2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Background, Service Employees International Union
Around the same time that issues between the INA and UIH were coming to a head, the hospital was undergoing contract negotiations with Local 73 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which included many clerical, maintenance, and technical workers for the hospital. An article published by the Chicago Sun-Times in late September claimed that the SEIU and hospital had participated in over 50 bargaining sessions over the course of several months at that point. On September 3, citing unfair labor practices, SEIU Local 73 submitted a notice ten days in advance of their intent to strike.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Background, Service Employees International Union
The notice came after the union reported that 94% of the workers voted to approve a strike action. At the time of the announcement, Local 73 members had been working without a contract for about a year. According to the union, their demands included instituting a base pay of $15 per hour, increasing the availabilities of masks and N95s, and protections against outsourcing, among other issues. As with the INA, the hospital attempted to block strike action from occurring, and on September 11, a restraining order, similar to the one for the INA, prevented approximately 300 SEIU members in critical care operations from participating.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Course of the strikes
The strike began on September 12, with 800 nurses walking out. It was the first walkout the UIH had experienced in 46 years. Starting at 7 a.m., strikers joined a picket line outside the hospital in the Near West Side, with U.S. Representative Jesús "Chuy" García showing support for the strikers by wearing a blue polo shirt and a University of Illinois at Chicago alumni hat. Despite unfavorable weather conditions, the picketing lasted until 10 p.m. That same day, in a story aired by WLS-TV, union officials accused UIC of preparing to bring in strikebreakers.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Course of the strikes
On September 14, at 6 a.m., members of the SEIU Local 73 went on strike. 1,700 members were from the UIH in Chicago, while a total of approximately 3,800 SEIU members went on strike at UIH facilities in Champaign, Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford. An article in Labor Notes published several days later stated that the Local 73 strike was timed to coincide with the INA strike, and a representative for Local 73 expressed delight in "standing in solidarity" with the INA strikers.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Course of the strikes
At a joint rally that same day, political activist Jesse Jackson spoke in support of the strikers, and the next morning, he joined the picket lines. Later that day, negotiations resumed between INA and hospital representatives. On September 18, strikers marched in Downtown Chicago from Millennium Park to the Illinois Governor's offices at the James R. Thompson Center to call on support from Governor J. B. Pritzker. Additional protesting continued in the Illinois Medical District.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Course of the strikes
On September 19, after several days of striking, the INA ended their strike action, with nurses returning to work that day. According to INA representatives, union and hospital officials had been meeting every evening for the previous week in an attempt to come to an agreement. However, at the time of the strike's end, there was no contract agreement reached between UIH and the INA. Despite this, INA officials claimed they were confident in coming to an agreement with the hospital and cited achievements in the negotiations, such as the hospital claiming they would provide more PPE for nurses and hire an additional 200 nurses to improve nurse-patient ratios.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Course of the strikes
On September 23, the SEIU and hospital came to a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. Agreements between the hospital and SEIU included protections against outsourcing, increased PPE, and a $15 hourly minimum wage for all workers in Chicago. SEIU officials called the strike off the following day. That same day, the INA and hospital officials reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. Provisions of the new contract included hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring an additional 160 nurses to help with staffing, and guarantees to providing more PPE.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Course of the strikes
Additionally, nurses would receive a 1% annual wage increase that would rise to 2% after four years. Union members were expected to begin voting on the contract on September 28. By October 1, the contract had been approved by INA members, with a vote of 842 to 13. On October 6, SEIU announced that a majority of their members had approved their new contract with UIH.


2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes, Course of the strikes
Both new labor contracts are for four-year terms, with the INA deal running from 2020 to 2024 and the Local 73 deal running from the date of their previous contract's expiration in 2019 to 2023. In total, both unions and the hospital expressed satisfaction with the agreements that had been reached, with Local 73 calling the strike a "victory".


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
The 2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a  women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Linz Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2020 WTA Tour. Originally scheduled from 19 to 25 October 2020 at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, it was rescheduled for 9 to 15 November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Doubles entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Champions, Singles
This was Sabalenka's 8th WTA singles title, and third of the year.


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, but Krejčíková chose not to participate in the doubles event at this tournament.


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Doubles
Arantxa Rus and Tamara Zidanšek won the title, defeating Siniaková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Singles
Coco Gauff was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Singles
Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating her doubles partner Elise Mertens in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2020 Urawa Red Diamonds season
The 2020 season is Urawa Red Diamonds's 20th consecutive season in J1 League, after finishing 14th in the 2019 J1 League. The club also will compete in the J.League Cup.


2020 Urawa Red Diamonds season, Squad
As of 18 February 2020. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season
The 2020 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera División 2020, was the 117th season of the Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 90th in which it is professional. The season, named as "Néstor "Tito" Gonçalves", began on 15 February 2020 and ended on 7 April 2021. Nacional were the defending champions, having won the title in the previous season and successfully defended their title in this season by defeating Rentistas in the finals by a 4–0 score on aggregate, thus claiming their 48th Primera División title.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season
The competition was suspended from 13 March to 8 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Teams
The three lowest placed teams in the relegation table of the 2019 season, Racing, Rampla Juniors, and Juventud, were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2020 season. They were replaced by Montevideo City Torque, Deportivo Maldonado, and Rentistas, who were promoted from the Segunda División.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 12 March 2020, Uruguayan Football Association president Ignacio Alonso announced that the fourth round of the Torneo Apertura, scheduled for the weekend of 14–15 March, would be played behind closed doors. In his statement through social media, Alonso said that the decision had been made in conjunction with the Uruguayan government in conversations with President Luis Lacalle Pou and National Secretary for Sport Sebastián Bauzá. However, the next day, following the suspension of all public events until further notice ordered by the Uruguayan government due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AUF announced the indefinite suspension of all of its tournaments, including the Primera División.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 22 May, the health protocol elaborated by the AUF in conjunction with four physicians was approved by 13 out of the 16 Primera División clubs. On 4 June, Uruguay's Ministry of Public Health approved the health protocol submitted by AUF on 26 May for the return of activity. The protocol contemplated the application of COVID-19 tests in every club from 8 to 10 June, and the start of individual training on 15 June, with the competition being set to resume between 1 and 15 August, pending final approval from the Uruguayan government.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Despite the AUF's efforts to resume competition on 1 August, on 15 July, following a meeting between representatives from the Uruguayan government and the governing body, it was confirmed that the tournament would resume on 8 August 2020.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 26 September, the match between Liverpool and Nacional scheduled for that same day was suspended due to the presence of one positive COVID-19 case in Nacional's squad, which prompted the Ministry of Public Health to decree a mandatory quarantine for the entire team. The match was eventually rescheduled by AUF to 3 October.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The fifth round of the Torneo Intermedio, originally scheduled to be held in the weekend of 14–15 November, was postponed after the entire squads of Danubio and Boston River were forced to isolate by health authorities due to Danubio footballer Rodrigo Piñeiro testing positive for COVID-19. Further Torneo Intermedio matches involving Danubio, Defensor Sporting, and Rentistas, as well as the tournament's final between Nacional and Montevideo Wanderers were also postponed due to the confirmation of COVID-19 cases in those teams.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
With the repeated suspensions and postponements of matches and rounds of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing the extension of the 2020 season to April 2021, meaning that the league would not be concluded before the start of the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana qualifying stages, on 14 January 2021 the League Council of the Uruguayan Football Association approved a temporary modification to the method of qualification to CONMEBOL competitions of Uruguayan clubs.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Since associations must formally inform CONMEBOL of the clubs that will take part in international competition in advance to the start of competition, some international berths were decided based on deadlines set according to the dates the respective Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana rounds were scheduled to be held on as well as the placements of clubs in the aggregate table at the time of those deadlines.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
In that vein, the Uruguay 4 and Uruguay 3 berths to the Copa Libertadores, which are usually awarded to the best clubs in the aggregate table other than the league champions and runners-up, were awarded to the best eligible clubs in the aggregate table as of 7 and 21 February 2021, respectively, considering that the Copa Libertadores first and second stages were scheduled to begin on 23 February and 9 March 2021, respectively. In all cases, clubs were offered the chance to accept or decline the berths they were eligible for at the time of the respective deadlines.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura, named "Sr. Mateo Giri", was the first tournament of the 2020 season. It began on 15 February and concluded on 14 October 2020.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura, Torneo Apertura decider
Since Nacional and Rentistas ended up tied in points for first place, an additional match was played by both teams to decide the Torneo Apertura winners. The winners qualified for the semifinal of the championship playoff.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Intermedio
The Torneo Intermedio was the second tournament of the 2020 season, played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It consisted of two groups whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in Serie A, and teams in even-numbered positions played in Serie B. It started on 17 October 2020 and ended on 14 January 2021, with the winners being granted a berth into the 2021 Copa Sudamericana and the 2021 Supercopa Uruguaya.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura, named "Sr. Julio César Road", was the third and last tournament of the 2020 season. Due to the schedule disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a proposal to change its format and play it with two groups of eight teams, akin to the Torneo Intermedio, however on 23 December 2020 the AUF's League Council decided to play it under its normal single-round robin format. It began on 16 January 2021 and ended on 29 March 2021.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Aggregate table
The aggregate table included the results of the three stages played throughout the season: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio, and Torneo Clausura. The top team of this table at the end of the season qualified for the finals of the championship playoff.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Relegation
Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2019 and 2020. The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.


2020 Uruguayan Primera División season, Season awards
On 23 April 2021 the AUF announced the winners of the season awards, who were chosen by its Technical Staff based on voting by managers and captains of the 16 Primera División teams as well as a group of local sports journalists. 37 players were nominated for Best Player and the Team of the Season according to their ratings and evaluations by the Technical Staff throughout the season.


2020 Uruguayan Segunda División season
The 2020 Uruguayan Segunda División is the season of second division professional of football in Uruguay. A total of 12 teams will compete; the top two teams and the winner of the Championship play-offs are promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División.


2020 Uruguayan municipal elections
Uruguay held local government elections on September 27, 2020, to elect the intendente of the 19 departments that are the administrative divisions of Uruguay, as well as 31 councilors; and a mayor and four councilors for each of the municipalities. Across the country, 19 intendants, 589 ediles, 125 mayors and 500 councilors will be elected. This will be the second time that both intendentes and alcaldes are elected simultaneously.


2020 Uruguayan municipal elections
Initially, the election was to be held on May 10, however, in March 2020 all the political parties that made up the General Assembly, the Electoral Court and Vice President Beatriz Argimón, in a joint decision, agreed to postpone for the only time for Sunday, September 27, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.


2020 Uruguayan municipal elections, Election by department
In the municipal elections of May 2015, the Partido Nacional had won 12 departments, the Partido Colorado 1 departments, and the Frente Amplio 6 departments.


2020 Utah Attorney General election
The 2020 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along with several federal and state elections.


2020 Utah Attorney General election
Incumbent Attorney General Sean Reyes was re-elected to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Greg Skordas and Libertarian nominee Rudy Bautista.


2020 Utah Attorney General election, Party primaries and conventions
The conventions for the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties were held on April 25. Although originally planned to be held in-person, all three conventions were moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Utah Attorney General election, Party primaries and conventions, Republican convention and primary, Convention
Voting began for the convention on April 23, with results being announced on April 27. Incumbent Sean Reyes and challenger David O. Leavitt advanced to the primary.


2020 Utah Attorney General election, Party primaries and conventions, Republican convention and primary, Primary
The Republican primary was held on June 30. Sean Reyes won re-nomination.


2020 Utah Attorney General election, Party primaries and conventions, Democratic convention
Greg Skordas ran unopposed for the nomination. Skordas had previously run as the Democratic nominee for attorney general in 2004.


2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary took place in Utah, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Utah primary was an open primary, with any registered voter able to participate. The primary awarded 35 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 29 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Bernie Sanders won the primary, with Joe Biden coming in second by popular vote.


2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Utah is one of 14 states which held primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday", after the creation of a state-funded presidential primary option in a bill signed on March 22, 2017; a shift to a Super Tuesday contest after the signing of a bill shifting the primary date on March 27, 2019; and the confirmation that the Utah Democratic Party would opt to use the state-funded presidential primary rather than a party-run caucus as in 2016 on April 1, 2019.


2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. In the primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 29 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 29 pledged delegates, between 2 and 7 are allocated to each of the state's 4 congressional districts and another 4 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 6 at-large pledged delegates. Bonus delegates were be allocated as Utah shared a primary date with numerous other states on Super Tuesday; these numbers do not yet account for these delegates.


2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
After county conventions nominating delegates to the state convention between Friday, March 20, 2020 and Saturday, April 4, 2020 as well as neighborhood caucuses to select delegates to the county conventions between Friday, March 20 and Monday, April 27, 2020, the state convention was subsequently held between Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18, 2020 to vote on national convention delegates, including 6 unpledged PLEO delegates (5 members of the Democratic National Committee and U.S. Representative Ben McAdams).


2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary, Campaign
As one of the Super Tuesday states, the state had received relatively little attention by the national media. Campaign advertising was dominated by Michael Bloomberg, whose self-funded organization flooded the airwaves with ads, and Bernie Sanders, whose organization had roots in the state and who led in the only poll that was taken in January.


2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary, Campaign
Bloomberg held a major rally in Salt Lake City on February 20, 2020 and Pete Buttigieg held one on February 17. Others may have had smaller events.


2020 Utah House of Representatives election
The 2020 Utah House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Utah on November 3, 2020 to elect members to the House of Representatives. Elections were held in 75 electoral districts to elect two-year term members to the 64th Utah State Legislature. Elections were also held throughout the state for U.S. president, the U.S. House, and for the Utah Senate.


2020 Utah House of Representatives election
The Republican Party retained majority control of the House by a large margin, losing only one seat to the Democratic Party in the process. This election was the first time the Democrats won 17 seats since 2010.


2020 Utah Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Utah Republican presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.


2020 Utah Republican presidential primary, Results
Incumbent United States President Donald Trump was challenged by five candidates: retired advertising executive Robert Ardini of New York, entrepreneur and investor Bob Ely of Massachusetts, entrepreneur and attorney Matthew John Matern of Louisiana, former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois, and former governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts. Businessman and perennial candidate Rocky De La Fuente was also initially on the ballot, but later withdrew his name to avoid a 'sore loser' law.


2020 Utah Royals FC season
The 2020 Utah Royals FC season marks the team's third year of existence and its third season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of the American soccer pyramid.


2020 Utah Royals FC season
On January 6, 2020 the team mutually parted ways with head coach Laura Harvey so she could take a position with U.S Soccer as the head coach for the U-20 Women's National Team.


2020 Utah Royals FC season, Competitions
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the NWSL did not hold a regular season as originally scheduled. The season was replaced by the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup in July and the Fall Series in September and October.


2020 Utah Royals FC season, Competitions, 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup
The Royals began their Challenge Cup against the Houston Dash on June 30. They were without forward Christen Press who opted out of the tournament and Desiree Scott who withdrew from the tournament due to personal reasons.


2020 Utah Royals FC season, Competitions, Fall Series
The Royals would be without several players for the NWSL Fall Series. Forward Christen Press signed with Manchester United. Rachel Corsie went on loan to Birmingham City and Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir was loaned to Valur. Kelley O'Hara, Desiree Scott and Diana Matheson all opted out of the Fall Series.


2020 Utah Royals FC season, Competitions, Fall Series
Head Coach Craig Harrington and assistant coach Louis Lancaster were placed on administrative leave prior to the first game of the Fall Series, Amy LePeilbet was named interim head coach.


2020 Utah Senate election
The 2020 Utah Senate election will be held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Utah voters will elect state senators in 15 of the 29 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Utah State Senate.


2020 Utah Senate election, Retirements
Three incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:


2020 Utah State Aggies football team
The 2020 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Maverik Stadium in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference. Head coach Gary Andersen, who was in his second year back at Utah State (sixth overall), coached the first three games before he was fired after going 0–3. Co -defensive coordinator Frank Maile was named interim head coach. In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Aggies finished the conference-only season 1–5 to finish in 11th place in Mountain West play.


2020 Utah State Aggies football team
Following the season, the school announced Arkansas State head coach Blake Anderson would become the team's new head coach.


2020 Utah State Aggies football team
The final scheduled game of the season was canceled due to a Utah State player boycott.


2020 Utah State Aggies football team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2019 season with a 7–6, 6–2 to finish in third place in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West. The team was invited to the Frisco Bowl where it lost to Kent State. The season marked Gary Andersen's first year back in charge of the Aggies after having coached the team from 2009 to 2012.


2020 Utah State Aggies football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
After an up-and-down year, various changes were made to the Aggie coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Mike Sanford left to take the same position at Minnesota, and was replaced by North Texas offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder. Defensive coordinator Justin Ena was reassigned as the inside linebackers coach. Frank Maile, assistant head coach and tight ends coach, was reassigned to defensive coordinator. He had previously been Utah State's defensive coordinator from 2016 to 2018. Stacy Collins, special teams and running backs coach, was named co-defensive coordinator with Maile. Bojay Filimoeatu was moved from defensive ends to outside linebackers. Dave Schramm, the offensive coordinator at Weber State, was hired as the new running backs coach. Safeties coach Mike Caputo was let go and is now at Baylor with former Utah State defensive coordinator Dave Aranda.


2020 Utah State Aggies football team, Player boycott of final game
On December 11, a day before the scheduled final game of the season, it was reported that Blake Anderson would be named the team's new head coach. As a result of the announcement of the hire of Anderson and racially and religiously insensitive comments made by Utah State president Noelle Cockett, the Aggie players announced a boycott of the final game. The players had announced their support for the retention of interim head coach Maile, but were told by Cockett that Maile's religious and cultural background was a problem. Maile is of Polynesian descent and a Mormon. The players reported that it was not the first time issues of discrimination had occurred, citing a 2019 issue where the team's head equipment manager used a racial slur, but the manager ultimately continued his employment at the school.


2020 Utah State Aggies football team, Schedule
Utah State announced its 2020 football schedule on February 27, 2020. The 2020 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the suspension of the football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Utah State Aggies football team, Schedule
On September 25, the Mountain West announced the 2020 season would return with a revised eight-game, conference-only season beginning October 24. On November 18, the scheduled November 19 game against Wyoming was canceled by the Mountain West Conference due to rising COVID–19 cases in the Utah State program. On December 11, the scheduled December 12 at Colorado State was canceled as a result of a Utah State player boycott in protest of comments made by their university president that they perceived as discriminatory.


2020 Utah Utes football team
The 2020 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 16th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.


2020 Utah Utes football team
On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 24, the Pac-12 announced that football teams would return to play a seven-game conference-only season beginning on November 6, with the conference championship game scheduled for December 18.


2020 Utah Utes football team
On December 18, with a 2–2 record and one game left to play, the Utes announced that they would not pursue a bid to a bowl game. The Utes won their final game, finishing their season with a 3–2 record. Running back Ty Jordan was voted the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year.


2020 Utah Utes football team, Schedule
Utah had games scheduled against BYU, Montana State, and Wyoming, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Utah elections
Utah state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Aside from its presidential primaries held on March 3, its primary elections were held on June 30, 2020.


2020 Utah elections
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Utah voters elected the Governor of Utah, 9 seats of its Board of Education, four of Utah's other executive officers, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Utah House of Representatives, and 15 of 29 seats in the Utah State Senate. Neither of the state's two U.S. Senate seats were up for election, but there were also seven ballot measures which were voted on.


2020 Utah elections, Federal offices, President of the United States
Utah, a stronghold for the Republican Party and thus a reliable "red state", has 6 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Donald Trump won with 58.13% of the vote to Joe Biden's 37.65% of the vote. On December 14, 2020, Utah cast its electoral votes for Donald Trump.


2020 Utah elections, Federal offices, United States House of Representatives
All 4 of Utah's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for election. The Republican Party candidates won all 4 seats, with the party gaining the 4th congressional district seat from the Democratic Party.


2020 Utah elections, Governor
Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox ran against University of Utah law professor and former CFPB official Christopher Peterson. Cox was elected to be Governor of Utah. He was elected with 64.3% of the vote.


2020 Utah elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes was elected for a third term with 60.6% of the vote in the general election. In the Republican primary, he faced challenger David O. Leavitt (Utah County attorney) after former Attorney General John Swallow withdrew from the race.


2020 Utah elections, Attorney General
In the Democratic primary, attorney and ex-small claims court judge Greg Skordas, who was the Democratic nominee for the Attorney General election in 2004, ran unopposed (following the withdrawal of Kevin Probasco). Rudy Bautista ran as a Libertarian.


2020 Utah elections, State Legislature
All 75 seats of the Utah House of Representatives and 15 of 29 seats of the Utah State Senate were up for election. Before the election the composition of the Utah State Legislature was:


2020 Utah elections, Ballot Measures
Measure SJR 9 is a state constitutional amendment to allow income tax to fund programs for children and people with disabilities.


2020 Utah elections, Voting Information
The 2020 election took place against a backdrop of uncertainty. The following data tables highlight voter registration rules, in-person voting procedures, and absentee voting procedures relevant to the November 3, 2020, general election in the state of Utah.


2020 Utah gubernatorial election
The 2020 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of Utah, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.


2020 Utah gubernatorial election
Although incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert was eligible to run for re-election to a third full term, he initially announced shortly after being re-elected in 2016 that he would not run again, but indicated in January 2019 that he was open to the possibility of running again before ultimately deciding to retire and endorse his Lieutenant Governor, Spencer Cox. Utah has not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office in January 1985. This is the second longest active streak of one-party leadership, trailing only South Dakota, which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979.


2020 Utah gubernatorial election
The winner of the election was the first non-incumbent gubernatorial candidate to be elected since Jon Huntsman Jr. in 2004, who ran in this election before he was eliminated in the primaries. The primaries took place on June 30, 2020. The filing deadline was on June 19, 2020.


2020 Utah gubernatorial election
Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox won the general election by defeating the Democratic nominee, University of Utah law professor and former CFPB official Christopher Peterson.


2020 Utah gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
An advertisement that featured both major-party candidates, calling for civility in politics, drew significant media coverage and praise.


2020 Utah wildfires
The 2020 Utah wildfire season was a series of prominent wildfires throughout the state of Utah, lasting from June 1 through October 30, as defined by state law. Part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, Utah saw record-breaking numbers of human-caused fires. The largest fire of the season, the East Fork Fire, burned an area of 89,568 acres. In total, the suppression costs for the fires amounted to at least $103 million (2020 USD).


2020 Utah wildfires
Of the 1,547 fires in Utah during 2020, 1,202 (78%) were human-caused, surpassing 2015's record of 937. These fires accounted for nearly 100,000 of the 329,732 total acres burned during this season. The significant rise in human-caused fires was attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it forced recreation outside at higher rates.


2020 Utah wildfires, Background
On May 27, Utah observed 237 wildfires (of which 95% were human-caused); a near fourfold increase compared to the previous season's 67 wildfires recorded at that same date. Throughout the early season, record-breaking numbers of fires (especially human-caused) exceeded previous season equivalents. This, coupled with an abnormally hot and dry spring led fire officials, meteorologists, and hydrologists to believe that the season would be unusually active.


2020 Utah wildfires, List of wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.


2020 Utah windstorm
The 2020 Utah windstorm was a hurricane-force windstorm that struck the U.S. state of Utah in the early morning of September 8, 2020. It is estimated that the windstorm had reached a 12 rating on the beaufort scale.


2020 Utah windstorm, Damages
Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses lost electrical power. Thousands of trees were toppled, causing much damage and closing dozens of parks. More than 100,000 residents were still without power by September 9. By September 11, just under 35,000 households were still without power. Almost one week after the windstorm, about 4,700 residents were still without power. Many roads and parks were closed for several days to clean up the debris. School classes were also cancelled that day.


2020 Utah windstorm, Casualties
At around 8:21 AM, 61-year-old truck driver, Donald Hardy was supposed to deliver a shipment from Tennessee to South Salt Lake, Utah when the wind knocked him to the ground, causing him to hit his head hard on the pavement. He was killed instantly.


2020 Utah windstorm, Response
Governor Gary Herbert called the Utah National Guard and declared a state of emergency. The previous time the Utah National Guard was called was for the 2011 Davis County windstorm.


2020 Utah windstorm, Causes
An Arctic system moved into Utah from the northeast. Then a cold front swept through from the east Monday night (September 7) into Tuesday morning. It was later followed by the low-pressure system that pushed out the vacating high-pressure system that had previously set up across the state. Temperatures were brought from the 90s down to the 40s Fahrenheit, while snow flurries were also reported in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. It was part of the same weather system that caused the 2020 Western United States wildfire season.


2020 Uttarakhand forest fires
The 2020 Uttarakhand forest fires started in late May, after several forest fires broke out in Srinagar of Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. As of 24 May 2020, 46 fires were reported covering around 71 hectares and 2 people have died.


2020 Uzbekistan Cup
The 2020 Uzbekistan Cup was the 28th season of the annual Uzbekistan Cup, the knockout football cup competition of Uzbekistan.


2020 Uzbekistan Cup
The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2021 AFC Champions League.


2020 Uzbekistan Cup, First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 13 June 2020. The eight teams which play in the 2020 Uzbekistan Pro League enter this round.


2020 Uzbekistan Cup, Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 23 June 2020. The four teams which advance from the first qualifying round play in this round.


2020 Uzbekistan Cup, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 November 2020. The two teams which advance from the second qualifying round joined by fourteen teams from 2020 Uzbekistan Super League.


2020 Uzbekistan Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 8 December 2020. The eight teams which advance from the round of 16 play in this round.


2020 Uzbekistan Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 12 December 2020. The four teams which advance from the quarter-finals play in this round.


2020 Uzbekistan First League
The 2020 Uzbekistan First League is the 29th since its establishment. The competition started on 17 March 2020.


2020 Uzbekistan Pro League
The 2020 Uzbekistan Pro League is the 29th since its establishment. The competition started on 17 March 2020.


2020 Uzbekistan Super League
The 2020 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992. Pakhtakor Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2019 campaign.


2020 Uzbekistan Super League, Season events
On 16 March, all football competitions in Uzbekistan were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Uzbekistan Super League, Season events
On 20 July, the Uzbekistan Super League was suspended for a second time due to COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan, with it being announced on 24 July that the league would resume on 3 August with the scheduled 10th round matches.


2020 Uzbekistan Super League, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per USL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.


2020 Uzbekistan Super League, Foreign players
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.


2020 Uzbekistan Super League, Attendances, By team
Updated to games played on 2020Source:Notes:† Teams played previous season in Pro League.


2020 Uzbekistan Super League, Match ball
On 23 February 2020, Puma announced their official partnership with Uzbekistan Super League to manufacture the official match ball for the Uzbekistan Professional Football League Organization.


2020 V.League 1
The 2020 V.League 1 season (or LS V.League 1 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 64th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam.


2020 V.League 1
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule had been changed to begin on 7 March instead of 21 February as originally planned. All matches in matchdays 1 and 2 were played behind closed doors due to the same reason. Following the stabilizing situation, the league resumed in June, and also became the first league to allow fans into the stadium post-COVID-19 outbreak. On 26 July 2020, the league was suspended again due to another surge in COVID-19 cases.


2020 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 season.


2020 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Rules changes
In the 2020 season, each team could register 3+1 foreign players (3 foreign + 1 naturalized Vietnamese). The teams that participated in ASEAN Club Championship and AFC Cup (TP Hồ Chí Minh, Hà Nội FC, Than Quảng Ninh) could register 3+1+1 foreign players (3 foreign + 1 naturalized Vietnamese + 1 AFC player)


2020 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Rules changes
On 13 May 2020, the format had been slightly changed, including:


2020 V.League 1, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 V.League 1, Teams, Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2020 V.League 1, Positions by round
This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2020 V.League 2
The 2020 V.League 2 (referred to as  LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 5 June 2020 and finished on 31 October 2020.


2020 V.League 2
For this season, there is only 1 promotion and 1 relegation spots due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the league will be expand to 14 clubs since the 2021 season.


2020 V.League 2, Changes from last season, Team changes
The following teams had changed division since the 2018 season.


2020 VBA season
The 2020 VBA season was the fifth season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The season was scheduled to start in May but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regular season began on 15 October 2020 and ended on 20 November. The playoffs semi-finals began on 24 November 2020 and ended on 28 November 2020. The Finals began on 2 December 2020 and ended on 8 December 2020 with the Saigon Heat defeating the Thang Long Warriors after 4 games.


2020 VBA season, Teams, Venues and locations
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all games will be played in a bubble in Ho Chi Minh City. A stadium, nicknamed the VBA Arena, was constructed in Studio S4 on the campus of ZoOm Media.


2020 VBA season, Teams, Heritage players
The following is the list of Vietnamese heritage players, which had played for their respective teams at least once. Each team can register 1 heritage player. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.


2020 VBA season, Teams, Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. Each team can register 1 import. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.


2020 VCDL Lobby Day
The Lobby Day 2020 was a peaceful gun rights rally that took place on January 20, 2020 at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia. The rally was an extension of the Second Amendment sanctuary movement and was organized by the Virginia Citizens Defense League. Fears of violence by neo-Nazis prompted the governor of Virginia to declare a state of emergency ahead of the event.


2020 VCDL Lobby Day, Background
Virginia's Lobby Day is an annual event, held each year on MLK Day and created by the Virginia Citizens Defense League. The annual rally began about 17 years ago. The 2020 rally received international attention and a greater turnout than previous years because a Democratic majority in both the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate was elected in 2019, alongside incumbent Democratic governor Ralph Northam, along with fears of the passage of pending, stringent gun control legislation. President Donald Trump also acknowledged the event, and stated that the United States Constitution was "under very serious attack" in the Commonwealth of Virginia.


2020 VCDL Lobby Day, State of emergency
Governor Ralph Northam received advance warning that "out-of-state militia groups and hate groups" were planning to come to the event to "intimidate and to cause harm" to the demonstrators, which led him to declare a state of emergency ahead of the event.


2020 VCDL Lobby Day, State of emergency
Three members of the neo-Nazi group The Base—of which were hostile to the beliefs of the protesters—were arrested by the FBI days before the event. According to FBI documents, the three members were discussing "the planning of violence at a specific event in Virginia, scheduled for January 20, 2020."


2020 VCDL Lobby Day, Demonstration
A reported 22,000 people demonstrated, less than half of the number of attendees predicted by the rally's organizers. Speakers at the event included Republican State Senator Amanda Chase, Republican Delegate Nick Freitas, and Republican Delegate John McGuire. The event concluded peacefully.


2020 VCU Rams baseball team
The 2020 VCU Rams baseball team was the program's 50th baseball season, and their 8th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The regular season began on February 14, 2020 and was scheduled to conclude on May 16, 2020. The season was cancelled on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rams finished the season with a 9–8 record.


2020 VCU Rams baseball team
The Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament was to be hosted by VCU and was to be held from May 20–23, 2020.


2020 VCU Rams baseball team, Preseason, A10 media poll
The Atlantic 10 baseball media poll was released on February 10, 2020. VCU was picked to win the Atlantic 10 regular season championship.


2020 VCU Rams 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.


2020 VFF National Super League
The 2020 VFF National Super League is the 10th edition of the VFF National Super League, the highest tier football league in Vanuatu apart from Port Vila. The group stage is scheduled to start in October 2019.


2020 VFF National Super League, Northern Qualifiers, Luganville, Luganville Top 3
The Top 3 teams from 2019 Luganville Premier League played against each other for two spots in Semifinals


2020 VFF National Super League, Northern Qualifiers, Penama
Penama FA Qualifier is scheduled to be held between 14 and 18 October 2019.


2020 VFF National Super League, Northern Qualifiers, Penama, Group Stage
The 8 teams were split in two groups with four teams each.


2020 VFF National Super League, Northern Qualifiers, Sanma
6 teams from Sanma Football Association played the qualifier for the VFF National Super League


2020 VFF National Super League, Northern Qualifiers, Torba
9 teams from Torba Football Association played the qualifier for the VFF National Super League


2020 VFF National Super League, Southern Qualifiers, Shefa, Efaté Play-Off
Eraniao was crowned champion of South Efate League and qualified for Efaté Playoff


2020 VFF National Super League, Southern Qualifiers, Shefa, Efaté Play-Off
Kings was crowned champion of South Efate League and qualified for Efaté Playoff


2020 VFF National Super League, Southern Qualifiers, Shefa, Efaté Play-Off
Kings vs Eraniao - 11 NovemberEraniao vs Kings - 13 November


2020 VFF National Super League, Southern Qualifiers, Shefa, Epi Top 4
Four teams from Epi Football League play the Top 4.


2020 VFF National Super League, Southern Qualifiers, Tafea, Tafea Qualifier
Four teams from Tafea Football Association played the Tafea Qualifier. LL Echo qualified for 2020 VFF National Super League


2020 VFL season
The 2020 Victorian Football League season, which was to have been the 139th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Preparations for the 2020 season featured all fifteen clubs from 2019, but the season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, three weeks prior to the scheduled start of the premiership season.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Governmental restrictions on non-essential public gatherings during the pandemic meant that, as a minimum, matches would need to be played before empty stadiums, as was planned for the Australian Football League; however, AFL clubs with VFL reserves teams or affiliates had separate concerns that their players could be exposed to the virus when playing in the VFL, since the state league would not be able to offer the same level of medical and quarantine protections that the fully professional league could. AFL clubs began to withdraw their AFL-listed players from their VFL preseason programs, before the start of the VFL season was suspended indefinitely on 16 March. The AFL season was suspended shortly afterwards, and state government lockdowns precluded any state football being played.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Soon after, Carlton ended its reserves affiliation with the Northern Blues. Carlton had been investing significant money in the VFL club and in developing it as a pathway to senior football, but the financial impact of the pandemic forced Carlton to make significant cuts to its expenses, and ending its affiliation was one of these cuts. The Northern Blues club was by this stage reliant on Carlton for its financial viability; as a result, the club temporarily dropped out of the league after 101 years of membership.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Carlton is now expected to adopt a lower-cost strategy by fielding a stand-alone reserves team when AFL players are next released to play in the VFL. The Northern Blues initially announced that they would fold, but regrouped throughout the year and found a model under which it would be viable as a stand-alone club; as a result, the club will to return to the league under its previous Northern Bullants name from 2021.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
After months of uncertainty, and as lockdowns were being lifted, it was agreed on 16 June to play a shortened VFL season, with training to start from 13 July and the season to begin on 1 August.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Significantly, however, all AFL clubs were required to continue to keep AFL-listed players away from the state league systems for the entire season, in order to better control their quarantine environments and avoid risk to the AFL season; this means that AFL reserves teams were unable to contest the restarted season, and the three remaining clubs with reserves affiliations – Box Hill, Casey and Sandringham – would need to temporarily play as standalone senior clubs for the first time in two decades, and were allowed to top up their playing lists, including getting first selection of any VFL-listed players from the AFL clubs' reserves teams who were seeking new teams for the season.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
This, coupled with the Northern Blues expecting to fold and being in no position to field a team, initially left only eight clubs to contest the shortened season. However, two weeks later, on 3 July, Casey announced its withdrawal from the season as well. Although the club had been preparing for the season and signing players to bolster its list, it opted to withdraw citing concern about health risks amid an ongoing rise in Victorian cases at the time. The club was also dealing with the fact that it was not able to use Casey Fields, as it was normally shared with the AFL's Melbourne Football Club as a training venue, and quarantine segregations were required between VFL and AFL systems.


2020 VFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Preparations continued, but on 7 July, the same date that the new fixture was released to clubs, the second wave of virus cases across Melbourne resulted in a new lockdown being imposed by the government which all but precluded organised sport in the state until at least 19 August (and ultimately lasting several months beyond that). The following day, the decision was made to cancel the season outright. It was the first senior VFA/VFL season to be cancelled since 1944, when the VFA was suffering from a financial crisis that was exacerbated by Australia's participation in World War II.


2020 VMI Keydets football team
The 2020 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 130th football season. The Keydets were led by sixth-year head coach Scott Wachenheim. They played their home games at 10,000–seat Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).


2020 VMI Keydets football team
On April 17, 2021, VMI defeated The Citadel 31–17 in the Military Classic of the South, retaining the Silver Shako, and winning their first Southern Conference Football Championship since 1977. Upon winning the Southern Conference title, the Keydets were awarded the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, VMI's first appearance. The Keydets lost in the First Round at James Madison, 31–24.


2020 VMI Keydets football team, Previous season
The Keydets finished the 2019 season 5–7, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.


2020 VMI Keydets football team, Schedule
VMI had a game scheduled against Princeton, which was canceled before the start of the 2020 season.


2020 VT1
2020 VT1 is a small asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group, that is a temporary horseshoe companion to Mars.


2020 VT1, Discovery
2020 VT1 was discovered on 10 November 2020, by J. Bulger, K. Chambers, T. Lowe, A. Schultz, and M. Willman observingfor the survey conducted by Pan-STARRS at Haleakalā Observatory, Hawaii. As of 20 January 2021, it has been observed 28 times with an observation arc of 24 days.


2020 VT1, Orbit and orbital evolution
2020 VT1 is currently an Amor asteroid, a subgroup of the near-Earth objects that approach the orbit of Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.3–1.8 AU once every 23 months (687 days; semi-major axis of 1.52 AU). Its orbit has a moderate eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 19° with respect to the ecliptic. It is most notable for its horseshoe orbit, a complex co-orbital motion with Mars, as both bodies have similar semi-major axes. The object can also be classified as a Mars-crosser, intersecting the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.66 AU.


2020 VT4
2020 VT4 is a tiny near-Earth asteroid that passed 370 km (230 mi) above Earth's surface on 13 November 2020 at 17:20 UTC. The asteroid was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey at the Mauna Loa Observatory fifteen hours after its closest approach to Earth. The Earth encounter perturbed the asteroid's trajectory from an Earth-crossing Apollo-type orbit to an Aten-type orbit, subsequently reducing the asteroid's heliocentric orbital period from 1.5 years to 0.86 years.


2020 VT4
2020 VT4 passed closer to Earth than any known asteroid, except for those that became meteors. It passed closer than 2020 QG and 2011 CQ1, which passed about 3,000 km and 5,500 km from Earth's surface, respectively. Given an estimated absolute magnitude of 28.7, 2020 VT4 is estimated to be around 5 to 10 metres in diameter. Had it impacted Earth, it would mostly have disintegrated during atmospheric entry and might have left a common strewn field.


2020 VT4, Discovery
2020 VT4 was discovered on 14 November 2020, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The asteroid was discovered fifteen hours after its closest approach to Earth, moving about 0.28 degrees per hour across the constellation Fornax at an apparent magnitude of 17.3. At the time of discovery, 2020 VT4 was about 0.003 astronomical units (450,000 km; 280,000 mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 134 degrees.


2020 VT4, Discovery
The discovery was subsequently reported to the Minor Planet Center's near-Earth object confirmation page (NEOCP) under the internal designation A10sHcN. Further refinements to the asteroid's preliminary trajectory were made with additional follow-up observations by the Galhassin Robotic Telescope, iTelescope Observatory, and the Glenlee Observatory. The asteroid was also identified in earlier observations by the Zwicky Transient Facility one hour before its discovery by ATLAS-MLO. The asteroid was then confirmed by the Minor Planet Center and announced with the provisional designation 2020 VT4 on 14 November 2020.


2020 VT4, Orbit and classification
2020 VT4 is currently on an Earth-crossing Aten-type orbit with an orbital semi-major axis of 0.908 AU (136 million km; 84.4 million mi) and an orbital period of 0.86 years or 316 days. With a nominal perihelion distance of 0.724 AU and an aphelion distance of 1.092 AU, 2020 VT4's orbit extends from Venus to Earth, resulting in occasional close passes with these planets. The nominal minimum orbit intersection distances (MOID) with Venus and Earth are approximately 0.0351 AU (5,250,000 km; 3,260,000 mi) and 0.0002 AU (30,000 km; 19,000 mi), respectively. 2020 VT4 has an orbital eccentricity of 0.203 and an inclination of 10.2 degrees to the ecliptic.


2020 VT4, Orbit and classification
Before the Earth encounter on 13 November 2020, 2020 VT4 had an Apollo-type orbit crossing the paths of Earth and Mars. It had a perihelion distance of 0.989 AU and a semi-major axis of 1.31 AU (196 million km; 122 million mi), with an orbital period of 1.5 years or 550 days. The orbit had an orbital eccentricity of 0.246 and an inclination of 12.9 degrees to the ecliptic. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Small-Body Database still provides an Apollo-type osculating orbit for 2020 VT4 based on the epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) before the Earth encounter; excluding all gravitational perturbations, the given orbit implies the asteroid would have passed perihelion 19 hours after it passed Earth.


2020 VT4, Orbit and classification, 2020 flyby
On 13 November 2020, 15 hours prior to its discovery, 2020 VT4 passed 373 ± 25 km (232 ± 16 mi) over the South Pacific Ocean at 17:20 UTC. At this time of closest approach, 2020 VT4's on-sky position was close to the Sun with a minimum solar elongation of 36 degrees, making it unobservable to Earth-based telescopes. 2020 VT4 passed closer to Earth than any known asteroid, except for those that became meteors. It passed closer than 2020 QG and 2011 CQ1, which passed about 3,000 km and 5,500 km from Earth's surface, respectively.


2020 VTV Awards
The 2020 VTV Awards (Vietnamese: Ấn tượng VTV 2020 - Dấu ấn 50 năm) is a ceremony honouring the outstanding achievement in television on the Vietnam Television (VTV) network from August 2019 to July 2020. Different from previous years, Voting Round 2 was opened 3 days after Round 1 closed. This year, the ceremony is also an occasion to celebrate 50 years of VTV. It took place on September 5, 2020 in Hanoi and hosted by Thành Trung, Phí Linh & Trần Ngọc.


2020 VTV Awards
For the first time, there are two versions of the ceremony to be aired: TV version on VTV1 channel and digital/backstage version on VTV Go mobile app.


2020 VV
2020 VV is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 12 meters (40 feet) in diameter. On 20 November 2020, the asteroid had a 4.4% chance of impacting Earth on 12 October 2033 11:43 UT. As of mid-December 2020, the asteroid has a modest 61 day observation arc. The nominal Earth approach is on 17 October 2033 at a distance of 0.009 AU (1,300,000 km; 840,000 mi), but the line of variations (LOV) is only known with an accuracy of ±22 hours. The line of variations allows the asteroid to come as close as 0.006 AU (900,000 km; 560,000 mi) or pass as far away as 0.01 AU (1,500,000 km; 930,000 mi). With a diameter range of 10–22 meters the asteroid could be as large as the Chelyabinsk meteor.


2020 VV
2020 VV was discovered on 5 November 2020 when it was about 0.036 AU (5,400,000 km; 3,300,000 mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 150 degrees. It has a very low 0.35° orbital inclination with respect to the ecliptic plane and an Earth-MOID of only 14,800 km. The asteroid passed Earth on 21 October 2020 at a distance of 0.0215 AU (3,220,000 km; 2,000,000 mi).


2020 VV
Where Earth will be on a given date is known, but given the short observation arc where precisely the asteroid will be on its orbit in 2033 is not. A slight variation in the known orbit of the asteroid can cause the asteroid to be early, right on time (impact solution), or late.


2020 VV
Impact probabilities are calculated independently by Sentry, NEODyS-2 and ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme. Different models result in slightly different orbit solutions, nominal close approach distances, and impact probabilities. With a long enough observation arc these solutions will converge. In general when the nominal approach is closer to the impact scenario, the odds of impact are greater.


2020 VV
The line of variation (risk corridor) for 2033 passed over the northeastern USA, Spain, Saudi Arabia, India, and China.


2020 VV
The greatest chances of impact were listed between 17 and 20 November 2020. On 17 November 2020 the Space Situational Awareness Programme listed a 4.2% chance (1 in 24) of impact, Sentry listed a 2.8% chance (1 in 36), and NEODyS-2 listed a cumulative 5.9% chance of impact. By 20 November 2020 with a 15-day observation arc NEODyS-2 listed a 4.4% chance (1 in 23) of impact. At the same time, Sentry listed a 1.3% chance (1 in 77) of impact, and the Space Situational Awareness Programme listed a 1.6% chance (1 in 63).


2020 VV
2020 VV is not categorized as a potentially hazardous object, because the estimated size is significantly smaller than the threshold of about 140 meters for potentially hazardous objects.


2020 Vaahteraliiga season
The 2020 Vaahteraliiga season was the 41st season of the Vaahteraliiga, the highest level of American football in Finland. The regular season took place between July 30 and August 29, 2020. The Finnish Champion was determined in the playoffs, and at the championship game Vaahteramalja XLI the Kuopio Steelers defeated the Helsinki Wolverines. It was the Steelers' first championship title.


2020 Valdostan regional election
The 2020 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 and 21 September 2020 in Aosta Valley, Italy. The election was originally scheduled to take place on 19 April 2020, but was then postponed first to 10 May and then delayed for a second time due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.


2020 Valdostan regional election, Electoral law
The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian: Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French: Conseil de la Vallée) is composed by 35 members. The Council is elected for a five-year term. There is only one regional constituency. The President of Aosta Valley is elected by the Council. The electoral law was recently changed by the L.R. 16/2017 and the L.R. 9/2019.


2020 Valdostan regional election, Electoral law
The election of the Regional Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate and it is possible to express only one preference for the list. If a single party list or a coalition of party lists gets more than 42% of valid votes cast, it is assigned a majority bonus of 21 seats. If no one reach this threshold, the seats are determined proportionally.


2020 Valdostan regional election, Electoral law
For the proportional allocation there are two thresholds: given the largest remainder method by dividing the valid votes cast for all lists and the seats to be assigned, if a party list doesn't reach the minimum quota required, the party list is excluded to the allocation of the seats. However, if a party list gets only one seat during the first allocation of seats, it is excluded and its seat is reallocated.


2020 Valdostan regional election, Background
Aosta Valley returned to the vote earlier than the deadline by decision of the interim president Renzo Testolin, following investigations into the infiltration of the 'Ndrangheta in the politics of the region at all levels. Former president Antonio Fosson was investigated for electoral exchange between the political and mafia. The same accusation is directed at two former assessors of his government, Laurent Viérin (former president) and Stefano Borrello. Two other former presidents – Pierluigi Marquis and Augusto Rollandin – were also seeking the support of the local clans who infiltrated the Valley, according to the prosecutor's office.


2020 Valdostan regional election, Aftermath
After the election, a centre-left/regionalist coalition government was formed. It was headed by Erik Lavévaz, leader of the Valdostan Union (UV), and composed of three UV members (President and two ministers), three from the "Progressive Civic Project" and one each from the Valdostan Union, Edelweiss and Mouv'.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana) was the fourteenth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the thirteenth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 15 November 2020.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The opening rounds of the 2020 championship have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Valencian Community Grand Prix, scheduled in the original calendar on November 15 as the twentieth and final stage of the season, was postponed by one week for the initial shift of the Grand Prix of the Americas (later cancelled on July 8) to the third Sunday in November (it was scheduled for April 5 as the third race of the championship).


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
After the postponement of the Argentine Grand Prix (initially classified as the fourth Grand Prix of the season on April 19) to November 22, the Valencia stage was moved back by another week (the Argentine race was later cancelled on July 31). Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the opening round in Qatar was halted, prompting the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to draft a new calendar. A new calendar based exclusively in Europe was announced on 11 June.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Valencian Community Grand Prix is classified as the fourteenth Grand Prix of the new calendar (the thirteenth for the MotoGP class) on November 15th, as planned in the original one. It is preceded by the introduction of the European Grand Prix, which is also held on the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, after the organizers of the Valencian Community Grand Prix signed a contract with Dorna Sports, owner of the sport's commercial rights, to host a double grand prix in the Valencia circuit. With the inclusion of the Portuguese Grand Prix, which will be held on 22 November at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve as the last race of the season, this also marks that for the first time since 2001 the championship finale will not be held in Valencia.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, MotoGP Championship standings before the race
After the victory in the European Grand Prix, Joan Mir confirmed himself at the top of the drivers' classification with 162 points. Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins are 37 points behind the leader, with the Frenchman second due to the victories won this season (3 vs 1) compared to the Spaniard, who nevertheless gained three positions in the overall standings. Maverick Viñales and Franco Morbidelli are fourth and fifth, with 121 and 117 points respectively.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, MotoGP Championship standings before the race
In the constructors' standings, Suzuki climbs to the top of the standings with 181 points, overtaking Ducati (now at 181 points). Yamaha is third with 163 points, just 4 points ahead of KTM. Honda is fifth at 130 points, while Aprilia closes the standings at 36 points.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, MotoGP Championship standings before the race
In the team championship standings, Team Suzuki Ecstar is confirmed first at 287, increasing its lead by 82 points over Petronas Yamaha SRT. Ducati Team and KTM Factory Racing are third and fourth with 194 and 182 points respectively, with Monster Energy Yamaha fifth at 159 points.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Free practice, MotoGP
The first session ended with Takaaki Nakagami in the lead ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Maverick Viñales. In the second, Jack Miller was the fastest ahead of Nakagami and Francesco Bagnaia. In the third Morbidelli took the lead, followed by Pol Espargaró and Johann Zarco.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Free practice, Combined Free Practice 1-2-3
The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Free practice, Combined Free Practice 1-2-3
In the fourth session Álex Rins was the fastest ahead of Nakagami and Zarco.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Warm up, MotoGP
In the warm up, Franco Morbidelli was the fastest ahead of Pol Espargaró and Takaaki Nakagami.


2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race
Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.


2020 Valour FC season
The 2020 Valour FC season was the second season in the club's history, as well as the second season in Canadian Premier League history.


2020 Valour FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Valour FC selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.


2020 Valparaiso University football team
The 2020 Valparaiso University football team represented Valparaiso University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Landon Fox and played their home games at Brown Field. They competed in the Pioneer Football League.


2020 Valparaiso University football team, Previous season
In their final season under the "Crusaders" name, Valparaiso finished the 2019 season 1–11, 1–7 to finish in a two-way tie for last place.


2020 Valparaiso University football team, Schedule
Valparaiso's games scheduled against North Dakota and Central Connecticut were canceled on July 27 due to the Pioneer Football League's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Van avalanches
In February 2020, two avalanches occurred near Bahçesaray in Turkey's eastern Van Province. The first, on 4 February, buried two vehicles, leading to a rescue operation involving around 350 people. The second, on 5 February, occurred while this operation was ongoing. At least 41 people were killed in the two avalanches, with 84 others being injured, six seriously.


2020 Van avalanches, Avalanches
On the evening of 4 February 2020, an avalanche took place in a mountain pass in the Bahçesaray district, leaving a snow-clearing vehicle and a minibus buried. Five people were killed and two others were reported missing, while seven passengers and the vehicle's operator managed to escape. In response, a major rescue operation was launched, involving 350 personnel from Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE), in addition to 75 Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command staff. While the team was on-site, a second avalanche struck around noon on 5 February, overturning vehicles and leaving at least 33 people dead.


2020 Van avalanches, Aftermath
The governor of Van Province, Mehmet Emin Bilmez, said that the initial death toll of 38 included one non-commissioned officer, 10 specialized sergeants, 11 gendarmerie soldiers, three village guards, three firefighters and 9 volunteers. Officials later announced that 53 people were injured in total, and an unknown number remained buried under the snow. Heavy snow, fog and strong winds were slowing down the rescue efforts, with more than 114 locations being cut off due to impassable roads.


2020 Van avalanches, Aftermath
On 6 February, AFAD officials announced that the death toll had increased to 41, and a total of 180 personnel were searching for the bodies of at least three people still missing, while setting off controlled explosions to lessen the risk of further avalanches. In anticipation of interruptions to communication, two mobile base stations were provided. The number of injured had risen to 84, 47 of whom remained hospitalized, including six in intensive care.


2020 Van avalanches, Aftermath
A memorial ceremony was held in Van on 6 February for 23 Gendarmerie General Command staff, nine village guards and two firefighters who were killed in the disaster. The coffins of the deceased were then sent to their various hometowns for burial. On February 7, the Turkish Interior Ministry assigned a team of three inspectors to "inquire and investigate every aspect of the two avalanche incidents".


2020 Van avalanches, Aftermath
Warnings were issued by the Turkish State Meteorological Service following heavy snowfall on 9 February, which halted travel in the eastern Black Sea region. The Daily Sabah reported that overnight on February 9–10, temperatures in Göle dropped to around −40 °C (−40 °F), a record low for the year; Göle was also the coldest place in Turkey in 2019 at −32.5 °C (−26.5 °F).


2020 Vancouver International Film Festival
The 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 39th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 24 to October 7, 2020. On September 3, organizers announced a lineup of 180 films; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the associated social distancing restrictions remaining in place at movie theatres and other public venues, the festival took place primarily on the online VIFF Connect platform.


2020 Vancouver International Film Festival
Most films were geoblocked so that they were available for streaming only to viewers in British Columbia, although some of the festival's other programming, including its VIFF Talks series, was made available to viewers across Canada and internationally.


2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, Awards
Audience-voted awards were announced at the end of the festival on October 7; however, some of the juried award winners were announced during the festival, beginning with the announcement of the British Columbia film categories on September 27, as a technique to help publicize and promote the winning films.


2020 Vancouver Titans season
The 2020 Vancouver Titans season was the second season of Vancouver Titans's existence in the Overwatch League. The team entered the season as the defending Pacific Conference (previously titled Pacific Division) champions looking to bounce back after their 2019 Grand Finals loss to the San Francisco Shock. The Titans planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Rogers Arena in Downtown Vancouver, but all homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Vancouver Titans season
On April 30, the Titans parted ways with head coach Hwang "paJion" Ji-sub. Vancouver released its entire roster and coaching staff on May 6. Two days later, the Titans announced the hiring of Steven "Flubby" Coronel and revealed their new roster. The team struggled throughout the season, amassing a 6–15 regular season record. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice in the North America play-in tournament on September 3 ended the team's season.


2020 Vancouver Titans season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
The Titans enter the new season with no free agents, two players which they have the option to retain for another year, and eight players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.


2020 Vancouver Titans season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
On November 26, it was announced that main tank Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung had come out of retirement and signed with the Titans. A day later, Vancouver announced the signing of veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong.


2020 Vancouver Titans season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Departures
The Titan's first offseason roster change was on November 12, when the team released tank Hwang "TiZi" Jang-hyeon. Two days later, the team announced the departure of flex support Kim "Rapel" Jung-geun. On November 18, the team parted ways with DPS Lee "Hooreg" Dong-eun, as he looked to begin a coaching career in professional Overwatch. The following week, Vancouver released main tank Park "Bumper" Sang-beom.


2020 Vancouver Titans season, Roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:


2020 Vancouver Warriors season
The Vancouver Warriors is a professional lacrosse team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season was the 21st in franchise history and the 7th season in Vancouver. The franchise previously played in Everett, Washington, San Jose, and Albany, New York. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.


2020 Vancouver Warriors season
On June 4th, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.


2020 Vancouver Warriors season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
The 2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season is the club's tenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this is 43rd season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.


2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
Around September and towards the end of the season, COVID-19 cross-border restrictions imposed by the Canadian government forced the Whitecaps to play the remaining home matches at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon.


2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
On November 16, 2019, the Whitecaps named Axel Schuster as the club's new sporting director.


2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Major League Soccer, Regular season, Results
Last updated: November 8, 2020Source:Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, MLS is Back Tournament
As part of MLS's restart plan from the COVID-19 pandemic. The three group stage games will count towards the regular season standings. The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.


2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Canadian Championship, Qualification
As part of the MLS regular season, Canada's three Major League Soccer clubs will play each other three times from August 18 to September 16. The team with the most points from this series will qualify for the Canadian Championship.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
The 2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. Vanderbilt competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores played their home games at Hawkins Field. Coach Tim Corbin led the Commodores in his 18th season with the program.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
Vanderbilt began the 2020 season with high hopes, having secured the second highest-rated recruit class for the season. In addition, the Commodores were highly ranked in preseason and subsequent polls, beginning at #1 according to the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll and closing at #7 on March 16, the final ranking.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of the 2020 college baseball season - and the seasons of all spring sports - became unclear. On March 12, Vanderbilt University declared that all spring sports were suspended for the remainder of the season. On March 30, the NCAA canceled the upcoming College World Series, but announced that senior spring athletes would have the opportunity to return to school for the 2021 spring season if they wished.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team, Previous season
The Commodores finished 59–12 overall, and 23–7 in the conference. The Commodores were National Champions in 2019.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by interim head coach Todd Fitch, who replaced Derek Mason after his firing on November 29, 2020. On December 14, 2020, Clark Lea was hired as head coach.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
On November 28, in game against Missouri, Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference game by delivering the opening kickoff for the second half. Fuller, the Commodores' goalkeeper on the school's SEC championship women's soccer team, was added to the football roster after the team's regular kicking specialists had to be quarantined due to COVID-19 protocols.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Previous season
The Commodores finished the 2019 season 3–9, 1–7 in SEC play to finish in last place in the Eastern Division.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Preseason, SEC Media Days
In the preseason media poll, Vanderbilt was predicted to finish in last place in the East Division.


2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Schedule
Vanderbilt had games scheduled against Colorado State, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech and Mercer, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Vankor 350
The 2020 Vankor 350 was the 8th stock car race of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 18, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for his own team, Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the race, the 59th NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series of his career and the 3rd of the season. To fill the podium, Christian Eckes of Kyle Busch Motorsports and Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.


2020 Vankor 350, Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.


2020 Vankor 350, Starting lineup
A random draw was made to determine the pole for the race. Sheldon Creed of GMS Racing would draw the pole for the race.


2020 Vanuatuan general election
General elections were held in Vanuatu on 19–20 March 2020. The elections were initially intended to be held on 19 March, but logistical problems resulted in some areas voting the following day.


2020 Vanuatuan general election, Electoral system
The 52 members of Parliament were elected from eight single-member constituencies and ten multi-member constituencies (of between two and seven seats) by first-past-the-post and single non-transferable vote, respectively.


2020 Vanuatuan general election, Campaign
The Vanua'aku Pati launched its campaign slogan 'Lets Rebuild Vanuatu' in June 2019 and endorsed the continuation of its Kambak ("come back") policy.


2020 Vanuatuan general election, Campaign
In October 2019, a 'Vot Woman' campaign was launched, supporting all female candidates and calling for guaranteed 50% representation for women in parliament. No women were elected in the 2012 or 2016 elections. There were around 15 female candidates, but none were elected.


2020 Vanuatuan general election, Campaign
An important issue was the future of the lucrative but controversial citizenship by investment, or “passport sales” programs. For a price of about US $150,000, these schemes allow applicants to become citizens in months, without setting foot in the country.


2020 Vanuatuan general election, Results
Although there were no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the islands, there were concerns that fears of the pandemic could keep turnout low. Turnout at the previous election was about 57%.


2020 Vanuatuan general election, Results
Unofficial results were gradually released over the following days, with official results being announced later than usual, on 6 April, due to the death of the Chairman of the Vanuatu Electoral Commission, Martin Tete. No women were elected. Turnout was down six percentage points from the prior elections in 2016.


2020 Vanuatuan general election, Aftermath
Due to the delay in announcing the official results, Parliament was unable to meet for its first sitting within the normal period of 21 days after the election, and instead met for the first time on 20 April. During the first meeting, Gracia Shadrack of the Leaders Party of Vanuatu was elected Speaker. Bob Loughman of the Vanua'aku Pati was elected Prime Minister, defeating former foreign minister Ralph Regenvanu of the Land and Justice Party by 31 votes to 21. Loughman's coalition government included the Vanua'aku Pati, the Union of Moderate Parties, the National United Party and other minor parties. The next day Loughman appointed the members of his government.


2020 Veikkausliiga
The 2020 Veikkausliiga was the ninetieth season of top-tier football in Finland with KuPS being the defending champions.


2020 Veikkausliiga, New league format
Veikkausliiga adopted a new league format for the 2019 season. Each team played against each other twice in the regular season. After the regular season the top six teams advanced to the Championship Series which determines the champion and European tournament qualification places. The bottom six teams advanced to the Challenger Series. The best team from the Challenger Series plays in a tournament against the Championship Series' 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams. The winner from that plays in a final series against the 3rd best team from the Championship Series. The last UEFA Europa Conference League qualification place goes to the winner of that final series.


2020 Veikkausliiga, New league format
The bottom team from the Challenger Series will relegate to the Ykkönen, and second to last team will play in a relegation play-off series against the 2nd best team from Ykkönen.


2020 Veikkausliiga, Teams
VPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2019 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Haka.


2020 Veikkausliiga, Teams
KPV as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team TPS in a relegation/promotion playoff.


2020 Veikkausliiga, League table
On 28 October 2020, it was decided to cancel the championship and relegation round due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland, and the regular season standings after 22 rounds would be considered final.


2020 Veikkausliiga, League table, European competition
Five teams would originally play for a spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round, but this was cancelled and the spot would be awarded based on regular season position.


2020 Venetian regional election
The 2020 Venetian regional election took place in Veneto on 20 and 21 September 2020.


2020 Venetian regional election
Originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy and was part of a round of multiple regional elections in Italy (7 regions out of 20). Venetian voters elected their President and their Regional Council, composed of 51 members including the President.


2020 Venetian regional election
Luca Zaia, the second-term incumbent President and leading member of the League, was re-elected by a record 76.8% of the vote, the highest tally for a regional President in Italy. The runner-up, Arturo Lorenzoni, backed mainly by the Democratic Party, won 15.7% of the vote.


2020 Venetian regional election
Regarding parties results, the League ran in this election presenting two lists: the official League list and a list named after Zaia. Combined, the two lists won 61.5% of the vote. The Democratic Party came second with 11.9% and Brothers of Italy came third with 9.6%.


2020 Venetian regional election, Electoral system
The Regional Council of Veneto is composed of 50 seats. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. The council seats are distributed according to proportional representation, with a majority bonus system assigning 60% of the 50 seats to the lists running with the candidate winning more than 40% of the votes.


2020 Venetian regional election, Electoral system
A single list must win at least 3% of the votes in order to access the seats distribution, while a coalition must win over 5% of the votes.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election
The 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election was to be held in the ordinary session of the National Assembly on 5 January, in which 160 deputies were to elect the legislature's board of directors for the year 2020–21: the president, the first and second vice presidents, the secretary and the deputy secretary. It was the last such election of the IV National Assembly.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election
The election was disrupted by the security forces physically preventing some opposition members, including Juan Guaidó, as well as members of the media, from entering the National Assembly building in Caracas. The result was two competing claims to the presidency of the legislature: one by Luis Parra, an independent legislator, and one by Guaidó, a legislator from the Popular Will party and a claimant to the country's disputed presidency. Parra was formerly a member of Justice First, but was expelled from the party on 20 December 2019, based on corruption allegations, which he denied.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election
Inside the legislature, Parra was declared president. The opposition disputed this outcome, saying that there had not been a quorum and that the votes had not been counted. Later in the day, a separate session took place at the El Nacional newspaper building, where 100 of the 167 deputies voted to re-elect Guaidó as president. Guaidó took an oath of office at a session on 7 January after forcing his way into the building through police barricades. On the same date, Parra reiterated his claim to the presidency.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election
As of January 2020, Russia is the only foreign government to have officially recognized Luis Parra's presidency, while the United States, Canada, and most European and Latin American countries have recognized Guaido's re-election.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Voting system
Artículo 194. La Asamblea Nacional elegirá de su seno un Presidente o Presidenta y dos Vicepresidentes o Vicepresidentas, un Secretario o Secretaria y un Subsecretario o Subsecretaria fuera de su seno, por un período de un año. El Reglamento establecerá las formas de suplir las faltas temporales y absolutas


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Voting system
Article 194. The National Assembly shall elect from its core a President and two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Deputy Secretary, for a period of one year. The Regulation will establish ways to replace temporary and absolute absences


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Voting system, Distance voting
On 17 December 2019, the National Assembly approved the modification of the Interior and Debate Regulations, specifically section 4, article 13 and articles 43 and 56, so that deputies who are exiled can vote from their country of residence. The proposal, presented by Democratic Action deputy Dennis Fernández and approved by 93 deputies, includes the admission of information and communication technologies (ICT) to guarantee the quorum and the discussions. The deputies of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela withdrew from the session and did not vote.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Voting system, Distance voting
They were joined by deputies José Brito, Conrado Pérez and Luis Parra, all former militants, representing Justice First. The Supreme Tribunal of Justice declared the modification void, since, according to Juan José Mendoza, president of the Constituent National Assembly, the reform had no "legal effect" when it would "collide" with the provisions of the Constitution. The opposition reported that the system would be used anyway.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Predictions
The incumbent president of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, announced he would run for re-election at the parliament headquarters, amid doubts about whether he would get the necessary votes (84). Guaidó received support in his re-election as president from 27 political parties, including those with parliamentary representation: Encuentro Ciudadano, Voluntad Popular, Acción Democrática, Un Nuevo Tiempo, Primero Justicia, La Causa R and a faction of Copei.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Predictions
Guaidó said that he had enough votes for his reelection, even without a distance vote from the thirty deputies abroad or in hiding, citing as evidence the fact that the modification of the internal and debate rules had been approved with 93 votes, more than the 84 needed.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Predictions
The 16 de Julio (16 July) group, made up of Vente Venezuela and Convergencia, led by deputy Biagio Pilieri, did not offer details on who they would vote for in the 5 January election. They said they would respect the February 2016 governance agreement, which says that the presidency of the National Assembly would correspond to minority parties.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Predictions
Alternate deputy of Juan Pablo Guanipa, José Sánchez “Mazuco”, announced in the day of the election that he was operated and hospitalized, so he would not be able to attend to the session, but assured that his vote would not make a difference since the main deputy Guanipa would attend instead.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Background, Operación Alacrán and Armando.info investigation
In November 2019, deputy José Guerra denounced a strategy to "bribe" opposition lawmakers in what he called "Green Suitcase", with the aim of breaking the qualified majority that the opposition had in the National Assembly.


2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election, Background, Operación Alacrán and Armando.info investigation
On 1 December, the website Armando.info published an investigation reporting that nine parliamentaries mediated in favor of two businessmen linked with the government. After the investigation was published, the deputies Luis Parra, José Brito, Conrado Pérez and José Gregorio "Goyo" Noriega were removed from their positions in Justice First and Popular Will.