2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team
The 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Brian Bohannon and played their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as fifth-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 11–3, 5–1 in Big South play to finish in second place. The Owls received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs. They defeated Wofford in the first round before losing to Weber State in the second round.


2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team, Previous season
The Owls finished the 2018 season 11–2, 5–0 in Big South play to win the Big South conference championship for the second consecutive year. The Owls received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. The Owls earned a No. 4 seed and a first round bye. They defeated Wofford in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to No. 5 South Dakota State.


2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team, Preseason, Big South poll
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Owls were predicted to finish in first place.


2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Big South team
The Owls had six players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.


2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team, FCS Playoffs
The Owls were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Wofford.


2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second year head coach Sean Lewis and played their home games at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.


2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
Trailing 6–27 at the fourth quarter against Buffalo with a 3–6 record, Kent State proceeded to score 24 unanswered points in the last eight minutes of the game to win 30–27, and followed that victory with two additional wins to reach bowl eligibility for the first time since 2012. Kent State were then invited to the Frisco Bowl where they defeated Utah State with a 51–41 score.


2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team, Previous season
The Golden Flashes finished the 2018 season 2–10 1–7 in MAC Play to finish in last place in the East Division for the second year in a row.


2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team, Preseason, MAC media poll
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23, 2019, with the Golden Flashes predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.


2019 Kentucky Attorney General election
The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1944, and the state's first black attorney general.


2019 Kentucky Attorney General election, General election
The general election took place on November 5, 2019 following the May 21 primary elections.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
The 2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 24th (ATP) and 22nd (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Lexington, United States, on 29 July–4 August 2019.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Robert Galloway and Roberto Maytín were the defending champions but only Maytín chose to defend his title, partnering Jackson Withrow. Maytín lost in the final to Diego Hidalgo and Martin Redlicki.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Hidalgo and Redlicki won the title after defeating Maytín and Withrow 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Lloyd Harris was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Jannik Sinner won the title after defeating Alex Bolt 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Hayley Carter and Ena Shibahara were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Robin Anderson and Jessika Ponchet won the title, defeating Ann Li and Jamie Loeb in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [10–7].


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Asia Muhammad was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Qualifier Kim Da-bin won the title, defeating Ann Li in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2019 Kentucky Derby
The 2019 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 2019 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve) was the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky. The field was open to 20 horses, who qualified for the race by earning points on the 2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Derby is held annually on the first Saturday in May, at the end of the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km), and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875. The purse for 2019 was increased from US$2 million to US$3 million.


2019 Kentucky Derby
The race was broadcast by NBC, with coverage by NBCSN of undercard races beginning at 12:30 pm EDT and main network coverage of pre-race activities starting at 2:30 pm EDT. Cleveland Browns star quarterback Baker Mayfield provided the "Riders Up".


2019 Kentucky Derby
Although Maximum Security crossed the finish line before long shot Country House, Maximum Security was disqualified and the victory was awarded to Country House after Maximum Security was judged to have cost War of Will and Long Range Toddy a better placing in the race when he swerved into their path, causing them to check strides.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
The Kentucky Derby is only open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds, thus entrants in the 2019 race were foaled in 2016, mostly as part of the North America foal crop of roughly 22,500. The field is limited to twenty horses who qualify based on points earned in the 2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of designated races that was first introduced in 2013. This point system replaced the previous graded stakes race earnings system.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
Most positions in the Derby starting gate are earned on the main Road, consisting of 34 races in North America plus one in Dubai. The seven major preps for the Kentucky Derby are the Louisiana Derby, UAE Derby, Florida Derby, Wood Memorial, Blue Grass Stakes, Santa Anita Derby and Arkansas Derby. Each of these races provided the winner with 100 qualifying points, essentially guaranteeing that horse a berth in the Derby provided the owner pays the required nomination and entry fees.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
The first three of these major preps were run in late March and were won by By My Standards, Plus Que Parfait and Maximum Security respectively. The next three major prep races were run on April 6, and were won by Tacitus, Vekoma and Roadster respectively. The last major prep was run on April 13, and was won by Omaha Beach.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
One qualification position is also available via the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, and another via the Japan Road. In 2019, none of the offers for the European Road were accepted and the top three finishers in the Japan Road declined their invitation as they had not been nominated to the Derby. The connections of the fourth-place finisher on the Japan Road, Master Fencer, decided to accept the offer, marking the first time that a Japanese-bred horse entered the Derby via the Japan Road.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Field
The cutoff to qualify for the Derby was 40 points, the highest such total since the points system was adopted. The post position draw took place on April 30, after which Omaha Beach was installed as the 4–1 morning line favorite. However, he was scratched from the race on May 1 due to an entrapped epiglottis, which impaired his breathing. Because of his withdrawal, Bodexpress drew into the field as program number 21. With the subsequent scratch of Haikal (originally post position 11) combined with Omaha Beach (originally post position 12), horses with higher program numbers moved over two place in the starting gate—for example, Code of Honor (saddle cloth 13) started from post position 11.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Field
Trainer Bob Baffert, whose five Derby wins include Triple Crown champions American Pharoah and Justify, had three of the leading contenders: Champion Two-Year-Old Game Winner, Santa Anita Derby winner Roadster, and Arkansas Derby second place finisher Improbable who would go on to be the 2020 Champion Older Dirt Male after three Grade One wins. "This year is different," said Baffert. "With [Justify and American Pharoah] I knew I had the horse and felt like I needed a little luck. Now I've got three nice horses, and there's a lot of parity. It's wide open."


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
A crowd of 150,729 turned out for the Derby. The rain held off until late afternoon, but then drenched the track, turning the track condition sloppy.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Maximum Security went off as the second favorite (behind Improbable) at odds of 9–2 based on his frontrunning win in the Florida Derby. As expected, he went to the early lead, running a very fast opening quarter of 22.31 seconds. Jockey Luis Saez then slowed down the pace, as they completed the half-mile in 46.62 and six furlongs in 1:12.50. As they rounded the final turn, the field began to bunch up as other contenders mounted their closing drives.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
With about 5⁄16 of a mile remaining in the race, Maximum Security swerved out from the two path (ie, two positions away from the rail) into the four or five path. In the process, he made contact with War of Will and also interfered with Long Range Toddy and Bodexpress, causing all three horses to check strides. Saez, who later said that Maximum Security swerved in reaction to noise from the large crowd, quickly corrected course and returned to the two path, bumping Code of Honor who had been gaining ground on the rail. Maximum Security fought back and again drew clear of the field, crossing the finish line first.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Meanwhile, Country House had broken from an outside post position and settled into mid-pack, carried three wide around the first turn. Going into the final turn, he was still in ninth place but rapidly made up ground while again moving wide. He was close to Maximum Security when that horse veered out, and was carried wide by Long Range Toddy. He could not respond to Maximum Security's rally, but held off the rest of the field to finish a clear second.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description, Objections
After the race, the jockeys of Country House and Long Range Toddy each filed an objection to the result. The rules of racing in Kentucky provide for the disqualification of a horse if it shifts its position in a manner that impedes another horse, costing the other horse a better placing in the race. Although Country House was not materially harmed by Maximum Security's swerve on the far turn, at least three other horses — War of Will, Long Range Toddy, and Bodexpress — were severely affected.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description, Objections
During a 22-minute review, the stewards determined that "Maximum Security veered out into the path of #1 War of Will, who was forced to check and who, in turn, impeded #18 Long Range Toddy, who came out into #21 Bodexpress, who had to check sharply, making contact with #20 Country House." The stewards upheld the objections and disqualified Maximum Security to 17th place, after Long Range Toddy.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description, Objections
The disqualification is the first in Derby history to remove the first-place finishing horse for an on-track infraction; Dancer's Image was disqualified days after the 1968 Kentucky Derby for testing positive for an illegal medication.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description, Objections
The ruling proved controversial, with Maximum Security's owners blaming jockey Tyler Gaffalione on War of Will for causing the incident. War of Will's trainer, Mark Casse, responded that the interference by Maximum Security was worse than he originally thought and that he too would have filed an objection if War of Will had finished in the money. The stewards later issued a fifteen-day suspension on Maximum Security's jockey, Luis Saez, for "failure to control his mount and make the proper effort to maintain a straight course thereby causing interference with several rivals".


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description, Objections
It was the first Kentucky Derby win for trainer Bill Mott, who commented that it was "bittersweet" to win the race in such a manner even though it was normally a routine matter to disqualify a horse for such an incident. NBC analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey were quick to say they thought that Maximum Security was the best horse and that "the best horse won".


2019 Kentucky Derby, Race Description, Objections
At odds of 65–1, Country House became the second-highest-priced winner (behind Donerail in 1913) in the 145-year history of the Derby.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Results
Note: The margins listed above are based on Maximum Security's first-place finish before disqualification.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Results
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 22.31; 1⁄2 mile – 46.42; 3⁄4 mile – 1:12.50; mile – 1:38.63; final – 2:03.93. Splits for each quarter-mile: (22.31) (24.31) (25.88) (26.13) (25.30)


2019 Kentucky Derby, Results, Wagering
Wagering on the Kentucky Oaks day totaled US$60.2 million, including US$19.4 million on the Kentucky Oaks race. Wagering on the Kentucky Derby day totaled US$250.9 million, including US$165.5 million on the Kentucky Derby race. Wagering across the Kentucky Derby Festival totaled US$343.0 million.


2019 Kentucky Derby, Subsequent Grade I wins
Several horses from the 2019 Derby went on to win Grade I races later in their career, including Maximum Security, who was named the champion three-year-old colt. However, Country House never raced again due to a career-ending bout of laminitis.


2019 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
Template:2019 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standingsThe 2019 State Thorobreds football team represents Kentucky State University in the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. The Thorobreds play their home games at Alumni Field in Frankfort, Kentucky and compete in the West Division of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).


2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team
The 2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. For the first season, the Wildcats played their home games at their new stadium, Kentucky Proud Park.


2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Wildcats predicted to finish in sixth place in the Eastern Division.


2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team, Schedule and results
† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings. *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.


2019 Kentucky Wildcats 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 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 2019 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky, and competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by seventh-year head coach Mark Stoops.


2019 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Preseason, SEC preseason poll
The 2019 SEC Media Days were held July 15–18 in Birmingham, Alabama. In the preseason media poll, Kentucky was projected to finish in sixth in the East Division.


2019 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SEC teams
The Wildcats had four players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.


2019 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Schedule
Kentucky announced its 2019 football schedule on September 18, 2018. The 2019 schedule consists of 8 home and 4 away games.


2019 Kentucky elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 5, 2019, with all executive offices in the state up for election. Primary elections were held on May 21, 2019.


2019 Kentucky elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
The 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky. The Democratic nominee, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, defeated Republican incumbent Matt Bevin by a margin of just over 5,000 votes, or less than 0.5%. Bevin conceded on November 14, after a recanvass took place that day that did not change the vote count. Libertarian John Hicks also qualified for the ballot and received 2% of the vote. Statewide turnout was just over 42%, much higher than for the 2015 gubernatorial election. The result was a major swing from 2016, when Donald Trump won the state by 30 points and Republicans gained a supermajority in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly.


2019 Kentucky elections, Attorney General
The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to successfully run for Governor. Republican Daniel Cameron defeated Democrat Greg Stumbo in a landslide. He became the first Republican attorney general of Kentucky since 1948, and the state's first black attorney general.


2019 Kentucky elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. This was the only statewide race in Kentucky in 2019 besides the gubernatorial election in which the Democratic candidate came close to winning and the only non-gubernatorial statewide election in KY, LA or MS where the Democrat achieved more than 45% of the vote in 2019.


2019 Kentucky elections, Judiciary, Supreme Court, Results
Both candidates were registered Republicans, but the election was conducted under a non-partisan format.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky. The Democratic nominee, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, defeated Republican incumbent Matt Bevin by just over 5,000 votes, or 0.37%, making this the closest gubernatorial election in Kentucky since 1899 by total votes, and the closest ever by percentage. It was also the closest race of the 2019 gubernatorial election cycle, in which all of the races involved margins of victory that were under ten points.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election
Bevin conceded on November 14, after a recanvass took place that day that did not change the vote count. Libertarian John Hicks also qualified for the ballot and received 2% of the vote. Statewide turnout was just over 42%, much higher than for the 2015 gubernatorial election.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background
Major-party primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. Incumbent  Republican Governor Matt Bevin was renominated by the Republican Party, and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear won the Democratic nomination.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background
Bevin announced on January 25, 2019, that he would run for a second term, choosing State Senator Ralph Alvarado as his running mate over incumbent Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton. No Republican governor of Kentucky has ever been elected to more than one term, even after the state's constitutional prohibition of governors serving consecutive terms was repealed in 1992. The only Republican before Bevin to run for reelection, Ernie Fletcher, was defeated by Democrat Steve Beshear in 2007 (Steve Beshear is the father of Bevin's Democrat challenger, Andy). Bevin is only the second Republican governor of Kentucky in the last 50 years. Andy Beshear is the first governor of Kentucky to be a direct relative of a former governor.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background
Beshear had the support of 2020 Senate candidate Amy McGrath, his father and former governor Steve Beshear, former governor Paul Patton, and representative and primary challenger Rocky Adkins, all well-known Democrats in the state. Bevin had the support of President Donald Trump, who remains relatively popular in the state, particularly in rural areas. Trump and US Senator Rand Paul held a rally in support of Bevin and Republican Attorney General nominee Daniel Cameron the day before the election. Many considered the decisive factor in this election whether voters would vote based on local issues, as Bevin and his policies were deeply unpopular, or as a referendum on Trump, with whom Bevin closely aligned. The former would be more favorable for Democrats, the latter for Republicans.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background
Beshear won thanks to overwhelming support in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky's two main population hubs, and their suburbs, as well as major vote swings in the Republican-leaning Cincinnati suburbs and lackluster performance by Bevin in counties that have recently become Republican strongholds, particularly the coal country of Eastern Kentucky, where Beshear won multiple counties that overwhelmingly voted Republican in 2016, but were traditionally Democratic. Voter turnout was high across the state compared to past Kentucky elections, with a statewide turnout of about 42%. Fayette County (Lexington) saw a 20% increase in voter turnout, and Beshear received over twice as many votes in the county than the 2015 Democratic nominee for governor, Jack Conway. Unusually high turnout was seen as a major factor in Beshear's win.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background
Beshear's win coincided with Democratic momentum nationwide in elections in 2017, 2018, and 2019, following the election of Donald Trump in 2016. However, Republicans won all other statewide offices in Kentucky, including the attorney general and secretary of state offices which Democrats held going into the election.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background, Recanvassing
Beshear declared victory after the initial vote count, selecting J. Michael Brown to lead his transition team. Bevin refused to concede and requested a recanvassing of the vote, which took place on November 14. A recanvassing is a reprint of the voting receipts from each voting machine and is done to make sure county officials recorded vote totals correctly. It is not a recount, which the Kentucky State Constitution does not permit for gubernatorial races. The recanvass resulted in only one change, an additional vote for Independent candidate Blackii Effing Whyte, and Bevin conceded that day.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Other candidates, Libertarian Convention
The Libertarian Party of Kentucky is currently recognized as a "political organization" under state law, a status that grants the party ballot access, but denies it a state-operated primary. Libertarian candidates were nominated at the party's nominating convention, held in March 2019.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, General election
Losing by a margin of less than 0.4 percentage points, Bevin did not immediately concede and requested a recanvass, or review of counted votes, which was held on November 14. According to the Kentucky state constitution, the swearing in of a Kentucky governor must be held on the fifth Tuesday following the election (December 10). While a recount law does exist in Kentucky, it does not permit recounts for gubernatorial elections.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, General election
Should a candidate contest the election results, the state legislature would determine the winner after hearing a report from a randomly selected 11-member committee from the House (8) and Senate (3). This process, which is enforced through the Goebel Election Law, has only been used once, during the 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election. Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and some other Republican members of the Kentucky state legislature expressed skepticism of Bevin's voter fraud claims and on November 7 urged Bevin to concede if the recanvass did not go in his favor.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, General election
On November 11, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, announced that "all indications are" Beshear would be the next governor. The recanvass did not result in any changes in the vote totals for either Beshear or Bevin, but found an additional vote for write-in candidate Blackii Effing Whyte.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, General election
With the recanvass producing no change in his vote total, Bevin conceded the race on November 14. Beshear was sworn in as governor on December 10, 2019.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, General election, Results by congressional district
Beshear only carried two of the state's six congressional districts. However, Beshear was able to win the election by swamping Bevin in the 3rd and 6th districts, which encompass Kentucky's two urban centers, Louisville and Lexington, and their close-in suburbs. Bevin won the 1st, 2nd and 5th districts, which represent the more rural areas of the state. The only urban district Bevin carried was the 4th, dominated by the eastern Louisville suburbs and Northern Kentucky, the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati area.


2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, General election, Results by county
Bevin carried 97 of Kentucky's 120 counties. However, Beshear swamped Bevin in urban areas. Beshear carried the state's two largest counties, Jefferson and Fayette–home to Louisville and Lexington, respectively–with over 60 percent of the vote. He also narrowly carried the state's third-largest county, Kenton County, which is normally very Republican.


2019 Kenya bus shooting
On 6 December 2019, at least 11 people, including seven police officers, were shot dead on or outside a bus in Kenya. The Medina Bus Company vehicle and its passengers were attacked on a road in a rural area between Wajir and Mandera in northeastern Kenya. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.


2019 Kenya bus shooting, Background
The Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has been opposed to Kenyan involvement in the Somali Civil War. The terrorist group has previously attacked the suburb of Westlands during the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack, which left 67 people dead. In 2015, Al-Shabaab terrorists were involved in mass shooting of Garissa University College students leaving 147 dead and many others injured. In 2019 two attacks occurred in the same month of each other, including the attack on January 15, 2019 an attack on a hotel in Nairobi which killed 21 individuals. The second attack happened in less than two weeks near a Kenya Cinema bus stop which injured two individuals.


2019 Kenya bus shooting, Attack
Gunmen associated with Al-Shabaab killed 11 people including seven Kenya Police officers on a bus traveling through Wargadadud and Kutulu in Wajir, Kenya.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections
Six assembly by-elections were held on 23 September and 21 October, 2019, to the six vacant seats in the Kerala Niyamasabha which consists of 140 constituencies in total.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections
By-election took place in two phases. The first phase was conducted on 23 September for Pala Constituency. The remaining 5 assembly constituencies (Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) voted to elect their representatives on 21 October. The counting of votes was conducted on 27 September in Pala and on 24 October in the other five constituencies.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Schedule for the by-elections, Pala
The first phase by-election was held for the Pala Constituency in Kerala.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Schedule for the by-elections, Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu
The second phase by-elections were held for the remaining 5 vacant assembly constituencies in Kerala.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Electorates
There were 11,36,616 electorates from the six Niyamasabha constituencies where the by-elections were held. Constituency wise details are given below:


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Alliances and parties
There are two major political coalitions in Kerala. The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and center-left parties led by the Indian National Congress. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of left-wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)).


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Alliances and parties, LDF
They are a coalition of left-wing political parties in Kerala. It is one of the two major political coalitions in the state, the other being the UDF, both of which has been in power alternatively for the last two decades. After winning a majority of the seats in the Niyamasabha elections, they are currently in power. The coalition consists of CPI(M), CPI and a variety of other smaller parties. LDF fields four CPI(M) candidates, an NCP candidate and an independent to fight in the by-poll.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Alliances and parties, UDF
It is an alliance of central-wing political parties in the state, created by the prominent INC party leader K. Karunakaran in the 1970s. UDF fielded four INC candidates, an IUML candidate and an independent for the vacant constituencies.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Alliances and parties, NDA
It is a coalition of right-leaning political parties in India. NDA gave all the six seats for the BJP to contest.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Constituency-wise Candidates
The LDF fielded four CPI(M) candidates, an NCP candidate and an independent to win the seats. UDF fielded four INC candidates, an IUML candidate and an independent. NDA fielded six BJP candidates.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Exit Polls
The Manorama News and the Mathrubhumi News published their exit poll predictions in the constituencies where the election was held on 21 October 2019. Asianet News had published their exit poll predictions for Pala, where the election was held earlier.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Polling day
Polling took place on 23 September 2019 in Pala and on 21 October 2019 in the remaining five Niyamasabha constituencies.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Results in a glance, By alliance
Both the LDF and the UDF won three seats each. The NDA could not win any seats.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Results in a glance, Party-wise
Each of the CPI(M) and the INC won in two seats. The remaining two seats were bagged by the NCP and the IUML respectively.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Detailed results, List of the newly elected MLAs to the 14th Kerala Niyamasabha
As a result of the 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, six new members were elected to the Kerala Niyamasabha.


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Detailed results, Assembly seat share post by-elections
After the 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, the composition of 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly changed as per given below:


2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, Detailed results, Assembly seat share post by-elections
The Kerala Niyamasabha is composed of 141 seats (140 elected and 1 nominated). After the by-elections, the Government of Kerala has the support of 93 members.


2019 Kerala floods
On 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the monsoon season, severe flood affected Kerala. As a security measure in the prevailing situation of heavy rains, the India Meteorological Department had issued a red alert in the 9 districts in Northern and Central Kerala, orange alert in 3 districts of Central Kerala, and yellow alert in the 2 districts of southern Kerala. Thousands of people have been evacuated to safer places and relief camps. A total of 121 people have died due to rain-related incidents as of 19 August 2019.


2019 Kerala floods
Another deluge had hit the state in August 2018, in which over 470 people died and properties worth US$5.8 billion (₹40000 crore) were damaged.


2019 Kerala floods, Causes
The extreme rains were triggered by a depression toss the Arabian sea resulting in intense convection over Kerala. Every year parts of South Asia are hit by a period of heavy rains known monsoons which usually fall between June and September. It is caused by a change of wind patterns over the region. This change causes heavy rains in the summer and long dry spells over the other months. In India, the monsoon rains can provide 70% of the country's rainfall for the year. The rain fall so quickly and heavily that it can cause sudden flooding.


2019 Kerala floods, Causes
The rationale for the anomalous rainfall in 2018 might have recurred the extreme events in 2019; i.e., the High-Frequency Mixed Rossby-Gravity Waves in the Mid-Troposphere which were triggered by the synoptic disturbances of the tropical Pacific. These high-frequency waves manifested as cyclonic and anticyclonic circulations and dilated the wind ﬁeld to establish zones of convection in the tropics, as they propagated across the Indian Ocean basin. Although the Madden-Julian Oscillation phase with 20–40 days period has favored convection in the tropics, the high-frequency mode correlates better with the anomalous precipitation during the intervals of extreme events.


2019 Kerala floods, Causes
Unrestricted mining operations in places have contributed to environmental degradation. Scientists who have conducted research on the disaster-prone areas have warned that soil-piping is a major cause for the landslides witnessed in these places and the high ranges of Kerala will likely be worst hit if this continues. Also known as 'tunnel erosion', soil piping is the subsurface erosion of soil caused by percolating waters to produce pipe-like conduits below the ground, especially in non-lithified earth materials.


2019 Kerala floods, Impact
As of 19 August 2019, 121 people have been killed due to the floods across the state of Kerala. Over 2 lakh people have been directly affected by the flood, and have been shifted to 1318 relief camps in different parts of Kerala. Airport authorities suspended operations of the flood-affected Cochin International Airport till 15:00 (IST) on 11 August 2019. The data from the Kerala State Disaster Management states that, as many as 1,789 houses had been damaged fully in between 8 and 19 August, while the number of partially damaged houses is 14,542.


2019 Kerala floods, Impact
There have been 80 landslides in the span of 2 days, as said by the Chief Minister. Many people who are feared to be buried alive under them are being rescued. It is still a critical situation as the calamities interfere with the rescue operations. Districts that have been severely affected include Wayanad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur, Palakkad, Thrissur and Ernakulam districts.


2019 Kerala floods, Rescue
Kerala's State Disaster Management Authority, Kerala police,Kerala Fire & Rescue Services along with the Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, civilians, volunteers like Seva Bharati, White Guard Volunteers fishermen from coastal  Kerala are actively taking part in the rescue operations in flood-affected regions. However, inclement weather with heavy rains and landslides are hampering the rescue operations in the hilly regions of Wayanad, Malappuram, and Kozhikode districts. 83 National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) teams were deployed in addition to the 173 teams of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to take part in the relief operations.


2019 Kerala floods, Rescue
Animal rescue was carried out by local NGOs and activists on ground mainly in places like Wayanad and Nilambur. Notable work was done by Sally Varma of Humane Society International/India in Nilambur where around 500 kg of dog food and more than 5000 kg of cattle feed and 2500 kg of goat feed was distributed to the starving animals.


2019 Kerala floods, Relief and Monetary Aid
Immediate financial aid of up to Rs 10,000 each for all calamity-hit families which had suffered losses in the torrential rains. A sum of Rs 4 lakh would be given to those whose houses had been fully damaged or had become uninhabitable and Rs 10 lakh to those who had lost their houses as well as land in the rain fury and landslides, Chief Minister's cabinet meeting.


2019 Kerala floods, Relief and Monetary Aid
In August 2019, Public has been very generous contributing to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund. As on 15 Aug 2019 at 1940 hrs income is 4368.2 Cr (INR).


2019 Kerch Strait liquified gas tanker fire
The 2019 Kerch Strait liquified gas tanker fire was a major incident that occurred on 21 January 2019 when two ships, Kandy and Maestro, caught fire while transferring liquefied gas from one vessel to another in the Kerch Strait. The incident subsequently killed fourteen crewmembers and six went missing, including Libyan, Turkish, and Indian sailors, while twelve men jumped into the water and were rescued by the Russian Navy. Kandy was carrying a crew of seventeen, while Maestro was manned by fifteen crewmembers. At the time of the incident, both ships were carrying 4,500 tonnes of fuel. The ship-to-ship fuel transfer resulted a fire explosion and spread across the both ships; Tanzanian-flagged Turkish ships' Maestro and Kandy.


2019 Kerch Strait liquified gas tanker fire
The Russian multi-purpose salvage vessel Spasatel Demidov led the fire-fighting effort but despite dowsing both ships, the fire continued to rage for five more days. The crew rescue operation was conducted by ten ships, including a Russian rescue vessel.


2019 Kerch Strait liquified gas tanker fire, Background
Following the United States trade policy, the Russian oil company Maktren-Nafta denied access of the gas-carrier tanker Maestro to the liquefied gas terminal at Temryuk, as Maestro was listed on a United States sanctions for transporting fuel to Syria. Unable to upload liquefied gas at Temryuk port, Maestro was illegally loaded by ship-to-ship transfer from Kandy.


2019 Kerch Strait liquified gas tanker fire, Background
Maestro and Kandy caught fire in the Kerch Strait, separating the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea. Both cargo ships, old and in poor condition, were believed to be actively involved in illegal trade, reportedly carrying out ship-to-ship cargo operations within jurisdictions affected by the U.S. trade ban, carrying crude oil from Iran to Syria. It was further noted that on 21 January Kandy had loaded 30,000 barrels of liquefied petroleum gas from Temryukskiy port, with her destination declared as Lebanon, but with no satellite tracking device aboard.


2019 Kerry County Council election
A Kerry County Council election was held in County Kerry in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 33 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.


2019 Kerry County Council election
Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the four 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 118th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship
This was Kilcummin's return to the senior ranks after only a one year absence, meaning they will no longer provide players to the East Kerry District panel for this season. An Ghaeltacht (who were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2019) will provide the West Kerry Divisional side with players for the S.F.C.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dr. Crokes were the 2018 champions after they defeated Dingle in the final.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Rathmore lost their 20-year senior club championship status after a surprising no show in the second half against neighbours Kilcummin. Rathmore’s exit is all the more surprising in a season where they had beaten Dr. Croke's in the Senior Club Championship and topped Division 1 of the County League. However All-Ireland Intermediate champions Kilcummin had no desire to join the band of clubs who went up to senior only to come back straight down the following season.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
8 club teams and 9 divisional teams (17 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C. It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part in the competition proper so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2019 County Championship proper.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in two pools in the Club Championship. The two teams that finished bottom of the Group Pools enter a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
The winner of the 2019 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2020 Senior County and Club Championships.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Participating Teams
The teams taking part in the 2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Championship Qualifier
It was decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship proper. To determine which team would be excluded, all divisional teams placed into an open draw. Two of these divisional sides were drawn to play in a Qualifying Round. The winner would proceed to Round 1 of the championship proper while the loser would exit the championship until the following year. The ranking system of previous years was abolished.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 1
The sixteen remaining teams play in eight matches in Round 1. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2A
The eight winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the knock-out quarter finals while the losers play in Round 3.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2B
The eight losers from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers are eliminated from the championship having lost two games.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 3
The four Round 2A losers (who won a game and lost a game) play the four Round 2B winners (who lost a game and won a game) in this round. The four winners progress to the knock-out quarter finals while the losers are eliminated from the championship.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Knock-Out Stage, Quarter-Finals
The four Round 2A winners play the four Round 3 winners in the quarter-finals.


2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Relegation
The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs are placed into two groups containing four teams during the Club Championship. The teams to finish bottom of both groups will face off in the Relegation Final, with the loser being relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing
On February 13, 2019, a suicide bombing on the Khash–Zahedan road in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran killed at least 27 Revolutionary Guards and wounded another 13. It was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Iran in years. The Salafi jihadist militant organization Jaish ul-Adl ("Army of Justice") said it carried out the bombing.


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Bombing
The bomber targeted a bus transporting military personnel on the Khash–Zahedan road (Road 95) in Sistan and Baluchestan province, near the border with Pakistan. The area is a refuge for militant separatist groups and drug smugglers. The bomber detonated a car full of explosives near the bus, killing 27 Revolutionary Guards and injuring 13. The soldiers were coming back to their cities after carrying out the border mission by the bus.


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Bombing
Jaish al-Adl, a group connected to Al-Qaeda and involved in some of the recent terrorist activities in southeast Iran took responsibility for the suicide bombing. In October 2018, 11 Iranian border Guards were kidnapped by the group, only 5 of them were released.


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Bombing
The Senior Revolutionary Guards commander of Iran claimed that the suicide bomber was a Pakistani national and one other member of the militant cell that planned the attack was also Pakistani. Furthermore, he claimed that three other members of militant cells were Iranian nationals from Sistan and Baluchestan. Out of those three Iranians, two were arrested.


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Reactions
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran declared that "It is evidently certain that the perpetrators of this crime are connected to the intelligence services of some of the countries inside as well as outside the region." Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani claimed that Israel and United States of America were behind the attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards bus. He also vowed revenge against Jaish Al-Adl.


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Reactions
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif linked the suicide bombing targeting the country's elite Revolution Guard to an ongoing, U.S.-sponsored Mideast meeting in Warsaw. Zarif tweeted Wednesday night: "Is it no coincidence that Iran is hit by terror on the very day that #WarsawCircus begins? Especially when cohorts of same terrorists cheer it from Warsaw streets & support it with twitter bots?"


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Reactions
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and referring to both the 2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing and the 2019 Pulwama attack, he stated: "Iran and India suffered from two heinous terrorist attacks in the past few days resulted in big casualties. Today in my meeting with Sushma Swaraj the Indian FM, when she had a stopover in Tehran, we agreed on close cooperation to combat terrorism in the region. Enough is enough!"


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Reactions
Iranian Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari alleged that United States and Israel ordered Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to carry out the attack. He also asked Pakistan to conduct crack down against armed group Jaish al-Adl before Tehran "takes it revenge." Pakistan offered Iran cooperation in investigating the bombing, and expressed sympathy for the victims of the attack. A Pakistani delegation was due to travel to Iran.


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Reactions
Bahram Qassemi, Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman declared "Tehran will avenge the attack" and said it would not tolerate what it saw as Pakistan's "inability to stop cross-border attacks in Iran." Ali Larijani, Iran's parliament speaker blamed Pakistan for the attack, saying that the attack was "planned and carried out from inside Pakistan". Muhammad Beghari, the military commander of Iran, told Pakistan to "either confront the terrorist groups or allow Iranian forces in."


2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, Mourning
The mourning for the victims was held one day after the attack in Isfahan, Iran. The bodies of the victims were flown to Isfahan where press representatives and the affected families were waiting. The mourning ceremony was widely covered by media in Iran and the interview with families of the victims went viral in Iranian social media.


2019 Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council election
Elections to the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) were held on 27 February 2020. The votes were counted on 2 March 2020 with the Indian National Congress emerging as the largest party in the Council with 10 seats while the NPP and its ally UDP emerged as the ruling coalition with 7 and 6 seats respectively.


2019 Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council election, Results
The counting was held on 2 March 2019. The INC emerged single largest party by winning 10 seats.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
Provincial elections were held in constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa belonging to areas previously located in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 20 July 2019. After the election, the new members joined the already elected members from the rest of the province to complete the formation of 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Background
On 31 May 2018, the former president of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain signed the landmark Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan which was already passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan and Senate of Pakistan earlier that year. The amendment called for the integration of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It also outlined that provincial elections will be held in areas of former FATA within one year of 2018 Pakistani general election. To fulfill that requirement, the new president of Pakistan Arif Alvi directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in late 2018 to conduct the elections in May 2019. ECP started the work to delimit the constituencies. During the delimitation exercise, sixteen new constituencies were created to elect the members on general seats and four reserved seats for women and one for Non-Muslims.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Background
On 6 May 2019, it was announced that the election will be held on 20 July 2019.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Background
285 candidates of different parties including two women candidates ran for elections out of which 202 were Independent candidates. Over 2.1 million voters used their right to vote for the first ever provincial elections.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Background
A total 1896 polling stations were created across the tribal districts out of which 450 polling stations have been declared sensitive.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Background
Polling started in morning 8 till evening 5 without any break.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Results
According to official Results Independents won 6 seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 5 seats, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam F won 3 seats, Jamat-e-Islami and Awami National Party won 1 seats each.


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Aftermath
After the elections, five out of the six independents joined political parties. Three joined the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and two joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).


2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election, Aftermath
Following this, PTI was declared to have secured two of the four reserved seats for women and the one reserved for minorities. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) and BAP each secured one reserved seat for women.


2019 Kids' Choice Awards
The 32nd Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 23, 2019, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California (the sixth ceremony at that venue). It aired live on Nickelodeon, and live or tape delayed across all of Nickelodeon's international networks, with DJ Khaled as host. The hip-hop group Migos performed at the ceremony.


2019 Kids' Choice Awards
Two series starring Jace Norman were the lead-in and lead-out around the ceremony. A new episode of Henry Danger led into the ceremony, with a sneak peek of the "A-block" of the first episode of the hidden camera prank show The Substitute slotting in between the KCAs and the lead-out (the same Henry Danger episode that led into the ceremony).


2019 Kids' Choice Awards, Presenters
The list of presenters and performers for the ceremony were announced on March 14, 2019, with the Orange Carpet appearances announced the following day. The Orange Carpet portion of the ceremony was live streamed on Nickelodeon's social networks.


2019 Kids' Choice Awards, Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on February 26, 2019, by Double Dare host Liza Koshy via a nomination broadcast live on all Nickelodeon's social media platforms and channels. Voting ended on March 22, 2019. The winners are listed below, in bold.


2019 Kids' Choice Awards, International nominations
The following are nominations for awards from Nickelodeon's international networks, have the categories and awards presented during continuity during their individual airings of the main American ceremony.


2019 Kids' Choice Sports
The 6th Annual Kids' Choice Sports was taped on July 11, 2019 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and was broadcast on August 10. Hall of Fame Athlete and talk show host Michael Strahan hosted the show for the second time. Strahan previously hosted the inaugural show in 2014.


2019 Kids' Choice Sports, Sports Council
A Kids' Choice Sports Council was formed to "lend their expertise and experience to help inform the awards show, consult on the nominee process and give feedback on categories." Committee members are:


2019 Kids' Choice Sports, Nominees and winners
Winners are highlighted in bold. Nominations were announced on June 6, 2019, and winners were announced on July 12, 2019.


2019 Kildare County Council election
A Kildare County Council election was held in  County Kildare in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 40 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 8 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.


2019 Kildare County Council election
Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the five 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.


2019 Kildare County Council election
Fianna Fáil remained the largest party with 12 seats although they saw a slight reduction in vote share. Fine Gael increased their vote share by over 2% and also gained an extra 2 seats to have a total of 11. Labour retained their 5 seats on the Council. The Social Democrats benefitted from the presence of Catherine Murphy in the County and saw 4 gains with the party winning seats in Clane, Leixlip, Naas and Newbridge. The Green Party returned to the Council with 3 seats; its 3 gains coming from Celbridge, Maynooth and Naas.


2019 Kildare County Council election
Sinn Féin lost 4 seats overall as its vote share fell by 67% and the party only came home with 1 seat. Partly due to retirements Independents saw a net loss of 5 seats.


2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship is the 126th edition of the Kildare GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Kildare, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Kildare in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship had a different format this year, employing a random draw for the first round, followed by seeded groups and a knock-out stage.


2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship
Moorefield were the defending champions for the second year running after they defeated Athy in the previous years final. They were looking to do the first 3 in a row since the great Sarsfields teams of the 50's and looked good only for Barry Coffey to score an equalising point in injury time to send the final to a replay. Their title challenge was undone when Newbridge rivals Sarsfields defeated them 2-15 to 2-9 on 27 October 2019 at St. Conleth's Park. This was Sarsfields' 25th S.F.C. crown.


2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship
This was Two Mile House's debut in the senior grade after claiming the 2018 Kildare I.F.C. however they were relegated back the I.F.C. for 2020 when losing their Relegation Final to Raheens.


2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship, Format
The 2019 Senior and Intermediate County Championship follows the same format as 2018. 16 teams play in eight first round games after which all 16 teams will go into four groups of four with two winners and two losers from the opening round in each of those groups. After which the teams that finish first and second will qualify for the knockout stages while the four bottom clubs have to fend off relegation in a Relegation Semi-Final.


2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship, Group stage
All 16 teams play in the group stage. There are four groups of four, with each group consisting of two First Round winners and two losers. The top team in each group go into the Quarter-Finals, 2nd and 3rd in each group proceed to the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff.


2019 Kilkenny County Council election
A Kilkenny County Council election was held in County Kilkenny, Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections, with all 24 councillors to be elected for a five-year term of office from 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections.


2019 Kilkenny County Council election
Fianna Fáil gained 1 additional seat to increase their numbers to 11 while also increasing their vote by 4%. Fine Gael gained 2 seats and also increased their vote by 2%. Labour and the Greens retained their previous position but it was a disastrous election for Sinn Féin. The party lost all 3 seats, including Sean Tyrell, the partner of Kathleen Funchion TD and saw a significant drop in their vote-share. Breda Gardner, a sitting Independent who also contested the Ireland South European Parliament constituency unsuccessfully, failed to retain her seat.


2019 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2019 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 55th staging of the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1929. The championship began on 21 September 2019 and ended on 27 October 2019.


2019 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 27 October 2019, Tullaroan won the championship after a 3-18 to 0-21 defeat of Thomastown in the final at UPMC Nowlan Park. It was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1988.


2019 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
Paul Holden from the Young Irelands club was the championship's top scorer with 2-40.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship was the 126th edition of the Kilkenny GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 12 clubs with the winner going on to represent Kilkenny in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship is conducted in a straight knock-out format.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship
Mullinavat were the defending champions for the second year running after defeating Muckalee in the previous year's final.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship
This was Tullogher-Rosbercon's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2018 Kilkenny I.F.C. title.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship
On 11 August 2019, Mullinavat claimed their 4th Kilkenny S.F.C. crown when defeating Railyard by 1-13 to 0-10 after a replay in the final at Nolan Park.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship
James Stephens were relegated to the 2020 I.F.C. after conceding a walk-over to Glenmore in the Relegation Final. This ended their 12 year tenure in the senior ranks since their promotion in 2007.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 2019 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 21 September 2019 and ended on 27 October 2019.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 27 October 2019, Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after a 2-21 to 1-15 defeat of James Stephens in the final at UPMC Nowlan Park. It was their 17th championship overall and their second title in succession.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
T. J. Reid from the Ballyhale Shamrocks club was the championship's top scorer with 1-34.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Hurling League
The 2019 Kilkenny Senior Hurling League was the 28th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling League since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1992. The league began on 6 April 2019 and ended on 22 September 2019.


2019 Kilkenny Senior Hurling League
On 22 September 2019, Dicksboro won the league after a 2-15 to 2-14 defeat of O'Loughlin Gaels in the final. This was their fourth league title overall and their first tile since 2-17.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution
The 2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution is a water pollution incident that occurred on 7 March 2019 caused by illegal chemical waste dumping at the Kim Kim River in Pasir Gudang of Johor in Malaysia. The illegal dumping released toxic fumes, affecting 6,000 people  and hospitalising 2,775. Most of the victims were school students—110 schools located near the river were subsequently closed.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Background of pollution
The incident started on 7 March 2019 after several students and canteen workers from two schools near the river began to fall ill and complaining of breathing difficulties. Both schools were ordered to shut down and all the victims were sent to Sultan Ismail Hospital while investigations were being carried out by state health authorities over the cause. Twenty-one people were warded at the hospital with some being admitted into the emergency unit and intensive care unit (ICU). Some of the students brought to the hospital were already fainted and with symptoms such as vomiting.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Background of pollution
Those who were not seriously affected were given outpatient treatment and allowed to return home. During recovery, some of the seriously affected victims shared their experience of suddenly being ill after inhaling unpleasant odour in their school compound. The number of victims hospitalised over the toxic fumes rose to 76 on the following day and on 9 March 2019, five police reports have been made on the issue with police began investigating the case.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Background of pollution, Further spread of toxic fumes and water pollution
On 11 March, the second wave of air poisoning took effect with further 106–207 victims hospitalised before escalating into more than 1,000 victims with eight admitted into the ICU. The spread of the toxic fumes was aided by hot weather combined with strong winds, which made more people sick. The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department director-general Mohammad Hamdan Wahid explained that the further spread of toxic fumes could have been prevented if the illegally dumped chemicals found earlier were immediately removed.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Background of pollution, Further spread of toxic fumes and water pollution
However, the authorities did not dispose the chemicals after concluding it was no longer reactive, allegedly due to the costs involved. Until 19 March, further 76 police reports have been made. On 20 June, about 3 months since the pollution first discovered, a number of students from schools in the Pasir Gudang area began complaining of nausea, dizziness and experienced vomiting which eventually led to the temporary closure of the schools in the area. The authorities later confirmed it as the third wave of air poisoning resulted from the river pollution, which were not fully cleared.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Background of pollution, Further spread of toxic fumes and water pollution
In August 2019, residents in Acheh's Well Village near the Daing and Kopok rivers (tributaries to the Kim Kim River) complained that the water in both rivers have turned black and oily with unbearable foul stench which were believed to have spread from the chemical pollution of the Kim Kim River. A resident interviewed on the issue said the rivers were once homes to various crabs, freshwater fish and shrimps with children used to swim in, but everything has been damaged since the pollution turned worse in April.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Investigation, clearance works and arrestment of perpetrators
Through investigations, it was believed that the chemical wastes were dumped from a lorry tanker into the Kim Kim River in wee hours, on the same day before the victims fell ill. Agencies dispatched for the cleaning-up operation of the polluted river collected 2.43 tonnes of chemical waste on the day the incident was reported. The cleaning works, however, worsened the chemical reaction, as the contractor engaged was not experienced in dealing with chemical wastes. A Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) team from the 12th Squadron of the Royal Army Engineers Regiment of Malaysian Armed Forces was later dispatched to assist in the chemical cleaning efforts together with a Hazmat team.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Investigation, clearance works and arrestment of perpetrators
The Johor Department of Environment (DOE) arrested an owner of a chemical factory in Kulai on 10 March followed by another arrest involving shredded waste factory owner and one of its workers in Taman Pasir Puteh on the following day after a series of investigations. With the arrests, the DOE completed its investigation papers and were sent to the public prosecutor for further action, with the investigators also have identified the illegally dumped chemical as marine oil that emitted flammable methane and benzene fumes.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Investigation, clearance works and arrestment of perpetrators
The oil is categorised as a scheduled waste and needs proper disposal due to its hazardous nature. On 17 March, nine more people were arrested by the police in connection to the case; two arrested in Johor Bahru while seven were arrested outside the Johor Bahru area. Two key suspects, believed to be instrumental in arranging for the transportation of the toxic substances, were arrested on 19 March, bringing the total arrests to 11 with one suspect later released under bail after he is proven to be unrelated to the case. The cleaning operation of the 1.5 kilometre stretch of the affected river was completed in the same day, where a total of 900 tonnes of soil and 1,500 tonnes of polluted water were cleaned.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Investigation, clearance works and arrestment of perpetrators
Several other identified toxic gases emitted (following the interaction of the chemicals concerned with water and air) include acrolein, acrylonitrile, ethylbenzene, hydrogen chloride, D-limonene, toluene and xylene, which if inhaled, can cause headache, nausea, fainting and breathing difficulty. Two main suspects (a Singaporean and a Malaysian) were charged at the Sessions Court in Johor on 25 March for illegal disposal of chemicals into the river and their company, P Tech Resources was slapped with 15 charges to which they pleaded not guilty. Both have been charged earlier in the same court for conspiring with a lorry driver to dispose the scheduled wastes into the river.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response
Johor's Sultan Ibrahim Ismail urged for an immediate action against the perpetrators involved in this pollution that endangered public lives while expressing his appreciation for the medical teams which had been working tirelessly to treat the victims in hospital. The Sultan has pledged a total of RM1 million (around US$250,000) towards helping rescue agencies and authorities to gather the necessary means and equipment to resolve the matter, meanwhile expressing his view that the incident shows the need for a government hospital to be built in Pasir Gudang.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail visited victims of the pollution at the hospital in Johor Bahru on 14 March, and said that the situation was "under control" where residents are not necessary to be evacuated from the area and also that there is a need to review the country's Environmental Quality Act 1974 in light of the serious pollution. The federal government has approved an allocation of RM8 million for river purification works and has ordered various agencies including the police, military and Hazmat teams to support the situation in the affected area. They explained that there was no request for a state of emergency received from the state government of Johor.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response
Johor's Menteri Besar Osman Sapian were in the opinion that the situation is under control without the need to declare a state of emergency in the area with the state government has approved an emergency allocation of RM6.4 million for cleaning up the affected river. Malaysia's Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin stressed that investigation will be carried out to bring those responsible to justice and explained that the RM6.4 million is mainly used to clear the 1.5 kilometre stretch of the affected river with further cost expected to balloon to over RM10 million.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response
The state government also dismissed claims that its agencies were slow to react over the incident. The State Health Department had also warned the public not to circulate fake news, with an ongoing one saying deaths had been resulted from the pollution. On 1 June, Malaysia's Health Ministry formed a medical team, which consists of officers from the Institute for Medical Research and Johor Health Department, to examine a total of 6,000 victims affected by the pollution .


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response
Malaysia's Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam urged every state governments to take serious measures to overcome river pollution as climate change could cause the country to experience long periods of drought in the future. The ministry also drafted a Water Resources Bill to clamp down on water pollution.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response
Neighbouring authorities in Singapore continue to monitor the situation following the reports of more illegal waste dumping sites found in Pasir Gudang. Various Singapore agencies have been conducting regular checks with a minister explained that they were taking the matter very seriously as what happened in Malaysia can affect Singapore significantly.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response, Criticism of government response and lawsuits
Johor's Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Idris took the matter to Twitter to express his opinion that the government should have instead declared a state of emergency on the day it first occurred and relocated residents to a temporary place until there was a guarantee that the area was safe.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response, Criticism of government response and lawsuits
Former Prime Minister Najib Razak called out the state government's slow response on the pollution and the refusal of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government to allocate more funds to clear the affected river, and these actions were seen as if they prioritised money, rather than the lives and health of the people. Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Deputy President Mah Hang Soon said that the incompetent preventive measures escalated the hazard levels in the involved area.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response, Criticism of government response and lawsuits
In July 2019, a boy was reported to have developed Parkinson's-like disease of myokymia after being exposed to the pollution, although this was denied by Malaysia's Deputy Health Minister Lee Boon Chye who said that the boy was born premature and had a history of fits since he was four. A group of 160 victims of the pollution then began to filed a suit and taking the Johor Menteri Besar along with the state government to court to seek monetary compensation for the boy and other damages caused by the illegal dumping of toxic chemicals.


2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution, Government and health authorities response, Other responses
A chemical company Lotte Chemical Titan Holdings Bhd had denied rumours that they are involved in the pollution of Kim Kim River. In a statement to Bursa Malaysia, Lotte Chemical Titan stated in detail: "The company hereby denies rumours and wishes to announce that it has no involvement with the incident". Malaysian singer Indah Ruhaila expressed concern over the incident as her parents live in the affected area where she also persuaded her parents to leave their homes, worrying of the reoccurrence of the incident.


2019 King Cup
The 2019 King Cup, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 44th edition of the King Cup since its establishment in 1957, and the 1st under the current format. It started on 1 January and concluded with the final on 2 May 2019. As winners of the tournament, Al-Taawoun qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage.


2019 King Cup
Al-Taawoun won their first title after a 2–1 win over defending champions Al-Ittihad in the final on 2 May 2019.


2019 King Cup, Format changes
On 9 February 2018, the Saudi FF announced that the number of teams were increased from 32 to 64 teams to accommodate the increased number of teams in the leagues. All Pro League, MS League, and Second Division teams will compete in the tournament under the new format as well as the four winners from the Third Division playoffs.


2019 King Cup, Participating teams
A total of 64 teams participated in this season. 16 teams from the Pro league, 20 teams from the MS League, 24 teams from the Second Division and 4 teams qualifying from the preliminary stage.


2019 King Cup, Round of 64
The Round of 64 matches were played between 1 and 5 January 2019. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2019 King Cup, Round of 32
The Round of 32 matches were played between 14 and 18 January 2019. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2019 King Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 matches were played between 21 and 23 January 2019. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2019 King Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-finals were played on 1 and 2 April 2019. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2019 King Cup, Semi-finals
The Semi-finals were played on 26 and 27 April 2019. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2019 King Cup, Final
The final was played on 2 May 2019 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2019 King Cup, Top goalscorers
Note: Players and teams marked in bold are still active in the competition.


2019 King Cup Final
The 2019 King Cup Final was the 44th final of the King Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition.


2019 King Cup Final
It took place on 2 May 2019 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Ittihad and Al-Taawoun. It was Al-Taawoun's second King Cup final and Al-Ittihad's 18th. This was the first-ever meeting between these two clubs in the final.


2019 King Cup Final
Al-Taawoun won the game 2–1 to secure their first title. As winners of the 2019 King Cup, Al-Taawoun qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and the 2019 Saudi Super Cup.


2019 King Cup Final, Venue
The King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 April 2019. This was the sixth King Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013.


2019 King Cup Final, Venue
The King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Its current capacity is 68,752 and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.


2019 King Cup Final, Background
Defending champions Al-Ittihad reached a record 18th final after a 4–2 win against Pro League champions Al-Nassr, beating them for the second time in a week. This was Al-Ittihad's second consecutive final, and sixth final since the tournament was reintroduced.


2019 King Cup Final, Background
Al-Taawoun reached their second final, after a historic 5–0 away win against Al-Hilal. They finished as runners-up in their previous final appearance, losing to Al-Nassr. This was Al-Taawoun's first appearance in the final as a top-tier side, as they were a second-tier side in 1990.


2019 King Cup Final, Background
The two teams met twice in the Pro League, with Al-Taawoun winning the first match 5–3 in Buraidah. The second match ended in a 0–0 draw in Jeddah. This was the first meeting between the two sides in the King Cup.


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


2019 King Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Hernán Maidana (Argentina)Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)Fourth official:Fernando Echenique (Argentina)Video assistant referee:Anderson Daronco (Brazil)


2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 27 July 2019. It was the 69th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner was Enable, a five-year-old bay mare trained at Newmarket by John Gosden, ridden by Frankie Dettori and owned by Khalid Abdullah. Enable's victory was the sixth in the race for Dettori, the fourth for Gosden and the third for Khalid Abdullah. Enable became the third horse after Dahlia and Swain to win the King George twice, and the first to win the race in non-consecutive years. She was the second five-year-old mare to win the race after Park Top in 1969.


2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
The race attracted a field of eleven runners, five from England and four from Ireland, one from France and one from Japan.


2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
The favourite for the race was Enable, a five-year-old mare who had won the race as a three-year-old in 2017 and had won two editions of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the interim. On her most recent start she had won the Eclipse Stakes. Her main threat appeared to come from Crystal Ocean who had been narrowly beaten in the 2018 edition of the race and had won the Prince of Wales's Stakes on his last appearance. Crystal Ocean was rated the best racehorse in the world in the July edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. Another major contender was the improving five-year-old gelding Defoe who had won the Coronation Cup and the Hardwicke Stakes in his last two starts. The other two British-trained runners were Salouen, who was contesting the race for the third time and the Ormonde Stakes winner Morando.


2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
Ireland was represented by the four-horse entry from Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle stable headed by the Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck. The other Ballydoyle contenders were Magic Wand (Ribblesdale Stakes), Hunting Horn (Hampton Court Stakes) and Norway (third in the Irish Derby). The French challenger was Waldgeist a winner of three Group 1 races while Japan's entry was the 2017 Japan Cup winner Cheval Grand.


2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
Enable was made the 8/15 favourite ahead of Crystal Ocean on 7/2, Anthony Van Dyck on 7/1, Defoe on 10/1 and Waldgeist on 12/1.


2019 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
Norway took the early lead and set a "blistering" pace from Magic Wand, Hunting Horn and Anthony Van Dyck. Crystal Ocean and Waldgeist raced in mid-division while Enable, who had been drawn on the wide outside settled towards the rear of the field. The leading group began to tire approaching the final turn and Crystal Ocean moved up on the outside to take the lead in the straight, closely followed by Enable and Waldgeist. The last quarter mile saw a sustained struggle between Crystal Ocean and Enable before the mare prevailed by a neck. Waldgeist was a length and three quarters back in third with the others finishing well strung out. Salouen got the better of Hunting Horn for fourth, with Cheval Grand taking sixth ahead of Norway while the remainder were tailed off.


2019 King's Cup
The 2019 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament (Thai: ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2019), commonly referred to as 2019 King's Cup, was the 47th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was held in Buriram, Thailand, from 5 to 8 June 2019. Two matches were held on 5 June, the winners of which qualified for the final. The two other teams played the play-off for the 3rd spot.


2019 King's Cup
As hosts, Thailand participated automatically in the tournament; they were joined by the CONCACAF team Curaçao and AFC teams Vietnam and India.


2019 King's Cup, Venue
All matches held at the Chang Arena in Buriram, Thailand.


2019 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship
The 2019 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship is the 34th edition of the sepak takraw's premier tournament King's Cup World Championship, organized by the Takraw Association of Thailand and the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF), during August 25 – September 1, 2019, at Fashion Island, Bangkok. Thirty-one ISTAF's member countries with a total of more than 500 players participated in the tournament, which featured both men and women categories. The tournament was live broadcast from August 27 to September 1 on Mono 29, Mono Max, and Mono Plus, the satellite television channels in Thailand.


2019 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship
The tournament consists of 281 total match plays, which were divided into two divisions, namely; the Premier division (PM) and the Division 1 (D1), each division consists of 3 events, including; Double, Regu, and Team. All stated events were separated into 2 categories viz; men's and women's. However, no division 1 was assigned for the women category because of the limited quantity of women team participate. Due to the mentioned reasons, the hoop race was likewise conducted on only two events, including men's and women's, with no separated division.


2019 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship
Thailand was the greatest conqueror of the tournament by acquiring six gold medals from all regu and team categories in the premier division, as well as, the hoop categories, followed by Myanmar, which gained two golds from men's and women's double in the premier division. India, Iran, and Singapore, each obtained 1 gold in division 1; men regu, men team, and men double, respectively. Like the previous edition, the winner of each category in division 1 will automatically advance to the Premier Division in the forthcoming tournament.


2019 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship, Participating countries
The Thirty-one ISTAF member associations, mostly from Asia–Oceania, are ranked and allocated into the groups based on their performance in the previous edition. The winner of each category in Division 1 of the 2018 edition was automatically placing on the Premier division. France and Macao were early expected to take part in the tournament but withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Afghanistan made its debut in this edition with the Men's Double (MD) event after becoming the ISTAF membership in early 2019. Thailand did not compete in both men's and women's doubles, in order to give others chances of winning medals.


2019 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship, Hoop event, Men category
The ranking round of Men's Hoop events was conducted on the first day of the tournament. The four highest-scoring teams will progress to the final round. Nevertheless, as of twelve national teams which inquired to compete, four of them later withdrew from the event for undisclosed reasons namely; Brazil, Oman, and Nepal. Meanwhile, Brunei, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, secured their place in the final round, the scoring result was listed below;


2019 King's Cup squads
The 2019 King's Cup is an international football tournament that is currently being held in Thailand from 5 to 8 June 2019. The 4 national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of 23 players.


2019 King's Cup squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all FIFA-recognised pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.


2019 King's Cup squads, Curaçao
The final squad was announced on 2 June 2019. Caps and goals are as of 12 October 2018 after the match against US Virgin Islands.


2019 King's Cup squads, India
The final squad was announced on 2 June 2019. Caps and goals are as of 14 January 2019 after the match against Bahrain.


2019 King's Cup squads, Thailand
The final squad was announced on 4 June 2019. Caps and goals are as of 25 March 2019 after the match against Uruguay.


2019 King's Cup squads, Vietnam
The final squad was announced on 31 May 2019. Caps and goals are as of 25 January 2019 after the match against Japan.


2019 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
The 2019 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


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


2019 Kiskút Open
The 2019 Kiskút Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Székesfehérvár, Hungary between 14 and 20 October 2019.


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


2019 Kiskút Open II
The 2019 Kiskút Open II was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Székesfehérvár, Hungary between 21 and 27 October 2019.


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


2019 Kiskút Open II – Doubles
Georgina García Pérez and Fanny Stollár won the title, defeating Nina Potočnik and Nika Radišič in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–4).


2019 Kiskút Open II – Singles
Danka Kovinić won the title, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.


2019 Kiskút Open – Doubles
Irina Bara and Maryna Zanevska won the title, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova and Elena Bogdan in the final, 3–6, 6–2, [10–8].


2019 Kiskút Open – Singles
Nicoleta Dascălu won the title, defeating Irina Bara in an all-Romanian final, 7–5, 6–2.


2019 Kite Awards
The 2019 Kite Awards (Vietnamese: Giải Cánh diều 2019) is the 27th edition of Vietnam Cinema Association Awards, also the 18th edition since the award is officially named Kite. It honored the best in Vietnam film, television works of 2019. Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the award ceremony, which was originally planned to be held on March 15, 2020, then delayed to April 15, ended up being split into 2 small ceremonies at Hanoi on May 12 and Ho Chi Minh City on May 16.


2019 Kite Awards
This year, a total of 113 works participated in the award, including: 16 feature films, 13 TV drama series, 34 documentaries, 12 science films, 15 animated films, 17 short films and six film studies. The organizers do not announce the shortlist of nominees, but consider the prizes on all the above works and decide the winners.


2019 Kite Awards
The Happiness of a Mother won the most awards with seven, including Golden Kite Award for Best Feature Film. In television, not unexpectedly, the hit show of the year Come Home, My Dear won the Golden Kite Award for Best Drama, also were the most awarded with three.


2019 Kite Awards, Controversy, Wrongly announced the Promising Actress
A mistake of the organizers caused the announcement of the "Promising Actor in a Feature Film" award to be confused. The award originally belonged to child actress Ngân Chi, but before that, according to the press release, the award belonged to actress Oanh Kiều.


2019 Kite Awards, Controversy, The winning of The Happiness of a Mother
"The Happiness of a Mother" has never been considered a strong or brightest candidate among the 16 films competing for the award. The film was even boycotted by the audience before it was released because it was related to the controversy of the main cast. Therefore, the fact that the film won the top prize and won 6 other individual awards raises many doubts.


2019 Kite Awards, Controversy, The winning of The Happiness of a Mother
Director Huỳnh Đông was also surprised because he did not think his film would win so many awards, especially the Golden Kite Award for Feature Film. However, he denied "spending money to buy prizes" as rumors behind his back.


2019 Klagenfurt Open
The 2019 Klagenfurt Open  was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the sixth of seven Euro Tour events of the 2019 Euro Tour season. The men's event was be held between 11 and 13 October, whilst the women's event was held from 13 to 14 October 2019, held at the Sportpark Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt, Austria. The event featured a total prize fund of €38,000, with the winner of each event winning €4,500.


2019 Klagenfurt Open
Mario He was the defending champion of the men's event, having defeated Mark Gray 9–8 in the final of the 2018 Klagenfurt Open. He reached the last 32 of the competition, before losing 9–1 to Eklent Kaçi. Greece's Alexander Kazakis won the event, defeating Dutch player Marc Bijsterbosch in the final 9–8. The defending champion of the women's event was Austrian player Jasmin Ouschan who defeated Ana Gradišnik in the 2018 final. Poland's Oliwia Czuprynska won the event, defeating Ouschan in the semi-finals, and Belarusian Marharyta Fefilava in the final 7–5.


2019 Klagenfurt Open, Tournament format
The event was held from 11 to 13 October for the men's event, and 13 to 14 October for the women's event. The event was played as a double elimination knockout tournament, until the last-32 stage for the men's event, and the last-16 for the women; where the tournament was contested as a single elimination bracket. Matches were all played as race-to-nine-racks in the men's, and race-to-seven-racks in the women's event.


2019 Klagenfurt Open, Tournament format
The defending champions for the event were Austrian players Mario He and Jasmin Ouschan, who defeated Eklent Kaçi and Oliwia Czupryńska respectively in the finals of the 2018 Klagenfurt Open.


2019 Klagenfurt Open, Tournament format, Prize fund
The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with €4,500 awarded to the winner of both event.


2019 Klagenfurt Open, Tournament results, Men's event
The following matches are from the round of 32 onward. Players in bold denote match winners.


2019 Klagenfurt Open, Tournament results, Women's event
Below is the brackets from the single elimination round. Players in brackets denote match winners.


2019 Klasika Primavera
The 2019 Klasika Primavera was the 65th edition of the Klasika Primavera, a one-day road cycling race, held on 14 April 2019. It was part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.1 event.


2019 Klasika Primavera, Teams
Nine teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:


2019 Klasika Primavera, Result
The race was won by the Colombian cyclist Carlos Betancur of Movistar Team.


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


2019 Knoxville Challenger
The 2019 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 4 and 10 November 2019.


2019 Knoxville Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles
Toshihide Matsui and Frederik Nielsen were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles
Hans Hach Verdugo and Adrián Menéndez Maceiras won the title after defeating Bradley Klahn and Sem Verbeek 7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–5] in the final.


2019 Knoxville Challenger – Singles
Reilly Opelka was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Knoxville Challenger – Singles
Michael Mmoh won the title after defeating Christopher O'Connell 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Kobe Challenger
The 2019 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 4 and 10 November 2019.


2019 Kobe Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2019 Kobe Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2019 Kobe Challenger – Doubles
Gonçalo Oliveira and Akira Santillan were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Oliveira partnered Brydan Klein but withdrew in the first round. Santillan partnered Bradley Mousley but lost in the first round to Nam Ji-sung and Song Min-kyu.


2019 Kobe Challenger – Doubles
Purav Raja and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the title after defeating André Göransson and Christopher Rungkat 7–6(8–6), 6–3 in the final.


2019 Kobe Challenger – Singles
Tatsuma Ito was the defending champion but retired in the second round to Tseng Chun-hsin.