gave Dallas a 1–3 match loss. The loss ended Dallas' season with a 12-match losing streak.


2019 Dallas Fuel season, Final roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2019 regular season:


2019 Dallas Rattlers season
The 2019 Dallas Rattlers season was the seventeenth season for the Rattlers franchise of Major League Lacrosse, and second season playing in Frisco, Texas since relocating from Rochester, New York.


2019 Dallas Rattlers season
The Rattlers finished a league-best 11-3 in 2018, but fell short to the Denver Outlaws in the 2018 Steinfeld Cup, 16-12 in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the Rattlers' second loss in five years to the Outlaws in the championship game, and third overall Steinfeld Cup defeat in five years.


2019 Dallas Rattlers season
Long-time Rattlers assistant and 2018 Coach of the Year winner Bill Warder returned for his second season as head coach. After starting the season a league-worst 0-7, Warder and the Rattlers orchestrated a six-game win streak (four wins on the road) that had Dallas on the doorstep of the playoff picture. However, two one-goal home losses to New York and Atlanta on August 31 and September 7 officially eliminated the Rattlers. The team finished 2019 with a record of 7-9.


2019 Dallas Rattlers season, Collegiate Draft
The 2019 Collegiate Draft was held on March 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Inside Lacrosse gave the Rattlers an "A" in their team-by-team draft grades, better than every team except the Chesapeake Bayhawks.


2019 Dallas Rattlers season, Collegiate Draft
The Rattlers announced the signing of five players on May 21: Craig Chick, Jack Jasinski, Joe Saggese, Lucas Wittenberg, and Landon Kramer.


2019 Dallas Wings season
The 2019 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Dallas Wings franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's 4th season in Dallas. The season tipped off on May 24, 2019 versus the Atlanta Dream.


2019 Dallas Wings season
During the off-season, interim coach Taj McWilliams-Franklin was not retained. Brian Agler was hired from the Los Angeles Sparks to become the team's new head coach.


2019 Dallas Wings season
The Wings started the season slowly, losing their first five games in a row. However, they turned things around, winning 4 of their next 6 to finish June with a 4–7 record. July proved to be disastrous for the Wings. They posted a 1–8 record in July only beating the Los Angeles Sparks at home. The Wings managed to turn things around in August, going 5–6 overall. Three of those five wins game against eventual playoff teams. The team couldn't keep the momentum going, finishing the season on a 4 game losing streak.


2019 Dallas Wings season
Their final record of 10–24, was the franchises worst record since moving to Dallas,  and worst record since 2012. Rookie Arike Ogunbowale proved to be a bright spot for the team. She won Rookie of the Month in June and August and lead the team in points scored per game, and assists per game.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting
On June 17, 2019, a shooting occurred at the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in Dallas, Texas, United States. No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured in the shooting, though one person sustained a superficial injury when she was taking cover. The shooter, identified as Brian Isaack Clyde, was then shot and killed by one or more federal officers.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Shooting
A man, identified as Brian Isaack Clyde, opened fire near Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse, before making his way to the glass door of the building and opening fire inside. Three officers from the Federal Protective Service returned fire. Following an exchange of gunfire, in which Clyde was fatally shot by one or more federal officers, he ran towards the parking lot and fired five more rounds before he collapsed. Federal officers performed CPR and took Clyde to the Baylor University Medical Center, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the courthouse, where he was pronounced deceased. Authorities later detonated his vehicle. At the time of the shooting, Clyde was carrying more than 150 rounds of ammunition.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Shooting
Photojournalist Tom Fox, who works for The Dallas Morning News, was at the courthouse on assignment to take pictures of a defendant in a charter school fraud case when the shooting started; he was able to capture two photos of the suspect through a telephoto zoom lens before taking cover behind a pillar adjacent to the entrance. He took a video and additional photos of the scene after the suspect had been shot by law enforcement officers.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Perpetrator
Brian Isaack Clyde (September 30, 1996 - June 17, 2019), a 22-year-old male, was a private first class in the U.S. Army, and was honorably discharged after serving as an infantryman from August 2015 to February 2017. According to The Dallas Morning News, he was stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. He was not deployed to a war zone during his time in the military.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Perpetrator
At the time of the shooting, Clyde had recently graduated from Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an associate degree in applied science in nondestructive testing technology.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Perpetrator
Although Clyde had not been of "investigative interest" to the FBI, his half-brother had contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) three years before the shooting, alleging that Clyde was suicidal and had a fascination with guns. The FBI did not follow up on the tip because there was no specific threat specified. Investigations into his social media history took place.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Perpetrator, Motive
Clyde appears to have self-radicalized online, posting memes related to the incel subculture that appeals to men who feel lonely and alienated, and, ultimately, getting "sucked into a hateful vortex that tells them that their lives are only valuable if they go out bringing death" to others.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Perpetrator, Motive
Clyde had uploaded extremist far-right memes including ideas about the Confederate States and Nazism. Some of his posts were transphobic and others were anti-feminist. In April 2019 he posted a meme suggesting that combining eco-friendly and libertarian ideas with far-right authoritarianism, symbolized by what the Daily Beast describes as "a green flag with a Nazi swastika in the middle", could be the "solution to all of our nation’s political problems."


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Perpetrator, Motive
Clyde's family believed that it was a case of suicide by cop.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Aftermath
A Maryland Air Force base was inspired by the Dallas shooting to initiate a program teaching personnel to recognize the warning signs that "introverted, sexless individuals" may be drawn to the "incel" online subculture.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Aftermath
On March 18, 2020, a man pleaded guilty to threatening to assassinate the governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham. He cited Clyde as an inspiration for his desired attack.


2019 Dallas courthouse shooting, Aftermath
On May 4, 2020, Tom Fox was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his photographs of several people fleeing, Clyde himself, and Clyde being attended to, respectively. However, the prize went to Reuters for their photography of the 2019 Hong Kong protests.


2019 Dallas mayoral election
On May 4, 2019, the city of Dallas, Texas, held an election to choose the next Mayor of Dallas. The election began as a nonpartisan blanket primary, no candidate took a majority of over 50% of the total vote so the two top vote-earners Eric Johnson and Scott Griggs advanced to a runoff election on June 8. Incumbent mayor Mike Rawlings was unable to run for reelection due to term limits. Dallas also concurrently elected all 14 members of its city council, and 3 of the 9 total members of the Dallas Independent School District. Johnson won the runoff with 55.61%.


2019 Dallas mayoral election, Candidates
Thirteen candidates declared campaigns for Dallas Mayor ahead of the filing deadline. One dropped out voluntary, while three failed to qualify, which left nine candidates for the May ballot.


2019 Dallas municipal election
The 2019 Dallas municipal election was an election to determine the mayor and all 14 city council members in Dallas, Texas. The election day was May 4, 2019  If no candidate takes a majority of over 50% of the total vote, the two top vote-earners will advance to a runoff election on June 8. Incumbent mayor Mike Rawlings is unable to run for reelection due to term limits.


2019 Dally M Awards
The 2019 Dally M Awards were presented on Wednesday 2 October 2019. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger.


2019 Dally M Awards, Dally M Awards
The Dally M Awards are, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year, while in a change from previous seasons, the Provan-Summons Medal was awarded to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs skipper Josh Jackson for the sportsmanship he showed in consoling Wests Tigers goalkicker Paul Momirovski after he missed a goal to force golden point against the Bulldogs in round 21.


2019 Damallsvenskan
The 2019 Damallsvenskan was the 32nd season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. It began on 13 April 2019, and ended on 26 October. Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC are the defending champions, having won the competition in 2018.


2019 Damallsvenskan
Kungsbacka DFF and KIF Örebro DFF were promoted from 2018 Elitettan after finishing first and second respectively. Kungsbacka makes their first appearance in Damallsvenskan.


2019 Damallsvenskan
All matches can be viewed worldwide for a fee at .


2019 Damallsvenskan
On 20 October, the winner of Damallsvenskan was settled, when FC Rosengård netted one point in the league table and gained an impregnable lead with one remaining round against then relatively new closest competitor Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. This is their 10th win of Damallsvenskan, the first club to achieve that. They immediately put a star on top of their emblem to mark this. Vittsjö GIK had held the second place for some time but failed to hold on to it at the end.


2019 Damallsvenskan, Teams
Notes:1 According to each club information page previously available at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan, . Since May 2018 this is no longer present. 2 Kungsbacka DFF's home arena is really Tingbergsvallen, but because it didn't meet the requirements for Damallsvenskan, and SvFF did not grant dispensation, where particularly the lack of lightning was deemed unacceptable considering all games are broadcast, they had to relocate their games to Påskbergsvallen about 50 km away, in Varberg, instead.


2019 Damallsvenskan, League table
C Last season's champion. R Last season's runner up. P1 Promoted to Damallsvenskan from last season's Elitettan, finishing first there. P2 Promoted to Damallsvenskan from last season's Elitettan, finishing second there.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests
On 3 November 2019, Daman Collector Rakesh Minhas issued a Section 144 order banning peaceful assembly of four or more persons, slogan-shouting and the use of loudspeakers across the entire district of Daman and ordered the conversion of  Government High School, Bhimpore and the Government Sarvottam High School, Moti Daman into 'temporary jails'. This was in response to a land ownership dispute between the local indigenous fishing community and the local administration that had confiscated their land and bulldozed their homes. The ensuing protest resulted with the detention of 70 protesters in the 'temporary jails' and another 8 arrests. Few of the adivasi fisherfolk were rehoused whilst most languished traumatised and homeless on the streets near the rubble of their razed homes.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Demolition of indigenous people's  homes
Valuable seafront land along the 700-metre (2,300 ft) stretch from Moti Daman Lighthouse to Jampore beach is claimed to be owned by adivasi fishing communities who have lived there for generations as well as by NRI Damanese predominantly living in Leicester, UK.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Demolition of indigenous people's  homes
In December 2018, local residents received official looking documents purportedly instructed by Praful Khoda Patel ordering the confiscation of the land and ordering the demolition of the homes to make way for development.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Demolition of indigenous people's  homes
With 11,000 Damanese living the Leicester East constituency, members of the community approached their MP Keith Vaz, who flew out to Daman to meet the Administrator Praful Khoda Patel. In January 2019 Vaz reported back that, "I had a very constructive discussion with Mr Patel. I believe that Mr Patel has a vision for Daman and he wants to develop it as a tourist and education centre. I was particularly impressed by the commitments made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to enhance the development of Daman. Mr Patel promised that there would be no further demolitions until after the court has made its ruling and that he would talk to me about any further matters concerning this issue. I welcomed his constructive and positive approach."


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Demolition of indigenous people's  homes
On 1 November 2019 with Police assistance, Rakesh Minhas oversaw the bulldozing of around 90 homes that the local administration stated were illegally constructed.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Protests
The newly evicted residents erupted in street protests prompting local MP Lalu Patel to write to the Collector requesting that they "be restored their homes at the very sites they were razed, on humanitarian grounds". Rakesh Minhas retorted that they may apply for a 20-year housing loan under PMAY-U. The following day people engaged in peaceful protest and sat on the road at Ram Setu area. Upon approach of the authorities the protesters demanded alternative houses or flats but the authorities spoke with them and convinced them to go away.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Protests
By the 3rd November, local residents joined the homeless families for peaceful protest near the football ground and shouted slogans critical of Collector Rakesh Minhas. Minhas responded by issuing a Section 144 order banning peaceful assembly of four or more persons, slogan-shouting and the use of loudspeakers across the entire district and ordered the conversion of Government High School, Bhimpore and the Government Sarvottam High School, Moti Daman into 'temporary jails'.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Protests
On Monday 4 November 2019 Rakesh Minhas called a press conference and announcing - "We have removed 90 houses that were built illegally on the coastal area on the road from Jampore to the lighthouse. Those who lost their houses can apply for houses at the Collector’s office under PMAY-U. We will also arrange for the cheapest loans to the beneficiaries… There are some houses under PMAY-U ready for which the affected families would be considered on priority." Authorities then used water cannons to disperse the protesters from the football ground. With the protesters unmoved police resorted to a violent lathicharge detaining protesters at the 'temporary jails'.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Protests
By the afternoon a large group of women protesters had gathered on the road at Ram Setu area. Police warned the protesters to leave but they didn't budge so police detained them with 70 people kept at the 'temporary jails' until evening. Eight were arrested under IPC 188, 143 and 149 and released on bail later.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Protests
The following day 25 Daman Municipal Council members with four Sarpanch from different villages travelled to meet Rakesh Minhas but were denied permission.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Protests
These extraordinary events garnered significant attention from the Indian Press. The most widely read English-language newspaper on earth, The Times of India, uniquely chose to interview hoteliers owners about the impact of protest on their business and had no quotes from evicted residents nor their advocates.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Aftermath
The eviction victims are mostly vulnerable, uneducated, disabled, very old or very young and are left on the streets to fend for themselves. They are poorly positioned to assert their rights with many currently living on the streets near their demolished homes traumatised by their experience. The few that were offered alternative homes currently being built further inland from their demolished homes are required to pay towards the costs of the houses and monthly rent but do not have the means to do so.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Aftermath
The families affected have received exposure from the UK government registered human rights charity, Justice Upheld, who estimated that 200,000 people may be affected over time. They state that the local administration have no legal right to confiscate their land and demolish their homes. They were not consulted and no attempt was made to contact them. Their possessions were destroyed, notice was not given and legal process was not followed. Public and personal records prove the families are registered and they have been paying property tax for their land and properties to the Daman Municipal Council for generations.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Aftermath
Their property ownership was again confirmed upon the granting of Aadhaar ID cards by the government requiring verification of identity and property ownership. Despite legitimate ownership the land is not formally registered on the Government's central land records and is ‘unregistered’ land and property and open to exploitation. Registration involves a formal investigation and a lengthy legal process which can be costly.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Aftermath
As of March 2021 the site is now The Fern Seaside Luxurious Tent Resort offering tourist accommodation for US$80/£57GBP/6000 rupees per night. Billionaire Binod Chaudhary, Nepal's wealthiest person, owns the Fern brand via his multi-national conglomerate CG Corp Global.


2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests, Land Records Improvement Programmes
The Indian government has been trying to resolve the poor quality of land records since 1988 with little success. Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme was to resolve this but has experienced significant shortcomings. A huge number of land disputes are pending in the courts. Of the nearly one million (10 lakh) civil court cases were pending, 60 per cent are more than one year old, 34 per cent are over three years old and 20 per cent cases are over five years old.


2019 Dania Espaeva presidential campaign
Danial Espaeva, member of the Mazhilis from 2016, was announced as a presidential nominee for the Ak Zhol Democratic Party on 24 April 2019, making her the first female in Kazakhstan history to bid for presidency. With 190 party delegates participation in the nomination, she received votes from half of the delegates while the remaining were divided among 5 men that were bidding for the nomination. This sparked controversy at the party congress to which Espaeva called it "offensive" and noted that no female in the Kazakh government has been involved in high-level corruption cases.


2019 Dania Espaeva presidential campaign
The Central Election Commission registered Espaeva as the candidate for the election on 3 May 2019 and announced her campaign platform on 12 May.


2019 Dania Espaeva presidential campaign, Platforms, Economic policy
Espaeva supported to reduce interest rates in banks, as well as to end the practice of devaluation and improve the public procurement program. She also called for reduced tax rates for priority industries, particularly or mechanical engineering and to make lending more accessible to entrepreneurs with lastly, a focus on the creation of new industries in the rural areas.


2019 Dania Espaeva presidential campaign, Campaign
Despite being the first-female candidate in Kazakhstan, in an interview Espaeva was asked whether she preferred man or woman leading the country, she responded that a man should.


2019 Dania Espaeva presidential campaign, Campaign
Espaeva began her campaign rally by visiting a bread-baking plant in Almaty where she met workers consisted mostly of women.


2019 Danish Cup Final
The 2019 Danish Cup final was played on 17 May 2019 between FC Midtjylland and Brøndby IF at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, a neutral ground. The final is the culmination of the 2018–19 Danish Cup, the 65th season of the Danish Cup.


2019 Danish Cup Final
Brøndby IF appeared in their 10th Danish Cup final (third consecutive) and were the defending title-holders. FC Midtjylland had never won a Danish Cup title before the match, being four times the runners-up. The winner of the final earned themselves a place in at least the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.


2019 Danish Cup Final
FC Midtjylland won the final after a penalty shoot-out and earned their first ever Danish Cup title.


2019 Danish Cup Final, Venue
All Cup Finals except the 1991 final (Odense Stadium) and 1992 final (Aarhus Idrætspark) have been played in the Copenhagen Sports Park (1955–1990), or Parken Stadium (1993–present)


2019 Danish Cup Final, Background
Brøndby is competing in its third consecutive final, losing to F.C. Copenhagen in 2017 and capturing the title over Silkeborg IF in 2018. FC Midtjylland is appearing in its fifth final, losing all four if its previous appearances. The two teams have previously met in the 2003 and 2005 finals, and the teams share an equal 1-1-1 record during the regular season of the 2018–19 Danish Superliga.


2019 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 Danish Darts Open
The 2019 Danish Darts Open was the eighth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, from 14–16 June 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.


2019 Danish Darts Open
Mensur Suljović was the defending champion after defeating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he lost 6–5 to Dave Chisnall in the third round.


2019 Danish Darts Open
Chisnall would go on to win the event, his second European Tour title and his first for 6 years, by defeating Chris Dobey 8–3 in the final.


2019 Danish Darts Open, Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 7 May will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.


2019 Danish Darts Open, Qualification and format
The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 17 May), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 17 May), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 18 May), two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 13 June), two from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (excluding Danish players, held on 10 March), one from the East European Qualifier (held on 10 March), and one to the highest ranked PDCNB player on the PDC Order of Merit without a Tour Card.


2019 Danish Darts Open, Qualification and format
From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-Tour Card holders. Any Tour Card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.


2019 Danish general election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.


2019 Danish general election
The elections resulted in a victory for the "red bloc", comprising parties that supported the Social Democrats' leader Mette Frederiksen as candidate for Prime Minister. The "red bloc", consisting of the Social Democrats, the Social Liberals, Socialist People's Party, the Red–Green Alliance, the Faroese Social Democratic Party and the Greenlandic Siumut, won 93 of the 179 seats, securing a parliamentary majority. Meanwhile, the incumbent governing coalition, consisting of Venstre, the Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People's Party whilst receiving parliamentary support from the Danish People's Party and Nunatta Qitornai, was reduced to 76 seats (including the Venstre-affiliated Union Party in the Faroe Islands).


2019 Danish general election
On 6 June, incumbent Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen of the centre-right liberal Venstre party tendered his resignation, and Frederiksen was tasked with forming a new government. On 25 June, Frederiksen reached an agreement with the red bloc, and on 27 June she was appointed Prime Minister and her government, a single-party Social Democratic government, took office.


2019 Danish general election, Background
At the 2015 general election, a narrow majority was won by the Danish People's Party, Venstre, Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People's Party, colloquially known as the "blue bloc". They won 90 seats in the Folketing versus 89 seats for the remaining parties, all belonging to the "red bloc". Ten days later, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the leader of Venstre, became Prime Minister, when Venstre formed a single-party government supported by the remaining parties in the "blue bloc". In November 2016, Rasmussen formed a new government, now a coalition with Liberal Alliance, and the Conservative People's Party.


2019 Danish general election, Electoral system
Of the 179 members of the Folketing, 175 are elected in Denmark proper, two in Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. In Denmark there are ten multi-member constituencies containing a total of 135 seats directly elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated using a modified version of the Sainte-Laguë method and Hare quota. An additional 40 leveling seats are used to address any imbalance in the distribution of the constituency seats, and are distributed among all parties that cross the 2% election threshold, according to their national vote share.


2019 Danish general election, Electoral system
Voters could choose between casting a personal vote for a candidate, or voting for a political party. Most parties primarily choose a "side-by-side" option for choosing candidates, where the candidates with the most personal votes are appointed; however the Red–Green Alliance, as well as other parties in a small number of consticuencies (storkredser) use a "party list" option, where the prioritized candidates are predetermined, with a candidate only being able to skip to the front of the list if they receive a substantial fraction (Droop quota) of the party's personal votes in the constituency.


2019 Danish general election, Electoral system
According to the Danish Constitution, the 2019 election was required to be held no later than 17 June 2019, as the previous elections were held on 18 June 2015. The Prime Minister is able to call the election at any date, provided that date is no later than four years from the previous election, and this is cited as a tactical advantage for the sitting government.


2019 Danish general election, Electoral system
For a new party to become eligible to participate in the election, they must be supported by a number of voters corresponding to 1/175 of all valid votes cast in the previous election. A new party registering to contest the 2019 elections required 20,109 voter declarations to participate.


2019 Danish general election, Participating parties, Denmark
All nine parties that held seats in the Folketing contested the elections. Four other parties also gained ballot access: three new parties on the right and the Christian Democrats, who lost representation in the 2005 election. In October 2016, The New Right, a new right-wing party, became eligible to run in the election, and a year later, in October 2017, the Christian Democrats did likewise. The latter had participated in every election from 1971 to 2005.


2019 Danish general election, Participating parties, Denmark
In February 2019, the party Klaus Riskær Pedersen, named after its founder, collected the necessary voter declarations and became eligible too, despite, breaking the rules for collection of declarations. Riskær Pedersen found a way to circumvent a 7-day "thinking period" between a voter noting their support for a party and then confirming their signature in the online collection system. Even though the rules did not allow this, they contained no possibility of sanctions. Following this, all political parties in the Folketing agreed to close the loophole and build a new portal for declarations, expected to be available in the end 2020.


2019 Danish general election, Participating parties, Denmark
In April 2019, following unrest at Nørrebro caused by demonstrations by anti-Islamist politician Rasmus Paludan, his party Hard Line managed to collect the required signatures. Paludan and his party have been surrounded with controversy, with demonstrations containing activities like throwing the Quran around, burning the Quran and harassing Muslims. In April 2019, Paludan was sentenced for violating a paragraph in the Danish Penal Code colloquially known as the "racism paragraph". He had also circumvented the "thinking period" in the same manner as Riskær Pedersen.


2019 Danish general election, Participating parties, Faroe Islands
All parties represented in the Løgting were eligible to contest the elections, although the Centre Party decided not to participate.


2019 Danish general election, Participating parties, Greenland
All parties represented in the Parliament of Greenland were eligible to participate in the elections. In the previous elections, Aleqa Hammond won a seat as a Siumut candidate, but was expelled from the party in August 2016 following a case about misuse of funds from the Folketing. In April 2018, she joined Nunatta Qitornai.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Early statements
In October 2017, The New Right, a new right-wing political party that became eligible to run in October 2016, listed three demands for a candidate for Prime Minister to receive their support. All three demands were tightenings of the immigration policy.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Early statements
On 4 June 2018, the Social Democrats, the largest opposition party, stated that if they were to win the election, they wished to form a single-party government led by their leader Mette Frederiksen, i.e. not as a coalition government with the Social Liberal Party. This was done in order to both pursue traditional centre-left issues, and to have a strict immigration policy. Morten Østergaard, the leader of the Social Liberal Party, responded by saying that if the Social Democrats wanted their support, they would also need to give them concessions. The message was welcomed by the anti-immigration Danish People's Party, which supported the centre-right party Venstre in the election. Their leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl, said that this would ensure that they could get through with their immigration policy, no matter which party won the election.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Early statements
On 26 June 2018, The Alternative, which traditionally is regarded as belonging to the "red bloc", stated that they no longer would support Mette Frederiksen as candidate to become Prime Minister. Instead, they would support their own political leader, Uffe Elbæk, as a way to "pull their seats from the equation" after the election. This was done because they did not regard the other parties' ambitions concerning climate change to be sufficient. The move was met with criticism, as Elbæk's chances are very slim, and it could risk keeping Lars Løkke Rasmussen as Prime Minister.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Campaign begins
The election campaign started on 7 May 2019, when Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced that the election would be held on 5 June, which is Constitution Day. At the time of announcement, Mette Frederiksen, leader of the Social Democrats and contender to the office of Prime Minister, was sick and unable to participate in the televised debates between all party leaders held on the same evening. Instead, former minister Nicolai Wammen represented the Social Democrats in the debates. Frederiksen started campaigning on 10 May.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Campaign begins
Shortly before the election was called, Hard Line, a new far-right party which wants to ban Islam, became eligible to participate in the election. In the beginning of the campaign, much attention was given to the party, and especially their leader Rasmus Paludan. Both Løkke Rasmussen and Frederiksen said that they would not base a government on their potential seats, and other party leaders rejected to cooperate with the party, should they gain seats.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Campaign begins
While Venstre, Liberal Alliance and the Conservatives said that Hard Line should not be considered as part of the "blue bloc" when committee seats are distributed, the Danish People's Party were open to that possibility. On 8 May, when Paludan was guest in a TV-show, he called Mimi Jakobsen, a former politician, a "Nazi pig", shortly after she had said that Paludan's thoughts were "close to Nazi a mindset". Jakobsen threatened to sue, but ultimately decided not to.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Campaign begins
On 9 May media revealed that Paludan had been given a restraining order due to stalking, with more details following a week later. From 2010 to 2013 he had been stalking a 24-year-old man he met while studying Latin, and in 2015 he was sentenced a fine for offending a police officer who handled the case. Paludan declined to comment, saying it regarded his private life.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Campaign begins
On 13 May the Christian Democrats announced that their leader Stig Grenov would take a leave of absence due to stress, and that deputy chairman Isabella Arendt would become acting chairman. On the first evening of the campaign, Grenov had participated in a televised debate on DR1 and was supposed to participate in another debate at TV 2, but became ill and was replaced by Arendt. She was hailed by her performance in that debate, dubbed the "substitute from heaven".


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Campaign begins
Following the change in chairman, media speculated if the change was a tactical move, as Arendt was perceived to have a broader appeal than Grenov, and as a young woman could improve the party's image, but both Grenov and Arendt denied that tactics played a role in the decision. On 28 May, Grenov announced that he would step down as chairman at the party's October conference, and supported Arendt as new chairman.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Talks about an Social Democrats–Venstre coalition government
On 16 May, Løkke Rasmussen published a book, in which he was open to a possible coalition government between the Social Democratic Party and Venstre (Danish: SV-regering). He said that he offered to be the "grown up", as a coalition across the political middle would be better than a government depending on the outermost political wings, but stressed that he and Venstre still campaigned for a centre-right government. The announcement was remarkable and regarded as a gamble; Løkke Rasmussen himself called it a "game changer".


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Talks about an Social Democrats–Venstre coalition government
Prominent figures in Venstre, among those deputy chairman and Minister of Finance Kristian Jensen and Minister for Immigration Inger Støjberg, were deeply critical of the idea, while others supported the idea. Denmark had an SV government between 1978 and 1979, Ministeriet Anker Jørgensen III. That government, which was led by Prime Minister Anker Jørgensen of the Social Democrats, was widely regarded as a fiasco.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Talks about an Social Democrats–Venstre coalition government
The idea of an SV-government were immediately rejected by Frederiksen, who said that the political differences are too big, and reiterated that the Social Democrats wished to form a single-party government after the election. Among the parties in the sitting government, Søren Pape Poulsen, leader of the Conservative, said that they could not support an SV-government, and Anders Samuelsen, leader of the Liberal Alliance, said that he was worried about the turn that the election campaign had taken, and offered free membership of Liberal Alliance for all members of Venstre.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Talks about an Social Democrats–Venstre coalition government
On the other hand, the Social Liberals and the Danish People's Party welcomed the announcement, while the Red–Green Alliance refused to support such a government. Pia Kjærsgaard, speaker of the Folketing and former leader of the Danish People's Party, called for a majority government between Venstre, the Social Democrats, and the Danish People's Party, as an SV-government would be unstable and could give the Social Liberals too much influence on the immigration policy.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Talks about an Social Democrats–Venstre coalition government
On 4 June, the day before the election, Løkke Rasmussen gave up on his plans to form a centre-right government, saying it was no longer "realistic". He instead made it his first priority to create a government across the political middle, in order to keep the right- and left wing away from power. He did not state which parties should be in such a government. The announcement was met with stark opposition from his coalition partners.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Talks about an Social Democrats–Venstre coalition government
Pape Poulsen rejected taking part in such a government, questioning what the political foundation should be while Samuelsen said that Løkke Rasmussen had "let down" the civic-liberal Denmark. Kristian Thulesen Dahl, leader of the Danish People's Party, said that it was paramount to them to take part in such a cooperation, so the Social Liberals and The Alternative did not influence it. He demanded that Løkke Rasmussen choose between the Social Liberals and the Danish People's Party. Frederiksen once again rejected the idea and said that "voters must be confused" as Løkke proposed three different governments during the election campaign.


2019 Danish general election, Campaign, Talks about an Social Democrats–Venstre coalition government
Morten Østergaard, leader of the Social Liberals, said that he would be supporting Frederiksen as Prime Minister, and that he could not support Løkke Rasmussen. The day prior, the Social Liberals' vice chairman, Martin Lidegaard, had said that a government with both Venstre, the Social Democrats and the Social Liberals would be the "dream scenario".


2019 Danish general election, Results
Overall the election was a win for the "red bloc" – the parties that supported Mette Frederiksen, leader of the Social Democrats, as Prime Minister. In total, the Social Democrats, the Social Liberals, Socialist People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance won 91 seats. Green party The Alternative chose to go into opposition as a "green bloc".


2019 Danish general election, Results
The Social Democrats defended their position as the largest party, and won an additional seat despite a slightly reduced voter share. They were closely followed by Venstre, who saw the largest gains in seats, picking up an extra nine. In the "blue bloc", only Venstre and the Conservative People's Party saw gains, the latter doubling their seats. The Danish People's Party's vote share fell by 12.4 percentage points (pp), well over half of their support.


2019 Danish general election, Results
Leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl speculated that the bad result was due to an extraordinary good election in 2015, and that some voters felt they could "gain [their] policy elsewhere". The Liberal Alliance saw their vote share fall by over two-thirds and became the smallest party in the Folketing, only 0.3pp above the 2% election threshold. Their leader Anders Samuelsen was not reelected and he subsequently resigned as leader, succeeded by Alex Vanopslagh.


2019 Danish general election, Results
Of the new parties, only the New Right won seats, with Hard Line, the Christian Democrats and Klaus Riskær Pedersen failing to cross the national 2% threshold, although the Christian Democrats were within 200 votes of winning a direct seat in the western Jutland constituency. On election night, Klaus Riskær Pedersen announced that he would dissolve his party.


2019 Danish general election, Results
In the Faroe Islands, Republic (which had finished first in the 2015 elections) dropped to fourth place and lost their seat. The Union Party replaced them as the first party while the Social Democratic Party finished in second place again, retaining their seat. In Greenland, the result was a repeat of the 2015 elections, with Inuit Ataqatigiit and Siumut winning the two seats. Siumut regained parliamentary representation after their previous MP, Aleqa Hammond, was expelled from the party in 2016. Hammond later joined Nunatta Qitornai, which finished fourth and failed to win a seat.


2019 Danish general election, Results, Seat distribution
The following is the number of constituency seats for each party with parenteses indicating levelling seats.


2019 Danish general election, Government formation
On election night, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced that his government would resign the following day. Following consultations with the political parties known as a "Queen's round" (Danish: Dronningerunde), Queen Margrethe II tasked Mette Frederiksen with forming a new government. At the Queen's round, the Social Liberals, the Socialist People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance supported the Social Democratic leader. Government negotiations started on 7 June.


2019 Danish general election, Government formation
On 19 June, the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance announced an agreement on global warming, committing to reduce Denmark's emission of CO2 by 70% in 2030. The Social Liberals decided to stay away from the meeting, as they were dissatisfied that parts were agreed before the negotiations was complete.


2019 Danish general election, Government formation
On 25 June, the four parties announced that they had reached an agreement, allowing Frederiksen to become Prime Minister as leader of a single-party Social Democratic government. Completed 20 days after the general election, the negotiations were the longest since 1988. Frederiksen decided not to formulate a government basis white paper, as is otherwise tradition, saying that it was sufficient with the 18-page "political understanding" she had agreed with her parliamentary support. On 27 June, the new cabinet was announced and took office the same day. The average age of ministers were 41.8 years, and Frederiksen herself became the youngest person to hold the office of Prime Minister.


2019 Danmark Rundt
The 2019 Danmark Rundt (officially PostNord Danmark Rundt 2019 for sponsorship reasons) is a men's road bicycle race which was held from 21 August to 25 August 2019. It was the 29th edition of Danmark Rundt, which was established in 1985. The race was rated as a 2.HC event and formed part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. The race was made up of five stages over five days and includes an individual time trial.


2019 Danmark Rundt, Teams
A total of 20 teams with 6 riders each race in the 2019 Danmark Rundt: 3 UCI WorldTeams, 10 UCI Professional Continental teams, 6 UCI Continental Teams along with a Danish national team under the Team Postnord Danmark name. PostNord is the name sponsor of the race.


2019 Danmark Rundt, Schedule
There are five stages over five days with an individual time trial on day two.


2019 Darlington Borough Council election
The 2019 Darlington Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Darlington Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Dartford Borough Council election
The 2019 Dartford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dartford Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 15th straight year and 20th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play share of the Ivy League title with Yale.


2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team, Previous season
The Big Green finished the 2018 season 9–1, 6–1 in Ivy League play to finish in second place.


2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Big Green were picked to finish in second place.


2019 Darwin Tennis International
The 2019 Darwin Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour and the 2019 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Darwin, Australia between 23 and 29 September 2019.


2019 Darwin Tennis International, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Darwin Tennis International, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Darwin Tennis International – Women's Doubles
Rutuja Bhosale and Hiroko Kuwata were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 Darwin Tennis International – Women's Doubles
Destanee Aiava and Lizette Cabrera won the title, defeating Alison Bai and Jaimee Fourlis in the final, 6–4, 2–6, [10–3].


2019 Darwin Tennis International – Women's Singles
Kimberly Birrell was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Darwin Tennis International – Women's Singles
Lizette Cabrera won the title, defeating Abbie Myers in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2.


2019 Darwin Triple Crown
The 2019 Darwin Triple Crown (formally known as 2019 BetEasy Darwin Triple Crown) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 14-16 June 2019. The event was held at Hidden Valley Raceway near Darwin in the Northern Territory and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It was the seventh event of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 15 and 16 of the season.


2019 Darwin Triple Crown
DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin became the first driver in the history of the event to win the Triple Crown by winning both races and pole position in the Top Ten Shootout.


2019 Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Background, Entry alterations
Brad Jones Racing entered an additional Holden Commodore ZB for Jack Smith, his third wildcard entry of the season.


2019 Darwin shooting
On 4 June 2019, a mass shooting occurred in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The Northern Territory Police confirmed that four people were killed in the incident and another one was injured. A 45-year-old man, Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann, was arrested and subsequently charged with murder and attempted murder.


2019 Darwin shooting, Attack
The attacks occurred over multiple locations starting at 5:39pm. According to one news source:


2019 Darwin shooting, Attack
"Shots had rung out near Finnis Street just outside the CBD before the man moved to other locations – including the Buffalo Club, Gardens Hill Crescent, the Palms Motel, a Coles Express and Jolly Street in Woolner."


2019 Darwin shooting, Attack
Witnesses say the gunman entered the Palms Motel on McMinn Street, Darwin and used a pump-action shotgun to shoot through a guestroom door. According to sources, around 20 shots were fired by the suspect. Witnesses also noted that while in the motel the gunman went from "room-to-room" while screaming out "Alex".


2019 Darwin shooting, Attack
Police responded to the incident and the city centre near the motel remained in lock-down for an hour after the attack. The media reports that about 100 police were involved including officers from the Territory Response Group. Northern Territory Police Commissioner, Reece Kershaw described the weapon as "a prohibited 12-gauge pump-action shotgun", and said it may have been stolen as far back as 1997. Police say that the suspect used 7 vehicles to visit other places located in the city.


2019 Darwin shooting, Suspect
After the motel shooting, the suspect fled in a Toyota utility and remained at large for about an hour before being detained after notifying police of his location at the intersection of McMinn and Daly Streets. At the time of his arrest, the man, a suspected member of a motorcycle gang who had been released from prison in January, was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. The suspect was also taken to Royal Darwin Hospital after being injured with a knife and tasered.


2019 Darwin shooting, Suspect
The suspect has been identified by the media as Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann, age 45. Kershaw said that Hoffmann had been released from prison on parole in January 2019. He had been serving a 6-year prison sentence, eligible for parole after 4 years. After this he committed a minor violation of his parole conditions, breaking curfew by less than an hour, and as a result he was imprisoned again for two weeks, being released in early May. During his parole he had been drug tested, with all results negative. Police also revealed that they stopped the suspect for speeding hours before the shooting.


2019 Darwin shooting, Suspect
The suspect's motivation remains unclear, but Kershaw said the suspect may have been looking for certain individuals. One of the individuals may have been called "Alex". Police believe "Alex" was outside the Northern Territory at the time of the attack.


2019 Darwin shooting, Victims
The victims of the crime were all male: one man was reportedly killed at the motel, one at Buff Club, one at Gardens Hill Crescent, and one at Jolly Street.


2019 Darwin shooting, Victims
In addition, at the motel, a 23 year-old woman was shot multiple times in the legs. She was helped by a witness at the scene, and later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital.


2019 Darwin shooting, Prosecution and trial
Hoffman was to stand trial in February 2020, but due to a dispute with NT Legal Aid, he had no legal representation. He is expected to plead not guilty on all counts, arguing mental impairment due to psychiatric illness. On 23 April 2020, Hoffman's lawyer indicated that he would run a defence of mental impairment.


2019 Darwin shooting, Reactions
The Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, commented that the shooting was not terrorism-related. Michael Gunner, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, stated that his thoughts were with the families and friends of the victims, stating "This is not the Darwin we know".