2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts,  the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 20 to 26 at the Arèna de Salaberry in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. The winning Noémie Verreault rink represented Quebec at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 0–7 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Quebec Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship.


2020 Quebec Tankard
The 2020 Quebec Tankard the Quebec men's provincial curling championship was held from January 19 to 26 at the Arèna de Salaberry in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. The winning Alek Bédard rink represented Quebec at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario and finished with a 1–6 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Quebec's provincial women's curling championship.


2020 Quebec Tankard
It is the third time in the last 11 years that Salaberry-de-Valleyfield played host to the provincial championships.


2020 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 8 June 2020 by the Governor-General, David Hurley.


2020 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Birthday Honours will be appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours will be awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


2020 Queensland Cup
The 2020 Queensland Cup season was to be the 25th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. On 27 March, the competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, was cancelled after one round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first time the competition would not be played out since its inaugural season in 1996.


2020 Queensland Cup, Teams
In 2020, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the sixth consecutive year. On 13 December 2019, the Newcastle Knights formed a partnership with the Ipswich Jets but did not send players to the club. The cancelled 2020 season was the final year that the Brisbane Broncos and Redcliffe Dolphins were affiliated, having partnered since 2006. The Dolphins entered a partnership with the New Zealand Warriors for the 2021 season.


2020 Queensland Cup, Cancellation
On 17 March, two days after the completion of Round One, the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) announced a 10-week suspension of the competition until 5 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 March, ten days after the suspension, the QRL confirmed the cancellation of the competition for the 2020 season. QRL managing director Robert Moore stated, “by making this announcement now, it provides our clubs with the opportunity to re-set and turn their attention towards the 2021 season."


2020 Queensland state election
The 2020 Queensland state election was held on 31 October to elect all 93 members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party was returned to government for a third-term, led by incumbent premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. With 47 seats needed to form a majority government, Labor won 52 seats, including all but five in Brisbane, while the Liberal National Party won 34 seats and formed opposition. On the crossbench, Katter's Australian Party retained its 3 seats, the Queensland Greens picked up South Brisbane for a total of 2, Pauline Hanson's One Nation retained Mirani and independent Sandy Bolton retained her seat of Noosa.


2020 Queensland state election
At 11pm on 31 October, Liberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington conceded defeat, congratulating Palaszczuk on the election. Frecklington initially indicated that she would stay on as party leader, but on 2 November announced that she would convene a party meeting and resign as leader. David Crisafulli won the ensuing leadership spill and was elected LNP leader on 12 November 2020.


2020 Queensland state election
Palaszczuk became the first woman party leader to win three state elections in Australia, as well as the first Queensland Premier to increase their party's seat total across three successive elections.


2020 Queensland state election, Results, Seats changing parties
Six seats changed parties in this election. Five seats changed from Liberal National to Labor, while South Brisbane changed from Labor to the Greens.


2020 Queensland state election, Background
At the 2017 election, Labor won majority with 48 of 93 seats and formed government in the 56th Queensland Parliament. The LNP won 39 seats and formed opposition. Being allocated to crossbench, the Katter's Australian Party won three seats, One Nation won one seat, the Greens won one seat and Independent Sandy Bolton won the seat of Noosa.


2020 Queensland state election, Background
Despite two by-elections, the composition of the 56th Parliament was unchanged, with the exception of the member for Whitsunday Jason Costigan. He was expelled from the LNP over allegations of behavioural impropriety, resulting in him joining the crossbench and eventually forming the North Queensland First party.


2020 Queensland state election, Background
Labor has won all but one state election since 1989, and has only been out of government for five years since then. It lost its majority in 1996, giving way to a Coalition minority government that was defeated in 1998. In 2012, it suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government in the state's history, but regained power in 2015.


2020 Queensland state election, Background
This election also marks the first time that both leaders of the current government and opposition have been female in a Queensland state election. It is only the second time it has occurred in an Australian state, territory or federal election, the first time being the 1995 ACT election.


2020 Queensland state election, Background
A record number of minor parties and candidates ran in the election, 342 minor party candidates, 69 as independents or not officially endorsed by any party. Labor, the LNP and the Greens ran candidates in every electorate, Pauline Hanson's One Nation ran in 90 electorates.


2020 Queensland state election, Electoral system
Queensland has compulsory voting and uses full-preference instant-runoff voting for single-member electorates. The election was conducted by the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ).


2020 Queensland state election, Electoral system
Of the political parties contesting the election, the party, or coalition, that win the majority of seats (at least 47) forms the government.


2020 Queensland state election, Electoral system
The party, or coalition that gains the next highest number of seats forms the opposition, with the remaining parties and independents candidates being allocated to the cross bench.


2020 Queensland state election, Electoral system
Queensland Parliament is the only unicameral state parliament in Australia. It has just one House—the Legislative Assembly.


2020 Queensland state election, Key dates
The election was for all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly. Pursuant to  Queensland has fixed terms, with all elections following the 2020 vote scheduled every four years on the last Saturday of October. The Governor may call an election earlier than scheduled if the Government does not maintain confidence, or the annual appropriation bill fails to pass.


2020 Queensland state election, Key dates
Under the legislation, the caretaker period commenced on 5 October 2020, 26 days prior to the election date.


2020 Queensland state election, Key dates
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consideration was given to holding this election as a full postal ballot, but this did not occur. Despite this, a record number of postal votes was cast at the election, with a majority of Queenslanders voting before polling day.


2020 Queensland state election, Registered parties
Since the previous election, 2017, six political parties were registered by Queensland's Electoral Commission: Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, North Queensland First, the Animal Justice Party, Clive Palmer's United Australia Party, Informed Medical Options Party, and Legalise Cannabis Queensland.


2020 Queensland state election, Registered parties
The following twelve registered parties contested the election, including a record number of minor parties:


2020 Queensland state election, Registered parties, Preferences
The LNP confirmed it would preference Labor candidates last on all of its how-to-vote cards. An exception is for Maiwar, a seat held by the Greens, where the LNP put the sitting Greens member below the Labor candidate in the how-to-vote card.


2020 Queensland state election, Registered parties, Preferences
In response to LNP's preferences, Katter's Australia Party announced it would preference Greens candidates last on its party's how-to-vote cards, with party leader Robbie Katter suggesting the LNP's decision would lead to Greens candidates winning a number of seats in Brisbane. Katter's Australia Party and Pauline Hanson's One Nation also announced a preference deal on 8 October, with the parties to preference each other in second place on their how-to-vote cards.


2020 Queensland state election, Registered parties, Preferences
Labor confirmed it would preference One Nation last on how-to-vote cards.


2020 Queensland state election, Candidates
At the close of nominations on 11 October 2020, 597 candidates had nominated for the state election—the highest number of candidates at a Queensland state election, surpassing the previous record of 453 candidates at the 2017 election.


2020 Queensland state election, Leaders' debates
The first leaders' debate of the campaign between Palaszczuk and Frecklington was a People's Forum hosted by Sky News and the Courier Mail and was held on 28 October. The selected audience consisted of undecided voters who post-debate were asked which party they would vote for based on the debate performance of the respective leaders. A majority of 53% opted for Labor, 30% for the LNP, whilst the remaining 17% were undecided.


2020 Queensland state election, Polling
Several research, media and polling firms conduct opinion polls during the parliamentary term and prior to the state election in relation to voting. Most firms use an estimate of the flow of preferences at the previous election to determine the two-party-preferred vote; others ask respondents to nominate preferences.


2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
The 2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States between 3 and 9 February 2020.


2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov were the defending champions but only Novikov chose to defend his title, partnering Gonçalo Oliveira.


2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Novikov successfully defended his title after defeating Luis David Martínez and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Mitchell Krueger was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Denis Kudla.


2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Jurij Rodionov won the title after defeating Kudla 7–5, 7–6(12–10) in the final.


2020 REV Group Grand Prix
The 2020 REV Group Grand Prix Doubleheader is an IndyCar Series event scheduled July 11–12, 2020. It makes up the third and fourth rounds of the series' 2020 season. The race was originally scheduled for June 21, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the weekend was turned in to a double-header event in an effort to make up for races outright cancelled by the pandemic. The race was also the first event of the 2020 season to allow spectators at the track, with track promoters allowing unrestricted attendance.


2020 REV Group Grand Prix, Race 1 – July 11
All sessions for race 1 took place on Saturday, July 11.


2020 REV Group Grand Prix, Race 1 – July 11, Qualifying
Qualifying began at 2:15 CDT. As the event was doubleheader, series rules meant qualifying was a single round (instead of two rounds as normal), split into two groups. Drivers from the group with the fastest driver having the better time started in the odd number positions, while the group whose fastest time was worse than the other group took even number positions.


2020 REV Group Grand Prix, Race 1 – July 11, Race
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, 1 point for Pole Position, and 1 point for the winner of the non-pole qualifying group.


2020 REV Group Grand Prix, Race 2 – July 12
All sessions for race 2 took place on Sunday, July 12.


2020 RFL Championship
The 2020 Rugby Football League Championship is a rugby league football competition played primarily in England but including a team from France. It is the second tier of the three tiers of professional rugby league in England, below Super League and above League 1. Following rule changes agreed at the end of the 2018 season, the Super 8's format was abandoned and the Championship was to have featured a play-off system leading to promotion to Super League for one club while results during the regular season would have led to relegation to League 1 for two teams.


2020 RFL Championship
The 2020 Championship comprised 14 teams, which all played one another twice in the regular season, once at home and once away, totalling 26 games. The 2020 season would also have featured the "Summer Bash Weekend" for a sixth time so the regular season totals 27 games for each team.


2020 RFL Championship
On 16 March the structure and timing of the competition were placed in doubt as all rugby league games were suspended until 3 April at least as part of the United Kingdom's response to the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension of the season was extended to indefinite.


2020 RFL Championship
A discussion between the RFL and club officials in May saw a majority of the Championship clubs reject a suggestion that the season could recommence with games being played behind closed doors. The RFL board met on 20 July and having consulted with the clubs decided to abandon the 2020 season as the majority of clubs did not support playing behind closed doors. The RFL also confirmed that there would be no promotion or relegation between the Championship and Super League in 2020 and the season was declared null and void.


2020 RFL Championship, Teams
The Championship is made up of 14 teams, 11 of whom featured in the 2019 Championship; one, London Broncos, who were relegated from Super League; and two, Whitehaven and Oldham, who won promotion from League 1 in 2019. At the end of the 2019 season Bradford Bulls moved out of their Odsal ground and for 2020 agreed a ground share deal with Dewsbury Rams at the Rams' Tetley's Stadium.


2020 RFL League 1
The 2020 RFL League 1 was a professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales and is the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs. The sponsors for the league were the bookmakers, Betfred and the league continued to be known as the Betfred League 1.


2020 RFL League 1
The league was to have followed the same structure that was in place for the 2019 season and consist of 22 rounds with each of the 11 teams playing 20 fixtures against each other home and away and two bye rounds. The team finishing top would have won automatic promotion to the 2021 Championship and be named league champions for 2020. The teams finishing second to sixth were meet in a series of play-off games culminating in the League 1 Play-Off Final. The winner of this match will also be promoted to the Championship for 2021.


2020 RFL League 1
The season did sees the introduction of golden point extra time but no matches went to extra time before he season was suspended and subsequently abandoned. Extra-time will consist of two periods of five minutes but unlike the version in use in the Super League where winner takes all, in League 1 each team will earn a point for a game where the scores finish level at the end of normal time with a third point awarded to the first team to score during extra-time.


2020 RFL League 1
On 16 March the structure and timing of the competition was placed in doubt as all rugby league games were suspended until 3 April at least as part of the United Kingdom's response to the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension of the season was extended to indefinite.


2020 RFL League 1
A discussion between the RFL and club officials in May saw seven of the 11 clubs reject a suggestion that the season could recommence with games being played behind closed doors. The RFL board met on 20 July and having consulted with the League 1 clubs decided to abandon the 2020 season as the majority of clubs did not support playing behind closed doors. At the date of suspension only two rounds of matches had been played and the season was declared null and void.


2020 RFL League 1, Teams
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2020 RFL League 1, Results, Round 1
All the ties in round one were due to be played on 15–16 February but all were postponed. Four due to one or both clubs in the tie being involved in rescheduled Challenge Cup third round ties, the original dates having been affected by Storm Ciara. The remaining match (North Wales Crusaders v Doncaster) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch caused by Storm Dennis.


2020 RFL Women's Super League
The 2020 RFL Women's Super League known as the Betfred Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons was the fourth season of the Rugby League Women's Super League for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League (RFL). The competition was cancelled in August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic


2020 RFL Women's Super League
The defending champions were Leeds Rhinos who beat Castleford Tigers 20–12 in the 2019 Grand Final on 11 October 2019.


2020 RFL Women's Super League
For 2020, the number of teams had been expanded from eight to ten, with the addition of Huddersfield Giants and Warrington Wolves to the league.


2020 RFL Women's Super League
The format of the league had changed from 2019. The first nine rounds would have seen each team play each other once. After nine rounds the top four teams would have split off to play six further rounds (the play-offs) where each team would have played the others both home and away. After those play-offs the top two teams would have competed in the Grand Final. The bottom six teams after nine rounds were to compete for the Super League Shield.


2020 RFL Women's Super League
Each would have played each of the other teams once with the top four after these six rounds meeting in the Shield semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals meeting in the Shield final. In both the play-offs and the shield, points earned in the first nine games were to be carried forward to the later part of the season.


2020 RFL Women's Super League
The Grand Final and the Shield final was to have been played as a double-header at Emerald Headingley, Leeds on 11 October 2020.


2020 RFL Women's Super League
The season was suspended in March 2020 before any matches had been played as part of the United Kingdom's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 August 2020 the RFL announced that the season had been cancelled.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash
On 2 January 2020, a Black Hawk helicopter of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) Air Rescue Group crashed in the Wulai District of New Taipei, Taiwan while executing a VIP transport mission. General Shen Yi-ming, Republic of China's Chief of the General Staff (CGS), along with 7 other personnel on board, died in the crash.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Crash
The Black Hawk was taking off for a routine mission to visit service personnel in Dong'aoling Radar Station, Su'ao, Yilan county. The helicopter lost contact with Songshan Air Base at 8:07 AM, thirteen minutes after taking off and crashed into a mountainside.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Crash
General Shen Yi-ming, Chief of the General Staff, was on board the helicopter along with seven other officers and a senior enlisted adviser from the General Staff Headquarters, Ministry of National Defense (MND-GSH), a military correspondent, and three crew members. Shen and seven others including two Major Generals were killed, while five others were injured.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Investigation
During a news conference on 2 January, General Hsiung Hou-chi, Commanding General of the Air Force, stated that the government has set up a task force to investigate the cause of the crash. The flight recorders of the aircraft were recovered on 3 January and sent to the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board. Proprietary hardware within the flight recorders were delivered to Sikorsky Aircraft.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Investigation
On 21 July 2020, the Control Yuan announced that Jen I-wei and Chou Shih-kai, both of whom were posted to the Air Force Weather Wing's No. 8 Base at the time of the crash, had been impeached.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Aftermath
This crash occurred nine days before the Taiwanese general election. President Tsai Ing-wen's campaign office and Democratic Progressive Party announced that their presidential and legislative campaign activities would be stopped for three days, and Han Kuo-yu's presidential campaign office said that Han would cancel campaign events for two days.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Aftermath, Reactions, United States
General Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued a statement to express condolences to members of the Taiwan military on the death of General Shen and the seven other deceased on behalf of the U.S. military. American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), U.S. representative mission on the island, also issued a statement to extend condolences on the accident, and that it stands ready to assist their Taiwan counterparts in the aftermath. On 3 January, the flag of the United States at AIT Taipei Main Office flew at half-staff.


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Aftermath, Reactions, Japan
The Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association stated that "they were shocked and grief-stricken at the unfortunate deaths of the eight personnel, including Chief of Staff General Shen Yiming and would be mourned for their valor and service to their nation. At the same time also wishing the five remaining surviving personnel a speedy and healthy recovery."


2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, Aftermath, Reactions, Other countries
Australian Office in Taipei, German Institute Taipei, British Office Taipei, Polish Office in Taipei, along with other foreign missions in Taiwan, as well as Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Paraguayan Minister of Defense Bernardino Soto Estigarribia and San Christopher and Nevis Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Brantley and other senior foreign government officials have also expressed their condolences on Facebook or Twitter.


2020 RPM Open
The 2020 RPM Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 24 and 30 August 2020.


2020 RPM Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 RPM Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 RPM Open – Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Arthur Rinderknech were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Herbert partnered Albano Olivetti but lost in the quarterfinals to André Göransson and Gonçalo Oliveira. Rinderknech partnered Denys Molchanov but lost in the quarterfinals to Sander Arends and David Pel.


2020 RPM Open – Doubles
Arends and Pel won the title after defeating Göransson and Oliveira 7–5, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2020 RPM Open – Singles
Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion but withdrew from the tournament before his quarterfinal match.


2020 RPM Open – Singles
Aslan Karatsev won the title after defeating Tallon Griekspoor 6–4, 7–6(8–6) in the final.


2020 RS:X World Championships
The 2020 RS:X World Championships was held from 23 to 29 February 2020 in Sorrento, Victoria, Australia.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
The 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the first edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, an English women's cricket domestic competition, which took place between 29 August and 27 September 2020. It featured eight teams in two groups, and had a final. The tournament was named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
The competition was won by Southern Vipers, who beat Northern Diamonds in the final.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Background and format
The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was a 50-over cricket tournament created in 2020 so that English women's cricket could be played in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. All matches took place behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The England and Wales Cricket Board made some matches available to watch online, and the final was shown live on Sky Sports. The competition was named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Background and format
The competition featured eight teams, who represented regional hubs, which were formed during an overhaul of the English women's domestic cricket structure. The teams were separated into a North and South Group, and each team played six group stage matches, in a double round-robin format. The two group winners played each other in the competition's final. The competition began on 29 August, and ended with the final on 27 September. Originally the final was scheduled for 26 September at the ground of the team with the most points, but the fixture was moved back to 27 September to avoid a clash with an England women's T20 match against the West Indies. Edgbaston was chosen as the venue for the final.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Squads
Each team had a squad of 15 players, and players on England central contracts were available for the competition. All players were paid for participating in the competitions, excluding those already on central contracts. After the squad announcements, England centrally contracted players were added to their teams. England players on a regional retainer contract were assigned to their regional team, and centrally contracted players were assigned appropriately. England players in the squad for the West Indies series were only available for the first two rounds of fixtures.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Squads
Southern Vipers were the first team to announce their squad. Their regionally contracted players were Lauren Bell, Georgia Adams, Tara Norris, and Paige Scholfield. Northern Diamonds' squad included former England international cricketer Jenny Gunn and Dutch international cricketer Sterre Kalis. Their centrally contracted players were Hollie Armitage and Beth Langston. South East Stars were captained by Tash Farrant, and their 14 women squad included England players Sophia Dunkley, Alice Davidson-Richards, and Bryony Smith. Lightning's squad included Scottish sisters Kathryn and Sarah Bryce.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Squads
North West Thunder's squad included England cricketer Alex Hartley, as well as Georgie Boyce and Ellie Threlkeld who received regional retainers. Western Storm were captained by Sophie Luff, and their squad included regionally contracted players Fi Morris and Danielle Gibson. Central Sparks' squad included regionally contracted players Evelyn Jones, Marie Kelly and Issy Wong. Sunrisers were captained by Amara Carr, and their squad included regionally contracted players Naomi Dattani, Cordelia Griffith who received regional retainers, and also included England international cricketer Fran Wilson and Mady Villiers.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Standings
Teams received 4 points for a win. A bonus point was given where the winning team's run rate is 1.25 or greater times that of the opposition. In case of a tie in the standings, the following tiebreakers were applied in order: highest net run rate, team that scored the most points in matches involving the tied parties, better bowling strike rate, drawing of lots.


2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Group stage
The fixture list was compiled so that every team played twice on the August Bank Holiday weekend.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 3 January 2020, in the first round at the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup Group B venues in Perth.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Early hard court season, ATP Cup
Nadal started his season at the inaugural ATP Cup as part of the Spanish squad. Nadal will be playing in singles along with compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut, while the doubles team will consist of Feliciano López and Pablo Carreño Busta. Spain was placed in Group B and will play their round-robin matches against Japan, Uruguay, and Georgia in Perth.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Early hard court season, ATP Cup
In Nadal's round-robin singles matches, he defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili, Pablo Cuevas and Yoshihito Nishioka in straight sets. Nadal also played in the doubles match against Japan, along with Carreño Busta, and won the match in three sets. The Spanish team then moved on to Sydney to play in the QF. In the singles in QF, Nadal faced David Goffin, to whom he lost the match in straight sets. However, because compatriot Bautista Agut won his singles match, and Nadal and Carreño Busta won in the doubles, Spain moved on to the SF against Australia.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Early hard court season, ATP Cup
There, Nadal defeated Alex de Minaur in the singles in 3 sets, and combined with Bautista Agut's defeat of Nick Kyrgios in straight sets earlier, moved Spain to the ATP Cup Final. In the final, they played against Serbia, with Nadal's singles match against World No. 2 Novak Djokovic. Nadal lost the match in straight sets to Djokovic, and with Spain's loss in doubles, Team Serbia won the ATP Cup.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
Nadal's second tournament of the season will be the 2020 Australian Open. He won his first two matches against Hugo Dellien and Federico Delbonis in straight sets. He defeated compatriot and the 27th seed Pablo Carreño Busta in the 3rd round, again in straight sets. He defeated Nick Kyrgios in 4 sets the 4th round. However, he lost to World No. 5 Dominic Thiem in 4 sets at the QF.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Early hard court season, Mexican Open
Nadal's first tournament following the Australian Open was the Mexican Open. He defeated Pablo Andujar, Miomir Kecmanović, and Kwon Soon-woo, all in straight sets to set up a semi-final encounter with Grigor Dimitrov. He was able to defeat Dimitrov easily in straight sets to reach his first final in Acapulco since 2017, and his first final for the 2020 season. He defeated Taylor Fritz in the final in straight sets, to win his third title in Acapulco and his first title in 2020.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Season hiatus
On March 8, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season went on indefinite hiatus. The following measures were taken:


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Clay Court Season, Italian Open
Nadal's first match back was against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, which he won 6–1, 6–1. In the next round, he played Serb Dušan Lajović, whom he defeated 6–1, 6–3. In the QF, he lost to Diego Schwartzman 2–6, 5–7.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly summary, Clay Court Season, French Open
Nadal won his 13th Roland Garros title, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the tournament's final, only losing seven games. In doing so, he won his 20th Grand Slam title, equalling Roger Federer's record as the man with the most number of Grand Slam titles. It also marked his 100th win at the tournament, losing only twice in 16 years. His straight-sets victory over Djokovic marked also the 4th time that he won a Grand Slam without losing a set, all at the French Open doing it also in 2008, 2010 and 2017.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Rafael Nadal in 2020.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Rafael Nadal has a 27–6 (81.8%) ATP match win-loss record in the 2020 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 3–4 (42.9%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the ATP Cup, Nadal's semifinals match versus Alex de Minaur averaged 320,000 viewers on Teledeporte, and his final match versus Novak Djokovic averaged 953,000 viewers on RTVE's La 1.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the French Open, his semifinals match versus Diego Schwartzman averaged 403,000 viewers on DMAX and 232,000 viewers on Eurosport. His final match versus Djokovic averaged 1.5 million viewers on DMAX and 628,000 on Eurosport, combining for a 16.8% share.


2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the ATP Finals, his semifinals match versus Daniil Medvedev  averaged 274,000 vewiers on #Vamos.


2020 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
The 2020 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season is the 14th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2020 Rajasthan political crisis
On 12 July 2020, around 19 members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, as claimed by the then Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot, flew to Delhi after disputes over different offices between rival factions of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee, starting a governmental crisis in the state of Rajasthan.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
On 12 July 2020, the then Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot and 18 loyalist MLAs went to Delhi from Jaipur, claiming that they have support of a total of 30 MLAs and can topple the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan. Gehlot called senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to handle the situation, slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party for trying to destabilize his government. BJP leaders claimed that it is the Congress party's internal matter and BJP is not responsible. Additionally, senior leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Ajay Maken and Avinash Pande reached Jaipur to meet Ashok Gehlot. They held a meeting at around 9 pm at the Chief Minister's Residence.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
The Congress Legislature Party issued a whip to all its MLAs to be present in the meeting which was scheduled to be held at the Chief Minister's House or strict action would be taken against them. Meanwhile, Sachin Pilot reaffirmed that he won't be joining BJP. Senior BJP leader and former Congress member, Jyotiraditya Scindia met him on 13 July at his Delhi residence. Congress MLAs along with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other leaders, held a meeting for the confidence motion.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
On the other hand, a short video clip was posted on the social media, showing that Sachin Pilot including him has the support of 19 Congress MLAs and 3 Independent MLAs.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
Sachin Pilot and his supporting MLAs were also invited to discuss the issue, but denied. He demanded the post of Chief Minister of Rajasthan, which he'd been denied after the 2018 Rajasthan Elections. On 14 July 2020, he was removed from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and President of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee along with his 2 MLAs from the post of ministers.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party President Satish Poonia slammed Indian National Congress and Ashok Gehlot not for choosing a young leader as Chief Minister of the state. He also said that if Sachin Pilot wants to join BJP, we are always open for them. BJP also said that there should be floor test in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly to prove their majority.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah sent former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and BJP's national vice-president Vasundhara Raje to Jaipur to discuss the issue with BJP Rajasthan leaders and Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, Gulab Chand Kataria said that they were closely monitoring the situation and we are in touch with Jagat Prakash Nadda, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
On the other hand, Sachin Pilot called for a press conference on 15 July 2020 for taking steps after being removed as both Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and President of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee. The press conference which was organised by Sachin Pilot, scheduled on 15 July 2020 was cancelled. Later, he was sent a notice by Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, C. P. Joshi about the dissolution of his membership from the assembly. In an exclusive interview with ANI, he reported to be said that he won't be joining BJP. Also, he would take help of senior advocates on this matter.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Background
In the evening, he went to meet his MLAs in the resort of Gurugram. While, on the other hand, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot continuously alleged the BJP for horse-trading. But, BJP leader and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat refused the allegation and said that in Congress's internal matter, there is no connection of BJP at all. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told media that if any leader wants to quit Congress, then he can. We are not going to stop them.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Outcome
After Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot refused to listen to the Indian National Congress leadership, Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot sacked Sachin Pilot from the post of the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He was also removed from the post of the President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee and Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra was made the President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Outcome
Cabinet Ministers Vishvendra Singh & Ramesh Chand Meena, who were supporting Sachin Pilot, were also sacked by the Chief Minister. State Presidents of the Rajasthan Pradesh Youth Congress and Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Seva Dal were also sacked by the Indian National Congress.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Outcome
With this, started the political fight between Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra & Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on the issue for commencing the session of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Government of Rajasthan wants to call the session on short notice, but Governor wants that at least a 21 days notice is given before the commencement of the session. However, the deadlock ended up with the permission for calling the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly session on 14th August 2020.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Outcome
After this, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot decided to shift his MLAs from Jaipur to Jaisalmer.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Outcome
On 10th August, the event changed drastically, when Sachin Pilot met with Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi. On the same day, rebel MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma reached Jaipur and met with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Sachin Pilot met Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and finally, both the factions of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee reunited.


2020 Rajasthan political crisis, Outcome
On 14th August, Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan Government won the trust vote in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly through voice vote. All the MLAs of the Rajasthan Government were present, although 73 BJP MLAs were not present.


2020 Rally Argentina
The 2020 Rally Argentina (also known as the Speedagro Rally Argentina 2020) is a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 23 and 26 April 2020, but had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 event was set to base in Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province and consists of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 322.36 km (200.31 mi).


2020 Rally Argentina
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul are the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, are the manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen are the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Pedro Heller and Marc Martí are the reigning rally winners.


2020 Rally Estonia
The 2020 Rally Estonia (also known as the Rally Estonia 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 4 and 6 September 2020. It marked the tenth running of Rally Estonia and was the fourth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in the town of Tartu in Tartu County and consisted of seventeen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 232.64 km (144.56 mi).


2020 Rally Estonia
The rally marked the return of the FIA World Rally Championship after a half-year hiatus by the COVID-19 pandemic and was the 600th event since the championship was founded back to 1973.


2020 Rally Estonia
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the overall winners of the rally, winning their home event for the third straight year. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the winners in the WRC-2 category, while Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston won the WRC-3 class. In the junior championship, the Latvian crew of Mārtiņš Sesks and Renārs Francis won the event.


2020 Rally Estonia, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with an eight-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further twelve points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a twenty-one-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.


2020 Rally Estonia, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a nine-point lead ahead of Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Hyundai Motorsport N led M-Sport Ford WRT by twenty-two points. PH-Sport sit in third, a slender two points behind.


2020 Rally Estonia, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi, Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka, and Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini all held twenty-five points in the standings.


2020 Rally Estonia, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the junior championship, Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg led Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis by nine points. Ken Torn and Kauri Pannas were third, a slender four points further back. In the Nations' championships, Sweden held a seven-point lead over Latvia, with Estonia in third.


2020 Rally Estonia, Background, Schedule changes and event inclusion
Following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the championship, a number of events were cancelled or postponed indefinitely for health and safety grounds, with Rally Mexico abridged to give time for crews to head home due to lockdowns being implemented across the world. It was then announced on 2 July 2020 that the season would return with an updated calendar, with Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.


2020 Rally Estonia, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Sixty entries were received, with thirteen crews entered in World Rally Cars, six Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2, twenty-two in the World Rally Championship-3. A further twelve crews were entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.


2020 Rally Estonia, Background, Route
The rally features a short format schedule, which lasts only three days. This leads to the change of road order rules—Saturday's first loop would start as championship order, while the second loop would revert to the standard reversed order, which usually comes into effect on the second leg.


2020 Rally Estonia, Report, World Rally Cars
Local heroes Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led almost the entire rally to win their home event. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen received a one-minute time penalty for illegally removing the radiator blanking plate. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul retired from Saturday afternoon after they damaged their rear-right suspension. The Belgian crew's rally was further compromised as they suffered an electrical issue in the penultimate Power Stage. Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt crashed out on Sunday, while Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais retired from their top-tier debut when they broke their steering.


2020 Rally Estonia, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen dominated the class after a puncture. Early leaders Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson retired from Saturday when they hit a radiator issue. Things went from bad to worse when they rolled their Hyundai in the final stage after the restart. Teammate Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov could've finished second, but a puncture dropped them three minutes and tumbled to fifth.


2020 Rally Estonia, Report, World Rally Championship-3
Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston overcame two punctures to lead the class on Saturday, and easily won the class. Major retirements were Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak, Gustav Kruuda and Ken Järveoja, and Raul Jeets and Andrus Toom. All three crews were forced to retire as they rolled their cars.


2020 Rally Estonia, Report, Junior World Rally Championship
Despite the fact that Robert Virves and Sander Pruul failed to win a stage, consistent pace helped the local crew to the junior class. However, the local crew suffered a puncture on Sunday, which handed the victory to the Latvian crew of Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis.


2020 Rally Finland
The 2020 Rally Finland (also known as the Neste Rally Finland 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 6 and 9 August 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was set to mark the seventieth running of Rally Finland and planned to be the eighth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also planned to run as the third round of the 2020 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Jyväskylä in Keski-Suomi and consisted of twenty-four special stages covering a total competitive distance of 321.87 km (200.00 mi).


2020 Rally Finland
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they would not defend their titles as they were promoted to the higher class. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov were the reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles either as they were promoted to WRC-2 class. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the reigning rally winners in the Junior World Rally Championship.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna
The 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna (also known as the Rally Italia Sardegna 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 4 and 7 June 2020, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was reset to hold between 8 and 11 October 2020 following the cancellation of 2020 Rallye Deutschland. It marked the seventeenth running of Rally Italia Sardegna and was the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also set to be the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was based in Alghero in Sardinia and consisted of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 238.84 km (148.41 mi).


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna
Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they would not defend their titles as they were promoted to the higher class. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were the reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles neither as they were promoted to the sport's top category. Jan Solans and Mauro Barreriro were the defending winners in the Junior World Rally Championship.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna
Sordo and del Barrio successfully defended their titles, winning their third career victory. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth were the winners in the WRC-2 category. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka were the winners in the WRC-3 category. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin entered the round with an eighteen-point lead over six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Reigning world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further nine points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a nine-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth held a five-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Toksport WRT led M-Sport Ford WRT by nineteen points. Hyundai Motorsport N sat in third, a slender four points behind.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Marco Bulacia Wilkinson led Jari Huttunen by twelve points in the drivers' standing, with Kajetan Kajetanowicz in third. The co-drivers' standing was led by Mikko Lukka. Maciek Szczepaniak and Aaron Johnston held second and third respectively.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the junior championship, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis led Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen by eight points. Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg were third, eleven points further back. In the Nations' championships, Latvia held a thirteen-point lead over Finland, with Estonia in third.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Sixty-four entries were received, with thirteen crews entered in World Rally Cars, six Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and fifteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further eight crews were entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Cars
Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio were the crew who set the benchmark, while a suspension issue created a back foot for Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen retired from the rally when they crashed out in the morning loop of the second leg. Sordo and del Barrio eventually won the rally for the second straight year. There was an epic battle for the runner-up spot between the crew of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul and Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, with Neuville and Gilsoul ultimately came out on top.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Championship-2
A troble-free run assured championship leaders Pontus Tidemand and Patrik Barth to win the rally. Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul were pushing hard to catch the lead until they suffered a mechanical issue.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Championship-3
Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston led the class after the first leg. However, they picked up a puncture on Saturday morning, which dropped them back to third. Despite reclaiming the lead after SS11, they went off the road during the final stage of the day, handing the lead back to Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka. Huttunen and Lukka's lead was threatened by Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak until the Polish crew picked up a puncture during the second to last stage.


2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, Junior World Rally Championship
Steered out of dramas, Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg held a comfortable lead going onto Saturday. The Swedish crew stayed cool on Saturday, holding a huge gap of over eight minutes onto Sunday. Eventually, they won the rally to close the gap to championship leaders.


2020 Rally Japan
The 2020 Rally Japan (also known as the Rally Japan 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 19 and 22 November 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was set to mark the seventh running of Rally Japan and planned to be the final round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Nagoya in Chūbu.


2020 Rally Japan
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. Citroën World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2010, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but would not defending their titles after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport.


2020 Rally Japan, Background, Preparation and cancellation
Rally Japan was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010, replacing Rally Australia as the final round of the championship. The rally was scheduled to move its headquarters from Hokkaidō to a new base in Nagoya and was to be run on tarmac rather than gravel. A candidate event had run in 2019. However, in response to the national COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese government had increased the country's border restrictions, which led to the cancellation of the rally. The vacant spot left by the rally was taken by Belgium.


2020 Rally Mexico
The 2020 Rally Mexico (also known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 March 2020. It marked the seventeenth running of Rally Mexico and was the third round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in the town of León in Guanajuato and consists of eleven special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 324.85 km (201.85 mi).


2020 Rally Mexico
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. Citroën World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2019, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but were not defending their title after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport. Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not compete the rally. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Local privateers Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata were the reigning rally winners.


2020 Rally Mexico
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles, clinching their sixth Mexico win. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth were the winners in the WRC-2 category. Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini were the winners in the WRC-3 category, winning their first victory in the class.


2020 Rally Mexico, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin entered the round as championships leaders. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were second, albeit they were level on points. Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a slender five points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a ten-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.


2020 Rally Mexico, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a twenty-point lead ahead of Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in third. In the manufacturer' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led PH-Sport by two points.


2020 Rally Mexico, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi, and Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka tied in the standings. They led drivers' and co-drivers' standings by seven points respectively, ahead of Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche.


2020 Rally Mexico, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Forty entries were received, with ten crews entered in World Rally Cars, three Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and eleven in the World Rally Championship-3.


2020 Rally Mexico, Background, Route
All the stages are located in the state of Guanajuato. The final day of the rally was cancelled in response to increased travel restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the rally concluded following stage 21, with full points awarded at the end of Saturday.


2020 Rally Mexico, Background, Impact of the coronavirus pandemic
The rally was run during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and came at a time when a series of motorsport events—including Rally Argentina, rounds of the 2020 Formula One World Championship, 2019-20 World Endurance Championship, 2020 World Rallycross Championship and 2020 World Touring Car Cup—were either postponed or cancelled. Organisers of the rally decided to shorten the itinerary by cancelling the final leg of the event. This was done to allow teams time to pack up their equipment and return to their headquarters before a series of travel bans were imposed by European countries trying to manage the virus.


2020 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Cars
It was a nightmare Friday for the Hyundai squad. An early radiator pipe issue Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio cost them over five minutes, and a late terminal engine issue sent the Spanish crew out of the rally; Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja dropped over forty seconds when they picked up damage to the rear-right corner after leading the rally shortly; Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul was running third overall, but they had to retire from the day with electrical gremlins. One more major retirement came from Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm when their Fiesta caught fire. Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia managed to stay out of dramas, and won his first rally of the season after the rally ended prematurely.


2020 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth dominated the rally, winning their first rally in the season.


2020 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Championship-3
Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini led the category, and eventually won their maiden victory in the class. Early leaders Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston retired from the rally when they hit a rock and smashed his Polo's sump.


2020 Rally Monza
The 2020 Rally Monza (also known as ACI Rally Monza 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to hold between 3 to 6 December 2020. It marked the forty-first running of Monza Rally Show and was the final round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3. It was also the final round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The event was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 239.20 km (148.63 mi).


2020 Rally Monza
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' rally winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the winners in the WRC-2 category. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland winners in the WRC-3 category. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.


2020 Rally Monza
Ogier and Ingrassia won their seventh world titles, while Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT secured their second consecutive manufacturers' titles. Østberg and Eriksen won the WRC-2 championship, while Toksport WRT claimed the teams' titles. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka became WRC-3 crowned champions. Kristensson and Appelskog sealed junior world titles.


2020 Rally Monza, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin entered the round with a fourteen-point lead over six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul are third, a further ten points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a seven-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.


2020 Rally Monza, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth held an eighteen-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Toksport WRT led Hyundai Motorsport N by forty-five points. M-Sport Ford WRT sit in third, a further fourteen points behind.


2020 Rally Monza, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Marco Bulacia Wilkinson led Jari Huttunen by two points in the drivers' standing, with Kajetan Kajetanowicz in third. The co-drivers' standing was led by Mikko Lukka. Maciek Szczepaniak and Marcelo Der Ohannesian hold second and third respectively.


2020 Rally Monza, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the Junior championship, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis led Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg by eight points. Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen were third, four points further back. In the Nations' championships, Latvia held an eight-point lead over Sweden, with Finland in third.


2020 Rally Monza, Background, Schedule changes and event inclusion
The event was included in the 2020 World Rally Championship as the final round of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Rally Monza, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ninety-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered World Rally Cars, four Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and thirteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further six crews entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.


2020 Rally Monza, Background, Route
The first and last day of action, including the Power Stage, followed Monza Rally Show to take place in stages inside the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, while the second leg was focused on public stages north of Bergamo in the foothills of the Alps.


2020 Rally Monza, Report, World Rally Cars
Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio held a narrow lead going onto Saturday, despite a ten-second time penalty for cutting a chicane. Teammate Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul's title hope was washed away as their i20 was drawn out when the engine expired in heavy standing water after damaging their right-front suspension. Teemu Suninen and Jarmo Lehtinen retired from the rally because of an unfixable misfiring engine. Championship situation was shifted on Saturday as Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin went off road in the afternoon loop. Other major retirements of the day included Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson, and Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson. Eventually, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the event, which was enough to overhaul their teammate Evans and Martin to snatch their seventh world titles.


2020 Rally Monza, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul led the category, but a right-rear puncture lost their lead to Pontus Tidemand and Patrik Barth. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen turned the tables to their favour on Saturday. The Norwegian crew eventually won the class to seal the WRC-2 titles.


2020 Rally Monza, Report, World Rally Championship-3
Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland avoided any drama to lead the class. The Norwegian crew ran as high as third in the overall standings. However, their lead was narrowed by Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston by the end of the second leg. Mikkelsen and Jæger-Amland refused to give their lead away and eventually won the category. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka became WRC-3 crowned champions.


2020 Rally Monza, Report, Junior World Rally Championship
Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg comfortably led the class, while their title rivals Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis, and Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen both in trobles. Championship leader Sesks and Francis' rally went even worse when they crashed out on Saturday. Kristensson and Sjöberg comfortably brought the car home to put the vicory in their pockets, and with that, junior world titles in hands.


2020 Rally New Zealand
The 2020 Rally New Zealand (also known as the Rally New Zealand 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 3 and 6 September 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was set to mark the forty-fifth running of Rally New Zealand and planned to be the ninth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Auckland in Auckland Region.


2020 Rally New Zealand
Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena were the overall reigning rally winners. Citroën Total World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2012, when Rally New Zealand held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners. However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of 2019.


2020 Rally New Zealand, Background, Preparation and cancellation
The rally had been planned to be the mark of Rally New Zealand after an eight-year absence from the championship, sharing a spot with Rally Australia in the WRC calendar since 2020. However, concerns regarding whether the rally should be held were raised in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 4 June 2020, it was officially announced that the rally would not be held in 2020, but a 2021 event is expected.


2020 Rally Sweden
The 2020 Rally Sweden (also known as the Rally Sweden 2020) (Swedish: Svenska Rallyt 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 13 and 16 February 2020. It marked the sixty-eighth running of Rally Sweden and was the second round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County and consists of eleven special stages. The rally was scheduled to cover a total competitive distance of 301.26 km (187.19 mi), but was shortened to 171.64 km (106.65 mi) due to a lack of snow.


2020 Rally Sweden
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, the team they drove for in 2019, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category. Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson were the reigning World Rally Championship-3 winners, but are not defending their WRC-3 title as they joined the WRC-2 category in 2020. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the defending winners in the Junior World Rally Championship.


2020 Rally Sweden
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the overall winners of the rally, winning the Rally Sweden for the first time. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen successfully defended their titles in the WRC-2 category. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka were the winners in the WRC-3 category, while Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.


2020 Rally Sweden, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul entered the round with an eight-point lead over the six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were third, a further five points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a two-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, followed by M-Sport Ford WRT.


2020 Rally Sweden, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a seven-point lead ahead of Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in third. In the manufacturer' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led PH-Sport by five points.


2020 Rally Sweden, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by seven points respectively. Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche were second, with Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud in third in both standings, a further three points behind.


2020 Rally Sweden, Background, Entry list
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Fifty-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered in World Rally Cars, six Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2, sixteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further sixteen crews were entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.


2020 Rally Sweden, Background, Route
The brand-new 18.94 km (11.77 mi) Nyckelvattnet stage was introduced into the rally. The Finnskogen stage, which runs across the border in Norway, returned to the itinerary. The Svullrya, Röjden and Rämmen stages, which were featured in the 2019 rally, were not included in the 2020 route.


2020 Rally Sweden, Background, Route
The route was heavily revised in the week before the rally. Eight stages were cancelled due to unseasonably light snowfall in the region; tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with studded tyres designed for driving on snow and ice, but without the expected snowfalls, the winter studs would be unable to properly grip the road surface. The changes to the route saw the second leg of the rally cancelled and the first leg split in two and run over separate days.


2020 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Cars
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin broke clear in the lead to win the rally. Defending world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja inherited second after Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen dropping vital seconds when he stalled his engine in the final test of Friday. Jari-Matti Latvala made his championship return with ex-driver Juho Hänninen, but they retired from the rally due to mechanical issue.


2020 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson took an early lead, but Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen gained the top spot after they overcame brake issues to win the class.


2020 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Championship-3
Emil Lindholm and Mikael Korhonen led WRC-3 after a trouble-free run, but they lost their lead to the eventual category winners Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka. Roland Poom and Ken Järveoja retired from the rally with a big accident.


2020 Rally Sweden, Report, Junior World Rally Championship
Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg held a healthy lead throughout the rally to seal the win. Jon Armstrong and Noel O'Sullivan suffered a horrible high-speed crash, but they both walked away unharmed.


2020 Rally Turkey
The 2020 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held between 18 and 20 September 2020. It marked the thirteenth running of Rally Turkey and was the fifth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over twelve special stages with a total competitive distance of 223.00 km (138.57 mi).


2020 Rally Turkey
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. Citroën World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2019, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but they did not defending their title after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the sport's top tier by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the reigning rally winners.


2020 Rally Turkey
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the overall winners of the rally, recording a second win of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Toksport WRT crew of Pontus Tidemand and Patrik Barth won the WRC-2 category. Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak successfully defended their tiles in the WRC-3 category.


2020 Rally Turkey, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a nine-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Reigning world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further four points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a five-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.


2020 Rally Turkey, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a twenty-point lead ahead of Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Nikolay Gryazin and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Hyundai Motorsport N led PH-Sport by nine points. M-Sport Ford WRT sit in third, a slender five points behind.


2020 Rally Turkey, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka led both drivers' and co-drivers' championships by six and eight points over 	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Aaron Johnston respectively. Oliver Solberg was third in the drivers' standings, while Yannick Roche held third in the co-drivers' standings.


2020 Rally Turkey, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Twenty-six entries were received, with ten crews entered in World Rally Cars, three Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and twelve in the World Rally Championship-3.


2020 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Cars
Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena held the lead going onto Saturday. At the age of forty-six, Loeb became the oldest driver to lead a WRC event. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja retired Friday when their Hyundai speared off the road because of a steering issue. Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took over the lead on Saturday morning, but they dropped their lead to Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in the afternoon loop due to a puncture and hydraulics issue.


2020 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Cars
Sunday's first pass through the Çetibeli stage saw tyre dramas, which saw five crews suffering punctures, including the crew of Neuville and Gilsoul, Loeb and Elena, Ogier and Ingrassia, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen, and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, with two more crews retired from the rally. Ogier and Ingrassia then retired from the rally when their engine was on fire. Eventually, the rally was won by Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin.


2020 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul claimed back-to-back stage wins to lead the class on Friday, but a rear-left puncture in Saturday afternoon cost them the lead. Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth took over the lead and won the class.


2020 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Championship-3
Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Marcelo Der Ohannesian led the class through Friday. Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani retired from the rally when their Citroën caught fire. Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak set some blistering times, opening a huge gap to comfortably win the rally.


2020 Rally de Portugal
The 2020 Rally de Portugal (also known as the Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 21 and 24 May 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was set to mark the fifty-fourth running of Rally de Portugal and planned to be the fifth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Matosinhos in Porto and consisted of twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of 331.10 km (205.74 mi).


2020 Rally de Portugal
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, the team they drove for in 2019, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they would not defend their titles as they were promoted to the higher class. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were the reigning rally winners.


2020 Rallye Deutschland
The 2020 Rallye Deutschland (also known as the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 15 and 18 October 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was set to mark the thirty-eighth running of Rallye Deutschland and planned to be the twelfth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also planned to run as the final round of the 2020 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Bostalsee in Saarland.


2020 Rallye Deutschland
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Fabian Kreim and Tobias Braun were the reigning rally winners.


2020 Reading stabbings
On 20 June 2020, shortly before 19:00 BST, a man with a knife attacked people who were socializing in Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Three men died from their wounds, and three other people were seriously injured. A 25-year-old Libyan male refugee named Khairi Saadallah was arrested nearby shortly afterwards. Saadallah was a former member of the Libyan militant group Ansar al-Sharia. He was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder; he pleaded guilty. In January 2021, Saadallah was sentenced to life imprisonment.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attack
Shortly before 19:00 BST on 20 June 2020, Khairi Saadallah attacked two groups of people socialising in Forbury Gardens, a public park in the centre of Reading, about 40 miles (64 km) west of London. Using an 8-inch (200 mm) kitchen knife, Saadallah stabbed people in the eye, neck, head and back. A witness said the stabbing was "completely random". At 18:56, officers from Thames Valley Police went to the park, responding to reports of a stabbing with multiple casualties.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attack
Saadallah was chased, tackled and pinned to the ground by police officers on Friar Street – near its junction with the Inner Distribution Road – approximately five minutes after the first 999 call was made. He was arrested, initially on suspicion of murder, and later re-arrested while in custody under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attack
A Black Lives Matter protest had taken place at the park earlier in the day, but police said that the attack was not associated with the protest.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attacker
The perpetrator was Khairi Saadallah, who was 25 years old at the time. He was arrested near the park shortly after the attack. He was born in Libya and is from a well-off, middle-class family. In 2018, he was given permission to stay in the United Kingdom after claiming asylum in 2012. A family member said he had post-traumatic stress from the civil war and had come to the United Kingdom from Libya in 2012 to escape from violence there, living first in Manchester. In the war, he was part of Ansar al-Sharia, a group now proscribed in the UK, and stated falsely in his asylum application that he was not involved in combat. In 2018, he was given five years' permission to stay in the UK.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attacker
Saadallah was convicted six times for 15 crimes between 2015 and 2019, of which eight were violent crimes, two involved possession of a knife and two involved racially or religiously aggravated harassment. He was said to have smoked cannabis and had regular visits from a mental health professional. A security source told Reuters that the suspect had come to the attention of Britain's domestic security agency MI5 in 2019 over intelligence that he aspired to travel for extremist purposes, and he had been investigated over jihadist concerns.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attacker
In 2017, prison staff noted that he was spending a lot of time with Abu Izzadeen of the proscribed group Al-Muhajiroun. He had been released from prison 17 days before the attack, having been sentenced for assault and possessing a bladed article: the UK was unable to deport him because it would have breached his human rights to send him back to Libya.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attacker
Saadallah yelled "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, and a Muslim bystander heard him say "God accept my jihad" in Arabic. After his arrest, Saadallah told police that "[he] was going to paradise for the jihad what [he] did to the victims". Police later found images of the World Trade Center and Islamic State flag on his phone, alongside videos about Jihadi John, an ISIS terrorist. Saadallah also had a crucifix tattoo, had prayed in church and told police that he was both Muslim and Catholic; his defence lawyer argued that this indicated that he did not have a serious devotion to radical Islam.


2020 Reading stabbings, Attacker
The Guardian reported that sources said that Saadallah was initially believed by the intelligence agencies to have mental health problems. Sky News additionally reported that he lived in a flat in Reading. It was later confirmed that Saadallah faked a mental illness, and was acting in pursuit of his extremist ideology.


2020 Reading stabbings, Casualties
The attack resulted in three fatalities at the scene, as well as three seriously injured with knife wounds to their head, face, hand, and back. The Thames Valley Air Ambulance, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and London's Air Ambulance were deployed to the scene, and South Central Ambulance Service deployed their Hazardous Area Response Team. Of the injured people, two were admitted to the Royal Berkshire Hospital's emergency department, in Reading. One other injured person was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, but was discharged without being admitted. One of the injured was a friend of the three fatalities.


2020 Reading stabbings, Casualties
The three men who were killed were friends and post-mortem examinations showed that they each died of a single stab wound; two were stabbed in the neck, and one in the back. They were a 36-year-old teacher at The Holt School, in Wokingham in Berkshire; a 39-year-old American citizen who worked for a pharmaceutical company and had been living in Britain for 15 years; and a 49-year-old senior scientist at the chemical company Johnson Matthey.


2020 Reading stabbings, Investigation and trial
Initial police statements from Thames Valley Police on the evening of the incident said that the incident was "not currently being treated as a terrorism incident" and that they were "keeping an open mind as to the motivation", although counter terrorism officers were deployed. The next morning, Counter-Terrorism Policing South East stated that the attacks were "a terror incident". It took over command of the incident from the local police, with support from MI5. On 22 June, police were granted a warrant to further detain Saadallah until 27 June.


2020 Reading stabbings, Investigation and trial, Charges
On 27 June 2020, Saadallah was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.


2020 Reading stabbings, Investigation and trial, Court proceedings
On 29 June 2020, Saadallah appeared by video link at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. The prosecutor said the accused was heard shouting words to the effect of Allahu Akbar. He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey. After appearing at the Old Bailey by video link from Belmarsh Prison, London, for preliminary hearings on 1 and 10 July, the judge set 30 November as a provisional date for a full trial.


2020 Reading stabbings, Investigation and trial, Sentencing
On 11 November, Saadallah admitted three charges of murder and three of attempted murder. On 11 January 2021, he was given a whole-life term. The sentencing judge said that it was a terrorist attack and that the purpose was to advance an extremist Islamic cause.


2020 Reading stabbings, Reactions
Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his condolences and thanked emergency services for responding to the scene. On the following morning, 21 June, Johnson met with senior ministers, police, and security officials at 10 Downing Street to be briefed on the events. Home Secretary Priti Patel and Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer both expressed concern over the incident.


2020 Reading stabbings, Reactions
The leader of Reading Borough Council said he was "shocked and appalled" by the "horrific and senseless attack", expressed his condolences, and thanked the emergency services for their response. The council issued a statement saying that their "thoughts and prayers are with the families of the three people who lost their lives, and for those who remain seriously injured", and announcing that their flag would fly at half mast for the day.


2020 Reading stabbings, Reactions
After Saadallah's conviction, the father of James Furlong, one of the victims, said that "there are now serious questions that need answering", in reference to how Saadallah avoided deportation despite his previous violent offences.


2020 Real Monarchs season
The 2020 Real Monarchs season is the sixth season for Real Monarchs in the United Soccer League Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2020 Real Monarchs season, Competitive, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Real Salt Lake), Real Monarchs is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.


2020 Real Salt Lake season
The 2020 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 16th year of existence, and their 16th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.


2020 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, MLS regular season, Results summary
Last updated: March 9, 2020Source: MLS ResultsPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2020 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, MLS regular season, Match results
Note: The 2020 season was postponed on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season restarted on July 8 with the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando (see below), followed by resumption of regular season games. Group stage results of the MLS is Back Tournament are factored into the final 2020 standings.


2020 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
The 2020 U.S Open Cup was suspended on March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before being cancelled by the U.S. Soccer Federation on August 17.


2020 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, Leagues Cup
The 2020 Leagues Cup was canceled on May 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2020 CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (Portuguese: CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana de 2020) was the 28th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (also referred to as the Recopa Sudamericana), the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.


2020 Recopa Sudamericana
The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Brazilian team Flamengo, the 2019 Copa Libertadores champions, and Ecuadorian team Independiente del Valle, the 2019 Copa Sudamericana champions. The first leg was hosted by Independiente del Valle at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito on 19 February 2020, while the second leg was hosted by Flamengo on 26 February 2020 at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.


2020 Recopa Sudamericana
Flamengo won 5–2 on aggregate to claim their first Recopa Sudamericana title.


2020 Recopa Sudamericana, Format
The Recopa Sudamericana was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 17).


2020 Recopa Sudamericana, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)Fourth official:Kevin Ortega (Peru)Video assistant referee:Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)Assistant video assistant referees:Víctor Carrillo (Peru)Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)


2020 Recopa Sudamericana, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Diego Bonfá (Argentina)Gabriel Chade (Argentina)Fourth official:Facundo Tello (Argentina)Video assistant referee:Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)Assistant video assistant referees:Piero Maza (Chile)Juan Belatti (Argentina)


2020 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
The 2020 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series would have been the 12th season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. Originally scheduled to begin on 16 May in Bali, Indonesia, it was announced on 23 March that the series would be postponed until August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a further announcement was made on 21 April, confirming that the 2020 series had been cancelled.


2020 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
The 2020 calendar had included stops at the regular series locations of Mostar, Polignano a Mare and São Miguel, as well as returns to previous stops in La Rochelle and Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas. The series was also scheduled to include stops in three new locations: Bali, Oslo and Sydney.


2020 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
The 2020 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the fourteenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the eighth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 12 races in six meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Spielberg on 15 August and ending on 15 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.


2020 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.


2020 Reform Party presidential primaries
On June 20, 2020, the Reform Party of the United States of America selected Rocky De La Fuente as its 2020 presidential candidate at its convention.


2020 Reform Party presidential primaries, Candidates, Registered presidential candidates
The following people registered to run for president in 2020 and listed their affiliation as "Reform Party", but did not necessarily run for the Reform Party nomination:


2020 Remote Darts League 1
2020 Remote Darts League, shortly RDL, was a darts tournament - the first edition in its history. The tournament was developed by Farawaysports, an organisation dedicated to providing quality remote sporting contests including pictures, data and odds, during the world-wide pandemic of COVID-19. Similar to the Premier League in terms of format, the Remote Darts League sees every player face off against each other with each player gaining points in order to play in finals night. James Richardson became the first winner, defeating Paul Hogan 10–3 in the final.


2020 Remote Darts League 1, Format
The RDL comprises 10 top WDF players competing over 10 days in a fast league format. Players all play each other once over nine nights with five matches taking place each evening. Each match will play out over a maximum of 12 legs with the first player to reach seven legs winning the fixture and picking up two league points. As it's best of 12 legs this allows for the possibility of a match to be tied at 6-6, in this case each player will receive one point.


2020 Remote Darts League 1, Format
After nine nights each player will have played each other and the four players with the highest number of league points will qualify for the final night showdown. On final night the Top 4 battle it out in two semi-finals and a grand final for the right to be crowned the first Remote Darts League champion. After a four-day break, the 10 players will compete again in the next leg of the Remote Darts League, RDL2.


2020 Remote Darts League 1, Venues
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and regulations from the government, all players play from their home. All players have a webcam prepared in their home environment, through which it is possible to watch every thrown dart. The referee, Richard Ashdown, confirms the score. Viewers see both dartboards at the same time, along with the scoreboard and the referee.


2020 Remote Darts League 1, Players
The 10 WDF players have been chosen in advance including the former BDO World champion, John Walton or the finalist of the UK Open 2011 and European Championships 2012, Wes Newton.


2020 Remote Darts League 1, Table and streaks, Table
Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.


2020 Remote Darts League 1, Table and streaks, Table
After the nine rounds, top 4 players qualify for the semifinals, where the first will play with the fourth and the second with the third.


2020 Remote Darts League 1, Table and streaks, Table
(Q) = Qualified For The Playoffs(E) = Eliminated From Playoff Contention


2020 Reno 1868 FC season
The 2020 Reno 1868 FC season was the club's fourth season of existence and their fourth in the United Soccer League Championship (USL-C), the second tier of American soccer. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL-C Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL-C Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.