2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting with paper ballots will take place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. In the closed party-run primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 22 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Of the 22 pledged delegates, 7 each are allocated to both of the state's 2 congressional districts and another 3 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 5 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Before the primary, precinct meetings will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, to choose precinct level delegates for the state convention. National convention district-level delegates will be selected on Saturday and the state central committee will convene to designate the 5 pledged at-large and 3 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 22 pledged delegates Hawaii sends to the national convention will be joined by 9 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee; 4 members of Congress, including both Senators and U.S. Representatives; and the governor).


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii, in-person voting for the primary was cancelled, and the state convention was rescheduled from May 23–24, 2020 to September 5–6, 2020.


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Results
The primary was conducted by ranked-choice voting. Voters were instructed to mark their top three choices on paper ballots. Any voter with a first choice other than Biden or Sanders had their ballot count in the final round if ranking one of those candidates as a second or third choice.


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Results
The ballots were counted separately in each of Hawaii's two Congressional districts.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election
The 2020 Hawaii House of Representatives elections took place on November 3, 2020, as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. The process will elect all 51 seats in the Hawaii House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on August 8.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Retiring incumbents
Six incumbent representatives (5 Democrats and one Republican) did not seek reelection in 2020.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Defeated incumbents, In primary
Two incumbent representatives, both Democrats sought reelection but was defeated in the August 8 primary.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 6
Incumbent Democrat Nicole Lowen was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 7
Incumbent Democrat David Tarnas was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 8
Incumbent Democrat Troy Hashimoto was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 12
Incumbent Democrat Kyle Yamashita was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Scott Nishimoto was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 23
Incumbent Democrat Dale Kobayashi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 25
Incumbent Democrat Sylvia Luke was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 26
Incumbent Democrat Scott Saiki was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Takashi Ohno was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 28
Incumbent Democrat John Mizuno was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 29
Incumbent Democrat Daniel Holt was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 31
Incumbent Democrat Aaron Ling Johanson was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Linda Ichiyama was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Henry Aquino was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 42
Incumbent Democrat Sharon Har was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 46
Incumbent Democrat Amy Perruso was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 48
Incumbent Democrat Lisa Kitagawa was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rainbow Warriors played their final home games at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu as members of the Mountain West Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Todd Graham.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This decision was later reversed on September 24, with all 12 teams playing an eight-game, conference-only schedule starting on October 24.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The Rainbow Warriors ended their season with a winning record for the third year in a row, also claiming the New Mexico Bowl over Houston. Graham also became the first Hawaii coach since Bob Wagner in 1987 to win his debut; the last five had lost their debuts, all by 20 points or more.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Previous season
The Rainbow Warriors had their most successful season since 2010. They finished 10–5, 5–3 to finish tied for first in the West Division, claiming the division championship with a 14–11 win over San Diego State. They advanced to the Mountain West Championship, where they lost to Boise State, but won the Hawaii Bowl over archrival BYU, 38–34. This was Hawaii's first ten-win season since 2010, and just the seventh in program history. Nick Rolovich was also named Mountain West Coach of the Year, the fourth UH coach to receive that honor.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Previous season
However, Rolovich abruptly resigned on January 13, 2020 to accept the head coaching position at Washington State. Seven more assistants followed, including assistant head coach Mark Banker, offensive coordinator Brian Smith and quarterbacks coach Craig Stutzmann.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Previous season
After a week, Athletic Director David Matlin hired former Arizona State head coach Todd Graham as Rolovich's successor on January 21, 2020. He was officially introduced on January 22, 2020.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
The Mountain West media days was initially set to be virtually held on the days of July 27–29, but were later postponed by the conference.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. Hawaii was initially picked to finish third in the West Division. The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Rainbow Warriors only had one player selected to the preseason All–Mountain West Team.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Schedule
Hawaii had its first four games against Arizona, UCLA, Fordham and Oregon canceled before the start of the 2020 season. Each cancellation, related to the COVID-19 pandemic, was due to individual conferences attempting to reduce spread of the virus through travel restrictions. Robert Morris later replaced Fordham on the schedule, announced on July 13, 2020.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Schedule
The entire season was suspended by the Mountain West Conference on August 10, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the decision was reversed on September 24, with the conference announcing each team would play an eight-game, conference-only schedule. The new schedule was released by the Mountain West on October 1, 2020. Hawaii played seven of their original conference opponents, with the only change being Wyoming replacing Air Force on the schedule. Hawaii Athletics also announced that home games would be held without fans, in accordance with government regulations.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Schedule
The game scheduled for December 5 with San Jose State was moved to Aloha Stadium after new COVID-19 restrictions were released in Santa Clara County, where CEFCU Stadium is located. Hawaii played as the designated road team in their new all-white road uniforms, which debuted against Fresno State.


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at Fresno State
UH – Chevan Cordeiro: 20/30, 229 yards FS – Jake Haener: 17/31, 289 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at Fresno State
UH – Chevan Cordeiro: 13 carries, 116 yards, 2 TD FS – Ronnie Rivers: 18 carries, 79 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at Fresno State
UH – Jared Smart: 7 receptions, 89 yards  FS – Keric Wheatfall: 3 receptions, 73 yards


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at Wyoming
UH – Chevan Cordeiro: 11/26, 110 yards, 1 INT WYO – Levi Williams: 9/18, 112 yards


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at Wyoming
UH – Miles Reed: 7 carries, 54 yardsWYO – Xazavian Valladay: 32 carries, 162 yards, 2 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at Wyoming
UH – Zion Bowens: 1 reception, 47 yardsWYO – Xazavian Valladay: 2 receptions, 32 yards


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
UNM – Tevaka Tuioti: 17/31, 181 yards, 2 TDUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 33/43, 410 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
UNM – Nathanie Jones: 13 rush, 96 yards, 1 TDUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 10 rush, 39 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
UNM – Jordan Kress, 3 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TDUH – Nick Mardner: 6 receptions, 147 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at San Diego State
UH – Chevan Cordeiro: 17/35, 209 yards, 1 TD, 1 INTSDSU – Carson Baker: 4/13, 30 yards, 2 INT


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at San Diego State
UH – Chevan Cordeiro: 20 carries, 85 yardsSDSU – Greg Bell: 19 carries, 175 yards, 2 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at San Diego State
UH – Calvin Turner: 4 receptions, 116 yards, 1 TD SDSU – Chance Bell: 1 reception, 14 yards


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, Boise State
BS – Hank Bachmeier: 21/31, 278 yards, 1 TD, 1 INTUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 25/48, 253 yards, 3 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, Boise State
BS – Andrew Van Buren: 27 carries, 117 yards, 2 TDUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 18 carries, 103 yards


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, Boise State
BS – Khalil Shakir: 11 receptions, 130 yards, 2 TDUH – Miles Reed: 6 receptions, 69 yards


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, Nevada
NEV – Carson Strong: 20/25, 168 yards, 2 TDUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 26/32, 246 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, Nevada
NEV – Toa Taua: 20 carries, 131 yards, 1 TDUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 15 carries, 76 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, Nevada
NEV – Cole Turner: 6 receptions, 48 yards, 1 TDUH – Calvin Turner: 10 receptions, 77 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at San Jose State
SJSU – Nick Starkel: 11/23, 167 yards, 2 TD, 1 INTUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 28/42, 238 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at San Jose State
SJSU – Tyler Nevens: 16 carries, 152 yards, 2 TDUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 11 carries, 36 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at San Jose State
SJSU – Tre Walker: 2 receptions, 64 yards, 1 TDUH – Rico Bussey: 8 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, UNLV
UNLV – Max Gilliam: 16/27, 187 yards, 1 TD, 1 INTUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 20/33, 252 yards, 1 INT


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, UNLV
UNLV – Charles Williams: 22 carries, 148 yards, 2 TDUH – Chevan Cordeiro: 12 carries, 88 yards, 2 TD


2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, UNLV
UNLV – Kyle Williams: 10 receptions, 144 yards, 1 TDUH – Calvin Turner: 2 receptions, 77 yards


2020 Hawaii Senate election
The 2020 Hawaii Senate elections are taking place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Hawaii voters will elect state senators in 13 of the state's 25 senate districts. The primary elections on August 8, 2020, determined which candidates will appear on the November 3, 2020, general election ballot.


2020 Hawaii Senate election
Following the previous election in 2018, Democrats had control of the Hawaii Senate with 24 seats to Republicans' 1 seat.


2020 Hawaii Senate election, Retiring incumbents
Two incumbent senators (both Democrats) did not seek reelection in 2020.


2020 Hawaii Senate election, Detailed results, District 8
Incumbent Democrat and Senate President Ron Kouchi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii Senate election, Detailed results, District 10
Incumbent Democrat Les Ihara Jr. was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii Senate election, Detailed results, District 11
Incumbent Democrat Brian Taniguchi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii Senate election, Detailed results, District 13
Incumbent Democrat Karl Rhoads was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii Senate election, Detailed results, District 14
Incumbent Democrat Donna Mercado Kim was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii Senate election, Detailed results, District 15
Incumbent Democrat Glenn Wakai was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.


2020 Hawaii elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Hawaii on November 3, 2020. Paper ballots for voting by mail are being sent to all registered voters in the state.


2020 Hawaii elections, State offices, Hawaii Senate
14 out of the 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate were up for election. Out of the contested seats, the Democrats won 13 seats while the Republicans won 1 seat. The resulting composition was 24 Democrats and 1 Republican. No seats changed hands.


2020 Hawaii elections, State offices, Hawaii House of Representatives
All of the 51 seats in the Hawaii House of Representatives were up for election. The Democrats won 47 seats and the Republicans won 4 seats. The Democrats gained one seat, District 50.


2020 Hawaii elections, Federal offices, President of the United States
Hawaii had 4 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Democrat Joe Biden won all of them with 64% of the popular vote.


2020 Hawaii elections, Federal offices, United States House of Representatives
Hawaii had 2 representatives in the United States House of Representatives. The Democratic Party won all the districts. No seats changed hands.


2020 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 2020 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 96th season in the Australian Football League and 119th overall, the 21st season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 20th season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium, the 16th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson, and the 2nd season with Ben Stratton as club captain. With Jarryd Roughead and Grant Birchall departing this season will be the first to not have any player from Hawthorn's 2008 premiership team on the list.


2020 Hawthorn Football Club season
On 16 March 2020, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announced that the season would be shortened to 17 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During Hawthorn's round 1 match with the Brisbane Lions, it was announced that the season would be suspended following the conclusion of the round, with the suspension to last until 31 May 2020. The season recommenced on 11 June 2020. Due to COVID-19, Hawthorn would only play two matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and no matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium. From round 13 until the end of the season, the Hawks would base themselves in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, playing home games at the Adelaide Oval.


2020 Hawthorn Football Club season
A 10–point loss to Port Adelaide in round 13 meant that Hawthorn would fail to win 10 games in a season since 2009.


2020 Hawthorn Football Club season
Hawthorn finished in fifteenth–place with a 5–12 record. Meaning for the first time since 2006 the club would fail to qualify for finals in consecutive seasons. This was also the first time since 2005, Hawthorn would finish in the bottom four.


2020 Hawthorn Football Club season, Club summary
The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 96th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors, as they have done since 2006 and 2013 respectively, while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they have done since 2013. Hawthorn continued its alignment with the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League, however due to COVID–19, the VFL season was cancelled.


2020 Hawthorn Football Club season, Senior personnel
On 26 August 2019, the club announced that assistant coach Darren Glass would be leaving the club to join West Coast as the club's list manager. A couple of days laters it was announced that former assistant coach and Carlton coach, Brendon Bolton would return to the club as director of coaching. On 23 May 2020, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The club was forced to stand down all but 25 staff members. This included head of development and learning Damian Carroll, VFL coach Max Bailey, VFLW coach Bec Goddard and development coaches Torin Baker, Marco Bello and Brett Deledio.


2020 Hazfi Cup Final
2020 Hazfi Cup Final was the final match of the 33rd edition of Hazfi Cup that was held between Tractor and Esteghlal at Imam Reza Stadium in Mashhad. Tractor won 3-2 against Esteghlal and won the cup for the second time.


2020 Hazfi Cup Final
Originally, the final was planned to be held at Pars Stadium in Shiraz in mid-May 2020 but it was delayed. On 26 August 2020, the final venue was also changed due to problems with the field in Pars stadium. The match was also played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.


2020 Hazfi Cup Final, Route to the final, Tractor
Tractor, as a Iran Pro League club, started in the Round of 32 against  League 2 side Pas Hamedan and won 2–1 with goals from Ashkan Dejagah and Mohammad Reza Azadi at their Haj Babayi Stadium. In the next round, they drew  Navad Urmia at Takhti Stadium of Urumia and they won 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes. In the quarter final round they were drawn with Mes Kerman at home and won 4-1 with goals from Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh, Ashkan Dejagah, Mohammad Reza Azadi and Saeid Mehri. In the semi-final at Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tractor played the first team from Iran Pro League Naft Masjed Soleyman in the cup. Tractor reached the final after a 1-0 win with a goal from Saeid Mehri.


2020 Hazfi Cup Final, Route to the final, Esteghlal
Esteghlal, as a Iran Pro League club, started in the Round of 32 against Azadegan League side Gol Reyhan Alborz and won 3-1 after extra time with goals from Sajjad Aghaei and Farshid Esmaeili and an own goal at Enghelab Karaj Stadium. In the next round, they faced another Azadegan League side Fajr Sepasi Shiraz at Azadi Stadium and they won 3-0 after extra time with goals from Voria Ghafouri, Sajjad Aghaei and Dariush Shojaeian. In the quarter final round they were drawn with Sepahan Isfahan at home and won 2-0 with goals from Voria Ghafouri and Ali Karimi.


2020 Hazfi Cup Final, Route to the final, Esteghlal
In the semi-final at Azadi Stadium, Esteghlal played with Persepolis in the 93th Tehran Derby. Esteghlal won semi-final match in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw in 120 minutes. Mehdi Ghayedi and Mohammad Daneshgar scored goals for Esteghlal and Cheick Diabaté, Vouria Ghafouri, Hrvoje Milić and Amir Arsalan Motahari scored their penalties while Hossein Hosseini saved one penalty as the goalkeeper.


2020 Hazfi Cup Final, Details
Assistant Referees: Saeid Alinezhadian Saeid Ghasemi  Additional AR: Seyed Vahid Kazemi Amir ArabbaraghiFourth official: Morteza Mansourian


2020 Henry 180
The 2020 Henry 180 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on August 8, 2020 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Contested over 45 laps on the 4.045-mile (6.510 km) road course, it was the 18th race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Austin Cindric won his fourth race of the season, which was his fourth victory in the last five races.


2020 Henry 180, Report, Background
Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NTT Indycar Series, NTTWeatherTech SportsCar Championship, SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, ASRA, AMA Superbike series, IndyCar Series, and SCCA Pro Racing's Trans-Am Series.


2020 Henry 180, Report, Background
This was the first Xfinity Series race to allow fans to attend since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Henry 180, Report, Modified Pit Procedures
Due to the race being held at a separate venue from the Cup Series and the subsequent need to use alternate pit crew members, NASCAR implemented alternate pit procedures for the Henry 180. The field was frozen at the time of the caution, and each team could change only fuel or tires during each stop (multiple changes would require multiple pit stops during the same pit cycle). Additionally, there was a time limit set for pit road: A minimum of 60 seconds for green flag stops and a maximum of 80 seconds for stops under caution. Tire changes were not allowed under green flag stops unless NASCAR specifically permitted it.


2020 Henry 180, Qualifying
Michael Annett was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw; his third straight race drawing the pole position.


2020 Henry 180, Media, Television
The Henry 180 was carried by NBCSN in the United States. Dave Burns, Jeff Burton, and Dale Jarrett called the race from NBC Sports's studios in Charlotte, NC, with Parker Kligerman covering pit road.


2020 Henry 180, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Mike Bagley and Kurt Becker called the action from the booth. Woody Cain, Steve Post, Dan Hubbard, Jim Tretow, Eric Morse, Tim Catalfamo, Jason Toy, and Chris Wilner called the action from the turns. Pete Pistone and Hannah Newhouse provided reports from pit road.


2020 Herald Sun Tour
The 2020 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 5 and 9 February 2020 in  Victoria, Australia. It was the 67th edition of the Herald Sun Tour and was a part of the 2020 UCI Oceania Tour.


2020 Herald Sun Tour, Teams
Four UCI WorldTeams and nine UCI Continental teams were invited to the race. Along with an Australian national team, there were fourteen teams in the race. Each team entered seven riders with the except of Team Sapura Cycling, which entered only four. Of the 95 riders that started the race, 80 riders finished.


2020 Herculis
2020 Herculis was the 34th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting held on 14 August 2020 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. It was the first leg of the 2020 Diamond League, which had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Herculis
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei set a new 5000 metres world record of 12:35.36 minutes, knocking two seconds off the previous record set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004.


2020 Himachal Football League
The 2020 Himachal Football League is the 1st season of the Himachal Football League, the top-tier league in the Indian state Himachal Pradesh. It is organised by Himachal Pradesh Football Association (HPFA).


2020 Himachal Football League
The inaugural season kicked off on the 25 November 2020, with 10 teams competing for the maiden title. The 10 teams were divided into two groups of 5, with the table toppers from each group advancing to the final.


2020 Himachal Football League, Final
Himachal FC from group B were the first team to enter final of the inaugural edition of Himachal Football League.


2020 Hobart International
The 2020 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Hobart International and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 13 to 18 January 2020.


2020 Hobart International, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2020 Hobart International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2020 Hobart International, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Hobart International, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:


2020 Hobart International – Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan were the defending champions, but they lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko and Sharon Fichman.


2020 Hobart International – Doubles
Nadiia Kichenok and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai in the final, 6–4, 6–4. This was Mirza's first tournament since 2017 after maternity leave.


2020 Hobart International – Singles
Sofia Kenin was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Adelaide instead.


2020 Hobart International – Singles
Elena Rybakina won the title, defeating Zhang Shuai in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–3.


2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was intended to be played between March 13 and March 21, 2020, at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The tournament would have been the 36th in league history. On March 12, 2020, the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, before any games were played.


2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
Continuing the new format re-introduced in the previous year's tournament, eight of the 11 teams qualified for the 2020 Hockey East tournament. The top four teams in the league standings hosted seeds five through eight on campus in the quarterfinals in the first round of the playoffs, while the remaining teams are eliminated from championship contention.


2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The four quarterfinal winners are reseeded again as they advance to the TD Garden in Boston for the semifinals and Championship Game.


2020 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo season
The 2020 season is Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo's 9th season in the J1 League.


2020 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo season, Competitions
The 2020 Meiji Yasuda J1 League season began on 21 February 2020.


2020 Hollywood Casino 400
The 2020 Hollywood Casino 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 18, 2020 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was be the 33rd race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the seventh race of the Playoffs, and first race of the Round of 8.


2020 Hollywood Casino 400, Report, Background
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The Verizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.


2020 Hollywood Casino 400, Qualifying
Chase Elliott was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.


2020 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Final Stage results
The closing laps were met with disdain from some in the journalism and fan ranks, who suggested that the NA18D aerodynamics package used for the race prevented the best driver from winning the race.


2020 Hollywood Casino 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the action from the booth, the first time since the March Phoenix round that commentators have been on site other than Charlotte. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties, Rutledge Wood and Super Bowl XLVII champion Bernard Pollard handled the features from their homes during the race.


2020 Hollywood Casino 400, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Winston Kelley and Steve Post covered the action for MRN from pit lane.


2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Crusaders, led by third-year head coach Bob Chesney, played their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League.


2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.


2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team, Schedule
Holy Cross had game scheduled against Yale on September 19, Harvard on October 3, and Brown on October 10, which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy
In the subsequently postponed 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, 12 opposition candidates were disqualified by the returning officers from running in the election, including four incumbent legislators, Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, Dennis Kwok and Kenneth Leung, as well as activists Joshua Wong, Ventus Lau, Gwyneth Ho and Cheng Kam-mun and incumbent District Councillors Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen, Fergus Leung and Cheng Tat-hung.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Background
The political screening of Legislative Council candidates began in the 2016 Legislative Council election when six localists were barred from running in the election for their alleged advocacy for Hong Kong independence, including Edward Leung of Hong Kong Indigenous, who had previously contested the 2016 New Territories East by-election, and Chan Ho-tin of the Hong Kong National Party. Returning officer Cora Ho Lai-sheung rejected Leung's nomination referring to Leung's Facebook posts, newspaper clippings and cited transcripts of remarks made at press conferences, and stated that although Leung had signed the forms, she did not believe that he had "genuinely changed his previous stance for independence".


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Background
Screening of candidates for political reasons continued in the March 2018 Legislative Council by-elections, where Agnes Chow (Demosistō) and Ventus Lau (Shatin Community Network) were barred from running in late January 2018. Returning officer Teng Yu-yan ruled on Chow's candidature stating that "the candidate cannot possibly comply with the requirements of the relevant electoral laws, since advocating or promoting 'self-determination' is contrary to the content of the declaration that the law requires a candidate to make to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the [Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]".


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Background
On 13 February 2018, High Court judge Thomas Au upheld the returning officer's decision to disqualify Chan Ho-tin from joining the 2016 Legislative Council election (viz: Chan Ho Tin v Lo Ying Ki Alan & Ors). Justice Au ruled that: "The returning officer was entitled to look at matters beyond the compliance of the nomination form to come to a view as to whether Mr Chan at the time of the nomination intended to uphold the Basic Lasic Law and pledge allegiance to the HKSAR".


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Background
Pro -democracy candidate Lau Siu-lai, who had previously been disqualified from the Legislative Council over her oath-taking, was barred from running in the November 2018 Kowloon West by-election. The returning officer invalidated her candidacy on the basis of Lau previous advocacy of Hong Kong's self-determination, which showed "she had no intention of upholding the Basic Law and pledging allegiance to Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China."


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Pre-warning
In May 2020, the Beijing authorities initiated a plan for implementing the national security law for Hong Kong that would prominently criminalise "separatism, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference", which was widely interpreted as a crackdown on civil liberties, government critics, and the independence movement. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang suggested that anyone who opposed the coming national security law would be disqualified from September's Legislative Council elections. He stressed that it was everyone's duty to safeguard national security, and the imposition of security laws "is only natural".


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Pre-warning
After some candidates in the July 2020 pro-democracy primaries, and organisers, called for a LegCo majority in order to vote down the budget and other government proposals in order to force the government to accede to the five key demands, Chief Executive Carrie Lam issued a strong warning, saying it was subversive for them to vow to seize control of the legislature and vote down key government proposals. "If this so-called primary election's purpose is to achieve the ultimate goal of delivering what they called '35+' [ lawmakers], with the objective of objecting or resisting every policy initiative of the HKSAR government, it may fall into the category of subverting the state power – one of the four types of offences under the national security law," she said.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Disqualifications
On 30 July, one day before the nomination period ended, 12 opposition candidates were disqualified from the election. Of these, four were incumbent Legislative Council members: Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, Dennis Kwok and Kenneth Leung. Activists Joshua Wong and Ventus Lau, incumbent District Councillors Cheng Tat-hung, Fergus Leung, Tiffany Yuen and Lester Shum; former reporter Gwyneth Ho and Civic Passion's Cheng Kam-mun were also banned from running.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Disqualifications
In her ruling letter to Gwyneth Ho, returning officer Amy Yeung said, referring to a statement against the national security law from 25 July that Ho had co-signed: "By adopting such an unequivocal expression against the national security law, it casts serious doubt on whether the candidate embraces, promotes, and supports the fundamental principle of 'One Country, Two Systems', and therefore objectively has the genuine and true intention to uphold the Basic Law at the time of the nomination." In her statement, Yeung also referred to the statements of Ho regarding her intent to safeguard national security as "obvious sham".


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Disqualifications
Joshua Wong's disqualification was based on previous statements on "self-determination" made by his disbanded party Demosistō, according to returning officer Alice Choi, as well as Wong's seeking 'foreign interference' in the affairs of the Hong Kong and central government, objection to the national security law and abusing the proper function of lawmakers by forcing the government to accede to certain demands after securing a majority as Choi's ruling stated.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Disqualifications, Potential disqualifications
At least 21 other opposition candidates were still under review by the returning officers, including six Democratic Party legislators and Joshua Wong's nine allies from the "resistance bloc". "Returning officers are still reviewing the validity of other nominations according to the law. We do not rule out the possibility that more nominations would be invalidated," the government said in a statement. It was reported that Hui Chi-fung, Eddie Chu, Raymond Chan, Jimmy Sham and Sunny Cheung were also going to be disqualified. However, the entire electoral process was suspended after Chief Executive Carrie Lam on 31 July announced that the election would be postponed for a year, citing the resurgence of the COVID-19 cases, leaving the validity of those candidacies unresolved.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, Domestic
The government issued a press release shortly after news of the disqualification spread. The government said it "agrees with and supports" returning officers' decisions to invalidate 12 nominees. "The HKSAR government reiterates that upholding the Basic Law is a fundamental constitutional duty of every LegCo Member. People having the following behaviours could not genuinely uphold the Basic Law and could not therefore perform the duties of a LegCo Member," the statement wrote.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, Domestic
Joshua Wong condemned the government decision to disqualify his candidacy. "I was just disqualified from running in the upcoming LegCo election in Hong Kong, even though I got the highest vote share in the primary, with 31,398 votes obtained," Wong wrote. "The excuse they use is that I describe national security law as a draconian law, which shows that I do not support this sweeping law." Wong also said that it "beyond any doubt the most scandalous election fraud era in Hong Kong history," Wong said. "Our resistance will continue on and we hope the world can stand with us in the upcoming uphill battle."


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, Domestic
Alan Leong, chairman of the Civic Party and former legislator who saw four of his party's candidates disqualified, called such a disqualification move by the administration a big insult and harm to Hongkongers' right to vote and right to stand for election that are protected under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, International
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned the government decision: "I condemn the decision to disqualify opposition candidates from standing in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council elections." He said it was "clear they have been disqualified because of their political views", adding that "the Hong Kong authorities must uphold their commitments to the people of Hong Kong". The government decision, Raab said, undermined the integrity of "one country, two systems" principle – which stipulates China's relationship with Hong Kong – and the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Hong Kong's Basic Law.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, International
Lawmakers from more than a dozen countries who formed the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) issued a statement condemning "the obstruction of the democratic process" of the Hong Kong government. "We urge the international community to meet this further diminution of Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms with a proportionate response," said the group led by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and former British Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith. Reinhard Bütikofer, the European Parliament member in charge of China, called on European Union authorities to impose sanctions on Chief Executive Carrie Lam.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, International
Chris Patten, former British governor of Hong Kong, called it "an outrageous political purge of Hong Kong’s democrats". "The national security law is being used to disenfranchise the majority of Hong Kong's citizens," Patten said. "It is obviously now illegal to believe in democracy, although this was what Beijing promised in and after the Joint Declaration. This is the sort of behaviour that you would expect in a police state."


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, International
Germany announced it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over the delay of the election and disqualification of the opposition candidates. "The Hong Kong government's decision to disqualify a dozen opposition candidates for the election and to postpone the elections ... is a further encroachment on the rights of Hong Kong citizens," Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement. "Given the current developments, we have decided to suspend the extradition treaty with Hong Kong."


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, International
The European Union High Representative said in a statement that the disqualification of pro-democracy candidates, including sitting legislators previously democratically elected by the people of Hong Kong, weaken Hong Kong's international reputation as a free and open society. The protection of civil and political rights in Hong Kong is a fundamental part of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, which the EU supports. It called on the Hong Kong authorities to reconsider these decisions.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy, Responses, International
On 18 November, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement condemning the disqualification of pro-democracy legislators as a breach of Hong Kong's autonomy and rights under the framework of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. In response, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Zhao Lijian issued a warning to the Five Eyes countries, stating that "No matter if they have five eyes or 10 eyes, if they dare to harm China's sovereignty, security and development interests, they should beware of their eyes being poked and blinded."


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations
On 11 November 2020, 15 Hong Kong pro-democracy members of the Legislative Council announced their resignations in protest against the decision of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) which bars Legislative Council members from supporting Hong Kong independence, refusing to recognise Beijing's sovereignty over Hong Kong, seeking help from "foreign countries or foreign forces to interfere in the affairs of the region" or committing "other acts that endanger national security" that resulted in the disqualification of pro-democracy legislators Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations
In July 2020, the four had been barred from running in the subsequently postponed Legislative Council election originally scheduled for September 2020. The resignation en masse left the Legislative Council membership dwindled to 43 out of the total number of 70 seats, with virtually no opposition for the first time since the 1997 handover.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Oath taking controversy and by-election overturns
The first instance of unseating members from the Legislative Council for political reason occurred in November 2016, triggered by the oath-taking controversy of several pro-democracy and localist members.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Oath taking controversy and by-election overturns
On 7 November 2016, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) controversially interpreted Article 104 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong to "clarify" the requirements that the legislators need to swear allegiance to Hong Kong as part of China when they take office, stating that a person "who intentionally reads out words which do not accord with the wording of the oath prescribed by law, or takes the oath in a manner which is not sincere or not solemn" should be barred from taking their public office and cannot retake the oath. As a result, two localist members Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung of Youngspiration were unseated by the court. On 14 July 2017, four more pro-democracy legislators – Leung Kwok-hung, Nathan Law, Yiu Chung-yim and Lau Siu-lai were unseated by the court.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Oath taking controversy and by-election overturns
The vacancies left by the six disqualified members were filled in by the March and November by-elections in 2018. However the disqualifications of localist candidates Agnes Chow and Ventus Lau by returning officers, which had been based on their stances on allegiance and independence before the March by-election, was successfully challenged in court, on the basis of the disqualified candidates not having been given any reasonable opportunity to respond to the returning officers' questions which led to their ineligibility. Similarly, the election result of the November by-election was overturned by the court regarding the returning officer's decision to disqualify Lau Siu-lai. As a result, two pro-democrats Au Nok-hin and Gary Fan who were elected in March 2018 and pro-Beijing independent Chan Hoi-yan in November 2018 were unseated.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Candidates' disqualification and election postponement
Another wave of disqualifications of pro-democracy candidates in the 2020 Legislative Council general election by the returning officers occurred in the end of the nomination period in July. 12 pro-democrats including four incumbent Legislative Council members – Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, Dennis Kwok and Kenneth Leung – were also disqualified on the grounds of either expressing an objection in principle to the newly imposed national security law, refusing to recognise the exercise of the sovereignty by the People's Republic of China over Hong Kong or soliciting foreign interference into Hong Kong affairs.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Candidates' disqualification and election postponement
Within a day, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on 31 July that she would invoke the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to postpone the September general election for a whole year citing the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 cases. For the lacuna of the Legislative Council arising from the postponement, Carrie Lam sought for support and guidance by the central government. Pro -democracy legislators slammed the government for using the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to delay the vote to avoid a potential repeating defeat in the election after the 2019 District Council electoral landslide.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Candidates' disqualification and election postponement
They warned that doing so would "trigger a constitutional crisis in the city." The pro-democrats also compared the situation to the eve of the 1997 handover when the Beijing government installed the pro-Beijing-dominated Provisional Legislative Council to counter the fully elected colonial Legislative Council. Pro -democrat legislators refused to join the provisional legislature on the grounds it was extra-constitutional and not democratically elected.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Candidates' disqualification and election postponement
On 11 August, the National People Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) unanimously passed a decision to extend the incumbent 6th Legislative Council to extend its term for no less than one year, although it did not explain the legal basis for the extension which was in contradiction to the term limit stipulated in Article 69 of the Basic Law, neither did it mention the status of the four incumbent legislators who were barred from running by the returning officers in July.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Candidates' disqualification and election postponement
The NPCSC decision sparked an internal strife within the pro-democracy camp on whether to stay in the Legislative Council for the extended term. Most of the fresh face candidates who had won the July pro-democracy primaries argued against staying in the legislature as they deemed the NPCSC decision to be unconstitutional, while most traditional pro-democrat incumbents believed in the advantages of staying on the legislature to oppose the government bills, and receiving public funding and resources.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, Background, Candidates' disqualification and election postponement
The factions agreed on taking collective action according to a citywide survey, which showed that 47.1 per cent of the respondents voted to stay, while 45.8 per cent voted for leave. Abiding by the results, seven Democratic Party, four Civic Party and five Professionals Guild legislators, as well as Claudia Mo (HK First), Leung Yiu-chung (NWSC), and Fernando Cheung (Labour) decided to stay. Tanya Chan of the Civic Party announced that she would leave and resign from the party for health and family reasons. Belonging to the more radical wing of the camp, Eddie Chu and Raymond Chan had also stated that they would leave the legislature.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, November NPCSC decision and resignations
On 11 November 2020, the National People Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) ruled in a decision which bars Legislative Council members from supporting Hong Kong independence, refusing to recognise Beijing's sovereignty over Hong Kong, seeking help from "foreign countries or foreign forces to interfere in the affairs of the region" or committing "other acts that endanger national security", targeting the four sitting legislators, Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, Dennis Kwok and Kenneth Leung whose candidacies had been invalidated by the returning officers earlier in July.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, November NPCSC decision and resignations
Following the decision, Chief Executive Carrie Lam explained that it was the Hong Kong government who had requested Beijing's intervention in the matter, contradicting her earlier pledge not to disqualify the four legislators. On the same day, the SAR administration announced that four legislators had been stripped of their seats with immediate effect. In response to the disqualification, Dennis Kwok said that "if observing due process and protecting systems...and fighting for democracy and human rights would lead to the consequences of being disqualified, it would be my honour. I say the same today...it’s been my honour to serve."


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, November NPCSC decision and resignations
In response, the 15 remaining pro-democracy legislators announced they would resign en masse in solidarity with the disqualified members. "We can no longer tell the world that we still have 'One Country, Two Systems', this declares its official death," said Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai. "In view of our colleagues who were ousted today, all democrats decide to stand with them and resign en masse. The move will not frustrate us, as we know democracy will not be achieved overnight. The road to democracy is especially long when confronting an authoritarian regime.


2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations, November NPCSC decision and resignations
But we will not be defeated by pressure and oppression. We will find a new way." The resignation en masse would leave the Legislative Council without virtual opposition for the first time since the handover. Cheng Chung-tai of localist Civic Passion and non-aligned independent Pierre Chan of the Medical constituency said they would remain in the Legislative Council, becoming the minority among 41 pro-Beijing members.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries
The 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries were held on 11 and 12 July 2020 for selecting the numbers of pro-democracy candidates for the subsequently postponed 2020 Legislative Council election to maximise the chance for the pro-democrats to achieve a majority in the 70-seat Legislative Council.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries
With a turnout of more than 600,000, which equals to nearly half of votes received by the pro-democracy camp in the 2016 general election, it was the most-participated primary held in the history of Hong Kong since the 1997 handover, despite the SAR government's threats of the organisers' potential breaching of the newly imposed national security law.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries
Traditional pro-democrat parties lost grounds to the localist new faces, with an unofficial six-person alliance led by Joshua Wong and Nathan Law of the disbanded Demosistō becoming the biggest winner in the primaries. The candidates they endorsed also emerged as either top or runner-up candidates in their respective constituencies.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Background
In 2019 amid the historic anti-extradition protests and the pro-democracy landslide in the District Council elections, legal scholar Benny Tai, one of the initiators of the 2014 Occupy protests, put forward a plan for the pro-democrats to win a majority of the seats in the Legislative Council to block the government's bills including the expected legislation of the Article 23 of the Basic Law which would in turn put pressure on the government to implement the five key demands of the protest movement. Based on prior experience, where excessive numbers of candidates split the pro-democratic votes in the 2016 election, he proposed a primary election within the pro-democracy camp to maximise the chance for the pro-democrats to win more seats by setting a limit on the numbers of candidates and avoid wasting votes.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Mechanism
To be eligible for the primaries, each candidate had to obtain at least 100 registered voter nominations and pay a deposit HK$10,000. The election, organised by Benny Tai and former Legislative Council member Au Nok-hin, coordinated by Power for Democracy, was set to take place from 11–12 July between 9 am and 9 pm. The voting system was designed by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI), which also conducted polls on the recommended candidates. The surveyed results would be used to consolidate the final list of nominees for eachh seat in the official election in September. Voters were required to submit proof of residency or electoral register identification, and bring a smartphone to designated polling stations where they would scan the QR code and fill out their personal details to vote.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Nominations
A total of 52 nomination lists were received during the nomination period for all five geographical constituencies, the five-seat District Council (Second) and Health Services functional constituency. Most potential candidates pledged their willingness to coordinate with organisers, except for political party Civic Passion and New Territories East candidate Law Ting-fai who declined to join the primaries.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Nominations
The Kwai Chung-based small political group Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) which held one seat in the legislature also declared they would not follow the agreement in which a losing candidates in the primaries would not participate in the general election. Instead, the NWSC suggested it may drop out in the latter stage if the poll numbers suggested the candidate had no chance of winning. There was a backlash among the pro-democrats towards the NWSC, who was accused of undermining the mechanism of the primaries. The NWSC later withdrew their candidacy altogether and stated that they would not field any candidate in the general election.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Security law and legal threats
On 30 June, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) approved the final draft of the national security legislation for Hong Kong. Hours after the legislation, leading members of pro-democracy group Demosistō Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Agnes Chow and Jeffrey Ng announced their departure from the party. Demosistō members had been repeatedly barred from standing for election with authorities citing their previous stance on "self-determination" for the city, of which Wong and Law were also running in the upcoming primaries as Demosistō members. Subsequently, Demosistō declared that it would disband after the mass resignations on the same day. Few days after, Nathan Law said he had fled Hong Kong in response to the security law. He later dropped out from the primary and endorsed Tiffany Yuen.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Security law and legal threats
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang warned that the primaries might violate the new Beijing-imposed national security law. Tsang said one the objectives of the primaries was to win a majority of seats in the legislature and subsequently vote against the budget. He added this could contravene clauses in the new law prohibiting secession, subversion and collusion with foreign powers. Benny Tai refuted the claim by saying such advocacy work was in accordance with the principles of the Basic Law. He added that vetoing the budget would not constitute "seriously interfering in, disrupting, or undermining the performance of duties and functions" of the government under Article 22 of the new law because the chief executive has the power to dismiss the legislature and call a by-election.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Security law and legal threats
On 10 July one day before the primaries, the Housing Authority sent out a mass letter saying all District Councillors were barred from using their offices as polling stations or for any purposes other than related to district council activities. It warned that action might be taken against the District Councillors who were found to have violated terms in their rental contracts. A pro-democracy ice cream shop also had to scrap the plan to become a polling station after the property managers warned their participation could violate the tenancy agreement. At night, Hong Kong Police raided the Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) office in Wong Chuk Hang, accusing the organisation of dishonest use of a computer. Au Nok-hin said the police move was to suppress the weekend voting and cast a "deterrent effect" on organisers and supporters.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Results
Over 590,000 electronic ballots and more than 20,000 paper ballots were recorded throughout the two-day vote, more than 13 per cent of the total number of registered voters and far exceeding the organisers' expected turnout of 170,000. Despite the national security law and legal threats, "Hong Kong people have made history again – another miracle happened in Hong Kong," Benny Tai said. "Hong Kong people – after all these years, since 2003 – have demonstrated to the world, and also to the authorities, that we have not given up to strive for democracy."


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Results
Traditional parties lost grounds in most of the direct constituencies to the localist new faces, with Democratic Party incumbent legislator Helena Wong only came seventh in her Kowloon West constituency. Former legislator "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung of the League of Social Democrats managed only ninth place in New Territories East for which only the top seven candidates would run in the general election. Joseph Lee, incumbent legislator of the Health Services constituency also lost to Winnie Yu of the labour union Hospital Authority Employees Alliance which launched labour strike in the anti-extradition protests. Candidates from numerous small parties were wiped out, including Carol Ng from the Labour Party, who lost in New Territories West.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Results
Localist candidates emerged as the new force in the primaries, with an unofficial six-person alliance led by former Demosistō secretary-general Joshua Wong, incumbent legislator Eddie Chu and endorsed by withdrawn candidate Nathan Law, all became either the top or runner-up candidate in their respective constituencies. Wong himself was the top candidate in Kowloon East, while Eddie Chu and former journalist Gwyneth Ho and came first in New Territories West and New Territories East respectively. Tiffany Yuen who was endorsed by Nathan Law and activist Sunny Cheung also came in second in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon West respectively, with activist Lester Shum came in second in the District Council (Second) and Winnie Yu won the Health Services functional constituency.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Responses
Chief Executive Carrie Lam issued a strong warning to the candidates and organisers of the primaries, saying it was subversive for them to vow to seize control of the legislature and vote down key government proposals. "If this so-called primary election's purpose is to achieve the ultimate goal of delivering what they called '35+' [ lawmakers], with the objective of objecting or resisting every policy initiative of the HKSAR government, it may fall into the category of subverting the state power – one of the four types of offences under the national security law," she said.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Responses
A spokesman for Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong condemned the opposition camp for ignoring the Hong Kong government's warning of possible legal breaches and pressing ahead with the primary. "It is a serious provocation to the current election system, seriously damages the fairness and impartiality of the Legislative Council election, and seriously harms to the legal rights and interests of other candidates," the office wrote.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Responses
It named Benny Tai as a suspect in a possible breach of the national security law by coordinating with the opposition camp to seek control of the legislature, vote down the budget, paralyse the government and subvert the state power. It also accused Tai and the opposition of aiming to take over the city's governance by staging the Hong Kong version of a "colour revolution". The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) also accused organiser Benny Tai of "illegally manipulating" the Hong Kong's electoral system, challenging the new national security law and acting as a political agent for foreign forces.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Responses
Benny Tai defended that the candidates were not seeking to undermine the performance of duties and functions by the body of power of the central government or of Hong Kong, referring to their agreement that pro-democrats should veto the budget if they were voted into the legislature. "Legco’s power of vetoing the budget is stated in the Basic Law," he said. "How can a power that is recognised by the Basic Law be breaching the national security law?" Amid the threats from the Beijing authorities, Au Nok-hin announced on 15 July that he would step down as the organiser of the primaries.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Responses
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated the success of the primaries and said the United States was gravely concerned over Carrie Lam's warning that the primaries might have violated the new national security law. In a statement, Pompeo said Washington would be watching developments in Hong Kong closely and urged the Legislative Council general election in September to be "equally free and fair".


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Arrests and trials
53 pro-democracy activists were arrested on 6 January 2021 morning under the new national security law over their organisation and participation in the primaries including six organizers and 47 participants. The police also searched 72 places including home of jailed activist Joshua Wong, the offices of news outlets Apple Daily, Stand News and InMedia HK and froze more than $200,000 in funds related to the effort.


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Arrests and trials
Maya Wang of Human Rights Watch issued a statement condemning the arrests: "The Chinese government has decided to mark 2021 with sweeping arrests of over 50 prominent pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, removing the remaining veneer of democracy in the city. Beijing once again has failed to learn from its mistakes in Hong Kong: that repression generates resistance, and that millions of Hong Kong people will persist in their struggle for their right to vote and run for office in a democratically elected government." The arrests also received a round of international criticism. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called "the mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong is a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms as protected under the Joint Declaration."


2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Arrests and trials
On 28 February 2021, of the 55 pro-democracy figures initially arrested in January, 47 were officially charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law.


2020 Honolulu mayoral election
The 2020 Honolulu mayoral election determined the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the term commencing in January 2021. Incumbent mayor Kirk Caldwell is ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.


2020 Honolulu mayoral election
The position of Mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With no candidate receiving an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers, Rick Blangiardi and Keith Amemiya, advanced to a November general election runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.


2020 Honolulu mayoral election
Rick Blangiardi dominated the general election, defeating Amemiya with 58.2% of all votes. The City and County also had a record-shattering turnout, with 385,442 total votes in the election being cast. This was the highest turnout in as many years. Blangiardi was inaugurated as mayor on January 2, 2021.


2020 Hooters 250
The 2020 Hooters 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on June 13, 2020 at Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 167 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the ninth race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the first of two races for the Xfinity Series at Homestead. Joe Gibbs Racing's Harrison Burton won his second race of the season and became the track's youngest series race winner.


2020 Hooters 250
The race was originally scheduled to be held on March 21, but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Hooters 250, Report, Background
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the NTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series


2020 Hooters 250, Report, Background
From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.


2020 Hooters 250, Report, Background
The race was held without fans in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Hooters 250, NstQualifying
Harrison Burton was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.


2020 Hooters 250, Media, Television
The Hooters 250 was carried by FOX in the United States. Adam Alexander, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer, and Jamie McMurray called the race from the Fox Sports Studio in Charlotte, with Regan Smith covering pit road.


2020 Hooters 250, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Mike Bagley and Alex Hayden anchored the action from the booth. Dave Moody called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Jeff Striegle called the action through turns 3 & 4. NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director Winston Kelley and Steve Post provided reports from pit road.


2020 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2019–20 men's basketball season for the Horizon League, and the final event in the league's 2019-20 season. It began on March 3, 2020 and ended on March 10; first-round and quarterfinal games were played at the home courts of the higher seed, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis. The winner received the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, though that was cancelled two days later due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with all other winter tourneys and spring sports.


2020 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
9 of 10 eligible teams participated in the tournament with the top 2 teams receiving byes to the semifinals. Detroit Mercy was ineligible for postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to low APR scores. Teams were seeded by conference record, then seeded further with tiebreakers for teams with the same win-loss records.


2020 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Horizon League. It will be held March 3 through March 10, 2020. The winner, IUPUI, earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2020 NCAA Women's Tournament, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All ten teams will participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2020 Hougang United FC season
The 2020 season is Hougang United's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup. They will also compete in the 2020 AFC Cup, a first in their history.


2020 Hougang United FC season, Squad, Tiong Bahru FC
(Chairman, Bill Ng is also the chairman for the club)


2020 Hougang United FC season, Transfers, Pre-season transfers, In
Note 1: Syukri Bashir returned to the team after the loan and move to Tanjong Pagar United.


2020 Hougang United FC season, Transfers, Pre-season transfers, In
Note 2: Amer Hakeem was released after returning from loan.


2020 Hougang United FC season, Transfers, Pre-season transfers, Out
Note 1: Amer Hakeem was released after returning from loan. He moved to Geylang International in the mid-season transfer window.


2020 Hougang United FC season, Transfers, Mid-season transfer, In
Note 1: Afiq Yunos returned to the team after the loan and move from Trat FC was cancelled due to Covid 19.


2020 Houston Astros season
The 2020 Houston Astros season was the 59th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas, their 56th as the Astros, eighth in the AL West division, and 21st at Minute Maid Park. The team entered the season as the defending champions of the American League. It was the first season played after their sign stealing scandal was made public during the previous offseason.


2020 Houston Astros season
The season was shortened to a 60-game schedule due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 All-Star Game was also canceled due to the delayed start to the season.


2020 Houston Astros season
On September 25, by virtue of a loss by the Los Angeles Angels, the Astros clinched a playoff berth, making it their fourth consecutive postseason appearance, as well as their fifth in the last six years. The Astros finished the regular season 29–31, becoming the second American League team to reach the playoffs with a losing record, the first being the 1981 Kansas City Royals. They received the No. 6 seed in the newly expanded playoffs.


2020 Houston Astros season
On September 30, the Astros became the first sub-.500 team to win a playoff series, eliminating the Minnesota Twins in a two-game sweep in the Wild Card Series. The Astros advanced to the American League Division Series where they defeated the Oakland Athletics three games to one, batting in a historic 33 runs (and 12 home runs) across 35 innings. They then advanced to their fourth consecutive American League Championship Series, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in seven games despite nearly completing a dramatic comeback in forcing a Game 7 after trailing three games to none.


2020 Houston Astros season, COVID-19 effects on season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than fifty people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.


2020 Houston Astros season, Offseason, Sign-stealing controversy
For years, some individuals on other teams had suspected the Astros of stealing signs, but there was no public reporting on the subject until November 2019, when The Athletic reporters Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich at The Athletic published an article detailing the team's activities. Mike Fiers, a pitcher who played for the Astros in 2017, told The Athletic that the organization used a video camera in center field to film the opposing catcher's signals to the pitcher regarding the next pitch.


2020 Houston Astros season, Offseason, Sign-stealing controversy
Astros players or team staffers watching the live camera feed behind the dugout used various audio cues to signal to the batter what type of pitch was coming next. MLB opened an investigation into the allegations and confirmed in January 2020 that the Astros illegally used a camera system to steal signs during the 2017 regular season and postseason, during which they won the World Series, as well as in part of the 2018 regular season. MLB found no evidence of illicit sign stealing in the 2019 season, in which the Astros advanced to the World Series but lost.


2020 Houston Astros season, Offseason, Sign-stealing controversy
As a result, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and field manager A. J. Hinch were suspended for the entire 2020 season for failing to prevent the rules violations. The Astros were fined the maximum allowable $5 million and forfeited their first- and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts. No players were punished because they had been given immunity by MLB in exchange for their cooperation. The Astros subsequently fired both Luhnow and Hinch on the day their suspensions were announced.


2020 Houston Astros season, Offseason, Sign-stealing controversy
MLB's investigation also determined that Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora helped mastermind the Astros' sign stealing while serving as Hinch's bench coach in 2017; Boston and Cora mutually parted ways the following day, and MLB later suspended Cora through the 2020 postseason. Carlos Beltrán was the only Astros player from 2017 who was specifically named in the report; he had been hired to manage the New York Mets in November 2019 but parted ways with the team after the results of MLB's investigation were announced.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, Wild Card Series
The Astros played the Twins in the Wild Card series at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, Wild Card Series, Game 1
Zack Greinke got the ball for the Astros against Twins ace Kenta Maeda. Greinke pitched four innings, allowing 1 run. Framber Valdez relieved Greinke in the 5th inning, and pitched 5 scoreless innings. Meanwhile, George Springer tied the game with an RBI single, and the Astros scored 3 runs in the 9th off Sergio Romo & Caleb Thielbar.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, Wild Card Series, Game 2
José Urquidy got the ball for the Astros against José Berríos. Urquidy pitched 4+1⁄3 innings, allowing 1 run, and was relieved by lefty Brooks Raley. Twins DH Nelson Cruz was the only source of offense for the Twins, as he drove in both runs for the Twins in the series. Cristian Javier pitched 3 scoreless innings, while Carlos Correa provided a go-ahead home run and the Astros got a 2 run single from breakout star Kyle Tucker. Pressly closed it out in the 9th inning to send the Astros to the ALDS.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series
The Astros faced their division rivals, the Oakland Athletics, in the ALDS. Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, all games of the series were played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series, Game 1
The Astros announced that Lance McCullers Jr. would get the ball for game one against A's ace Chris Bassitt. A's DH Khris Davis got the scoring started with a two-run home run in the second inning, followed by a Sean Murphy solo shot in the third. The Astros responded with a solo home run from Alex Bregman and a game-tying home run from Carlos Correa in the top of the fourth. The A's responded quickly with a solo shot from Matt Olson to put the A's back in front, 4–3. Both starters lasted four innings.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series, Game 1
A Mark Canha sacrifice fly extended the A's lead to 5–3 in the fifth. The Astros took the lead in the sixth, when Josh Reddick reached on a fielding error with two outs and Martín Maldonado singled. George Springer then doubled to score Reddick José Altuve followed it up with a double to drive in both Maldonado and Springer giving the Astros a 6–5 lead. Michael Brantley singled in Altuve to make it 7–5. Correa hit his second home run of the game in the seventh to make it 8–5. The Astros then broke it open in the ninth inning with a Correa RBI single and a Yuli Gurriel sacrifice fly. Ryan Pressly worked a 1–2–3 ninth inning to seal the Game 1 victory for the Astros 10–5.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series, Game 2
Left-handed pitcher Framber Valdez started game two of the series against A's left hander Sean Manaea. A's DH Khris Davis hit another home run to give the A's the lead in the second inning. The Astros fought back and took the lead when George Springer hit a two-run home run in the third. The Astros added another run on a Correa RBI groundout in the fourth moving the lead to 3–1. The A's countered with a Chad Pinder solo home run in the fourth to narrow the lead to 3–2. Martín Maldonado and Springer hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning to push the Astro's lead to 5–2. Ryan Pressly picked up the save for the Astros as they moved the A's to the edge of elimination with a 2–0 game lead in the series.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series, Game 3
José Urquidy started Game 3 for Houston, while the A's started Jesús Luzardo. A's second baseman Tommy La Stella got the scoring started with a solo home run in the first inning. The Astros responded with a solo home run from José Altuve and a Correa RBI groundout to take the lead in the bottom of the first. The A's responded again with a solo home run from left fielder Mark Canha to tie the game at two. The A's took the lead in the fourth inning on a Matt Olson solo home run..


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series, Game 3
The A's would pushed the lead to two with a Marcus Semien solo shot in the fifth. However, Houston tied it in the bottom of the fifth inning with an Aledmys Díaz two-run home run. The Astros retook the lead later in the inning with a Michael Brantley RBI single, an Alex Bregman RBI double, and a Kyle Tucker RBI single. Trailing 7–4, the A's tied it in the top of the seventh on a Chad Pinder three-run home run. The A's added two more runs in the eighth inning to cap the scoring. A's closer Liam Hendriks pitched three scoreless innings to save the A's season and send the series to a Game 4.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series, Game 4
The A's started Frankie Montas while the Astros started Zack Greinke. A's outfielder Ramón Laureano got the scoring started with a three-run home run in the second. The Astros responded in the fourth inning with a two-run home run from Michael Brantley and a three-run home run by Carlos Correa. Trailing 5–3, the A's pulled within one on another home run from Laureano that chased Greinke from the game. Lefty Blake Taylor came in and got the final out of the fifth inning.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Division Series, Game 4
In the bottom of the fifth, Brantley hit his secondnd home run of the game and Correa added an RBI single to make it 7–4. In the sixth, Kyle Tucker added an RBI single followed by another run-scoring single by Correa that to move the lead to 9–4. José Altuve added a two-run home run in the seventh to make it 11–4 Astros. The A's attempted to mount a comeback in the ninth when Marcus Semien drove in a run on a single and Tommy La Stella singled in Semien before Astros closer Ryan Pressly shut the door in the ninth to send the Astros to the ALCS.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series
The Astros faced the No. 1-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS. Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, all games of the best-of-seven series were played at Petco Park in San Diego, California.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 1
The Astros started left-hander Framber Valdez, while the Rays started to left-hander Blake Snell in game one of the series The Astros got the scoring started with a solo home run from José Altuve in the first inning. The Rays tied it on a solo home run from Randy Arozarena in the fourth inning and took the lead in the fifth inning on a Mike Zunino RBI single. Blake Snell pitched five innings and allowed only one run. Valdez pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits. The Rays' bullpen pitched four scoreless innings in relief as the Rays held on for the 2–1 victory. The win gave the Rays a 1–0 lead in the series.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 2
The Astros started right hander Lance McCullers Jr., while the Rays started right hander Charlie Morton. The Rays got the scoring started with a 3-run home run from outfielder Manuel Margot. The Astros got on the board with a solo home run from shortstop Carlos Correa. The Rays added 1 more run from catcher Mike Zunino. The Astros started a rally in the 9th against Rays closer Nick Anderson, but only managed 1 run as the Astros fell into a 0–2 hole in the ALCS.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 3
The Rays started left-hander Ryan Yarbrough, while the Astros started right-hander José Urquidy in Game 3 of the series with the Astros becoming the home team. The Astros took another early lead on a José Altuve home run in the first. Still leading by one in the sixth, the Rays pushed across six runs on a two-run scoring single by Joey Wendle. A hit batter drove in another run and a double with the bases loaded by Hunter Renfroe gave the Rays a 5–1 lead. A Michael Brantley home run in the sixth pulled the Astros within three, but they could must no further as they lost their third straight game. The loss moved the Astros to the edge of elimination in a 3–0 series hole.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 4
The Rays started right hander Tyler Glasnow, while the Astros countered with Zack Greinke. The Astros took an early lead with another first inning home run from José Altuve and then added another run on an Altuve RBI double in the third. The Rays tied it at two in the fourth inning on an Randy Arozarena home run. George Springer hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth. The Rays drew within a run on a Willy Adames run-scoring double in the top of the ninth. Ryan Pressly was able to get the final out and move the series to Game 5 with the Astros trailing three-games-to-one.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 5
The Rays started Game 5 with an opener in right-hander John Curtiss, while the Astros started rookie right-hander Luis García. The Astros, in their last game as the home team in the series, got the scoring started with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first from George Springer. The Rays tied it on a Brandon Lowe solo homer  in the third. However, the Astros answered and took the lead in the bottom of the third with a two-run single from Michael Brantley.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 5
The Rays narrowed the lead to one with another home run from Randy Arozarena in the fifth. With only six outs remaining in the game, the Rays tied it in the top of the eighth on a Ji-man Choi solo home run. With the game still tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, Carlos Correa homered to straight away center field to give the Astros the 4–3 win and extend the series to a Game 6.


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 6
Game 1 starter Framber Valdez started Game 6, while Blake Snell opposed him. The Rays got the scoring started with a Willy Adames RBI double. The Astros took the lead with a George Springer 2-run single, a José Altuve RBI double, and a Carlos Correa RBI single. Kyle Tucker added his first career postseason home run to make it a 5-1 Astros lead. The Astros took a 7–1 lead with a Michael Brantley RBI single & a Tucker sac fly. The Rays got back into the game with 2 home runs from Manuel Margot. Pressly shut the door in the 9th to force a Game 7 and make the Astros the 2nd team in MLB history to force a Game 7 after being down 3–0 in the series (The 2004 Red Sox are the other team).


2020 Houston Astros season, Postseason, American League Championship Series, Game 7
The Astros started Game 2 starter Lance McCullers Jr., while the Rays started Game 2 starter Charlie Morton. The Rays struck first on a 2-run home run from Randy Arozarena in the 1st. Catcher Mike Zunino added a solo home run to make 3-0 Rays in the 2nd. Zunino then added a sac fly in the 6th to make it 4–0. The Astros got on the board with a 2-run single from Carlos Correa. Pete Fairbanks shut the door in the 9th to send the Rays to the World Series and eliminate the Astros.


2020 Houston Astros season, Charitable efforts during Coronavirus pandemic
As of mid-April 2020, Astro teammates Carlos Correa and Martin Maldonado, along with fellow Major Leaguers such as Francisco Lindor and Eddie Rosario, as well as musical stars, have already shipped 26 pallets of medical supplies to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Astros owner Jim Crane has waived all shipping and logistic charges through his company Crane Worldwide Logistics.


2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team
The 2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team will represent Houston Baptist University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies will be led by eighth-year head coach Vic Shealy. They will play their home games at Husky Stadium as members of the Southland Conference.


2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their original preseason poll in July 2020. The Huskies were picked to finish ninth in the conference, prior to their schedule split from the rest of the league. In addition, five Huskies were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team


2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
(*) These teams opted out of playing in the revised spring 2021 Southland schedule, and instead played as Independent in the fall of 2020.


2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Schedule
Houston Baptist had a game scheduled against Texas Southern, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 22, Houston Baptist announced that it had added a game against Louisiana Tech as a replacement for Texas Southern.


2020 Houston Cougars football team
The 2020 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars played their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Dana Holgorsen.


2020 Houston Cougars football team, Previous season
The Cougars finished the 2019 season 4–8, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth-place in the West Division. They were not invited/did not qualify for any postseason play.


2020 Houston Cougars football team, Schedule
The 2020 Houston schedule consists of 6 home and 4 away games in the regular season. The Cougars will play host to conference foes Tulane, UCF, South Florida, and Tulsa. They will travel to conference opponents Memphis, Navy, Cincinnati, and SMU.


2020 Houston Cougars football team, Schedule
The Cougars are currently scheduled to host two non-conference games, against North Texas, (C-USA), and BYU (an FBS-Independent). The home game against Rice was postponed on August 10, after Rice announced it was delaying the start of the season until September 26.


2020 Houston Cougars football team, Schedule
Houston had a game scheduled against Washington State, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Houston Cougars football team, Schedule
On September 12 the American announced that the Houston/Memphis game scheduled for September 18 was Postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases at Memphis, As a result of the Houston at Memphis game postponement, Houston was able to add a game at Baylor scheduled for September 19. On September 18, Baylor announced that the Houston versus Baylor game would be postponed due to Baylor not meeting the Big 12 Conference COVID-19 game cancellation thresholds.


2020 Houston Cougars football team, Schedule
After experiencing several COVID-19 cases through September 23, the North Texas Mean Green canceled the September 26 game against the Cougars.


2020 Houston Dash season
The 2020 Houston Dash season is the team's seventh season as an American professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League.


2020 Houston Dash season
On January 6, 2020, the Dash traded team captain Kealia Ohai to the Chicago Red Stars, Ohai had been a member of the Dash since their inaugural season and is the team's all-time leading scorer.


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


2020 Houston Dash season, Competitions, 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup
Houston won the NWSL Challenge Cup after defeating the Chicago Red Stars 2–0 in the Championship Game. Dash forward Rachel Daly was named the Challenge Cup MVP.


2020 Houston Dash season, Competitions, Fall Series
The Dash would be without Challenge Cup MVP Rachel Daly for the Fall series as she was loaned to West Ham United for the remainder of 2020. Midfielder CeCe Kizer would also miss the fall series as she was loaned to Kolbotn IL in Norway.


2020 Houston Dash season, Club, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Houston Dynamo season
The 2020 Houston Dynamo season is the club's 15th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer in the 2006 season. The Dynamo missed the playoffs in 2019 for the 5th time in 6 years. The Dynamo reached the quarter-finals of  the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the 2019 Leagues Cup.


2020 Houston Dynamo season
2020 is the Dynamo's first year with head coach Tab Ramos and the sixth season under General Manager Matt Jordan. On the front office end, it is Gabriel Brener's fifth season as majority owner and John Walker's second season as President of Business Operations.


2020 Houston Dynamo season, Current squad
Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.


2020 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2020 Houston Dynamo season, Competitive, MLS, MLS is Back Tournament
The MLS is Back Tournament was a one-off tournament during the 2020 Major League Soccer season to mark the league's return to action from the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured a group stage, followed by a knockout stage. Games during the group stage counted as regular season matches. The schedule was revealed on June 24.


2020 Houston Dynamo season, Competitive, U.S. Open Cup
As an MLS club, the Dynamo was originally set to enter the competition in the Third or Fourth Round, tentatively scheduled for April 21–23 or May 19–20. The U.S. Soccer Federation canceled the tournament on August 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Houston Outlaws season
The 2020 Houston Outlaws season is the third season of the Houston Outlaws's existence in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Outlaws planned to host two homestand weekends at the Revention Music Center in Houston's downtown Theater District. While their first homestand took place, all other homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Houston Outlaws season
The Outlaws failed to make it past the quarterfinals in each of the three midseason tournaments of the season. Houston ended the season with a 6–15 record and were eliminated from postseason contention on September 3 after a 1–3 to the Boston Uprising in the North America play-ins tournament.


2020 Houston Outlaws season, Preceding offseason, Sale of the franchise
On June 12, 2019, Immortals Gaming Club (IGC), the parent company of Immortals and the Los Angeles Valiant, acquired Infinite Esports, the parent company of Houston Outlaws and OpTic Gaming, marking the first major sale of any Overwatch League franchise. By OWL rules, one company may not own more than one OWL franchise; while Riot Games and Activision Blizzard approved the sale, IGC operated Valiant and Outlaws as entirely separate entities, with oversight by OWL representatives, until they sold the Outlaws.


2020 Houston Outlaws season, Preceding offseason, Sale of the franchise
On November 14, 2019, Beasley Broadcast Group announced the acquisition of the Houston Outlaws from Immortals Gaming Club. The purchase marked the company's third esports venture.


2020 Houston Outlaws season, Preceding offseason, Organizational changes
In September 2019, the Outlaws released both head coach Kim "TaiRong" Tae-yeong and assistant coach Kim "Hyunwoo" Hyun-woo – both who had been in their positions since the team's inception in 2017 – after Houston's disappointing 2019 campaign. The following month, Houston signed Harsha Bandi, the former assistant coach of the Vancouver Titans and former analyst of the San Francisco Shock. Following, the team signed former Montreal Rebellion coach Chris "Dream" Myrick to their coaching staff.